"Who is it?" Liu Chenxing asked.

Jia Ding said: "Judging from the figure and clothing, it should be the rune craftsman Zhu Er. ”

Mrs. Liu asked in surprise, "Zhu Er?" How could he be killed if he was just a craftsman and not a rune master? ”

Liu Chenxing asked, "Didn't you see his appearance?" ”

"I didn't ...... didn't ......" At this time, the family's voice trembled even more: "He...... The head is gone......"

Liu Chenxing said: "Take us to have a look." Madame, Jade Dragon, you and the others are in the fort. ”

Jia Ding hurriedly took Liu Chenxing to check.

Liu Chenxing saw that the wound on Zhu Er's neck was not neat, it was not cut by a sharp knife, but it seemed to be torn apart by an animal, and the blood splattered irregularly all around.

Zhu Er is not a rune master, just a craftsman who refines runes, there is no three-color crystal in his body, and there is no problem of crystal shattering, this situation is that he was injured by an external force and lost his head.

Liu Chenxing thought to himself: "This is mostly injured by a wild beast, Zhu Er's body is strong, it is impossible for an ordinary beast to kill him at once, and there are no footprints of a fierce beast around, it should be a summoned beast that kills him." ”

He thought about it again: "Zhu Er is a rune craftsman, the most taboo thing for rune masters is to kill rune craftsmen, they even killed Zhu Er, it seems that the other party is deliberate, and the person who wants to kill is not just the person who has done it with the Hu people in the post station that day, but everyone in Liujiabao." ”

He ordered the two family members to carry Zhu Er's body back to the fort before burying it.

Seeing Zhu Er's corpse, Mrs. Liu almost vomited to her stomach, but fortunately, she hadn't eaten anything in the morning, and retched a few times, and the two maids immediately helped Mrs. Liu to the room to rest.

Liu Chenxing was still thinking about what to do next, and another family member shouted while running over: "Oh no, something happened." ”

Liu Chenxing frowned and thought, "Could it be that someone is dead again?" ”

The man who came over was a horseman surnamed Zhao, and he only heard him say, "Castle master, all the horses in the pen are dead." ”

As soon as Liu Yulong heard that the horses were all dead, he immediately asked, "Where is my red dragon horse?" ”

Zhao Mafu said: "This, I didn't see the small one, but there are no horses in the horse pen that can stand up." ”

As soon as Liu Yulong heard this, he immediately ran to the horse circle, Liu Chenxing was afraid that his son would be left alone, so he immediately followed, and the two servants immediately closed the gate of Liujiabao.

When I came to the stable, I saw four yellow-maned horses, six black-maned horses, and two white horses, all of which had fallen in the ring and died. Liu Yulong immediately ran to Guan Chilong's horse pen, only to see that there was nothing in the circle. Liu Yulong immediately whistled and called for the red dragon horse, but the result was still no horse alive or dead.

Where did the red dragon horse go, Liu Yulong was puzzled and asked Zhao Mafu: "I didn't ride the red dragon horse when I went out yesterday, and did anyone ride the red dragon horse later." ”

Zhao Mafu said: "Young castle master, who dares to ride your favorite horse!" The horses were still in the pen when I fed the feed last night. ”

Liu Yulong asked, "What about my horse?" ”

Zhao Mafu said: "I don't know this little one, I came to feed the horses in the morning, and found that the horses had fallen to the ground, and then I went to report to the castle owner." ”

Liu Yulong scolded angrily: "You waste, you spend money to invite you here, you can't even look down on my horse!" What use do you have? ”

Liu Chenxing said: "Yulong, this matter has nothing to do with him. ”

Then I heard a woman cry out, "Someone, it's not good......." Liu Chenxing recognized this as Sister-in-law Li who was in charge of the chicken coop. I only heard Sister-in-law Li continue: "The chickens I fed are all dead!" ”

Liu Chenxing thought to himself: "It's not a big problem to kill a few horses and some chickens, no more people have been found dead, these revenge-seekers are probably deliberately killing the living creatures in the castle to vent their anger, and they will naturally leave after venting their anger." Thinking of this, his mood calmed down and said: "Horses can be re-bought, chickens can be re-raised, and these little things are not used to repay me." ”

Liu Chenxing took Liu Yulong back to the main hall, and as soon as he arrived at the door of the main hall, he saw several family members surrounding the door of the main hall, and Liu Chenxing asked, "What are you looking at?" ”

Seeing Liu Chenxing and Liu Yulong, one of the family members stepped forward and saluted and said, "Castle master, young castle master, someone has carved words on the pillar at the entrance of the hall." The family dispersed and let Liu Chenxing and his son take a look.

The pillars of the hall are made of toon wood, which is known as the "king of a hundred trees" and is very hard. Liu Yulong saw that the hard wood was engraved with the four big characters of "Chicken and Dog Don't Stay", and each stroke was three points into the wood.

It would not be difficult to get a carpenter to engrave the letter, and it would be carved in half an hour, but the people who came and went at the door of this hall said that they did not see anyone carving here.

Liu Chenxing jumped on the roof of the hall with his feet, looked around, and there was nothing abnormal, so he shouted: "I don't know which master came to this castle, can he show up." He called three times, but no one answered.

Seeing that there was no response, Liu Chenxing jumped off the roof.

At this time, Lao Lin in the kitchen reported to Liu Yulong: "Castle master, the two dogs at the door of my kitchen are dead, and a litter of dogs in the firewood room is also dead. ”

After hearing this, Liu Yulong remembered the inscription on the pillar of the hall "Chickens and dogs are not left" and said: "Is it enough for the wicked people who come to find trouble to kill all the chickens and dogs in the castle?" ”

Liu Chenxing said secretly: "I really haven't broken through the rivers and lakes here, I don't know the sinister nature of the rivers and lakes, the chickens and dogs will be killed, will I let people go?" Comforted: "It doesn't matter if you die two dogs." Then he arranged for the family to place the dead man in the hall, but he went to the room to consult with his wife about countermeasures.

Liu Chenxing said: "Madam, I don't know what powerful characters we have encountered, who can kill people silently, I think we should issue an emergency order to ask for support." ”

Mrs. Liu asked, "To those people?" ”

Liu Chenxing said: "Write to the Taiqing Daoist of Taiji Gate, Xiao Muzuo of the Qinglong Society, Wei Tengyang, the head of the Vermilion Bird Society, and Zhao Hongsheng, the city lord of the Roof of Liufumen, the four of them are the closest here." ”

Mrs. Liu asked, "These are all the masters of the world, can they come?" ”

Liu Chenxing stroked his beard and said: "I sell runes to these sects at a low price all year round, the purpose is to make friends with them, in case I am in trouble, they will also give birth to help, even if their elders don't come, it's good to call a few high-ranking disciples to come!" ”

Mrs. Liu nodded and said, "I'll see it." ”

So he called Mr. Hu Xiucai, the bookkeeper, and asked him to write four emergency orders for the rivers and lakes, and find four experienced family members to deliver the letter, but there were no horses in the villa, so the four of them could only take the road from the back door to the nearby Jiangzhou Mansion to buy horses and then set off.

In the evening, the housekeeper, who was watching from the balcony, shouted that three horses had come.

Liu Chenxing ordered someone to open the door, only to see that the three horses lying on their stomachs turned out to be the family who went to send the emergency order to the rivers and lakes, and there was no breath when they touched their nostrils, and there was an empty part of the heart on everyone's chest, as if they had been pierced through the heart by some object and died, and the four big words "chickens and dogs do not stay" were written in blood on their backs.