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Chapter 23 Natural disaster? Man-made disaster! (Two chapters, , please vote monthly!)
  A wild boar was eaten clean by two people and a cat.

After a full meal and drink, Chen Yan sat in front of the bonfire under the moonlight, stroking the hair in his arms and asked Liu Laodao beside him:

"Just now you went out to explore the road, but what did you find?"

In his arms, Fa Cai curled up into a ball, with only a pair of ears exposed. They trembled slightly when Chen Yan touched them, and then became silent again.

Opposite, the old Taoist was lying on his back, drunkenly took a sip of wine, and said lazily:

"Nothing, just cross this mountain forest and walk ten miles eastward to the last village of this trip - Xiaohuang Village."

Chen Yan nodded, added a handful of firewood to the bonfire in front of him, and asked again:

"Liu Laodao, you said that the real culprit behind this is not possibly the work of the Rebirth Cult?"

Liu Laodao shook his head and said in an incomprehensible tone: "It's hard to tell you the specific reasons, but all you need to know is that at least in recent years, the Rebirth Cult has not dared to do this openly."

Chen Yan couldn't help but frown when he heard this: "Well, since it can't be the work of the Rebirth Cult, then who can it be?"

"Moreover, this person is extremely cautious and has not shown any signs of trouble until now. How can we find this person out?"

Liu Laodao sneered when he heard this, and a flash of light flashed in his drunken eyes:
  "Although this demon has done everything flawlessly and flawlessly, horses will stumble and people will stumble. He should never have done it. He should not have sacrificed so many skinned puppets. So many skinned puppets are the biggest problem of this demon." flaw."

"Oh? What do you say?"

Chen Yan asked curiously.

The old Taoist sneered: "As long as we investigate everyone's movements during their lifetime, there will always be something in common among the traces of their activities, and this commonality will most likely be the hiding place of this monster!"

Chen Yan frowned after hearing this: "Isn't this too much workload? Moreover, given the size of Shanxi County Government, there may not be enough manpower to investigate in such detail. What if there are any errors or omissions? Isn’t it a failure?”

"Don't worry, the mountain man has a clever plan."

At this time, the old Taoist pretended to be secretive, and looked at Chen Yan triumphantly, as if he was begging me.

Chen Yan rolled his eyes and was too lazy to ask again. Since Liu Laodao said he was sure, he would know when the time comes.

Silent all night.

In the early morning of the next day, it was just dawn, and a soft mist rose from the mountains and forests. The white mist made everything in the mountains hazy and psychedelic.

Stepping on the morning dew, Chen Yan and Liu Laodao walked out of the forest and returned to the official road when the first ray of sunshine fell.

I don't know if it was affected by the recent murder case, but there were almost no pedestrians on the official road. Only the bones of unknown animals on both sides of the road made a faint whimpering sound.

After Chen Yan broke through the three levels of Qi and Blood, the two of them rushed faster.

In less than a stick of incense, Xiaohuang Village appeared at the end of the field of vision.

however.

Before Chen Yan and the others could get closer, a strong smell of blood mixed with rotten stench hit his nostrils and poured into Chen Yan's nostrils.

Chen Yan paused in his hurry, stopped, and looked at the old Taoist beside him. Coincidentally, they all saw an ominous premonition in each other's eyes.

Whoosh!
  Chen Yan used both feet to exert force, and performed the Dragon Step. His body moved like a rabbit, and he galloped towards Xiaohuang Village in front of him.

Liu Laodao on the side also didn't know what kind of magic he had used, and his speed suddenly became much faster, following closely behind.

In just a few breaths, the two of them had already rushed to the entrance of Xiaohuang Village.

Looking from a distance, I saw that the entrance to Xiaohuang Village was covered with white mourning flags.

The open space at the entrance of the village was filled with corpses of various sizes wrapped in shrouds. From a distance, they looked densely packed.

one hundred?
  two hundred?

Or three hundred?

Huhu——

A cold wind blew.

It was so cold at the entrance of the village that it seemed so quiet that even the whimpering could not be heard. There seemed to be fallen leaves floating in the sky along with the paper money.

Desolate and desolate.

Like a dead village.

No.

In other words, it is a dead village.

Chen Yan and Liu Laodao's expressions turned gloomy at some point. They walked among the corpses and looked at Zhao Gang, who had arrived at Xiaohuang Village before them. Liu Laodao asked:

"What the hell is going on?"

Even Liu Laodao himself didn't notice that his voice turned completely cold at this moment.

Zhao Gang's eyes were dull and his expression was dazed. It wasn't until Liu Laodao's voice sounded that he noticed the arrival of Chen Yan and the two men. This resolute man completely collapsed emotionally and showed a smile that was even uglier than crying:

"Dead, all dead... There are 281 people in the ninety-seven households in Xiaohuang Village, from the 70-year-old man to the baby waiting to be fed, no one is alive..."

cold!
  Icy bones!

At this moment, the energy and blood in his body were clearly rushing like a dragon, but Chen Yan's heart felt chilly, and the coldness penetrated his heart.

All dead?

At this moment, the cold wind and cold night were not as chilling as the deathly silence of Xiaohuang Village.

This is also the first time that Chen Yan has the most direct and clear understanding of this cruel world since time travel.

"call--"

A cold wind blew. He opened a corner of the shroud at Chen Yan's feet, revealing a young face, and the body was separated.

It was the face of a girl who looked to be only five or six years old. The girl's eyes were wide-eyed, with blood and tears flowing from the corners of her eyes. The pain and pleading from her life were still in her eyes.

However, the assailant mercilessly penetrated the girl's chest with one knife, and even made a second knife more cruelly, decapitating her.

Looking at the girl silently, Chen Yan felt as if his chest was being pressed down by a heavy boulder, so oppressive that he couldn't breathe.

why? ? ?
  Why is it okay to just make money?
  Why do you want to massacre the village? ! !
  There was a mass of unknown anger in his heart that he wanted to vent, but couldn't. Chen Yan opened his mouth to say something, but nothing came out. In the end, it just turned into a hoarse question:

"Who did it..."

"Based on the traces on the scene and the wounds on the body, it should be the work of bandits and bandits."

When he mentioned his professional field, Zhao Gang regained his composure. As he spoke, he threw out a machete that was stained with blood and had a sharp edge. There was an obvious tiger head mark on the handle. Zhao Gang continued calmly:

"A month ago, Yiling County sent troops to exterminate bandits entrenched in the Hutoushan area of ​​Lai'an County. The leader of the village, Ding Feihu, led a small group of people to break out and fled to other counties. According to the escape route of the group, this section At that time... it is likely to appear in our Shanxi Town."

Zhao Gang didn't say anything else, but his meaning was obvious.

The perpetrators are most likely the remnants of the bandits who fled to Shanxi Town!

"What's the strength of this group of people?"

Chen Yan's voice was still hoarse, and he looked at the girl's head in a daze.

Zhao Gang glanced at the young man with some worry, but still explained:

"According to the wanted order issued by Yiling County, Ding Feihu and his group of bandits total 19 people.

The leader of the village, Ding Feihu, has three levels of Qi and Blood, and is good at Tiger Fist;

The leader of the second village, Lu Qing, has three levels of qi and blood, and is good at mountain-breaking sword techniques;
  The leader of the three villages, Wei Bing, came and died in battle;

The leader of the fourth village, Ma Wenfu, has two levels of Qi and Blood, and is good at chasing the wind sword;

There are also five bandits with Qi and blood levels and eleven ordinary bandits..."

Two people with three levels of Qi and Blood, one with two levels of Qi and Blood, plus five people with one level of Qi and Blood, and 11 ordinary bandits. This configuration cannot be said to be weak. In the entire Yiling County, except for the towns with city defenses, None of the surrounding mountain villages could stop this group of massacres.

"Daochang Liu."

After listening to Zhao Gang's speech, Chen Yan suddenly looked at the old Taoist aside.

Seeing that the young man's mood was a bit wrong, the old Taoist couldn't help but said in a deep voice:
  "Boy, you must be calm when dealing with big things. Don't let anger get to your head."

"I'm very calm now." Chen Yan shook his head and said calmly: "There are 281 people in Xiaohuang Village, and there are only 237 corpses at the scene. In other words, there should be 44 people." He died at the hands of a skinned puppet."

Speaking of this, Chen Yan looked at Liu Laodao seriously and said, "Although Ding Feihu and his gang deserve death, the real culprit behind the skinned puppet is equally worthy of death."

Seeing the perseverance in the young man's eyes, the old Taoist asked:

"how do you want to do it?"

"Liu Laodao, you go kill the skinned puppets that escaped, and I'll hold back Ding Feihu and his gang. After you kill the skinned puppets, come back and support me."

The old Taoist frowned when he heard this, and couldn't help but said: "Why don't I go hold Ding Feihu and his gang down, and you can destroy the skinned puppets."

Chen Yan shook his head and said seriously:
  "I'm not acting on impulse. Ding Feihu and his group have just left not long ago, and I'm still confident of tracking them. However, the skinned puppet escaped at some point. You can only find it by using Taoist magic."

After hearing the boy's seemingly logical reasons, Liu Laodao couldn't think of any reason to object, but he couldn't help but remind him:
  "Boy, I hope you won't be impulsive. If you discover the whereabouts of Ding Feihu and his party, don't act rashly. Follow them secretly and wait for my support."

"I will."

Chen Yan replied calmly.

Looking at the young man's calm face, the old Taoist sighed. He took out a blue talisman from his sleeve and handed it over:

"This is a talisman for destroying evil spirits and killing evil spirits. You know the driving spell. You can use the yang blood on the tip of your tongue to drive it away and throw it at the enemy."

After speaking, he patted the young man on the shoulder, turned and left.

Zhao Gang on the side couldn't help but said: "Xiao Yan, I'll go with you."

Chen Yan shook his head and refused: "Uncle Zhao, you are too slow. Taking you with me will only be a burden. I will leave marks along the way. You can just bring someone to follow and outflank."

Zhao Gang opened his mouth, not knowing what to say. In the end he could only sigh and patted the young man on the shoulder:

"When you grow up, you should take better care of yourself."

Chen Yan grinned, showing a mouth full of white teeth:
  "Don't worry, I'm still young and I don't want to die yet."

After everyone left, Chen Yan squatted down, touched Fu Fu's head on his shoulder, pointed to the bloody tiger-head knife on the ground, and asked with a gentle expression:

"Fa Cai, can you find the owner of this knife?"

Sensing that the boy's mood was not right, Fa Cai acted very well-behaved.

It first jumped off the shoulder, came to the tiger-head knife, sniffed the handle of the knife carefully, closed its eyes and sniffed in the air, then turned around and nodded towards Chen Yan.

A cold smile appeared on Chen Yan's face. He touched Fa Cai's head and said softly:

"very good."

"Get rich, remember this smell, let's go kill him."

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