The moon was dark and the wind was high, and the avenue of curfew was empty, and there was not half a figure.

The sound of the bamboo stick of the husband came from afar. Lei Qi looked up at the full moon hanging on the eaves, and said to Ji Jingyang: "Third son, it's the fourth watch." Shall we continue to keep it? ”

Ji Jingyang said: "Guard." Before dawn, there was still a possibility that the monster would appear. ”

"What the hell is this kid-hunting monster? Why can't our magic enchantment deal with him? Lei Qi said, "This is the fourth night." ”

Ji Jingyang said: "I have already repaired a book and went to Longhu Mountain to find Zhang Yunchu real people for help." Until he comes, we can only do it according to the usual law. Have you informed Qin Tianjian to help? ”

Lei Qi frowned and said, "Jian Shaolin of Qin Tianjian said that he must first strengthen the joint defense in the palace, and then see if he can send people to help. But there have been no newborn babies in the palace in the past few years, what joint defense needs to be strengthened? ”

Ji Jingyang said: "Qin Tianjian's duty is to protect the safety of the palace, and to drive away evil spirits and avoid evil for His Majesty and the concubines in the palace. He was right. ”

While the two were talking, suddenly a woman's sharp scream came from a row of houses not far away.

Ji Jingyang's pupils shrank, pulled out his sword, and rushed towards the source of the sound.

The secret agents of the Xuanjing Hall also flocked together, following behind Ji Jingyang.

When everyone rushed to the low wall of the house, they saw a male "person" dressed in black and wearing a ghost face holding a ball of white things in his arms, standing under the moon, overlooking everyone.

The ghost-faced mask had to be as big as two or three heads of ordinary people, with a hideous face, eyes as big as copper bells, a fierce and vicious look, a nose as long as two fingers, a sharp point, a grinning mouth, and the corners of the mouth reaching the root of the ear, not the appearance of a "human" at all. What's even more terrifying is that the man's hands are covered with Qinglin, and in the moonlight, the slippery scales reflect a strange cold light, like snake skin, and the five claws are sharp, and long beast nails can be seen sticking out from the fingertips.

This thing - it's not human at all!

The monster looked down at the crowd and turned back to dive into the moonlight.

The baby in his arms had left his mother, and he was frightened and weeping to himself. Although the night was hazy and the monster was dressed in black, the baby's cry pointed the way for the Xuanjing Hall members.

Ji Jingyang led everyone to fly the eaves and walk the wall like a monster, break through the wall, and rush all the way to the west of the city.

Under the moonlight, this string of figures is very strange, and the movement is not small. It's just that the windows and doors of all the houses are closed, and no one dares to peek out to see the excitement.

There have long been rumors in Beijing that at night recently, there were mandrill monsters in the city, specializing in snatching babies who had just been born, and if anyone saw its true body, they would be gouged out and their tongues pulled out, and they died.

Ji Jingyang's light skills were higher than those of other Xuanjing Hall masters, the wind in his ears swept by, and the footsteps of his subordinates behind him gradually faded away, even if he didn't look back, he knew that he was already alone, leaving others far behind.

When he was only a few feet away from the monster, he stabbed out with his sword, and with another force under his feet, he stabbed the monster in the back. Who knew that the monster sensed the killing intent behind it, and also ran wildly, and threw Ji Jingyang out of the way.

Ji Jingyang's light skills are among the best in the hall, but he didn't expect this monster to run fast, and the instant explosion can be several times faster than him.

Ji Jingyang was wondering when he saw a man in white jumping in from the side, blocking the monster and blocking his way.

The man's aura was so strong that he forcibly stopped the monster.

Ji Jingyang looked fixedly, under the moonlight, it was inconvenient for Jian Shaolin to come.

Behind Jian Shaolin, there were still a few white-clothed Qin Tianjian people scattered around, intercepting monsters with the Beidou formation.

Qin Tianjian still came over to help.

The monster looked back at Ji Jingyang, then turned his head to look at Jian Shaolin, knowing that he had been intercepted. It roared angrily. The sound was like the roar of a beast or a dragon, but it was not like a human voice anyway.

Lei Qi and the others had also arrived, setting up their swords behind Ji Jingyang and preparing to attack.

At that moment, the monster suddenly raised its hand and lifted the baby in its arms.

Ji Jingyang's pupils shrank, and his body took a step back.

If it were provoked to fall at this time, and fall so high, the baby would surely die.

But Jian Shaolin didn't seem to be moved, and still exerted his strength under his feet, stabbing the sword at the monster's chest.

The monster didn't expect Jian Shaolin to be so decisive, and at this time, it couldn't meet the enemy, so it could only really smash the baby into the open space under the roof beam.

Fortunately, Ji Jingyang predicted its actions, jumped down, and held the baby in his arms. He landed steadily and lifted the swaddling white cloth, but unfortunately the baby was already blue and breathless.

Ji Jingyang was furious, put down the dead baby, and jumped on the roof beam with his sword.

At this time, the monster had already slapped Jian Shaolin away with one palm, and Jian Shaolin's body was smashing towards Ji Jingyang. Ji Jingyang didn't have time to think about it, and reached out to catch Jian Shaolin to cushion him. But between the lightning and flint, the two masters were all blocked, and the rest of the Xuanjing Hall or the Qintian Prison Ministry, where could they be the opponents of this monster? These people were overturned by monsters in twos and threes, and Lei Qi was also knocked down by monsters.

Ji Jingyang and Jian Shaolin glanced at each other, and could only shake their heads helplessly.

After everyone repaired, Lei Qi said to Jian Shaolin: "Lord Jane, although your duty is to protect the safety of the palace, the people of Li are also people, and you can't ignore the safety of the baby." The monster is about to throw it down, and you're still fighting with your sword, do you know that you killed a human like this? ”

Jian Shaolin raised his eyes to look at him, his eyes were cold, and he didn't say a word.

Ji Jingyang said: "Lei Qi, don't talk nonsense. There was nothing wrong with Master Jane's actions, but I was unresponsive and indecisive. ”

"Three sons!" Lei Qi dissatisfied.

Jian Shaolin said: "You chased all the way, didn't you find that the doll suddenly stopped crying?" ”

Lei Qi was stunned.

Ji Jingyang nodded and said, "That's right." This child had already been strangled to death by the mandrill. ”

Jian Shaolin asked Ji Jingyang, "Do you think it's a mandrill?" ”

Ji Jingyang shook his head and said, "I don't know." It's just like it. First of all, the demonic energy on its body is not heavy, and it cannot completely transform into a human, which shows that the Tao is not deep. Secondly, his walking movements are too human-like. ”

Jian Shaolin said: "Yes, even martial arts are strong. If you and I join forces, we may not be able to beat him. ”

Ji Jingyang nodded.

Early the next morning, Ji Jingyang and Lei Qi returned to Xuanjing Hall.

Today, Ji Cunyan came early, and he was accompanying Thunder to dry medicine on the patio. Seeing her brother come back, she dropped the medicinal herbs and jumped up to meet her, and said to Ji Jingyang: "Third brother, my mother asked me to bring breakfast to you." ”

Ji Jingyang gently patted his sister's head.

"You look tired." Ji Cunyan followed his brother to sit at the stone table in the patio, "What kind of case is it?" ”

Lei Qi also sat down and said to Ji Cunyan: "It's a case of a mandrill snatching a baby in the capital." ”

Ji Cunyan propped his head and said, "Mandrill?!" Aren't mandrills all in the deep mountains and old forests? How could it appear in such a prosperous place as the capital? ”

Ji Jingyang sighed: "I don't know if it's a mandrill, that thing looks like a human and a ghost." After speaking, he looked at Ji Cunyan.

"Huh? Why? Ji Cunyan noticed his brother's eyes.

Ji Jingyang said: "You can do me a favor in a while." ”

Ji Jingyang spread out the drawing paper and said to Ji Cun: "You draw me a pair of hands." I'll tell you what these hands look like, and you draw them. ”

"Good!" Ji Cunyan also agreed.

Who knew that after the brother and sister made a comparison, Ji Cunyan really couldn't tell what it was.

Ji Jingyang frowned and said, "What is this?" ”

Ji Cunyan said: "The kind of beast claws you are talking about." ”

Ji Jingyang held his forehead and said, "Your mother spent thousands of taels of silver to ask the master to teach you piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, you can draw such a thing?" ”

Ji Cunyan said aggrievedly: "What...... The paintings of qin, chess, calligraphy and painting are just flowers and birds, most mountains and water. Have you ever seen a lady draw a claw of a beast? ”

Ji Jingyang said: "Forget it, I'll do it myself!" ”

Ji Cunyan said: "I don't know how to draw and embroider, but if you act tonight, can you take me?" ”

Ji Jingyang thought that the monster's martial arts were still high, and Ji Cunyan's three-legged cat's kung fu was disdainful of it. So he said: "It's not been peaceful outside lately, so you stay at home at night and learn to paint, don't come out and shake around." ”

Ji Cunyan frowned and said, "Why did you say the same thing as Jian Shaolin?" ”

"Huh? When have you met Jian Shaolin? ”

"Yesterday, Concubine Ning summoned me and asked me to go into the palace to talk to her to relieve my boredom. When I returned, Master Jane had to drop me off at the door and told me not to run around at night. ”

Ji Jingyang frowned and groaned for a long time, and said, "If what people say makes sense, you can listen to it." You see, it's such a claw. ”

Ji Jingyang unfolded the drawing paper.

In fact, his painting is not satisfactory, otherwise he would not have let Ji Cunyan help this little unreliable.

"What is this? People are not like people, and monkeys are not like monkeys. Ji Cunyan approached and left the distance, and after looking at it again and again, he criticized.

"Third son, little junior sister, there are guests visiting." Lei Qi's voice came from behind the two.

The two looked back and saw that the guest was Zhang Ji.

The little celestial master was dressed in half-worn gray cloth clothes, but he looked clean and his shoes were not dusty. It's really a bit like a real immortal.

Lei Qi said behind Zhang Ji: "Little Zhang Tianshi asked to see him at the door of Xuanjing Hall, and he happened to meet me, so he brought him in directly." ”

Ji Jingyang and Zhang Ji greeted each other.

Zhang Ji said: "My senior brother Zhang Yunchu has important things to do, and he has no time, so he sent me to the capital to take care of it." It is said that there is a baby-eating monster in the capital, which is not trivial. ”

Ji Jingyang said: "That's right. This thing can restrain all the magic weapon enchantments of the Xuanjing Hall and Qin Tianjian, but the Tao is not high, but the martial arts are high, we really don't know what it is. It wears a mask on its head, and its hands look like this. ”

Zhang Ji looked at the painting for a long time, was stunned for a long time, and then asked tentatively: "Pleiades Xingjun [Note 1]?" ……”

Lei Qi sneered.

Ji Cunyan was very proud, and said to Ji Jingyang: "Third brother, what about me, didn't you also draw a chicken claw?" ”

Ji Jingyang sighed: "It's okay if you can't draw it, Xiao Zhang Tianshi, you go with me tonight to capture this monster, you can see with your own eyes, see if you can recognize that strange hand." ”

Ji Cunyan said: "If Zhang Ji goes, I will go too!" My martial arts are higher than his! ”

Ji Jingyang sighed and said, "Okay." But you can only watch from afar, especially Xiao Yan! And don't get close to your hands. ”

Ji Cunyan said: "Yes! ”

Ji Jingyang put away the drawing paper and took Lei Qi to deploy the night's actions.

He heard Ji Cunyan behind him say to Zhang Ji: "You are so bold, you just criticized my brother's paintings." ”

Zhang Ji said: "You call it a 'painting'?!" ”

[Note 1] Pleiades Star Official: The Pleiades Star Officer is one of the twenty-eight constellations, lives in the Bright Palace of the Heavens, and is a big rooster six or seven feet tall. The priesthood is "Si Chen Wai Xiao", and his mother is Vilamba Bodhisattva. In "Romance of the Gods", its original name was Huangcang. If you have watched the old version of "Journey to the West", you will definitely remember the plot that as soon as he chirped, the centipede spirit appeared in its original form (it seems to be...... ）