After being stunned for a moment, Chen Hai came to his senses and quickly invited Ye Cheng and others to the living room of the other courtyard.
"Brother Cheng, Qingqing and I are engaged. You don't even have time to go to Yangcheng. Why are you free today and come to my place?"
"Could it be that you want to send a few bodyguards and drivers to guard my yard?"
I poured a cup of hot tea for everyone in Yecheng.
Chen Hai glanced a few more times at the serious-looking soldiers who came with Ye Cheng.
He chuckled and joked to a few people.
Last year, in order to prevent his sister from having a private meeting with Chen Hai, Ye Cheng sent Tian Mingjian over to stay with Chen Hai all day long.
But now, Tian Ming has retired from the army and instead of serving the country, he has joined Chen Hai's command.
Ye Cheng became very resentful when he mentioned this matter.
He glared at Chen Hai fiercely and responded angrily: "You kid, kidnapping my sister doesn't count. I sent a subordinate to follow you. How long has passed but you have made him no longer even an officer?"
Are you determined to work for you?"
"I really don't know where you get your charm!"
"You and Qingqing have already decided to get married. I'm too lazy to care about you two anymore. If you want to take advantage of my subordinates, there's no way!"
While speaking, he had a strange look on his face and looked at Chen Hai for a while.
In terms of appearance, Ye Cheng felt that this boy Chen Hai was definitely not as good as him.
In terms of family background, there is a huge difference between Chen Hai and himself!
Ye Cheng really couldn't understand why his sister was so devoted to such a person.
"No one is sent to my side to help? Then forget it!"
Without comment, Chen Hai shrugged and said with a smile.
What he just said was just casual. If Ye Cheng nodded and sent some people over to follow him, it would only cause him trouble!
"Brother Cheng, did you come here today because you knew Qingqing was coming back, so you came here specifically to have a casual meal together?"
Glancing at Ye Cheng and then at the soldiers with him, Chen Hai pointed to the apron he had not yet taken off and said: "I have already cooked the rice, but as for the dishes, I only made one
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"It shouldn't take long for Qingqing to come back here."
"How about, Brother Cheng, you and these brothers sit in the living room first, and after I prepare the food, come over to accompany everyone..."
While speaking, he wiped the greasy hands on his apron.
No way, when Ye Cheng and the others came over, he was cutting pork and preparing to make braised pork.
He thought it was Qingqing who came back, but he never thought that it would be his uncle Ye Cheng who came.
When he came out, Chen Hai just rinsed his hands that had just grabbed the pork, but did not have time to wash them carefully.
"What are you cooking? We came here because we have business with you!" He gave Chen Hai a roll of his eyes, and Ye Cheng looked at each other with a few people around him.
After nodding, he continued: "You guy, I know you are capable and know some weird things."
"I just want to know if you can search for some kind of existence in the mountains and forests within a radius of dozens of miles..."
After Ye Cheng said these words, not only him, but also the serious-looking soldiers with him also cast their eyes on Chen Hai.
"What are you searching for? Fugitives?" Chen Hai asked smoothly after being slightly startled.
"It's not wrong to say that we are catching fugitives!" Ye Cheng nodded.
After a slight pause, he continued to add: "The fugitive we want to catch is a bit extraordinary."
"Whether it's infrared or thermal imaging, these auxiliary instruments can't scan the shadow of that thing at all."
"At night, he walked like flying through the mountains and forests. There were already two families nearby, and he wiped out all of them."
"Under the guise of an exercise, that mountain forest has been blocked by us."
"The bullets didn't seem to be much of a threat to him. Last night, that thing appeared again. Two of our soldiers died in his hands!"
"But when daytime came, we didn't know where he was hiding. Thousands of us searched the forest several times, but we couldn't find his shadow at all."
"We came here just to see if Chen Hai can find any traces of that thing during the day!"
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With a cautious look on his face, Ye Cheng told Chen Hai roughly what they had encountered.
To be honest, the thing he was talking about had already appeared before the Chinese New Year.
At the beginning, it was just a few nearby families whose chickens, ducks, pigs, and dogs were robbed and bitten to death in the livestock pens.
But at that time, the villagers didn't think much about it. They just thought that some ferocious beast was coming nearby.
It was not until later, after two families were wiped out, that the higher-ups began to pay attention to this matter.
Ye Cheng's army is a garrison in Kyoto.
If the matter wasn't too serious and out of control, they wouldn't have been dispatched at all to seal off the entire mountain forest.
"Brother Cheng, what does that thing you are talking about look like?"
"Some people have already lost their lives because of this. Logically speaking, when that thing appears, there should be witnesses, right?"
Chen Hai's brows also began to frown tightly.
If someone else came to him because of this matter, he probably wouldn't be interested in meddling in other people's business.
After all, although he has not yet determined what the thing Ye Cheng said is!
But just hearing what he said made Chen Hai feel troubled!
Although his soul is powerful now, his body is still a mortal body.
If he really encounters something difficult to deal with and he intervenes rashly, he may put himself in danger if he is not careful.
But now, it was his uncle Ye Cheng who found him.
Looking at the face of the monk rather than the face of the Buddha, Chen Hai could not ignore his request for help, even for the sake of his fiancée's sake.
"During the day, that thing doesn't appear. At night, the vision is blurry."
"Among our soldiers, most of those who have seen that thing appear are far away and can only see a black shadow."
"The soldiers who were closer saw the thing clearly, and at the same time, the thing had already pounced on them."
"In such a situation, it is impossible for our people to survive!"
With a bitter look on his face, Ye Cheng let out a long sigh.
He didn't even have time to attend his own sister's engagement party. The main reason was because he couldn't get away from that thing.
Although they only lost two soldiers last night, during the time they blocked the mountain forest, more than ten or twenty people died before and after them.
When that thing doesn't appear, there is no shadow at all.
We knew that he would come out at night, but there was no pattern at all in the time he came out.
Sometimes, he would appear only once every week or so, and sometimes, he would appear again every three or five days.
When the interval is the shortest, it is not impossible for him to suddenly appear after a day or two.
Faced with this situation, Ye Cheng and the others had nothing to do except sealing off the mountain forest so that the thing could not harm ordinary people.
As for artillery fire, completely destroying the dozens of miles of mountains and forests?
There was too much movement and the impact was a bit bad.
After all, that mountain forest was located near the outskirts of Kyoto, not in an uninhabited deep mountain forest.
This is a peaceful time, and if there is really a lot of artillery fire, it will easily lead to some panic.
No one is willing to give such an order until the end of the road is reached and no one is forced to do so.
"If that thing is really hidden in that mountain forest, with the help of divination, maybe I can figure out his approximate location."
"However, I still have no idea what that mountain forest looks like."
"If you want the results of my divination to be more accurate, I definitely need to go over there in person and take a good look!"
After frowning and thinking for a moment, Chen Hai spoke.
In his opinion, the reason why the thing hides during the day and comes out at night is most likely because he is afraid of the sun.
If this is the case, then the place where he hides during the day must be a place where Yin Qi gathers.
When it comes to such an obviously inhuman existence, will his divination skills be disturbed? And whether he can predict anything, he is actually not completely sure.
The reason why he proposed to visit that mountain forest was because he was thinking that the divination technique would be ineffective if it was interfered with.
Perhaps, he could use Kanyu Technique to check where the Yin Qi gathers in that area.
Of course, a gentleman does not stand behind a dangerous wall.
Knowing that his own body does not have much strength, he will definitely try his best to avoid letting his body get involved in dangerous situations.
"I knew that if you want to find out the whereabouts of that thing, Chen Hai, you must have a way!"
"If I hadn't been stationed in that mountain forest during this period, and I didn't know that you had returned to Kyoto, I would have come to you for help!"
"You are my soon-to-be brother-in-law, and I won't be polite to you. Come on, follow me to the mountain forest now!"
After hearing Chen Hai's words, everyone in Yecheng's eyes clearly lit up.
Without even giving him a chance to refuse, Ye Cheng pulled him and prepared to walk outside the courtyard.
"Brother Cheng, go over now, is it so urgent?"
"Your sister came back today, and the meal I specially prepared for her was only half done!" Chen Hai shouted with dissatisfaction on his face.
"Nonsense, human life is more important than heaven, can I not be anxious?"
"Although that thing appeared last night, who knows if he will appear again tonight."
"If we delay for one more day, maybe a few more people will die."
"Don't worry about my sister, I will explain it clearly to her!"
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Pulling Chen Hai and stuffing him into a military vehicle outside, Ye Cheng waved his hand and the vehicle started and sped forward.