Qianyang Mountain, Li family camp.
Li Kefa's face was gloomy, looking at the camp, the Buffalo County government servants were busy, and they were inspecting the bones on the ground.
He is the father of Li Xiaoding and the county 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 white bones!
Including the seven royal guards who followed Li Xiaoding, they were all killed in Xie's mouth!
"Sir, I have asked the Ding family members, 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 clothes and an official hat. He was carrying a strange weapon on his back, which looked like a spear but not a spear. There was a spear head at one end and three pipes welded together like a hammer at the other end.
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 bullet, round, weighing one or two of 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 serve as 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 connect the two families and get closer. Unexpectedly, it was getting late, and Zi E still did not go back because she was worried that something might happen to Zi E. They sent people over again, only to find that something had happened in the camp. However, 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 didn't die in the hands of evil?"
h The man with the hand did not use spells or runes, but relied on a knife and fists to kill nine people in just one breath. He took a total of thirteen shots in one breath, and the person who was injured the most only received two blows 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 shot thirteen times, killing nine people, but no one present had time to cast a spell. He didn't even prepare the spell, so he killed him."
Li Kefa frowned, not many monks practiced physical training.
"Hercules can create such a powerful body."
Zhuge Jiandao, "Sacrifice the Hercules Talisman, and instantly gain the divine power of the Yellow Turban Hercules. Kill people violently, and the thunder and lightning only lasts for a moment! But this person did not use the Hercules Talisman."
He made a sharp statement. Turning around, he said: "I have checked the ashes left behind after the talismans were burned. All the people in the camp only left two talismans with ashes. These two talismans are both golden bell talismans for body protection. And the users should all be young masters. So the murderer must be A short body-refining monk! Or maybe a master who has mastered the golden elixir, wants to hide his skills, and deliberately kills people with fists, kicks and knives." Li Kefa frowned: "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 behind a trail because he also brought a dog."
Li Kefa was stunned. He did not see the dog paw prints on the ground.
Hunted by dozens of yamen servants in Buffalo County, no dog paw prints were found.
"There are bones that have been gnawed by dogs on the ground."
Zhuge Jian held a bone in his hand and said, "This kind of bite mark is the mark left by canine teeth. And there is some cinnabar dust on the table. Then the identity of the person coming is ready to be revealed. Here The man must be a talisman master with a black dog. The young master invited him here to draw the talisman! Black dog blood is the strongest in yang energy and is a good material for grinding cinnabar! This man is short in stature and is a talisman master with a black dog. It is not troublesome to find out his identity. "
Li Kefa breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. There were too few people who fit this status.
"There is another way, that is to summon my son's soul and find out the real culprit."
Li Kefa said, "Go prepare some soul-calling talismans and prepare to summon the soul. I also want to see my son..." As he said this, his eye circles could not help but turn red.
Zhuge Jian hesitated and said: "My lord, my subordinate has just 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 cannot the soul of the young master be summoned, but the ghosts of other people cannot 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 fostered evil spirits, or he may be possessed by evil spirits."
This kind of thing has happened before. Evil spirits possess people and eat people in 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 will leave it to you to capture this short talisman master with the black dog. Don't kill him, I must personally interrogate him and cut him open." He took out his heart from his chest to pay homage to my son's spirit in heaven!" Zhuge Jian bowed and said yes, and passed 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 severe heart pain broke out again!
Since he practiced the Three Lights Righteousness Technique, he has never had this problem again in the past few days. He didn't expect it to happen so violently this time!
The five fingers of the cyan ghost hand on his chest pinched the pit of his heart, causing his chest muscles to tighten, and his heart felt like it was about to burst!
Chen Shi's body was trembling, twitching, 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 only in the second half of the night that he suppressed the blue ghost hand.
The five fingers of the cyan ghost hand were inserted into his chest. At this moment, they slowly stretched and the pain became less and less.
Chen Shi was still frightened. The cyan ghost hand holding his heart this time was heavier and longer than any other time 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 and others during the day, I consumed too much and my body couldn't hold the ghost handprint, 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 probably consumed too much.
"Grandpa's medicine can suppress the blue ghost hands, but the effect seems to be getting lower and lower. 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 complete version of the Three Lights Righteousness Technique!"
The Three Lights Righteousness Technique is what he has obtained so far. It is the only method that can suppress the blue ghost hands, and it is Chen Shi's only life-saving straw.
"Just getting the Three Lights Righteousness Art 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 preserved souls given to him by Miss Zhao Er. Now that he has no preserved preserved souls, he can 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 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 dogs in the village, steals watermelons, sacrifices to his godmother, listens to the scholar ghost answer questions, then goes to the ruined temple in the barren mountain to practice the Three Lights Righteousness Technique, and goes home to take medicine and take a bath at night.
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 mist, heading towards the loess slope.
"Another six doors!"
Chen Shi looked around curiously and said doubtfully, "Weren't all the six doors in Xinxiang County killed by the godmother of Fangdian Village? The corpses were all taken away by the ghost bride."
Strange to say, 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 deaths of more than 30 people at the six gates. It is very strange.
Chen Shi had always been worried about the killing of Li Xiaoding, fearing that someone would find out about him, but this matter seemed to have fallen into disuse and there was no news.
Zhu Xiucai sneered and said: "What's so strange about this? The so-called six doors are just toilet paper for wiping butts in the hut, nothing more than consumables. There will be millions more poor scholars in Xiniu Xinzhou every year, and it doesn't matter if dozens of them die. As long as the county master is listed, there will be countless talents. Then he sharpened his head and dug in. "
Chen Shi knew that he was right. After the monks were admitted as scholars, if they failed to pass the examination, they would have to make a living. After all, the county government officials were public officials in the Ming Dynasty. As long as there were vacancies, scholars would flock to them.
"Honest brother, I would like to ask if there is a Talisman Master named Chen Yindu in Huangpo Village?"
Zhuge Jian was smiling: "How tall is this Chen Yindu?"
Chen Shi said, "Almost as tall as you."
Zhuge Jianwei Frowning slightly, several government officials behind him said: "Boss, it seems that the case was not done by Chen Yindu. What should we do now?" "We have traveled to nearby villages these days, and the counties and towns have also sent people. Can the murderous talisman master still fly?"
Zhuge Jian also had a headache. He had searched everywhere these days and found no suspicious people in various counties and towns. He originally thought there would be someone in the countryside, but after searching all the villages, he could not find a tall and short talisman master with a black dog.
"Am I going in the wrong direction?"
He was about to go home when he suddenly saw a big black dog trotting all the way up the loess slope, wagging its tail towards the little boy under the tree.
The black dog has a kind face and kind eyes, and he seems to be laughing.
The little boy under the tree raised his head and smiled and said, "Master Dianshi, my grandfather asked me to go home for dinner."
Zhuge Jian nodded, watching the little boy and the black dog leaving, his mind suddenly felt like thunder.
“What if the murderer is not a short adult, but a child? A physically powerful child magician!”