Wuli County.

In the dark wilderness, Liu Asan walked alone on a country road with a hoe on his back.

Suddenly, a rustling sound came from the straw field not far away, which frightened Liu Asan suddenly.

At this time, it was winter, and the straw was all tied and piled up together, in a circle, and the sound came from behind the straw pile, and it was dark all around, which made Liu Asan hear it, and his heart trembled.

Brightening his throat, Liu Asan cheered himself up, maybe there was just a wild cat, thinking of this in his heart, Liu Asan still cautiously leaned forward, probed step by step, and asked in that direction, "Yes...... Anyone?"

No one responded, Liu Asan was also three points bolder, his tone was high, and he shouted: "Come out! I see you!"

There was silence again, and Liu Asan breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that he was tired from working these days, suspicious, and had to go to bed early tonight.

Just as Liu Asan was about to turn around, suddenly, a black bolt jumped out from behind the straw pile and rushed straight towards Liu Asan.

"Mom!" Liu Asan shouted, shook his hoe, and was about to run, but the black shadow was faster than Liu Asan and bit Liu Asan's trouser legs.

"Don't eat me! Don't eat me!" After a meal of divine and Buddhist words, Liu Asan sat down on the ground in fright, his eyes slightly twitched, but he saw a yellow-haired wild dog biting his clothes and wagging his tail.

"Wild dogs?" Liu Asan was so frightened that his heart was about to jump out, but there was just a wild dog in front of him, which made Liu Asan suddenly feel disgraced.

"It turned out that you dog scared me!" Liu Asan exhaled, and then touched the dog's head, but saw that the wild dog closed his eyes as if he was enjoying it, and couldn't help muttering in his heart, "I don't know which wild dog this is, and the third watch doesn't guard the house in the middle of the night to scary people......"

"Go, go, get out of the way, I, Liu Asan, am going home to sleep!"

was about to disperse the wild dog, but Liu Asan always felt that something was wrong in his heart, it stands to reason that this wild dog should run away when he sees someone, where will it come up and wag his tail like this, and besides, which dog I haven't seen? Besides, even if it's a wild dog, why don't you bark when you see yourself?

"Something is wrong!"

Liu Asan shook his head and pinched himself while it was cold, he was not the head catcher of the yamen, what did he do so much, was there really something wrong?

Liu Asan touched the dog's head again, and when he withdrew his hand, there was a grunting sound, which made Liu Asan touch his stomach.

"Where's the voice?"

"Is it ......?"

After making sure that it was not sent by himself, Liu Asan suddenly looked at the wild dog with some fear, and slowly turned his head, but saw that the dog's eyes were red, the corners of his mouth were cracked, his fangs were exposed, and he was dripping on the ground with saliva dripping on the ground.

Before Liu Asan could exclaim, the wild dog bit Liu Asan's throat, Liu Asan's eyes stared, he struggled a few times, kicked his legs violently, shook out a lot of blood, and flowed into the rice field.

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Chen's house.

Chen Yuan opened his eyes abruptly, and then shook his head, the night was fruitless, he still hadn't figured out what the reason was, seeing that the sky was already bright, Chen Yuan sighed, and got up and pushed the door open.

In another place, Xiao Qi had just finished the package and was ready to resign to Chen Yuan and the others today, after all, he had lived in this Chen Mansion for many days, and he was embarrassed to eat and drink for nothing.

Moreover, Xiao Qi also understood that Immortal Master Chen would never teach himself spells, so instead of staying here and annoying Immortal Master Chen, it was better to retreat early and find another way for himself!

After making up his mind, Xiao Qi packed his bags, walked out of the room, stood at the door, turned around and looked at his room again, and slowly closed the door after half a sound.

There was a burst of chickens and dogs barking, and the sound of beating rings sounded early, and Mother Liu opened the door, but saw Huang Honggu and Steward Hua standing outside the door, frowning, and anxious.

Seeing that the Chen Mansion opened the door, Huang Honggu hurriedly asked, "Can Immortal Master Chen be in the Mansion?"

"The young master is here"

"Good!"

Mother Liu saw that the two of them were in a hurry, and she didn't dare to delay, so she led the two to the hall directly, and the two didn't even want a cup of tea, so she directly asked Mother Liu to tell Chen Yuan.

Mother Liu was a little puzzled, what kind of urgent matter can be rushed like this, there is really no such thing! Although she was so disdainful in her heart, she did not delay her hands and feet, and immediately bowed, and walked out of the hall, but saw Chen Yuan just pacing forward.

"Young master, then Lord Huang and Steward Hua are here, saying that they want to see you......"

"I know, you go down, I'll go over. Chen Yuan heard the sound of the ring just now, and he was also a little curious in his heart, the Chen Mansion was very deserted on weekdays, and almost no one came to the door, so early today, the master had not gotten up yet, how could anyone knock on the door?

Thinking of this, Chen Yuancai stepped forward, and when he heard Liu's mother say that he was looking for himself, he thought for a while, so why did Lord Huang want to find me Chen? If he would have begged me to treat his son, then he would have to refuse.

Without thinking deeply, Chen Yuan came directly to the hall, sat on a chair, and watched the two of Huang Honggu scratching their ears and cheeks, fidgeting, and couldn't help but feel a little funny in their hearts.

"Lord Huang, what is the so-called matter of looking for Chen today?"

Chen Yuan opened his mouth, and Huang Honggu couldn't hold back at the moment and said: "Immortal Master Chen, you don't know, there have been several murders in my Wuli Town today!"

"Murder?" Chen Yuanyan claimed to be pacing, could it be that this Huang Honggu came today to let someone Chen solve the case? This is not good, his brain knows by himself, if it is used for a while, it is still clear, but if he uses his brain for a long time, without the assistance of that jade bead, I am afraid that he will have a splitting headache.

In recent days, I have also intentionally or unintentionally abandoned the cultivation of jade beads, and if you make such a request, then you will never be able to accept it.

"Lord Huang, Chen is not a worldly catcher, if the case is cleared, I hope Lord Huang will find another master!" Chen Yuan arched his hand, and he was not ambiguous, and he made it clear at the moment.

"No, no, no, Immortal Master Chen, I didn't mean that!" Seeing that Chen Yuan misunderstood, Huang Honggu waved his hand again and again, his face was nervous, and he said a little hesitantly: "If it is an ordinary homicide case, the petty official naturally does not dare to bother the immortal master, but in these cases, the deceased were all bitten to death by something!"

"Bite to death?" Chen Yuan rolled his eyes, and his heart seemed to understand again, so he continued to listen to what Huang Honggu said.

"Chen Xianshi doesn't know, there seems to be some monster in the county recently, frequently eating people, eating people, or only a few pieces of clothing left, or a pile of bones, very terrifying, at first the petty officials also thought that it was not jackals, leopards, tigers and wolves, so he ordered a few hunters to guard, but who knows, these people became a pile of white bones the next day, scattered in the bushes......"

"Now this matter is getting bigger and bigger, and the county officials can't hide it anymore, under the panic of the people, I, Huang Honggu, can't escape his responsibility!"

Saying that, Huang Honggu wiped his face and wiped it on his cuffs, it was very miserable, Chen Yuan frowned when he saw it, waved his hand, and said: "This doesn't prove that this man-eating thing is a demon, maybe it's just a ferocious beast?"

Chen Yuan read through the books and knew that all kinds of unknown fierce birds and beasts were all taking people for food.

"Immortal Master, where can I talk nonsense, last night another person was eaten, that person carved a word on the ground with blood before he died, it is the demon word, in this way, people in the countryside, have little knowledge, under the false rumor, even if this thing is really not a demon is also a demon, now I have nothing to do about the petty official, and I hope that Immortal Master Chen will help!"

Seeing that Huang Honggu was in tears, and the housekeeper next to him cooperated with the tacit understanding, Chen Yuan couldn't stand it anymore, so he had to say, "That's okay, Chen will accompany you on a journey." ”

Chen Yuan said it, but he thought in his heart that since there is really a murderous thing in this Wuli County, if he doesn't deal with it, it will inevitably hurt his own family in the future, and it is better to get rid of it as soon as possible, so that he can rest assured, and besides, it is good to do good deeds and win a reputation for his family.

Chen Yuan made up his mind, but when he saw Xiao Qi carrying his bags and walking into the hall, he asked with some doubts, "Xiao Qi, where are you going?"

"Huh?" Seeing that it was Chen Yuan in the hall, the words in his original mouth immediately dissipated, his body was slightly sideways, he hid his bags, and said in a panic, "I...... I'm going to go out for a walk, yes, that's it!"

"Walking?" Chen Yuan looked at Xiao Qi's nervous expression, looked at the backpack behind him, and was puzzled in his heart, take a walk, do you still have to carry luggage?

After a little thought, Chen Yuan thought that since this Xiao Qi was born in the rivers and lakes, he should naturally have some understanding of some murder methods, so why not take her to see the scene of the murder, so as to help him decide whether it was a murderous thing.

Well, that's a great idea!

"Xiao Qi, you come with me, I want your help if I have something!" Chen Yuan said to Xiao Qi, and then signaled to Lord Huang and asked him to lead the way.

"Huh?" Xiao Qi was a little confused about the situation, but since this was the first time that Immortal Master Chen asked for help, he was inevitably a little happy in his heart, so he nodded, and didn't ask, just followed behind Chen Yuan.

Murder scene.

A row of officials formed a circle to block the onlookers, and inside was a corpse with a miserable death.

Chen Yuan and the others squeezed away from everyone and came to the deceased, and saw that the corpse was covered with a skeleton all over its body, except for the blood stains around it and the internal organs in the abdomen, all of which were completely clean, and a chill could not help but rise in their hearts.

"Immortal Master Chen, you see, this is the blood character left by the deceased before his death!" Steward Hua walked to the skeleton, stood in front of a broken hand bone, and pointed to the word "demon" and said.

Seeing the mottled blood words, Chen Yuan couldn't help but nodded, turned around, asked Xiao Qi, who was blue on the side, and said slowly,

"Xiao Qi, what do you think?"

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