Mountain and Sea Miles

The next day, Wei Wencheng sent someone from his family to pick up Li Luo and the others, and they did as the Romans do. They didn't refuse, and naturally got into the carriage of Wei's mansion.The location of Wei Mansion is not far from the county government office, just across the street, Wei Wencheng personally stood at the door to welcome the three of them, and led them into the hall.

After entering the hall, the servants left silently after serving tea.At this time, Maomao had rewrapped her turban to cover the cat ears on her head, obediently followed Lu Jianwu and sat down, holding a teacup and watching silently.

The two sides chatted politely first, and not long after, Wei Wencheng's wife Yun Yun brought some melons and fruit tea in with the servants, put down the things, and the servants retreated, Yun Yun stayed behind, facing three He made a shallow salute, and then sat next to Wei Wencheng.

Yunyun looks very young, not like a girl in her 30s, but also very beautiful, wearing a yellow dress, no red hairpin on her hair, only a small red flower on her hairpin, and she speaks softly , looks like a good wife and mother.But I don't know why, Maomao subconsciously felt a little cold when he looked at the other party. When Yun Yun's eyes inadvertently looked over, he quickly retracted his eyes and lowered his head to stare at the teacup in his hand.

On this occasion, Li Luo was responsible for most of the communication. Although they were entrusted by Wei Wencheng to investigate the disappearance case, they couldn't interrogate the county magistrate's wife like a prisoner. Naturally, they could only probe tactfully. Fortunately, Li Luo was good at this, so he asked about the situation in a few words, but Yun Yun's answer was no different from what Wei Wencheng said that day, and there was no new useful information.

If they can't get any new information, it's not good to continue to bother them. Li Luoyi thinks they should leave first, search for traces of Xiqu nearby, and prepare to say goodbye to Wei Wencheng. Suddenly he asked, "What kind of flower is the lady's head?"

Everyone was taken aback, Li Luo raised his eyebrows, glanced at Lu Jianwu, and Mao Mao subconsciously sniffed, no wonder he had been feeling a faint fragrance in the room since just now, it turned out to be the flower on Yun Yun's head. Spoiled, he looked up at Yunyun again.

After Yun Yun realized it, she saluted Yingying, and said with a soft smile: "It's not a famous product, it's just an unknown wild flower. I'm bored on weekdays, so I fiddle with some flowers and plants by myself in the mansion. When I see that it grows well, I use it to make it. Some headgear, let the young master laugh."

Lu Jianwu didn't say anything, just nodded lightly, Li Luo quickly answered the words with a smile and praised Yun Yun, although Wei Wencheng was a little displeased with Lu Jianwu's abruptness, after all, he was worried that the other party was an expert, so he didn't say much , or respectfully sent the three of them out of the mansion.

"Do you think Mrs. Wei has a problem?"

After leaving the Wei Mansion, they refused Wei Wencheng to send them off, and they walked slowly towards the inn. After a certain distance from the Wei Mansion, Li Luo approached Lu Jianwu and asked.

Mao Mao also looked up suspiciously, Lu Jianwu thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "There is something wrong with that flower."

Li Luo: "Flowers?"

"Well, there is very little evil spirit on the flower." Lu Jianwu said, and added, "It's not Xiqu."

Maomao was confused and asked in a daze, "Is that flower a flower demon?"

"No way, didn't you hear that it's very difficult for grass and tree spirits to become a monster? And how can they be easily broken and made into flower hairpins after becoming a monster?" Li Luo narrowed his eyes and said conservatively.

Lu Jianwu frowned, thought for a while, and then slowly said: "That flower... looks familiar."

He seems to have a little impression of that flower, but because of the memory seal, he can't remember where he saw it for the time being. Thinking of the familiar aura on Maomao, Lu Jianwu once again felt that it is necessary to release the seal for a while.

Li Luo sighed, took out his wine gourd, took a sip, and said, "Let's keep an eye on this Yunyun first, but the most important thing right now is to find Xiqu first, and the disappearance of Miss Bai's family must be related to it." , we will split up and go to the outskirts of the city to see if there are any clues."

Maomao also heard a lot about this case intermittently, and always wanted to help but had nothing to intervene. Hearing this, he immediately said: "What does that monster called Xiqu look like? I'll look for it too!"

Lu Jianwu paused, looked at Mao Mao, and Li Luo leaned over Lu Jianwu and smiled at Mao Mao: "Don't worry, little Mao Mao, Xi Qu is very fierce, even a newly grown Xi Qu can swallow it in one gulp." You kitten, not to mention the rhinoceros who has already cultivated into a demon, if you are bitten by it, I will not be able to compensate you demon town masters and your Lord Jianwu~"

Maomao glared at Li Luo and snorted, curled his lips in displeasure, but then lowered his head and walked silently.

He was born and lived in the mountains for 300 years. Since he had spiritual memory, he has never seen his parents, and he has no relatives or friends. He was accidentally rescued by Lu Jianwu before, and he practiced alone all these years very smoothly.

But when he got down the mountain, he realized that his 300-year-old cat demon is really nothing. Even if he cultivated into a demon body and a human form, he is just a useless little demon. , I used to feel that I was fast and agile, and it was easy to climb mountains and jump trees, but I have seen the original speed of Lu Jianwu and Zou Yu, so I am ashamed to brag about it.

That's why Zou Yu said that he didn't need to do anything, as long as he helped record the tasks, it was because he had expected that he wouldn't be able to do anything, right?

Before, he blamed the "broken bead" for making him unable to use his spiritual power, but in fact he knew, and everyone knew, that even without that bead, he was still useless.

Mao Mao, who has always been happy, carefree, optimistic and positive, has never lost confidence even when she was almost deceived and hurt by evil monsters after going down the mountain. For the first time, she feels doubts and frustrations about herself.

Suddenly, there was a warm touch on the top of his head. Mao Mao felt someone gently rubbing his head with the palm of his head through the scarf. He raised his head involuntarily and looked at Lu Jianwu beside him against the light.

That cold face is much softer than before, and there is more warmth in the eyes, looking at Mao Mao is full of comfort, "Follow me, and tell me what you find."

This means that we are going to take him to investigate together. Maomao's worries just now were swept away in an instant, staring at Lu Jianwu with bright eyes, and asked excitedly: "Really?"

"Well, don't run around." Xiqu is not a big threat, and Lu Jianwu is not worried, but it is the inexplicable aura suddenly appearing on Maomao that makes him more concerned, and it is better to keep it with him.

Li Luoben came to see what he said, which made Mao Mao feel depressed, and wanted to say a few words to make others happy, but before he could say anything, Lu Jianwu's words made the silly boy laugh In a blink of an eye, he simply shrugged his shoulders and closed his mouth, shaking his wine gourd, and took a step first.

The two sides separated tacitly, Li Luo went to explore outside the south gate, and Lu Jianwu took Maomao to the suburbs outside the north gate.

After leaving the city, Lu Jianwu took Mao Mao all the way to explore the surroundings with his spiritual sense, but he never found any trace of Xi Qu.

If a monster hides its aura, it will be difficult for even Lu Jianwu to find it all at once. If the monster aura of the White Mansion is not deliberately left behind by Xiqu, it is probably the evidence left by those monsters with resentment entangled in Xiqu. It's just that those grievances have not yet become a climate, nor can they cultivate ghosts, so they cannot provide more information.

While walking, Lu Jianwu answered Mao Mao's questions from time to time. He didn't show any contempt or impatience, and answered Mao Mao's questions very seriously, like a teacher who taught the younger generation dutifully, making Mao Mao treat him in his heart His admiration grew a little stronger.

"Miss Bai disappeared on the [-]th of last month. Widow Qiu was found missing for more than a month, that is, last month. Then Mrs. Wei's maid left two and a half months ago. These three people are each There is one less month, does that rhino cannibal eat people every month? Will it come out again this month? Hey! Could it be that the first two, like Miss Bai, disappeared when they were fifteen? After Maomao followed the timeline, he raised his own question.

"Time is possible." Lu Jianwu accepted half of Mao Mao's guess. Miss Bai's disappearance was on March [-]th. No one saw Widow Qiu after mid-February. According to Yunyun, Qian Bi He also left the Wei Mansion in mid-January. If it is indeed a serial crime, then it is very likely that the [-]th of each month will be the time to do it.

"A monster who is addicted to killing human beings will have a strong murderous aura in its demonic aura. For example, Ji Ao, his demonic aura is full of murderous aura. The former Jiang Yun also has it, but there is no murderous aura in the ghostly aura of the White Mansion."

"Could it be that the rhinoceros didn't eat people, but just took them away. Are those three people still alive?" Maomao asked.

Lu Jianwu shook his head, "The resentment sinks in the residence, the possibility of death is greater, but the death should not be in Xiqu's hands, so there is no murderous aura in its evil spirit. As for whether it can eat people, it is not yet clear." Judgment. If it eats the body of a person who has just died, then it is no different from eating other things."

Mao Mao imagined a giant beast waiting for a human to be killed, and then swallowed the other's flesh and blood. Suddenly, he felt a surge in his chest, and his whole body trembled. He quickly shook his head and shook off the fantasy in his mind. .Although he is a carnivore, he is not interested in human flesh, whether it is alive or dead!

He still remembers the words he said when he first met Lu Jianwu: "Spiritual things should not be killed indiscriminately", so he only eats animals that have not developed spiritual intelligence, and of course he does not eat cat meat!

"So catching Xiqu is not the point, but finding the real culprit behind the scenes." Lu Jianwu suddenly stopped and said something.

At this time, they had already walked far outside the city, near the foot of the back mountain in the north of the city, the place was deserted, so as soon as Lu Jianwu stopped, Maomao immediately felt that something was wrong, before he had time to ask, he felt something wrong the next moment. His collar was picked up, and in a blink of an eye he and Lu Jianwu were no longer where they were originally standing, and they jumped three feet away, and there was a black beast like a cow standing at the original place, with its fangs grinning at them. Roaring in the direction.

The author has something to say:

rhinoceros

"Shan Hai Jing Zhong Shan Jing": (Lishan) there is a beast, its shape is like a cow, its body is green, its sound is like a baby, it is a cannibal, and its name is Xiqu.