The cold stars are twinkling, and the night breeze is blowing.

In the dark night, on this overgrown hill, an ethereal voice wandered with the night wind.

The sound came from a village.

The village seemed to have been abandoned for a long time, and in the moonlight, the crumbling walls revealed a monotonous gray, and it was eerily gloomy.

Only the cold wind gusted, blowing and making the doors and windows ping-pong.

It seemed to be an ethereal and eerie voice, singing nursery rhymes in a mournful tone:

The moon is dark

The ghosts are in the wind

Secluded road

The yin wind blows the willow lane

Go home and go out of trouble

Worship the moon in the middle of the night

Panic

Panic

Don't look, don't look

The living are lost

Blood poured out

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The gentle slope takes on a deep silhouette at night, and a leafy locust tree seems to stretch its claws in the night.

The husband sat under the locust tree with his face as dead as ashes.

The smell of alcohol on his body was still strong, but the whole person was clearly sober. It's just that those eyes are still godless, and deeper are fear and self-blame.

And the wife is still crying and scolding:

"Tell you not to drink! Tell you not to drink! You just don't listen! If something happens to Xiaolong, I won't live, and you won't live!"

When the husband heard this, he pulled his hair with his ten fingers. Blame yourself for everything!

Originally, it was a happy thing for the family to visit relatives, but they drank too much, which made it late to go home.

If only that's it, the family can get home before dark.

But he was drunk and staggered when he walked. It was already dark before they came here.

The alcohol made his head dizzy, and he sat under the tree for a while, while his wife went to the grass to make it easier.

As a result, after a while, his son Xiaolong disappeared.

Now there is no shop in front of the village and behind the village, on this hill, the couple has been looking for a long time and shouting for a long time, but the son is still nowhere to be found.

The wife cried more sadly, and scolded more fiercely:

"Why don't you die! Damn it's you! It's you who caused Xiaolong to lose, if he goes to that place, you can just go there and die!"

The husband naturally knew "that place", on the other side of this hill, there was a fierce land.

Whoever trespasses into it after nightfall will surely die.

The government has erected monuments around the area to warn you, but people still die there every year.

And the little dragon disappeared around here......

The husband only felt as if his heart had been cut by a knife, he wiped his tears and said:

"You go back to the manor and ask for help, and I'll stay here...... Continue looking for your son. ”

When the wife heard this, she became more and more angry, and she reached out and scratched her husband's face several times, scratching his face with blood.

The husband hung his head, silent, and did not hide.

After venting, the wife clutched her chest in pain and walked towards the bottom of the hill while crying.

The wife's figure faded into the night, and the husband was still sitting quietly.

The night breeze caused her husband's hair and beard to flutter constantly, and his whole body was depressed, and he was about to reach a critical point.

Before leaving, his wife's words seemed to be still in his ears: Why don't you die!

"yes...... I'm damned, damn it's me!"

The husband looked up, his eyes red like a wounded beast.

"No one is allowed to hurt my son, not even demons and monsters!

He grabbed a sharp stone from the ground and walked in the direction of the fierce land.

"Son, Daddy is here to save you! Don't be afraid, Daddy is here!"

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The clattering hooves of horses are particularly bright in the night.

Jiang Yuan rode a fast horse overnight, and finally came to the outside of the manor.

During the day, he flipped through the files and checked the unsolved supernatural cases in Yangcheng over the years, hoping to improve his strength.

After screening, he chose the tea mountain that is half a day's fast horse ride east of Yangcheng.

The place had been haunted four years earlier, and at its worst, an entire village had been killed overnight.

The county government sent people to investigate, and the night guard also went to investigate. As a result, not only did the cause not be identified, but there were many casualties.

In the end, a monument can only be erected near the haunted territory to warn against unsuspecting people.

The results of the county government's investigation are recorded, but there is not much value.

The results of the night guard's investigation might have been more detailed, but Jiang Yuan didn't have the authority to look at it.

After leaving the banquet at Fei Qingquan, Jiang Yuan took a fast horse from the county government and drove non-stop for several hours, and finally came to this vicinity.

The inhabitants of the area make a living from the cultivation of tea trees, and one of the largest estates in the vicinity is located here.

Jiang Yuan turned over and dismounted, came to the vermilion gate, and slapped the knocker hard:

"Anyone, open the door!"

Through the door, you can hear a noise in the manor, and there is a lot of movement.

Soon, someone asked sharply from inside the door:

"Who's coming?"

Jiang Yuan kicked the door twice and replied loudly:

"The official is handling the case!

There was silence inside the gate for a while, and then only a "squeak" was heard, and the door was finally opened.

Jiang Yuan was able to see clearly, the house was brightly lit, the lanterns were hung high, the torches were raised, and a group of young people holding steel forks and sticks pointed at Jiang Yuan.

Led by a middle-aged man with the appearance of a goatee businessman, he shrank behind the young man and asked Jiang Yuan:

"Are you a human or a ghost?"

Jiang Yuan stepped into the door and said angrily:

"Are you blind? Don't you see...... Huh, Boss Cai?"

Only then did he realize that the middle-aged businessman actually knew him.

After leaving the River Temple, it was when I met this convoy of Boss Cai who went to Yangcheng to deliver tea, so I took a ride.

Boss Cai looked at it fixedly, and said suspiciously:

"Are you...... Little Brother Jiang?"

Jiang Yuan laughed and said:

"I didn't expect to meet Boss Cai here, this won't be your manor, right?"

"Exactly, exactly," Boss Cai replied while looking at the uniform on Jiang Yuan's body, "This is a head-catching soap suit, little brother Jiang, you ......"

Jiang Yuan replied:

"Thanks to the love of all the adults in Yangcheng, I also got a head catcher. ”

Boss Cai exclaimed when he heard this:

"Ahh

With Boss Cai's exclamation, all the young men were shocked and took a step back.

Everyone looked at Jiang Yuan secretly with curiosity and awe, and whispered at the same time:

"This is the new head catcher Jiang Yuan, he looks so young, just like a weak scholar, is it really as terrible as the rumors?"

As soon as he took office, he killed Yangcheng with a river of blood, and today I heard that hundreds of members of the Dahe Gang were killed!"

"Not only ruthless, but also unsentimental. Di Xudong, the leader of the Dahe Gang, not only did not offend him, but also gave him a house and a beautiful woman. As a result, the next day, he was approached by this new catcher and beaten to death!"

"I also heard that no one dared to give him a gift first, because he was afraid that he would end up in the same fate as Di Xudong. ”

"First spread in the capital, he is now not only known as the number one master in Yangcheng, but also the number one murderous demon in Yangcheng!

......

Now Jiang Yuan's six senses have become extremely sensitive, and although people have lowered their voices very low, he can still hear them clearly.

He couldn't help but feel extremely depressed, at the banquet a few hours ago, didn't Zhou Cunjian say that the people of Yangcheng were competing to preach their merits? Why does it seem that this is not the case now......

At this time, I only heard Boss Cai shouting at a group of young people:

"What are you doing? Quickly put away all the guys, this is the poor master of the government, do you want to be arrested and put in prison?"

A group of young men trembled with fright, and hurriedly put the knives, guns and sticks in their hands still on the ground.

Boss Cai stepped forward from behind Qingzhuang, with a flattering smile on his face:

"Jiang Zhutou has been here all night, I don't know what case to handle, do you need help from a contemptible person?"

Jiang Yuan didn't answer, but pointed to the group of young men and asked:

"Boss Cai, you are so armed and vigilant late at night, you can't be doing something shady, right?"

When Boss Cai and the group of young men heard this, they were all frightened.

If this new head catcher really thinks that they are doing something illegal, it is really a wrongful thing that fell from the sky.

Immediately, Boss Cai hurriedly said to Jiang Yuan:

"Jiang Zhutou, the county commander Cai Xingcai is a contemptible cousin, and the contemptible people are deeply taught by Lord Cai from time to time, how dare they do things that violate the law and discipline? These young people are tea pickers invited by the contemptible people, and they are temporarily living in the cold house during this tea-picking season, but they are all Anfen people!"

Speaking of this, fear appeared on Boss Cai's face:

"As for why we are like frightened birds, it is because...... Fuchu encountered something unlucky......"

At this time, I heard only one young man say:

"That's not a bad thing! it's a matter of human life!"

When Boss Cai heard this, his face was annoyed, and he turned around and scolded angrily:

"You mud legs! The life of the mother and son is fate, and our fate is not fate? I said a long time ago that if you drive out that mother and son, you will kill both of them. You just want to protect it, what if more people die? Let's take a look at you first, if you don't do it, you will have to catch the head of the river, will you be able to afford it when the time comes?"

The young man's face revealed stubbornness, he turned to face Jiang Yuan, and then knelt on the ground with a puff:

"Please also ask Jiang Zhutou to make the decision for us!"

Instantly, the rest of the young men also knelt down:

"Please call the shots!"

Seeing this, Boss Cai was so angry that he stomped his feet:

"You ...... You ......"

Jiang Yuan asked helplessly:

"What the hell is going on?"

Boss Cai can only answer:

"It's such a river catcher, the person who had the accident was a tea picker invited from my manor, and the couple worked with a child at the same time. Today the family went to visit relatives, and in the evening, the woman and the child returned, but the man was lost. And most importantly...... That kid has a ghost handprint on his body!"

"Ghost handprints?" Jiang Yuan didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing here.

Boss Cai was extremely annoyed at this time:

"Jiang Zhutou, you said, didn't this come into my house and harm people? I wanted to drive out that mother and son on the spot! However, these mud-legged people just wanted to protect them, and they also made my family heavily guarded as if they were about to cause chaos, causing Jiang Zhutou to almost misunderstand. ”

Jiang Yuan's eyes lit up, and a ghost handprint appeared, and a demon would soon appear.

He immediately said in a loud voice to the young men:

"Don't worry, this head catcher will definitely make the decision for you! Now take me to see that child!"

When the young men heard this, they were overjoyed, and they stood up and parted a road, and kept thanking them.

Jiang Yuan immediately walked towards the depths of the courtyard, and at the same time asked Boss Cai:

"By the way, there is a haunted place near here, and the government has also erected a monument, does Boss Cai know?"

"I know, I know!" Boss Cai said, "It's just due south, and it's less than an hour away from us." ”

Jiang Yuan's footsteps stopped abruptly:

"An hour...... Oops, it's running out!

Immediately, Jiang Yuan turned around and was about to leave.

It was almost dawn, and an hour later it was the eve of dawn. If you wait until dawn, then the demons and ghosts in the fierce place will definitely be hidden.

At this time, stay here to deal with the ghost handprint, then this trip will be in vain.

If you want to explore the murderous place, you have to wait until nightfall.

There are so many things to deal with now, how can he afford to waste time.

He came here to quickly improve his strength, not just to kill a demon and save a child.