At the bottom of the cliff behind the mountain behind Baining Village, several clusters of flames were lit.
A large group of people chatted around the bonfires in twos and threes to keep warm.
These people were all disciples who were sent down the cliff by He Zhengde, the master of Qingyangmen, to find Zhong Shujin's whereabouts.
In the late autumn night, the area around the back mountain is much colder than the houses at the bottom of the mountain.
"Hey, it's freezing to death in this weather! I don't know where the female devil fell to. I've been looking for it all day, but I haven't seen a single figure!"
I don't know who started it, but someone immediately complained: "That's right, the circle is so big, how can I find it! If you fall from such a high place, you must be smashed to pieces. What else is there to look for?" Yes!"
"Okay, let's talk less." He Wenliang, who followed He Ziqi, the third young master of Qingyangmen since childhood, is the person in charge of this search operation. He took off the wine bag hanging on his waist and took a sip. Then he threw the wine pouch to the two complaining disciples: "Drink some wine to warm up your body, and I will watch the night tonight. You all have a good night's rest, build up your strength, and continue looking for tomorrow."
"Okay, thank you brother!"
There was a faint sound of admiration from the crowd.
Yan Zibo, who was sitting by another bonfire, snorted coldly, and muttered disgustedly: "I know how to buy people's hearts!"
Geng Haosi and Qi Yuanqing who were sitting next to him heard the words, bumped into him quickly, and persuaded: "Okay, don't say such things, so as not to cause trouble for the young sect master."
The young master He Ziyi has been fighting with the third young master He Ziqi for a long time. Compared with the excellent He Ziqi in every aspect, the concubine He Ziyi is much more ordinary. For some reason, even though He Ziyi was unremarkable, the head of the sect, He Zhengde, resisted all opinions and passed the position of the young sect master to He Ziqi, the eldest son, over the position of the eldest son, He Ziyi.
In this way, some disciples who have supported He Ziqi for a long time will naturally have some complaints in their hearts, but they did not raise them because of the sect master's face.
He Wenliang, who was not far away, cast his eyes on Qi Yuanqing and the others, and asked in a low voice: "By the way, Junior Brother Qi, you are very good, why did you suddenly go to Baining Village today?"
"Return to Senior Brother." Qi Yuanqing stood up, clasped his fists and said, "Today when the three of us went to the back mountain to search, we happened to meet a butcher in the village who was injured by a beast trap. We couldn't bear to see death, so we worked together Send him back to the village doctor for treatment, and by the way, ask if there is any person who looks like a female devil in this circle recently, I hope my brother will understand."
He Wenliang didn't make things difficult for him, just nodded and said: "Junior Brother Qi's actions are really chivalrous, but I don't know if you have found any useful information during your trip to the village?"
"We asked around, and learned that no wounded and blood-stained women have gone to Baining Village recently. Also, there is only one female doctor in this village. We have even visited her home, and we have not found any female doctors. The trace of the devil. Presumably if the female devil is not dead, she must be still in the back mountain."
"Heh." There was a soft snort from the crowd, and then he mocked: "Those who didn't know thought you found the female devil and secretly sent her to the village for treatment!"
Yan Zibo got up angrily, and asked the disciple who spoke, "What do you mean by that!"
"What do you mean?" The man stood up not to be outdone, "Isn't the meaning obvious enough? What is the reason why the young sect master begged the sect master to let you come with me this time? Don't forget, the young lady is a demon sect." people!"
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Qi Yuanqing grabbed Yan Zibo, who was eager to try, and said coldly: "This junior brother's words are wrong. Although the young lady is from a demon sect, but now she has married into our Qingyang sect, and she is a person of our righteous way. This time If it wasn't for the young lady's righteous killing of her relatives, how could the female devil be so easily caught and seriously injured? In terms of credit, our young lady has contributed a lot to this battle! Even if the young lady had any relationship with the Devil Sect before, that's all. It's all a thing of the past!"
The man wanted to argue a few words, but was stopped by He Wenliang.
"Okay, okay, they are all my brothers, so let's just say a few words." After persuading, He Wenliang said to Qi Yuanqing meaningfully: "We all see the credit of the young lady in this battle. The sect master must be pleased with her willingness to kill her relatives righteously. I also hope that the younger brother will not do some stupid things to ruin the young lady's reputation and disappoint the sect master!"
"Brother, don't worry, we will not dare to disobey the sect master's orders!"
After the argument stopped, there were still a few disciples whispering to each other, and Qi Yuanqing could guess what they were talking about without listening.
After pulling Yan Zibo to sit down, Geng Haosi leaned over to Qi Yuanqing's ear and asked, "Brother, does he mean that we will secretly save that female devil?"
Qi Yuanqing whispered: "Well, well, don't talk about it for now, everything will be discussed after finding the female devil."
After making eye contact, the three of them closed their mouths tacitly.
Gradually, the surrounding voices became smaller and smaller.
Some people can't resist the drowsiness, so they lean on each other with their partners to keep warm and fall asleep.
He Wenliang didn't just talk about it, he said he wanted to keep vigil, and he dutifully guarded the group of brothers and sisters outside the crowd against the cold.
"Aww!"
"Aww..."
"Woo..."
In the silent night, suddenly out of thin air came the sound of wolves moaning one after another.
"Be alert! Get up! Hurry up! The wolf is coming!"
He Wenliang shouted loudly.
The faint green dots moved from far to near, and when the disciples got up in a hurry, the pack of wolves had already surrounded them.
The leader was a silver wolf with extremely pure hair, with a huge body, equivalent to the size of those ordinary wolves with one and a half tails behind it.
He Wenliang hadn't figured out how this good thing attracted the wolves, but he had already ushered in a chaotic battle.
Twenty people confronted eight wolves, more enemies than few, but they still couldn't get anything good, and the result was that both sides hurt each other.
After all, people with flesh and blood will always be a little scared when facing these ferocious beasts.
And those wolves were extremely flexible in their movements, and disciples with higher martial arts skills could do nothing against them.
He Wenliang originally thought that the group of wolves came to attack them for food, but the result didn't seem to be what he thought.
The silver wolf was obviously able to eat him, but it just patted off the cloth bag hanging around his waist with one paw. The rest of the wolves ran away.
Could it be that these wolves just came to make trouble and then ran away
If there were other things in the cloth bag, then He Wenliang might just forget about it and stop worrying about the behavior of the wolves. But in the cloth bag, there are all the things that the sect master entrusted to him, a portrait of Zhong Shujin, and a sect master's order.
How could such an important thing be left alone
"All the injured juniors stay here, and two uninjured people are left to take care of them. The rest of them will follow me!"
The three of Qi Yuanqing were not injured, and their skills were excellent, so they naturally wanted to join the team chasing wolves.
That silver wolf was originally extremely agile, but at this moment it deliberately slowed down, and led the dozen or so people who were chasing after it, scurrying back and forth between the mountains and forests, making a big circle , After the people behind were exhausted by the torment of the chase, it dodged and jumped into the hidden cave.
"Senior brother He, this place seems to be a wolf's den, what should we do, should we chase it in?"
He Wenliang stood in front of the cave entrance, hesitating.
If this is a wolf's den, then this place is dangerous.
If he didn't chase him in and lost the portrait of the sect master Ling and the female devil, he would not be able to escape punishment.
But if he chased him in, if something happened to his juniors, it would be even more difficult for him to escape punishment.
How should this be done
He Wenliang was still hesitating at the entrance of the cave, but the silver wolf had already entered the cave to rest.
The silver wolf who was majestic outside just now was crawling meekly beside the legs of a woman in black.
Gu Qingyin wore a thin night gown, just to facilitate her concealment at night. She knelt down and rubbed Silver Wolf's head, and said happily, "Dabai, it's really thanks to you this time, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to lure them here!"
Gu Qingyin was probably the only one who dared to treat this silver wolf like an ordinary big dog.
This silver wolf was accidentally rescued by Gu Qingyin and her master in the mountains when they first moved to Baining Village. At that time, the blood-stained little wolf was not as strong as it is now. The master and apprentice raised it for a long time. Healed its wounds, but also cultivated some feelings. However, no matter how docile a wolf is, it is still a wolf after all. They are afraid that this kind of thing will frighten the villagers in the village. It delivers some food. This silver wolf is very spiritual, knowing that the master and apprentice are good to it. This back and forth, the relationship between humans and wolves can be regarded as much deeper.
Dabai rubbed against Gu Qingyin's palm, as if he had already accepted Gu Qingyin's thank you. By the way, after being coquettish, he handed the cloth bag he got from He Wenliang to Gu Qingyin.
Gu Qingyin took the bag and opened it suspiciously. With the moonlight shining in from the top of the cave, I could clearly see what was in the bag.
The outline of Zhong Shujin can be vaguely seen from the people in the portrait.
Oh, these people really came after Zhong Shujin!
"This painter's painting skills are too bad! I look much better!" After muttering a few words, Gu Qingyin put the portrait on her body, and then looked at the door master token for fun. for a while.
She always felt that the pattern engraved on the token looked familiar, but for a while, she really couldn't remember where she had seen this pattern.
Not embarrassing herself anymore, she conveniently put away the token together, squatted down again and rubbed Dabai's head, and praised: "My dear Dabai, you did a good job this time! Thank you! Next time I'll bring some more meat to see you!"
The place where one person and one wolf are now is Dabai's real den in the cave. This place is extremely hidden. It was specially built for Dabai by Gu Qingyin's master back then. There is no way to get in. The nest outside here is just a small den to hide people's eyes and ears, to prevent any malicious people or beasts from following Dabai to this cave and hurt Dabai while he is sleeping.
At this moment, there was already a rustling sound outside. After hearing the movement, Gu Qingyin immediately shut up, and at the same time signaled for Dabai to also keep quiet.
Very good, it was finally brought in!
Gu Qingyin jumped up and climbed up the stone wall beside her. It was a natural wall blocking the inner and outer nests, and it was integrated with the natural stone in the cave. The stone gate and the rock in the cave could not be seen with the naked eye. The difference between the walls.
Gu Qingyin just lay on the top of the stone gate, carefully observing the situation outside through the hidden hole in the stone wall.