Chapter 29: The Corpse

Haibao returned to the camp and told Mo Xi about Wang Er. Both of them felt that there must be something strange about this, and although the general had ordered them to intensify their patrols, they decided to go and find out for themselves in the evening. On this day, the two went to bed early, and late at night, when everyone was asleep, they got up and quietly went out of the tent, and together they went straight to the place where the accident happened during the day.

Some soldiers on patrol spotted them, recognized them as elite soldiers, and did not stop them. The two of them circled around for a while, finding nothing out of the ordinary, and then hid in the grass.

Until nearly five watches, both of them were very sleepy, seeing that the sky was about to dawn, there was no movement, and they were ready to go back to the camp to make up for a while. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly heard the soldiers patrolling there shouting, and although the voice was very weak, it was keenly captured by the two in the silent night. The two of them suddenly had their spirits, and hurried towards the place where the sound had come from.

When he stepped forward, he saw a soldier lying on the ground with a faint breath in his mouth. Hypertherm hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

The soldier pointed to the darkness ahead, opened his mouth a few times, but finally did not spit out a word, the expression on his face suddenly stiffened, and the hand he was holding fell with it.

The two of them didn't care much, and chased in the direction he pointed. At this time, it was the darkest time before dawn, and it was impossible to see clearly from five feet away. Away from the area of the camp's fire, the two of them slowed down and walked extremely carefully.

Suddenly, a huge black shadow flashed in front of his eyes, as if a person was carrying a half-human-tall monster, bringing a strong wind, and the surrounding grass and trees resounded. The two hurried forward, but in the blink of an eye, there was silence all around, and there were still any figures. I listened closely, but there was no movement.

Mo Xi lit a torch, and Haibao said, "No need to search." Since he was able to slip under our noses just now, he will definitely not let us find him again. However, one thing is for sure, this is not a monster, this is a human!"

Mo Xi clenched his fists and cursed, "Hell!" Then the two of them turned around, carried the soldier who had fallen to the ground and died just now back to the camp tent, and examined it, it was exactly the same as the death of the second king.

In the next few days, it was constantly found that someone died inexplicably, and the death was the same as that of the second king. So the soldiers gradually spread the theory that a new type of demon beast appeared, and this demon beast always appeared at night, sucking people's blood until the person's blood dried up and died. This rumor caused a huge panic in the entire army, and for a time people were panicked, and some timid soldiers did not even dare to come out as soon as it was dark, and those soldiers who patrolled were also in groups of three or five, and did not dare to act alone.

While sending people to quell the rumors and stabilize the morale of the army, Zhang Chengjian arranged tight defenses around the barracks. The men of the elite regiment were also sent out and took turns to be on duty at night. After more than ten days, there was still no progress.

This busy, Haibao did not go to the guest room to visit Du Xueyi for many days. Thinking alone on this day, I unconsciously walked to Du Xueyi's residence, called the soldiers on duty to report, and Du Xueyi came out.

Haibao thought that Du Xueyi Bingxue was smart and knowledgeable, and wanted to hear her opinion, and asked: "In the past few days, there has been a lot of uproar in the military camp, saying that a new type of blood-sucking monster has appeared, but on the night Zhao Liu died, Mo Xi and I once saw that there was a person carrying a half-human-high monster, but he hated the darkness, and he didn't see who that person was, and I didn't know what the monster looked like. That Zhao Liu was most likely sucked dry of blood by that monster. But I don't know what creature in the world grows so big and sucks human blood?"

A strange expression flashed on Du Xueyi's face, and he said, "There are many creatures in the world that can suck human blood, such as mosquitoes, bats, and leeches...... There are also some bugs, and even people. ”

Haibao shook his head and said, "No, it doesn't look like it in shape, it looks like a bug, but what bug is that big?"

Du Xueyi said: "This, I haven't heard of it,"

Haibao said: "But I don't know who would raise such a monster?"

A trace of panic flashed in Du Xueyi's expression, and said, "This ...... I do not know...... There are many people who can keep insects......"

Seeing that her expression was wrong, Haibao was surprised, "Do you know something?"

Du Xueyi said: "What do you mean by this, do you doubt me?"

Haibao said, "No, I mean have you seen anything?"

Du Xueyi said: "Aren't you just suspicious of me? Since you don't believe me, why do you still come to ask me? I don't know anything, I haven't seen anything!" he pushed Haibao away and ran out.

Haibao didn't expect it to become like this all of a sudden, just asked a few words, why did Du Xueyi become so excited? Could she have something unspeakable?

Du Xueyi ran fast, Haibao chased behind and called "Miss Du...... "It's okay if he doesn't call it, as soon as he shouts, Du Xueyi performs light skills, runs faster, and ignores him. Haibao knew that he was speechless, and he no longer cared about being heard by others, and shouted loudly: "Yi'er, Yi'er!" Du Xueyi just ran forward vigorously, until he ran to the edge of the small river where the soldiers often drew water, and then stopped. Haibao stepped forward and grabbed her sleeve and said, "Yi'er, why are you so angry?"

Du Xueyi flicked his sleeves angrily and said, "Don't come here, don't pay attention to me!"

Seeing that Du Xueyi was really angry, Haibao said flatteringly: "Good clothes, good clothes, it's all my fault, I won't ask anymore, or you hit me twice and get angry!"

Du Xueyi laughed out loud, her face immediately turned clear, but she still pretended to be angry and said, "Who is angry, I'm not angry!"

Seeing her pouting and coquettish, Haibao couldn't help but want to kiss her tender little lips, but he just secretly pinched his thighs, desperately suppressed this thought, and said stupidly: "My clothes look so good when I'm angry!"

Du Xueyi's little fist suddenly landed on his chest, and said, "When did you learn to be so flamboyant?"

Yes, even Haibao himself doesn't know when he was so flamboyant? In front of other girls, he would never say this, but in front of this girl, he just couldn't help but have a hot face, couldn't help his heartbeat, couldn't help but have thoughts that shouldn't have been, and couldn't help but say some "out of line" words.

Since he said it, he simply became cheeky and said, "It's not a flamboyant tongue, it's a heartfelt word!"

Du Xueyi said with a smile: "How can you see it? My mother said that most of what men say is a lie, who knows if you are just talking casually? Can you still show me your heart?"

She was just teasing Haibao, but Haibao was in a hurry, and said, "If you can, I'm willing!" I will prove it to you, and one day, you will believe that what I said is true!"

What to prove? Prove that I am good-looking? I didn't promise anything, so why do I need to prove it? Thinking so, Du Xueyi felt funny, looked at the nervous Haibao, felt sweet in his heart, and said with a smile: "Okay, I know you won't lie." After saying that, he turned around and left.

Haibao said: "Where to go?"

Du Xueyi said: "Go back to the camp! You have been so busy these days that the dragon has not seen the end, and I still won't delay your precious time." ”

Haibao said: "It's not to track down that incident! Because the impact on the army is too bad, so it must be investigated as soon as possible." I'll send you back!"

Du Xueyi said: "You still don't have to investigate this matter again." ”

Haibao was surprised, "Why?"

Du Xueyi bit her lip and said, "Those demon beasts have harmed a lot more people than this, so it's better to concentrate on dealing with demon beasts." ”

Haibao felt that her words were very strange, and she knew that she couldn't ask anything, so she didn't say anything more. The two walked side by side. Hypertherm kept wondering: Why didn't she say it? What did she have to say?

That night, Zhang Chengjian ordered the people of the elite regiment to disguise themselves as ordinary soldiers to go out on patrol at night and guard various dangerous and desolate places. Haibao and Mo Xi stood in one place, absentmindedly pacing. I stayed up until midnight, and I didn't get anything. As soon as the two discussed, they simply leaned on the big stone and pretended to sleep, their heads buried low, their faces completely covered by the shadow of their helmets, but they were very vigilant in their hearts, lest they miss any trouble.

A chill fell to his neck, and a slight pain spread throughout his body. Haibao was startled, and the whole person jumped up, grabbed his hand into his neck, and grabbed a small soft thing, and could feel that the thing was rapidly growing in his hand. The thing bit its neck with all its might, and with a strong force, Haibao pulled the thing down, and put it in the light to see that it was a fist-sized insect, the whole body was translucent, and the body was red due to the blood sucked up.

Hypertherm remembered that when she first grabbed it, it was only as small as a finger, but in a moment, it became so big, and she was shocked: if it was a little late, I am afraid that it would suck up its own blood, and its size would increase by an unknown number of times.

At this time, Mo Xi had already jumped up, looked at the insect in Haibao's hand and said, "What is this?"

Haibao said: "That's it!"

The words were short, but Mo Xi completely understood what they meant, and said, "Quickly kill this harmful thing!"

The bug seemed to understand Mo Xi's words, and began to wriggle its body, as if trying to break free of Haibao's palm. Hypertherm couldn't help but increase the force in his hand.

"You dare!" shouted violently, and a person flashed out of the darkness, dressed in gray, and it was Yue Xin.

Haibao said: "Yue Protector, why are you using this insect to harm people?"

Yue Xin said coldly: "It's just that I drank the blood of a few people." ”

The two listened to her harsh words, regarded life as a mustard, and didn't feel angry. Mo Xi said: "Lingshan is a decent family, and he even cares about people's lives and spreads it, aren't you afraid of people's jokes?"

Haibao also said angrily: "Since this is the case, don't blame me for being rude, leaving such a harmful thing to do to it!"

Before the strength was exerted, as soon as the arm was numb, the whole person could not move, and the insect in his hand had been snatched away.

At the same time, Mo Xi, like Haibao, was fixed in the same place.

Yue Xin said: "How can this ice silkworm be compared to a few human lives! I didn't want to hurt you, but keeping you will definitely ruin my big thing, so it's better to let my ice silkworm drink it today!" As soon as he finished speaking, the ice silkworm was already attached to the wound on Haibao's neck. Haibao only felt that the blood qi was sucked out like a stream of water, and he saw the body of the ice silkworm gradually grow larger.

"Don't!" A mournful shout, a white shadow flew over, and suddenly pounced in front of Yue Xin, saying: "Anyone can do it, it can't be him!"

Yue Xin's right hand bulged like an eagle's grasp, and I saw that the ice silkworm was attracted by a force, and immediately returned to Yue Xin's palm.

Even if Yue Xin is no longer puzzled, he can see from the panic on the face of the girl kneeling in front of him and the sentence "Anyone can do it, it can't be him": This man has an important position in her eyes!

Taking back the ice silkworm, Yue Xin looked indifferent, and said to Du Xueyi, who was kneeling in front of him, "Miss, please get up." ”

Du Xueyi got up from the ground, threw himself to Haibao's side, stretched out his hand to untie his acupoint, shook him vigorously, and said, "Haibao, how are you feeling?"

Yue Xin said coldly: "It's just that I lost a little blood, and I can't die." ”

Haibao only felt a little weak on her body, and there was no other discomfort, remembering the panicked look on her face just now, she was moved, held her hand, and smiled slightly: "I'm fine, don't worry!" After speaking, he explained the acupoint to Mo Xi beside him.

Yue Xin said coldly: "If you don't want to die, just control your mouth!" After speaking, he turned around and left.

Mo Xi said: "Stop!"

Yue Xin stood still, did not turn back, did not speak.

Mo Xi said: "If your ice silkworm wanders to harm people again, we will still find a way, even if it is a fight for our lives, we will not hesitate to do it!"

A disdainful smile appeared at the corner of Yue Xin's mouth and flew away.