Ye Lingyue and the others brought the three children to the mayor's mansion.
What surprised them was that Luo Qianche and Jiang Ce were also in the mayor's mansion.
"Why are you?"
When Luo Qianche saw Dixin, he was still very happy, but when he saw Ye Lingyue, his tone became bad.
"We came here because of the water ghost. The parents of these children had accidents, and the townspeople couldn't help but say that they wanted to burn the houses and kill people. They also said that this is the usual practice in the town."
Ye Lingyue told what happened.
"Mayor, is this really the case?"
Luo Qianche glanced at those children, and saw that they were thin, small and dirty. What she hated the most was dealing with such ordinary children.
"Young City Lord, you don't know. We have no choice but to do so. The incident of water ghosts has intensified. Earlier, I issued an order in the town not to go fishing. But the fathers of the three children did not obey the order. He went fishing privately, and something happened after he came back. People who had contact with him all died inexplicably. His wife also died a few days ago, and their family was possessed by water ghosts. If they don’t burn them to death, People in the town will suffer."
The mayor looked at the three children with a look of fear.
"We are not ghosts, and my father and mother are not possessed by ghosts. Our family has nothing to eat. My father does not fish, and my younger brothers and sisters have nothing to eat. My father goes fishing for us."
The oldest child heard this, wiped his nose, and shouted unwillingly.
He was about six or seven years old, the oldest of three children.
He may not understand the word death, but he does know about the water ghost.
Since Dad came back from fishing, people in the town have been saying behind their backs that they are devils, and the children stopped playing with them.
"It's nonsense. Isn't rations distributed to every household in the town all the time? How could there be no food?"
The mayor, with a thick red neck, reprimanded the children.
"Then you have to ask your good nephew. We have already asked the neighbors in the neighborhood. This person is the mayor's nephew, hoarding food, selling it at a high price, and making a fortune by taking advantage of the water ghost. The starving There is more than one household in the town, and those townspeople have no food and no money, so they can only go out to fish."
Ye Lingyue grabbed the militia captain and fell to the ground.
The latter turned pale with fright, and kowtowed for mercy.
"It's unreasonable, what a dog slave."
When Luo Qianche heard this, she felt very unhappy.
She and Ye Lingyue arrived in Yuliao Town at about the same time, but in just one night, Ye Lingyue found out so many things, which made her, the young city lord, very embarrassed.
The power of reincarnation in Luo Qianche's hands condensed and turned into a spirit dagger, which was about to wipe the militia captain's neck.
"Wait."
But Ye Lingyue stopped Luo Qianche with his hands.
"What to do, I'll teach my men, when it's your turn to take care of it."
Luo Qianche glared.
"Killing him is useless. In the final analysis, this matter lies with the water ghost. Killing a corrupt person who broke the law will still not solve the problem in Yuliao Town."
Ye Lingyue has already inquired about water ghosts in the villages and towns along the Hanshui River, since ancient times.
But I don't know why the troubles are especially severe this month. In the past, the water ghosts only happened several times a year at most, but recently almost all the fishermen who got out of the boat were caught.
Many people in the town have died because of water ghosts.
Some households, because a certain person was possessed by a water ghost, the whole family was treated as a ghost, or burned to death or imprisoned, like this time, if they didn't stop them, those few children would have become ghosts up.
"Then what do you say?"
Luo Qianche was also dubious about the water ghost.
"It's very simple. The person who tied the bell needs to be untied. Only by finding the water ghost can we truly resolve the crisis in Yuliao Town."
Knowing that Ye Lingyue was going to catch the water ghost herself, the mayor turned pale with fright.
"My lords, you must not. The water ghost is very fierce, and there is no trace to follow. We also organized militia guards to arrest people earlier, and even hired some demon hunters at high prices, but nothing worked. .And after offending the water ghost, the casualties in the town will be even more serious."
When the mayor mentioned this incident, he broke into a cold sweat.
At the beginning, he also thought about catching water ghosts, but as soon as the militia guards arrived in the area where water ghosts are often haunted in Hanshui, the boat capsized all of a sudden, even though there was no wind or waves.
Those demon hunters also tried to fly into that piece of water to find out.
But after entering that area, the spirit weapon would fail for no reason. Those monster hunters even fell into the Han River with the spirit weapon, and in the end they couldn't even salvage the corpse.
After a long time, the water ghost incident in Yuliao Town became known to everyone, and even the most experienced monster hunters dared not mention catching water ghosts anymore.
Yuliao Town is also getting deserted day by day.
"It's unreasonable. You confuse us with those ordinary monster hunters. We are just water ghosts. What's the big deal? I am the blood of the water god, and I am protected by the gods. If I go out, I will be able to catch them easily." Luo Qianche listened. The mayor reprimanded him.
"That's right, the young city master has a body protected by a beast, so he doesn't have to be afraid of any monsters and ghosts. I will go to the Hanshui River Basin with you. We are here to help the people of Yuliao Town to solve their problems. It's not like some people who only know how to move. Literal, but in reality he is a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death." Jiang Ce also echoed Luo Qianche.
The reason why Luo Qianche and Jiang Ce are so confident is because of the presence of the Merman King. In their view, the Merman King is the king of the water area, and the water ghosts will have no way to hide when they see him.
After hearing this, Ye Lingyue, Dixin and the others felt helpless.
Ye Lingyue looked at the Shark King again, his blue eyes, which were originally very melancholy, looked even deeper at this moment.
At noon that day, Luo Qianche, Jiang Ce and the others forced the mayor and the others to send a boat to the Han River Basin.
Watching the ship go out, Huang Jun and the others were still full of unwillingness.
"Ling Yue, why didn't you say anything just now? You were the first to bring up the matter of catching the water ghost, but you let them take the lead. If they really caught the water ghost, the townspeople in Yuliao Town would be shocked." It’s all about supporting them.”
"In my opinion, that water ghost is not that easy to deal with. There is not only one way to win the hearts of the people. Let's go to the town first and check the situation of those townspeople who died for no reason and others."
Ye Lingyue looked at the broad surface of the Han River, feeling an ominous premonition in her heart.
The water was flowing far away, and she didn't know where it was going. She always felt that there was an invisible icy evil spirit on the river surface, which kept spreading, as if something was about to emerge from the bottom of the water.