dare not love, already deeply in love

No one approached to ask Hu Jiu's identity.

When the evening was approaching, Hu Jiu shuttled through the narrow road gaps in Usutag, and faintly heard crying.

☆、Night detection

Hu Jiu followed the sound of crying and walked over, and saw a dilapidated wooden door half open, there was no light in the house, only two old people sat in the yard, the old man sat on a chair looking at the sky, and the old woman sat on the ground wiping Tears, very lonely, the yard is quite big and not angry at all, the cry is from this old woman.

Hu Jiu knocked on the wooden door, "Excuse me?"

The two old men turned their heads at the same time and saw Hu Jiu, a stranger, but they were used to seeing strangers, so they were not frightened at the moment, but their expressions were a little surprised. Tears, he stood up from the ground and walked over with his back on his back, asking in an old and hoarse voice: "Son, what's the matter?"

"Grandma, I heard your cry. What's the matter?" Hu Jiu reckoned that this family must have lost their child.

After listening to Hu Jiu's question, the old woman shed tears again from her red and swollen eyes. She quickly wiped them away, pretending to be relaxed and said, "It's nothing, nothing." Then she suddenly thought of something and raised her head to ask Fox with concern. Nine: "Son, why are you here by yourself? How dangerous is it alone?"

Hu Jiu really wanted to tell the old woman that he was almost four hundred years old, and he was no longer a child, but he probably would scare the old man, so he had no choice but to say: "I came out to do business with my father, and I took a short rest on the way to Usutag. A few days ago, tonight I went shopping by myself, but I couldn’t find my way back to the inn, can you let me stay overnight at your place?”

"That's it, then come in quickly." The old man opened the door with concern to let Hu Jiu in without doubting him, and said, "Children can't walk alone at night, how dangerous it is! What if you lose it?" manage!"

"Grandma, don't worry, I know martial arts!" Hu Jiu even compared a trick to the old woman.

The old woman sighed sadly, and said: "No matter how good your martial arts are, you can beat people, but you can't beat goblins either!"

Hu Jiu took advantage of the situation and asked, "Fairy? Are there any goblins here?"

The old man also sat up from the reclining chair, pulling the old woman to sit together. The bags under the old man's eyes drooped heavily, and his eyeballs were a little cloudy. He said hoarsely, "There are monsters!"

Hu Jiu then sat on another chair and asked, "What kind of monster is it?"

"We don't know either, my twin granddaughters were taken away by goblins half a month ago!" The old woman sobbed again after she finished speaking.

"Did the monster say something?"

The old man shook his head and said: "I didn't say anything. We slept at night, and the two granddaughters slept next door. When we woke up the next day, we found that the granddaughters were gone. We thought they had gone out to play, but they didn't come back at night." , The two of us went out to ask, only to find out that our granddaughter was lost, we went to the Yamen to report to the official, but the people in the Yamen said that this is already the No. 30 case of losing a child.”

"Has anyone seen the monster?"

"I've never heard of anyone who has seen it. Those Taoist priests and monks who catch monsters have come and gone, but none of them have caught a monster! My poor granddaughter!" The old woman cried out, pounding her chest. Heartbroken, "I have a pity that my son died early, and my daughter-in-law ran away with a businessman. There are only two granddaughters left to accompany us, two old immortals. Now that even the granddaughters are gone, what do we have to live for?"

The old man hugged the old woman, his body was trembling, and tears were shining in his eyes. Hu Jiu couldn't bear to see the two crying so hard, so he couldn't help turning his head. He reached out and touched a warm object. The fire spirit whip at the waist.

Hu Jiu remembered the purpose of this trip, he stood up, and said to the old man and the old lady with firm eyes: "Grandpa and grandma, don't worry, I will definitely catch the monster, rescue your granddaughter, and restore peace to Usutag." .”

The old man and old lady looked up at Hu Jiu in surprise, as if they didn't understand how Hu Jiu would say such a thing, but after Hu Jiu finished speaking, he turned around and left, and the old woman waved her hand: "Hey, don't you want Are you staying overnight? How did you leave?"

Hu Jiu didn't turn around, and walked out of here.

"do not move!"

Just as Hu Jiu walked out, a group of guards in black and blue armor, steel helmets and steel knives were suddenly surrounded in front of the door.The shining steel knives pointed at him.

This accident also startled the two elderly people in the yard. They hugged each other and ran away from the door with each other's support.

The man at the head of the guards didn't wear a helmet. He was tall and strong, with an extremely resolute face. He took two steps towards Hu Jiu, his eyes were as sharp as an eagle, and he asked in a rough voice, "Who are you?"

"I……"

"Don't you know that it's a special situation recently, you are not allowed to walk on the street after dark?"

It was only at this time that Hu Jiu realized that he was an outsider, and he was easy to attract attention, and he had been walking through the streets of Usutag all day today, so he was discovered by this pair of patrolmen. He said to the chief guard: "I'm sorry, I'm a merchant. I just arrived in Wusutag today. I don't know the situation. When I went shopping at night, I went the wrong way, and I couldn't find the inn to go back to."

"A merchant? I have been in Wusutag for more than ten years, and I have never seen a merchant as young as you. What are you selling? From west to Central Plains, or Central Plains to west?"

Hu Jiu paused, and said with a flattering smile, "I came out with my father to see the world. My family is in the south of the Yangtze River, and my father buys and sells silk and satin."

The chief guard scanned Hu Jiu's body sharply like a knife, and said mockingly: "You travel all over the world, your skin is so delicate, you look like a little girl."

Hu Jiu was a little embarrassed by the slightly vulgar words of the chief guard, and at the same time she became more and more nervous, saying: "I used to study at home, but my father said that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles, so I took advantage of this time to do business. With it, this is the first time I have traveled far.”

The chief guard put away the smile that didn't look like a smile on his face, and his eyes fell on Hu Jiu's face. Finally, he looked directly into Hu Jiu's eyes and said, "Everyone in the caravan has a pass card when entering the town. Where's your card? Come out and let me see."

Hu Jiu's heart tightened, and she said calmly: "It's really unfortunate, I changed clothes when I went out, so I left the sign at home."

"Is it really such a coincidence?" The chief guard took two steps to the side, but he never left Hu Jiu's face. He said, "I happen to be free now. Since you can't find the inn to go back to, you always know the inn." Name? There are 37 large and small inns and post stations in Wusutag Town, and I know where each one is, why don't I personally take you back?"

Hu Jiu immediately said: "Don't bother your lord, I'll just find it by myself."

"How can you do it yourself? A monster appeared in Usutag recently. Since I met you here, I have to ensure your safety. This is my duty as the chief of Usutag's guards. Don't you think so? "

Hu Jiu couldn't help rubbing her forehead, wondering: "This... I think about the name of the inn I live in..."

"Think about it? I think you should first think about how to explain to the mayor! Arrest me!" The man gave an order, and the seven guards behind him immediately rushed forward.

Hu Jiu immediately flew up and kicked away the steel knife of a guard who was closest to him. The steel knife pierced into the dirt wall not far away with a swift force, and even made a buzzing sound.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay for a moment, feeling that they had underestimated the enemy, but they didn't expect this thin and thin boy to have such a strong ability.

The head guard frowned. With the speed and depth of the steel knife inserted into the earth wall just now, he knew that Hu Jiu's skills were not weak. Such a young man with force and conspicuous clothes was fearless in the streets of Usutag at night. He became more and more suspicious as he walked up and down.

The chief guard frowned, and suddenly flew up and kicked at Hu Jiu. Hu Jiu neatly dodged the sharp kick of the chief guard, and then quickly dodged a few punches. The chief guard attacked fiercely, but Hu Jiu didn't move Can be easily resolved, the chief guard's eyes bulged, and suddenly he took out a brass mirror from his arms and faced Hu Jiu.

Hu Jiu couldn't help but hang up, a faint red divine power appeared in his hand, and kept away from the brass mirror.

What the head guard is holding is not an ordinary brass mirror. The back of this brass mirror is painted with a picture of yin and yang and eight trigrams. The demon mirror.But this demon mirror is not very old at first glance, and the spiritual power emanating from the mirror also shows that its maker is neither a fairy nor a god, but just a cultivator. For Hu Jiu, this kind of demon mirror can't be made by him at all. harm.

But for demons, avoiding the demon mirror is their instinct.

The man's eyes flashed, and he said loudly: "It's a monster, get out of the way, and set up the formation!" Then he took the lead and retreated backwards with a backflip. The remaining seven guards turned around and quickly surrounded Hu Jiu in the center.

The old man and old lady hiding in the distance widened their eyes and covered their mouths in fright, looking at Hu Jiu flying in mid-air in disbelief.Just now, the boy who was innocent and threatened to catch a monster for them turned out to be a monster himself!

The chief guard drew out his steel knife and shouted to Hu Jiu: "Monster, it really is you, and you dare to send it to your door yourself! Tell me, where are the children you stole?"

"Believe it or not, anyway, I'm not the monster you want to catch." Hu Jiu fell to the ground again, his face was a little annoyed for a while, he forgot that he is in the mortal world now, and using mana in the mortal world is a big taboo in the demon world , he didn't react for a while, but he still had a subconscious reaction when he saw the inferior demon mirror.

"Monster, you're still arguing!" The chief guard was really courageous, and with his passion, he dared to confront a person who knew he was a monster.Holding the long knife, he rushed towards Hu Jiu.

Hu Jiu blocked the chief guard's knife and said, "I can go back to the town hall with you."

"Do you think I will believe what you, a goblin, say?" The head guard slashed at the fox again.

Hu Jiu easily dodged the knife and said, "I'm here to catch monsters!"

However, the chief guard didn't listen to Hu Jiu's explanation at all, and when he saw that Hu Jiu would dodge and block the knife with all his strength, he shouted angrily to the surrounding guards: "What are you looking at? Give it to me!"

Hu Jiu saw eight people rushing towards him with shining steel knives, and was very angry for a while, but he couldn't hurt these mortals no matter what, if he resisted, he would definitely accidentally injure them.So Hu Jiu flew directly over the heads of the crowd, and condescendingly said to the chief guard: "Since you don't believe me, then I have no choice but to leave first, and finally say, I am not the monster you want to catch."

After Hu Jiu finished speaking, he flew directly to a higher and darker place, and after hiding his body, he saw a group of guards below like ants in a frying pan.Only the chief guard with eagle eyes was still staring at the sky, as if ready to capture him alive at any moment.

Hu Jiu turned around in the sky for a while, and he saw the guards scattered in all directions. A low and rhythmic whistle sounded on the streets of the Wusutag guards, and then there were more guards on the town's main road and many small fork roads. stand up.

"How can I know where that monster is?" Hu Jiu turned half a circle on the spot, and then flew towards the Yamen that he found while wandering around this morning.I thought to myself, if these guards are all on the street, the guards in the town government must be relatively relaxed.

The town hall of Wusutag is quite magnificently built, with tall lacquered mahogany doors and golden door nails, and two large stone lions standing on both sides of the gate, Hu Jiu suddenly thought of the two extremely tall ice unicorns at the gate of Changbai Peak , these two lions are too low compared to the unicorn, but judging from the local level, they are still quite mighty.

There is a talisman on the gate of the yamen, and Hu Jiu can't get close.So he walked back and forth along the wall of the yamen, looking for a place to enter, and finally he found a dog hole near the back door.

Hu Jiu pursed her lips, thinking why he had a relationship with the dog hole. The hole he drilled when he went to the East China Sea last time was like a dog hole, but there were no dogs in the sea. Now is it possible that he wants to drill again?

Hu Jiu smelled the smell. Although it smelled like a dog, it was not strong, which meant that the dog was not there, so Hu Jiu turned into a real body and slid into the hole lightly. The place behind the wall was a garden with a bush. The clumps of flowers and plants and the rockery just blocked his figure.It's just that his fiery red hair is still quite conspicuous. He almost crawls on the ground, and his nine tails stick to the ground tightly, for fear that if one hair is raised, he will be discovered.

Hu Jiu quietly crawled at the base of the wall, and he saw a few servants patrolling the yard with lanterns in the dark. Hu Jiu knew that the public hall of the Zhongyuan County Government was the first house to enter through the main entrance, and the side hall behind the house was Where the books and cases are placed, there must be records about these cases. There is only one town office in Wusutag, and the town office and county office are probably similar.

He went to look at those cases first, maybe he could find some clues from them.

Hu Jiu turned into a human form and walked against the wall without alarming anyone, but because he didn't know the way, it took him some time to find the court. Hu Jiu walked around the main entrance of the court and came to the side hall at the back door. The inside of the side hall was pitch black. The door of the temple was also locked, but luckily no one was guarding it, so Hu Jiu walked over and jumped onto the window, opened the exhaust window near the eaves, and transformed into a real body through the window again.

The transom was a bit small, and it took Hu Jiu some effort to get in.Especially the nine tails, he was dragged in one tail after another.

Hu Jiu jumped to the ground, her four paws were light and silent, but one of her tails almost swept off a vase placed on the bookshelf. Everyone is invited.

The things in this side hall are arranged very regularly, but the more regular it is, the more empty it becomes. The place where Hu Jiu jumped off is the east side of the side hall. Bookshelves, the bookshelves are full of books and files.On the west side of the side hall, there are also five rows of bookshelves, and the center of the two bookshelves near the north wall is the only desk in the hall.

Hu Jiu went straight to the book case. There were three rows of documents placed on the book case. It seemed that they were all untried documents. Hu Jiu picked up the top document on the leftmost side and unfolded it. On it was written: " The complaint is that the Liu Family Inn on Suoda Street sued the Yuanlai Inn on the opposite street for using improper means to detain customers, causing the Liu Family Inn to lose 300 taels of silver..."

Hu Jiu took out the next one, on which it was recorded: "Tongji Warehouse on Sangbai Street lost a hundred taels of silver..."

Hu Jiu looked through the two rows of documents that were short in height, all of which recorded the trivial and trivial things in Wusutag Town, until turning to the third row, Hu Jiu finally saw what he wanted to see.

"The Muritu family in Sangji Village lost a five-year-old boy, the Sola family lost a three-year-old girl, the Xing family lost a six-year-old boy, two three-year-old girls, and the Fanyao family lost a seven-year-old girl... "

The light in the room was really dark, and the brightness of the moonlight through the window was greatly reduced. Hu Jiu got into trouble for a moment. He looked around and suddenly noticed a thick layer of black around the desk that was less than three feet high. cloth.

Hu Jiu carried all these documents under the table, and then brought the candle holder under the table. The thick black cloth around the table well blocked the candlelight.

Hu Jiu took another piece of paper and a pen from the table, hid under the table, first searched for memory to draw the topography of Wusutag Town, and then marked down all the villages he knew.

Then, according to the documents, all the families who lost their children were marked down, but Hu Jiu didn't know where these families were, so he could only draw a horizontal line in each village, and draw a horizontal line when a child was lost. After a while, Hu Jiu straightened up and sighed. The earliest record of these certificates was the day of the third day of junior high school last month, and four children were lost that night. The places where these children were lost were completely irregular, Zhenxi, Zhennan , the villages in the north of the town have them.

What happened next was irregular like the boy from a family in the west of the village the day before yesterday, the girl from another village yesterday, and the girl from the same village today.That goblin seems to steal children from anyone she meets.

Moreover, the number of children lost every day is also irregular, sometimes it is one, sometimes it is ten, and sometimes no child is lost for several nights in a row.

How is this going?Hu Jiu carefully looked at the statements of those who reported the case on the paperwork. They all said that the children died when they slept at night. Because those children were too young, they always slept with their parents when they went to bed at night. The parents were so scared that they didn't dare to sleep all night, holding the child in their arms all night, but they suddenly fell asleep in the middle of the night for some reason, and when they woke up the next day, they found that the child had disappeared, and there was a The doors and windows were in good condition, and they were even kept locked, without any trace, so it was concluded that the goblin stole the child.

But the only one who can steal a child from a tightly locked room is a demon.

But why did the monster take the child away?

At this moment, Hu Jiu suddenly heard a scream from outside the door, followed by a piercing gong, "Come on, catch monsters! Catch monsters!"

Hu Jiu was startled, and hurriedly blew out the candles. At the same time, he heard a light knock on the window of the side hall, and then heard footsteps landing on the ground. The footsteps were very messy, as if he was in a panic when he was being chased.Hu Jiu was nervous for a moment, because since he came in, he found that there was no hiding place in the whole side hall except this table.

It seemed that Hu Jiu's conjecture was verified. Hu Jiu could only feel the wind in his ears, and a man in black came in from outside the curtain.

☆, chasing

"Where's the goblin?"

"I don't know where to go."

"See what monster it is?"

"I didn't see it, but I saw a big black shadow."

"Find it for me! Don't miss any place!"

"It's an adult!"

The two looked at each other, and were stunned for a moment, seeing the surprise on the other's face in their wide-open eyes.

Hu Jiu saw this man's curly long hair through the moonlight that had just passed by, and immediately remembered that this man was the one who saw the stalking cat on the street today.

"Who are you?" The two asked at the same time.

"You are a god." "You are a demon."

The corner of the man's mouth curled up, revealing a sinister smile: "We met again?"

When we were on the street, this person really found himself. Hu Jiu gritted his teeth and said, "Yeah, what a coincidence!" One place!Both were found and had to be arrested.

"Go back to your lord, that monster has gone somewhere."

"Have you looked everywhere?"

"Go back to Master, I've found them all!"

At this time, an old voice came: "No, my lord, there is still no court."

The servant replied: "The courtroom is locked."

Then there was a crisp slap: "That's a monster! I can't get in anywhere, quickly open the court and search for me!"

"Yes Yes Yes."

Hu Jiu heard the sound of the lock being unlocked, and said bitterly, "You've hurt me!"

The man snorted, "Don't make it sound like you're innocent, I didn't send you here."

"Are you the one who stole the child?"

The man laughed and said: "You are really wronged and innocent. The one who stole the child is obviously a demon, but I am a god."

"No one has ever seen who the person who stole the child is, so there is no way to tell whether that person is a demon or a god. You came here secretly because it is related to this matter."

The man squinted his eyes and looked at Hu Jiu: "We, each other. Besides, you entered the Yamen at night like a demon, so sneaky. If you say we two go out now, who will they believe?"

"Who do you believe? They'll arrest us both. They won't be able to tell which of us is a demon or a human."

The man raised a finger and shook it: "Not necessarily, I saw a Taoist priest when I came here, he might have some magic power, maybe he can tell the difference."

Hu Jiu looked at the man and asked, "Are you going to surrender yourself?"

At this time, the two of them heard the lights coming from outside at the same time, as well as the sound of chaotic footsteps.

Hu Jiu was extremely anxious, but when she saw the man, she found that he didn't seem to be panicking at all, so she couldn't help asking: "Why are you not in a hurry at all, is there any way for you to escape?"

The man blew on his fingertips, with a nonchalant expression on his face, as if he wasn't worried that he would be caught. He said, "There is a way."

"what?"

The man glanced at him, his eyes sparkled. Just when Hu Jiu heard the sound of the lock on the palace door being unlocked, the man suddenly kicked Hu Jiu out of the table to enclose the tent. One side ran out, smashed the window and escaped.

There was a clanging sound outside the door, like the sound of something breaking, and at the same time there was the sound of someone calling.

Hu Jiu was kicked in the side by the man, and he was in pain for a while. When he fell to the ground, he couldn't help cursing at the man, but now he has no choice but to be surrounded by people rushing in from the door. The shining big knife pointed at his whole body.

He originally thought that if all the guards were led to the street by him, the guards in the town hall would be relaxed, but looking at it now, this town hall has ambushed troops from the very beginning, waiting for the monster to show up!It was really unlucky for him to come across this idea today.But that man also came today, is it a coincidence or...

Hu Jiu gritted her teeth, flew up suddenly, kicked all the surrounding guards to the ground with a spinning kick, and then jumped out along the window that was smashed by the man.

It was only then that Hu Jiu saw broken fishing nets, various charms, animal traps, and sprawled people scattered on the ground outside the window of the side hall.It seems that this yamen has been prepared for a long time. Seeing that the monster-catching things on the ground are well arranged, it's a pity that the one who just ran out is a god.

He followed the gazes of the few people standing in the yard and looked up. He saw two people running one behind the other on the roof in the distance. The person chasing him was dressed in black armor, carrying a steel knife, and his steps were quick. And the person in front had long hair thrown behind him, and it was the curly-haired monster at first glance.

Hu Jiu immediately stepped on the wall and flew to the roof, leaving a stunned crowd behind.

"Monster, stop, you can't run away!" shouted the knife-carrying guard chasing the curly-haired monster. This person should have good physical strength, strong martial arts, and extraordinary courage, but after all, he is only a mortal body, and he is not that person at all. The opponent, the curly-haired monster in front left him far behind after a few jumps.

However, the chief guard still kept on chasing after him. The curly-haired monster being chased in front was a little angry, and threw a ball of black divine power back. The chief guard opened his eyes wide, watching the black divine power rushing towards him. However, no matter how powerful he is in martial arts, he is still a mortal after all, and his reaction speed is no match for that monster.

Just when the cloud of black air was about to hit his face, a red divine power shot out from behind him, just hitting the cloud of black air, and the two forces collided in the air and shattered.

The head of the guard was pushed two feet away by the force of the impact, almost falling off the roof.

When Hu Jiu passed this man, she turned her head and took a look, and happened to see this man's eyes as sharp as an eagle.What a coincidence, Hu Jiu thought.

However, at the next moment, her ankle tightened, and Hu Jiu couldn't hold back her foot and was tripped directly.

Hu Jiu turned her head and saw that a rope was tied around her ankle, and the other end of the rope was being pulled by the head of the guard.

"What are you going to do? Let go!" Hu Jiu anxiously watched the curly-haired monster getting further and further away.

"You're a monster, so that's your accomplice, right? It's the same for catching you." The chief guard tightened the rope in his hand as he spoke, and Hu Jiu was dragged back by him.

"We're not accomplices!" Hu Jiu really didn't want to waste time and words with this mortal, so she swung a knife directly, and the invisible air current cut off the rope tied to his ankle by the chief guard. Hu Jiu jumped up and chased after him, gritted his teeth up.

The chief guard took a few steps back when the rope was cut due to excessive force. He stood still and looked at the two people who were running away with deep eyes. He was not at the same level as those two people at all.He gritted his teeth and jumped off the roof.

If there is no sleeper at this moment, you will definitely see under the huge moon, on the top of the house, two figures one in front and one behind are jumping flexibly between the roofs, each step seems to be able to cover a distance of one foot.

The curly-haired monster deliberately jumped at a tricky angle and landed, but to his surprise, Hu Jiu followed him so far and managed to maintain a distance of ten feet.

"Why are you following me!" the curly-haired man couldn't help but turned around and shouted at Fox Jiu.

Hu Jiu didn't say a word and just followed the man. He only felt that there was something wrong with this man. Even if this man was a god, so what?

"You have violated the rules of heaven by using your divine power against mortals."

The man laughed maniacally: "Tian Tiao? Tian Tiao can't restrain me! I warn you, stop chasing me!"

Hu Jiu still persevered in chasing after him.

The curly-haired man gritted his teeth, stopped suddenly, turned around and ran towards Hu Jiu.

Hu Jiu was startled, but he couldn't stop anymore. He saw the man running towards him making complicated gestures with his hands in his arms, and a black energy spread around him. to the man.

With a "bang", when Hu Jiu and the man's palms were facing each other, the surrounding roofs were all blown apart, and tiles and stones flew.

Hu Jiu felt a sweetness in his throat, and only felt that his internal organs should be bleeding. This man's magic power is strange, and his cultivation base is much higher than his. Even if he resists forcefully, he can't hurt him.

The man's eyes were extraordinarily bright in the dark night, with a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth, he said, "I told you, don't meddle in your own business!"

Hu Jiu folded her arms in front of her chest to resist the man's attack, and replied, "It's you, are you the one who stole the child?"

The man said angrily: "I have already said that I am not, which eye of yours saw me stealing the child!"

"Otherwise, what are you doing in the town hall at night?"

The man hooked his lips and smiled: "My purpose is the same as yours."

Hu Jiu sneered: "If that's the case, why don't you follow me back to the town yamen to talk about it."

The man showed disdain and said: "Zhenya? That's just a stupid place of human beings."

Hu Jiu's teeth were bleeding, and his arms were shaking violently: "I just want to ask you, do you dare to come back to the town hall with me?"

"You have to return it yourself!" The man suddenly exerted force, and at this moment, Hu Jiu suddenly pulled out the fire whip, and threw a sharp whip towards the man with his backhand.

The man didn't expect that Hu Jiu still had a weapon, so he didn't dodge for a while, and was pulled to his arm. He quickly let go of the attack on Hu Jiu and retreated a few steps. This whip gave Hu Jiu a chance to breathe.

The man rolled up his sleeves, and saw a deep scar slanting on his forearm where the whip had just been slightly thrown, and the scar was already bleeding.The man gritted his teeth. He didn't expect Hu Jiu, a demon fox with such weak magic power, to carry an ancient artifact on him!He really underestimated the enemy!

"Have you cultivated for thousands of years? You even have ancient artifacts to help you!"

Hu Jiu's whip successfully angered the man, and the man flew forward with a fierce look in his eyes, and surrounded Hu Jiu with a fierce attack.

Hu Jiu had nowhere to hide, so he swung his whip to face each other. The whip was messy, and tiles and stones shattered and splashed wherever it went.

However, Hu Jiu couldn't bear the opponent's powerful divine power after all. The man pierced through his mana barrier in an instant, and spit out blood. He was exhausted and fell from the roof to the ground.

Suddenly there was a loud noise.

However, no one here dared to open the door to see what happened, and the night was silent.

The man stood on the roof, condescendingly looking down at Hu Jiu who was writhing in pain in the mud, and said, "You can fight me?" He jumped off the roof and stood beside Hu Jiu, his gaze fell on On the Fire Spirit Whip beside Hu Jiu, "It would be too wasteful for you to use such an ancient artifact!" The man said as he was about to reach out to pick up the Fire Spirit Whip.

The Fire Spirit Whip had left Hu Jiu's hand at this moment, and was lying not far from Hu Jiu's side, but Hu Jiu couldn't move, and felt pain in his stomach when he moved, and seeing that the Fire Spirit Whip was about to fall into someone else's hands, Huo Jiu couldn't move. Jiu anxiously shouted: "Don't..."

Just when the man's hand touched the Fire Spirit Whip, the Fire Spirit Whip suddenly released a powerful crimson light, the man suddenly withdrew his hand, his fingers were scalded and his brows tightened.

The fire whip "jumped" from the ground, as if it had a spirituality, like a snake, it dexterously got into the clothes on Hu Jiu's chest.

Hu Jiu was taken aback.

"It really is an ancient artifact, and its reputation is well-deserved." There was a hint of admiration in the man's eyes, and then he flicked his sleeves, glared at Fox Jiu and said, "It's a waste to give it to you! I don't know why this artifact listened to you? Could it be that it's over?" Blood contract? Then I will kill you first, and this ancient artifact will be mine!"

As the man said, he stretched out his five slender fingers, a cloud of black energy gathered in his palm, and he was about to strike at Hu Jiu.At this time, suddenly a bright light flashed from the end of the road, just shot into the man's eyes, and the man was forced to close his eyes.

At this moment, the chief guard rushed over majestically with a long knife in hand at the end of the path.

As soon as the man opened his eyes, he saw the gleaming big knife slashing straight at his face. He managed to dodge it, but the knife was like a part of his body in the hands of this mortal. It was extremely skillful and fierce.

The man stretched out his hand, and his fingers were like eagle claws, digging straight for the chief guard's chest. Unexpectedly, when the man's hand just touched the chief guard's chest, there was a red divine power approaching him, and he had to give up attacking the chief guard and quickly Only by retreating could he barely escape the attack of divine power.

"Do not harm mortal life!"

The man clenched his teeth in anger. He looked at the head of the guard with sharp eyes and panting heavily, and then at Hu Jiu who was lying on the ground with severe injuries, and snorted, "I'll spare your lives today, little one." Fairy, don't let me see you again." After saying that, the man jumped onto the roof again, stepped on the moonlight, and gradually disappeared along the rows of houses.

The head guard refused to let this man go, he stepped on the roof again with a big knife in his hand, and chased after him closely.

"You can't catch up..." Hu Jiu said weakly from behind, but the figure of the chief guard disappeared into the night quickly.

Hu Jiu sighed and lay flat on the ground. After a while, he touched his chest and laughed happily.Fire Spirit Whip, Fire Spirit Whip, you are my precious baby!

However, just after laughing twice, there was a slight gasp in his mouth. Just now he fell hard, and his whole body hurt badly. When he fell, the blood from the corner of his mouth stained the sand on the ground. Woke up very embarrassed.At this moment, he didn't even have the strength to stand up.

About half an hour later, Hu Jiu regained some of his physical strength, but at this moment, he saw a few pairs of black boots in front of him, looking up, he saw four or five guards with knives surrounding him.

Just as Hu Jiu was about to speak, a piece of yellow talisman paper that smelled like cinnabar was stuck on his forehead.

A guard looked at Hu Jiu tentatively and said, "Is this all right?"

Hu Jiu couldn't help but rolled her eyes, and stretched out her hand to peel off the stupid paper talisman.

Several guards around made a startled sound.

"I'm not a monster." Hu Jiu finished speaking weakly, and suddenly realized that what he said was incorrect, and said again: "I'm not the monster you want to catch."

"Don't believe him! I saw him flying around the roof with my own eyes. It's not a monster! Hurry up and catch him, don't let him escape!"

Someone said: "Quickly use the rope to bind the monster! This monster is not even afraid of talisman paper!"

Hu Jiu thought to himself, just because you mortals with mortal bodies still have the rope to bind the demon?

So several people took out a yellow rope made of unknown material, and hurriedly tied up Hu Jiu from top to bottom.

Those people were really ruthless, and Hu Jiu let out an uncomfortable groan when he was strangled, but the other people thought that the demon rope had worked, so they tied it harder.

Someone tentatively kicked him, and Hu Jiu didn't bother to move. Anyway, these people probably wouldn't listen to what he said.

"Okay, okay, let's quickly carry this monster to the town hall, so that it won't take a while for Mr. Huo to take credit for his arrival."

"That's right, take it away."

Those people saw that Hu Jiu had no ability to resist at all, so two people came to set up Hu Jiu, one on the left and one on the right, and led him towards the town's office.

Everyone walked for a long time before returning to the county government office. At this time, Hu Jiu had almost recovered, but his legs were still a little weak, so when he entered the town government office, the people who supported him from left to right left, Hu Jiu Jiu Yi was unprepared and fell to the ground with a plop.

Moreover, the fall was straight, without even stretching out his hands to support the ground, because his whole body was tied up, Hu Jiu let out a foul breath, but luckily he fell not on the face.

He heard the guard next to him say: "My lord, that person has run away, that person can fly! He flew away!"

Another guard said again: "Fortunately, we have been searching along the road and finally caught a person. My lord, it is him. This person can also fly over the roof and walls, so he looks very suspicious. And he is the one in red who escaped from the back hall of the court. The man in the clothes, could he be a monster?"

Then a slightly majestic voice sounded: "Lin Daochang, this is that monster."

"Come, let me take a look." At this time, a Taoist priest came from the crowd, and the people around him looked respectful. With a dead peach branch stuck in it, he has the appearance of an ordinary old man, with small eyes, a big nose, and a goatee on his lips. He is wearing a long blue robe with a picture of the Eight Diagrams on his chest, and he has white and blue feet on his feet. Stripped cloth shoes, shaking the dust whisk solemnly in his hand.

Hu Jiu raised her head upon hearing the sound, and looked at the Taoist priest, who was also let out by the guards. The two looked at each other, and were shocked again for a moment.

☆, Taoist

"It's you!" Hu Jiu glared at the Taoist with an angry expression.

When the Taoist saw Hu Jiu, his beard almost stood on end in shock, and he turned around to run, but it was very difficult for the Taoist to run because he was surrounded by everyone.Hu Jiu's eyes widened, and suddenly he was full of strength. The rope that tied him was broken into several pieces by Hu Jiu in an instant. Hu Jiu jumped up and grabbed the Taoist by the collar. It's too late to dodge and be caught.

The surrounding guards didn't expect that Hu Jiu, who was bound by the demon rope, would suddenly attack. The room was in chaos for a while, and the mayor was beaten up by the guards, but he was still shocked by his face.

"Let go, let go!" Hu Jiu's ferocious expression scared the Taoist priest so much that he even threw his fly whisk, and violently broke Hu Jiu's hand that was holding onto his neckline.

"I warn you to struggle again