Chapter 209: Evil Wolf
It seems that Ding Gaochang came to see her not just to ask about the Feng Ershu case, but also about other matters.
And this matter should not be too simple.
"As Miss Zhuang guessed, I did come to see Miss Zhuang for something."
Ding Gaochang paused for a moment before saying, "To be exact, I came to ask Miss Zhuang for something."
Zhuang Qingning felt slightly happy when he heard this.
Originally, she wanted to get in touch with Ding Gaochang, the county magistrate, to pave the way for the future. Now that the other party has offered her a favor, it is natural for her to take it quickly.
"Master Ding, if you have something to say, please speak up. There's no need to be so polite. I will definitely not refuse to help you in any way I can."
Zhuang Qingning answered loudly.
"This matter..."
“It’s actually a long story.”
Ding Gaochang sighed slightly and said, "I don't know if Miss Zhuang has heard of this before, but someone died in Cuiwei Lake not long ago."
"I have heard of this matter."
Zhuang Qingning frowned and said, "Some people said he drowned, some said he jumped into the lake, some said it was a murder, and some said..."
"It's a water ghost."
"That's right." Ding Gaochang nodded and said, "Since someone died in Cuiwei Lake, rumors have spread that there are water ghosts haunting Cuiwei Lake, which can ruin people's luck at the least and take their lives at the worst."
"When I first heard about this, I thought it was just a nonsense rumor. Even the county magistrate said that we don't need to pay attention to it. After a long time, it won't cause any trouble, so no one will believe it anymore. If we control it rashly, I'm afraid that others will think there must be something fishy going on and think that the government did it on purpose, which is not good."
"I thought this made sense, so I agreed to not control this matter. But the rumors have become more and more serious these days. They have gone from bad luck and life-threatening to water ghosts possessing people and coming ashore to cause trouble to the people in the village."
"Plus, a few days ago, two villagers from a nearby village died suddenly, and neither of them had been to Cuiwei Lake before. The villagers became more and more convinced that it was a water ghost that was causing trouble. Even if it was on the ground, it would not be able to escape the bad luck. Rumors spread everywhere, and many villagers were afraid to avoid it and even thought about moving the whole village."
"Cuiwei Lake and the Cuiwei Mountain next to it are beautiful and picturesque all year round. People often come here to enjoy the scenery. The villagers around here used to make money by giving directions and selling tea, fruit and snacks. The surrounding fields are close to the lake and easy to irrigate, so the harvest is very good."
"Nowadays, people are in a panic. Many people don't work in the fields, and they dare not set up stalls near Cuiwei Lake to do business. As a result, fewer people come to the lake to play. If this continues for a long time, not only will the surrounding fertile fields become barren, but even this village will be abandoned."
"That's fine, but the main reason is that rumors are rampant and people all believe in ghosts, so someone took the opportunity to make a lot of money and asked the villagers to hand over money so that he could perform a ritual to suppress the water ghost and keep the area safe. And that person was vicious and said that the water ghost was a young male ghost and that he needed to promise a young and beautiful unmarried girl to marry the water ghost, and then there would be no more trouble in the future."
"The villagers followed what the man said and found a girl. They wanted to sink her into the lake at midnight and marry the water ghost. Someone couldn't bear it and reported it to me. I rescued the girl and arrested the man who deceived the people. We have put him in jail for the time being, waiting for the county magistrate to decide his fate."
"But this man has deceived the villagers for many days, and the villagers have believed him without a doubt. After I took people to arrest him and put him in jail, the villagers knelt in front of the county government and petitioned us to consider their lives and release the immortal to keep them safe."
"The county magistrate and I refused to give in. We tried our best to persuade them, appealing to their emotions and reasoning with them, but they simply refused to listen. They just made trouble at the gate of the county government office and refused to leave."
"The county magistrate was troubled by this and could not find any solution for a while. When he was looking through the case files of Feng Ershu last night and saw the whole story of the case, he thought that Miss Zhuang might be someone who could find a solution. So he came to find Miss Zhuang early this morning and asked her to use this method to capture the water ghost and reassure the villagers."
"Although the county magistrate and I do not advocate playing tricks, this is the only way to appease the people at this moment, so I come to ask Miss Zhuang for help."
After hearing this, Zhuang Qingning had a general idea in his mind.
Since this direct confrontation approach doesn't work and those people won't listen to their explanations, the only way is to do the opposite and use the methods of people with ulterior motives to deal with people with ulterior motives, and that will accomplish the task.
As for those who firmly believe in ghosts and gods, since you cannot wake them up completely, just let them sleep in it, but guide them to sleep in a proper bed, and the original purpose will be achieved.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for triggering the task of solving the Cuiwei Lake Water Ghost. As long as the host can successfully complete this task, make the villagers believe that the water ghost has disappeared, and expose the face of the evildoer, you will receive a generous reward! ]
The sudden appearance of Xiaowu's voice in his mind gave Zhuang Qingning a startle.
Thinking of how a certain five people had tried to persuade others to complete their performance target a few days ago, and connecting the key words "catching ghosts" and "helping people" together, Zhuang Qingning had every reason to believe that the thing that certain five people were talking about was the thing that Ding Gaochang had come to ask her to do.
This task is quite good.
Zhuang Qingning touched his chin and the corners of his mouth raised slightly.
You should have said it earlier. If you had told her earlier that you were doing this for Ding Gaochang and made Ding Gaochang and even the county government owe her a favor, she would definitely have agreed happily.
There was absolutely no hesitation! [So... I just put in a recipe for corn and pork ribs soup for nothing?]
To be precise, there is also a recipe for a mosquito repellent herbal bag.
Zhuang Qingning never missed any opportunity to make fun of a certain Five.
[Wow, wow, the host always bullies me. This time I really lost a lot...]
You can't say that, you just had to complete the task, right? Besides, didn't you also say that you couldn't see the specific details of the task, so you couldn't judge whether this task was what I wanted?
Achieving current performance is the most important thing, everything else is just empty talk.
As the saying goes, you can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a lamb.
[Yes, the host is right, the host is a vicious wolf...]
Ahem, okay, okay, let’s get back to business.
Zhuang Qingning coughed lightly, and a certain Wu also understood the current situation and slipped away with a lot of complaints.
Ding Gaochang, however, saw Zhuang Qingning remained silent for a long time with a faint smile on her face. He was surprised at first, and then his face was full of joy: "Look at Miss Zhuang, do you have a way to deal with it?"
"I guess so. I can't say it will definitely work, but it's worth a try." Zhuang Qingning replied with a smile.
The words came out lightly, but the look in his eyes was filled with determination.
Finally received the holiday notice, New Year's Eve is a holiday, this notice is almost the same as no notice (smiley face) (End of this chapter)
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