Chapter 5 Remnants of Clothes
Pei Ye remembered the chat when Lin Lin taught him boxing.
"But it's not the case when it comes to actually confronting the enemy." One large and one small were sitting under the tree. Lin Lin used his true energy to soak plums in a jar of well water until they were cold. The fragments of the midsummer sunshine passed through the leaves and fell on his face. "No one will stand still and let you attack the vital points. If you always aim to kill with one blow, you will often fail to succeed. In a real fight, you need to not miss any point that can hurt the opponent." Opportunities, attack wherever you can, and build up your advantage bit by bit."
"Isn't it okay to have higher martial arts skills than the opponent?"
"Well... that's much higher than that." Lin Lin said, "For example, between the two of us, my martial arts is better than yours, but if I want to hit your heart and lungs, I can't hit you with one blow. You react very quickly, and you can definitely block it. , at this time I can only break your arm first before I can break into your empty door. Calculating...it will take at least three moves."
"Ah...then those stories about defeating enemies with one move are all fake?"
"That's not true. There are many people in the world who are... unimaginably powerful." Lin Lin looked at the sky with a fascinated tone. He turned to point at the training puppet and smiled at Pei Ye, "But you can imagine it. , if you can cut your throat with a sword or destroy your heart with a palm in a standard way, doesn’t it mean that the enemy is the same as this wooden man in your eyes?"
Now that this conversation has been reflected in reality, the elder who seemed extremely powerful back then has really become a fool in the eyes of others.
Chill, anger, and a breathless oppressive feeling surged into his heart at the same time, but the annoyance dissipated a little, because at this time he already understood that even if he could arrive in time, he could not change the outcome, but just add one more thing here. Just a corpse.
Standing up while holding the hilt of the sword, Pei Ye looked around.
There has always been an open space paved with stone slabs in the middle of the forest, which is the remains of a small pavilion that was demolished.
Now a straight stick stands in the center, holding a faint blue illuminating flame, which seems to be about to burn out.
There were seven groups of boot prints on the ground in front of the flames. The first group belonged to the person Pei Ye was chasing, and the other six groups stood behind him.
Looking further ahead, we saw four small bronze cups that fell to the ground first, and Lao Xiangzi's words of "fairy water" came to mind again.
Next to the cup were four tattered and blood-stained clothes, all torn apart by sharp claws and the like, and their owners were all missing.
One is a long pajamas, which seems to come from a wealthy family in the county; the other two are shorts similar to those on Pei Ye's legs, and come from two young boys.
The most eye-catching thing is the last piece, which is scattered with torn cyan silk satin, and next to it is a torn main part that is shapeless, which is a shapeless bellyband.
The girl's name is coming out.
Pei Ye and Lin Jue were very good playmates when they were young, but as they grew older, Pei Ye liked to go to the mountains and rivers to catch fish and hunt deer, but Lin Jue was unable to go out, so he read various poems and storybooks in the house, and the two met. Inevitably there are fewer and fewer.
However, whenever Lin Jue came to the martial arts hall to deliver food to Lin Lin, the two could still chat for a while. At that time, the girl was Pei Ye's loyal cheerleader. During the Mid-Autumn Festival martial arts competition, Lin Jue always cheered him loudly, and Pei Ye always won every victory as a matter of course.
Even half a year after Dantianzhong was injured, when other companions had almost stopped interacting with him, the girl would still seize every opportunity to visit and encourage him when going out. Handicrafts, snacks, calligraphy and painting, and sometimes even some money were exchanged between the two. If it exceeds 100, Pei Ye will benefit most of it.
Pei Ye slowly picked up this little dress that was stained by mud and blood. The orchid stitches embroidered on it were clumsy. You can imagine how the girl worked hard to use her handicapped hands under the candlelight, holding back her little face and stitching one stitch at a time. Outline laboriously.
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County Magistrate Chang Zhiyuan is still in good spirits at the age of over sixty, and his face is as serious as his character. Although his beard and hair are half white, when he occasionally raises his eyes to stare at someone, it still makes people feel like they are facing someone with a sword.
The county magistrate Feng Zhi is in his thirties, with a dark complexion, eyes like bells, thick eyebrows and a long beard. He has a violent temperament, speaks in a rough voice, and has a body as big as a bucket. When he stands with the fair-skinned Lin Lin, people who meet him for the first time often look... Will confuse civil and military duties. In fact, Feng Zhi does have martial arts skills. If Feng Huai has useful martial arts besides Shen Yanping and Lin Lin, it is Feng Zhi.
Shen Yanping, the regular inspector of Xianrentai, wears green clothes and has a jade hairpin, and has a jade face and smooth face. Although he doesn't look like it, he is indeed about the same age as Feng Zhi. The reason why Xianrentai stationed people in various counties was specifically to deal with such special events. Although Shen Yanping was not a warlock, but a martial arts practitioner like Lin Lin and Feng Zhi, his attainments in the corresponding knowledge were incomparable. At this time, he looked at the fire talisman on Pei Ye's head, frowned and went back to the county office to read a book.
It was already daybreak, and the public servants were rushing back and forth in the woods. According to Fenghuai's scale, there were probably about 77,888 public servants in the county.
This was indeed a horrifying case, and it seemed to be a continuation of yesterday's temple destruction case in the north of the city. A total of six people were injured. The only body left behind was that of the county lieutenant Lin Lin, but the murderer did not leave even a corner of his clothes.
Pei Ye also put on a robe, and the wounds inside were carefully bandaged. He stood with Chang Zhiyuan and asked questions. The young man's tone was calm, and he lowered his eyebrows and recounted his personal experience in detail, with an unreadable expression. Out of joy and anger.
After Feng Zhi inspected the scene, he came over with a dark face.
"I have sent someone to compare the shoe prints at the tailor shop, but this kind of person must be from outside, and there is probably no result, unless he has a disease that can't stand dirty shoes." Feng Zhi said harshly, "In addition... this The palm is indeed extraordinary, and we may not be able to survive this kind of case."
Chang Zhiyuan said: "I have sent a letter to the state capital for help, but the messenger just reported that it rained too much last night and the road out of the mountain was damaged by mud and rocks, making it impossible to run."
"Then wait until Shen Yanping comes back and ask him to use the soul bird to send a message to the Immortal Platform."
"That's all." Chang Zhiyuan nodded, "Where are you, what happened to the beast?"
"The paw prints at the scene have the same shape as yesterday, but this time the victims were four people, and it was revealed that there was indeed someone behind the plot. Come and see." Feng Zhi led the two people over, "This beast is in four pieces There were bloody paw prints all over the clothes, and the four people still seemed to have been eaten by it, but there was no transition from one piece of clothing to another, as if they were jumping over."
There was no need for Feng Zhi to explain later. The two of them could see that after eating Lin Jue, the unknown evil beast stepped towards Lin Lin. The bloody paw prints from thick to light became slightly clearer, but it did not eat. Lin Lin, instead used a not very effective method to kill him.