When he encountered the eagle demon, Lin Yi felt at ease, and his mother's relics were finally settled. Returning to the house along the road, the village chief held a kerosene lamp and waited at the door for a long time.

Lin Yi returned by moonlight, and at first glance, he couldn't help but wonder: "Village Chief, why are you staying outside?"

The village chief held up the lamp to illuminate his face, and explained: "I was woken up by the noise and asked Miss Zhao, she said that the house was burglarized, and Lin Gongzi chased him out alone, and he didn't know where to go...... I can't sleep well, so I'm waiting for news. He leaned over, looked haggard, and slowly moved out of the door, "Hard work young man, did you hold the goblin?"

Lin Yi shook his head and said bitterly: "I chased all the way to the cliff, but unfortunately the night was too dark, and the eagle monster was clever, so I wouldn't be able to catch it for a while." With that, he bowed down and asked the village chief to enter the door, and then he followed, and then said with a smile: "So that you can always know that the boy has found the eagle's nest, and he will trouble it tomorrow." ”

"Ah...... That's good, Childe should go to bed early. The village chief said in a slur manner, his lips pursed, and he stopped talking.

Lin Yi saw something strange, his brows furrowed slightly, but he didn't break it, and returned to the house with his farewell, Zhang Zhao and the others were already awake.

"How's it going?" Zhao Qiman lifted the futon and got up to ask urgently. "Sorry, the earrings weren't recaptured. Lin Yi sat down gloomily.

"It's fine. Zhao Qiman waved his hand to indicate that it was okay, "That eagle is really a monster?"

"I can't say for sure, but it's smart. Lin Yi will pass by slowly.

"Is it a mortal thing to be born with a spirit? Zhang Yingzhuo yawned, lay on the edge of the kang, and after a while, he snored.

Zhao Qiman wondered: "Then what should I do?"

"I'll talk about it tomorrow, it's so late, Miss Zhao, go to sleep. Lin Yi and Yi lay down and closed their eyes sleepily.

The next day, the old woman got up early, boiled water in the stove, and called three people. Lin Yi stood in the patio, brushing his teeth with willow branches, looking up at the blue sky above his head, and was in a good mood.

He spit out a mouthful of salt water and said, "Miss Zhao, how about going up the mountain with me to catch eagles later?"

Zhao Qiman tied her hair and coughed, wiped the water stains, and smiled sideways: "Wow, that thief dares to steal my things, this girl wants to get it back with her own hands." ”

"Thank you, Miss Zhao. Lin Yi paused, and shouted again: "Senior Brother Zhang!"

Hearing the voice, Zhang Yingzhuo took a bowl of milky white rice soup, sucked it out of the kitchen, and said vaguely: "What's wrong?"

"Senior brother, do you want to accompany me to hunt demons?"

"I'm a demon too. Zhang Yingzhuo squatted down and was silent for a long time, until a layer of white film formed in the bowl, and then he said slowly: "Thinking of the friendship of compatriots, I won't go." ”

"That's just as well. Lin Yi smiled bitterly.

After breakfast, Lin Zhao and the two went out together, chatting all the way, going around several times, and climbing to the bottom of the cliff.

The two of them found a flat place to rest, waited left and right, and did not see the black eagle appear. Zhao Qiman took off the jade bracelet, handed it over and said, "Boy, use this to lead it." ”

Lin Yi stretched out his hand in fear, thought about it, pushed it back again, and said gratefully: "Thank you Miss Zhao, I appreciate my kindness." He opened his shirt, took off the jade plaque, hung it on the treetops, and said softly, "Use mine." ”

"How can that happen!" Zhao Qiman's face changed in shock, "This is your mother's relic." ”

"I know. Lin Yi's expression was solemn, and he said calmly: "It's just a flat-haired beast, if it steals the jade plate, what qualifications do I have to avenge my mother?"

Zhao Qiman couldn't help him, so he had to take back the bracelet.

Lin Yi untied the Hanguang knife, rested beside him, sat on the ground, put his hands on his knees, looked straight ahead, restrained his thoughts, and had no distractions.

The sun climbs into the sky, the light shines on the mountains, the streams are clear, and the mountains are bright. The breeze is like a river wave, and the green grass is like a blue wave. The sky is high and the clouds are light, and the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant.

Zhao Qiman was sitting under the tree to enjoy the shade, bored, when he suddenly heard a sharp howl, sharp and miserable. Raising his head suddenly, a black shadow fell down from the sky.

"Be careful, it's coming!"

Zhao Qiman reminded him, but Lin Yi frowned slightly and ignored it. In a moment, a dark shadow descended on the top of the mountain, claws stabbing at his neck.

Lin Yi Huoran opened his eyes, and in an instant, the wind stopped and the sound disappeared, and the heavens and the earth were silent.

Until a faint light flashed, the storm rose again, the feathers were rampant, and the black eagle cried miserably. Three zhang away, Lin Yi waved Hanguang, stood still in a lunge, a silver arc disappeared to the tip of the knife, and the blood beads rolling down the blade floated away like flying flowers.

Black Hawk fell to the ground, unable to struggle. Lin Yi consumed forty percent of his strength, his mind was dizzy for a while, and after a while, he put the knife back into its sheath and turned around and walked back.

Zhao Qiman was dumbfounded, and asked in a trembling voice, "It's so fast...... Stinky Boy...... What kind of knife is this?"

"Wait a minute, catch it first. Lin Yi interrupted and reached out to catch it. At this moment, the black eagle suddenly spread its wings and shot out colorful brilliance.

The two of them were covered by colored light, their eyes tingling, and they shed sour tears. Lin Yi bore the brunt of the attack, gritted his teeth in pain, and when he opened his eyes again, the black eagle had disappeared in place and fled without a trace.

"Evil animal, dare to put me along!" Lin Yi was greatly annoyed, half-covered his eyes, walked to the treetops, took off the jade plate, stuffed it into his pocket, and said busily: "Miss Zhao, let's chase it." ”

"Let's go!" Zhao Qiman covered his face and replied painfully.

The two followed the bloodstains and walked into the jungle, Zhao Qiman wiped his tears and asked suspiciously: "Boy, why didn't you kill it just now?"

Lin Yi looked sideways and said helplessly: "If you kill it, how can you get it back?"

"Oh-" Zhao Qiman stopped, and suddenly realized.

"But I didn't expect that if I cut one of its wings, I would be able to let it escape. Lin Yi sighed, feeling remorseful.

The two chased into the depths of the dense forest, and the blood stopped abruptly in front of a dusty rock, and Zhao Qiman panicked: "Oops, we lost it." ”

"It's badly injured, it shouldn't have run far, and then look inside. Lin Yi frowned in distress.

"Okay. ”

After not taking a few steps, Lin Yi secretly sneered, turned around and drew his knife, and stabbed at the stone. The "stone" instantly overflowed with brilliance, and its wings spread out from it, revealing the true body of the black eagle, soaring into the sky.

"This thief is so bold that he dares to fool us under his nose!" Zhao Qiman raised his mouth and sighed.

Lin Yi retracted his gaze and agreed: "This eagle demon is treacherous and fickle, I was almost deceived by it, and it takes a lot of effort to catch it." ”

"What then?"

"Let's go back first, in the long run, I'll ask someone to make a net, and then catch it. ”

The two of them returned, and after a short time, they walked to the village. Sending Zhao Qiman into the house, Lin Yi rode to the next town on horseback and found someone to order a fishing net.

Lin Yi finished his business, rested in the tea shop, hurriedly ate a noodle soup, and rode back to Qinjia Village.

As soon as he entered the village, he asked the villagers, inquired about Qin Laowu's residence, and went directly to find it. A middle-aged man was squatting in front of his house, holding a bowl of pumpkin rice and swallowing it.

Qin Lao Wu was in ragged clothes, his cloth shoes were worn, his three toes were exposed, the gaps were full of dirt, and there was an iron plow with a hoe next to him.

Hearing the movement, he raised his head and asked vaguely, "Son Kuo, aren't you the one who lives in the village chief's house?"

"Exactly the boy. Lin Yi turned over and dismounted, arched his fist and saluted: "I've seen the fifth uncle." ”

"What are you looking for?" Qin Lao Wu took another bite of food, "But the village chief has something to explain?"

"The boy is here for Black Hawk. Lin Yi was straightforward, paying attention to his expression, and asked: "It is rumored that the fifth uncle once heard the black eagle spit out human words, and the kid wanted to inquire about what happened, and I hope that the fifth uncle will not hesitate to speak." ”

Qin Lao Wu was terrified, his left hand was loosened, and the rice bowl fell, Lin Yi hurriedly caught it and put it in his hand.

Qin Lao Wu grabbed the ceramic bowl, swallowed his saliva, and said in shock: "Who told you?"

"The village chief. Lin Yi said honestly, squatted in front of him, and asked patiently, "Fifth uncle, what did the goblin say?"

"Hi-" Qin Lao Wu put the bamboo chopsticks on the bowl, pressed his forehead with his right hand, and said, "It's nothing, I just called my fifth uncle." ”

"Huh?" Lin Yi was surprised, paused, and continued, "Did you hear it wrong?"

Qin Lao Wu's face turned pale, and he trembled: "I really didn't lie to you, at the end of last year, I came back from gambling money in the village next door, probably unitary, I remember that the sunset is setting." I won some money, and while I was happy, I drank a few glasses of wine and went home alone. The strange eagle suddenly appeared, circled around me, and shouted after me with a fifth uncle. I could hear it so clearly that I fell into the field in fright, stumbled home, and fell ill for several days. ”

Lin Yi pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Fifth Uncle, besides this, did any other strange things happen in your village last year?"

Qin Lao Wu was stunned and thought about it, then shook his head, "No." ”

Lin Yi thanked him and got up to leave, when Qin Lao Wu suddenly shouted: "I remember-last year, the granddaughter of the village chief's family just passed away!"

"What?" Lin Yi stopped, turned around, and stared at him hesitantly, "The old village chief has a granddaughter?"

"Her name is Qin Rou, she is only eighteen years old, she was born beautifully, like a hibiscus out of the water, and we all treat her as a baby in the village. Qin Lao Wu looked disappointed, and said gloomily: "It's a pity that I am terminally ill and have passed away in the winter moon...... Could it be that the eagle monster killed her?"

"The kid doesn't dare to talk nonsense, please mourn on the fifth uncle's day. Lin Yi saluted, led the horse and left slowly, turning over and over in his mind, sorting out his thoughts: the village chief's daughter passed away, and there was an eagle monster, he didn't like money, he only gave up his ornaments, and the second old man had no worries about food and clothing......

"Could it be that this eagle has something to do with the village chief?" he muttered to himself, and walked to the village chief's mansion in a trance.

Tethered the horse into the courtyard, I happened to see the old woman sitting on a stone bench, setting up a cutting board, cutting several baskets of cabbage leaves into thin strips, spreading them in a flat basket, and flattening them to dry.

"Grandma, what are you doing here?"

"Ah, this?" the old woman smiled peacefully and explained: "Dried and pickled into coriander, the young man will have time next month, passing through Qinjia Village, I can send you a jar to taste the taste." ”

"Isn't this cabbage, how to make coriander?" Lin Yi walked over and looked at it confusedly.

The old woman smiled: "First break the cabbage, cut it into thin strips after drying, and then dry it for a few days, then you can season and pickle, and then it will become our specialty coriander." ”

Lin Yi nodded ignorantly, gossiped for a while, and returned to the house. Zhang Yingzhuo went out of the village to play, Zhao Qiman practiced martial arts alone, and when he saw Lin Yi, he put away the dagger embarrassedly and said embarrassedly: "Stinky boy, you're back." ”

"Could it be that I was stimulated and decided to be angry and refine my martial arts?" Lin Yi said secretly, tacitly, let her continue, and wanted to give two instructions.

But Zhao Qiman was shy and refused, and Lin Yi had no choice but to discuss the eagle catching with her. Staying until the evening, eating and resting, Zhang Yingzhuo hummed a little song into the house.

The three of them made a fuss for a while, rested one after another, and when they were half asleep and half awake, there was a faint sound of wings flapping outside the window.