Zhuge Jian returned to Buffalo County and sorted out the paperwork. He was not satisfied in Buffalo County and had already prepared to resign as a Dianshi. However, as a Dianshi, he wanted to keep everything in order so that his successor could smoothly control the affairs of Buffalo County when he took over.
"Sir, my subordinates have inquired about what happened near Huangpo Village and the life history of Talisman Master Chen Yindu, and compiled the documents."
A yamen servant quickly walked into the study, presented the documents, and said, "Sir, Huangpo Village is under the jurisdiction of Xinxiang County. It is under the jurisdiction of our Buffalo County. Interfering with the affairs of Xinxiang County is easy to cause trouble. "
"I understand, you go down first."
Zhuge Jian waved his hand and thought of something again, and said, "This matter must not be mentioned to anyone. Even if the county magistrate asks, it cannot be said."
The government officer retired.
Zhuge Jian opened the document and read it, gradually frowning, and the frown became tighter and tighter, like two ropes locked together, forming a knot that could not be opened.
"So many things have happened nearby this small Huangpo Village, and so many masters have disappeared?"
He took a breath, every incident that happened near Huangpo Village, if it happened in Buffalo County, could be said to be a major case!
There are more than ten disappearance cases alone, and the missing people are all great people!
"Li Xian of Quanzhou, He Qinghe of Danjiang, the second young lady of the Zhao family, Lin Feishuang of the Lin family, Xiao Zhu of the Nascent Soul realm..."
Zhuge Jian's scalp felt numb. Most of these people were those who had disappeared in the past two years.
"It is rumored that there is a true king's tomb in Qianyang Mountain. Most of these people were attracted by the true king's tomb with the intention of exploring the secrets and treasure hunting, but they disappeared in Qianyang Mountain. A lot of people died in the search for treasures, especially the true king's tomb, which is probably more dangerous. So it is not too strange. The only question is, so many people have not disappeared before, why have so many disappeared in the past two years?"
Zhuge Jian's eyes flashed.
"So many people have disappeared in the past two years, which means that there is a murderous demon in Huangpo Village who kills all the masters who come here! Could this person be the Talisman Master Chen Yindu? Is he really so powerful that he has killed so many masters? Is his purpose to monopolize the wealth of the True King's Tomb?"
He continued to browse. From the information, Chen Yindu from Huangpo Village was an ordinary talisman master. He made a living by painting and selling talismans. He kept to his own standards and had never done anything out of the ordinary.
He had a son named Chen Tang who went to the provincial capital to make a living and rarely came back.
Chen Yindu also has a grandson who died for a long time and suddenly came back to life two years ago. He is naughty and mischievous, and hates gods and ghosts...
Zhuge Jian widened his eyes and looked at it several times to confirm that he had read it correctly.
The document says that it is indeed Chen Yindu’s grandson, Chen Tang’s son, who died for a long time and suddenly came back to life!
"There are many evil things in the countryside, and most of them are evil spirits possessing corpses!"
Zhuge Jian calmed down and whispered, "The levels of evil objects are divided into evil, evil spirits, demons, disasters, and misfortunes. Those who possess Chen Yindu's grandson should be evil or evil, far from the level of demons, and not yet a climate. In this way, most of the people who have disappeared in the past two years are related to Chen Yindu's grandson."
He continued reading: "Chen Yindu's grandson is named Chen Shi. Well, Chen Shi, Chen...honest?!"
Zhuge Jian was shocked, stood up suddenly, and almost threw the document in his hand.
This Chen Shi is obviously the young man Cheng Cheng who killed Li Xiaoding and nine other people. He is also the innocent Chen Shi who picked up the skeletons of three children and gave them to his relatives!
"I said I have never heard of anyone named Cheng. It turns out that his surname is Chen, and he and Chen Yin are both from the same family!"
Zhuge Jian felt a numbness in his scalp, and at the same time he felt strange. If Chen Shi came back from the dead because he was possessed by evil spirits, then all the villagers in Huangpo Village would have been eaten by him long ago.
Let alone Huangpo Village, I am afraid that all the nearby villages and towns will be completely eaten up by him!
However, Chen Shi seemed to be very kind and was obviously not possessed by evil spirits.
He sat down slowly, picked up the paperwork and continued reading.
"The villagers in Huangpo Village have a legend that Chen Yindu died half a month ago...Chen Yindu also died?!"
He read this, paused, took a breath and continued reading, "On the second day after the burial, Chen Yindu pretended to be dead. He sat up in the coffin, ate candles, smelled incense, and slept in the coffin. Since then, livestock often died in the village and their blood was sucked dry. The villagers thought that the person had become a corpse and said: Zombie..."
Zhuge Jian's scalp was numb, this Chen Yindu was the evil spirit!
He calmed down. If Chen Yin was possessed by an evil spirit or turned into a corpse spirit, not to mention the livestock, I am afraid that all the villagers in Huangpo Village would have been eaten up long ago!
"In half a month, this zombie has been able to eat all over the country. The first person he wants to eat is Chen Shi next to him. Why has he never taken a bite?"
Zhuge Jian was puzzled and thought, "Is it because Chen Shi is also a zombie? Or is it because they are both possessed by the evil spirit, that's why the grandfather and grandson did not kill each other? However, Chen Shi looks like a living person, not a zombie. Then it is only possible that he is a evil spirit, but his behavior does not seem to be evil..."
This pair of grandfather and grandson are so weird, it seems that each of them has many secrets.
"Most of the people who have disappeared in the past two years are related to this pair of weird grandfathers and grandsons. These missing people often come from powerful families, and they will definitely not give up."
The provincial capital of Xinxiang Province also has a name, called Imperial Township and Imperial City!
Dixiang, what does this name mean?
Having the courage to touch the dignitaries of the Imperial City is truly audacious!
Zhuge Jian put his resignation on the desk and was about to leave, but after thinking about it, he turned back.
"Those who do justice for heaven are not sinners."
He blew on the fire folds and burned the documents recording Chen's grandfather and grandson to ashes, saying to himself, "No matter whether the two grandsons are related to the disappearance case, Chen Shi is a man of justice for heaven."
He turned and left.
"There is no place for me to stay here, I have my own place to stay! This is the official history, this county government, it's okay if you don't stay!"
Buffalo County Magistrate Li Kefa looked gloomy, tore Zhuge Jian's resignation letter into pieces, and said coldly: "Zhuge Jian is just a dog raised by my Li family. He really regards himself as a person. If you don't do it, someone else will do it!"
He immediately issued an order to recruit officials again. Applicants from Buffalo County gathered in large numbers, and even candidates from more than a dozen other surrounding counties came to take the exam, hoping to eat this bowl of official rice.
Li Kefa selected a new Dianshi from among many talents, whose surname was Qu Mingji.
Qu Ji immediately led the Buffalo County government officials to investigate everywhere. Soon after, they found that on the day Li Xiaoding was murdered, Chen Yindu, the talisman master of Huangpo Village, was selling talismans in Yandang Village.
Sir Qu, Master Zhuge said that the talisman master who killed Mr. Li was short, about five feet tall, but this Chen Yindu was extremely tall. Obviously, he was not the one who killed Mr. Li. ”
Qu Ji sneered: “Is Zhuge Jian Dian Shi, or am I Dian Shi? There was no other talisman master in Yandang Village at that time, and he was the only talisman master. Who else could have done it if he hadn’t done it?”
He immediately reported to Li Kefa, who ordered all the yamen officials to take along some fifty of the Li family's masters and headed straight for Huangpo Village.
It's just that Buffalo County is hundreds of miles away from Huangpo Village, and they have to go around the foothills of the mountain. Everyone hurriedly drove slowly, and they saw that it was getting late before they reached Huangpo Village.
"Sir, this countryside is no better than the county town. There are many evil things in the countryside, so it is not suitable to rush." An old government official said quickly.
Qu Ji said with a smile: "Ignorant words. We have thirty-four talented people in our profession, and seventeen people who have passed the examination, all of whom have cultivated to the realm of the divine womb, and even masters at the divine stage, not to mention Mr. Li himself. Stay here, let alone evil spirits, even if they come, they will be melted like snow by our divine light before they get close!" Li Kefa was eager for revenge and said: "Keep on going!"
A group of government servants and Li family masters continued to move forward. They saw the charming moonlight and white mist rising from the mountains and forests.
At this time, the cry of a baby came from the forest, not far away.
Li Kefa frowned slightly.
Qu Ji ordered: "Li Ying, go and have a look."
A yamen servant called it, activating the sacred fetus of the shrine. It was like a lantern behind the head, emitting divine light and illuminating the road ahead.
The yamen servant Li Ying prepared his spells and took precautions while following the cry and moving forward into the forest.
After a while, the voice of the government official Li Ying came: "Sir, there are many abandoned babies in this forest!"
Li Kefa and others were slightly startled.
"There are about a dozen babies!" Li Ying said loudly.
“A dozen babies?” Everyone was startled.
Abandoned babies are not uncommon in the countryside. Some girls get pregnant before they get married, so they throw away the baby to avoid making a fool of themselves. Some girls prefer boys over girls, and abandon them in the wilderness after giving birth to a girl. Others are too poor and cannot afford to give birth to children, so they have to give them away or throw them away.
But they have never heard of such an unconscionable thing as throwing away a dozen babies at once!
Qu Ji immediately ordered a dozen more people and said, "God is so good at life. It's rare that I met him. Go and help Li Ying and bring those dozen babies over."
"Sir, is there anything weird?"
Qu Ji complimented: "Your Excellency saved a dozen babies in one fell swoop. It is a bodhisattva's heart. If this matter spreads, it will be praised by people all over the world."
Saving a baby would not cause any response at all in Xiniu Xinzhou, but saving a dozen babies at night in the countryside is legendary in itself, enough to spread throughout the world, making everyone aware of Li Kefa's good deeds!
"The Li family is bound to know what I have done, so they put me in high regard. I am still young. I can still get married and have several sons in the future."
He thought of this and heard Li Ying's voice: "Sir, we don't have enough manpower, we need more people to come."
The voices of the government servants who had just gone to meet him also came one after another: "Sir, there are more children here!"
There were more babies crying in the woods. Just now there were only a dozen babies crying, but now it sounded like there were thirty or forty babies crying together.
Li Kefa's heart suddenly suddenly felt, and he felt that something was wrong.
It's just that the moonlight tonight is really charming. How can we see such a pleasing moonlight in the city's bustling lights?
He looked a little dazed.
Qu Ji also frowned and said, "Sir, something seems to be wrong..."
Li Kefa shook his head, putting aside the interference of the moonlight on himself, and shouted in a low voice: "Prepare your spells and use the Ziwu Sword to Slay Evil! Listen to my orders!"
Ziwu Slaying Evil Sword is a spell in Tianxin Zhengqi Jue. It gathers true energy and divine light and condenses it into invisible sword energy. It is a set of six moves. It is a must-learn spell for scholars.
Everyone prepared their spells. The air in front of them shook slightly, but the shape of the sword could not be seen.
Qu Ji said loudly: "Li Ying, you come back with the child first, and we will go help!"
Li Ying said yes, and then there were sounds of walking in the forest, and the cry of the baby was getting closer and closer. Under the moonlight, there were faint figures shaking in the forest. After a while, a dozen figures walked out of the forest. It was Li Ying and other government officials, each holding a baby in his hands.
Li Ying and others took two steps out of the forest. They stopped each other and did not come closer. They just said: "Sir, there are more children inside. Please give me a helping hand!"
Sure enough, there were more babies crying in the forest.
Seeing this situation, Li Kefa, Qu Ji and others were doubtful.
Qu Ji shouted: "Send the children here first!"
Li Ying and others did not move, but just urged them to go to the forest to rescue the babies.
Qu Ji was about to say more when Li Kefa ordered: "Master Qu, go and have a look. I always feel that something is wrong with them."
Qu Ji had no choice but to walk forward. Several government officials held the baby in one hand and waved to him with the other. Their postures were a little stiff and they all said, "Master Qu, come and save the child!"
Qu Ji walked closer and closer, his heart beating wildly. The more he looked at these government servants, the more strange he felt. He suddenly stopped and shouted: "Li Ying, please send the child away..."
Before the word "come" could be uttered, suddenly there was a rumble in the forest, and a four-hoofed monster slowly stood up from the forest. It had a neck as long as long hair and was as slender as a snake. At the end of the neck were baby-like heads, which was crying like a baby.
Many of the babies were being held in the arms of Li Ying and other government officials. At this moment, the babies in their arms also rose up from their arms with their slender necks.
The four-hoofed monster made a rough and loud cry:
"Save the child!"
Hundreds of babies cried together, danced in the air, and eagerly grabbed Qu Ji.
But Li Ying and others no longer had babies in their arms, and suddenly they were all leaking and shriveled up.
It was only then that Qu Ji and others saw clearly that Li Ying and a dozen other government servants had turned into human skins in just a short moment!
Just now they were holding the children, talking and laughing, but in fact it was just the monster eating up all their flesh and bones, and then blowing up their skins to inflate them, imitating their walking and talking!