"When the post chief saw that she was in tattered clothes, pot-bellied, and that her eyes were flashing, he did not dare to look at anyone, and remembered the announcement in the city, he wanted to hand her over to the officials. The woman cried and fussed, "I'm just hungry," "I don't want to hurt you," and ran out. The poor man rushed to intercept it, but a three-foot-tall monster jumped out of the cotton basket behind the woman, and even the poor head and the groom under the post chief's belt were killed. It happened that two patrol brothers were resting in the post station, and they came out to rescue when they heard the noise, but they couldn't defeat the monster, and one was killed and one was seriously injured. But they threw the monster out of the inn, and at least a dozen travelers saw it on the way."

"And then?"

"The witnesses were scared off the spot. When the messenger arrived at the scene, of course the woman and the monster were gone. 「

"Is it a monster pregnant mother who escaped from Panlong City?" He Lingchuan groaned, "A few days ago, Panlong City strictly investigated pregnant women, and she knew that there was no room in the city, so she escaped first."

However, the suburban environment is cold, and lone pregnant women have almost nowhere to go, so they can only borrow some dilapidated houses to live in.

Wicker frowned: "From Xikou Village to the mine we are going to now, the distance is quite far, can a pregnant woman survive?"

"Maybe she'll be able to." The door panel said roughly, "She's not a human in her belly, maybe she can do something."

Wicker snorted.

Chifeng is thirty miles northwest of Panlong City, and the road is not far. This is one of the most important mines in the northwest, the quality of iron and copper produced is good and stable, after years of development, a small town has been formed at the foot of the mountain, called Chifeng Town, with a population of more than 1,000.

The main body of the townspeople are miners, blacksmiths, officials and their families, and the excavated ore is smelted and cast on the spot to save time for materials, and then it is purchased by the official inspection and transported to the city.

Panlong City has been fighting for many years, and attaches great importance to iron tools, and when he learned of the collapse of the mine, he immediately sent people there.

The further you go northwest, the fewer trees and the more rocks there are, and the undulations of the hilly area are unmistakable, and some of the steep peaks are not even covered by snow, revealing a dark background.

But there are a lot of animals here, there is a large group of wild deer in the snow to eat, see the crowd running by, do not panic, still stand in place and chew.

He Lingchuan and the others rushed to Chifeng Town and saw that the road to the mine was indeed blocked, and it was blocked near the entrance. The mountain roads were specially widened and trimmed to allow for carriage and horses, but now the snow from the mountains has fallen and smashed into the road with large chunks of weathered rock.

But now the dredging work is in full swing. He Lingchuan saw two huge ice rock puppets digging rocks and snow, they were more than two zhang tall, more majestic than his gold armor bronze man, their bodies were made of ice and rock, the palms of the two hands were larger than the door panels, just suitable for digging shovels, there were no lower limbs, and they were replaced by four or five large ice wheels, so it was more labor-saving to carry heavy objects.

The cultivator who summoned these two items must be nearby, and the longer they are maintained, the more spiritual power will be consumed.

The reason why it was not excavated by manpower was because the giant ice golems were more powerful and efficient; Second, there will be rocks on the mountain every three forks, the big one is wider than the round table, and the small one is bigger than the coconut.

And the person responsible for carrying rock ice, in addition to ordinary mules and horses, He Lingchuan actually saw more than a dozen huge long-haired bison, with a pair of curved horns on their heads, and their hair almost covered their eyes.

These big men are extremely muscular, and they don't look like good-tempered ones, but they obediently put on carriers and haul construction waste for humans, so that they still spew white steam from their noses.

A single bison can haul a cart full of waste rock. With their help, the dredging work is much faster.

Everyone was amazed, and Wicker raised his hand and pointed to the top of the mountain: "Look, Shanze!"

All beings were busy, but a solid rock protruded above the mountain road, and a huge sand-yellow leopard lay on top of it.

It was larger than the average male lion, lying on its stomach and looking down to clean the pads of its front paws.

The claws are comparable to a fan.

He Lingchuan Daqi: "This is the local mountain of Chifeng?" It's really familiar, isn't it also a sand leopard that caused him to fall off the cliff, and by the way, it also opened his fate with the divine bone necklace.

Wait a minute, isn't Zhong Shengguang's spirit pet a sand leopard?

"That's Lady Chung's partner." There was respect in Wicker's voice, "Legend has it that Lord Zhong came to the Panlong Wasteland in the third year to conquer the leader of the sand leopard, who fought with Lord Zhong and was later directly appointed as the Northwest Mountain."

If one person attains the Tao, chickens and dogs can ascend to heaven, not to mention the leopard demon who already has real materials?

Yamazawa himself is in charge, no wonder the long-haired bison clothes under him are obedient, and they almost let humans put on nose rings for themselves.

He Lingchuan sighed, the ancestor of the little leopard demon is still a mountain, and he has the position of imperial gift, how did he become a whole nest of mountain bandits later?

One generation is not as good as the next.

The leopard demon didn't know how he was arranging himself, and he stretched out on the boulder, and then roared at a lazy bison.

The saw-like roar startled the bison and buried himself in his work.

He Lingchuan had only watched for a few breaths, and there was a burst of cheers on the mountain road: the first blockage had been opened.

Someone in the town beckoned to him, and He Lingchuan and his party drove their horses over.

This person is the chief who is responsible for taking care of Chifeng Town, he is dark and thin, with high cheekbones, and a naturally sad face.

He said to He Lingchuan, "There are three teams in total, isn't it?"

He Lingchuan looked around the town, and sure enough, he saw other guards. Since the defeat of Monsan, He Lingchuan's fame has opened up among the warriors, and most of the patrol guards recognize him and are now nodding to him.

The door panel replied, "Yes."

"Then the people are here." The lieutenant beckoned the other guards to come over and enter the temple in the town. This temple is dedicated to Mitian Niangniang, the back hall is very large, and more than 20 people are not too crowded to enter. "My surname is Hu, and I am in charge of the affairs of Chifeng Town. I have an order to tell you about the situation here."

"Our mine is not deeply hidden, it is close to the Great Dao, and it can be mined in winter. Further down, there are several rich mines, but in winter the snow covers the mountains, and we can't get in." This is also one of the reasons why the Chifeng Mine has been valued by Panlong City, "It has snowed heavily in the past three days, but the road to the mine has been no problem, until yesterday there was a sudden avalanche, and the collapse surface is very large, the mountain road is blocked for at least two or three miles, and it is very difficult to clean up."

Hu Lichang continued, "The problem is that the mine has not stopped, and there are always people in it. We heard from the escaped laborers that it seemed that there were monsters in the mines, and they would eat people."

"Cannibalism?" The captains exchanged glances, "What does it look like?"

"I don't know, it's pitch black inside the tunnel, and the thing moves so fast that they can't see clearly. Sometimes I hear my companions screaming, and when they rush over, they are gone."

He Lingchuan asked, "Is it a monster or a beast?"

"There are spirit leopards and mountains, and the local demon beasts dare not attack humans, and even wild beasts avoid people." Hu Li said, "Yamazawa also went to ask his subordinates, and they all said that they didn't eat people."

"By the way, there were still townsfolk before the avalanche who heard strange noises, like babies crying. At that time, everyone thought it was the spring of the wild cats in the mountains and forests, and the more I listened to it, the more strange it became." Hu Lichang swallowed his saliva, "Actually, the town has lost two people in the past half a month. Well, it was originally three people, and one of them picked up firewood and walked away by himself, and he encountered a snowstorm and was blocked for two days before coming back......

Another captain, Xu Chun, interrupted him: "Are those two lost or dead?"

"One of them went out to buy 11 days ago and didn't come back. There was also a man surnamed Ding who lived in our town, and the next day everyone woke up to find his door open and the man gone."

"Is there any blood?"

"There was no blood, no signs of struggle or fighting." "His footprints went out, and they disappeared four or five feet to the west. The snow was thick, and the footprints could be seen clearly."

In other words, four or five feet away from home, Lao Ding disappeared?

He Lingchuan thought that this town was built in a valley, and the space was not open, so the houses were all next to each other, and the sound insulation was probably only a little better than his wooden house in Panlong City. If a missing person is attacked, the neighbors should at least hear the screams.

Could it be that he was attacked while he was asleep, and he had no power to resist?

Wicker stood up: "This one disappeared in town

Personally, what room does he live in?"

Hu Li pointed to her.

Wicker said to the people, "I'll go and I'll go back."

She went to reconnoitre, and Hu Lichang smiled bitterly: "After Lao Ding disappeared, the people in the town were so anxious that they didn't dare to sleep peacefully at night. And the caves...... Please be sure to get rid of the monsters, otherwise the cast iron mission sent by the city will not be easy to complete."

There are quantitative indicators for how many iron parts Chifeng Mine has to hand over every month.

Xu Chun was about to speak, but the mother-in-law who came in with hot water suddenly interjected: "Chief, why don't you tell the inspectors about that woman? She also came here half a month ago, so the time is right!"

Hu Li glared at her: "What nonsense, don't make trouble here!"

Where will the guards let go of the clues? "What woman?"

"Don't listen to this mother-in-law's broken mouth, seventeen or eighteen days ago, a woman came to the town and said that she was going to join her relatives. But her relative had long since died. When we saw that she had a big belly and was pitiful, we gave her an empty room to live in."

Big belly? Everyone looked at each other, and their hearts were alert. Didn't Panlong City check pregnant women a while ago? The timeline does match.

He Lingchuan suddenly said, "Don't you look like you're in your fifties, thin and short?"

"It's a little short, but it's not fifty, right?" Hu Lichang was stunned by what he said, "It's only about thirty years."

The woman who served the water said coldly on the side: "It was born quite white."

He Lingchuan was unexpected.

He thought it would be the old woman he had met.

Xu Chun asked, "What about her?"

"Left a few days ago." Hu Lichang shook his head, "She said that she was five or six months pregnant, and we think it's at least nine months, it's terrifyingly big, how can she stay with us for a long time?"

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