There are two reasons why he appeared on the fishing boat at the pier of Lingang Village late at night.

The first is to take this opportunity to come out and relax.

The second is that he heard that the fishermen in Lingang Village have passed on the word that "water ghosts" sometimes appear in the Canglan River, and this "water ghost" likes to sneak on the fishing boat in the middle of the night to harm people, so Zhao Ting wanted to come and see if he could catch a "water ghost" by the way and go back to add food.

His little black fishing boat had been parked on the dock for a long time, from a little dark to late at night.

However, the Canglan River has always been flat, and it is obvious that his fishing law enforcement has not been fooled by a "water ghost".

Depressed, Zhao Ting had no choice but to open the wine on the boat and drink it to himself in front of the bright moon.

The moonlight sprinkled on the boat, and facing the lonely shadow on the deck, Zhao Ting felt a little self-pitying.

He stood at the bow of the boat, raised the silver bottle in his hand, and whispered: "When is the bright moon?" I don't know what year it is in the heavenly palace. I want to go back by the wind, but I am afraid of Qionglou Yuyu, and the high place is unbearable. ”

At this point he paused, drank the wine from his glass, and then sang: "Dance to figure out the shadow, how is it like to be in the world?"

I was a little drunk for a while.

"Good words, really good words. ”

On the left side of the ship's deck, an old voice suddenly sounded.

Zhao Ting was shocked, and the blush on his face disappeared without a trace in an instant, he looked back suddenly, only to see an old man in a black robe appear on the deck at some point.

Although the old man has a pale beard, there is no wrinkle on his face, and it is extremely smooth.

Well, if you ignore his sudden appearance, and then ignore the pair of triangular snake eyes on his face that glow red gold in the dark night, the situation will definitely not be as weird as it is now.

The moment the black-robed old man appeared, Zhao Ting felt that the ship was suddenly much colder, as if time had gone back to winter, and at the same time, the killing force in his body was about to solidify and not functioning properly.

"It's really a good literary style," the black-robed old man was looking at Zhao Ting with a smile with his red golden snake eyes at this time, and his praise was overflowing, "I have read no less than 10,000 of your human poems, but there are only ten poems that can be compared with the poem you just wrote." ”

"I don't know if this word has a lower rhyme?"

As soon as the black-robed old man opened his mouth, he revealed his identity, obviously not planning to let Zhao Ting go.

Of course, Zhao Ting also understood this.

"Of course there is," he coughed lightly, his face unchanged, pretending that he didn't understand the meaning of the black-robed old man's words at all, "Xia Rong is, turn to Zhu Ge, low Qihu, and sleep without sleep." There should be no hatred, what is the long time to say goodbye? People have joys and sorrows, and the moon is cloudy and sunny, and this matter is difficult to complete. ”

"I hope that people will last a long time, thousands of miles together. ”

Although he is also chanting poetry and lyrics, his state of mind at this time is not the same as Fang Cai's state of mind at all.

Zhao Ting's heart was in chaos.

The black-robed old man naturally heard Zhao Ting's mood fluctuations before and after, he smiled, and the jagged fangs in his mouth glowed with a hint of cold light under the bright moon.

A good sentence "I wish people a long time, thousands of miles together". The black-robed old man first praised it, and then twitched his nose, as if he smelled something from Zhao Ting. "You...... There was a smell that was familiar to me. ”

Looking at his movements, Zhao Ting's heart was slightly cold, but he was still silent on the surface.

At the same time, the killing power in his body was contracting frantically, shrinking into the killing crystal on the left side of his heart. It wasn't until there was no longer a trace of killing power in his body and he looked like a mortal that he stopped.

And the black-robed old man, after sniffing twice and really didn't smell anything, also gave up the investigation, and instead said with a smile: "A mortal like you who is as smart and talented as you, I really can't bear it." ”

"The seniors laughed," Zhao Ting replied indifferently, "It's a matter of course for monsters to harm people, just like people eat animals." ”

The black-robed old man was a little surprised when he said this: "You can see it thoroughly, huh...... I'll leave you a whole corpse. ”

“......”

Zhao Ting tugged at the corners of his mouth and showed an embarrassed smirk: "In this way, the junior wants to thank you?"

"Well, this ......"

"Hey, Zhao Si, why are you here?" As the two were talking, Zhao Ting suddenly raised his hand and pointed behind the black-robed old man with a surprised expression.

The expression on his face was so realistic that the black-robed old man subconsciously looked behind him, but forgot that he was standing at the edge of the deck, and behind him was the surging river.

Where is there who?

When the black-robed old man realized that he had been deceived, when he turned back, the deck of the boat was empty, and only his black shadow reflected by the moonlight remained.

"Eh, what about people?" the black-robed old man's eyes widened in surprise, slightly stunned.

He closed his eyes unbelievingly, and a purple-black, three-inch-long forked tongue poked out of his mouth, and began to seriously perceive everything around him inch by inch.

After a long time, the black-robed old man withdrew this strange long tongue and muttered in some surprise: "The duck that reached the beak actually flew? ”

casually laughed at himself, and the black-robed old man did not continue to waste time on the boat, but stepped lightly on his feet and jumped onto the dock.

I didn't see any other movement from him, just a leisurely stroll, but the speed was like flying, and in the blink of an eye he left the river, approached Lingang Village, crossed the artificially dug pond at the entrance of the village, crossed the rows of neat houses in the village, and came to the ancient well in the center of the village.

"It's still a lot worse to rely on a "ghost mist vine", I need a "spirit", huh...... A whole "spirit" in Linshan County should be enough, right?"

The black-robed old man muttered to himself, his eyes flashing with excitement and bloodthirsty light, but he didn't notice that a thin humanoid black shadow had quietly separated from his shadow and sneaked into the shadow of an old locust tree next to him.

......

......

Following.

At dawn, the sun was just revealing half of its body.

Linshan City County Ya Nei was already crowded with people at this time, and a middle-aged man in a short robe walked in from outside the hall, and said respectfully: "My lord, this person said that he was here to report the case, saying that there was a big incident in Lingang Village outside the city. ”

Lord Xu, who was sitting high in the hall, tightened his face when he heard this, and immediately asked solemnly: "What happened in Lingang Village?" ”

The middle-aged man knelt on the ground, his face was still a little frightened and ugly, "Report to the county official, the grass people's name is Qin Fugui, and he is a fishmonger in the city. The grass people have always had business dealings with the people of Lingang Village, and every day at the beginning of the day, the grass people will go to Lingang Village to collect fish and bring them to the city to sell. ”

"Can ...... today Today, when the grass people went to collect fish, they found that Lingang Village was quiet, and they would greet me at the entrance of the village at this time in the past. ”

So the grass people felt a little strange at the time, and after the grass people entered the village to inspect, they found that the people in Lingang Village were ...... They are all dead, like the ones I know, Wang Er, Wang San, Li Datou, they are all dead......"

"All dead?" Lord Xu's face sank, and he continued to ask seriously, "Can you see how they died?"

The middle-aged man thought for a moment and hesitated: "All of them have dark faces, and their expressions before they die are hideous and painful, like ...... It's like being poisoned. ”

After asking a few more words, Lord Xu saw that he couldn't ask anything more, so he called over a hall master Bo and took the middle-aged man down to register.

After sending the middle-aged man away, thinking back to what he said, Lord Xu's heart couldn't help but become heavy.

Last time, Niushou Village was slaughtered, and this time it was Lingang Village that was slaughtered.

Although the facts of the case are the same, the nature is completely different.

After all, Niushou Village is still not a short distance away from Linshan City, and even if there is an "ominous" there, it will not threaten the city in a short time.

But Lingang Village is different.

Lingang Village is not far from the city, from the north gate, less than a quarter of an hour to arrive, such a close distance, Linshan City may be affected at any time pond fish!