The next morning, several villagers in the village gathered under a banyan tree at the entrance of the village and whispered.

"I thought it would rain and turn it into a very clear day last night."

"You heard the movement? I heard it too! I wasn't asleep yet, so I went out and took a look. I saw a fire in the wild forest soaring into the sky."

"The fires soar into the sky? But there were no wildfires in the forest, so there were... there...

The villagers looked at each other.

"Don't there be monsters in trouble?"

The villagers panicked.

"No way? Don't scare me. I often go to the forest to chop wood. If there are monsters..."

At this time, a middle-aged man with long face and thick eyebrows walked over with a calm face and with his hands behind his back.

When the villagers saw him, they hurriedly met him: "Mengzheng."

Muramasa nodded and asked with a calm face: "Hmm! What are you talking about?"

The villagers looked at each other, and a thin man said first: "Minister of the village, something strange happened in the forest yesterday! A drought thunder broke out of thin air, and a fire rose into the sky."

Murata scolded: "What a mess, don't talk nonsense!"

Seeing that he didn't believe it, a short man hurriedly said, "It's true. I saw it with my own eyes, it's so scary!"

Muramasa was unhappy and his voice became louder: "Shut up! Do whatever you should do. Who will talk nonsense? Let me not deal with him!"

When the villagers saw that the village was angry, they hurriedly scattered.

But as everyone left, Muramasa pointed at a man who looked like a thin monkey and shouted: "Lao Qi, stop!"

When Lao Qi heard this, he stopped quickly, nodded and walked over. He looked around and lowered his voice: "Third Brother, what's the matter?"

The village was walking forward with his hands behind his back, his face gloomy, and he said as he walked: "Last night, there was a drought thunder in the forest, and there was a strange fire rising into the sky, and I saw it too."

Lao Qi was surprised: "What? Third brother, this..."

Muramasa glared at him: "Silence!"

Lao Qi quickly shut up.

The village looked around and saw that there was no one around, and then lowered his voice and said, "I just... went to the forest to see it!"

Lao Qi was shocked and asked nervously: "How is it? Isn't there really a monster?"

Muramasa glared at him again, then said, "There are traces of fire in the forest, and there are still some blood on the ground. I think..."

He narrowed his eyes: "I'm afraid there are some bad guys, maybe... it's true that some monster is there."

"Ah? This..."

"What's this! We have a bunch of mud legs to find out what can we do." The village was waving to him, and Lao Qi hurried over.

"You go to the county and tell the county master, and you say that you are suspected of a bad person appearing in our village."

Lao Qi looked at Muramasa in confusion: "Third Brother, you mean..."

Muramama smiled sly: "What's going on? Let the officers check it out!"

Lao Qi suddenly realized and raised his thumbs up: "It's still the third brother who is smart! No wonder you became the sect master, hehe! I'll go now..."

...

Just ten miles south along the Milin Village Road, there is a three-way intersection. Going to the left is the capital city Bianliang, and going to the right is the road to the south, which can be regarded as a major transportation route.

Since it is a key road, pedestrians from all over the country are naturally indispensable. At some point, someone built a three-in-one house next to the intersection and opened an inn to specially receive passers-by who missed the Amtou.

The inn has been open for many years. At night, I received accommodation and food, and set up a tea shed outside the door during the day, which is a small income.

At noon that day, the sun was shining brightly and the tea shed was full of people.

Most of these tea lovers are nearby villagers. They come here to pass the time, and then come together to do some private transactions and exchange some grain, salt and sugar.

Over time, it gradually developed this place into a small market, one communicating trade, and the other exchanging some news and spreading some gossip.

At this time, Lao Qi was surrounded by people, and they were listening to him saying something in a verbal manner.

In front of a table not far away, there were two bowls of tea on the table. Bao Zheng and Zhan Zhao were wearing casual clothes. They were drinking tea, but they didn't pay attention to listening to Lao Qi's words.

Lao Qi is also the one who gets excited if there are more people. The more people around him, the more excited he becomes.

He heard him say, "Hey! You don't know, there was a monster in the wild woods in our forest village yesterday! Monster! You know!"

A tea customer urged: "What the hell is going on? Don't keep it a secret, tell me quickly!"

Lao Qi took a sip of tea, wiped his mouth, and said excitedly: "There is a vixen, who is about to cultivate into a human form, but it alarmed the heavens and sent the Thunder God to get it. Hey! I was beaten in the woods last night. A fire lightning shot into the sky, and a lightning thunder. The vixen was beaten by the gods and screamed in pain..."

Bao Zheng and Zhan Zhao heard the four words "lightning and thunder", and immediately became alert, and they looked at each other.

Bao Zheng whispered to Zhan Zhao. Zhan Zhao understood, and leaned over and listened to a few words. He quickly understood Lao Qi's personality and interrupted, "Brother, don't brag! It's like he was really, did you see the gods arrest the monster?"

Lao Qi suffocated and said, "You are talking nonsense! How can Thunder God tell me how to see the monster?"

All the tea guests: "Tao! It turns out to be a bragging!"

Lao Qi was anxious: "Who bragged? Last night was sunny, and it was thundering in the middle of the night. Have you heard of it? Ah? Who has heard of it?"

Lao Qi glanced at everyone, and saw that everyone was not talking, and immediately became excited again. He lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "I didn't see the gods and the demons. But I saw the lightning that fell from the sky and the firelights that soared into the sky. You guys say, what else could it be if the gods didn't take the demons?"

The tea guests looked at each other in surprise.

Lao Qi showed pride in his eyes, glanced at everyone, picked up the tea bowl and drank it all.

"Okay, I won't talk to you anymore. Master Muramasa sent me to the county government office to report the news. I have to leave."

As he said that, he threw a big money on the table, got up and hurriedly set off on the road.

As soon as the old Qi left, the crowd also dispersed. Although they kept talking, they were talking about family matters. After hearing a few words, Zhan Zhao turned back to Bao Zheng’s table.

Although Lao Qi didn't speak loudly before, there were only a few people nearby, and you could hear it with just a little attention. Bao Zheng was no exception.

Zhan Zhao came back and sat down, and saw that Bao Zheng was thinking, but he didn't dare to disturb him.

After a while, Bao Zheng murmured and said in a deep thought: "Minglin Village!"

"Sir?" Zhan Zhao asked in a low voice, "Why don't you sit here and I'll go and ask? They said that this village of Manglin is less than ten miles away from this place and will be back soon."

Bao Zheng thought for a while and shook his head: "Let's go to Jianlin Village to have a look."

Zhan Zhao was puzzled: "Then, won't you go to Kongsang Temple today?"

Bao Zheng smiled slightly: "Kongsang Temple has no feet and can't run away. Besides, even if we rushed there, there was no scene to watch. It's still here in Milin Village, maybe there was something to take a look!"

As he said that, Bao Zheng stood up and walked out. Zhan Zhao hurriedly threw down the tea money and followed.

The two of them had just walked not far away, and Liu Suifeng and Yaoguang also walked around on the fork in the road behind them.
Chapter completed!