On the Avenue

Qianyang Mountain, Li family camp.

Li Kefa looked gloomy and looked at the camp. The Buffalo County government officials were busy inspecting the bones on the ground.

He is the father of Li Xiaoding and the magistrate of Buffalo County. The Li family is powerful, and he has the final say on matters in Buffalo County. The county magistrate is just a decoration.

He had three daughters and only one son, and now his son is dead!

He got the news from the Ding family and rushed here, only to find that his son had been eaten by evil spirits, leaving only bones!

Including the seven Jinyi guards who followed Li Xiaoding, they were all killed in Xie's mouth!

"Sir, I have asked the Ding family, and there should be no problem with the Ding family."

A young man in his thirties walked quickly, with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, tall body and broad shoulders. He was dressed in red and wearing an official hat. He carried a strange weapon on his back, which looked like a spear but not a spear. There was a spearhead at one end. The other end has three pipes welded together, like a hammer.

This thing is called the Three-Eyed Fire Gun, and it is very powerful, even more powerful than ordinary spells. The black iron pipe is stuffed with gunpowder, saltpeter and thunderbolts. When ignited, the power of thunder will burst out. The thunderbolts will shoot out like sharp arrows and hurt people hundreds of steps away!

The thunderbolt is a kind of lead egg, round, one or two times as heavy as ten thunderbolts, hollow, filled with gunpowder, it will explode when it hits the target, and it is extremely powerful.

This person is Zhuge Jian, the official historian of Buffalo County. He is a very capable person. Unfortunately, his family background is not good, so he can only be the official historian of the county government.

Zhuge Jian bowed and said: "Yesterday afternoon, the fourth lady of the Ding family sent a maid named Zi E here, intending to contact the two families and get closer. Unexpectedly, it was getting late, and Zi E still did not go back because she was worried about Zi E. When something happened to Calyx, they sent people over again, only to find out that something happened in the camp, but it was already dark at that time, so they had to retreat to the Ding family camp, and the young master’s body was destroyed by evil spirits and wild beasts.”

Li Kefa said coldly: "You mean, my son did not die in the hands of evil?"

"The young master was killed by others."

Zhuge Jiandao, "My subordinates have carefully inspected it. Judging from the scene, the person who took action did not use spells or runes, but relied on a knife and fists to kill nine people in just one breath. In one breath. He took a total of thirteen shots during this period, and the person who was injured the most only received two hits from him. "

He observed extremely carefully. Although Li Xiaoding and others only had skeletons left, he could still judge the number of times Chen Shi took action from the clues on the bones and the footprints on the ground.

Li Kefa's face was as dark as water and he asked: "What else?"

"He took action thirteen times, killing nine people, but no one present had time to cast a spell. They were killed by him without even preparing the spell."

Zhuge Jian continued, "This man is not tall, only between five and six feet, but his body is extremely strong and powerful. Within one foot, his fists and feet can kill people in an instant! His fists, It can crush bones directly!"

Li Kefa frowned, not many monks practiced physical training.

"Hercules can create such a powerful body."

Zhuge Jian said, "Sacrifice the Hercules Talisman, and instantly gain the divine power of the Yellow Turban Hercules. Kill people violently, and the thunder and lightning only takes a moment! But this person does not use the Hercules Talisman."

He changed the topic and said: "I checked the ashes left behind after the talismans were burned out. Everyone in the camp only left two ashes of the talismans. These two talismans are both golden bell talismans for body protection. And the user, They should all be young masters. So the murderer must be a short body-refining monk! Or he is a master who has mastered the golden elixir and deliberately uses fists, kicks and knives to kill people."

Li Kefa frowned and said: "After this man killed my son, he immediately fled. How can we find this murderer in such a huge crowd?"

Zhuge Jian said sternly: "This man left a trail because he also brought a dog."

Li Kefa was stunned. He didn't see the dog paw prints on the ground.

None of the dozens of government officials in Buffalo County found any dog ​​paw prints.

"There were dog-gnawed bones on the ground."

Zhuge Jian held a bone in his hand and said, "This kind of bite marks are the marks left by canine teeth. And there is some cinnabar dust on the table. Then the identity of the person coming can be revealed. This person must be wearing a black The dog's talisman master, the young master invited him to come , is here to draw the talisman! Black dog blood is the most yang-y, so this dog must be a black dog! A black dog, it’s not troublesome to find out his identity.”

When Li Kefa heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief. There were too few people who fit this status.

"There is another way, which is to summon my son's soul and find out the real culprit."

Li Kefa said, "Go and prepare some soul-calling talismans to prepare for summoning souls. I also want to see my son..." As he said this, his eye circles could not help but turn red.

Zhuge Jian hesitated for a moment and said: "My lord, my subordinate has already made his own decision and summoned the soul once. He failed to summon the soul of the young master..."

Li Kefa was stunned and looked at him in confusion.

Zhuge Jian said cautiously: "Not only can't the soul of the young master be summoned, but the ghosts of other people can't be summoned either. The souls of those who died in the hands of this Talisman Master have all disappeared."

Li Kefa stood there blankly, with a rather sad expression: "My son's soul has disappeared? Could this person eat my son's soul when he killed someone?"

Zhuge Jian thought for a while and said: "My subordinates have a guess, that is, there must be evil spirits in this person. Only evil spirits or evil spirits can eat ghosts. This Talisman Master may have raised evil spirits, or he may have been possessed by evil spirits. Possessed.”

This kind of thing has happened before. The evil spirits are possessed and eat people in the towns. They can eat all the people in a town in just a few days!

Li Kefa exhaled a breath and said: "Zhuge Dianshi, I leave it to you to capture this short talisman master with the black dog. Don't kill him, I must personally interrogate him, cut open his chest and take out him My heart is dedicated to my son’s spirit in heaven!”

Zhuge Jian bowed and said yes, and passed on the order, asking the government officials to go to various intersections, inns, and villages to search for the talisman master with the black dog.

The grandfather and grandson returned to Huangpo Village. As usual, the grandfather went to boil the medicine and Chen Shi took the medicine and took a medicinal bath. Late at night, while sleeping, Chen Shi suddenly felt his heart twitching and was suddenly awakened by the heartbreaking pain!

His heart-ache problem broke out again!

Ever since he started practicing the Three Lights Righteousness Technique, he hasn't had this problem again these days. He didn't expect it to happen so violently this time!

The five fingers of the cyan ghost hand on his chest pinched his heart tightly, causing his chest muscles to tighten, and his heart felt like it was about to burst!

Chen Shi's body was shaking and twitching, his body was stiff, and his veins were bursting out. He was in so much pain that he couldn't breathe at all, and his face quickly turned red!

The red gradually turns to purple.

He couldn't open his mouth, couldn't make any sound, couldn't call grandpa for help!

After a long time, Chen Shi was sweating profusely, and the bedding was almost soaked with sweat, before he took his first breath.

With this breath of support, he seemed to have grasped a glimmer of hope. He quickly mobilized the Three Lights Righteousness Technique and used all his strength to fight against the cyan ghost hand holding his heart!

It was in the middle of the night that he suppressed the cyan ghost hand.

The five fingers of the cyan ghost hand inserted into his chest, and now they slowly stretched, and the pain became less and less.

Chen Shi was still frightened. The cyan ghost's hand held his heart this time harder and longer than ever before. If he hadn't taken his first breath, he would have died on the bed from the pain!

"Could it be that when I killed Li Xiaoding during the day, I consumed too much and my body couldn't hold the ghost handprints, so this problem broke out?"

Chen Shi thought about it carefully. When he killed Li Xiaoding and others, he did feel a strong sense of hunger. He must have consumed too much.

"Grandpa's medicine can suppress the cyan ghost hand, but it seems to be less and less effective. Only the Three Lights Righteousness Technique is still useful. I must go to the True King's Tomb again as soon as possible to get the full version of the Three Lights Righteousness Technique!"

The Three Lights Righteousness Technique is the only technique he has obtained so far. It is the only technique that can suppress the cyan ghost hand, and it is Chen Shi's only life-saving straw.

"It's just that if you want to obtain the Three Lights Righteousness Art, you will definitely alarm the realm of ghosts and gods." Chen Shi frowned.

The last time he was able to go this far, he relied on the spiritual support from the spiritual breasts given to him by Miss Zhao Er. Now that he didn't have the spiritual breasts, he could only rely on his own strength. With his current strength, I'm afraid he still won't be able to reach the stone monument before the realm of ghosts and gods opens in the True King's Tomb.

"I must first go to the ruined temple in the barren mountain to practice for a period of time to make my body stronger before I can break into the true king's tomb again!" He made up his mind and then fell asleep.

Chen Shi's life has become the same as before. He gets up early to eat, duels with the village's dogs, steals watermelons, sacrifices to his godmother, listens to scholars and ghosts answering questions, then goes to a ruined temple in a barren mountain to practice the Sanguang Zhengqi Jue, and goes home to take medicine at night. Take a bath.

On this day, Chen Shi had just paid homage to his godmother outside the village and was listening to Zhu Xiucai's sermon. Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves came, and a group of more than ten government servants galloped past the post road on horseback. The dust was flying like flowers. The fog is coming towards the loess slope.

"Another six doors!"

Chen Shi looked around curiously and asked doubtfully, "Weren't all the six gates in Xinxiang County killed by the godmother of Fangdian Village? The corpses were all taken away by the ghost bride."

Strangely enough, there has been no news about the Ghost Bride since that night. No one has paid any attention to the sudden appearance of the deserted temple in Xinshan. There is even no news about the death of more than 30 people in the six doors. Very soon It's weird.

Chen Shi had always been worried about the killing of Li Xiaoding, fearing that someone would find him responsible, but this matter seemed to have disappeared without any news.

Zhu Xiucai sneered: "What's so strange about this? The so-called six doors are just toilet paper for wiping butts in the latrine, nothing more than consumables. There will be millions more of these poor scholars in Xiniu Xinzhou every year, and dozens of them will die. It doesn’t matter, as long as the county master is listed, there will be countless talented people trying to get in. "

Chen Shi knew that he was right. After a monk was admitted as a scholar, if he failed to pass the exam, he would have to make a living everywhere. After all, county government officials were public officials in the Ming Dynasty. As long as there were vacancies, scholars would flock to them.

"Uu——"

The dozen or so yamen servants suddenly stopped their horses, and the leader dismounted, quickly came to the Huangpo, and said with a smile: "Little brother, I am Zhuge Jian, the canon historian of Buffalo County. What is your name?"

"honest."

"Honest little brother, I would like to ask if there is a talisman master named Chen Yindu in Huangpo Village?"

Chen Shi blinked and said, "There is a man named Chen Yindu. What do you want to do with him?"

Zhuge Jian smiled broadly: "How tall is this Chen Yindu?"

Chen Shi said: "Almost as tall as you."

Zhuge Jian frowned slightly, and several yamen runners behind him said: "Boss, it seems that Chen Yindu did not do the crime. What should we do now?" "We have been running around the nearby villages these days, and the county town has also sent people. Can the murderer still fly?"

Zhuge Jian also had a headache. He had been exploring everywhere these days, and he didn't find any suspicious people in the counties and towns. He originally thought that there would be someone in the countryside, but he searched all the villages, big and small, and didn't find any talisman masters who were short and with a black dog.

"Am I going in the wrong direction?"

He was about to go back home, and suddenly he saw a big black dog trotting all the way, running up the loess slope, wagging its tail at the little boy under the tree.

The black dog had a kind face and seemed to be laughing.

The little boy under the tree looked up and smiled: "Master Dianshi, my grandfather asked me to go home for dinner."

Zhuge Jian nodded, watching the little boy and the black dog leave, and suddenly there was thunder in his mind.

"What if the murderer was not a short adult, but a child? A child talisman master with a strong body!"