Chapter 54: Disappearance
Fatigue still slowed down Gu Fengxiao's reaction, and by the time he reacted, Rong Fei had already rushed into the town with a strong wind. I secretly praised it in my heart, so I hurriedly followed.
During this period of time, the two worked together to clear the three case rooms in Kyoto Prefecture and solved more than 1,000 cases.
The hedgehog, which has been sleeping in the aura space, has a faint tendency to transform.
When passing through the archway, Rong Fei smelled a faint fragrance, but he didn't care, just wanted to find out the cause of the screams as soon as possible.
What he feared most at the moment was that the masked monk would kidnap the townspeople and kill innocents.
It didn't take long for a fire to light up in the depths of the town, and in the firelight there were shadowy figures swaying.
When Rong Fei and Gu Fengxiao came to the center of the town, they met seven or eight men armed with torches, knives and bows, and dressed as hunters in animal skin and linen clothes.
"Stop, what are you doing?"
A strong man pointed his bow and arrows at the two of them and shouted.
"The official is handling the case, can you hear a scream just now?"
Rong Fei took out the silver medal and asked after slamming it in front of the strong man.
"What the hell? Lao Tzu is illiterate. ”
The strong man stared at the handwriting on the silver medal and muttered, but the arrow was still aimed at Rong Fei's chest.
Behind the strong men, there was a little firelight, and at the same time there was the sound of slow footsteps.
Rong Fei looked at the firelight, and after a while, an old man with gray hair and a stiff body came to the front tremblingly with the support of two young people.
"Fourth uncle."
When the strong men saw the old man, they hurriedly called out.
The old man nodded kindly, and then looked at the silver medal in Rong Fei's hand.
"The two poor masters are not strange, the little old man is shallow, and he has never heard of the Yamen of the Immortal Division."
The reputation of the Immortal Division is not well-known, and this town is located in the remote mountains, so it is reasonable that you have not heard of it. So Gu Fengxiao came up and gave the old man who was called the fourth uncle a brief introduction to the Immortal Division, explaining that the two of them came here after chasing the murderer, and they had just heard someone screaming outside the town, worried that some townspeople would be killed by the murderer.
"The two of them are immortals, and the little old man is so polite."
The fourth uncle was about to kneel and kowtow after figuring out the identities of the two, but Rong Fei held his arms and stopped him.
"The old man doesn't need to be so polite, the top priority is to catch the murderer so that no more people will be harmed."
"That's what Master Xiancha said. However, although the little old man was dizzy, his ears were still quite dexterous, and he had not heard any screams before. ”
The fourth uncle shook his head and asked, then turned his gaze to the few townspeople behind him and asked.
"What do you hear?"
"Nope."
Several people shook their heads and said that they hadn't heard anything, so the fourth uncle turned around and said to Rong Fei.
"Huh! It's a little weird. Don't hide the two immortals, our town usually refers to hunting, collecting medicine, and logging for a living, and these young and strong young people are even better hands, with the best eyesight and ear power. Supposedly, if there is any disturbance in the town, it will not be able to escape their eyes and ears. Mo not... Did the two immortals hear the difference? ”
Rong Fei and Gu Fengxiao glanced at each other, and they both saw a thick doubt in each other's eyes.
The scream just now was extremely high-pitched, and it was the dead of night at this time, how could it not be heard?
But the situation is urgent, but there is no extra time for Rong Fei to think and be fair to the fourth uncle.
"Either way, we're going to go into the town and search it."
"This... Not afraid of the jokes of the two immortals, this town is located in the deep mountains, there is no fertile land that can be cultivated around, the townspeople are relying on the mountains to barely make a living, and all the families in the town can't make up much money. Xiao Lao'er still has half a piece of smoked wild boar and a few jars of home-brewed fruit wine at home. It's not worth a few pennies, but it's also fresh. ”
Rong Fei insisted on entering the town to search, but was mistaken by the old man for asking for benefits in disguise, and the faces of those strong men also showed indignation, and they clenched the knives and bows in their hands.
"Don't misunderstand, the old man, the two of us are just searching, and we have no other intentions."
Rong Feizi was not afraid of a few ordinary mountain people, but he didn't want to bully them, so he hurriedly explained to the fourth uncle.
Rong Fei's words were sincere, but the fourth uncle was still skeptical, and after a moment of silence, he reluctantly agreed.
"This town is built on the mountain, the road is tortuous and complicated, in order to prevent the two immortals from getting lost, it will be led by the two juniors who are not a weapon. Moreover, at this time, the townspeople have already fallen asleep, and they will get up early tomorrow to go into the mountains to collect medicine, hoping that the two immortals will be more considerate, and try not to make too much noise. Da Niu, Er Niu, you two brothers are going around with immortals, don't slack off. ”
After that, the fourth uncle shouted out two strong men with similar faces and admonished.
The two brothers were tall and strong, one holding an iron fork and the other holding a spear, staring at Rong Fei and Gu Fengxiao with unkind faces.
"That's fine, it's hard work for two brothers over there."
Rong Fei didn't refuse after thinking for a while, and hugged his fists at the two brothers.
Then he said to the old man.
"The murderer is very strong and very invincible, so it is safer for the old man to return home as soon as possible and close the door."
After the admonition, Rong Fei and Gu Fengxiao, under the leadership of the two townspeople, ran in the direction where the screams came from before.
Rong Fei and Gu Fengxiao both raised their vigilance, but they searched everywhere but found nothing.
However, I noticed that the yards of many houses on the roadside were overgrown with waist-high weeds, and the doors and windows were also broken and broken. It seems that life here is really difficult, and the owners of these vacant houses must have gone out to find another way to make a living.
After about a stick of incense, the two townsfolk who were in charge of leading the way stopped and pointed to a large dark shadow road ahead.
"There's a dense forest ahead, a thousand-foot cliff in the depths, and there's no way back. We have town rules here, and we are not allowed to enter the forest after late at night, so as not to alarm the mountain god to sleep. ”
Rong Fei had only guessed a general direction based on the screams, but since he had not found a target in this direction, after thinking about it, he decided to act separately from Gu Fengxiao, each with a townsman, searching for the north and south sides, and finally converging under the archway at the entrance of the town.
At this time, Chunhua and the other twelve immortal arresters had already cultivated their spirits, and they each looked for an easy place to hide in pairs and lurked, blocking the only passage in and out of the town.
Hou Chunhua, the eldest, and Li Qi, the youngest, were in a group, and the two hid in a thick tree, condescendingly watching the road below.
In the dead of night, there are occasional insects and birds.
At this time, there was no danger, Hou Chunhua turned his head and whispered to Li Ji beside him.
"It's okay right now, you go find a thicker branch and rest for a while."
"Don't worry, I feel stronger now than I did before. It's really thanks to Rongtou's elixir, otherwise this time it might really be hanging. ”
Thinking of the scene when he was hit in the chest by the masked monk yesterday, Li Ji still felt a little afraid, and then he was grateful to Rong Fei.
That's the Xuanbing Creation Pill, a four-grade elixir that can regenerate people's severed limbs. It only took half of it to repair his shattered internal organs, and he was dragged back from the ghost gate.
Now that I think about it, Li Xiang still has a feeling like in a dream.
Although the elixir is not as rare as the magic weapon, it is also extremely precious. At the critical moment, if there are some miraculous elixirs by the body, it is equivalent to an extra life.
It is no exaggeration to say that a four-grade elixir like the Xuanbing Creation Pill that can quickly heal injuries is enough to buy dozens of lives for a cultivator like Li Jiao, or even more.
It seems that Hou Chunhua and Li Jiao are them, and on weekdays, the elixirs of the seventh and eighth grades are only drooling, let alone the Xuanbing Creation Pill of the fourth grade of the realm.
But yesterday, Rong Fei didn't hesitate at all, and directly stuffed half of the Xuanbing Creation Pill into Li Ji's mouth. The remaining half was pinched in his hand and closely observed Li Jiao's condition. If the effect of the medicine is not enough, this half of it will also be fed to him.
In fact, it wasn't that Rong Fei was stingy, if it weren't for the Xuanbing Creation Pill that could alleviate the sequelae of the Cave Insight Divine Power, he would have fed a whole pill to Li Ji at that time.
"Lao Hou, I think although Rongtou looks quite fierce, he is really good to his own people. And... I feel like I'm living like a human being. ”
After being silent for a long time, Li Biao suddenly came out with a headless sentence.
Hou Chunhua was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then nodded in agreement.
In the past few days, he has followed Rong Fei to handle the case together, which has given Hou Chunhua a sense of pride for the first time since joining the Immortal Division.
This is what the Immortal Division should look like, and this is the majesty that the Immortal Division should have.
Thinking of the respectful and admiring appearance of those fast-catching officials in Kyoto Prefecture when they saw Rong Fei, Hou Chunhua and the others also had a sense of honor.
Thinking about the life of Rong Fei and others before he came, any yamen dared to point fingers and mock him, not only did he lose the face of the monk, but he couldn't even keep the most basic dignity of being a person.
What a world of difference!
After sighing for a moment in his heart, Hou Chunhua looked at Li Xiang strangely and asked.
"Don't be like a, you kid, let it go."
"Uh... I actually just want to say that I plan to follow Rongtou with all my heart in the future. ”
Li Xiang hesitated.
"You can tell the adults this in person, and it is useful to show loyalty to me."
"I'm not embarrassed to say, you're thick-skinned and want you to teach me."
"Get out of the way."
Hou Chunhua scolded with a smile.
The two were chatting in a low voice, when they saw a little firelight coming to the archway at the entrance of the town, and through the firelight, they could see clearly that it was Gu Fengxiao and a strong man they didn't know.
Gu Fengxiao and the strong man looked left and right under the archway, as if they were waiting for someone, after about a stick of incense, Gu Fengxiao's face became a little anxious, and after saying something to the strong man, the strong man turned around and entered the town.
After seeing the figure of the strong man, Gu Fengxiao came to the outside of the town, and a silent whistle for the Immortal Division appeared.
The twelve catchers quickly felt the vibration of the whistle close to their chests, which was the meaning of all the assembly, and they came out of their hiding places to meet Gu Fengxiao.
"Can you see Rong Tou coming out?"
After everyone converged, Gu Fengxiao asked urgently.
"Hasn't Rongtou been with you all the time?"
"Oh no, the glory is gone."