Chapter 112 The Officials Are Chasing
Chapter 112 The Officials Are Chasing
Or you can find a safe place for it to spend the winter, and not take it away for the time being. When the weather gets warmer and you're out of the wind, you can come back to find it?
She told Ning Ji about this idea, and he had no objection, because it was almost winter and it was indeed not suitable to carry it with him.
Momo seemed to understand and was a bit clingy, as if he didn't want to be separated from her.
Si He had no choice but to sit in the yard and coax it in a low voice, while Ning Ji was busy in the kitchen, occasionally glancing at the yard with a smile in his eyes.
Woohoo~
At this time, the sound of crying was heard outside again. It started again early in the morning, and the child was crying quite hard.
Si He glanced in the direction of the voice, then looked away and continued teasing Mo Mo.
The crying was intermittent, accompanied by hateful insults, as well as other people's dissuasion and scolding, making it noisy.
After breakfast, Ning Ji packed his things, rode his horse, and went out with her to the nearby mountains and forests to find some food.
Some people from the Bai Shi Sect were also hunting and picking wild fruits in the nearby mountains and forests. They would glance in the direction of Ning Ji and the other person from time to time, following them from a distance seemingly unintentionally.
At this time, there was some movement coming from the distant mountains and forests. It seemed that a lot of people were walking towards here. Judging from the sound, there were a lot of people.
Now, the people of Baishi faction were nervous.
They are all criminals wanted by the government, and they are afraid that the police are coming to catch up!
They quickly hid their bodies and looked in the direction of the sound.
Ning Ji and Si He also did the same, leading their horses and retreating behind a rock, staring at the mountains and forests over there from afar.
That direction leads to Liangjia Village, so it is possible that the villagers want to hunt down the murderous monster.
After a while, a group of villagers and a team of officials came into the mountains and conducted a large-scale search.
When the Baishi faction saw this, they thought it was the police chasing them, so they quickly hid their bodies and hurriedly took a detour back to the deserted village.
Ning Ji took Si He towards the back mountain of the village. They had everything they needed, so they just had to leave, no matter whether they were catching monsters or people.
The people from Baishi Sect saw Ning Ji and Si He riding away from afar and couldn't help but curse inwardly, but the situation was urgent now, so they could only go back and notify people.
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"Sir, the monster was hiding in this cave before, but later fled to the forest over there, so we didn't dare to chase it."
The village chief of Liangjia Village brought a team of officials to the cave and told them in detail what had happened the day before yesterday.
The group of villagers who followed were also talking about how terrifying the monster was.
"That monster looks terrifying! It's covered in scales, has a huge mouth and sharp teeth, and those eyes are even scarier. I wonder what kind of beast it is!"
"It looks like a pangolin monster to me. Its claws look sharp, long and thin!"
"Officers, you must catch this monster! Otherwise, it will bring disaster to our villagers again. It has already eaten two people!"
"Exactly. Who knows how many people it's eaten before! It's horrible! Luckily, there were more of us that day, so we scared it away!"
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The officers frowned tightly as they listened to their description, but the black-clad guards who followed them were very calm.
When they arrived at the cave, they didn't dare to go in rashly, fearing that the monster would come back again, so they stood outside vigilantly, and only the guard in black walked forward.
This guard in black was quite mysterious. He wore a mask that covered his features and a pair of black gloves on his hands. He said nothing along the way, but all the officers obeyed his orders and he was their leader.
When the officers saw him walk into the cave so boldly, they had no choice but to follow him with torches in hand.
In reality, they really didn't want to get involved in this sort of thing; it was thankless and dangerous. After all, this was a monster that had become a spirit in the deep mountains and old forests, and it was bound to be very troublesome. But when word reached the government office, it happened to be known to the Imperial Master, who dispatched the black-clad guards to capture the monster, leaving them with no choice but to accompany him.
There was no trace of the monster in the cave, only a rotten corpse, which was the body of a bandit.
Before, the villagers only collected the body of the dead fat boy, and ignored this strange body. At that time, they were in a hurry to escape from here, so who would care about other people's bodies?
The black-clad guard squatted down in front of the corpse and took a closer look.
The officer who followed in almost wanted to vomit when he saw it, but he tried his best to hold it back. It was really hard for the black-clad guard to be watching so seriously!
The corpse was badly eaten, with its abdomen hollowed out and the flesh on its legs eaten clean, revealing a white skeleton. The scene was horrifying.
The corpse had been there for two days. Normally, the weather was cool and the body shouldn't have been so rotten, but perhaps because there was the monster's saliva on the body, it had decayed badly and the smell was terrible.
Moreover, there were already many insects gnawing on the corpse, and it was so densely packed and disgusting.
The group of officials only stayed for a while before they could not help but leave the cave. This scene was really unbearable!
But the black-clad guards seemed oblivious to the smell and didn't notice anything unusual.
He looked at it for a while, then picked up a piece of blue-black scale remaining on the ground. After a while, he stood up and walked out of the cave.
The villagers of Liangjia Village never entered the cave from beginning to end. Firstly, they were afraid of danger. Secondly, they had seen the situation inside. It was too disgusting and too terrifying. They didn't want to go in again.
After the black-clad guards came out, they walked in the direction the villagers had indicated, looking for the monster. The officers and villagers had no choice but to follow them.
This direction is opposite to the deserted village, so the people in the deserted village have not been discovered for the time being. However, with their large-scale search, it is only a matter of time before they come to the deserted village.
At this moment, the people from Baishi faction hurried back and informed them to leave immediately, saying that the police were chasing them!
Helplessly, the group could only hurriedly pack up and leave. It was impossible to go out, so they could only go into the mountains. So, they also walked in the direction where Ning Ji and Si He left.
This is the forest in the back mountain. Some disciples of the Bai Shi Sect and Guo Yi and Liu Xi have been here before. At that time, people from several sects participated in suppressing the vengeful spirits.
"Senior Brother, how did Ning Ji and the others get here?" Liu Xi asked Guo Yi while helping them mount their horses.
Just now, the people from Baishi Sect said that Ning Ji and the others were going this way.
"Hmph~ This is the only safe side left. If not this way, where else can we go?" A disciple of Bai Shi Sect interrupted when he heard this.
Guo Yi didn't say anything. After getting on the horse, he looked towards the back mountain thoughtfully.
Now they still ride two to one horse. Firstly, there are not enough horses, and secondly, Xie Meng and Xie Ying are seriously injured. They cannot ride horses alone and can only be accompanied by Chen Jing and Liu Xi. Only Guo Yi rides a horse alone.
Guo Yi was missing one hand, and his injury had not yet healed, so it was very difficult for him to ride a horse alone, but there was no other way.
The people from the Bai Shi sect had been at odds with them for the past two days, so naturally they would not care about them. They were on the run, and bringing one more person would be a burden!
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