The old man heard Xu Taiping's words.

There was a glimmer of hope in his eyes, and he endured the pain and asked in a hoarse voice, "Really, really?" ”

The corners of Xu Taiping's mouth hooked up a sneer: "Do you have a choice?" ”

The old man closed his eyes.

After a moment, he whispered, "You ask." ”

Xu Taiping shook his head: "I won't ask, you say it yourself, name, age, teacher, and everything related to the Tianxia Gang and Xiaowang Village, what do you know and say." ”

"My name is Wang Xuanzhu, today Chinese New Year's Eve seven, Lu Zuoren, in, there is a paper shop on the street, do some paper business to eat, the craft is passed down by grandpa......"

Xu Taiping listened very carefully.

Wait for Wang Zhuzhu to finish.

Nodding in satisfaction.

Raise your chin at the old man: "Turn around." ”

Wang Xuanzhu suddenly panicked: "Master Xu, you, you said that you want to let my ...... go"

Xu Taiping grinned: "If you turn around, turn around, I didn't say I wanted to kill you, I just didn't want you to see something you shouldn't see." ”

Wang Xuanzhu swallowed a mouthful of bloody saliva, turned his broken body tremblingly, turned his back to Xu Taiping, and begged tremblingly: "Master Xu, what I said is true, please ......"

"Bang-"

Xu Taiping shook the iron ruler expressionlessly.

Shake off the red and white things on the iron ruler.

He wiped it clean on Wang Zhuzhu's body and inserted it back into his waist.

Bent down, strip off Wang Zhuzhu's clothes, and turn out everything valuable on Wang Wangzhu's body.

two or three pieces of broken silver.

A dagger.

A pair of scissors.

A stack of red, red, yellow, yellow, green, and green straw paper.

There are also two paper symbols.

The most valuable are the two paper talismans, which are invisibility talismans, which are the rewards that Wang Xuanzhu received from Cao Xin after completing the task.

Wang Xuanzhu is a small role in the Tianxia Gang, but because he can control the paper man, it is useless to deal with the master, but it is very powerful against ordinary people, so he has certain privileges, similar to the worship under Cao Xinzhi, and there is no need to hand over property and do daily tasks like ordinary gangsters, as long as the person who should be killed is killed.

According to Wang Xuanzhu himself, he has been in the Tianxia Gang for six years, and he has killed seventy or eighty people, all of whom are in Lu Zuoxiang, and they are all ordinary people, and a paper man can complete the task, which is very easy.

Today is the first time to deal with monks.

Then, it's gone.

Xu Taiping shook his head.

This king bolt pillar is a little capable, but not a monk.

can only be regarded as a folk alien.

He has mastered a little bit of folk magic, but he has no systematic cultivation methods and inheritance methods.

In essence, it is still an ordinary person.

It's burning life using spells.

Therefore, he is not only thirty-seven years old, but he is already as old as an old man.

Serious monks, those are the younger they are, the more they cultivate.

In response to that sentence, there is blue burning blue, but there is no blue burning life.

Wang Xuanzhu has no blue bars, and his cultivation and use are burning.

It's a pity.

This paper figure technique is actually quite powerful.

And it should have something to do with the Daomen.

If a serious monk manipulates this paper figure, the lethality will be even stronger.

With the Taoist Jiading secret arts, alchemy techniques, spells, and other secret arts, the combat power will increase exponentially.

Pity.

Xu Taiping shook his head.

Carefully put away the two invisibility charms.

A fire was lit.

Stride back to the station.

When I arrived at the station, it was brightly lit, but it was quiet.

Carefully lean over the crack in the door to observe.

An oxtail knife stabbed through the crack in the door.

Then came Zheng Bowen's roar: "Bastard, die!" ”

Xu Taiping breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he shouted with a straight face: "Who are you scolding?" Open the door! ”

"Xu Ye?"

"Hmm."

"Is it really you?"

"Nonsense!"

The post door opened a crack, Zheng Bowen poked his head out, saw Xu Taiping's face clearly, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "Master Xu, the little one thought you were ......"

"Think I'm dead?"

"Ahem, it's all to blame on the surname Wang, he said that the big-headed monster is very terrifying, and those who see it will die, it has been decades."

Xu Taiping snorted coldly and did not explain.

Instead, he waved his hand: "Sleep." ”

Say sleep.

But who can sleep?

In the city, there is a dynasty shrouded in luck, guarded by county soldiers, and even county officials, even if there are occasional demons and monsters, it is difficult to become a big weapon.

But in the countryside, no one knows when a big demon or a terrible ghost will pop up.

Just like the big-headed monster, in the county town, it has long been exterminated.

But in the countryside, no one has cared for decades.

Why?

The big-headed monster kills so many people a year, and there are many Diao people who have not died under the sticks of the tax collectors, and they only commit crimes within the scope of Luzuo Township, the impact is very small, and it is not a threat at all in the eyes of the county officials.

Zheng Bowen catches fast, and he is also the lowest level of society in the city.

But living in the city, at least every day can sleep peacefully.

I don't know how many times happier than the ordinary people in the village.

Suddenly, after such a horrific incident, where can you still sleep?

Only Xu Taiping slept very well.

The next day.

The sun has just come out.

Xu Taiping opened his eyes, shouted quickly, washed briefly, said goodbye to Wang Erniu, and set off directly to Xiaowang Village.

The closer you get to Xiaowang Village.

The road conditions are actually better.

Although it is also a dirt road, at least it is smooth and wide, there are not so many weeds, and there are even traces of hardening.

Zheng Bowen rode a horse and followed Xu Taiping's side, and whispered: "Master Xu, this Xiaowang Village looks better than the township, if it weren't for such a case, it would be a paradise-like place." ”

Xu Taiping nodded.

It's a bit of a paradise indeed.

The closer.

The better the surroundings.

The ridges are neat, the crops are luxuriant, and the ditches and ravines are neatly maintained.

Even the trees on both sides of the road are lined up.

Wildflowers bloom in the hillside wilderness, apparently by man-made.

But.

Along the way, there are almost no animals.

There were no chickens and dogs, no cows, sheep, donkeys, horses, not even birds.

The whole village was silent.

There was no sound at all.

This made Xu Taiping secretly frightened.

It's weird.

Even the horses under their crotch looked around from time to time, looking very uneasy.

Xu Taiping held the handle of the knife and raised his vigilance.

Follow the flattening mainland into the village.

See a family.

Tilting his head at Zheng Bowen: "Go knock on the door." ”

Zheng Bowen swallowed a mouthful of saliva nervously, pulled out the oxtail knife, approached cautiously, and knocked twice on the black lacquer door.

No response.

Knock again.

Still nothing happened.

Zheng Bowen looked back at Xu Taiping and saw that Xu Taiping didn't say anything, so he could only pry open a crack in the door and look inside.

The next second.

With a startled cry, he hurriedly retreated.

His face was as white as paper.

There was a look of horror in his eyes.

Shivering like chaff, trembling non-stop.

Xu Taiping also felt a chill.

But he pulled out his oxtail knife violently, dismounted and rushed to the gate, and kicked it with his foot.

"Boom-"

There was a loud bang.

The black-lacquered gate was torn apart, and sawdust flew everywhere, revealing the scene inside the courtyard.

Just one eye.

The crowd quickly exploded at the same time, and they all took a few steps back.

In the yard.

It's a mourning hall.

The mourning shed, the couplet, the coffin, the wreath, and the offering table are neatly arranged.

There are also two mourning sticks standing next to the offering table.

The yard is covered with white paper flowers.

Tiny.

It's exquisite.

The petals sway gently in the breeze and make a subtle rustling sound.