Section 12: The Mysterious Man in Black (1)

"The former convenience is our village". The group of people returning from the purple mountain stood on a small hill, and Huzi's father's steel fork returned to his back, only to see him pointing to a village not far ahead. They had been walking for nearly two hours, talking and laughing all the way, but they were not bored, time flew by, and the sun was gradually approaching the western horizon.

"Uncle, your village is quite big. Liu Kui looked in the direction pointed by Huzi's father and said with a smile on the side. Ziding Village is actually not a large population village in terms of population, but just a small mountain village with dozens of residents. However, because the houses of the villagers are scattered, and most of the villagers mainly grow crops, there are more fields. From a distance, it looks like a big village.

"Hahaha, Brother Liu, you just look at the fields, not big. Ren Du's father explained to Liu Kui with a smile on the side. Basically, people who see Zihua Village for the first time will think that this is a big village, and when he came here, he also thought so.

The crowd then moved on. In the distance, I slowly saw the villagers in the village.

"Hey, Lao Zhang, Boss Ren! What's going on? Scratched by a monkey? Why are you like this?" In the distance, a big man with a hoe on his back walked over slowly, and when he saw Huzi's father and Ren Du's father's clothes in tatters, and there were still some blood stains on their bodies, he said in surprise.

"Alas, don't mention Lao Li, accompany Brother Ren to the mountains to fetch spring water and meet a demon beast. Huzi's father touched his head in frustration. This is an acquaintance, a farmer in their village. I usually meet each other often, and occasionally tease each other, at this time he should have just come home from the field.

"What? monsters? hahaha. When Lao Li heard this, he actually laughed.

"Lao Zhang, now you still learn to fool people, hahaha!" Lao Li simply didn't rush home, put the hoe off his shoulder, and stood directly in place with his hands and laughed. After all, Zihua Village is close to the city-state, and Lao Li may think that maybe his grandfather's generation may not have seen demon beasts, how can Huzi's father meet him.

"Why, really! Look at this. Huzi's father saw that Lao Li didn't believe it and thought that he was lying to him, so he was also anxious. After that, snatched the feathers that the tiger had been playing with all the way from the tiger's hand. It was a white feather, nearly the length of an adult's arm, the size of a fan, the same as the feather of the previous owl. Huzi saw Liu Kui give Ren Du a stone on the demon beast in front of him, and he also angrily picked up a feather to comfort himself, and he liked it very much when he played all the way. At this time, his father snatched it with one hand, and his face was instantly ugly.

And it was not only the tiger that looked difficult to look at, but Lao Li saw that Lao Li's face was also shocked when he saw the feather, which can be said to be frightened. With a shake of his hand, the hoe almost fell to the ground, and he said tremblingly:

"Really, really, really met the monster?". He stared at the feather. In the Heavenly Seal Continent, demon beasts are like monsters to ordinary people. Because of the places where demon beasts have appeared, ordinary people like them have basically been harmed by demon beasts. Historically, there have been countless cases of villages being slaughtered by demon beasts.

"Yes, fortunately, I met these two knights and wiped them out. Otherwise, there will be more than one luck. Ren Du's father also sighed on the side.

Hearing this sentence, Lao Li breathed a sigh of relief. touched the sweat that had just come out of his head, looked at Liu Kui and Chen Xi, said goodbye to them in a hurry, and hurried home.

"Hahaha, Uncle Li is really timid. Huzi laughed quietly in the back, but his father still heard it. Seeing Huzi's father glance at him, Huzi immediately lowered his head and muttered: "Snatching my feathers is scary, don't let me say it."

"Hahaha!" This action caused everyone to laugh again.

"The Humble House is ahead, Brother Liu, Miss Chen, just a few steps away. Ren Du's father also laughed, and he pointed to the house in front of Liu Kui and Chen Xi as he walked.

"Uncle, you really open a tavern. Liu Kui looked at the place where Ren Du's father was pointing. There, at the door of a house that was looking for an ordinary place, there was a green flag with a large word for wine written on it, which fluttered in the air with the wind, which had a unique charm.

"Hahaha, I told you earlier, do you think my old Zhang is lying to you!" Huzi's father laughed when he heard Liu Kui's words, he invited Liu Kui to come to the village for a talk, and mentioned that Ren Du's father's purple mountain wine was unique, but it didn't seem to have mentioned that Ren Du's father had a tavern, and he might have forgotten it, but he still scrambled to say.

"Yes, tavern, just for your own amusement. I went to the mountains this time to get some spring water to make wine, but I had to meet two of them, otherwise I wouldn't be able to come back. The two of you are invited", as he said that, when he arrived at the door, Ren Du's father opened the door with both hands, and his hands looked towards Liu Kui and Chen Xi to invite in.

"Uncle, you don't have to be so polite. Liu Kui saw Ren Du's father so gracious, and hurriedly said. But he still followed the guidance of Ren Du's father and walked inside.

Entering the door was a small courtyard, but as soon as he stepped over, Liu Kui saw a black shadow "whoosh"! Chen Xi, who was following behind, seemed to have seen it too, and paused for a moment.

"Who!" Liu Kui was the first to notice, but when he reacted, there was no one anymore, and he stared vigilantly at the direction where the black shadow disappeared.

"Who is it?" Ren Du's father came in one step behind Liu Kui and Chen Xi, he looked in the direction of Liu Kui's gaze and asked suspiciously.

"There was a guy in the house who climbed over the wall and walked away. Is it someone from your family?" Liu Kui turned to look at Ren Du's father at this time, and Ren Du's father also looked at him with a puzzled expression.

"No, I went out early in the morning, and Du'er came with me. Ren Du's father replied, and he was also puzzled, and looked at the open hall door, and the slightest hint of bad things was in his heart.

"What, a thief?" Huzi's father had just bolted the ox cart and heard their conversation as he stepped in.

"Yes, probably, I'm going to chase after it! I shouldn't have run far. When Liu Kui saw Ren Du's father answer like this, he immediately reacted, and hurriedly rushed out of the door and chased in the direction where the black shadow disappeared.

"I'll go with me too!" Huzi's father saw Liu Kui chasing after him, and he also took off the steel fork on his back, took it in his hand and ran with Liu Kui.

"Be careful!" Ren Du's father reminded loudly in the back. Then, he looked at Chen Xi.

"Miss Chen, I'll go see if there's anything missing. He saw that the two of them chased out, and there was no need for him to follow him again, so he said to Chen Xi, who was also watching them in the distance, and hurriedly walked to the open hall. Then Chen Xi and Huzi Ren Du also went in together.

Ren Du's father walked around the house as fast as he could, and then arrived at the hall, with a solemn look on his face, and muttered in his mouth, "It's strange, I didn't lose anything." The furniture in the house is still neatly placed, exactly the same as when I went out, there is no trace of rummaging, not like a thief.

And Chen Xi and the three of them were also in the hall, Chen Xi Ren Du sat quietly, and he didn't know how to help Ren Du's father, and Huzi was playing with the big feather he picked up. After seeing Ren Du's father come out, he had a solemn look on his face, thinking that he had lost something. Chen Xi hurriedly got up and comforted:

"Uncle, don't worry, Liu Kui has already chased it, and the thing will definitely be chased back, no matter how fast the thief is, he will definitely not be as fast as Liu Kui. “

Huzi was playing on the side and comforted him funny, "Yes! Yes! Brother Liu is a stranger!"

Ren Du's father looked at them, comforted himself when he saw them like this, and explained: "No, nothing was lost, not even traces of rummaging, but the doors were all opened. ”

"En?" Chen Xi was also puzzled, how could there be thieves in this world who entered the house and did not steal. One of them is that anyone who understands will feel that things are not as simple as they seem.

And at this time, Ren Du's father's side, why didn't he think of this in his heart. Especially on the way back, although we chatted together, I always felt an inexplicable uneasiness in my heart, and I couldn't tell why. So when he came back, when he heard that there was a burglar in the house, he hurried in to check it out, and although he was anxious, he felt a little better. He comforted himself, thankfully it wasn't anything else.

And now, I haven't lost anything at home, and gradually the uneasiness in my heart is becoming more and more obvious.

There was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the door, and Liu Kui and Huzi's father also rushed back. Liu Kui shook his head at the front and said:

"I didn't catch it. Uncle, you didn't lose anything, did you? This person doesn't look like an ordinary person, I haven't caught up with my soul power, and the speed is so fast, it should be a strange person. ”

"I didn't lose anything. Ren Du's father told Liu Kui about what he had just said to Chen Xi.

Liu Kui's reaction was also the same as Chen Xi, he also thought about how a thief would not steal when he entered the house, he was still such a powerful thief. But he immediately comforted him: "Don't think about it too much, uncle, it's good that you didn't lose anything, maybe you were scared away by us just after you came in." ”

"Hopefully. Although he said so, there was always an uneasiness surging in Ren Du's father's heart. He felt that something was going to happen.

"I'm causing you trouble again, Brother Liu, Miss Chen. Although he felt uncomfortable, he also listened to Liu Kui's words at this time, and apologized to Liu Kui and Chen Xi.

"Hahaha, today is really a great luck everywhere! Brother Liu, Brother Ren, I will go back first and ask my mother-in-law to prepare some food, and eat my family's meal and drink Brother Ren's wine at night. Huzi's father laughed, breaking the silence. After that, he turned around and went back first, and he didn't take Huzi with him. Everything was as usual.

However, they didn't know that at this time, on a hillside not far from Zihua Village, a man wrapped in black looked coldly at the direction of Ren Du's house in Zihua Village, and the corner of his mouth sneered. "Interesting! Beast Soul Master, it's a pity it's too tender.