From the Valley of the Wicked to the Town of Demons

On the small road in the country, a row of fish scale guards is slowly moving forward.

Walking in front was a middle-aged iron guard with a stern face and a steel knife hanging from his waist. Although the blade was in its sheath, it still gave off a chill when viewed from a distance.

Guo Ren, Tiewei of the Feiyu Camp of the Town Demon Division.After fighting with Lin Xiaochuan a few days ago, he seemed to have gained something, so the rudiments of a faint saber intent emerged, giving people a feeling that although the saber is sheathed, it is difficult to hide its sharpness.

Behind Guo Ren, followed by six copper guards, the first to bear the brunt was Lin Xiaochuan, the newcomer to the town demon division.

Putting on fish scale armor and a flying saucer helmet, Lin Xiaochuan looked a lot more handsome after changing his outfit, and he lived up to the saying "clothes make a man".

But apart from this "public attire", the long stick in Lin Xiaochuan's hand is quite eye-catching. You must know that all the people in this group use knives, but he is the only one who is carrying a stick.

This is not an ordinary stick, it is made of the essence of a millennium cold wood, not only is it invulnerable to water and fire, but also restrains demons and ghosts.

The stick with the thickness of a forearm is about one person's height, and it looks extremely heavy. Lin Xiaochuan does not seem to be struggling to hold it, and occasionally plays with a stick flower, quite comfortable.

Such a precious weapon was not allocated to him by the demon town master. You must know that he is just a new copper guard, and the demon town hall is not so generous yet.

This item is Lin Xiaochuan's private property, and it was a gift from a master when he left the Valley of the Evil.

Although Lin Xiaochuan has only one master in the Valley of the Evil, there are quite a few people who do not have the name of a master, but have the reality of a master.

Each of the seven villains had the grace to teach him, so the other six refused to recognize this apprentice, but Lin Xiaochuan himself regarded them as his master.

Iron villain——Huang Yuchun, one of Lin Xiaochuan's masters, he taught Lin Xiaochuan the two unique skills of the beggar gang, swimming dragon palm and dog-beating stick. Fighting against high-quality warriors, they all have the power to fight.

Do not believe?Just ask Guo Ren in front of him. Lin Xiaochuan set up the Dragon Walking Palm in the arena that day, but it made him, an eighth-rank martial artist, depressed for a long time.

However, because of this, he had some new insights into the way of the sword, and faintly realized the meaning of the sword.

Behind Lin Xiaochuan, there were five other people, four men and one woman, each with their own characteristics.

Guo Xiang didn't mention it, he was a nimble fat man, even if he put on fish scale armor and a flying saucer helmet, he still couldn't hide his greasy smell.

Next to Guo Xiang was a frail man, Lin Xiaochuan had noticed this man long ago, he was the frail scholar who was in his group that day.

Xue Luyuan, a scholar from Yanzhou, speaking of it, this buddy is also considered a wonderful flower.

To say that this Xue Luyuan is also a person who has read a lot of poetry and books. As a Juren, he was rejected from the examination room because he missed the time when he went to Beijing for the exam. Three years of martial arts.

Qingliang Temple was not a temple where martial arts was practiced, the reason why he ran there was entirely because the abbot of Qingliang Temple was Xue Luyuan's own uncle.

Although the uncle presided over that he had already purified his six roots, he was no different from others.But everyone has a little bit of selfishness, so not only did he agree to live in the temple for a long time, but he also occasionally gave him some tips on martial arts from the sidelines.

It was only then that Xue Luyuan went to the Town Demon Division to apply for the Fish Scale Guard. The soft sword and swordsmanship were superb, which really surprised many people.

But now, he put the soft sword in his belt, but held a steel knife in his hand.

In his words, this sword is his own, and the knife is equipped by the town demon commander. Wouldn't it be a disappointment to Si Li's good intentions?
In fact, everyone knows that the town demon division distributes knives to Tongwei. Although many people are not good at using knives, they will still accept them.

To put it bluntly, this is called "obedience to distribution". To be honest, it can be summed up in one word-poor.

As the saying goes: "If you have an advantage, don't take advantage of the bastard."

These people are staunch defenders of this principle, and the allotted items of the demon town are naturally top-grade, and a steel knife is worth 40 taels of silver at least.

Even if you don't know how to use it, you can still learn it; even if you can't learn it, you can still hang it on your waist for a show.

Therefore, the Tongwei of Zhenyaosi is quite a "beautiful landscape". Many of them hold long spears, long sticks, even long swords or copper hammers, but they all have a steel knife hanging from their waists.

Even the "evil second generation" like Lin Xiaochuan, who is not short of money, will directly refuse to receive it, and ordinary people will not refuse such a good thing.

All three are newcomers, but the two men and one woman behind them are real old demon townspeople.

The tall man's name is Cui Yifan, and he has been in the company for seven years; the short man's name is Hu Lan, and he has been in the company for six years.

As for that woman, her name is Na Saixue, she is 24 years old, but she has also been a fish scale guard for five years.

These three people are all from the Feiyu Camp, and the Zhen Yaosi recruited the Fish Scale Guards this time to supplement Bai Ruyi's Feiyu Camp.

The big demon in the capital caused heavy losses to the Feiyu Camp, and the biggest loss was the deployment of the silver guard Luo Yuheng, so most of these newcomers were assigned to his account.

But Luo Yuheng was also seriously injured because of resisting the blow of the big monster. Although his life was not harmed, two-thirds of his body's cultivation had been lost, and he was recovering from his injuries.

This made a group of newcomers, who have been in the town demon division for a few days, but have never seen the immediate boss.

But Bai Ruyi didn't let them idle. No, Xishan County sent news that there was an unsolved case in Huangya Village under the rule, which seemed to have something to do with ghosts and ghosts.

Bai Ruyi went directly to Guo Ren and asked him to pick a few newcomers and go with veterans to investigate.

One is to train these boys who have just joined the company, and the other is to deal with errands.

After all, in those prefectures and counties, whenever there are any difficult cases, they will push them to the demons, and then hand them over to the town demon secretary. Throughout the year, nine and a half out of ten applications have nothing to do with the demons.

Therefore, this time only one iron guard was sent out, leading a team of old and new.

"Guo Tiewei, how far is this Huangya Village? The sun is now in the west, can we make it before dark?" Lin Xiaochuan looked at the sun, walked a few steps quickly, and asked beside Guo Ren.

"Huangya Village is under the West Mountain. It shouldn't be far away. If we walk faster, we can enter the village before dark."

Guo Ren didn't look at him, but looked up at Xishan Mountain in the distance. As the largest mountain range in the Gyeonggi area, Xishan Mountain has always served as a barrier for the capital. It is a battleground for military strategists.

It's just that the Wei Dynasty has been peaceful for a long time, and the army originally stationed in Xishan has withdrawn long ago, leaving only a relatively small army stationed, it is said that the number is only a few thousand.

"It's good to be able to enter the village."

Lin Xiaochuan patted his chest, showing a look of rejoicing, which made Guo Ren roll his eyes.

"You boy, is it because you are afraid of demons and ghosts?"

Guo Ren said angrily, after all, they are demon suppressors and fish-scale guards, and the swords and guns in their hands are for killing demons, but a fish-scale guard is actually scared?
"No, I just don't like staying in the wild. After all, we don't have tents, and we don't bring bedding. We only have a few rations to satisfy our hunger."

Dare love this kid is not afraid of ghosts and ghosts, but afraid of "bad treatment".

"Hehe, the area of ​​the capital is only so big. If you have to travel in a day, you will arrive naturally. Why worry so much?"

Xue Luyuan behind heard Lin Xiaochuan's words, showing disdain.

"Gyeonggi is indeed not big, but you can't go anywhere in a day."

Guo Xiang next to him spoke, because what Xue Luyuan said seemed to be a map shot aimed at the entire Gyeonggi.

Even dislike the small size of Gyeonggi?Indeed, compared with Yanzhou, Gyeonggi's territory is indeed small, but this is "Gyeonggi", stomping your feet can turn your Yanzhou upside down.

The two of them stared at each other and made a lot of noise along the way, while the others remained silent and became the melon-eating crowd.

"It's almost here."

Guo Ren stopped and looked at a small mountain village in the distance. It was so quiet there, if it wasn't for the smoke from the kitchen, it would have been a deserted village.

A few people tidied up their clothes, and Guo Xiang and Xue Luyuan stopped bickering, they wanted to maintain the majesty of the town demon commander and the decency of the fish scale guard, so as not to hurt their prestige.

Guo Ren was alone in the front, while the others in the back raised their heads. The seven of them entered the village in a swaggering manner, only to find that a large group of people were surrounding the village.

"Dare to ask you, but you are the master of the demon town?"

A middle-aged man in a police uniform came over, looked at everyone's outfits, and cupped his hands.

"I'm Yulin Wei Guoren, the governor of the demon town."

Guo Ren took out his waist card, a black iron plate with the word "town" engraved on it.

This is the status symbol of Yulinwei, the town demon division. Lin Xiaochuan and other Tongwei also have one, but theirs is a brass brand.

"It turned out to be Guo Tiewei. The case is urgent, so I won't say any pleasantries. I'm Xue Fenghai, the head arrester from Xishan County. I'm here to wait for you all. Please come with me, adults."

The middle-aged man showed joy, and after introducing himself, he hurriedly led the crowd to a private house.

There were five corpses placed in the yard, all wrapped in white cloths, and they looked very intrusive at dusk.

A group of people gathered outside the yard, all strong and strong men, they were holding hatchets and sledging plows, as if they were on guard for something.

"What's going on? There are witnesses."

Guo Ren took a look at the yard, the mud-walled thatched hut, obviously a poor family, so the possibility of thieves robbing their property and killing them was preliminarily ruled out.

"My lord, this is the home of old man Wu from our village. Three nights ago, we were awakened by a dog barking, and then..."

A villager raised his hand, came to Guo Ren's side, and described what happened that night in detail.

Everyone gasped, because this case was indeed weird.

"Cui Yifan, Hu Lan, go check the corpse."

After listening to the villagers' dictation, Guo Ren didn't dare to neglect, and immediately asked two experienced copper guards to inspect the five corpses.

Putting on special gloves, Cui Yifan and Hu Lan walked into the yard, lifted the white cloth one by one, and examined the frozen corpse.

"Report to Tiewei, five corpses have been examined, they are an old man, an old woman, a strong man, a young woman and a child.

None of the corpses had any external or internal injuries, and it didn't look like they were poisoned.

So the cause of death was strange, judging from their appearance before they were alive, they seemed to be sleeping soundly, without showing the slightest expression of pain or fear. "

Cui Yifan spoke with an unnatural expression on his face, while Hu Lan beside him didn't speak, but his expression was equally unsightly.

"That Sai Xue."

Guo Ren's complexion also changed, he said in a low voice, and then Sai Xue walked into the yard, took out a bronze mirror from his arms, and looked at the old man Wu's body.

The mirror surface of this bronze mirror is not smooth, but has many bumps, so the face looks a little deformed, which is quite funny.

But no one would laugh out loud at this moment. They all looked at the bronze mirror very nervously. After a while, the appearance of old man Wu on the mirror began to change.

Twist, struggle, pain...

Old man Wu is already a corpse, so he won't show any expressions, but his face on the mirror is showing various expressions.

The villagers were terrified, some were timid, and simply sat on the ground. They had never seen such a thing before, as if in the mirror, old man Wu came to life.

"How is the result."

Guo Ren pressed his hand on the handle of the knife, looking very nervous, and cold sweat began to roll down his forehead.

"Back to Lord Tiewei, the cause of death should be that Yang Qi was sucked away."

Sai Xue took back the bronze mirror and didn't go to see the other four corpses, because there was no need to go to see them, and the cause of their death must be exactly the same.

"Do you not even spare the children?"

Xue Luyuan frowned, and looked at one of the corpses of a child, who was only five or six years old, and was still holding a rattle in his hand.

"When demons act, there is no difference between old and young."

Guo Ren shook his head, then turned around, and said to Xue Butou, "We are going to live in the village today, please help us arrange it."