Coming out of Jinyun's bosom friend's workshop, Feng Zhiling wanted to go to Na Taishou's house immediately to teach Han Renguang a lesson.

But at this time, she was a little hungry, she found a small noodle restaurant and sat down to eat a bowl of somen noodles, after paying, touched her purse, there were only a few copper plates left, and she was a little sad.

For so many years, she hadn't paid attention to the problem of money, if she hadn't brought some from Tianyin Pavilion before, I'm afraid she would have been sleeping on the streets a long time ago. But now, the copper plates in front of her told her that she was almost ready to sleep on the streets.

The streets are the streets, what are you afraid of! It's good to find a broken temple and a nest! I'm not afraid of ghosts! Ghosts may be afraid of me!

A flash of inspiration flashed through her mind.

Broken temple, yes, wasn't there a clean broken temple last night?

Isn't it much better to sleep there than to sleep on the streets? there are fewer people, no one to disturb her, and she can breathe in her head.

Well, that's it.

Before going to the ruined temple, she also went to do one thing.

She came to the mansion of the county guard, found a hidden corner and quietly climbed in, as a person who has climbed trees and climbed over the wall to smash birds' nests in Taiyi Mountain since childhood, this can be described as a familiar road - she carefully probed and found Han Renguang's yard, and saw a young man dressed in rich and gorgeous clothes in the courtyard blindfolded and playing with a group of small maids, the maids kept calling the eldest son, and she knew that this person was the adult's bastard son Han Renguang.

She hid in a corner of the courtyard wall, and looked at the table near her at a luxurious crystal cup, which she didn't know if it was wine or what. Such a gorgeous and expensive utensil, you can tell who used it at a glance.

She glanced at the opportunity and quickly threw a pill in the cup - she grew up playing with crossbow arrows and slingshots, which was a piece of cake for her. The pill quickly melted into the yellowish liquid as if nothing had happened.

It wasn't until she hid outside the courtyard wall and watched Han Renguang drink the liquid with the pill in it that she smiled a few times and quietly crawled out of the county guard's mansion.

This time it was enough for him to lie down for a month or two.

Feng Zhiling went to the inn again and walked to the ruined temple where she had been last night.

When I followed the four palanquin drivers last night, it was too dark and a little nervous, and I didn't notice that the scenery along the road was still very beautiful.

There is a trail in the barren mountains and wilderness, and the flowers and trees around it grow at will, and the green leaves are new, and the spring is very strong. After two small hills, and then passing a wild cemetery, you can see a small temple made of adobe and wood. There is no gloom of barren mountains and graves, but the birds are singing and fragrant, and a thin river meanders through it, surrounded by white pear blossoms, purple lilacs, and clumps of narcissus and lily of the valley by the water.

The most surprising thing was that there was a big spring at the bottom of the hillside, and she happened to be thirsty, so she took a sip of water and drank it.

It's warm, it's sweet!

It's right next to the wild graveyard, it can't flow from the pile of dead people, right?

Anyway, even the soul suffocator is afraid of me, even the corpse water should not poison me.

She was glad she had found a little paradise that no one was disturbing. So he slowly took off his veil, tied it around his waist, took off his shoes and socks, and washed his feet under the outlet of the spring.

After playing with the water for a while, Feng Zhiling saw that it was getting late, so he walked to the ruined temple not far away.

There are some bowls and water tanks in the temple, and the offerings for the table are some fruits, cooked bacon, and dried fruit preserves that have been put for a few days.

She looked up at the idol, which was burly and leaned forward, not knowing if it was not in a proper position, or if it was intended to create such an oppressive effect. The head of the idol was covered with a messy and rough brown-red hair, the face was molded into a broad inverted trapezoid, the pitted skin was painted an uneven dark green, the red eyebrows were like a knife to the back of the head, as if to fly out of the face, the eyes were wide and wide like copper bells, the nostrils were huge and open to the sky, and the mouth was open enough to occupy half of the whole face, as if it could put down a pot, and the yellow fangs were gritted hard. The limbs were carved with red and black hair, and the whole statue did not look like a god at all, but like a great man-eating beast.

This is probably the image of the red-haired demon in the mold, and sure enough, as the shopkeeper said, it is extremely ugly.

She tore up a tablecloth for the table, found a place behind the ugly idol, spread some dried weeds and leaves she had picked up, and covered it with a makeshift bed.

This night, listening to the sound of the wind outside the small temple, she slept quite soundly. In the first half of the night, some mosquitoes flew around, but in the second half of the night, it stopped and it was very quiet.

Two years ago, she had gone down the mountain with her brothers to investigate the Soul Eater's rebellion, and she had also had the experience of sleeping in the wild, and she remembered that the senior brother had stayed awake all night in order to keep vigil for her, meditating quietly beside her, and driving away mosquitoes for her.

Big brother, I don't know where I am at this time?

I ran like that that day, and he didn't chase him...... He must be angry, right? Will he forgive me?

In this way, he stayed in the temple for a few days, wandering around the neighborhood during the day, occasionally going to the city to see, and sleeping behind the ugly god at night. She slowly ate up all the offerings, and she filled the temple tank with some clean water for drinking.

In this wild cemetery, no one usually dares to come, and even animals rarely appear, at most a few hares pass by.

In the blink of an eye, it was seventeen. The morning was sunny, and Feng Zhiling came to the spring water covered by trees and weeds, and decided to take a good bath.

She already has a plan in her heart to deal with the red-haired demon, and plans to go to the bosom friend workshop to meet Miss Jinyun later.

Jinyun took in so many poor girls in the bosom friend workshop, and the girls trusted and respected her, which shows that she has a lot of experience and ability, and she must be a good person, Feng Zhiling guessed that she should help herself.

She thought about how to meet Jinyun in a while, and undressed herself and stepped barefoot into the warm spring water.

She spread her red hair and combed it well in the water.

There was no such light time, she was alone, in a place that belonged only to her, no one sympathized with her, no one was afraid of her, no one would blame her, and no one would force him.

At this moment, she is just a carefree, free, little self.

Satisfied with her soak in the hot springs, she slowly came out and put on clean clothes. At this time, a fresh breeze blew, and she subconsciously looked out of the bushes - she saw a woman, tiptoeing towards the ruined temple.

When the woman approached, she saw her clearly—it was Miss Jinyun.

Jin Yun held a food box in his hand, looked left and right along the way, cautiously entered the broken temple, and not long after, he came out of the temple and left.

Jinyun was so mysterious and secretive, she had new doubts, so she didn't appear out of nowhere.

After Jinyun left and walked away, she walked out of the bushes and returned to the temple.

There are a lot of offerings in the temple, and these offerings look much more delicate and attractive than before.

Jinyun came to deliver offerings, why did she look left and right as if she was afraid of being discovered? The red-haired demon should appear here in the broken temple tonight, and now it's noon, what is she doing here quietly? She won't have anything to do with the red-haired demon, right?

Just when she was hungry in the bath, she picked up a piece of flax cake and ate it while thinking.

Within moments, she was unconscious.

When she woke up, she found her hands and feet tied, lying on the floor of the temple, the sun was shining outside, and Miss Jinyun was beside her, holding a dagger, staring at her viciously.

"Miss Jinyun, you, me, did you tie me up, what are you going to do?" Feng Zhiling panicked.

"Youkai, where did you catch all those little girls?, hurry up and tell me, or I'll kill you!" Jinyun said fiercely.

"What little girl? Miss Jinyun, are you mistaken, I am, I am Lanxi! We met by the river that day, and I went to the bosom friend workshop with you, do you remember? I am not a monster, I am a human, you misunderstood!" Feng Zhiling explained lying on the ground.

"Lan Xi, it turns out that you are the red-haired demon, did you deliberately approach me that day?!" Jin Yun asked, still holding the dagger.

Feng Zhiling complained bitterly in her heart, this red-eyed and red-haired image is not the first time that she has been regarded as a monster. But this time, the red-haired demon happened to be red-haired, and she was really hard to distinguish now.

She sighed helplessly and said, "Alas, since I was a child, I have been regarded as a monster many times, so I cover my hair and eyes, and I dare not show my true face. But I'm really not a red-haired demon, my eyes and hair are a disease I had when I was a child...... After meeting you and Xiaozhu that day, I couldn't get angry later, and secretly went to poison Han Renguang, the son of the county guard, you should know, he has been sick in bed for several days now, and I did it. Miss Jinyun, think about it, if I were a red-haired monster, how could I be tied by such a thin rope from you?"

"Because I was blinded in those offerings

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Medicine, you are now poisoned, so you are powerless to resist. "Jinyun Road.

Feng Zhiling said helplessly: "Meng."

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So that's it...... Jinyun, I know I'm scary like this, but I'm really not a red-haired demon, just an ordinary person, because I don't have any coils on my body, so I have to stay in this temple for a few days...... You can go and see behind the statue, there is my baggage, and in the baggage is some elixirs that I often use to heal the sick and save people. ”

Jinyun began to be suspicious, and went to look through her baggage.

"Actually, the reason why I stayed in Jicheng was to deal with the red-haired demon. I heard that you send a little girl about ten years old to the red-haired demon as a sacrifice every seventh day of the month, and I can't bear it, so I want to stay and deal with the red-haired demon.

"Originally, I wanted to go to you today, I have a plan to deal with the red-haired demon, and I want to ask you for help, who knew that I saw you enter the temple alone to deliver offerings outside just now, and I was worried about what you had to do with the red-haired demon......"

Jinyun listened to what she said and reasoned, and thought to himself that maybe he was really mistaken? and heard her say that he had something to do with the red-haired monster, and hurriedly said: "I have something to do with the red-haired demon? I hate to catch it and kill the harmful monster with my own hands...... You're really not a red-haired demon?"

"If you have nothing to do with the red-haired demon, why did you sneak up on the temple to deliver offerings?" Feng Zhiling asked deliberately.

"As I have already said, there is Meng in the offering

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The medicine is intended to be used to catch the red-haired demon tonight. Jin Yun said, "Who knows, I came back to get a dropped handkerchief, only to find you fainting here." ”

"Jinyun, look at the statue of the red-haired demon above, and then look at me, do you think we are alike?" Feng Zhiling said helplessly.

Jinyun raised his head, looked at the hideous statue, and then looked at the beautiful girl lying on the ground who had no power to fight back, and said, "It's really not like it." But your hair and eyes ......"

Feng Zhiling said: "In addition to the color of the hair, where else is it like? Also, if you look carefully, my eyes are red, and the red-haired demon is black...... Alas, I was also miserable when I was treated as a demon and monster since I was a child. That's why I'm alone in this broken temple, and I don't want to see people. ”

Feng Zhiling's mouth was dry, and Jin Yun finally nodded and said, "I believe you." ”

After speaking, he untied the rope for Feng Zhiling, picked up a bowl, scooped a bowl of water from the water tank and handed it to Feng Zhiling.

"Thank you. Feng Zhiling took the bowl and took a few sips.

"I just tied you up, and you thank me. Jinyun said embarrassedly, "I'm really sorry. By the way, you said that you originally wanted to find me today and discuss dealing with the red-haired demon together?"

"It's not your fault, blame me for being gluttonous. Feng Zhiling smiled and said, "I want to find you." Why did you come to catch the red-haired demon yourself, and what were you going to do if the monster didn't eat the offerings?

"Well, yes. Jin Yun said, "Although my ability is limited, as long as there is only a slight possibility of success, I will try." ”

Jin Yun sat on the futon in front of the statue with Feng Zhiling, and explained why he came to the temple to catch the red-haired demon.

It turned out that Jinyun had always suspected that the red-haired demon was a monster raised by some rich and powerful families in Jicheng.

Among those powerful dignitaries, there are some who are full of warmth and lust

Lustful, filthy, and obscene men, who regard human life as a mustard, their private lives are obscene, and they specialize in girls, especially for little girls around ten years old, they simply have a perverted pursuit preference. Once a good-looking girl falls into their hands, she will definitely be abused to the point of being bruised, mentally broken, or directly abused to death.

Jinyun's sister is one of the victims. Three years ago, Jinyun's sister suddenly disappeared, and when her body was found, she was thrown into a wild cemetery outside the city, covered in whip marks and bruises, and her limbs were strangled by iron chains

There was a tattered and bleeding place, and there was not a single piece of good skin on his body except for his face. The government closed the case vaguely, Jin Yun was angry, and made trouble a few times, but was perfunctory and suppressed by the government, inexplicably gave her some compensation, and threatened her openly and secretly not to mention it again.

Of course, Jinyun did not stop there, and after a long investigation, he found out the real cause of her sister's death - it turned out that she was abused by a middle-aged man in a powerful position in Jicheng

Violent death.

Suffering from the lack of direct evidence and weak strength, she has been forbearing, and can only secretly and silently take in some little girls who have escaped from the mouth of the tiger and wolf. However, the idea of avenging his sister with his own hands has never stopped.

Since the incident of beating Jinyun's sister was all over the city, those things are no longer so rampant.

Until a year ago, the red-haired demon suddenly appeared.

The red-haired demon has too many doubts.

It only grabbed little girls and basically did not hurt others; after it took those little girls, their bodies were abandoned in a wild cemetery, and the corpses were very similar to Jinyun's sisters; after the Taoist priests disappeared, they heard that they were dead, but no bodies were found; and then they came out for a long time, and just came up with a solution of using a little girl about ten years old as a sacrifice; wouldn't it be too coincidental that all this happened?

After hearing this, Feng Zhiling was extremely angry.

Jinyun's suspicion is very reasonable. And Han Renguang, the son of Taishou that day, must also be a beast with this preference.

Seeing Jinyun's depressed mood, Feng Zhiling comforted: "Your sister ...... Don't be too upset. I'll definitely find a way to catch that culprit, find out all the people with human faces and beasts, and let them kill people to pay for their lives. ”

Feng Zhiling thought silently: It seems that this time it really has nothing to do with the Demon Realm.

This Jicheng is far from being as glamorous as it seems on the surface.

Feng Zhiling told Jinyun her plan.

She wanted to wait for the evening to come, and use herself as a sacrifice to replace the little girl in the original sedan chair and meet the red-haired monster. She carried a lot of powerful Wai Dan on her body—all kinds of poisons, antidotes, wound medicines, smoke, fire pills, thunder pills, and retreat pills...... It can come in handy when the time comes.

Her plan was to wait until she was sent to the temple by the palanquin man, and Jinyun would take a few strong men to the surrounding area to hide first. As soon as the red-haired monster appeared, she used the guide to stun the monster, and then sent a signal to subdue the monster, and asked a few strong men to come out and tie up the red-haired monster with the prepared thick hemp rope.

Jin Yun didn't know the bottom in her heart, she was worried that Feng Zhiling couldn't deal with that terrible monster alone.

In order to reassure Jinyun, Feng Zhiling took out a fire pill and threw it into the open space outside, and with a "bang" sound, a three-zhang fire appeared on the ground, and a big hole was cracked in the ground of the explosion.

Although Jinyun was still worried, he was a little relieved.

"Jinyun, when I was in Tong'an County, I dealt with a very terrible plague, so this red-haired demon is nothing. I've seen even the most terrible things. Feng Zhiling comforted.

She wanted to say, I've seen a terrible monster that kills hundreds of people in a flash.

- I'm not afraid of demons, I'm a demon myself.

However, she forgot one thing, this time she had to face more than just the red-haired demon.

The two discussed for a while, and after noon, Feng Zhiling put on a hat and went back to the Zhiyin Pavilion with Jinyun to eat something. According to Feng Zhiling's idea, Jin Yun went to talk to the big men carrying the sedan chair early, and each gave them some benefits, so that they agreed that Feng Zhiling would replace the little girl who was originally a sacrifice, and also promised to pick up Feng Zhiling near the broken temple at night.

In the evening of the same day, Feng Zhiling wrapped her head in white silk, and prepared some pills that might be used, and put them close to her body.

Jinyun settled the replaced little girl in the bosom friend workshop, and loosely tied ropes to Feng Zhiling's hands and feet, tied a slipknot at will, helped her onto the sedan chair, and told her three times to be careful.

Feng Zhiling smiled lightly: "Don't worry." When the time comes, you must listen to my signals, and do not act rashly without my signals. Remembered. ”

Jin Yun and the four big men nodded in agreement.

As soon as the time came, the sedan chair was delivered to the broken temple at the usual time.

After being carried in the temple, Feng Zhiling, who was wrapped in a veil, stood quietly, patiently waiting for the red-haired demon to appear.

Suddenly, a gust of wind rose, and Feng Zhiling saw a huge red-haired monster through the thin veil and jumped in through the window.

The moonlight shining through the window made her see the silhouette of the monster.

Taller than an adult man, very burly, covered with brown-red hair, even wearing tattered men's clothes, barefoot, with a deep and long wound on the instep, gurgling and bleeding, it should have just been punctured by some sharp object, the wound is estimated to be very painful, the monster's face is a little painful, and two lines of tears are squeezed out.

Youkai actually shed tears. Feng Zhiling hesitated for a moment, looked at the monster's face, it just took its hand to wipe its own tears, the hair covering its face was wiped behind her ears by its hand, and a handsome side face with a sharp outline appeared in front of her in the moonlight - this is a good-looking man at all!!

What is this statue carved in front of you?

Moreover, there was no malice on the red-haired demon's face, only a pitiful and aggrieved expression because of the pain.

It limped out of the silver moonlight into the shadows, and gasped as it approached her.

It moved gently, as if soothingly, patted her on the back, leaned into her ear and smelled her, then carried her on its shoulder, slowly walked to the window, jumped into it, and thus jumped out of the ruined temple, and disappeared into the night.

Feng Zhiling didn't have time to react, or didn't think about whether to react, and was carried by the red-haired demon to a remote cave. The red-haired demon gently sat on the ground, and then sat quietly next to her.

What does that mean? Feng Zhiling looked up and down at this legendary terrifying red-haired demon through the veil.

Could it be that the legend is wrong?

The red-haired demon looked down at his wound and let out a few painful noises from time to time*.

Feng Zhiling tried to say, "Are you human?"

The red-haired demon glanced at her, twisted his head back, and continued to look at the wound.

Feng Zhiling simply loosened the slipknot of the rope with her mouth, and found that the monster didn't care about her, so she took out a bottle of medicine and sprinkled some on the wound of the medicine powder monster, and a layer of white smoke came out of the wound, and the monster "hissed" and glared at Feng Zhiling.

Feng Zhiling's hands trembled, and said, "Wound medicine, it's good for your wounds." ”

The youkai continued to look at his wounds.

After a while, the wound solidified, and the monster no longer showed a hideous expression, and the whole face looked much calmer, but it was a little dirty.

"Are you human? Can you understand me? If you do, nod your head. Feng Zhiling said.

The youkai glanced at her, as if thinking about what she was talking about.

"Forget it. Feng Zhiling took out another bottle of medicine, poured out one, handed it to its mouth, and motioned for it to open its mouth, "Open your mouth and eat." This is the elixir, and if you are human, this may help you regain your senses. ”

The monster didn't know if it understood, so it opened its mouth and bit the medicine, and put it in its mouth along with Feng Zhiling's two fingers, but it didn't bite with its teeth, it just held it like that, and looked at Feng Zhiling innocently with its eyes. Feng Zhiling hurriedly pulled her hand out of its mouth and wiped the wet saliva on herself.

She looked at the monster who should have swallowed the medicine, so she put away the medicine bottle, and was about to continue talking to this monster, when she suddenly smelled a strange smell, and said in her heart, not good, why does this smell look a bit like smoke?

Feng Zhiling's last consciousness was to vaguely see a stout man holding a large gray sack from her head and putting her whole body into the sack.

The man had a beard on his face, a square face and horizontal eyebrows, and he picked up Feng Zhiling in the sack and ran out of the cave quickly. And the handsome red-haired demon still fainted in the cave.