Chapter 14: A Gentleman Does Not Hurt a Good Person

Chapter 14: A Gentleman Does Not Hurt a Good Person

Chapter 14: A Gentleman Does Not Hurt a Good Person
Chen Shi felt a pair of sharp eyes sizing him up from behind. These eyes were so aggressive that they even stimulated his blood, causing it to flow in his body and causing him to unconsciously have a stress response.

However, Chen Shi suppressed his stress response and remained calm.

His steps were unsteady, no different from those of a normal child.

Hei Guo secretly looked at his young master and saw that Chen Shi had a smile on his face, but the smile was becoming more and more stiff.

"I really can't figure out where I gave myself away."

Chen Shi was puzzled and thought, "Is it so difficult to pretend to be normal after killing someone?"

There was a sound of sobbing coming from the Yudai River. Chen Shi stopped and looked towards the river. He saw a woman with a basket burning paper by the river. He recognized the woman. She was from a neighboring village. She had cried for a long time here at about the same time last year.

"Yushuan, come home with mother. Mother misses you so much." A woman's call came from the river.

"It seems like today is the day her son drowned."

Chen Shi looked towards the Yudai River. On the river, the three child ghosts reappeared. One of the children should be the woman’s son. He shouted anxiously, “Mom, stop crying! I’m here! I’m not lost!”

"Mom, I've been here the whole time. Look at me! Why can't you hear me?"

"Mom, my leg is cramping and I'm stuck in the mud! Come and save me!"

……

Chen Shi came to the river. The woman obviously could not see her son, nor hear what he said. She just cried quietly.

The child named Yushuan ran over and circled around her anxiously, but could not attract her attention.

The wind blew the ashes of the paper money into the air.

Zhuge Jian and other yamen runners chased after him and reined in their horses, only to see Chen Shi taking off his clothes and jumping into the river with only a pair of shorts, diving into the deep water.

Zhuge Jian looked at the woman, then looked at the splashes on the water, frowned slightly, and suddenly took out a yellow talisman.

This talisman is the heavenly eye talisman, which can see ghosts and gods.

The yellow talisman swayed and burned, and Zhuge Jian could gradually see another world clearly. He saw two water ghosts under the Yudai River like big fish in the water. One of them strangled Chen Shi's neck, and the other hugged Chen Shi's legs, trying to drown him.

Chen Shi was incredibly strong. The two water ghosts couldn't hold him back at all. Instead, he led them to swim into deep water.

The two water ghosts lay on him like octopuses, while Chen Shi used his hands and feet to dig into the mud, as if he was looking for something.

"Sir, this child seems to be haunted by a water ghost." A group of yamen runners looked into the river and could not see the scene below, so they said.

Zhuge Jian saw all of this and thought silently, "With such great strength and such a long breath, he should be able to kill someone within a foot."

The murderer in the Li family camp was only ten feet away. He came and went as fast as lightning, taking lives as easily as taking something from a bag, and even leaving the cultivators in the Divine Embryo Realm no chance to cast spells!
"But what is he going to do, risking being drowned by a water ghost?"

At this time, Chen Shi seemed to have dug something out of the mud and sped up. Zhuge Jian was stunned, and saw Chen Shi pull out a dark object from the mud, which looked like a person.

When the black mud on top was washed away by the water, it was discovered that it was the skeleton of a child about ten years old.

Chen Shi swam upwards holding the skeleton, but the two water ghosts held on to his feet tightly. The air in Chen Shi's chest had been used up, and his strength was getting weaker and weaker. Gradually, he was unable to contend with the two water ghosts.

Just as he was about to drown, suddenly another younger water ghost swam over and started beating the two water ghosts. He raised his fists and hit them, crying as he hit them, and no one knew what he was saying.

Zhuge Jian's Heavenly Eye Talisman can only see ghosts and gods, but cannot hear them, and he has no idea what the little water ghost said.

However, the other two water ghosts obviously heard it and let go of Chen Shi's legs.

Chen Shiyong swam out of the water with his remaining strength, gasping for breath and still feeling frightened.

He nearly drowned in the river!
He calmed himself down, and walked towards the shore step by step, holding the child's bones. The woman burning paper money on the shore saw him walking towards them in the sun, holding the child's bones, through her tearful eyes.

Chen Shi put the skeleton on the ground. The woman rushed over. There was a longevity lock on the skeleton's neck, and the word "Jade Bolt" was engraved on the lock.

The woman couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Mom, you found me!"

The water ghost child who had rescued Chen Shi just now ran over happily, but seeing his mother crying even harder, he couldn't help crying out loud, "Mom, don't cry, you found me, why are you still crying? When you cry, I want to cry too..."

"Yushuan, I found you. I will take you home."

Yu Shuan's mother picked up the child's remains, looked at Chen Shi, knelt down again, and kowtowed to Chen Shi countless times. Chen Shi was at a loss, not knowing what to do.

After Yu Shuan Niang left, Chen Shi stood on the shore in a daze.

"You are a water ghost. You also have a mother, but I don't." He picked the mud under his fingernails and whispered.

In the river, the other two water ghosts looked at him eagerly.

Seeing this, Chen Shi jumped into the river again with a splash.

“What a long breath!”

Zhuge Jian reined in the restless horse under his crotch and watched Chen Shi dive into the water again, his eyes flashing. "Such a long breath shows that his internal organs are strong. His punches and feet must be very fast, like a hammer or an axe! If he finds an opportunity, he can kill nine Divine Embryo Realm monks in just one breath!"

His eyes fell on the big black dog Hei Guo on the shore again, and he thought silently in his heart: "A ten-year-old little talisman master will never arouse the guard of others, so he was given the opportunity to make a move!"

Just by fishing bones out of the river, he could conclude that Chen Shi must be the real murderer who killed nine monks in the Li family camp!

The water surface was gurgling, and Chen Shi dug out another skeleton from the mud. It was the body of another child who drowned in the river.

He brought the skeleton to shore and then turned around and dived into the water.

Another quarter of an hour later, Chen Shi emerged from the water again, holding another skeleton in his arms. He also found the skeleton of a third child who had drowned in the river.

The news spread quickly and a lot of people gathered by the river. There were the sounds of villagers talking and relatives crying.

On the water surface, the two water ghost children saw their relatives, cried and laughed, and bowed and kowtowed to Chen Shi repeatedly.

The relatives of the water ghost child also kowtowed to Chen Shi, but Chen Shi hurriedly ran away with the blame.

At this time of year two years ago, the weather was hot and the children all liked to bathe and swim in the cool river water. The child named Yushuan swam to the deep water, his legs cramped, and he struggled to struggle up and down in the water.

Others did not dare to rescue them, but the other two children saw it and swam over with all their might. One of the children was held tightly by the panicked Yushuan, unable to struggle, and sank into the water with Yushuan. Another older child wanted to rescue them, but he was exhausted and could not swim out.

They turned into three water ghosts.

Chen Shi was often harassed by the three water ghost children and was almost drowned by them. He could see ghosts and saw the three water ghost children often circling around one place, so he guessed that was where their bodies were.

When he saw the women from the neighboring village crying so bitterly, Chen Shi decided to find their bodies.

"Grandpa is still waiting for me to eat." Chen Shi turned around and looked at the people crying their hearts out on the shore, and thought to himself.

Zhuge Jian watched this scene from afar. The power of the Sky Eye Talisman had been exhausted and his vision returned to normal.

"You wait here, no need to follow."

He jumped off his horse, gave an order, and walked quickly towards Chen Shi.

"Good skills, little brother!"

Zhuge Jian came to Chen Shi and walked side by side with him. Zhuge Jian was tall and strong, while Chen Shi was only about ten years old and short.

One big, one small, complement each other.

Chen Shi blinked and asked in confusion, "Sir, what are you talking about? I don't understand."

Zhuge Jian looked forward and said calmly, "You have a long breath. You can swim underwater, dig out corpses in the mud, and deal with two water ghosts at the same time. You can still hold on for a quarter of an hour. You must be a master of body training! Your internal organs are like steel. When your hands and feet are running, they can be like sharp and heavy weapons, splitting the skull and splitting the brain. You can kill people within ten feet, within a breath, and come and go as fast as thunder. Taking a life is as easy as taking something out of a bag!"

Chen Shi was shocked and chuckled, "Sir, I don't know what you are talking about? I'm still a child!"

Zhuge Jian's eyes fell on the black pot and said, "Talisman Master always uses black dogs to draw blood. This black dog looks good. It is shiny black without even a speck of stray hair. I heard that the blood of this kind of dog has the strongest yang energy, which is feared by ghosts and gods. This dog will definitely be liked by the Talisman Master."

When Hei Guo heard this, he couldn't help but wag his tail.

Chen Shi smiled and said, "My dog ​​is called Black Pot, and it looks like the ash at the bottom of a pot. But I won't sell Black Pot."

Zhuge Jian continued, "What a coincidence! Four days ago, Master Li Xiaoding died in Qianyang Mountain. The man who killed him also had a black dog beside him. This man was a talisman master, not very tall, probably about the same height as you."

Chen Shi was secretly alert.

Zhuge Jian came with bad intentions. He must have realized that he was the murderer, so he made this test.

"He is very close to me now, about ten feet away."

Chen Shi suppressed the murderous intent that surged in his heart and thought, "If I take action now..."

Zhuge Jian continued, "Although this talisman master is short, he is extremely strong. He can take a step over a distance of more than ten feet and deliver a fatal blow. Therefore, as long as you are just outside his attack range, he will be helpless."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly leaped up and landed just a few feet away from Chen Shi.

Then, Zhuge Jian took a step forward and stepped within a distance of ten feet.

As he retreated and advanced, Chen Shi's qi was immediately stimulated, and the qi and blood in his body circulated, making a gurgling sound, as if a huge toad was croaking in his stomach!

Chen Shi was horrified: "This Dianshi is really powerful!"

Zhuge Jian's retreat and advance seemed to have no purpose, but in fact he was trying to provoke Chen Shi's murderous intent.

He used words to focus Chen Shi's attention on himself, and when he stepped back, he stimulated Chen Shi's Qi, and then stepped further into Chen Shi's attack range. If Chen Shi was the murderer, he would definitely be nervous and induce Qi, and the true Qi or Qi and blood in his body would be stimulated!
This is how Chen Shi fell into his trap, his blood and qi were aroused, and his true colors were revealed!

Chen Shi was about to kill the man regardless of the consequences, but at this moment Zhuge Jian took a step back, retreating exactly ten feet away.

This distance made Chen Shi extremely uncomfortable. If he launched an attack, Zhuge Jian would surely have prepared his spells, and going forward would be tantamount to seeking death.

If he ran away, he would probably not be able to escape the attack range of the three-barreled musket.

Zhuge Jian said calmly, "This three-barreled fire gun of mine contains one and a half ounces of black gunpowder and one ounce of thunderbolts. It can hit targets within a hundred steps. The thunderbolts explode and burst forth with thunder, which can shatter the divine fetus of a cultivator. At the same time, the fire gun is also a sledgehammer. I have practiced the Eighteen Hammer Techniques since I was young, and I have a nickname, the Skull-crushing Thunderbolt Hand. In close combat, crushing someone's head is as easy as crushing tofu. The other end of the fire gun is the spear head. To be honest, I have also practiced spearmanship."

Chen Shi groaned.

Fight, can't beat.

Run, can't run away.

He really had no chance of winning.

Zhuge Jian turned around and walked towards the large group of yamen runners, and his voice came: "So little brother, next time you commit a crime, don't leave any clues, don't fall into my hands again!"

Chen Shi was stunned and asked quickly: "You won't take me back?"

Zhuge Jian stopped, turned around, and said with a smile: "Catch you back? What for? Send you to be beheaded? You can ignore the water ghosts who want to drown you and save their bones instead. I think you are an interesting person. Besides, Li Xiaoding deserves to die. I am the Dianshi, responsible for solving the case. I have solved the case of the talisman master's murder. As for whether to arrest people or not, it has nothing to do with me."

Chen Shi asked doubtfully, "What will you do if you let me go?"

Zhuge Jian waved his hand and turned away: "Don't worry about me. With my ability, even if I can't make it in Shuiniu County, I can still make it somewhere else. Maybe I have a better future!"

(End of this chapter)