Chapter 18 Chapter 16 Xiezhi

"Master, that girl smiles brightly, but why does she give people a very desolate feeling?" Qingfeng followed me and stood in front of the window, looking at the opposite house through a thin layer of window paper. About ten feet away, there is also an open window, inside which sits a beautiful beauty, she is wearing a red wedding dress, combing her long black hair like a waterfall. "That's right, that's good, you've actually noticed this kind of complicated thing." I sighed slightly: "Human beings will always encounter many irresistible things in their lives. That girl is really in pain."

"She laughed so hard that I felt uncomfortable, as if my heart was about to break." Qingfeng looked at me: "Does she like Master?" "I don't know." I crossed my legs and said slowly. "I must like it. The way she looks at you, even monsters can clearly feel the strong mental fluctuations contained in it." Qingfeng is like a philosopher: "Master, why don't you help her? It's actually easy to help her, just You just need to snatch her over." I smiled wryly: "It's really easy to win her over, but what about in the future? She and we are not in the same world, and it is impossible for us to bring her by our side. Moreover, she seems to have never tried to resist her own destiny. Even if we save her, I'm afraid it will just cause her to fall into another kind of pain."

Qingfeng said with a headache: "You humans are indeed very troublesome creatures. How can there be so many ditches and ditches? Like us monsters, if you like it, you will pounce on it to mate, and if you don't like it, you will kick it away. How simple." I suddenly sweated.Fortunately, Xueying is still a reserved and good monster. If one day she returns to her true nature as a monster and throws me down, she will be depressed. Be on guard, and definitely be on guard in the future. "By the way, master, what are you waiting for? For the past three days, you have locked me and my sister in the contracted space, and you have not allowed us to come out. As soon as you summoned me, you put a breath-holding spell on me. You must have discovered it." what?"

"That's right, ha, Qingfeng, I found that you are getting smarter and smarter. You are indeed a wise and mighty master. I taught you well. I can actually train you to the level of a half-genius. Mother is such a great genius." I boasted to myself, trying to hide my low emotions, but failed. Qingfeng looked at me with both eyes, and said softly: "Master, your mental fluctuations are a little messy." I pondered for a while, then finally shook my head, said in a low tone, "Qingfeng, do you know what Xiezhi is?" "I don't know, it's not a monster. I'm afraid it's a monster that has only been bred in the last tens of thousands of years, right?" Qingfeng asked.

"That's right, that's basically the case." I sighed again: "The so-called Xiezhi, also known as Xiezhi or Xiezhi, is a strange beast in ancient legends. The big one is like a cow, and the small one is like a sheep, similar to a unicorn. The whole body is covered with thick and dark hair, the eyes are bright and energetic, and there is usually a horn on the forehead. It is commonly known as a unicorn. It has high wisdom and understands human speech and human nature. "Its eyes are wide open, it can distinguish right from wrong, good from evil, loyal and evil, and when it finds a treacherous official, it knocks him down with its horn and then eats it. When people have conflicts or disputes, the unicorn can use The horn points to the unreasonable party, and even the person who deserves to die will be killed with the horn, making the offender shudder.

"Emperor Yao's criminal officer, Gao Tao, used to have Haechi. He asked Haechi to make a verdict on any unresolved matters. So until now, Haechi is the embodiment of law enforcement and fairness. "In the past, the character for 'Fa' was written as '灋', and '廌' was Xiezhi, and the two characters '廌法' were combined into one to take the meaning of justice, so from water, the meaning of Fa is as flat as water. "Xiezhi's status as a symbol of law has been recognized in this way. From '灋' to 'law', although the word '廌' has been hidden, the traditional Chinese legal culture it symbolizes has not disappeared.

"But even so, no hunter has ever seen what a Xiezhi looks like. Some people think it looks like a deer, some say it looks like a cow, and more people say it is a sheep. "In addition to related ancient books such as "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", "Lunheng", "Wuza Group" and other records, the hunter's market also found that among the cultural relics before the Qin Dynasty, Xiezhi was in the shape of a one-horned sheep, and cattle Xingxiezhi appeared after the Eastern Han Dynasty. "It is said that during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, King Wen of Chu once obtained a Haechi, which was made into a crown according to its shape and worn on his head, so the Haechi crown became fashionable in Chu State. Inheriting the Qin system is no exception. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Gao Tao statues and Xiezhi pictures became indispensable ornaments in yamen, and Xiezhi crowns were named after law crowns, and law enforcement officials were also called Xiezhi. This custom has been carried on until the Qing Dynasty, the censors and inspectors and other supervisory and judicial officials all wore Haechi crowns and supplementary clothes embroidered with Haechi patterns."

"According to your point of view, this Xiezhi should be a kind of auspicious beast." Qingfeng understood: "But master, why did you mention this thing?" "Of course I have intentions. Aren't you always weird? That girl was in so much pain that I ignored it in a cold-blooded way. It's not that I didn't want to, but it's not my turn to care about it." I said After a pause, he said word by word: "Because I found a trace of Xiezhi from that woman." "What!" Qingfeng was greatly surprised: "But why can't I feel anything?"

"Nonsense, is Xiezhi's aura so easy to detect? Especially when it executes justice, it won't emit aura. Even if it stands under your nose, as a monster, you can't detect anything at all. No, I just thought it was a very ordinary guy. I’m afraid I didn’t know it until it stabbed you to death with its unicorn. So no one has seen the real appearance of Xiezhi, because everyone who has seen it has already died .” "Then why did it leave a smell on Miss Zhao Ningxiang? Could it be to punish her? No, it's impossible. According to your master, Xiezhi should only punish the wicked."

"Evil person or not is just a relative statement. In fact, there is no real evil person in this world. From your standpoint, a certain person may really be heinous, but to his relatives and children, He is very likely to be a very good person. Therefore, the people Xiezhi punishes are just the villains it thinks." I looked out of the window, and through the opposite window, I fell on the beautiful figure who continued to make up, and sighed deeply: "But unfortunately, the person Xiezhi will punish this time is her. Xiezhi will only leave a smell on the person to be punished."

"How is it possible?" Qingfeng was very puzzled: "How could a girl in her early twenties do such heinous things? Don't you human girls rarely go out in your life? She has no chance to do it!" "To be honest, I also want to know why Xiezhi chose her." I shrugged my shoulders slightly: "The person Xiezhi wants to kill cannot be killed by others, so Zhao Ningxiang is very safe before it punishes. But you are different, Xiezhi will go crazy when he smells the smell of demons , launched an attack desperately, so I put a breath-holding charm on you, and you should be careful." "When will Xiezhi be punished?" I looked up at the sky: "Tonight at Xushi. It happens to be the time for her to get married." On May 1st, Xu time. The moon at night is very bright. Many people say that on a night with a bright moon, you can’t see stars. That person must have never seen the night tonight.In the night sky, stars are dotted around the moon, and even the bright Milky Way can be seen.In short, everything is abnormal. In the three days since I came to Heishui Town, I investigated many things.Tiankeng, Unlucky Ghost, Zhao Ningxiang, and the natural disaster that destroyed Heishui Town twelve years ago. In fact, with regard to the natural disaster twelve years ago and the so-called earthquake, as my knowledge gradually increased, I became more and more skeptical about the possibility that it was really a natural disaster.It's just that this time the investigation gradually gave evidence to his suspicions. The earthquake didn't damage anything, it just knocked down the whole town of Heishui.The earthquake collapsed completely. Half a moment later, there was no normal house in Heishui Town, and then the Heishui Lake poured out, submerging everything. It stands to reason that such a strong earthquake should cause heavy losses in other places. But Linzhen was fine, and didn't even feel the vibration.This has to be thought-provoking and arouses my suspicions. What were we doing before the earthquake?At that time, I, Lu Jian, Zhao Ningxiang, and Xiaoxue were going to the old college to check the file of my deskmate who did not exist at all.That earthquake seemed to be burying some kind of evidence. In order not to let us know the truth, it caused an earthquake and then destroyed the entire Heishui Town. All these speculations sound funny, but who knows the truth? In short, the recent encounters and the dreams I had for four nights not long ago seem to have really overlapped in this place twelve years ago.I am afraid that the answers to all the mysteries will not be too far away from me. Xiezhi, which represents justice and punishes evil beasts, why did it leave a smell on Zhao Ningxiang, a girl who has no background at all?Why should it punish her?Perhaps, it is also the key to this series of things. When it appears, that is when the mystery is solved. I looked at the bright moon in the sky, lay on the roof, silently watching the noisy crowd below.The wedding was very lively, the Zhou family was indeed not an ordinary small local businessman, his family was very well-connected. Local literati, gentry, and local officials are all present.Zhao Ningxiang, who was wearing a red hijab, was led out. An ugly man in groom's attire was looking at her, almost drooling. That was the second son of the Zhou family. "Master, that Second Young Master is a monster." Qingfeng, who was lying comfortably beside me, said, "Although his demonic aura is very weak, he is definitely a monster." I wasn't surprised at all: "Not only him, but actually the entire Zhou family, and even all the people who came to this wedding are monsters. I'm afraid they are waiting to take the bride back for supper at night." Qingfeng sniffed the air vigorously, and then frowned like me: "Sure enough, the air is full of monsters. I thought it was emitted by a monster, but I didn't expect it to be a group of monsters with similar monsters. What are these? Monster, how weak is the demon energy?" "Those are vortex monsters, a kind of weak monster with little ability. Because they are weak, what they like to do most is to find a host. Once this monster finds a host, it will burrow into their body and control the host's mind , and at the same time restrain one's evil spirit, in order to achieve the effect of not being noticed by other natural enemies. After being parasitized by the vortex, although the behavior and behavior are exactly the same as before, and even the memory is preserved, the person is no longer the original one. They eat the guts of their host before finding another victim," I explained. "You mean, they want to eat Miss Zhao Ningxiang?" Qingfeng frowned even tighter: "No matter according to the logic of monsters or human beings, protecting themselves is the most important thing. They are worthy of marrying an ordinary woman with such great fanfare." Eat it? If you eat Miss Zhao Ningxiang, won't they be suspected?" "You don't know this. Of course, Zhao Ningxiang is attractive enough for them to give up everything." I said slowly: "There is a kind of person who is born with hidden spiritual power, and that kind of person is a great tonic for monsters." .Perhaps you ancient monsters don’t know and don’t care about that little energy, but weak monsters are hungry for this kind of person, and they will fight madly because of that energy. The unlucky ghost is also because of her body The energy and grabbed her over." "No wonder, I just said what those little monsters were thinking." Qingfeng wanted to say something, but I covered his mouth and added another breath-holding charm on him. "I have something to say until I can survive. It's time to start." As soon as the voice fell, I heard bursts of fireworks and firecrackers, and finally, it was time to worship the heaven and the earth. Zhao Ningxiang was covered with a red hijab and couldn't see her expression, but when she heard the sound of firecrackers, her whole body trembled uncontrollably.Finally, my own happiness is coming to an end. I hope he can be happy and let his own happiness pass through together. "Please take the bride to the table." The matchmaker shouted loudly. With the support of the matchmaker, she walked forward stiffly and reached the innermost end of the room.The second son of the Zhou family was on his left, and he could even hear his disgusting breathing.It is conceivable that he must be looking at him with greedy eyes, the kind of eyes that want to swallow him up, even if he thinks about it, it will be chilling. "A bow to heaven and earth." The matchmaker secretly pressed her waist with her hands, pressed her back, and buried her head deeply. "Second obeisance to the high hall." Hong Niang tried again, and her head fell down again. "Husband and wife pay their respects." With a loud voice, the matchmaker was about to use force, when suddenly Zhao Ningxiang found that her hand on her waist was hanging down feebly.The original noisy voice in the room disappeared without a trace at this moment. After waiting for a long time, no sound was heard.Finally she couldn't bear it anymore, and no longer cared about the so-called etiquette, she lifted the red hijab vigorously. When her eyes came into contact with the surrounding scene, she froze.The whole room was quiet, and the originally crowded environment seemed like a dream. All that caught my eye were corpses lying on the ground.Everyone died, and each corpse had a big hole in its chest without exception, as if it was pierced through the chest by something sharp in an instant. None of the deadly wounds of the corpses had bright red blood flowing out, and the clothes of these people were only stained with some light green liquid. Zhao Ningxiang suddenly understood.It turned out that the entire Zhou family and all the people who attended the wedding were monsters. Who killed them?is it him?He came to rescue me? Zhao Ningxiang didn't know whether she should smile, but when she really wanted to smile, the smile froze suddenly. A person, a man dressed in black stood silently behind her, with an inhuman indifference in his eyes.He looked at her without blinking, without speaking, after hesitating for a moment, a sharp white light rushed towards her with a wave of his hand! It was the first time that she was so intuitively close to death, Zhao Ningxiang had no doubts about the power of that ray of light, it would definitely be able to easily cut herself apart.She closed her eyes, but her expression was surprisingly calm. It turns out that death is actually not as terrible as imagined. But just waiting for a few seconds so consciously, the expected tearing pain did not come.She opened her eyes, and the pupils suddenly dilated. A man in white clothes like snow stood in front of her, but his not strong body covered her tightly. "You can't hurt her." I looked at the cold man in front of me coldly. "Its sins need to be washed away," he said, looking at me too, in a dry, unhuman tone. "But she is not guilty!" I stared at him without blinking: "You should be very clear that the only one in her body is guilty." Zhao Ningxiang was confused. She didn't know what the two men were talking about, so she interrupted: "Excuse me, what are you talking about? Are you talking about me? Is there anything in my body?" I turned my head to look at her, and snorted coldly: "Stop peeping, come out and talk to me." "Xiao Ye, why do I have no idea what exactly you are talking about?" Zhao Ningxiang was even more puzzled. "Don't do your business." I said impatiently: "Since you don't come out by yourself, don't blame me for forcing you out. Hmph, my deskmate twelve years ago, Zhuge Yu!" As soon as the voice fell, a dry hoarse laughter burst out from the depths of Zhao Ningxiang's throat. Zhao Ningxiang covered her throat in horror, her facial expression kept changing, and finally on her face, a human face emerged.It was Zhuge Yu, who was at the same table in the academy twelve years ago. He laughed loudly, glanced at the man in black not far away, and then fixed his eyes on me: "When did you know?" "It didn't take long," I sneered, "During these three days, I investigated a lot of things and learned a lot. I went to the former Heishui Town that had long been submerged by the Heishui Lake, and went to the Old Academy. I found your file. Indeed, there is a student named Zhuge Yu in the file, but he died 180 years ago. Then I went to Zhou’s house where I was going to marry Zhao Ningxiang, and saw a group of vortex monsters. It was this group of vortex monsters that stimulated an idea in me." I stared at it without blinking: "I think of an ancient monster, a kind of ancient monster that can also parasitize and lurk in the human body. This kind of monster is more destructive than the vortex monster. For food, once it parasitizes into the human body, no one can find it. That kind of monster has a very powerful monster power, they can destroy the world, and for many hunters, they are an existence that cannot be destroyed at all. That kind of The monster is Kui Yao, fortunately, there are very few such monsters, and there is also a natural enemy called Xiezhi." I glanced at the man in black not far away: "You are entangled by a Xiezhi. With the power of Kui Yao, no matter how powerful it is, it can only be ruthlessly restrained to death by Xiezhi. The only way to escape , is to parasitize into the human body to bury the breath, but not every human being can bear your perverted energy in that parasitic way. "Twelve years ago, you picked me, turned into a deskmate that only I could see, approached me and bewitched me, trying to subtly and smoothly parasitize into my body. "But not long after, you, a useless bastard, were still caught by Xiezhi. That time, you fought so hard that the sky was dark and the earth was dark, and you even used your magical powers to collapse the entire Heishui Town and sink it into the water. And that time , your vitality was seriously injured, and I left too. You had to hide in Zhao Ningxiang, who was born with hidden spiritual power, and hid for twelve years." I sighed: "But good luck doesn't last long. After all, you are found by Xiezhi, a useless guy. Xiezhi has never dared to be cruel because of Zhao Ningxiang. And Zhao Ningxiang has been collecting information about hunting and hunting. Although she didn't know that the hunter named Ye was me, you did. When you learned that I had a big monster, you started to set up a game. You ordered your monsters to create suspense, You framed me and planted me in order to lure me to Heishui Town. Now you want to use Zhao Ningxiang as a threat to let me kill that unlucky Xiezhi, right?" "Quanzhong." The Kui Yao laughed, very dirtyly: "Now, what is your choice?" "How else can I choose? I have no choice at all." Sighing again, I glanced at it, then looked at the man in black not far away, and suddenly became louder: "Qingfeng, tear off the breath-holding charm and undo the 40% seal. You, give me Get rid of that Xiezhi." As soon as the voice fell, the whole room was filled with a powerful evil spirit. That unbelievably powerful demonic energy pushed Xie Zhi and Kui Yao away at the same time.Qingfeng's full head of hair was windless and automatic, and the rippling momentum bombarded everything around him like a substance. Forty percent is the limit my body can handle. The man in black, no, it should be said that it was Xie Zhi's eyes with a slight trace of surprise. Qingfeng lightly jumped on the ground, swung his legs in the air, and kicked down from high to low with a strong destructive force.Xiezhi immediately showed his real body, and a huge monster like a cow and a sheep appeared in the air. The two of them fought together immediately, the sky changed, and the lights of various spells flickered non-stop. Kui Yao grinned as he watched this terrifying battle, and I also stared at the sky in a daze.I don't know how long it took before the head of a monster like a cow and a sheep fell from the sky. The huge weight and impact smashed the ground into a huge crater ten feet wide. "Xiezhi, that thing is finally dead!" Kui Yao was overjoyed, almost dying of laughter. "It's dead, Zhao Ningxiang is useless, give her back to me." I sighed again, the number of times I sighed recently was so much that I didn't bother to care about it. "There is no such easy thing in this world. I am Kui Yao. Have you ever seen Kui Yao talk so easily?" The monster finally stopped the convulsive laughter and sneered. According to legend, Kui Yao is a very greedy monster, and it really is.I asked lightly, "Then what do you think of me?" "Contract, give me the contract of your monster servant." It licked its lips with its pointed and slender tongue. "Okay, I'll give it." I didn't say much, lifted the contract seal, and a Lu Wen shining with golden light appeared in the air. Kui Yao laughed, and her real body quickly left Zhao Ningxiang's body, turned into a phantom, and rushed towards the golden light.At the moment when it was about to swallow Lu Wen, a ray of light bit the phantom fiercely with lightning speed, it was the Xiezhi who looked like a cow and a sheep. "How is it possible!" Kui Yao roared in disbelief. I smiled slightly: "Anything is possible. Little monster, you are still a little too young to fight with grandpa, don't you know that your natural enemy friend is not as unreasonable as it seems on the surface, at least, it is willing to play a play with me .” Then with a "snap", Xie Zhi closed his mouth tightly, and Kui Yao completely disappeared in the light and shadow of the sky. Everything is finally over!