Bo Ziyu had a bad day today.
In the past, he always thought that it was because of his outstanding ability and character that he could be popular among the police officers even though he had little qualifications.
But there has been a subtle change today. The friendly attitude of my colleagues in the past has become stiff, and even a few soft nails have been encountered.
And all of this started when his uncle Xing Baotou was seriously injured and could not serve his duties, and there were faint rumors of some personnel changes in the county government.
He was very embarrassed.
In front of Zhou's house, when all the policemen stopped moving forward, only he knew how much of his righteous scolding was out of justice and how much was out of personal feelings.
But when he and Li Changan analyzed it, they were finally able to determine:
A monster, a man-eating monster, was wandering in the densely packed waterways of Xiaoshui in all directions under the vast darkness.
He just shuddered.
So, the selfish resentment was forgotten, and he racked his brains to find a way to deal with it, but when he looked up, he found that Li Changan was pulling away.
"Daozhang Li."
he called quickly.
"Where are you going?"
"Of course I'm going after the demon."
Bo Ziyu was overjoyed.
"Any clues?"
"No."
The Taoist priest said calmly.
“But it’s better than doing nothing.”
Bo Ziyu nodded, but then said quickly.
"Sir, please be patient. Although Xiaoshui is small, there are tens of thousands of households. I am alone and unfamiliar with the place. How can I help?"
"It's better to discuss a charter with us first, and then act together, so that we can be taken care of. Brothers, we say yes..."
He suddenly became speechless.
Just because I suddenly discovered that, at this moment, my gaze was like a flood, a beast, or a stinging sting to the colleagues behind me. They were all avoiding them, dodging without saying a word.
He finally realized why Taoist Li had left without saying a word.
How can you trust this bunch of stinky fish and rotten shrimps? !
Catching monsters?
I'm afraid that if the front foot goes out, the back foot will slip away and shrink the egg.
But seeing his colleagues' cowering expressions, he suddenly reacted.
True.
This time the enemy is not some thieves or car thieves, but monsters! A monster that can kill a whole family in one night and then devour them all.
His eyes lingered among the corpses, pale faces, stiff limbs, and empty eyes.
The cold night wind penetrated into his clothes, making every inch of his skin feel cold.
"Taoist Master."
Li Changan's eyes turned around.
He gritted his teeth.
"I'll go with you."
After saying this, Bo Ziyu breathed a sigh of relief, but he felt worried again.
It was not that he was afraid that Li Changan would agree, but that he would be rejected. He was ready to argue: even if he didn't have the ability to deal with monsters, he was still a local and could at least lead the way. Besides, as a policeman in Xiaoshui, how could he stand by and watch?
Unexpectedly.
The Taoist priest just handed over a few yellow talismans.
"This is?"
"The evil-killing and evil-breaking talisman."
Li Changan smiled.
"The talismans used by the poor Taoist when he first learned Taoism were not very effective, and they were only used for self-defense. Nowadays, they are used less and only these few are left as a precaution. Remember, the spell is: Heaven's evil is brilliant, earth's evil is square..."
Bo Ziyu took the talisman blankly, and Li Changan patted him on the shoulder.
What reasons can prevent a man from showing courage?
…………
Yin Shi.
The colder the wind, the brighter the moon.
I am full of ambition in the courtyard, but I can't help but hesitate when I go out.
How could a mere two people search the huge Xiaoshui City? Even though it is known that the monster escaped through the waterway, the city is already densely covered with water networks.
"Taoist Master."
Bo Ziyu was in a dilemma for a while.
“With no clues, where should we start?”
"Actually, I have some clues."
Li Changan looked around and suddenly relaxed his voice. Bo Ziyu next to him was startled, but the Taoist priest was talking so eloquently that he couldn't care less about his doubts.
"The monster we are going after now is called a 'demon'."
That being said.
In fact, Li Changan was not convinced. He just chose the most reasonable possibility among the many speculations, just like he chose to believe Yu Mei.
He continued:
"The monster was born in the mud and has two ways of harming people. One is to come ashore at night to eat human essence and blood; the other is to drag passers-by into the mud pool and suffocate them to death. But I remember that the corpses in the courtyard were all stained with blood. Mud, because I dug them out of the mud."
"They were already eaten to death, but the monsters buried their bodies in the mud. Do you know why?"
Bo Ziyu was confused.
Li Changan didn't sell out.
"Because 'Zu ghosts' are scavengers."
Bo Ziyu nodded, but was a little confused.
"Since the monster wanted to eat human corpses, why did it suck their blood essence beforehand?"
"I don't know. Maybe I'm very hungry. Just like when people cook, they eat it secretly before putting it in the pot."
The Taoist priest really hasn't thought about this problem, but it doesn't matter even if he thinks about it.
"all in all."
"If there is another ghost and it takes the Zhou family, his son and others away, what will it do according to its habits?"
Bo Ziyu's eyes lit up.
"It will first find a sludge pond as a nest and bury the bodies of Zhou Huai and others in it."
"That's right."
The more the Taoist priest sorted it out, the more he felt that the situation was gradually becoming clearer.
"It will first find a nest. It may be like the Zhou family, looking for a courtyard large enough to create a sludge pool, but since it has enough food in its hands, and doing so is troublesome and noisy, so The possibility is slim. The most likely possibility is that it will find a ready-made place with a large area and a large amount of sludge."
"As long as we find the echoing location and check the surrounding waterways, as long as there are traces of mud mixed with monster energy, we will have caught the monster's tail!"
"Bo Jushi." Li Changan said with a smile, "The poor Taoist is not familiar with this place, so he will have to rely on him next."
Bo Ziyu was already so excited that he couldn't control himself.
I broke off a branch and scratched it on the ground.
He first drew a simple outline of Xiaoshui City.
"There is a quagmire in Changkang Square in the north of the city that covers a large area; there is an abandoned mansion in the south of the city, and the courtyard has accumulated water for a long time and has turned into mud; there is a waterway near the Temple of Wine, which is blocked all year round..."
Every time he counted a place, he drew a circle on the simple map.
It didn't take long.
A dozen places have been circled and roughly divided, half in the north and half in the south.
Bo Ziyu pondered for a while, then raised his head and said, "Daozhang Li, let's divide our troops into two groups..."
The Taoist priest quickly told him to stop.
The troops are divided into two groups? Do you think you can't die quickly enough?
"The poor Taoist is not familiar with the city, so he has to trouble the lay people to guide him, so..."
The Taoist priest suddenly raised his voice and shouted.
"Let's go to the north of the city first."
Bo Ziyu was shocked to the point of being stunned, but he didn't see a red shadow floating south in a dark alley behind him.
…………
Mao Shi
Dawn breaks.
Xiaoshui gradually woke up.
The streets and alleys gradually became more lively.
On the empty fish scale-like roof, in addition to the bright rays of the sun, the dewy light purple of the wisteria, and the birds playing back and forth, there is also a lot of curling smoke.
Everything has a high-spirited look.
It can be found in a restaurant somewhere in the north of the city.
Li Changan and Bo Ziyu were speechless and exhausted. Two bowls of noodle soup were placed on the table, and no one took a bite.
There are no mud ponds, no abandoned houses, and no waterways.
The two of them searched every possible place in the north of the city until the sky became clear, but no trace of the monster was found.
"Shall we leave for the south of the city now?"
Bo Ziyu suggested with bloodshot eyes.
The Taoist priest was about to nod when a soft word came from behind his ear that only he could hear.
"There is none in the south of the city."
Li Changan looked over covertly and saw a man who looked like a woodcutter walking past him, sat down at the table and asked for a bowl of rice soup from the shopkeeper.
The man was very vigilant and immediately noticed the Taoist priest's prying eyes. He said nothing but opened and closed his lips silently.
"it's me."
bad!
It's Yu Mei!
Ya is a man!
wrong.
The Taoist priest reacted immediately.
It should be a cover-up.
Li Changan couldn't help wiping away cold sweat. Bo Ziyu, who was opposite him, saw his expression and asked strangely: "What did the Taoist Master find?"
"without."
He waved his hand.
"There is no need to go to the south of the city. There is no one in the south of the city."
Bo Ziyu wanted to ask again, but Li Changan didn't bother to make up any lies after struggling all night, so he just answered perfunctorily.
"Mountain people have their own magic."
The young detective was choked and speechless. He sighed, frowned and remained speechless.
At this moment.
A foul stench from the street wafted into the shop, and it turned out that a night-scent collector was carrying a load and passed by.
The Taoist priest's "Charming Dragon Jade" had not yet fully exerted its effect, so he quickly covered his nose.
But Bo Ziyu seemed to be possessed by a demon, staring blankly at the dung bucket. Just when the Taoist priest was thinking about whether to give him a "fright charm", he suddenly spoke.
"Do ghosts have to live in mud pools?"
The Taoist priest was puzzled.
"What do you mean, layman?"
"Although harvesting night incense is a dirty and despicable industry, it is actually very profitable. It has always been dominated by a family named Luo in the city. They will ask for money from people in the city to collect manure, and then sell the manure to nearby farmers."
Bo Ziyu's eyes were bright.
"To facilitate the accumulation of excrement, the Luo family built a large cesspool in the city!"
Hiss~
Li Changan took a breath.
