Xu Pu said: "Because this person is murderous and cruel, he is called a human-faced yaksha?"

Chen Zigui shook his head and said, "The title of Yaksha was not conceived by the people of the rivers and lakes, and he gave it to himself. Eighteen years ago in the fall, the master of Shaolin Temple, Fakong, was found dead in a dense forest outside Xiguan in Dongchang Mansion, Shandong. Master Fakong's hands and feet were cut off, and blood flowed all over the ground, which was unbearable. On the trunk of a nearby pine tree, the words 'Murderer Yaksha' were written in blood. ”

Judging from the scene at that time, this Yaksha should have been watching from the side after cutting off Master Fakong's hands and feet, until he died of excessive blood loss, and then dipped in blood to write those words. It is infuriating that the Yaksha should torture a monk in such a way. In addition, Master Fakong has practiced martial arts in Shaolin Temple for more than 30 years, and his skills are profound, and it is really terrifying that this person can defeat Master Fakong. ”

"Master Fakong is an outstanding disciple of the Shaolin Temple's Dharma generation, and he also has a high prestige in the rivers and lakes, and the Shaolin Temple has sent a large number of people to find out who this face Yaksha is, but he has never found the slightest clue. ”

Xu Pu said: "That's the first person killed by the human-faced Yaksha?"

Chen Zigui nodded: "Exactly." The Shaolin Temple has sent a large number of people to carefully track down those who have had a holiday with Master Fakong or with the Shaolin Temple. After all, if it weren't for the great hatred, ordinary people would never kill someone so cruelly. However, after tracking for more than half a year, there has never been the slightest clue. ”

At this moment, the human-faced Yaksha struck again. This time, it was Zang Qiusheng, the law enforcement elder of the beggar gang, who was killed. The location was in a dilapidated mountain temple outside the city of Pingyang, Shanxi, where Zang Qiusheng was strangled to death with his own belt. There are traces of a fight in the temple, indicating that before Zang Qiu's death, the two fought fiercely, and finally Zang Qiusheng was defeated, and it is very likely that someone pointed to the point and strangled him to death with a belt. Behind the statue of the mountain god in the temple, someone carved those words with a knife: Murderer Human Face Yaksha. ”

Because of this incident, the beggar gang caused another big mess, and they tracked it for more than half a year, but in the end they still found nothing. Since then, every six months on the rivers and lakes, people will die at the hands of the Yaksha, and they are all tortured to death, and the torture is carried out in various ways, some are burned, some are burned, some are drowned, some are buried alive, and so on. ”

"In the beginning, the Yaksha of the human face was shot once every six months, but as time went by, the interval between his killings gradually shortened, from the original half a year to five months, and from five months to four months...... To this day, the Yaksha kills one person a month. In the past ten years, countless people have died under his hands, and there are people from all sects and factions. Senior Brother Wang Zhiyuan, the former head of our Kongtong faction, was killed by him, and the Zhenxuan Daoist of the Wudang faction also died at his hands. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Zigui said to Xu Pu: "Young Master Xu, I just heard Master Heguang say that the two Taoist masters of the Wudang faction, Qiao Song and Xiuzhu, will also come to participate in the demon eradication conference. Since the chief of the bamboo is coming, why don't we stay here for a few days, and when the chief of the bamboo road comes, how about going to meet him? ”

When Xu Pu heard him say this, he nodded and said, "That's fine." Even if the head of the Bamboo Cultivation Dao doesn't come, Uncle Chen should also participate in this demon slaying conference, and maybe he can find out who this face yaksha is. ”

Chen Zigui breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Xu Pu agree, and said, "In addition, there is another matter related to the young master. ”

Xu Pu was stunned: "It has something to do with me?"

Chen Zigui nodded, lowered his voice and said: "I just heard from Master Heguang that the Ming Sect will also send someone to see the Demon Eradication Conference, and among the people sent, one of them claims to be the descendant of Prince Xu, the King of Zhongshan. ”

When Xu Pu heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised: "What did you say?"

Chen Zigui said: "Obviously, this person is pretending to be Young Master Xu. It's just that why does this person want to pretend to be? Do the people of the Ming Sect know about it? We must figure out these questions. If this person is not right, and he does evil in the name of Young Master Xu, and ruins Young Master Xu's reputation, we can't let him go in any way. ”

Xu Pu still hadn't woken up from his previous words, and said to himself, "What is he pretending to be doing with me?"

Chen Zigui said: "There are often people in the rivers and lakes who pretend to be others to deceive, this matter is not surprising, but since it involves Young Master Xu, we can't give up easily." ”

Xu Pu said: "Uncle Chen is right, we must not let him borrow my name to do bad things." ”

Chen Zigui nodded and said, "Young Master Xu, although rest assured, this matter will fall on Chen. ”

The discussion was settled, and the two sat in the teahouse for a while, and seeing that it was getting late, they settled the bill and returned to the inn.

This day is the twenty-third day of the lunar month, and there are seven days left until Chinese New Year's Eve.

The main purpose of their stay here to participate in the Demon Eradication Conference was to meet the Bamboo Cultivator, hoping that he would accept Xu Pu. In order to give a good impression to the head of the bamboo cultivation, Chen Zigui asked Xu Pu to take advantage of this time to review the several sets of fist and foot swordsmanship he had learned before. And Chen Zi rules go out every day, visit friends everywhere, listen to news, and occasionally give Xu Pu's kung fu.

And so it went on for two days.

In the afternoon of this day, Chen Zigui went out and did not return, Xu Pu practiced the big and small Hong boxers in the courtyard several times, and returned to the house to drink two cups of tea and eat a few snacks. I sat alone for a while, and I was bored for a while, and I thought to myself: After coming to Luoyang, I walked around the neighborhood on the day I left, and I never went out of the store again.

I made up my mind, straightened my clothes, took a few broken silver, locked the door, and left the shop. Passing by the lobby of the inn and meeting the guy in the store, Xu Pu stopped him and asked, "Man, what are the fun places around here?"

The guy thought for a while and said: "In addition to our inn to the east, not far from the Tianwang Temple, in front of the Tianwang Temple is a juggling field, there are also all kinds of small business, Gongzi might as well go over there to take a look." ”

Xu Pu nodded, thanked the guy, left the inn, and walked towards the east according to what the guy said. As he was walking forward, a colorful butterfly flew in front of him, circling and dancing above Xu Pu's head for a while, and then fluttered his wings and flew all the way to the west.

At this time, it is the end of the year, it is the coldest time of the year, the grass and trees are withering, the insects are dormant, and there should never be butterflies. Xu Pu became curious, and suddenly forgot his plan to go to the Tianwang Temple, turned around, and followed the butterfly all the way to the west. Although the butterfly was high up, it kept walking along the path, as if it was intentionally guiding Xu Pu.