[Comprehensive Martial Arts] Daoist Mo's Whisk

Bashan, Jiangshan drunk sub-floor.

When A Fei came to knock on Mo Qi's door, Gong Jiu was lazily lying on the imperial concubine's couch, drinking tea casually, looking at the screen in the center of the wing that almost covered most of the bedroom.

The screen is painted with gorgeous Tang peonies, the colors are gorgeous, and the bright and dark flower buds are stacked together. It is clear that the painting is a cluster of flowers, but for some reason, it gives people a vague feeling.

Behind the screen, there is a sparkling room.Apparently, what this screen is covering is a man-made pool, and this pool is exactly the reason why Jiang Shanzui arranged Mo Qi's wing on the first floor.

Ah Fei was attracted by this gorgeous and somewhat coquettish screen at the first sight. He looked dazed for a while, shook his head, and then broke free from the inexplicable dizziness: "...where is Daoist Mo?"

Gong Jiu raised his chin: "He's cultivating his mind inside." He turned his face to look out the window, "What are you doing looking for the Taoist priest so late?"

Ah Fei couldn't help but glanced at the eye-catching screen again, and moved his eyes away in time when he felt dizzy: "I think that if Jing Wuming wants to act, he will definitely act at night, so I want to find you and go to the mountain road to have a look." .”

Ah Fei said while thinking in his heart: This screen is so strange.Mo Daochang doesn't seem like a person who likes this kind of screen, and...why do you think this screen looks a bit evil?

After looking at those peonies for a long time, he actually had an illusion, as if what he was looking at was not the bright and blooming Yonghua peonies, but layers of blood stains that made his chest feel stuffy.

Gong Jiu clicked his lips in a dull manner, and slowly sat up from the imperial concubine's couch: "Tonight? I'm afraid it won't work." He gestured to the already dark sky outside the house, "It's been such an hour, and he hasn't come out of bed yet." Crawling out of the water, I guess I can't finish repairing my heart tonight."

A Fei was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help frowning and said: "But Jing Wuming——"

Gong Jiu glanced at A Fei: "I told you that the shadow man is not a ghost, why do you still think that he must be active at night? Let's go, get up early tomorrow, and let's go to the Yamen."

Gong Jiu had already left the door first, A Fei and Mo Qi were not familiar with it, and they were too embarrassed to stay when they saw this, so they followed, and asked shamelessly: "Why do you want to go to the Yamen?"

Gong Jiu said flatly: "Every time the shadow people make a move, it will lead to serial murders. If you want to catch their whereabouts, the first thing to do is not to go to the mountain road at night to try their luck, but to find the target of their attack. What, then sit back and wait. ——When you see more shadow people in the future, you will know."

hooligan:"……"

I didn't want to see the shadow man, okay?

He stepped out of the door in silence, turned around and politely helped Taoist Mo close the door.

The wooden door made a long, tooth-piercing squeak, and shut it shut with a click.

Behind the brightly colored screen, a string of bubbles emerged from the deep blue water of the pool.Then, a man floated out of it.

The man was naked. His chest pain was constantly rising and falling due to suppressing violent fluctuations. His eyes, which were originally as dark as crow feathers, were stained with a cruel and gloomy red color. On his waist, which was soaked pale by the ice water, against his perfect body and flawless deep face, like an evil god standing in the abyss, invisible black mud spread from him to the surroundings.

Accompanied by his breaking through the water, there was a huge sound of water, and the splashed water splashed violently on the screen and slowly slid down along the surface of the screen, washing the peony picture on the screen into a more coquettish and deep depression, just like coming out of a swamp. Blooming man-eating red flowers.

The picture of peonies that Gong Jiu and A Fei saw was just a cover-up painted on the front of the screen, but behind the screen, on the side that men can see, the peonies are more in full bloom, stacked on top of each other, one after another. A bright red or crimson flower bud is crowded together, as if a pool of sinful blood is flowing.

The man stared at the peony picture for a while, and then silently paddled into the bottom of the water.

Use the reverse array to arouse the emotions to float and cause madness, and then use the cold pool water to suppress the raging malice back to the bottom of the heart, force the reason to seal all the cruelty and sinister back to the deepest box, and suppress the tyrannical spirit that has been suppressed in the dantian. , The internal force full of desire to destroy rotates in the tendons over and over again, and can only be used by himself when it is transformed into an orthodox internal force-this is Mo Qi's homework for cultivating his mind every night.

He once sent a formation to Gong Jiu. That formation was researched and drawn by him and Jianghu Bai Xiaosheng when he was in his hometown. Just for his own use.

This almost masochistic way of practice is the reason why his internal strength is increasing day by day and advancing by leaps and bounds.

The crimson in Mo Qi's eyes gradually faded, and the abyss-like thick and malicious eyes became cold and calm. Finally, he opened his mouth silently, and spit out a string of bubbles from his mouth: "..."

A bubble is an annoyance:

I was just thinking about Jiu Gongzi again.

Obviously he was just sitting outside...

Invite him next time—wait a minute, what was I thinking?

Mo Qi frowned in distress, feeling that a Ninth Young Master was more terrifying than the insanity he had to deal with every night.He clearly could suppress even the tyrannical and chaotic internal forces—but he was helpless in the face of those unspeakable thoughts.

These thoughts are like extremely tenacious weeds, even if they are pressed into the mud or stuffed into the crevices of rocks, they can sneak out, and from time to time, a small flower exuding an attractive fragrance will bloom.

no.This can no longer be the case.Mo Qi seriously warned himself for an unknown number of times.

If this continues, it may not be good.

While Mo Qi made up his mind for the countless times, he rolled his body under the water guiltily, hiding a certain restless part, pretending it didn't exist.

In the dark blue pool water, a series of frustrating bubbles popped up.

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Early the next morning, when Mo Qi came out of the room, A Fei was already leaning against the door of his room, holding the sword and lowering his eyes, it seemed that he had been waiting for a long time.

Gong Jiu walked over steadily holding a bowl of things from the corner: "Are you all awake?"

He walked to Mo Qi's side, pushed the bowl into Mo Qi's hand seemingly casually, and said very naturally: "Drink and leave."

Mo Qi looked down suspiciously, and saw a bowl of golden soup exuding the sweet aroma of pumpkin.

When he looked up at Gong Jiu in surprise, Gong Jiu's eyes had already fallen on Ah Fei, and in his usual cold voice, he spoke inexplicably quickly: "I didn't tell you, it's useless to wake up early, The people in the yamen haven’t—”

Mo Qi lightly shook Gong Jiu's right wrist hanging by his side: "Thank you."

Gong Jiu unconsciously rubbed Yu Pei's hand and paused for a moment, then said in a more ruthless tone: "Just drink, talk more."

From the corner of his eyes, he saw Mo Qi obediently lowered his head, took a sip, waited for a while, couldn't help but suddenly turned his face, and looked at Mo Qi with piercing eyes.

This time...how is it?

He copied it step by step according to the cook in the kitchen. If there is still a problem, then... there must be something wrong with the cook!

Mo Qi's indifferent eyebrows gently bent, and said to Gong Jiuwen: "It's delicious."

The young A Fei beside him hugged his sword silently and alone.

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The main reason why Mo Qi rushed to Bashan so quickly this time was because he was worried that Tang Yuandao, who happened to be on mission in Bashan, would also be involved in the incident of the shadow man.

Tangjiabao's information was very fast, and the news of the shadow man's presence in Bashan had already spread to Tangjiabao long before Mo Qi and the others arrived.Before Mo Qi went out with A Fei and Gong Jiu, he received a letter from Tang Huaixia. In the letter, he hurriedly wrote a line: Bashan Mountain Road, Headless Bodyguard, urgent matters, be sure to stay safe!

"Headless Escort?" Ah Fei repeated in confusion, with a puzzled look on his young face.

When he found Li Xun Huan's empty tomb earlier, what he thought at first was that some despicable person dug up Li Xun Huan's body.Later, when it was found that Bashan Jing was dead, Ah Fei learned about the term "shadow man".Out of trust in his own sword and Li Xunhuan's flying knife, A Fei was sure that Jing Wuming had died with Shangguan Jinhong, so although he didn't want to believe this Jing Wuming who appeared in Bashan, he was sure It is Jing Wuming's ghost.Then the reason for Li Xunhuan's disappearance from the grave is probably not that someone dug his grave, but that he also became a ghost just like Jing Wuming.

Of course, this weird idea of ​​logic has been corrected by Mo Qi and Gong Jiu in yesterday's conversation. Ghosts don't exist, definitely don't exist.

That being the case, where did this Headless Escort come from?They are all headless, aren't they still ghosts?

Ah Fei's doubts were about to come out of his big, black eyes. Gong Jiu dispelled the other party's idea of ​​questioning "why the national teacher can't do it" with a blank face: "although I don't know it very well." What's going on here... But I'm sure, this headless bodyguard can't be a ghost. The Tang Sect is not a Taoist priest, so they don't accept orders to exorcise ghosts."

Mo Qi frowned, looking at the letter paper: "Bashan Mountain Road... Isn't this the place you said earlier, where the rumored Jing Wuming haunted after the resurrection?"

Ah Fei nodded: "Yes, it is Bashan Mountain Road. But according to rumors, he only appeared once, and no one has seen his trace since then."

"Could it be a coincidence?" Mo Qi felt a little uneasy, put the letter into his sleeve, and then said to A Fei, "Sorry, I'm worried that my apprentice will be in danger, you and the ninth son will go to see the county here first." Ling, let's find out if there are any unsolved murders here in Bashan, I have to go to Bashan Road first."

Before Ah Fei could answer, another white dove with dark blue smeared on its forehead flew over from the sky.

Gong Jiu frowned: "Tang Sect's letters come so frequently?"

- This is not a good sign.

This time the letter was written more scribbled and more.Mo Qi carefully identified: "Master Tang said, 'Three days ago, a disciple from the other family who was named Yuanzi took leave to visit friends in Bashan. Send Tang Huaitian and his disciples to Bashan to investigate the matter. At the third watch, he was drunk in Jiangshan, and the wild goose blew three times as a signal, hoping that Junlue will help him.'”

"A disciple from the Tang Sect disappeared in Bashan?" Gong Jiu grasped the point keenly, "Didn't that disciple just go back to Bashan to visit his friends? How could he disappear? Could it be...was involved in the shadow man's troubles, Killed and silenced?"

Mo Qi's mood became heavier: "I don't know."

Ah Fei pursed his thin lips, raised his head and said to Mo Qi: "I will go to Bashan Mountain Road with you, that is the place where Jing Wuming once appeared."

A Fei still has something to say, he thinks that Li Xunhuan will never be defeated by Ji Wuming, the one whose life is in danger now is obviously not Li Xunhuan, but Mo Qi's new disciple.Although he is not very clear why he is obviously Mo Qi's disciple, but he is giving missions to the Tang Sect. Among them, who is raising an apprentice for whom...

"People from the Tang Sect will arrive tonight. Let's go to the mountain road now, and then go to the county government after the long journey." Mo Qi let the pigeons of the Tang Sect fly, and said in a low voice.

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The weather was not good, and when Mo Qi and others were leaving the house, it began to rain again in Bashan.For this reason, Gong Jiu turned back resolutely, changed into an old clothes, took off the jade pendant, put it in the skirt and put it close to her body, and then went out with Mo Qi and A Fei.

By the time we reached the side of the mountain road, the rain had already fallen so heavily that the raindrops were so dense that the people who were almost hit couldn't breathe and couldn't open their eyes.

The mountain road was extremely muddy, circling among the forests, and the potholes were filled with muddy water. There was no one passing by. Mo Qi and the others didn't even find a rut, and they don't know if it was washed away by the rain.

A Fei looked left and right at the dense forest, and he had no experience and no ideas on how to find a Tang Sect disciple who was hiding.

He touched the wooden handle of the sword tied around his waist with some depression, and felt that it was really hard for him to find someone.Originally, he had spent most of his brainpower searching for the house where Sun Xiaohong and Li Xunhuan lived in seclusion, and the other half of his brainpower was also spent on Cha Ji's death. Now standing in the forest, he can't think of what to do. do what.

Mo Qi didn't worry about it.He raised his hand and blew a whistle. Not long after, a fat round bird flew from the sky and landed angrily on Mo Qi's outstretched palm. Splashing water on his master's face.

Mo Qi stretched out his hand to block it, and gently stroked the back of Que Ling's messy feathers with his broad palm, smoothing it out: "Take us to find a long way."

Que Ling, who was almost calmed down, suddenly became furious, chirping and chirping at Mo Qi with righteous indignation, then flapped her wings and flew away.

Ah Fei looked at Mo Qi whose face was splashed with water again: "...do we still want to follow?"

It seemed that the fat bird didn't mean to lead the way, but seemed to be driven away by anger.

Mo Qi said briefly: "Follow."

So, facing the wind and rain, the three of them practiced lightness skills, stepped on the treetops and followed Que Ling for nearly half a stick of incense, before they landed in the dense forest on the mountainside.

When Que Ling flew close to this area, it lowered its altitude, and after flapping its wings a few times, it burrowed into the forest. It was obvious that Tang Yuandao was hiding in this area.

When A Fei followed and fell from the treetop, Que Ling had already landed on a big rock, shook the water off his body, and calmly tilted his head to comb his hair with his mouth.

Gong Jiu: "...where are people."

Whether you look left, right, up, down, you don't look like someone.

Mo Qi didn't speak, and reached out to knock on the big rock, and the rock actually made a sound of rattling wood.

Ah Fei took a few steps closer: "Is this made of wood?"

If you don't get your hands on it, you won't see it at all.

Mo Qi shouted in a low voice: "Yuan Dao."

After a while, the big rock shook, and as soon as the sparrow feather flew away, Tang Yuandao lifted the fake rock away.He was still holding a little panda cub with a light color, which seemed to have been washed and faded, and he threw himself into Mo Qi's arms: "Master! Why are you here!"

After the excitement and excitement faded, Tang Yuandao complained with great pain: "Master, you have simply forgotten me! For so long, you didn't even send me a letter!"

The faded panda cub was caught in the middle, its belly was squeezed flat, and it slowly raised its hairy head: "Boom! Boom!"

The immature Maoclaw slapped Mo Qi on the shoulder a few times in unison with the enemy - with its short arms and short legs, it can only go so far.

Ah Fei, who was still holding his sword and carefully observing the surroundings, had his eyes attracted by this strange black and white hairball: "What is this?"

Tang Yuandao was wearing a dark blue outfit with a string of cold hidden weapons around his waist, and he insisted on stuffing himself into Mo Qi's arms. Hearing A Fei's question, he turned his upper body and raised his eyebrows happily. His own panda cub showed off: "This is my cub! It is a young panda, but it eats a lot, and it will grow big and strong in the future!"

The panda cub kicked its fat leg innocently in Tang Yuandao's arm, and its short hairy paws began to scratch its head, probably to wipe off the water on the top of its head, but unfortunately its head is too big and its hands are too short , Hulu for a long time but did not touch the top of his head.The fur on both sides was smoothed by it, and the fur on the top of the head stood up stubbornly, pointed, like a panda-colored bamboo shoot.

Ah Fei took a step forward involuntarily: "Panda? Does he have a name?"

Tang Yuandao helped his cub wipe the water off his head: "Yes, it's called A Fei."

hooligan:"……"

Panda A Fei blew a few times, then climbed his short limbs onto Tang Yuandao's arm, and did not move.

Tang Yuandao was still explaining excitedly: "I got it at the time because I restored Feiyuan... What's wrong, Master?" He raised his head in confusion, looking at Master who suddenly put his hand on his shoulder.

A Fei said with a sullen face: "...my name is A Fei."

Although his real name is not A Fei, after so many years in the rivers and lakes, the name A Fei has been used for so long, even his closest friends are also called by the name A Fei, A Fei has long regarded this name as his real name.Now I suddenly learned that the slow-moving action in front of me, the black-and-white Maotuanzi, who looked very silly at first glance, was also called A Fei...

Tang Yuandao stammered: "That, that..." He looked down at his panda A Fei, and asked hesitantly, "Changing it's name?"

Ah Fei was expressionless, and spoke a little fast: "No need." He held back for a while, and added, "We are very destined."

Tang Yuandao was at a loss: "Are we?"

Ah Fei pointed at the panda, and then at himself.

What does it matter to you, I'm talking about pandas.

Tang Yuandao was heartbroken: "..."

"Didn't you come to hunt down the Headless Escort? Why are you hiding here?" After all, Mo Qi still remembered their purpose of coming here, and brought the topic back.

Tang Yuandao pointed down the mountain: "Master, you stand back—yes, you can look down the mountain from this position, and you can see the entire mountain path."

With a thought in his mind, Ah Fei looked at Tang Yuan with bright eyes and said, "Did you see that Headless Escort?"

Tang Yuandao was taken aback by A Fei's suddenly enthusiastic eyes: "I see."

Ah Fei's eyes became brighter: "Then did you kill it?"

Also, is the Headless Escort really headless, a human or a ghost?

Tang Yuandao shook his head: "No, I haven't fought him yet."

Gong Jiu frowned: "Isn't your mission to hunt him down, why didn't you do anything when you saw him?"

Tang Yuandao scratched his head: "Because I feel...something is wrong!"

Mo Qi asked suspiciously, "What?"

Tang Yuandao hesitated for a moment: "This... this is related to the mission, logically speaking, I shouldn't have told you... well?" He suddenly realized something was wrong, "How do you know I'm here, and how do you know I'm here? Do you know Headless Dart?"

Mo Qi showed Tang Huaixia's letter to Tang Yuandao: "This matter is a bit complicated. This mountain road not only has the case of the headless bodyguard, but also the shadow man has set foot here, and... in Bashan, a Tang Disciple of the sect. Master Tang was worried about your safety, so he told me your mission."

Tang Yuandao took the letter and was stunned for a moment: "A Tang Sect disciple is missing?"

"Yes. I don't know the connection between these three, and I don't know what secrets lie on this mountain road. I, Young Master Jiu, and Young Hero Ah Fei have just arrived here, and we haven't met the county magistrate here yet, so I don't know exactly what happened in Bashan, what happened to this headless bodyguard, and why he was on the assassination list of the Tang Sect. Why did the shadow people appear here? What's their purpose? And that Disciples of the Tang Sect..." A deep ravine was carved between Mo Qi's eyebrow peaks.

A pair of cool hands brushed between his brows: "Don't frown."

In Mo Qi's arms, Tang Yuan, whose face was suddenly blurred by Gong Jiu's sleeve, said: "..."

hooligan:"……"

A Fei decided to chat directly with Tang Yuandao, without disturbing the eye contact between Mo Qi and Gong Jiu. He said to Tang Yuandao: "Then have you ever seen a tall man? He has three scars on his face. Originally He should have died, but he appeared in Bashan, and it is said that he once appeared on this mountain road. He should be a shadow man."

Tang Yuandao pondered for a while: "No... Seriously, I've only seen that headless bodyguard." He supported the panda cub who climbed onto his shoulder and rubbed his big head clumsily against his face, " I came here two days ago. Since I was stationed here, I haven’t seen anyone passing this mountain road. There is really no one. Those who don’t know think this mountain road has been banned and abandoned. Woolen cloth!"

"I saw the Headless Escort yesterday morning when it was just dawn. That Headless Escort...was really headless! When I saw him, Ah Fei was so scared that he almost fell down. Just ...I didn't dare to go down..." Tang Yuandao said awkwardly, "It's really scary! You don't know!"

"Later, I realized that since this headless bodyguard was on the list of the Tang Sect, it should not be a ghost, but a person pretending to be it. I observed it, and the headless bodyguard didn't seem to have any internal skills, so it shouldn't be dangerous. , so I was going to take Ah Fei to drive down together, and finish this mission as soon as possible. But we haven't walked halfway, and another tall headless bodyguard suddenly ran out of the dense forest on the edge of the mountain road. The short one was taken away, and the tall one was very skilled in martial arts, and in the blink of an eye, they were all gone."

Tang Yuan said listlessly: "Oh... I just told Grandpa Huaixia that I am not suitable for this kind of mission, so I just read the files in the secret room and study the hidden weapons of the research institution... But he insisted , I must come out to take this task, and said that this task is very simple! He said that this bodyguard is a person who does not know martial arts. This kind of thing will happen..."

"The Tang Sect has always refused to kill those who commit crimes. If the order is accepted, then this headless bodyguard must be a villain who has killed people." Gong Jiu said to Mo Qi, "I just don't know. Which Headless Escort appeared? Of these two Headless Escorts, which one is real and which one is fake? Or... this Headless Escort... is actually the same as the shadow man, referring to Not just one person?"

Tang Yuandao opened his eyes wide: "I don't know which of them is real and which is fake, but there must be only one Headless Bodyguard, because Grandpa Huaiyuan told me this."

Mo Qi whispered: "If this is the case, then there must be a story behind this headless bodyguard."

Staying on the mountain road and waiting, it is estimated that they will not be able to return to the two bodyguards. Jing Wuming came to the mountain road a long time ago. Even if there are any traces left, the sudden heavy rain has already washed away these traces. up.

Since there were no other clues, everyone didn't waste any more time staying on the mountain road, and rushed directly to the county government office to meet the magistrate here.

The county magistrate here is already 70 years old, with white hair and beard. When everyone saw him, he was babbling and singing in the backyard of the government office, teasing the thrush in the cage. .The yamen servant at the side shouted to him several times, "Master County Magistrate, there are distinguished guests!", but he didn't hear it, which shows how hard his ears are.

It wasn't until he took everyone to sit down in the back hall of the government office that Gong Jiu grunted with a very bad expression.

My ears are so recited, why don't you consciously retire and return to your hometown as soon as possible!

The old county magistrate's brows were drooping, and it was hard to see who the person who was singing and amusing the birds in the yard was: "My lords have come from a long way, what's the matter?"

Gong Jiu said coldly and directly: "Let me ask you, have you ever been haunted by ghosts on your mountain road? Also, in your county, have there been any unsolved cases in recent years?"

The old county magistrate trembled, his white beard trembled, as if Mo Qi and Gong Jiu were bullying an innocent old man: "If you come back to the son, there are... have you been haunted by ghosts? How many times have I been here! Our Bashan is adjacent to Tangjiabao, and it has always been calm in the past. There are no unsolved cases. The biggest case is the case of catching rape, but... since the haunting on that mountain road, I have died A lot of people..."

"The mountain road is haunted by ghosts. If someone died, can you report it?" Mo Qi asked in a deep voice.

The old county magistrate nodded again and again: "Reported, reported, but there has been no reply from above!" He frowned, "You said, I am a county magistrate, not a Taoist priest or a monk, this... I am good at handling cases, I really can't catch ghosts!"

Gong Jiu gave him a cold look: "It's nonsense! Regardless of the fact that there are no ghosts in this world, if you reported it, why didn't you reply? Tell me, who did you report it to?"

The old county magistrate had a bitter face: "Of course the lower official reported it to the magistrate, but I don't know why, the answer has never come down..."

That's surprising.

Mo Qi said: "When did you report it?"

The old county magistrate said: "I reported it half a month ago. Logically speaking, let alone half a month, even if it is seven or eight days, then the answer should come anyway."

Gong Jiu raised his hand, waved it backwards, and a white-clothed secret guard rushed out of the house knowingly, and went to look for the horse and the prefect of Shuzhou to confirm the matter.

Tang Yuandao, who had been standing behind Mo Qi, raised his head and hugged the panda cub whose hair had been wiped dry. Seeing the frowning face of the old magistrate, who looked very frightened, he ran up to him, raised his face, and acted immaturely and tenderly. Said innocently: "Grandpa county magistrate, can you tell me what happened to that headless bodyguard?"

When the old magistrate saw Tang Yuandao, his eyes became a little bit happier: "Oh, it's scary, children should not listen to such stories..."

Tang Yuandao stepped forward to hold the hand of the old county magistrate very familiarly, and said coquettishly, "Say, I'm not afraid!"

The old county magistrate dreamed of having such a snowy and cute big fat grandson, but unfortunately he was still a bachelor at the end of his life, and could only watch other people's grandsons twitch. , I couldn’t help smiling, joy descended from the sky... for a while I looked at Tang Yuandao, and for a while I looked at the panda cub who was rubbing his own head, stretched out his hand to rub the doll’s head and the other panda’s head, and couldn’t close his mouth with a smile: “You If you're really not afraid, then I'll tell you."

Gong Jiu and Mo Qi did not speak for the time being.

The old county magistrate said: "A month ago, there was a bodyguard car passing by our Bashan mountain road. It was Hongmen's bodyguard team, and they transported six cars full of gold, silver and jewelry."

"Six chariots of treasure are actually not much. We are adjacent to Tangjiabao, and it is the most common route for darts traveling from south to north. In the past, there were twelve carts, and more than 20 carts. I have seen .Hongmen is our local bodyguard bureau. It used to go through [-] carts of gold bars, such priceless bodyguards. That time, Hongmen dispatched the entire bodyguard bureau, and all bodyguards participated in the escort."

"Theoretically speaking, the eighteen carts of gold bars dispatched the entire Escort Bureau, and the six carts of gold, silver and jewelry at most dispatched half of the people. But this time, in the Hongmen, except for the uneducated children and the women who took care of the family, everyone All the bodyguards are dispatched, just to escort the six carts of treasure."

A Fei frowned.

Even he could tell that something was wrong.

The old county magistrate continued: "At that time, the dart was transported from the north to the southwest, passing through the Bashan mountain road. The people in Hongmen probably never expected that the journey from the north to Bashan was calm and there was no disturbance. When they met, they happened to come to their own territory, but they encountered a catastrophe."

"The Hongmen bodyguards that were dispatched at that time were wiped out. Their throats were cut, their heads were beheaded, and they were killed on the mountain road. The blood stained the mud. It rained all night, but until the next morning, When this tragedy was discovered, the blood on the ground was not washed away by the rain."

"The six carts of treasures are all gone. What is missing from the six carts of treasures are the heads of the murdered bodyguards."

"It's been a month! From the discovery of their bodies to now, we have not found their heads, and we don't know where these heads were taken by the murderer, let alone why the murderer took their heads."

"Half a month ago, a nocturnal passer-by came to our house to report the crime. He said in shock that he had met a ghost on that mountain road, a headless ghost. This headless ghost claimed to be an escort. They are here to find the stolen darts. In the future, whenever pedestrians pass by this mountain, they will go halfway and disappear suddenly. No one has seen them again, and they don’t know whether they are alive or dead.”

"The local people, there are rumors that these are the ghosts of the murdered bodyguards in Hongmen, who came back to find the robbed bodyguards. Those who disappeared were all taken away by the bodyguards."

Gong Jiu gave the old magistrate a cold look: "As far as I know, there should be only one headless bodyguard?"

The old county magistrate smacked his lips sadly: "Yes! But I think that not everyone can become a ghost after death, maybe he has a lot of resentment..."

Gong Jiu: "...a bunch of nonsense."

Mo Qi also said solemnly to the old magistrate: "There are no ghosts in the world."

A Fei nodded in agreement behind Mo Qi and Gong Jiu.

Tang Yuandao thought for a while, wrinkled his little nose, and took the old magistrate's hand: "Then those children and women in Hongmen, aren't they very pitiful?"

The old county magistrate sighed, and he had no intention of continuing to play with pandas: "Who said it wasn't? Hongmen's bodyguards are dead, but they are not dead yet... How can Hongmen afford to pay for those bodyguards?" Alas! At present, there are debt collectors coming to the Hongmen Mansion every day, and we can’t help even if we want to. After all, this is the kind of business that bodyguards do. Moreover, it’s only natural to pay off debts, so we don’t care. No."

"Is it true that the only survivors of the Hongmen are women and children?" Mo Qi asked.