Chapter 69: The Headless Corpse
As soon as Yin Zhen appeared, the man hurriedly stood up, leaned over towards Yin Zhen and respectfully shouted "Heavenly Master".
And, please Yin Zhen sit down and personally serve tea, and also let the subordinates prepare food for the disciples of the Demon Slayer Pavilion and the disciples of the Demon Slayer Pavilion who came together.
"Celestial Master, are you passing by by by accident or do you have something to explain?" This man looks much older than Yin Zhen, but his attitude towards Yin Zhen is very respectful and polite.
"Saito, now I see that you are governing this prosperous county well, this Heavenly Master, there is nothing to explain for the time being." Yin Zhen said and took a sip of tea from his cup.
"However, when the Heavenly Master passed through here, did he catch some monster?" The county lord named Saito asked cautiously.
"When did you learn to ask questions that you shouldn't ask?" Yin Zhen suddenly put the cup on the wooden table beside him, and his already gloomy face became more serious.
"Heavenly Master, your subordinates are reckless, but?" Saito lowered his eyes, as if he wanted to say something, but he hesitated to say it.
"Don't stumble!" Yin Zhen said impatiently.
Saito immediately nodded: "Heavenly Master, a few days ago in this town, there were several murders. ”
"And then?" Yin Zhen asked disapprerovingly.
Dead people, for today's turbulent situation, it is rare to see a day when no one will die.
"There's something strange about the Heavenly Master, the dead man, after the corpse was pulled back, we found that there were many holes in the corpse, as if it was eaten by insects." After Saito finished speaking, the expression on his face became more and more solemn: "Heavenly Master, my subordinates suspect that it is an evil thing. ”
"Then go and catch it, what are you going to do with me?" Yin Zhen asked rhetorically after listening.
"The subordinates have passed, but the house is very cloudy, and after I went, it was useless to make a sticker, and some people heard a wail from the house at midnight." When Saito said this, there was a trace of worry in his eyes: "In the long run, people will be panicked. ”
"Hmph, how many days have you been out of the Demon Slayer Pavilion? Forgot all about it? Yin Zhen scolded mockingly.
"My subordinates are not talented, and I ask the Heavenly Master to help." Saito said that, and leaned over to Yin Zhen and pleaded.
"In a moment, send a few people with you to the house." Yin Zhen took a sip of tea, gently wiped his red lips with a handkerchief and said.
"The old house of the Gu family, just walk straight down the street of our mansion, and you can see it at the end." Saito spoke, which meant that he didn't even dare to lead the way.
"The Gu family's old mansion?" After I heard the four words of the Gu family's old house, my face immediately changed.
There were holes in the dead people's bodies, and now Saito said that there was a strange sound in the Gu family's old house? Could it be that Gu Shaoting returned to this busy county with Hu Hongtian?
I thought it was very likely, so I opened my mouth and asked Yin Zhen to let me go for a while.
"What? Do you still want to save those evil monsters? Yin Zhen glanced at me with disdain.
"No, I just wanted to check it out." I replied lightly.
Yin Zhen's eyes rolled slightly, and after a long time, he suddenly asked Saito again: "Did you just say 'Gu Family's Old Mansion'?" ”
"Yes, yes, I heard the people of Fanxian County say that the ancestor of that family was also a demon hunter, and later worshiped the family immortals, but he was killed by the immortals." Saito replied.
"Then, does the Gu family have a child named Gu Shaoting?" After Yin Zhen finished speaking, he didn't look at Saito, but glanced at me coldly.
My eyes immediately avoided him, and he had already seen the answer in my eyes.
"Tut-tut, that's interesting, then I'll have to go myself." After Yin Zhen finished speaking, he stood up and wanted to go to the Gu family's old mansion immediately.
I hurriedly followed, but Saito saw that Yin Zhen was going to go out in person, and his heart was immediately relieved, and he was ready to go with him.
Yin Zhen didn't bring any other disciples, just Saito and me.
Saito prepared the carriage and went directly to the Gu family's mansion.
The carriage is spacious, which is for us who have been in the car for two days in a row, and we can finally stretch our legs.
In the carriage, Saito lit the kerosene lamp and looked very serious.
The carriage soon arrived at the Gu family's old house, but after arriving, Saito did not mean to get out of the carriage, but opened the carriage curtain and handed me the kerosene lamp, asking me to illuminate Yinzhen, while he himself waited for us in the carriage.
Yin Zhen snorted coldly, glanced at Saito with great disdain, and jumped out of the carriage directly, and I jumped down with a kerosene lamp.
The thunderstorm outside was very heavy, and the moment it came down, he was half drenched, and hurriedly hid under the eaves.
Yin Zhen had already raised his hand to push open the wooden door of the Gu family's mansion, and after a squeaky sound came, I raised the kerosene lamp and looked towards the courtyard.
It was pitch black all around, and it didn't look like someone had ever come back.
Yin Zhen walked towards the courtyard with his hands in his hands, and pushed away several rooms in the front yard, all of which were empty.
But when we walked to the backyard of the Gu family's mansion, we saw such a scene, a group of black ants, crawling towards a room on the edge of the corridor in the backyard.
Yin Zhen glanced at the ants and walked to the door, and the two pieces of rune paper had been pulled out of his sleeve.
He motioned for me to push the door, I was a little worried, afraid that Gu Shaoting would really hide inside.
So, when he deliberately walked, he made a noise, and when he pushed open the wooden door, he did not use all his strength, but only pushed open the wooden door on one side.
As soon as the wooden door was opened, a smell of rancid meat wafted out of the house, and I immediately raised the kerosene lamp and shone it into the room, gasping in fright.
I saw a headless corpse lying on the ground, and the severed neck of this corpse was crawling with black ants.
"This kind of fishy ant is called fishy ant, which likes to eat raw meat the most, lives in the soil, and lives by gnawing on corpses." After Yin Zhen finished speaking, he glanced at the headless corpse again, looked at the headless corpse's dress, and frowned: "Hu Hongtian? ”
He muttered a sentence and pointed to the headless corpse: "Luo Anzhi, look at it, is this Hu Hongtian?" How much should you recognize your own biological father, right? ”
I nodded expressionlessly, for the corpse's exposed arms and neck were full of holes, and there was a head on the wooden platform in the room.
It was Hu Hongtian's head, and I saw his eyes wide, looking dead.
And on this table, there are also many tablets, and at a glance, you can know that this is the small ancestral hall of the Gu family, which is specially used to worship the ancestors.
Gu Shaoting brought Hu Hongtian here, and then cut off his head to worship the ancestors, which was also an explanation to the Gu family.
"Tut-tut, it's a pity that Hu Hongtian died like this!" Yin Zhen stretched out his hand as he spoke, wanting to pick up Hu Hongtian's messy hair, but at this moment there was a strange sound of "squeak".