That night, when everyone was asleep, in a house in Nancheng that did not collapse, a young couple was just about to turn off the lights to sleep, at this moment, suddenly a figure flashed outside the window, and before the young couple could react, the door was knocked open.

A man with short hair, a green dress, and blood-red eyes was looking greedily at the two people in the house, and the man in the house saw a stranger breaking into his home, and was just about to ask, but was bitten on the throat by the blood-red man, and blood gushed out of the wound, and the man struggled a few times, and then stopped moving.

Seeing that the man was not moving, the red-eyed man pulled out a sharp dagger from his waist, skillfully broke the man's chest, took out the heart from it, put it in his mouth, and chewed it heavily.

The woman was already stunned by the scene in front of her, and before she could scream, she passed out, and after the red-eyed man ate the man's heart, he licked the blood on his hands, and looked at the woman who had passed out with greedy eyes.

Just as he bit the woman's neck, a strong wind suddenly came from behind, and the red-eyed man jerked his head to the side, flashed the fatal blow, and then rushed out of the back window.

It turned out that the person who came in was the Jinyiwei who grabbed Zhou Tiezhu to carry the corpse during the day today, this person's name is Lu Zhiyong, and he is one of the hundred households of Jinyiwei, because today they encountered this incident when they were looking for the master who claimed to be able to subdue the demons during the day, so this matter naturally fell on his head.

Just now, when he was leading people to patrol this southern city, he saw this suspicious figure, because it was far away, and by the time they caught up with this figure, this man was already dead.

Looking at the figure coming out of the back window, Lu Zhiyong arranged for two people to guard the scene, and he took the people behind him and chased him out, but as soon as he chased not far away, he heard two screams from the house behind him.

Hearing these two screams, Lu Zhiyong hurriedly turned around to check, as soon as he walked into the house, he saw a strange scene, only to see that the woman who had passed out just now was eating the heart of a brocade guard, while eating, he also smirked, seeing this scene, Lu Zhiyong didn't have time to think about it, he raised the knife in his hand, and directly cut off the woman's head, when the head was rolling down, there was still a smile in his mouth, although these brocade guards have been dealing with dead people all year round, but this strange scene is the first time to see.

Looking at the three corpses in the house that had been hollowed out of their hearts, as well as the headless female corpse, Lu Zhiyong's scalp was numb for a while, and while arranging for someone to go back to deliver the letter, he organized people to continue to chase the black shadow.

But this time the chase is different from the last chase, this time even Lu Zhiyong himself subconsciously slowed down, everyone came out to mix rice, who would joke with their own lives.

After symbolically chasing for a while, Lu Zhiyong took people back to the scene of the crime, and after returning to the scene, about a stick of incense, his top boss, Qianhu Wei Changsheng, rushed over with people.

This Wei Changsheng is a distant grandson of Wei Zhongxian, although he relied on Wei Zhongxian to ascend to the throne, but the kung fu under his hands is not ambiguous, he is a practitioner from a family, and after becoming a thousand households, he has taken the lead in pacifying the chaotic party several times, so he is deeply respected by his subordinates.

Looking at the four dead bodies on the ground, and then at Lu Zhiyong who was standing aside, Wei Changsheng spoke: "You tell me in detail about the before and after of the incident. ”

Lu Zhiyong did not hide it, and told Wei Changsheng in detail how he found the mysterious person, how he saw the mysterious person commit murder, and how he later cut off the woman's head.

After listening to Lu Zhiyong's report, Wei Changsheng's eyebrows tightened, and he thought for a while and said, "So, those rumors about demons harming people are true?" ”

Lu Zhiyong said: "As far as the subordinates observe, the demon who eats the heart of a man is very similar to the rumored demon, with short hair and green clothes, and this person can also hear the sound and identify the position, and dodge the fatal blow of his subordinates from behind, which shows that his skills are quite good." ”

"But this man doesn't seem to be in love with war, and when he saw that I waited for us, he didn't fight us, so he fled through the back window in a hurry."

Wei Changsheng said: "If it is really as you said, then this demon is not only skilled, but also the person he has bitten will attack others like him, it seems that I have to hurry up and report this matter to the Lord of the Pacification Envoy and ask him to decide." ”

After Wei Changsheng left, Lu Zhiyong ordered someone to carry the bodies of the young couple back to the yamen, and sent the bodies of the two dead Jinyi guards back to their respective homes.

After returning home, Lu Zhiyong didn't wait to rest, he heard a rapid knock on the door from the courtyard, and when he looked at the door, he saw that it was his deputy, and seeing the deputy's panicked appearance, Lu Zhiyong hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The deputy said: "My lord's big thing is not good, just now more than a dozen people came to report the case, and some of them still carried the corpses, and the corpses that were carried were all bitten to death by people like the couple we saw yesterday, and now Lord Qianhu ordered you to return to the yamen immediately." ”

On the way back to Yamen, Lu Zhiyong heard a lot of rumors about last night's murder, most of these rumors are very outrageous, and some people even said that he saw the demon tearing people apart in front of a group of Jinyi guards, and then after eating the heart in one bite, he swaggered away, and the Jinyi guards next to him were so frightened that they peed their pants.

When Lu Zhiyong returned to the Yamen, Wei Changsheng was checking the corpse, and when he saw Lu Zhiyong coming in, Wei Changsheng said: "So far, a total of twenty-seven corpses have been found, and the way of death is the same as the couple you found last night, so I suspect that this demon is not one, but a group." ”

"Now the whole capital is spreading this matter, saying that when today's son is mediocre, he will give birth to this demon, long live the Lord heard about this Long Yan was furious, and ordered Jinyi Wei to solve the case within a time limit, if this group of demons cannot be captured within ten days, the pacification envoy will be dismissed and investigated."

"Now that the Lord of the Pacification Envoy has posted a notice, who can find and subdue this group of demons, the official seal of thousands of households will be rewarded with ten thousand taels, and those who can provide the whereabouts of these demons will be rewarded with a hundred taels of the official seal flag, but after the notice was posted, no one has come to unveil the list so far."

"Although no one has unveiled the list, someone has provided a clue, saying that a master has recently appeared in Nancheng, saying that this person may have a way to subdue this group of demons, but this person is not the end of the dragon, you should take someone to disguise yourself now, and go to the city to find this master."

After receiving the order, Lu Zhiyong took a few capable subordinates, and after putting on makeup and dressing, he went straight to Nancheng to find the master who could subdue the demon.