In the deserted Cuiyun Pavilion, Li Maicheng and Zhou Xiaotian searched again, but they didn't find any other useful clues, so they flew away.

Li Maicheng and Zhou Xiaotian flew to the foot of Nacui Youshan Mountain and joined Zhou Yide and Lin Zhutou.

Lin Zhutou said: "Brother Maicheng, can you find anything in that deserted and broken pavilion?"

Li Maicheng replied: "Lin Zhutou, we didn't find anything, it was dark and messy, so we searched and flew back without any clues." ”

Lin Zhutou said: "Okay, then let's go back." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Okay, Lin Zhutou." ”

Then they went down the mountain one by one and returned to Yuning County.

They were separated at the city wall of the county seat, Lin Zhutou went back to the county office, Zhou Yide went back to the Qingyu Demon Hunting Gate, and Li Maicheng and Zhou Xiaotian went back to the Xiya Inn.

After returning to the inn, Zhang Qian approached Li Maicheng and asked, "Maicheng, have you gained anything today?"

Li Maicheng replied: "Master, we went to Cuiyou Mountain today and found some clues, and found a lot of daggers with Xiqi Mountain written on them in the deserted and ruined pavilion on the mountain, and I suspect that someone pretended to be a peacock spirit and killed innocents indiscriminately in the city. ”

Zhang Qian said: "Maicheng, you mean, these recent cases are not the peacock essence, but someone is blaming the peacock essence." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Yes, Master, that's the truth. ”

Zhang Qian said: "Okay, then we have to be careful." ”

At this time, Bai Ruoxue came, she saw that Li Maicheng was talking to the master, and then came over and said, "Maicheng, I'm going to go shopping." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Ruoxue, wait a minute, I'll accompany you." ”

Bai Ruoxue said: "Maicheng, aren't you talking to the master about business?"

Li Maicheng replied: "It's already over, I'll accompany you." ”

Bai Ruoxue said: "Okay then." ”

Then Li Maicheng and Bai Ruoxue left the inn and went shopping in the county seat. As they walked through the bustling street, they saw many people selling silk, tea, pepper, wolfberries, and raisins.

Li Maicheng said as he walked: "Ruoxue, let's buy some wolfberries and raisins, these are all specialties of the Western Regions." ”

Bai Ruoxue said: "No, Maicheng, I'm going to let you buy me rouge gouache again." ”

Li Maicheng said: "My little princess, didn't you buy it last time?"

Bai Ruoxue said: "I've used it for a few days, it's quite easy to use, I want to buy a few more boxes." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Okay, do you remember which rouge gouache shop it is?" ”

Bai Ruoxue said: "Remember, it's not far ahead." ”

Then they walked for a while, and then they arrived at the rouge gouache shop, where they saw a lot of rouge and gouache, as well as combs, copper mirrors, and safflower oil. And the proprietress of the rouge shop is also very beautiful, and when she saw Li Maicheng and Bai Ruoxue coming again, she said with a smile: "You two are here to buy rouge again." ”

Bai Ruoxue replied: "Yes, I asked for four boxes of rouge this time, and the last time I used it was quite good." ”

The proprietress replied, "Yes, my rouge is arguably the best in the city, and I use it too." ”

Bai Ruoxue said: "That's great, we are the Han envoy to the Western Regions, passing by here, your rouge here can have a fight with the rouge in Chang'an City." ”

The proprietress smiled, "Yes." The rouge gouache in this, you can choose at will, and I will give you a discount if you like it. ”

Bai Ruoxue said: "Okay." ”

At this time, the proprietress said: "You are from out of town, you have heard about it recently, is there a peacock spirit in this Yuning County?"

Bai Ruoxue said: "I heard about it, what's wrong?"

The lady said, "Be careful when you're out and about." ”

Bai Ruoxue said: "Okay, thank you boss." ”

Then Bai Ruoxue picked out four boxes of rouge and a comb, and paid later

After the money, he and Li Maicheng went out of the rouge shop.

The two of them walked down the street, watching the performers on the street and the raisins selling along the street, passing through the pavilions and finally returning to the Xiya Inn.

In the Naxiya Inn, Li Maicheng summoned Wu Shitong, Zhou Xiaotian, and Su Chengxuan to the three of them, and took out a few cloud-piercing arrows from his bag.

Li Maicheng said to them: "In the past few days, the murderer likes to commit crimes at night, so we will act tonight, everyone hides on the roof to observe the murderer's movements, Wu Shitong, you are responsible for observing the Qingyu Demon Hunting Gate and the night movements in the north of the city, Su Chengxuan, you are responsible for the changes in the south of the city, Zhou Xiaotian, you are responsible for the changes in the west of the city, and I am responsible for the changes in the east of the city. ”

Wu Shitong, Zhou Xiaotian, and Su Chengxuan nodded their heads one by one and said, "Okay, senior brother." ”

Then Li Maicheng distributed the cloud-piercing arrows to Zhou Xiaotian and Wu Shitong.

And Bai Ruoxue, who was standing next to her, said, "Maicheng, what should I do?"

Li Maicheng said: "It's very dangerous outside, so you can stay in the inn and protect Master and them with koi and giant apes." ”

Bai Ruoxue nodded and said, "Okay, Maicheng, then I also need a cloud-piercing arrow, and if the inn is in trouble, I can notify you." ”

Li Maicheng replied: "Okay, Ruoxue." ”

Later, Li Maicheng also gave Bai Ruoxue a cloud-piercing arrow.

Gradually, the sky outside slowly darkened, and Li Maicheng and Zhou Xiaotian went to the rooftops of various corners of the county one by one to hide after eating, waiting for the murderer to come out and commit the crime.

That night, Yuning County was brightly lit, although it was night, but the pedestrians on the street were still endless, and there were many people coming and going.

Li Maicheng hid in a tall tower in the east of the city, looking around the movements in all directions in the east of the city.

And Wu Shitong hid on the roof of an attic not far from the Qingyu Demon Hunting Gate, staring intently at the Qingyu Demon Hunting Gate and the movements in the north of the city.

Su Chengxuan hid on the roof of an inn in the south of the city, condescendingly observing the movements of the entire south of the city.

Zhou Xiaotian hid on the roof of the Taiye's house in Chengxi County, carefully watching the movements of the entire Chengxi.

The night is getting deeper and deeper, the stars in the sky are getting brighter and brighter, there are fewer and fewer pedestrians on the streets, and the people in the city are going home to sleep one by one, and the barking of dogs can be heard from time to time in the city.

Wu Shitong hid in high spirits on the roof of the pavilion not far from the Qingyu Demon Hunting Gate, overlooking the entire north of the city, after a while, suddenly flew out of the Qingyu Demon Hunting Gate A black-clothed masked man, that person was strong in martial arts, flying eaves and walls, flying over a piece of roof, and Wu Shitong quietly followed behind, and followed to a house in the north of the city, only to see that the house was still lit up.

At this time, the man in black jumped into the house, and then suddenly there was a scream, and the light went out, Wu Shitong saw this, and quickly lit the cloud-piercing arrow and shot it into the air, and then he took the Qiankun axe, jumped into the house, and chased the man in black.

When Wu Shitong entered the house, he found that there was a young man lying on the ground in the house, only to see that there were still a few peacock feathers on the ground, and the man also had a dagger inserted in his body, Wu Shitong looked at it by the moonlight, and found that the dagger was written with the words "Xiqi Mountain", and he immediately looked for the traces of the man in black in the house, and suddenly the masked man in black flew out of the window, and then flew on the roof.

Seeing this, Wu Shitong also flew out of the window and flew up to the roof to chase, only to see the black-clothed man flying desperately with a sword in his hand, and at this time, Li Maicheng, Zhou Xiaotian, and Su Chengxuan also rushed over after receiving the signal of the cloud-piercing arrow, and the four of them surrounded the black-clothed masked man on the roof.

Wu Shitong shouted while chasing after him on the rooftop, "Senior brother, that person flew out of the Qingyu Demon Hunting Gate. ”

When Li Maicheng heard this, he shouted, "Dog thief, take your life." ”

Then the four of them surrounded him with weapons and fought with the man in black.

Li Maicheng said while fighting, "You used to be from Cuiyun Pavilion?"

The man in black did not reply, and retreated as he blocked his weapon with his sword.

Li Maicheng continued to ask, "Why do you want to blame the peacock spirit?"

The man in black still didn't answer, Li Maicheng continued to chase and slash, while Zhou Xiaotian sneaked up from behind and removed the man's mask, and then the man in black lowered his head sharply, and picked up the mask and covered his face.

Seeing this, Su Cheng immediately stabbed it with the Qinglong Sword, and stabbed the man in black in the heart with a sword, and immediately the man in black fell to the ground, vomiting blood, and struggling on the roof.

Li Maicheng then walked over to remove the mask of the man in black, only to see a familiar face appear in front of them at this time.

Li Maicheng said in surprise: "Why you?"

The man vomited blood and replied, "Because I have a feud with the peacock spirit." ”

Li Maicheng said: "But the people you killed are innocent, why, Master Qian, why did you do that?"

Master Qian vomited blood and said weakly: "It's too late to say anything now." ”

Li Maicheng looked at Qian Zecheng, the head of the Qingyu Demon Hunting Sect, and was very surprised, he never thought that the murderer was Qian Zecheng, the head of the Qingyu Demon Hunting Sect. He said: "Master Qian, tell me your motive for killing those people." ”

Master Qian wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said: " I was originally a cultivator in the Cuiyun Pavilion of Cuiyun Mountain, I am the senior brother in the pavilion, and then we suffered the slaughter of the peacock essence, more than 50 people up and down the pavilion of Cuiyun, and I was killed to the only one left, fortunately, I escaped to the dense forest in the mountain, only to escape, and then our Cuiyun Pavilion was abandoned, I went down the mountain, and then incognito, opened the Qingyu Demon Hunting Gate, and accepted all the disciples of the rivers and lakes, in order to eliminate the peacock essence to my master and junior brother They avenged, but unfortunately since that incident, the peacock essence evaporated from Yuning County, and then I heard that there was a person named Wang Shiqiang recently, he said that he had seen the peacock essence in Xiqi Mountain, I then went to find it secretly by myself, but I didn't see any trace of peacock essence all over the mountain, so I had to go to Wang Shiqiang's house to find him and ask him if he lied to me, and then he told me not to tell me, and he also said that he knew some of my secrets and wanted to go to the county government to expose me. ”

Li Maicheng said: "What secret? Do you have a handle in his hands?"

Master Qian sighed and said, "Yes, I have a personal affair with the county princess and concubine." ”

Li Maicheng said: "How did Wang Shiqiang know about this kind of private affair?"

The head of Qian replied: "I and the county lord's concubine were secretly seen by Wang Shiqiang in the Xiqi Mountain tryst behind his house, and he also revealed this to his two drinking friends, that is, the two people I killed later. ”

Li Maicheng sighed and said, "Hey, that's the case, I want to ask you, how did you get along with the county lord's concubine." ”

The head of Qian replied: "The concubine of the county master has always admired the demon hunter, so she often came to my Qingyu Demon Hunter Gate, and then I slowly got to know her. ”

Li Maicheng said: "Then why did you kill people, but you want to blame the peacock spirit?"

Master Qian replied: " Because the peacock essence really exists, you have to be careful, she is very powerful, she has been dormant in Yuning County, waiting for the opportunity, this time your Han mission is here, I think she is going to reappear in the rivers and lakes, she is really terrible, back then I Cuiyun Pavilion was full of martial arts cultivators, was the peacock spirit with the little demon, almost killed, so these years I opened this green jade demon hunting door, but I want to eliminate the peacock essence, but I because of a moment of greed for beauty, and made a big mistake, so I ended up in this end, in the end I also hope that you don't spread this matter, I am willing to accept the punishment of death。 ”

Li Maicheng replied: "Okay, head Qian, I promise." ”

The head of Qian finally said weakly: "Brother Maicheng, help me convey it, after my death, my position as the head of the Qingyu Demon Hunting Sect will be passed on to Zhou Yide, he is a good talent, I believe in him, and let them not forget the will to slaughter the peacock essence." ”

Li Maicheng nodded and said, "Okay, Master Qian, I promise you." ”

After Li Maicheng finished speaking, Master Qian closed his eyes slightly and died.