Liaozhai: I just want salted fish with invincible magical powers

Chapter 42 Tian Qilang

Hu Qian was shocked, he never expected that there would be someone here who could hold a sword in the air.

Lei Zhengyun chased for two miles, and saw the sword flying farther and farther.

When he was helpless, Hu Qian suddenly passed by him like a swallow scooping water, and rushed to his head in two or three steps.

Lei Zhengyun was taken aback for a moment, and looked at Hu Qian in astonishment.

However, there are many streets and cities in the city, and there are many obstacles, no matter how good the movement is, it is still not as fast as flying.

Seeing the sword go west, Hu Qian suddenly noticed a turbid yellow air escaping far away in the wild forest outside the city.

Looking in that direction, it is exactly where He Baojian disappeared.

He was thinking about it when Lei Zhengyun came up to him and patted him on the shoulder, "I didn't see it! You, a frail scholar, have such foot strength!"

Hu Qian said: "My lord praises you! The students just have longer legs."

Lei Zhengyun looked down at Hu Qian's legs, then looked up at his head, and snorted suddenly.

"It can be seen that you still have some means, but you don't know if you can find out the real culprit!"

"Leave the investigation of the case to the adults and Master Fan, and the students will be fine."

"This is just to fool others. The murder of Song Zhi County has already alarmed Dali Temple. If Jinling Prefecture does not handle it properly, your father will also be implicated.

That being the case, will you, as a son, try your best? "

Hu Qian didn't answer, just walked into the city.

Lei Zhengyun said: "Boy, I see that you have good qualifications. If you are willing to worship me as a teacher, I may recommend you to Zhenyaosi."

Hu Qian ignored it, thought for a while, and walked to Wu's house.

"Think about it, I still don't agree with others begging me."

Hu Qian said with a smile: "Don't worry about it, the students don't want to go."

"Hey, this is not the way back to the county office. Where are you going? Boy, do you have any clues?"

As Lei Zhengyun said, he actually followed, as if you had to bring me with you if you found out.

Hu Qian didn't care too much, and only inquired about Wu Chengxiu's home.

After the porter boy reported, Wu Chengxiu and Wu Shen rushed to the door to greet him.

The two had a good impression of Hu Qian, and were about to speak, when they suddenly saw Lei Zhengyun following behind, so they only saluted briefly, and stood aside like a log.

Hu Qian said: "Master Wu, can you take a walk in the courtyard?"

"Mr. Hu is polite, please do whatever you want."

However, after arriving in the courtyard, he suddenly saw unburned paper money on the ground, so he asked, "Master Wu, this is..."

"My daughter-in-law committed suicide in shame and anger. Today is her first seven days."

Hu Qian nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

Lei Zhengyun, who was behind him, said: "There is so much resentment in this courtyard, it seems that the deceased must have suffered great humiliation during his lifetime."

Wu Chengxiu and others looked at him curiously.

"In that case, I won't bother you."

Hu Qian cupped his hands and was about to say goodbye and leave when he suddenly saw a tiger skin hanging on the wall behind the small door.

"Master Wu, where did this tiger skin come from?"

"Oh, I bought it on the street."

"Which store did you buy it from?"

"No, it's not in the store. It's a hunter who set up a stall. After buying it, he left and never saw it again."

"Do you remember his name?"

"That was never asked."

Hu Qian smiled slightly, said goodbye and left.

At noon, Hu Qian came to the restaurant alone and was about to order food when Lei Zhengyun also sat down and called the waiter to start ordering.

After the food was over, Lei Zhengyun said in a bad mood: "You have been running for a long time, have you found anything? Could it be that you are just messing around again?"

Hu Qian called Xiao Er, "Man, let me ask you something. If you want to buy good animal skins, where should you go?"

The man said: "Go to Tian Qilang for a good leather. He is a well-known hunter in eight villages, and he often sells good leather."

"Then where does he live?"

"Tianjia Village, go west six miles out of the city and you will see a river. Follow the river and go two miles north."

Hu Qian nodded, finished eating in a hurry, borrowed a horse and a knife from the county government, and rushed directly to Tianjia Village.

Lei Zhengyun also followed, and while riding a horse, he shouted: "Teacher, you don't think it's because Na Tian Qilang did it? He's just a hunter, where did he get all this mana?"

Hu Qian said: "Lord Qianhu, if you feel that the student's judgment is wrong, you might as well investigate it yourself, why bother to follow?"

Lei Zhengyun laughed, "If I hadn't spent a lot of energy on the horses and horses before, do you think there would be anything for you here."

It was getting late, and the two of them rode to Tianjia Village.

After inquiring about the people at the entrance of the village, they found Tian Qilang's family.

Hu Qian stepped forward to call for the door, but no one answered after calling several times.

Lei Zhengyun snorted and said, "Why bother, disciple, get out of the way!" After speaking, he kicked the door open.

It is said to be a gate, but it is actually just a fence-like thing made of a few pieces of wood. The courtyard wall is made of stones, half the height of a person, and you can see what's going on inside from the outside.

I just don't know if there is anyone in the house.

"Is anyone there? Is Tian Qilang at home?"

Hu Qian tried to shout a few words.

Still no answer.

Lei Zhengyun still kicked open the door, but there was no one in the room.

Hu Qian stood in the courtyard and looked towards the silent mountains to the west. He was about to speak when suddenly several people walked over with torches.

"Who are you and what are you doing here!"

Hu Qian glanced at them and saw that the people who came were all dark-skinned peasants, so he said loudly, "Don't misunderstand, we are from the county government to handle the case."

"The county government?"

A few people on the opposite side held up torches to take photos. Seeing that Hu Qian and the two were well-dressed and had two horses, their doubts disappeared a little.

"What's wrong? Did Tian Qilang commit something?"

"That's not true, I just have something to ask him."

"You are late, Qilang's family was taken away by the tiger demon!"

Both Hu Qian and Lei Zhengyun were startled.

"what happened?"

"Behind our place is the Pan Snake Mountain. There are many poisonous insects and beasts on the mountain. Qilang hunted on the mountain all day and angered the tiger demon in the mountain, so the whole family was taken away."

"Have you seen it with your own eyes?"

"Well, many people have seen it. That night, a yellow-haired tiger broke into the village and took Qilang's family away."

"Aren't there other hunters in the village? Why didn't you catch Tian Qilang?"

"There are hunters in the village, but no one has ever hunted a tiger. Only Tian Qilang, relying on his ancestral sword, killed a tiger. Alas, he still got into trouble."

Lei Zhengyun's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward and asked, "You mean, he has an ancestral sword, right?"

The man was about to reply when a white light flashed in the dark forest, and then there was a roar of a tiger that shocked the forest.

When the surrounding villagers heard this, they immediately trembled in fright.

"The tiger demon has gone down the mountain, let's go!"

In a moment, people fled without a trace.

However, Lei Zhengyun didn't move, looking at the white light in the distance, his face was miserable, and he said in a broken voice: "Oops! Lei Zhengyun is here!"

(End of this chapter)