"Daoxia, please, do you need us to prepare anything?" Shi Weng agreed without thinking about it.

Ying Wuxin said: "We need some thin lines, you should have fishing here, and the other is that we need the village chief to give an order, no matter what happens after dark, you can't go out again, and we can easily set up traps here to arrest the murderer." ”

Shi Weng thought about it, nodded and agreed, "No problem." ”

At noon, a few village women came with a sumptuous meal, followed by two teenage boys, holding a dustpan with rolls of fine thread, all kinds of materials and colors, and some more precious silk, very fine.

Ying Wuxin took it with a smile, put it aside, and beckoned everyone to eat together.

In the afternoon, Ying Ying had no intention of asking everyone to cut the line to a certain length, helping a piece of firewood at one end and a small branch at the other, and everyone knew that he was doing a trigger alarm device, although there were some doubts, but they still did it.

"Brother Wuxin, why does this make a sound, do you want us to buy some small copper bells and come back?" Li Zhengdao said with some concern.

"That thing, how expensive, use this to make it, with my wind listening skills, as long as there is a little sound to confirm the location, this is completely enough. "You should have no heart and no lift.

The crowd had nothing to say, and continued to be busy, and by the evening they had made more than 300 roots.

After a brief dinner, it was already dark, and the families returned to their homes, locked their doors according to the instructions of the village chief, and did not go out again.

Ying Wuxin came out with a few people, came to the entrance of the village, pointed to the small alley in front of him and said: "This trap is very simple to arrange, just put it in this small alley." ”

As he spoke, Ying Wuxin put one end of the thin wire tied with firewood in the corner of one side of the alley, and the other end tied with a small branch was thrown directly into the courtyard wall on the other side, so that the thin line was straightened, and a trigger device was formed, as long as someone passed by and touched the thin line, the things at both ends of the rope would make a sound, and one end of the firewood might be very small, but the branch was next to the wall, and when it was pulled, it would make a sound against the wall, although the sound would not be loud, but the sound of this friction was special, enough to be clearly distinguished by the unintentional listening to the wind。

"It's that simple. Wang Banxian looked at it, his eyes widened.

Li Zhengdao said with a smile: "It's really simple, but it's also very suitable for the heartless brothers." ”

Bai Miaozhen said: "I'm afraid that there will be omissions in this arrangement, if the murderer walks against the wall, I'm afraid that he may not touch the thin line." ”

Sun Xiaoman also nodded in agreement.

Ying Wuxin smiled, put down the other thing in his hand, the firewood was at the other end of the alley, and the branch was thrown on the roof of the house, so that the two lines formed a crossing, unless you knew beforehand, through the gap, otherwise passing by, it would inevitably trigger a sound.

"Solved. Wang Banxian said with a smile.

The next crowd began to arrange, put trigger devices on the roads in the village, don't look at the village is not big, there are only eighty or ninety households, there are a lot of these various paths, there are more than a hundred, a total of more than three hundred, barely enough.

The four of them are all Taoist heroes, with good skills, good accuracy, and fast speed, and it only took half an hour to lay out all the roads, and then the five of them went to the roof, hibernated, and waited quietly.

Yesterday there was a heavy rainstorm, even if it was only one morning, but also brought a lot of coolness to the hot summer, today there is the sun, but it is not scorching, so the temperature is relatively low, in the evening, this cool breeze hits in bursts, everyone stays on the roof, feeling a burst of comfort and comfort.

The night sky is dark, the stars are dim, there is no moon, and it looks quiet and deep.

The whole village was immersed in the smell of dried fish, and the five of them smelled it for a few days and gradually got used to it.

The night was getting colder, and I don't know how long it was, but there was a loud noise from the quiet village, not loud, like the sound of tree branches rubbing against the walls, but it could be heard clearly when you should not have listened to the wind unfolding.

"The entrance of the village. ”

Ying unintentionally opened his eyes, his eyes were bright, and he flew towards the entrance of the village.

Li Zhengdao stood up and flew out at a faster speed, while stretching out his palm in front of him and grabbing it slightly.

Click.

With a thunderclap, a silver lightning bolt struck down from the sky, suddenly illuminating the village, and the situation at the entrance of the village was also revealed, and a black shadow, with something strange, appeared in the alley at the entrance of the village.

The lightning then disappeared and did not really fall to the ground.

However, Rao was like this, and he was also frightened, looking back at Li Zhengdao, he couldn't help gritting his teeth, this guy was so hateful, he used lightning as a fire fold, and he didn't say a word, he was almost scared to death.

Not to mention the black shadow that had entered the village, suddenly a lightning bolt came down and exploded above his head, almost paralyzing him, his legs trembling incessantly, and he was about to fall to the ground.

"Who is it?" Ying Wuxin shouted, flew over, and landed three feet away in front of the black shadow.

Li Zhengdao flew to the outside of the village, blew a fire fold, and threw it at the black shadow, the flame burned across the alley, and landed beside the black shadow, emitting a piece of light, illuminating the face and figure of the black shadow.

It was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his thirties, relatively thin, carrying a flat pole on his shoulders, and boxes and bamboo baskets hanging on both sides.

At this time, the middle-aged man's face was terrified, and his legs were trembling constantly, looking extremely scared.

Such a person naturally can't be a murderer, so he gritted his teeth slightly, beckoned Li Zhengdao over, and asked, "What about you, who are you?"

"The small, the small Shi Yuliang, lives in this village, and my house is in that direction. The middle-aged man stammered and pointed in one direction in the village.

"The people in the village?" Ying Wuxin had an accident with Li Zhengdao, didn't everyone in the village stay at home?

"Why are you entering the village now?" Ying Wuxin asked again with a cold face.

Shi Yu said: "I am a merchant, and I often have to go out to sell gadgets and some daily necessities, and it is inevitable that there will be morning and evening when I come back." ”

"How often do you usually come back?"

"Sometimes it's a day or two, sometimes it's three or five days. ”

"When did you leave the village?"

"Yes, it's been four days, counting today. Shi Yuliang gradually regained some composure, and seeing the two richly dressed sons asking, they didn't look like bad people, and they were a little bolder.

Ying Wuxin said: "Another one is going out and returning." ”

Li Zhengdao raised his eyebrows and didn't say anything.

"Two sons, who are you and why are you here?" asked Shi Yu boldly.

"We are Taoists, in your village, we are helping you catch monsters. ”

"Youkai!" Shi Yu was startled.

Ying Wuxin said: "Those who are missing have all been captured by monsters, and you will know when you ask the village chief tomorrow." ”

Although he was full of suspicions, Shi Yuliang didn't have the courage to ask again, and he didn't have the courage to get involved in the monster matter.

"I'll send you home, don't run around the village at night, we've set a trap here. Li Zhengdao said solemnly.

Thinking of the lightning bolt that suddenly appeared just now, Shi Yuliang swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, nodded and said, "Understood, understood." ”

Li Zhengdao grabbed Shi Yuliang's shoulders and flew away, his body suddenly reached mid-air, and the frightened Shi Yuliang exclaimed, almost losing his breath.

According to the direction of Shi Yu's two fingers, Li Zhengdao sent the person directly into his home, and then returned.

Sun Xiaoman and Bai Miaozhen had already learned the result from Ying Wuxin, and they were slightly disappointed, and they hibernated quietly again, waiting quietly.

The night was silent, time passed, but no other sound appeared.

As the sky grew brighter, a terrible exclamation suddenly came from one part of the village, "Son-"

Suddenly opened his eyes, Ying Wuxin and Li Zhengdao said in unison: "Something happened." ”

The two of them flew away and went straight to the courtyard where the sound sounded, while the two women stayed behind with Wang Banxian and continued to stand on a high place, monitoring the village.

Falling into a courtyard, Li Zhengdao said loudly: "We are Daoxia, what happened inside?"

Then Ying Wuxin rushed over and waited with bated breath.

There was a woman's cry in the house, and then footsteps sounded, squeaked, the door opened, and a middle-aged woman in plain linen clothes cried: "My son is dead, my son is dead, his head is gone, and he has shed blood from a bed, which is too scary." ”

Li Zhengdao entered the house, lifted the curtain, and looked inside, on a wooden bed, there was a mat, on which lay a man who was only wearing a single coat, his head was gone, there was an uneven wound on his neck, and the blood flowed into the bed, which had coagulated at the moment, and the surface was black, and a strong smell of blood spread in the room, making people's noses very uncomfortable.

Ying Wuxin comforted the woman a few words, and also walked in to check, and when he saw the headless corpse, he couldn't help but say with a cold face: "It seems that this murderer is very cunning, and he actually killed people under our noses, and took his head away." ”

"I asked my sister to come over and check it out, and I seemed to smell a strange smell as well. Li Zhengdao turned and left.

Ying Wuxin sighed, and also went out of the room, comforting the woman at the door.

"My son is only seventeen years old, and he hasn't married a wife yet!" the woman wept bitterly.

Not long after, Li Zhengdao and Sun Xiaoman came over and conducted a survey of the inner room, and at this time, the sound of the door opening sounded in the nearby courtyard.

"Shi Dang, what's wrong, what's going on?" asked a woman next door.

"My son is dead, dead......" the woman howled in grief.

"What's the matter?" the woman next door exclaimed, and after a moment she ran into the courtyard in a panic, looked at the woman sitting on the ground at the door, and hurriedly came over to ask questions.

Ying Wuxin frowned and sighed, gave up his position, and walked towards the courtyard on the side, looking at the grape vines and green leaves in the yard, he felt that he was dripping with depression that could not be resolved.

The four Taoist heroes kept watch in the village all night, and also made arrangements, and even let the murderer succeed, a seventeen-year-old young man, died at home like this, his head was gone, this is simply the murderer's silent mockery of several of their Taoist heroes.