Soon after, a fire broke out in the courtyard at the intersection of the village.
Li Ao and his party checked in here and settled down for the time being.
"No one has been found peeking at us yet. The villagers seem to have gone home and prepared dinner."
Someone secretly inspected the wall, and then sent two people to watch outside. After a while, they came to a conclusion.
"Brother Li, you are really neat in your work." Zhang Jingheng couldn't help but admire.
In this age of weirdness, well-trained alien masters are hard to find.
Only the imperial court has the strength to cultivate them.
Most of them are on the side of Zhenmo Division and are in the hands of Li Xin and his son.
Everyone is very greedy for these things, but they can't do much to get involved.
Li Fan didn't say anything, but gave the necessary instructions, and then said in particular: "Be careful. Don't eat the food and water here. Use dry food to support them."
The previous request for food and drinks from Zhuangtou Yellow Road was entirely to hide their presence. During the mission, they would never use the things here easily.
Zhang Jingheng was still a little confused and asked curiously: "Brother Li, it is right to be on guard against them, but there is no need to be so careful, right?"
"I have read the files of the previous Demon Suppression Department and found that there were many abnormal incidents where food from strange places was mistakenly eaten and turned into sand, stone, dirt, etc. Some of them were poisoned and plotted.
You already know from informants that they may be hiding here, do you still dare to eat and drink from here? "
"Uh..." Zhang Jingheng was speechless for a moment.
"Okay, Brother Zhang, please sit down first and let's talk about the next arrangements." Li Fan was too lazy to tell him more. He said hello and sat down in the vacated main room.
That Zhuangtou Huanglu is definitely a profiteer. In name, he vacated the house here for them to spend the night, but in fact only the front yard and main room were opened.
The doors to the inner courtyard at the back and the main house were locked.
Someone took a look inside and found that it was empty, and all the furniture, calligraphy and paintings had been removed.
It seems that this place is temporarily tidied up and dealt with when the boss comes. The real place for entertaining is at Huang Lu's home or other big houses.
But now is not the time to care about these things. Li Ao only said one sentence when talking about this person.
"That Huang Lu just now was a stranger!"
Zhang Jingheng was a little surprised when he heard this.
But he did not ask how Li Fan knew, or whether the news could be kept true. Instead, he asked: "Is he a member of the Demon Cult?"
Li Chuan said: "This is unknown, but it is natural for the Demon Cult to send personnel to lurk here to manage the stronghold.
If it is true as you said, this place is a suitable place for the cult members to hide and rest, then there is a great possibility that he is the leader of the demon cult.
In this way, we rest here, which is extremely eye-catching. "
Zhang Jingheng said: "That's no wonder. If this Huangzhuang has been occupied by people from the Demon Cult, and outsiders like us stay overnight for no reason, it would really be a bit of a cover-up.
However, we originally planned to use this method to test the other party's reality. We are not afraid that they will come to test us, but we are afraid that they will not come. "
Li Fan said: "But even so, we cannot remain passive. We still need to divide the troops into two groups, one in the dark and one in the dark, to cooperate with each other."
"Then... who is in the dark and who is in the dark?" Zhang Jingheng suddenly felt something was wrong.
Li Fan smiled and said matter-of-factly: "Of course Brother Zhang is in the open, and we are in the dark."
Zhang Jingheng knew this would be the case and couldn't help but roll his eyes.
…
As time goes by, it becomes quieter and quieter.
The people under Li Fan and Zhang Jingheng seemed to be drinking and having fun here, making some lively noises, but in fact, by the time the moon rose above the branches, they had already started taking action.
I saw Zhou Gui coming into the courtyard and stretching his arms in full view of everyone.
With a pop, his arms were inserted into the soil.
In the blink of an eye, one figure after another stood up and transformed into a human form.
This is a clay figurine he made with "exotic treasures".
Now, he has mastered this rare treasure for more than half a year. After gradually starting to get started, he has shown great potential.
The clay figures transformed from soil are essentially the same as the clay figures that Li Chu and others have encountered in the past. They are all puppet-like derivatives that can look real.
There are experts in the Demon Suppression Department who have specially formulated a series of methods for developing and using abilities for him, trying to derive a series of useful methods at the minimum cost.
What he is involved in now is the most basic application, turning mud into flesh.
He made five clay figures in one breath and blended into the crowd.
And the person who was replaced left the team and sneaked into the night quietly.
If someone from the village came to investigate at this time and saw that they were still here, they would not be suspicious.
Unless they also have similar means to Li Chuan and can see through the treacherous nature.
But if such a person really comes, Li Ao will take action immediately and kill him directly.
At that time, by using his and another alien's methods to control it, they can usurp the other person's memory to a certain extent, pretend to be the other person's identity and sneak into the demon sect's stronghold.
However, I don’t know whether Li Fan and others overestimated the vigilance of the people in the Demon Cult, or Huang Lu really didn’t take them seriously. Until it was close to Haishi, no one in the village paid any attention, as if I forgot that there are outsiders here.
This level of indifference can be said to be beyond everyone's expectations.
"Could it be that he doesn't want to cause trouble?"
Li Ao secretly guessed.
Suddenly, there was a slight noise outside the door.
That was the subordinates of the Demon Suppressing Department sending out secret signals.
Most of these people come from the military or Jinyiwei, and are originally good at intelligence.
Regardless of the strange power, there really aren't many forces in the world that are more professional than them.
Liu Changxi, who was accompanying him, stood up and went to talk to the man. Then he came back and reported softly to Li Fan: "Sir, I really found something abnormal...
But it seems to have nothing to do with Qiao Lin and others, but a group of unknown people imprisoned in a nearby valley. "
He briefly explained, and then Li Fan and Zhang Jingheng realized that it was not easy to hide people in this kind of village.
Because even though all the local people in the village are under the control of Zhuangtou, unless they use means to control everyone, no matter how careful they are, there will still be a risk of exposure.
It would be best to find another secluded location near the village to use as a secret base.
And those who know where it is and can go in and out of it are their close relatives.
In that case, you can use gold panning, mining, or other business as an excuse to cover up.
Ordinary villagers have their own work tasks and don’t have much free time to meddle in their own business.
