The golden morning sun fell, and the rustling of leaves filled the air with the faint fragrance of plants.

On the river dam outside Zhangwan Village, two fishermen with bloodshot eyes yawned one after another.

I didn't sleep all night, and they couldn't hold on to it anymore.

"Oh, I'm a mother, how long do we have to stay here? Yawning and rubbing his sour eyes, Zhao He glanced at Zhangwan Village not far away.

"The city order hasn't spoken, so we have to guard it here.

I can only hope that those who are guarding the yamen will come soon. Glancing at the big sun overhead, Song Shangtao, the old catcher, smoked dry cigarettes.

Stretching his waist, Zhao He rubbed his stomach: "Hungry, Uncle Song, I'll go buy some breakfast and let's eat." ”

"Okay, nothing will happen in broad daylight anyway. Go and come back quickly. ”

In broad daylight, the old catcher didn't think there would be any surprises, so he nodded and asked the young catcher to buy something to eat and come back.

After standing at the post all night, his stomach also growled a little.

"Gotcha. Uncle Song, what are you eating? or fried buns and fragrant rice porridge?"

"Whatever. Nodding, Song Shangtao knocked the cigarette pouch pot to the sole of his shoe, and took out a new tobacco from the small bag on the cigarette stick.

After Zhao He left, only Song Shangtao was left alone on the river dam, looking at Zhangwan Village, which was like a dead place.

"It's a good village, and it's ruined. Tsk, that's a pity. ”

The wheat fields outside Zhangwan Village are already golden, and it is obvious that it is a bumper year.

But in this harvest season, this village suffered a catastrophe, and the whole village died cleanly.

Sighing, Song Shangtao shrugged his shoulders and said secretly, it seems that it is safer to live in the city.

The cigarette holder was smacked, and a light gray smoke cloud came out of Song Shangtao's nose.

The smoke mixes together and entangles and flies in the air

"Huh? That's ......."

The smoke drifted in front of him, and Song Shangtao habitually narrowed his eyes.

On the road at the entrance of Zhangwan Village in the distance, a figure was walking towards this side.

Putting down the cigarette pouch and pot, Song Shangtao stood up and grabbed the handle of the knife on his waist with one hand, frowned slightly, and shouted at the figure walking towards this side: "What person!"

"Don't be nervous, I'm human. Hearing Song Shangtao's shouting, the figure on the opposite side hurriedly raised his hands to signal that he was not threatening.

Hearing the voice, Song Shangtao's brows softened slightly.

At this time, the figure also approached, it was in Zhangwan Village that disappeared strangely, and was considered by Sun Deyi and several people to be Wei Ming, who was more than auspicious!

"Are you...... Yesterday's Hidden Soldiers.

Why, are you also staying here to garrison?" Recognizing that Wei Ming was the hidden soldier who came to deal with the Yin Ghost yesterday, Song Shangtao let go of the hand of the lying knife and took the cigarette bag and pot again.

Seeing Wei Ming coming out of Zhangwan Village, Lao Zhukuai thought that he was also left in Zhangwan Village to stand guard.

"yes, I kept watch all night. With a tired face, Wei Ming smiled helplessly and walked to Song Shangtao's side.

Raising the cigarette pouch pot in his hand, Lao Zhu smiled quickly and said, "Do you know how to smoke?" ”

"Okay. ”

With a smile on his face, Wei Ming reached out to pick up the cigarette pouch and pot from the old catcher.

"You're ......"

Looking at Wei Ming, who was pinching his wrist, Song Shangtao looked dazed.

"Didn't you give me a pick-me-up?"

The smile on his face was stiff and eerie, and Wei Ming opened his mouth, his scarlet sticky tongue branching off from the middle, revealing a face the size of a fist with a pair of miserable white pupils.

"You, you, you......"

With a pale face, Song Shangtao began to struggle vigorously, trying to break free from the wrist held by Wei Ming.

"Don't worry, it doesn't hurt at all. ”

soothed the frightened Song Shangtao with a smile, and the face on Wei Ming's tongue suddenly turned into a white shadow.

With a pop, it stabbed into the head of the old catcher.

Song Shangtao's eyes were white, and an unconscious moan came out of his mouth.

Moments later, the body collapsed to the ground with weakness.

"As I get older, it tastes a lot worse. Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Wei Ming indifferently glanced at the corpse of the old catcher at his feet, raised his leg onto the river embankment, and prepared to go down.

And at this moment, Zhao He, who was carrying two oiled paper bags in his hand, and Zhao He, who still exuded a strong fragrance in them, came back humming a little song.

"Yo, this one is much younger. It should taste better. ”

Smiling, Wei Ming took the initiative to catch up with Zhao He, who came back, with a pair of hands that were as white as snow and blue-black veins were a little dazzling, and skillfully grabbed Xiao Yukuai's wrist.

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Sun Deyi, who hastily finished breakfast, wiped his mouth, and beckoned everyone to set off to Zhangwan Village.

After getting out of the crossing, the six of them did not delay all the way, and arrived at the river dam outside Zhangwan Village in less than a quarter of an hour.

"It's broken, something happened!"

When he came to the river dam, Sun Deyi saw two figures lying on the ground from a distance, let out a low shout, and hurriedly quickened his pace to catch up.

Zhao He, whose brain was broken open with a big blood hole, his eyes were blankly open, and his face still had the horror and distortion of before death.

On the other side, Zhang Tianxue also ran to check on the dead Song Shangtao.

With a gloomy face, he closed his eyes for Zhao He, Sun Deyi got up slowly, and didn't say anything, but his right hand, which was holding the soft scale knife, was already bulging!

"It seems that the yin ghost has left Zhangwan Village.

The ghost that can appear during the day......"

Zhang Tianxue's expression was solemn, and the yin ghosts who could haunt during the day were almost all the most powerful characters in their class.

In other words, the Yin Ghost who killed these two Catch Kuai and Wei Ming is very likely to be more powerful and difficult to deal with than the giant baby Yin Ghost.

"Let's go to the village first and find Wei Ming's body. Taking a deep breath, Sun Deyi said this very slowly.

Now that the Yin Ghost had left Zhangwan Village, it would take a lot of effort for them to find it again.

Entering Zhangwan Village again, this time when he came in, Xiang Yuan could clearly feel the gloomy feeling, which faded a lot.

The whole village was still silent, but it didn't have the chill that sent chills down the spine of yesterday.

For the sake of safety, when searching for Wei Ming, a team of two was still taken, Niu Da and Song Ning, Fan Guchun and Xiang Yuan, while Sun Deyi and Zhang Tianxue acted alone, a total of four teams, and quickly searched in the village.

After a period of searching, everyone gathered at the entrance of Zhangwan Village again.

"No?"

Stunned to see the people who came back empty-handed, Sun Deyi's brows furrowed together.

"Could it be that Wei Ming is still alive?"

Wei Ming's body was not found, and everyone was happy and suspicious.

The good news is that Wei Ming may still be alive and has escaped from Zhangwan Village.

The suspicion is that since even the two catchers guarding the river dam were killed by the yin ghost, how could he let Wei Ming go?

And looking at the methods of the yin ghost, he is just sucking people's brains, and he is not interested in other parts, so it is unlikely that Wei Ming will be eaten and there will be no corpses.

"Let's go back to Xiadu first, we must notify Zhao Shiling as soon as possible, the Yin Ghost is transferred, if it mixes into Xiadu City, then something will happen. ”

The failure to find Wei Ming's body shrouded Sun Deyi's heart with another layer of clouds.

There was no way, everyone could only return to the lower crossing first.

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In Xiadu City, seeing the bodies of Song Shangtao and Zhao He, Zhao Guang, who was under the order of Xiadu City, almost collapsed to the ground.

"This, this...... How so?!"

was supported by the people on the side, Zhao Guang's voice trembled.

Zhao He is his own nephew, and he asked him to guard the river dam, hoping to use this incident to gild him so that he can be promoted in the future.

But I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen.

"Lao Zhao, don't be too sad, blame me for this matter.

It's that I didn't expect that there were two yin ghosts in Zhangwan Village, and one of them could still haunt during the day. ”

With a gloomy expression, Sun Deyi opened his mouth to calm Zhao Guang.

In the final analysis, this matter is indeed something he owes it to consider, after all, there are almost few yin ghosts in the past few years, even if there are multiple yin ghosts in the center of the Liaohe River this time.

The impact of the downward crossing is also very small.

Therefore, in this environment, Sun Deyi subconsciously underestimated the danger of Zhangwan Village, which also indirectly led to the disappearance and death of Wei Ming and the two arresters.

After being helped to the chair to calm down, Zhao Guang said, "What about the yin ghost who killed my nephew?"

"That's what we're going to talk to you about.

Now that the ghost is gone, you must order your men to put up a notice and impose a curfew at the same time!

Although the yin ghost can walk in the daytime, he will not blatantly harm people in the daytime.

He'd definitely wait until the evening, looking for an opportunity.

There's not much time left until dark, you have to hurry!"

Hearing that the Yin Ghost was nowhere to be found, Zhao Guang's face became even more ugly.

Forcefully walked in front of Sun Deyi, the order of the city of Xiadu, leaned into the ear of the town guard, and gritted his teeth slightly.

"Do you know what the boss will do with you and me in the event of a case where a ghost wantonly hurts someone!

I will immediately send someone to do what you said, and you will also give me a hurry to find that yin ghost, and then rectify the Fa on the spot!"

Only in this way can you and my black yarn hat be saved!"

Zhao Guang's words came out almost word by word, gritting his teeth.

Knowing that this matter is indeed very serious, Sun Deyi nodded silently: "Lao Zhao, don't worry, even if you don't say it, I will do my best." ”

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On the streets, notices were posted at the gates of the city walls and on the bulletin boards of the markets.

"Why is there a curfew all of a sudden?"

"yes, why is there a curfew, I just point to the evening to get some guests. ”

"It's impossible for the yamen to have a curfew for no reason, maybe something happened. ”

As soon as the notice was posted, a group of people gathered around and immediately began to discuss.

Even among the ordinary people, there are vendors who rely on small business at night, and there are also some domestic cooks from some large families in the city.

They gathered around the notice, and you and I discussed the reason for the curfew.

In the small alleys of the city, several people guarding the yamen scattered and searched.

According to Sun Deyi's estimate, this yin ghost obviously has a certain amount of wisdom, otherwise he would not have hidden in Zhangwan Village to ambush Wei Ming, who was alone.

So in broad daylight, it definitely won't hurt people in plain sight.

But some sparsely populated, secluded alleys may become the scene of its murders.

After searching an alley, Xiang Yuan came to the street, and the traces of sweat were already clearly visible on his back.

Although Xiadu City is not as big as Ruyang, the workload is really not small with only five or six people searching for Xiang Yuan.

Taking a breath, Xiang Yuan turned around and prepared to walk to the next alley.

Missing the two men, Xiang Yuan's eyes suddenly fell on the short knife held by the two.

"Soft Scale Knife, please stay. ”

Seeing the standard knives of the hidden soldiers in the hands of the two of them, Xiang Yuan's eyes moved.

After a pause, the two men, one tall and one short, also heard Xiang Yuan recognize their soft-scaled knives: "Colleague?"

"Colleague, take a step to speak. Xiang Yuan tore off the clothes on his chest slightly, revealing the heart shield inside.

Seeing the heart guards, the two men showed a look of surprise.

The three of them moved into the uninhabited alley, and the two men with soft-scaled knives arched their hands towards Xiang Yuan:

"Shen Hongfei (Tong Ping), on the order of Shangfeng, came to the Liaohe area to suppress the Yin ghosts. ”

"In Xia Xiangyuan, like you, I also came to Liaohe to help suppress the Yin Ghosts. ”

informed each other of their names, Shen Hongfei, who was a little taller and looked good-looking, said: "My two brothers first arrived in the treasure land, and they were looking for the local town guard yamen.

I don't know if Brother Xiang can lead the way. ”

"It's natural, but it's not a coincidence.

In the past two days, two Ding-grade Yin Ghosts have appeared one after another, one has been killed, and the other is missing, and it is estimated that they are hidden in the city.

Now all the hidden soldiers in the yamen are searching for traces of yin ghosts in the city.

Now you have gone to guard the yamen, and there is no one. Xiang Yuan explained.

"Is the situation in Liaohe so serious?" This time it was Tong Ping who had a slightly shorter head, but a significantly stronger body.

This man with a pair of green eyebrows tattoos speaks very crisply, and the words are clear, which makes people sound very comfortable.

"Well, this escaped ghost is very weird, and has already killed two trappers and a local hidden soldier. ”

"Hidden soldiers killed?"

Hearing that there were already hidden soldiers killed, Shen Hongfei and Tong Ping's eyes sank slightly.

"In that case, let's stay and help.

Anyway, our mission this time is to assist the local town guard yamen in Liaohe and suppress the yin ghosts. Glancing at each other, Tong Ping said.

"That couldn't be better. "It's good to have two more people to help. Xiang Yuan immediately nodded, and took Shen Hongfei and Tong Ping to the Yamen to find Sun Deyi sitting there.

......

"Jackals and other hidden soldiers Tong Ping, dogs and other hidden soldiers Shen Hongfei. I've seen the town guard!"

After coming to the local yamen and finding Sun Deyi, Shen Hongfei and Tong Ping clasped their right fists in their hearts and saluted Sun Deyi.

Two more helpers came when employing people, and Sun Deyi was overjoyed.

Especially Tong Ping or jackals and other hidden soldiers, it added a huge boost to everyone.

And just as Sun Deyi and the two of them thanked each other politely, Zhang Tianxue, who was in a hurry with a solemn face, rushed back.

"Found it!"

......

In a dimly lit alleyway, there are many broken tables, chairs and benches piled up around it, and these scrapped furniture occupy almost half of the entire alley.

It makes the already narrow alleyway even more crowded.

In the alley, a corpse with a pierced head lying on the ground, looking at its tattered clothes and thin body, it should be a beggar.

"It was the guy from the restaurant who found the body.

In the afternoon, he came here to get the damaged chairs to use as firewood, and while moving the tables and chairs, he found the dead body in the alley.

He has already come to see it, and the time of death is no more than two hours. ”

Clenched his fists, Sun Deyi looked angry:

"It really entered Xiadu City. ”

"It's going to get dark soon, and after dark, this yin ghost must be even more rampant.

We've got to get to him. Glancing at the dead beggar on the ground, Zhang Tianxue pursed her lips and said.

"We searched for a day and couldn't find him, so wouldn't it be ...... at night," Niu Da said, looking a little frustrated.

"Perhaps, we can help. ”

Just when everyone's faces were embarrassed, Tong Ping, who had just arrived, stood up and made it clear that he had a way to find the yin ghost.

He took out a palm-sized square wooden box from his arms, Tong Ping opened the wooden box, and there was an iron-blue beehive in the wooden box.

This is......

Seeing the beehive, Xiang Yuan's breath suddenly tightened.

This hive is equipment!

His heart beat suddenly, and Xiang Yuan's eyes shone brightly.

But in this situation, although he found out that this hive was equipment, it was impossible for him to grab it.

Holding back the desire in his heart, he looked away, and raised his head towards Yuanyi, just as he collided with Shen Hongfei's sight.

Feeling the other party's strange gaze, Xiang Yuanxi moved his lips twice.

"Is this a spirit bug?"

Seeing a pig beetle lying on the beehive in the small wooden box, Sun Deyi's face was happy.

"Brother Sun's good eyesight is exactly the spirit worm.

This time we came out, and the town guard of our family considered that the situation on this side of the Liaohe River was complicated, so he specially asked us to bring this spirit worm.

Unexpectedly, it really came in handy. Smiling, Tong Ping took the wooden box and came to the dead beggar's body.

With a flick of his wrist, the spirit insect in the wooden box spread its wings and flew to the corpse's forehead, where the wound left by the yin ghost.

The pink pig's nose sniffed gently around the wound, and after a while, the stomach of the spirit worm wriggled, and it laid four sesame seed-sized, milky white eggs in a row.

"Oh no, this yin ghost has the ability to differentiate. Put away the spirit worm, and when he saw the four insect eggs, Tong Ping's eyes were fixed, and he said in a deep voice.

Taking two steps forward, Sun Deyi pondered for a moment, and immediately said: "Yin ghosts with differentiation ability, if they are delayed for a long time, they will become more and more difficult to deal with, and they must be eradicated as soon as possible."

However, after the differentiation, the strength of the yin ghost will decrease a lot.

There are eight of us now, in pairs, and we're going to kill them all before they split again!

Tianxue, you take Niu Da.

Gu Chun, you and I are together, Xiang Yuan and Song Ning, you are in a group.

Tong Ping, when the two of you first arrived, I bothered you to carry out such a dangerous mission, sorry. ”

Waving his hand, Tong Ping said: "Where to say, suppressing the Yin Ghost is the duty of our hidden soldiers. ”

Here, Sun Deyi arranged for manpower, and the four insect eggs on the forehead of the beggar's corpse also faintly hatched four small insects with a short body like floaters.

As soon as these four little insects were born, they slowly found a direction and began to fly away.

Quickly came to Xiang Yuan and handed over a letter bomb, Sun Deyi said:

"If you are defeated by the Yin Ghost, release the letter bomb immediately, and we will come to your aid as soon as possible. ”

In the hands of the four groups of people, only Xiang Yuan and Song Ning were both hidden soldiers such as dogs, so Sun Deyi was a little worried.

"Don't worry. He took the letter and nodded to Yuan.

Without further ado, in order to prevent the Yin Ghost from dividing again, the four groups of people immediately rushed in four directions under the leadership of the Spirit Floater.

When the four groups of people set off, the sky had already begun to get dark, and under the effect of the curfew, the streets and alleys that should have been brightly lit were sparsely lit, and there were not many people in sight.

Holding the soft-scale knife at their waists, Xiang Yuan and Song Ning, under the leadership of the spirit worm, came to the Xiadu storage area.

Inside the log fence more than five meters high, tall warehouses stand quietly after sunset.

In the dark blue, the workers in charge of loading the goods went home early because of the curfew.

In the entire storage area, only two dark yellow lanterns are still hanging at the door, which can illuminate the boundary in front of the door.

Inside the storage area, there is a dark and silent darkness.

took down the lantern hanging at the door, glanced at Xiang Yuan and Song Ning, smashed the big lock on the wooden door, and followed the spirit floater into this quiet and somewhat gloomy place.

The rustling sound of the soles of shoes when they come into contact with the ground is even clearer in the quiet storage area.

Following the Spiritual Floaters to a huge warehouse, the door painted with dark red vermilion paint was like a silent giant standing in front of the two of them.

Blocked by the gate, the floaters stopped in front of the door.

Without rushing to push the door in, Xiang Yuan took the lantern around the warehouse.

The warehouse is more than 10 meters high, the walls are smooth, there is no reception point, only a row of vents less than a meter wide are opened under the eaves at the top.

This vent is so narrow that only a child of five or six years old can pass through.

Obviously, this is the builder of the warehouse, preventing anyone from entering the warehouse through the vents along the walls and stealing the contents of the warehouse.

Returning to the door of the warehouse, Xiang Yuan shook his head: "There is no other entrance around, and the only way to enter is through this gate." ”

Glancing at the big brass lock on the vermilion door, Song Ning glanced at his mouth: "This lock is so strong, when we smash him, the yin ghosts inside will definitely be alarmed." ”

"Not necessarily. Handing the lantern in his hand to Song Ning, Xiang Yuan stepped forward two steps, the muscles on his thick arms bulging, like rocks carved by the wind and sand.

As soon as he grasped the bottom of the knocker on the door, Xiang Yuan exerted his arms, the green tendons on his arms bulged, and he slowly pulled it out.

Bang!

Xiang Yuan let out a long breath, and actually pulled out the knocker on the door with the big lock.

Looking at the knocker in Xiang Yuan's hand in amazement, the corners of Song Ning's mouth twitched: "This can be ...... too"

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