The Condor Heroes: The Quanzhen Sect has produced a vengeful master!

The two realized the key point, and Wang Jiuling immediately asked the village chief:

"Village chief, have any outsiders visited the village recently?"

The village chief actually remembered.

"Um... yes, there are some!"

"There's a peddler, around forty years old, who comes to our Li Family Village every month!"

"Judging from his past habits, he should arrive by tomorrow at the latest!"

"He sells things like needles and thread! He always stays for a day or two when he comes, and everyone in our Lijia Village knows him very well!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Jiuling and Zhu Ziliu immediately had some guesses in their minds.

After asking the village chief many more questions, the two went outside.

"Is there something wrong with that peddler?"

Zhu Ziliu frowned, tapping his palm lightly with his folding fan. "Why would a peddler come to Li Family Village so frequently?"

"He only sells small trinkets; he relies solely on traveling around!"

"Besides, who buys these things all the time? That doesn't make sense!"

Wang Jiuling nodded as well.

Those villagers never leave the village their whole lives and have little experience in the ways of the world, but the two of them are different.

Peddlers are supposed to travel around; it's not right for someone to stay in one place and not move around.

It's highly likely that they were using the sale of goods to gather intelligence. With this analysis, it's not surprising that the evil spirit could accurately find the young woman.

"According to the village chief, tomorrow is the day the peddler will come..."

The two stayed in the village that night.

Zhu Ziliu seemed even more eager for the next day than Wang Jiuling, who had been troubled by this case for a long time.

To their surprise, the next day, they waited until nightfall, but the peddler still didn't come to Li Family Village.

The village chief's house.

"Huh? That's strange!"

The village chief was also quite surprised and said to Wang Jiuling and the other person:

"That peddler comes every month. He didn't come a few days ago, so he should be here today, right?"

Wang Jiuling and Zhu Ziliu were also somewhat helpless. They had made all the preparations, but the person hadn't shown up.

It really caught everyone off guard.

The next day, Wang Jiuling and Zhu Ziliu had no choice but to follow the information provided by the village chief and guard the places where the evil spirit might appear.

This day happened to be the fifteenth, a time when evil spirits should appear.

But the evil spirit did not appear until dawn the next day, leaving the two empty-handed.

Now, things have really become complicated.

The peddler disappeared, and the evil spirits did not come either.

Even more bizarrely, the village chief sent someone to inquire early in the morning, and the person returned with news that a demon had entered the neighboring Niujia Village last night and abducted a thirteen-year-old girl.

"The Taoist priest is truly a divine being! That evil spirit must have been intimidated by the Taoist priest's power and dares not come again!"

The village chief and villagers were overjoyed to confirm that the evil spirit had not been there, and they flattered Wang Jiuling and his companion.

Only Wang Jiuling and Zhu Ziliu knew that things were complicated.

"Master Wang, that evil spirit went to Niujia Village, but deliberately avoided Lijia Village. This must not be a coincidence!"

"I'm almost certain that the peddler is one of the evil spirits!"

There was no one around the river.

Wang Jiuling stopped and spoke directly:

"The evil spirits didn't come to Li Family Village, but went to Niu Family Village instead. Clearly, someone had given them advance notice."

Zhu Ziliu nodded: "The messenger can only be a villager."

"And the day before yesterday, you and I used that trick in public..." Wang Jiuling continued, "He probably saw through it at a glance that it was martial arts, not Taoist magic!"

He was frightened, so he warned the evil spirits not to come.

Zhu Ziliu closed his folding fan: "That's right! Ordinary villagers would just think it's a divine intervention, they wouldn't be afraid."

"So this mole must be someone with experience in the underworld."

As Zhu Ziliu spoke, his eyes grew brighter and brighter: "Then the scope is much smaller. There are probably not many people from Lijia Village who travel around all year round and have seen the world."

The two looked at each other.

"Ask the village chief."

At noon, at the village chief's house.

Facing the pleased village chief, Wang Jiuling didn't directly mention the mole, but instead inquired about it:

"Village chief, are there any people in Li Family Village who travel around all year round and have extensive experience?"

The village chief thought for a moment.

"Yes! If we're talking about someone from our Li Family Village who often goes out and has a wide range of knowledge, then it's only Li Qiang, the eldest son of Granny Wang's family at the west end of the village!"

"Li Qiang had a bit of a rough life in his younger days, and he even worked for a security escort agency for a few years!"

"That kid's got some strength, and his hand-to-hand combat skills aren't bad either! Three or five ordinary big men couldn't get close to him!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Jiuling immediately smiled, while Zhu Ziliu beside him nodded deeply.

"Village chief! Where does Li Qiang live?"

...

Inside a brick and tile house at the west end of the village.

"Qiangzi! Qiangzi!"

An old woman with gray hair stood at the door with a cane. Hearing his call, a strong man in his thirties quickly put down the axe he was chopping wood with.

"Mother! Did you call me?"

As soon as the man entered the door, he saw his mother carrying a bundle.

Granny Wang's face was full of fear.

"Qiangzi! I found this under your bed. Where...where did you get so much money?"

Li Qiang's expression changed instantly when he saw the bundle in his mother's hand.

He rushed forward and snatched the bundle away.

"Mom! Who told you to touch this?!"

Li Qiang's actions were somewhat rough, causing Granny Wang to stumble, but she didn't care and simply grabbed Li Qiang's hand.

"Qiangzi! Where did you get this money?"

No one knows a son better than his mother. Wang Pozi could tell from Li Qiang's expression that the money was ill-gotten.

"Mother! Don't ask! Silver is silver! Why do you care where it came from?"

Seeing her son's attitude, Granny Wang grabbed Li Qiang's arm and pulled him out the door.

"Come on! Mother will take you to the village chief's house, and you'll explain yourself!"

Li Qiang became anxious as soon as he heard this.

That stinky Taoist priest is no ordinary person; if others find out about his silver, trouble is bound to follow.

"Mother! Let me go!"

Li Qiang broke free, and just then, his pupils contracted as he saw three people walking towards him on the path in the distance.

It really was Wang Jiuling and the village chief.

They also saw from afar that Granny Wang was pulling Li Qiang.

"Old Wang! What are you doing?"

The village chief stepped forward to inquire. Granny Wang was panting heavily, but seeing the village chief made her quite excited. She pointed to the bundle in Li Qiang's hand.

"Village chief! Qiangzi, he..."

"Mother!!" Before Granny Wang could finish speaking, she was interrupted by Li Qiang, who rushed out.

"Village chief! You've arrived? Please come inside and have a seat!"

As Li Qiang spoke, he pushed Granny Wang into the house. "Mother! You're tired, go and rest!"

An alarm bell rang in his mind: Why is this stinky Taoist priest here? He probably doesn't mean any harm!

Seeing his embarrassed expression, Wang Jiuling and Zhu Ziliu both sensed that something was wrong.

At this moment, Granny Wang struggled desperately, shouting:

"Qiangzi! Don't stop me!"

"Village chief! Qiangzi has gotten a lot of money from somewhere! I'm afraid it's ill-gotten!"

Li Qiang ultimately couldn't stop the stubborn Granny Wang.

At that moment, he turned around and saw Wang Jiuling staring at him with narrowed eyes.

Li Qiang had worked for a security escort agency before and was extremely good at reading people. Seeing Wang Jiuling and Zhu Ziliu's expressions and their forward steps, Li Qiang knew he was doomed and about to be exposed.

Thinking of Wang Jiuling's terrifying lightness skill, cold sweat dripped down Li Qiang's forehead.

The next second, he decided to throw caution to the wind and grabbed his mother, Granny Wang, in front of him, putting one hand around her neck.

"Don't come any closer!"

"Hey you, you stinking Taoist priest! Don't come any closer!"