I'm looking for longevity in Liaozhai

Chapter 4 Ghost Face Badger

Seven days later, Huang Hengan was buried, and all the prominent people in Guobei County went.

"How can a scourge be so beautiful after death?" Lao Hou was quite disdainful after hearing this.

"Old Hou, speak carefully." Wang Zhe smiled.

With Huang Hengan's burial, this matter seems to have come to an end here.

When the ten-day deadline came, the county magistrate scolded them, and the case of Huang Hengan's murder was naturally not solved.

The case seemed to be over, and life returned to its usual calm.

Dianmao, errands, and practicing kung fu are plain and fulfilling.

On this day, after the mooting, several people followed Zhu Xiao, the head catcher, to the captain. The fat county captain's face was gloomy.

A head catcher and seven fast catchers followed the county lieutenant on horseback out of the city, and walked for more than ten miles, tired and thirsty, and they came to a small mountain village around noon.

Two people had been waiting at the entrance of the village to see them coming, and hurried forward to say a few words to the county captain and helped him lead the horse.

"Old Hou, what happened to the county captain today?" Wang Zhe said softly.

"How do I know, but judging by his expression, we must be busy!" Lao Hou said.

A young villager was leading the way, the county captain was in front, and they followed behind and walked into the mountain along the winding mountain road.

The forests in the mountains are lush, the birds are singing on the trees, and the clear streams flow in the mountains, full of vitality everywhere.

After a while, they stopped in front of a cemetery.

This is?

All the people present were stunned. The tomb in front of them was opened, the coffin boards were lifted, and the corpse inside was gone.

What a great hatred to steal someone's ancestral grave!

The county lieutenant's expression was even more tearful.

"Check it out, check it out for me, find out who did it, and I'll take his skin off." He roared angrily.

Zhu Xiao, the head catcher at the side, immediately assigned tasks to the group of catchers to search for clues and find the tomb robber and the lost corpse as soon as possible.

A group of Wang Zhe and Laohou started searching near the tomb.

"Old Hou, who is buried in the tomb, the captain is so angry?"

"Who else is there, the captain's father? You forgot that his father died of illness last month, and we have collected some money." Lao Hou said in a low voice.

"No wonder you're so annoyed, but this matter is a bit weird. Most tomb robbers steal the treasures in the tomb at most, and they don't know how to touch the corpses in the coffins. Where did the corpses in the coffins go?"

"Let's look for it. It's a serious matter this time. We can't find the tomb robber. Let's not think about going back. Finding a scapegoat is not enough. Oh, what are you doing?"

I saw Wang Zhe left the mountain road, came to the weeds and squatted on the ground looking at a footprint in the weeds, and another footprint appeared in front of him.

"There is a problem with this footprint."

"Isn't it just footprints, what's the problem?"

"This should be the trace left by official boots. Who in the mountain village would wear official boots?"

"Are you sure?" Lao Hou looked at the junior in front of him suspiciously.

"Eight or nine is not far from ten." Wang Zhe nodded.

This is the knowledge and ability he gained after learning the "tracking technique".

He once learned the "tracking technique" after catching a thief who had worked as a policeman in another county before.

"Tracking" can be tracked by identifying and analyzing traces such as footprints and breath.

As soon as he saw the fallen grass, he thought that someone might have passed by, saw the footprints on the ground, and analyzed the size and shape of the footprints, which were probably left by official boots.

Also, his nose twitched slightly.

"Old Hou, do you smell something strange?"

"What's the smell?" Lao Hou was at a loss.

The smell, a faint rancid smell, like rotten meat.

It's a corpse, the lost corpse used to pass by here.

Wang Zhe followed the footprints all the way forward, and Lao Hou followed behind.After climbing over the mountains and coming to the back of the mountain, in a valley, Wang Zhe suddenly stopped.

"I said, what exactly did you find?" Lao Hou panted heavily.

He felt that the junior in front of him today seemed to be a different person suddenly.

Wang Zhe looked at the pool of blood and some fur on the ground, squatted down and took a closer look.

Continuing to move forward along the footprints, the stench became stronger and stronger.Wang Zhe looked ahead, and under the cover of woods and weeds on the back of the mountain, he could vaguely see a cave.

Wang Zhe's eyes were slightly closed, and he looked at Lao Hou with the "method of looking at the qi", and saw black air floating out of the black hole.

There is something in it!
At this moment, a shout suddenly came from the mountain above.

"what!"

Ah, a scream.

"Monster!"

Sand, sand, sand, there was a sound in the woods, as if something was running towards this direction.

Wang Zhe stared at the forest, looked at the swaying weeds, but saw no one. He quickly pulled out his waist knife, and the old Hou who was beside him also pulled out his knife when he saw this.

"Azhe, why didn't I see something?" Lao Hou was very nervous.

"I don't know what it is, it's not human anyway!"

Wang Zhe has already seen a black air in Shunlin approaching them by the method of looking at the air. The speed is extremely fast, and there is still a bit of blood in the black air.

"What?!" Lao Hou's face changed drastically after hearing this.

"Azhe, don't work so hard for a while, the most important thing is to save your life." Laohou was so scared that he was trembling, and he didn't forget to remind Wang Zhe.

Well, Wang Zhe nodded, staring at the woods in front of him, adjusting his breathing slightly.

"Coming!" he growled.

Swish, a black shadow emerged from the grass, covered in black and blue, with a head like a dog, a face like a ghost, and palms like human feet, with sharp claws and a fishy smell.

Seeing the two of them blocking the way, they opened their mouths to show their fangs, and let out a strange roar.

"What is this?!" Lao Hou was stunned for a moment.

At this moment, the whole person seemed to have lost his soul, standing there in a daze.

The monster jumped up and opened its mouth to bite.

It's over, Lao Hou has closed his eyes.

"Get out of the way!" Wang Zhe pushed him away.

With a flash of light and blood splashing, the monster sank into the forest and disappeared.

Lao Hou collapsed on the ground, hissing, panting heavily, obviously terrified.

Wang Zhe stared at the direction of the cave with a knife, and the black air inside was no worse than that monster just now.

At this moment, the ancient book reappeared in front of Wang Zhe, shining with light, and when a blank page was opened, a few lines of words appeared on it again.

"Ghost-faced badger, a monster in the mountains, likes to eat human flesh, kills eight people, eats five people. It should be punished. Prize, a spirit monster's inner alchemy."

In his hand was a round bead about the size of a peanut, which felt a bit cool in his hand.

"Is it so easy to die?" Wang Zhe turned his head and glanced at the forest.

At this time, Wang Zhe realized that not only beheading the wicked, but also beheading the monsters in the mountains would be rewarding.

In this way, the "road" becomes wider.

(End of this chapter)