The Devil is My White Moonlight

The next day, Gu Shun came to the pharmacy early to pick him up, and the three of them went to the corpse throwing place on the mountainside in the west of the city.

Walking up the mountain along the place where the fabric was found the day before, the woods gradually deepened, and the mountain road gradually became steeper. It was hard to imagine how a child under ten years old could escape from the murderer while walking on such a road. downhill.Thinking of the bruises and scars all over the child's body, it is most likely caused by this section of the road.

Although the sky is already bright, there is still a faint white mist floating in the mountains, and the wisps of mist are like ribbons, tightly entangled in the forest and shrubs.The three of them walked for nearly an hour in the fog, and Mu Xiyun and Su Yanjun stopped at the same time.

"Lost." Mu Xiyun said.

"Well, before a stick of incense, we have already started to walk the same path."

Gu Shun frowned and asked, "A ghost hit the wall?"

"That's right," Su Yanjun said, "but it's more delicate than a normal labyrinth, and it seems to want to prevent people from approaching."

"The drunk of the Zhang family once said that he encountered a ghost hitting the wall in the mountains." Gu Shun mused, "It is said that after walking around the mountains for a long time, he finally fell to the ground from exhaustion. When he woke up after drinking, he found himself Lying by the road at the foot of the mountain. But not many people believe this, they all think he was drunk and talking nonsense."

Now that he knew that he had fallen into a maze, the next road would not be difficult for the two disciples of Moyun Mountain.Su Yanjun squeezed the Dharma seal and took the lead to walk in front, while Mu Xiyun concentrated on sensing the guidance of the maze.After a while, the three of them walked out of the fog and stopped beside a dense grass.

It was a strange white grass field, and it was only when you got closer that you could see that the grass was actually green, even a delicate green, but on the top of each grass stem, there was a bunch of small snow-white flowers blooming.The flower shape is weird, like a small white snake, twisting towards the sky.

In the center of the grassland is a huge camphor tree. The crown of the tree is like a huge umbrella, covering a radius of tens of feet. The trunk is so thick that it takes seven or eight people to open their hands to enclose it.Below the trunk, there is a wide tree hole.I don't know when it was formed, but it strangely did not interfere with the growth of the big tree.

In the tree hole is a small incense table, covered with a thick layer of dust.The two red candles have been burned out, and the melted wax is like two pools of red tears, left sadly on the desk.There should have been food on the altar before, but after a long time, I don't know what animal has eaten it.Behind the incense table is a small statue of a god.

Su Yanjun looked at the statue carefully, and asked later, "What kind of god is worshiped here?"

It's no wonder that Junzijian couldn't recognize it for a while, the statue was indeed crudely carved, it was just a rough shape carved out of a stone.The face of the stone statue is as sharp as a stone cone, and the eyes are slender, with a hint of creepy strangeness, which is totally different from the benevolent look of ordinary Buddha statues.

Gu Shun stepped forward to look carefully, and also felt strange, blurted out: "Is this stone statue engraved with Huang Daxian or a fox fairy?"

"The engraved one should be a fox," Mu Xiyun said, "But if it's not a fairy, it's open to question."

"Why are you so sure?" Gu Shun was a little surprised.He himself is a native of Yiyun Town, and he has worked in the yamen for more than ten years, but he has never heard that there are people worshiping fox spirits on this mountain.

Mu Xiyun explained with a smile: "I also heard that about a hundred years ago, there was a fox demon in Yiyun Town who had attained enlightenment. I was sorry for him. The villagers knew his supernatural powers, so they built a shrine to worship. But more than 50 years ago, the fox demon disappeared due to some incidents. This shrine must have been left over from that time."

Although Su Yanjun and Gu Shun still had doubts, they had nothing to say.Su Yanjun took a deep look at Mu Xiyun, there is no way to refute the legend, but why is he so sure?

Out of the habit of handling cases quickly, Gu Shun had already moved closer and carefully looked at the small shrine several times. Suddenly, he stopped and said to the two of them, "Here is a palm print!"

On the thick dust on the table leg of the incense table, there was half a palm print obliquely. The palm print was not big, roughly similar to the boy's palm.Maybe it was because he finally couldn't support himself and fell to the ground when he came here, maybe he was too tired to rest here against a tree, but how could he have thought that he would have his heart cut out and bled and lose his life soon?

"Go ahead," Gu Shun said, "at least it means that there is no problem with our current direction."

A group of people continued to move forward, and there was no road in the forest. The woods and shrubs stretched in all directions, like clusters of arms stretching everywhere, wanting to leave those who walked in them forever.

There was no one in the mountains, only the breeze blew the leaves, and the occasional chirping of birds made the forest even more serene, amplifying the footsteps of the three people and making people hold their breath.Su Yanjun, who was walking in front, was about to step over a big rock, but he paused for some reason, but he immediately raised his leg, kept moving forward at the same speed, and secretly gestured to Mu Xiyun with his right hand.Mu Xiyun immediately understood and focused secretly.

Sure enough, in addition to the three people's footsteps, there was a slight rustling sound, which came from not far behind the left.

The two slowed down quietly.

Gu Shun didn't notice the abnormality yet, seeing the two people's footsteps slowed down, he stopped immediately.Just as they were about to ask questions, suddenly, a red figure rushed away from him and passed through the gap between the three of them.

Su Yanjun and Mu Xiyun followed immediately.

Hong Ying is not tall and slender, running and jumping in the forest is very nimble, piercing left and right, often turning sharply and jumping out of the encirclement when the pursuer is approaching.Unable to control the sword in the forest, and unable to activate the hidden weapon, the three had no choice but to chase after him.Unknowingly, he ran out of the woods.

The road on the top of the mountain was even narrower. After turning around a huge rock, Su Yanjun, who was running in the front, suddenly stopped. Mu Xiyun was also startled, and hurriedly stretched out her hand, almost stopping Gu Shun who was rushing forward.

In front of him was a cliff.

The red figure disappeared without a trace like the mist in the mountains.

Gu Shun was still panting, his face pale.If Mu Xiyun hadn't grabbed him just now, he would have fallen off the cliff by now.

After finally getting his breath out, he stretched his head and looked beyond the cliff, only to see the rocks exposed and no vegetation growing, as if there was an ancient magic knife that split the mountain in half.On the opposite side of the cliff is another mountain top. The distance between the cliffs on both sides is as wide as a hundred feet, and there is a faint sound of water coming from the bottom of the cliff.There was absolutely no way that person could have jumped over this cliff just now.

Su Yanjun squeezed his sword and summoned Junzi Sword.It is said that this sword was obtained by Su Yanjun when he discussed Taoism in Lingshan, and the name of the sword is "Gentleman".

Indeed, the sword is like a person, the shape of the sword is straight and slender, the form is simple and clear, the body of the sword is faintly engraved with cloud patterns, although the color is plain white, it is radiant under the sun.But that light is not dazzling, but like warm jade and smoke, giving people a warm feeling.

Su Yanjun Yujian went to the opposite cliff and checked carefully.Mu Xiyun and Gu Shun turned around to check the situation around them.

The rock that I turned around just now was nearly three people high, and it was huge. Half of it was on the top of the mountain, and the other half stretched out of the mountain. The strong wind was blowing from the top of the mountain, and people couldn't help worrying that this big rock would be blown down the mountain.There are several delicate purple flowers growing under the stone.This is already the top of the mountain, with only a few small trees growing here and there, with a clear view, and there is no place to hide.

At this time, Su Yanjun was also on the opposite side to check, Yu Jian flew back and shook his head at the two of them.

Unexpectedly, the clue was cut off like this, and the three had to go down the mountain to discuss again.

When Su Yanjun and Mu Xiyun returned to the medicine hall, it was already ten minutes before the lamp was held.Liang Chi was in the guest room, saying that two medicine merchants had come to the pharmacy and brought a lot of precious medicinal materials, and Liang Chi treated them as honored guests.

That night, there was a strong wind.Not long after, the spring thunder rolled, and it began to rain heavily.

When the sun shone into the small courtyard again, a rush of horseshoes shattered people's dreams.

Gu Shun got off his horse, helped one person into the medicine hall, and said to Su Yanjun and Mu Xiyun who walked out of the room: "Guo Qi has been found!"

Guo Qi was the disciple of Moyun Mountain who was terrified when he found the body a few days ago. When everyone rushed to the government office, he was missing. Unexpectedly, he appeared today.

Guo Qi was haggard, his bun was untied, and there were a lot of dead branches and grass clippings in his hair. He was wearing a white Moyun Mountain student uniform, which was full of mud and black water. There were several spots on his chest and back. Torn, very embarrassed.

Liang Chi checked his pulse, and after a while, raised his eyes and said, "It's okay, it's just that I'm depressed and I'm too tired, it's better to have a rest." After saying that, he took a Qingxin Pill, fed it to him, and put his hand on him Vest, slowly input some spiritual power.Soon, Guo Qi's eyes moved and he woke up slowly.

When he opened his eyes, two lines of clear tears gushed out.

Liang Chi patted his hand and said, "We don't know what happened to you, but if you know anything about the murder case, please be patient and tell me quickly."

Guo Qi bowed his head and said: "Yes. I was excited for a while and missed everyone's business." He sat up with Liang Chi's hand, as if he had made some determination, raised his head and said to everyone: "I was born in Yiyun Town In Qingxi Town, fifty miles to the north, there is a younger brother in the family."

Ten years ago, Guo Qi was only ten years old, and his younger brother Guo Lin had just turned six.The Guo family is not well-off, so the two brothers often collect firewood and pick fruits to help the family. When they are not busy, they play and wander in the mountains next to the village all day.

One day, the two brothers discussed going to the forest in the mountains to pick wild fruits, so they left home early and climbed halfway up the mountain.There was fog in the mountains that day, Guo Qi asked his younger brother to wait under the tree with a basket, and went up the tree to pick the fruit.

The ten-year-old boy panicked immediately, dropped the wild fruit, and called his brother's name while looking for it, sweating profusely.Later, when I met a villager who went up the mountain to cut firewood, he helped to tell his family and also reported to the government.The government sent servants to search together with the spontaneously organized villagers for a few days, but no trace was found.If he was dragged and eaten by wild animals, he could still see bloodstains and wreckage, but Guo Lin disappeared without a trace as if he had turned into a puff of green smoke.Later, there were rumors in the village that the child was eaten by a monster in the mountain, so there was no trace of it.

Guo Qi said, tears streaming down again: "The other day Uncle Wang found the body and came back to report to the officials. His disciples were discussing with Butou Gu on next year's government-civilian cooperation in the government office, so they went to the scene to check together. The child was wearing a Silver bell bracelet, my younger brother also had one, both in shape and size. I, I thought it was my younger brother who came back, but, but that child is not..." He raised his head and looked at Liang Chi, "Master, you Look at my brother, he..."

Liang Chi sighed, and patted him on the shoulder: "It's been so many years, so don't have too much hope. Where have you been these few days?"

"I went home," Guo Qi wiped the corner of his eyes, "but found something wrong."