"It's not been peaceful these days, and it's always right to defend yourself."

Chen Ning checked the small porcelain bottles, put them in his homemade small waist bag, and took out a short crossbow, and then put the wooden box back in.

There is a special pit under the bed for wooden boxes, and after putting it in, Chen Ning will carefully sprinkle dry soil.

With that incident thirteen years ago as a lesson from the past, he is extremely careful in what he does, and will try his best to clean up the traces of him as a traverser.

……

Chen Ning took the leftover beef and some rice grain, and quietly handed it to Zhang Jiabao, "Close the door, tonight's Halloween, don't go out and run around." ”

"Yes."

Zhang Jiabao nodded obediently and responded in a low voice.

Chen Ning touched his head, closed the wooden door for him, and glanced up at the night, "It's time to go on a night patrol." ”

When he turned to leave, he didn't see that a few locust leaves behind him automatically drifted away into the deep alley without wind.

……

In the east of Qingxi County, there is a ruined temple three miles away.

According to the old people, this ruined temple has existed since they were children, and it will exist for a hundred years, at least.

After so many years of wind and rain, most of the buildings have collapsed, and only the main hall of the temple remains, but it is also precarious and may collapse at any time.

Around the ruined temple, you can see all kinds of statues of gods, most of which have been broken and cannot see their original appearance, only fragments.

Occasionally, you can see the whole one, but it is a strange shape, or many hands and legs, or many heads and wings, in the bleak moonlight, it looks hideous and terrifying.

"Meow—"

A black cat jumped to the broken waist of the multi-legged idol and looked into the ruined temple.

"Meow—"

"Meow—"

There were more than a dozen responses from the ruined temple.

The moonlight falls from the ruined roof of the temple, reflecting the cats in the temple.

In this temple, it is said that there are dozens of wild cats, crowded in various places, meowing and meowing.

The broken temple is quite far away from the county seat, and no one will come to the wilderness at all.

In the middle of the group of cats, Mao Ah looked downcast, squatted on the stone platform, and complained: "Don't bark, don't scream!" Today, I was almost caught by a small catcher, and I couldn't get anything to eat! Let's go! Come back tomorrow night! ”

He pushed the kittens away from the neighborhood and lay down.

"Meow—"

Seeing that the ancestor was angry, the wild cats dispersed most of them, leaving only a few old cats to lie down next to Mao Ah Si and lick his hair carefully.

"Tell me about you, the more you give birth, the more birds and beasts in the vicinity are not enough for you to eat, and you still want Ancestor and I to go to the city to steal things to feed you?"

Mao Ah Si looked at his eyes and chattered, "A group of useless things, you can't support your ancestors, not to mention, you have to raise your ancestors, and you have to raise your ......."

"Meow—"

The aged orange cat beside him barked in a low voice and rubbed the chin of the cat Ah Si.

This group of wild cats had the same heart as him, and he could also understand that the old ancestor was a little irritable at this time.

"Just a few of you still have a conscience, and you can lick the hair of the ancestor if you don't eat......"

The cat murmured in a low voice, and after a moment it turned into a comfortable purr.

"You went to the bazaar every day to steal things, it turned out that you were trying to feed your children and grandchildren."

Just when Mao Ah Si fell into the gentle township, a dull voice suddenly came from the broken temple.

Mao Ah Si suddenly opened his eyes, the hair on his whole body exploded, and he looked towards the door.

I don't know when, a tall figure stood at the gate of the broken temple.

The person who came stood with the moonlight on his back, and the surrounding reflection was shining, like a god.

His gaze was indifferent, staring at Cat Ah Si quietly.

"Xiang, Xiang Tragic Song?"

Cat's eyes were terrified, and the meaning of the paws slowly poked out, hunched over, and entered a state of alert.

What does the Zhenxuan Division of the Zhenxuan Division do?

It's to catch these monsters who are doing evil!

Although there is not much intersection between Mao Ah Si and Xiang Beige, he knows very well in his heart that when he sees this, his good days will probably come to an end.

This is the relationship between a cat and a mouse, a natural enemy!

The wild cats around them also exploded, and let out a high-pitched warning cry at Xiang Beige.

But Xiang Beige was just a look, and the group of wild cats grabbed their tails and screamed and fled in all directions.

"It's over! Finished! Cat Ancestor, I'm going to plant it today! ”

In the dark, Mao Ah Si secretly complained bitterly, staring at Xiang Beige, his vertical pupils gradually dilated, as if he could even see the enemy's hair clearly.

Xiang Beige stood in the moonlight at the door, and Mao Ah Si hid in the dark of the ruined temple, looking at each other.

It's just that Xiang Beige's eyes are as quiet as an old well, and there has never been a trace of ripples.

And the cat ancestor's eyes sparkled, nervous and impatient, and it seemed that he would explode at any moment.

One person and one cat, the confrontation has been for a long time.

In the end, it was the cat Ah Si who couldn't help it, and with a strange whimper, he said: "Lord Xiang, I'm just stealing a few copper coins, so I won't kill them all, right?" ”

Xiang Beige said lightly: "Did Ben General say that he was going to kill you?" ”

"Huh?"

Mao Si's tense nerves loosened slightly, and the whimper disappeared, "What happened when the adult came to visit late at night...... Could it be that it is for the expulsion of the small? ”

Xiang Beige's expression was still indifferent, "Ben will know that you are a demon who has lived for more than a hundred years, and you have unknown secrets on your body......"

Cat's four pupils instantly expanded a lot, and her body became an arched bridge.

"But those generals don't care."

No matter how Mao Ah Si moves, Xiang Beige is that indifferent, "The general's duty is only to protect Qingxi County, if you don't kill anyone, it has nothing to do with the general." ”

"Murder?"

Mao Ah Si secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Master Xiang looks down on the small ones too much, not to mention the small ones with a kind heart, even ants are reluctant to step on them on weekdays, and the small demon power is low, even if it is a little crooked, it is also powerless!" ”

When he said this, he forgot about the killing of birds and beasts in the past.

"Then you have to explain what this piece of jade has to do with you."

Xiang Beige took out the piece of mutton fat jade and threw it to the cat Ah Si.

Mao Ah Si subconsciously caught the mutton fat jade, and looked down to see that it was the piece with the word "four" written on it.

"This thing has nothing to do with small things!"

Mao Ah Si smiled dryly, and hurriedly explained: "This piece of jade was taken from the small peach Xi Shi who sold peaches in the market, and at that time I took it just to see how much money it might be worth......

Xiang Beige's eyes were instantly sharp, "But you know the ancient myth on it, and the four characters on it are in line with the four characters in your name, how do you explain it?" ”

"My lord, this is a coincidence!"

Mao Ah Si scratched his chin anxiously, "The little understanding of the ancient gods is true, but it is only a little longer alive, and I know a few words a little."

I took this piece of jade, I really just felt that it was valuable, and it happened to match my name, so I stole it by the way...... The others, the small ones really don't know!

If you want to ask, you might as well ask the peach Shih Tzu, the thing is hers! ”

Xiang Beige didn't speak, his toes were a little on his tiptoes, and he instantly appeared in front of Mao Ah Si.

He flicked his sleeve gently, and a clear stream of breath poured out of his sleeve, like an invisible hand, lifting Cat Ah Si into the air.

"My lord! The little ones don't dare to lie! You, your mercy! ”

Mao Ah Si's face was frightened, and his whole body was imprisoned by Xiang Beige's magic, and he couldn't struggle if he wanted to, and he couldn't move a single hair.

Xiang Beige was silent, frowning and staring at the cat ancestor for a long time, and finally turned away.

Suddenly, Mao Ah Si fell to the ground, and the mutton fat jade in his hand was swept up by the invisible qi and flew back into Xiang Beige's arms.

"Don't steal anything in the future, let Ben find out again, and I won't spare it!"

Xiang Beige said coldly, greeted the moonlight, and left the broken temple.

In the broken temple, the cat Ah Si crawled on the ground, trembling for a while before getting up and scolding: "A group of things without conscience, remember to find the ancestor when they are hungry, and the ancestor has fled when he is in trouble!"

The ancestor will give you half a piece of baked cake in the future, and the ancestor will let the donkey kick his head! ”

……

Outside the ruined temple, not far away.

Xiang Beige stood next to a broken statue, his brows furrowed, "The case has nothing to do with Mao Ah Si, the clue is broken......"

The reason why he didn't want to go to Sun Xiaolian was because he knew in his heart that the person concerned didn't know the use of these things at all.

Except for Sun Xiaolian, Xiang Beige has found the holders of the objects with the characters "six" and "nine", but none of them have asked for half of the useful news.

The first of these bloody cases occurred a month ago, when the victim's head was cut off.

At first, the yamen only thought it was an ordinary murder case, but in just one month, there was a second case.

The second case is more bizarre, not to mention that the victim was killed, but after death, he could still burst out and hurt people, turning into resentful corpses and ghosts.

The people in the yamen finally understood that something was wrong, so they asked Xiang Beige to investigate.

After Xiang Beige came into contact with this case, he soon discovered that the perpetrator behind this case was not simple.

Whether it is refining resentful corpses or refining ghosts, it is an extremely difficult evil art, and ordinary evil cultivators may not be able to refine one of them with a hundred corpses.

But the perpetrator was not only able to successfully refine the two at the same time, but also normally needed to cultivate an evil thing for a hundred days, and he could also refine it successfully overnight, and the short time it took was even more incredible.

Today, the ghost that Chen Ning killed in Zhenxuansi is the third victim.

"The first case was a month ago, the second was 10 days ago, and the third was last night...... The perpetrators are committing crimes more and more frequently, which is not taking the general in their eyes at all, it is too rampant! ”

Xiang Beige stared at the mutton fat jade in his hand and whispered: "If you can know what the use of these objects engraved with ancient myths is, you may be able to catch some of the perpetrators' feet." ”

Buzz –

Just when Xiang Beige had no clue, the mutton fat jade in his hand suddenly buzzed!

The word "four" on the jade is lit up!