At this time, in the alley in front of Fugui Inn, Xu Shouguang knocked on the door of the house where he lost his child. It was a man who opened the door. Seeing that the young man knocking in front of him did not recognize him, the man asked with some disappointment: "Who are you looking for?"
"Brother, I am the new police officer from the county government, and I am here to investigate the ghost bird case." Xu Shouguang made up a police officer identity for himself.
When the man heard this, his eyes suddenly became enlightened. He hurriedly opened the door and said, "It turns out to be the official, please come to the house quickly!"
Xu Shouguang strode into the house, Chao Qiandai followed closely behind Xu Shouguang. The man asked the two of them to sit down, and quickly shouted to the back room: "Madam, come out quickly, the official from the Yamen is here, and he is here to help us catch the ghost bird and save Chun Sheng."
After a while, the woman came out from behind the curtain. Her hair was messy, her eyes were red and swollen, and she was not in good spirits. The woman gave a blessing salute to Xu Shouguang, and then said: "I beg you, sir, to rescue my Chun Sheng. He is only four years old..."
"Of course!" Xu Shouguang nodded, and then said: "I will ask you a few questions now, which are crucial to solving this ghost bird case."
"My lord, just ask, I will definitely tell you the truth..."
"Very good, have you seen that ghost bird?"
"Go back to me, sir. I have indeed seen him."
"What does the ghost bird look like?" Xu Shouguang asked quickly.
After hearing this, the woman thought for a moment and said: "Actually, I didn't see it clearly either... That ghost bird was too fast, so I only saw its back. It was not tall, had a pair of big wings, and walked strangely. weird..."
"What kind of weird trick?"
"...Well...how should I put it...a bit like..."
"like what?"
"Like puppets played by a troupe..."
"puppet..."
"Yes, although the ghost bird is fast, it always moves, just like a puppet in a puppet show."
Half an hour later, Xu Shouguang and Chao Qiandai returned to the alley. Xu Shouguang squatted in a corner, sometimes getting closer to take a look, sometimes touching with his hands. Chao Qiandai was very curious, but after looking for a long time, he didn't understand. Asked: "But what did you find?"
Xu Shouguang nodded and said: "We have found some clues, but we are not completely sure yet..."
Suddenly, Xu Shouguang discovered that behind Chao Qiandai, in the corner of the alley, a mysterious man wearing a cloak was looking over with half of his body exposed. Seeing that Xu Shouguang had discovered him, the mysterious man quickly retreated behind the wall, turned around and ran away. When Xu Shouguang saw this situation, it became clear that this mysterious man had something up his sleeve, and he quickly got up and chased after him. When Chao Qiandai saw Xu Shouguang running towards the end of the alley without saying a word, he didn't understand what was going on. He quickly shouted to Xu Shouguang's back: "If you don't want to say it, just say it. Why are you running..." Then, helpless He frowned and chased after him.
The mysterious man ran very fast and was very familiar with the terrain. He walked through the streets and alleys. Every time Xu Shouguang saw his back, he immediately turned left or right, and then disappeared without a trace. But when When Xu Shouguang chased the mysterious man to where he disappeared last time, he happened to see the mysterious man's back turning into another alley, as if he had carefully planned it. After chasing through several alleys, Xu Shouguang never saw the mysterious man again.
At this time, Chao Qiandai also arrived. She wanted to ask Xu Shouguang what he had discovered. Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly sniffed, and then her expression suddenly turned serious.
Xu Shouguang saw it and asked quickly: "What's wrong?"
"It smells like blood!" Chao Qiandai said as he took off the paper umbrella he was carrying behind him and held it in his hand.
Seeing Chao Qiandai like this, Xu Shouguang didn't care how she could smell the blood. He just took out the iron sword from his wishful bag and looked around warily.
The two of them walked forward slowly, back to back. When they reached the corner of the alley ahead and looked in, they were both shocked by the sight in front of them. I saw a mess in the alley in front of me. Bamboo baskets, thatch, etc. were scattered all over the ground. A man dressed as a hunter was pierced through the neck with a steel fork and nailed to the wall. Dark red blood flowed down the body to the ground. It was stained with a large amount of red. Looking forward along this large area of red, there is another large pool of blood. In the middle of the blood stain is a man buried under a pile of bamboo baskets and thatch. This man is tall and dressed as a hunter. He is lying motionless. on the ground.
"It's Xie Wei, Xie Meng..." Xu Shouguang recognized these two people. Although he didn't have a good impression of them, facing such a tragic situation, Xu Shouguang couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Xu Shouguang stepped forward and pushed aside the bamboo basket and thatch on Xie Wei's body. He saw his eyes wide open, his face pale, his mouth open at a wide angle, a pair of flying stone ropes tightly tied around his neck, and a pair of thick arms. Bent at a weird angle, a pair of hands spread out towards his neck like claws.
Faced with such a strange death, Xu Shouguang was also puzzled. He squatted down and examined Xie Wei's body carefully. Suddenly, he found that there seemed to be a small hole on the back of Xie Wei's hand. This small pore is extremely fine, not much larger than the pores on the skin, so that it cannot be discovered without careful observation.
"This..." Xu Shouguang stared at the small hole and thought quickly in his mind, "This small hole looks like it was poked by a fine needle..."
Thinking of this, Xu Shouguang quickly looked at Xie Wei's other arm. Sure enough, there was an identical small hole. Xu Shouguang then inspected other parts of Xie Wei's body and found that there were such small holes on the back of Xie Wei's neck, both arms, and knees. Xu Shouguang then stood up and came to Xie Meng's body. He examined Xie Meng's neck, back of hands, arms, and knees one by one, and found exactly the same small holes in them.
"So that's it..." Xu Shouguang said to himself.
"How?" Chao Qiandai asked.
Xu Shouguang was about to answer when he heard a burst of chaotic footsteps in the alley ahead, and then saw Zhang Tuanlian leading the hometown protection group into the alley. The narrow alley suddenly seemed extremely crowded.
With the sound of "Head of the Gang!", everyone in the Hometown Protection Group immediately stood on both sides of the alley, leaving a way in the middle. Song Dahe led Hua Fan, Taoist Dugu, and Song Qian through the crowd and stood next to Xu Shouguang. ahead.
"Gang Leader Song, that woman is Gui Niao!" Hua Fan approached Song Dahe, pointed at Chao Qiandai and shouted loudly, then looked at Xu Shouguang in front of Chao Qiandai, "Look, I said this guy has something to do with Gui Niao!" Let’s collude…”
"Xu Shouguang! I thought you were talented and wanted to make friends with you, but I didn't expect you to be so vicious and kill my two brothers, Xie Wei and Xie Meng!" Song Dahe drank.
"Gang Leader Song, I misunderstood..."
"Misunderstanding... You have gained both the stolen goods and you dare to make excuses here!" Hua Fan took the opportunity to add insult to injury.
"Don't stir up trouble here!"
"Gang Leader Song, look..." Hua Fan ignored Xu Shouguang and turned to Song Dahe for instructions.
"Take it!" Song Dahe waved his hand, and Song Qian, the one-armed Vajra behind him, suddenly rose up and rushed toward Xu Shouguang with his shoulders sideways. Xu Shouguang had seen Song Qian's power and did not dare to fight hard. He quickly kicked against the side wall, trying to get over Song Qian's head. But just as he jumped into the air, there was a whooshing sound, and a white feather flew towards Xu Shouguang's face. It turned out that Hua Fanzao had seen through Xu Shouguang's movements, so he took advantage of his plan. Only when Xu Shouguang jumped into the air and could not change direction, did he release the hidden arrow.
Seeing that the white feather was about to hit Xu Shouguang, a red paper umbrella flew through the air and knocked the white feather down. After knocking down the white feather, the red paper umbrella drew a graceful arc in the air and landed steadily. In the hands of Chao Qiandai.
At this time, Song Qian had already rushed in front of Chao Qiandai, and used the momentum to hit Chao Qiandai directly with a straight punch. Chao Qiandai twisted the handle of the paper umbrella with his right hand and pulled out a rapier from the paper umbrella. Then he swung the rapier forward. The rapier struck Song Qian's fist and made a sound of metal collision. , and then saw Chao Qiandai holding the rapier and sliding back for a long distance before stopping. But Song Qian stopped his moves, stood up straight, and lightly rubbed his left fist with his right hand, but not even a scar was left.
"Hey, the Luoxia and the Guwu are flying together. The Guwu is hiding in the sunset. It's the Luoxia Umbrella and the Guwu Sword." Hua Fan narrowed his eyes and whispered.
At this time, the lonely Taoist priest also formed seals with his palms, and he was muttering something unknown in his mouth. The bamboo basket and thatch around Xu Shouguang began to turn.
"Hurry up and jump back!" Xiaobai suddenly shouted.
Xu Shouguang didn't know why Xiaobai made him jump back, but past experience told him that Xiaobai was right, and Xu Shouguang immediately jumped back. As soon as Xu Shouguang jumped away, a loud noise erupted from the ground where he was originally, and a large four-foot-square pit was sunk into the ground. The stone bricks in the pit were cracked inch by inch, and thatch and bamboo baskets were rolled up into a ball. , and finally pressed into a small lump.
"That's..." Seeing this, Xu Shouguang was shocked and asked quickly,
"It was the trick of the old Taoist..." Xiao Bai said.
But before Xiaobai finished speaking, Song Qian, who was behind Xu Shouguang, punched him again. Xu Shouguang heard the wind behind his head and hurriedly used the Immortal Step, tilting his body to the side. Song Qian's punch was empty. Before he could withdraw his fist, he saw Xu Shouguang slashing Song Qian's arm with his iron sword. However, the sword blade just touched Song Qian's arm, and it was as if it had struck an iron knot. Curled blade.
At this time, Song Qian raised the corner of his mouth slightly and turned his fist into an elbow to hit Xu Shouguang's face from the side. Xu Shouguang hurriedly raised his sword to block, only to hear a clang sound, and a huge force spread all over Xu Shouguang's body along the iron sword. He took several steps back until he was caught by Chao Qiandai behind him, and then he barely stood still. body shape.
"Hehe! How does Sajia's Vajra Arm taste?" Song Qian smiled proudly.
"These guys are a bit difficult to deal with. If a hero doesn't suffer the immediate consequences, let's retreat first!" Xu Shouguang made a quick decision, took Chao Qiandai's hand and ran towards the back of the alley. But after running only two steps, a strong sense of crisis suddenly surged up. Xu Shouguang didn't know where the danger came from and hurriedly stopped. Suddenly, a strong air blade rushed out with flames, shattering the floor two steps in front of Xu Shouguang. Bricks and tiles flew into the air, and gravel flew everywhere. A few small flames kept burning in the broken place, and a monk came out from behind the alley.
"Amitabha, the young monk guessed that Almsgiver Xu would escape from here, and it was just as the young monk expected..." Tashi Cairen was somewhat proud.
"Oops, there's some trouble now..." Xu Shouguang looked at the slowly approaching people and pulled Chao Qiandai behind him.
"Oh, the word "sex" has a knife on its head, Brother Xu, how long have you been, and you are still protecting the goblin..." Hua Fan smiled eccentrically.
"Gang Leader Song, listen to me, she didn't do this! She and we were all in the Zuihong Mansion when the gong sounded last night, and Hua Fan was also there. He knew it. The real culprit is someone else!" Xu Shouguang said to shouted Song Dahe.
"Brother Hua, is this really true?" Song Dahe asked.
"Haha, of course not." Hua Fan smiled softly.
"You lied!" Xu Shouguang shouted.
Song Dahe no longer cared about Xu Shouguang and shouted loudly: "Take it down!"
Seeing Song Dahe giving the order, everyone no longer hesitated and rushed forward. Immediately, all kinds of swords, guns, swords and halberds, axes, hooks and forks, boring and hammering sticks, whips, maces, hammers and claws, and kidnappers and meteors all came towards the two of them like a rainstorm.
"Magic scales!" Xu Shouguang shouted and used the demon elixir's unique skill. A shield composed of green translucent scales was seen protecting Xu Shouguang and Chao Qiandai. Various weapons were bounced away by the shield, even Song Qian's Vajra Arm was no exception. Just when everyone was stunned, a powerful air blade suddenly scraped through the alley. Wherever the air blade passed, bricks and stones were flying, blood was splashing, and everyone was on their backs. Only Xu Shouguang and Chao Qiandai were standing beside Huan Lin. Protected and unscathed.
Except for Song Qian, all the masters were far away and were not affected. Hua Fan had good eyesight and saw a person standing across the alley at a glance. This person was wearing a blue-black wide-sleeved top, crimson wide-leg pants, and had a long scar on his resolute face.
"It's Yuguri Yuta!" Hua Fan shouted loudly.
At this time, Xu Shouguang's magic scale shield gradually began to disintegrate. Yuguri Yuta stopped his moves and shouted to the two of them: "Come here quickly, go from here!"
Seeing that it was Yuli Xiongta, Xu Shouguang didn't think much and quickly picked up Chao Qiandai and ran towards the swordsman. Seeing the two people escaping, Hua Fan was not reconciled. He hurriedly opened his bow and arrows, fired five arrows in a row, and went straight behind Chao Qiandai. Xu Shouguang heard the sound of the string and looked back quickly, and saw five white feathers flying towards him. The white feathers were flying very fast. In front of the arrow.
"It's going to hurt now!" Xu Shouguang cried out in pain. Unexpectedly, at this moment, another air blade passed by, and all five white feathers were broken instantly. Xu Shouguang looked back and saw Yuguri Yutai holding the knife in both hands, staring at Hua Fan.
Xu Shouguang hurriedly picked up Chao Qiandai and continued running. When he ran in front of Yuguri Yutai, Xu Shouguang said: "Senior, thank you very much, I will treat you to chicken tonight!" and then ran away without a trace.
Yuta Yuguri didn't expect Xu Shouguang to say this. He was stunned for a moment, and then took two steps back when he saw the two of them running away. Seeing that Hua Fan and others were still coming to chase them, they got into a stance and used the air blade to slash again. When Hua Fan, Song Dahe and others saw it, they quickly found a wall to hide behind. After hiding for a long time, there was no movement. Only then did they realize that the swordsman had used a false move to deceive him. When he came out from behind the wall, he saw no trace of the swordsman anywhere, so he had to give up and pack up the remaining soldiers and return to Huixianzhuang.
