Green scales

"How is it possible?" Xia Xinglan flatly denied, "It is absolutely impossible for the snake demon to escape the Liangyi Formation without alarming anyone!"

As soon as Xia Xinglan said this, the hall was silent, and the maids and servants in the corner looked at each other in blank dismay. Shi Zhen thought that Daoist Xia Xinglan would be able to catch him when he came, but he didn't expect it to end like this...

Some timid maids couldn't help sobbing, their bodies were shaking like dead leaves falling in late autumn, and the whole Pei Mansion seemed to be shrouded in a layer of dark clouds.

Liu Shu still had a laid-back look, as if she didn't care when the sky fell.

Pei Yun sighed, the events of the past few days seemed to have aged him a bit, and he was a little depressed.Standing in the hall, Xia Xinglan felt the gazes from all directions, as if she had been greatly insulted, her complexion was heavy, her brows were furrowed, and her breathing became heavy as her chest heaved, as if she was suppressing her anger.

Yuqin suddenly grabbed Xia Xinglan's hand and squeezed it lightly.Xia Xinglan suddenly came back to his senses, interlocked Yuqin's fingers with his backhand, his face was still ugly, but he held back his anger, walked to the side with Yuqin, and sat down.

"Take me down first to take care of the funeral affairs, and take some silver taels and send them to her home." Pei Yun waved his hand, and the two guards looked at each other. They saw fear in each other's eyes, but they could only bite the bullet. Lifting the body down, Wei left a puddle of blood on the ground.

The night wind blew into the main hall, and the already pungent smell of blood filled the whole room.

"Daoist Yun Shu, what should we do now? We can't let the snake demon kill people anymore." Pei Yun said wearily.

Liu Shu smiled and said, "No rush, just wait."

"Wait for what?"

Liu Shu glanced sideways at Xia Xinglan who was sitting upright, but smiled and said nothing.

Liu Shu didn't explain, so Pei Yun didn't ask any more questions. Anyway, most people who practice Taoism are a little confused.

Xia Xinglan lowered his head in thought, with a solemn expression.Yuqin was also a little distracted, his hands were still trembling slightly, he was in the bedroom just now, if Liu Shu hadn't arrived in time, then he might have hurt Xia Xinglan.

If something happened to Xia Xinglan... No, it won't happen.Yuqin shook her head hurriedly, expelling this thought from her mind.

Lingshan is the deepest secret hidden deep in his heart, and even Situ Ling has never confided much about what happened back then.At that time, he was in the period of shedding his skin, so he was already extremely dangerous, and Situ Ling happened to be away, so the affairs of the entire monster clan had to go through his hands.

Most of the Yaozu's practice has to go through three catastrophes.Once a person is robbed, he must be transformed into a human form and reborn.Yuqin is talented and intelligent, and it only took 100 years to condense the human form, which is already considered superior among the demon clan. Although it is not as good as Situ Ling, who is the demon king, it is still extremely rare.

The second is the catastrophe, where lives are at stake. It is precisely because of this catastrophe that Yuqin was seriously injured many years ago and was exiled in the spiritual mountain of the human world.Fortunately, with the help of that child, he managed to save his life.

And that child...

Yuqin turned her head to look at Xia Xinglan quietly, and pursed her lips.Maybe he can't remember clearly what happened when he was young, but that doesn't matter, a mortal who is in love with him at first sight is better than a monster who accidentally rescued him when he was young.

The wind passed through the nave, and the candlelight swayed slightly, casting a strange and treacherous shadow.Everyone dared not to vent their anger, for fear that a giant snake would jump out of the darkness and swallow them.

"Here we come." Liu Shu waited for a moment, lazily got up and hammered his waist, then turned to look at the gate.

Everyone was startled when they heard the words, thinking that Liu Shu was talking about the arrival of the snake demon, they all scrambled to shrink to the corner.There were footsteps outside the door, and Liu Shu calmly stood with his hands behind his back.

Everyone raised their hearts to their throats, and looked at the unknown darkness outside the door in horror.

The sound of footsteps was getting closer, and accompanied by the tinny sound of a bell, a tall silhouette came slowly from the darkness.

Pei Yun also sat up straight and looked out the door, clenching his hands unconsciously.Lian Ge glanced casually, then turned his head and closed his eyes to take a nap.

Yuqin and Xia Xinglan looked at each other at the same time, then turned to look at the door.

Kong Qi held a string of dim red threads in his left hand, and several golden bells were hung on the thread, which made crisp bells when he walked.The right hand is holding an iron cage, and the black cloth covers the entire cage tightly, making it hard to see clearly.

"...?" As soon as Kong Qi stepped into the main hall, he was stared at from all directions, and he was momentarily stunned. "What's wrong? See what I do?"

Seeing that it was Kong Qi, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Liu Shu in puzzlement.

Liu Shu nodded slightly to Kong Qi, and said: "Now that everyone has arrived, then we can know why the snake demon was able to avoid the Bagua Liangyi formation."

Xia Xinglan was thoughtful, and after seeing the red line on Kong Qi's hand, his complexion suddenly darkened.

Liu Shu stepped forward to take the red thread from Kong Qi, and the bell rang crisply, then walked up to Xia Xinglan and handed the red thread to him.He smiled and said: "Brother, now you know why the snake demon can avoid the formation?"

Xia Xinglan frowned, and said in a deep voice, "Someone destroyed the Liangyi Formation."

Liu Shu smiled and said, "That's right, the formation has been destroyed, but it's not human beings who destroy the formation."

"What does the Taoist priest mean by that?" Pei Yun leaned his upper body slightly and asked hastily.

Liu Shu raised his eyebrows, glanced at Yuqin with a half-smile, and then raised his hand.Kong Qi understood, and lifted the black cloth on the cage, only to see a weak red fox lying sleepily in the cage, the white fur between its belly was already stained red with blood, and blood spots formed into patches on the hair. In between, I was in a panic.

As soon as the black cloth was lifted, the red fox turned his head slightly to avoid the sudden light, then turned his head, his dark eyes scanned the people present.When he saw Yuqin, he paused for a while, then lay back down again as if nothing had happened.

Yuqin's face was expressionless, but he was greatly shocked in his heart.

How did Hu Jiulang fall into Liu Shu's hands? !With Hu Jiulang's ability, it is impossible to destroy Xia Xinglan's formation!Could it be... Yuqin looked at Liu Shu solemnly, while Liu Shu stood aside calmly, letting everyone look at the fox.

Did Liu Shu know his identity?No, it's impossible, Liu Shu is just a mortal no matter what, it's impossible to see through his real body.

Then he caught Hu Jiulang by accident, or did he have ulterior motives...

Yuqin calmed down at this moment, and thought to himself, Liu Shu is just a mortal no matter what, it is impossible to cast a curse on him, and the previous nightmare is even less likely to be done by a mortal. You can't mess yourself up.

Yuqin turned her head to look at Xia Xinglan, Xia Xinglan's eyes were fixed on the red fox in the cage.

"The array didn't work because something destroyed him. Fortunately, I was prepared in advance. Didn't I catch him?" Liu Shu knocked on the iron cage, making a sharp sound, and the red fox bared viciously. Teeth, throat let out a low moan.

"Maybe... this is just an ordinary fox? It just broke in by mistake," Lian Ge said softly suddenly.

Liu Shu seemed to have been prepared for a long time. He just raised his hand to Xia Xinglan and said, "Don't worry, I won't kill innocent people by mistake. As for whether it is a monster, I don't care if I say it, so please lend me the Yin-Yang Jade." , the answer will be revealed later.”

Xia Xinglan looked at Liu Shu with a complicated expression for a long time, then took off the Tai Chi from the saber, and slowly passed it over.

Yuqin turned slightly sideways calmly, and looked at the red fox from the corner of her eye. The red fox seemed to feel something, and her ears moved, but she didn't turn her head to look at Yuqin. Yuqin sighed quietly, knowing that Hu Jiulang did it to prevent Liu Shu from finding out.

Liu Shu took over the Tai Chi and pouted at Kong Qi. Kong Qi understood and put down the iron cage.

Immediately Liu Shu stepped forward and threw Tai Chi down from the gap on the top of the iron cage. In an instant, a dull buzzing sound sounded, as if engulfing a mighty force, it spread outward layer by layer like a tide. All were shocked.

The moment Tai Chi touched the red fox, it began to spin rapidly. The red fox immediately uttered a miserable cry, screaming and slammed into the iron rod continuously, the wound on its body burst open again while struggling, and blood gushed out. The ground was stained red.

Yuqin clenched his hands tightly into fists, resisted not to move, turned his head and couldn't bear to look at Hu Jiulang.

The maids whispered to each other, and Kong Qi stepped on the cage, making it impossible for the red fox to overturn the iron cage no matter how hard he struggled. After a while, the red fox's body collapsed, blood foam overflowed from its mouth and nose, and it continued to twitch.

The wailing of the red fox kept piercing into Yuqin's ears, plucking at his heart like a sharp knife. He only needed to wave his hand to save his subordinates.

But because he didn't want to reveal his identity in front of Xia Xinglan, he wanted to watch Hu Jiulang die.He stood by and watched.

Yuqin clenched her hands unconsciously, her eyes hesitating.Xia Xinglan, on the other hand, watched the red fox struggling in the cage indifferently, without any intention of stopping.

Yuqin's heart felt sour, Hu Jiulang was his clan, and his subordinates, in Xia Xinglan's eyes, were monsters that everyone could get and punish, even though Hu Jiulang hadn't contaminated human life...

If one day, her identity was revealed, would Xia Xinglan also stand on the sidelines like this and ignore it indifferently?

"Wait a minute, that fox seems to be dying, it's better to save his life, maybe he can ask more questions." Lian Ge said softly.

Liu Shu turned his head to look at Lian Ge, and Lian Ge looked at him for a long time without changing his face, without giving in.Liu Shu smiled suddenly, stretched out his left hand and waved it, and then the Tai Chi in the cage flew to his hand with a burst of golden light.

Xia Xinglan remained silent from the beginning to the end, like a bystander who stayed out of the matter.

"It doesn't matter what I say." Liu Shu smiled and said, "Senior brother, what do you think?"

Xia Xinglan looked up.

"This fox, to kill or not to kill?"

Yuqin suddenly became tense, and sweat broke out in his palms.Yuqin didn't dare to look at Xia Xinglan, so she could only murmur in her heart: "No, don't, don't kill him."

There was a moment of silence in the room.

"Since he destroyed the formation... killed the innocent..." Xia Xinglan said slowly in a deep voice. Although he didn't say the second half of the sentence, everyone understood it by coincidence.

Yuqin closed her eyes, her heart sank to the bottom of the valley.There was a tingling sensation in the palm, and the nails sank deeply into the flesh.

Liu Shu turned around and nodded towards Lian Ge, then drew the long sword on his back with his backhand, and walked slowly towards the red fox.The red fox looked weakly at the snow-white and shiny long sword, blinked, and gradually calmed down his breathing.

Liu Shu stood still, raised his long sword high, and pointed the tip of the sword at the red fox through the gap in the iron rod, but he didn't stab it for a long time, but turned his head slightly to look at Yuqin, as if he was waiting for something.

Yuqin was restless, seeing the sword coming down more and more, the red fox closed his eyes and gave up struggling.

"Stop!" Yuqin stopped abruptly, everyone was taken aback, even Xia Xinglan was a little puzzled, and said softly, "Yuqin?"

But Yuqin ignored Xia Xinglan, staring fixedly at the red fox in the cage. After hearing Yuqin's voice, the red fox moved its ears and raised its tail slightly. Can't move.

Yuqin was silent for a long time, her voice trembling: "I remember that the fox Madam met was dead, I wonder if this red fox is the relative of that fox, maybe we can know about the snake monster through it. trail."

Lian Ge heard the words and said knowingly: "Yes, I did seem to have seen a red figure that day. I think this red fox is the same as that fox, but let's save its life for now and lock it up."