Bo Ziyu didn't have a good time today.

In the past, he always thought that because of his ability and outstanding character, even if he had shallow qualifications, he could still be hugged in front of the fast hunting team.

But today there has been a subtle change, and the friendly attitude of colleagues in the past has become stiff, and even touched a few soft nails that are neither yin nor yang.

And all this started with the serious injury of his uncle Xing Zhutou and his inability to serve the official duties, as well as the faint rumors of some personnel changes in the county government.

He was ashamed.

In front of Zhou's house, when the crowd was about to stop, his righteous and awe-inspiring reprimands, some out of justice and some out of personal feelings, only he himself knew.

But when he and Li Changan analyzed it, they could finally determine:

A monster, a man-eating monster, is wandering in the vast night, in the dense waterways that extend in all directions.

He just shuddered.

So, that bit of selfish resentment was already behind him, and he racked his brains to find a way to deal with it, but when he looked up, he found that Li Changan was leaving.

"Daochang Li. ”

He hurriedly called.

"Where is this going?"

"Naturally, it's to go after the demons. ”

Bo Ziyu was overjoyed.

"Got a clue?"

"Nope. ”

The Taoist priest said calmly.

"But it's better than doing nothing at all. ”

Bo Ziyu nodded, but said quickly.

"It's long and slow. Although Xiaoshui is small, there are 10,000 households. If you are alone and unfamiliar with life, how can you help?"

"It's better to negotiate a charter with us first, and then act together, so that we can take care of it. Brothers, yes yes ......"

He was dumbfounded.

Just because he suddenly found that here and now, his gaze was a flood, a beast, and a stinging stinger to the group of colleagues behind him, and he couldn't avoid them one by one, dodging and dodging without saying a word.

He finally woke up to why Li Daoren left without saying a word.

Where can these stinky fish and rotten shrimp be reliable?!

Monster hunting?

I'm afraid that if the front foot goes out, the back foot will slip away.

Seeing the cowering look of his colleague, he also reacted suddenly.

True.

This time, the enemy is not some rogue thief or car bandit, but a monster! a monster that can destroy people overnight and then devour them.

His gaze lingered among the corpses, his pale face, stiff limbs, and hollow eyes.

The cold night wind penetrated into the clothes, soaking the skin and chilling inch by inch.

"Dao Chief. ”

Li Changan's gaze turned.

He gritted his teeth.

"I'll go with you. ”

After saying this, Bo Ziyu breathed a sigh of relief, but he mentioned his heart and liver again.

It's not that he is afraid that Li Changan will agree, but that he is afraid that the other party will refuse, he is ready to fight with reason: even if he doesn't have the ability to deal with monsters, he is still a local, at least he can lead the way. Besides, as Xiaoshui's catcher, how can he stand by and watch?

I didn't expect it.

The Taoist priest just handed over a few yellow talismans.

"What is this?"

"Evil Breaker. ”

Li Changan said with a smile.

"The talisman used by the poor Dao when he first learned the Tao was not very effective, so he talked about self-defense. Now it's used less, and only these few are left to be on guard. Remember, the mantra is: Heaven is brilliant, earth is square......"

Bo Ziyu took the rune paper in a daze, and Li Changan patted him on the shoulder.

What reason can stop a man from showing courage?

............

Yin time.

The colder the wind, the brighter the moon.

The courtyard is full of ambition, but it is inevitable to hesitate when you go out.

Even if you know that the monsters are escaping through the waterway, the city is already covered with a dense water network.

"Dao Chief. ”

Bo Ziyu was in a dilemma for a while.

"Where do we start without a clue?"

"Actually, I have some clues. ”

Li Changan looked left and right, and suddenly let go of his voice. Bo Ziyu next to him was startled, but the Taoist priest's mouth was full of words for a while, and he couldn't care about doubts.

"The youkai we're going to pursue now is called 'Oni'. ”

That being said.

In fact, Li Changan is not convinced, he just chose the most reasonable possibility among many speculations, just like choosing to believe Yu Mei.

He continued:

"That monster was born in the mud, and there are two ways to kill people, one is to go ashore at night to eat the blood of people, and the other is to drag passers-by into the mud pool and suffocate them. But I remember that the corpses in the courtyard were all covered with mud, because they were all dug out of the mud by me. ”

"They had already died of their blood, but the youkai had buried their bodies in the mud. Do you know why?"

Bo Ziyu was puzzled.

Li Changan did not sell Guanzi.

"Because the 'ghosts' are scavengers. ”

Bo Ziyu nodded, but was a little puzzled.

"Since that monster wants to eat people's carrion, why did you suck their essence and blood beforehand?"

"I don't know. Maybe I'm hungry. Like a human cooking, let's steal it before going to the pot. ”

The Taoist priest really didn't think about it, but it didn't matter if he thought about it.

"All in all. ”

"If there is really another ghost, it leaves with the Zhou family's father and son, according to its habits, what will it do?"

Bo Ziyu's eyes lit up.

"It will first find a sludge pond as a nest and bury the bodies of Zhou Huai and others in it. ”

"That's right. ”

The more the Taoist priest sorted out, the more he felt that the situation was gradually becoming clearer.

"It will find a nest first. It may be like the Zhou family, looking for a large enough courtyard to make a sludge pond, but given that it has enough food in its hands, and it is troublesome to do so, and the movement is quite large, it is unlikely. The most likely is that it will find a ready-made place with a large area and a large amount of sludge accumulation. ”

"As long as we find out where to echo and check the surrounding waterways, as long as there are mud traces mixed with demonic energy, then we will catch the tail of this monster!"

"Bo Jushi. Li Changan said with a smile, "Poor Dao is not familiar with the land, so you have to rely on it next." ”

Bo Ziyu was already so excited that she couldn't control herself.

He broke a branch and scratched it on the ground.

He first drew a simple outline of Xiaoshui City.

"There is a quagmire in Changkangfang in the north of the city, which covers a wide area, there is an abandoned mansion in the south of the city, and the courtyard has become muddy after a long time, and there is a waterway near the left side of the Dionysian Temple, which is blocked all year round......"

Every time he counted a place, he drew a circle on a simple map.

It didn't take long.

More than a dozen places have been circled, roughly distinguished, half in the north and half in the south.

Bo Ziyu groaned for a while, raised his head and said, "Daochang Li, let's divide our soldiers into two ways......

The Taoist priest hurriedly told him to stop.

The soldiers are divided into two ways? Don't you think you die fast enough?

"Poor Dao is not familiar with the places in the city, and he has to bother the laymen to guide the way, so ......"

The Taoist priest suddenly raised his voice and shouted.

"Let's go to the north of the city first. ”

Bo Ziyu was so shocked that his ears were stunned, but he didn't see that somewhere in a dark alley behind him, a red shadow floated south.

............

Mao time

The light of day dawned.

Xiaoshui gradually woke up.

The streets and alleys are also slowly gaining the sound of people.

On the empty scale-like ridge of fish, in addition to the bright glow, the dewy light purple of the vines, and the frolicking birds, there is a lot of curling smoke.

Everything is in good spirits.

It can be in a restaurant somewhere in the north of the city.

Li Changan and Bo Ziyu were relatively speechless and exhausted. Two bowls of noodle soup rested on the table, and no one moved a bite.

There are no mud ponds, no deserted houses, and no waterways.

The two searched every possible place in the north of the city, until the sky was clear, and they found no trace of the monster.

"Shall we leave for the south of the city now?"

Bo Ziyu stared at bloodshot eyes and proposed.

The Taoist priest was about to nod, but a slight word came from behind his ear, so faint that only he could hear it.

"Neither in the south of the city. ”

Li Changan looked over covertly, saw a man who looked like a woodcutter, walked behind him, sat down at the table, and asked the store for a bowl of rice soup.

The man was very vigilant, and immediately noticed the snooping of the Taoist priest, and did not say anything, but opened and closed his lips silently.

"It's me. ”

Bad!

It's Yu Mei!

Ya is a man!

Wrong.

The Taoist priest reacted immediately.

It should be a trick.

Li Changan couldn't help wiping a cold sweat, and Bo Ziyu on the opposite side saw his expression and said strangely: "What did the Taoist discover?"

"Nope. ”

He waved his hand.

"You don't need to go to the south of the city. There is no such thing as Seongnam. ”

Bo Ziyu wanted to ask again, but Li Changan tossed all night, and he didn't bother to make up any lies, so he directly said perfunctory.

"Mountain people have their own magic methods. ”

The young catcher was choked and speechless, sighed, frowned and was silent.

At this time.

A foul smell wafted into the shop from the street, and it was a night incense collector who carried a burden and beat the side.

The Taoist priest's "Chong Long Jade" effect was not exhausted, so he quickly covered his nose.

But Bo Ziyu stared at the dung bucket blankly as if he was in a daze. Just when the Taoist priest was wondering whether to give him a "frightened charm", he suddenly opened his mouth.

"Do ghosts have to live in mud pools?"

The Taoist priest was puzzled.

"What do you mean?"

"Although collecting night incense is a filthy and smelly business, it is actually very profitable, and it has always been controlled by a family surnamed Luo in the city. They would ask people in the city for money to dig up manure and sell it to farmers in the vicinity. ”

Bo Ziyu's eyes were blazing.

"In order to facilitate the accumulation of manure, the Luo family has built a large manure tank in the city!"

Hiss~

Li Changan took a breath.