"Junior brother, have you forgotten Master's instructions before he died?"
"No way, I'm just talking casually." The junior brother said with a smile.
"Everything that needs to be investigated here has been investigated. Let's go back and report to the Marquis as soon as possible, right?"
On the mountain a hundred miles away,
Wang Zhe closed his eyes and concentrated, counting with his fingers.
"It still doesn't count!"
He was divining the whereabouts of the escaped ape, but all he felt was a blur, as if something was blocking it and he couldn't figure it out.
"I don't know where he went."
Looking up at the sky, the sun has set, and a ray of sunset spreads across the horizon in the distance.
In the distance, he vaguely saw a piece of blood floating.
Wang Zhe jumped into the air and headed towards that place.
On the official road between the two mountains, more than a dozen people were lying on the ground, and the ground was covered with blood.
There was a carriage with a woman in it, holding a four or five-year-old child in her arms, with a look of panic on her face.
In front of the carriage, less than five feet away, stood two people.
A man, thin and thin, with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, like a monkey.
A woman was wearing a colorful robe, her face was as white as frost, and her lips were as red as blood.
"Mrs. Li, everyone is dead, how long are you going to hide in the car?"
The curtains on the car were opened, and some thin women were holding them. When they saw the dead bodies on the ground outside, their faces turned a little pale, and they hurriedly covered the eyes of the children who poked their heads out.
"Go in." As he spoke, he gently pushed the child into the car.
"Don't be afraid, it will happen sooner or later." The woman grinned, a little scary.
"Let's not talk anymore. Mrs. Li also knows why we are here. Can you hand over the book?"
"What booklet?" The woman's voice was trembling.
"Why should Mrs. Li ask questions knowingly? Yushi Li died in the capital two days ago. Before his death, he left a booklet in which he wrote some things that should not be recorded.
You left before his body was transported back to his hometown. Are you in such a hurry to go to Lin'an to find Mr. Lin? It's useless!
Hand over your things and I'll let you live. I won't kill women."
The monkey-like man on the side let out a weird laugh, which was terrifying to hear.
"Mom, I'm scared." The child got out of the car and hid in his mother's arms.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid." The woman patted the child gently. In fact, she was also very afraid. No one was not afraid of death, but she gritted her teeth.
The husband is dead, now it's their turn.
She knew that whether the book was handed in or not, mother and son would die here today.
"God has no eyes!"
"Don't complain. If you are a good ambassador, why do you have to have trouble with Master Tong?" the woman said.
A gust of wind blew, and there was another person on the tree nearby.
"Who?"
The monkey-like man looked up at the man in the tree, and saw nothing but a hazy image. The man seemed to be covered in a layer of clouds, making it difficult to see clearly.
"The twelve killers are here. If you don't want to die, get out!" The man yelled, his voice sharp.
Then he flew out, hit a big rock on the side of the road, and was embedded in it, forming a lake of flesh and blood.
The woman with heavy make-up wanted to run away when she saw this, but she flew out two feet away and was embedded in the big rock, turning into a puddle of flesh.
There was an incident between two evil men who were full of evildoers, and Wang Zhe got a bottle of elixir and a hidden weapon.
The name "Twelve Killers" sounded familiar to him.
"Thank you so much." The woman hurriedly kowtowed to Wang Zhe while carrying her child.
Wang Zhe waved his hand in the air, and the two of them could no longer kneel down. He was surprised to see that the child was shrouded in a faint red light.
"If this child can survive, he may do something great in the future."
"It's getting dark, you should leave quickly."
After saying this, Wang Zhe disappeared.
He looked at the mother and son not far away, and what happened next surprised him.
The woman did not leave immediately, but collected the corpses that escorted them to the meeting, found a large pit nearby and buried them, and then took her children to kowtow beside them.
"You all died because of our mother and son. If you can survive this time, you will definitely live up to your kindness." The woman said.
Wang Zhe stood in the distance and watched what the woman did.
"This woman is indeed extraordinary, but seeing that they are plagued by bad luck, their halls are darkened, and there is blood between their eyebrows, I am afraid it will be difficult for them to die a good death."
By this time, the sky had completely darkened, and the countryside was deserted.
The woman's delicate fingers struggled to drive the carriage. Inside the carriage was her child, who was frightened and frightened and had already fallen asleep.
She is going to Lin'an, which is still hundreds of miles away.
Wang Zhe, who was not far away, was also preparing to leave. His palms suddenly became warm, and two ancient characters appeared on his palms. It was the imprint of the waistband that suddenly appeared for some reason.
"What's going on?"
Just when he was doubtful, not far away, a row of people suddenly appeared where the guards were buried. Upon closer inspection, they were the guards who had been killed just now.
Each one of them was still covered in blood, their faces were black and blue, and they stood there numbly.
"Soul?"
Wang Zhe immediately realized that these were the souls of the dead guards.
Death is like a lamp going out, but the soul will not dissipate immediately.
"The gods of the ten directions, as numerous as sand and dust, have transformed into the realms of the ten directions, and have helped and saved the heavens and people..."
Wang Zhe subconsciously read out a passage of scripture.
Woo, a gust of wind blew on the souls of the guards, blowing away the blood and scars on their bodies. They returned to the way they were before they were alive, but their eyes were still dull and lifeless.
They are just the souls of the dead. If this continues, it won't take long for them to dissipate between heaven and earth.
A very small number of people will turn into evil ghosts due to their extreme resentment and cause harm to the world.
After a while, a mist floated from the official road in the distance. The mist rolled in front of him, and a man walked out of the mist. He was wearing clothes that looked like a yamen servant.
What a ghost!
With just one glance, Wang Zhe recognized the identity of the person coming from the fog.
He is here to seduce the soul.
When the ghost saw Wang Zhe, he actually bowed to him.
Then he raised his hand and flew out a chain. The chain was like a snake. It circled around the first guard and tied his hands. Then he turned right to the second person and tied all the guards in an instant.
Ouch, Wang Zhe heard him shout, and the souls of the guards lined up, followed him, and followed him into the white mist.
The white mist rolled away and disappeared in a moment.
The official road was deserted again, not even a single soul in sight.
Ah, a night crow flies across the night sky.
"It seems that this waist card is not trivial, and it can actually attract evil spirits!" Wang Zhe thought to himself.
The night is getting deeper and deeper, and all the cities are closed at this time.
On the official road, a woman drove a carriage and found a town to stop, intending to rest here for one night before continuing her journey tomorrow.
In the silent night, the woman held her child and hid in the carriage, her body trembling, she was afraid.
Her husband died mysteriously in the capital and left a letter and a pamphlet asking her to find a way to deliver the pamphlet to her friend, the prefect of Lin'an.
She took her children and hired a group of guards to leave her hometown. She met the two gangsters on the way before she got there first.
They also met a knight and saved their lives, but unfortunately the knight had already left.
The next step is up to them.
Will there be criminals coming to intercept and kill them? Can their orphans and widows reach Lin'an Mansion safely?
She didn't dare to think about it. She didn't dare to sleep with her child in her arms, holding a dagger in her hand.
She had never thought that the night was so long.
Tap tap tap, the sound of horse hooves resounded in the silent town.
In the darkness of the night, a horse came, a white horse. On the horse was a man wearing a silver-white gown. He was in his twenties, with starry eyebrows and sharp eyes.
He came to the town, saw the carriage, slowed down, and slowly came outside the carriage.
"Is this the wife of Imperial Ambassador Li in the car?" the young man said softly.
The woman in the car did not dare to make a sound.
The young man asked again.
"You, who are you?"
"My dear Song Lin, he was in a state of poverty in the capital because he had been favored by Mr. Li. Hearing that Mr. Li had been killed in the capital, he was worried that someone would do harm to his wife and young master, so he traveled all the way through the stars and nights. Finally he came in time.
The madam just wants to rest peacefully with the young master, I will keep vigil outside and escort the madam away tomorrow."
"Thank you, sir!" The woman in the carriage breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
"Madam, when I came to the road just now, I saw two more bodies embedded in the stones on the side of the road. Are they the villains who want to harm madam?"
"Yes, it was said to be the Twelve Killers. Fortunately, an expert came to the rescue."
"Twelve zodiac animals?" After hearing this name, Song Lin frowned slightly.
He had heard of this name before, and it was rumored that those twelve people were murderers with a reputation for killing without blinking an eye.
"Where's that expert?"
"Already left."
"It's a pity that we didn't have the opportunity to meet you. Madam, just rest in peace." Song Lin sat aside, holding a sword in his arms and leaning against the wall.
After a few cups of tea, several men in black suddenly appeared and silently surrounded them, holding sharp knives with evil intentions.
Song Lin, who was leaning against the wall in the shadow, suddenly rose up and jumped into the crowd like an eagle, only to see a cold sword light.
There was a clanging sound, followed by several screams.
However, within a short time, not a single one of the black-clothed men was left alive.
Song Lin searched several people and then threw their bodies into the woods outside the village.
The woman hiding in the carriage heard the noise outside, hugged her son tightly, and quietly looked outside, and saw Song Lin carrying the body, and she felt a little relieved.
"I never imagined that there are such righteous people in this world!" Wang Zhe, who was hiding in the dark, praised secretly when he saw this.
Wang Zhe had no intention of coming, but he changed his mind halfway because he met an acquaintance.
There was the sound of horse hooves, and another horse came. On the horse was a man in purple. He saw the carriage and came to it.