General, there is a demon [Rebirth]

There is a curfew in Yong'an, and the door of the workshop is closed.

However, Xiao Duo, Huo Changying and the others went unimpeded.

No one dared to stop all the guards with knives, they galloped on horseback, crushing the moonlight all over the place.

Several people rushed to Jingzhaoyin's government office.

In front of the gate of Jingzhaoyin's house, snow fell on the lanterns, and the cold wind blew by, flickering.

The imperial guards got off their horses and knocked on the door. After a while, the porter heard the movement outside, opened the door slowly, and was startled again by the battle outside.

Behind dozens of imperial guards, Xiao Duo, who was dressed up, took a few steps forward, and asked in a deep voice, "Where is your lord?"

The concierge was a bit older, with gray hair and slow movements, he didn't know if it was deaf or what, the guard of the imperial army next to Xiao Duo repeated it loudly, and the old concierge could hear clearly.

He oh a few times, and replied tremblingly: "You are looking for an adult, where is he...?"

The old concierge said that his eyes were confused, suddenly slack, and his eyes could hardly focus. After muttering a few times, he suddenly said to himself: "I don't know what happened to my lord, but I insisted on sending my wife and young master away. Seeing It’s almost Chinese New Year, and there’s no one in the mansion.”

Huo Changying came out from behind Xiao Duo, his eyes turned around on the old man, and he suddenly understood.

Hurriedly grabbing Xiao Duo who was about to ask again, Huo Changying shook his head at him, and suddenly tapped his finger on the porter's eyelids, and saw the porter's eyeballs turning around quickly, and suddenly passed out.

The guards of the Imperial Army hurriedly supported the old man.

Huo Changying stared at the faint demonic aura radiating from the old concierge, turned his head and whispered in Xiao Duo's ear: "I was disturbed by the demonic aura, now there is a demon in Jing Zhaoyin's mansion!"

As soon as the words fell, as if confirming Huo Changying's words, a thick black demonic aura suddenly rose above Jing Zhaoyin's mansion, his pupils shrank slightly, and he hurriedly said: "The demon is in the inner courtyard, Mr. Liu may be in danger!"

Hearing this, Xiao Duo raised his sword eyebrows, signaled to the guards behind him, then pulled Huo Changying to one side and walked into the gate of the mansion.

The guards in front turned around and quickly climbed over the wall.

The imperial guards at the back understood, and after looking at each other, they quickly jumped off their horses, jumped onto the wall, and turned into Jingzhao Yin's mansion neatly one by one.

There are many government officials in Jingzhaoyin's mansion, but today there is no one there.

Everyone became suspicious and increased their vigilance.

The further you go to the inner courtyard, the stronger the evil spirit becomes, and you can even smell blood when you get close.

Huo Changying and Xiao Duo looked at each other, thinking that Master Liu must be more ominous than ominous.

He couldn't help speeding up his pace, and found the place where the evil spirit was the strongest, but saw that the door was closed tightly, and the thick black evil spirit seemed to rise slowly from the house, while the bloody smell became weaker and weaker.

When they approached, it was almost inaudible.

Huo Changying's heart tightened. Although he had never seen such a monster before, he had a very strong premonition.

Thinking is but a moment.

Xiao Duo saw that Huo Changying's expression was tense, and his long sword was out of its sheath and was lying in front of him. The guards of the forbidden army around him were signaled by the commander, and immediately kicked open the locked door with a bang.

Suddenly, a strong demonic aura rushed out with a strong force, instantly overturning several guards at the door.

However, the moment the demonic aura of fangs and claws touched Xiao Duo and Huo Changying, they shrank suddenly, screamed like being scalded, rolled and restrained the minions and retreated into the house.

"The monster is going to run!"

Huo Changying let out a low cry, pulled out the folding fan at his waist, and was about to rush in.

As soon as he entered the room, Xiao Duo subconsciously protected Huo Changying by his side, his eyes touched the ground, and the booklets were scattered all over the floor, as if someone had frantically searched for something.

Both of them were surprised.

Before they had time to think about it, the two saw Liu Yu lying on the ground next to the desk in the inner room, his official uniform still on his face. The body overflows.

The imperial guard who rushed in shouted loudly, the monster stopped sucking blood, and turned to look at the crowd.

The guards were startled.

Almost forgot about the attack, they had never seen such a person, or...not a person at all.

The murderer in front of him only had an empty wooden frame, like a puppet in a puppet show that hasn't had time to be painted.

The puppet was wearing a black robe. Seeing everyone looking at it, it tilted its head. There was a creaking sound when the wood rubbed against each other. There was a gap in its mouth, and its black eyes seemed to be laughing.

It's just that the smile was so weird that it sent chills down the spine.

Huo Changying squinted his eyes. This was different from the monster that attacked Miss Liu's family. Although they were dressed in the same black clothes and robes, the one from the Liu family clearly had skin and flesh.

Huo Changying's eyes touched Liu Yu's body, and Huo Changying felt guilty. If he had come earlier, Liu Yu might not have died...

His eyes swept over Bai Ling beside the corpse, and he paused suddenly.

The locked door, the white silk on the ground.

Wait, Liu Yu... Want to commit suicide?

In the blink of an eye, before he could figure out what was going on, the puppet suddenly made a move, and its thick demonic aura turned into tiny silver needles and rushed towards everyone.

Xiao Duo pulled out his sheath, the blade of his sword danced, and no water dripped, he firmly protected Huo Changying behind him.

A few guards might as well be shot by the silver needles, and the wounds instantly spread black air. Huo Changying quickly moved to the side of those guards, summoned his inner strength, and quickly sealed several big holes around the guards with his fingers.

Huo Changying's eyes turned cold, he pinched the formula and pulled out the silver needle, unfolded the folding fan, cut open his palm, blood overflowed, Huo Changying waved his palm, and covered a row of floating silver needles in front of him, internal force activated the folding fan, turned his wrist over, and the blood-colored silver needle Abruptly reverse toward the puppet!

The silver needle that rushed in response quickly reversed, and was as thin as a cow's hair, nailing into the puppet's limbs in an instant.

The puppet froze for a moment, and the silver needle that was attacking everyone suddenly stopped in mid-air.

Huo Changying squinted his eyes, picked up the yellow talisman with his fingertips, and was about to take the monster away.

Suddenly, the puppet's head moved slightly, and there was another kerala sound coming from the joints of the wood's limbs. It turned its head to Huo Changying, and the carved mouth suddenly opened an upward arc.

Huo Changying's pupils shrank slightly, and he flipped the fan with his wrist to drink the blood. With his internal force, the fan rushed towards the puppet's neck in an instant.

The slender neck snapped.

The head of the puppet rolled down to the foot of the person. The guards of the forbidden army were startled, and swung their knives to hit the head violently.

The wood wobbled, then returned to the neck again, turned to look at the crowd, grinned, and made a coughing sound in the throat, which made goose bumps pop out of everyone who heard it.

All the imperial guards felt their scalps go numb, they had never seen a severed head return to their necks.

If this is the case, then on the battlefield...

The guards of the imperial army who used to gallop on the battlefield seemed to see the rolling heads all over the ground, and their backs felt chills.

Huo Changying was startled, he couldn't see what the puppet in front of him was, it seemed that it wasn't just a pure monster, and there was a bit of evil mixed in that demonic aura, even... devilish aura?

I saw that the puppet's five-pointed wooden fingers were extremely slender, and when they were put together, they instantly turned into sharp knives. It suddenly slashed on Liu Yu's neck, hooked its fingers, and Liu Yu's face fell into its hands.

All the imperial guards gasped and wiped their necks one after another.

"Ho ho ho-"

Holding Liu Yu's face in his hand, the puppet flipped out the window in the blink of an eye.

Huo Changying broke out in a cold sweat from the bloody scene, staggered, and someone hugged him behind him, supporting him silently.

He knew it was Xiao Duo.

Before he had time to think about it, Xiao Duo ordered all the imperial guards to stay at Jingzhao Yin's Mansion, and then he grabbed Changying and flew towards the puppet.

The puppet is jumping and moving forward on the square wall of Yong'an City.

Zhui Dian heard the master's whistle and was already waiting outside the mansion, Xiao Duo stopped Huo Changying and jumped off the wall, and landed firmly on Zhui Dian's back.

Huo Changying, who was in Xiao Duo's arms, didn't care about heights at this time, fixed his eyes on the jumping puppet, and quickly informed Xiao Duo of the tracking path, Xiao Duo urged the chaser to follow all the way.

The two rode together and cooperated tacitly.

Xiao Duo reined in his horse and neighed, there was no way to go in front of him, it was a dead end.

"This yard?!" Huo Changying murmured, a complex look flashed in his eyes, as if something flashed in his mind suddenly, but there were strands of threads that couldn't be grasped.

The place where the puppet disappeared was the house in Changle Alley in the south of the city where the rat plague was rampant a few days ago.

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The guards of the Imperial Army hurriedly supported the old man.

Guard A (Hands froze): Wait, if the old man misunderstood... The housing price in Yong'an is so expensive, it was hard to get a loan from General Xiao to buy the house, and the mortgage has to be repaid, the horse has not been bought, the wife has not yet married, blah blah blah

The guards over the wall: Damn mentally handicapped, didn't Madam poke me out?

Changying (passing by): Husband, what are they talking about?

Xiao Duo (staring): Huh?

All the guards (waving hands quickly, pointing in unison): That's right, it's him!The only one of us who bought a house!

First Guard (Crying in the Storm)