Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 33
In order to protect Feng Shen, old man Tian was seriously injured and died, leaving Xianggua alone, holding the body and crying.

Feng Shen was both sad and angry, and made up his mind in his heart that he would bring that mad Lai Qing to justice.

Fearing that he would be in danger alone, Zha Wuzuo hurriedly stopped him.Feng Shen made up his mind, how could he listen to persuasion?Yang Cha Wu Zuo guarded here, and set out to catch the murderer by himself.

Feng Shen stretched his feet and disappeared into the twilight in a blink of an eye.Zha Wuzuo sighed, and began to comfort the muskmelon again.

Just as he was persuading, the old woman who went back to the village to drink came.Seeing a corpse lying across the tea shed, the old woman dropped her hand in shock, and the wine jar fell to the ground and shattered.

"This...is this?" The old woman panicked and wanted to let go of her wailing, "Someone was killed... Ah! Killed!"

"Shut up!" Cha Wuzuo took a look, and quickly stopped, "Stop making noise!"

"Ah?" Seeing Zha Wuzuo's complexion was wrong, the old woman thought he had killed the old man and wanted to silence him, she fell to the ground in a panic, and begged tremblingly, "Okay... good man, spare me... the old man just keep his mouth shut... ...don't chew your tongue..."

"Ouch!" Zha Wu knew that the old woman would be wrong, and stamped his feet anxiously, "You old lady! What have you been thinking about? It's just in time, get up quickly, and I have something else to ask!"

After finishing speaking, Zha Wuzuo took out the badge from his pocket and stuffed it into the old woman's hand: "We are all from the Shuntian Mansion. There is a case here, so I can't leave. Please take this badge with me." , go to Shuntian Mansion to send a message, let the Lu official, Lu Bantou, bring more manpower, and come quickly... have you written it down?"

"Yes... yes..." The old woman was so frightened that she was dumbfounded.

"Lu! Lu Guan, Lu Bantou!" Zha Wuzuo had no choice but to repeat the words again.

The old woman waited for a long time before she remembered the general idea.She held the badge in her hand and was about to leave when Zha Zuo stopped her again.

Seeing her trembling little feet, Zha Wuzuo knew that she couldn't walk fast.Afraid of delaying the trip, Zha Zuo took out some scattered money: "Take these and go hire a car, go early and return early, don't delay!"

The old woman nodded and took the silver and went.Zha Wuzuo looked up at the dark sky, and couldn't help but sweat secretly for Feng Shen, who was chasing the murderer alone.

Turning around, seeing the muskmelon was still crying.Fearing that she would break her body from crying, Zha Wuzuo pulled her up from the ground, pulled another clean cage cloth, and covered Old Man Tian's head and face.

Not to mention how sad Xianggua and others are, but it's just that Feng Shen is chasing the murderer.

With the help of old man Tian who left him alone at the end of his life, Lai Qing had already disappeared without a trace.Seeing that the sky was getting darker, Feng Shen was also anxious.Further on, there is a huge barren forest, if Lai Qing hides in it, it will really be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Fortunately, when Na Lai Qing was running away, Xianggua injured her leg with a crossbow, and shed a lot of blood.Although the blood that fell on the ground was not very obvious, the smell of blood floating around could be found somewhere.

Feng Shen has opened up the two veins of Ren and Du, and his five senses are better than ordinary people.So, while running, he raised his nose and carefully sniffed the abnormalities nearby.

Hearing and chasing like this, half an hour passed in the blink of an eye.Feng Shenzong had an excellent sense of smell, but he couldn't stand the cold wind blowing at night.Together with the cold wind, a lot of accumulated snow foam was rolled up, and coupled with the boundless wilderness, no matter how strong the smell was, it could be blown away.What's more, on this severe winter night, after inhaling into the nose, there is a layer of ice stubble hanging in the lung ducts, and the liver hurts from the cold.To put it bluntly, you are looking for people by taste, and even taking a breath is extremely uncomfortable.

Looking at Mao Yueyue above his head, Feng Shen thought to himself: Then Lai Qing is injured, so he can't run fast.After chasing here, there is no village nearby, and it is also impossible for Lai Qing to go to the village to rely on the shop.

Further on, there is the dead forest, Lai Qing is probably hiding in it.The fork in the official road is completely broken here.The road under his feet was full of potholes, making it extremely difficult to walk.

Slowly, Feng Shen began to murmur in his heart.Only relying on his energy and blood just now, he has no taboo against the danger of chasing the murderer in the cold night.It can be seen that this dark forest is boundless and boundless, if he goes looking for it alone, when will he find it?Lai Qing also has a powerful hidden weapon hidden on his body, if he hides and sneaks up, he is afraid that he will also be plotted against.

Just as he was hesitating, there was a sudden "click" in the woods, as if someone stepped on a dead branch.

"Good escape!" Feng Shen's spirit was shaken, and he hurriedly ran away.Regardless of the darkness of the forest and the dense forest, he broke into the dry forest at one end.

When he came to the forest, Feng Shen was shocked.Ordinarily, the distance between the movement and the movement is only a few tens of steps, and with the speed of my own feet, I dare not say that I can catch people, but I can definitely see the shadow.But he looked around for a long time, but he still couldn't see anyone.

The woods were empty and dead silent.The dark trunks are clustered with dead and hard branches, illuminated by the cold moonlight, like a group of ghosts with teeth and claws.

Feng Shen's heart trembled, he was afraid of being ambushed by Lai Qing, so he thought of retreating from the dense forest first, and then making plans.But when he turned his head, he found that behind him was deep and unfathomable, and there was no way back.

"But it's also a mischief!" Feng Shen cursed secretly, not daring to be careless, and hurriedly found his way.But he turned around, like a headless chicken, just circling around.

After drinking about half a cup of tea, Feng Shen simply stopped, looked at the messy shoe marks in front of him, and secretly clicked his tongue.The footprints on Can Xue matched the size of his own shoes, which showed that after running for a long time, he turned back to the original place.

Feng Shen took a deep breath, and began to wait and see under the moonlit night in the forest.Looking around, I can see something strange.Although the trees in this dry forest are dense, they are not disorganized. There are clusters in the east and clusters in the west, as if they are arranged in a group.The more Feng Shen looked at it, the more something was wrong. There were obvious marks of cutting with knives and axes on many dead trees.

This was originally a wild forest, with no one inhabited for several miles around. On weekdays, a woodcutter would come into the forest to cut firewood.Besides, how can there be such a man-made scene?If it is not unintentional, then it is intentional.There must be a plan to cut a tree in this wild forest as a mark.

Could it be... a ecstasy formation based on the five elements and eight trigrams?Thinking of this, Feng Shen broke out in a cold sweat.Feng Shen had already heard about this kind of formation.According to the rumors, Zhuge Wuhou once used a few piles of random stones to set up eight formations of stone soldiers according to the Qimen Dunjia, and trapped the [-] troops of Soochow.

But Feng Shen always thought that the so-called formation was an exaggeration in the official history, so he didn't have a deep understanding of the easy number.If this dense forest is really a formation, people who don't know how to do this may not be able to escape the prison if their legs are broken.

The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became, Feng Shen was so angry that he punched the tree trunk.The only blame is to be too impulsive, not only failed to pursue the murderer, but also trapped himself in the lost forest.

While I was feeling annoyed, there was another sound of a branch snapping from behind me!

Afraid that Lai Qing would steal the poisonous hands, Feng Shen got excited and jumped aside.After waiting for a long time, there was no sound from the place where the voice came from.

Feng Shen took a deep breath, opened his eyes sharply, and slowly approached the place where the sound came from.Every step he took, Feng Shen was careful.If it was on flat ground during the day, Feng Shen would not be afraid.But in this dense forest in the middle of the night, or the villain is holding a sharp weapon and hiding in the dark to ambush, no matter how courageous Feng Shen is, he dare not trust him.

As they got closer, there was indeed a broken branch on the ground.After confirming that no one was around, Feng Shen bent down and picked up the branch to look at it.Seeing this, Feng Shen was dumbfounded.The branch is about the thickness of a thumb, and the section is actually flat!
This kind of branch with dry skin and moist core will not be broken no matter how strong the wind is.Besides, the flat and inclined section must have been cut with a sharp weapon.

Feng Shen quickly touched the cut, and his fingertips felt a little damp, which just showed that the branch had just been cut off.

If Lai Qing did it, it really doesn't make sense.Facing Feng Shen who was being pursued, Lai Qing definitely wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible, it was impossible to intentionally cut off the branch and expose his whereabouts.Could it be that... there are other people in this dense forest?
Just as he was thinking, there was another sound in the distance.Feng Shen didn't care about thinking, threw the branch in his palm, and ran away quickly.

Just like this one after another, after a while, Feng Shen would hear the sound of branches breaking and trees falling.Gradually, Feng Shen chased him far away, but still saw no one.

The man didn't show up for a long time, but he didn't seem to have any malicious intentions. Instead, he seemed to be leading Feng Shen to find the way in the dense forest.Although Feng Shen was worried that it was a trap, but seeing that he was no longer going to take detours, he couldn't care about so many things, so he could only look around and rush to find the sound.

After chasing for a while, the guiding sound of breaking branches ceased to sound.When Feng Shenzheng was wondering, he suddenly noticed a faint light of fire not far in front of him.

Since there is an open flame, someone must be there.Feng Shen held his breath, and tiptoed towards the bright light.

Far away, Feng Shen saw a clearing in the forest ahead.Therefore, Feng Shen didn't dare to get any closer, but first lowered his body and lay down in the dark to look carefully.

There were several crooked wooden houses on the open space, and a bonfire was lit in front of the wooden houses. Several thick and thick men were surrounding the fire, roasting a skinned dead dog on the fire.And that sharp-mouthed monkey-cheeked Lai Qing was mixed among them.

Seeing that Lai Qing, Feng Shen couldn't help itching his teeth with hatred.He wanted to rush out to capture him, but he was hindered by those men, so he didn't dare to act rashly.

Feng Shen nodded, and found that including Lai Qing, there were seven people surrounded by the fire.Needless to say, this other man must be Lai Qing's accomplice.If relying on Feng Shen's skill, it would be no problem to deal with three or four people.But if he had to confront seven people at the same time on other people's territory, Feng Shen couldn't get any advantage.

(End of this chapter)