When they went down the mountain to the venue, Li Zhengdao and the three of them were eating, and Ying Wuxin went over with Wang Banxian, added two pairs of chopsticks, and everyone ate together.

At the dinner table, Ying Wuxin told what he heard, Li Zhengdao's face was a little solemn, and he said: "I read the records in the sect, there are indeed fierce big fish in some waters in the north, comparable to the ferocity of the water pig dragon, is there really such a big fish in the weir pond in the back mountain." ”

Ying Wuxin shook his head, "How do I know, I won't know until I see it." ”

In the afternoon, the five of them went to the back mountain and found the weir pond in a pine forest, about a hundred acres in size, oval-shaped, and the water in it looked green, indicating that there must be a lot of aquatic plants in it, and the depth was not shallow.

Ying Wuxin hit a rabbit, got some blood, dripped it by the lake, waited for an hour, and there was nothing abnormal.

"It shouldn't be a fierce big fish, such big fish are generally more sensitive to the smell of blood, there has been no movement here for a long time, it should be something else, and the situation here doesn't look like the source of the illness of the eldest son of the Zhou family back then." ”

Sun Xiaoman said: "Do you think that schistosoma can be seen with your naked eye? When the larvae are small, they can't be seen at all, and they are hidden in the fish, and they can't be found at all. ”

"Sun Nuxia, is there a way to identify schistosomes?" Wang Banxian asked, "Why don't we catch a few fish and try them?" ”

Sun Xiaoman shook his head, "In this regard, we don't have any detection methods yet, because the eggs are too small, and they can only be found when they grow up, but if they want to grow up, it takes too long, and we can't afford to wait." ”

"Then when we come here, won't we find nothing?" said Wang Banxian.

The others didn't speak, apparently acquiescing.

Ying Wuxin said: "The only thing we can check at the moment is here, and I happened to hear that there is an abnormality here, so naturally we have to investigate it carefully." As for whether Zhou Dagongzi's illness is suffering from here, it is difficult to confirm, because if someone is planning to attack him, and the suspects are the second son and second wife of the Zhou family, they have too many opportunities, even if they can't confirm what fish have schistosomes, they find a patient with schistosomiasis, they will definitely be able to get some pollutants, and then attack Zhou Dagongzi. ”

"What does a pollutant mean?" Wang Banxian said curiously.

Ying Wuxin looked at him unkindly, "You won't want to know." ”

Wang Banxian's face was strange for a while, he shrunk his neck, and stopped talking.

The sun sets faster in the mountains, but it gets completely dark, and it's still the same time as outside.

When it was completely dark, a crescent moon climbed high in the sky, sprinkling a light moonlight, shining on the weir pond, which seemed particularly quiet.

The tall pine trees at the water's edge were illuminated by the moonlight, leaving a dark shadow at the water's edge, and it seemed that the weir pond was becoming more and more eerie, like an endless abyss.

Several people should be quiet, and should not listen to the wind unfolding, listening to the movement around them.

The mountain wind blows, the pine forests sway, and the leaves of the pine needles rustle, like countless sand swirling in the ears.

Ying Wuxin listened for a while, but he didn't gain anything, but his head became more and more swollen, so he had to stop.

"This place is too unsuitable for listening to the wind tricks, it is all the rustle of the pine trees blown by the mountain wind, it is too dense, it covers up other sounds, and the terrain here also gathers and amplifies the sounds. ”

Ying Wuxin said helplessly.

"It doesn't matter, there's a moon today, we can see the water here, and if there's something outcropping, we'll be able to spot it with the help of the waves. Li Zhengdao patted him on the shoulder and said.

Ying Wuxin nodded helplessly, he naturally knew this method, but if that thing was only moving underwater, they would definitely not see anything here.

"Why don't you put that rabbit in and try it?" Wang Banxian said, pointing to the rabbit beside Ying Wuxin.

This is an old rabbit that should have been unintentionally beaten, with a fat body, and originally planned to keep it for dinner, but thinking that it was too close to the temple here, it was not suitable to eat meat, so he never made a move, and did not let Wang Banxian pay attention to it.

But in the end, it seems that this rabbit still can't escape the scourge of Wang Banxian.

Li Zhengdao nodded and said, "If you don't have any harvest right now, you might as well give it a try." ”

Ying nodded unintentionally and threw the rabbit into the water.

Although the surface of the water seems to be calm, there is actually water flowing below, and the rabbit drifts little by little towards the center with the current.

Everyone watched casually, and they were all a little bored.

Crash.

The water in front of him suddenly swelled, and a black head popped out, biting the rabbit and diving into the water again.

"There's something. ”

Several people were excited, and their eyes were all attracted to the past.

However, after the thing dived into the water, it never showed up again, and only circles of ripples spread on the surface of the water.

"Do you see clearly? what is it?" Wang Banxian asked anxiously, just now he dozed off and was confused, but he missed it.

"The head is the size of a bowl, a little flat, and it doesn't seem to be a fish, because the eyes are on the same side of the head. Li Zhengdao said.

The eyes of fish are generally on both sides of the head, and only hunting animals generally have eyes on the same side, such as jackals, tigers and leopards.

"It's an animal, probably from the other side, I'll go check it out first. "You should fly away without intention.

This weir pond is oval-shaped, from this side to the opposite side, but only a few tens of meters, should fly up unintentionally, and soon reach that side.

"Qi Lookout. ”

Li Zhengdao's eyes shone with golden light, and he looked at the other side.

"Something, really ashore. ”

Everyone's eyes widened, but it was too dark in the woods on the other side to see anything.

Bang.

With a muffled sound, Ying said unintentionally: "It's done." ”

Li Zhengdao took Wang Banxian, and the four of them flew over together, Sun Xiaoman blew a fire fold when he landed, and in the flickering of the flames, everyone saw a big cat with gray fur lying on the ground, wet all over.

However, the size of this cat is obviously larger than that of ordinary cats, and it has caught up with the size of a soil dog.

"It's a lynx. "There should be no heart.

"It's a lynx, and there's a black demonic aura on it. Li Zhengdao said solemnly.

At this moment, a cloud of black gas poured out of the lynx's body and drifted away, and an eerie and turbid aura permeated.

Several of them were Taoist heroes, so they were naturally fearless, and after a little avoidance, they looked at the lynx's body again.

If it's just an animal, it's too common to encounter it in this mountain, but if it's an animal with demonic energy on it, it means that there must be something wrong here.

"As soon as I came over, this thing attacked me, I hit it casually, but I didn't expect to die so unexpectedly. Ying Wuxin said with some annoyance.

When the lynx died, it was impossible to hunt down its nest and its source, because it was too difficult to find a nest of animals in this mountain.

"It's a pity that my qi magic can't see through the water here, I don't know what's going on below?" Li Zhengdao said regretfully.

Ying Wuxin kicked the lynx corpse on the ground, and said: "This thing often goes into the water, we all know that it hunts in the water, it is definitely not born, someone should be trained, there may not be anything under this weir pond, but if we can, we still have to conduct an investigation." ”

The others also nodded in agreement, now that it was dark, it was difficult to gain anything from going underwater to explore, and several people teamed up to perform a simple scan of the water inside, and found nothing else except for a few fish that were a little larger.

The people returned with the carcass of the lynx, and waited in the woods to see if more lynx would come, and then threw the rabbit into the water again.

However, until dawn, there was no second lynx.

In the morning, when the sun rose and the forest was bright, a few people simply ate some dried meat and drank some water.

An hour later, the two of them came out and shook their heads at the others, and there were some aquatic plants and fish underneath, and nothing else out of the ordinary.

There was no clue, so everyone had to return to Zhou's house, intending to tell Mrs. Zhou the details.

However, when they arrived at Zhou's house, they found that a white cloth had begun to be hung at the door, and the meaning could not be more obvious, the eldest prince of Zhou was dead.

"Well, it looks like this bounty is going to be lost. Wang Banxian sighed.

Ying Wuxin was also a little regretful, not that the money had to be returned, but that Zhou Dagongzi walked so fast, they didn't find out any clues, it was too much of a failure.

Li Zhengdao's expression was also sad, obviously not so easy to let go of the death of Prince Zhou.

The group visited again, and the servant told him that the eldest lady was too sad and had passed a coma, and was currently recuperating, and now the people of the Zhou family were busy with the funeral of the eldest son, and had no time to receive other guests.

Seeing this, everyone did not bother, and left one after another.

Before leaving, Ying Wuxin asked, "What is the second son doing now?"

"I don't know. The servant said with a look of some alarm.

A few people left, and on the way Sun Xiaoman said: "I don't know what to say, it is estimated that the second son of the Zhou family has begun to rob the property of the Zhou family, the only son of the eldest lady is dead, and there is no male to inherit the property of the family, it is a matter of time before he is kicked out, alas, it is really pitiful to think about, but unfortunately, we Daoxia can't interfere in such a thing, we can only watch." ”

Because he has been worried about the fact that the things entrusted by Mrs. Zhou have not been completed, in the following few days, Ying Wuxin and Li Zhengdao and others have paid more attention to the follow-up development of the Zhou family.

The second son of the Zhou family is called Zhou Hao, and he really snatched all the property of the Zhou family with a tough attitude, but the only thing that surprised everyone was that he did not drive away Mrs. Zhou, it is said that he was assigned an independent courtyard, and the two maids called Mrs. Zhou.

Not long after, the eldest son of Zhou was buried in style, and the affairs of the Zhou family calmed down.

On a day chosen, the five of them came to visit again, and the servant said, "Madame said, the bounty task is over, and the deposit is your reward, so you don't have to visit again." ”