Killing Qiao Shaofen is only half the battle.
Shui Yongquan said: "According to my deduction, this Qiao Shaofen should be a contract-keeping spirit, a trusted confidant who guards the contract book for Madam Wuqin."
Li Banfeng and Qiu Luoye both understood the concept of the contract-keeping spirit; they had heard Xiao Yeci talk about it.
But Li Banfeng felt that Qiao Shaofen was not a contract-keeping spirit.
"Brothers, Qiao Shaofen's cultivation is not low, he should be in the cloud, right?"
Qiu Luoye nodded and said, "Toto Yunshang, this mud is so familiar to use, and it can't be killed after a long time. It's not something that the ground can do."
Li Banfeng asked, "Can a cultivator on the cloud serve as a guardian spirit for others?"
Shui Yongquan was cautious by nature. He thought for a moment and said, "In the past, when people talked about Wuqin Township, they all said that the local god was Madam Wuqin. I have never heard of the name Qiao Shaofen."
Qiu Luoye waved his hand and said, "Qiao Shaofen is a fake name used to conceal my identity. Is there any need to think too much about it?"
"We can't be arbitrary," Shui Yongquan shook his head slightly, "She might be Madam Wuqin's confidant. Even if her cultivation level has improved, she will still be loyal to Madam Wuqin."
Qiu Luoye snorted and said, "We are not related, so why are you being loyal in this broken place?"
Shui Yongquan was speechless for a moment. Qiu Luoye’s words made a lot of sense. It seemed ridiculous to talk about loyalty in a place where there were no relatives.
Qiu Luoye said again: "Just now the three of us fought with her for such a long time, this person should have the cultivation level of the second level of the cloud. You said she was a follower, I definitely don't believe it.
Besides, if Qiao Shaofen was really a follower, why didn't she call for help from Madam Wuqin when she was beaten like that just now? "
Shui Yongquan said: "Maybe Madam Wuqin is not here."
Li Banfeng said: "If she is a relativeless lady, we can save trouble. If she is a contract-keeping spirit, it proves that she is guarding the contract, and it will be easier to find the contract."
Qiu Luoye nodded and said, "Old Seven is right. What are you talking about? Let's go find the deed!"
The three of them arrived at the door of the house. Qiu Luoye walked straight in, but Shui Yongquan stopped him again.
"Don't be anxious. You still have to be cautious."
Qiu Luoye said anxiously: "Be careful, be careful, so much caution, what do you want, tell me quickly!"
"I'll try to find a way first." Shui Yongquan shook the water gourd, and there was not much water left inside.
Li Banfeng said: "I am a travel cultivator. I have the skills to seek good fortune and avoid danger. I am also fast. I will go and explore the way."
After saying that, Li Banfeng jumped into the yard.
Qiu Luoye looked at Shui Yongquan and said, "How shabby, Lao Shui! At our age, we still have to let the little brother scout the way ahead. It's really shabby to work with you!"
Shui Yongquan said, "I don't have enough water, and I don't want to let Lao Qi take risks."
In fact, Li Banfeng was also a little worried. No matter if this was where the deed was or the residence of the local god, there would inevitably be all kinds of traps inside. If Madam Wuqin was still alive, she might die if she encountered one.
To be on the safe side, Li Banfeng went back to Suishenju and brought back two cabbages, wanting them to walk around the yard.
As a result, they had not even walked half a circle when the two cabbage men sank into the mud and disappeared.
Li Banfeng was very nervous. He led out a dozen other people from his residence. They cooperated with each other and walked to the main room with difficulty, clearing a path for Li Banfeng.
Li Banfeng made a mark on the road, collected the cabbage people, and called Shui Yongquan and Qiu Luoye to come in.
The three of them entered the main room together. Li Banfeng observed for a long time but could not figure out where the deed could be hidden.
At this time, we still have to rely on water springs.
There was not much water left in the water hyacinth, but it was barely enough for indoor exploration, and a few drops of water poured out of the spring onto the ground.
Qiu Daxiang smacked his lips and said, "Lao Shui, is this golden juice? Why are you so distressed? At least pour more."
Shui Yongquan frowned and said, "This is the spiritual water I refined. Don't compare it with golden juice!"
A few drops of water spread out, forming an invisible water film that covered the entire room.
This is the second level of water cultivation skill, which can penetrate any hole.
With this technique, the water film can penetrate into all the gaps in the room, replacing the eyes of the water fountain and searching for hidden compartments in the house.
After searching for a long time, Shui Yongquan came to the inner room and crawled under the bed. After a while, he took out a jar.
Qiu Luoye frowned and asked, "Is the contract here?"
When Shui Yongquan opened the jar, a foul smell wafted out.
"What is this?" Qiu Luoye pinched his nose.
Shui Yongquan said: "This is a jar specially used to store silt. It can turn silt into puppets. It is a top-notch magic weapon."
Li Banfeng used his ability to discern spiritual sounds to listen and found that the jar was speaking: "Too dry, too dry, give me some water."
Shui Yongquan said to Li Banfeng, "Seventh Brother, this is a good thing, you should keep it."
Magical weapons that can transform into puppets are indeed rare. Li Banfeng wanted to keep it, but his wife likes cleanliness, and this thing might not be welcomed: "It is inconvenient for a travel cultivator to carry such a large magic weapon, so I'd better give it to Brother Qiu."
Qiu Luoye shook his head and said, "No! I have a magic weapon, this thing is too stinky."
"Forget it!" Shui Yongquan put the jar away himself and groped under the bed for a long time.
There were clanging sounds under the bed, and the gushing water triggered many mechanisms. Fortunately, his cultivation was high enough, so he avoided some of the mechanisms and withstood some of them.
After trying for more than an hour, Shui Yongquan took out something.
It was not a deed, but a yellow box with a silver-white ring engraved on the top.
Qiu Luoye smiled and said, "This is the ground seal!"
Finding the land seal is equivalent to finding the deed. Li Banfeng was about to crawl under the bed to dig out the deed, but Shui Yongquan advised him:
"Seventh Brother, we already have the seal of the land, so there is no need to dig for the deed. The popularity inside is all ours.
With popularity, we will have cultivation. After all, this is the contract of the local god. If it is really dug out, I am afraid it will be…"
Bang!
The fallen autumn leaves overturned the bed.
"I get angry when I hear you talk so much. We've found the deeds, why don't we dig them up? Madam Wuqin is already dead, if we don't dig them up, are we going to wait for someone else to take them?"
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Dozens of crossbow arrows came out from under the bed. Qiu Luoye was too lazy to hide and let the crossbow arrows pierce his body. He then pulled them out and threw them aside.
A ball of flame gushed out and burned all over Qiu Luoye's body.
Qiu Luoye wiped the black dust off his face and continued digging.
A large group of loaches flew out, hung on the fallen autumn leaves, and burrowed into their skin and flesh.
In autumn, I plucked the loaches off the fallen leaves, threw them on the ground and stepped on them to death, or I dug them up.
There were dozens of traps before and after, and Qiu Luoye didn't dodge any of them. He tried them all and finally dug out the deed.
After seeing the contract, Qiu Luoye was speechless for a long time, and Shui Yongquan was also surprised.
The deed is arched, in the same style as their deeds.
But this deed is not in one piece, but in two pieces.
In theory, all deeds to local gods come in two pieces, one in the hands of the local god and the other in the inner state.
But why are these two deeds here?
No one knows why the leaves fall in autumn, and no one knows why the water gushes out of the spring.
There are eight words on the front of the two deeds: A hundred miles of land, this is the proof.
Like other deeds, these eight words were stained with blood.
Turning over, Qiu Luoye blinked and remained silent for a long time.
Shui Yongquan smiled and said, "What's wrong? There are too many characters and you can't recognize them all?"
Qiu Luoye shook his head and said, "No words."
Shui Yongquan frowned and said, "If you don't know me, just say you don't know me. Don't I know you? How can I still laugh at you?"
Qiu Luoye gave the two deeds to Shui Yongquan and Li Banfeng respectively. When they looked at the deeds, they found that there was indeed not a single word on the back of the deeds.
Impossible!
According to Shui Yongquan's inference, the deed on the ground should record many things, including how this land was formed, who the local gods were, what happened, especially wars, wins and losses, gains and losses of land, all of which must be written clearly.
But after looking at it over and over again for a long time, there was indeed not a single word on it.
Qiu Luoye asked, "Is this contract a fake?"
Li Banfeng didn't say anything, he couldn't tell whether the deed was real or fake.
Shui Yongquan stared at the contract, repeatedly observing the craftsmanship and materials: "This contract should be authentic. I saw them making contracts when I was in Neizhou. Some of the craftsmanship is something only they can do, but it's hard to say what the origin of this contract is."
Qiu Luoye laughed out loud and said, "Need I say more? Buried in Wuqin Township, it's naturally a deed of Wuqin Township!"
Li Banfeng handed the deed to Qiu Luoye and said, "Two brothers, sprinkle your blood on the deed, and this land will belong to you. We agreed beforehand that each of our two families will have half."
Qiu Luoye felt a little ashamed: "Seventh Brother, this was taken by the three of us, and in the end it was split between the two of us. I feel bad about it."
Li Banfeng smiled and said, "My cultivation is still in the land, so it's useless even if I take it. The two big brothers are the local gods here, and they let me run the business, so I won't suffer any loss."
Qiu Luoye sighed and said, "Seventh Brother, you are such a kind person. I don't know what to say."
Li Banfeng smiled and said, "Brother, we both have good hearts, otherwise we wouldn't be so compatible."
Shui Yongquan nodded: "We just finished killing someone and when we are dividing the spoils, let's not talk about the heart.
Qiu Daxiang, this piece of land belongs to you, I won’t share it with you.”
Qiu Luoye frowned and said, "What's wrong with you? Why do you have so many problems?"
"It's nothing. I just want that clay jar." Shui Yongquan felt uneasy. A piece of land suddenly appeared in front of him, and he didn't dare to reach out for it.
Moreover, this contract is a bit weird.
"Take that clay jar and get out!" Qiu Luoye got angry and cut his palm with a knife, ready to spit blood.
Shui Yongquan said: "Wait a minute!"
"Why? Do you regret it?"
Shui Yongquan shook his head, poured some water from the water gourd, and dripped it onto the two pieces of deeds.
The water droplets moved across the deed, quickly wiping away the original bloodstains.
His water is so powerful!
Shui Yongquan said: "Mrs. Wuqin still doesn't know whether she is dead or alive. If your blood drips together, you may have to live together in the future.
Wipe off her blood, and we'll make up a new deed, and this piece of land will belong to you alone."
Qiu Luoye frowned: "I need another paper deed?"
"Let's make up for it. When the inner province divided the land, there were paper deeds. The local gods also had paper deeds when they won or lost in battles. It's safer to have something like this."
A paper deed is a contract made of paper.
Qiu Luoye lost the battle with Shui Yongquan, and Qiu Luoye ceded thirty miles of land to Shui Yongquan. At that time, both parties signed a paper deed and sprinkled blood on the ceded land before the cession of land took effect.
Judging from what Shui Yongquan said just now, when the local god was granted land, he also needed a paper deed. It seems that there is a special connection between the paper deed and the iron certificate.
Shui Yongquan found a pen and paper in the house. Qiu Luoye picked up the pen and paper and thought for a long time before asking, "What should I write?"
This is not a title, it should be considered a war.
If there was a war, it should be written that Mrs. Wuqin was defeated by Qiu Luoye and agreed to cede the entire Wuqin Township.
But wasn’t the one who was defeated just now Madam Wuqin?
Even if it was her, would she agree with this?
She has been beaten to pieces, so it's not easy to ask about this matter.
Li Banfeng suggested: "Since the blood of the original owner has been wiped off the iron certificate, just write that Qiu Luoye won Wuqin Township. It doesn't need to be written too clearly from whom."
Shui Yongquan was still cautious: "It's not good to take away the word, so I'll write autumn leaves without relatives."
Qiu Luoye was very satisfied. There were seven characters, and except for the character "得", the other characters were not difficult.
After Shuiyongquan demonstrated it several times, Qiu Luoye learned the word "de". He picked up a pen, wrote the paper deed, sprinkled blood on the deed, and also sprinkled blood on the boundary of the land.
Qiu Luoye said to Shui Yongquan, "You contributed the most in this battle, so I can't take advantage of you for nothing. The land belongs to me, and we split the popularity in half. When you need the popularity, come to me and get it.
My land, plus I have no relatives, the landlord is Lao Qi, he can do whatever he wants, from now on, let Lao Qi do whatever he wants on these two pieces of land, I am not angry at all! "
Shui Yongquan laughed and said, "Qiu Daxiang, I was not wrong about you!"
Li Banfeng said: "Brother Qiu, I am a good person."
Autumn leaves spilled blood on the two pieces of deeds again.
Two lines of text are displayed on the back of the two deeds at the same time.
First line: Autumn leaves have no relatives.
Second line: The land area is three thousand one hundred and eighty-eight square meters.
Qiu Luoye was surprised: "Can't this deed be written on? Why wasn't there any text on it before?"
Shui Yongquan shook his head and said, "I can't figure out the reason either."
There is indeed a connection between the paper deed and the iron certificate, and the connection comes from the blood of fallen autumn leaves.
But normally a hundred miles of land would have 10,000 cubic meters, so why are there only more than 3,000 cubic meters here?
Who erased the previous text in the deed?
This matter was confusing for a while, so Li Banfeng said to Qiu Luoye: "Brother Qiu, you first think of a good place to bury the deed, and I will go and dispose of Qiao Shaofen's body to avoid arousing suspicion."
Qiu Luoye praised repeatedly: "Seventh Brother, you are so thoughtful."
(End of this chapter)
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