Liaozhai: I just want salted fish with invincible magical powers

Chapter 14 Lost Soul
Hu Qian and the others paid the money and ran out of the store, only to see many people surrounded by a small river not far away.

Looking closer, I saw a woman floating in the river, struggling to swim to the shore.

But behind her were two arm-long herrings, biting hard at the corners of her skirt, the girl exhausted all her strength, and slowly sank while calling for help.

Although there were many onlookers, none of them went into the water to save them.

Hu Qian said: "My lady, take the brocade box."

After speaking, he stuffed the brocade box containing Yingluo into Shen Yuzhen's hands, jumped into the river, swam to the girl with all his strength, and grabbed her by the collar.

The two herrings were still dragging, but when they got close to Hu Qian, a dazzling golden light shot out, making them spin around in place, their stomachs turned over, and they died.

The girl was about to lose consciousness, and Hu Qian dragged her to the shore.

Seeing that her body was exposed from the wet clothes, he immediately asked the servant to take off his coat and wrap it up for her.

"Isn't this the county magistrate's son Hu Qian?"

"Is that the Hu Daxian who caught the fox?"

"What a handsome man!"

"That's his wife, really..."

Everyone wanted to talk again, Hu Qian said: "If you dare to chew your tongue again, tell me back to the Yamen!"

The crowd immediately shut their mouths and took a few steps back.

"Girl, girl..."

Hu Qian called out a few words softly, and the girl woke up leisurely.

However, when he saw Hu Qian, he immediately yelled: "There is a ghost, there is a ghost, and it hooked the soul of Miss..."

Hu Qian winked, Xiao Huan bent down, held her hand and said, "Look clearly, this is Mr. Hu Qian, not a ghost!"

The girl was still insane, muttering ghosts in her mouth, in a trance, and didn't say anything when she asked.

Shen Yuzhen said: "Master, your clothes are all wet, go home and change quickly."

Hu Qian nodded.

She looked at the girl sitting on the ground again, "This girl is so pitiful, we can't leave her here."

"Xiaohuan, take her back to the Yamen and we'll talk about it later."

Back at the county government office, Hu Qian was changing clothes, and suddenly there were more reminders in his mind.

[There seems to be some secret hidden in the girl's body]

Now that there is a reminder, even if it is aimed at rewards, this matter cannot be ignored.

After changing clothes and returning to the second hall, the girl had already changed into Xiaohuan's clothes, drank ginger soup, and looked much better.

Hu Qian asked: "Where are you from? How did you fall into the water?"

The girl knelt down on the ground, "Xing'er, a civilian daughter, is the maidservant of the second lady of the Jinling Garrison Mansion, because she lost her soul when she was traveling with her, she was terrified, so she threw herself into the river and committed suicide.

but……"

Hu Qian said, "You don't want to die anymore, do you?"

Xing'er nodded and said: "Unexpectedly, I ran into two big herrings, who kept holding me back. Fortunately, my son saved me." After speaking, she kowtowed again and again.

"Jinling Garrison..."

This is an officer of the fifth rank, much bigger than a small county magistrate.

"What about your lady?"

"Miss has been taken home by the master, and she is looking for a doctor to treat her at this time."

"What exactly is going on?"

"The second young lady came to visit relatives in Nanyang the day before yesterday, when she came across Tengzi Lake, she saw the beautiful scenery of the lake, so she went boating.

Before leaving, the master had ordered me to protect the lady and not let her wander around, so I went to persuade her.

But the young lady was stubborn and continued to row and play non-stop.

Unexpectedly, the lady suddenly fell ill yesterday, her eyes were dull, and she didn't say a word, as if she had lost her soul.

I was so scared that I wanted to throw myself into the river. "

Shen Yuzhen comforted: "Your lady may just catch the wind and cold from swimming in the lake, and she will be fine in two days. Why do you commit suicide?"

Xing'er shook her head and said: "Miss is usually lively and active, she rarely gets sick, and it definitely doesn't look like a cold, I...

Master will definitely kill me. "

Then he cried sadly.

Shen Yuzhen's heart softened, "Sister-in-law, can you help her?"

Hu Qian looked at the prompt in his mind.

【What is the monster at the bottom of Lake Fujiko】

Obviously, the second lady's soul was taken away by the monster at the bottom of the lake.

This was difficult, since he couldn't dive into the bottom of the lake, and he didn't know how powerful the monster was.

Even if he has the divine light to protect his body, the other party can't do anything to him.

But at the bottom of the lake, I can't do anything to him.

Hu Qian said: "Let her stay here for now, let's see and talk."

Unexpectedly, before noon, Hu Tong hurried to the backyard to look for Hu Qian.

Hu Qian thought he was doing it because of Xing'er, but he opened his mouth and said, "Qian'er, Lord Ma Sigang, the guard of Jinling, sent someone to invite you, do you know what it is?"

"Children don't know."

The two left while talking, and when they got to the front hall, they saw an old man who looked like a housekeeper.

"Lord Hu, is this Lingzi Hu Qian?"

"Exactly, Qian'er, this is Uncle Ma, the housekeeper of Mr. Ma's family."

"Meet Uncle Li."

"My lord, you don't have to be like this. I can't be an old slave if I'm white."

Having said that, the arrogance is obvious.

As the saying goes, the seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's gate, and the fifth-rank guard housekeeper can be regarded as personal characters.

After a brief remark, Uncle Li showed distress and said: "To be honest, my second young lady visited Tengzi Lake the day before yesterday, and when she came back, she seemed to have lost her soul, and she didn't respond to anyone talking to her.

The master and wife were so anxious that they invited more than a dozen famous doctors one after another, but they were not cured. They heard that Mr. Hu had the ability to kill ghosts and catch foxes, so they asked the old slave to invite them.

I also hope Mr. Hu will look at my master and leave quickly to save my young lady. "

Hu Qian looked at Hu BuTong, saw him nodding, and then said: "Uncle Li is serious. Since the garrison is asking for it, Xiaosheng should do his best, but Xiaosheng's ability is low..."

Li Bo said: "Oh, don't talk about it at this time. Whether it is okay or not, you have to go and see it first."

So Hu Qian bid farewell to his family in a hurry, and followed Uncle Li to Jinling.

It was too late to appreciate the bustling scenery of Jinling Prefecture, and the carriage went directly to the Garrison Mansion.

After going through the hall and corridor, Hu Qian was led to a side hall.

However, as soon as he stepped in, he was immediately shocked.

There are four chairs lined up on both sides of the hall. Except for the chair at the end on the left, which is empty, the other seven chairs are all occupied.

Among the seven people were old monks, Taoist priests, nuns, fortune-tellers, a powerful man, an old woman with white beard and hair, and an old man who was blind.

"Uncle Li, these seven are..."

"Oh, these are all talented people invited by the master to treat the young lady's illness."

Hu Qian was really funny and angry.

It seems that the lord guard doesn't think he has any skills, but that he can find one.

If I knew this, I wouldn't say anything.

"Mr. Hu, please sit down. I'll invite the master right away."

Hu Qian responded and sat at the end on the left.

After careful observation with the technique of psychic communication, I found that there is nothing special about these seven people.

Those seven people didn't look at him either, they just closed their eyes to themselves.

Not long after, a rich middle-aged man came in, cupped his hands and said, "You are all polite!"

Everyone stood up, "I have seen the guard."

"I won't say much about the extra words, the little girl is in a critical condition, so please think of a way quickly.

If anyone can rejuvenate and save my daughter's life, I will be very grateful. "

The old monk said: "My lord, can I invite the young lady to come out and meet you?"

Ma Sigang also knew that the matter was urgent, and with a wave of his hand, two maidservants walked out slowly supporting a woman.

When Hu Qian saw it, he was immediately stunned.

Isn't this Second Miss the Xing'er whom I rescued back home?

that……

Who is that Xing'er in my family...

(End of this chapter)