"After all, this paper still can't contain fire......"

told a twists and turns of the past, and the village chief couldn't help but sigh.

Gu Ming couldn't help asking: "Could it be that the little merchant's matter has been revealed?" ”

"That's right!" The village chief nodded: "As the so-called evil has evil retribution, the pair of dog men and women still didn't know how to restrain after returning to the village, and they were finally arrested."

The two of them couldn't stand the beating, so they started dog-eat-dog, and as a result, they shook everything out......

It's ridiculous that the second bolt still doesn't admit guilt, but says that the little merchant and Aji framed him.

But the villagers are not fools.

As the old saying goes, if you don't know, you can't do it unless you do.

You must know that there are more than 2,000 people in our village, how can that kid be truly seamless?

In the end, after the decision of the elders of the Chen family, the second bolt was expelled from the Chen family, and the Chen family tree was eliminated, and he and his descendants were never allowed to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors. ”

"So that's the case, so where is this second bolt now?"

Gu Ming continued to ask.

"I heard that this guy has been mixing quite well in the past two years, and he has joined a big family surnamed Wei in Dafeng County, a suburb of Beijing, to help take care of the Wei family's huge family business......"

"God is really eyeless, and a person with such a corrupt character is still a mixed person."

Qian Pingzhi said indignantly.

As a result, Qiao Niang snorted unconvinced: "Hmph, that's not human-like, it's human-like!" ”

"Yes, yes, what the lady said is reasonable."

Gu Ming said thoughtfully: "In this case, the suspicion of this second bolt is indeed quite big. ”

"What then? Do you want to report to the police and arrest him? The village chief asked anxiously.

"It's useless to report to the official!" Gu Ming shook his head: "After all, this is just a speculation, and you can't come up with conclusive evidence."

Okay, let's not say what he said, while it's still early, it's important to hurry up and destroy the other party's layout. ”

As soon as the news spread, the village was suddenly boiling.

In general, the vast majority of villagers are skeptical.

After all, Gu Ming is just a weak scholar in their eyes, what else can he do except recite poetry?

I'm afraid he's not a liar, right?

As a result, as soon as Gu Ming made a move, one by one he was so shocked that his jaw almost hit the ground.

When will scholars be able to call for wind and rain?

Of course, Gu Ming didn't want to show off his skills in front of these villagers, if he wanted to break the other party's layout, he had to use some means to suppress it.

The layout of the other party is mainly distributed around the village, and the technique is also very ingenious, almost all of them are arranged using ready-made landforms.

For example, rocks, trees, ponds, meadows, and so on.

It was also blessed with some strange charms, which were all found and destroyed by Gu Ming with his discernment.

After almost two hours of busyness, it was finally done.

For the sake of safety, Gu Ming once again climbed to a high place to look at the scenery of the whole village to see if there was anything missing.

At the foot of the hill, the village chief and the village elders began to discuss the remuneration.

"Third child, how did you do it? Why haven't you discussed silver taels before? ”

"Second brother, Gu Gongzi didn't mention the remuneration at all, how can I ask?"

"Alas, what if this ......"

"Second uncle, my nephew knows what you're worried about, but don't worry, Gu Xie Yuan will definitely not ask for a price. According to my nephew, he has helped many people and has never paid for anything. ”

"That's it, anyway, he helped us so much, even if he asked for some more silver taels, he should ......"

But what the villagers didn't expect was that Gu Ming didn't even come down.

After confirming that the layout of Qianjiazhuang was restored to normal, he said goodbye on the hillside and left.

Suddenly left the villagers stunned.

"This is the real master!"

In the end, an elder in the village sighed from the bottom of his heart.

……

Two days later.

Beijing suburbs, Dafeng County.

This place is only more than 50 miles away from the capital, occupying a geographical advantage, so it is far more prosperous than the general county seat.

At the gate of the city, pedestrians, porters, palanquins, horses, and carriages flowed endlessly.

Gu Ming followed the crowd into the county seat, walked around, and admired the customs on both sides of the street.

After walking a short distance, I saw a large group of people gathered in front of me, and I didn't know what I was looking at, and the sound was mixed.

Gu Ming's lazy attention, and when he was about to bypass the crowd, a task prompt popped up inexplicably in his mind, click on it and take a look:

[Uncover the mystery of the demon in the county and find out the real culprit behind the scenes]

[Complete the mission, reward 60 points]

Seeing the content of the task, Gu Ming couldn't help but be stunned, and then his spirit perked up: Sure enough, if you want to earn points, you still have to come out and walk around more.

I've made a lot of money along the way.

So, Gu Ming squeezed into the crowd to take a look, and it turned out that there was a reward notice posted on the wall.

However, it was not posted by the government, but a private bounty, and the bounty was 500 taels of silver.

This is a big deal, much higher than the bounty offered by the government. For those felons and Jiangyang thieves who are generally wanted by the government, most of the bounties are more than ten taels, and there are very few hundreds of taels.

This is also the biggest reason why it is difficult for the government to catch people.

Those who are red-eyed and bounty often don't have that ability.

Those who have the ability, but are not willing to take risks for such a small amount of silver.

There will be brave men under heavy rewards.

Through the content of the reward and the discussion of onlookers, Gu Ming roughly figured out the origin of the incident.

The demon incident started half a month ago, and so far four people have been killed, all of whom are younger daughters.

The youngest was only eleven years old, and the oldest was fourteen.

The death was all the same, pale and withered, like withered flowers.

Although the government also issued a reward order to arrest the culprit, according to insiders, the deceased was not killed by humans at all, but was sucked away by demons with blood, soul, and spirit.

The people are also convinced of this statement, and now the people are panicking, and many daughters in the city do not dare to go out, and hide at home all day long, for fear that they will be caught by monsters if they are not careful.

Wealthy families even looked for mages to avoid evil spirits in order to seek peace of mind.

Not long after, Gu Ming inquired all the way and found Ren Yuan's foreign mansion.

"Hey, who are you looking for?"

The subordinate standing outside the door asked.

"Please report to your master, and say that I am here for a reward."

"What? You...... Is there a mistake? ”

The subordinate looked surprised, looking Gu Ming up and down.

"Isn't it a bounty issued by your master?"

"The bounty issued by my lord is a demon hunt, are you mistaken?"

"That's right, I'm here to hunt demons!"

"Uh......" The subordinate scratched his head in confusion: "Okay, you wait here for a while, I'll report it." ”

In the backyard, Ren Yuanwai looked sad and sad, and was talking to a middle-aged man.

This person is a warlock named Wei Teng, and his skills are not high, but it is no problem to catch some little ghosts and demons.

"Master Ren rest assured, Wei has been walking the rivers and lakes for more than 20 years, and I don't know how many ghosts and monsters have been destroyed.

This time, Wei will also live up to the trust of Master Ren, and he will definitely kill this demon ......"

"Master, there's another demon hunter outside."

"Huh?"

As soon as he heard that someone came to rob the business, Wei Teng couldn't help frowning.

I can't ask for anything else, anyway, there is only one bounty, and whoever kills the demon who killed his daughter first will get that bounty.

"Quick, come in!"

"But sir, that man looks like he should be a scholar."

"Scholar?"

Ren was stunned.

"Yes, but he said he was here to hunt demons."

"Hehe, these days, there are all kinds of liars."

Wei Teng took the opportunity to sneer coldly.

"This ...... Let's come in first. ”

"Yes!"

The subordinate turned around and ran quickly to the gate, and then took Gu Ming into the backyard.

"This is my lord."

"In Xia Gu Wenxing, I heard that Master Ren was offering a bounty to catch demons, so I came to the door to give it a try."

Without waiting for the staff to reply, Wei Teng couldn't help but smile coldly: "Give it a try?" I said Housheng, where did you get the courage? Do you want to hunt demons behind closed doors? ”

"Ahem!" Ren Yuanwai hurriedly coughed and stepped forward to play a round: "Gu Gongzi, the old man will introduce you, this is Master Wei Tengwei, he is also out of kindness, and there is no malice." ”

"Really? Hehe, don't I have to thank you? ”

"Master Ren is right, Wei is also out of kindness. On the other hand, I'm afraid that some people who don't know the height of the sky will come to the door to cheat and cheat. ”

Gu Ming smiled and said, "I've been taught." But I want to ask this master, how high is the sky? How thick is the ground? ”

"You ......"

"Alright, you don't have to argue here. The door-to-door is a guest, can you give the old man a little face? ”

"I'm sorry, it's Wei's fault. This junior, I hope you don't mind what you said before, Wei Mou is straightforward and fast-talking, and he is not aimed at anyone. ”

Gu Ming lazily ignored it, and said to Ren Yuanwai: "Master Ren, I need to check Ling Qianjin's body first to see if I can find any clues." ”

Ren Waiwai answered in a hoarse voice, and then ordered Yahuan to take Gu Ming to the mourning hall for inspection.

When I came to the mourning hall, I saw that sure enough, it was the same as the death that those onlookers said before.

"Woo woo, Miss......"

When she saw the young lady's remains, Yahuan felt sad from her heart, and she whimpered and cried.

"How old is Miss Ren?" Gu Ming subconsciously asked.

"Less than thirteen...... Woohoo......"

"Was she killed at home, or was she outside?"

"Outside...... However, she stayed at home all the time and suddenly disappeared that night...... It wasn't until the afternoon of the next day that it was discovered......"

"Where did you find it?"

"...... in an alley in the south of the city"

"yes, got it."

Gu Ming nodded, and then used his discerning and careful probe......

During this period, his face changed several times.

It was almost time for tea to go, and then he said to Yahuan, who was kneeling on the ground and whimpering: "Okay, let's go." ”

"Hmm!"

Yahuan kowtowed a few times, and then got up and returned to the courtyard with Gu Ming.

"Gu Gongzi, have you found anything?"

Ren asked with a glimmer of hope.

Gu Ming shook his head: "Not for the time being!" ”

"Alas!"

Hearing this, Ren Yuanwai couldn't help but sigh in disappointment.

"Master, Madame woke up and refused to eat anything......

A girl came in a hurry to report.

Ren Yuanwai immediately got up and said to Gu Ming and the others: "I'm sorry, the old man will miss him for a while." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, if Master Ren has something to do, just go and get busy, you don't have to greet us."

Wei Teng spoke in an empathetic tone.

As soon as Ren Wai left, Wei Teng squinted at Gu Ming, and said in the tone of a senior in the rivers and lakes: "Boy, I will give you a piece of advice, first go and get a decent outfit before coming out to mix." ”

"Thank you!"

Gu Ming didn't look angry at all and smiled.

Then he added: "Do you leave by yourself, or will this son give you a ride?" ”

……