The damp and dark closed dungeon was filled with a strong smell of rot.
Although the few firelights on the corridor walls tried their best to emit light, it was difficult for them to create too many ripples in the gloomy darkness.
Li Nanke stood in front of the cage, looking at the monster Old Qin Tou who was chained up.
Compared to the previous fierce and violent behavior of the other party when they first met, at this time, although the monster Old Qin Tou was still as big as a giant bear, he could clearly feel that the other party's life was gradually draining away.
The bloodthirsty eyes were dim and dull, staring blankly at the wall.
There was a leaking wound on its abdomen, the skin and flesh were torn out, and its intestines were almost torn out, as if it had been torn open by sharp claws, which sent chills down one's spine.
"The wounds on its abdomen were caused by other monsters."
Leng Xinnan took out a fragment of a wooden token and said softly, "We found this in the hands of the monster Old Qintou. It should have been left behind during the fight between the two parties."
Li Nanke took the fragment and looked closely. There was only a little pattern on it.
This pattern looks very familiar. If you think about it carefully, it seems that there are familiar patterns on Leng Xinnan's Night Patrol Division identity token.
"Could it be..."
Li Nanke's eyelids twitched and he had a guess in his mind.
Leng Xinnan smiled bitterly. "Yes, the Yuncheng monster was mutated by a member of our Night Patrol Department. I will tell you the specific reason later. Now we have to find a way first and ask some questions from the monster old Qin.
The message came. It’s a pity that the old man didn’t say anything. If this continues, it won’t last long.”
"He has obsessions in his heart, so naturally he doesn't want to cooperate with you."
"I know it hates Mei Xing'er, so I've told it about the Lin family's situation, but it still doesn't work."
Leng Xinnan was helpless.
Li Nanke walked to the cage, stared at the monster Old Qin, and said: "I killed Lin Jiaoyue, I also captured Mrs. Lin, and member Lin is dead. I think... I should be worthy of your trust."
The monster old Qintou was still stunned and unresponsive.
"Since I am trustworthy, please believe me and I will return your innocence."
Li Nanke said in a deep voice.
The eyes of the monster old Qintou moved and finally he reacted.
Li Nanke continued: "I know that what you have always cared about is the stigma of molesting Wen Jin'er. I will make it clear to the government, tell the world the truth, and restore your reputation as an old Qin head."
Listening to Li Nanke's words, Leng Xinnan suddenly realized.
It turns out that what Lao Qin Tou was obsessed with was actually this.
This old man has an upright character. Faced with the temptation of money from the Lin and Wan families, as well as the pressure from the government, he has always been unwilling to admit his crimes, just for the sake of maintaining a clean reputation.
A person should behave uprightly and sit uprightly.
Even if his identity is just a servant, he doesn't want to be pointed at and poked in the back.
Even if you get to the underworld, you won't be able to give in.
After a long period of silence, the monster old Qintou finally spoke in a hoarse and unpleasant voice: "What do you want to ask?"
"Go ahead and ask."
Li Nanke raised his chin slightly and said to Leng Xinnan.
The girl gave her a grateful look, stepped forward and asked, "What does the monster that hurt you look like?"
"It has a pair of huge hands, shaped like tiger claws, and a face like a diamond. Its fangs are exposed, and it is extremely ferocious." The monster Old Qintou said slowly. "But one of its feet seems to have been seriously injured and it has difficulty moving.
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"That's it."
Guo Gang's eyes sparkled with light.
Although it was said to be the Yuncheng monster before, it was only speculation after all. Now that Old Qintou said it himself, everyone no longer had any doubts and their spirits were lifted.
Leng Xinnan continued to ask: "In which direction did it escape?"
"North of Wenyan Mountain, in the canyon."
"Last question, have you seen that it has a wooden box that is two feet long and half a foot wide?"
Li Nanke glanced at the woman.
It seems that this is the key point why Leng Xinnan insists on questioning the monster Old Qintou.
The monster Old Qintou thought for a moment and said, "There is one, and it is carrying it behind its back."
Hearing this, Leng Xinnan breathed a sigh of relief.
Next, she asked for some information, as well as the physical changes of Lao Qintou after he transformed into a monster, etc.
Next to her, Caiyun Caiyue was taking detailed notes in her notebook.
This is the rule of the night watch department.
If there is an opportunity, each monster needs to be analyzed in detail to determine the degree of change of the dose of red rain on the human body, the speed of time, and the role it plays, etc.
After the inquiry, Leng Xinnan looked at the monster Old Qin who was about to reach the end of his life, and asked softly: "It will be painful at the last moment when you are about to die. Do you need our help?"
"Thanks."
The monster old Qintou nodded.
"let me."
Leng Xinnan originally planned to let Caiyue take action, but Li Nanke stepped out halfway and took out a blunderbuss to volunteer.
The girl looked at the man with a somewhat strange look.
Why does it feel like this guy likes executions?
"I hope you keep your promise." The monster Old Qintou said tiredly to Li Nanke without caring who executed it.
"I will."
Li Nanke aimed at the monster's head.
The body of the dying monster was no longer as thick and hard as before. With the sound of a gunshot, the head of the monster Old Qin Tou was blasted open.
The red mist dispersed, leaving only a pile of meat on the ground.
At the same time, just as Li Nanke guessed, a white bead appeared out of thin air and sank into his chest.
…
After coming out of the prison, everyone greedily breathed the fresh air outside.
After all, the smell inside is really unpleasant.
Meng Xiaotu stretched out in the sunlight, with a relieved expression on his face. "Finally, these messy things are over. All we need to do is find that monster."
"Sister Leng, we solved an additional incident this time, so we should add one more thing to our merit book."
Meng Xiaotu suddenly came to Leng Xinnan's side, with a rather excited face. "I'll go back and ask the superiors to allocate more funds, even if they give me a reward. It's best to get some spiritual crystals from Shenji Pavilion, my magic weapon."
The wear and tear is too serious and it needs maintenance."
"Go and ask the boss for it and see if he will give it to you?"
Leng Xinnan said lightly.
"Forget it." The girl hugged her plump melon and slightly pursed her red lips. "There is no one more stingy than him in the world. He even cheated his own sister. It would be better to go to Mr. Souji to find him."
Leng Xinnan refused to comment. Seeing that Li Nanke was about to leave, he asked, "Don't you want to know about the situation of the monsters in Yuncheng?"
Li Nanke waved his hand without looking back. "No, there is a difficult case waiting for me tonight. I have to recuperate and wait for another day. By the way, I leave Old Qin's instructions to you. It would be better for you to come forward."
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"OK."
The girl didn't refuse.
The case Li Nanke was talking about was the reminder that the mysterious woman sent him in the letter yesterday.
This is a very arrogant opponent.
Also very conceited.
There cannot be any slack in dealing with such an enemy.
Since the other party said that he would give him a case tonight, it was definitely not a joke, so Li Nanke had to keep his spirits up.
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At night, there are stars.
The Emei-like crescent moon hangs high in the sky.
Li Nanke had just finished dinner when Meng Xiaotu hurried over with an extremely solemn look on his face: "You're so smart, something happened."
Sure enough, it came!
Li Nanke raised his thick eyebrows.
Although he was helpless at the mysterious woman's provocation, it rarely inspired his fighting spirit.
"Originally, we were discussing how to capture the monster. Suddenly, a government official came and said that the eight-year-old daughter of Butcher Zheng at the end of West Street had started to have nightmares and could not wake up."
Meng Xiaotu said while pulling Li Nanke's arm away. "Sister Leng and I went over to take a look and found that the little girl fell into a red rain dream. Originally we planned to go directly into the dream to get rid of the nightmare, but Sister Leng suspected that it was the mysterious woman
What a hell, so let me call you."
An eight-year-old girl?
Li Nanke's face suddenly turned cold.
He had thought that the other party would create a case related to "Red Rain", but he did not expect that the other party would actually attack a little girl.
But having said that, the fact that an eight-year-old girl actually had nightmares deserves further investigation.
The two quickly arrived at the victim's home.
Guo Gang and others were already guarding the door.
Butcher Zheng, his wife, and Mrs. Zheng stood nervously in the courtyard.
Li Nanke had met Butcher Zheng before when he helped his wife to buy meat at a butcher shop. He was not a tall and thick man, but rather thin and looked gentle.
This person also has a cheerful personality and has good relations with his neighbors.
"Nan Ke, come in quickly."
Leng Xinnan saw Li Nanke and motioned to enter the house.
Inside the house, a pretty little girl was lying on the bed.
The girl's face was pale and bloodless, her forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, her little head shook from time to time, and she seemed to be mumbling something in her mouth. She looked very painful.
From the name Mrs. Zheng called, the girl's name was Qinqin.
"Confirmed to be a nightmare invasion."
Leng Xinnan motioned to Guo Gang to close the door and said to Li Nanke, "I don't know if it's the mysterious woman who did it. I'm just afraid something will happen again after Xiaotu and I fall asleep."
"You want me to enter this girl's dream of red rain?" Li Nanke asked.
Leng Xinnan nodded: "This is the safest thing. Don't worry, although you are not a dream master, Little Rabbit can take you in. She is the strongest dream master in Yuncheng. Once you get in, we can protect you."
The most powerful dreamer?
Li Nanke glanced at the cute girl Da Nao next to him, a little surprised.
Although I heard Tieniu say that this girl is a dream master, I never thought that she was still the strongest in Yuncheng.
This girl has a lot of skills.
Originally, he planned to fall into the dream by himself, but in this case, it would be difficult to analyze why the little girl suffered the nightmare.
"How many people did you have to get rid of nightmares in the past?"
Li Nanke looked curious.
Leng Xinnan said: "Usually it's me and Little Rabbit. If the situation is difficult, we will bring Caiyun or ask the Qinglong Department for help. The other people's mental willpower is too weak, and it is difficult for them to play a role in the red rain dream."
"Okay, let's get started." Li Nanke had no objection.
Leng Xinnan found a recliner and pulled it to the bedside to sit down. She asked Li Nanke to lie on the side of the bed, closer to the little girl, to ensure that there would be no accidents during the dreaming process.
Meng Xiaotu, on the other hand, was sitting on a chair a little further away.
The girl stretched out her slender white jade fingers, placed a little space between the little girl's eyebrows, and then lightly pressed them between her own eyebrows.
A purple silk thread appeared out of thin air, connecting the two people.
Immediately afterwards, two more purple rays of light separated and fell on the eyebrows of Li Nanke and Leng Xinnan.
Then another curtain of light enveloped the three people.
"Are you ready? I'm going to start."
"alright."
Leng Xinnan nodded, hesitated for a moment, then gently held Li Nanke's hand, and a warm current suddenly hit the man's body.
Apparently she was afraid that Li Nanke would be too nervous, so she used her spiritual power to calm her emotions.
"Don't worry, I will protect you."
The girl comforted him again.
Before the man could speak, she turned to Sister Caiyue at the door and said, "Caiyun, Caiyue, protect us, no one is allowed to disturb us!"
"clear."
The twins guarding the door responded in unison.
Meng Xiaotu looked at Li Nanke with her beautiful eyes, blinked, and comforted with a smile: "You are so smart, I will also protect you. We will meet in my dream."
After saying that, she slowly closed her eyes.
Huge sleepiness came over him like a tide, and Li Nanke instantly felt as if his eyelids were as heavy as a thousand pounds, and he slowly closed them uncontrollably.
