"This monster is not easy to mess with. Just because I was confused in the fog for a while, things became serious! It committed three crimes in a row. The family of Wu Laoer and his three brothers in the east of the city totaled nine people. , only a newborn baby is left. There was a rich man in the south of the city, Mr. He, died in his ancestral hall, and the couple who were the shopkeepers of the largest drug store in the city on our street are also gone!"
"Wouldn't it be overstuffed if it swallowed so much at one time?"
Although shopkeeper Huang was exaggerating, what he said should be the truth. Liang Yue calculated that there were fourteen people. Plus the newlyweds, wasn't it exactly sixteen people?
"Maybe he's holding on. This guy hasn't moved for more than ten days. I thought he was no longer here to do evil. Who knows, on the sixth day of this month, he came again! I feel sorry for that young man from Lao Cao's family. , he is a private school teacher, a man of both ability and political integrity."
Liang Yue took a look at these people, and there were really all kinds of people.
"So what clues have you found these days? What is the entity of this demon?"
Liang Yue felt that Shopkeeper Huang must have something special to become the shopkeeper of Qingluo Pavilion. Weasel had a very high status in Wumo City, and the local people called their clan "Huang Daxian". It is said that they are a kind of monster in this area that is both good and evil.
"Hehe! I'm not afraid of your jokes. I'm old. I hang around in Qingluo Hall all day long, waiting to abdicate in favor of others. I found that every time this troll committed a crime, he stayed briefly in Yizhuang outside the city, but It can set up mist, but I’m really not as smart as it is.”
"Yeah, thank you for your hard work." Liang Yue smiled.
Shopkeeper Huang's eyebrows were in a figure-eight shape and he looked flattering, but his eyes were sparkling.
Liang Yue took out the banknotes, two banknotes, each worth five thousand taels.
"Excuse me, shopkeeper, to make winter clothes for the soldiers in the city to keep out the cold as soon as possible. I don't know if these are enough. If they are not enough, you can help me cushion them first. I will make up for you after I return to the capital."
Liang Yue handed the silver note to Shopkeeper Huang and said to him, "Just give it in the name of Qingluo Pavilion. Don't tell the general that it was me who paid for it."
"Yeah! I have a strict mouth."
Shopkeeper Huang collected the banknote, made a guarantee, and glanced at the yam unconsciously.
Liang Yue took out another purse, which contained some spiritual stones that the little turtle helped her find at the bottom of the lake when she went to Bishui Lake to escape the summer heat, and gave them to Shopkeeper Huang.
"This is my private matter, please worry about it."
To these monsters, money is really like dirt, and these spiritual stones can help the monsters improve their cultivation. It is most appropriate to give them this for help.
"If you think it's too little, I'll buy you a few more fat chickens to satisfy your craving?"
Shopkeeper Huang laughed: "No, no! We are self-sufficient now. We raise our own food and feed it with corn. The meat is delicious!"
"Oh, you are so lucky."
Liang Yue exchanged greetings with shopkeeper Huang for a few more words, and then left with Bai Dongting.
The wind stopped and the sun became slightly warmer. Bai Dongting held Liang Yue and walked on the street. The two found a small shop and had a meal of hot fish stewed in an iron pot. Liang Yue loved to eat fish. There was something special about this place. The sauce is made from fermented soybeans and has the umami flavor of the fish. Liang Yue's stomach bulged after eating it.
"Liangyue, where should we check next?"
The road was still slippery, so Bai Dongting put Liang Yue on the horse again, and he held the horse and continued walking.
Liang Yue was in trouble: "I was in trouble too. There must be a reason for this monster to commit crimes, right? I always feel that it eats a little strangely."
"How do you say it?" Bai Dongting was very curious about Liang Yue's thoughts.
"Child." Liang Yue breathed out.
"The child's spiritual energy is pure, but this demon has let it go. The adults of the Wu family, who are full of turbid energy, have swallowed it all."
This is the point that Liang Yue finds most contradictory. When she rescued Anjia's baby from the snake demon in Yongcheng, she still remembers the way the demon's eyes gleamed!
"Children are not guilty, maybe they also have compassion."
"This is still a demon with a conscience."
Liang Yue was not joking. She had a vague feeling that Shopkeeper Huang knew something, but he was looking down on her and only told the story of the case. He was deliberately hiding something.
But Liang Yue couldn't ask further questions. Asking would only make shopkeeper Huang alert. If he and the troll were together, the case would be difficult to handle.
Bai Dongting stopped his horse, pointed to a closed shop opposite, and said: "The shopkeeper of this Jishi Hall, Pang Fu, was also killed by a troll. At this time of year, almost all the people in the city had eaten their husband and wife. The medicine they mixed together, I heard from the garrison soldiers here that this big man goes to free clinics every year and he is a good man who helps the world by hanging his pot."
But now, the plaque was broken into two halves, fell to the ground, and was piled in the corner.
Liang Yue closed her eyes. The shop gave her a depressing feeling. She opened the yellow bell and walked towards the shop.
"Feng Ming."
Liang Yue summoned Feng Jian in her heart.
"Feng Ming, I don't know what's wrong with me, but this room gives me a very strange feeling."
Feng Yan did not respond to Liang Yue.
Liang Yue didn't want to miss anything, what if it was an important clue?
Bai Dongting helped Liang Yue remove the seal on the door, but Yao suddenly came over, opened the door with his big nose, and walked in first.
As soon as you open it, you will see the front of the pharmacy. Several rows of cabinets filled with small compartments block the strong aroma of medicine from the back of the pharmacy.
Yam Yao lowered his head and sniffed around, then raised his head to look at the medicine store, then ran to Liang Yue and grabbed her sleeve with his mouth.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
Liang Yue rubbed the top of Yam Yao's head. It wanted to say that it was safe here. Can I go in?
Bai Dongting couldn't praise him well: "This stupid dog is useful."
Bai Dongting picked up Liang Yue, crossed the threshold, and put her down again.
"Is there anyone in this room?"
Liang Yue asked.
"In addition to the two of us, there is also a dog."
Bai Dongting felt that Liang Yue's palms were sweating. She would do this when she was scared.
Liang Yue swallowed her saliva and said to Bai Dongting tremblingly: "Brother Tang Shui, I saw the third person."
"What?"
Bai Dongting looked around and found nothing.
Yam also raised his two front paws and walked around the room, but there was nothing else.
"She's right in front of me."
Liang Yue's eyes were still closed, Bai Dongting quickly pulled Liang Yue behind him.
"She's an old woman, she looks like she's in her seventies. Her hair is all white, and she pins her sparse hair with a branch. She also uses a cane. Her back is so curved! It's almost parallel to the ground. One of her legs was dragging, and it looked like it was broken.”
Liang Yue bit her lip and sighed, "She is so pitiful, she is so skinny and skinny, and her eyes are a little cloudy."
After hearing this, Bai Dongting's back felt cold. Is there something unclean in this room?
"Don't be afraid! I'll protect you."
Although he was also scared, Bai Dongting still protected Liang Yue tightly.
Liang Yue tilted her head and said, "She walked towards the counter."
