Chapter 38 The Bean-Scattering Fairy VS Zhuge the Female Middle School
Xu Chong's first destination was the inn at the intersection when he arrived.
As long as they get there, the tiger servant will definitely be able to smell the scent they left behind.
Even if these horse dealers have magic to cover up the smell, there will always be traces of horse hooves on the road, right?
If these horse dealers are really demons who are proficient in the art of making animals, Xu Chong has reason to wonder whether their horses and livestock may have been transformed by the missing women and children?
Probably!
Otherwise, with so many people missing, there is no reason why their bodies cannot be found.
Only by turning all those women and children into animals can these monsters take them on the road without anyone noticing.
He still clearly remembers what the girl said just now in the backyard of the county government office.
The beggar she met at that time was probably an accomplice of that group of horse dealers, or perhaps one of them.
Proficient in illusion and animal creation.
The main factor that caused those children to hallucinate was probably the black and white civet cat.
Because the girl once said that all the illusions disappeared only when she finally heard her yellow dog chasing and biting the civet cat.
Therefore, when you catch up with those monsters later, you must be especially careful about that civet cat.
The sky is gradually getting brighter, and there is diffuse morning fog everywhere.
The white tiger was like a bolt of lightning, jumping and running rapidly.
Xu Chong lay on the tiger's back, his body rising and falling constantly, and he held on to the tiger's fur tightly to prevent himself from falling off.
The scenery on both sides quickly passed before my eyes.
The wind was whistling in his ears. To be honest, the early morning wind and mist were quite cold on his body, especially Xu Chong's face and ears, as if they were being stabbed with knives.
"In the future, when the weather is cold, when riding a tiger on a long journey, you must wear a windproof dog-skin hat. If you continue like this, your ears will sooner or later develop frostbite..."
Since the white tiger advanced, it feels like it has become larger and faster than before.
Xu Chong lay on the back of the tiger running at high speed, not daring to raise his head at all.
According to estimates, the current running speed of the White Tiger is at least 50 kilometers per hour, but I don’t know what its endurance is?
In just half an hour, Xu Chong saw the crossroads ahead and the inn.
An inn like this one specializes in catering to passers-by, so there is no closing time.
At this moment, there was no one in the lobby.
The waiter who was keeping watch all night was dozing off on the table.
There was only a loud bang, and the half-open door was knocked open.
Xu Chong rode the white tiger directly and rushed into the inn lobby with a ferocious look.
The waiter who was awakened was so frightened when he saw the scene in front of him that he trembled with fear on the spot.
"Xiaoer, you should recognize me, I was here last night."
Xu Chong didn't waste any time and asked directly: "Last night at 3:30, when we were just serving wine and food, a group of horse dealers came into the shop, five men and one woman. Have they left?"
The waiter tried hard to recall and said timidly: "They left long ago."
"When did you leave?"
"Not long after the three uncles left the store, they left in a hurry."
Xu Chong's face darkened and he asked again: "Which way did they go? How many horses and animals did they bring?"
The waiter thought carefully and said: "The road on the left, these horse dealers are taking the main road leading to the outside of the pass. The six of them seem to... seem to have brought dozens of horses, large and small.
...I really don’t know the exact amount, because I am responsible for running the hall and leading the horses, and it is not under my control..."
After finding out more about it, Xu Chong immediately left on the white tiger.
The pale-faced waiter was left wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.
After rushing out of the inn, Xu Chong looked at the road on the left at the intersection and asked Hu Pu: "Six people and dozens of horses, can we follow them?"
The tiger servant said proudly: "Yes!"
"Then chase!"
"Yes, Immortal Lord..."
After finding the correct route, one man and one tiger chased forward.
As for the group of horse dealers, if they were just suspicious before, it is now basically certain that they must be related to the case of missing women and children.
Under normal circumstances, no one would choose to travel at night.
And it’s still such a rush!
Obviously, he just glanced at the freckled woman's civet, which aroused their vigilance. He had just left the inn last night, and they left shortly after.
"He is traveling all night, in such a hurry, and going straight to the main road outside the pass. Could it be that... these monsters want to leave the Tang Dynasty overnight?"
"If we really let them out of the confinement, they will really disappear!"
Thinking of this, Xu Chong felt a little anxious and kept urging: "Tiger servant, run faster!"
"Immortal Lord, sit still..."
The sky is bright and the sun is rising.
After leaving the inn, the white tiger carried Xu Chong on his back and ran for more than eighty miles in one breath. He was so tired that he was panting.
Since the group of horse dealers traveled at night, they left fresh footprints that were easy to trace. If it were during the day, there would be more traffic between horses and carriages, so it would really be impossible to trace them.
Suddenly, the white tiger that was tracking forward stopped.
"Immortal Lord, the horse hoof prints on the ground have disappeared after reaching this point."
"Disappeared?"
Xu Chong frowned, raised his head and looked around.
I found that there was a flat wilderness on both sides of the road. The wilderness was covered with endless yellow weeds. A gust of wind blew and the entire wilderness made a rustling sound.
The master and servant searched near the road for a while, and soon found the trace.
After the gang of horse dealers arrived here, they suddenly left the main road and went directly into the wild grass and wasteland on the left side of the road.
Seeing this scene, Xu Chong said in a deep voice: "Let's continue chasing!"
Soon, the white tiger carried the Immortal Lord on his back and got into the withered and lush wilderness.
Following the fresh footprints on the ground, I followed for less than ten miles.
At this time, a wide river appeared on the right front.
Xu Chong secretly felt something bad, and thought to himself, these monsters could not have escaped by water, right? But they couldn't be so fast?
Sudden,
At this moment.
The white tiger's ears suddenly stood up, and he whispered: "Immortal Lord, there is something abnormal ahead. It seems that someone is hiding in the grass."
Hearing this, Xu Chong couldn't help but feel shocked.
"It seems like they haven't escaped yet, and I'm still chasing them!"
He raised his head and looked forward. Everything in his sight was covered with withered yellow weeds as tall as a person. It was impossible to tell where they were hiding.
"Tiger servant, where are they hiding?"
Bai Hu whispered: "On the left front, thirty feet away, I just saw clearly that the civet cat jumped down from the top of the grass."
Since the tiger servant said there was something abnormal, it must be right.
"These guys have been running all night. They probably can't run anymore. They sensed that we were following us and wanted to hide and ambush us."
"Playing an ambush with me, the Bean Spreader? You are still a little green!"
"I will come directly to catch the turtle in the urn today!"
Thinking of this, Xu Chong immediately threw out a few handfuls of mung beans, and after saying a chant, more than six hundred soldiers in green clothes with swords and shields appeared out of thin air in the nearby wilderness.
Xu Chong directly ordered them: "The enemy is hiding thirty feet ahead on the left. You are divided into two teams. One team goes to the left to outflank, and the other team goes to the right. You must surround all the enemies. If anyone resists and wants to break out, directly
Cut him to death!"
"Give them all to me..."
Xu Chong gave an order, and hundreds of sword and shield soldiers dispersed with murderous intent, like two long snakes, one on the left and one on the right, moving towards the target area like a tide to surround and encircle them.
For the sake of safety, Xu Chong scattered a small handful of mung beans and summoned dozens of sword and shield soldiers to protect him in the middle. Then he followed Bai Hu and moved forward lightly.
……………………
In a thick patch of grass.
The freckled woman and five strong men chose the location for the ambush. She held her breath and half-crouched on the ground, motionless.
All of them showed their cold blades and were ready to attack.
As long as one person and one tiger entered the ambush and killing array they designed, they would be seriously injured even if they were not dead.
Behind them, dozens of horses lay tightly on the ground, making no sound at all and being surprisingly quiet.
The freckled woman listened for a moment, then raised the corners of her mouth slightly, revealing a sinister sneer, "A mere brat who is not even in the Qi Gathering realm dares to follow him alone. He really doesn't know how to live or die."
A man with yellow teeth squatting next to her said: "Shopkeeper, although that boy has no strength, the white tiger under his crotch is fierce and tight."
The freckled woman said disdainfully: "So what? When the five of you join forces and use the Five Killing Gang Formation, you can definitely seriously injure the white tiger. As for that hairy boy, my aunt will deal with him personally. As long as the boy is subdued,
Isn’t Bai Hu still at my mercy?”
"Shopkeeper, they seem to have stopped. Have they noticed us?"
"It's impossible. We were separated by tens of feet and we swallowed windbreak pills. The smell on our bodies was covered, and even the hounds couldn't detect it. It's even more impossible for them."
suddenly.
Everyone only heard bursts of rustling sounds coming from the surrounding grass, and faintly, there seemed to be bursts of rushing footsteps.
As the sound of running footsteps became louder and closer, the five strong men in the ambush faintly sensed something was wrong.
Then they all looked at the freckled woman.
"Shopkeeper, did you hear that? It seems that a large number of people are surrounding me?"
"The situation is not good, shopkeeper, let's run away quickly? Otherwise, we won't be able to explain to our boss!"
"We're getting closer. There's still a gap behind us. Let's break out of there before it's too late..."
"Shut up, auntie!"
The freckled woman sneered: "We have just investigated, and we are just one person and one tiger. How can there be a large group of people? If there is, can it escape the eyes of my cat?"
After saying that, she lovingly touched the cat's head inside the skin. The civet seemed to enjoy it and rubbed it against her hand with its eyes closed.
At this time, a strong man with a steady personality couldn't help but said: "Shopkeeper, something is really wrong this time. Why don't you listen carefully?"
The freckled woman frowned slightly, listened attentively for a moment, and sneered again: "It turns out it's an illusion created by all the plants and trees!"
"All trees and grass are soldiers?" The five strong men looked confused.
The freckled woman said extremely arrogantly: "I have heard that all the disciples of Jiangbei Qingyun Sect are proficient in one trick [Every tree and plant is a soldier]. This is a trick to confuse the enemy. I actually underestimated that young boy. It turns out that he is Jiangbei Qingyun."
A disciple of the sect, this move is like a weapon, and it’s hard to tell whether it’s true or false when he performs it, it’s really clever.”
"Shopkeeper, what do you mean, that boy suspected us of ambush? So he used this trick to deceive us?"
"I see. Fortunately, the shopkeeper is well-informed. Otherwise, we almost fell into the trap."
"This guy is so insidious. He probably wants to break our ambush with the help of soldiers in the grass and trees, and then he will use the white tigers to attack us one by one."
"The shopkeeper is worthy of being a shopkeeper. He has more experience in facing the enemy in battle than we do. No wonder he is trusted by his employer."
Facing everyone's compliments, the freckled woman took great advantage of her. She proudly said, "You guys are too young and don't know the dangers of the world. You can learn from my aunt in the future."
"What the shopkeeper said is absolutely..."
All the strong men nodded in agreement, and even two of them, who had always been unconvinced by her, had admiration in their eyes.
At this time, the movement around the wilderness became louder and louder, forming an encirclement.
"Shopkeeper, it's strange that this guy's grass and trees are so busy. It has lasted for such a long time, and the noise is getting louder and louder."
The freckled woman snorted coldly: "No matter how wind blows from the southeast to the northwest, I will remain unchanged to cope with all changes!"
Having said this, she looked down at the civet in the skin and said calmly: "A cat versus a mouse is about who is more patient and who can keep calm!"
Such an understatement shocked the hearts of the five strong men: "Brilliant! Really brilliant!!"