Since ancient times, sand devils have conquered villains

Looking at the rice paper in her hand, Yin Rou had a complicated expression.

How to best describe this team name?
It was very special and very intimidating, the only one she had ever seen in her life.

Before this, her understanding of team names was limited to [Zhu Xie], [Demon Demon Killer], or the more euphemistic [Qingfengxiao].

"So," Yin Rou finally said after a long silence, "use this?"

"Ah."
Shi Dai nodded: "We have unanimously agreed."

Ah Li looked at her, then at Jiang Baiyan, who was looking down in meditation.
This was the first time that it actually had the slightest sympathy for Jiang Baiyan.

"This is an excellent name."
Shen Liushuang was unambiguous: "It's sharp and catchy. Just read it word for word, and it will have the effect of frightening demons."

Ahri:......

It understands Shen Liushuang.
An unwavering and ultimate girl control, no matter what name Shi Dai chooses, even if it is called the extremely perfunctory "Double Team", she can still boast about it.

It has to be said that Shen Liushuang's summary is quite effective.
Yan Qinghuan scratched his head obediently after hearing this: "It is indeed powerful in all directions."

Although he always felt that something was not right, he quite liked the team name.
It's unique and completely different from the conventional formula in the storybook.

"Row."
Fold the rice paper and put it into the sleeve.With the little kindness in her heart, Yin Rou did not forget to remind: "It will take a few days to make the waist badge. During this period, if you want to change the team name, you can come to me - you continue to check the puppet master's name Case."

*
Every time the puppet master kills someone, he will write a strange story on paper and post it somewhere in Chang'an City.

Cellulose paper is expensive to make but difficult to write on, and has almost become extinct in recent years.Jiang Baiyan found out that the town near Chang'an that manufactured this kind of paper was called Qingcheng.

With Shi Yunsheng, the group rushed to Qingcheng Town an hour later.

This is a little-known town, located under the mountains.The bluestone road winds around, connecting quaint narrow alleys with white walls and black tiles.

In Qingcheng Town, there is only one small workshop still producing fiber grass paper.

"Fiber straw paper? I just made it for fun. It's expensive and no one uses it, so I can't make any money at all. But after all, it's a craft passed down from our ancestors, so we can't throw it away."
The owner of the workshop is a middle-aged man. After hearing the intentions of several people, he thought: "Who has come to buy? Recently... there was such a person recently!"

If nothing else, that person is the puppet master.
Shi Dai listened carefully.

"He is a regular customer of my place. He has been coming here to buy some straw paper since a few years ago."
The owner of the workshop said: "I asked him why he bought this thing, but he didn't want to tell."

Yan Qinghuan couldn't hold back his anger: "What does that person look like?"

"Every time he comes, he wears a wooden mask and a black robe to cover his whole body."
The owner of the workshop said: "But... he is a man with a strong local accent."

Sure enough, he is a local.
Shi Dai's heart moved: "Twenty or thirty years ago, was there any tragedy of robbery and murder in this town?"

If her reasoning was correct, the puppet master would have written the crimes of the three deceased people into the three stories of ghosts and monsters. The only thing in common is that the three of them had robbed homes and plundered ill-gotten gains.
Judging from the description in the story, it was probably a case of massacre.

Since the puppet master had a grudge against them, he was probably the victim of that case.

Unexpectedly, the owner of the workshop was stunned: "Murder? No. I have never heard of such a thing happening in Qingcheng Town since I was born."

Yan Qinghuan: "Eh?!"

But, the puppet master is obviously a local!If there has been no murder in Qingcheng Town for more than 30 years, how can we talk about revenge?
"In the mountains behind the town."
Jiang Baiyan, who had been silent for a long time, said calmly: "If there is a murder, no one in the town will know about it."

Qingcheng Town is located at the foot of the mountain, backed by a towering mountain.
The owner of the workshop suddenly nodded: "Yes, yes, there are many families living in Tingyu Mountain. However, the mountain road is difficult to walk. Those people are self-sufficient and do not often come to our town."

Shi Dai nodded and frowned.

This is difficult.
The terrain of Tingyu Mountain behind Qingcheng Town is undulating. Even if there are houses, they are scattered and difficult to find.

What's more, what they want to investigate is a case from nearly 30 years ago.

"Not so."
Shen Liushuang said: "People in the town often go to the mountains to collect herbs. If the original massacre happened in the mountains, over the years, someone should have seen bones, new graves or abandoned houses - we might as well split up first and go around to find out the news. .”

*
Qingcheng Town is not big, so it won't take long to roughly ask the people around.

After being separated from the other four people, Jiang Baiyan did not knock on the door of any house.
He has a better place to be.

The town is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with beautiful scenery. To the south of the town is a large cemetery.
The dark clouds of winter are heavy, the tombs are solemn and cold, the withered vines are decaying, and occasionally there are a few hoarse crows.

Jiang Baiyan was more accustomed to dealing with monsters than the noise of living people.

He took out a black gold dagger from his cuff and slashed his left palm with familiarity.Drops of blood are a delicacy to Li Gui.

Not long after, a few wisps of black smoke slowly gathered, condensing into ghost figures.

Jiang Baiyan was in no danger at this moment.
He deliberately restrained his aura, and his appearance was gentle and gentle, with no murderous intent.

Black smoke condensed, and several evil spirits showed ferocious faces, attacking at the same time.
Jiang Baiyan killed most of their souls with just one sword strike.

Dazhao's people are so simple that even a ghost would never imagine that there is such a vicious method of fishing and law enforcement in the world.

The evil ghosts wailed, understanding that there was a trouble that they could not provoke. Just as they were about to run away, their way was blocked by the sword energy.

"Excuse me today."
Jiang Baiyan raised his lips slightly: "I have something to ask you."

Still smiling, gentle and polite.

The evil ghost dared to resist, so he nodded hastily: "You say it!"

"In the past 30 years," Jiang Baiyan said, holding a long sword across the neck of an evil ghost, "has there been any murders or unusual things in Tingyu Mountain behind the town?"

It doesn't know what the murder is.
The evil ghost trembled: "I, I don't know-"

Before he could say the last word, the sword light penetrated its neck.
In just a moment, this evil ghost disappeared without a trace.

The seemingly indifferent young man in white swung his wrist lightly and pointed his sword directly at the throat of the other evil ghost.

Jiang Baiyan said warmly: "Do you know?"

The moment the opponent shook his head, the sword edge split it into two.

Heaven.
Even these evil spirits with evil intentions have never seen such a terrifying living King of Hell.The few remaining ghosts all sat slumped on the ground, stunned.

"I-I seem to know!"
Finally, a ghost figure who had been dead for a hundred years spoke with a cry: "More than 20 years ago, I was wandering in the town late at night and met four men with flesh and blood, coming down from Tingyu Mountain. They couldn't see me, and they spoke without any scruples, as if they were saying, It's... 'I've got a treasure this time, I'll make a fortune when I return to Chang'an'."

baby.
It matches the robbery in the story written by the Puppet Master.

Jiang Baiyan smiled: "What do those four men look like? Do you know their names?"

gentle voice.
Just like the seemingly calm water, there is a hidden tide that can swallow people up.

"Let me think about it! One of them was very timid and fearful. He seemed to be frightened and muttered, 'If we kill that family, will there be any innocent souls asking for their lives?'. I can't remember the other three clearly..."
The ghost almost cried: "The man surrounded in the middle is very tall and has a long scar on his forehead. He looks like their eldest brother, with a fierce look... Yes, they call him 'Brother Zhao'."

Jiang Baiyan: "Is there any more?"

What else could there be?The evil ghost wanted to cry but had no tears. That was an old thing more than 20 years ago. The reason why it still remembers it is because there has not been a murder case in Qingcheng Town for a hundred years. It just finds it novel.

"I, I really can't remember! I only remember that two of them were very fierce, cursing at the timid one, and the other was gentler, like a peacemaker."

The sanctimonious Mu Tao, the cowardly and withdrawn Chen Shuzhi, the irritable and irritable Qin Lihe.
Completely consistent with the three deceased.

The puppet master wants to kill again...
Only the leader named Zhao was left.

Their guess was correct. The deceased had slaughtered a whole family and seized their property.
From the description, it's for a valuable treasure.

Jiang Baiyan remained silent, and the remaining evil spirits did not dare to move.

After a moment of silence, Jiang Baiyan smiled and said, "Thank you very much."

……finally!
The ghosts were relieved.
But he didn't expect that the next moment, his sword energy was as gentle as his smile, passing by like a dragonfly -

Before he could show his fear, all the ghosts were wiped out.

The long sword killed several evil ghosts without any hesitation.He never promised to spare them.

The cold wind swept through the young man's black hair, and fell silent in an instant.
Jiang Baiyan sheathed his sword without looking back, and raised his lips: "Miss Shi, have you seen enough?" Ah Li, who was lying on Shi Dai's shoulder and watching from a distance with her:...
Sure enough, this guy discovered it!
Shi Dai and Jiang Baiyan had the same idea. The wandering ghosts might have more clues than the residents of the town.
She inquired around and came to the cemetery. She happened to hear the evil ghost recalling what happened back then, so she didn't disturb him.

Although she had done nothing wrong, when Jiang Baiyan asked, Shi Dai still felt a little embarrassed as if she had been caught peeping. She approached and said, "Mr. Jiang, what a coincidence."

Jiang Baiyan turned sideways, his eyes calmly falling on her eyes.

He still had a smile, very light and very light, like a stroke lightly outlined by clouds and smoke.
This reminded Shi Dai of the way he looked when he swung his sword just now.The sword energy was ruthless, but Jiang Baiyan's expression was calm.

It's not like killing a ghost, it's like caressing the branches of a tree.

There are also two very shallow dimples on the cheeks.
Just, it’s really pretty.

Seeing the hesitation in her expression, Jiang Baiyan sneered: "Miss Shi looks at me like this...does she think it's too cruel for me to kill them all?"

Shi Dai was stunned: "What are you saying, Mr. Jiang? I can see that those are evil ghosts that eat human flesh and blood. If we don't get rid of them, more people will suffer."

Even if Li Gui revealed important clues about the Puppet Master case, it would not change their intrinsic evil nature. The reason why they were only obedient to Jiang Baiyan was because he was stronger.
Any other ordinary person would have been completely eaten by them.

She sees this kind of thing very clearly.

Jiang Baiyan was slightly startled as he didn't expect her to answer like this.

"As for you..."
Shi Dai scratched her head, and since she didn't have any charming thoughts, she spoke frankly: "Didn't I say that Young Master Jiang has a beautiful smile and a beautiful sword aura?"

Jiang Baiyan:.
He was silent for a moment.

He lives with evil cultivators all year round and is surrounded by unfeeling and unkind people.What he saw and felt was nothing but cold malice and twisted human nature.
Such a straightforward compliment made him feel uncomfortable and confused.

nice?
During the two years when he was alone, some people praised him for his handsomeness, but Jiang Baiyan didn't care.

He has killed too many humans and monsters. In his opinion, no matter how delicate the eyebrows are or how delicate the skin is, they are all dead bones and flesh when chopped off by the sword.
The only difference is that when the sword edge cuts across, some people's skin is like silk, while some people's skin is rougher.

For no reason, when he heard Shi Dai say the word "good-looking", he subconsciously thought:
So Shi Dai treated him like this because of his appearance.

Jiang Baiyan seemed to have some realization.
Everyone wants something, and Shi Dai is no exception.In her eyes, his appearance was probably like a rattle in a child's hand, a novel and interesting gadget.

Then... what if he loses this face?
Shi Dai will abandon him like a worn out shoe.

She didn't even know that he had countless hideous scars all over his body.
Such a body made even him feel disgusted.

The evil thoughts in my heart grew again.Jiang Baiyan suddenly wanted to take a look, and she looked shocked and disgusted.

"So Miss Shi thinks so."

A low laugh came from his ears, and Ah Li shivered on Shi Dai's shoulder.
It had an inexplicable premonition that Jiang Baiyan... was going crazy again.

Its sixth sense is very accurate.
Not knowing what he thought of, Jiang Baiyan raised his lips slightly and drew his sword cleanly——

In the blink of an eye again, the sword edge pierced his own cheek!
……Help! ! !
Completely shocked, a curse word popped into his mind for the first time in his life. The white fox opened his eyes wide and suddenly became furious.

Shi Dai reacted faster than it. She was stunned for a moment, then immediately stepped forward and held Jiang Baiyan's right hand.

The tip of the sword was close to his cheek, but it didn't go deep and only scratched a small line of blood.

Shi Dai was almost scared to death.
Because she was in such a hurry, she didn't stop her strength when she stepped forward, and almost ran into Jiang Baiyan's arms.But she had no time to care about this, her heart was pounding, and she tightly grasped the hand holding his sword.

"Young Master Jiang."
Her voice trembled: "What are you doing?"

Is she nervous because she can't let go of this appearance?
Jiang Baiyan was vaguely confused, his eyes mixed with elusive self-loathing and ridicule: "I'm just curious... If this face is scratched, will it still be able to catch Miss Shi's eyes?"

Send the title.
Ahri's eyes twitched.

If Shi Dai answered "I don't care about appearance," this person would probably cut his own face with a sword.

If the answer is "I care about his appearance"... no need to say anything about the nature of it.
Jiang Baiyan would probably regard her as a prostitute.

It was going crazy. How could there be a lunatic like Jiang Baiyan in the world?
There was blood oozing from the scar on the side of his face, but Jiang Baiyan felt nothing, as if it was not his own body.
He saw Shi Dai take a shallow breath.

Shi Dai raised her head and met his eyes: "Not only do I think Mr. Jiang's face is very beautiful, but his hands, neck, and back are all very beautiful - if I say this, do you have to cut off your whole body?"

Jiang Baiyan:...?
When she asked him this question, he didn't know how to answer.

Shi Dai couldn't guess what he was thinking. Thinking of Jiang Baiyan's former role as a puppet, her fright gradually turned into helplessness.
He has always cared little about his body.

Taking out the golden sore medicine from her sleeve, she frowned and murmured, as if she was a little annoyed:
"You cut yourself with a sword just because I said something nice. If you are praised by more people in the future... you can't stop yourself? Besides, if anyone can cut you, what will you become?"

Jiang Baiyan frowned: "How can they match each other?"

Shi Dai: "Am I worthy?"

Jiang Baiyan's long eyelashes trembled.
of course not.In his opinion, Shi Dai was nothing special.

Before he could retort and say the phrase "being sentimental", Shi Dai chuckled and said:
"I don't deserve it either. In this world, no one is worth letting you hurt yourself. Why should you care about other people's opinions? You are the most important. Don't do this again. It hurts."

Jiang Baiyan couldn't defeat her.
These words were too natural for him to understand and unable to refute.

What's important about him is that he's just a zombie that everyone hates.
Although it seemed ridiculous, the raging malice in my heart miraculously subsided, like a punch hitting cotton with no impact.

Shi Dai looked up at him and pointed at the shallow blood stain: "The wound is on the face, you can't see it. Can I help you apply medicine?"

Jiang Baiyan whispered: "Thank you very much."

So Shi Dai took a step closer, and the light fragrance came to him, silently occupying the coldness around him.

Jiang Baiyan was so close to her for the first time.
When he lowered his head, he could see those round and bright almond eyes.She suppressed her smile, and there was a glimmer in her eyes.

When Shi Dai's fingertips landed on his cheek, there was a slight itch at first, followed by a shallow sting.

The pain grew and spread under her fingertips, sharp and cold, making him feel happy.
The intertwined pain and itch is addictive.

... itchy.
Could this kind of pain be more painful?
He actually regretted not pricking the wound deeper and longer.

Shi Dai looked at him with a slightly suspicious look.

strangeness.
It is written in "Records of Common People" that Jiang Baiyan was used to pain and would not care about it no matter how serious the injury was.

She happened to be touched twice. She had no strength and the wounds were only minor injuries. Why was Jiang Baiyan so nervous?

Especially this time, his jaw was tense and even the ends of his eyes were faintly red, like a porcelain doll.

"that……"
Shi Dai was careful: "I didn't hurt you, did I?"

The bottom of his eyes seemed to be thick with ink, and Jiang Baiyan lowered his long eyelashes: "It's okay."

The wounds on his face were very shallow and would not leave scars.Shi Dai dipped her fingertips into the ointment, rubbed it a few times, and she was done.

"All right."
Seeing Jiang Baiyan's well-behaved appearance, her mood became brighter: "Master Jiang has got clues from the evil ghost. Let's tell the news to others quickly. If everything goes well, we can find out the identity of the puppet master today."

Super detective, handle cases seriously.
It was the first time I found a suspect by following the clues, and I was a little excited when I thought about it.

Several people agreed to meet at the entrance of the town. As the agreed time approached, Shi Dai and Jiang Baiyan returned all the way.

She walked briskly, and Jiang Baiyan followed behind her.

The winter wind blew through the thick clouds in the sky, and the thin light fell on her white neck.

Gradually, a few wisps of ghostly mist climbed up to her side.
This is a cemetery. The ghost fog is condensed from the air of death. It can be seen everywhere and will not hurt anyone.Jiang Baiyan suddenly felt that the black mist was very annoying.

It doesn't suit her.

A wisp of wind passed by, and the young man frowned slightly, and casually stretched out his right hand, with pale fingertips, brushing Shi Dai's soft black hair.

Quietly, leaving no trace.
Jiang Baiyan's movements were cold but gentle, and the moment they intertwined with her hair, he quietly crushed the ghostly aura.

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