On the official road, Gu Changan and his party rode at a gallop.

Xiaohe Village, Shaping Town, is only more than 70 miles away from the county seat, and it only takes an hour for the fast horse to arrive at the place of the incident.

The Hanging Mirror Division had already greeted people before they sent them, so when Gu Changan arrived, he saw that there were already several catchers standing at the entrance of the village.

When those people saw Gu Changan walking quickly, they were going to intercept it, but they took a closer look, but they saw that Gu Changan was wearing the black-clothed armor of the Hanging Mirror Division, and they were startled at the moment, and hurriedly stepped forward: "But the Lord from the Hanging Mirror Division?"

"Gu Chang'an, the captain of the Qianhu Institute of Guangyang County, Hanging Mirror Division!"

Gu Changan threw the token on his waist over, then turned over and dismounted.

After catching the token quickly, he looked at it, and after confirming that it was correct, he hurriedly called a servant to pull the rope, and he presented the token with both hands, and said at the same time: "Baisha County Inspector Li Ding has seen Captain Gu and two adults!"

first said it to Gu Changan, and the latter sentence naturally said to Gu Xiaoliu and Guo Xiaosi in the back.

The two just nodded and didn't say anything else.

And Gu Changan also bowed slightly, put away the token, and then threw the reins of his horse to a servant, and asked casually, "What's the situation inside?"

As he spoke, he walked inside: "Talk as you go." ”

"The situation is very strange, there are four deceased, all of them are young and strong, one of them is still a martial artist, and he is also a person in this village, it is said that the physical realm is 4 heavy, and it is considered a good cultivation in this village, but there are no obvious wounds on the bodies of these four deceased, and there are no traces of struggle and resistance. ”

"After an examination, it was found that the four of them had lost their qi and blood essence, so it is suspected that the hands and feet of the evil sect were crooked......

Speaking of this, he paused, and then said, "Of course, it is not ruled out that it is a monster. ”

When he said this, there was obviously a look of horror on the face of this Li Ding patrol.

When it comes to airway cultivators, he is not afraid, but youkai are afraid - this is normal, people are always afraid of the unknown.

Gu Changan nodded, not impressed.

What Li Ding said is basically no different from what is recorded in the dossier.

Specifically, he still has to see the scene before he can make a conclusion.

While speaking, the group had already entered the village and came to a square in the village.

It is said to be a square, but strictly speaking, it is just a patio in the middle of the village, because every village points to this well for water, so there is a vacant lot.

However, at this moment, this open space has been blocked, and several fast catchers are guarding outside, and many people have gathered outside.

"What do you see, the adults of the Hanging Mirror Division are here, spread out quickly!"

Li Ding and a few catchers dispersed the crowd and took Gu Changan to the side of the patio.

It was only then that Gu Changan discovered that next to the well, there were four corpses lined up, all covered by things.

"Captain Gu, this is the victim. ”

Li Ding introduced.

Gu Changan nodded, didn't speak, walked to a corpse, lifted the covering, and saw a pale and even cyan head appear in front of him.

The entire skull was already skin and bones, and the eye sockets were sunken, as if the flesh and blood essence were gone.

But the strange thing is that Gu Changan found that the corners of the corpse's mouth were actually slightly curled, as if they were ...... Laughing!

Until he died, he still smiled.

"Oh my God!"

Just as Gu Changan was watching, an exclamation suddenly sounded in his ears at this time.

turned his head to look, but saw Gu Xiaoliu sitting on the ground with a frightened face.

In front of him was a corpse that had been lifted.

Obviously, it was Gu Xiaoliu who was curious and wanted to check the dead body, but he was frightened.

Gu Changan smiled, walked up to Gu Xiaoliu, gently lifted him with his toes, and said angrily: "Timid and curious, hurry up and ......"

Gu Xiaoliu stood up and hurriedly dodged, but he didn't look at it again.

Gu Changan squatted in front of this corpse, checked it, and found that this person's death was roughly the same as the first one he checked, and before he died, the corners of his mouth were also with a hint of curvature.

This made Gu Changan slightly stunned.

It's not surprising that one is like this, and both dead people are like that, which is a bit unusual.

Thinking like this, Gu Changan checked the other two deceased again, and found that the last two deceased were also with curvatures at the corners of their mouths.

Especially the last person who looked at the deceased, the smile on the corner of his mouth was no longer nothing, but very obvious, as if he had seen something extremely happy before he died.

In addition to laughing, there is even a hint of satisfaction.

"My lord, what have you found?"

Seeing Gu Changan stunned in place, Li Ding leaned over at this time and asked softly.

"It's a bit weird, but if you want to know if it's a monster or a crooked way, you still have to investigate. ”

As he spoke, ignoring Li Ding, who was stunned, Gu Changan took out a charm from his inner pocket.

The spell is made of yellow paper, written in cinnabar, and inexplicably drawn with symbols, faintly visible mana flowing.

This is a spirit detection talisman produced by the Hanging Mirror Division's talisman making department, once it is activated with qi and blood or mana, the magic circle engraved on the talisman can reveal the residual breath.

At that moment, after Gu Changan poured the power of qi and blood into the charm, he flicked his fingers, but saw that the charm fell on the last corpse.

"Hum~"

The next moment, I saw that the charm suddenly showed a bright light, and there seemed to be some kind of aura on the corpse that was stimulated, and there was a slight sound when it landed, as if the hot oil was mixed with water, making a crackling sound.

Immediately afterward, a trace of black gas diffused, mixed with some pink scent.

After two breaths, the spell suddenly ignited without wind and dissipated into dust.

The black and pink breaths also dissipated in the air.

This scene, after a while, shocked a group of people who caught fast and onlookers, and immediately set off a commotion.

"How's that, sir?"

Li Ding leaned up and asked.

Gu Changan looked around and said softly, "It is indeed the breath of a monster, but there are some cultivators' breath in between. ”

"Ahh

Hearing Gu Changan's words, Li Ding was suddenly taken aback.

"Really, really a youkai?"

"I didn't say that, although there is the demonic aura of a monster, but more of it is the mana fluctuation of the cultivator of the evil sect, maybe it is a cultivator?"

Saying this, Gu Changan suddenly grinned.

Look at the whole mountain village.

At this time, the sun sets, and the red afterglow is shrouded, which seems to cover the village with a red film, and there is a faint feeling of looming.

The noise of the people in the ears also seemed to be far away.

This made Gu Changan smile and said with emotion: "But whether it's a monster or a cultivator, since this case has been made, it will be hidden if you want to find him, but it will be difficult......

"That's what my lord said. ”

Li Ding nodded yes.

"But...... Whether it's a monster or a cultivator, since it harms people, there is always a motive, don't you say?" Gu Changan said suddenly.

"That's what my lord said. ”

Li Ding nodded repeatedly.

"Tell me to go down and see who these four people have come into contact with in the past ten days, where they have gone, and what they have done, and investigate everything in detail. Gu Changan said softly.

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ps: It may be that I didn't explain it clearly, about the Xu family's adventure to hunt down Gu Chang'an, the reason why I took the risk is because the eldest lady of the Xu family, Xu Yiyao, does not know the life and death of Xu Yiyao, and suspects that she was picked by a flower thief, if this matter spreads, the Liu family will inevitably dissolve the marriage contract, and if there is no such thing, even if Xu Yiyao is dead, the Liu family cannot dissolve the marriage contract.

Once the marriage contract is dissolved, the Xu family has no ancestors, and the other two families will definitely be in trouble, and the Xu family is bound to decline.

From Xu Yicheng's point of view, he naturally didn't want the Xu family to decline or even collapse, so he could only risk killing the protagonist to block the news.

In this way, it will be dangerous to kill Gu Chang'an, and it may be traced by the Hanging Mirror Division, but compared to the crisis of the Xu family, this risk is still worth taking, at least for Xu Yicheng.

Seeing that everyone was skeptical about this plot, I wondered if I hadn't explained it clearly in the text......