Many people of the Great Zhou Dynasty later recalled: The tenth year of Zhaowu was not an ordinary year, and many things began in this year.

- "The Legacy of the Ten Years of Zhaowu"

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The second day of February.

Yin.

There is still a large amount of snow on the roads in Xining County, and this snow began to fall from the "great cold" in the ninth year of Zhaowu to the "rain" in the tenth year of Zhaowu, and it fell for a month.

After the "sting", the temperature rises and the snow begins to melt, but the mountains and countryside are still covered with a large amount of ice and snow.

Evening.

After a few men were busy with spring ploughing, they came to the foot of a mountain in the north of Xining County.

"Mother! What the hell, Mixi Town is really gone! ”

"This is a town of thousands of people, and overnight, if you say no, it's gone!"

"Houses, livestock, people, nothing, as if it never existed!"

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The location where the few people were standing was originally a town called "Mixi Town", which suddenly disappeared yesterday.

The government sent people to investigate, but they couldn't find any clues, so they had to return in vain.

That night, several arresters who came to investigate the case died mysteriously at home.

The two were identical, with bulging eyes, tongues spitting out, and bruised and bruised faces.

The conclusion of the examination was that they had been strangled by external force, but there were no wounds on their necks.

One of the family members of the deceased reported that her man was fine when he came back from investigating the case that day, and he fought with her for nearly 100 rounds at night, and he was very energetic.

In the dead of night, he suddenly rolled out of bed, ran out of the room and shouted, "There are ghosts! ”

And then there was no then, and I was in a hurry to die.

"What a fucking evil sect! This is definitely not something that people can do, it must be a ghost! ”

"I estimate that nine times out of ten, I have encountered the most powerful demons, only they have so much mana, I just don't know if there is still a living mouth?"

"Hey! Where is there anything alive? The whole town has been uprooted! ”

A few people are notoriously "bold" in Shili Eight Villages, so they have to run over to see the excitement, but after staying for a while, they don't dare to stay here, so they turn around and run.

As night approached, the tide poured from the horizon, and the original location of the town seemed to be foggy, hazy, and strange.

Suddenly, a man came from under the night.

He was a young man of twenty-three or fourteen years of age, dressed in a black gown, with a slick hair, a healthy wheat-colored face, a hard, angular countenance, and dark and bright eyes.

The young man's name was Wang Cheng, and he was a doctor in Mixi Town.

He didn't disappear with the town of Mixi and the rest of the town.

In fact, he has always been there, because he was not in the town when the crime occurred yesterday, and early in the morning, the master Zhang Shenyi asked him to go up the mountain to collect medicine.

It was still very cold in the mountains in February, the snow and ice had not completely melted, and it was difficult to find medicine, so he did not rush back until dark, and when he returned, the town of Mixi had disappeared.

He had turned around this place many times, and even rummaged through every grass, tree, brick and stone, hoping to find some clues.

He kept walking forward, silently remembering the number of steps in his heart, one hundred and twenty steps.

Here it comes!

The night, which was as calm as water, suddenly seemed like a stone had been dropped, and there was a ripple.

A gate gradually emerged, not the kind of tall door, but a simple portal with a wooden board in the middle of two logs, on which were written words, and three words could be vaguely seen.

Behind the gate, two rows of quaint houses wind like long snakes, and in the middle of the houses is a bluestone brick paved road, but there is no one on the road.

This is the disappeared Mixi Town.

It reappeared in the night!

He continued to walk inside, trying to see if he could get in, even though he had tried many times last night.

Or like that!

No matter how far he went, no matter how far he went, there was still no way to get in.

It's like a world apart, it's right in front of you, but there's no way to get close.

Is it a mirage?

Or is it some kind of illusion?

Wang Cheng couldn't be sure, but what was certain was that Mixi Town must still be there and had not disappeared.

"Something must have happened here yesterday!" He thought to himself.

What happened?

He suddenly remembered someone, if someone in Xining County knew, it must be that person!

He didn't want to wait for a moment, he couldn't wait for a moment, he turned around and left in the night.

Behind him, a coffin could be faintly seen hanging in mid-air, rising and falling with the night.

Around the coffin, there were a pair of eyes looking over, a lot of eyes.

Dense.

……

No one living in Xining County does not know the name of the "two knives", and no one does not know the fast knife that is as white as snow.

Some businessmen from other places don't understand why the people of Xining call him "two knives" when Li Shuangdao only has one knife?

What does his second knife look like?

Actually, his second knife is not a real knife, but his mouth.

Compared with the fast knife in his hand, Li Shuangdao's mouth is more powerful, and it is a "soft knife".

Anyone who spoke to him, whether it was an old man or a child, a peddler or a pawn, or an official or gentry, would definitely remember him.

His mouth is just that powerful.

With these two skills, he naturally became the head catcher in Xining County.

Black and white are all-in-one, so if something happens in Xining County, he must not be able to hide it, he is a well-known "jack of all trades" in Xining County.

Two years ago, after his 60th birthday, he retired from the position of head catcher, but his network of connections was not broken, because he was succeeded by his only son, Li Xiang.

Li Shuangdao lives in the east of Xining County, has been a headhunter all his life, and his family has some surplus wealth, and it is a two-entry yard.

Wang Cheng was still dressed in a black robe, with a hat made of bamboo strips on his head, half of his face was blocked, and after walking for half the night, he finally arrived here at three o'clock in the morning.

In front of the courtyard there are two white lanterns with the word "Lay" written on them.

Wang Cheng's thoughts were suddenly like the wind in February, extremely messy and directionless.

Li Shuangdao is dead?

If that's the case, it will be troublesome, and he hurries into the courtyard to have a look.

The worst is happening!

There was a person lying under the mourning hall, wearing a shroud and shoes, covered with a white cloth, and his hair was neatly combed, and his facial features could not be seen.

But this dead old man was undoubtedly Li Shuangdao, because it was his only son Li Xiang, a young man of twenty-six or seventeen years old, handsome and simple and capable.

After guarding the spirit all night, he barely closed his eyes, and no one worshipped at three or four o'clock in the morning, Li Xiang finally had a chance to cat for a while, and he was sleeping soundly when Wang Cheng came in.

Wang Cheng gently shook him awake, and the moment he opened his eyes and saw that it was Wang Cheng, he was stunned.

After a while, he came back to his senses and performed a family salute: "Little Divine Doctor!" ”

Wang Cheng is the successor of the mantle of Doctor Zhang, and the people in the county are used to calling him "Little Doctor", at first he was a little uncomfortable, but then he slowly got used to it.

"When?"

"The night before yesterday."

Wang Cheng was stunned, is this time a bit coincidental?

It was the same day that Mixi disappeared!

He was tempted to ask "how do people die", but it was rude to ask such a question at this time.

Before dawn, there were only a few napping people left in the mourning hall except for Li Xiang, and even Li Shuangdao's family members took this opportunity to rest.

Wang Cheng then got straight to the point and said: "Mixi Town is gone!" ”

Li Xiang said with a solemn face: "I already know about this!" ”

He is the head catcher of a county, and the day before yesterday he took people to Mixi Town to investigate, so he knew about it.

Wang Cheng described the discovery at night, and then expressed his guess: "Mixi Town must not have disappeared, it should have suffered some kind of accident, could it be that someone used some illusion?" ”

Li Xiang directly shook his head and denied: "It can't be an illusion!" A town of thousands of people, such a large place, if you say no, it will be gone, this is not a trick! ”

He rubbed the tip of his nose and muttered, "It's like bumping into unclean things like fog ghosts and mandrills!" ”

Wang Cheng never thought of this possibility, he didn't believe in any ghosts or anything like that, but even Li Xiang said so, and the belief he had always adhered to was a little shaken.

"Are there really ghosts?"

"Maybe there is!"

Li Xiang was not sure, and said: "I heard my father mention it before, there is a Qian master in the west of the city, who took a beautiful concubine at the age of sixty. Later, my dad went to check it out himself, and guess what? ”

Wang Cheng listened a little intrigued.

Li Xiang continued: "My father found those people under the willow tree in the yard of his house, and there were only bones left on their bodies, and all their flesh and blood were gone, and it was not at all like they had been dead for ten days and half a month. ”

"My father thought the willow tree was strange, and drew his quick knife and slashed at the willow tree, and the willow tree shed human blood just like a man! My father was bold enough to ask someone to burn the willow tree, and the concubine of Master Qian died that day, and then there was no such thing in Master Qian's house. ”

After hearing this, Wang Cheng was completely suspicious, this thing came out of Li Xiang's mouth, and most of it was true.

If Mixi Town really encountered ghosts, thousands of people, they would definitely not be able to escape.

Master, Da Han, Ergou, and those neighbors, are they still alive now?

Wang Cheng hurriedly said: "Is there no way?" Just watched all the thousands of people in Mixi Town die tragically? ”

Li Xiang said with a solemn face: "Little Divine Doctor, this matter will definitely be investigated by the government." As the head catcher of a county, I have an unshirkable responsibility. ”

He looked down at his filial piety clothes, and said helplessly: "You also saw it, I can't pull away now." ”

At this point, he suddenly remembered something and said, "That's right! The person who reported the case to the yamen was a hunter near your town, named Chen Fu, who you must also know, and he may know something. ”

Wang Cheng's eyes lit up, he thanked Li Xiang, and respectfully bowed to Li Shuangdao, turned around and walked outside.

"Little Miracle Doctor!"

Li Xiang suddenly stopped him and said solemnly: "Although you and I are not friends, we have known each other for a while, listen to my advice, don't investigate this matter." ”

Wang Cheng heard his kindness, but thought that the lives of more than 1,000 people in Mixi Town were now unknown, and said: "My life was saved by the master, and now the master is in trouble, how can I not save it?" ”

Li Xiang stopped talking, nodded to Wang Cheng, and said, "Be careful in everything!" ”

"Thank you!"

Wang Cheng arched his hand at him, turned around and walked out of the hall.

Li Xiang looked at his disappearing back, and after a long time, sighed: "Forget it! Dad is right, it's hard to persuade the damn ghost ......"