Lao Liu's small restaurant recruited an eighteen or nineteen-year-old junior last year, his hands and feet are quite diligent, he will not be lazy, and he is not bad.

"Xiao Duan!"

Lao Liu lay on the counter and fiddled with the abacus in front of him, and shouted at the door.

"Hey, shopkeeper. ”

A young man ran in, put a towel on his shoulder, and smiled, "What do you order?"

The young man is not handsome, but he looks clean, dressed in an ordinary linen shirt, a pair of washed and somewhat whitish cloth shoes, his eyes are very clear, like a pool of water from an ancient well, after looking at it for a long time, it seems that the mood will be calm.

His surname is Duan, and his name is Mo.

Lao Liu was busy with the abacus in his hand, and didn't look up, and said: "Let's go and help Sister-in-law Xu's house on the next street pick up the tank water, and by the way, bring the best beef from the back kitchen to the plate. ”

Duan Mo put the towel on his shoulder next to the counter, patted his sleeves and walked to the back kitchen: "Okay." ”

After a while, Lao Liu looked up at the back of the boy who was walking out with the box, and the sunset outside pulled his figure, some long, some far.

"The Great Pilgrimage Test. ”

Lao Liu sighed abruptly, his expression was a little gloomy, and he staggered to the door, and hung up the closing sign in advance.

Duan Mo was familiar with the road and bypassed the streets and alleys, and met some uncles, aunts, uncles and uncles who were sitting on the doorstep steps with rice bowls in their hands and chatting on the bluestone, and they could also call out their surnames and greet them politely.

Not long after, a small bluestone house appeared in front of Duan Mo's eyes, he knocked on the door, and the door was opened by a thin young man, his face was not very good-looking, he pursed his lips, Duan Mo glanced inside, Sister-in-law Xu, who always likes to smile on weekdays, is now holding a yellowed white cloth and constantly wiping the corners of her eyes,

"This is what Shopkeeper Liu asked me to bring. ”

Duan Mo handed over the things in his hand, the thin young man nodded, didn't say anything, turned around and closed the door, Duan Mo glanced at the water tank in the courtyard that was already full of water, shrugged his shoulders, and returned the same way.

He knew that this thin young man was called Xu Desheng, and he was the only son of Sister-in-law Xu, Sister-in-law Xu's son went early, she pulled Xu Desheng to grow up alone, and Sister-in-law Xu, who had never cared about other things, was only strict with Xu Desheng's reading, because she said before her death that if you want to get ahead, you can only become an official, go to Tianwei to participate in the imperial examination, nest in such a small county, and never be productive.

There are as many hopes as there are disappointments.

At the beginning of the spring of this year, Xu Desheng, who had studied hard for ten years in the cold window, went to Beijing to catch the exam, and came back yesterday.

Duan Mo returned to the restaurant, and when he was on the way, he remembered Lao Liu.

Lao Liu was also like this in the early years, he studied hard, and in the end he just fell off the list, and went home to take over his father's business, that is, this small restaurant, which has been more than ten years now, over the years, whenever he heard that someone from the same township went to Beijing to be a petty official, Lao Liu would always be silent for a long time.

Lao Liu's dream, with so many guests coming and going, who can pay for it.

Compared with Lao Liu, whose family is poor, how should the mother and son of the Xu family who have endured hardships for ten years of hard study.

"The Great Pilgrimage ......"

Duan Mo muttered, unconsciously, he had already walked back to the door of the restaurant, suddenly, he stopped, raised his head, frowned slightly, and his gaze stopped at the table where the only person was sitting in the lobby.

Duan Mo's brows stretched, and after entering, he closed the door with his backhand, Lao Liu was standing behind the counter, his elbow on the countertop, and he pouted at the man in the hat who was sitting, and said, "Come to you, friend?"

For this man who broke in with a closing sign at the door, if he hadn't reported Duan Mo's name, Lao Liu, who was not very happy, would really be ready to sweep the customer with a black face.

"Friends?"

Duan Mo raised his eyebrows, glanced at the man who was sitting, and didn't answer, just smiled: "Shopkeeper, the whole pot of good wine and a few snacks, the money will be recorded in my salary account." ”

"Okay. ”

Lao Liu nodded casually, walked to the back kitchen and gave two orders.

Duan Mo walked to the table and sat down opposite the man, clasped his hands together on his chin, and looked at the man opposite.

The man stretched out his hand, and his fingers went up against the edge of the top hat, and Duan Mo could see that his wrists, the back of his hands, and the palms of his hands, which were not covered by the sleeves, all had earthworm-like protruding veins, which looked terrifying.

It was a very young face, maybe a few years older than Duan Mo, and it was also very ordinary.

"How did you find me?"

Duan Mo asked.

The man shook his head, his voice was hoarse, and said, "If you want to hide, who can find you in this ghost place of Tianwei?"

Duan Mo habitually narrowed his eyes.

"I'm passing by occasionally, and I just happened to run into you. ”

The man said, Duan Mo couldn't deny it.

Lao Liu brought the wine and food to the table, didn't pay too much attention to the man wearing the hat, said a word to Duan Mo and went back upstairs to rest.

Duan Mo poured the man a glass of wine, shook the bowl, and said with a smile: "No matter what, I'm still very happy to see my old friends." ”

The corners of the man's mouth had a trace of inexplicable curvature, and after finishing the wine in the bowl, he said softly: "You are very happy, but my sister, my entire Dongfang family, my Dongfang Yu is very unhappy. ”

Duan Mo lightly sipped the wine in the cup, his face did not change color, and the wind was light.

The man saw Duan Mo's appearance, just laughed strangely, and then said lightly: "Arrange a place for me, I want to live here for a while, don't worry, you and I don't exist." ”

Duan Mo tilted his head slightly, looked at the man from top to bottom, and said very seriously: "Give money?"

The man stopped talking, but looked at Duan Mo for a full moment, and his eyes seemed to be looking at a fool.

"Yes. ”

In the end, Duan Mo was defeated, and said helplessly: "Dongfang Yu, there is no more, I will work for a month for this little salary, just one house and three meals a day, that's all." ”

The man bowed his head to himself and picked up the food and drink.

After being full of wine and food, Duan Mo returned to the upstairs room and arranged a guest room for Dongfang Yu.

Late at night.

Duan Mo, who was lying on the bed, put his hands behind his head, looked at the roof with the clear eyes of Gujing Wubo, and the starlight outside spilled in through the window.

After a while, Duan Mo got up from the bed, slowly walked to the window, opened the window, the cold wind in the middle of the night was blowing in his face, it was very cold, it seemed to be able to blow into his bones, he looked at the silent forest of houses outside, took a light breath of cool air, soaked into his heart and spleen, and was extremely sober.

"Crunch ......"

In another room not far away, the window opened, and Dongfang Yu, wearing a hat, jumped out like a civet cat, running lightly on the wall, stepping on the tiled eaves without making a sound, and soon rushed out thousands of miles away.

Duan Mo looked at Dongfang Yu jumping on top of the house with an expressionless face, at the end, when Dongfang Yu was about to disappear, he turned his head abruptly, and in the middle of the night, under the moonlight, he showed a very strange smile to Duan Mo.

Infiltrating people to the extreme.

Duan Mo closed the window, returned to bed, and slept with his clothes.

The next morning, Duan Mo cleaned the restaurant as usual as if nothing had happened, there was no business in the morning, and after a little busy, Duan Mo sat at the door to bask in the sun.

Dongfang Yu, who was wearing a hat, walked from the end of the street, carrying a cloth bag on his shoulder, he walked straight into the restaurant, and did not talk to Duan Mohe, who was sitting at the door basking in the sun, and passed by.

Duan Mo lowered his head and glanced at the steps that Dongfang Yu had walked on, on the wooden threshold, there was a drop of fresh, obviously just dripping red liquid, of course Duan Mo, who was extremely sensitive to this liquid, knew what it was.

Human blood.

Oozed out of the cloth bag that Dongfang Yu was carrying.

Duan Mo shrank back, his palms in his sleeves, and without saying a word, two pedestrians not far away hurriedly walked in front of him, talking in a whisper.

"Hey, have you heard? what's going on in the grove outside the city?"

"What's going on?

"Don't you know? It's terrible! A living person! The whole human skin has been stripped off, and the bloody humanoid flesh is hanging on the branches like that, and it is terrifyingly tight, I heard that the old boss found it, and now he is still frightened to hide at home and refuse to go out. ”

"What? And this kind of thing?! It must be a demon!"

The two hurried away, their voices getting farther and farther away.

A trace of ripples swept through Duan Mo's eyes like an ancient well, and he glanced up, not knowing whether he was looking at the sky, or looking at the room above him, the room where Dongfang Yu lived.

The next day, two bodies that had been plucked out of human skin hung in the woods outside the city, the scene was terrible, in this small county town, the wind swept quickly, making people panic, and the demon theory spread far and wide.

"Xiao Duan, I don't do business at night these days, close the doors and windows after dark, and don't go out. ”

Lao Liu warned Duan Mo with a sad face, although the government has already laid down a package ticket, and the real culprit will definitely be arrested within a week, but as long as it is not caught for a day, the people in the small county town will not be able to relax for a day.

On the night of the third day, after Duan Mo closed the doors and windows, he walked upstairs step by step, and stopped in front of the only room where there were still people, the lights were still on in the house, Duan Mo pushed the door open, and there was a table in the middle of the room.

"It's finally here?"

Dongfang Yutou didn't reply, his voice was very low and hoarse, and it sounded like a demon whispering.

Duan Mo closed the door, and then walked to Dongfang Yu, under the light, there was a bloody human skin spread on the table, and the rich smell of blood permeated it, which was disgusting.

Duan Mo raised his head, and in his eyes, which had always been as clear and quiet as an ancient spring, there seemed to be a cold light condensing, cold to the bone, and extremely sharp, like a hidden sharp blade about to be unsheathed.

"It's too much. ”

Duan Mo muttered softly.

Dongfang Yu smiled weirdly: "Is it too much? I think it's okay." ”

Duan Mo walked to the table, his fingers caressed the corner of the human skin spread out on the table, this human skin was very complete and exquisite, there was not a single scratch on it, like a work of art.

This is the human skin of a young man in his twenties and thirties, although it is very shriveled, but it can still be seen as handsome.

The owner of this human skin is a pretty handsome guy.

Duan Mo raised his head and looked at Dongfang Yu.

"How?"

Dongfang Yu suddenly grinned, the scars on his face squirmed, and he looked a little hideous: "Interested?"

"Nope. ”

Duan Mo shook his head calmly, and said lightly: "I just came over to take a look, by the way, free accommodation and free three meals, I hope you can cherish it, if you make trouble, I will drive you away." ”

The smile on Dongfang Yu's face slowly converged, and he stared at Duan Mo expressionlessly.

Duan Mo looked at each other calmly.

"Good. ”

Dongfang Yu spread his hands meaninglessly and said, "Since you're not interested, it's just that." ”

Duan Mo turned to leave, and when he walked to the door, he turned his head and asked, "What is that?"

Dongfang Yu looked down at the blood-drenched human skin on the table, did not look up, and said in a low voice: "I want to know, just come with me to see it later." ”

Duan Mo smiled faintly, pushed the door and left: "I'm sorry, the shopkeeper won't let me go out at night." ”

Dongfang Yu was silent, the door closed without wind, and under the candlelight, he carefully observed the human skin on the table, and after a while, he found a long hair from the corner of the human skin.

"Hair?"

Dongfang Yu muttered to herself, the corners of her mouth slightly hooked an arc: "I finally found you." ”

Duan Mo returned to the room, lying on the bed and looking at the roof, if it was someone else, seeing this scene, I am afraid that Dongfang Yu would have recognized Dongfang Yu as the murderer, but Duan Mo didn't think so.

Dongfang Yu, nicknamed Little Evil, is a killer, a ruthless, top killer with strong martial arts, he can kill, slaughter, slaughter, but he will not be sadistic, and this kind of thing is not in line with Dongfang Yu's character.

Because for him, it would be too troublesome, and if he wants to kill someone, he can just stab the result.

And Duan Mo also believed that Dongfang Yu had unintentionally discovered himself hiding here, and the reason why he came to this remote town far away from Zhou Xia and located in Tianwei was probably related to this abnormal thing, but although this was the case, he didn't want this guy to disturb him.

Only here, Duan Mo can unload all the burdens on his body, as a normal person, not here, no one will associate him with the lascivious young master who is extravagant and extravagant.

"Looks like there's something terrible going on in Heshan Town. ”

Duan Mo muttered, then pulled the quilt on the side, and slept quietly, and the soldiers came to block the water and cover the earth.

In the following week, there was no more skinning in the grove outside the city, and at the same time, Dongfang Yu also disappeared for a week, and the government claimed to have caught the pervert who picked up human skin at the end of the week, and executed him on the spot.

The business of the small restaurant in the past two days is not bad, Duan Mo ran up and down, busy sweating, sometimes too busy, Lao Liu will also personally roll up his sleeves and run the hall, a full and busy day is finally over, after sending the last table of guests, Lao Liu hung the closing sign at the door, rubbed the old waist and walked back.

"Xiao Duan, Lao Dong, it's okay, let's take a break, hurry up and eat. ”

Lao Liu looked at the pile of fine silver behind the counter, smiled happily, and specially picked up a black chicken soup from the back kitchen, filled the table with dishes, and took out the Northeast Lao Lie Roast that he was not willing to drink on weekdays.

Lao Dong is the cook of the restaurant, he is white and fat, and his skills are not bad.

The three of them drank wine and tasted the food, chatted about homely things, and Haikan from all over the world.

Upstairs, a four or five-year-old boy ran down, smelled the aroma and threw himself into Lao Liu's arms, this is Lao Liu's son, who looks like his mother, more delicate, and the neighbors usually joke about how Lao Liu, who is not very good-looking, has such a delicate son.

"Dad, I'm going to eat too. ”

The child pointed to the chicken leg on the table and licked his lips, Lao Liu pulled off a black chicken leg with a smile and gave it to the child, and said, "Okay, let's go, go to your mother." ”

"Oh. ”

On the stairs on the second floor, a woman of good looks stood and reached out to pick up the child trotting up the stairs.

That's Lao Liu's daughter-in-law.

Duan Mo glanced up at the woman on the stairs, lowered his head and took a sip of the wine in the glass, Lao Liu's daughter-in-law's beauty contrasted with Lao Liu's ugliness, on weekdays, when a few of his friends got together, after drinking high, he would occasionally mention that this woman was just greedy for a few of Lao Liu's money, and Lao Liu, who was flushed after drinking, would only smile stupidly and didn't say anything.

Lao Liu once got drunk and had a heart-to-heart relationship with Duan Mo, he laughed and cried with snot and tears at that time, and said a lot of things in his heart, Duan Mo knew that his heart was more thorough than anyone else, and when he tried to fall to Sun Shan in the Great Dynasty, Lao Liu understood that this life was like this, if that woman didn't want him to make some money, what else could he want? Is he, a slightly ugly-looking and good-for-nothing person? So he accepted many things and admitted it.

So ah, on the second day, sister-in-law Xu came to the door and begged Lao Liu to leave Xu Desheng as a helper to make a living, and Lao Liu, who was not ready to recruit more people, gritted his teeth, and took out another share of the barely passing income to Xu Desheng, and that night Duan Mo heard the angry beating and scolding of his daughter-in-law from Lao Liu's room, and Lao Liu, who had never fought back and scolded him back, didn't know what crazy he was smoking that night, and yelled at his daughter-in-law very loudly, and then it was suddenly quiet, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps.

Duan Mo stood at the window and could see the old Liu's daughter-in-law who left overnight with her son in her arms and her burden on the street, Lao Liu chased after her, stopped at the door, stood for a long time, and finally came back with staggering steps.

In this way, Xu Desheng became the second junior of the small restaurant.

During the day, Xu Desheng should be busy, what should be done, he will go home at night, he rarely speaks, when he is free, he sits alone in the corner and looks out blankly, Duan Mo will occasionally say a few words to him, he is always perfunctory, after three or two times, Duan Mo is too lazy to take care of anything.

Lao Liu's daughter-in-law hasn't come back for two weeks, Duan Mo asked a lot, and Lao Liu just said that she went back to her parents' house.

On this day, the business in the restaurant was unexpectedly deserted, there were only three or two tables of business, Duan Mo, who was standing next to the counter, raised his eyes and glanced at the wine table next to the window on the second floor in the distance, where there were four fat and strong men, two of whom also had tattoos on their hands, with knives and swords, and they looked fierce and difficult to deal with, when they came in, Lao Liu specially explained to Duan Mo and Xu Desheng, and asked them to serve carefully.

When the wine and food came up, the two of them walked up with the plates, and Duan Mo, who was walking in front, put the wine and food on the table one by one, and said with a smile: "Uncles, the wine and food are here, please use them slowly." ”

The bald man sitting next to Duan Mo picked up the chopsticks and tasted them, his face suddenly changed, he slapped the table and got up and shouted, "What the hell is this? Feeding the pig is not so unpalatable!"

Duan Mo took a step back and said politely: "This master, this is the signature dish of our restaurant, it may be that the master's taste is not suitable, you can try the others." ”

The bloated man next to the bald man grabbed the beef in front of him, and just stuffed it into his mouth and spit it out, he gagged again and again, he glared at Duan Mo angrily, and smashed the chopsticks in his hand: "This is beef?

The chopsticks smashed on Duan Mo's forehead and fell to the ground, and soon a slight redness appeared, Duan Mo's face was calm, he leaned over to pick up the chopsticks, Xu Desheng behind him widened his eyes, his face was full of anger, just wanted to speak, Duan Mo, who stood up, shook his head at him, and then turned to the four people and leaned over slightly, apologetically: "Four masters, I'm sorry, our small restaurant is really limited, let you down, otherwise, this meal won't be money, what ......do you think?"

Before Duan Mo finished speaking, a dish plate with hot dishes was snapped on his head and shattered, hot soup and vegetable leaves and a trace of blood dripped down Duan Mo's head, and the bald man said irritably: "It's not money? What do you mean? Are you here to eat the overlord meal, or are you here to beg for food?"

Duan Mo stood in place, bowed his head and pursed his lips, the hot soup dripping down his face and falling to the ground.

"You guys!"

Xu Desheng shouted angrily: "How can you beat people! It's too much!"

"Huh?"

The bald man took a step forward and walked in front of Xu Desheng, he was a head taller than Xu Desheng, grabbed Xu Desheng's collar with his fan-like palm, lifted him off the ground, and squinted his eyes and said, "Nerd, you seem to have a little temper?"

Being stared at fiercely by the burly and tall bald man, Xu Desheng's confidence was much less, he turned his head with a snort, and his body trembled slightly.

"Cowardice. ”

The bald man pushed Xu Desheng in front of him, and the latter fell backwards and fell to the ground.

Lao Liu, who found that something was wrong, hurriedly ran up and said with a smile: "A few masters, if you have something to say, the two of them are still children, they are not sensible, you adults don't remember villains, don't worry about them." ”

"Hmph. ”

The bloated man snorted coldly, he overturned the table in front of him, and the four of them walked up to Lao Liu, and said, "Shopkeeper, the food in your store is very bad, are you already so unpalatable or do you deliberately make these unpalatable things for us?"

"This master laughed, we all made meals with heart, how could we deliberately smash our own signboards. ”

Lao Liu laughed again and again.

The bald man picked up the long sword on the side and said lightly: "Forget it, we don't have anything to worry about you today, we will come back tomorrow, I hope you can cook some food that can be eaten by people, okay?"

"Okay, well, we will definitely prepare carefully, waiting for you to come again!"

Lao Liu kept leaning over and said with a smile.

The bald man sneered and led people forward, and when the bloated man walked past Duan Mo, he slapped Duan Mo's face full of juice and vegetable leaves with the knife in his hand, sneered, and continued to walk forward.

"Get out of here!"

The bald man kicked away Xu Desheng, who fell to the ground, and walked down the stairs with great strength, and when he walked to the door, the bald man suddenly turned around and grinned: "By the way, shopkeeper, the wall on the east side of you looks really uncomfortable." ”

The four of them left laughing, and Lao Liu's face gradually turned pale.

"Xiao Duan, are you alright?"

Lao Liu picked up the white cloth on the table to help Duan Mo wipe off the rice soup on his face, pick off the vegetable leaves on the top of his head, and hurriedly said, "I'll go find a doctor, your head is bleeding." ”

"It's fine. ”

Duan Mo stretched out his hand and grabbed Lao Liu's wrist, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, revealing a kind smile as usual on weekdays: "Shopkeeper, don't worry, it's not a big deal, let's clean up here first." ”

Xu Desheng swallowed his saliva and stood up from the ground, his face still a little pale.

"Let Desheng clean up, you come here, I'll give you some medicine. ”

Lao Liu undoubtedly grabbed Duan Mo's hand and walked downstairs, turned over the cabinet and took out a bottle of healing medicine for Duan Mo, Duan Mo sat on the stool, and after taking the medicine for a while, Duan Mo suddenly asked: "Shopkeeper, what is the matter with the east wall they said just now?"

Lao Liu was silent, and then sighed: "The old medicine hall next to it wants to expand its façade, and I want to tear down the east wall of our restaurant and move it to the side by 20 meters, but you also know that our restaurant is so big, and if you move it another 20 meters, how can this restaurant be opened." ”

Duan Mo nodded lightly, trouble didn't come for no reason, a fool could see that these people were here to stir up trouble.

Xu Desheng, who had packed up, walked to the side of the two, gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "Let's report to the official." ”

Lao Liu's expression was gloomy: "There's no way, I just heard that there is a distant relative in the old medicine hall who performed well in the court test and became an official, otherwise how dare the old medicine hall let people smash the field so blatantly." ”

All three were silent at this moment.

When the four of them left just now, they made it clear that they would come back tomorrow.

In this era, what can ordinary people like Lao Liu who have no money, no power and no power do.

That night, Lao Liu sat alone in the corner and drank three pots of Lao Lie Yao, drunk unconscious, late at night, Duan Mo walked downstairs, took a blanket and covered Lao Liu, Lao Liu, who was drunk, grabbed Duan Mo's hand and said vaguely: "Wall...... If you don't dismantle it, we won't dismantle it, you can't dismantle it, this is ...... Generations of ancestors!"

Duan Mo sat quietly on the side, listening to Lao Liu's drunken words, Lao Liu vomited in the middle of the night, rolled off the table and fell to the ground, and finally Duan Mo carried him back to the room.

Early the next morning, a group of people appeared, and they couldn't help but tear down the east wall of the small restaurant, Lao Liu, who had been hangover for a night, didn't wake up until the afternoon, Duan Mo had been upstairs and looked coldly at the group of forced demolitions, during which Xu Desheng ran to report to the official, and on the way back, he was dragged to the alley with a sack and beaten with a blue nose and swollen face, and there was no movement on the official side, and the cook Lao Dong rushed out angrily, but was knocked to the ground by the group of people and broke an arm.

In the afternoon, Lao Liu woke up, he sat on the stairs at the door of the room, staring at the clean east wall that had been demolished in the east in a daze, and would steal the corners of his eyes when people were not paying attention.

Duan Mo stood beside him, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that Lao Liu deliberately drunk himself last night, until he couldn't hear any movement the next day, so that he couldn't see others forcibly demolishing his own wall, he had no choice, he couldn't do anything, instead of watching others demolish it, it was better to rely on alcohol to anesthetize himself and escape the facts.

Lao Liu sat from late evening to late at night, and then got up and went to the back kitchen to get a white cloth, and he didn't know what was wrapped in the white cloth, he stood at the door and looked back at his room, his daughter-in-law and son were not there, and they just followed his current wish.

Lao Liu left the restaurant quietly in the middle of the night and disappeared at the end of the street.

Duan Mo went downstairs and stood by the counter, and in the second half of the night, Dongfang Yu, who had disappeared for a month wearing a hat, reappeared in Duan Mo's field of vision, and when he walked in, he glanced at the empty east, and then his eyes stopped at the gauze tied to Duan Mo's head.

"Huh. ”

Dongfang Yu let out a strange laugh from his throat.

Duan Mo's face was calm, and he said lightly: "The restaurant is gone, you can solve it yourself." ”

Dongfang Yu tilted his head slightly, and looked at Duan Mo with a very strange look, Duan Mo looked down at the account book in his hand and ignored it.

"I see your shopkeeper. ”

Dongfang Yu shrugged his shoulders and said.

Duan Mo, who was holding the account book, paused slightly, he raised his head and squinted at Dongfang Yu.

Dongfang Yu grinned: "He's dying." ”

Duan Mo's brows were twisted, and the next moment, he suddenly raised his head and looked out of the door, at the end of the street, there was a figure covered in blood staggering here, Duan Mo pursed his lips, put down the account book and ran out, carrying the seriously injured Lao Liu back.

"Why bother?"

Duan Mo looked at Lao Liu, who was lying on the bed covered in blood, and sighed lightly.

Lao Liu coughed a few times, choked out a lot of blood from his mouth, maybe a few pieces of internal organs, he struggled to open his eyes, not only his clothes, pants, but even his face had obvious footprints, looking very miserable.

"I ...... I thought about it, and ...... It's infuriating......"

Lao Liu laughed miserably, and he struggled and said: "The century-old signboard has been passed down from generation to generation, how can it be ...... I'm gone?"

Although this small restaurant does not earn fast, but the people are familiar with it, and they are quite comfortable, Lao Liu Tu is stable, and wants to live an ordinary life, but the sky does not let him have a good time, and he has to torture him with many disasters and difficulties.

Duan Mo didn't speak, just sat on the stool next to him and was silent, Lao Liu's eyelids fought, and finally fainted, and Dongfang Yu walked in.

"Wow. ”

Dongfang Yu took out the dagger from his arms and threw it to Duan Mo, and said with a cruel smile: "According to the temperament of the famous young master Zhou Xia, isn't it time to show your terrifying identity and strength at this time?"

Duan Mo looked at the dagger in his hand, and after a long time, he gently placed the dagger on the table next to him, and closed his eyes slightly.

Dongfang Yu sneered, he stood upright, and said indifferently: "Do you still want to continue hiding?" Believe me, you can't be safe, I have already found the clues of the human skin monster, this Heshan Town will soon usher in a disaster." ”

Duan Mo rubbed his eyebrows, looking a little tired.

Dongfang Yu wanted to say something more, but a strange look flashed in his eyes, and he turned his head through the window to look at the group of people who appeared at the end of the road, and an extremely strange look appeared on his face: "Duan Mo, to be honest, in this life, there are too few things that can be wishful." ”

A group of people rushed in murderously, led by a bald man and a bloated man.

"Liu Ming, get out of here!"

The bald man kicked over the wooden table in front of him, his face was full of anger, and he roared: "I wanted to keep you a job, but I didn't expect to dare to run to the medicine hall to make trouble, are you really fucking tired?"

The bloated man's face trembled, and he shouted: "Do it! Smash it all for me! Give it all shameless things, today Lao Tzu completely demolished this broken tavern!"

Dongfang Yu looked at the chickens and dogs jumping downstairs, chaotic downstairs, and looked at Duan Mo with interest, and Duan Mo's gaze stopped on the dagger on his right hand.

"It's too much. ”

Duan Mo said softly.

Dongfang Yu's smile was as weird as ever: "Who said it wasn't." ”

The downstairs was a mess, after a group of people smashed and slashed the first floor, they walked down the stairs to the second floor, Dongfang Yu looked at Duan Mo who was still motionless with disappointment, why did he still sit still, why did he still refuse to get up, what was he still thinking?

Is it that more than a year of stable life has worn away the blood of his bones?

At the age of twenty, there is no frivolity and no enthusiasm, is it really a good thing?

Dongfang Yu suddenly missed the young master who was arrogant, pointed at the sky and scolded the earth, and was not afraid of any cow, ghost, snake and god in Zhou Xia.

The four words of the Heavenly Firm behind him, plus a section of heaven, were enough to crush half of Zhou Xia's country.

Duan Mo didn't care about Dongfang Yu's eyes, he calmly looked out of the door, and there was the sound of tapping footsteps in his ears, and the group had already walked up to the second floor.

"Hey!"

Suddenly, an angry voice rang out.

Duan Mo squinted slightly, he could hear it, this was Xu Desheng's voice, as Xu Desheng's voice spread, noisy voices sounded one after another, gossiping, men, women and children, all filled with righteous indignation.

"Who are you? Why did you smash Lao Liu's tavern?"

"Hurry up, stop it!

At the door of the restaurant, Xu Desheng, who was still wrapped in many bandages, was surrounded by the surrounding villagers, thirty or forty people, all of whom stood at the door with angry faces and accused the people who smashed the restaurant on the stairs.

"This ......"

The bald man was obviously a little surprised, and looked at the bloated man in astonishment.

Duan Mo sat on the stool, his fingers tapped on the table, Lao Liu usually treats people kindly, and the fathers and villagers around him have also been more or less favored by him, when anyone is in trouble, Lao Liu will help whoever he can, and everyone is emotional, now that Lao Liu is in trouble, the big guys discussed it and stood up.

If Lao Liu hadn't fainted at this time, I'm afraid he would have been very moved.

Seeing that things were getting more and more intense, the bald man and the others were also stunned, there were more and more people gathered outside, and they were really a little lacking in confidence, but it didn't take long for the crowd outside to be squeezed out, and an official catcher rushed in with a torch, separated the crowd, and drank quietly, and then even the county commander and a red-bellied middle-aged man walked in.

The hall master of the old medicine hall, Xue Yao, and his cousin Xue Ping won the imperial capital in this year's imperial court examination.

When the people from the government came, the neighbors and villagers who gathered stopped talking, how could there be ordinary people who were not afraid of officials.

"Why are you doing, you don't sleep all night, you want to gather people to make trouble, right?"

Fang Xian Ling shouted at the top of his voice, the anger was quite dry, after all, anyone who was hurriedly shouted from the gentle township at night would not be happy, not to mention that tonight the old medicine hall also offered him two young and lovely little girls to sleep, that is called a water spirit, the skin seems to be able to squeeze out the water, let the Fang County order is to fight until midnight before stopping, if it is not really powerless, he really wants to spring night until dawn.

The originally noisy crowd quieted down, it is a good thing to be bold and courageous, but someone has to take the lead, these ordinary villagers, which one dares to argue with the county official, not to mention that there are those evil faces around to catch each other.

Xu Desheng's throat in the crowd rolled up and down, he lowered his head and gritted his teeth, and shouted with a shrunk neck: "Master Guan! The tavern of Shopkeeper Liu has been handed down from his ancestors for generations, and it belongs to his family! How can it be forcibly demolished?"

Fang Xianling glared and scanned the surroundings, Xu Desheng, who was shouting with his neck bent, had already hidden to the side, and Fang Xianling, who couldn't find anyone, shook his sleeves and said coldly: "I personally approved the document, and the old medicine hall was allowed to be demolished, if any of you have an opinion, come out, I will go to the court and talk to you in detail!"

Now not only Xu Desheng, but even the villagers who gathered together shrank their heads.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Fang County Ling Fang snorted coldly, and Xue Yao on the side stepped forward with a smile, and then said: "By the way, County Commander Master, not long ago, the shopkeeper Liu of this tavern took a pig-killing knife and ran into my yard to make a fuss, injuring many of my servants, several of them were seriously injured and couldn't wake up, I don't know if I can survive, this matter is ......."

Fang Xianling raised his eyebrows, and his voice raised an octave: "What? That Diao Min still has the guts? Arrest Liu Ming!"

Suddenly, a catcher rushed to the second floor and searched the room.

"Here!"

Quickly found the room, there was Lao Liu lying on the bed inside, Duan Mo was sitting on the stool, and Dongfang Yu had long been missing.

The two caught Lao Liu who was unconscious, and Duan Mo was also escorted down the stairs by one person.

"Liu Ming broke into a famous house and committed murder!

Fang Xian Ling snorted, he looked around, and then his eyes rolled, and his eyes turned to Duan Mo who was escorted down, and said: "This little second is also taken in, now the servants of the old medicine hall don't know if they can survive it, if they can't survive and die, Liu Ming is a murderer, and anyone who has something to do with him can't get out of it!"

The villagers gathered around retreated one after another, and the birds scattered in groups, and Fang County ordered this trick to kill chickens and monkeys, which was really in place.

Xue Yao looked at this scene with satisfaction, stroked his beard and laughed, Duan Mo, who was arrested and escorted all the way away, did not say a word, calm as an ancient well and a quiet spring, on the roof of the restaurant, Dongfang Yu sat cross-legged, indifferently looking at everything that happened below, when his eyes moved to Duan Mo, the corners of his mouth twitched, and scolded: "Idiot." ”

That night, Lao Liu's small broken tavern was demolished.

Later, the next day, Lao Liu's daughter-in-law hurried back from her mother's house when she heard the movement, she ran to the prison, but she didn't say anything she cared about, nor how to find a way to get out of Lao Liu, but bluntly said that let Lao Liu give her all her savings, and she would take care of her son.

Duan Mo, who was locked in a cell with Lao Liu, could see that Lao Liu, who was lying in the shadow of the corner, had a crystal slip on his face, his lips trembled, and finally explained to his daughter-in-law where his life savings were.

Lao Liu lay upright, with big eyes open, looking at the damp roof of the prison, and his distraught appearance was extremely miserable.

The old jailer guarding the cell looked at Lao Liu pitifully, three meals a day would be delivered on time and some extra food, Duan Mo gave him some silver and asked the old jailer to help bring some healing medicine, which hung Lao Liu's life.

"Alas, what iniquity. ”

The old jailer, who had finished delivering another meal, sighed and walked away.

Duan Mo sat on the dark and damp ground and looked up at the cold wall.

When he lowered his head again, there was already one more person beside him, it was Dongfang Yu wearing a hat, the iron fence was closed, and the iron window was intact, who didn't know how this guy got in.

"It came again, and this time three died. ”

Dongfang Yu also sat down next to Duan Mo, took out two wine jugs from his arms, one was thrown to Duan Mo, and he held one against the spout of the jug is booze, and after a sip and a half of the pot, he wiped the corners of his mouth: "That thing is not a person, I have fought with it, it is very difficult to entangle, its identity is not clear for the time being, but I have figured out a rule, the people it kills and skins are all men, ranging in age from twenty to eighty years old, and the most important point is ......"

Dongfang Yu's eyes twitched: "I checked the identities of these people who died, they are from different towns around them, and they are of any age, but they have one thing in common, they are all people who have been to Tianwei to participate in the Great Dynasty Examination!"

Duan Mo held the handle of the pot and poured it into his mouth, and then put it down, he turned his head and glanced at Dongfang Yu next to him.

"The Great Pilgrimage Test...... It's another big test. ”

Duan Mo muttered in a low voice, his gaze turned around, and stopped at Lao Liu, who was sleeping and curled up on the wet and cold thatch.

Dongfang Yu drank all the wine in the pot, got up and said, "I want to slaughter that thing, but it's a little difficult." ”

Duan Mo didn't speak, indifferent, as if he hadn't heard it.

Dongfang Yu could only shrug his shoulders boringly, and when Duan Mo raised his head again to drink and then fell, Dongfang Yu beside him disappeared again.

The days in prison passed like this for another week, Lao Liu's injuries improved slightly, and Fang Xianling ignored them, originally wanting to leave them in prison and sit through this life.

But this idea was quickly dispelled.

Today, when the old jailer walked in, his steps were much heavier, Duan Mo raised his head and looked at the old jailer outside the iron bar, the latter's ears and temples were white, and a look of helplessness appeared on his weather-beaten face.

"Come, eat. ”

The old jailer opened the food in the box, big fish and meat, extremely rich, but Lao Liu couldn't eat it, he knew that this was a road meal.

"The order from above is to behead you directly in prison, I went to ask for a favor, and they allowed me to send you on your last journey. ”

The old jailer took out a bottle from his bosom, which flowed with black liquid: "I thought, leave a whole corpse for you, this thing will not hurt if you drink it, it will be very comfortable." ”

Duan Mo got up and walked to Lao Liu's side, Lao Liu had already closed his eyes in resignation, Duan Mo helped him up, and slapped a knife at his neck, Lao Liu was completely unconscious, Duan Mo carried Lao Liu to the front of the iron rod, and the bottle of poison was under his feet.

The old jailer sighed, turned around, and walked backwards, faltering.

The next moment, there was a creaking sound behind the old jailer, and the old jailer turned around in surprise, his pupils shrank suddenly, his eyes widened to the extreme, and he froze in place, and he saw a terrible scene that he would never forget in his life.

That young man, with a pair of palms, easily bent the thumb-thick steel bar!

Duan Mo put his finger in front of his mouth, shouted at the old jailer, made a silent movement, and immediately picked up the unconscious old Liu, walked out of the cage, and stepped out step by step.

The old jailer looked blankly at the young man who was walking down the stairs, his palms shook slightly unconsciously, and he said in a trembling voice: "Demon ...... Yokai ......"

Outside the dungeon, the two trappers guarding the gate quickly collapsed in a pool of blood, Dongfang Yu, who was wearing a hat, was holding a Qingfeng long sword in his hand, and the tip of the sword was still dripping with blood, he licked his scarlet lips, and his eyes flashed red.

In the dark, Duan Mo, who was carrying a person on his back, walked out slowly, he stood at the exit, and met Dongfang Yu's eyes when he appeared at the door.

A moment later, Duan Mo raised his head, and a bright half-round crescent moon was reflected in his pupils, and the clear light was sprinkled all over the world.

"In this world, the wicked rule the way, the good people are hard to survive, and the darkness is everywhere. ”

Duan Mo said softly.

The corners of Dongfang Yu's mouth hooked up a slight arc.

"Under the eternal night, my heart is still clear. ”

In Duan Mo's clear eyes without waves, layers of ripples swelled up, as if something was faintly about to gush out, and he stretched out his palm towards Dongfang Yu.

Dongfang Yu was stunned, and then the subtle arc of the corners of his mouth gradually expanded, and finally laughed uncontrollably, he shook it casually, and threw a straw hat on his back to Duan Mo, Duan Mo put on a straw hat and walked forward, Dongfang Yu wearing a hat followed him, his face was full of evil smiles.

"Long time no see, Young Master Duan!"

The skinning devil who had disappeared for a month reappeared, this time three dead, still the same skinless human corpse in the grove outside the city.

The panic finally began to spread, and the people of the whole Heshan Town were panicked, and for a time there were many people who left their hometowns, and the population of Heshan Town suddenly became much smaller, and the government was anxious, and the people's doubts became more and more intense.

No one knows if the skinless corpse hanging there will be himself.

When the situation was about to get out of control, the imperial capital came with a general order, and Xue Ping, one of the winners of this year's Great Dynasty Test, would lead the escort team back to his hometown in Heshan Town, arrest the murderer, and calm the panic.

The frightened people seemed to grasp the last straw, waiting for reinforcements from the imperial capital, hoping that they would be able to catch this cruel and inhumane skinning demon.

An abandoned earth temple on a distant hill.

Lao Liu woke up tremblingly, he opened his eyes and looked around, his eyes were full of dazedness: "Is this hell?"

In his memory, he should have been poured poison and went to the Netherworld with Xiao Er, who was affected by him, but this place doesn't look like hell when you look left and right.

Suddenly, Lao Liu saw the man sitting on the threshold in front of him.

The man turned his head slowly, Lao Liu's pupils shrank suddenly, his face was full of horror that could not be concealed, the face with a hideous scar was really frightened and his heart skipped a beat, it seems that this place is really hell, otherwise how could there be such a terrible person.

"Idiot. ”

Dongfang Yu glanced at him obliquely, picked up the hat next to him and put it on, got up and said lightly: "You will stay here honestly for the next few days, and when the time comes, someone will come to pick you up and take you back to Heshan Town." ”

Lao Liu swallowed his saliva with difficulty, and muttered in distraction: "I...... I'm not dead?"

Dongfang Yu walked out of the small temple and gradually drifted away.

"Yes...... Is it him?"

Looking at Dongfang Yu, who was wearing a hat and leaving, Lao Liu finally remembered, isn't this Duan Mo's friend?

"Where's the little section?"

Lao Liu realized it later, but he couldn't find Duan Mo's figure.

There were a few men with blue noses and swollen faces, and the reckless dressed men cried and called their mothers, and rushed to see Lao Liu, who hurried over when they saw Lao Liu, shouting one by one, completely serving their fathers, Lao Liu sat on the ground and looked at the swollen faces around him who were attentive and stunned.

These people are here to fall into the grass for the coward, occupy the mountain for the king of the fierce reckless, in the nearby town is also quite famous, ordinary days, the robbery of the house is not less, the government also has no way to take them, but I didn't expect that today suddenly came two strangers, these reckless and not to be murdered, just the blink of an eye kung fu turned around, one by one fell to the ground, covered with bruises, the straw hat man in the two said let them take care of the people in the broken temple on the mountain, there was a slight mistake to take their lives to resist, was beaten to the wounded a few people can not care about anything, even rolling and climbing to the broken temple, playing with the old Liu。

Lao Liu looked out blankly, and a clean face with a kind smile always appeared in his mind, the young man who had worked in his small dilapidated restaurant for a year, and was kind no matter what happened.

Suddenly, his little broken tavern seemed to accommodate a big Buddha in the past year.

......

Heshan Town, a small road outside the city.

The two walked side by side, one wore a hat, the other was a straw hat, surrounded by a weeping willow bluestone bridge, the green grass was peaceful, it was unimaginable, it was such a quiet place, but it was a place where the devil committed murder.

"Wow. ”

Dongfang Yu raised his head and looked at the small forest not far away, under a few trees, there were still stains of blood, thinking that it should be the place where the skinless corpse hanged.

All the skinless corpses have now been sent back to the government, and the two of them have found no clues here.

"The human skin in my hand was taken from it, I fought with it, its moves are extremely strange, it can't be prevented, if I fight it to the death, the victory or defeat is five or five. ”

Dongfang Yu rolled up the sleeve of his left hand, and on his left little arm, there were five scratches that had already scabbed.

"It seems that it has no intention of fighting, otherwise you will suffer a big loss. ”

Duan Mo glanced up at the scratches on Dongfang Yu's hand, and stared, Dongfang Yu shrugged his shoulders when he heard this, disapproving.

"Let's go. Duan Mo walked forward and said casually: "I can't find anything useful here, let's go to the government mansion and take a look at those skinless corpses to see if anything can be found." ”

The two of them headed towards Heshan Town.

In front of it is a bluestone arch bridge, on which stands a beautiful woman, in a white dress and red clothes, standing against the railing, looking into the distance, as if waiting for something.

Duan Mo and the others walked across the arched bridge, passing by the woman, Dongfang Yu didn't raise his head, for him, no matter how beautiful the woman was, she was a pink skeleton, he had no thoughts, he was only interested in the sword in his hand in this life.

Duan Mo paused slightly, and glanced at the woman's side face, this is a very beautiful girl, with bright eyes and bright teeth, red lips and white teeth, but there is no smile on her delicate little face, her eyebrows are slightly wrinkled, and she doesn't know what she is thinking or waiting for in the distance.

Duan Mo retracted his gaze, and the two walked across the bluestone arch bridge, and the woman was alone on the bridge, and the shadow was clear.

The girl in the white dress and red dress is graceful on the bridge.

This is indeed a beautiful and picturesque scene, but for Duan Mo, two years ago, his heart had been silent, and no matter how beautiful a woman in the world was, she couldn't touch a trace of his heartstrings.

After a while, the town of Heshan was already in sight.

Although the Heshan Mansion was heavily guarded, it was like a gate for Duan Mo and the others, entering and exiting at will, and no one noticed the guards in the courtyard, and after a while, the two found the morgue, where corpses were placed on the floor, all covered with white cloths.

"One, two, three, four, five, six......"

Duan Mo glanced at the corpse on the ground, his brows furrowed slowly, and finally stopped on the last white cloth corpse: "Seven!"

The first time one died, the second two died, the third, that is, this time, three people died, the total should be six, why is there a seventh body here?

Dongfang Yu flipped open the white cloth on the corpse, and the corpses that had been plucked out of the human skin were extremely terrifying, completely drenched in blood, all of them were turned out of red meat, and there was only a humanoid mold.

When he arrived at the seventh person, Dongfang Yu opened the white cloth and put it down after just looking at it, squinting his eyes and saying in a low voice: "This is a woman." ”

Duan Mo crossed his fingers in front of him and pondered.

That is to say, the third time four people died, and there was also a woman's skinless body that was covered up by the government, after all, so far, all the dead are men, and there have been no women, and the government naturally does not want to expand the panicked crowd again, so it is understandable to hide this news.

"These six men have all participated in the imperial examination, but I don't know if this woman is also the same. ”

Duan Mo walked to the shelf next to him, looking for files about these corpses, and soon, he found a cowhide bag, and on the front of the bag were written with three large characters with a vermilion brush: No Leather Case.

Duan Mo opened the bag and turned over the pages one by one, all of which were the appearance, identity and various details of the deceased, although the skin was pulled off, and the identity of the deceased could not be confirmed, but through the objects and clothes on the deceased's body, he could still find a matching person from the missing cases in the surrounding towns.

When he turned to the seventh copy, Duan Mo carefully scanned the information on it, and said softly: "This woman has not participated in the Great Dynasty Examination, her name is Jian Xiu, and she is a ...... of the Jian family in Qingshan Town."

Duan Mo's voice stopped abruptly, Dongfang Yu, who was checking the corpse on the ground, was stunned for a moment, and then raised his head, but he was stunned to find that Duan Mo, who was standing with the file, had always been unwavering, even if the sky fell, he was not moved, and an expression called shock appeared on his face

Dongfang Yu's heart thumped, and an extremely bad premonition spread in his heart.

Dongfang Yu hurriedly got up, and the file Duan Mo was holding in his hand was flipping through the portrait of the woman.

"This ......"

Dongfang Yu frowned slightly, looked at the delicate and delicate woman's face above, and immediately looked at Duan Mo: "There's no problem, do you know her?"

Duan Mo didn't speak, just looked at Dongfang Yu.

Dongfang Yu touched his chin, looked at the portrait carefully, and said with some uncertainty: "This woman's ...... Where have you seen it?"

Duan Mo let out a long breath: "Outside the city, the bluestone arch bridge." ”

Dongfang Yu's eyes widened suddenly.

"How is that possible?!"

Dongfang Yu was shocked: "She died two days ago!"

Duan Mo pursed his lips slightly, and there was a cold look in his eyes: "The person we met on the bridge today is exactly the same as the person in this portrait!

Dongfang Yu and Duan Mo looked at each other.

The woman, Jian Xiu, had died two days earlier in a grove outside the city, being skinned and tortured, and not long ago, the two had seen her on the stone bridge.

It's weird and incredible.

"It's hard to say that this information is wrong, this female corpse is not this woman called Jian Xiu?"

Dongfang Yu stared at Duan Mo tightly.

"This possibility cannot be ruled out, after all, the corpse has even been skinned, and it is impossible to accurately identify it. ”

Duan Mo rubbed his fingers against the paper in his hand and said in a low voice.

Dongfang Yu frowned, and said, "Or, she also has a twin sister, and it was her sister that we met?"

Duan Mo put the paper in his hand back into the cowhide bag and resealed it, and took it back to the previous shelf: "Anyway, we have to go to the Jian family in Qingshan Town, judging from the six people who died before, they all have something in common, they are all people who have participated in the Great Dynasty Test, so it must have other things in common when it kills this woman and peels the skin." ”

Duan Mo's eyes were as black as ink, and he continued: "If we can find this common ground, or the reason, we may be able to find its next target, and then we will naturally have a chance to capture it." ”

Dongfang Yu exhaled and rubbed his face vigorously, his expression was abruptly a little abnormal.

"Hey, maybe that's some kind of monster. ”

Dongfang Yu shouted towards Duan Mo who was walking out.

Duan Mo paused, turned his head, and looked at Dongfang Yu with a strange gaze: "En, is it possible to be afraid?"

"Jokes. ”

Dongfang Yu's face was full of disdain: "How could I, Dongfang Yu, ever be afraid? I just remind you that the opponent we are facing is very unusual, I advise you to think clearly now, it will be difficult to get out when the time comes." ”

Duan Mo pushed open the door and walked out, his steps were calm and steady, and there was a touch of youthful recklessness in his voice: "Let it be a little ghost, how about another dozen?"

Dongfang Yu looked at Duan Mo's back, squinting slightly, but grinning.

How could the people of Tianwei know about Zhou Xia Duanmo's dominance.

Duan Mo and Dongfang Yu went out of the city, and walked twenty miles east to Qingshan Town, which has more than a dozen towns within a radius of thousands of miles, all of which belong to Qingshan County.

The two towns are adjacent to each other, so the matter of the skinning demon in Heshan Town also has a great impact on Qingshan Town, Duan Mo was carefully searched for a long time when he walked into the city gate, as for Dongfang Yu, he disappeared in the blink of an eye, and after Duan Mo entered the city, he appeared like a ghost, and even the address of Jian's house had been inquired clearly.

The two jumped in from the wall of Jian's house, and they didn't even splash dust on the ground, and quickly shuttled in the courtyard, and now the Jian family is holding a funeral, and the news of the corpse in Heshan Town has come, but the government strictly ordered them not to say it, even if the Jian family is a big family, they can't go against the government, so they can only swallow everything, and announce that Jian Xiu died at the hands of bandits, and hurriedly hold a funeral.

Duan Mo and the others were not interested in the crowd of people who were crying and crying in that courtyard, and the two of them sneaked directly into the house where Jian Xiu was alive.

"I've learned that the Jane family is such a daughter, and there are no twin sisters, so the first possibility was overturned. ”

Dongfang Yu looked at the object that was obviously in the woman's boudoir, and said to Duan Mo.

Duan Mo walked to the dresser, looked down at the rouge gouache on the table, flipped through it casually, and said, "In this way, the owner of that skinless corpse is this woman." ”

Duan Mo opened the cabinet of the dresser, in addition to a large amount of rouge, there were also a few masks for playing, Duan Mo glanced at it and withdrew his gaze, Dongfang Yu took out a pile of letters from the cabinet next to him, looked at it, pouted slightly, and said with a strange smile: "Yo, don't you see, this girl who looks quite serious and beautiful turns out to be a water-based poplar prodigal master." ”

Dongfang Yu stuffed a pile of letters in his hand to Duan Mo, and instead continued to look for useful clues.

Duan Mo glanced at the letters twice, such a pile, but they were all for different people, and the words were extremely ambiguous, such as what flower path had never been swept by guests, and the Pengmen was now open for you, etc., Duan Mo had never been interested in the correspondence between these merry people, and put the letters in his hand aside.

After a while, the two glanced at each other, shrugged helplessly, and looked for a long time, but there were no useful clues at all, except for finding that Jian Xiu, who seemed to be everyone's best girl, was an amorous woman who liked to wander.

Duan Mo sat on the chair, put his hands together against his chin, and looked at the cabinet in front of him in thought.

Suddenly, his gaze stopped on the mask of the open dresser drawer, he squinted slightly, and the next moment, his eyes flashed, and he quickly asked, "Is that thing a man or a woman?"

"Men and women?"

Dongfang Yu was stunned for a moment, and was a little embarrassed: "I said it, that thing may not be human, where is the difference between men and women, you have to let me say a gender......"

Dongfang Yu spread his hands: "I found a long hair, it should barely be considered a woman." ”

Duan Mo took the mask and got up, his eyes blazing: "It seems that we have gained a little from this trip." ”

"What do you mean?"

Dongfang Yu was confused.

Duan Mo shook the mask in his hand, Dongfang Yu was stunned, he was not a fool, and quickly reacted: "Mask? human skin... Mask!?"

"That's right, the Jane embroidery we saw on the slate bridge is probably the skin-peeling demon wearing a human skin mask. ”

Duan Mo said solemnly: "What I want to know more than this is whether it only wears a simple embroidered human skin mask, or is it directly draped in a simple embroidered full-body human skin." ”

Dongfang Yu had a creepy feeling.

If you simply put on a simple embroidered human skin mask, this is still tolerated, but even human skin can be directly draped, what is this concept?

Is there really such a thing in the world?

"It's really a demon. ”

Dongfang Yu shook his body, but his expression seemed to be more excited.

This guy has always been where danger is drilling, and he likes to face all kinds of strange opponents the most, and the stronger he is, the more excited he is.

Duan Mo ignored the Dongfang jade, which was the same as the blood of the chicken, frowned and thought about it, now he could deduce that this skin-peeling demon should be a woman, or something that could wear a woman's skin, but this was just an inference, and no one could guarantee whether it would suddenly change into a man's skin.

The concealment methods of this thing are outrageously high, and even Duan Mo and Dongfang Yu walked past it without finding anything abnormal, let alone others, so as long as it wears human skin, it is no different from ordinary people, walking freely, which is quite tricky.

"Let's go, there is one more person who died in this Qingshan Town, one of the two who died for the second time, named Liu Xufeng, a farmer. ”

Duan Mo left this place, there were no extra clues here, he was going to take a look at another place, Dongfang Yu quickly followed.

Liu Xufeng's home is in the village outside the city, it is a small thatched hut, there is no one in the house, Duan Mo asked the people in the village for a while Liu Xufeng, all the peasant families who mentioned this name, both young and old, shook their heads, obviously not interested in this person, the most mentioned point is that this person who is almost old enough to know the destiny of heaven still likes to linger in fireworks places all day long, of course, ordinary peasant families can only afford to go to those low-grade kilns, he is not tired of it, as long as he has a little spare money, he will go there.

It can be described as eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, proficient in everything, drunk, losing the gambling, going home to get angry with his wife and children, his daughter-in-law just a few days ago because she couldn't stand this kind of abuse and fled with the child.

Therefore, even if he disappeared silently for several weeks, there was no surprise or movement in the village for this unpopular animal.

Duan Mo and Dongfang Yu left Qingshan Town, went to the places where a few other people died, spent a day going all over, and returned to Heshan Town in the evening, and picked an inn to stay.

"After running for a day, there is no useful gain, except that these six people have all participated in the Great Dynasty Test and failed the list, and they have not found anything in common. ”

Dongfang Yuyi was excited, dozing off with wine.

Duan Mo took the pen and paper, spread it on the table, the pen was strong and powerful, quite a dragon and snake walking, he put all the information he got during the day into the pen, Jian Xiu as the only special case of women, written on the top, Liu Xufeng, Hu Jin and others below.

"Jian Xiu, a large family, likes masks, is dissolute by nature, has excellent appearance, has not participated in the imperial examination, and is unmarried. ”

"Liu Xufeng, a farmer, ordinary appearance, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, lingering in the Qinglou, failed to participate in the Great Dynasty test 20 years ago, has a wife and children, and has a bad character. ”

"Hu Jin, a merchant, of general appearance and good fortune, divorced his wife a month ago and married the daughter of a high-ranking official. ”

......

Duan Mo wrote a large piece of paper, and his eyes swept over one by one, trying to find the common ground.

While Duan Mo was pondering and searching, Dongfang Yu drank all the wine in the pot, yawned and got up, walked to Duan Mo's side and glanced at the content on the paper, he was not even interested in looking at these, and waved his hand and said: "Anyway, these are not good birds, and they will die if they die." ”

Dongfang Yu picked up the hat and continued: "You continue to study, and I'll go around the city to see if I can still squat on that thing." ”

Duan Mo, who was thinking seriously, didn't respond, and Dongfang Yu didn't care, so he raised his feet and walked to the door.

"Wait. ”

Just as Dongfang Yu opened the door, a ripple suddenly swept through Duan Mo's dark eyes like a deep pool of ancient wells, and he hurriedly said, "What did you just say?"

"Huh?"

Dongfang Yu was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I said to go around the city, and I want to go and squat that guy again." ”

Duan Mo shook his head: "No, it's the previous sentence." ”

"The previous one?"

Dongfang Yuhu said suspiciously: "I said...... These aren't good birds, they're dead anyway, what's wrong?"

As if he had found a new continent, Duan Mo immediately got up and picked up the pen, and looked at the paper in front of him in a daze: "It's not a good bird......

Duan Mo raised his pen violently and drew a stroke on Jian Xiu's natural debauchery, and then went down in turn, Liu Xufeng's lingering Qinglou, violent wife and children, Hu Jin's divorce wife, etc., counting Jian Xiu, a total of seven people, all have emotional similarities.

Dongfang Yuhou walked in consciously and looked at the words drawn out by Duan Mo.

Duan Mo pursed his lips slightly, and wrote three big characters in the middle with a pen.

Negative people.

That's right, the dead people, whether they are men or women, are like child's play with their feelings, and they are extremely irresponsible, and they can be called negative people, and even like Liu Xufeng and others, they are already outrageous.

"Found common ground......

Dongfang Yu muttered to herself, her eyes getting brighter and brighter.

"Haha. ”

Dongfang Yu laughed loudly and patted Duan Mo's shoulder heavily: "It seems that I really found the right one to ask you for help." ”

Duan Mo glanced at him, he didn't smile, Dongfang Yu didn't care, he ran out quickly and began to look for people who met this common denominator, although there were more than a dozen towns around here, but after all, there were not many men who had participated in the big court test and were negative, and women were even more rare, after all, most of the women who grew up in this small town with conservative folk customs were all ladies.

"Looks like this is a youkai with a story. ”

Duan Mo put down his pen, shrugged his shoulders, touched his stomach, he was already hungry, he had not eaten well this day, so he pushed open the door and walked downstairs to let the store fill his stomach with bits and pieces.

As soon as I came down the stairs, I heard the noise from below, it was already night, most of the diners had finished, and there was only one table of people left in the lobby.

The innkeeper and the shopkeeper were chatting to pass the time, wanting to wait for the table to finish eating before closing, but they also didn't know what time these characters who didn't seem to be easy to mess with would drink after all, as a store, they couldn't drive the guests away.

Duan Mo went downstairs and asked the shopkeeper for a few catties of cooked beef and wine, and sat in the corner of the slightly quiet lobby, and soon the shopkeeper delivered the meal, Duan Mo picked up a chopstick and stuffed it into his mouth without hurry.

"Hey, let me tell you, how much did I do for Young Master Xue three years ago, and this time he came back in his official uniform, haha, I can be regarded as able to get a little light. ”

"This Young Master Xue is also very good, the few people in the old medicine hall who come to us on weekdays are also polite, when they came two days ago, they were angry, I wondered if they took the wrong medicine, I didn't expect to get the news that Young Master Xue was on the court test the next day, tsk......"

"Come on, come on, drink, our brother has a few developed opportunities, and when Young Master Xue comes back tomorrow, I have to talk to him well, if I don't take the opportunity to contact my feelings at this time, I won't have a chance in the future." ”

Duan Mo, who lowered his head and bit the beef, was stunned, he could ignore everything in his ears, his heart was as calm as water, but he could also hear the sound of mosquitoes and wings a hundred meters away, and the big bunches of nonsense of those people were all instinctively ignored, but a few words fell into his ears.

Young Master Xue, Old Medicine Hall.

Duan Mo finally narrowed his eyes, indeed, this voice was a little familiar.

He turned his head and looked at the group of people in the distance who he hadn't looked at since he had come downstairs, all of them were the kind of people who looked fierce and vicious, and they were tattooed with all kinds of things, one of which was a bald man and a bloated man.

Heshan Town is not big, but it is not small, at least within a year, Duan Mo has visited half of Heshan Town at most, so the shopkeeper Xiao Er and others in the inn here will not recognize him, not to mention that he is still wearing a straw hat.

But this bald man is different from a bloated man, they are well-known ruffians and hooligans in Heshan Town, they are in groups, as long as they give money, they will do things, they are ruthless, and they have a relationship with the government, so ordinary people will not provoke them.

The forced demolition of Lao Liu's tavern was the group of people found by the old medicine hall, and it was also this group of people who slapped Duan Mo's face and humiliated him with a scabbard, and it was this group of people who took hot dishes and buckled Duan Mo's head.

Duan Mo is in Heshan Town, and people who know him say that he has a good temper, laughs all day long, is kind, polite and sensible, and is quite loved by the neighbors, but if he changes places and groups of people, it is like an evil continent, like a bad continent, like a place that cannot be placed, seeing his face, even if it is those who do all kinds of evil and lose their conscience, they have to tremble until their third leg trembles.

Dongfang Yu was sighing not long ago, a year of stability has worn off Duan Mo's water chestnut, making him no longer like him, Dongfang Yu feels that Duan Mo has lost the arrogance and grandeur that he should have at this age.

Thinking back then, Duan Mo, who had just entered the Evil Continent, was the first thing the world knew was his numbness and chilling eyes.

This is a madman who does not offend me, I will not offend anyone, and if someone offends me, he will not die.

However, I have to say that after quitting the Evil Continent and hiberning in Heshan Town for a year, Duan Mo's mentality has indeed changed a lot, otherwise he would not have endured the humiliation of that day.

Duan Mo lowered his head again, burying his head in solving the meal in front of him, Duan opposite him pursed his lips slightly, and suddenly smiled weirdly, his fingers twisted lightly.

There was a cool breeze blowing in through the window, the wind at night, always very cold and cold, seemed to be able to penetrate into the bones, the bald man who was invaded by the cold wind shook his body coldly, became more and more drunk and hazy, looked up, pulled his throat and shouted: "Hey, Xiao Er! Hurry up, close the window, you fuck, you're about to freeze to death." ”

Xiao Er muttered and walked over and closed the window.

The bald man didn't continue to hold a few chopsticks, and a cool breeze blew him goosebumps, and he slapped the chopsticks on the table angrily, shouting: "Little Er! You damn Little Er!"

Xiao Er was stunned, and then pointed to the young man with a hat standing by the window, and said aggrievedly: "It's none of my business, he opened it." ”

The bald man turned his head viciously and glared at the young man in the hat who was leaning against the window lattice, and scolded: "Boy, are you stirring up trouble?"

Dongfang Yu lowered the brim of his hat slightly, and pointed to the tall back of the one sitting on the table on the left, with his back against everyone: "Our young master said that it is hot, and it is better to open the window." ”

Duan Mo put down the chopsticks in his hand and sighed softly.

This oriental jade.

It really is.

Damn it.

Dongfang Yu looked at the bald man who walked over menacingly, and his face under the hat was full of strange smiles.

The already fierce bald man was even more uncontrollable under the drunkenness at the moment, and kicked on the table in front of Dongfang Yu, with such great force that the table slipped out several meters and hit the other one, and the soup, wine and meat spilled on the ground, the bald man stretched out his hand and grabbed Duan Mo's shoulder with a seemingly familiar feeling, and actually wrapped his wrist around his neck, slowly exerting force, and sneered: "Boy, I heard that you seem to feel very hot, do you want me to help you cool down, uncle?"

Dongfang Yu was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, and shouted: "Hey, what are you doing, if you dare to do it, I will immediately report to the official to arrest you!"

The people at the table not far away laughed insolently, and the bloated fat man said happily: "Go, we will wait here for you to report to the official." ”

A person next to him laughed: "Boy, do you want me to help you shout, we are very familiar with that county order." ”

The bald man sneered, his arm slammed hard, trying to throw Duan Mo to the ground, and the next moment, the bald man frowned, he couldn't pull down Duan Mo who was sitting on the stool at all.

The next moment, a slender palm slowly grabbed his wrist, and with great force, easily removed the thick arm that was bound around his neck.

"It hurts, it hurts!"

The bald man wailed, and several people at the table were horrified.

Dongfang Yu grinned.

It's a good show, it's over.