Catalog of Destruction

At noon the next day, passers-by discovered the murder in the Zhangjia Inn. They were so frightened that they hurriedly reported it to the county government. When the police and the widower came over to conduct an autopsy, and after inspecting the scene, they all turned pale and looked at each other.

The results of the autopsy showed that Zhang Yuan and Zhang died suddenly due to excessive panic, without any external injuries. Apart from the traces of Zhang Yuan swinging an ax, there were no other signs of struggle in the inn. This made them feel strange and unbelievable, and reminded them of what they had heard. All kinds of ghosts and legends in the past were just shown like this.

Later, a child's corpse was found from the kitchen of Zhang's Inn, and numerous bones were dug out from the soil in the backyard. This confirmed the Zhang couple's crime of running a black shop to make money and kill people, and they also used the pedestrians they killed as secret weapons. Selling fresh meat is a heinous crime.

When the news spread, within a day, the county was filled with a foul stench and vomit was everywhere.

Everyone gradually calmed down and thought about the cause and effect. They all speculated that the death of Zhang Yuan and his wife was the revenge of ghosts. This case became the first of the top ten horror legends within a hundred miles.

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All the way through the city and the mansion, Shi Xuan's consciousness was slightly expanded, and he could absorb people's murderous intentions. Except for a few things that needed to be pushed by himself to make the murderous intentions stronger, it didn't waste much time, and it was almost done in half a month. The collection of human murderous intent is complete, only a few types are missing.

On this day, Shi Xuan walked into a bustling and bustling city. While maintaining a quiet and leisurely attitude, he enjoyed the hustle and bustle that was different from the world of cultivation, with people coming and going, and people walking around one after another. Sometimes he jumped out of the ordinary. The environment can better reflect oneself, control one's own state of mind, and not be blinded by some simple things and constrain the mind. This is why there are often old monsters and powerful people playing games in the world of mortals.

"This Taoist Priest, can you give me a fortune?" A middle-aged man with many servants, servants, and guards, wearing brocade robes and jade belts, who was distinguished and wealthy, came with a spring breeze on his face. He had been having a lot of happy events recently, and he was about to celebrate. Shouguan burned incense to fulfill his wish, but when he went outside the city, he suddenly saw Shi Xuan walking leisurely. He felt that this young Taoist priest in blue robe had an indescribable sense of being free from vulgarity. His heart moved, so he took his entourage up. Ask the divination before.

Shi Xuan put his hands behind his back and walked slowly. He had not thought about what little things he would encounter, so he did not expect that such a good friend would suddenly come in to ask for advice. He was quite surprised. He did not hold a hand with a sign that said "Iron mouth cuts straight." Or "fortune-telling and character-testing" flags.

"I wonder how this official came to know that Pindao knows how to tell fortunes?" Since he was so destined, Shi Xuan looked at the middle-aged man, thought for a few times in his mind, made some calculations, and then asked with a smile.

The middle-aged man bowed his head and said with a sincere smile: "Hao Changshou, I saw the Taoist priest's extraordinary grace, so I took the liberty to come up and ask for advice."

The slaves, handymen, guards, etc. who followed him were all disdainful. The master was so happy that he randomly invited a wild Taoist priest to tell fortunes on the road. What could he figure out? Generally speaking, fortune tellers like this first make lies and intimidation, frightening people to the point of losing their minds, and then they can easily coax money. Moreover, this one didn't even have a flag or banner. He obviously saw the opportunity coming and hit the snake with the stick. How could there be any truth? ability? !

"Exceptor Hao, if you look at your darkened hall and the frown between your brows, your life will be in danger within three days." Shi Xuan had a bad taste and casually mentioned a few fortune tellers' terminology, setting aside what he had just calculated. After that, and this incident can just capture the missing element in people's murderous intention.

Those guards and slaves almost laughed out loud. They were indeed threatening, and they also used the most common and vulgar comments. Is it time for the master to wake up?

Hao Changshou naturally had an undercurrent of anger in his heart: "I see that you are extraordinary, and I come here to ask questions with good intentions. If you don't know how to calculate, just tell me, why are you entertaining me?" But on the surface, he suppressed his dissatisfaction. After all, it was him. He took the initiative to come to the door and said calmly: "Oh, I wonder if there is a way to resolve the disaster?" He didn't take Shi Xuan's criticism to heart at all, and just wanted to send the Taoist priest away quickly.

Shi Xuan grabbed it casually and pinched out a light yellow talisman out of thin air: "Within three days, if you have a drink after a meal, just hold it in your hand."

"Well, thank you very much, Taoist priest. I wonder how many taels of silver are needed for this talisman?" Seeing that things developed as he expected, Hao Changshou's tone became a little cold, implying anger.

Shi Xuan threw the talisman over and chuckled twice: "You and I are destined." Then he continued to move forward leisurely, and within a few breaths, he disappeared into the crowd of people on the street.

Hao Changshou caught the light yellow talisman in a daze, and his thoughts fluctuated in his heart. He did not expect that the young Taoist priest would not take any money. Could it be that everything he said was true? Will my life be in danger within three days? !

One of the attendants saw the master's expression changing and said boldly: "Maybe the Taoist priest wants to take a long-term approach to catch big fish?"

"But if no disaster comes, then the Taoist priest will no longer be able to come to the door shamelessly? From my perspective, three days will pass quickly anyway. I would rather believe that it is something than something that is not true." Another guard followed and said.

Hao Changshou nodded. It is really better to believe that this kind of thing happened than to believe that it did not happen: "Don't spread this matter to anyone yet. If there is no disaster, it will make people laugh."

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On the first day, everything is safe, on the second day, there is no disaster, and on the third day, everything is peaceful.

Just when Hao Changshou was about to forget the matter and was about to wash up and go to bed, his wife, Hao Xiao, who had been missing for a while, personally brought several plates of side dishes and a pot of rice wine. Pingping Tingting entered the room, and she and the three She is in her teens but looks like a young girl of seventeen or eighteen years old. She is so beautiful and graceful that Hao Changshou cherishes her heart.

"Madam, what do you mean by this? Do you want to drink wine again?" Hao Changshou joked with a smile. The two of them have a deep relationship. Their hair is still as good as glue after many years of marriage. They are like newlyweds, so Hao Changshou Changshou, a powerful man, had no other affairs in the past twenty years except taking a concubine because his wife had difficulty giving birth.

Mrs. Hao Xiao smiled and said: "Master, have you forgotten that tonight is the night of the full moon? How can you not drink some wine and enjoy the moon?"

"Hey, I really forgot, madam, don't blame me." Hao Changshou stood up and walked to the table beside the bed, but suddenly, he remembered the Taoist priest's comment, "Drink after dinner? Within three days? Could the disaster happen here? ! But how could Madam harm me? Is she also a victim?"

With the mentality of rather believing that it exists than not, Hao Changshou took out the talisman and held it in his palm.

Not long after drinking while admiring the moon, Hao Xiao became overwhelmed with alcohol, his face was filled with peach blossoms, he was dripping with sweat, and his beauty was on full display. Hao Changshou was so drunk that he felt dizzy and wanted to lean in, but he became drunk all of a sudden.

Hao Changshou felt dizzy, and his eyes were pitch black. Suddenly, a pale yellow light lit up, and he suddenly woke up, broke free from the darkness, and found himself lying on the table.

He laughed at himself first and thought to himself: "I'm old, I can get drunk so quickly! Uh, where is Madam?"

Seeing that there was no sign of his wife Hao Xiao at the table, on the bed, or behind the screen, Hao Changshou panicked, "Is this the calamity that the Taoist priest was talking about?" Before he could finish his thoughts, he suddenly saw the bright moonlight shining through the window, and the glory was Gathering together, a figure appears within it.

"Madam?" Hao Changshou ran out in confusion and joy. When he reached the yard, he was stunned, horrified, fearful and unbelievable.

In the light ball formed by countless cold rays of light, there is a monster with the head of a human and the body of a wolf. It is one foot long and two people tall. The white hair is standing on end, and the face is familiar to Hao Changshou, who is sleeping close to him on the same bed. Hao Xiao, his wife of twenty years, had a beautiful face that was twisted and ferocious, as if she was enduring great pain.

She turned around and saw Hao Changshou, with a complex expression in her eyes. Hao Changshou somehow understood it. The extreme pain, sadness, sorrow, despair, and prayer touched people's hearts.

But being too surprised, Hao Changshou took a few steps back and muttered: "Weird, monster..."

It seemed that Hao Xiao could no longer control herself. She howled at the moon wolf, and even her head turned into a huge wolf head with red eyes. She stepped towards Hao Changshou. Although she tried her best to control it, she still moved forward with difficulty.

After retreating continuously, Hao Changshou was so frightened that he didn't pay attention to the steps and fell to the ground. Facing the approaching wolf demon, he was unable to move, leaving only endless despair and fear.

But at this moment, a light yellow light flew out from his hand and covered the body of the wolf demon transformed by Hao Xiao. As the light flickered, it turned back into a human body and curled up on the ground, in extreme pain but unable to move even a single strand of its body. finger.

Everything before was like a nightmare. Hao Changshou slapped himself in disbelief, but in the end he believed everything he saw with his own eyes.

"You monster, Ju, you actually want to harm me. Look, let's see if I don't kill you!" Hao Changshou held up the light yellow talisman with murderous intent and gritted his teeth as he tried to stick it to it.

But halfway through, he saw the loving, sad, desolate and desperate look in Hao Xiao's eyes. His heart immediately softened and his murderous intention subsided. Thinking of the loving relationship between husband and wife for twenty years, his steps were like thousands of stones, making it difficult to move. .

But in a second thought, Hao Changshou thought of the wolf demon he had just seen, and felt sick in his heart. He regained his murderous intent and took a few steps forward.

Hao Xiao's eyes were filled with tears and complaints, which reminded Hao Changshou to recall scenes of the past: when we first got married, when we raised eyebrows, and how deeply we were in love... "If she wanted to kill me, she would have been able to do it in the past twenty years. Why wait until today? Every move I make on weekdays can be felt from the heart, without any falsehood." He stopped again, his murderous intention disappearing.

Hao Changshou's expression changed erratically, sometimes ferocious and ferocious, sometimes gentle and smiling, sometimes murderous, sometimes forgiving and understanding, and finally threw away the light yellow talisman with a long sigh.

Wisps of scarlet murderous intent flowed from his body into the talisman, which was the lingering murderous intent of love and hate.

As the murderous intention was completely gone, Hao Changshou's legs softened and he sat down on the ground, feeling as relaxed as if the tangled love and hatred were cut off with a sword.

Mrs. Hao Xiao stood up, with a happy, gentle and loving smile on her face, helped Hao Changshou into the room, and whispered from time to time the suppressed pain that had been concealed for many years.

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The next day, Hao Changshou and his wife, with their guards and servants, searched for Shi Xuan all over the city, hoping to thank the living god in person. If it weren't for the talisman and seal, the Hao Xiao family's unexpected loss of control would have led to a disaster. A tragedy occurred.

PS: The outline was decided a long time ago. I wanted to write "Man's Murderous Intent" as a few short stories like a fairy tale, but in the current status of identity, it seemed a bit abrupt. If it were at the beginning of the book, the style would be more appropriate, so I adjusted it and cut off a few short stories. The next chapter will end this plot.