Tian Siwei rushed to Xiaodong Mountain overnight. Soon, Men Ding and Cheng Jia, the temple officials who were in charge of Xiaodong Mountain, also arrived in a hurry. Seeing that Tian Siwei had arrived earlier than them, these two people were frightened and filled with uneasiness.
"You bastard! You came so late and delayed the important events of the academy. I will kill you!" Tian Siwei scolded.
The two temple officials hurriedly begged, but Wu Sheng stepped forward to stop them: "The case is urgent, so I invited you all night long. Don't be surprised by Captain Tian Si."
Tian Siwei nodded: "I heard that Xue Zhongxing and Brother Sun were not allowed to disturb more people, so I only called them two. If they are still needed, I will immediately issue a card to transfer people and keep them so that not a single mosquito can fly out of Xiaodongshan. !”
Wu Sheng explained: "Don't dare to summon too many people. The thief is a female devil with high cultivation and ruthless attacks. When those with insufficient cultivation come, they will cause more damage. I'd better ask Xue Xingying to explain it again."
After Xue Xingxing finished introducing Tian Siwei, Wu Sheng said, "Men and Cheng often travel to Xiaodong Mountain and are very familiar with this area. I would like to ask you two to take a look first. Who was killed by the red demon?"
Xin Xitang presented the palm wrapped in white cloth. Men Ding and Cheng Jia looked left and right but couldn't see the trick. Wu Sheng also understood that it was a bit difficult and said immediately: "There are many monks coming and going in Xiaodong Mountain. Since you can't tell, then... Let's check after daybreak, but don't alert the enemy. I wonder if you two have any clever ideas?"
Tian Siwei stroked his beard: "You two think of a solution."
The doorman was very worried and said: "There are more than a hundred stalls stationed in Xiaodongshan. The number of people traveling around to buy is no less than five or six hundred per day...and there is no definite number of these people. Come today." , If tomorrow doesn’t come, this..."
Cheng Jia said from the side: "What my brother said is true. It is indeed difficult to check. My brother can only do his best."
Wu Sheng came up with an idea: "Let's do a census. Let's start with the vendors. Look at the households that set up stalls yesterday. Who did not go up the mountain to set up a stall today? Since the red-clothed demon cultivator did it at night, these stall owners who set up stalls encountered She is more likely. If the vendors cannot be found, then we can only find the people who went to the mountain to buy yesterday. It is not easy. We must be prepared for a tough battle. "
For this kind of thing, you really have to rely on local snakes like Men Ding and Cheng Jia. When others come, they can only get a black eye and they can't recognize them fully. How can they investigate? The second officials did not work alone. Zhong Shenyan, who mobilized Xiaodongshan to seek a living, waited for a group of thugs to search one by one. He summed up a number in one morning and reported it to the big shots who were waiting at the top of Xiaodongshan.
"Our brothers have the impression that there are 18 resident vendors in Xiaodongshan who have not arrived today. I would like to ask the temple captain to tell me if I can go to the houses one by one to have a look. However, my brother does not know where they are. It will take some time. Asking..." Mending and Chengjia kowtowed and asked for orders.
"Go quickly!" Tian Siwei wanted to kick them in the face and drive them down the mountain as quickly as possible. The red-clothed female demon kills people like crazy. After a day's delay, there's no telling how many lives will be lost, and others will just pay for it. If she hurts the family members of a few upper-level and middle-level doctors in the city, the consequences will be disastrous.
The two temple officials climbed down and were notified by Zhongshenyan that five families had set up stalls on the mountain. The two temple officials were slightly relieved, as there were only thirteen families left that needed to be verified.
Xue Zhong, Tian Siwei, and Wu Sheng were sitting on the top of Xiaodong Mountain. They were always watching every move below. They still felt that the manpower was not enough. Wu Sheng asked Zhong Liying to ask Yong Zhi: "Please Zhong Li go back to Lu Mingze. Let Sun Zhi come to Xiaodong Mountain, but ask the others not to wander around, especially Wu Xiang, who must stay in Lu Mingze and protect everyone at all times. The female demon is ferocious, so let them be on guard."
Zhong Liying took the order and left. More than an hour later, Yong Zhi arrived with him.
Wu Sheng introduced Xue Zhong and Tian Siwei as his brothers in the wilderness who could help. Both of them bowed their hands and paid tribute. Their cultivation levels were roughly on the same level, so they naturally spoke much more politely. Xue Zhong, in particular, was overjoyed to see Wu Sheng bring another person from the God Refining Realm, and he would be more confident to handle this case.
Pulling Yong Zhi to a deserted place, Wu Sheng informed the situation in detail, and then said: "The woman has a strange movement. She appeared in Yingdu five years ago. Did you remember anything, Mr. Zhi?"
Yongzhi said immediately: "Doctor...brother said it was that witch?"
Wu Sheng said: "You are more familiar with witches than me. I just think they are similar. Although the woman was not in red that day, she had a red damask. I thought about it. The red damask was wrapped around her body. In fact, it was not too different from the red damask. many."
Yong Zhi thought for a while and said: "I saw her wearing it on her body and dipping the red silk with rabbit blood, so I told my eldest brother that day that this woman was very evil, and she was elusive and had strange movements. I told her When I took action, my sword almost missed, and my eldest brother still didn’t believe it.”
Wu Sheng retorted: "I don't believe it. If I didn't believe it, why would I take you to move your residence?"
Yongzhi refused: "But brother, you said at that time that if she came to you for anything, you just saw her beauty."
Wu Sheng was speechless: "Can't you understand the joke? Nao Dalang, you are so boring!"
Yong Zhi ignored his remark and continued to think: "As for the ferocity, I have never seen it. I just think she has bad intentions. But... if she is really the red-clothed female devil now, why didn't she kill her then? I?"
Wu Sheng asked: "Think about it carefully, what bad things did you do to make her pester you? How long has she been pestering you?"
Yongzhi said: "Two months."
Wu Sheng urged: "Think about it quickly."
Yong Zhi recalled it for a long time and then said: "Every time she roasted rabbit meat, she would come and grab it."
"Don't make trouble!"
"real......"
"You'd better take this time to think carefully about why. Of course, you can't easily conclude that the red-clothed demon is the witch. After all, we haven't met the real owner yet."
According to the assignment, Yongzhi went to the top of the mountain facing the northeast, which relieved the pressure on Xue Zhong, Tian Siwei and Wu Sheng. More than ten monks from the two schools in Yingdu and Yangzhou also quietly patrolled everywhere below. Dongshan has set up a dragnet.
When it was getting dark, Men Ding and Cheng Jia finally brought back the exact news. The deceased was confirmed to be Beizhuang monk Chen Zhen. Beizhuang is a barbarian village on the north side of Xiaodong Mountain. Chen Zhen dominates this village with his senior level of Qi refining, providing protection for hundreds of barbarian villagers. At the same time, he also uses the cover of this village to do some unflattering things.
For example, robbing someone halfway, such as collecting money to stand up for the person you asked for, such as collecting some stolen goods at a low price and setting up a street in Xiaodongshan, etc., etc., etc., generally speaking, it is not a big deal. For a serious crime, even if it happens, it will only mean suffering. Besides, he is still a senior Qi practitioner, so there are very few opportunities to suffer.
This is another typical way of life for Qigong practitioners. Because they are used to freedom, they are unwilling to join the army or serve as disciples. Because they are afraid of danger, they are even less willing to go to Kunlun, the wilderness, the East China Sea, and other places. If you want to take risks in extremely cold places, you can only take this path, just like the Langshan monks back then, except that the things the Langshan monks did were more high-end.
This was Chen Zhen, an inconspicuous wild cultivator from Yangzhou. Men Ding and Cheng Jia knew his details very well, and they immediately revealed them.
After hearing this, Xue Zhong was very disappointed: "So, it's just his bad luck?"
The two temple officials nodded together: "I can't see any other reason."
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