At this time, it should have been a smoke.

But Jiajia Village was quiet.

If you close your eyes, you can find that there is a layer of resentment hanging over the sky.

Jiang Chen and Xiang Yan came to the middle of the village, pushed open the fence and walked into the house.

There were a few fallen leaves in the yard, and there were grass sprouts that burrowed out of the dirt, and there was a little bit of green.

The door was open, and into the bedroom was a large bed, on which lay a couple and a pair of daughters about two years old, all of them breathless, and their torsos were deflated.

"Damn!" Xiang Yan scolded angrily.

"The demons are all damned!" Jiang Chen's heart burned with anger, and his killing intent boiled.

There were no external injuries and no other marks.

Jiang Chen closed his eyes and sensed, there was a slight residual strange aura, the same as the remnants of a family in Liujia Lane in the city.

Demon Fox.

He was a little sure.

After another inspection, I went to the second one.

This family is very miserable, the thatched hut is low, and there is only a shallow layer of grain left in the rice jar. Entering the main house, an elderly couple and a child of five or six years old lay on the simple bed.

Jiang Chen's heart was heavy when he saw it.

When he arrived at the third house, he couldn't hold back his killing intent any longer.

It is a new house with a small couple living in it.

It's just that the young woman's shriveled body is covered with scars torn by sharp claws, and she is lying on the ground, but her face is facing up, unrecognizable, and her death is extremely miserable.

There was also a young man lying on the bed with a puddle of blood stains under him.

"When you catch it, find a pack of wild dogs to serve it!" Grinding teeth towards inflammation.

Jiang Chen was silent.

I can't suppress the anger in my heart.

Close your eyes and sense again.

He came to the side and squatted down, and pinched a hair from the ground.

Then the second, the third.

Three fox hairs.

Jiang Chen put it away.

Night falls, and the stars are shining.

One after another, everyone returned to the village.

Liu Lao, who was the first to return, had already lit a bonfire, and Dali had just knocked down a dead tree and was chopping wood with a knife.

Jiang Chen also came back, silently opened the dry food bag, took out a piece of bread and sandwiched some jerky and fed it to the horse's mouth, opened the water bladder and raised the horse's head to pour some in the air.

Then he sat by the campfire.

"The best way to do this is to catch rats or birds to see if they're poisonous, because they're small and react quickly. Horses are large, and even if they are poisonous, they generally take some time. Should you be fed when you go, remember? ”

"Old Liu, remember! I'm going to catch mice. ”

There are a lot of rats in the village.

After a while, he grabbed one, repeated it, pinched off the leg and set it aside, and went to wash his hands.

Others repeated.

Hou vigorously scratched his head and did it again.

Eventually, several people gathered around the campfire, and they were all silent.

Even Hou Dali had a gloomy face.

"Jiang Chen, what conclusion have you reached?" Liu Lao finally spoke, and his eyes also turned.

"Elder Liu." Jiang Chen raised his head and said with a slight groan, "I found out early this morning." The mayor said that it was okay for someone to pass by Jia Village yesterday morning. I checked just now, and most of the villagers died in their beds, so it can be determined that the incident happened after they were all asleep last night. As soon as the death situation was basically reached, I also sensed the residual fox demon breath, as well as fox fur. ”

He took out the three fox furs he had found.

"It can be concluded that it was the same fox demon who committed the crime!" Jiang Chen came to a conclusion, "It will definitely take a lot of time to plunder the essence of a village, and it should not be too late to return to the city before dawn." It's not a one-time task to digest, and I suspect he's not far from us. Either in the woods or in the mountains not far to the south. ”

Veteran Liu took the fox fur and looked at the other people: "Is there anything to add?" ”

"Same as I thought." Zhang Ming also took out a fox fur that he found.

The others were silent.

"Fill your stomach first." Liu Lao looked at the mouse in front of him, didn't say anything more, and rolled up the jerky with the dough and began to eat it.

The atmosphere was calm again.

The sound of chewing kept ringing.

Soon, Liu Lao ate three full inch-thick breads, drank water, spit out a mouthful of turbidity, looked at Hou Dali, who was gobbling up, and said: "What do you need to pay attention to when walking in the mountains and forests during the mission?" ”

Hou Dali paused, raised his head and showed a slightly confused look: "Old Liu, are you full?" ”

Jiang Chen glanced at it and lowered his head.

He knew Hou Dali's temperament, and he seemed confused, but he must be scolding his mother in his heart: the old one-eyed dog day, how to find trouble with the master, this panic has been forgotten.

Liu Lao was silent.

Being stared at by one eye, a cold sweat broke out on Hou Dali's forehead.

"After this incident, I suggest that you leave the Sky Survey Guard and stay any longer, you won't live long." Liu Lao was no longer angry, but his tone was flat, and he asked Jiang Chen again, "You can tell me." ”

Hou Dali's face suddenly turned pale.

"Our target is either a loose cultivator in the rivers and lakes, or a disciple of the sect, or even a demon, which is very dangerous." Jiang Chen organized the language, "Walking in the mountains and forests at night, you can't ride a horse, because the movement is too big, it is easy to be trapped, and it is inconvenient to ride in the mountains and forests." The search for water is mainly living water, and although we have all mastered the method of filtering water, stagnant water is also easy to be poisoned. You can't start a fire because it's easy to spot. When staying in the mountains and forests at night, you should mainly sprinkle insect repellent powder on trees or high rocks, because there are many poisonous insects, snakes and ants in the mountains and forests, and if you accidentally bite by poisonous insects, it is likely to be fatal. ”

Liu Lao nodded slightly, and asked again: "After we came here to check, we knew that it was the fox demon who caused the disaster, why didn't we rush to find it and eat and drink here?" ”

"Because I was tired from the speed, and when I saw the miserable scene, I easily lost my mind in a rage. Anger in a state of hunger is not conducive to the execution of the mission. Jiang Chen quickly replied, "After eating and drinking, and returning to peak state, the angry emotions have gradually subsided, which is more conducive to the next action." ”

"Good!" Liu Lao praised it.

Standing up, he took out a compass and put a fox fur on it.

The fox fur burned without fire, and the pointer on it began to rotate rapidly, eventually pointing south.

Liu Lao shook at Jiang Chen: "Do you know what this is?" ”

"Demon Hunting? Can you track the trail of the fox demon? Jiang Chen hesitated.

"Yes and no." Liu Lao said, "The function of this demon hunting disk is very powerful, and it can lock the traces of demons, but it is also very weak, because it requires a medium, and it can only lock the general direction. ”

"Even if it's just to lock the direction, ...... in the city" Jiang Chen hesitated and didn't ask.

Boss Liu glanced at him meaningfully.

Xiang Yan and the others ate silently.

After a while, everyone was full of food and drink.

Liu Lao looked south with his hands and said in a low voice: "Seven or eight miles away is the Xiaocao River, opposite is a wasteland, and further ahead is the mountains and forests, the White Python Mountain." ”

"Zhang Ming."

"The subordinates are here."

"Leave a letter for Tong Zhutou and tell him to go to Xiaocao River to collect horses."

"Yes!"

Zhang Ming glanced around, and saw an old locust tree facing the head of the village, pulled out a horizontal knife to cut it off, and then carved a line of words: Southbound Caohe Collects Horse Liu.

"The demon hunting plate points to the south, and the fox demon is likely to have entered the White Python Mountain, and it is a little difficult to find it in a short time. Once the mount enters the mountain, it becomes a problem, leaving the horse outside the mountain forest is easy to be attacked by wild beasts, and it is not safe to leave people to see, so it is better to let the child catch the head and bring it back. Liu Lao explained, "Get on the horse and go." ”

The bonfire was buried, and the people rode forward.

Walking through the woods, walking on the ridges in the night, crossing the ditch, a small river appeared in front of me.

The current is very shallow, but it is also very clear, and even by the moonlight, you can see the aquatic plants at the bottom of the river.

This is the Xiaocao River, the width is only more than 30 meters, the narrow place is only 5 or 6 meters, there are pebbles at the bottom of the river, you can easily tread the water to cross.

Looking up, the mountain ahead is already in front of you.

With a sweep of his eyes, he found that there were a few trees next to him, and Liu Lao got off his horse and tied them, so he jumped across the river.

And so they did the same.

Even Hou Dali jumped through a stone jutting out of the water.

"Old Liu, are you chasing overnight?" Jiang Chen took a few quick steps and asked.

"Something happened last night, the fox demon should still be digesting it now, it's a good time to deal with it, once you miss it, it's hard to find it again." Liu Lao paused slightly, "Although the night is dangerous, I have to do it." ”

The grass is barren and the ravines are vertical and horizontal.

The crowd hurried and plunged headlong into the mountains and forests.

It didn't take long for us to come under the first peak.

The White Python Mountain is not big, only 45 peaks, stretching for more than 30 kilometers. On the other side of the mountain is the boundary of Xiahe County.

The crowd stopped to rest.

"Aren't you afraid?" Jiang Chen looked at Hou Dali, who had bright eyes.

"I'm afraid of a bird." Hou Dali's face was full of desire to explore, "I often hear the old man say, the fox demon can become a girl, but it's beautiful, I really want to see it soon." ”

"I really saw you, and you are not far from death." Liu Lao sneered and took out the demon hunting disk.

At this time, he frowned.

Jiang Chen also noticed that something was wrong: "Why is it foggy?" ”

"Isn't it normal to fog in the mountains?" Hou Dali was puzzled.

Zhang Ming, Ma Guan, and Xiang Yan took out their weapons one after another.

A crossbow arrow in the left hand and a horizontal knife in the right hand.

Jiang Chen is no exception.

"Demon, dare to attack us and others, looking for death!" Liu Lao suddenly burst out, like a thunderbolt, and the qi and blood in his body also surged out like a tide, stabbing in the air.

The sword qi appeared like a galactic light in the night, splitting the mist in two.

The next moment, a scream from the soul rang out.

Yes......