In the corridor of the White Mansion Garden, everyone sat together and discussed the case.

It was pouring rain outside, and in the lotus pond, Yao Yao was parading around the manor with a large group of koi carp.

Zhan Zhao and the others gathered in a large pavilion in the middle of the corridor, sitting or standing, drinking tea, and discussing various possibilities for this strange disappearance.

In the past, Zhan Zhao and the others would often gather in Kaifeng Mansion to discuss the case like this. The so-called brainstorming, everyone chatted, and clues came out.

The addition of Zhao Zhen adds a different perspective to this discussion. Zhao Zhen seems to have an innate talent for seeing through the appearance of things.

The shadow guards who were sent to inquire about the news came back again and again to report. Sure enough, in just one rain, this strange collective disappearance had almost spread throughout the city.

As the incident unfolded, rumors also followed, and various incidents related to sightings of the mountain god were spread.

In the afternoon, the rain finally stopped. Yao Tingyuan gathered 300 government officials, more than 200 hunting hunters from nearby villagers, and several guides. They were divided into ten groups and entered the mountain in a mighty manner.

The mountainous area was quite muddy after the rain. After everyone entered the mountain, they all shouted loudly, hoping to find the hundreds of people who had mysteriously disappeared.

But from afternoon to evening, there was still no news.

Before dark, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang came to the official road outside the mountain.

A temporary tea shed has been set up here to rest, and many mud-covered government officials are taking a break from their shifts.

Yao Tingyuan stood on the edge of the mountain, frowning and looking at the light of torches in the forest, thinking.

Zhan Zhao walked up to him and asked him how he was doing.

Yao Tingyuan frowned and shook his head, "It's all evil. Let alone hundreds of living people, even hundreds of pigs, it's impossible to kill them all in a few hours, right? Those hundreds of bodies

It took several days to dig a hole and bury the corpse...how could there be no movement at all?

Zhan Zhao motioned to Yao Tingyuan to take a step to speak.

The two of them walked to a relatively quiet place nearby, and Zhan Zhao whispered their speculations to Yao Tingyuan.

The Lord Magistrate frowned and thought for a while, then nodded, "That makes sense!"

After all, Yao Tingyuan was born in the military camp, and his temper is quite explosive. It is unreasonable to say this. Isn't this a waste of people's energy? What if something happens to the mountain search team who goes into the mountain to find them?!

Zhan Zhao patted him and told him not to get angry. Wasn't it because the mountain god hadn't appeared yet? It was just a guess...

But before Zhan Zhao finished speaking, he heard a commotion in the mountains. Many government officials on the mountainside also ran into the mountains. They vaguely heard someone shouting, "The mountain god! The mountain god has appeared!"

Bai Yutang on the mountainside looked back at Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao and Yao Tingyuan ran over quickly.

On one side of the mountain, many villagers and government officials were kneeling to the mountain to worship.

Zhan Zhao raised his face and saw a very bright white light spot on the top of the mountain. There seemed to be a person standing in the light, but it was too far away to see clearly.

Zhan Zhao jumped up the tree, jumped a few times, and rushed towards the top of the mountain.

But when he arrived, the mountain god had disappeared.

There was nothing unusual on the top of the mountain. Zhan Zhao lowered his head and searched carefully, and found some dead grass on the ground, which seemed to be burnt.

And there was some white powder on a bush.

Zhan Zhao took out some small oil paper bags that Gongsun had prepared for them, picked up some dry grass and white powder with tweezers, put them into two bags, and carefully put them away.

Bai Yutang and Yao Tingyuan also came up.

Yao Tingyuan found the villagers closest to the top of the mountain and asked them what happened.

But the mountain people were frightened one by one and all they could do was shout "Mountain God".

A few government officials were relatively calm and said that the mountain god suddenly appeared just now and talked to them.

"What did he say?" Bai Yutang was curious.

"He said that those people had violated taboos and had been left by him in the Mountain God Palace as slaves."

Yao Tingyuan frowned when he heard this, but he looked up at Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang and saw them looking down the mountain.

Yao Tingyuan also looked back. At this time, a large number of mountain residents and government officials gathered on the mountainside, and everyone was discussing the matter of the mountain god.

The villagers had put down their things and ran down the mountain one after another. They said they would be arrested if they offended the mountain god, so they would never go near Kuaiji Mountain again.

The government officials also looked at Yao Tingyuan with some worry - that was all before seeing the ghosts and gods. Just now, such a big mountain god saw it really clearly, and lost hundreds of living people at once. Who can not be afraid?

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other - it seemed that their guess was correct, but unfortunately the mountain god was quite cautious and was too far away to catch him.

But in fact, before going out, the Demon King also gave Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang some advice, saying that even if there was a chance, it would be best not to capture the mountain god and see what he wanted to do.

Seeing the government officials and villagers running out in panic, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang frowned - could it be that the purpose of this mountain god is to keep people away from Kuaiji Mountain? But there are not many people coming in and out of this mountain on weekdays...

Soon, it got dark and it started raining again.

Yao Tingyuan asked the search team to disband and go home first, and the government officials also followed him back to the government office.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang returned to Bai Mansion and happened to meet Lin Yehuo and Zou Liang coming back from the street.

The two of them had just gone on the street to inquire for a while, and more than a dozen different versions of the rumor had spread. But in the final analysis, those people disappeared because they offended the mountain god by entering the mountain without permission, and were detained in the mountain god palace and made slaves.

Everyone has a premonition that the rumors may be more serious tomorrow.

"In this way, it feels like the Mountain God Palace has changed from a mysterious sect to a being with the power of gods and ghosts..." Gongsun felt that the rumor seemed to be going in a wrong direction.

"Oh, this is an old routine." Tianzun shook his head, "In a few days, Shanshen Palace will probably be declared a public enemy of the martial arts world, and maybe a few stupid martial arts sects will come in after a while.

I went to the Mountain God Palace to eradicate the martial arts evil, but I ended up falling into a trap, and maybe even killed some people."

Yin Hou nodded in agreement, "The cycle of death can never be broken. Those gangsters just do whatever they can't do, and they want to be the first to die."

After the old men finished complaining, they went back to their rooms to rest.

…

At night.

In Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao's room.

On a large velvet cushion in the middle of the room, Yaoyao was rolled up in a circle and yawning.

Xiao Wu was on Zhan Zhao's bed, holding the window open and looking out.

Zhan Zhao went over and touched it, and Xiao Wu's nose was wet from the rain.

Zhan Zhao touched his big round head and looked out the window.

Opposite is Ouyang's room.

Yinxue and Jinye are both in Ouyang's room, probably already asleep.

Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand to close the window, and Xiao Wu pushed it with his paw, and the window opened again.

Bai Yutang laughed, "It's quite infatuated."

Zhan Zhao sat cross-legged on the bed, hugged Xiao Wu and wiped the rain from his face, "Look at you, don't just wait here, what's the use of staring at it every day? Is there any actual progress?"

Xiao Wu swung his tail and put his big head on Zhan Zhao's chest to act coquettishly.

Zhan Zhao sighed, rubbed his belly, and asked Bai Yutang, "What should I do? The stupid kid can't do anything!"

Bai Yutang also came over, leaned against the end of the bed, reached out and grabbed Xiao Wu's tail and played with it, as if he was thinking about something.

Zhan Zhao moved Xiao Wu aside, turned over, came to Bai Yutang, sat down next to him, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Huh?" Bai Yutang looked at him.

Zhan Zhao narrowed his eyes slightly and reached out to take Xiao Wu's tail in his hand, "Have you seen that mountain god before?"

Zhan Zhao's words stunned Bai Yutang.

Fifth Master looked at Zhan Zhao with some surprise.

Zhan Zhao raised his arm to touch him and said with a smile, "Can I not tell if you are worried? Ever since you heard Wu Damao describe the mountain god in the Yamen just now, you have been worried."

Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao funny, "Don't you all say that I have facial paralysis? How can you tell?"

Zhan Zhao reached out and pinched both sides of his cheeks, "Your face is paralyzed! Are you a bit introverted?"

Fifth Master grabbed his hand and brushed the tiger hair from his face.

But it turns out that Zhan Zhao still understands Master Wu.

Bai Yutang nodded and said, "I'm quite concerned about one thing."

"What?" Zhan Zhao took a pillow to lean on, chose a more comfortable position, and prepared to analyze it for Bai Yutang.

"You just saw through Wu Damao that Fei Wu also called the white-light man Mountain God at first, but then said, 'You are not, you are...'" Bai Yutang said, "It means that Fei Wu realized that he had made a mistake. This luminous man

It’s not a mountain god! Right?”

Zhan Zhao nodded, "Yeah."

When the fifth master said this, he started to think about it.

Zhan Zhao took Xiao Wu's tail and poked Bai Yutang in the face, "Keep going!"

Master Wu rubbed his face again, stretched out his hand and pulled Xiao Wu's tail to study, "Why is she losing so much hair? Is she bald?"

Zhan Zhao held up Xiao Wu's big head and showed it to Mr. Wu, "Look at the amount of hair our Xiao Wu has! How can he be bald!"
To be continued...