The moon is dark and the wind is high, and the day of murder and arson.

Ji Cunyan looked up at the night sky that was divided into countless broken shapes by tree branches. The full moon is hazy, hidden behind thin clouds, although it is not real, but outside the lunar disk, there are three or four smudge-like colored halos wrapping, each ring is about a foot wide, and the naked eye sees that the distance between them is exactly the same. Although it is beautiful, it also has an indescribable weird feeling.

The moon is heavy, and the yin is extremely prosperous, which is the appearance of a hundred ghosts walking at night and dancing wildly.

She sighed softly. It was even deeper and heavier, and it was in the deep mountains and old forests that were uninhabited, and as soon as Ji Cunyan's breath came out, it condensed into water vapor and covered her eyes. She couldn't help but feel cold all over her body and sneezed.

Ji Jingyang, who was walking in front of her, stopped and looked back at his sister-in-law.

Ji Cunyan tidied up the black cloak on his body, trotted a few steps to keep up with Ji Jingyang, looked at him sideways beside him and said, "Third brother, we have been going around this forest for two hours, and it will be dawn if we go any further." Why don't you take a break? ”

Ji Jingyang narrowed his eyes, looked into the distance, and said, "It's okay." There seems to be a family in front of them, so they can rest there. ”

"In this deep mountain and old forest, how can there be people? Hey? Is there really a light up front?! ”

When the two siblings saw the faint yellow light that was swaying in the wind, they lifted their spirits and went to the lamplight. After walking less than half a stick of incense, I saw a dilapidated inn built against a tree, and the lamp was the lantern used to welcome guests at the entrance of the inn. The night was deep, and the breeze creaked with a damp chill.

"Great! I was finally able to rest, and my feet were blistering. Ji Cunyan said to Ji Jingyang.

Ji Jingyang raised his hand to stop the girl who was about to go up and knock on the door, and said: "This is not an official road, and there are no businessmen to come and go, and there are few people, why would anyone build an inn here?" ”

"It's off the beaten track, and occasionally there's a business to do. Aren't we human? However, it is said in the book that if an inn or restaurant is built in a remote place, nine out of ten must be black shops that sell human meat buns. ”

Ji Jingyang then walked in front of Ji Cunyan, and just raised his hand to buckle the door of the store, when a sharp cry came from inside the door: "There is a guest!" There's a guest coming! ”

Although this voice is spoken in human language, it is not like an ordinary human voice, the tone is sharp and thin, and it does not carry half of the emotion.

Ji Jingyang held a Longquan sword in his left hand, and at this time he was alert in his heart, and his right hand had already lightly pressed the hilt of the sword.

At this time, the dilapidated wooden door of the inn was pushed open from the inside, and with the creaking sound of the door opening, it was an old man with a slender figure and a slightly hunched back. The old man, dressed in shabby clothes and holding a candlestick in his hand, looked sleepily at the two visitors at the door.

"Two guest officers, do you want to stay in the hotel?" The slender elder's voice was hoarse and low, although it was not good, it was much more comfortable than the ghost cry just now.

"Ah...... the old man stretched his somewhat exaggerated neck out of the door, looked at the full moon above his head, and said, "It's already the third watch." It's so late, the two of you should stay in the shop for half a night! ”

With that, he leaned back half an inch and opened the wooden door again.

The wooden door was already old, and the door pivot creaked with the movements of the slender elders, as if the door panel would fall off in the next second, and a rancid smell with the moisture of the wood came to his face, choking Ji Cun Yan coughed.

The slender elder put the candlestick on the dining table in the hall and said, "I'm really sorry, the small shop has not had customers for a long time, and I am too lazy to clean it, and I neglected the two guest officers." ”

Ji Jingyang stepped into the inn, and felt that there was a living creature in the upper left corner of him staring at him, and he looked up to see that it was a black bird. Standing on a rusty brass birdstand, with a copper ring with a copper chain locked in its right foot, it tilted its head to look at the two late-night visitors.

Ji Cunyan also followed Ji Jingyang's gaze and saw the bird.

"Well, we're just going to stay for the night. Just boil some water for us to wash our feet. Ji Jingyang put the long sword in his hand on the table.

Ji Cunyan was quite interested in the blackbird. She stood at the door, looked up and teased the bird for a while, and then said to the slender elder, "I just said that there is a guest, this little bird, right?" It's fun! Is it a starling? I've heard that starlings can learn to speak. ”

The slender elder said: "This is a bird raised by our boss, and I love to learn from the boss on weekdays." The two of you sit down first, and I'll go and boil water for them right away. Oh, there's nothing to entertain in the wilderness shop, so I'll give you two hot dishes. ”

The two sat still for a moment. Two young children served hot tea, two bowls of white rice porridge, two small plates of pickles, and two salted eggs cut in half. The white porridge is still steaming, the cold night is long, and it is already impossible for passers-by to have a table of hot meals and hot dishes to satisfy their hunger.

Ji Cunyan happily picked up the chopsticks, but seeing that her brother didn't move, she didn't rush to eat, but just looked at Ji Jingyang with a puzzled head.

Ji Jingyang shook his head at her and said, "Do you remember what you said to me at the door of the inn before?" ”

Ji Cunyan tilted his head and thought about it, and saw that Xiao Er had walked away, and said: "If an inn or restaurant is built in a remote place, nine out of ten must be black shops that sell human meat buns. …… But there are probably only a few of us living people within a radius of dozens of miles here, even if we are made into human meat buns, who will we sell them to? ”

The two young boys walked back to the back kitchen, which was brightly lit, but it was even more lively than the front hall.

Two big men had already burned the firewood stove vigorously, and put a large iron pot on the stove.

Seeing the two of them entering the door, the slender elder asked, "Have you eaten?" ”

One of the juniors said: "The little girl is easy to deceive, but the man is quite cautious." ”

The slender elder snorted coldly and said, "By who he is!" When I entered our black shop, I didn't have a chance to get out. If he is not comfortable and dies, we still have eighteen martial arts waiting to deal with him. ”

One of the two big men who lit the fire raised his head and asked, "What do these two sheep look like?" ”

Before the slender elder could speak, Xiao Er, who had spoken earlier, replied, "That man is young, his muscles are tight, and he must be very chewy. The female doll is even more delicate and tender, slippery and not lost, and it is delicious at first sight! After speaking, he also snorted his saliva, and continued: "It's been a long time since I've seen such a delicious sheep." I only hope that the master will see that I am diligent and leave two fingers for me to taste! I'm tired of eating those stinky men's air-dried meat last time. ”

The slender elder glared at Xiao Er, who had a lot of words, and said, "I don't think that man is so easy to get along with, and that Longquan sword, I always feel that there is an evil spirit, which is quite weird." That female doll was bright and tender, but I looked a little strange. ”

Dahan said: "What's strange? ”

The slender elder said: "This place is far away from people, and the nearest mountain pass is more than ten miles away. The female doll's clothes are not dusty, her face is not tired, and a pair of embroidered shoes are bright and white, which looks like she has walked on the mountain road for a long time? These two people are afraid that they are from the rivers and lakes and know some martial arts. Or...... We are the same kind of people, and we cast the stack late at night, and I think they are here to eat black. No way...... I'm not at ease, I'll have to take a look. ”

The slender elder walked out of the back kitchen with a gloomy face and came to the hall. Sure enough, I saw that the food on the table was not touched. Ji Jingyang sat there steadily, Ji Cunyan took the salted egg yolk, crushed it, put it in a small plate, and tiptoed to feed the blackbird at the door.

The blackbird tilted his head and looked at the egg yolk for a long time, and finally lowered his head and pecked at Ji Cunyan's hand.

Ji Cunyan was very happy and said to it: "If you eat my egg yolk, you have to listen to me, and you have to learn whatever I teach you." ”

Ji Jingyang sighed helplessly, shook his head slightly, picked up the teacup and took a sip of hot tea, and said to Ji Cunyan: "Don't teach bad people's birds." ”

Suddenly, the small plate in Ji Cunyan's hand fell to the ground with a click, and Ji Cunyan sat down on his knees weakly.

Ji Jingyang sensed that something was wrong, and reached out to hold the sword on the table, but his fingers suddenly became sore, and he couldn't even hold the scabbard.

The slender elder smiled gloomily and said, "It's a pity, two. Originally, you could be a pair of full ghosts, and you wouldn't be hungry on the Huangquan Road. These meals are all good things, and the real sweat medicine is in the teacup of the two of you. ”

Ji Jingyang held the table with one hand to barely keep his whole body from sliding to the floor, he stared at the slender elder and said, "You guys are really a black shop?!" ”

The slender elder said, "The young man is too underestimated of us. We're not a black shop, we should be a demon shop! The little ones, when the hot water is boiling, come out to slaughter the sheep! ”

The back kitchen shouted loudly, and the two shopkeepers from before, and the two big men in charge of the fire in the back kitchen all copied the guys out. The two of them held sharp knives in their hands, the tip of the knife was slightly curved, and the cold light of the blade appeared, thinking that it was used for peeling. The other two were holding iron hooks, which seemed to be intended to hang people up so that they could be skinned.

The slender elder had been quite concerned about Ji Jingyang's Longquan sword since he entered the door, and at this time he picked up the sword that Ji Jingyang had placed on the table. This sword is extremely heavy, and it is a rare and good sword when you start it! The slender elder couldn't wait to draw his sword, wanting to take a good look at it in the dim candlelight.

Who knew that the blade was out of the sheath, and the wind broke through the air, and a sword roar shook the entire dilapidated inn, and before the slender elder could sigh that it was really a peerless sword, he felt that the white light flashed in front of him, and his eyes were tingling, and his whole body was as if he was nailed to death by sword qi.

The remaining four guys in the inn just wanted to attack the Ji family brothers and sisters, but they also saw a white light pierce into their eyes, and they didn't know the direction. There was a scream of the slender elder in his ears. Everyone panicked for a moment, and when the white light receded, they saw the slender elder covering his eyes and rolling on the ground in pain.

The Longquan Sword had already been recaptured by Ji Jingyang, and at this time, he stood at the door leading to the back kitchen in the front hall to block everyone's way. And Ji Cunyan, who was still in the front hall just now, was standing proudly under the bird's frame at this time, where did he look like he had been poisoned?!

Everyone was shocked, a big man helped up the slender elder, and the rest of the people held sharp knives and iron hooks, looking at the two uninvited guests in front of them vigilantly.

The slender elder was worthy of his profoundness, and at this time, he strengthened his mind, covered his eyes that could not help but sting, and said, "Your Excellency's sword is so powerful!" It is old and decayed, who has no eyes, does not distinguish between superior people, and is offended. If you have offended, please forgive me. The old decay has already lost a pair of tricks, please spare us a way out! ”

The four guys had never seen the slender elder suffer such a big loss, and they were so low to others, they were all so frightened that they shrank together at this time, and they didn't dare to move a little more.

Ji Jingyang said coldly: "When you just drew your sword, can you see the inscription on the sword?" ”

The slender elder shook his head and said, "This sword is too powerful, when the old man pulled it out, his eyes were already blinded, and he didn't have time to see which method it was folded underneath." ”

Ji Cunyan said: "The demon demon urn written in the blood of the Xuannu is of course powerful!" ”

The slender elder was shocked in a voice: "Xuannu blood?!" The two of you are from the official family?! Black...... Xuanjingtang? ”

Ji Jingyang said: "Tianlong Wei compiled the Xuanjing Hall. He was ordered to investigate the case of the disappearance of 28 people from the Kaiping garrison in Zhoushan. ”

The slender elder shook his head slightly and said, "I said that the official family can't eat it, but it's a pity that you are reincarnated like hungry ghosts one by one, and you have to rob that official dart, and now you have really attracted the disaster of killing." ”

Ji Jingyang said again: "Kaiping garrisoned the official road of Zhoushan, and encountered a landslide out of Zhoushan [Note 2], in order not to delay the trip and detour into the mountain, there was no news for more than a month. I think people are in your stomachs. ”

The talkative Xiao Er said in a trembling voice: "There are still more than half of them drying in the backyard...... We didn't need those boxes of gold, silver and jewelry, so they were all left in the backyard. If you want to take it, take it. Let us go! ”

When Ji Cunyan heard the words "air drying", he felt a wave of nausea in his chest, frowned slightly, and said: "We have checked in Zhoushan, what landslides come out, once in a few years, it is not a natural disaster, but a demonic disaster." You monsters first cast a spell to cut off the official road with a mountain rock flood, the purpose is to make the pedestrians on the official road divert and enter your devil's mouth. ”

Ji Jingyang said: "Xuanjing Hall takes it as its mission to kill demons and eliminate demons, and now that we have discovered your demon shop, it is natural to flatten this place and never suffer in the future." ”

After speaking, he swung his sword out and headed straight for the slender elder.

The slender elder listened to the sound and discerned the position, first pushed out the big man who was holding him with one palm, hit Ji Jingyang's sword, and his body was short, and he fled towards the gate.

He concluded that Ji Cun's words and deeds were not as good as Ji Jingyang, and if he wanted to escape, he had to start with this little girl.

Ji Cunyan pushed away the shopkeeper who was attacking her with one palm, flipped her right hand, and several delicate copper bells flashed between her fingers, she threw the copper bell, and the black ink thread tied behind the copper bell spread out like a weaving net with the copper bell, and scattered in the direction of the slender elder.

The slender elder raised his hand to block, only to feel that his whole body was covered by a black net, the copper bell fell to the ground, the delicate bell was still expanded with a tiny machine, and three small nails grabbed the ground and netted the slender elder in it.

There are a total of six bronze bells on the ground surrounding the slender elders, and the landing rules are regular, and the blue line is vaguely seen walking between the copper bells, intertwined with the ink lines tied to the bells, and a six-pointed star network map is drawn.

"Hexagram Star Array!" The slender elder exclaimed. Before he could react, he felt a chill on his back, and Ji Jingyang's Longquan sword engraved with talismans had already pierced through the chamber, piercing himself through the heart.

The four men on the ground curled up, struggled for a moment, and then stopped moving. Angry, the four corpses withered and contracted in the blink of an eye, and the skin of their bodies burst, revealing the appearance of tree bark.

The slender elder still had a breath left, but his two hands had already taken on their original shapes, turning into five branched branches.

Ji Jingyang pulled out his sword, and the blood stained on the sword body was not red, but a fluorescent green, slimy and very disgusting.

Ji Cunyan withdrew the copper bell ink line, jumped happily to Ji Jingyang's side, looked at his Longquan sword and said, "Wow! It's disgusting. ”

Ji Jingyang shook his wrist and pulled out a sword flower at his side, and the green slime was thrown out, and the sword blade was immediately as sharp as new. He fluently retracted his sword into its scabbard.

Ji Cunyan is only twenty-eight years old, and he only has his birthday in early spring. She didn't have many opportunities to go out on a mission, but this time she still ran all the way to the mountains to punish demons, she was very excited at this time, and she held Ji Jingyang's hand and talked more: "Third brother, is our task completed?" Do we still have to go to the backyard to carry those boxes of gold, silver and jewelry? …… Let's let the Zhoushan County Ya come! I don't want to see any air-dried meat......"

Ji Jingyang said: "Didn't you notice that something was missing?" ”

Ji Cunyan asked, "Huh?" ”

Ji Jingyang said: "What about the bird? ”

Ji Cunyan looked at the entrance of the front hall of the inn, and saw that the bronze rust bird frame was empty, and the copper ring that should have tied the blackbird was swaying freely in the air.

Ji Jingyang grabbed Ji Cunyan's shoulder and said, "Go out first!" ”

The two walked to the door, but found that the original dilapidated wooden door was nowhere to be found, and then looked at the back kitchen, and the back door leading to the back kitchen was also missing. This vestibule is surrounded by brick walls on all sides, and there is no exit at all.

Ji Cunyan frowned slightly, grabbed a copper bell between his fingers, and threw it to the place where the original wooden door was, the copper bell took off, like a stone sinking into the sea, blending into the stone wall and the like, and when Ji Cunyan shook his wrist back, only the ink line tied to the bell was taken back by her, but her magic weapon was nowhere to be found.

At this moment, a shrill laugh came from behind the two. The voice was the blackbird's.

Ji Jingyang followed the prestige of Ji Jingyang's words, and the figure of the blackbird was magnified by the candlestick and reflected on the wall. The shadow of the bird grew larger and larger with the flickering candlelight, the shadow of its wings retracted, its neck elongated, and a pair of long legs stretched out from its round body, along with two arms.

The blackbird took on the form of a human.

Ji Cunyan glanced at this "person" dressed in black and said, "It turns out that you are the owner of this inn." ”

Harpie turned. It is so advanced that it can transform into a human form, and a large hooked nose occupies three points of the entire face, which looks both funny and terrifying. It looked Ji Jingyang and Ji Cunyan up and down and said, "From the moment you approach, I can smell the stench of the official family on your body, especially your sword——"

Ji Jingyang took a half step forward slightly, blocking Ji Cunyan behind him.

"However, it's been a long time since I've eaten human flesh as tender as yours. Deep in the mountains and old forests, most of the travelers who were in a hurry were yellow and thin, and although the dozens of officers and soldiers were fat, they were not delicious and difficult to eat. It's rare to have such good goods as you delivered to the door, how can I not taste it? Especially this female doll, I want to drool when I look at it. Your eyes are sparkling and your appearance is flattering. Wait for me to peel off your skin and make a girl's garment, so that I can go out and do business, and then I will eat your flesh raw. For women with tender meat, it is best to eat it raw. ”

Ji Cunyan was not afraid of it, and said, "Look at your tone, there are a lot of people who have eaten it over the years, right?" After a while, he was killed by my third brother, and when he went down to the underworld, he would definitely be sent to the eighteenth layer of hell, and he would never be able to live forever! ”

"Hahaha...... Female dolls are really good at laughing. The two of you are in my lair right now, dead in the belly of this dryad. Even if you are Da Luo Immortals, you will not escape my clutches! ”

Ji Jingyang put the sword in front of him and said, "Then try it." ”

The brothers and sisters of the Ji family attacked the bird demon together.

This bird demon is indeed much taller than the previous buddy shopkeeper. Its hands are incomparably large, and its ten fingers are as sharp as hooks, which can outperform iron-bladed weapons. Ji Jingyang's sword could be blocked by it. Not to mention Ji Cunyan, her copper bell ink line can't seal the bird demon, although the ink line can temporarily restrict the bird demon's movements, but as long as the bird demon breaks free slightly, the ink line will be broken by it, and it doesn't look at such a small obstacle at all.

Ji Jingyang was repelled by the bird demon and set up a sword to protect him. Ji Cunyan was almost scratched by the bird demon's claws, but fortunately, she was flexible and dodged in time.

Seeing that the two were invincible, the bird demon was quite proud. Said: "Xuanjing Hall, but that's it. ”

Ji Jingyang looked up at the roof of the inn and had an idea in his heart. As soon as he jumped up, he put his left foot on the table and jumped up to the roof, standing on the beams—since there were walls on all sides, he had to look up for an exit.

The bird demon saw Ji Jingyang's intentions, and also wanted to jump on the beam of the house to stop it.

Ji Cunyan threw a six-pointed star array again, netting the bird demon in it. The harpy was furious, and when he raised his hand, he wanted to use his sharp fingers to cut through the ink line. But since ancient times, the ink line has been used to drive away evil spirits, and it is extremely powerful, and the thousand-year-old corpse and the 10,000-year-old demon can be sealed with the ink line, not to mention a little bird demon?!

The harpy couldn't cut through the net, so he wanted to break free with brute force. But Ji Cunyan also held the ink line in his hand and used brute force to fight against it.

The opportunity could not be missed, Ji Jingyang stood on the beam of the house, swinging his sword to split the roof upwards.

Xuannu's blood and demon urn are the two most important magic weapons in Xuanjingtang's rivers and lakes, and their power is extraordinary. I heard the wooden beams of the roof rattle, and in a short time, a ray of moonlight pierced through the cracks in the roof and pierced into the house, casting a miserable white light on the floor of the vestibule.

Ji Cunyan couldn't grasp the ink line anymore, and was forced to break away by the bird demon. The bird demon also jumped onto the beam of the house and fought with Ji Jingyang.

Ji Jingyang swung his sword and slashed back, and the blade grazed the belly of the bird demon, but it only cut through a few inches of the bird demon's fur. He couldn't hold it anymore and jumped off the roof.

The bird demon stood on the roof beam and laughed: "I heard that the blood of the Xuannu meets the light flame, and she can kill the demon and eliminate the demon, but unfortunately, today is the moon heavy wheel." ”

Ji Jingyang frowned slightly.

The bird demon continued: "The moon is heavy, and the yin is extremely strong, and any Taoist magic weapon will lose its effectiveness. Trying to kill me tonight is like a fool's dream. ”

Ji Cunyan suddenly smiled proudly and said, "Xuannu's blood may be useless to you, but it's not Xuannu's blood that is being used against you now." It's my third brother's demon-slaying blood. ”

On the little finger of Ji Jingyang's hanging left hand, there was also a dark red blood stain that snaked down and fell to the floor along the fingertips.

The recipe for the blood is unknown, and the reason why it is red is because of the cinnabar in its ingredients. Therefore, the authentic Xuannu blood does not smell half bloody, but has a faint sandalwood fragrance and medicinal fragrance.

The harpy frowned and looked down at the wound in his abdomen. The smell of red with red flags went straight to his head. It screamed in its heart that it was not good, but it was too late. It felt a burning pain from the wound in its abdomen, which spread from its belly to its entire body and limbs, making it feel as if it had been poured with lamp oil and burned on a blazing fire.

It screamed and fell off the beam.

The place where Ji Jingyang's blood dripped on the ground also began to spark, and the entire front hall of the inn emitted a strange stench, the stone walls and wooden beams fell off one after another, and the entire front hall gradually turned into a spacious tree hole. Then, a large crack suddenly opened at the top of the tree hole, and the bark fell off on all sides.

The moonlight shone again on the place where the Ji family brothers and sisters stood, casting their shadows on a large rotten and collapsed banyan tree.

It turns out that the whole inn is an illusion of a big banyan tree.

The harpy's body was illuminated by the moonlight, and a dark blue fire suddenly rose. This ghost fire did not have heat, but had a strange coldness.

Ji Jingyang protected Ji Cunyan behind him, and coldly watched the bird demon's body being slowly devoured by the blue flames. At first, the harpy could squirm and struggle twice, but at last it could no longer move.

Ji Cunyan saw that the dust had settled, so he complained to Ji Jingyang: "I said earlier that the moon heavy wheel should not come out to wander around, but as a result, you have to cut yourself to kill this group of monsters." ”

After speaking, she took out a purple pouch from her waist, and took out a roll of white cloth and gold sore medicine from it, helping Ji Jingyang bandage the wound on his hand that was cut by herself.

Ji Jingyang sighed and said to Ji Cun: "I said earlier that you should study spells seriously and weekdays, but as a result, your six-pointed star array is still half-baked after learning for half a year." If I'm not here today, you're alone, and you're someone else's meal right now. It's still eaten raw. ”

Ji Cunyan glared at Ji Jingyang and said, "Bah, bah!" How could anyone curse their sister like that? ”

Ji Jingyang looked up at the full moon that still had a multi-colored halo, and said, "It's not suitable to stay here for a long time, let's go!" ”

"Huh? We've all bulldozed this demon shop, shouldn't we stay for a long time? After a fight, don't you let people rest for a while? ”

"There are deep mountains and dense forests within a radius of dozens of miles here, and there are few people to visit, for thousands of years, do you think that only one bird can cultivate into a demon?"

Ji Cunyan swallowed his saliva and raised his eyes to look at the deep night around him. In the darkness, it seemed that there were really countless pairs of eyes staring at these two uninvited guests. She was still carefully discerning whether the faint blue light in the north was a ghost fire or the moonlight reflected from the eyes of some beast, and Ji Jingyang had already walked forward.

"Ahh Third brother, wait for me! Ji Cunyan followed behind Ji Jingyang and walked deep into the dense forest.

[Note 1] Moon Heavy Wheel: At three or five o'clock in the morning on June 30, 1162 AD, Hong Mai, as the lord of the Southern Song Dynasty, ascended the throne, traveled to Linhuai, and suddenly saw the Moon Heavy Wheel. The peer judge Taishi Bureau Jing told him loudly: "It is for the moon and the heavy wheel, the pre-history, no more than two or three, and now it is five, but it is too yin and extremely prosperous, and I am afraid it is not the ear of the sun." ”

[Note 2] Landslide water outflow: debris flow