Patrol Captain

Chen Yuan didn't want to spend too much time and effort to do anything deliberately.

There are evil spirits on the road in the deep mountains and old forests, and the government officials will take care of it. He doesn't need to extend his hands so far.

Xu Shaoqing, who was on horseback beside him, got a hint of something from the conversation between the master and servant. He pulled the reins in his hand, frowned, and couldn't help but say,
"The general's servant killed the Third Prince of Bailong River. It seems they are moving fast. The Bailong River is at the foot of this mountain. I'm afraid the noise here will alarm those evil creatures. If the younger ones are killed, the older ones will come, and it will repeat in this way. It won't be too troublesome. It's better to wipe them out all at once to avoid more trouble and delay the trip!"

Given his status, he cannot be considered as a meddler. What he said may be out of sympathy for the people nearby, which is also a good deed.

This evil dragon from the Bailong River has been causing trouble in this area for many years. Judging from the words of that group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals before, even the local lord can't control it. It must be not simple. But no matter what, with this Chen Longhu here, there is no need to worry about anything. Just take advantage of his momentum.

It's these guys' fault for bringing bad luck upon themselves.

As for taking action, there is no need to bother this person.

As he spoke, Xu Liang looked aside with a serious expression.
"Lord Gou, you are the Third Circuit Inspector, and this area is also your patrol area. You have also seen the evildoer here, committing crimes in broad daylight, and startling the general's carriage to the capital. Don't delay General Chen's trip. Today is worse than tomorrow. Go directly to the local government to mobilize troops and wipe out this evildoer, otherwise it will be embarrassing."

He told Gou Yue directly that there was no need to be so polite. After all, he was the chief officer on this trip, and this was also within his scope of responsibilities.

When Gou Yue heard this, he felt really embarrassed and annoyed.

"What a bullshit Third Prince! When I go to mobilize the troops, I will also ask the local lord what to eat. It's so smoky and foul as soon as I enter this place!"

Gou Yue had been full of anger since he came from Shu, and he felt embarrassed because he was nominally the deputy inspector of the three provinces. He immediately jumped off his horse and

Then he raised his hand and grabbed the frightened, bewildered waiter into his large palm, lifted him up by the collar, and stared at him with his eyes as big as copper bells, with a frightening aura.
"Do you know the direction of the local government?"

The waiter was in a daze when he heard the words of these gentlemen. He felt dizzy and extremely shocked. He nodded quickly like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Okay, take me with you!"

As he spoke, he grabbed the waiter and flew up like a cannonball, rushing straight into the dense forest, up into the sky, and soon disappeared in the skyline of the distant mountains and forests.

Seeing the deputy inspector leave, Xu Liang and Xu Shaoqing slowly lowered their heads, then returned their gaze to the carriage and said:

"General Chen, won't you blame me for acting on my own initiative?"

"Xu Shaoqing, what you said is strange. You are acting on behalf of the heavens, and your merits are immeasurable. Besides, you are an official, so you should do what you should do. It is appropriate to hand this matter over to Supervisor Gou. We should not interfere." Chen Yuanyun's indifferent laughter came from the carriage.

"Besides, I am a criminal and it is not convenient for me to show up."

His words seemed to have a deep meaning, which made Xu Liang hesitate to respond, but he was mature and calm.

"General, you are too polite. But what you said about us being officials is true. We can't just ignore these things. We should kill those guys and save them from causing trouble later!"

"There are so many things going on in the world. If you go to the capital, you will definitely encounter a lot of trouble. It is better to go to the capital as soon as possible to report and avoid the trouble of traveling."

He said this to hint to Chen Yuan that he should hurry up!
Chen Yuan laughed out loud, "Xu Shaoqing is pointing a finger at me!"

As he said that, he changed the subject, "However, I have been living in a remote place for a long time and I don't know how big the world is. I have never walked around the Central Plains. Now that I have the opportunity, I naturally want to experience it. Moreover, I will step into the Dragon and Tiger realm. In the future, I need to understand the changes in the world and the seven emotions and six desires of the world in my practice, for the three flowers on the top of my head."

"Besides, who knows what good and bad things may happen when we go to the capital of gods, so we should at least enjoy the fun on the way, right?"

"If Xu Shaoqing has anything to do, please return to the capital and wait for Chen in the Martial Temple!"

After Chen Yuan finished his words, Xu Liang's eyelids drooped slightly, feeling somewhat helpless. If he could return to Beijing, what else would he say?

I could only hold the handrail.

"I'd better accompany General Chen on a tour!"

If this dragon tiger is left alone, no one knows what will happen.

The dragon in Bailong River is nothing. This Chen Longhu is much more dangerous than the dragon.

Inside the car, Chen Yuan smiled but said nothing.

Having two such "followers" around him seems to be a good choice. At least he doesn't need to solve the troublesome little things around him.

"Keep on going!"

"Gee!" Gongsun Yang immediately whipped the horse whip and shouted.

This time the horse was running much faster than before, and its silver mane was rippling like silver waves.

Soon disappeared into the valley.

About half an hour later, in this quiet valley, a wave of water suddenly separated a waterway from the stream flowing down from above.

Immediately afterwards, thick white vapor emerged from the waterway and rushed towards the valley.

After a few breaths, the thick fog dissipated, and on the mountain road between the valleys, a colorful figure holding a ceremonial guard suddenly appeared.

These figures were wearing black iron armor and looked particularly terrifying.

Some have green skin, fish heads, scaly bodies, and bone spurs on their faces; some have pointed heads, red heads, and hands like a pair of pliers.

"The Third Prince's aura disappeared here, and his spirit bead can no longer sense it here!"

The leader was a man wearing a green python-patterned robe, a golden snake-head crown on his head, wavy hair, and a pair of triangular snake pupils. He held a fist-sized aqua-blue bead in his hand, his chest was heaving and shrinking, and his eyes were red.

They were the Third Prince's bodyguards. They came out of the Water Palace built by the Third Prince and followed him to the upper reaches with birthday gifts to celebrate the birthday of the old Dragon King.

The old dragon king's birthday is a time for the Bailong River aquatic tribe to celebrate and show off their power.
By then, all the aquatic creatures from all major water systems within a radius of thousands of miles, and even the big monsters entrenched in Longling will attend the banquet. It will be a grand event. It is even rumored that people from the cave heaven in Longling will also attend.

This section of the Bailong River belongs to the Third Prince. When he went to pay his respects to the deceased, he wanted to show his might and wanted the nearby mountain gods and land gods to respond to his orders and show his power. However, one mountain god did not respond at all. The Third Prince became angry and sent his men to capture the mountain god on the way.

However, something went wrong with the green carp that was sent out, and the Third Prince became furious and took some aquatic creatures to investigate.

Now, the Third Prince's energy has disappeared from this place!
The monster's red eyes scanned the mud on the mountain path, sniffed the fishy smell, and scanned the surroundings with sharp eyes. Then its figure swayed and came to a pothole.

Then, the monster squatted down and put its pointed hands into the pit to suck.

A black scale the size of an egg flew out from the muddy water and landed in the monster's hand.

Upon seeing the black snake scales and sensing the aura of the Third Prince on them, the monster's color changed, and then it let out a sharp roar, causing obvious ripples in the air.

"Even if you have to overturn the whole mountain, you must find the Third Prince. Otherwise, we will all become dishes on the table for the Dragon King's birthday banquet." At this, the water monsters at the back were furious. They immediately rode on the water vapor and rushed towards the valley. Some went along the mountain path, and some rushed into the dense forest.

Half an hour later, outside the forest seven or eight miles away, these water creatures found several people hiding in a cave.

"boom"

"boom"

"boom"

The three people were thrown in front of the snake demon. They looked at the hideous water monsters surrounding them with terrified expressions.

Three people collapsed to the ground, knowing that something had happened. Among them was the innkeeper from before, who was wearing a brocade suit and his hat was knocked to one side.
"It's none of our business, it's none of our business!"

The ten-foot-tall snake demon's pair of red eyes immediately revealed a fierce light. Its green-scaled hands directly picked up the shopkeeper, and its sharp nails pierced into the shopkeeper's collarbone. Its tone was fierce,
"Tell me, where is our Third Prince?"

The shopkeeper's flesh was pierced, and he howled miserably. He struggled with his hands to hold down the snake demon's scaly arms.

"what"

"He was killed by a driver!"

"Those people have extraordinary backgrounds... I didn't do anything, please spare my life."

The shopkeeper screamed, and the next second, his pupils suddenly opened, his throat was blocked, and then, a horrifying sound of flesh being torn was heard.

The snake demon used its sharp claws to tear off the shopkeeper's head at the wound, and then pinched it, causing the head to crack directly in his hand.

Then, his scarlet eyes looked at the remaining two people, with a ferocious expression on his face that looked like he wanted to eat someone.

"He just said that a lowly coachman killed our Third Prince?"

One of the two men was dressed as a businessman, and the other as a guard. When they saw the shopkeeper's head being torn off, they were so excited that they told the shopkeeper everything that had happened here before.

"Yes, it was a coachman, he was driving a carriage, there was a young man in the carriage, and there seemed to be two guards beside him."

The snake demon finally confirmed that the Third Prince was dead. The fear in his heart was no less than that of these two people. If the old Dragon King and the others knew about it, they would all die.

It needs to make amends and catch the culprit who killed the Third Prince, but the Third Prince was killed by a coachman, so it asked in a shrill voice,
"How did the Third Prince die? What were those people capable of?"

"You said there was still a chance to survive."

When the two heard this, they suppressed their fear and spoke one after another with trembling voices:
"The Third Prince was defeated by the driver after only a few rounds."

"The third prince called the other party Tianguan, and... and told his identity, but he was still killed by the coachman, and was..." The mustached merchant hesitated.

"By what?"

"The driver peeled off my skin and pulled out my tendons!"

"What?" The snake demon's pupils ferociously changed, and he directly grabbed the bearded businessman.

The mustachioed businessman was afraid of following in the footsteps of the shopkeeper just now, so he quickly poured out the beans. "It seems that the order was given by a young man in the car. We were too far away at the time and couldn't hear it clearly."

The snake demon's pupils tightened when he heard this. These people even dared to kill the Third Prince. Where did they come from?
However, he soon became full of murderous intent and asked in a hoarse voice:
"Where did those people go?"

At this time, the businessman with a small beard and small eyes quickly answered, pointing to the mountain road on the side.
"Over there, over there!"

As he finished speaking, the snake demon looked in the direction of the mountain path pointed by the merchant, with a sinister look in his eyes.
"very good!"

As it spoke, it threw the bearded businessman down, then grabbed another man. With a shake of its head, its head suddenly stretched and changed, revealing a ferocious green snake head the size of a small house, with two meter-long fangs growing out, which directly pierced the man.

After a shrill scream, the man was swallowed by the snake demon. As its throat rolled, the demon returned to normal.

The only remaining merchant was so scared that a large wet spot appeared between his legs, and a fishy and unpleasant smell came from it.

After the snake demon swallowed the man, its eyes quickly turned to a catfish demon among its entourage.

The catfish demon had a slippery head of light silver color, a pair of eyes rolling around with a clever look, and a silver fork in his hand.

The snake demon stretched out his hand, pulled the guy to his side, leaned close to his ear, looked down, and said sternly:
"Silver Catfish, quickly take this man and chase after that group of people. Make sure you stop them!"

"I will quickly go to Longtan to report the bad news and have someone come to avenge the Third Prince!"

When the catfish heard what the snake demon said, its eyes widened and it looked at the snake demon in disbelief, as if to say,
Brother, Look at my eyes, are you sure you said it right?
It's just a third-level catfish. How can it stop that group of people?

Didn't it hear what the others said just now, that the Third Prince was killed by the coachman in that group?

I'm just a catfish, isn't it sending food to waste if I let it go?
The catfish demon had a frustrated look on his face and said in a hoarse voice, "General Qing, I just transformed, I can't stop you."

"We must go, no matter what means, find them and keep an eye on them." The snake demon held the catfish demon's arm and pushed it.
"Otherwise, everyone will die."

"If you don't go, you will die now!" the snake demon said sternly, leaving no room for negotiation.

The two long whiskers on the mouth of the catfish demon twitched, and its eyes rolled. It could only take the merchants who stayed behind and ride on the water vapor to rush towards the stream in the distance. When they reached the edge of the stream, the demon jumped up, and a fat catfish about three meters long appeared, reflecting silver light in the sun.

With a "splash", waves formed and the boat sank into the stream and disappeared.

When the snake demon saw this, he waved his hand and a cloud of water vapor gushed out, enveloping all the accompanying aquatic creatures.

It had to hurry to Longtan, hundreds of miles away, to report the news of the Third Prince's death, and could not delay for a moment.

The Third Prince was skinned and his tendons were taken out. I guess the Bailong River is going to flood!

After a dozen breaths, the water vapor disappeared, and the figures of these aquatic creatures disappeared.

The sun was moving westward and was about to set behind the mountain.

Seven hundred miles away, as the sun sets, there is a large impact plain surrounded by mountains, with wisps of smoke rising from the sky.

A breeze and flowing clouds passed over the mountain, and under the sunset, I saw a big city built against the mountain! (End of this chapter)