The real young master is also the real devil

It was already the morning of the second day when Shi Zhilin unraveled the hexagrams of the eight wooden cards.

There was a golden light around his wrist, when he stepped out of the hexagram array, he also met a brother who was coming this way, seeing him coming out, he said in amazement: "You just came out?"

Shi Zhilin's eyes were filled with embarrassment, he shook his wrist and said, "Of course!"

The brother smiled and said, "Where is the brother going now?"

Shi Zhilin's eyes rolled: "That must be a good lesson. After being influenced by the Bafang Xianggua array, I found that I suddenly became very interested in divination."

The senior brother nodded: "It's good that you have this awareness."

Shi Zhilin smiled and told his senior brother, "Then I'll go first."

After leaving Daoyi Peak, Shi Zhilin rushed back to Yin Peak without stopping, but before going up the mountain, he bumped into Zhengshan Zhifan, Zhifan saw him and smiled and said, "You just came out of the Eight-Fang Xianggua Formation?"

Shi Zhilin: "Why do you know, Senior Sister?"

Zhi Fan: "It's not just me, the fact that Junior Brother Bai was punished has spread throughout the Tianshan Mountains, Master knows about it."

Shi Zhilin was slightly nervous: "Will it affect my mountain?"

Zhifan: "It doesn't affect it, but why did you ask for the mountain? But what mission did you take?"

Shi Zhilin: "I heard earlier that the senior brothers of Qi Sanfeng went to the new secret realm today to find materials."

Zhifan thought for a while: "So it's this, but the opening time of the secret realm is strict, Qi Sanfeng's team will be on the mountain before dawn, you probably won't be able to catch up."

Shi Zhilin hadn't heard of the time in the secret realm before, and he couldn't help but be disappointed when he heard what the senior sister said: "I plan to go with Xiao Bailong when I come."

Unexpectedly, Zhifan said again: "Brother Bai is already on the mountain, don't you know?"

Shi Zhilin thought for a while: "He did say in class yesterday that he has something to ask for leave."

Zhifan: "Then you don't need to go to the mountains, just go to class."

Seeing that Zhilin immediately lost his previous elation, Zhifan burst out laughing and said, "That's enough, I won't tease you, well, Master knows that you have hurt Junior Brother Bai for playing in the mountains, so I found a task for you to do. "

Shi Zhilin took the jade slips and took a look, "The village near Jingyang Town?" When he came to Tianshan before, he passed by Jingyang Town. Jingyang Town is located in a remote place, far from other Dazhou counties. The town is more like a small village, with few people.

Shi Zhilin wondered how remote Jingyang Town Bianshang Village would be.

Zhifan put back the smile on his face: "The whole village was killed, because there are fewer outsiders in the village, so I found out that it was ten years later, and you have to investigate the truth of the village." She paused : "But it's been a long time, it's not easy to check, and you must be ruthless to kill a villager. Although you are a Nascent Soul, the other party doesn't know how deep it is. You must be careful this time."

Shi Zhilin nodded: "I know, Senior Sister, don't worry."

This time, Shi Zhilin didn't call anyone, but only called Xie Qingyi.

The two of them didn't stop, and rushed directly to Jingyang Town.

Jingyang Town was just as they remembered it, with wind, sand and loess, the whole town was deserted, and there were only two inns to choose from.

Shi Zhilin and Xie Qingyi chose the one that seemed to have a better environment, put their things away and went upstairs, and after ordering dishes, they began to ask, "Have you ever heard that the small village twenty miles away was massacred?" information?"

Xiao Er came to serve the food, and when he heard the words, his hands shook, and he looked at Shi Zhilin and the two in horror: "Why do you two ask this?"

Shi Zhilin and Xie Qingyi looked at each other, and said, "We are Tianshan disciples, and we have accepted the task to investigate this matter."

Hearing what they said, Xiaoer's nervous expression relaxed a little, but he still lowered his voice and said: "Two immortals, listen to Xiaoyi's advice, and investigate this matter. Although I don't know how well the two of you have cultivated, how have you been doing in the past few days?" The young cultivator has been there, but all of them... have gone back and forth, I am afraid there is a powerful monster at work!"

Xie Qingyi: "How to say?"

Xiao Er looked around, saw four people, and said: "There are rumors that the people of Ma's Village offended a wolf demon who passed by here to raise wounds, and the demon killed the entire village because of this incident. , I heard that he is still entrenched there at this moment, even passing by and investigating people, you see, there are fewer people in this town, everyone is in danger, and they have all moved away!"

Shi Zhilin raised his eyebrows and said: "You said that the people in that village offended the wounded wolf demon, but do you know what they did to offend them?"

Xiaoer shook his head: "This little one can know, but everyone knows..." After saying that, he straightened up and wanted to leave.

Xie Qingyi put the two gold ingots on the table, and said with a smile: "You know we are here to investigate this matter, and we always have to go there, but according to you, it is so dangerous, we must ask for more information to be prepared." He pushed the two ingots in front of Xiaoer: "This is the first payment. When we get back, we will pay the balance. As for the balance, it depends on how much value you provide."

Xiao Er couldn't take his eyes off the gold, and after Xie Qingyi let it go, he hurriedly put the gold away, and said: "You two immortals, what do you want to hear, as long as you know it, you will never hide anything."

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After resting overnight, Shi Zhilin and Xie Qingyi rushed to Majia Village, twenty miles away.

Majia Village is in the middle of a sandy land. Except for some cold and heat-resistant trees in the village, the surrounding area is surrounded by flying sand, which is very barren.

Shi Zhilin and Xie Qingyi walked around the village, but found nothing except that no one collected the corpse.

After checking the last corpse, Xie Qingyi got up and said, "It really looks like the work of a monster with sharp front claws."

Shi Zhilin: "Murder should be a novice." He recalled looking at each corpse before, and said: "Some corpses still have signs of struggle, and there are many wounds on their bodies, but they are not fatal. The fewer wounds on the last corpses, the more fatal wounds, and the last few were almost fatal in one blow."

Xie Qingyi rubbed his hands: "Do you think that the murderer never thought of killing the whole village? What happened later, he suddenly wanted to massacre the village?"

Shi Zhilin shook his head: "I don't know..." He played back the images of those people's deaths in his mind again, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration, and said, "Have you noticed that there are no children in these corpses, only two of you are young women, most of them are Men of prime age and old men."

"Is there..." Xie Qingyi thought about it carefully: "It seems to be true!"

They looked at all the corpses in the village again, and they did not find a child's corpse.

Xie Qingyi: "Could it be that there are no children in this village?"

Shi Zhilin shook his head: "I saw a rattle in a house before, so there must be a child."

Xie Qingyi: "Does that mean that the murderer killed the whole village because of these children?"

Shi Zhilin raised his eyebrows: "What do you want the child to do?"

Xie Qingyi couldn't figure it out: "For eating? Isn't it rumored that you just eat people?"

Shi Zhilin clicked his tongue, "Then what about Shaoxian Mountain? It's a hundred and eight thousand miles away from Shaoxian Mountain, how can you still come here to eat people?"

Xie Qingyi twitched at him: "Maybe you are allowed to stay on Tianshan Mountain for half a year and you will get tired of it and miss the mountain, but you are not allowed to stay in Tianshan Mountain and want to change to another place?"

Shi Zhilin, "Yuya looks like a cow, have you ever seen that cow with such sharp claws?"

Xie Qingyi thought for a while and said: "It's not a joke, there are many monsters with sharp claws, and there are many problems of cannibalism, how can we investigate?"

Shi Zhilin thought about this problem, there is no shop in front of Majia Village, and there is no shop in the back of the village, and the nearest town is separated by [-] miles of yellow sand, if there is a monster really wanting to make trouble, he can't figure out why the monster chose such a place.

Xie Qingyi said: "What's so hard to guess? You said that you don't go to the village and don't go to the shop, and you won't be found eating people here. The reason is not enough."

Shi Zhilin pointed to the corpses: "Since it is for cannibalism, why not eat these people? I don't think Xiaoer is targeting the target. Perhaps the people in this village really have an enmity with that monster."

After saying this, something flashed into Shi Zhilin's mind, and he said suspiciously: "The little one said before that the demon used to recuperate in this village, but if the demon appears, it will definitely not be the prototype, it can only be in human form, otherwise No matter what, the people in the village would not take him in, but if it was in human form, how did the villagers find out that it was a demon? If he was injured and did not reveal his true form, then the villagers would have taken the courage to kill him even if he hadn't been brave enough to kill him at that time. Afterwards, it should be reported to the nearby Xianmen or Tianshan Mountain, why not report it, and spread the news at this time?"

Hearing what he said, Xie Qingyi discovered the contradiction in Xiao Er's words, and frowned, "Could it be that the villagers were coerced by him and worried about being revenged, so they didn't report it?" As soon as he finished speaking, he refuted He said to himself: "No, if you are afraid of being revenged, you should either hide far away, or keep silent from now on. Even if you slipped your mouth and said it, you can't live here with peace of mind after the news spreads wildly... "

Shi Zhilin nodded: "There is no trace of large-scale relocation of the villagers here, and the number of deaths is almost the same as that of the houses. Even if they are relocated, there should be at most two or three families..."

Before Shi Zhilin finished speaking, he exchanged a glance with Xie Qingyi:

"Look for the villagers who moved out!"

Shi Zhilin and Xie Qingyi took a new look at every house in the village. They counted a total of five houses that had been idle for a long time, and two of them were dilapidated. I am afraid that they have been idle for more than ten years. According to rumors The two bases can be ruled out by speculating on the time when the monster entered the village.

When the two returned to the town, they asked the townspeople one by one.

"Old man, do you know people from Majia Village?"

"Do you know who has moved out of Majia Village over the years?"

"Do you know where the family is now?"

The town is not big, and it took only half a day from the beginning of the town to the end of the town. When Shi Zhilin and the two returned to the inn, it was still daylight.

Seeing them coming back, Xiao Er warmly greeted them: "You two immortals are back. Today, the shop just slaughtered a sheep. It is the latest slaughtered lamb. You must try it."

Shi Zhilin and Xie Qingyi happened to be hungry, so they sat down, and seeing Xiao Er lingering after serving the food, Shi Zhilin took out two ingots.

Just as Xiao Er was about to reach out, Shi Zhilin took the Yuanbao back and said, "I found out that the things you told us before were a lot of fakes."

Xiao Er watched helplessly as the ingot was taken away, and hurriedly said, "Little sentence belongs to you!"

Shi Zhilin said: "You once said that there was a demon in that village recuperating, so I asked, when the demon lived in the village, was it in human form or in prototype? If it was in human form, how would the villagers know that it was a demon? If it was in the original form, How dare the villagers of Majia Village take in that demon?"

Xiao Er looked blank: "But that's what the rumors say."

Xie Qingyi blew on the mutton soup and said: "The rumors are rumors, not exhaustive. If you can tell me what you know, it is not impossible to give you these two ingots. The previous two, we will not spread false news because of you. Take it away."

Xiaoer was startled, he didn't think that the gold in his pocket could fly away, the two in front of him are immortals, if they really want to take away the gold in his hand, there are naturally thousands of ways, he couldn't believe it, and hurriedly said: " Although it is a rumor, everything is true and what the little one said, and absolutely did not make up any words to deceive the two immortals, as for the little one..." He scratched his head, and after thinking hard, he shook his head dejectedly and said: "What about Majia Village? I haven't been in contact with the outside world all year round, so I can't think of anything."

Shi Zhilin put the two ingots on the table: "You said earlier that you have been in this inn for more than ten years, and there are many people coming and going from north to south. You must be the most informed in the whole town. It doesn't have to be two years. If this is real news related to Majia Village, we will give it to you if we find it useful."

Xiao Er stared at the two ingots intently, frowned and thought hard, and when Shi Zhilin couldn't help but move his chopsticks to prepare to eat, Xiao Er snorted and drew his attention back.

"I remembered!" Xiaoer said: "I don't know if the two immortals want to know the news, but it is indeed related to Majia Village. I hope that after hearing the news, the two immortals...don't take my ingots away."

Shi Zhilin nodded: "Say."

Xiaoer recalled: "About ten years ago, a very beautiful young lady came to the town. When that young lady appeared, how can I say... the men in the whole town, old and young, all came out to see her, and Xiaoyuan took a look at her. , I just feel that the sun is brighter with her... But the little lady didn't stay in the town much, and went to Majia Village the next day. At that time, many unweds and gentlemen in the town went to Majia Village. I just want to know which family the little lady is from, but for some reason, since then, the Majia Village has closed the village to prevent outsiders from entering or leaving."

Shi Zhilin frowned: "You mean Majia Village was not closed before, but it was closed after the little lady left?"

Xiaoer nodded: "Although the Majia Village is surrounded by yellow sand, their sheep are all salt flat sheep with excellent meat quality, and they often send mutton to the town for trading, but after that, the mutton is sent very little, not so , No outsiders are allowed to enter at will."

Shi Zhilin and Xie Qingyi looked at each other, Xie Qingyi asked: "Then, have you heard what happened in the village during that time?"

Xiaoer shook his head: "Everything is fine except for that little lady. At that time, many gentlemen wanted to marry that little lady, but the villagers said that the little lady married the village head as a successor, and the men in Majia Village were all strong and strong." Strong, the gentlemen in the village gave up."

Xie Qingyi was thoughtful: "Young lady ten years ago..."

Shi Zhilin asked: "Then you heard that someone moved out of Majia Village?"

Xiaoer thought for a while: "I've heard of two of them. One is Mr. Xiaolang, who went to the imperial city after taking the exam. I don't know about the other one. He only knows that he went to Zhoucheng. Some way of making a living."

Shi Zhilin: "Do you know how many people are there in those two families?"

Xiaoer nodded: "There are four people in the family going to the imperial city... Coincidentally, that family moved out after the little lady entered Majia Village for a month. As for the family going to Zhoucheng, it was five years ago. People, they are two sisters."

Shi Zhilin: "Two sisters? How old are you?"

Xiaoer thought for a while: "Ten years old, right? I don't know very well. At that time, our inn would set up a stall outside to buy buns in the morning. The two sisters came here to buy buns when they left, but they were wearing hoods, so they couldn't see clearly. Appearance, I only remember the voice sounded immature, and the hands were children's hands."

"Ten years old..." Shi Zhilin rubbed the colorful rope on his wrist, thinking, "I'm still a child..."

Xie Qingyi continued to ask: "Have you ever heard that there are not many children in Majia Village?"

Xiao Er was surprised: "Why do the immortals ask this? But speaking of children... I have never heard of it. There are always regular buyers in the Majia Village. Most of the purchases are rice, oil, salt and cloth. It’s rare to buy things for children, but it’s not surprising, how can children from poor families prepare anything specially, just use what they can.”

The two talked with Xiaoer for a while, and then went upstairs.

Xie Qingyi: "What do you think?"

Shi Zhilin: "At present, apart from the two families who moved out, the only clue is the little lady who came here ten years ago."

Before Shi Zhilin and Xie Qingyi asked all the way along the street, only these two families had the information about moving away. If they wanted to check, they could only check from these two families.

Xie Qingyi: "Isn't that going back to the imperial city?"

Shi Zhilin hissed: "Let's go back to Zhoucheng to check on the two sisters first."

After the two made up their minds, they immediately packed up their things and returned to Zhoucheng overnight.

The moon is high, and the city is still brightly lit. The people in the city are carrying lanterns and strolling around the night market, looking at ease and calm.

Xie Qingyi sighed: "It's only a hundred miles away, it's completely different."

Thinking of the barren Jingyang Town and Majia Village, Shi Zhilin felt uncomfortable.

Before Yunzhou was established, Kyushu was not unified.The kings of the various countries were divided into feudal states and ruled. The family and the school have been at odds for a long time. The Yaozu is a powerful foreign enemy. It is the founding emperor and a powerful cultivator at the same time. Zhao Ping unified Kyushu and balanced the forces between the family and the school. cloud week.

However, it is easy to cause conflicts between cultivators and ordinary people. One hundred years ago, Emperor Zhao Ren carried out the reform of "family sects assist in governance". , be regarded as a lot of peace.

However, this still cannot solve the problem in a small number of areas. Some areas are extremely far away from the bustling mortal cities, not close to the cities of cultivators, and belong to the most barren areas. Such places will eventually be like Jingyang Town and Majia Village, where few outsiders step in. Stuck in its own right, increasingly impoverished over time.

Xie Qingyi knew what Shi Zhilin was thinking, patted him on the shoulder and said: "The benevolent government of the Holy One has already done a good job."

Shi Zhilin nodded: "I know." He put aside these things and looked at the busy alley through the window: "You ask, are those sisters here?"

Xie Qingyi hummed lightly, and sighed a little: "A ten-year-old child earns a living by himself, besides this... there is really nothing else he can do."

Shi Zhilin, "Go and see."

The two changed their clothes, and when they arrived, Zhilin had been to Pingkangli when he first came to Zhoucheng.

At night, Pingkang is more than twice as lively as in the daytime. As soon as the two of them stepped into this alley, they were surrounded by several beautiful ladies:

"The two gentlemen are so handsome, but they are a bit unfamiliar, but come here once?"

"Two gentlemen, sit upstairs, my little lady is beautiful, I guarantee that you will be satisfied."

"Lang Jun—I'm looking forward to you!"

During the siege, the thugs around the girl in red tore apart the crowd, and walked straight to Shi Zhilin.

The flowers on her forehead are exquisite, and her face is like a peach blossom. When she held up the round fan and poked her chest, Zhilin said, "Okay, I said I would come again half a year ago, but I have waited and waited, hoped and hoped, to see you like this." Heartbreaker!"

Xie Qingyi's unexpected and unexpected appearance, Shi Zhilinnai said: "Sister, didn't you ask me to come less?"

The girl in red said coquettishly: "My sister told you to come less often, and said that the man next to you should come more, my sister is looking forward to it every day..."

Shi Zhilin interrupted her: "So you hope it's not me, but the gentleman who came with me before."

The girl in red paused: "You are looking forward to." She looked around, "Where is that gentleman?"

Shi Zhilin smiled and said, "I didn't come."

The girl in red gave him a blank look, put away her fan and was about to leave.

Shi Zhilin hurriedly chased after him: "Sister, sister, let's go, I know him, let's bring him here for the first time!"

The girl in red glanced at him: "You can't understand the dirty words, and you come here to play, you are not afraid of being eaten by those ladies outside, so hurry back!"

Shi Zhilin smiled and said, "I'm here to inquire about information, sister, if you can provide us with some information, we will leave Ma Shan."

The girl in red: "Where's the empty talk?" She giggled a few times and said, "Little man, are you a vegetarian when you're an older sister?"

Before Shi Zhilin could speak, she said again: "Forget it, my sister likes you, you can ask whatever you want, as long as you can't tell me, my sister will tell you."

Shi Zhilin's eyes lit up: "Sister, do you know that a pair of sisters from Majia Village entered Pingkangli five years ago? Do you know where they are?"

The girl in red changed her eyes when she heard him talking about Majiacun. At the end of the hearing, she covered her face with a round fan and asked with a smile, "Young Lord, what do you want to know about the two of them? You mentioned Majiacun? But... an old acquaintance?"