The three of them ate and drank until the second half of the night, Zhang Xian was already asleep in his mother's arms, and Xia Yulong also fell on the old man's body, and his eyes were hazy.

As the saying goes, there are fewer than a thousand cups of wine for a confidant, Yao Banxian and the old man completely left the matter of the leopard head shop behind, and Zhang Wannian was even more happy to talk about the family's affairs, they drank four pots of old wine, and the table was full of some scraps.

The rooster in the courtyard has begun to crow......

Yao Banxian then remembered what was going on, he looked out the window and asked about the leopard head shop.

Zhang Wannian's face sank, and the whole person became sober, he thought, since it was a matter of half-immortals, he told him the truth, he slowly raised his head, and sighed: "The family surnamed Huang died unjustly, and more than 20 lives died overnight......"

In fact, Zhang Wannian himself can't say why, and many things he just hearsay, and what he said is basically the same as what Jia Ding said.

Yao Banxian asked Zhang Wannian, who was the person who saw the black shadow?

Zhang Wannian frowned, but said that it was seen by the old man who played the watch, and the day after the incident, the official messenger was coming to investigate the case, and a lot of people gathered in front of the leopard head shop to see the excitement.

The old man Li Mufeng and a group of people in the Fengmu Pavilion chattered gossip, saying that the first night, he passed by the leopard's head shop, and when he was beating the head, he suddenly felt a cold vest, and couldn't help but snort, but unfortunately a sundry fell into the eyes, and when he rubbed his eyes with his hands, he vaguely saw a black shadow flashing in front of him, and it was an illusion.

The black shadow was very agile, and disappeared in a blink of an eye, most likely jumping into the wall courtyard of the leopard's head shop.

Li Mufeng thought that the leopard head shop had been burglarized, so he knocked his head vigorously and shouted loudly: "The weather is dry, be careful of the fire candle, and be more careful of the thief......"

Speaking of this, Li Mufeng's face changed, and then, he changed the conversation, but said that he could kill more than 20 people quietly in one night, and it must be the old demon of Yinshan who has such ability.

Several officials listened to him behind the crowd for a while, and one of them asked Li Mufeng, have you ever seen the old demon of Yinshan?

Li Mufeng was speechless for a long time, and the official warned Li Mufeng not to bewitch the public, and be careful of being taken to ask the official, and after that, Li Mufeng disappeared from the town......

Yao Banxian and the old man were quite surprised, and what Jia Ding Jien said was a little different, who said it more appropriately, they couldn't make up their minds for a while.

Xia Yulong listened to Zhang Wannian's narration, and his sleepiness dissipated, he woke up and asked, "Uncle Zhang, is there really an old demon in Yinshan?" ”

Zhang Wannian said: "I heard Li Mufeng say that the old demon of Yinshan came down to catch people, and he knew demonics, and when people saw him, his legs would be sore and fall to the ground, and if he disposed of it, he would suck up the yang energy on people, and he was terrible." ”

The old man said: "It's not necessarily the old demon of Yinshan who did it, Li Mufeng disappeared afterwards, there is no proof of these deaths he said, no one knows whether he is dead or alive, I have a bold guess, I don't know if I should say it?" ”

Yao Banxian said: "What else do you and I have to be here?" But it doesn't matter, what good ideas can you have as a bad old man, you just want to carry them out and bury them! ”

The old man sat up straight, and said slowly: "Li Mufeng is the only one who has seen the black shadow, he said that no one dares to say two, he said that no one dares to say black, who knows if he is in the same group as the black shadow, it is best to find Li Mufeng." ”

Zhang Wannian's face sank again, and he sighed: "Since the accident with the family surnamed Huang, Li Mufeng has never appeared in the town again, the world is so big, where to find him?" ”

Yao Banxian looked at Zhang Wannian and asked, "What is the origin of Li Mufeng, why didn't there be this person in the town ten years ago." ”

Zhang Wannian thought about it: "Li Mufeng is a person who fled from the west, he came to the town when you went to Yin Mountain, and it was in that year that I presided over the affairs of the town, I never thought that it was a frequent autumn, first a group of people fled from the west, and passed by Longgu Town one after another, Li Mufeng was encountering heavy snow when he passed through Longgu Town, many old people in the town died one after another, and the old man who had beaten the watch before also died, Li Mufeng couldn't get out, stayed in the town for half a year, and gradually became familiar with the customs of the town. So he stayed in the town, and there was still a shortage of watchmen in the town, so everyone let him be in charge of the watch, and each family distributed some food to him. ”

The old man asked, "What kind of people are those fleeing people, are they the Zephyr tribe?" ”

Zhang Wannian said: "There are people from the West Wind Clan, and there are also other tribesmen, I heard Li Mufeng say that they encountered a natural disaster in the Northwest Desert that has not been encountered in a century, and the leader of the West Wind Tribe, Tuoba Huxian, wantonly slaughtered people from other tribes, and even those who disagreed with each other within their own tribe did not let go, so they had to leave their hometowns and go to the hinterland of the Central Plains in groups. ”

The old man was very angry in his heart, slapped his right palm on the table fiercely, and scolded: "This ignorant Zephyr clan is stirring up trouble again, they have not learned a lesson from hundreds of years of fighting, and they have also implicated other clansmen, and they will be punished sooner or later." ”

Yao Banxian said: "Is Li Mufeng from the West Wind Clan?" ”

Zhang Wannian thought for a while and said: "I didn't ask about this, I don't have a deep friendship with Li Mufeng, the people in the town just saw him pitiful and lonely, and took him in to do the watch." ”

Yao Banxian continued to ask: "What was wrong with the sky on the night of the accident with the surname Huang?

Zhang Wannian shook his head and replied, "I haven't seen anything unusual. ”

Yao Banxian thought to himself, even if there was something strange in the sky, but after many days, the Tai Chi Bagua Diagram would no longer show the scene of that night, and then he said: "Fang Cai and the bad old man have already found the man who fought later, and the man is crazy and ignorant of the world. ”

Zhang Wannian said with emotion: "Alas, I heard that one night when he was on the shift, he saw the black shadow and was frightened to the point that he became crazy. There are rumors in the town that the black shadow often haunts the leopard's head shop, especially on the night of thunderstorms, and once I thought it was really the old demon of Yinshan, alas...... It's because I'm too shallow, if there really is an old demon, can you still come back? ”

The old man asked, "Since the family surnamed Huang has been destroyed, why is the black shadow still haunting and entangled?" ”

At this time, Xia Yulong, who was listening to it, interjected, and said in a childish voice: "I think, it is very likely that he came back to look for something, if that thing can't be found, he will often haunt the leopard's head shop?" ”

The three of them were stunned by Xia Yulong's words, and they all thought that he was analyzing Li'er, and the three pairs of eyes were thrown at Xia Yulong in unison, and the room fell into a rare calm, which made Xia Yulong a little uncomfortable, he smiled shyly, and hurriedly said: "Grandpa, I just said nonsense, hehe, I'm embarrassed to see it, hehe......"

The old man exclaimed: "Good boy, really good, I can't imagine that my grandson still has the ability to judge like this." He smiled from ear to ear, and reached out to gently caress Xia Yulong's forehead.

Yao Banxian said in his heart, this kid has wisdom beyond ordinary people at a young age, if I can accept him as an apprentice and pass on my skills to him, it would be better, and I can be regarded as an heir.

When the words came to his mouth, Yao Banxian stopped, and said in his heart, the stinky boy was originally the grandson of me and the bad old man, and my skills will naturally be taught to him, and everything has to be considered in the long run.

The rooster in the courtyard crowed for the second time, Yao Banxian's sentimental stick on the table trembled slightly, he knew that it was past the ugly, he looked out through the window, the black sky was hanging low, there were no stars, and there was no moonlight, he suddenly smiled, and said: "Let's go, go to the leopard's head shop to see ......"

Hearing that he was going to the leopard's head shop, Xia Yulong suddenly felt energetic and sleepy, and he jumped up and down.

The old man and Zhang Wannian couldn't persuade Xia Yulong to talk or talk badly, especially the old man, he was worried that if he encountered danger in the middle of the night, he would not be able to protect his good grandson.

Yao Banxian not only persuaded Xia Yulong, but also cheered for Xia Yulong: "Yulong is determined to follow, even if the two of you don't let him follow, he will sneak out and follow us, so it is better to take him ......safely" He looked at Xia Yulong, blinked, and asked, "Yulong, do you think grandpa is right?" ”

Xia Yulong was overjoyed in his heart, and said happily: "Uh-huh...... Yes, yes, Grandpa Yao is reasonable. ”

The old man was helpless, twisted Yao Banxian's thighs vigorously, and said in a low voice: "You specially came up with these bad ideas and taught my grandson badly, and I will settle accounts with you later!" ”

I only heard Yao Banxian shouting "ah", rubbing the sore thigh with his left hand, he grimaced at the old man, stuck out his tongue, and said: "Yulong is also my grandson, I want to teach him to learn skills......"

Xia Yulong looked at the cute and playful appearance of the two grandfathers, covered his mouth and laughed.

Yao Banxian, the old man, Xia Yulong, and Zhang Wannian walked through the streets of Longgu Town in the dark. Although there was no moonlight, I could still faintly see a few dark shadows swaying in the street.

Zhang Wannian walked at the front to lead the way, and the old man took Xia Yulong's hand and walked in the middle, behind Yao Banxian Palace.

The people in the town had already fallen asleep, and the entire Longgu Town was unusually silent, and the four of them deliberately lightened their steps, but the sound of small footsteps rang in their ears from time to time.

After walking more than 100 steps, he came to the door of the leopard head shop, and Zhang Wannian gently pushed open the door of the leopard head shop with the strength of wine.

On weekdays, Zhang Wannian would never get close to the leopard head shop, and even the mention of the name of the leopard head shop made him feel unlucky, but today he drank a few more glasses of wine, and his courage also increased a little, in the end, it was Yao Banxian by his side that made him feel down-to-earth, and he firmly believed that there was a half-immortal, and he could always turn evil into good fortune in times of crisis.

The door squeaked and opened a crack, which happened to accommodate the entry and exit of people's bodies, and when Zhang Wannian pushed the door again, the two doors were stable and could not be opened.

The four of them entered one by one along the crack in the door, and when they came to the courtyard, they found that there were overgrown weeds everywhere, and the whole leopard head shop was unusual.

The four of them walked through the compound and walked into the hall when they suddenly heard two clear sounds of "popping", and two tiles on the eaves of the hall house smashed in front of Zhang Wannian, and the four of them were shocked in their hearts.

Zhang Wannian stopped and looked up, but saw a black shadow similar to a cat and dog walking on the roof, and the black shadow jumped to the top of the house on the left with a "meow". ”

Pushing open the door of the hall, a musty smell was pungent, the cobwebs in the hall were dense, the four of them were wrapped in cobwebs, it was difficult to move forward, they lit candles, Yao Banxian and Zhang Wannian each held one, and the old man protected Xia Yulong in front of him.

The hall is dilapidated, the wall of the middle hall hangs the Huang family god, the spiritual seat of the eighteenth generation ancestor of the Huang family is placed on the spiritual platform, the tiles on the roof leak a big hole, the square wood around the hole has rotted, waiting for a rainstorm to hit, the roof must collapse.

The four of them inspected all the bedrooms and found that they were neatly furnished and there were no signs of a fight.

The more than 20 corpses were lying flat on their respective beds, the youngest was only 12 years old, it was obvious that the Huang family had indeed suffered a demise, and the corpses were not put into the coffin, and they were all corrupted into white bones lying on their respective beds.

Yao Banxian flipped through the clothes of each corpse with a gratitude stick, trying to peek at some clues, but found that each white bone was very intact.

It can be concluded that these corpses were not hit by external forces before they died, but it is quite suspicious that the throat bones of each corpse are slightly blackened.

Yao Banxian preliminarily determined that the family surnamed Huang should have been poisoned after death, and the poison did not flow into the stomach, but stayed in the throat, corroding the throat bone, creating the illusion of suicide by taking poison, and confusing the official, but the real cause of death of the family surnamed Huang is still unknown, after all, more than 20 people can no longer speak, and there is no proof of death.

When the four of them were analyzing why the family surnamed Huang was killed in the room of a deceased, the wooden door of the room creaked open, and a biting cold wind blew in.

The old man stepped forward to close the door, but he glanced at a man in black standing by the window in the dressing mirror in the corner, he was taken aback, his eyes flashed rapidly, thinking that he was dazzled, he didn't react, only heard two clicks, and the candles in the hands of Yao Banxian and Zhang Wannian were both extinguished.

Two embroidery needles struck into the capitals beside him, and the old man exclaimed, "Who is outside the door?" Hurry up and show up......"

As he spoke, the old man had already pulled out the shovel on his waist and rushed to the door, and ran to the courtyard, where he shouted: "If you have the ability, come out and fight me openly, what is it to be sneaky and hiding!" ”

Suddenly, seeing two extremely subtle lights in front of him, the old man flashed to the right, and at the same time swung his shovel to the left to block.

Only two clear sounds of "dangdang" were heard, and a string of sparks burst out of the shovel wall, and two embroidery needles were turned over by the shovel to change the square path and inserted into the stone cracks on the ground.

At this time, Yao Banxian, Zhang Wannian, and Xia Yulong also chased out, and saw that the black shadow was a man in black, standing not far in front of the old man, his face was covered with a black veil, but the night was so dark that even if he was not masked, he couldn't see who he was.

Before the man in black could send out a second wave of embroidery needles, the old man had already rushed to him, swung his shovel and slashed at his right arm.

The man in black was also really sensitive, and he took a few steps back. The shovel in the old man's hand repeatedly split the air.

The man in black lifted his right leg, turned sharply to the left, and took advantage of the situation to grab a step, and the old man's shovel rose and fell, exploding flowers in all directions.

I only heard a clang, and the shovel hit the heavenly spirit cover of the man in black, and at the moment when he rolled to the ground, he supported his body with both hands, exchanged his legs frequently, and kicked at the old man.

The old man was unceremonious, and he didn't pay attention to any moves, and he swung a shovel and slammed it, each of which hit the calf of the man in black, and it was not difficult to see that the old man obviously had the upper hand......

But after all, the old man is old, and after a few rounds, he is already out of breath, but the man in black is getting braver and braver.

Xia Yulong was worried that his grandfather would suffer a loss, so he shouted and ran over to help the old man, but he happened to be caught by the man in black with a lunch.

Suddenly, the black-clothed man's hands flashed with green light, and his ten fingers suddenly grew long claws, facing Xia Yulong's grasp.

Yao Banxian was shocked and wanted to leave, but he was already a step too late.

The old man rushed forward, leaned down in front of Xia Yulong, and with two snorts, the claws of the man in black stabbed into the old man's back.

A sharp pain hit his whole body, and the old man almost fainted, he quickly resisted with luck, but the dantian was blocked and he couldn't lift any strength.

The old man endured the severe pain, picked up Xia Yulong with both hands, quickly moved to the right, threw Xia Yulong to Yao Banxian and Zhang Wannian, who were running over, and shouted: "Don't get close, he will make the Yin Netherworld claw, retreat, retreat!" ”

Yao Banxian hurriedly said: "Quickly use the transfiguration technique, go around behind him, and attack his ......"

As he spoke, the old man had already silently recited the three sects of Fengqing and his transfiguration technique, and in an instant he turned into a shadow.

The dark claws of the man in black grabbed the old man behind him again, but the man in black pounced on the old man's body.

The old man's body was as light as smoke, and in the blink of an eye, he went around behind the man in black.

I only heard an exclamation of "ah", and the shovel in the old man's hand had stabbed into the back of the man in black.

The man in black staggered forward a few steps and fell to the ground heavily, the old man picked up the shovel and grabbed it with lightning speed, the blade of the shovel had reached the neck of the man in black, and the man in black couldn't move.

The old man felt that his arm was sore, his eyes were dark, and he fell to the side of his right hand, he gritted his teeth and propped up his right foot to restrain himself, and shouted to the man in black: "Who are you who dare to spread wild in this place?" ”

At this time, Yao Banxian also ran to the side of the man in black.

The man in black did not answer, he was looking for an opportunity to resist, and was seen by the old man, he raised the shovel and smashed it on the right shoulder of the man in black, wanting him to completely lose resistance, but at this time he was weak, and his numb arm could barely hold the shovel.

The gratitude stick in Yao Banxian's hand also stabbed the chest of the man in black, and said angrily: "Did you kill this family surnamed Huang?" ”

When Zhang Wannian was about to tear off the veil of the man in black, a sudden burst of smoke hit and filled the surroundings.

With two snaps, the old man was slapped twice on the chest by the man in black, he fell backwards, and even flipped a few times before falling to the ground, the blood at the corner of his mouth flowed, motionless, afraid that he would not survive.

When Yao Banxian stabbed out the feeling stick, the man in black jumped up to the right side of his body and jumped into the air, Zhang Wannian grabbed the waist of the man in black, and a waist card fell from the man in black, and in the smoke, the man in black had already jumped on the roof of the hall and disappeared into the darkness.

Zhang Wannian stopped after chasing a few steps, and shouted: "If you have the ability, don't run ......"

Yao Banxian rushed forward to test the old man's snort, only to feel that his breath was already very weak.

Xia Yulong was extremely sad in his heart, his nose was sour, he cried sadly, and blamed himself repeatedly: "Grandpa, grandpa, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm not sensible, blame me for being too reckless, grandpa, get better soon, I'll go back with you, I'll go back to the ancient tomb with you, grandpa, wake up, ......."