"My sister's little face looks like an apple in autumn, squeaking, squeaking, squeaking, uh...!"
A wine burp came up, and the drunk man seemed to have sobered up a little. With his drunken eyes, he recognized the alley in front of him, turned around and turned in.
The alley was very dark, as if it had swallowed up all the surrounding light.
The drunkard chanted "Eighteen Touches" and continued walking forward unsteadily.
After a few steps, there was a "squeak" sound, and a nearby courtyard door opened, and a slim woman wearing a red gauze dress came out.
The woman looked charming, holding a pink handkerchief with her right hand.
"Brother, it's a cold night, why don't you, little girl, warm you up?"
The drunk man glanced hard at the woman's plump and white chest.
"Hey, hey, sister, do you want money?"
"for free!"
As she spoke, the woman wrapped her hands around the drunken man's right hand.
The latter shuddered.
"Sister, why are you so cold?"
"Isn't this what I am waiting for my brother?"
The woman's bloody red lips opened, and a faint ghostly aura flew out. The drunkard instantly became stunned after smelling it.
He let the woman pull him into the courtyard.
The courtyard door closed and soon there was no sound.
…
"Mr. Xu, breakfast is ready."
Watching Xu Junming finish playing Baduanjin, Director Chen who was waiting next to him quickly came forward.
The county magistrate gave him many instructions, telling him to take good care of the person in front of him.
Naturally, I dare not neglect it.
"Thank you. I've gone off grain, so I don't need to eat anymore."
After cultivating and recovering the golden elixir, he could already gain consciousness by eating his breath, and did not need to eat to replenish his energy.
Except for the flesh of those demonic beasts with strong energy and blood, ordinary meals are of no use to him.
Seeing what he said, Director Chen didn't say anything more.
"Take me to the county magistrate."
"Okay, Mr. Xu, please come this way."
They took him to a living room in the middle courtyard. Not long after, Wang Shi, who was dressed in purple casual clothes, and Sang Yunzhi, who was wearing a black sword suit, came hand in hand.
"Mr. Xu, did you have a good rest last night?"
"Thank you so much for the hospitality. I have a good rest."
After Wang Shi nodded slightly, the three of them took their seats respectively.
"Come here, serve tea!"
Xu Junming waved his hand.
"Your Majesty, tea is not necessary. I have two main things to do here."
"Sir, please speak. I am all ears."
Xu Junming nodded.
"The first thing is about the county captain. I went back yesterday and thought about it. After all, I still feel that the position of county captain is not suitable for me. I can only live up to the invitation of the county magistrate."
Wang Shi was not surprised by his rejection.
After all, Changshui County is still too small, and its Xiantian realm cultivation is okay, but its Golden Core is one level behind.
If it were a higher-level state capital, the chances would be even greater.
"That's such a shame."
After sighing, Wang Shi continued.
"If you encounter monsters and monsters that are difficult to solve, Xianpei hopes that your husband will not hesitate to help."
"It is my duty to protect the common people and stick to the right path. If there is a demon in the Golden Core Realm causing trouble, the county magistrate can go to Qiaojia Village to find me."
Xu Junming originally intended to kill demons, accumulate merit, and unlock his own cultivation. Naturally, he would not refuse Wang Shi's request.
Wang Shi was overjoyed and quickly stood up to salute.
"Thank you for your training, sir."
"You are Welcome."
This Wang Xianpei had profound merits and was extremely courteous to him, so Xu Junming didn't mind helping him.
"The second thing... I also ask the county magistrate to move to the martial arts training ground."
Wang Shi nodded.
"Sir please."
With Xu Junming in front, Wang Shi and Sang Yunzhi behind, the three of them arrived at the martial arts training ground.
The government officials who were practicing martial arts here saw the three people coming in, stepped forward to salute, and quickly backed away.
When they arrived at the place, Xu Junming activated his magic power, and the snake corpse placed in the Taoist robe flew out.
Everyone felt a ray of light fly out from his not-so-wide left sleeve before they could see clearly.
A giant snake that was more than ten feet long, as thick as a water tank, and covered with green scales the size of a washbasin appeared in front of everyone.
"Oh, my mother."
Being rushed by the evil spirit remaining in the snake's body, coupled with its huge size, the low-level government officials were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they rolled and crawled back quickly.
Sang Yunzhi said "swish" and quickly stopped in front of Wang Shi, staring at the giant snake, and at the same time, he was also vaguely wary of Xu Junming.
However, he soon discovered that the giant snake was lifeless.
"died?"
"Yesterday I promised the county magistrate that I would kill the Ganyuan Mountain snake demon so that I could fly away at night and kill the monster. Now there are still snake corpses here. Please identify them with the county magistrate and Sang County Lieutenant."
Wang Shi had a look of surprise on his face.
Although I had known that the martial arts monks in the Earthly Evil Realm were amazingly powerful and could fly into the sky and escape from the earth, they killed the snake demon in just one night without disturbing anyone.
This strength is really shocking.
"Mr. Xu's cultivation is really admirable."
After taking a breath to calm down, Wang Shi praised.
He smiled faintly, it was just a snake demon with perfect innate nature, not to mention that his own cultivation and magic power were stronger than it.
Sang Yunzhi took a few steps forward and looked at the snake corpse, which had a complete body, no wounds at all, and seemed to be sleeping. He was in disbelief.
Martial arts monks have astonishing strength, soaring vitality and blood, and are extremely destructive in battle. It would be good if only one of the enemy's corpses can be left intact after killing them.
It is normal to have a broken head and a broken belly.
Unless there is a huge gap in cultivation between the two parties, it is absolutely impossible to leave no wounds at all.
However, the gap in strength between Xu Junming, who was in the early stage of the Earthly Evil Realm, and the snake demon who had a mid-grade spiritual weapon was not as big as imagined.
"unless…!"
Sang Yunzhi turned around and looked at the young man who was smiling and standing with his hands behind his back.
"Unless he has an extremely clever spiritual weapon or even a magic weapon."
He had never thought about Xu Junming being a master of both Taoism and Wushu, because he had never seen such a person.
"Lieutenant Sang County, how are you?"
Sang Yunzhi took a breath, calmed down the shock in his heart, and nodded.
"It is indeed the Ganyuan Mountain snake demon."
In fact, he had already recognized the snake demon when it appeared.
After all, I was injured in its hands in the first place.
"In that case, I will take it back."
He reached out and made a move, and the huge snake corpse, which was more than ten feet long, shrank in an instant and turned into a stream of light and disappeared into his sleeve.
Seeing this scene, Sang Yunzhi was shocked and his eyes showed envy.
"A treasure of the pot heaven kind!"
This is something that is beyond his reach.
Just as Xu Junming was about to say goodbye, he saw a government servant outside running in in a hurry, with a look of panic. When he came to Wang Shi, he almost didn't fall down.
"Liu Si, why are you panicking?"
Wang Shi's expression was solemn, and his official authority was impressive.
"… to the county… to the county magistrate, seventeen… mummies were found in Sanhe Lane. Capt. Li suspected that demons were responsible, so… he asked the young one to come back and report."
After stammering, Liu Si finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Wang Shi frowned.
If there are only one or two corpses, it is still possible that it was caused by humans, but if seventeen corpses appear at once, and they are still mummified, then demons and ghosts are most likely to be responsible.
Of course, it may also be an evil cultivator.
No matter what, Changshui County is in big trouble.
Seeing Xu Junming standing next to him, Wang Shi was shocked and quickly took a few steps forward.
"The demons are making trouble, can Mr. Xu go with Xianpei?"
"It is obligatory."
Now, Xu Junming will not refuse anything that can earn merit.
Wang Shi looked happy.
"Sir Gaoyi, please!"
The group of people led the government servants through the streets and alleys to Sanhe Alley.
This is a 100-meter-long alley where these six families live.
The accident occurred in the fourth household from the east.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way."
The yamen officers separated the crowd.
No matter what time of year, there is never a shortage of people watching.
As he walked into the courtyard gate, a powerful and powerful police officer who was over forty years old hurriedly greeted him.
"Your Majesty the County Lord, Your Majesty the County Lieutenant."
He didn't know Xu Junming, but if he came with the county magistrate and county captain, his status must be extraordinary.
So he followed suit and saluted with clasped fists.
Wang Shi waved his hand and looked straight into the yard.
There were seventeen corpses lying on the ground about one hundred square feet.
Walking over, he pulled back the white cloth and saw a mummy shaped like a skeleton.
It was blue-black, and the bloodless flesh clung to the bones, looking extremely terrifying.
Wang Shi frowned and looked at several corpses, almost all of them were like this.
"How was the body found?"
"Sir, the head of this house is named Wang Kui. He is an old bachelor in his thirties. One of his sisters married into the Zhang family in Dongcheng. The person who discovered these corpses was Wang Kui's sister Wang Lian."
"Every seven days, she comes to see her younger brother Wang Kui. When she came here this morning, she found these corpses in the house. She immediately screamed and fainted from fright."
"The screams alerted the neighbors. When everyone came over and found out, they reported it to the authorities."
Xu Junming glanced at Capt. Li.
This person is very capable and has investigated the case long ago.
"Where's Wang Lian?"
"She was frightened. She kept yelling after she woke up. Now she has been temporarily assigned to the next door by a humble position, and two detectives have been assigned to guard her. Do you want to summon her?"
Wang Shi frowned as he listened to the heart-rending shouts of 'ghost, ghost' from next door.
"Forget it. Take her back and take good care of her. Let's wait until she calms down before asking."
"yes!"
He glanced at the corpse on the ground.
"Surely so many corpses didn't just appear in one day. Didn't the neighbors notice it at all?"
"Sir, this Wang Kui is always sneaking around. He has offended all the neighbors. He doesn't have much contact with him at all. Moreover, they have never heard of anything unusual here."
After nodding his head and pondering for a moment, Wang Shi turned around and looked at Xu Junming.
"Mr. Xu, have you found anything?"
"This is the work of a ghost, and it is also a fierce ghost whose cultivation level is close to the Golden Core." Xu Junming said.
"How can I see it?"
Xu Junming opened his palms, and a wisp of blue-black mist floated uncertainly.
"This is a trace of ghost spirit that I collected from seventeen corpses."
"Mr. Xu is very capable. I wonder if I can catch this evil ghost through this ghost energy?"