The sun sets over the western mountains.
The thick and bright red sunset gradually faded from the towering walls, sloping cornices and scaled green tiles of the Temple of Wine.
Li Changan climbed up the long steps and looked back.
But I saw dusk covering the four extremes, the waning moon rising high in the sky, and the lights in the city dimming.
The long street in front of the temple is deserted, and there are only a few small boats crossing the waterway. It feels cold and lonely.
Unimaginable.
Just a few days ago, in the same place, there were so many tourists, boats lined up like a long street, and thousands of lights lit up, like stars.
Comparing the two cars, I can't help but feel like a dream.
Li Changan took a deep breath and smelled the coldness, the aroma of wine, a touch of evil spirit, and Zhang Tong's scent...
The traces of demons are hard to find, but Zhang Tong is easy to find.
At the Zhang family, everyone realized that Zhang Tong had been kidnapped by a monster, and Li Changan quickly sacrificed the Chonglong Jade and followed his remaining scent.
Cross the long street, cross the small bridge, pass through the alley, and stop abruptly in front of the Temple of Wine.
no doubt.
Zhang Tong and the monster are both in the temple!
only……
"No."
An old man led a group of young men to block the door.
He looked arrogant, and his flabby face drooped at the corners of his mouth, silently expressing the man's stubbornness.
"Higurashi locks the cellar, this is a rule passed down for hundreds of years."
"Who is he?" the Taoist asked.
"Temple blessing."
The officer next to him explained in a low voice.
The prosperity of Xiaoshui depends on the prosperity of the wine industry, and the prosperity of the wine industry lies entirely in the Temple of Wine. Such a place that is related to the livelihood of the whole city will naturally not be left to a simple magician. So the old man said he was a temple blessing, but in fact he was an agent selected by the wine shop.
Therefore, the status is quite respected. Bo Ziyu didn't dare to be rough with him, but just tried to persuade him.
But the old man didn't believe it at all.
"Monsters? Where the divine court is, how can any monster dare to intrude?"
He tossed his wide sleeves impatiently.
"Even if Zhang Tong is inside, we have to wait until the kiln opens tomorrow to catch him."
"Retreat quickly."
"Not to mention a few small detectives, even if your county master comes in person, don't let me break the rules!"
The young men behind him all looked on with sneers. The government officials made a lot of noise, but no one dared to step forward.
This is the head start.
A man silently squeezed out of the crowd and strode straight to the temple. He was hanging by one arm. It was Zhang Shaonan who came with the team.
Miao Zhu said coldly: "You..."
Uh-huh!
Only half a word came out.
A short knife was firmly placed on his neck.
"Open or not?!"
This sudden change caused the noisy government officials to fall silent immediately, and all of them looked on with cold eyes. On the contrary, the young men began to shout and scold, but no one dared to act rashly.
Only Laomiao Zhu's face remained unchanged: "You dare, Mr. Zhu."
"Don't you dare?"
Zhang Shaonan scowled and slid the blade, making a soft "swishing" sound on the old skin of Miao Zhu's neck.
"My brothers are today because they advance and retreat together, and live and die together. Now my eldest brother is trapped in a demon's mouth and is in danger. You actually asked me if I dare to kill an old dog that stands in the way?"
Miao Zhu didn't look sideways and scolded him with a sneer.
"You idiots who dare to offend the gods, isn't our Temple of Wine a place of filth and evil?!"
"Disciples!"
Ding Zhuang behind him suddenly agreed.
"exist."
"Open the door..."
Miao Zhu's face perked up.
"Let them check."
…………
Just entered the temple.
That was Bo Ziyu's first sentence.
"Taoist priest?"
Li Changan shook his head.
It's not just that the dragon jade doesn't help, it's actually like the air in the Dionysian cellar has been pickled with wine. It's so rich that taking a deep breath is like drinking half a glass of wine, which makes people feel drunk. , how can you identify any monsters?
Bo Ziyu sighed, but Zhang Shaonan raised his eyebrows and gritted his teeth and said, "Then check each one!"
After hearing this, the detectives looked at each other in confusion, and no one said a word. Some people even sneered quietly in the corner.
Looking beneath the temple, the Dionysian kiln itself appears to be just a huge deep well. In fact, there are corridors on the walls of each floor, and the corridors are connected to the storage rooms, just like beehives and ant nests buried deep in the ground.
The corridors are intricate and there are countless hidden rooms.
If they were checked one by one, Zhang Tong's bones would be cold by the time they were found.
Furthermore.
Each of these storage rooms has its own owner.
Breaking into the Temple of Wine would only offend the temple's priests, but going to open all the storage rooms would offend the dignitaries in the city. Even if Bo Ziyu is the culprit, the people below him will inevitably suffer.
Who is willing to do such a heartless business? So they didn't take Zhang Shaonan's words seriously.
On the other hand, the old Miao Zhu was still frightened by Zhang Shaonan, a reckless and impatient man.
He coughed twice and pretended to mention it.
"The temptress you are talking about is Gu Tian?"
Everyone looked over and the old man Shi Shiran put his hands behind his back.
"I remember that the Gu family has a storage room in the cellar. Due to the rules of the temple, it has not changed hands yet."
Bo Ziyu's eyes lit up and he asked hurriedly.
"Which one?"
"As time goes by and there are thousands of hidden rooms, how can I remember..."
Zhang Shaonan silently took out the knife.
The old man's face trembled.
"But I can check."
…………
The lowest level of the Dionysian kiln.
The lights are clustered together, illuminating the stone chamber.
Under the command of Lao Miao Zhu, the urging of Bo Ziyu, and the close gaze of Zhang Shaonan, several book offices were sweating profusely while looking through the books and records.
Li Changan stood alone in front of the Bacchus statue and looked at it carefully.
It can be seen that the posture of the statue is still casual, but the half-drunk and half-awake face is divided by shadows and lights, showing a different meaning.
The Taoist priest had a thought.
The probing hand tapped lightly on the statue.
"Exorcism."
Something seemed to be slowly waking up in the dark.
The Taoist priest prayed sincerely: "Bacchus is above, and Li Chang'an, a disciple of Shangjingmen, is here. There are demons in Xiaoshui today that are causing trouble, turning into humans and poisoning good believers. I beg for an oracle to cure the demons."
But after a while.
No response at all.
The Taoist priest shook his head.
It seems that this god does not protect the world.
"found it!"
Suddenly there was a shout from the other side of the stone room.
Bo Ziyu pulled a clerk and ran over in a hurry. When he saw the Taoist priest's behavior, he couldn't help but wonder, "What is the Taoist priest doing?"
"nothing."
Is it possible to say that the god you worship is not effective?
Li Changan took back his hand.
"Where?"
The clerk wiped the sweat from his forehead and pointed tremblingly at a deep and dark corridor in the corner.
…………
The Bacchus kiln is rather strange.
Although each corridor storage room is buried deep underground, the air does not appear moist or turbid. Instead, it is warm and fresh. However, the smell of wine is too strong and only makes people drunk.
A group of people walked along the corridor with open fire, passed two corners, and arrived at the door of the Tibetan Room at the end.
The air here is different from other places, with a slight staleness. It seems that the storage room inside has been abandoned for a long time. But the door lock was unlocked, and there were traces of dust on the ground. It could be seen that someone had recently opened the door to the storage room.
Li Changan leaned close to the crack in the door and sniffed carefully.
The demonic aura mixes unbridledly into the aroma of wine.
You've found the right place!
He nodded to Bo Ziyu, and the two of them pushed the door together.
But the iron door didn't move at all, as if something was holding it back.
Bo Ziyu quickly called all the government officials.
Work hard together.
Boom!
After a muffled sound, the iron door was knocked open with a gap three fingers wide.
Through the gap, you can see the debris piled up behind the door, the dim firelight in the storage room, and two shadowy and swaying figures.
"The temptress is behind the door." Bo Ziyu greeted loudly, "Let's all work hard together."
Everyone responded.
Just listen.
Boom.
Boom.
Bang!
With a deafening muffled sound, the door burst open.
People poured into the Tibetan room like a tide.
But the next moment, it was as if they had hit a sea-blocking dam, and they all stopped in their tracks.
The storage room is spacious and dark.
The group of people brought in seven or eight torches, which not only did not make the room suddenly bright, but instead produced many messy shadows swaying around, making the surroundings even more gloomy.
And Gu Tian, who was suspected to be a Tai Sui demon, was standing deep in the Tibetan room, in a mixture of light and darkness.
Her clothes were scattered, revealing a large area of white skin, which seemed to be shining in the dim light, adding seven points of charm and eight points of amorous feelings.
Normally, even an old master who talks about benevolence, justice and morality would probably be able to hide his eyes in her clothes.
But at the moment, none of the men present were looking at her, as if all the various amorous feelings were just for the taking. Even though she was posing, all eyes looked past her without any hesitation, focusing on the darker place behind her.
Just because there is another Gu Tian family there.
That Gu Tianshi was leaning against the wall with his eyes closed. Her upper body was dressed dignified and neatly, and her face was very different from usual, with no makeup.
But the lower half of her body was wrapped by a huge, milky-white unknown tissue. In other words, this weird tissue grew from her body, forming a huge tumor that occupied half of the wall and spread out in all directions. Radiation spreads from the walls, floors, and ceilings.
In fact, it almost spread to everyone's feet, like a thick white blanket.
There are many protrusions growing on the giant tumor as the main body. If you look closely, you can see that they are all kinds of human limbs. There is a place on the edge, and half of the human body has grown out. The face on the human body is exactly the same as Gu Tian's.
For no reason, Li Changan had an enlightenment.
The Gu Tianshi with his eyes closed is the real body, the huge tumor under his body is the rhizome that grew after the demon transformation, and the limbs growing on the tumor are branches and leaves, and the Gu Tianshi who first appeared in front of everyone is Ripe fruit.
It is indeed a monster!
"Taoist priest?"
Bo Ziyu's voice was a little dry.
After all, the opponent is a monster. No matter how enthusiastic you are beforehand, you will inevitably feel anxious when the end comes. It's not that he is shrinking, he just instinctively wants to ask the "experts" for some experience.
But what experience can a Taoist priest have? The only word is "reckless".
Tai Sui is rare, let alone the Tai Sui demon.
How could he know what this monster is capable of?
Bo Ziyu was also a reckless man. When he didn't get a response from the Taoist priest, he scratched his head and boldly moved forward. He took out his knife and tentatively stabbed the fungus carpet under his feet.
But just so lightly.
The fungus blanket that almost covered the entire Tibetan Room trembled violently, as if it was shaking the entire Tibetan Room.
Follow closely.
The germ blankets on the corners, ceilings, pots... suddenly shrank back.
Silent and silent.
Like ice melting away and snow melting.
In the meantime.
"puff."
However, the fungus blanket faded away, and an object that was originally wrapped and hidden on the ceiling fell and fell apart.
Everyone looked over and took a breath.
It was a shriveled male corpse, as if the flesh and blood had been sucked away, leaving only a layer of withered human skin on the skeleton, and the appearance before birth could be vaguely recognized.
Still in shock.
The sound of "thumping and rustling" continued.
Bodies kept falling one after another.
There are some sharp-eyed among the government officials.
"Isn't that Wang Liuzhi who runs a small gambling market in the north of the city?"
"The guy next to me seems to be Gu Cheng, the brother from the arrest squad. I'm a thief. Didn't he go to Xiu Mu?"
"Is this Li Xiucai who is wearing the silk ribbon? A few days ago, his little wife was crying and complaining, saying that this guy can't hang out with wild women. How did he become a ghost?!"
At first, the government officials screamed endlessly, but gradually, more and more bodies fell, and the voices became quieter and quieter.
There seemed to be an inexplicable cold and complacent mummy spreading from the monster at the end of the storage room, freezing words and heartbeats, leaving the storage room in a dead silence.
And this time.
"thump."
A sound like a heartbeat sounded from deep in the Tibetan room.
After all the fungus blankets were retracted, the already huge white tumor expanded several times, and now it was really beating like a heart.
Every time it jumped, the tumor shrank by one point, and the limbs growing on it also squeezed out by one point.
After dozens of rapid beats.
The tumor shrank back to its original size, but dozens of Gu Tianshi were "squeezed" out of the body...
No.
It would be more appropriate to say "monster".
Perhaps it was an emergency measure. After removing the previously grown parts, the bodies of these newly born Gu Tians became more deformed than the last. Some had seven or eight arms and legs of different sizes under the waist; It's the upper body; there are those with sharp tongues all over their bodies...
They staggered, crawled, and jumped around in front of the mother body, and the mother body began to grow new monsters.
…
Bo Ziyu swallowed.
"What?" Zhang Shaonan sneered, "I'm scared."
"Afraid?" Bo Ziyu's eyes suddenly widened, "Afraid of death, Nai Gong shouldn't do this!"
He shouted hello.
"Brothers, kill this monster and get a big reward back!"
But what was embarrassing was that there was no response from behind.
He turned his head and saw that there was nothing behind him, except for Li Changan, who spread his hands towards him and pointed at the door.
The brothers have already retreated!
Hiding at the door and looking around, I saw the cannibalistic look of my squad leader. They all laughed and muttered something like, "If you have money, you have to spend it with life," and "You have to eat on duty."
Not to mention that Bo Ziyu almost had a myocardial infarction.
Zhang Shaonan looked at the opposite side for a while, then suddenly said: "Does Taoist Li have any means to kill this monster?"
"Yes." Li Changan nodded, "You need to be close."
The Taoist priest himself is a wild man, with the skills of killing but no method of suppression, but he cannot resist having an accomplice who comes from a well-known and upright family. Although Feng Chong is not very good at speaking and practicing, he has a lot of tricks at his disposal. This time, the Taoist priest was given a demon-suppressing talisman.
"Boss Boss."
"What?"
"Do you have the guts to step forward and open a path for Daoist Li?"
Bo Ziyu's embarrassment still lingers: "Why don't you dare!"
The words fell to the ground.
Zhang Shaonan suddenly laughed loudly.
"Where is eldest brother? Erlang is here!"
Holding the whistle stick, he rushed straight towards the group of monsters.
