He looked around at the ruins, the sticky darkness that made his heart palpitate. After hesitating for a moment, he suddenly opened his throat and shouted: "Xuan Cheng—"

The loud voice of full breath was heard far away in the silence of the night. The silence of the mountains and forests was broken, and in the distance, birds were startled and fled away with strange screams.

Shen Qi shouted three times in a row, and the darkness around him did not give him any response.

He waited for a while, but still didn't see any response, and was about to leave, when the war horse he left not far from outside suddenly neighed loudly.

Shen Qi was startled, and hurriedly rushed over, only to see a pair of dark green eyes appear not far in front of the war horse, staring at him.

Wild wolves?

Shen Qi was stunned for a moment, most of the mountains here are not high or deep, and there are many people nearby, so it stands to reason that there should be no fierce beasts such as wild wolves.

However, this was not the time to think about this, the wild wolf saw Shen Qi approaching, and let out a dull roar in his throat, and suddenly, there were two more pairs of dark green eyes around.

Shen Qi tightened his hand holding the knife, squatted slightly, and cautiously approached it.

Before he could get close to the horse, the three wolves moved at the same time. Two of them dealt with him, and the other went for the war horse.

When Shen Qi saw it, he hurriedly stepped forward, forced back one of the wild wolves with a knife, and cut the horse rope with a backhand. The war horse was unrestrained, the strong horse's body twisted, and the two hind hooves slammed up, directly kicking the wild wolf that flew over and flew out upside down.

On Shen Qi's side, the saber flew over, and in a few clicks, one of the wild wolves was discouraged, and the other turned around and ran away.

Shen Qi thought that this was not far from the village, and was about to catch up and solve the remaining two wild wolves together, when a lake-green sword light suddenly broke through the darkness and arrived nearby in an instant.

Before Shen Qi could react, the sword light was gone, and a young man dressed as a Taoist priest stopped in front of Shen Qi, glanced at the wild wolf on the ground that was open-minded but still gasping, and asked, "Why did you kill it?"

Shen Qi was stunned.

"When you came, didn't you see the stone monument erected at the intersection?" the young Taoist priest's face was already a little angry.

Intersection stele?

Shen Qi was stunned again, and recalled what he saw when he came all the way just now, and he really didn't see any stone tablets. It's just that this young Taoist priest asked him why he killed the wolf as soon as he appeared, and mentioned the stone tablet, could it be that this wolf is not a wild wolf that escaped here, but this person deliberately raised it here?

Thinking that there was a village not far from here, and thinking that before he came, the old man in the wine shop mentioned that it was not very peaceful when he talked about it, Shen Qi suddenly became dissatisfied with the young Taoist priest in front of him, and replied: "This stone tablet is not a stone tablet, I haven't seen it." But, what do you mean, this wolf is not a wild wolf, but you raised it here?"

The young Taoist priest did not deny it, nodded and said, "It is true that I raised it here. ”

"Then do you know that these wolves are very wild, what kind of threat do you pose to the nearby villagers if you keep them here?" Shen Qi asked in a deep voice.

The young Taoist priest snorted: "They won't leave here, as long as you don't trespass here, you won't be threatened." ”

Hearing this answer, Shen Qi was stunned for a moment.

Thinking of the stone tablet mentioned by the young Taoist priest at the beginning, Shen Qi thought about it for a while, then carefully looked at the young man dressed as a Taoist priest in front of him, and suddenly his heart moved slightly, could it be the person in front of him, the Xuancheng Taoist he was looking for on this trip?

As soon as this thought appeared, Shen Qi looked at the young Taoist priest again, and his heart became more and more affirmed. Before leaving, the general probably mentioned to him what this Xuancheng Daoist looked like, and compared with the person in front of him, he did look a little similar. Thinking of this, he couldn't care about this wild wolf, and hurriedly asked, "Your Excellency is the Xuancheng Dao Master?"

The young Dao Leader on the other side was not surprised when he heard Shen Qi ask if it was Xuan Cheng Dao Chief, and asked coldly, "What's the matter?"

After Shen Qi got the confirmation, he immediately took out the cloth bag from his chest and handed it out: "Someone sent me to deliver this letter." Daoist Xuan Cheng saw it. ”

Xuan Cheng frowned, looked at him and then at the cloth bag in his hand, hesitated for a moment before reaching out to take it. When I opened it, I saw the notebook, and my expression changed slightly. Then, seeing the letter paper that was sandwiched in the notebook and exposed a corner, Xuan Cheng's brows suddenly wrinkled even tighter. After a moment of hesitation, he didn't pull the letter out of his notebook, but looked up at Shen Qi opposite him and asked, "Where is he?"

Shen Qi didn't know if he was referring to the general or someone else when he asked, but it prevented him from answering: "In stability." ”

"I see. Let's go. Xuan Cheng said and waved Shen Qi to leave.

Shen Qi was a little hesitant and wanted to say a few words, but seeing that Xuan Cheng's face didn't seem to be very good, after thinking about it, he still closed his mouth, said goodbye, turned around and led the horse away.

Shen Qi quickly disappeared into the darkness.

Xuan Cheng took the notebook and stood motionless for a long time before putting it away, and then walked to the gray wolf who was still breathing, a green light flashed, and the wild wolf whimpered and lost his breath.

Xuan Cheng stretched out his hand and touched a talisman from his waist, twisted his fingers, and a yellow and red flame lit up on the talisman. With a flick of his fingers, the flames fell on the gray wolf, and with a bang, the flames soared more than half a foot high, and in a moment, the gray wolf was only left with ashes, and the flames were extinguished.

With a flick of the big sleeves, the breeze swept by, raising the dust and completely dissipating without a trace.

Xuan Cheng turned and walked towards the ruins.

In the depths of the ruins, a fresh breeze burst out, and after circling twice above the ruins, it came to Xuan Cheng.

"Senior brother, to save or not to save?" Xuan Cheng looked at the invisible breeze in front of him and muttered in a low voice.

The breeze came and went suddenly, hovering back and forth in front of him, and the slight sound of the wind seemed to be responding to Xuan Cheng.

After half a ring, Xuan Cheng smiled bitterly: "Senior brother, you are really ...... It's like this. After saying this, Xuan Cheng took one last look at the breeze and turned to leave.

The sword light flashed in the dark night, and disappeared in an instant into the mountains and forests behind the ruins.

Shen Qi, who left here, did not immediately set off back to Anding, but found a place near the village to spend the night. I plan to look for the stone tablet mentioned by the young Taoist leader early tomorrow morning, and then go to the village to find out what happened to those wolves.

If these wolves really harassed the nearby villagers, he would have to go to the Xuancheng Dao Chief, and he would have to persuade him to deal with those wolves no matter what. This beast is a beast in the end, and no matter how obedient it is, it can't hide its animal nature.

The night passed quietly.

Before dawn the next day, a heavy fog suddenly poured out of the mountains and forests, like white clouds rolling in the sky, and in a matter of moments, the nearby villages were enveloped. The fog is so thick that it is at most half a foot as far as the eye can see.

The fog was strangely thick and strangely coming.

And in this fog, there is also a feeling of unsettleness. After Shen Qi noticed it, he was worried that it was related to that Xuancheng, so he prepared to go to the mountain again. As soon as he reached the mountain junction behind the village, he suddenly saw the stone tablet that the young Taoist had spoken.

The stele is darker in color, just on the side of the road, and it is very conspicuous. It was probably dark last night, and he didn't notice it.

Shen Qi was about to step forward to see what was written on the stone tablet, when suddenly the clouds and mist rolled in front of him, a green light flashed, and then the young Taoist Xuan Cheng appeared next to the stone tablet.

"What? you still want to kill me another wolf?" Xuan Cheng looked at him, his expression cold and slightly hostile.

Seeing this, Shen Qi hurriedly said: "Don't misunderstand, Dao Chief, I don't have this intention. As he spoke, he noticed the change in Xuan Cheng's expression, and saw that although he was slightly hostile, he didn't seem to have the intention of asking him to ask him about the guilt, so he said tentatively: "It's just that there is something wrong with this wolf." After all, there's a village nearby. If these wolves hurt someone, it's not good!"

"They don't come out and hurt people. Xuan Cheng replied coldly.

"Then what if someone is like me and strays into it?" Shen Qi asked again.

"No one will go in here again. After Xuan Cheng finished speaking, he turned around and walked out.

Seeing this, Shen Qi immediately followed and asked, "Why?"

"If you don't believe me, just try it. Xuan Cheng replied.

Shen Qi was stunned for a moment, looked back at the mountain road, and hesitated.

After a few breaths, when he turned around, he found that there was no trace of Xuancheng beside him. After being stunned, he ran forward for a while, but still didn't see any trace of Xuan Cheng.

He appeared like a wind and departed like a wind.

Mysterious as it gets.

Settle down in the city.

Today, the sun was shining, and Qingguo, whose injuries had healed, suddenly wanted to go to the Xiangfu Inn to find Wang Qi. On that day, he released his pigeons, and Qingguo felt a little unhappy.

Shen Muzhi didn't worry about her going out alone, but if he accompanied her, he didn't worry about the eldest brother's side. In the past few days, He Jinyan has not moved, and he always feels that something is wrong. He really didn't dare to leave.

After a few thoughts, he discussed countermeasures with Qingguo, either asking people to invite Wang Qi over, or asking people to send something to apologize, and when he left here, he turned around at the Xiangfu Inn and apologized to him in person.

Qingguo chose the latter.

Shen Muzhi arranged for someone to handle this matter.

The people who went to look for Wang Qi went for a long time before they came back. After coming back, he found Shen Muzhi and said, "Young Master Lin, the things were sent." However, the people at the Xiangfu Inn said that this little second named Wang Qi did not appear for two days. The owner of the inn sent someone to Wang Qi's house to look for him, and his family didn't know where this kid had gone!" The man said, hesitated, and said: "I didn't see anyone at the Xiangfu Inn, so I asked the boss to take him to Wang Qi's house, gave things to Wang Qi's family, and asked Wang Qi's family by the way. According to them, this king went out to work at the inn two mornings ago, and has not returned since. They searched almost the entire Anding City in the past two days, but they couldn't find him. ”

Shen Muzhi couldn't help frowning as he listened.

Wang Qi is missing?

This does sound a little strange. That Wang Qi looked like a shy young man, how could he suddenly disappear?

However, this Wang Qi and them are just passers-by who have had a relationship or two, if they are safe and sound now, then they may be able to divide some people to help find someone, but now He Jinyan and others are hiding in the shadows, I don't know when they will do it, they want to help, but they are also powerless.

After Shen Muzhi thought about it, he let the man go down first.

When I returned to the hospital, I didn't mention it to Qingguo.

Although Qingguo doesn't care about this Wang Qi, along the way, he has also met a lot of people who can make Qingguo willing to make friends, and this Wang Qi is still the first one.

If Qingguo knew about this, she would definitely be somewhat worried. If he had the idea of helping to find someone, would he stop it or not?

So, it's better to hide it first.

In the evening, he went to his father to discuss it to see if he could find Yu Fucheng for a favor and asked him to send someone to find out. After all, this Yu Fucheng is the governor of this place, and the people under him must know more about this Anding City than them, and the efficiency of finding people is definitely much higher than theirs.