A difference appeared on his face, and the Qingyi Taoist asked puzzled

"What's weird?"

Bai Xiaoyi pulled the master to sit on the bench under the tree, and used the branches to draw a simple topographical map of the town, and he emphasized the three circles and said

"These three places are the places where people have died, and it's been three days since the incident happened, which means that every night is when the monster comes out to commit murder, right? ”

The old Taoist priest nodded slightly, but there was still a puzzled look on his face.

The rogue boy smiled slightly, and drew a circle in an inconspicuous position on the east side of the town, and he said mysteriously

"I tell you, when I went to the east of town to inquire about the news, I found that there was still a ruin over there. It's also a sign of being burned by fire, but it looks like it should have been a month. I asked the townsfolk around me, and guess what?"

Seeing the apprentice's suddenly serious expression, the old Taoist priest realized the strangeness of the matter

"Oh?

"I asked seven or eight local residents back and forth, but none of them knew who lived there. They just told me very perfunctorily that it was originally a deserted house, and it became like this because of a fire last month. But judging from my experience in the market for so many years, these people must have something to hide. ”

His brows furrowed tightly, Xi Yingzhen pointed to the courtyard at the east end of the town, and said in a deep voice

"Let's go and see. ”

A quarter of an hour later, the master and apprentice arrived at this courtyard, which had been abandoned for a long time. It's a bamboo forest far from the other houses in Clearwater Town, and you have to go through a winding path to get there. As a result of the burning, the surrounding bamboo forests and shrubs have long since turned into charcoal. The yard is so large that it seems to be more than just a place to live, and hidden by a large black ash is a vegetable field that I don't know what to grow for.

Glancing at the wooden house that had long been in ruins, the old Taoist priest said in a low tone

"The townsfolk say this place has been abandoned for a long time?"

Bai Xiaoyi, who was behind him, said absentmindedly while fiddling with the ruins of the wooden house

"yes, they say it's been deserted for years. ”

"They're lying!" the old Taoist priest said with a gleam in his eyes, pointing to the path from which he came, "Although weeds have grown on that road, according to the momentum of those weeds and the cleanliness of the ground in this courtyard, this place was still inhabited a month ago. ”

The Tsing Yi Daoist strode over to the ruins, pointing to the burnt blackened crockpots and dishes in the corner

"Look at it again, if a house has been abandoned for several years, how can there be such a good preserving. If you look at this wooden house, although only a piece of charcoal was left by the fire, the foundation is still there, and the exposed wood is obviously still intact, not at all like what a deserted house should be. ”

After pondering for a long time, Xi Yingzhen looked at the ruins with strange eyes, and said in a low tone

"For some reason, I always feel that the original owner of this mansion must have something to do with this demon insect murder incident. ”

Looking at his master with a blank face, Bai Xiaoyi asked out loud

"Master, what are we going to do next?"

"Xiao Yi, you first use your heart and eyes to see if there is anything unusual in this place. ”

After listening to the master's words, Bai Xiaoyi held his breath and condensed

Slowly closed his eyes. The eyes of the sun are closed, and the eyes of the heart are open. At present, the surrounding scenery has an obvious white edge as usual, and the grass and trees that have been burned to death have no aura that they should have, and within a radius of a few zhang are all oppressive black.

Suddenly, Bai Xiaoyi saw a hazy orange light swaying in a corner not far away. With an exclamation, the scoundrel boy opened his eyes and chased after him.

As soon as his figure moved, a small child's figure suddenly appeared in the bushes not far away. The child, who looked like he was only eight or nine years old, jumped up and down like a spirit monkey and ran away. When Bai Xiaoyi arrived, he couldn't see anyone for a long time.

Looking at the apprentice who suddenly jumped out in astonishment, Xi Yingzhen asked loudly

"Xiao Yi, what's going on?"

The young man who looked at the dense forest in a daze turned his head and replied

"Fangcai, there is someone here. It's supposed to be a child, but as soon as I chased after me, he disappeared......"

Striding over, the Qingyi Taoist looked at the deep dense forest from afar, and said with some doubts

"Kids, how can there be kids in this place?"

Shrugged helplessly, Bai Xiaoyi said indifferently

"It could be a kid from a family who came here randomly, it's not a big deal. ”

Still staring at the direction where the child disappeared, Xi Yingzhen's face was covered with a lingering haze.

Looking up at the already dusk sky, Bai Xiaoyi turned his head and shouted at the old Taoist priest

"Master, it's getting dark, shouldn't we find a way to deal with that monster?"

Turning around slowly, the green-shirted Taoist nodded and said

"That's right, for the sake of today, it's important to find a way to deal with the strange insects that will come out that night. Come, help the division set up an early warning circle around the town. That way, if something evil breaks through our barrier, we can find it as soon as possible. ”

Taking the rune paper handed over by Xi Yingzhen, the master and apprentice hurriedly walked out in the direction of the path outside the town.

But just as they left, several families living near the ruins suddenly walked out of their respective courtyards. They all looked in the direction where the master and apprentice had disappeared, their eyes full of disgust and coldness.

Along the path of Qingshui Town, Bai Xiaoyi's master and apprentice pasted the rune paper on the walls of some of the roads that must be passed. With the help of these spells, Xi Yingzhen was able to erect an enchantment that would envelop the town. Once something evil rushed into the enchantment, he and Bai Xiaoyi could immediately know what was wrong.

After sticking all the way, the master and apprentice went straight to the barn on the west side of the town. A few croppers who were helping to load and unload grain into the barn just glanced at the master and apprentice coldly, and then continued to be busy with the work in hand.

Shrugged helplessly, Bai Xiaoyi ran over with two charms.

"Big brothers, we need to put a spell or two on the wall of this barn if we want to catch demons in the town tonight, I wonder if you mind?"

Glancing up at the young man with a hippie smile, an older man pointed to the courtyard wall of the barn and said

"If you want to stick it on the wall, the barn is filled with the grain of the whole town, and you can't make the slightest mistake. ”

With a wry smile, Bai Xiaoyi ran towards the courtyard wall on the side. But before he could run to the place, he didn't know what tripped under his feet, and a rogue boy fell to the ground with a dog chewing on.

The farmer who was working around cast disdainful glances, and in their hearts, it was certain

The two of them are charlatans with no skills.

Struggling to get up, Bai Xiaoyi's face was flushed and the dust on his body flicked. He didn't dare to look at the gazes cast by the men around him, but he just lowered his head vigorously, wishing that there was a bottom pit that he could get into headlong. But at this moment, Bai Xiaoyi, who lowered his head, discovered a strange thing.

The bottom of a barn near him seemed to have been burned to the ground. At this time, he noticed that the nearby barns, large and small, seemed to be newly built.

Quickly ran over to paste the rune paper, Bai Xiaoyi took advantage of the gap when he ran back, and asked intentionally or unintentionally

"A few old brothers, this year's harvest is good, and so many new barns have been built before autumn, can't the grain be filled?"

A few crop men didn't pay attention to the master and apprentice at all, and they continued to be busy with the work under their hands, and they didn't even have the heart to say a word.

Stunned in place, Bai Xiaoyi scratched his head a little embarrassed. With a sudden roll of his eyes, the scoundrel boy ran to a man next to him who was looking through the account books. Bai Xiaoyi took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, put a piece of silver on the table, and he asked in a low voice

"This old man, I don't have any malicious intent, I just want to ask why you have built so many new barns, is there really so much grain that can't fit it?"

Quickly shoved the certain amount of silver into his arms, and the mercenary man muttered casually as he continued to check the amount of food

"It's nothing, it's just that the old barns here were burned down two months ago, and the new barns were built from behind. Seeing that autumn is about to begin, why don't you first count the things in the barn so that you can prepare for the new grain harvest in the autumn? ”

His eyes rolled with a grunt, and Bai Xiaoyi asked curiously

"Eh, wasn't it spring two months ago, why did you burn down the barn?"

The man who was taking stock of the accounts was a little distracted for a while, and blurted out

"It's not because of the ...... surnamed Ling"

Suddenly, the older man not far away shouted loudly

"Autumn Harvest! Shut your dog's mouth up to Lao Tzu!"

The man who counted the accounts shuddered, and then bowed his head in a cower.

The older man strode over and pushed Bai Xiaoyi out of the courtyard, he said angrily

"When you're done, stay away from here. You master and apprentice are invited by us to catch demons, and you don't care about other things!"

Without waiting for Bai Xiaoyi to reply, the stout man walked away without replying.

Hatefully gestured an extremely indecent gesture, Bai Xiaoyi hurriedly ran back to the master and told him what he had just seen.

Frowning slightly, the Qingyi Daoist looked thoughtfully at the huge barn, and he whispered softly

"The barn caught fire two months ago...... The yard on the east side was ...... a month ago ...... surnamed Ling Firefly ......"

Listening to the old Taoist priest muttering these words to himself, Bai Xiaoyi asked anxiously

"What's going on, master, do you think of anything?"

Snorted heavily, Xi Ying really said angrily

"What do you think? I'm not Liu Ji's genius strategist, how do I know what's going on with this clue alone. ”

Looking up at the sky, the old Taoist priest walked towards the center of the town with his hands behind his back, and as he walked, he beckoned

"Let's go, let's see what that youkai is tonight. I'll talk about the rest tomorrow. ”