The first batch of patrol and investigation teams sent out from Zhenyaosili, Mianyuan County, had a total of four teams.

They were sent to the four city gates in the southeast, northwest, respectively.

The city gate and the city wall are the focus of patrol and investigation, so they were arranged in the first batch.

According to Qin Shaoyou's judgment, so many ghosts sneaked into the county town, it must not be because of the lack of protection from the night watchman.

In places like the city gate and the city wall, there must have been some flaws that allowed so many ghosts to sneak in.

If you want to completely solve the monster situation in the county, you must find out these flaws as soon as possible, and fix them, otherwise there will be no peace in the county.

The first team that came back at this moment was going to patrol near the north gate to check for monsters.

Leading the team was a yoke officer, surnamed Li, who was one of the few warriors who followed Qin Shaoyou at first.

In addition to the returning patrol and investigation team, there were also Zhu Xiucai, Sun Xianzong and others in the police room.

They were all called by Qin Shaoyou to listen to the report and discuss countermeasures.

"I've seen my lord! I've seen Cui Xiaoqi!"

Seeing Qin Shaoyou and Cui Yougui entering the house, Li Yansuo hurriedly saluted and greeted them.

"You don't have to be polite."

Qin Shaoyou waved his hand, said hard work to Li Yanshao and the others, and then went straight to the topic.

"Tell me about the situation you found during your patrol."

"yes!"

Li Yaosuo bowed to accept the order, and reported: "My lord, the situation is as you expected. We arrived at the north gate. After some investigation, we found that all the city gate guards there were bewitched and bewitched.

During the day, they have no abnormalities, but at night, they will fall into the control of the ghosts, quietly open the city gate, close the organs and formations, and let the ghosts outside enter the city!

We have brought this team of city gate guards back to the demon town, waiting for your lord's disposal. "

"They are also victims. Find a way to help them get rid of the evil spell. Don't make too much trouble." Qin Shaoyou ordered, and then turned his head to look at Cui Youxie.

How could Cui Yougui not understand what he meant? He straightened his chest and said proudly: "This is a trivial matter, I can easily resolve it."

The city gate guards are also warriors, even if they are not as strong as the night watchmen, they are much stronger than ordinary people. The ghosts who can confuse their minds are definitely not ordinary small characters.

Such a ghost has a high chance of being able to create a new recipe.

So Qin Shaoyou asked: "Brother Cui, while you are dispelling the evil spells for the city gate guards, can you follow the vines and find out the whereabouts of the ghosts that confuse them through the magic spells?"

Cui Yougui frowned slightly, wanting to complain about Qin Shaoyou: Do you think I'm a dog? Not only do you need to dissolve the magic spell, but you also need to follow the smell to find someone? Do you think this matter is so easy?

However, before he could speak, Zhu Xiucai next to him said with a smile: "My lord, don't worry, this matter is very difficult for others, but for our Cui Xiaoqi, it is a piece of cake. Right, old man."

Cui Yougui is a person with good face, and Zhu Xiucai has already talked about this, how could he have the nerve to say that he can't do it?

He could only swallow the words that came to his lips, and squeezed out a dry smile: "Yes."

But in his heart, he scolded Zhu Xiucai bloody: "For your size, you are the only one who will find trouble for me!"

Zhu Xiucai said with a smile, "I knew that you are the most trustworthy, old man."

Hearing Zhu Xiucai's praise, Cui Yougui couldn't scold others, so he could only laugh along with him.

But his smile was a little bit bitter, and at the same time he was having a headache, secretly said: "I'm not good at finding the source of the demon law. Is it possible that I want to ask the brothers in the Jade Emperor Temple for help?"

Qin Shaoyou could see the embarrassment flashing across Cui Yougui's face, but he didn't point it out.

Because he knew that although Cui Yougui had a good face, he would not show off his abilities blindly.

Since he agreed to this matter, it meant that it was difficult, not impossible.

After arranging the disposal plan for the guards at the city gate, Qin Shaoyou signaled Li Yansuo to continue reporting their patrol and investigation results.

Li Yaosuo replied yes, and talked about other discoveries:

"In addition to the city gate guards, we also found many cases of ghosts harming people during our patrol and investigation. Among them, two cases should be dealt with first because of the large number of victims and the worst impact."

"oh?"

Qin Shaoyou frowned slightly, and ordered: "Tell me about these two cases in detail."

"The first case mainly happened in Kushui Lane and Herring Street behind the North Gate.

According to the reaction of the people here, in the past ten days, every night, there will be strange crying in the streets and alleys.

No matter who heard it, they would have the illusion that the crying sound seemed to be calling their own name, and there was an urge to answer in this voice.

However, anyone who did not hold back the impulse and really answered would hang himself at home the next day, without exception!

In the first one or two days, I didn't know the situation, and more people agreed. Later, people took precautions and gagged their mouths at night.

But even so, one or two people will hang themselves to death every day because they agreed to this weird cry.

We made a rough count, because more than 30 people died in this incident, and even a whole family of young and old hanged themselves. People in the streets and alleys were panicked, and the people didn't even dare to sleep at night, for fear that they would talk in their dreams when they fell asleep, agree to cry strangely, and lose their lives. "

Qin Shaoyou frowned: "Is there such a thing? Why didn't you find out when you patrolled two nights ago?"

Monk Ma and Sun Xianzong hurriedly got up and explained: "My lord, we have led a team to patrol near the North Gate before, and we have also been to Kushui Lane. But when we went, we didn't hear any strange crying. Sound. Presumably the ghost who made this sound was very cunning and cautious, as soon as he sensed us night watchmen approaching, he immediately shut up and remained silent."

Li Yaosuo also said: "My lord, according to what we have learned, the strange crying sound does not ring out all night, and the time and duration of its appearance are not fixed."

According to this explanation, Qin Shaoyou nodded and did not hold Monk Ma and Sun Xianzong accountable.

Cui Yougui, on the other hand, asked a question at this time: "Since the people in Kushui Lane and Herring Street have been troubled by this incident for more than ten days, and they are panicked and frightened, why didn't they come to Zhenyaosi to report the case before?"

"I can guess why."

Qin Shaoyou thought for a while and said: "Because of the case of the Black Lotus Sect, many night watchmen in the town demon division of Mianyuan County suffered disasters, and some people who had contacts with them in the city were also involved.

It is impossible for ordinary people to know that these people suffered disasters because of their collusion with the Black Lotus Sect. They only thought that they were too close to the Night Watchmen and were affected, so they somewhat alienated us Night Watchmen in their hearts.

In addition, after we arrived in Mianyuan County, we were delayed for several days because of the case of the underground karst cave, and we did not clear up the monsters in the county in time~lightnovelpub.net~So the people have doubts about our strength and are afraid Reported the case, we failed to kill the ghosts in time, then they will bear the revenge of the ghosts. "

Cui Yougui thought about it seriously, nodded and said, "That makes sense."

Li Yaosuo has a suddenly realized expression: "It turns out to be like this. I said that when we were patrolling a few days ago, we also asked the people about monsters, but the people who were asked often did not cooperate, but today they all actively The initiative must be because last night after we destroyed the ghost market, the people of Mianyuan County saw our strength, so there was a change."

"It must be so." Qin Shaoyou nodded, and then asked: "Among the people in those streets and alleys, has anyone seen the source of the crying sound?"

He just asked casually, and didn't hold out much hope.

Unexpectedly, Li Yaosuo really nodded.

"I'm about to report to you, there is a widower living in Herring Street. When he was young, he was also a martial artist, and he also walked with the **** agency. Although he is old and frail, he still has courage.

On the first night when the strange howling appeared, while holding back his silence, he sneaked a glance at the street through the crack of the door.

According to his description, the moonlight was very good that night, and he could see clearly that a big ghost appeared on the street that should be empty!

That big ghost is eight feet tall and has an eight-foot waist. He has a green beard and white face, wears a two-foot-long tall hat, and a white filial piety dress, with braids around his waist and a hemp rope that drips blood around his neck.

The big ghost held a mourning stick in his left hand, while his right hand held a chain formed by the condensed black energy.

On each chain, there are several little ghosts whose faces cannot be seen clearly. Those weird crying sounds came from the mouth of the little devil."