After the search of Li Xue and the other three silver knives, they finally found clues in an abandoned courtyard.

A half-burned Night Watch costume was found in a deep pit in the backyard, along with some charcoal ash.

Li Xue dug out the clothes that had been burned for most of them, and said, "Qiu Chengzhong has recuperated here, let's search again." ”

The soldiers are divided into four ways to investigate in the way they are best at.

After searching for another hour, everyone met to deal with lunch, and Li Xue said: "Chief, my lord, Qiu Chengzhong has been recuperating here, but a few days have passed, and this person's character will not stay in one place for too long, I suggest searching elsewhere." ”

Jiang Han unfolded the map of Ping'an County, which was prepared by the Night Patrol Division in advance, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the mountains behind Ping'an County, and said: "Qiu Chengzhong has been injured, he will not escape too far, the Daping Mountain behind Ping'an County is densely wooded, if he hides in the mountains, even if the Night Patrol Division wants to find him, it will take a long time." ”

Shan Feng nodded and said, "Not bad!" There is also a small mountain village in this Daping Mountain, let's go there and have a look. ”

"In what capacity?" Li Xue asked.

"Pretending to be a passing businessman and a scholar who went to Beijing to take the exam, what do you think?" Single-edged road.

Jiang Han nodded with a deep groan: "Okay!" ”

Shan Feng, Yin Ping and Wan Yan Chong are all the kind of businessmen with darker skin, and they dress like businessmen who often do business outside.

Jiang Han was originally a Confucian student, and when he changed into a Confucian shirt, he was a scholar who went to Beijing to take the exam.

Li Xue is a woman disguised as a man and turned into his scholar, although she looks more handsome, but it is not easy to arouse suspicion from others.

The five of them entered the mountain in two groups, Shan Feng smeared his face and took Yin Ping and Wan Yan Chong first, while Jiang Han and Li Xue were more than ten feet away from them.

"After all, Qiu Chengzhong and Shan Feng are both golden knives, and they can recognize each other, although he is easy to become a businessman, but after all, Qiu Chengzhong has seen his body and appearance, aren't you worried about being seen by Qiu Chengzhong?" Jiang Han looked at Shan Feng's back and said.

"Don't worry, my lord, if you practice advanced internal skills, you can shrink your bones and change your appearance on your own, and Qiu Chengzhong is not so easy to recognize. As for us, Qiu Chengzhong has not seen it. Li Xue replied.

Shrinking bones? Jiang Han was surprised, he had heard of the bone shrinking technique, but he was just curious about what Shan Feng, a one-meter-eight man, would be like if he shrunk his bones.

Soon Jiang Han saw it, and saw Shan Feng walking, his body twisted at the same time, the bones on his body gurgled, and his body bent from one meter eight to one meter five in a moment, just like a merchant.

It's amazing to see this kind of kung fu with your own eyes.

"I suddenly have a question, if my bones shrink, will that place shrink too?" Jiang Han said.

"What?" Li Xue was stunned and didn't understand well.

The five of them walked in the mountains for a while, constantly searching for various clues along the way, but unfortunately found nothing.

At noon, everyone gathered together to drink water.

"If Qiu Chengzhong really hides in the mountains, it is really not easy to find him." Li Xue said: "There are birds and beasts in this mountain, there are also rich vegetation, and there is enough water to hide until he recovers." ”

The best way is to gather manpower, seal off the entire mountain, and dig three feet into the ground to search the ...... Jiang Han said: "Isn't there another village in front?" I went in to try my luck, but I couldn't do it, so I could only summon the copper knife and search it slowly. ”

The elder gave the order, and Shan Feng and the three silver swords could only obey the order.

Silver Dao Yin Ping glanced at Jiang Han twice, a little unconvinced, this person is not as old as him, and he can't see the appearance of strong martial arts, but he can command them, even command Shan Jindao, and he doesn't know what method to use to become an elder.

The group headed towards the village in the mountains.

After walking for more than half an hour, the village was close in front of me, but suddenly the sound of gongs and drums came from the front.

Several people looked at each other and decided to find out.

Shan Feng and Yin Ping, Wan Yan rushed to the front.

Jiang Han and Li Xue were a little behind.

There is a large stone tablet at the entrance of the village, on which the word "Siren" is written.

Jiang Han glanced at it and muttered in his heart, it is rare to see a village that would take such a name, Siren? It's a homonym for the dead.

There are dozens of thatched mud huts in the village, and many villagers stand on both sides of the road into the village.

Not far away, there was heavy and passionate music, which seemed to be gongs and drums, as well as the sound of suona.

"When the suona sounds, it's either a big wedding or a funeral...... Is there a marriage or a funeral in this village today? Jiang Han said in his heart.

The shrill suona suddenly became a little louder, and then I saw some people at the end of the street.

If you look closely, they are not people, but a hideous and terrifying corpse with shriveled skin.

The people on the roadside suddenly knelt down to worship, looking fanatical and devoted.

Jiang Han looked at this scene and felt a little frightened inexplicably, and looked towards Shan Feng and the others, and found that they were also a little dazed.

As the sound of suona gradually became louder, those corpses swayed and approached, Jiang Han and the others hurriedly flashed to the side of the road, and if they looked carefully, they found that the reason why those terrifying corpses moved around was not alive.

Instead, the corpse sat on a sedan chair and was carried by four people, but those people were dressed in colorful clothes, which added to the sense of horror.

Is this a hundred ghosts walking at night? But it's noon, right? Jiang Han looked strange, but he was not afraid of those things in his heart.

Not because he's an atheist.

It's because this is an alternate historical novel, and there will be no terrifying supernatural plots.

The five of them stood on the side of the road and waited patiently for the procession to leave, Jiang Han said, "Go and ask what those weird corpses are, what day is today, and why there are so many people." ”

Shan Feng nodded, and explained to Yin Ping and Wan Yan Chong to find someone to ask.

Yin Ping and Wan Yan Chong left separately, one went to the villagers to inquire, and the other went to the village chief to inquire.

When I came back, I already knew a lot about today's events.

Yin Ping said: "I asked the highest person in the team to ask, and those weird corpses are actually not corpses, but clay statues, which are ghosts and gods that are believed in locally. Today is a big day for this village to send God, and we are just in time. ”

Wan Yan Chong's rhetoric is similar.

Shan Feng nodded with a deep groan: "Continue to investigate Qiu Chengzhong's whereabouts, as for these, don't worry about him." ”

The top priority is to catch Qiu Chengzhong, who has betrayed the Night Patrol Division, and Shan Feng has no time or interest in banning obscenity.

The five of them began to explore the village, but unfortunately after an afternoon, they still found nothing.

"Rest for a night tonight, and then go into the mountains tomorrow to search, if you can't find it again, you can only mobilize night patrols to dig three feet into the ground." Jiang Han groaned.

"It's good!"

Li Xue immediately communicated with the local villagers and exchanged two taels of silver for a firewood room to sleep in.