Section 9 Suspicion of the civet

Seeing that the two agreed, Heyunli said softly: "Li'er has never left the mountain since she was adopted by Jiulu Niangniang. Because Jiu'er, who has been accompanying him, suddenly disappeared more than a month ago, I searched the entire Li Mountain without a trace, and I really couldn't do it for a few days, so I had to venture down the mountain to inquire. This afternoon, in front of the temple, I happened to see my two brothers going up the mountain, and I followed them in doubt. Secretly listening to the brothers' narration, I learned that the two of them came to the town today, and it had nothing to do with Jiu'er, and then saw that the two brothers were capable, so they had to return to the palace gate to persuade the two to go back. After the brothers left, Li'er also followed down the mountain to the temple, and overheard a few older children there scaring other children, saying that there were monsters in Luoxiagou. Li'er then went up to listen to them, and asked them again, and replied that she had seen many ghosts when she was playing in Luoxiagou more than a month ago, and then something strange happened in the town. Li'er thought that it was a coincidence that the time was very coincidental, so she asked them to show me the way, but they clamored to protect me to see it, and I was anxious to take them over. It wasn't until it was dark that we got into the ditch, asked for directions, and I cast a spell to put them to sleep and hid them again. Walking very deep into the ditch, Li'er found that there was a pulse boundary set up there, so that the Fa passed through the pulse boundary and came to a valley, where many tents were set up and a lot of materials were piled up, and many people went in and out there. I sneaked in quietly and found the largest tent, and vaguely heard someone inside saying that he was ready to stop, just waiting for an adult, and then the voice mentioned Jiu'er, I was taken aback when I heard it, and was immediately noticed by the people inside. They rushed outside and fought with me a few times, and when I saw that there were more and more of them, I did not dare to stay long, so I fought and retreated out of the valley, and they did not pursue them any more. I went out of the ravine and took the group of children back to town, and I blocked their memories for the time being, just in case. At this time, Li'er remembered that the two brothers also lived in the town, and thought about it, only to come to you for help, so she inquired about your residence and looked for it, but she didn't expect to meet her brother and fight with that monster, and you all know the rest of the matter. ”

He Yunli's voice was warm and tactful, melodious, and well-organized, with proper etiquette, taking into account Lin Feng's embarrassment, and touting Ye Shaoqi's martial arts, the two listened to it clearly, although they had many questions, they never interrupted her.

After He Yunli finished speaking, Ye Shaoqi couldn't help asking, "But why don't you go back to Zeli Palace to find someone and come to us for help?"

"Zeli Palace has rules, palace people are not allowed to leave the palace without permission, so even if you are anxious, it is useless, and Li'er is also forced to come to invite. He Yunli replied.

"That's right, Li... Little Sister Yunli, what kind of people did you see in the Luoxiagou Valley?" Lin Feng also asked.

He Yunli said sincerely: "If the two elder brothers don't like it, just call me Li'er." The people in the valley that my brother asked Shicai were all dressed in yellow, and their tones were different from ours, and fortunately Li'er had spiritual skills to perceive one or two, but they were also noticed by the other party because they were surprised when they cast the spell. ”

Lin Feng and Ye Shaoqi couldn't help but glance at each other when they heard this.

"It's a yellow dress with black sleeves, and there's a red flower on the sleeve?" Lin Feng asked.

"It's true that my brother said, does my brother know them?" He Yunli was also surprised.

"We don't know them, it's just... Ye Shao, tell Li... Sister Li'er?" Lin Feng was still a little unaccustomed to calling Heyunli so affectionate.

Ye Shaoqi looked at He Yunli for a while and said, "Okay, tell her." ”

The enemy of the enemy is the friend, this kid should be this logic. Lin Feng then said: "We were actually chased and killed by the people in yellow to escape to this town, after getting rid of them, we met the housekeeper of the Dong family in the town, he said that his son had a strange disease, and begged us for help, and later said that there was a strange thing about the disappearance of chickens and ducks in the town, and we temporarily stayed at his house." In the afternoon, out of curiosity, we went to the mountain, which should be called Lishan, and when we came back, we met their maid and fainted, but when she woke up, she actually said that she saw a group of people in yellow in this back garden a month ago, and this group of people, and the people who chased and killed us, as well as the people you saw today, have the same characteristics. By the way, the maid also said... Seeing that they seem to be looking for something in the yard, will they be looking for the Jiu'er you said. ”

"It's a coincidence that it's possible. Brother Xiang annoyed told Li'er in detail about the strange things in the town and Dong Gongzi's affairs, and also told the names of the two brothers, and Li'er was easy to name. ”

After the two of them told their names, Lin Feng told the disappearance of chickens and ducks in the town and Dong Chengchang's possession of chicken feathers in detail, and also talked about Dong Chengchang that Lucui and Ma Dan saw in the garden, and finally talked about the situation of being attacked by that monster tonight.

After listening to Lin Feng's words, He Yunli slowly analyzed: "Jiu'er didn't see more than a month ago, and the man in yellow arrived at Dong's house a month ago, and at this time it was also the time when the chickens and ducks in the town disappeared for no reason, and then a group of strange people came to the town to buy chickens and ducks, and Dong Gongzi fell ill a few days after the strange man left, and the Dong family then saw another Dong Gongzi in the garden, and today the strange man came to fight with his brother again... Everything seems to be because of Jiu'er, if Jiu'er is extremely hungry..."

He Yunli was also silent when he said this, and all three of them turned their heads sideways and did not speak.

Lin Feng suddenly asked, "Sister Li'er, what did you just say that Jiu'er was extremely hungry?"

"She... She may also eat chickens and ducks. He Yunli whispered.

Lin Feng exclaimed: "Do you eat it raw?" I heard that some chickens and ducks were found with a bunch of bloody hair, and I always thought that it was done by those weirdos or monsters like Dong Chengchang. ”

He Yunli nodded.

Lin Feng said suspiciously: "That Jiu'er is...?"

He Yunli raised his head and stared at Ye Shaoqi, and seeing that Ye Shaoqi was also staring at him, He Yunli sighed and said, "I can't hide it, Jiu'er is one, a nine-life spirit cat." ”

Lin Feng suddenly realized: "Nine Lives Spirit Cat! The man in yellow must be looking for it, I think things may be like this." The man in yellow caught Jiu'er more than a month ago, but Jiu'er fled to the town, so they went to the town to look around, and happened to be seen by the maid Lucui, who cast a spell to block Lucui's memory. Not long after, they heard that there were successive disappearances of chickens and ducks in the town, and they guessed that Jiu'er should have done it, so they wanted to use chickens and ducks to lure Jiu'er. So they came to the town in disguise and bought all the chickens and ducks in the town under the pretense of exorcism......"

Ye Shaoqi and He Yunli both clapped their hands after hearing this.

Lin Feng said embarrassedly: "It's just that there are still a lot of things I don't understand, so these are just guesses." For example, how Jiu'er was led down the mountain by them, why didn't Jiu'er go back to Zeli Palace immediately after escaping, but fled to the town, whether Jiu'er was caught by them later, whether Dong Chengchang's illness was related to Jiu'er or the man in yellow, what was the monster that attacked us today, whether it had anything to do with the man in yellow, what was the man in yellow doing in the valley, was he looking for Jiu'er or doing something else. ”

Ye Shaoqi said: "Lin Shao asked well, I think Jiu'er didn't go back to Zeli Palace, he should want to go back, so he had to flee to the nearest town to hide and wait for the opportunity." After the man in yellow bought the chickens and ducks, nothing strange happened in the town except for the Dong family, so Jiu'er was most likely caught or forced to flee to a farther place, such as Luoxiagou. ”

He Yunli also said: "The two elder brothers are very right. As for Dong Gongzi's illness, Li'er felt that it must be the strange thing in the garden, just watched Brother Lin fight with that monster, and the strange traits are very corresponding to Dong Gongzi's strange disease, so why don't we find this monster first, which not only solves Dong Gongzi's suffering, but also may be able to find other clues. ”

Lin Feng said: "But I don't know where it ran now." He Yunli said: "Just now it hit the window and came out, I was afraid that it would run out and hurt others, so I followed all the way, and saw it go straight to the garden pool, I heard my brother shouting, so I returned to the house first, presumably the monster has not gone far now." ”

After the three of them finished discussing, they first helped the hemp egg to rest on the wooden collapse, and then went out and instructed the housekeeper: Without permission, no one is allowed to come to the backyard tonight, and then the three of them rushed to the pool. When I came to the pool, I saw water stains all over the ground, and a lot of pond water dripped along the road, and went to the direction of the kitchen.

Ye Shaoqi raised the lantern and stepped forward to take care of it first. This is a stone fence, wooden pillars, thatched roof of the livestock shed, under the roof there is a layer of wooden shelves for things, and in the lower pens, pigs, cows, sheep and other animals are locked up. Perhaps because of the emptiness, the flame of the lantern seemed very faint here, and in the flickering light and shadow, there seemed to be countless ghosts dancing. Ye Shaoqi searched around, but found no trace of the monster, only some animals that were awakened by the firelight, humming and screaming there.

He Yunli said: "Brother Ye, Rong Li'er come and try." So saying, he stepped forward, squeezed his hands, closed his eyes, and after a few minutes opened them, pointing to a place on the wooden shelf.

Ye Shaoqi turned over and shone it in with a lantern, only to see that in the deepest corner, a wet and half-burnt feather duster was lying in a pile of rotten straw.

"Brother Ye, slow down. Below He Yunli shouted anxiously: "It has no strength to hurt people anymore, Rong Li'er asked it." ”

Lin Feng was surprised: "Sister Li'er, can you still communicate with it?" Heyun Li said: "Well, Li'er's perception technique, as long as the other party is willing, you can also use spiritual thoughts to communicate one or two." ”

He Yunli closed his eyes, and after about a cup of tea, he opened his eyes again and said, "Li'er understands, Brother Ye come down, I'll tell you two the truth." ”

It turned out that as Lin Feng said, after the nine-life spirit cat fled to the town, because of its psychic nature, it naturally came to the Dong family's garden to hide. Unexpectedly, the man in yellow arrived, and after several searches, the civet had to hide in the barn. After hiding in the barn for a few days, he couldn't resist the hunger, so he bit the chickens and ducks to eat, but he was afraid that he would leak the hiding place, so he went to other places in the town the next day to steal food, and when he came back from eating, he rested with a feather duster. After coming and going, the feather duster actually opened a different vein, opened his mind, and took the civet cat as his mother. Although the people in yellow took the Dong family as the focus, they didn't expect that the civet who loved cleanliness would hide in the dirty livestock shed and look for it for a long time without success, so they used a trick to buy all the chickens and ducks in the town to force the civet cat to appear, and the civet went out to forage for food one day and never came back. The feather duster, when his mind first opened, lost his mother, so he missed it all day long, because of love and resentment, he wanted to find his mother, but because he couldn't act, he could only wander in the garden with a lot of spiritual energy. Coincidentally, one day, Lingnian was bumping into Dong Chengchang, who was alone in the garden at night watching the moon and relaxing, and the feather duster noticed that this person's body and consciousness were much weaker than others, so he wanted to borrow his body to go out to find his mother. Although it is not harmless to people's hearts, but its own filth is very heavy, and it is entangled in resentment, so it has taken the wrong path, Dong Chengchang's body is gradually being eaten away by it, and the feather duster is gradually turning into a human form, which was originally intended to borrow himself, but now it has become a murder. Just when the feather duster was about to succeed, Lin Feng and Ye Shaoqi came to Dong's house and promised to help Dong Chengchang, the feather duster felt that Ye Shaoqi's pulse was very strong, and he couldn't help but get anxious. After waiting for Ye Shaoqi to leave in the evening, the feather duster went to the garden first, sucked up all the aura of those strange flowers and plants, and prepared to snatch Dong Chengchang's body in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, when Lin Feng recklessly attacked him, the feather duster thought that he was going to spoil it, so he made a ruthless move. Fortunately, Lin Feng was rescued by Heyunli, but the feather duster was seriously injured by the spirit rune, and finally struggled back, so he heard the three of them find him, and he had no choice but to show his original body and ask the three for mercy.

Lin Feng couldn't help but sigh after hearing this, it seems that seeing is not believing, everything has a cause and effect. But why is his mother, the feather duster has opened its pulse, and he is not even as good as this bald bamboo pole, so he said hatefully: "Let's go find Jiu'er quickly, and let me hold it for a few nights if we find it." ”

He Yunli couldn't help but say: "Brother Lin doesn't need to worry, all things are different in nature and chance, and the feather duster can use Jiu'er to open the pulse, but my brother is not sure, there are no distracting thoughts like it, maybe it is easier to open the pulse and channel the spirit than us with many thoughts." It's just that once we open our pulse, we will naturally practice faster, reach a higher realm, and achieve greater achievements, so we say that man is the spirit of all things. Even if there are all kinds of spirit beasts and strange insects in the heavens and earth, although they have divine power or talents, they still envy people's spiritual intelligence. But the opening of the pulse of people, except for a few chosen talents without a teacher, others all need guidance and penance, even if they have the fate of immortals, those who take the elixir and cast are also a fish in a thousand seas, not enough for the elder brother's faith. ”

Lin Feng didn't seem to understand, but he was embarrassed to ask again. The three of them then discussed how to deal with the feather duster and how to go to the camp of the man in yellow to find out about Jiu'er. While they were talking, they heard a loud hula that shook the earth, and the three of them turned their heads sharply to look.