With the goal in mind, the four of them immediately returned to the village.
In a village, the person who knows the local area best is probably the village chief.
According to the words of the guiding aunt when they came in before, the village chief's home is located to the east of Nanyue Village.
Running a hotel.
A few people came to the east side of the village, following the figures of some tourists dragging suitcases, and easily saw the hotel.
The name of the hotel is Youjian Hotel.
Entering inside, Mu Nujiao negotiated with the lady at the front desk to check in.
Bai Mo and the others did not go upstairs, but glanced around the lobby.
"Sister, is the village chief here?"
Seeing that he couldn't find anyone with his eyes, Lingling ran to the front desk and started asking questions.
"Little sister, what do you need? This hotel is owned by the village chief. I am his girl. If you need anything, you can come to me."
The front desk looks like he is in his thirties. , seeing Lingling’s cute appearance, he immediately smiled and said.
Blinking his eyes, Lingling said, "It's nothing, I just like to listen to some stories, and I just wanted to ask my sister if she knows the story of the waterworm."
Hearing this, the originally gentle expression of the lady at the front desk suddenly stiffened a bit, and she smiled unnaturally.
“Children are very curious. I don’t know about these miscellaneous rumors and stories.”
"Does the village chief know?" Mu Nujiao on the side couldn't help but ask.
"You know, I'm not sure. If you ask the old man, there's no problem."
"Sister, where is the village chief?"
" Out."
"When will you come back?"
"Come back when you come back." The lady at the front desk said expressionlessly, then waved her hands impatiently and said in a rough voice:
"You guys who have finished the formalities, hurry up and go away, don't I'm just asking around here, blocking the people behind me from completing the formalities!"
Seeing this, Lingling, Bai Mo and others looked at each other and had to leave the front desk first.
They booked a bungalow, which was similar to an apartment, just behind the hotel building.
A few people left the hall, and Bai Mo said: "It seems that the village chief's daughter seems to know something, but she is unwilling to mention the matter of the waterworm."
"Well, after Lingling asked about the waterworm, her mind quickly became alert." Ding Yumian said.
"By the way, where are we going? Are we really going to live here?!" Lingling saw that she had walked into a courtyard and couldn't help but complain.
"No, let's pretend. Lingling, please return to the lobby later, continue to wait for the village chief, and ask the lady at the front desk about the situation. Yumian, please follow."
It is only the afternoon now. , Bai Mo certainly has no idea of taking a rest, he just wants to find out the information in another way.
"Jiaojiao, you and I will visit the local people, especially the elderly, and see if we can ask anything."
The group of people took action immediately. The old man in the village was relatively easy to find.
Leaving the area where there was a hotel, the two of them asked almost one by one.
"Grandpa, do you know about the earthworm?"
"What the hell is it?"
"The earthworm!"
"What is Zhen Sui?"
"It's Zhen water worm!"
"Oh, the earthworms in the water, there are many in the ground, especially next to the toilet, I know."
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Visiting is a rather difficult activity. The above conversation is the normal state of Bai Mo and most elderly people.
Coupled with some dialect issues, the two of them moved separately, one from east to west and the other from south to north.
In the end, nothing useful was found.
“I heard an old man mention it from the village chief,” Mu Nujiao said.
Hearing this, Bai Mo pondered for a few times and guessed:
"Is it possible that the information about the waterworm is not something that the entire village knows, but is only known to one family or one person? Word of mouth? Many priests, wizards and other positions seemed to be like this in ancient times."
"I don't know. Let's go back and see how Lingling and the others are doing."
As soon as she finished speaking, Mu Nujiao saw four people in guard uniforms surrounding them.
"Handsome man and beauty, someone reported that you were inquiring about things in the village. You are not like good people. Please cooperate with us to go back and make a record."
A young guard with a Nanyue Village accent said, while He said that while still laughing.
Bai Mo:? ? ?
Mu Nujiao:? ? ?
No, what kind of village is this?
Coming out of the Security Department, Bai Mo looked up at the sunset, then looked back at the Security Department, which was about the same size as a public toilet.
Mu Nujiao on the other side was also speechless, but at the same time she was speechless, there were still some doubts in her eyes, and she looked at the Surgeon General with a strange look.
"Let's go, I hope there will be good news when we get back."
As soon as he looked up, Bai Mo saw Mu Nujiao looking at the Security Department with a scrutinizing look.
"What's wrong?"
"Something's wrong, this security department."
He reached out and tapped the building in front of him, Mu Nujiao said with an inquiring look on his face.
“I have been observing before taking notes. Although the decoration here is very similar to that of a normal security department, there are some differences, especially the uniforms of the security guards.”
"When I first saw them, I thought their clothes were fake, but when they brought us here, I gave up my worries, but there was something wrong with the inner layout and the recording process. .”
Shaking his head slightly, Bai Mo felt that it shouldn't be that mysterious.
“The uniforms are not up to standard, maybe they were purchased online. It doesn’t necessarily mean that small places don’t provide uniforms. Similarly, small places have less stringent regulations. Is it possible that there are still people who dare to pretend to be the security department? There are people nearby. The branch of the Magic Association."
"So I feel something is wrong, let's go."
Mu Nujiao shook her head and went to the east of the village, but Bai Mo had an idea. She pulled.
“Don’t rush back now, let’s go to the Spark Network station to see if they have collected any intelligence here.”
Hearing this, Mu Nujiao's eyes lit up. How could she have forgotten this before?
Every time Xinghuo.com sets up a station in a place, it must first understand the local information.
The two of them have wandered around this palm-sized place several times, and they naturally know the location of the Spark Network.
This is a bungalow, simply hung with the Xinghuo.com badge and name.
Due to the frugal habits of rural people, even though it is getting late, they still have not lit the lamps, but use the afterglow of the sun to illuminate.
So this small bungalow seemed a bit dim.
Two staff members were sitting behind the desk in the room. When they saw someone coming in, they asked:
"Visitors? Do you need any help?"
'These two Don't know me! ’
This was Bai Mo’s first reaction, and then he took out his Spark Network certificate.
"I am the presiding judge of Xinghuo.com, and I am here to find some information about Nanyue Village."
"Ah?!"
"Ah!!"
Two surprised sounds When the voice sounded, the two staff members glanced at Bai Mo and then checked the ID he had placed on the table.
I don’t know if the test has revealed it, but I’m getting nervous anyway.
One of the older women immediately straightened her spine and said:
"We are from Nanyue Village. If you want to know something, sir, you can ask us. I know everything."
"Are you from Nanyue Village?"
Brows raised, Bai Mo also felt something was wrong this time. Why are you all from Nanyue Village.
Are the people in this village so good?
"Yes! My name is Xiao Congmin, a native of Nanyue Village."
"Okay!" It was important to find the totem, so Bai Mo suppressed the doubts in his heart for the time being.
"Then tell me, is there a legend about water worms in your village?"
".I don't know." The older woman's face fell at a speed visible to the naked eye.
It was as if I saw an opportunity for success disappear before my eyes.
"Every member of the Spark Network needs to know the information of the place in detail. Why don't you know?"
"Ah, do we still need to do this? The network director didn't say anything?" There was no one on the side. The young staff member who spoke out said.
In an instant, Bai Mo and Mu Nujiao realized something was wrong at the same time.
What webmaster?
The basic grid of Spark.com is set up with the captain, and the captain is all team members. Generally, a team has a maximum of seven people and a minimum of four people.
When they first came in, they saw that only two of them didn't feel anything. Maybe the others had gone out.
But as soon as this website came out, they immediately knew that something was wrong.
"Where is the web director of Xinghuo.com? Please provide your identification and telephone number to your superiors."
The two of them were stunned for a moment, feeling as if the young man in front of them had turned into a giant Shake the mind of Mount Tai.
He said the information hesitantly.
After receiving the information, Mu Nujiao launched an investigation on the spot, and finally discovered that there was no registered station in Nanyue Village at all.
This Spark Network station that openly opens on the street and handles matters for Nanyue Village is fake!
After some more inquiries, I found out that these two people had no idea what Xinghuo.com really did, and they were just following the arrangements of the network administrator.
"Who is that webmaster? Take me to him!"
The two villagers who had just learned that they were fake official members looked at each other, and the older woman said:
"We don't know either. It was that stinky bitch Fang Linghua who introduced me. I'll take you there!"
She rolled up her sleeves rather fiercely, as if she was about to fight.
Following her, Bai and Mo arrived at a hotel unexpectedly.
"Fang Linghua! Fang Linghua! If you dare to trick your aunt, come out!"
The older woman cursed fiercely. Before entering the hotel, her voice was already floating in the west end of the village. .
"Hey, Third Aunt, why are you here? Please keep your voice down, there are people in the store."
A person came out to greet him. Bai Mo took a closer look and saw that it was the village chief's daughter at the front desk of the hotel.
“The job you introduced me to, that Xinghuo.com, was fake, and my superiors found me! Whoever opened the fake place doesn’t want your aunt to go to jail. Call that person out!”
Hearing this, the lady at the front desk named Fang Linghua was slightly startled, and in a blink of an eye she saw Bai Mo and the others following behind.
She lowered her eyes and looked anxious. She took her aunt's hand and walked to the side. As she walked, she whispered:
"Oh, why didn't you tell me quietly about such a big thing? The owner of that store has long since disappeared, and I haven't been able to contact him, but he is operating as usual, and your wages haven't been reduced, so I didn't tell you this."
“Then what do you think we should do?”
Hearing this, Fang Linghua’s expression changed several times, and she led her to sit on a bench in the lobby and took another plate. He gave her snacks and finally said,
"Third aunt, please wait for a while and eat something to calm down. I'll go talk to the official from Xinghuo.com."
Lobby On the other side, Bai Mo told Lingling twice about the discovery of the fake Spark Network station.
I just watched the eldest lady at the front desk calmly and calmly as her third aunt came over.
"Are you really an official member of Spark Network?"
Taking a deep breath, Fang Linghua stepped forward and asked Lingling.
"His name is Bai Mo. Sister, you look quite fashionable. You can find out by just searching on the Internet. We are not bad people."
This afternoon, the village chief The daughter is tight-lipped, and even the invincible and lovely Lingling cannot pry her mouth open, so there is no gain.
In fact, Ding Yumian could use magic to force her to tell them everything they wanted to know. But Fang Linghua has a strong tendency to keep secrets about Zhen water worms, which is a strong psychological defense.
It’s not that Ding Yumian can’t break through, Fang Linghua is just an ordinary person.
It’s just that once Ding Yumian forcibly hypnotizes her soul and makes her say things she doesn’t want to say against her own will, it will cause irreversible damage to her soul.
This is something Lingling doesn’t want to do, and at the same time, she can’t.
After all, the front desk lady is not a criminal.
If someone knows the information, it is their freedom and right to tell it or not.
"Okay, let me check it out."
Hearing this, Fang Linghua actually checked Bai Mo's information.
Not long after, she raised her head and said, "I can answer your three questions about earthworms, but you can't cause trouble for my third aunt and her colleagues."
"What's going on with the fake Xinghuo network here?"
"I don't know!" Fang Linghua's face froze and she said firmly.
“Why can’t you tell us all the news about the earthworms?”
“Because I don’t know much. Only my father knows the details, but you can’t get it from him. I know.”
Hearing this, Bai Mo and the others looked at each other and said:
"Sister, don't worry, we won't do anything to your third aunt. Those who don't know are not guilty."
Her big flawless eyes blinked, but Fang Linghua, who heard the last words, avoided her look.
"We need to think carefully about the problem of water worms. Before that, we need to deal with official business."
Bai Mo took over the conversation, "Now it seems that the people in this village The official agencies need to check it out. They didn't notice the appearance of a fake Spark Station. This shouldn't be the case. Seeing this, Mu Nujiao and Ding Yumian couldn't help but look at him in confusion.
After all, he had not paid much attention to the strange behavior here before.
Bai Mo shook his head. He didn't care before because the villagers had a good opinion of the official.
But the commotion caused by the aunt's curse just now caused the whole village to be lively.
But Bai Mo happened to listen to a few words in the phonetic system, and she discovered that all the official organizations here were from Nanyue Village.
Many of them even have some relationship with that third aunt.
This had to make Bai Mo start to pay attention to the strange phenomena of the official organization here.
With Lingling, the four of them immediately took action and separately investigated the official institutions here.
Tuk tuk tuk!
There was a knock on the door, Fang Lingan opened the door and saw his daughter who looked anxious.
"Why are you in the mood to come to my place? Aren't you embarrassed to see me?"
He said with a cold face.
"Dad, a big shot from Xinghuo.com came to the village today."
"Come as soon as you can, what's the big deal!"
Fang Ling'an moved his eyebrows. Said indifferently.
“They are asking about the earthworm.”
"What!?" Fang Ling'an raised his eyebrows instantly, "You didn't tell them, don't be confused again!"
"No, but the magic associations in the village and the like, they noticed Something's wrong."
Fang Linghua glanced at her father and couldn't help but said, "What should I do?"
Suddenly, the old face hidden in the shadow of the door twitched. .
“Why panic! I will be seventy next year! It’s time to retire.”
"But Third Aunt and the others..."
"What did you say they were here for?" Fang Ling'an did not answer, but confirmed it again.
"Come to see the earthworm."
"I'll go to the hotel with you, and I'll tell them what happens next!" The old man walked out boldly.
The Magic Association is stationed outside the site
Looking at the seventeen people with their heads lowered in front of him, Bai Mo let out a long breath.
“Dear fellow villagers, didn’t you think about it before you joined the company? None of you are magicians. How could the Magic Association recruit you all and hand over a place to your management!”
In the midst of silence, a honest voice said:
"Anyway, we don't have much money. There is a lot of employment pressure these days. We finally found a job. The president is a mage, so it doesn't matter if we are not."< br>
Bai Mo sighed helplessly. After investigating along the way, he basically understood.
In the entire village, only the village committee is formal.
As for other magic associations, the Trial Society Hunters Alliance.
To put it nicely, it is a private enterprise.
To put it bluntly, they are all fake and shoddy products.
It just so happened that such a group of fake people managed this village to be prosperous.
There was no need to communicate with Ding Yumian in person. Through the audio system, he knew the status of their investigation at all times.
Exactly the same as mine!
Any official organization is fake.
The president, alliance leader, director, bank president, etc., are mostly one person named Fang Ling'an.
And a small number of them are relatives of Fang Ling'an.
After a friendly and profound exchange, he also understood who this Fang Ling'an was.
He is the village chief of Nanyue Village!
At the same time, he is also the only mage in Nanyue Village and an intermediate level.
Bai Mo really doesn’t understand why the village chief did this.
Rebellion?
It doesn’t look like it either.
"Anyway, everyone, please go back first. I will handle the matter with your village chief."
After calming down a group of people, Bai Mo took the evidence and sent a message to Ding Yumian and others to go back together. To the hotel.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw an old man with a face like old tree bark, a straight posture, and dressed in linen, sitting facing the door.
“Young people, you are back.”
Seeing this, Bai Mo glanced at Fang Linghua, who looked worried in the corner, and said:
"Village Chief Fang."
"It's me, it seems that I did some things , you already understand it almost."
Looking up at the transparent bag in his hand, Fang Lingan let out a long sigh.
"Paper cannot contain the fire~ You are right in your guess. All official institutions in Nanyue Village, whether magical or non-magical, except the village committee, are all under my chairmanship. Established.”
Although I had already guessed it in my heart, when it came out personally from the person who did the whole thing.
Bai Mo, Lingling, Ding Yumian and Mu Nujiao all felt unspeakable shock, dumbfounding, and deep incomprehension.
"Can I know why?"
Throwing the evidence aside, Bai Mo walked over and sat down and asked.
"Of course." The village chief chuckled twice, and spoke in a leisurely tone:
"At the beginning, I just opened a police station. The security department in nearby Qingshan Town moved too slowly. By the time they came to handle the case, all the people were gone."
Hearing this, Bai Mo was speechless. Don't open a police station. It's so natural.
He doesn't have that ability now, which makes him less like a big boss.
“Later, our village lost some important things. In order to find them, I opened a bank because I couldn’t afford the hiring fee of a hunter detective for a long time.
In San When I didn't find anything after the New Year, I stopped thinking about it. The employment problem for young people in the village became a problem, so I thought about how to make the village rich.
I expanded the police station into the Security Department and added the Hunter Alliance, which temporarily solved the employment problem of the villagers
Then I discovered that with these official organizations, some fools with lots of money would be happy to do so. I came here for vacation and investment, and gradually it became what you see now.
Everyone in the village was skeptical at first, but after seeing so many organizations coming out one after another, they gradually became convinced with my persuasion. "
After summarizing what he had done over the years in one breath, Fang Ling'an seemed to have relieved his burden.
"I haven't lost a penny of the money of everyone in the village, it's all in the bank card inside. ”
He took out a bank card with a password recorded on it and continued:
"Anyway, I'm almost seventy and I won't be in jail for long. Young man, help me pay all the money back."
Taking the card, Bai Mo felt like he was listening to a fantasy story and said nothing for a while.
His silence seemed to make the village chief misunderstand, and he saw his eyes darken slightly, and said in a serious voice:
"But I know that I am not the only one who is at fault, but young people, Please let others go, I am willing to exchange the news about Zhen Shui Earthworm.”
"Okay."
After coming back to his senses, Bai Mo nodded immediately after hearing this.
“Is Nanyue Village a village founded by the guardian of the water worm?”
“Yes, the story of the water worm has been passed down here from generation to generation.” The old village chief was surprised. He gave him a strange look.
“Where is it?”
"It hasn't appeared for a long time. According to the legend my grandfather told me, it sleeps under the altar on the back mountain."
"Altar? Is there a way down? Do you have any way to wake it up?"
Hearing this, the village chief squinted and took a deep look at Bai Mo, and suddenly sneered and said:
"The altar is the passage, but the key is lost!"
Hearing this, Bai Mo was startled. Like Lingling beside him, he immediately looked at Ding Yumian.
Seeing Ding Yumian shaking his head, their hearts suddenly sank.
Bai Mo quickly asked: "How did you lose it? Where did you lose it?"
At the same time, he thought of what the village chief said before. However, important things in the village were lost, and he hired hunter detectives to find them.
Lingling thought of more in an instant. She thought that Zhen Shuixian was bought at the auction.
The order given by Xiang Xuewu seems to have been bought.
So she immediately said, "Bai Mo, token, bow string!"
Hearing this, Bai Mo immediately understood and had no taboos.
Under the suddenly wide-open eyes of Village Chief Fang and the transparent front desk lady next to him, he took out Zhen Ling and Zhen Shuixian.
“Are these two things the key?”
“How do you have them?!”
Compared to his daughter's gaffe, Village Chief Fang was much more steady. After being surprised, he shook his head.
"The key is a ring-shaped jade talisman with the mark of Zhen Shui God. These two were stolen together."
After listening, Bai Mo sighed, "You should be the totem guardian family. How did you lose the things passed down by the totem? I can't figure it out."
"Unkind children, unkind people."
Fang The village chief glanced coldly at his daughter, who had her head lowered behind her, and snorted lightly.
Finally, he glanced at Bai Mo.
“Especially the handsome ones.”
“Can the space under the altar be forcibly opened?” Mu Nujiao suddenly asked.
"No, the restrictions set by the altar will self-destruct if attacked by external forces!"
Hearing this, Mu Nujiao shook her head and continued to think.
On the other side, Lingling, who had just turned on the computer, raised her head and said:
"Bai Mo, the person who auctioned Zhen Shuixian and sold Zhen Ling should be the same person. Although that guy is dead, his inheritance has been His family inherited it, and the key should be in his inheritance.
His family recently went bankrupt and packed up all those things for auction. The auction has not yet started. "(End of Chapter)