In the courtyard at night, the wind was very strong, making the dead leaves on the ground rustle.
Lu Sheng looked around and found no one. He slowly picked up his pace and walked around the bedroom to the backyard. The huts were built separately in the backyard, two independent thatched houses.
When Lu Sheng walked over, he unexpectedly saw a figure standing outside the hut. This person seemed to have seen him coming, and his body obviously tensed up.
"who?!"
Lu Sheng was stunned for a moment, and when he got closer, he saw clearly that he was actually the handsome young man who was a good concubine from before.
This man was holding a dagger, and his eyes were flashing. He was obviously on alert.
"Brother, are you here to look for missing people too?" Li Shunxi asked in a deep voice. He also recognized Lu Sheng.
"Missing person?" Lu Sheng squinted his eyes, feeling something bad in his heart.
"What? Brother, don't you know?" Li Shunxi was stunned.
"My two brothers went out to the latrine and didn't go back after a while. I was worried, so I came out to take a look." Lu Sheng explained simply.
Li Shunxi's expression changed slightly: "So, there are two more missing people."
"Brother, what do you mean?" Lu Sheng took a few steps forward and looked into the latrine. The wooden door was open. There was an overwhelming stench inside. There was no one in the small space and it was empty.
Lu Sheng's expression suddenly changed.
"You mean, there were so many people before, those women and guards who lived together..."
"No one is left, all are missing." Li Shunxi whispered. "There are so many people, maybe they are trapped somewhere."
"Let's look for it. This village is so big, maybe we can find some clues." Lu Sheng suggested. He licked his lips and felt a little angry. Before he could see the real owner, he lost two people.
Li Shunxi nodded, and the two of them merged together and walked around the backyard. Soon they found the kitchen in the corner.
Li Shunxi was the first to open the door and enter with a dagger in hand.
The wooden door opened silently, revealing the dusty kitchen room inside.
There was a large pot overturned on the ground, porcelain bowls broken on the ground, and the stove was covered with spider webs. There were also some moldy, dry and black food spilled on the ground in the corner.
"How long has it been since we had a meal in this kitchen?" Li Shunxi frowned. He glanced at Lu Sheng and found that he didn't look too panicked. It was obviously not the first time he encountered such a strange incident.
"Brother, have you encountered ghosts before?" he asked casually.
Lu Sheng was a little surprised that this rich young man actually looked very experienced.
"Yes, I have experienced strange things like this before."
"No wonder." Li Shunxi took another look at Lu Sheng, "In my opinion, the missing people should be trapped for the time being. With so many people, no matter how fast the speed is, they will not all be solved at once. But before I
I also checked and found no toxin residue."
"Brother, are you sure?" Lu Sheng asked in a deep voice.
"It looks like they are inseparable." Li Shunxi said seriously. He squatted down and began to carefully examine the footprints and traces on the ground.
Lu Sheng didn't know why, so he followed him and soon came to the entrance of the kitchen cellar.
"My surname is Li and my given name is Shunxi. How do I call my brother?" Li Shunxi grabbed the ring of the stone slab in the cellar and lifted it up.
puff.
A putrid smell rushed out.
"The surname is Lu, a famous place, and the courtesy name is Yuesheng." Lu Sheng answered briefly.
The two waited until the stench dissipated a bit, then looked into the cellar.
Lu Sheng took out the flint and polished it several times. Yellow sparks splashed out. Through the brief firelight, they both saw several figures lying on their backs in the cellar.
"As expected, it's here!" Li Shunxi breathed out and jumped down quickly, "Brother Lu, help me guard the entrance."
"Okay." Lu Sheng also saw a few people lying inside and breathed a sigh of relief.
Duan Meng'an was among them, along with two women and two guards. They all seemed to have passed out and were lying inside.
Li Shunxi quickly lifted the people up one by one with one hand, and Lu Sheng caught them and placed them on the kitchen floor.
Soon the two men lifted all five unconscious people out of the cellar.
"They are all breathing." Li Shunxi probed the breath of one of the women. "I wonder if brother saw what they committed?"
He looked up at Lu Sheng and saw that his expression remained unchanged and his eyes were calm, and he immediately knew that Lu Sheng was not simple either.
"Brother Li, do you have any idea?" Lu Sheng asked in a deep voice.
"Of course there is a way, look at what I can do." Li Shunxi blushed slightly, stretched out his hand and pulled out a piece of black paper. He bit his index finger and smeared his own blood on it.
Then press this thing against the unconscious person's forehead one by one and make a seal.
Lu Sheng watched quietly without making any sound or movement.
After a while, the people lying on the ground slowly woke up one by one.
"Where am I?"
"Qingqing, are you okay?"
"Miss! Are you hurt?"
"Young Master!" Duan Meng'an walked up to Lu Sheng with a face full of shame and lowered his head.
"As long as everything is fine. Where is Ning San?" Lu Sheng asked in a deep voice.
"..." Duan Meng'an lowered his head, not daring to look at Lu Sheng's face.
Lu Sheng's face was calm, but his eyes became increasingly gloomy.
"Let's go back first."
"I don't think it's appropriate for us to separate now." Li Shunxi suggested.
"Thank you two for saving me. I'm Gong Ruqing. This is my sister Gong Rumeng. If you two hadn't rescued me this time, it would have been much worse." Among the women who were rescued, there was a gentle temperament like the sword hidden in her sleeve before.
woman.
And her sister is, surprisingly, that woman who is as cute as Qiaoer.
"Thank you two gentlemen for saving me. But we still have companions trapped here. Can you please help us find the remaining companions?" Gong Ruqing's sister Gong Rumeng pleaded. "We know this request is a bit excessive, but
As reward, we are willing to pay one hundred taels of gold and silver notes."
"Oh?" Li Shunxi raised his eyebrows slightly and glanced at Lu Sheng. Among everyone present, Lu Sheng was the only one he couldn't see through. Judging from his appearance, he must be from a rich family. Li Shunxi guessed that he was in a similar situation to himself. On the surface,
Hiding his identity, he is actually a man of extraordinary skill.
As both sons of a wealthy family, many details in clothing, behavior, and habits are not easy to change. Li Shunxi is extremely observant and has long noticed the differences between Lu Sheng and the two people around him.
He has been locked up in the house on weekdays. Because there are too many competitors and he has to hide his strength as a trump card, he has never had the opportunity to communicate with the outside world, so he doesn't know what level he is at.
Now I meet a peer who seems to be similar to me. He is still the same young master who hides his identity, and has the same unique skills that he hides.
This made him feel like he was feeling helpless, and he wanted to make serious gestures and communicate with the other party.
"What do you think, Brother Lu? Do you want help?" Li Shunxi asked Xiang Lu Sheng.
Lu Sheng's face was gloomy. This Li Shunxi did have some tricks up his sleeve. He looked at the other party one more time.
"Can."
He originally came to investigate the details of Zhuangzi, but now he didn't expect to find out the details, but one of his subordinates was missing, which made him feel a little depressed. Naturally, he would not leave easily.
"Okay, I agree." Li Shunxi smiled and said, "Let's go, since you were caught from the bedroom to this cellar. There must be signs of violence in the original bedroom. Let's go back and take a look.
Of course, the most critical premise is that we have to find the little girl first. She is one of the owners of this village, and I heard that there is an elder brother who makes alchemy."
"That's right! Some little girl must have done it! And her elder brother must be a bad guy too! Arrest the person first when you see him!" Duan Meng'an shouted loudly.
"Shut up!" Lu Sheng glared at him.
Duan Meng'an shrank suddenly and did not dare to speak.
A group of people agreed to Li Shunxi's proposal and quickly swarmed towards the middle room of the courtyard.
There was no one in the dark courtyard, and a group of people walked noisily to the door of the master bedroom.
Bang bang bang!
There was a loud knock on the door, and the dust on the door frame fell, and was immediately blown away by the wind, which was a bit choking.
"Open the door!"
Bang bang bang, knock a few more times.
squeak.
The door opened by itself.
Li Shunxi looked at the two guards who were a little scared, and the first one walked into the room with his legs up.
Lu Sheng was the second to walk in, and then the others hurried in.
"Is there anyone there?" Li Shunxi shouted loudly, holding something in his hand and hiding it in his sleeve.
There is a large alchemy furnace on the left side of the room, and dusty and worn-out tables, chairs and beds on the right side. Limin is empty and has a cold feeling.
Gong Ruqing was bolder, walked to the bed and opened the bed curtain.
puff!
Suddenly a group of black shadows swooped out.
"Go!" Li Shunxi raised his hand and hit the black shadow accurately.
The black shadow suddenly screamed, making a strange cry like a baby, and fell to the ground. It was a black bat the size of a fist.
Gong Ruqing was startled when he saw the red blood stains on the corners of the bat's mouth. He took a few steps back.
“Why are there bats in this place??”
"This is a Yin Bat. Hey, you can't raise this thing in an ordinary place." Li Shunxi showed a slight expression of interest and glanced at Lu Sheng.
Seeing that Lu Sheng's face was still gloomy and showed no signs of emotion or surprise, he felt slightly disappointed.
"Brother Lu, do you have any advice?" he asked.
Lu Sheng glanced at him and said calmly: "No, Lu admires Brother Li's skill. However, it is better for us to find the other missing people as soon as possible. I am afraid that the little girl and her elder brother will not be found for a while.
"
Li Shunxi narrowed his eyes and looked at Lu Sheng, guessing that the other party seemed to have discovered something. But he didn't ask. "Let's go then. Since the Yin Bat has come out, I guess that one is not far away."
When the group found no one, they left the master bedroom again and searched the other rooms one by one.
In the process, Li Shunxi killed five more Yin bats in succession. One of them was too fast and bit a guard on the neck, almost killing him directly.
If Li Shunxi hadn't acted quickly enough, the guard would have been killed. Now, everyone, including Gong Ruqing and Gong Rumeng, admired and relied on Li Shunxi more and more. Especially the favor of the two beautiful girls made Li Shunxi even more proud.
stand up.
He also looked at Lu Sheng frequently, but saw that he still had no reaction, but his face seemed to be getting more solemn because he couldn't find anyone.