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Gu Ming couldn't help asking: "Could it be that the little peddler has been exposed?"

"That's right!" The village head nodded: "As the saying goes, evil comes with evil, and the couple still didn't know how to restrain themselves after returning to the village, and they were finally caught.

The two couldn't hold back a brutal beating, so they started biting dogs, and in the end they revealed everything

It's ridiculous that Er Shuan still pleaded not guilty, but instead said that the small shopkeeper and Ah Ji framed him.

But the villagers are not fools.

As the old saying goes, if you want others to not know, you must do nothing yourself.

You must know that there are more than two thousand people in our village, how could that kid be truly seamless?

In the end, according to the decision of the elders of the Chen family, Er Shuan was expelled from the Chen family, and the Chen family tree was removed. "

"So that's the case, so where is this Ershuan now?"

Gu Ming continued to ask.

"I heard that this guy has been doing pretty well in the past two years. He married into a big family named Wei in Dafeng County on the outskirts of Beijing, and helped take care of Wei's huge family business."

"God has no eyes, a person with such a bad character is actually a good-looking person."

Qian Pingzhi said something indignantly.

But Qiaoniang snorted dissatisfied: "Hmph, that doesn't make you look like a human, it makes you look like a dog!"

"Yes, the lady is right."

Gu Ming said thoughtfully: "In this case, the suspicion of Er Shuan is indeed quite serious."

"Then what should we do? Do you want to report to the police to arrest him?" The village head asked anxiously.

"Reporting to the official is useless!" Gu Ming shook his head: "After all, this is just a speculation, and you can't produce conclusive evidence.

That's enough, let's not talk about him for now, it's more important to hurry up and destroy the other party's layout while it's still early. "

As soon as the news spread, the village erupted immediately.

Generally speaking, the vast majority of villagers are skeptical.

After all, Gu Ming is just a weak scholar in their eyes, what else can he do besides reciting poems and prose?

I'm afraid I'm not a liar, are I?

As a result, when Gu Ming made a move, everyone was so shocked that their jaws almost dropped.

When will scholars be able to call the wind and call the rain?

Of course, Gu Ming didn't want to show off his skills in front of these villagers. To break the opponent's layout, he had to use some means to suppress it.

The opponent's layout is mainly distributed around the village, and the technique is also very ingenious, almost all using the ready-made landforms to arrange.

Such as rocks, trees, ponds, grass and so on.

There are also some strange charms blessed, and Gu Ming used his discernment to find and destroy them one by one.

After working for about two hours, it was finally done.

To be on the safe side, Gu Ming climbed up to a high place again to observe the whole village and see if there was anything missing.

Down the hillside, the village chief and the elders in the village began to discuss the matter of remuneration.

"Third, what did you do? Why haven't you discussed silver taels before?"

"Second brother, Mr. Gu didn't mention the salary at all, how can I ask?"

"Oh, just in case"

"Second uncle, my nephew knows what you are worried about, but don't worry, Gu Jieyuan will never ask for extravagant prices. According to what my nephew has heard, he has helped many people, and he never cares about the reward."

"Forget it, in short, he has helped us so much, even if he asks for some more silver taels, he should."

But what the villagers didn't expect was that Gu Ming didn't even come down.

After confirming that the layout of Qianjiazhuang had returned to normal, he bid farewell on the hillside and left.

Dayton stunned the villagers.

"This is the real master!"

Finally, an elder in the village sighed sincerely.

Two days later.

The suburbs of Beijing, Dafeng County.

This place is only fifty miles away from the capital city, occupying a geographical advantage, so it is far more prosperous than ordinary county towns.

At the gate of the city, pedestrians, porters, sedan chairs, horses, and carriages flowed endlessly.

Gu Ming entered the county town with the crowd, and walked casually, admiring the scenery on both sides of the street.

After walking not far, I saw a large group of people gathered in front of me, I don't know what they were looking at, and their voices were mixed.

Gu Ming was paying attention lazily, and when he was about to avoid the crowd, a task prompt popped up in his mind, click on it:

Unravel the mystery of the town's haunted demons and find out the real culprit behind the scenes

Complete the task, reward 60 points

Seeing the content of the task, Gu Ming couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and then he lifted his spirits: Sure enough, if you want to earn points, you still have to come out and move around more.

I've made a lot of money along the way.

So, Gu Ming squeezed into the crowd and saw that there was a reward notice posted on the wall.

However, it was not posted by the government, but a private reward, and the reward was 500 taels of silver.

This can be described as a big deal, much higher than the government's bounty.Generally, for those felons and gangsters wanted by the government, most of the rewards are more than ten taels, and very few are more than a hundred taels.

This is also the biggest reason why it is difficult for the government to catch people.

Those who are jealous of the bounty often don't have that ability.

Those who are capable are unwilling to take risks for such a little money.

Only with heavy rewards can there be brave men.

Through the content of the reward and the discussions of the onlookers, Gu Ming roughly figured out the cause of the incident.

The demon incident started half a month ago, and four people have been killed so far, all of whom are young daughters.

The youngest is 11 years old and the oldest is 14 years old.

All of them died in the same way, pale all over, with withered muscles, like withered flowers.

Although the government also issued a reward order to capture the culprit, according to insiders, the deceased was not killed by a human at all, but was sucked away by a demon for blood, soul, and spirit.

A group of people also believed in this statement. Now people are panicking, and many daughters in the city dare not go out. They hide at home all day, for fear that they will be caught by monsters if they are not careful.

Rich people even look around for mages to guard their houses to avoid evil spirits and seek peace of mind.

Not long after, Gu Ming searched all the way to find Ren Yuanwaifu.

"Hey, who are you looking for?"

The servant standing outside the door asked a question.

"Please go and report to your master, and say that I came here for a reward."

"What? Did you make a mistake?"

The servant looked surprised and looked Gu Ming up and down.

"Isn't it the reward issued by your master?"

"My master's reward is for catching monsters, are you reading it wrong?"

"That's right, I'm here to catch demons!"

"Uh" the servant scratched his head in confusion: "Alright then, you wait here for a while, and I'll report it."

In the backyard, Ren Yuanwai was talking with a middle-aged man with a look of grief and sorrow.

This person is a quack warlock named Wei Teng, and his skills are not high, but it is still no problem to catch little ghosts and demons.

"Master Ren, don't worry, Mr. Wei has been in the Jianghu for more than [-] years, and I don't know how many ghosts he has killed.

This time, Wei will also live up to Master Ren's great trust and will kill this demon."

"Master, there is another monster catcher outside."

"Ok?"

Wei Teng frowned when he heard that someone came to snatch the business.

Ren Yuanwai couldn't wish for it, anyway, there was only one bounty, and whoever killed the demon that killed his daughter first would get that bounty.

"Quick, please come in!"

"But sir, that man looks like a scholar."

"Scholar?"

Ren Yuan was stunned.

"Yes, but he said he was here to catch demons."

"Hehe, there are all kinds of liars these days."

Wei Teng took the opportunity to mock coldly.

"It's better to come in and talk about it first."

"Yes!"

The servant responded with a sound, turned around and quickly ran to the gate, and then brought Gu Ming into the backyard.

"This is my master."

"My lord, Gu Xing, heard that Master Ren is offering a bounty for catching monsters, so he came over to give it a try."

Before waiting for the officer to reply, Wei Teng couldn't help but sneer: "Give it a try? I said young man, where did you get the courage? Are you studying behind closed doors when you're catching monsters?"

"Cough!" Ren Yuanwai hurriedly coughed and stepped forward to smooth things over: "Mr. Gu, let me introduce you. This is Master Wei Tengwei. He also has good intentions and has no malicious intentions."

"Really? Haha, then don't I have to thank you?"

"Master Ren is right, Wei is also out of good intentions. On the other hand, I'm afraid some people who don't know the heights of heaven and earth will come to cheat on food and drink."

Gu Ming smiled and said: "I have been taught. But I want to ask this master, how high is the sky? How thick is the ground?"

"you"

"Okay, you two don't have to quarrel here. You are always a guest at the door, can you give the old man some face?"

"I'm sorry, it's Wei's fault. This young man, I hope you don't mind what I said before. Wei was straightforward and didn't target anyone."

Gu Ming ignored it lazily, and said to Ren Ren: "Master Ren, I need to check the body of Ling Qianjin first, and see if I can find any clues."

Ren Yuanwai responded with a hoarse voice, and then ordered the maid to take Gu Ming to the mourning hall for inspection.

When I came to the mourning hall, sure enough, it was the same as what the onlookers said before.

"Wooooow, miss"

Seeing the young lady's remains, the maid felt so sad that she sobbed and began to cry.

"How old is Miss Ren?" Gu Ming subconsciously asked.

"Thirteen is less than woo woo"

"Was she killed at home, or outside?"

"Not outside, but she stayed at home all the time, but she suddenly disappeared that night and was not found until the next afternoon"

"Where did you find it?"

“In an alley in the south of the city”

"Oh, I see."

Gu Ming nodded, and then used his discernment to investigate carefully

During this period, his face changed several times.

After about a cup of tea, he said to the maid who was kneeling on the ground and sobbing: "Okay, let's go."