In the past, he always thought that it was because of his outstanding abilities and character that he could be well-received in the police force even though he had little qualifications.
But there has been a subtle change today. The friendly attitude of my colleagues in the past has become stiff, and even hit a few soft nails that are neither negative nor positive.
And all of this started when his uncle Xing Baotou was seriously injured and could not serve his duties, and there were vague rumors of some personnel changes in the county government.
He was very embarrassed.
In front of Zhou's house, when all the policemen stopped moving forward, only he knew how much of his righteous scoldings were out of justice and how much were out of personal feelings.
But when he and Li Changan analyzed it, they were finally able to determine:
A monster, a man-eating monster, was wandering in the densely packed waterways of Xiaoshui in all directions under the vast darkness.
He just shuddered.
So, the selfish resentment was forgotten, and he racked his brains to find a way to deal with it, but when he looked up, he found that Li Changan was pulling away.
"Daozhang Li."
he called quickly.
"Where are you going?"
"Of course I'm going after the demon."
Bo Ziyu was overjoyed.
"Any clues?"
"No."
The Taoist priest said calmly.
"But it's better than doing nothing."
Bo Ziyu nodded, but then said quickly.
"Sir, please be patient. Although Xiaoshui is small, there are tens of thousands of households. You are alone and unfamiliar with the place. How can you help?"
"It's better to discuss a charter with us first, and then act together, so that we can be taken care of. Brothers, you say yes..."
He suddenly became speechless.
Just because I suddenly discovered that, at this moment, my gaze was like a flood, a beast, and a stinging sting to the colleagues behind me. They were all trying to avoid them, dodging without saying a word.
He finally realized why Taoist Li had left without saying a word.
How can you trust this bunch of rotten fish and shrimps?!
Catching monsters?
I'm afraid that if the front foot goes out, the back foot will slip away and shrink the egg.
But seeing his colleagues' cowering expressions, he suddenly reacted.
True.
This time the enemy is not some gangster, thief, or road bully, but a monster! A monster that can kill a whole family overnight and then devour them all.
His eyes lingered among the corpses, with pale faces, stiff limbs, and empty eyes.
The cold night wind penetrated into my clothes, making every inch of my skin feel cold.
"Taoist Master."
Li Changan's eyes turned around.
He gritted his teeth.
"I'll go with you."
After saying this, Bo Ziyu breathed a sigh of relief, but he felt worried again.
It wasn't that Li Changan was afraid of agreeing, but that he was afraid of the other party's rejection. He was already ready to argue: even if he didn't have the ability to deal with monsters, he was still a local and could at least lead the way. Besides, as a person from Xiaoshui
Detective, how could he just sit back and watch?
Unexpectedly.
The Taoist priest just handed over a few yellow talismans.
"This is?"
"The evil-killing and evil-breaking talisman."
Li Changan smiled.
"The talismans used by the poor Taoist when he first learned Taoism were not very effective, and they were only used for self-defense. Nowadays, they are rarely used, and only these few are left as precautions. Remember, the spell is: the evil of heaven is brilliant, the evil of earth is square..."
Bo Ziyu took the talisman blankly, and Li Changan patted him on the shoulder.
What reasons can prevent a man from showing courage?
…………
Yin Shi.
The colder the wind, the brighter the moon.
I feel full of ambition in the courtyard, but I can't help but feel hesitant when I go out.
How could the huge Xiaoshui City be searched by just two people? Even if they knew that the monsters escaped through waterways, the city was already densely covered with water networks.
"Taoist Master."
Bo Ziyu was in a dilemma for a moment.
"If there are no clues, where should we start?"
"Actually, I do have some clues."
Li Changan looked around and suddenly let go of his voice. Bo Ziyu next to him was startled, but the Taoist priest was so eloquent that he couldn't care less about his doubts.
"The monster we are going after now is called a 'demon'."
Having said that.
In fact, Li Changan was not convinced. He just chose the most reasonable possibility among the many speculations, just like he chose to believe Yu Mei.
He continued:
"The monster was born in the mud and has two ways of harming people. One is to come ashore at night to eat human essence and blood; the other is to drag passers-by into the mud pool and suffocate them to death. Do you remember that the corpses in the courtyard were stained with blood?
There is mud because I dug them out of the mud."
"They were already eaten to death, but the monsters buried their bodies in the mud. Do you know why?"
Bo Ziyu was confused and confused.
Li Changan did not sell out.
"Because 'Zu ghosts' are scavengers."
Bo Ziyu nodded, but was a little confused.
"Since the monster wanted to eat human corpses, why did it suck their blood and essence beforehand?"
"I don't know. Maybe I'm very hungry. Just like when people cook, they eat it secretly before putting it in the pot."
The Taoist priest really hasn't thought about this problem, but it doesn't matter even if he thinks about it.
"all in all."
"If there is another ghost, and it takes the Zhou family, father and son and others away, what will it do according to its habits?"
Bo Ziyu's eyes lit up.
"It will first find a sludge pool as a nest and bury the bodies of Zhou Huai and others in it."
"That's right."
The more the Taoist priest sorted it out, the more he felt that the situation was gradually becoming clearer.
"It will first find a nest. It may be like the Zhou family, looking for a courtyard large enough to create a sludge pool, but since it has enough food in its hands, and doing so is troublesome and noisy, so
The possibility is small. The most likely possibility is that it will find a ready-made place with a large area and a large amount of sludge accumulation."
"As long as we find the location and check the surrounding waterways, as long as there are traces of mud mixed with monster energy, we will have caught the monster's tail!"
"Bo Jushi." Li Changan said with a smile, "I am not familiar with this place, so I have to rely on you next."
Bo Ziyu was already so excited that she couldn't control herself.
I broke off a branch and scratched it on the ground.
He first drew a simple outline of Xiaoshui City.
"There is a quagmire in Changkang Square in the north of the city that occupies a large area; there is an abandoned mansion in the south of the city, and the courtyard has accumulated water for a long time and has turned into mud; there is a waterway near the Temple of Wine, which is blocked all year round..."
Every time he counted a place, he drew a circle on the simple map.
Not long after.
We have circled a dozen places and roughly divided them into half in the north and half in the south.
Bo Ziyu pondered for a while, then raised his head and said, "Daozhang Li, our troops are divided into two groups..."
The Taoist priest quickly told him to stop.
The troops are divided into two groups? Do you think you can't die quickly enough?
"The poor Taoist is not familiar with the city, so he has to trouble laymen to guide him, so..."
The Taoist priest suddenly raised his voice and shouted.
"Let's go to the north of the city first."
Bo Ziyu was shocked to the point of being stunned, but he didn't see a red shadow drifting southward somewhere in a dark alley behind him.
…………
Mao Shi
Dawn breaks.
Xiaoshui gradually woke up.
The streets and alleys gradually became more lively.
On the empty fish-scale-like roof ridges, in addition to the bright rays of the sun, wisterias are covered in light purple with dew, and the birds playing here and there are added to the smoke.
Everything has a spirited look.
It can be found in a restaurant somewhere in the north of the city.
Li Changan and Bo Ziyu were speechless and exhausted. Two bowls of noodle soup were placed on the table, and neither of them took a bite.
There are no mud ponds, no abandoned houses, and no waterways.
The two of them searched every possible place in the north of the city until the sky became clear, but no trace of the monster was found.
"Shall we leave for the south of the city now?"
Bo Ziyu suggested with bloodshot eyes.
The Taoist priest was about to nod when a word came from behind his ear that was so soft that only he could hear it.
"There is none in the south of the city."
Li Changan looked over covertly and saw a man who looked like a woodcutter walking past him, sat down at the table and asked for a bowl of rice soup from the shopkeeper.
The man was very vigilant and immediately noticed the Taoist priest's prying eyes. He said nothing but opened and closed his lips silently.
"it's me."
bad!
It’s Yu Mei!
Ya is a man!
wrong.
The Taoist priest reacted immediately.
It should be a cover-up.
Li Changan couldn't help but wiped away the cold sweat. Bo Ziyu across from him saw his expression and asked strangely: "What did the Taoist Master find?"
"without."
He waved his hand.
"There is no need to go to the south of the city. There is no one in the south of the city."
Bo Ziyu wanted to ask again, but Li Changan spent the whole night and didn't bother to make up any lies, so he just answered perfunctorily.
"Mountain people have their own magic."
The young detective was choked and speechless. He sighed, frowned and remained speechless.
At this moment.
A foul stench from the street drifted into the shop, and it turned out that a night-scent collector was carrying a load and passed by.
The Taoist priest's "Chonglong Jade" had not yet fully exerted its effect, so he quickly covered his nose.
But Bo Ziyu seemed to be possessed by a demon, staring blankly at the dung bucket. Just when the Taoist priest was thinking about whether to give him a "frightening charm", he suddenly spoke.
“Do ghosts have to live in mud pools?”
The Taoist priest was puzzled.
"What do you mean, layman?"
"Although harvesting night incense is a dirty and despicable industry, it is actually very profitable. It has always been controlled by a family named Luo in the city. They will ask people in the city for money to collect manure, and then sell the manure to nearby farmers."
Bo Ziyu's eyes were bright.
"To facilitate the accumulation of excrement, the Luo family built a large cesspool in the city!"