Wutan County Magistrate Zhou Daohai was completely shocked. He circled around the huge leech corpse. The more he looked at it, the more frightening he felt. The leech's mouthparts were full of spiral teeth. If he was bitten, would he still be alive?
Wei Hao stepped forward and said: "Lord Zhou County, this is the monster, a leech spirit that has been incarnated for three hundred years. It calls itself 'General Huang', robs local people and raises them as livestock, and enjoys sucking human blood."
After saying that, Wei Hao turned around and bowed his hands to the crowd around him: "Local folks, if any of your family members have been kidnapped by monsters, please don't panic. Maybe your family members are still alive, and this monster feeds on human blood and feeds people."
In the cave crypt, for the purpose of sucking blood."
"Ah?! Treat humans as animals?!"
Zhou Daohai suddenly became furious, "I will definitely report it to the imperial court!!"
The local people in Wutan County were overjoyed when they heard that their missing family members might still be alive. Many people rushed to tell each other, lest anyone who was grieving did not know the good news.
In order to take their families back, many people in Wutan County came out with their young and old in tow, and followed Wei Hao to a small pond east of the Lake Temple.
This is where Lu'er said "General Huang" is hiding.
Although it is not a pool of stagnant water, it is still pitch black and there are some strange-shaped fish and shrimps in it, which are unappetizing to look at.
Everyone worked together to open the drainage outlet, and then they saw a cave entrance under the pool. Entering from the cave entrance, and walking forward for hundreds or dozens of steps, it suddenly became clear that a huge underground cave was right in front of them.
In the cave, people with ragged clothes and haggard spirits were all imprisoned in cages.
These cages were randomly tied together, and the people locked inside could only huddle together, unable to stretch their arms or legs.
Outside the cage, there are food troughs. Those food troughs are not natural. They are actually used by nearby villagers to raise pigs.
In the trough, there are mostly dead fish and rotten shrimps, and the people in the cages eat this to survive.
In addition, there are some monsters guarding them, most of them are lake shrimps and lake crabs. Although there are many in number, they are not big in size.
Wei Hao held the ancestral sword in his hand, spreading salt and cutting at the same time, but none of them could hit his opponent.
The people of Wutan County who followed Wei Hao in to save their relatives were stunned.
"My son!!!"
An old woman followed her in no matter what, walking forward with a stick, and unexpectedly saw her haggard son in a cage.
When the old man burst into tears, he used all his strength to smash open the cage.
"My benefactor, old woman..."
"Bah!"
Wei Hao shouted loudly, interrupting what the old woman was about to say, and shouted, "You old woman! If you kneel down to me, wouldn't it be an insult to me? I, Wei Hao, do not accept this courtesy!"
After saying this, Wei Hao said again, "When your son recovers, it will be best if you can help neighbors and help others!"
"Benevolent and righteous..."
The old woman kept sobbing, knowing that she had met a true gentleman, so she carried her son on her back, and then turned around with the help of a stick. No matter who helped, he would not listen.
She didn't want to lose her own son again.
For a while, there was a lot of crying in the cave, most of which were the emotions of finding something lost and surviving the disaster.
County magistrate Zhou Daohai was waiting at the edge of the small pool. When he saw people emerging from the pool one after another, he was immediately amazed: "Wei Jun is really a god!"
The crowd also burst into cheers, and even the demon slayer who followed them also sighed in dissatisfaction.
"What a Wei Xiangxiang, what a 'Red Hero Scholar'."
"Junior brother, what do you think of this person?"
"What a hero."
However, at this time, some people in the crowd slowly retreated, as if they were about to leave. A demon slayer was suddenly shocked and shouted: "There is a demon!!!"
Accompanied by a loud shout, the four demon slayers each held weapons, exactly four kinds of swords, spears, swords and halberds!
"Where to escape!"
One man threw a gun and went straight to the retreating people.
However, this throw was still a step too late. The man jumped up, plunged into the water, and turned into a yellow loach. He twisted his body and disappeared without a trace.
"To be able to transform into a human form here must be of great origin!"
There was a demon slayer who was very shocked. The county magistrate Zhou Daohai was here, and the national destiny, official destiny, and nobility were all controlled there. As a result, there were demons who took the form of monsters and mixed into the crowd. It can be seen that it had little impact on it.
Normally, this kind of person must be a big demon.
But the demon exterminators are all well-informed, and they only know that the Loach Spirit has a good background, but they don't say that it is a powerful demon.
"The spirit must have treasures on it to protect itself."
"Oh no, this loach spirit is observing secretly. He must have some plot. According to what the real person in Fucheng said, there was a powerful monster that appeared a while ago, and there are a lot of spirits under that monster's command."
"There have been many monsters recently. The real person in Fucheng also suspects that it is related to the big monster. He has informed the national master, but there is no news yet."
Because of the appearance of the loach spirit, the villagers were scared and scattered. Fortunately, the county master was here and maintained order.
When Wei Hao came out, Zhou Daohai quickly told him about the loach spirit mixed into the crowd, but at this time Zhou Daohai had no intention of letting Wei Hao continue to catch the monster.
"Elephant, there are so many monsters now. This county has decided to close the Jindu Pass and reopen the ferry after the imperial court sends people to catch the monsters."
Zhou Daohai first talked about his next arrangements, then thanked Wei Hao for his righteousness in exterminating monsters, and then persuaded Wei Hao not to be too impulsive and rush towards monsters as soon as he heard there were monsters. After all, it is difficult for two fists to defeat four hands. There are so many monsters now, it is impossible to deal with them.
Something is going to happen.
"Thank you, Mr. Zhou County, for reminding me. Originally, I was just on my way."
"That's good, that's good. Now that there are demon slayers in the city, and the people who were kidnapped have been rescued, it's more than enough to protect ourselves."
Seeing Wei Hao agree, Zhou Daohai breathed a sigh of relief. For a young man like this, he still wants to ask for credit, how could he just die so casually?
Back in the city, Yu Niang was not without worries: "My dear friend, the future is difficult and dangerous. I think it is better to be cautious. Why not wait a few days to get through Qiuwei first, and then it is not too late to go on the road again."
"What are you talking about? We will reach the East China Sea in two days, how can we give up halfway?" Wei Hao continued, "Most of the monsters here are from the water. We don't take a boat, but ride a horse, right? Zhou County
Ling Ke gave me a lot of money to buy two horses and I can reach the East China Sea in one day."
"But the loach spirit that appeared today..."
"It's still a water monster. Why are you afraid of it when it comes ashore?"
Wei Hao thought, if you, a loach spirit, dare to go ashore, wouldn't you just make a pot of "loach drill tofu"?
The loach spirit who pretended to be a villager during the day had already arrived at a water house, and then turned into a fish-headed man. He touched a waistband, knelt down half-kneeling outside the house door and shouted: "Report——"
"Report to your Majesty! Something has happened. General Huang was killed by a scholar from out of town!"
"What?!"
A low roar, the sound was deep and powerful, causing the waters to tumble, "What kind of scholar are you, how dare you kill my beloved general!!"