The full-level Demon Venerable was forced to obey

It stands to reason that all the people in the territory of Luohe City will be registered in the county government, and after death, the township head will report to remove them.

That is to say, the number reported by the county magistrate is the number of living people in Luohe City.Or, at least before the village massacre, there were so many living people in the village.

But now there are indeed only four corpses in 310, so what about the remaining one?

Alive or already dead?Or, has it become something else?

Cheng Mochi looked at the sweaty Hai Chuan, and it was the first time he looked at him so seriously.

This person was about the same height as Chu Shiluo, and he looked like he was from a wealthy family, so he definitely couldn't be from Luohe Village.

So what is his relationship with this place?

Even if Cheng Mochi was stupid, he wouldn't believe that he just came to investigate the case and seek fame.

But although he still doesn't know what his purpose is, Cheng Mochi doesn't care, this person can't beat him anyway, just let's see what he wants to do.

"Brother Chu, what are you doing?" Hai Chuan asked suddenly.

When Cheng Mochi heard this, he looked at Chu Shiluo.

I saw him holding a dagger in his hand, walked to a curled up corpse and squatted down, then raised the knife without hesitation, and the dagger pierced into the back of the corpse's neck.

The sharp weapon pierced the scorched flesh and made a "poofing" sound.

Cheng Mochi was a little surprised, he probably guessed what Chu Shiluo was going to do.

Sure enough, the next moment, Chu Shiluo's dagger was inserted into the fleshy body, and stroked downward without a pause, all the way along the spine of the corpse to the tailbone.

An unpleasant rotten smell mixed with the smell of the sea diffused in the air, like a large piece of rotten fish and rotten shrimp, emitting a stench under the scorching sun.

Hai Chuan retched, immediately raised his arm to cover his lips and nose, and said in a muffled voice, "It stinks!"

Cheng Mochi blocked his sense of smell early on, and so did Chu Shiluo on the other end, so neither of them said anything about it.

Cheng Mochi walked up to Chu Shiluo, squatted down on his right side, and said, "Do you see anything?"

"The murderer is not a ghost." Chu Shiluo said concisely.

Hai Chuan finally remembered to seal his sense of smell, and asked curiously, "How can you see that?"

Chu Shiluo didn't answer, and turned to dissect another corpse.

"Simple." Cheng Mochi stood up and said, "When you see will-o'-the-wisps on weekdays, everyone knows that they are ghosts traveling. Previously, it was rumored that the villagers in Luohe Village were burned by will-o'-the-wisps. Everyone took it for granted that the perpetrators were ghosts." .”

"But the one who can cast will-o'-the-wisps on a large scale at the same time must be a ghost king or something." Cheng Mochi looked at Haichuan and continued, "Luohe Village has a radius of fifty miles, and the one who can commit murder in such a large area should be a ghost general at worst. .”

Hai Chuan frowned, and asked puzzledly: "So? Why can't it be a ghost clan?"

Cheng Mochi laughed and said, "Because at the level of ghost general and ghost king, the will-o'-the-wisps they can use are not the usual tricks of those little ghosts, but the mountain-yin ghost fires."

"Once this ghost fire comes out, no matter whether you are a human or a ghost, a demon or an immortal, as long as you don't have enough strength to stop it, you will be wiped out in an instant."

Hai Chuan said: "Then the corpses of these villagers are still there, so it can't be seen that the ghosts did it. Why did you two bother to dissect the corpses?"

"That's because the inside story we know is all from you and the gentleman in the restaurant." Cheng Mochi looked at him, and the smile on his lips deepened, "How do we know if what you said is true? What if This was done by a group of little ghosts, and the will-o'-the-wisps didn't burn at the same time, so it's normal for these villagers to leave corpses behind."

Cheng Mochi looked at Chu Shiluo, who had already dissected five or six corpses, but the results were all the same, and now he was taking a pot of water to wash his hands.

Cheng Mochi walked over and took the kettle in his hand.

Chu Shiluo was stunned for a moment, then lowered his eyes, stretched out his hand, and washed his hands with the poured water.

"No, don't say half of it!" Hai Chuan quickly followed, "Then how do you know it wasn't done by the ghost clan after dissecting the corpse? Does the little ghost have something to say about the will-o'-the-wisp?"

Cheng Mochi replied casually: "Although the little ghost's will-o'-the-wisp is not strong, it is easy to burn mere mortals to death. Moreover, the body of the burned person will dissipate the yang energy and fill the body with yin energy."

Haichuan paused, subconsciously looking at the corpses.

The places where they were cut open revealed dark red flesh and internal organs, without any signs of being eaten away by yin qi. Upon closer inspection, there was even traces of undetectable yang qi dissipating in the air.

It turned out to be the case.

After Chu Shiluo washed his hands, Cheng Mochi returned the kettle.

"Where are you going next?" Hai Chuan asked.

Cheng Mochi looked towards the west. There should be a river bank that can't be seen at a glance, but a temple can be seen in the distance. The gray-white wall is incompatible with the scorched black around it, which is really weird.

"Go there." Cheng Mochi raised his chin slightly and pointed to the temple.

Chu Shiluo nodded, and walked towards the other end, Hai Chuan followed immediately.

The three of them soon arrived at the temple.

This is a temple that seems to have just been built. The walls are brand new, and the temple door is wide open. It seems that there are still offerings inside.

This is the only part of the village that has not been burned.

Although the palaces and temples are protected by the power of gods and ghosts, the walls will not be damaged by ordinary wind and rain, but as a guardian temple, there is no reason for the believers to die, but it itself is fine.

It looked evil.

Not to mention that this temple neither has an inscription nor does it say who the worshiper is, but it was built at the qi knot acupoint here, occupying all the vitality, as if it is the same as a living person snatching yang energy.

Cheng Mochi and Chu Shiluo looked at each other, then stepped across the threshold and entered the temple.

The inside is dark and damp, only a small window is opened on the north-facing wall, and the sunlight breaks in through the small window and the gate, reflecting the situation inside the temple.

The temple was empty, with only one altar full of tributes and a low platform for human figures.

That's right, the offering here is just one person!A young man in filial piety!

Cheng Mochi's attention was immediately attracted by this portrait after he entered.

He looked at it carefully.

This is an extremely beautiful portrait of a young man with a slender figure and a delicate face. His eyes are tightly closed and the corners of his lips are raised slightly upwards. It looks like a smiling face, but upon closer inspection, one can see the gap between the young man's brows. There is a melancholy that cannot be resolved.

If it wasn't for this stone statue, Cheng Mochi would have suspected that it was a real person, and his expression was too realistic.

"The person who made this stone statue should be someone who is very familiar with the original stone statue." Chu Shiluo said softly.

Cheng Mochi took it for granted: "That's right."

"These tributes should be fresh." Hai Chuan said.

Cheng Mochi looked at him sideways, and suddenly said, "Don't touch it!"

But before he stopped, Haichuan picked up an apple and squeezed it, then murmured: "This one is a bit soft, it's time to change it."

As soon as the words fell, there was a sudden noise outside the door.

Cheng Mochi and Chu Shiluo looked at each other, and immediately dodged, each of them set up Haichuan, and led him to hide behind the stone statue.

Haichuan was in a trance for a while, and after recovering, he said in shock: "What's wrong with me?"

Chu Shiluo replied calmly: "Illusion."

"Illusion?" Hai Chuan looked at his hand, there was no apple in his hand, only a bloody child's head left!

He was so frightened that he immediately threw the head out. The head rolled on the ground several times, and barely stopped until it hit a wall.

It was even more noisy outside, listening to the voices of people, it was very lively.

They can't see what's going on outside, they can only listen.

But fortunately, the three of them have excellent hearing, but they heard all about what happened outside.

Outside, there were villagers from Luohe Village. They gathered at the high platform just now, and they seemed to be preparing to hold some ceremony, and they seemed to be punishing someone.

Those people kept saying things like "burn him to death", "the ominous man", "the bastard should sink in the river", all words were gnashing their teeth with anger, and they looked extremely hated.

Cheng Mochi sneered, but he didn't know what kind of big mistake this person made, so that everyone shouted for beating and killing.

The commotion was finally stopped, and an old man's voice said: "All fellow villagers, be quiet!"

Everyone quickly quieted down.

The voice continued: "The emergence of such a monster in my Luohe Village is truly a disaster! Today, on behalf of the whole village of Luohe Village, I will burn this monster to death and do justice for the heavens!"

Everyone chanted "for the sky/do the way", and they sounded a little crazy.

Suddenly, everyone quieted down, and the voice said again: "Light the tinder!"

Before the words were finished, there was a sudden burst of high-pitched crying of a baby, and the source of the sound was inside the temple, and it was the head of the baby that Hai Chuan grabbed just now.

Now it is sticking to the corner of the wall, crying profusely!

The person outside was immediately alert: "Who's there!"