I am the villain in the book

The demon cores in the box, two black and one red, would be worth two to three hundred taels of silver each on the market.

“Master Zhang, you misunderstand.”

Wei Changtian stuffed all three demon cores into his chest and handed the empty box back to Zhang Dajin. “We did come here to eliminate demons.”

“……”

Zhang Dajin looked at Wei Changtian’s bulging chest with great distress, pleading with a bitter face, “Sir, I, I really don’t have any demons here anymore!”

Why don’t you believe me?

Wei Changtian shook his head, too lazy to persuade him further, and directly asked, “Master Zhang, has your household lost any property recently? Has there been any case of missing persons?”

“This...”

Zhang Dajin was stunned for a moment, hesitating and not speaking.

Zhou Cheng immediately jumped out to play the white face: “Don’t be ungrateful! It’s a serious crime to hide a demon without reporting it! Enough to cost you your head!”

“Moreover, this rat demon is extremely harmful. If it doesn’t die this time, it will be too late to report it to the authorities when it comes out to eat people next time!”

“Sir, calm down! Sir, calm down!”

Frightened by Zhou Cheng’s words, Zhang Dajin knelt on the ground with a “plop”, shouting loudly, “This humble citizen really doesn’t know where there is a demon!”

“Answer my question!” Wei Changtian said in a deep voice.

“Ah! Yes, yes...”

Zhang Dajin hurriedly trembled and said, “That, this humble citizen’s house has indeed occasionally lost property recently, but they were all small amounts of silver, and I didn’t take it too seriously.”

“As for missing persons... a few servants have disappeared in recent months...”

“Hmm?”

Wei Changtian narrowed his eyes: “Did you report it to the authorities?”

“N-No...”

“Why didn’t you report it!”

“Sir, I’m wronged! This humble citizen only thought they had run away back to their hometown! I definitely didn’t know there was a demon!”

“Didn’t you ever wonder why they would run away for no reason?”

“This...”

Zhang Dajin’s face turned red and he couldn’t speak.

The three of them knew from his appearance how badly the Zhang family servants were usually exploited, and it was estimated that there had been cases of slaves running away before.

But this had nothing to do with their trip, and Wei Changtian was too lazy to meddle in other people’s business.

“Alright! Tell me about these things in detail!”

“Yes, yes, yes!”

“Hmm...”

Wei Changtian frowned and thought for a while, then waved his hand: “You don’t have to worry about killing the demon, we have our own ways.”

“But you have to take us to a place first.”

Zhang Dajin hurriedly asked, “Where? Just tell me, sir!”

Wei Changtian smiled slightly: “Your family’s treasury.”

Zhang Dajin: “……”

……

Night fell,亥时 (hai shi, 9-11 PM).

The fact proved that Wei Changtian didn’t come to the treasury to make another fortune.

Looking at the piles of silver and copper coins in the room in front of him, he explained to Zhou Cheng and Xu Qingwan:

“This rat demon is not very interested in eating people, but it especially likes gold, silver, jewelry, and other things.”

“As long as we hide here and guard this place, it will probably show itself soon.”

“There are such demons?”

Zhou Cheng was a little surprised to hear this: “No wonder the Zhang family occasionally loses silver, is it all stolen by this rat demon?”

“Yes, the world is full of wonders, there’s nothing strange about it.”

Wei Changtian smiled and looked at Xu Qingwan with Zhou Cheng with great understanding.

“……”

Little Xu naturally understood what they meant, and felt so embarrassed that she was about to die.

She wanted to explain, but didn’t know what to say, so she simply went straight to a corner without saying a word, and soon hid her figure in the darkness.

Only then did Wei Changtian and Zhou Cheng vaguely hear a sentence.

“I, I’ll hide first...”

“……”

The two men suppressed their laughter and looked at each other before each finding a place to hide.

The outside of the treasury quickly returned to silence, and even the entire Zhang mansion was quiet.

Although the Zhang family members were asked to do whatever they were doing, everyone was afraid to wander outside after hearing that there was a demon, and basically hid in their rooms at this time.

The moon slowly moved overhead, and the only sound in my ears was the night wind blowing through the treetops.

I don’t know how long it had passed like this, and Wei Changtian, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, finally noticed a strange movement.

“Chī lā, chī lā...”

This was a sound similar to fingernails scratching the wall, very weak, as if it was coming from a well next to it.

Could it be that this rat demon is hiding in the well?

Wei Changtian stared at the wellhead, and soon saw a pair of blood-red small eyes flashing past.

Sure enough! It’s worth the wait!

This beast is actually digging a hole in the well!

He was secretly delighted in his heart, but his body remained as it was.

Rat holes are generally very deep, let alone a hole dug by a rat demon.

So, the battle must be resolved outside the hole, and it must not be allowed to escape back into the hole.

Time passed bit by bit, and the three of Wei Changtian continued to stand still.

And this rat demon was also very cautious, constantly sticking its head out of the well and then retracting it, repeating this seven or eight times before slowly revealing its true form.

It wasn’t as big as Wei Changtian had imagined, its size was about the same as a medium-sized dog, and its characteristics were basically the same as ordinary rats.

In short, it was an enlarged version of a rat.

There seemed to be a slight smell of blood in the wind. The big rat circled the well twice, and then, under the gaze of three pairs of eyes, quickly ran towards the deliberately left gap in the treasury door.

Now is the time!

As agreed in advance, Wei Changtian took the lead to slowly get up from his hiding place and went silently straight to the treasury.

Xu Qingwan and Zhou Cheng didn’t drop the ball either, appearing almost at the same time and forming an encirclement of the treasury door from the other two angles.

But the rat demon was not stupid and immediately noticed something was wrong.

“Guāng lāng lāng!”

A burst of chaotic sound came from inside the treasury. The next second, Wei Changtian ran into the big rat that was preparing to flee for its life at the treasury door.

Without the slightest hesitation, almost subconsciously, he drew his sword out of its sheath, and the Dragon Roar Blade immediately went straight for the rat’s head with a power that seemed to be able to cut through everything.

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“Huālā!”

The blade slashed heavily on the bluestone ground, leaving a crack as deep as an inch in the midst of splashing gravel.

Didn’t hit.

The rat demon successfully reversed its direction at the last moment, leaving only a small section of its tail behind.

But it was not a big problem, because Xu Qingwan had also arrived from the other direction.

The familiar sound of a sparrow chirping suddenly sounded, and then the cold light arrived.

Compared to Wei Changtian, her sword was obviously more experienced.

Instead of chopping straight down, she swung the knife horizontally downward to pursue a greater degree of coverage.

After all, this rat demon was not large, and to hit the target, it was necessary to increase the attack range as much as possible.

The facts also proved that this choice was correct.

“Chī lā!”

The blade cut through the skin and flesh, and the demon skin, which should have been extremely tough, instantly cracked open.

The rat demon screamed and rolled back into the treasury, but Xu Qingwan did not immediately pursue it, but first turned around and closed the treasury door, and then rushed towards the rat demon that was scurrying around the room with a knife and Zhou Cheng.

Wei Changtian was not in a hurry to go up to help, and stood behind and watched the pretty figure with ruthless moves for a while.

This was the first time he had seen Xu Qingwan actually fight.

Calm enough, fierce enough, ruthless enough...

Hey! This is too different from her usual appearance!