An Pingyuan nodded and said, "Brother Chen, you guessed right, something did happen." This is the example of the Yamen of the Criminal Department, you can take a look at it first. ”

Chen Chao was curious, took the list and took a closer look, frowned, and asked, "Brother An, was it true that those scholars in the wine shop talked about the rumors about the fox fairy yesterday?" ”

An Pingyuan pondered for a moment and said, "It is not known whether the rumors are true or not, but it is true that there are indeed murders around the capital." Recently, many scholars who went to Beijing to take the exam disappeared for no reason, and when their bodies were found, they were described as withered, like old men who were dying. This incident was widely spread among the majority of scholars, and it was said that the fox fairy was making a mistake, which made people panic and the city was full of wind and rain. ”

Chen Chao is a materialist young man from modern times, and naturally he doesn't believe in this kind of evil thing, and there is no doubt that there must be villains doing something wrong.

An Pingyuan said: "Now that the palace test is imminent, such a thing happened in the imperial court, which seriously threatens the safety of the scholars, and the queen mother is particularly concerned and asks the yamen of the criminal department to thoroughly investigate the case within a time limit." Therefore, Lord Rong found me and offered a reward of 1,000 oceans to arrest the murderer. Although I conclude that the so-called fox fairy is really man-made, there is no doubt that this murderer is not an idle person and is very dangerous, so I want to ask your opinion, do you want to go with me this time? ”

Chen Chao immediately laughed, and said indifferently: "Brother An, you have been a bounty hunter for so many years, you should know that in this business, every order you receive is dangerous." I, Chen Chao, would not voluntarily ask to enter the industry if I spared my life, Brother An, are you right? ”

An Pingyuan nodded.

Chen Chao said again: "The so-called master of art is bold, no matter how cunning the fox is, he can't escape a good hunter, and if he wants to be a good hunter, then he must learn his skills, Brother An, you, the world's number one bounty hunter, are my best teacher, and with you, the best teacher, to take me, I should cherish the opportunity to learn." ”

It is impossible for An Pingyuan to take himself all the time, as the saying goes, the master leads the door to practice by himself, since An Pingyuan now has time to take himself personally, then he should cherish it more, and if he doesn't go into the tiger's den, he won't go out to do things, where will he get the prestige to practice cheats, where will the positive energy come from to sustain his life, and where will the dry goods let the old man upgrade.

Therefore, if you want to survive, if you want to be stronger, if you want to reach the peak of life, you must rely on your own unremitting efforts.

An Pingyuan: "Okay, it's rare that Brother Chen has such self-motivation, if An persuades again, it will be too hypocritical." You prepare first, and after half an hour, we will meet at Shilipo outside the capital. ”

……

After An Pingyuan left, Chen Chao took all his net worth of 25 oceans, found the old man in the teahouse, spent 4 points of positive energy to exchange for four life-sustaining pills, simply packed a little luggage, rented a horse and rode out of the capital, and took Shilipo to wait first.

At this time, an old man who picked up goods passed by and saw Chen Chao staying alone in the pavilion, and saw his eyebrows and eyes, and the jade tree was in the wind, so he kindly reminded: "Young man, the vicinity of the capital has not been peaceful recently, and it is rumored that there are fox demons infested, which has killed many young people like you." Listen to the old man's advice, don't go to a secluded place alone. ”

"Thank you, uncle, the younger generation understands." Chen Chao thanked him, watched the old man leave, and said secretly in his heart: It seems that someone is playing tricks on this matter, but I don't know why the murderer picked on the young man.

Chen Chao was thinking about things when he heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from behind.

On the official road, An Pingyuan came by himself.

"I'm sorry, Ann is late." An hired Yuan to apologize to Chen Chao.

Chen Chao smiled and said, "Brother An, you came just in time, I came early." By the way, where do we start with that? ”

An Pingyuan didn't answer immediately, but dismounted, took out a book unhurriedly, and said: "This is the file I compiled about this case from the Yamen of the Criminal Department, the rumors about the fox demon harming people are not recent, the earliest can be traced back to two years ago, two years ago, there was a case of young people missing in the nearby township, but it did not attract enough attention at that time, until a survivor appeared, and the rumors of the fox demon began to circulate." ”

Chen Chao was quite curious and asked, "There is still a survivor, so are we going to find out about this survivor now?" ”

"That's right," An Pingyuan nodded, and said: "In the business of a bounty hunter, everything related to the case needs to be understood in person, hearsay is like a blind man touching an elephant, and a one-sided approach is really not advisable." ”

Chen Chao thought so.

……

Chen Chao and An Pingyuan inquired along the way and found the survivor's home, which was very dilapidated, with only two thatched huts in the small courtyard with solid soil, and a white-haired old woman sitting on the threshold to sew and mend.

The two dismounted, and An Pingyuan stepped forward to inquire: "Old lady, is this Wang Ershun's home?" ”

The old woman's ears were a little back, and An Pingyuan asked loudly several times before she understood what it meant and replied, "Yes!" It's Ershun's home, I'm his mother, what are you looking for Ershun? ”

Chen Chao said loudly beside him: "We are bounty hunters, we were sent by the imperial court to investigate the case, this is Lord An, he has something he wants to know about your son." ”

The old woman's ears were not good, so she didn't hear very clearly, but when she heard what "adult" it was, she turned around and shouted to the house: "Ershun, you come out, there are two officials looking for you." ”

"Got it, mother."

An old voice came from inside the house, and in a moment, a drooping little old man staggered across the threshold with a cane, walked out, and bowed: "Ershun, the king of the grass people, has seen two official masters." ”

Chen Chao and An Pingyuan glanced at each other, their faces full of incredulity.

Wang Ershun is obviously the son of an old woman, and the household registration of the yamen is recorded as twenty-three years old, why is a twenty-three-year-old person actually a little old man? What did he go through?

Under the questioning of Chen Chao and An Pingyuan, the beginning and end of the incident were restored......

It turned out that Wang Ershun was indeed a strong and strong guy back then, with his strength, he traveled back and forth to the mountains all year round to reclaim wasteland, plant crops to support his mother, and his life was quite prosperous.

But one evening two years ago, Wang Ershun came home from work, and suddenly met a beautiful woman in the middle of the mountain road......

It is also considered that Wang Er is obedient to his fate, and his physique is different from ordinary people, and when his mother and the villagers found him, he still had a breath, and he finally saved his life, but he changed from a big guy who could carry the Ding to a little old man.

The villagers all said that Wang Ershun must have met the fox demon in the mountain, and the rumor of the fox demon spread from that time.