Chapter 2 Strange Things in Huchai Village
"The Demon Hunter?"
Jing Liang took the waist card and looked at it carefully, his eyes full of suspicion.
If it was an ordinary soldier, he would naturally not recognize a newly established yamen such as the Demon Hunting Division, but the hundred horsemen were close to the Son of Heaven, and the news was naturally clear.
I heard that the establishment of the Monster Hunting Division was still a captain of a hundred horses, and the only one of a hundred horses who only served as a captain for three days.
It was precisely because of Tang Yun's departure that Jing Liang, who was originally an adjutant, was promoted to the position of lieutenant.
"You're Captain Tang?" Jing Liang returned the waist card to Tang Yun.
Tang Yun put his hand on the waist card, but he didn't take it away, and when he saw the strange smile on Jing Liang's face, he knew that he was coming to test Tang Yun.
Rao is a mysterious hundred cavalry pro-army, and in the final analysis, he is also a martial artist. The extra lieutenant position of Baiqi should have been Jing Liang's sitting, but he didn't expect that a kid from the Mobei Army suddenly came to occupy the magpie's nest, which made Jing Haosheng angry for a while. However, later I heard that this person was transferred by His Majesty to establish a new yamen, and the position of the captain of the hundred cavalry returned to Jing Liang's hands.
Jing Liang was not convinced, even though the two had never met, but when he thought that such a kid had been his top boss, he felt unhappy.
When I first saw Tang Yun, I thought he was a veteran, but I didn't expect it to be a young man who didn't even grow stubble. Compared to these sturdy hundred horses, Tang Yun's figure looked a little thin.
"Captain Tang, hurry up and take your waist card away." Jing Liang said with a grin.
The hundred riders next to him clasped their hands and wanted to see the joke.
A gleam flashed in Tang Yun's eyes, and he said, "Want to give me a dismount?" ”
Jing Liang still had a smile on his face: "Whatever you want!" ”
Tang Yun was not surprised, in the Mobei Army, it was common for veterans to teach new recruits. This is a must-have step for a newcomer.
Tang Yun's knife was placed on the left, his fingers were buckled on the edge of the handle, his thumb suddenly flicked upward, and the tiger head knife revealed a trace of edge, and the cold light shone.
"What do you want to do?" Jing Liang was furious.
This cold light is like a mirror, reflecting the sunlight outside and piercing everyone's eyes.
The tiger head knife trembled wildly, and the tiger head carved on the handle seemed to be alive, and there was a faint tiger roar.
The cold light reflected in Jing Liang's eyes, and he subconsciously closed his eyes, but then he let out a loud shout and swung his axe.
The twin axes waved, and a sharp wind suddenly appeared, echoing the roar of the tiger.
"Don't be nervous." Tang Yun didn't know when he appeared behind Jing Liang, and patted him on the shoulder very kindly.
The waist card has returned to Tang Yun's waist from Jing Liang's hand.
In an instant, the verdict was high.
Jing Liang snorted, put away the double axe, and said, "Since Your Majesty has given full authority to the Demon Hunting Division to hunt demons, then please ask your lord to find clues for us." ”
Jing Liang originally called Tang Yun a captain, and now he called him an adult, obviously wanting to emphasize that Tang Yun was no longer in Baiqi.
However, Tang Yun will not care about these details.
Tang Yun said: "I said that since the monster escaped from the southeast, we will not be wrong to chase it in this direction." ”
Jing Liang asked rhetorically, "How do you know that this monster won't change direction?" ”
Tang Yun said with a smile: "Since the Shendu City came out of the Mountain Temple case, the first to rush here is the Luoyang County Ya, followed by the Shendu Mansion. They came here only an hour apart, and Lingshan County, which was the closest to here, also needed two hours to walk, not to mention that this monster still had ten people with him. ”
Tang Yun walked out of the mountain temple, pointed to the official road in the distance and said, "The monster is injured, so it will naturally choose to heal nearby." If you travel a long distance and bring people with you, if you encounter an ambush, you will inevitably not be able to get out. ”
"So......" Tang Yun moved his hand to a mountain to the southeast, "where the mountains are steep and overgrown with trees. If it's hidden inside, it's so hard to find. If I were this monster, I would have chosen to hide there. ”
Jing Liang had been listening carefully, and he suddenly found a suspicious point and asked, "How do you know it's injured?" ”
"Because I injured it, I didn't have a weapon in my hand at the time, so I stabbed a branch in its left leg."
"You've seen this monster!" Jing Liang looked at Tang Yun again, and he quickly found the bronze ring on Tang Yun's left index finger.
Jing Liang exclaimed: "It turns out that Liu An was outside the city that day, and it was you who met him!" ”
"Let's go, solve the case in three days, there is not so much time." Tang Yun rode on his horse.
"Let's go!"
Jing Liang's face was still a little gloomy, but he still beckoned to the hundred horsemen around him.
A few hundred horsemen sent arrows in the sky, which was to let the surrounding hundred horsemen gather here and have a task to be carried out.
Tang Yun took the lead, crossed the official road, and ran towards the southeast.
On both sides of the pipe are tall and straight poplar trees, and behind the trees are patches of rice paddies, and there are faint outlines of a few houses.
"This is Huchailing, there is a village called Huchai Village, with 130 households, under the jurisdiction of Luoyang County." A flying eagle landed on the shoulder of a hundred horsemen, and the hundred horsemen opened the information tied to the eagle's feet.
Baiqi's intelligence network is extremely meticulous, contacting various yamen, and the news can be conveyed quickly.
"Let's go to the village and take a look, maybe we can get some clues." Tang Yun rushed in first.
Jing Liang followed, but his face was not very good.
This is a big case, if he can get rid of the monster before His Majesty comes out, he will be a great achievement.
Xia Shi is already old, and after a hundred years, he still hasn't selected a new commander from the two captains?
However, now this great achievement has become his assistance to others. That is to say, most of the credit falls on Tang Yun.
Huchai Village is said to be a village, but in fact it is like a cottage, and the villagers have built a high wooden wall outside, and there are very sharp wooden thorns on it.
A few people were not surprised, in fact, many villages near the Shendu were arranged in this way at that time.
At that time, the Northern Wilderness Iron Cavalry suddenly broke into the Central Plains, and everyone was in danger, so the imperial court ordered all localities to build high walls to accumulate grain to defend against the Northern Wilderness thieves. As a result, many villages have become fortresses.
It was early in the morning, the village gate was opened, and a few hunter-like men bent their bows and arrows, carrying the prey they had just brought back.
The hunting dogs in the village barked wildly, and they found a lot of strangers.
"Go!" Jing Liang kicked away a dog that was close to him and shouted angrily, "Which one is the village chief?" ”
After a while, Tang Yun turned his head and glanced at Jing Liang coldly: "Captain Jing, this case is reviewed by me, if you want to solve the case this morning, just listen to me!" ”
Jing Liang snorted, jumped off his horse, and handed the reins to his men.
At this time, the hundred horsemen who were probing from other places also rushed over when they saw the signal, Huchai Village was very remote, and suddenly saw so many public families, a little frightened and a little curious.
The village chief of Huchai Village is an old man, although his hair has turned gray, his body is still strong, although he has shown his old state, but he is still powerful.
He carried a bow on his back and was wrapped in animal skins, which he was supposed to be from Orion. When he saw someone from the public family coming, he quickly put his bow away and hurried over.
The old man smiled and arched his hand and said: "Little Lao'er is the village chief of this Huchai Village, a few officials, why do you come to us?" ”
Jing Liang wanted to speak, but Tang Yun glanced at him coldly, and then stopped talking and said no more.
Tang Yun smiled and said, "Uncle, I'm here from Shendu to ask you something!" ”
"It turned out to be from the Shendu, and the little old man was clumsy, and he failed to recognize the identities of several officials." The old man said with sincere fear.
The old man glanced at the person in front of him, although he was only wearing a brocade robe, his momentum was calm, and it was obviously not comparable to the county officials he had seen.
As for the group of people he saw behind him, the old man was well-informed, so he naturally saw a lot. These men were tall and even stronger than some of the Shendu guards he had seen.
and the brocade clothes tattooed with unicorns on their bodies, all of them seem to be beasts with teeth and claws, which makes people's hearts tremble.
These people are not ordinary officials, the old man thought to himself.
"I want to ask my husband, has there been any strange things in the village lately?" Tang Yun invited the old man to walk to a stone pier, the two sat down, and Jing Liang also followed.
"Strange things?"
"No matter what weird things are, as long as there is some weird gap between them and usual, then tell me them all!"
The old man thought for a long time, and there was a kind of silence peculiar to a mountain village around him.
"If you want to say a strange thing, it is that a goose died in the widow's house at the head of the village, and her goose is very good, and it will be kept in the fence every day, but she didn't expect it to be stolen in the middle of the night! Widow Pang scolded the village all morning, and everyone came forward to admit it. The old man muttered.
Jing Liang slapped the table: "What we asked you is a strange thing, have you seen monsters, monsters or anything like that?" ”
Tang Yun stopped Jing Liang, and suddenly saw a somewhat surprised expression on the old man's face.
"As soon as you say that, I will remember that a strange thing has happened in the village recently." The old man's face suddenly became mysterious.
The old man thought about it for a while, and finally sighed: "Since the last time the widow's goose was stolen, the village has been throwing away some poultry one after another. You can also see that there is a fence outside our village at night, and it is difficult for people to get in, so we wonder, how did the thieves get in?
After a few nights, a group of young men gathered in the village, armed with clubs, and waited for the thief to come out. I waited for two days, but no one showed up.
I was ready to give up, but no one expected that on the third night, a black shadow flashed, and no one reacted, and when the black shadow passed, only a piece of chicken feathers was left, and an old hen had already disappeared! ”
"Is the shadow still there?" Jing Liang asked anxiously.
The old man shook his head: "This dark shadow appeared in the village, and everyone was worried in their hearts. We found the men of the village to gather together at night and prepare to ambush the dark shadow. ”
Thinking of this, the old man's eyes suddenly became a little frightened.
"The dark shadow came on time in the middle of the night, and we laid a lot of traps, but we didn't expect to be torn apart by that black shadow. It seemed angry and roared, and we chased after it until we reached the deep woods.
On the west side of the mountain, there is a dilapidated cottage. It was originally a den of bandits, but it was later exterminated by the imperial court. The dark shadow drifted into the cottage and disappeared......
And then......
We heard the voices of many people in the cottage coming from inside. No one expected that there would be people in this dilapidated cottage! ”