Lujiazhuang is an inconspicuous small village at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain.
Most of its members are people from Hezhong who moved here during the Anshi Rebellion, and they all have blood and genealogical relationships with each other.
Therefore, Lujiazhuang is more united than other villages near Chang'an. As long as outsiders come here, the whole village will know about it immediately.
Especially after that day four years ago, the villagers inside and outside Lujiazhuang have become more vigilant to a certain extent.
"It seems that it is impossible to find clues from here."
A gray monk's robe is slightly worn, and a special sword is placed across his waist...
Pei Wende just stood quietly outside Lujiazhuang, which was enough to make the villagers here look wary.
In fact, it has been more than half a month since Pei Wende came to Lujiazhuang, but he has still been unable to eliminate the villagers' rejection of him.
At first, Pei Wende thought it was his appearance holding a sword that made them worry.
But after living in a dilapidated temple outside the village for a few days, Pei Wende discovered that the villagers here had the same attitude towards all outsiders.
The most important thing is that in less than half a month, the number of outsiders coming to Lujia Village has far exceeded the normal number.
You know, in this day and age, going out is a matter of narrow escape.
Villagers in ordinary villages rarely see a few outsiders all year round, especially in a small village like Lujia Village, which consists of only a dozen households.
But in such a small village, during the half month that Pei Wende stayed temporarily, more than ten outsiders were discovered.
And the number of outsiders who hide and do not show up will only be greater than this.
"If you can't find any clues in the village, you can try asking people outside the village."
Quietly sticking her head out of her collar, Xiaoqing, who was also a little curious, gave her own suggestions.
She originally thought that after getting clues about Xuan Jue's reincarnation, she would be able to find out the whereabouts of the other party with just a little effort.
Unexpectedly, there were not many families named Lu at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain, but these people were extremely vigilant.
Even if Pei Wende had such a convenient magical power as his telepathy, it would be difficult for him to ask for the clues he wanted.
To be honest, if it were Xiao Qing's original character, she would have already begun to consider whether to take more extreme measures to force the villagers to speak.
Now the second best option is to "question" those outside the village, which obviously cannot be a normal method of questioning.
"I've also taken a look at the outsiders. Basically, there are people from all walks of life."
Pei Wende nodded and agreed to Xiao Qing's suggestion. In fact, Pei Wende had already had this intention.
The people in the village are all ordinary people, and there is a high probability that they are related to Xuan Jue's reincarnation by blood.
No matter which angle he looked at, it was impossible for Pei Wende to question them.
But those people from the three religions and nine streams were different. Pei Wende could see that these people were more or less contaminated with human lives, and there were even some heretic practitioners with evil spirits among them.
"Have you found a suitable target?"
Xiaoqing, who was connected to Pei Wende, suddenly raised his head and asked in surprise.
No one knows Pei Wende's stubbornness better than Xiaoqing, who has been with him for so many years.
Although he is always involved in various battles, Pei Wende actually always maintains an inexplicable principle and will never take the initiative to use force unless it is absolutely necessary.
Such Pei Wende actually took the initiative to use force to interrogate him this time.
This shows from the side how much he attaches importance to Xuan Jue's reincarnation, or to be more precise, to Pei Hui.
"Those ordinary people definitely don't know much. At best, they are just young people who want to come and fish in troubled waters..."
"If you want to know what happened in Lujia Village, you still have to ask those heretic practitioners."
Pei Wende inadvertently scanned the entire Lujiazhuang. After wandering here for more than half a month, Pei Wende was able to confirm that there was definitely no child named Lu Yan in the village.
Not only that, all the children in Lujiazhuang have been secretly sent away.
Currently, most of the people still staying in Lujiazhuang are adults with the surname Lu.
If he hadn't been unable to give up the land here, Pei Wende had no doubt that he would still be able to meet the villagers of Lujiazhuang here today.
——Land is life, and land is the guarantee for the continuation of future generations.
Even if the villagers who hold this view are in danger, as long as they are not forced to the point of desperation, they will never be able to easily abandon the land they have cultivated over the years.
"A heretic practitioner?"
After pondering for a moment, Xiaoqing kept recalling the outsiders he had seen in the past half month, and finally zeroed in on a woman with a skinny face.
"Is that the woman with the skinny face?"
Among the outsiders who have come to Lujiacun in the past half month, it seems that only the thin-faced woman has some evil aura about her.
Relying on his keen sense of vitality, Xiaoqing was able to feel the evil energy tainted on the woman.
However, Xiao Qing originally thought that the other party was a victim of evil, so he was contaminated by evil spirits.
But now hearing what Pei Wende said, it was obvious that the woman was not an ordinary person.
Every time he thinks about this, Xiaoqing becomes particularly envious of Pei Wende's clairvoyance.
Because all evil spirits, no matter how realistic they are disguised, can never escape Pei Wende's eyes.
Unfortunately, due to different paths of cultivation, no matter how envious Xiaoqing is, it is impossible to obtain Pei Wende's clairvoyance.
Not to mention Xiao Qing, even other Buddhist practitioners are definitely not as keen as Pei Wende's clairvoyance in discerning evil spirits.
"That's right she is."
Continuing to nod in confirmation of Xiao Qing's words, Pei Wende whispered thoughtfully.
"Although she disguises herself perfectly, even you can only detect a little evil spirit..."
"But I'm sure she is not a human being, at least not a normal person."
The tone paused slightly, and Pei Wende's expression became slightly more serious.
"In order to prevent that guy from jumping over the wall and hurting innocent people, we have to wait until she is far away from the village before taking action."
Hearing this, Xiao Qing finally understood why Pei Wende had noticed the woman's abnormality for a long time, but never explained it to herself.
This guy was obviously worried about himself and was afraid that he would disturb the woman on impulse.
After all, Xiao Qing's temper is there. She is not a "bad person" like Pei Wende who cares about the casualties of ordinary people.
Even if Xiaoqing now has some humanity, he also understands some rules of how human society operates.
But once it comes to her own or Pei Wende's interests, Xiao Qing will definitely take action against the woman as soon as possible.
"You guy..."
He mumbled something vaguely, but Xiaoqing, who was well aware of this, did not dwell on this issue any longer.
"Then she is planning to leave the village now?"
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