"Woof, woof!"
The thin dog sniffed the fishing net for a while, then barked immediately, pulling the soldiers from the Zhenfu Division and running eastward.
Cheng Juxiu left twenty soldiers in Shatao Village, and he and Niu Wenshu led the rest. They took Wang Liubao as their guide and followed the fine dog.
Li Ang stayed in the village to take care of the wounded.
The sun was getting stronger at noon, and the village chief Zhou Pingchun seemed to have heard about his identity, and he flattered Li Ang to come to his house to rest.
Li Ang did not refuse and took the seven wounded to the relatively spacious home of Zhou Pingchun for unified observation.
As for the remaining villagers, they went back to their homes and made fires to cook.
An hour and a half later, Cheng Juxiu led his team back to Shatao Village with a puzzled expression on his face.
"No trace found."
Cheng Juxiu shook his head and said to Li Ang: "The smell left on the fishing net disappeared in the mountain col stream. It is suspected that it dived into the water and swam a long distance."
"What should we do?"
Li Ang frowned and said, "Should we continue to stay in Shatao Village, or continue searching along the river?"
"Let's stay one night in Shatao Village."
Cheng Juxiu said: "Whether it is a sand boy, a raccoon dog, or a rhinoceros dog, they all have no intelligence.
Once you have eaten the flesh of domestic animals and tasted human blood, you will never be able to let go of this taste again. You will come back before you can run too far.
Village Chief Zhou."
Cheng Juxiu looked at Zhou Pingchun, "Do you have any pigs, sheep, or cows waiting to be slaughtered at home?"
"some."
Zhou Pingchun smiled flatteringly and said, "Xingxun, do you want meat for lunch?"
"No, catch monsters."
Cheng Juxiu said calmly: "In the evening, kill two large livestock, collect the blood, water and internal organs, put them in buckets, and leave them open at the head of the village without covering them.
Zhenfu Si and I will live in a house near the end of the village, turn off the lights, and wait for the monster to come to our door.
As for the money for livestock, you can report it to the cattle magistrate later, and you can go to the Fusi Department of Zhenzhou Town for reimbursement."
"No, no, no, how dare you bother your superior?"
Zhou Pingchun nodded obsequiously, turned around and went out, asking the butler to do it, "Steward Gan..."
After he left, Li Ang picked up the tea cup on the table and took a sip. He raised his eyebrows in surprise, "I didn't expect that such a rich man's family would have good tea."
"It's just the people's blessings."
Cheng Juxiu said indifferently: "The oil mill, mill, flour mill, and dyeing mill in the village all belong to his family, and most of the land in the village and the surrounding mountains are also listed in his name.
Half of the villagers are tenant farmers of his family. They are as afraid of him as he is of us.
Landlords and squires?
By the way, speaking of tea,"
Cheng Juxiu smiled and said, "Ri Sheng has been drinking a lot in the past two days, right?"
"Hi."
Li Ang spread his hands and said helplessly: "Those river merchants and sea merchants are too 'enthusiastic', they bring things in boxes one by one. They don't accept expensive jewelry and corals, but they give away pots, pans, sauces, vinegar, tea, and everything."
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Cheng Juxiu pouted and said, "Businessmen always want to gain connections."
Li Ang rolled his eyes, "They are generous and not afraid that I will fail the exam."
"With Risheng's intelligence and agility, you can pass the exam no matter what."
Cheng Juxiu smiled and said: "Even if you don't pass the exam, for those businessmen, all they have to pay is just a few boxes of property.
And if you can pass the exam and form a good relationship, you will be rewarded hundreds and thousands of times in the future.
There is no better investment in the world.
The more you support, the more likely you will be able to pass the exam."
Venture capital, right? Are there any angel investors?
Li Ang shook his head and smiled bitterly.
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The group of people from Zhenzhou City had a hasty dinner and settled into a bungalow at the head of the village.
Zhou Pingchun originally planned to have his five daughters-in-law and servants at home prepare a sumptuous banquet for everyone, but the Town and Fu Department stipulated that when chasing monsters outside, they would give priority to eating the dry food they brought and not accept meals provided by the villagers.
This is not out of consciousness and reserve, but because there are too many bloody lessons that prove that you must be vigilant when dealing with monsters.
A bowl of rice, a piece of meat, a piece of fruit, or even a glass of water may be alienated objects influenced by demons.
"I have an old friend in Hedong. He is a veteran of the Zhenfu Division. He is an innate warrior comparable to the monks of Xunyun Realm.
He is brave and good at fighting, and has killed hundreds of monsters in the past thirty years.
I had to wear armor when sleeping at night, and every time I took a shower, I just wiped it with a wet towel.
Because of his outstanding achievements, he even received a reward from His Majesty."
In the small house, Cheng Juxiu, Li Ang, and Niu Wenshu chatted casually. Niu Wenshu took a sip of wine from the wine bag and said lightly: "The deputy commander took pity on his old age and frailty, and allowed him to return home in glory and glory.
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The journey was calm and the team arrived at his hometown of Fenzhou smoothly. When driving in the mountains, because of the hot weather, he asked the team to escape the heat in the woods by the river. He took off his brocade clothes and took a bath in the river.
As a result, just a few steps into the water, his head exploded.
From the broken neck, countless blood-red centipedes as thick as fingers crawled out. In the blink of an eye, those centipedes rushed into the river and disappeared.
It was only after that that we received the news that thirty years ago, when he first joined the Zhenfu Division, his body was parasitized by the demon - 2 - 15. Nine-tailed centipede.
That kind of evil will continuously lay eggs in the body of the parasitized person. Once the body of the parasitized person is immersed in water, thousands of eggs will hatch immediately and explode out of the body.
The Zhenfusi had to block the entire river, catch and burn all the river fish to prevent anyone from accidentally eating the river water and causing the spread of the next round of centipedes."
Niu Wenshu took another sip of wine, his honest and square face expressionless, "Since then, no one in the Town and Fu Department has dared to eat the food provided by outsiders."
Cheng Juxiu sighed: "...The mountain chief once said that we have never fully understood aliens, and we need to remain in awe and vigilance at all times."
Boom, boom, boom.
A knock on the door interrupted the conversation, and Li Ang shouted toward the door: "Who is it?"
"This is Orion King Liubao, the same Orion who met all of you Shangguan during the day."
"Wang Liubao? What is he here for?"
Li Ang frowned slightly and opened the wooden door, only to see Wang Liubao holding his right wrist and his face turned pale.
Li Ang glanced at Wang Liubao's right hand and said casually: "Is the finger twisted?"
"Yes, it was too dark to light a candle, so when I closed the door in the dark, I got caught in the door."
Wang Liubao stammered: "I heard that Li, Mr. Li Xiaolang, you can set bones..."
"Bring it here."
Li Ang sighed softly, took Wang Liubao's right hand, pulled it and straightened his fingers.
"Hey, thank you, Mr. Lang, thank you, Mr. Lang."
Wang Liubao felt the pain and took a deep breath. He kept thanking her and did not leave.
"Why are you still standing?"
Li Ang asked casually: "What's the matter?"
"Well, I want to ask, mountain, are the monsters on the mountain transformed into wild beasts?"
Wang Liubao said: "The villain is a hunter and has hunted many wild beasts. He is afraid of retribution..."
"It's possible."
Cheng Juxiu thought for a while and said: "Aliens do not arise out of thin air, everything has its roots.
Just like dye, when dropped into water, it will produce two, and two will produce three. As long as it comes into contact with alien species, it may mutate.
For example, Shahai'er is a beast that came into contact with a demonized locust tree.
Rhinoceros are dogs whose corpses were buried underground and were polluted by Yin Qi.
The reason for being a wolf is because it absorbed too much strange moonlight..."
"Where's that guy?"
Wang Liubao asked nervously: "Can people also become monsters?"
"Those who are transformed from humans should be classified as demons,"
Cheng Juxiu said casually: "For example, a corpse transformed into a ghost or zombie due to strong resentment.
However, the conditions for the creation of demons are much more stringent than those of monsters, and the number of sightings is relatively less..."
"Wang Liubao!"
Zhou Pingchun came running with a dozen of his servants carrying bedding, mattresses, candles, oil lamps and other sundries, and shouted angrily to Wang Liubao: "Don't you see that Shangguan is about to take a rest? Get out of here."
Zhou Pingchun asked the servants to carry the quilts and mattresses into the house, and flatteringly smiled at Li Ang and the others, "The conditions in the mountain village are poor, which makes the superior officials laugh.
If the superior officers need anything, they can just ask the villain."
"No need, Village Chief Zhou asked the villagers to stay in their houses at night, lock the doors and windows, and not to walk around casually."
Cheng Juxiu rubbed his eyebrows and said,
Although he had met many squires who flattered him throughout his travels, this was the first time he saw a squire like Zhou Pingchun, who was "enthusiastic and proactive, and ready to beat snakes with sticks", and it gave him a headache.
"Hey, little man, let's go right away."
Zhou Pingchun smiled flatteringly, turned around and snorted coldly at Wang Liubao, who immediately apologized and left with trepidation.
Until he walked out of the yard, Wang Liubao silently stretched out his hand into his arms.
There was a tuft of white hair tucked into his clothes.
Dog hair.
This chapter has been completed!