Later, in the main hall, Song Dahe discussed monster hunting with the heroes.
"Huixianzhuang is located in the center of Tangchang County, surrounded by Dongcheng, Xicheng, Nancheng and Beicheng. In the past, the rural protection group would set out from Huixianzhuang every night and patrol back and forth in the four cities of southeast, northwest and northwest. Once there was any When ghost birds appear, the scouts scattered in the city will light up Kongming lanterns and sound the alarm, and the hometown protection team will immediately rush to the scene of the incident." Song Dahe introduced the previous defense situation to everyone, and then sighed, " It's just...it's just that this ghost bird appears and disappears, and there is no pattern in the location where it appears every time, so that every time the hometown protection team arrives, there is no trace of the ghost bird..."
"So, Gang Leader Song invited me here because he hopes that we can sit in the four cities of southeast, northwest and northwest respectively. If the ghost bird appears, we can go nearby to provide timely support and capture the ghost bird." Hua Fan tried to add.
"Brother Hua is very insightful. This is exactly what Song means! Therefore, Song wants to discuss with you the plan to establish the four cities in the southeast and northwest..."
"That's easy to say!" The short Xie Meng stood up, "There are eight people here, wouldn't it be good to have two people in each city! We two brothers are willing to directly guard one city, and you can do whatever you want with the rest..."
Before Xie Meng finished speaking, the monk Tashi Cairen became unhappy, "These wolves, tigers and leopards are fierce, but I don't expect this hunter to be even more cunning. Donor Xie has good calculations. Your two brothers are the same family. Why?" Your family monopolizes a city, and you want two of us to share the same city?"
"That's right, the Sa family has long been used to seeing you, and now you dare to play any conspiracy here. You are just asking for a beating!" Song Qian, the one-armed King Kong, slapped his palm on the coffee table beside him, stood up, and the tea cup was shaken. It flew up and then fell to the ground, breaking into pieces.
"What did you say!" Xie Wei stood up without showing any signs of weakness, his hand already touching the steel fork leaning on the coffee table.
"Two benefactors, please do not rush into war over this matter. The Buddha said, if I don't go to hell, who will go to hell? Why don't we just let the little monk guard the city alone..."
"Bah!" Xie Wei and Song Qian spat on the ground at the same time.
After that, in order to get the one thousand taels of silver reward alone, various calculations and plans were made frequently in the monster hunting conference. Either you don’t trust me, or I don’t trust you. In the end, it took two or three hours for everyone to finally A set of plans were reluctantly adopted. Taoist Dugu and the Xie brothers were in charge of the east city, One-Armed Vajra Song Qian and the Japanese swordsman were in charge of the west city, Xu Shouguang and Hua Fan went to the south city, and the north city was guarded by the monk Tashi Cairen alone. It was not that he was superior in martial arts. , just because this monk was very narrow-minded and used all his patience in sitting meditation here. He opposed any plan that did not suit his liking. In the end, no one in the room could defeat him, so he had to do this.
After the plan was finalized and the sun was setting to the west, Xu Shouguang asked Song Dahe to borrow a fast horse and headed towards Nancheng. There was a Zuihong Mansion in Nancheng, which was the property of the Yan Gang. Song Dahe set the Zuihong Mansion as a stronghold in Nancheng. Xu Shouguang returned to his horse, naturally a little slower. By the time he arrived at Zuihong Mansion, Hua Fan had already arrived first.
I saw Hua Fan sitting by the window of the private room on the second floor, with a beauty on each side. The two beauties each held a wine glass in their hands, vying to feed it to Hua Fan's mouth. Hua Fan was quite skillful. He drank two glasses of wine with a smile. When he saw Xu Shouguang arriving downstairs, he waved enthusiastically: "Brother Xu! Here!"
Seeing Hua Fan being so kind, Xu Shouguang felt good in his heart, and immediately went up to the second floor and sat down opposite Hua Fan.
As soon as Xu Shouguang sat down, Hua Fan immediately poured a glass of wine for Xu Shouguang. Holding the glass in his hand, he said with a smile: "I advise you not to give up. It's better to be drunk when you are drunk than to be awake! Come on, Brother Xu, please!"
Seeing how generous Hua Fan was, Xu Shouguang remembered that the great heroes in the storyteller's mouth also loved wine, so he also raised his glass and said, "Brother Hua, please!"
After saying that, the two drank the wine in one gulp. After a glass of wine, Hua Fan and Xu Shouguang immediately started chatting with each other, talking about everything from fine wines to martial arts, as if they had known each other for a long time.
Seeing Xu Shouguang sitting alone across from him, Hua Fan took a sip of the wine fed by the beauty and said with a smile, "Brother Xu, is this the first time you've returned to this land of romance?"
Xu Shouguang was stunned for a moment, then nodded sheepishly.
"Hahaha, there's nothing to be embarrassed about." Hua Fan laughed, and then he shouted loudly to the door: "Slave Turtle, call my mother for me!"
Someone immediately sang "Hey" outside the door, and after a while, a richly made-up madam entered the private room with a smile.
"Young man! How are you drinking and eating?" the madam asked enthusiastically as soon as he entered the door.
"Okay! Of course it's good!"
"That's good! Is there anything else that you need me to do?"
"I heard that there is a new girl named Huan Yu in Zuihong Mansion..."
"Yes, yes, Mr. Hua is very well-informed. This girl Huan Yu only came yesterday. Mr. Hua already knows about it today."
"Is Miss Huan Yu here?"
"Here! There! The person that Playboy wants is naturally here..."
"Then let Miss Huan Yu come here and drink with me, Brother Xu!"
"...Don't...don't..." When he heard that he wanted to ask the girl to accompany him, Xu Shouguang waved his hands in a hurry.
"Hahaha! Brother Xu is majestic in the ring, but now he is shy..."
Seeing Hua Fan laughing so hard, Xu Shouguang had no choice but to quietly lean over and whisper in Hua Fan's ear: "I'll be honest with you, brother Hua, I'm... out of money..."
"Hahaha, you are working for Song Dahe, how can he ask for your money..." Hua Fan laughed even more happily, and after a while he said to the madam standing at the door: "You think so, Mom."
"...Well...yes...right...the two of you will wait here for a moment. I will go and call Miss Huan Yu over now..." After that, the madam went out.
After a while, a veiled woman holding a pipa entered the private room. As soon as the woman entered the door, Hua Fan and Xu Shouguang were stunned for a moment. They saw that the woman was tall and had a slender waist. She was wearing a fitted green silk gown that highlighted her graceful curves. There was a layer of white tulle underneath. Although the woman's face is covered with a veil, her pair of watery, almond-shaped eyes are charming.
The woman saluted Hua Fan and Xu Shouguang and sat down on the stool at the door. "What music do you want to listen to, sir?"
"Oh, it's inconvenient to talk with a veil on. Take off the veil first..." Hua Fan pushed away the beauty who was pouring wine beside him and stared at Huan Yu intently.
"Huan Yu is here to perform. Master, just concentrate on the music. As for Huan Yu's appearance, it doesn't matter..." Huan Yu said lightly.
Hua Fan was born with a good skin and had never been rejected by a woman before. When he saw Huan Yu actually saying this, he immediately turned down his face and said, "Take off your veil if I ask you to do so. Why are you pretending to be noble in this drunk red building!" After that! , he got up and wanted to pick it himself. At this time, Xu Shouguang stepped forward and stood in the middle: "Hahaha, Brother Hua is a hero, why bother arguing with a weak woman... Come on, let's continue drinking..."
Hua Fan also didn't expect that Xu Shouguang would actually stop him. He stared at Xu Shouguang's face with wide eyes, but then immediately returned to his smile, "Brother Xu is right, why bother arguing with a weak woman and drinking!" After that, Then he turned around to sit back down.
Suddenly, a rush of gongs sounded, and the two people looked out the window and saw several Kongming lanterns rising in the night sky to the northwest.
"The ghost bird has appeared!" Xu Shouguang shouted to Hua Fan, then jumped out of the window and ran towards the northwest. Hua Fan looked at Xu Shouguang's back, then glanced back at Miss Huan Yu behind him, then took the bow and arrow from the table and chased after her.
The place where the gong was sounded was not far from the Zuihong Building. Xu Shouguang walked straight over from the roof and soon saw the scout who was sounding the gong.
"Where?" Xu Shouguang shouted to the scout.
The scout raised his head when he heard the sound, and when he saw it was Xu Shouguang, he immediately pointed at the alley on one side with his hammer and shouted: "Run over there!"
Xu Shouguang hurriedly chased towards the alley, but after chasing for a while, he found nothing. The light of the Kongming Lantern gradually flickered, and the alley became darker and darker. Xu Shouguang jumped on the roof to have a clear look. At this moment, a black shadow suddenly ran over from the roof in front. The black figure also saw Xu Shouguang, was stunned for a moment, then suddenly turned around, ran a few steps and then jumped into another alley.
"Stop!" Xu Shouguang shouted, and he jumped after the black shadow. He took out the iron sword from the wishful bag with his right hand, took out the flying needle with his left hand, and shot the flying needle towards the black shadow with a flick of his finger.
The black shadow heard the sound of flying needles breaking through the air from behind, and hurriedly turned around and flicked his arm to fly away the flying needles... No, to be precise, it should be a wing, a wing covered with cyan feathers. It was at this moment that Xu Shouguang saw a face, a pretty face that he had never seen before, especially her watery almond eyes!
"Huan Yu!" Xu Shouguang was surprised. But then he didn't hesitate any more and rushed forward with a single lunge, aiming at Gui Niao Huan Yu's chest and quickly holding out the iron sword. Seeing Xu Shouguang's sword coming, the ghost bird hurriedly flapped its wings and flew backwards. Unfortunately, the alley was too narrow and the ghost bird couldn't stretch its wings, so it fell down before it could fly very far. Xu Shouguang hurriedly followed up and thrust out another sword. The ghost bird couldn't dodge, so he directly grabbed the iron sword with his claws, and then jumped up with the iron sword, trying to jump to the roof and fly away. Unexpectedly, at this moment, an arrow flew with a "swish" sound and penetrated into the eaves above the ghost bird. The ghost bird was startled and quickly fell back into the alley. It turned out that Hua Fan had also arrived. Seeing that the ghost bird was about to run away, he blocked the way with an arrow.
"Beautiful!" Xu Shouguang praised loudly, but his hands didn't stop moving. He withdrew his sword and raised it, and the ghost bird was forced to retreat further. At this time, the ghost bird could no longer fly and fell backwards, apparently losing its balance. At this moment, there was another sound of strings, and the ghost bird had no time to look up to the roof, so it had to spread its wings to cover its body to reduce some damage. Unexpectedly, there was an unexpected sound, and no pain came from the wings. When there was a white feather stuck on the wall not far behind, the arrow actually missed...
The arrow happened to hit behind the ghost bird, and the ghost bird, which had lost its balance, immediately re-adjusted its center of gravity with the help of this arrow.
"It's too dark...can't see clearly..." Hua Fan complained.
"No hurry, Brother Hua, take your time!" Xu Shouguang shouted, and stabbed the ghost bird in the heart with another sword. The ghost bird was still unable to move in the narrow alley, so he quickly used his wings to move the iron sword to the side. "Yes!" Xu Shouguang was secretly happy. He turned the iron sword half a circle around his wrist, then bypassed the wings of the ghost bird and stabbed straight into the chest. At this time, the wings of the ghost bird were stuck to the wall, and the lower plate had not yet been fully adjusted. Facing Xu Shouguang's sword, there was nothing that could be done.
Xu Shouguang raised his sword and stabbed forward. He was about to succeed when he heard Xiaobai suddenly shout: "Be careful!" He glanced sideways and saw a white feather flying rapidly towards him, about to collide with him. Xu Shouguang quickly stopped the attack, drew his sword and jumped back. With a "swish" sound, an arrow passed between him and the ghost bird, and pinned a strand of Xu Shouguang's forehead hair firmly to the wall. Xu Shouguang narrowly avoided this blow again and again, feeling terrified in his heart. If Xiao Bai hadn't reminded him in time, the thing nailed to the wall might have been his head.
"Brother Xu, please bear with me, my accuracy was a bit off today!" Hua Fan shouted with an annoyed look on his face.
Xu Shouguang glanced at Hua Fan, and then looked at Gui Niao. At this time, Gui Niao was also panting heavily, and her chest kept rising and falling. It must be that the fight just now consumed a lot of her energy. This was indeed the first time to capture Gui Niao. What a great time!
But Xu Shouguang didn't rush forward. The arrow just now made him frightened. He glanced at Hua Fan again, and saw that Hua Fan was just holding his bow and arrow, aiming up, down, left, and right for a long time, but he didn't draw it. Xu Shouguang shook his head helplessly, and had no choice but to rush forward and fight with the ghost bird again. The ghost bird's physical strength was greatly reduced, and it happened that he couldn't move in the alley, so he had to dodge left and right, which was very embarrassing. Xu Shouguang was not easy either. On the one hand, he kept raising his sword to slash, and on the other hand, he kept slashing He glanced at Hua Fan; Hua Fan stood on the roof and kept aiming up and down, left and right, but did not release the arrow.
Finally, Xu Shouguang seized an opportunity and stabbed the ghost bird with his sword, tricking the ghost bird into using its wings to protect its body again. But at this time, Xu Shouguang immediately withdrew his sword move, quickly ducked down, and kicked the ghost bird with a sweeping kick. On the ghost bird's calf, the ghost bird instantly lost its center of gravity and fell to the ground. Xu Shouguang hurriedly followed up with his sword. Sure enough, at this moment, Hua Fan shot another arrow. Xu Shouguang was prepared and his speed did not slow down. He just raised his eyes slightly and made a small circle with his sword, just in time to hit the arrow. An arrow fell to the ground. Immediately afterwards, Xu Shouguang raised his sword above his head and slashed hard at the fallen ghost bird.
Just hearing a clang, a Tang sword was placed in front of Gui Niiao to block the iron sword. Xu Shouguang looked up along the Tang Dao and saw a man wearing a blue-black wide-sleeved top and crimson wide-leg trousers, dressed like a Japanese man, with a long scar on his resolute face. He was the Japanese swordsman. Just now, Xu Shouguang was distracted by Hua Fan, but at some point, the Japanese swordsman actually appeared here.
After the Japanese swordsman blocked the iron sword for the ghost bird, he immediately turned the blade and slashed towards Xu Shouguang quickly. The speed of the sword was so fast that Xu Shouguang had to dodge backwards to avoid the blade. However, although the Tang sword did not hit Xu Shouguang, it brought out a sword energy. The sword energy flew out after grazing Xu Shouguang's left shoulder. Xu Shouguang only felt a pain in his shoulder. When he looked down, he saw that his clothes on his left shoulder had been cut open. There was a cut, and a trace of blood came out from inside.
The Japanese swordsman took advantage of the situation and raised his sword to strike again. Hearing a "swish" sound, Hua Fan released another arrow. The white feather flew over the head of the Japanese swordsman and flew back. The Japanese swordsman immediately stopped the attack, turned around and swung the sword to kill the arrow. He pushed it aside, and then took a small step to the side and back to put some distance between him and Xu Shouguang.
"Just now when you were fighting with the Japanese swordsman, the ghost bird had quietly got up. Hua Fan was standing on the roof, watching everything. The arrow he fired was intended to prevent the ghost bird from escaping. But I don't want to be blocked by the Japanese swordsman." Xiaobai whispered in Xu Shouguang's ear.
"Let's go!" The Japanese swordsman Hengjian blocked the ghost bird's front. The ghost bird looked back and then continued to escape deeper into the alley.
"Haguri Yuta, why are you doing this?" Hanafang shouted loudly on the roof.
The Japanese swordsman ignored him and just stood in front of Xu Shouguang, his eyes changing back and forth between him and Xu Shouguang.
"In that case, I forgive you for offending me!" Seeing that the Japanese swordsman didn't say anything, Hua Fan drew three arrows from his back at the same time, drew the bow to full length, and shot forward. Three arrows shot at the left, middle and right sides of the Japanese swordsman at the same time, which not only restricted his movement but also hit the vital point. At this time, the Japanese swordsman stepped back with his left leg, bowed slightly with his right leg, put the Tang sword to his waist, and then suddenly swung it forward horizontally, and saw a sharp arc-shaped air blade quickly coming out of the Tang sword. Spreading outward, the air blade passed over the three arrows shot by Hua Fan. The arrows instantly shattered and scattered. The air blade continued to move forward, but the power of the aftermath was not reduced at all.
Upon seeing this, Hua Fan immediately turned over and jumped to the other side of the house to escape. But Xu Shouguang was close and saw that he couldn't escape, so he had to use the magic pill skill.
The aftermath of the air blade passed through the shield composed of translucent green armor, rolling up the surrounding roof tiles and leaving many knife marks of varying depths on the walls.
"Demon Pill's unique skill!" The Japanese swordsman looked at the young man in front of him, then turned his head slightly and looked back. Seeing that Gu Huoniao had disappeared into the darkness deep in the alley, he stopped entangled and turned towards that man. Run in the direction.
At this time, Hua Fan also came around from the back of the house. Seeing that Xu Shouguang was fine, he couldn't help being surprised, but he immediately suppressed his surprised expression and shouted to Xu Shouguang: "Brother Xu, let's go, let's chase him!"
But at this time, Xu Shouguang had many doubts in his heart: "The situation in front of me is a bit too complicated. This ghost bird has appeared; the Japanese swordsman accepted Song Dahe's hero post to participate in the monster hunting conference, but he was obviously not the same as that ghost bird." The ghost bird is on the side; and the flowers are blooming in front of me, and my archery skills are outstanding during the day, but these few arrows just now seem to be shooting at Gu to catch birds, and also like helping Gu to catch birds, it is really hard to figure out... No matter what, the two arrows he just shot at me really meant to kill me, and I can never act with him again..."
"The roads here are complicated. I'm afraid that the hometown protection group won't be able to find the road for a while. I'll go back and lure them here. Brother Hua doesn't have to wait for me. Just chase the ghost bird first."
After hearing this, a strange look flashed in Hua Fan's eyes, but only for a moment, the strange look disappeared immediately. He smiled and said, "Okay, Brother Xu, be careful too!" After that, he picked up the bow and arrow. , and chased him deeper into the alley.
