The window lattices around the main hall are neatly patterned, and each window is different, but they are not strange to each other.

The window paper is thick, and the surface is still plain white and unstained, just like a new post.

There was a fire in the distance.

Tang Yun and Lu Pengyuan glanced at each other, they did not exit the main hall, but rushed in the direction of the flames rising at the same time.

At the back of the main hall is a row of closed doors and windows, which are usually not opened, as if they were locked up from the outside, and a soldier pushed them, but they did not push them open.

Lu Pengyuan kicked the door open, a scorching breath came to his face, he hurriedly took a few steps back, and was stopped by the soldiers beside him.

The flames gradually approached the main hall, and there was a noisy footstep at the main entrance, and several right guards rushed in covered with cloths, shouting in a blurred voice: "General, hurry up, the outside is burning!" ”

The fire gradually spread, and a beam fell from the big building, and the flames were like a raging beast, madly devouring the entire hall.

Lu Pengyuan shouted: "The gangsters must not go far, you will go to chase as soon as possible, leave ten people, and quickly extinguish the fire!" ”

Lu Pengyuan quickly gave the order, and he also ran out of the main hall, and as soon as he left from inside, he could feel the flames rushing out from the entrance of the main hall, whirring.

Soon Lu Pengyuan revoked the order just now, and as soon as he went out, he could see that the entire Taiqing Temple was covered in flames. Obviously, a lot of fires have been buried here, and even spread all over the temple, and they only need to be lit on one side to spread.

There are actually a lot of people, but there is no water source in the mountains for a while.

Tang Yun glanced back and forth at everyone, and he suddenly shouted: "What about the steward of Chang Mingxun's mansion, where did he go!" ”

A few right guards looked at each other, and when the fire broke out just now, everyone's attention was on the main hall. In addition, he was in a hurry to find the gangster who set the fire, but no one looked at the steward. The soldiers subconsciously thought that this man was just a leader. Since he brought them to the place, then his role is gone.

Tang Yun frowned, turned to Lu Pengyuan and said, "Since the steward has the most contact with Taiqingguan, he must know something else. General, I beg you to send someone to search the mountains, and you must find this person! ”

Lu Pengyuan was anxious in his heart, he thought it was a simple task, who knew that there would be extraneous branches now, he was upset at the moment, and couldn't help shouting angrily: "Rice buckets, they are all a group of rice buckets." I'm looking for it all in the mountains, but if I can't find it, don't come back! ”

The right guards scattered in all directions, except for a few of Lu Pengyuan's personal soldiers who had been guarding him, the rest of the soldiers all went into the mountains to look for them.

At this moment, it is already the middle of the day, the sky in the mountains has gradually darkened, and the city gate has been closed at this time, and if you want to enter the city, you must have to start tomorrow morning.

Tonight, destined to be sleepless.

The soldiers found the body of the steward in the mountains.

His killer seemed to be afraid of his life, and stabbed him several times in the neck, wrist, and heart, and the steward became a ragged sack covered in blood.

"It's hopeless." Lu Pengyuan kicked the corpse of the steward, his eyes full of anger.

"What's the benefit of these bastards doing this?" Lu Pengyuan paced back and forth, muttering in his mouth.

The firelight in the Taoist temple in the distance has attracted more people from the right Xiaowei to come. The lieutenant gave the military order, and a group of soldiers found the stream in the mountain and began to fetch water to extinguish the fire.

The flames in the Taoist temple gradually subsided.

These Taoist priests had already prepared, and after the burning, only a ruin was left of the temple, and only a few dark walls could be seen from the outside, and the inside was completely ruined.

"If it's really a charlatan, it's hard to find. Those who dare to do this kind of thing, no matter how you say it, should have twelve or thirteen identities, even if they are checked by states and counties, it is very difficult. Lu Pengyuan frowned.

"If it's really charlatans, they don't need to take down such a Taoist temple. Deception is nothing more than deception, and if it were revenge, I could not think of any enmity that those children could have against these people. Tang Yun said.

Speaking of this, Tang Yun was suddenly stunned.

Yuan Rui once told Tang Yun that a huge worm would crawl out of the stomach of all dead children.

The worm devoured the child's body, bloodthirsty like a beast.

This is clearly the Locust Demon!

Thinking that the Jade Buddha could cause the locust demon to go berserk, Tang Yun suddenly trembled in his heart.

In fact, these cases are all linked.

Why was Yunyang County able to stay out of the locust plague, and the raging locusts floated here and disappeared without a trace.

This is where those locust demons are born! The Taoist priests are not charlatans, they show that they deceived Chang Mingxun's trust, and built a locust temple outside Yunyang County as a pretext, but then in the name of living sacrifices, they attracted some fanatical believers to sacrifice children alive. And these children are the "raw materials" for the birth of locust demons.

Tang Yun suddenly had an idea in his heart.

It's a scary thought.

But when the thought appeared, it could no longer be concealed.

Shendu City, they can't go back. In the middle of the night, even if the horse is in a hurry, the letter can only be delivered to the city, and no one can enter the city.

Tang Yun and Lu Pengyuan, as well as a group of right guards, spent the night in Yunyang County.

Yunyang County in the dark night, with a hint of loneliness.

There are no northern and southern cities here, and you can stay up all night, and at night, the entire county is under curfew.

Right Xiaowei are a group of rough men, and it is inevitable that they will be informal. So the news spread that a group of soldiers rushed into Changfu, and many people watched from the outside. They couldn't get inside, but judging by the sound of smashing and cries coming from inside, Changfu was in trouble.

The imagination of the people has always been abundant.

They will turn what they see or hear into what they want to say, and add fuel to it and tell it to those nearby.

So Chang Mingxun hooked up with a woman, and it turned out that the woman's husband happened to be a general in Shendu City. This time he stabbed the basket, how could the general endure it, and directly sent someone to raid Chang Mingxun's home.

Today, everything in the Locust Temple has not yet reached Yunyang County.

As for Chang Mingxun hooking up with other people's women, the people will only spit a few words on the surface, but in fact, they will praise it in their hearts, which is so interesting.

Of course, the inn where Lu Pengyuan stayed was a little weird when the shopkeeper looked at him.

There is a permanent army in the county town, and some empty military tents will also be kept for the right guard.

Tang Yun did not stay in the inn, but walked to the streets of Yunyang County alone. He carried a lantern in his hand, on which was painted the symbol of the Yunyang County Ya, and several Wuhou who passed by did not call him for interrogation.

Tang Yun walked under a tree, which was a locust tree.

On the side of the locust tree, a stone was placed, and under the cover of darkness, the stone was shrouded in golden light, but it was not obvious.

Tang Yun picked it up, and a red light appeared on the ghost face ring, but it was fleeting. There was originally a demon passing on the stone, but then it disappeared. This stone is engraved with Taoist charms, and someone should have placed it here to suppress the monsters.

With such a small stone, I don't know what kind of monster it is suppressing.

Tang Yun suddenly heard a rustling sound coming from the jungle.

It was the corner of an alley, and it was directly opposite a river, and if you wanted to get here, you needed to walk past the river, and usually Wuhou would not go there.

Tang Yun walked over and pressed his left hand on the hilt.

The sound of someone crying in the alley.

Tang Yun approached the wall and swept in, and could faintly see a firelight.

It turned out to be two people, a man and a woman, kneeling on the ground and burning paper. They only dared to put yellow paper one by one, in case the flames rose and were discovered by the Marquis who was patrolling the night.

"Son, this is the entanglement that my father and mother prepared for you, you go on the road - let's go, don't pester our father and mother!"

"It's your blessing to be able to honor the locust god grandfather, if you go, our family will also be stained!"

The two are fanatical followers of the Locust Temple.

From the words, Tang Yun knew that they had personally sent their children into the mouth of the "locust god".

Tiger poison does not eat children.

The most sinister thing is actually people, and only God knows how big the dark side of the human heart is.

Tang Yun walked in, and suddenly the figure stopped, and when he heard the subsequent words of the two, his heart was cold.

"The children of the second uncle's family, they should come tomorrow, right?"

"That's right! The more living sacrifices, the deeper the blessings, and this year's fields will be a bumper harvest! ”

Boom!

A stone scattered on the ground was kicked out by Tang Yun.

The stone flew in front of several people, and suddenly there was a loud noise in the middle of the night, startling the two of them.

The man who had been burning the paper turned his head in panic, his eyes were full of panic, and he saw Tang Yun's figure at the end of the alley.

It was dark at the moment, and the embroidered python brocade robe on Tang Yun's body was particularly hideous under the illumination of the night.

He grabbed them by the collar and dragged them out.

The two of them trembled, they were already frightened, thinking that Tang Yun was a demon seeking his life in hell, and began to scream desperately, and the mournful shouts echoed in the night sky.

Tang Yun pressed their heads into the water and waited for five breaths to pull them out of the water.

"Help!" Fear took hold of the man's heart, and at last he screamed.

Several Wuhou ran over and saw the man in Tang Yun's palm, and suddenly said in surprise: "It's Tong Fangzheng!" ”

The man shouted, "Kill, come and help!" ”

"Stop!" Several Wuhou rushed over with sticks in their hands, and seeing that Tang Yun was about to make a move, they immediately surrounded him.

Tang Yun threw the two exhausted people to the ground, their faces already soaked with water, and they breathed heavily in the air.

Tang Yun pulled out the knife and put it on the man's neck.

Wuhou shouted angrily: "You still dare to do it? ”

Tang Yun raised his head, and the python suit on his body was extremely conspicuous.

"Take people to the county office, and the official will interrogate them personally!" Tang Yun shouted angrily, and for a while, he actually shocked all the martial marquis.

The man is Fang Zheng of a square in Yunyang County.

He owned a fifty-acre plot of land outside the city. In addition to Fang Zheng's identity, he is also a landowner. How well the ground grows is closely related to him.

Soon, he was bewitched by the Taoist priests and became a fanatical believer in the locust god.

He had a son, whom he gave up to the locust god as a sacrifice. Even if there were any children and beggars in the neighborhood, he would quietly catch them. Using his identity as a square, he was quietly sent into the Locust Temple.

The man, like his mother-in-law, is delirious and has gone mad.

Tang Yun used a heavy sentence.

The man had no choice but to tell the truth, and in one of the courtyards where he hid, there were many children. When the warriors went to the rescue, two of the children were already starving to death.

There were thirteen children in total.

He was chained.

Like poultry, kept in the backyard.

Some of them were captured by men, and some were sent by their parents.

In order to sacrifice to the locust god, to bless the fields with abundant harvests and food and clothing at home.