When night fell, Li Jinglong suggested: "Wait and see here." So a bonfire was lit, and some dry food was dug out for Hong Jun to eat. Hong Jun had no appetite all day, and he drank some stream water and lay down.
"Thanks for your hard work." Li Jinglong said, "This case is initially believed to be a demon, and I will take you to have a good time after it is over."
Lying on the meadow, Hong Jun looked sideways at Li Jinglong, and asked, "I slept like this every day on the way down to Chang'an, and I'm used to it. But, how did you tell?"
Li Jinglong said thoughtfully: "A bodyguard suddenly killed everyone in the caravan. On the last day before arriving in Chang'an, he finally committed suicide. Don't you think this is unreasonable?"
Hong Jun made a "hmm" and said, "But the monster didn't kill people himself, what is he doing here?"
Li Jinglong replied: "Maybe this is the key clue."
Hong Jun thought hard, but now he couldn't figure it out, but Li Jinglong said: "After going back to discuss with them, maybe there will be a clearer conclusion. Think about something happy, where do you like to go?"
"I'm not going to Pingkang." Hong Jun said casually.
"I stopped you last time, did you find it boring?" Li Jinglong said lightly.
Hong Jun didn't know why, but suddenly remembered what the carp demon said yesterday. Following Li Jinglong, he knows how to eat and play, and there are a lot of new things every day. It has been like this, as if life has become happier.
Li Jinglong: "?"
Hong Jun suddenly pointed to the stars in the autumn night sky, and said, "Chang Shi, look at the stars, how beautiful they are."
Li Jinglong said "um", and simply lay down, and the two looked at the stars together.
"I don't like Qin Wu." Li Jinglong said, "Are you a little jealous?"
When Hong Jun was asked this question, his heart suddenly jumped violently for no reason, and he said awkwardly: "No... yes!"
"You see, I'm worried about him." Li Jinglong said seriously, "Is it not in your heart?"
Hong Jun immediately turned around, lay on his side, and didn't respond.
Li Jinglong said again: "I used to be good friends with him, but I just can't bear to see him fall to where he is now..." Then he looked at the starry sky and said in a daze: "Although I have known you for less than a month, your words and deeds are obviously Comes from the Immortal family. How can it be compared to the people in the mortal world?"
When Hong Jun heard Li Jinglong praise himself so much, he was immediately elated. He turned around again, looked at him, and said, "Really? You made me so happy!"
Li Jinglong said happily: "Just think of me as coaxing you."
Hong Jun was a little sleepy, and said in a daze: "Sometimes when I watch Du Hanqing and Xiao Wu, I can't help but think, if I didn't grow up in Yao...in my family. Maybe compared to them , I will do worse. So I take advantage of it, and it’s just a good reincarnation.”
"That's not enough." Li Jinglong said, "Everyone has his own nature. Some people don't bother to do many things even if they are down and out all their lives. You said that day that you like Changshi..."
Hong Jun said "um", his eyelids were heavy, and he was tired, so he didn't hear what Li Jinglong said behind him. Li Jinglong was very surprised, how could he just sleep? He reached out his hand to shake Hongjun, and called him, but he didn't ask for an answer, so he had to give up.
The bonfire is gradually extinguished, and the world is plunged into darkness.
Hong Jun suddenly woke up in the dark, and yelled again, feeling that his body was covered with clothes, but before he could struggle, Li Jinglong, who was next to him, immediately reached out and held him down.
Li Jinglong moved over at some point, and lay side by side with him, and the two of them were covered with his robe, next to each other.
"Dreaming again?" Li Jinglong asked with concern, "Why do you always have nightmares?"
Hong Jun panted lightly, and said, "I dreamed of monsters killing...killing people."
He dreamed that the corpse he saw during the day was hiding behind a stone and trembling uncontrollably, a black shadow came forward with mist, stretched out his hand, the blood all over the ground turned into living worms and flew towards his hand at last Converge continuously.
"Don't be afraid." Li Jinglong whispered, "Are you sensitive to resentment? I want to ask you today."
Hong Jun said "um", and felt a strong heartbeat from Li Jinglong's vigorous body and chest, and there was a very faint dim light in his heart, which made him yearn for it very much. He leaned over a little bit, disturbed by the nightmare His soul gradually settled down, and he fell asleep again.
When I woke up the next morning, nothing happened. Li Jinglong patrolled around again, carried Hong Jun, and rode his horse back to Chang'an City. When they arrived at the Department of Exorcism, the three of them were lying in the main hall and sleeping with their clothes on. It was obvious that they checked the files all night.
"There was a new case last night." Artest said sleepily, "Murder, monsters, and witnesses."
Li Jinglong pondered for a moment, and then said: "Let's put this case aside first, and listen to our investigation results, Hong Jun, let's talk about it this time."
"Ah?" Hong Jun had almost forgotten, and said, "I ate two bowls of braised goose noodles yesterday..."
"Okay, you guys!" Artest said angrily, "We've been working so hard in the Exorcism Department, why don't you go out to eat delicious food?"
Li Jinglong really got darker and darker, and said angrily: "Let's get to the point!"
Hong Jun then recounted the incident in detail based on his memory. When it came to vomiting, everyone joined the carp demon and said in unison: "It deserves it!" When Ping Heliang was mentioned at the end, everyone frowned deeply. Ask in language. This time it was Li Jinglong's answer. He explained the cause and effect in an orderly manner, and said to Hongjun, "Did you forget something?"
Hong Jun didn't remember. Mo Zhigen said first: "The first three cases are not necessarily monsters, but the last one must be something strange."
"You counted Qin Wu in." Li Jinglong said.
"Do you think there is something in common between these four cases?" Artest murmured.
"The common point is that the Dali Temple can't be destroyed?" Qiu Yongsi said.
Everyone: "..."
Qiu Yongsi waved his hand and said happily, "It has something to do with blood."
Hong Jun: "Yes."
"Except for the doctor who escaped from the city, the clues are broken." Li Jinglong said in a deep voice, "The remaining cases, whether it is the scene of the crime or the means of committing the crime, are extremely intense."
"This does not constitute a similarity." Mo Zhigen frowned, "Murder cases are always bloody."
Li Jinglong added: "The murderer loses his mind at some point."
Qiu Yongsi: "When people are angry, they will do impulsive things. When driven by demons..."
"Demon." Li Jinglong pointed out the word Qiu Yongsi said bluntly.
The people fell silent again,
"Only Qin Wu is like this?" Hong Jun said, "After all, we haven't seen other murderers yet."
Li Jinglong reminded: "The bodyguard who committed suicide."
Hong Jun immediately remembered that the expression of the suicide was still a clue that he discovered by himself.
"I have to find the blacksmith who killed his wife." Mo Zhigen said, "If it is similar to Qin Wu, there may be a problem."
"The blacksmith's neighbor should know him on weekdays, right?" Artest asked.
"It's on the file, he's an honest man." Li Jinglong motioned Artest to read it for himself.
When the topic revolved around the blacksmith, Hong Jun suddenly remembered, took out the half-moon-shaped iron piece he found at the blacksmith's house, and said, "I always feel this..."
"Wait!" Qiu Yongsi immediately leaned over, turned sideways and quickly picked it up, holding it in his hand, and suddenly became short of breath.
"What kind of magic weapon is this?" Hong Jun asked. When he saw this piece of iron, he felt that there seemed to be a very faint evil spirit on it, but he couldn't tell where it came from. Among the five, Qiu Yongsi is the most well-informed. Since he knows the Wisdom Sword, he might also know the origin of this thing.
"This is not a magic weapon." Qiu Yongsi murmured, "This is a scale..."
In the afternoon of the next day, the jailer led everyone from the Exorcism Department and Lian Hao, the secretary of the Dali Temple, into the deepest part of the prison.
"I've been interrogated and confessed. I only mentioned that I was bewitched when I committed murder." Lian Hao asked the jailer to open the cell door with a key and let them in.
The murderer was hiding in a dark corner. He was a blacksmith in his fifties, cowering, disheveled, raving, and lost his mind.
Li Jinglong touched him lightly, and the blacksmith let out a heart-piercing scream instantly, shouting: "Ghost! Ghost!"
Mo Zhigen knelt down on one knee, went in front of the blacksmith, and observed his expression.
"What did you see?" Mo Zhigen asked, "Don't be afraid, tell us."
The blacksmith couldn't help trembling, his facial features were convulsed and twisted, his throat was gurgling, and he didn't explain anything. Li Jinglong frowned deeply, and glanced at Hongjun. The two of them tacitly remembered the expression on the dying face of the bodyguard who slaughtered the entire caravan.
"Ghost, ghost..." The blacksmith tossed and turned, only saying this one sentence.
When everyone left the cell, Hong Jun glanced casually and found that Qin Wu was being held in another cell. Qin Wu was wearing a death row uniform, handcuffed and fettered, lying on the ground covered with straw and fell asleep.
The sound of the iron chain, the jailer unlocked, Hong Jun went in and patted Qin Wu awake, Qin Wu suddenly became a frightened bird, and grabbed Hong Jun's wrist fiercely.
"Save me... save me..." Qin Wu trembled, "I shouldn't have done that... I was wrong..."
Hong Jun frowned and said, "Xiao Wu, tell me, what happened?"
Qin Wu's eyes were full of panic, he was about to cry, and said: "I don't know... I don't know... There is a shadow that has been following me... I don't want to do anything... Help me..."
Everyone outside the prison door looked terrified.
"Be clear." Li Jinglong entered the cell, knelt in front of Qin Wu, and looked at his expression.
Qin Wu tremblingly said: "After killing them, a shadow came in..."
Hong Jun was startled suddenly, but Li Jinglong asked, "What does the shadow look like?"
Qin Wu shook his head and begged: "I don't know, I didn't look carefully, I ran away, I dare not stay any longer..."
That night, after killing his enemy's family, Qin Wu still hadn't recovered from the bloodthirsty madness, but he felt the wind blowing everywhere, and the blood seemed to be alive, gathering into worms on the ground, crawling around. In an instant, the shock and madness were replaced by fear, so holding the sword, he staggered and escaped all the way.
"It's a hallucination." Lian Hao frowned, "Many murderers are a little delirious after committing crimes, but very few are calm."
Hong Jun thought of the calm Qin Wu he saw that day, and the flustered Qin Wu he saw after the murder was a completely different person, which made it impossible for him to match the two before and after.
That night, with a bright autumn moon shining, everyone stopped in front of the Jiuqu Bridge, all silent.
Hong Jun flipped the dragon scale back and forth between his fingers, from the index finger to the middle finger to the ring finger, and then back to the index finger.
"Don't cut off your hands." Mo Zhigen reminded.
"A dragon?" Li Jinglong said, "Instigating blacksmiths and Qin Wu to kill people, why and what is the motive?"
"It must be related to some kind of sorcery." Qiu Yongsi analyzed, "Although the one in Hong Jun's hand is a dragon scale, but the dragon has nine sons, each of which is different. It is extremely unlikely that it is a real dragon."
"Well." Hong Jun said, "Dragon scales and phoenix feathers all have extremely powerful spirit beast power. These may be the scales of the dragon clan, but they will never be real dragons."
At that time, the sound of water came from the Jiuqu River, and the carp demon got up wetly from the water, and replied: "The river is muddy, and you can't see anything. But there is indeed a big thing crawling on the innermost edge of Jinchi Lake." The traces of passing have squeezed the edge stones on the edge of the lake a lot. "
All aquariums, even if they become real dragons, often need water sources, and those with low morals, such as carp demons, need to soak in the pool frequently. Sure enough, Li Jinglong guessed right. Since there are aquatic monsters, there will definitely be traces left in the waterways of Chang'an.
"Check all the waterways separately." Li Jinglong said, "If you find something abnormal, report it at any time."
Everyone went to every corner of Chang'an separately. In the vicinity of Chang'an, "Xiaojing" has been used as the country since the Western Zhou Dynasty. Since the Han Dynasty, there is a saying that "eight rivers surround Chang'an". The Jing River and the Wei River flow through this thousand-year-old city. It is nearly ten feet deep.
If there are aquatic monsters distributed, most of the water outlets, rivers, and fences will leave traces of movement. Hong Jun and the carp monster headed west via the Lishui Bridge. There was already a curfew in the quiet city, and there was only the sound of a person and a demon talking in a dark alley.
"Some monsters are born dragons, but some monsters have to cultivate for thousands of years to become a dragon." The carp monster said, "How unfair do you think?"
Holding the five-color divine light in Hong Jun's hand, it illuminated the surroundings, and said to the carp demon: "I think the carp is unfair. It is obviously not related to the dragon clan, so jumping through the dragon gate will become a dragon."
"It's a beautiful idea." The carp demon replied, "The little man's book is all about lying to you, understand? You have to accumulate merit first, accumulate enough merit, and then go to the dragon gate to become a dragon."
"Hush." Hong Jun stood outside a waterway in the west of the city, holding the five-color divine light to shine in, and the sound of water fell drop by drop, and the carp demon hurriedly hid behind Hong Jun.
In the darkness, there was silence all around, Lishui turned to flow underground at this point, flowed out of the city wall, and flowed into the moat outside Chang'an City. However, here is the East Chang'an City Wall built by Qin Qiong during the reign of Li Shimin. It was built on a hill. During the flood season, the large amount of water in the city was drained to the Weihe River and diverted to the Qinchuan Plain. It was once a water conservancy project for irrigating the inside and outside of the city.
After Empress Wu Zetian moved the capital to Luoyang, this place has been abandoned for a long time. Now it has been in disrepair for a long time, and the Ministry of Industry has not taken care of it. Even the underground waterway is full of mud and surrounded by thick iron fences. Under the fence, there is a faint light in the light. .
The carp demon ran to pick it up, and Hong Jun was surprised: "It's another piece! Why does it look different?"
Hong Jun compared the two iron scales side by side, and saw that one was dark gray and the other was blue, with obvious differences.
"More than one." Hong Jun said in a deep voice.
Hong Jun tried to lift the iron fence, but the fence weighed two thousand kilograms, and he was not strong enough, so he had to take out a throwing knife, cut off one of them, held the broken fence in his hand, and entered the waterway sideways.
"Hong Jun, don't act rashly, the flying knives are missing, I'll call them over!" said the carp demon.
Hong Jun couldn't laugh or cry and said: "You underestimate me too."
Although Hongjun had bumps and bumps along the way, he still had some strength, but compared with his companions from the Exorcist Division, he was not enough. The carp demon turned around to inform his companions, and Hong Jun walked slowly in the dark waterway.
The tunnel was spacious and deep, and the sound of dripping water continued to be heard. You couldn't see your fingers all around. A gust of wind blew past at the end, and then there was a "squeak-" sound, as if someone was pushing a wooden door.
"Who!" Hong Jun said in surprise.
Hearing no response, Hong Jun stood alone in the darkness and snapped his fingers with a "snap". The spell radiated radiant light, vaguely appearing in the shape of a phoenix's flying wings, bursting into flames and turning into dozens of meteors, shooting towards the two walls of the tunnel. The sound of being ignited continued, and the torches inserted on the cave wall lit up one by one, and the tunnel was restored to light.
There was another "squeak-" sound, Hong Jun walked slowly along the sound, turned a corner, and found that it was an extremely spacious underground space, with many abandoned warships thrown in it, and the flowing water in the river, together Water fell from a height and poured on the leaves of a decayed waterwheel, which made a sound every half-turn.
Hong Jun was about to turn around, but suddenly a hand was placed on his shoulder behind his back. A voice whispered in his ear, "Hey, baa, monkey, bi..."
Hong Jun immediately exploded, and almost cut off Artest's hand with a throwing knife. When he turned around, Artest immediately signaled him to keep quiet. The carp demon found Artest nearby, but the others hadn't come yet.
"What does this sentence mean?" Hong Jun was terrified.
"'Hello Hongjun little baby' in Persian." Artest smiled calmly holding the jeweled folding fan.
"You added it yourself." Hong Jun said blankly, and threw another dragon scale to Artest. Artest motioned him to look at the ground, then waved his fan, a little flame burst out from the ring and flew away, illuminating the silent river beach.
The footprints of a group of people appeared on the river beach. The two looked at it for a while, and then looked up at the calm pool water together.
"Maybe hiding in the water." Artest whispered, "Just a gamble?"
Hong Jun replied in a low voice: "I think this monster may not be at home."
Artai raised his eyebrows, meaning how did he know about it, Hong Jun whispered: "The murders happened at night for a few days, didn't they?"
"Smart." Artest laughed, and without any warning, he waved the fan in his hand, and the underground river was stirred up!
"Wow!" Hong Jun said hurriedly, 'I just guessed! "
The hurricane fan in Artest's hand was fully powered, and amidst the loud noise, all the water in the river was rolled into a huge vortex, and then collapsed with a "crash", and the cave walls were full of waterfalls.
"Little darling guessed right, she's really not at home." Artest said casually, "Let's search one side? You choose first?"
Hong Jun then turned around, and began to investigate along the sides of the cave wall with Artest. At that time, warships with rotten wood were scattered all over the place, and he stepped carefully on the deck of a ship.
"A-Tai!" Hong Jun said, "Would you like to come and see this?"
Artest quickly jumped over the bows of several ships and landed beside Hong Jun. Hong Jun found a magic circle engraved with runes on the deck. In the center of the magic circle was a copper plate. Inside the copper plate, It was a drop of strange bright red liquid that was wriggling.
The two looked at each other, then looked up and looked around.
"It's like a temporary altar." Artest frowned, "Is it used for sacrifice? What's the meaning of this magic circle?"
"Why haven't they come yet?" Hong Jun said.
Artest always felt that something was wrong, and said, "Take the things and leave."
Artai motioned Hong Jun to pick up the copper plate, took out a very small glass bottle from his arms, unplugged it, and turned towards the drop of blood, and then the drop of blood seemed to be alive, and it melted with a "swish" For film. He turned his head towards the two of them!
"Be careful!" Artest yelled.
Before Hong Jun recovered, Artest shook the folding fan in an instant, and the strong wind swept out, sending the two of them out of the magic circle separately! However, the next moment, that drop of blood shot into the river, and the river turned into a blood red in an instant, rumbling towards the two of them!
Hong Jun shouted: "What is this?!"
Artest shouted: "Get out of here! Go for help!"
Immediately afterwards, Artest exerted all his strength and waved his fan to send Hongjun out of the sky full of blood. In an instant, a figure appeared at the entrance of the cave, blocking Hongjun's way!
The sea of blood came overwhelming, Hong Jun was in the air, and saw a figure rushing towards him, the cloak flying behind him, showing a ferocious face, it was Yazi! Yazi's face was full of flesh, he opened his fangs, flicked his claws, and rushed towards Hongjun!
"Artest!"
Hong Jun yelled, Artest was sucked in by the blood that had gathered into waves, and then Hong Jun threw out knives in both left and right hands, and the two flying knives clattered to hold Jai Zi's sharp claws! Yazi opened his mouth, his eyes like copper bells flashed brightly, but Hong Jun was not afraid at all, and his whole body was shocked.
The five-color divine light rushed out in an instant, and slammed Yazi hard. Yazi never expected that this young man, who had previously underestimated the enemy, was rushed backwards, hit the old ship hard, smashed The mast fell earth-shatteringly into the sea of blood!
Hong Jun's five-color divine light is the most powerful defensive magic weapon in the world. Flying sand, fierce fire, black ice and wild thunder can almost resist everything. A monster can still do it.
"Artest!" Hong Jun shouted.
The hurricane rolled up, and the blood waves receded to the sides, icy lights shot out, sometimes there were fires, and thunder and lightning burst out. Apparently, Artest, who was caught in the sea of blood, was working hard, but the sea of blood had no shape, it was full of waves, and the hurricane fan could seal the front of him but not the back. The waves rushed in, almost being overturned again!
The sea of blood continued to rise, Artest was out of breath, and the hulk where he landed almost disintegrated, becoming an isolated island in the sea of blood.
It was too late and then quickly, Hong Jun shot out the hook rope, swished it around the top of the cave, grabbed the hook rope with one hand and ran at a high speed, galloped around the circular cave wall, stepped sideways, then turned around, opened his arms towards A Tai Ling jumped in the air and shouted: "Catch it!"
Crazy sea of blood rushed towards Artest from all directions. Artest roared and spun around on the spot. The strong wind broke out and rolled the wall of waves that swallowed him into a vortex. Roll, use the force of the recoil to ascend to the top of the cave.
The ship disintegrated under this momentum, Hong Jun jumped down from the air, grabbed Artest tightly with one hand, Artest turned around again, the strong wind recoiled, sending the two of them towards the entrance like arrows off the string!
The sea of blood swallowed up all the space, rushed up the cave wall, turned around and surrounded them, and rushed down towards the two of them! Hong Jun shook his left hand, and the five-color divine light rose flatly, forming a wall. The sea of blood crashed into the wall, and it was impossible to pass through it!
Artest couldn't help panting, Hong Jun turned his hands over, and then pushed the five-color divine light forward, Artest shouted: "Good job!"
The sea of blood was pushed back continuously by Hong Jun, and when the shocking tsunami collapsed, it was just like that being held back abruptly. Immediately afterwards, an ugly monster appeared from the water and slammed into the barrier of the five-color divine light!
Yazi finally showed up, but he still couldn't break through Hongjun's super magic weapon. Looking at this scene, the entire huge cave seemed to have turned into a glazed fish tank. A light barrier several feet long and wide blocked the blood-stained river weighing more than 10,000 jin. There was also a terrifying monster inside. Attacking the barrier like crazy!
"How long can it last?" Artest asked.
"For spells... it should be fine until tomorrow morning." Hong Jun said, "It's just that the hands are sore."
"If I say withdraw, you will withdraw." Artest said, "Then turn around and run, if I say stop, then stop, and then block it with magic weapons."
"Okay." Hong Jun replied, "Be careful."
At that time, Yazi rushed towards the five-color divine light again, bumped hard against the light barrier, and then the five-color divine light brightened and bounced it out.
"Withdraw!" Artest shouted.
Hong Jun withdrew the five-color divine light, and the sea of blood rushed in like a landslide. Then Artest spread his arms, flew back, and shouted: "Run!"
Hong Jun turned around and ran away. When Artest leaped back, he stretched his hands. The ring on his left hand burst into dense fireballs. With a flap on his right hand, the group of fireballs roared towards the sea of blood immediately!
Coincidentally, at that moment, Yazi rushed towards the tide of blood, roaring and rushing towards the two of them, and Artest shouted again: "Stop!"
When Hong Jun turned his head, he caught a glimpse of Jai Zi opening his bloody mouth, but what was waiting for him was dozens of fireballs, and in an instant, the fireballs were all filled into Yai Zi's mouth!
Hong Jun bowed, and then pressed his hands, and the five-color divine light barrier rose again.
There was a muffled sound of "collapse", as if someone hit the wall with his head. The fireball swallowed by Yazi exploded in his abdomen. It became muddy, and flew out behind the barrier.
Hong Jun: "Hahahaha—"
He just thought the scene was very funny, Artest gasped and said, "Get out."
Hong Jun pressed the five-color divine light with both hands, sealed the tunnel, and blocked the surging sea of blood. Yazi had disappeared for a long time. It was strange to say that the sea of blood gradually calmed down.
The two stepped back a few steps, the color of the sea of blood gradually receded, and the bright red seemed to be alive, shrinking continuously in the water. Hong Jun remembered what he saw first, the wriggling blood on the plate, and tried to remove the divine light barrier. The sewage was scattered with a "crash".
On the wet ground, a smear of bright red blood was slowly writhing. Ya Zi was blasted through the abdomen, and he no longer knew where he fled.
Hong Jun frowned and looked at Artest.