Chapter 19: Dried Corpses
"That fortune teller is so strange, and that person is also so strange, he seems to be looking for something, senior brother, what do you say he is looking for?" Nan Yanxue saw the black-clothed brocade-robed young man in front of him, and his deep eyes would make people unconsciously stunned after staring at it for a long time.
"That person has strong mana, I don't know which sect it is, this Qingyang City is not as good as Tianyun Mountain, there are all sects and factions, so you should be careful. When Xiao Ziyi was just pressed against the folding fan, he wanted to find out the information of his sect from this mana, but Xiao Ziyi's mana was too low to see it.
The two of them said and quickly caught up with the senior brother who had already walked a long way, Nan Yanxue wanted to tell the senior brother what happened just now, but who knew that the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion came over.
"Please forgive me for the poor hospitality of the Hou Mansion, the lord has been waiting for you in the lobby since he came back this morning, and I ask you to come with me. β
The housekeeper said to lead the way in front, walked less than 100 meters to see a red vermilion lacquer gate, the top hung black gold silk nanmu plaque, the dragon flying phoenix dance on the inscription of two big characters "Gu Fu", enter from the main entrance, along the cobblestone sheep intestine path all the way to the flowers and willows, but see the pavilions and pavilions around, the wild geese swept up in front of a clear blue, the willows along the coast are still around, and the willows fall in the clear water to reflect the clear shadow. In the middle of the lake stands a pavilion, and the green tiles are flying. Look again, not far away of the rockery strange stone level, paved with the rich flowers of the red carpet corridor runs through the entire pavilion, the pavilion is almost covered with carved lattice windows, elegant and exquisite.
Along the red carpet to the lobby, Gu Hou Ye and the three ladies were already waiting here, the lady standing next to Gu Hou Ye was wearing a dark blue brocade dress, and the lady standing on both sides was wearing a plain light-colored dress, and the other was relatively luxurious, but it was not as luxurious as the eldest lady.
Wearing plain clothes is the second lady, two years ago her favorite color is red, Gu Hou Ye likes to see her wear that kind of clothes, he said that the color is particularly good on her, since then her clothes are all red, but in the past two years, the second lady suddenly changed her preferences, she began to wear some very elegant and cheap clothes, which is very compatible with her charitable behavior, the second lady has won a lot of reputation for the Hou Mansion through her behavior in the past two years, which makes Gu Hou Ye hurt her more and more, although the other two ladies have a lot of dissatisfaction with her, but they do not dare to make a mistakeγ
"You have come from afar, you are tired of hard work, Gu is not taking good care of you, please Haihan. Gu Houye said and stretched out his hand to signal everyone to sit down, and after a while, a few maids came in with some tea cups and snacks.
"Recently, Qingyang City is not very peaceful, there are dry corpses outside the city from time to time, just a few days ago there were also dry corpses in the city, these people are all dead of blood, there are no wounds on the body, I am afraid that it is done by demons, this demon is very strong, and the Taoist priest invited by Benhou a few days ago was also tragically killed. Gu Houye took a sip of tea and continued: "I originally wanted to send someone to search the mountains to find out the demons, but we are all ordinary people, and if we act rashly, it may cause more unnecessary deaths, so I ask you to come and help eradicate them." β
"Does Master Hou have the corpse of the victim?" asked Lian Yao.
"Yes...... Come on, bring in the corpse. β
As soon as Hou Ye finished speaking, the four servants walked in carrying a corpse, which was the corpse of an adult man, the corpse was all in a shriveled state, his eyes were round, and his face was terrifying.
This was the first time Nan Yanxue had seen a person's corpse, his eyes were staring at her as if he was staring at her, she wanted not to look at him, but her body couldn't move as if she had been spelled.
Yun Feng walked up to her and covered her eyes with his hands: "Don't look" He whispered, she nodded vigorously, with him by her side, she was much more relieved.
Lian Yao and Bai Yifan carefully inspected the corpse and did not find any wounds, the expression of the deceased showed that this incident happened very suddenly, and it must be the evil that can empty the blood in the human body in an instant without leaving a wound, but what kind of demon it is can't be seen, and the corpse has no useful clues except for shriveling.
"Don't worry, Master Hou, we will definitely find out this demon and return the people of Qingyang City to peace. Lian Yao said.
"Then please. Gu Hou Ye arched his hand and said, "If you have any needs in Qingyang City, just come to the Hou Mansion to find a housekeeper." β
As he was talking, a girl in a pale yellow brocade dress came in from outside the door, the girl had slender hands and a slender waist, very delicate, and her appearance seemed to be somewhat similar to Hou Ye.
"Father, why don't you call me when the guests come?" the girl said as she walked up to the Hou Ye.
"Shuang'er can't be presumptuous, these guests are immortal cultivators, and they are distinguished guests invited by the Hou Mansion. β
"Cultivating immortals, is it an immortal?" the woman said and walked in front of Bai Yifan and looked carefully, "Is my brother an immortal?"
"Under the mana, the mana is low, and he has not yet become an immortal. Bai Yifan replied.
"Oh...... That brother is so beautiful, does he have a sweetheart?" The woman came to Bai Yifan and stared at his eyes, Bai Yifan had never seen this battle, and his face turned red all of a sudden.
"Shuang'er, don't be presumptuous!" Gu Houye scolded sharply.
"Alright, alright father, Shuang'er is just joking with him, but it's the father who gets rid of this corpse and leaves it here to be scary. The woman said and stepped aside, leaving Bai Yifan still in place with a crimson face.
Hou Ye listened to the woman's words and waved his hand, and the four servants quickly carried the body out, Nan Yanxue opened her eyes and saw the woman in front of her, she looked at the fourteen or fifteen years old, with a pair of peach blossom eyes, and a smile with affection, she was a symbol of beauty.
This woman is Gu Shuang'er, the only concubine of the Hou Mansion, Gu Shuang'er originally had a half-sister Gu Qi'er, but two years ago, I don't know what happened Gu Qi'er committed suicide by throwing herself into the river, Gu Shuang'er became Gu Houye's only daughter, he regarded her as the pearl in his palm, what she wanted, no matter how difficult it was, Hou Ye would satisfy her, she didn't become rude and willful, but her temperament was a little stubborn, Gu Shuang'er also had a few brothers, and the brothers were all out to fight all year round, and she was the only one left at home, so she felt very bored, and always wanted to sneak out to play, and Hou Ye had no way to take herγ
The disciples of Tianqingmen left the Hou Mansion to look for clues after some understanding, the disciples of Cuiyun Peak went to Dayao Mountain in the north under the leadership of Lian Yao, and the disciples of Chaoxia Peak went to Xiaojing Lake in the west, Yunfeng hung a special bone flute on Nanyanxue's neck before setting off: "This is a flute made of snow wolf's leg bones, I have cast a spell on it, and if there is danger to blow it, I will rush over." β
"Okay," Nan Yanxue picked up the flute and blew it on the side of her mouth, the sound was crisp and very good.
"Is there no danger then, can I blow it?" asked Nan Yanxue, holding the flute.
"Absolutely. Yunfeng replied.
Xiao Ziyi said with a disdainful face: "Superfluous, we will protect the little junior sister." β
Yun Feng explained Nan Yanxue a few words before slowly turning around and leaving, he was not by her side, his heart was uneasy, this is no better than Tianqingmen, in Tianqingmen, even if he doesn't see her for a few days, she is safe, at most, she is naughty again, this is different, if you are not careful, you will be injured or even lose your life, but he can't stay by her side all the time, he is glad that he has prepared to make a bone flute, he still remembers how difficult it is to find the snow wolf, he quickly rummaged through Tianyun Mountain to find a snow wolf, the hunt is extremely difficult, that snow wolf is also a wolf with cultivation, he fought with it for a long time before he won it by luckHe took a small piece of bone from its leg and used a spell to help it heal, he had no intention of hurting it, but only the snow wolf's leg bone could be made into a sound flute, and he polished the leg bone into the shape of a flute, and injected spells into it so that she could find him at any time.
After the disciples of Cuiyun Peak left, the disciples of Chaoxia Peak also went to look for Xiaojing Lake, Xiaojing Lake was not difficult to find, following the direction of the passers-by, Bai Yifan led everyone to quickly find Xiaojing Lake. There is a circle of plum trees planted around the lake, the trees are full of plum flowers, the faint fragrance of plum flowers spreads all over the lake, there is a wooden structure pavilion on the lake, Bai Yifan walked to the pavilion and faced the lake surface to observe for a long time, except for the ripples of plum blossoms falling on the lake, there was no other movement, Bai Yifan walked down from the pavilion and walked along the lake, they walked far, far away, but there was nothing else on the lake except for aquatic plants and pebbles.
"Could it be somewhere else?" said the second senior brother.
"I still have to check it carefully. Bai Yifan said and continued to walk along the lake, and didn't go far before he heard a sound of help from the northwest, Bai Yifan hurriedly took his junior disciples forward, only to see a man running forward.
"Help, help......" The man saw Bai Yifan stumbling over.
"Youkai, there are youkai ......," the man said, looking at the place he had just walked with frightened eyes.
Bai Yifan put a hand on the man's shoulder and comforted him: "Don't be afraid, we are here to save people, what happened?
The man trembled and described what happened, he and another man were all citizens of Qingyang City, they came to the mountain to cut firewood, "there has been no firewood for a few days, there is really no way to venture out", he was in the west, the man was in the north, and when he came over after chopping firewood, he found that the man had dried up and died.
"There wasn't a little blood on the ground, and we weren't very far away, but I didn't hear any movement, it must have been the monster's doing? If we hadn't come out, he wouldn't have died. The man squatted on the ground and began to cry.
"Where is he?" can you take us there?" Bai Yifan asked.
"It's ...... It's ...... You can see it if you go all the way along the road, and he is lying in the middle of the road, and you can see it as soon as you go. The man hurried down the hill after speaking.
Bai Yifan and his party walked about 500 meters in the direction pointed by the man, and saw a young man in black standing in the middle of the road from a distance, could he be a monster?