Qin Shaoyou, who was leading the horse forward, subconsciously stopped.
Zhu Xiucai, who was following behind, almost ran into him. He quickly led his horse around him and asked curiously: "Sir, what's wrong?"
Qin Shaoyou raised his riding whip and pointed at the wild dog near the city gate.
"Looking at these dogs, do you think anything is wrong?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Xiucai, Monk Ma and all the warriors turned their attention to the wild dogs around them again.
But after looking at it for a long time, I found nothing.
"I don't think there's anything wrong with them, they're just quite fat."
Zhu Xiucai's words represented the voice of everyone, and they all nodded in agreement.
Qin Shaoyou shook his head and said: "I'm not letting you see whether these dogs are fat or not, I'm letting you look at their eyes... Do you feel that their eyes are full of pain and despair?"
"ah?"
All the warriors were stunned.
Can we still see pain and despair in a dog’s eyes?
How can this be seen?
They stared at the wild dog again, this time with eyes that looked very carefully and seriously, but they could never see any despair or pain.
They even felt that the eyes of these wild dogs in Mianyuan County were no different from the eyes of wild dogs elsewhere.
The warriors did not dare to speak out what they were thinking. They just looked at each other and communicated with their eyes, clearly saying:
Sir, what's going on?
Did last night's experience make him too sensitive?
Monk Ma could not see any despair or pain in the eyes of these wild dogs, but his thoughts were different from those of the strong men.
"Amitabha, in this world, all living beings suffer, and dogs are no exception. The fact that you can see despair and pain in the eyes of these wild dogs shows that they have great wisdom and are destined to be connected with the Buddha."
Qin Shaoyou became anxious when he heard this.
I regard you as my brother, but you actually want me to become a monk?
He waved his hands hurriedly: "Monk, please don't harm me. I still want to get married and have children and continue the family lineage, but I don't want to become a monk."
Zhu Xiucai said jokingly: "It's just that you haven't gone to a brothel to live happily...well, you have lived a refined life, how can you become a monk?"
"Shut up." Monk Ma glared at Zhu Xiucai first, and then corrected Qin Shaoyou sternly: "What you said is wrong. You can practice at home..."
"I can't stand the rules and regulations, especially the fact that I can't stop eating meat, so I'd better forget it." Qin Shaoyou didn't want to continue this topic, so he asked Zhu Xiucai: "You haven't seen the despair and pain in the eyes of these wild dogs?"
Monk Ma had no choice but to keep silent.
Seeing that Qin Shaoyou was serious, Zhu Xiucai stopped joking. After thinking about it carefully, he shook his head seriously: "No."
"strangeness……"
Qin Shaoyou frowned.
No one else saw the despair and pain in Gouzi's eyes, but he could see it very clearly. What was going on?
Was he hallucinating? still……
"Is it the effect of the [Bright Eyesight] talent?"
Qin Shaoyou suddenly remembered the talent of [brightening eyesight] brought to him by boiled fox eyes.
In the mysterious recipe, the introduction to this talent is: being able to observe the subtleties and see a new world.
At this moment, isn't the message Qin Shaoyou saw in the wild dog's eyes the new world brought about by careful observation?
If this is indeed the message brought by the [Bright Eyesight] effect, then why do those wild dogs feel despair and pain?
Is it true that as Monk Ma said, all living beings suffer, and wild dogs are no exception?
Or are these wild dogs...what's the problem?
After a brief consideration, Qin Shaoyou made an arrangement: "Go and catch a wild dog and take it with you."
"I'll go." A strong man volunteered. After handing over the reins to his companion, he walked towards the group of dogs and said, "Sir, you want to get a dog for midnight snack? I'll catch a fat one for you." "
The hearing officer said that the dogs here would be made into a midnight snack. Qin Shaoyou suddenly felt nauseated and almost vomited out the dry food he had eaten on the road.
He quickly covered his mouth, calmed down and said, "What a late night snack. I think there is something wrong with these dogs, and I want to get one to check."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this.
What could be wrong with these dogs? Is it still worth wasting time to investigate?
Only Zhu Xiucai, whose thoughts turned faster than others, thought of a possibility.
His expression instantly turned ugly, and he lowered his voice and asked, "Sir, are you doubting that these dogs... were transformed from humans?"
Monk Ma was right next to him. After hearing his words, his expression changed and he exclaimed in a low voice: "The art of animal creation?!"
Animal-making skills?
Qin Shaoyou found relevant information from his memory.
The animal-making technique mentioned by Monk Ma is a kind of nightmare witchcraft that can turn living people into livestock, hence the name.
This weird witchcraft is not only found in this world, but also recorded in Qin Shaoyou's previous life's strange novel "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio".
Qin Shaoyou didn't think about this at first, he just thought these wild dogs were weird.
But after listening to the speculations of Zhu Xiucai and Monk Ma, he also became suspicious.
Could these wild dogs really be transformed by animal-making techniques?
And the victim... is the missing child from Mianyuan County?
Qin Shaoyou was shocked and asked hurriedly: "Do you know any way to break the animal-making technique? Or find out whether these wild dogs were transformed by the animal-making technique?"
Zhu Xiucai shook his head and said: "We are warriors. We are good at killing monsters and eliminating monsters, but we are not good at breaking witchcraft and spells."
Monk Ma sighed: "Although I have learned some Buddhist magical powers, I still can't decipher witchcraft and spells."
"Perhaps we can try it with the Taoist priests from Jade Emperor Temple?"
Just when Qin Shaoyou felt deeply regretful, Zhu Xiucai made a suggestion.
"Jade Emperor Temple? What is that place?"
"It is a Taoist temple, located on Fengyu Mountain east of Luocheng City. It is one of the ancestral temples of the Jingming Sect. The Taoist priest in the temple is not only good at inner alchemy techniques, but also has considerable research on talismans and incantations. We also have a cooperative relationship with the Luocheng Town Demon Division, and whenever we encounter a witchcraft curse that cannot be dealt with, we will ask them for help."
Qin Shaoyou understood.
This Jade Emperor Temple is the technical supporter of Luocheng Town Yaosi!
He immediately made arrangements: "Xiucai... No, Old Wei, you take someone back to Luocheng Town Demon Division, report our guess to Mr. Xue, and ask him to go to Jade Emperor Temple and help us invite a Taoist priest."
Qin Shaoyou originally wanted Zhu Xiucai to go, but then he thought that it would be more useful for Zhu Xiucai to stay with him, so he named Wei Lishi.
Wei Lishi was familiar with the surrounding road conditions and was able to find a place to spend the night in time so that he could go back safely and without any delays.
"yes."
Wei Lishi took the order and called a companion, and the two immediately left Mianyuan County on horseback.
Soon, the dog-catcher came back and caught a khaki-colored dog.
The dog was scared and struggled desperately to escape.
"Don't be afraid, we don't have any harm, we just want to help you."
Qin Shaoyou tried to communicate with Gouzi.
But the dog couldn't understand human speech and still struggled endlessly.
There was no other way, Qin Shaoyou could only ask the strongman to tie the dog and put it on the horse.
Prepare to try slowly and see if you can use the [Bright Eyesight] talent to see more problems in this dog.
Entering the county seat, Qin Shaoyou and his men first went to the inn next to the city wall, and as a police officer of Luocheng Prefecture, asked for a room.
It's a big shop.
When you go out, you can't pay too much attention to it. As long as everyone doesn't have the habit of adding more men to men, Qin Shaoyou doesn't care.
Let's sleep together, let's sleep together, let's be men if you're a man, it's time to relive the dormitory life in college.
When the postmaster came out to receive him, he had a child tied to a rope in his hand.
After asking, I found out that the tied child was the postmaster's son.
The postmaster did this because he was frightened by the case of missing children in Mianyuan County and made a helpless move.
"At night half a month ago, this child was almost tricked into going out after his mother and I fell asleep. Fortunately, I woke up in time. From then on, I tied a rope to him and carried him with me at all times."
"Deceived into leaving the house? Who deceived him?" Qin Shaoyou asked curiously.
"It was Daya and Xiaozizi who asked me to go out to play." said the child.
"Who are Daya and Xiaozizi?" Zhu Xiucai asked.
The postmaster said with some fear: "They are his playmates, but the two children were lost long ago and have never been found. We wonder if those two children died and turned into ghosts, trying to trick my son." Go and be their scapegoat..."
The child said: "Da Ya and Xiao Xiao Zi told them that they are not dead and are playing with many children. They even asked me to go too, saying that there are a lot of fun and delicious things."
The postmaster's face turned pale: "Listen, this is not a hoax, or what?"
Qin Shaoyou comforted him and said: "If something like this happens again in the past two days, remember to call us and we will help you."
The postmaster thanked him profusely.
After settling the accommodation, tying the horses, putting away the luggage, and leaving two strong men to guard the equipment, Qin Shaoyou took the others to Zhang Mansion.
He wanted to learn more about the disappearance of Zhang Shilang's grandson.
After all, this is the latest case of missing children, and maybe some clues can be found.
However, what Qin Shaoyou and the others did not expect was that when they knocked on the door of Zhang Mansion and reported the identity of the Fucheng police officers and the purpose of their visit, they were told by the concierge:
"I'm really sorry that I have to go all the way. But my little master has returned safely, so I don't need you to worry about it."
