South Vietnam Province, Yuezhou.
Under a clear and clear sky, a group of people rode fast horses on the wide official road.
These people were uniformly dressed and well-equipped. They had an awe-inspiring air about them, and they did not look like officials from a small place.
"Xu..."
After arriving at another place, the leading knight pulled the reins and controlled the horse to stop.
"grown ups!"
Several knights behind him caught up with him, gathered together, and jumped off their horses.
"There is a tea shed here, which is just right for the adults to have a rest."
The leader looked around and saw a small tea shed set up next to the official road in front of him. Although it was simple, it provided a good place for shade.
He quickly walked forward and took out a handful of broken silver under the trembling gaze of an old couple guarding the stall.
"Get any herbal tea ready as soon as possible. We adults will have a rest here later."
The old couple quickly followed his instructions and got ready.
More than an hour later, the knight who stayed here waited for a group of people.
This is a carriage with a simple appearance and a long and wide body. The body is made of Paulownia wood and painted with varnish.
But if you have a little discernment and pay attention, you will find that it is quite extraordinary.
The first is the horse that pulls the cart. It looks like a majestic horse at first glance, but if you look closely, you can see that all the eyes are lifeless, and the eyes are dark and dull, as if they have been dead for a long time.
Under the horse's head, there seems to be a silver needle sealing the acupoint, concentrating the soul and controlling the soul, using some kind of secret technique of driving.
The people guarding both sides of the carriage were all tall and tall, wearing brocade robes, with wild goose feather sabers around their waists to show their status. They were all assigned to various departments of the brocade robe guard. It is often said in dramas that behead first and then report, the emperor's personal army authorized by the imperial power.
At the door of the carriage, Xue An sat next to the driver driving the carriage, his eyes bright and alert.
Inside, Li Fan was like a cold corpse, lying on his back silently.
His eyes were closed tightly, and he was motionless. He looked as if he had been dead for a long time, but strangely, his face was rosy, his skin was clean, and there were no corpse spots or bruises of dead blood at all.
"We have almost arrived at Yuezhou City. The sun is too strong now and the officers and soldiers are tired and thirsty. Let's take a rest before leaving!"
Yang Yan jumped down from the high seat, pressed heavily on his chest, and then began to violently shake Li Fan's head.
After shaking for a while, Li Fan seemed to wake up from his sleep and opened his eyes suddenly.
"Are we coming to Yuezhou City soon?
knew. "
His spiritual will has always been locked in that special dark void, unable to reach the world or the earth.
I just took this opportunity to sober up.
Not long after, Li Ya took out a chair from the corner of the carriage. It was a chair with a wide and thick back and looked quite luxurious. But in fact, it was hollow inside, and it could fit just enough for Li Fan. Special machine for temporary awakening and movement.
Taking advantage of a brief moment of sobriety, Li Fan sat on the chair with his help. Then Li Ya opened the curtain and gave a command, summoning several sergeants to lift the chair and Li Fan down.
So, the old couple in the tea shed watched this strange scene:
In the huge carriage, the military men moved down a chair, and two strong men carried a young nobleman sitting on it down.
The young nobleman was wearing a gorgeous robe (flying fish suit) like a opera singer. He was handsome, with a rosy complexion, and seemed to be in good health.
"What a handsome official. It's a pity that he became paralyzed at a young age...
Hey, why are you taking a cat with you when you go out? "
The old woman among the old couple clicked her tongue in surprise.
"Old woman, shut up! Trouble comes from your mouth!"
The old man vaguely noticed that something was wrong. These people were not serious about singing. The whole team looked a bit weird. Under the bright sun, everyone was well-dressed and wrapped tightly. The young nobleman was even covered up. The big blanket was on me, and the back of the chair was bulging. I didn't know what was hidden inside.
"The world is not very peaceful these days, so stay out of trouble!"
The old woman also knew how powerful she was, so she shut up.
"Staff, where is the herbal tea that I asked you to prepare?"
After a while, the knight who had come to guard the outpost came over to urge him.
The old man changed his face to a smiling face, nodded and bowed, and ran out.
"It has been prepared a long time ago, sir, don't worry."
As he spoke, he prepared to push the water cart with great effort.
"We'll do it ourselves!"
The knight called several servants over, poured tea and distributed it himself.
This place is not too remote, and the knights on the outpost have been keeping an eye on the old couple here from beginning to end, so there is no risk of being drugged or murdered.
Everyone drank tea and rested, so that the fatigue of the long journey could be temporarily relieved.
This place is located in the south, and the sun at noon is very scorching. In the steamy heat, even people and horses have taken shelter in the shade of the nearby trees, preparing to wait until the afternoon to continue their journey.
The old man was muttering to himself about how these people had no experience at all and chose to travel at this time, when he suddenly heard the call from the official from before.
"Old man, I want to ask you something, please come here quickly."
The old man trotted quickly and followed him.
"Old man, let me ask you something."
Li Chuan's attitude is much better than those below.
He sat there, holding the white cat transformed by Yang Yan in his arms, and said with a smile.
"Do you know any strange stories about the business travelers traveling around here?"
"What...what do you mean by your words? The little old man doesn't quite understand."
"There are some new rumors that have been coming and going recently. Let me tell you a few things to relieve my boredom.
Anyway, I am here to escape the summer heat and have nothing to do. "
Hearing this, the old man suddenly realized: "There are new rumors, there are indeed them. For example, twenty miles away, the wife of the cowherd's family in the village stole someone..."
Everyone laughed when they heard this: "You old man, you spend all day thinking about these nonsense things!"
The old man laughed and told some of the various rumors he had heard recently.
To say that he opened a herbal tea shop here to entertain business travelers, he can really be regarded as someone who knows all directions and is well-informed.
After rambled on about various folk rumors that no one really cared about, he finally mentioned a few other things that might be related to the strange incident.
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For example, more than ten miles away, Yizhuang on the edge of the city is haunted!
For another example, monsters with human bodies and bird wings have been abducting babies in broad daylight, and they have been doing this frequently in a radius of hundreds of miles.
In another house, blood was pouring out from the walls and cracks in the bricks, and the eldest son who was sleeping in the back room disappeared inexplicably.
After everyone laughed, they couldn't help but look a little solemn.
They are all members of the Demon Suppression Department, so they naturally know that there have been more and more strange resurgences recently, and many of the stories about strange forces and gods have actually become unsolvable.
Because every incident here requires someone to suppress it.
The emergence of strangers is often accompanied by various dangers.
They are lucky enough to be able to handle their own affairs and not turn into evil spirits and cause harm after death. They can use this power to deal with evil spirits during their lifetime. Resolving an incident is like putting out a fire.
Sometimes, even Li Fan is not easy to judge whether his great-grandfather founded the Demon Suppression Division and established a mechanism to deal with strange incidents. It was a merit or a fault.
Objectively speaking, the existence of the Demon Suppression Division has indeed solved many strange incidents, but behind almost every successful solution are more hidden dangers that cannot be completely eliminated.
These hidden dangers continue to accumulate, and gradually, even the heroes who once solved the strange events are gradually collapsing.
If they can be dealt with in advance, the harm will be minimized, but if they cannot be dealt with, then they will become new strange events and the source of evil spirits.
Let’s not mention the distant ones. Take Hong Yingyang as an example. The entire Wangchuan City is almost irreparable.
“By the way, there is also a Savage Valley!
There is a Savage Valley to the east. I heard that there is a savage attack! "
At this time, the old man suddenly mentioned something and drew everyone's attention back.
"Savage Valley? Is it the place where there are legendary savages who appear and steal the hearts of several hunters one after another. As a result, those hunters lost their hearts and can still continue to live?"
"Huh? The official also knows about this matter?" The old man showed a bit of vigilance. These people wouldn't come here specifically to inquire about this matter, right?
"The government has sent people to investigate, and it was found that after ten days and a half, those hunters went crazy and went around killing people.
The officials in the city said that those hunters had lost their hearts and were crazy, and wanted to get their lost hearts back. "
"These evil spirits are really powerful. Without the heart, you can still live." Li Ao smiled and said.
"Isn't that right? Officials must be careful. How many of them are there? After the Orion attack, three of them were caught by the officials in the city, but several others ran away and still don't know where they are hiding. Where is it.
They don't need to eat or drink, but they are so powerful that even a dozen strong men can't get close to them. "
This should be it.
Several officials who were close to listen looked at each other secretly when they heard this. Xue An also looked at Li Fan.
This time they got the news directly from Fuqi Shenbi. They learned that there was a place called Wuxin Valley in the south, and a new kind of weirdness was born, so they hurried to Yuezhou in the southeast.
As a result, in the middle of the journey, he sent a letter to the Baihu Office here to sort out the relevant information, but no records related to Wuxin Valley and Daixin Stone were found. Only then did he understand that the Fuji Magic Pen may be referring to a strange secret realm. , is not a place name that people in the real world are used to calling.
However, after understanding this, it is not difficult to find new clues by changing your thinking and searching from various local anecdotes and legends.
Sure enough, they soon learned that a place the locals called Savage Valley might be the so-called Wuxin Valley.
Now there has been a strange incident that has harmed several nearby mountain villages. It is tentatively classified as a strange incident. However, if it is not dealt with, every time someone is murdered by the savages inside, it is possible that unintentional monsters will be created and then go around killing people. .
This is a limited spread that will result in hundreds or thousands of casualties.
Now let’s find out more relevant information from this old man.
An hour later, everyone once again embarked on a journey under the scorching sun. In the carriage, Xiao Qingyi's arms were suspended in the air, and with dexterity beyond mortals, she followed Li Ao's will and drew a topographic sketch of the nearby mountains and forests.
He redetermined the specific location based on the old man's instructions and the secret files sent by the local Yamen in Yuezhou.
"It should be right here. It is at the junction of three mountains and two rivers. The locals say there is a large tomb here, but no one has really explored it deeply."
Time soon arrived in the evening, and the group finally arrived at the mountain village where the previous incident of hunters entering the mountains and having their hearts stolen occurred.
During this trip, they had to streamline their personnel and gather together the masters of aliens who truly possessed strange powers, while the others acted as spies and spies, dividing them into multiple groups and spreading them around.
This is to prevent someone from being followed behind like last time, without even knowing their evil intentions.
Everyone was issued special passwords and corresponding contact information. They communicated with each other at regular intervals, and then summarized and summarized them to roughly understand the situation within a hundred miles around.
If any of the piles are solved by someone, something unexpected may happen and must be dealt with promptly.
This line of work is related to whether Li Fan can regain his life and restore the strength of his past heyday. It is also a test of whether there is anything weird about the magic pen of Fuji.
