night. glen.
It was dark all around, and two stone pillars stood plainly on the high platform.
In the open space under the high platform, several male cultivators sat together on the ground, and the firewood in the middle was slightly burning.
"Ah, why is it so cold in the valley these days?" A male monk held a sword and leaned toward the fire.
Another male cultivator picked up firewood and came to the fire and threw it, "I want to say, we are really unlucky enough, the new emperor of Dayan has been on the throne for three years, and the happy event of the whole world is celebrated, just a few of us are here to guard." ”
"But isn't it, on cultivation and hard work, we are not bad?" How did it leave us a few. On weekdays, everyone guards together, and on such days, a few of us are left here. I'm so unconvinced! ”
"Since the town guarded the border gate, there has been no problem with this gate. Hey, you've been here for a long time, have you ever encountered it? ”
On the side of the fire, a middle-aged male cultivator held a sword and closed his eyes, slowly opened his eyes and shook his head.
"However, I have heard from the guardians of the past generations that this border gate connects the border tens of thousands of miles away, and that the border land is the darkest place, with no sunlight, no color, and some wild beasts that eat people and drink blood, and the duty of town guard is sloppy!"
The crowd listened and looked at the fire in contemplation...
"Hey, how did he go so far and not come back?"
"Yes! It seems to be quite a long time! ”
"Meh."
A flash of red light flashed by.
Everyone was alert, looked at each other, quickly raised their swords and ran towards the stone pillar, carefully inspecting the two stone pillars.
"Aren't we blind?" Nothing!? ”
A male cultivator's eyes were still looking around, with a serious face, "These days the valley is unusually cold, and it seems to be different from the past." ”
The crowd walked toward the fire, and suddenly, in front of them stood a man, the moonlight obscured by the tall and dense woods, and the whole valley seemed to be plunged into endless darkness, and only faintly could see that it was a person.
The crowd drew their swords and pointed straight ahead.
"What man!?"
Seeing that the other party was silent for half a day, the two people in front of them looked at each other, and their feet were full of strength to stab forward.
"Ahhh"
Who knew that before rushing to the man, one of them was suddenly thrown into the woods on the right by the shadow of a large object, and then heard the click of the broken bone from the teeth, and the scream kept coming, and then there was no sound.
The crowd was startled by surprise.
"Ah!"
The last one was also suddenly grabbed by something, only to feel a gust of wind quickly sweeping through and a scream, and immediately disappeared.
All of a sudden, there were only three people left, but the other party did not see what kind of monster it was.
The two men in the back were back to back, their eyes constantly looking around, tightening the sword in their hands.
The other person was alone not far away, his legs and feet had begun to shiver non-stop, and his eyes drifted from the back to the person in front of him, still unable to see the other person's appearance, and he did not dare to take another step forward.
"Ah!!!"
Without waiting for them to catch their breath, the two sides suddenly rushed out of the two behemoths of black qi and pressed down on the two monks, and then only the sound of gobbling and a few screams were heard.
Watching the corpses of his companions scattered around, it was no longer the same, but the evil creature seemed to be still eating with relish.
The last male cultivator Mu Mu looked at the scene in front of him, lowered his hand, and the sword landed weakly without making any sound.
I saw that his face was pale, his eyes were enlarged, and his mouth was slightly open.
The moonlight slowly brightened, and the two black gases seemed to be full, slowly turning around and staring at the people behind them.
The black qi slowly faded, and the two giant wild monsters slowly appeared, their whole bodies were wrinkled skin, the bones looked like four, there was no hair, the eyes were glowing red, the fangs were dripping with blood, and the whole look was extremely ugly.
The two wild monsters stared closely at the last monk standing, and the whole valley let out a terrified cry...
The next day, early in the morning.
The sun rises and the fog rising above the valley slowly dissipates.
Xu Yi looked at the bloody scene in front of him, and listened to the report of the soldier next to him with a solemn face.
"There were a total of six people at the vigil last night, except for this person's body, the other four people were found in different places, but the corpse was dilapidated and could not be pieced together, and it looked as if it had been bitten alive by some creature!" The remaining one has not yet been found. ”
"Expand your search, find."
"Yes."
Xu Yi squatted down to examine the intact corpse, the skin of the corpse was pale and had shrunk, the eyes were wide open, and the mouth was also open. A look of being scared to death.
Taking out the photo ball, Xu Yi recited a few incantations, and the round bead flew to the corpse's head and shone.
Xu Yi closed his eyes and held it above the glowing bead.
The companion was thrown into the woods by the black shadow, and the ugly wild monsters, biting, screaming, and the images of the invisible figures were displayed in Xu Yi's mind like a video.
In the scene that happened last night, Xu Yi suddenly opened his eyes, and his face was solemn and he withdrew the photo ball.
"General, Wang Yushi has arrived."
A group of people came from behind on horseback. Stop at the border gate.
Many monks looked around for something, some stuck to their posts, some cleaning up the blood stains and dealing with the scene.
Seeing such a scene, Wang Yushi hurriedly got off his horse and came to Xu Yi, followed by Supervisor Qin.
"General Xu, what the hell is going on, this, this, what happened!?" Wang Yushi looked at the mess left and right, and his heart was burning.
Xu Yi saluted Wang Yushi with a solemn face: "Yushi, there is an accident at the border gate." ”
Wang Yushi and Supervisor Qin looked at each other in shock. Looking at the scene in front of you is afraid of what is tricky!
Wang Yushi walked to the side and pulled away the corpse covered with a white cloth, only to see that Yushi's pupils were dilated, and the smell of blood around him had not been removed, and his body suddenly fell to the side and vomited.
Supervisor Qin, who had also never been on the battlefield, actually endured a disgusting reaction. Finally, I invited Xu Yi.
"General Xu, now is not the time to blame!" Tell me what happened at the Border Gate? ”
"Last night, I was ordered to go get the mirror, and when I came back, I went straight to the border gate, and who knows, I saw such a scene."
Speaking, Xu Yi knelt down again, "Yushi, it is the subordinates who are not doing a good job, please punish." ”
Even if Supervisor Qin did not want to pursue responsibility, his official position was lower than that of Yushi after all, so he had to wait to see what Yushi did.
Yu Shi stopped gaging, thinking that this matter must be a tricky matter, Xu Yi had been guarding the border gate for many years, presumably his soldiers were loyal, it was better to let him help find out the reason first, and then take his official position under the pretext of taking over his official position, killing two birds with one stone.
"It is indeed too early for General Xu to receive the punishment now, so it is better to investigate this matter clearly first, and it is not too late to make plans for the punishment later!"
Supervisor Qin did not expect that Yu Shihui would not care, and his heart was relieved, but when he saw that Xu Yi was still kneeling and silent, he could not help but pinch a handful of sweat for him.
Hurriedly stepped forward to hit the round field, "Yes, General Xu hurry up, what we need most at the moment is to figure out the origin of the matter!" How did these people die? Why is death so miserable!? ”
Supervisor Qin's words were not unreasonable, Xu Yi carefully considered it, stood up and took out the photo ball to release the fragment that the dead body saw before he died.
Looking at the scene in front of them, Both Qin Supervisor and Wang Yushi were lost in thought...
Supervisor Qin opened his mouth and said, "Now Dayan is afraid that he will experience another big war, and the people will suffer again." ”
"Newspaper"
A soldier hurried to Xu Yi, "General, the last one found." ”
The three men came to a dense forest not far away, and there were many people around them in silence, and the monks gave way and saw a dead man hanging from a tall crooked-necked tree.
The death is the same as the person who is scared to death, the only difference is that the pupil is looking upwards, and the whole person is hung on the tree by the neck of the vine.
People were laid on the flat ground, and there were people standing all around.
Wang Yushi looked at the corpse on the ground, took out a handkerchief to cover his mouth and nose, and took a few steps back.
Supervisor Qin and Xu Yi carefully inspected from the sidelines.
Xu Yi took out a photo ball to collect last night's picture.
Wang Yushi pointed to the corpse next to him and said, "This person's death is similar to his, but he was scared to death?" ”
"It has two bloody openings on its back and its pupils are facing upwards, it doesn't look like it was scared to death." Supervisor Qin stood up slowly.
"He was sucked to death." Xu Yi also stood up, with a serious face.
As soon as these words came out, the people around them began to murmur in horror. Similarly, the three of them had confirmed their guess in their hearts, and their faces were solemn.
Wang Yushi said in a loud voice, "What a noise! When such a major incident occurred, Emperor Yan himself should thoroughly investigate, and anyone who threatened the safety of my Great Yan would be obliged to defend Dayan, and the disciples of the Cultivators should also take the brunt of defending the land of Dayan. ”
The crowd listened to Wang Yushi's speech, and in an instant their morale was high, they stopped talking, and they were ready to sacrifice for Dayan at any time.
General in a tent.
Wang Yushi changed his calm just now and asked in a panic, "General Xu, is it not, is it the things inside the door that came out!?" ”
"It's not impossible."
"Ah." Mishi slumped down in his chair, unsure of his attention.
Supervisor Qin stepped forward and said, "The most important thing now is to inform Emperor Yan of this matter and summon the Six Great Imperial History Festivals to discuss countermeasures." The more this matter is entrusted to us, the more unfavorable it is to Dayan. ”
Wang Yushi stood up and echoed, "Yes, that's right, we should now tell Emperor Yan the most." Come on, come on! ”
The retinue waiting outside heard the sound and rushed to listen to the instructions.
Wang Yushi hurriedly ordered, "Quick, prepare the horse, we must rush back to Beijing as quickly as possible, I want to see Emperor Yan." ”
Supervisor Qin pondered and stepped forward: "Yushi, the courtesy is one thing, but tracking down the traces of the real murderer is also another thing!" ”
"This." Wang Yushi was entangled, still complaining in his heart, how could this kind of thing happen to fall on his head! alas.
"Supervisor Qin, how about you stay here and cooperate with General Xu to thoroughly investigate?" Now I have to rush back to Beijing to tell you about this!" ”
I didn't expect Supervisor Qin to talk so well! Wang Yushi smiled and rode away on a fast horse.
Seeing Wang Yushi leave, Supervisor Qin turned around and said, "Brother Xu, let's get started!" ”
"Hmm."
In the tent.
Xu Yi and Supervisor Qin carefully watched the clip released by the photo ball, repeating it over and over again to find clues.
"Judging from the memory fragments collected, the murdered thing is what is sealed in the border."
"Well, it does look like eight or nine is not far from ten."
Supervisor Qin rummaged through some books, which read 'Border Records'.
"Brother Xu, no wonder I didn't find a book about the border in Lou Man Ge, it turned out that they all came to you!" Supervisor Qin opened the book with joy.
Xu Yi stopped, his face was heavy, for a long time, and said: "These books are not full of pavilions, they were written by the predecessors of the successive towns guarding the border gate, so that those of us who came after us know more about the border." ”
After listening to Xu Yi's words, Supervisor Qin's face also became heavy, and the book in his hand was as heavy as a thousand gold.
The guardians of the past generations, these books do not know how many monks' blood! Supervisor Qin read it carefully as if holding a treasure.
Xu Yi continued to stare at the picture, carefully looking for clues.
"Wait, that's it!"
"But what clues were found?" Supervisor Qin heard Xu Yi's agitated tone and hurriedly got up and came to his side.
"Look, that dark shadow."
Supervisor Qin looked at it carefully and judged, "Although I can't see the face clearly, from the body shape, I can judge that this is the shape of a woman." ”
"Yes, and it seems a little familiar." Xu Yi looked at the man sheepishly and did not move.
"Familiar? I looked, there was no image. "Supervisor Qin saw that Xu Yi was still staring at the figure of the person, and he really couldn't see it, so he simply came to the book and sat down, staying up late to read the 'Border Records'.
Xu Yi stared at the picture, his face was excited and pitiful, "Is it really her?" Could it be her? ”
This night, Xu Yi also did not sleep.