The cool breeze swept in the quiet night, and the stars and purple sun were looked up. The lonely moon reflects the oblique shadow, and the two-mile long street hides a pair.

"Master, what kind of evil thing did you say about this incident in Pujiang Town? In the five days we have been here, five people have died, but we have not found any clues. ”

"Don't ask the stinky boy, if Lao Tzu knew, would he still take you to squat here and wait for the rabbit?"

A pair of worried master-apprentice cats whispered in an alley in the middle of the night street. The master was full of silver threads, but the complexion on his face was full of red light, and there was a large black mole on the left side of his face. The apprentice is about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a vigorous face and very handsome facial features.

This is October of the 22nd year of Jiajing, and the master and apprentice are now in Pujiang Town, under Datong Mansion.

At the beginning of September, a series of tragic events began to occur in this bustling town. Every night, a person in this town dies a tragic death. The government yamen sent all kinds of divine arrests and detectives to investigate the case, but there was no clue. In the end, the matter could only be reported to the imperial court, and the imperial court in turn sent it to the Zhenyi Division, and then Lai Changsheng's master and apprentice came here.

After a hard stay for most of the night, the sound of chickens sounded in the town, and the old Taoist priest hiding in the alley got up and sighed.

"Master, tonight we have kept a vigil all night, and I think tomorrow night we will still wander the streets like the other day. Li Ge got up and said helplessly.

"Let's talk about it tomorrow night. Lai Laodao replied with a heavy face, walked out of the alley and sighed, "Hey~ I don't know which family suffered a catastrophe tonight." ”

"Meow~" As soon as the old Taoist priest's voice fell, not far from the side of the street, a black cat barked at the pair of masters and apprentices, and then stepped into a small horizontal street with its meat paws.

"Let's go, Ge'er, let's go back to the inn first. Glancing at the black cat at random, Lai Laodao led the apprentice back to the inn with his head down. There was silence along the way, and when they returned to the inn, the master and apprentice washed their faces casually and lay down and fell asleep.

At noon, when the master and apprentice woke up and were eating in the room, there was a knock on the door.

"Master Lai, are you there?" accompanied by a knock on the door, a man's voice sounded outside the room at the same time, his tone was slightly hurried, and there was a bit of panic in the hurry.

"It's Huang Zhixian, come ~ please come to the house. Li Ge got up and opened the door, and welcomed a county official about forty years old, dressed in official uniform, with a terrified temperament, into the house.

"Thank you, Master Li. Huang Zhixian bowed his hand, and when he entered the house, he saw Lai Laodao who was sitting at the table eating, and hurriedly ran to his side and said, "Oh no, Master Lai, there are dead people in my house." ”

"Is there a dead person in your house?" Lai Laodao put down the chopsticks in his hand, and his already heavy face became even heavier at this time.

"Yes, Master Lai, a family member in my house died tragically last night, just like those who died in the town, they are all ......" Huang Zhixian said here, and tightly grasped Lai Laodao's hand, "Master Lai, you are a thaumaturgic warrior sent by the Zhenyi Division, I believe you will definitely be able to solve the matter in our Pujiang Town." ”

"Hey~ Lao Dao is incompetent, it's been six days since I got to this day, and I've watched six people die, but now I don't have the slightest clue. Lai Laodao shook his head with a wry smile, and then said, "Take me to your house to have a look." ”

"Okay~ Master Lai, you come with me. Huang Zhixian nodded, and then led Lai Changsheng's master and apprentice to his own mansion.

After a while, the three of them came to the backyard of Huangzhi County. In a small room, the master and apprentice saw a young man with his eyes closed and his body covered with a white cloth, with a slight smile on his face, lying quietly on the bed and losing his breath.

"Master Lai, you see, that is my family's Ding Baliang, he has no father and mother since he was a child, I brought him to the house when he was ten years old, I didn't think about it...... Hello~" When Huang Zhixian said this, there was still a cry in his tone.

Lai Laodao nodded when he heard this, then walked to the side of the bed, stretched out his hand and lifted the white cloth covering eight taels to take a look, and a bloody picture suddenly came into his eyes.

Li Ge, who was following the master, saw the blood hole in the chest of the eight taels in the white cloth, and shook his head with a frown. He didn't feel disgusted or disgusted, because this was the sixth corpse he had seen in Pujiang Town that had been cut out of his heart.

After putting the white cloth in his hand back on Baliang's body, Lai Laodao turned around the room with his hands behind his back, walked up to Huang Zhixian, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Bury this child well." ”

"Okay~" Huang Zhixian nodded in response, and then asked, "Master Lai, do you see something?"

"Nope. Lai Laodao smiled bitterly, walked to the door with his hands behind his back, turned around and glanced at the two people behind him, and said helplessly, "This is the sixth murder case that I have come here, but I didn't find the slightest yin qi at the scene, if this matter is done by a ghost, then he must not be an ordinary ghost." ”

"Is it a ghost cultivator?" After Li Ge heard this, he hurriedly asked.

"I don't know, generally ghost cultivators with a certain degree of cultivation can hide the yin energy emitted by the spirit body, maybe it's a ghost cultivator. However, it is also possible that the monster that has been transformed is not necessarily. After Lai Laodao finished speaking, he lowered his head and walked out of the house.

"Huang Zhixian, then my master and I will leave first. Li Ge raised his hand and bowed lightly to the parents of Pujiang Town, and immediately chased after the master's back.

"Master, is it true that you just said that what happened here might be the work of a monster?" After running to Lai Laodao's side, Li Ge hurriedly asked.

Lai Laodao lowered his head all the way and hurriedly left, as if he hadn't heard the apprentice's words, and after half a sound, he raised his hand and flicked a finger on the latter's head, and reprimanded, "Ask a hammer, didn't I just say I don't know?"

"It hurts~ Master, I'm so old, can you stop playing my head. Li Ge raised his hand and gently rubbed the place where Shi Cai was bounced on his head by Lai Laodao, and muttered two words in his mouth. Immediately, he turned his eyes and saw that not far away, two young women were looking at themselves and smiling lightly, and there was an old man in his fifties who was also looking at him and laughing.

"Old immortal, don't save me any face on the street......" Li Ge scolded in his heart, he blushed and lowered his head and silently followed behind the old man Lai.

"No matter how old you are, you are my Lai Changsheng's apprentice, and in my eyes, you will always be a little broken baby. After walking a few steps, Lai Laodao turned his head to look at the apprentice who was silently following behind him with his head bowed and hurried, and a smile appeared on his face.

After a few more steps, a man in front of him pushed a wooden cart towards the master and apprentice, and he shouted as he pushed, "The night fragrance car passes, the detour in front of you~"

"Little rabbit, are you stupid? You won't get out of the way when the night fragrance car comes, do you want to eat?" Lai Laodao pulled the apprentice who was walking away with his head down to the side of the road.

"I ......" Li Ge raised his head and looked at the master, and then looked at the night incense car passing by, and lowered his head helplessly.

"Damn, why are the apprentices accepted by others so smart, and the older the apprentice Lao Tzu takes, the more stupid he is, it's so unfair. After Lai Laodao sighed, he raised his leg and greeted the apprentice and said, "What are you doing there, let's go~"

"Got it, Master. Li Ge answered, and countless vulgar words silently welled up in his heart.