A seal of immortality

Chapter 308
The big man with the beard and the others also came in one after another, seeing the boy in the water tank, the big man with the beard frowned.

"Are you okay! Brother Changsheng," Chen Qiusheng asked with concern.

"It's okay, I was bitten by him. By the way, did you find anything?" Wang Changsheng shook his head, changed his tone, and asked the bearded man.

In fact, there is no need to ask, Wang Changsheng also knew the result. He scanned the entire village with his spiritual sense just now, and only sensed the breath of the boy. Obviously, the boy is the only survivor in this village.

"No, Wu Song and the others checked from house to house, but they didn't see a single person. The strange thing is that all the empty houses are in good condition. The bedding and food are still there, and it doesn't seem like they have moved away," said the big man with beards. Said a little confused.

"Could it be that the villagers met bandits? After all, we only met a few days ago," the man in blue frowned and said.

"That's right! Maybe the bandits killed all the villagers, or kidnapped them," the man in Tsing Yi nodded in agreement.

"Impossible. The body of a villager was not found in the village. The bandit would not burn the body if he killed someone. Besides, the money in every household is still there. If they encounter bandits, they will not kidnap them." The villagers don't want to take those money away," the big man with beards shook his head, rejecting the opinions of the two.

After hearing these words, the man in blue and the man in blue thought about it carefully, and felt that what the big man with the beard had said was indeed reasonable.

"Anyway, it's getting dark now, let's just stay here for the night! We'll hurry up tomorrow. As for what happened here, the truth should be revealed when the child wakes up," the purple-clothed girl said slowly. Said slowly.

"Well, Miss Zhao is right, Song Wu, Li Gao, you go to the village and bring all the food from those empty houses, we will stay in this village for one night," the big man with beards nodded, He ordered to the two bodyguards.

The two agreed, turned and left.

"Liu Biaotou, you have been traveling the world all year round, and I will leave this child to you. I hope you can wake him up," Wang Changsheng said before walking out.

Although he is a cultivator, his physical body is not indestructible. The boy's bite just now left a red tooth mark on his right hand, and a few traces of blood can be vaguely seen.

Wang Changsheng took out a white porcelain bottle, poured some blue powder out of it, sprinkled it on the wound, and wrapped it with a piece of white cloth.

As soon as he finished all this, the boy's terrified voice came from the room: "Don't bite me, don't bite me, don't bite me..."

Before Wang Changsheng understood what was going on, the boy suddenly rushed out of the house and quickly ran out of the yard.

Wang Changsheng hesitated for a moment, but still chased after him.

A quarter of an hour later, Wang Changsheng returned to the yard, holding the unconscious boy in one arm.

"Come on, I fainted again," Wang Changsheng said to the crowd helplessly as he put the boy down.

"The child was frightened and stupid, and it's the same if he wakes him up again. He can't ask anything out of his mouth at all. I don't know what he saw, so he was so frightened." The big man with beards sighed, After scanning the unconscious boy, he said sympathetically.

"No matter what, since we met this child, we can't let it go, Tweety, feed him something later, this child seems to have been hungry for several days," the girl in purple ordered to the girl in yellow.

"Understood, miss," the yellow-shirted girl nodded in response.

"This kid kept yelling not to bite me. Tell me, could it be a blind man or a tiger who did it?" Chen Qiusheng analyzed with a look on his face.

"Well, it's really possible. If it's done by a blind bear or a tiger, it can explain why there are money and food in the empty house, but even if it's a blind bear or a tiger, it's impossible to kill everyone in a village. Let's go!" The big man with bearded beard thought for a while, and said with some uncertainty.

"If it wasn't Xiong Xiazi or the tiger who did it, then who did it? You can't say it was a ghost!" The man in Tsing Yi curled his lips and said in a joking tone.

"Ghost? Haha, I didn't expect Mr. Tang, as a scholar, to believe in the theory of ghosts and gods. There are no ghosts and ghosts in the world. The ghosts and ghosts are all made up by storytellers to fool people. I don't believe this," the big man with beards laughed. Said indifferently.

After hearing what the three of them said, Wang Changsheng smiled lightly, turned around and walked out.

Wang Changsheng walked into several courtyards and looked around, and found that what the big man with the beard had said was correct. There were pots and pans in these empty houses, and there was a lot of food, but there was no one, not even a corpse, but he could see many people. The carcasses of young chickens, ducks and geese.

Suddenly, Wang Changsheng frowned. Following Wang Changsheng's gaze, he could see a simple pigsty. A huge fat pig was lying motionless in the pigsty. There was a pungent rotten smell in the air. .

Wang Changsheng hesitated for a moment, pinched his nose, and walked over.

The closer he got to the pigsty, the stronger the rotten smell. Wang Changsheng endured his nausea, and when he took a closer look, he found two finger-sized blood holes on the fat pig's neck, which seemed to be bitten by something, except for these two Blood holes, there were no other wounds on the fat pig. Obviously, this fat pig was killed by something, but it was not clear what it was.

But one thing is certain, this thing is definitely not a beast like a black bear or a tiger. The purpose of a wild beast to kill its prey is to eat its meat. How could such a big fat pig not eat it.

After Wang Changsheng went around a few empty rooms, he returned to the yard where the boy was found.

At this time, the purple-clothed girl and others sat around and chatted, and raised a pile of firewood to drive away the cold.

"Brother Changsheng, you came back just in time, ready to have dinner," Chen Qiusheng said with a slight smile at Wang Changsheng.

"Well, what are you talking about! So happy," Wang Changsheng nodded, sat down by the firewood, and asked casually.

"I didn't say anything, just chatting. By the way, Brother Changsheng, there is only one bed in this room. The five of us may not be able to sleep. Wenxuan and I plan to sleep in the next room for one night. There are two beds in that room. What do you want?" Don't come over?" The man in blue looked at Wang Changsheng expectantly.

"Since there are two beds next door, the five of us can just live next door for one night. There is no need to sleep in two rooms," Wang Changsheng said calmly, shaking his head.

"But the room next door has a big bed and a small bed. It's okay to sleep three people, but it can't fit five people. Now it's so dark, it's hard to find a room with several big beds. Besides, It's next door, not far away, just separated by a wall, so it's easy to take care of if something happens," the man in Tsing Yi said slowly.

"Brother Wen Cai, you also said just now that the villagers are likely to be captured by Xiong Xiazi or tiger. If a tiger or Xiong Xiazi breaks into one of the houses in the middle of the night, no matter how close the distance is, when other people arrive, I'm afraid they will die." It won't help! Of course, if Chief Liu is willing to send two bodyguards to protect him, maybe it will be fine."

"Liu Escort..." The man in blue turned his gaze to Qiu Dahan, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the bearded man:

"Miss Zhao is our employer. We are only responsible for protecting Miss Zhao and the others. The others are not within our scope of protection."

After hearing this, the man in Tsing Yi looked a little disappointed, but he couldn't say anything more.

"Liu Biaotou, there are seven of you, it's okay to send two bodyguards to protect the five young masters. Mr. Chen and the others are candidates who are going to Beijing for the exam, and they might be the next county magistrate. If you send two bodyguards Master protects them, and if they become high officials in the future, they will definitely remember the kindness of your Zhenyuan Escort Bureau, Mr. Chen, you say yes!" The purple-clothed girl glanced at Wang Changsheng, her expression changed, and she said word by word.

"Yes, that's right," the four men in blue agreed.

"Since Ms. Zhao has spoken, okay! Song Wu, Li Gao, you two will guard the room and protect the young masters for one night," the big man with beards saw this, thought for a while, nodded in response, and rushed to the person next to him. The two bodyguards ordered.

"Yes, Escort Liu," the two escorts agreed.

After dinner, the girl in purple and others left one after another.

Wang Changsheng chose to live in the same room as Chen Qiusheng. The bodyguard surnamed Li was responsible for protecting them, while the bodyguard surnamed Song was responsible for protecting the men in blue and green.

Because the bed was too small to fit four people, the bodyguard surnamed Li held up a lamp, brought two mats and two quilts from other empty rooms, and laid them on the floor.

Chen Qiusheng and the young man in Confucian shirts did not fall asleep immediately, but lit a candle and read at night.

Perhaps the two of them were reading aloud, disturbing the rest of the bodyguard surnamed Li. He greeted the three of them, and then moved to the stove room next door.

"Ahem, I'm sorry, Brother Changsheng, I interrupted your rest, or you can move to the stove to rest! We still have to study for a while, don't worry, we will close the doors and windows, and we will call you loudly if something happens, "Chen Qiusheng said with some embarrassment.

"It's okay, just study hard and don't worry about me," Wang Changsheng shook his head and said indifferently.

"Brother Han Ming, let's keep our voices down!" Chen Qiusheng nodded and said to the young man in Confucian shirts.

"Well, by the way, I heard that this year the imperial court held a martial arts examination. It is said that it selects talents with high martial arts skills. Brother Changsheng has high martial arts skills. Why don't you take the martial arts examination and serve the imperial court with us," the young man in Confucian shirt seemed to think. What did you get up, and said with interest.

"I don't intend to be an official, and I don't plan to take the martial arts examination. Okay, you guys study your homework! Don't worry about me, I'll go out for a while," Wang Changsheng walked out after finishing speaking.

At this time, the sky was completely dark, and he couldn't see his fingers. However, this did not affect Wang Changsheng. After he cast a spiritual light, he could see everything around him clearly.

Wang Changsheng released his divine sense and scanned the entire village, and found nothing abnormal, which made him somewhat relieved.

When passing by the courtyard where the three men in blue lived, Wang Changsheng saw that the house was brightly lit, and there were bursts of reading aloud from time to time. Obviously, the two men in blue were also studying their homework.

The bodyguard surnamed Song who was in charge of protecting the two lived in the stove house, and could not stand the interference from the sound of the two reading from time to time.

Wang Changsheng continued to walk forward and came to the gate of the courtyard where the girl in purple lived.

"Who is it?" A rough voice suddenly sounded, and the next moment, the big man with the beard and two bodyguards rushed out, seeing Wang Changsheng, the big man with the beard softened.

"It's me, Escort Liu, don't be nervous," Wang Changsheng said flatly.

"It turned out to be Young Master Wang. It was midnight, why didn't Young Master Wang rest in the house, and ran around," the big man with beard frowned and said.

"The two of them were studying, and the sound was a bit noisy. They couldn't sleep, and they started walking around. They didn't expect to disturb Liu Biaotou," Wang Changsheng explained.

"So that's the case, but you're a fool, Mr. Wang should go to bed early! Don't run around, or you will be misunderstood," said the big man with bearded hair meaningfully.

Wang Changsheng smiled lightly when he heard the words. Of course he understood the meaning of the other party's words. After all, the purple-clothed girl is a female relative. In the middle of the night, he appeared near the courtyard where the purple-clothed girl lived.

Wang Changsheng nodded, turned around and walked away.

"Chen Li, Chen Hu, you two stand guard at the door tonight, be smart, we are approaching Dengzhou, and I don't want any accidents," said the big man with bearded hair, looking at Wang Changsheng's leaving back, a little worried.

"Understood, Chief Liu," the two bodyguards said in unison.

After Wang Changsheng walked around the village, he returned to his residence.

At this time, Chen Qiusheng and his wife were still studying hard, working very hard.

Wang Changsheng didn't bother them either, sitting cross-legged on the straw mat with his back to the two of them, he took out a jade slip and stuck it between his eyebrows to read.

After an unknown amount of time, Chen Qiusheng's voice rang in Wang Changsheng's ear:

"Brother Changsheng, do you still want the lamp? If you don't want it, I'll blow it out."

"Blow it out!" Wang Changsheng said without turning his head, and at the same time took off the jade slip stuck between his eyebrows, and put it away.

With a sound of "Pfft," Chen Qiusheng blew out the candle, and the room suddenly became dark. Wang Changsheng also closed his eyes, and the room suddenly became silent.

Just as Chen Qiusheng and the others fell asleep, in a certain hidden cave, a thin middle-aged man sat cross-legged on the ground. Not far in front of him, there were two bronze braziers, emitting a green glow. The faint gloomy light made the entire cave even more gloomy and gloomy.

This person has sunken cheeks, a dry face, and his eyes are closed. He is wearing a black robe with several leather bags hanging around his waist.

A sound of "twittering" suddenly sounded, and two black shadows flew into the cave.

The middle-aged man suddenly opened his eyes, and a cold light flashed in his eyes. He stretched out his right arm, and two black shadows landed on his arm. They were two black bats the size of palms.

Two black bats landed on the right arm of the middle-aged man, chirping non-stop, as if to convey some news.

"What? You found a dozen strangers? Good, good, great," the middle-aged man was startled at first, and then a look of joy appeared on his face.

"Hehe, it seems that what I did is not wrong. Although the blood essence of dozens of mortals is equivalent to a single immortal cultivator, it is better to be safe. It is not like those idiots in the sect who catch them everywhere in order to cultivate powerful corpse slaves. Capturing immortal cultivators to feed corpse slaves is easy to be hunted down by orthodox monks. If you catch more mortals, won’t it be the end of the game? You must attract the attention of those orthodox monks, but more than 20 villages have been wiped out in a row. It has already attracted the attention of the government. After completing this vote, let’s change places! After destroying ten more villages, one black zombie should be able to be bred. At that time, I will be the No. Haha," at the end, the middle-aged man looked a little excited.

After finishing speaking, he slapped a leather bag on his waist with the palm of his hand, and a black smoke rolled out, turning into a black bat about the size of Zhang Xu.

The middle-aged man jumped onto the back of the black bat, and said to the two little bats, "Take me quickly to the place where you found the stranger."

Two little black bats uttered a strange cry, flapped their wings, and flew out of the cave.

The black bat under the middle-aged man's feet spread its wings, turned into a black shadow, and chased after it.

(End of this chapter)