The crowd listened to his description, and sure enough, two of them were able to confront the deceased. Then there is another person missing, that is, a thin man in his forties, with a high nose and a thin face, and a small mole at the end of his eyebrows.

At this time, Shi sent out his men from the wing to find eyewitnesses and returned. They asked from door to door in Huzhouliao, and in the dead of night, many people heard the sound of hurried footsteps, and flew past their door.

Some residents happened to catch a glimpse of red through the crack in the door, but unfortunately it was too fast for anyone to see what it was.

"Red Shadow. Shi Congyi groaned.

The townspeople of Sanjiao Town found a tall red monster in Shuitou, and the residents here also saw the red shadow. So, it was the monster that killed the stranger?

What is its purpose?

Outside, the sound of horses' hooves was loud. A soldier rushed to report the latest discovery to Shi Congyi.

On the quarry on the other side of the water, blood stains and other traces were found.

Shi heard it from the wing, that is, he rode with Yan Saburo.

The terrain on the other side of the river can be described as a flat river, except for a hill not far from the river. The locals opened a quarry at the foot of the mountain and chiseled some stone in a restrained manner.

Now, there's a boulder here with a dark red tint. Yan Saburo could recognize it at a glance, it was a blood stain that had been coagulated for a long time.

Chitose stretched out his finger and wiped it on the blood stain, leaned close to his nose and smelled it: "Human blood." ”

Yan Saburo has always been convinced of her judgment: "That thin man is injured, can he trace his whereabouts through blood?"

Chitose snapped her fingers, and the glass lamp slowly appeared beside her. She held her bloodied fingertips close to the flame before withdrawing her hand, "No, he did the defense." ”

There are many tracking techniques that can act on blood or personal belongings, and this person is probably also good at this, and has already used his hands and feet to take precautions in advance.

Shi Congyi was looking around: "He made a few traps here, and they were activated when the monster chased them. ”

The surface of the stone at the bottom of the field was black, and it was the mark of a short period of high temperature. And everyone has a good eye, and it can be seen that there was an explosion here.

Its power is not comparable to the massive explosion that killed the sacred tree on Crystal Island, but it is not something that flesh and blood can withstand.

"Now that the monster has stepped into his trap, he has a good chance of escaping. Shi Congyi shook his head, "This man is delaying time with the death of his companion. ”

Now Tsubame Saburo is facing two problems:

Where do monsters come from, and why do they attack outlanders?

Why did the vanished tenants come and where are they hiding now?

Of course, Shi Congyi has one more puzzle than him, that is, where did the team escorting the princess go, and is the murder that happened in Huzhou related to it?

Yan Saburo suddenly said to Chitose: "Turn on the lights a little." ”

The glass lamp is a powerful magic weapon, but first and foremost, it is also a light that illuminates the darkness.

As soon as the words fell, this treasure lamp shone brightly, illuminating the radius of ten zhang in detail.

Now Chitose's wish power is much more abundant than when the two first met, so he is generous and doesn't care about the consumption of this bit of lighting.

Yan Saburo held the lamp and walked around the stone yard with his head down, as if searching for something.

Shi Congyi was anxious, and he couldn't wait to step forward to help: "What are you looking for?"

The boy just stopped, bent down and picked something out of the crack in the stone: "This." ”

He held it up to the lamp, and everyone could see that it was a dark red feather!

Chitose asked, "Leaves?"

Tsubame Saburo pointed to the woods on the edge of the quarry: "This is the leaf of the fallen feather fir." ”

Fir is a tall tree with pinnacle-like leaves and thin and flat leaves. In autumn, the trees turn golden red, and the leaves begin to fall like falling feathers. If you are at the water's edge, the scene is breathtakingly beautiful.

However, most of the leaves of the fallen fir in the wax moon have fallen off, and the branches are still covered with snow. Right now, the two trees that Yan Saburo was referring to were still standing with scattered feathers, swaying lightly in the wind, as if they would fall off at any time.

The quarries located near them naturally also shed some soft feathery leaves.

The piece in Yan Saburo's hand was removed from the stone face.

Shi Congyi looked at it for a long time and didn't understand: "What?"

The young man handed the feather piece to Chitose: "Familiar?"

Chitose stared at it for a long time and shook her head.

Red, feathery leaves, she couldn't remember where she had seen them.

Yan Saburo turned his head and asked Shi Congyi: "Is there a person in front?"

"Nope. The sentinel had already searched the front and returned, "But there's a station." The postmaster said that last night a man covered in blood rushed in and grabbed a horse and fled east. Shi Congyi paused, "The horses at the post station are all imprinted, and I have sent someone to track them down." ”

Yan Saburo nodded: "Let's go back to Sanjiao Town." ”

"Back to Sanjiao Town, why...... Oh!" Chitose asked, suddenly.

Only Shi Congyi was still confused: "Wait, what kind of dumb riddle are you playing?"

"It's hard to say, just follow along. Yan Saburo turned over on his horse, and Chitose jumped to his back seat.

Shi Congyi had no choice but to return with them.

......

Back in Sanjiao Town, the night was already dark.

The streets are quiet, and the sound of horses' hooves becomes more and more abrupt.

Yan Saburo rode straight to the front of Bowu Temple before dismounting and entering the temple.

Shi Congyi followed very closely, and at this time he also jumped off the horse, his face was a little weird:

"Temple?"

Yan Shichu hurriedly rushed back to Sanjiao Town in the middle of the night, just for this small temple?

He had already sent someone to search Sanjiao Town, but this kind of wild temple was usually not taken into his eyes at all, so how could he walk in?

"This is the Bowu Temple, where the locals worship the evil beasts that once appeared. Chitose pointed to the futon, "Just look at it." ”

Shi Congyi walked into the temple, squatted on the futon, and then raised his head, and couldn't help but change color: "This!"

The monster in the portrait is exactly the same as the oral account of the eyewitness!

"Is this thing killing the stranger?" Shi Congyi narrowed his eyes, and felt that something was wrong, "Is this thing the same as the monster in the Red Crossbow Mountain?"

At that time, he was also in Han Zhao's team, and he witnessed the monster's might. "If this is the case, it wouldn't be surprising that those strangers lost their lives!"

"It's still a little different. Yan Saburo said in a low voice, "Look carefully." ”

Shi Congyi was very impressed by the monster, and at this time, he looked at the portrait a few more times, and finally found an abnormality: "Hey, where is the tail?"

The monster in the portrait does not have a tail.

"The author of the portrait did not see it himself, so he had to rely on the local legends recorded in the town records to extract the image of the monster to create. Yan Saburo explained, "So what the legendary monster looks like, he can only draw what it looks like." "The monsters recorded in the town chronicles have no tails, and the monsters in the painter's pen also have no tails.

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