Outside Qingzhou City.

Shen Linfeng was walking alone on a desolate mountain path, holding a finger-thick wooden stick in his hand, and he was constantly whipping the withered yellow weeds on the side of the road.

He followed the man in black outside the city for half an hour, but just as he entered the barren mountain, the man in black disappeared.

Shen Linfeng carefully observed the surroundings as he walked, but there were no other living creatures in sight except for the rolling weeds.

He cursed a few words in his heart, threw the wooden stick in his hand hard, and then swept down the mountain with light skills.

The stick, which had just been thrown out, spun around in the air a few times before falling gently into the grass on the side of the road. After a while, a withered yellow palm slowly picked up the wooden stick, and the man pulled off the black towel on his face, and then revealed a sallow face, and the corners of his mouth trembled slightly, as if he laughed coldly.

It was not until noon that Shen Linfeng returned to Qingzhou City, he wore a bamboo hat on his head, carried two sharp swords on his back, and slowly walked into the city gate.

"Yo, yo, yo, look!"

"This young man hasn't been caught yet?"

"Phew, what are you talking about? This kind of great hero who punishes adultery and destroys evil, do you still hope that he will be caught sooner?"

Another person hurriedly explained: "How could I have such an idea? That Lin Leopard has been rampant and domineering for so many years, but I have been bullied by him a lot, and in my heart I still wish he died early, he deserved to die!"

The dozen or so people gathered around the city gate, pointing to the portrait in front of them.

Shen Linfeng was curious for a while, he squeezed through the crowd with great effort, and after a push, it immediately aroused everyone's dissatisfaction, Shen Linfeng stood in front of the portrait, smiled and nodded to the people behind him to apologize.

When he turned to look at the portrait, a cold sweat immediately broke out on his back.

"Isn't this handsome face on the portrait just me?" Shen Linfeng came back to his senses and hurriedly lowered his hat, and when he was about to turn around and leave, he found that these people in front of him were all looking at him dumbfounded.

"Virtuous nephew, haha...... Nephew, why did you get here?"

Shen Linfeng looked inexplicably at an old man in a blue cloth coat in the crowd, this person was full of smiles, and his clothes were even more clean and tidy, he squeezed into the crowd, and waved his hand at Shen Linfeng and said, "Virtuous nephew, why are you still stunned? Why? I don't even know your uncle?"

A man in the crowd interjected, "I said, Uncle Wang, when did you have such a nephew?"

The old man pretended to be angry: "You stupid man, does the old man have a nephew who still has to report to you first? ”

This remark immediately caused the surrounding men to laugh, just because this "stupid man" was as thin as firewood, but he married a lady who was five big and three thick, with a bear's waist and a tiger's back. Therefore, some neighbors will make fun of him from time to time with the word "Jiao Niangzi".

The old man ignored and pulled Shen Linfeng to his side, and Shen Linfeng pulled the hat down without leaving a trace.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is my nephew who came from afar, and everyone will take care of it in the future. After speaking, the old man smiled at Shen Linfeng and said, "Let's go, nephew, I've been waiting for you at home for a long time." ”

Shen Linfeng nodded solemnly, the old man grabbed his wrist and walked forward, and the men behind him did not stay for long, pointing at the person on the portrait and saying a few words before leaving together.

"Don't look back!"

Shen Linfeng was stopped by the old man, he smiled and said hello to the people passing by, then turned his head and carefully checked for a while, and said: "Do you know that your head is worth a thousand taels of gold, although those people just now are just some ordinary croppers, it is difficult to guarantee that none of them will see the wealth." ”

Shen Linfeng was inevitably taken aback when he heard this, but the old man's words and deeds just now obviously did not mean to hurt himself.

"So, they all recognized me just now?"

"What do you say?" the old man asked rhetorically.

"You young man is too bold, aren't you? You killed the son of the prefect, and now you dare to swagger into the city? I really admire you!"

Shen Linfeng couldn't help but smile bitterly, where was he bold, he was just thinking about the four ghosts of the Black Mountain, and he had long forgotten that Lin Leopard also had a father who was a prefect.

"Uncle, how long has this notice been posted here?"

The old man said hello to a vendor on the street, and then turned into a narrow alley, he glanced behind him secretly, as if he was afraid of being followed, and after confirming his safety, he turned around and said: "There were originally three of these notices, the one you just saw was just posted today, I guess the rest of the two girls have been caught by them!"

"You're right, I'm here to save them!"

The old man let out a long sigh and stopped.

"Here it is, that's it!"

A rusty iron lock flicked open flexibly, and the old man opened the door with a quick movement, and then pulled Shen Linfeng and walked in together.

The yard was not large, but it was very clean, and the old man poked his head out to look left and right, and then locked the door firmly.

As soon as the street door was closed, the old man suddenly bent his legs and knelt down directly.

"My second king kowtowed to his benefactor first!"

His kneeling almost made Shen Linfeng bite his tongue, and Shen Linfeng bent down and dragged the old man up from the ground.

"Old man, what are you doing here, I don't want to lose my life!"

The old man stood up from the ground with tears in his eyes, he wiped two handfuls of tears, and said, "Let's go, let's go into the house!"

An hour later.

"Smack!"

Shen Linfeng put the wine bowl in his hand on the table and asked in surprise, "What did you say?"

The old man took a sip of wine, shook his head, and sighed: "That's right, the old man has been working diligently for his Lin family as a cow and a horse for more than 20 years, and in the end, he ...... But he can't even keep his own daughter!"

After speaking, the old man slowly stood up, he walked to the bookshelf by the wall, and gently turned the vase on it with one hand.

"Click, click!"

The bookshelves slowly opened to the sides, and a choking puff of gray smoke wafted out of them.

When the smoke cleared, Shen Linfeng took a closer look, only to see that there was a spiritual seat behind the bookshelf, and the gray smoke that had just drifted out was the three yellow incense that had not yet burned out in front of the spiritual seat.

Shen Linfeng took a few steps forward, and saw a doll sewn with white cloth kneeling next to the spiritual seat, with dozens of sharp embroidery needles densely inserted on it, Shen Linfeng held it in his hand, and two words were written on the doll's chest:

Leopard!