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Before, Xiao Xia had some admiration for this Yunzhou big man surnamed Huang, because he was a smart man.

When I saw him for the first time, Xiao Xia had just come to Luoshui City for a few days, and was kicked out of the Taoist temple where he was staying by Taoist Wu Ya, and he was looking for an inn for those coolie porters to eat.The big man in Yunzhou was sitting at the table next to him. He was tall and conspicuous, with his messy hair tied behind his head, and his face was full of stubble. Even though he was not wearing animal skins, he had animal teeth and Animal bones, people can tell at a glance that they are natives of Yunzhou.

As soon as he sat down, people from the Luoshui Gang came to post notices, offering rewards for clues to skinning murderers who have become a sensation today, and also hired all kinds of strangers who are good at dealing with demons and ghosts as guests of the Luoshui Gang.

During this period of time, several inexplicable murders occurred in Luoshui City. Several wealthy sons were arrested, skinned and tortured to death.Originally, it was not the Luoshui Gang's turn to come forward to arrest the murderer, but at the beginning of this year, the leader Bai Shao of the Luoshui Gang met a blind man who was a fortune teller. , and then he couldn't help but opened his mouth, saying that Master Bai might suffer a bloody disaster in the second half of the year and die a miserable death.

The leader of the young gang naturally laughed at this kind of nonsense, and the blind man was also thrown into the Luojiang River to feed the fish.After half a year, almost no one can remember this incident, but the skinned murderer suddenly appeared in Luoshui City, and the dead were actually a few friends of the young gang leader. Out of nowhere, the young gang leader panicked, and this post was posted.

There is no shortage of kung fu masters in the Luoshui Gang. Qingzhou's number one big gang status is achieved by fighting with one knife and one punch. They are all talented people who are one in a thousand, and ordinary monsters are naturally not afraid, but the few monks and guards who died this time were not ordinary people, and they did not leave any trace of the murderer. Send people to invite the masters of the Taoist Buddhist sect, and at the same time, come to post a list and invite all kinds of strange people who are good at dealing with monsters and ghosts to be the guests of the help, so as to make a perfect plan.

"It's nainai, it's a pity, where is the guest of the Luoshui Gang." The big man in Yunzhou muttered, licked his fat lips, and shook his head regretfully.

Xiao Xia who was sitting next to him just heard it, and was taken aback for a while, and then he couldn't help laughing, because that's what he was talking to himself just now.The Luoshui gang controls the waterways and commercial roads within a radius of a hundred miles of Luoshui City. Not to mention the richness of the country, there is no shortage of money.Even if you don't talk about the bounty for catching the murderer, just sneak in and be a guest, that's enough for many people.In the arena, it is actually not easy to have a good and affordable meal.

It's just that Xiao Xia also understands her weight, and even Daoist Crow is much better than herself, so it's not her turn to have such a free meal.But this Yunzhou big man is sitting crookedly, his eyes are cloudy, and his spirit is scattered. He doesn't look like he has high-strength martial arts, nor does he seem to have practiced magical powers. It's a good hand to make up the number of people at the time, and as for the idle meal of Luoshui's guest Qing, Xiao Xia really didn't see how he had the right to sigh such a pity.

All of a sudden, the people in the inn were chatting among each other, or eating sullenly, mostly talking about the reward.All of a sudden, the big guy from Yunzhou let out a snort, stretched his neck and looked in one direction, as if he had discovered something.

Xiao Xia followed his gaze, and in the far corner, a young girl was sitting alone at a small table, eating quietly.This girl was also decorated with animal teeth and bone ornaments, and she was also wearing a colorful feather coat unique to Yunzhou women. She didn't look pretty, but she showed the shyness and freshness unique to girls in the mountains.Obviously, this girl is also from Yunzhou.

There are thousands of miles between Yunzhou and Qingzhou, and it is because Luoshui City is connected by water and sea that we can occasionally see one or two Yunzhou natives who come here to do business.There are two in this small inn, which can only be said to be a coincidence.The big man in Yunzhou stared blankly at the girl, was startled for a while, then suddenly stood up and walked over to say hello in Yunzhou dialect. When the girl saw her fellow countryman, she also showed joy and invited the big man to sit down.After a while, the Yunzhou burly man stood up suddenly, and said loudly to the people around him, "Brothers and friends. Huang has just come to Luoshui City for a few days, and he never expected to meet Yunyun in Qingzhou, thousands of miles away. Fellow Zhou, I am so happy! I will invite you to dinner tonight, everyone, please eat whatever you want!"

The voice of the big man in Yunzhou was very loud, and he smiled very boldly. The girl from Yunzhou next to him saw that everyone in the inn was looking at him, and lowered her head timidly. joy.It is a woman's nature to love to be noticed by others. Even if she is a little apprehensive because of her shyness and thin skin, she is still a girl after all.

Most of the inns are traveling merchants and porter coolies eating at the top, and the food and drink can only be regarded as rough.But no matter what, it is definitely a joy to have someone treat guests, and everyone also sent congratulations and congratulations, and some young traveling merchants even half-jokingly called out the words like Tiancheng, the girl's head was buried. Deeper, redder in the face.

Someone wanted to show off, Xiao Xia naturally ordered another bottle of light wine and a lot of dishes very bluntly, sat in a corner and ate hard, but he didn't expect that after eating this meal, his Luck also came.

Luck comes from Taoist Crow.In the previous murder cases, the well-known Taoist monks around Luoshui City were hired heavily by the wealthy sons of the victims, and died together at the hands of the mysterious murderer. The number one expert with talisman spells.The Luoshui gang could only rely on him to prop up their appearance in the talisman spell before the Taoist masters they invited arrived.

Taoist Crow, who received the invitation from the Luoshui Gang, was also overjoyed and determined to make himself stronger. After driving Xiao Xia away, he meditated alone in the Taoist temple, determined to concentrate on drawing a few top-grade talismans to get rid of demons and make his name famous.Unexpectedly, this person’s eyes are good but his hands are low, something went wrong in the forced drawing of a high-level talisman, and a piece of Yanhuo Tenglong’s spell was about to be completed, but he couldn’t catch it with a breath of true energy, and the power of the rune went out of control and turned back, blowing himself and half of the Taoist temple into the sky .After Xiaoxia had enough to eat, she went back to the Taoist temple to pack her things, only to see Taoist Crow moaning half-dead on a pile of ruins, naked and half-dead.

Although he didn't lose his life, he went to the Luoshui Gang for half of his life. There was absolutely no way he could go to the Luoshui Gang, but Taoist Wu Ya couldn't bear to part with the deposit he had already accepted. After thinking about it, he had to discuss with Xiao Xia and ask him to replace him. .So after demonstrating a few talismans, Xiao Xia also transformed from a down-and-out gangster who didn't even have money to eat to a temporary guest of Qingzhou's largest gang under the eyes of several guardians and priests pinching their noses. , staying temporarily at the main rudder of the Luoshui Gang to protect the young gang leader with other masters.

After examining him, there was another person who was recommended, who was actually the big guy from Yunzhou in the inn.

The big man still looked so simple and honest, and said loudly: "My surname is Huang, and I'm from Yunzhou. I heard that Chief Bai is looking for someone to help catch monsters, so my friend introduced me to try it. Today, I will pick one up." His name is Huang Desheng, I wish the Luoshui Gang victory!"

The original names of Yunzhou natives are usually very awkward. Most of the people who come out to the rivers and lakes take their own Zhongzhou names. This Yunzhou big man is even more interesting, but the old protector Zeng who is sitting on the grand teacher's chair is not interested in it. Eyelids, said lightly: "I wonder if friend Huang has any unique skills in dealing with demons and ghosts?"

The big man in Yunzhou stroked his messy hair, laughed, and crossed his hands. The two bone bracelets on his wrists touched together, and two half-real and half-real beasts appeared beside the big man. It was a white A giant wolf and an ape the size of a human.

With a cry, Old Protector Zeng opened his eyes, nodded, and said to Hu Qian next to him, "Please also ask Master Hu Xiang to evaluate it."

According to their habit of fiddling with organs and equipment, Shenjitang always likes to classify everything, whether it is monsters, ghosts, medicine materials, or even the skills of people in the world, they are all marked as one, two, three, and four like goods Label.Although many people disdain this, there are indeed some places where Shenjitang is inferior to others in terms of seeing and appreciating things.Hu Qian took out a small piece of crystal from the armor at her waist, looked carefully at the phantoms of the two wild beasts, then nodded and said, "It's probably a fourth-rank demon soul, and it should be enshrined in the native village of Yunzhou." The soul of the spirit beast is quite a rare thing."

Many aborigines in the mountains of Yunzhou will make offerings to some spirit beasts in the mountains to guard the village. If a loyal spirit beast dies in battle, and the obsession with the master and the village does not disappear, the witch doctor elders in the village will do something to kill their spirit beasts. The spirit is collected in the utensils.The spirits that drive these spirit beasts are not much different from the demon spirits driven by ordinary warlocks, but they are connected with their masters, they are more flexible in operation, and they have some magical functions that demon spirits do not have.

"But it's only a demon soul of the fourth rank..." Old Guardian Zeng frowned.The fourth rank is not low, but it seems that the high is not too high. The three-legged cat who pinched his nose and recognized it before is really no choice. This one is like this... ..Money doesn't matter, it's not very nice to say it.

Fortunately, Hu Qian added at this time: "According to the records in my hall, this thing is different from ordinary ghosts and ghosts in that it still retains its own spirituality. If it can cooperate with the master, it will have other magical effects."

The old protector Zeng thought for a while with his beard, and finally nodded: "Then there is Lao Huang, my friend. I will send someone to arrange a place for you. As the old leader Bai said before, as long as our young leader is safe, If we work together to get rid of the skinning monsters that have plagued me in Luoshui City in the past few days, I will give you a hundred taels of gold."

The Yunzhou man who changed his name to Huang Desheng smiled, cupped his hands and thanked him, his eyes couldn't help the look of complacency.

Xiao Xia stood aside and didn't say anything, just sniffled.He had seen the bracelet that summoned the spirits of two spirit beasts before, and it was supposed to be worn by the girl from Yunzhou.

"Brother Huang, your bracelet is so delicately polished, why does it look like it's for girls?"

They all became the temporary guest servants of Huan Luoshui Gang, so Xiao Xia just found an opportunity and asked casually as if he had noticed by accident.

The big man froze for a moment, then clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "Brother Xia has good eyesight. This bracelet was originally used by my sister for self-defense. She said it was too dangerous for me to wander alone in the rivers and lakes, so she gave it to me life or death."

Xiao Xia snorted, "So Brother Huang still has a younger sister in his hometown in Yunzhou?"

"Where. It's the righteous sister who just got married a few days ago. It's a coincidence that I can also meet fellow villagers in Luoshui City, thousands of miles away from our Yunzhou. We chatted speculatively, so we sworn brothers and sisters. Now my My sister is going back to Yunzhou by sea boat first, I heard that the old leader Bai is asking someone to deal with the skinning evildoer, so I want to stay and see if I can help."

It is said that when a smart person tells a lie, he tells nine parts of the truth and one part of the lie, and there is another kind of smarter person who doesn't even need to tell a part of the lie, as long as the thing is done well, it doesn't need to be covered up by lies.Compared to her own luck to get in, this method of others is really clever, and Xiao Xia has to admire it.

It's just that sometimes being smart is not necessarily a good thing, just like when luck comes, it's hard to tell whether it's good luck or bad luck until the end.On the second day after Xiao Xia and the big guy from Yunzhou arrived, Young Master Bai disappeared.

It wasn't that the people around were not well-protected, it was because the young gang leader had drunk a few personal protection masters and then sneaked out. Under strict questioning, the young gang leader's personal leader faltered and said that the young gang leader agreed. A confidante made an appointment to go out in the middle of the night to enjoy the flowers under the moon.The problem is that the young gang leader can have everything, but it is absolutely impossible to have a confidante.It is true that the young gang leader is very interested in confidante, but that interest is sleeping with her, and the young gang leader is very good at appreciating faces, breasts, and buttocks, but he has never admired any flowers in his life.

Fortunately, the Luoshui Gang recruited a lot of money from all parties who were good at tracking, and immediately followed the young gang leader's trail and chased him out.The three major protectors of the gang led a group of experts to chase for a whole day, and finally at noon the next day, in the woods under Lanlin Temple, they found the young gang leader who had been stripped of his entire skin. Picking up the skin of the young gang leader with his feet, and the girl in white sitting high on the branch.