Sanhe County is the most prosperous county in Yuliang Province.

The population of the county is more than 600,000, and there are nearly 300,000 people in the county alone, and it is close to three major rivers - Honghe, Shahe and Jinhu River, and the water transportation is developed, and there are few evil sects nearby, so it is the water transportation center of Yuliang Prefecture.

If it is in the hinterland of the central part of Daqi, maybe the capital of this Yuliang Mansion will be located in Sanhe County.

Unfortunately, this is the northwest border of Daqi, and Yuliang Mansion is the border within the border, and the Yulian Mountain Range, which is the boundary between Daqi and Northern Zhou, is also the northern boundary of Yuliang Fu.

Sanhe County is under the Yulian Mountains, and the source of the three major rivers of the Honghe, Shahe and Jinhu Rivers is the Guna Peak of the Yulian Mountains, which is also called the source peak of the river by the people of Sanhe County.

It is precisely because of this geographical location that the people of Sanhe County have developed a way of life that depends on the mountains and rivers for food, and the most common ones are water transport merchants and mountain pickers.

Most of the dishes are mainly river fresh and mountain delicacies, and the fresh soup and fragrant clear soup noodles with pine mushrooms are a must-have in the local area.

Therefore, after Zhou Heng came to Sanhe County by boat, he was not in a hurry to investigate the situation here.

Instead, I planned to find a restaurant and try the noodle soup here.

It's a pity, perhaps because there are often cries and howls at night, and there are three seven-rank martial artists who used to investigate, and now Sanhe County is quite deserted, and many shops are closed.

Zhou Heng searched for a while before he found a restaurant that was still open.

There were quite a few people inside.

There were twenty tables in total, and almost fourteen or fifteen tables were occupied.

It's noon now, and it's a meal.

I thought they all came out to eat at the restaurant, but there were few shops open, so they all gathered here.

However, most of the men who came were young and strong, and there were some young men and women with swords, most of whom were people who were quite confident in their own strength.

One of the tables is more eye-catching.

Only one person was seated.

It was a young man who looked to be in his twenties, he was handsome, with an angular face, a brown suit, and a hat and sword in his hand.

should be a person who walks the rivers and lakes.

And the strength is not weak.

"Xu Shaoxia, the fresh soup of the pine mushroom river and the fresh and fragrant clear soup noodles you called are here!"

A clear voice sounded, but it was Xiao Er, who ran the hall, holding the tray, and came to the young man's table with light and swift steps, and put down a bowl of soup and a bowl of noodles.

Zhou Heng asked if the smell of soup and noodles was not bad, so he found a table and sat down, put the purple electric knife aside, and beckoned the junior to ask for the same thing as Xu Shaoxia.

That Xu Shaoxia glanced at Zhou Heng, his eyes fell on the purple electric knife, his eyebrows couldn't help but raise slightly, and he actually came to Zhou Heng's table with his own soup and sat down face to face with him.

"The green shirt and purple knife have wiped out all the evils, but the 'evil sword' Zhou Heng?" this Xu Shaoxia asked with a smile, and at the same time greeted, "Xiao Er, come to the pot of wine again!"

His inquiry immediately made more than a dozen people in the lobby of this restaurant exclaim, and the eyes of dozens of people looked at Zhou Heng in unison.

"Evil Destroying Knife, he is Zhou Heng, Evil Destroying Knife, so young, I didn't expect it to be so young, it's too powerful!"

"I heard that along the way, he has destroyed one hundred and eighty evil sects, and killed thousands of evil masters!"

"It's so powerful, it's great, he came to our Sanhe County, could it be for that monster who doesn't know what it is?"

"That's for sure! Great, we're saved, that thing cries every night, it's scary. ”

"Xu Kong is back, Zhou Heng is also here, that monster is dead!"

Everyone rejoiced, as if they had finally waited for the light at the end of the darkness, and they were all very excited.

Zhou Heng gently pinched his temples, looking helpless.

"What, Brother Zhou doesn't want his identity to be exposed?" This Xu Shaoxia seemed to be a little puzzled, and he didn't understand why Zhou Heng had such a look.

"Xu Shaoxia misunderstood, I just think that the nickname of the Evil Exterminating Knife should be changed. Zhou Heng sighed, then looked at the young man in front of him, and said, "Listening to what others said, Your Excellency should be the tenth place on the new list of people 'Sword Qi Soaring' Xu Kong." ”

"It's Xu Kong, but the sword aura can't afford it, it's just the praise of the Shenwu Division. Xu Kong shook his head lightly and said: "And I can get the tenth on the list, it's just a martial arts, and Brother Zhou, who is not comparable, spans the two states, and there are countless ways to destroy evil ways." ”

"If you and I continue to compliment each other like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to finish talking until dark. Zhou Heng smiled and said, "Brother Xu came to me, presumably not just to eat noodles at the same table. ”

"Brother Zhou is bright. Xu Kong laughed, and said straight to the point: "You should have also heard that something strange happened in our Sanhe County, and there will be a cry at night, which is extremely poignant, and the whole city can hear it."

"Although it has not caused any substantial harm, but such a cry has also made the people of Sanhe County miserable, and I came back this time to get a letter from home to investigate this matter.

"Brother Zhou is here, presumably for this reason, but you are willing to walk with me? ”

"It doesn't have to be. Zhou Heng shook his head and rejected Xu Kong's proposal, "I'm sorry, I'm still used to acting alone." ”

For him now, if he is dealing with a martial artist who also belongs to a human race, the companion helper can still play some positive role, but if it is an evil thing or a ghost, the basic functions of the companion will not help.

After all, if they weren't members of the Zhou Heaven Patrol Division, they wouldn't even be able to kill ghosts and evil things, and they might not even be able to deal enough effective damage to them.

In that case, it is really better for him to act alone.

Moreover, this was the third and last mission assigned to him by the Zhou Tian Patrol Division.

Once this task is completed, he will be able to unlock all of the mask's permissions and gain access to information that he didn't know before.

Therefore, for Zhou Heng, this mission is still very important, and he doesn't want anything to go wrong.

Xu Kong was stunned at first when he heard this, he didn't expect that he would be rejected.

It stands to reason that he is the tenth on the list, and he is a native of Sanhe County, so he took the initiative to come over and invite, and Zhou Heng had no reason to refuse anyway.

"Unless he thinks I'm going to drag my feet......" A guess appeared in Xu Kong's heart, and apart from this guess, he couldn't think of any other reason for Zhou Heng to reject him.

But if this is the reason, it makes him a little uncomfortable.

I haven't felt this feeling for many years.

It seems to be a little nostalgic.

However, since Zhou Heng had refused, he would not rush to follow again, so he smiled mildly and said, "Since this is the case, then you and I will act separately, maybe I can solve the problem one step faster than Brother Zhou." ”

Xu Kong is also a young man after all, even if he doesn't care about Zhou Heng's refusal of his invitation, he will inevitably feel a little unhappy in his heart, and he will subconsciously return the words.

Zhou Heng didn't care either, and said with a smile: "If it can be like this, it will be the best." ”

If Xu Kong can solve the problem here, it means that the root of the problem is not a ghost or an evil thing, which means that this has nothing to do with the Zhou Tian Patrol Division at all, and his task of investigating information is completed.

"This guest officer, the fresh soup and fragrant clear soup noodles of the pine mushroom river you just ordered are here! There is also a pot of old Sanhe wine, which is given to you by our shopkeeper. ”

Xiao Er came over with a tray, put down the soup and noodles, and put down a pot of old wine, although it was still covered with a lid, it was still fragrant.

"Why did you send me?" Zhou Heng said curiously.

"Because you're a hero. Running the hall Xiaoer said with a smile: "Although our Sanhe County is not a big place, I have heard which water merchants have talked about you."

"Across the two states, I destroyed tens of thousands of evil sects alone, killed countless people in the evil way, and returned peace and tranquility to the world, and the wine should be given to a great hero like you. ”

People at various tables in the lobby applauded.

"It's over, I'm just doing something trivial. ”

Zhou Heng took the old wine with a smile, and said to Xu Kong, who was still sitting at the table: "Brother Xu, I don't drink much, I'll give you this old wine." ”

"Hahaha, Brother Zhou is also a wonderful person. Xu Kong laughed, didn't care about the rejection just now, grabbed Sanhe old wine with a smile:

"With this, don't say that you refuse me, even if I am asked to get out of Sanhe County immediately after dealing with this matter, I can do it, as long as I can drink this old wine. ”

Hiss!

This thing is still an alcoholic!

Then Zhou Heng chatted with Xu Kong for a while, and quickly figured out Xu Kong's general situation.

It turned out that this guy didn't just come alone, he also brought a junior brother and a junior sister.

Even when he planned to investigate the monster that howled in the middle of the night, he took his younger brothers and sisters with him.

This is no longer a question of prudence or imperdence.

This is simply not taking the risk into account.

This made Zhou Heng feel that he was really prescient in refusing his invitation before.

However, as a local, Xu Kong still has a lot of uses.

In the following conversation, Zhou Heng got a lot of information from him about howling at night.

For example, useful information such as the direction in which the sound is coming from, and when it starts howling and when it stops.

"Ah......h Ahhhhh!!h

But at this moment, an extremely poignant and harsh sound suddenly came from outside.

It's like 10,000 babies with shrill voices crying.

Hearing it makes people's scalps tingle.

Immediately, it made the noon hour a little more chilly, and frightened the strong men in the inn to turn pale.

What's the situation?!

How can the crying sound that usually only appears at night appear during the day?

Bang!

Then a loud bang was heard from the north, as if something had exploded, and the force of the shock spread down the earth, causing the whole restaurant to tremble.

Zhou Heng and Xu Kong glanced at each other, and they both saw the meaning in each other's eyes clearly.

Someone else has done something to the source of that wail!