Chapter 119: In the Jar

About two hours later, everything was finally ready.

Seven hundred infantrymen, three hundred archers, and fifty yamen runners.

In addition, the Weapon Casting Hall also sent some personnel to provide support.

It is composed of the incense master Lv Peipei, who is known as the "Little Inch Power", and thirty Guanli realm warriors.

This was quite a big event! With so many people getting ready to go, it was enough to cause a sensation in the whole city.

In this way, the group set out in a mighty manner and quickly left the city while trying not to cause a huge commotion as much as possible.

The army marched non-stop and moved forward at a rapid pace.

On the way...

Fang Zhixing, Ding Zhigang, Luo Kezhao, Wen Yudong, and Lu Peipei, all five of them were squeezed into a carriage.

Not that they like to be huddled together.

no way.

Because it was extremely urgent, everyone was in a hurry. They didn't have time to discuss countermeasures and could only plan while they were on the road.

After all, the target they are hunting is a terrible monster, not an ordinary person like a wanted criminal.

Luo Kezhao's face was expressionless. He looked at everyone and asked, "Except for me and Chief Constable Ding, do you have any experience in hunting demons?"

Lu Peipei lowered her head slightly, her attitude respectful, and she replied seriously: "No, I have never encountered a demon in my life. But I have heard a few friends talk about demons, so I have some understanding of them."

Then, Fang Zhixing nodded and responded, "I have had an experience before. Although I have never come into close contact with a demon, I have participated in a hunt."

Luo Kezhao said "oh", a little surprised, and asked curiously: "How did you kill the demon? Did you let it run away?"

Fang Zhixing calmly replied, "My friends and I lured the villagers into a mining pit and caught the demon in a trap. After the demon was exposed, we killed it together."

"Well, it's not bad to catch a turtle in a jar."

Luo Kezhao made a neutral comment.

Then, he took out a map and spread it out in front of everyone, pointing to the location of Sancha Town, and said carefully: "Sancha Town got its name because three rivers converge here. The whole town is traversed by rivers, the waterways are complicated, and there are no high mountains around as natural barriers.

In such a geographical environment, demons lurk there, and it is almost impossible to catch them in a trap."

Fang Zhixing also noticed that Sancha Town felt a bit like Venice on the Sea.

Ding Zhigang nodded and said, "I discovered this problem when I was secretly investigating in Sancha Town.

To besiege Sancha Town, not only all land routes need to be blocked, but also all water routes need to be cut off.

To accomplish this, at least five thousand men are needed.

For us, this is an almost impossible task.

What's worse is that if the demon can dive or fly, then even if we successfully besiege Sancha Town, it will be meaningless."

Upon hearing this, Luo Kezhao immediately spread his hands and said, "That's why I said it all along. Just kill them all and put an end to it all."

After all this talk, this guy still wants to start a massacre. It seems that he has turned a deaf ear to his father's words.

Ding Zhigang couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "The Lord has given an order, we must find a way to protect Sancha Town."

Luo Kezhao seemed to be waiting for this sentence, and he said: "Okay, if you have any good ideas, just give it a try, I fully support it, but I have something to say.

If your method fails, and if the demon escapes in the end, I will not bear the blame."

After saying this, Luo Kezhao crossed his hands in front of his chest, leaned back, and looked at everyone coldly.

Ding Zhigang's face couldn't help but turn ugly. Luo Kezhao had a negative attitude, but he was the son of the county magistrate and could not be scolded or criticized.

If things go wrong, Luo Kezhao will most likely push him out to take the blame.

Ding Zhigang was anxious. He looked up and looked around. Suddenly he looked at Fang Zhixing and asked with a smile, "Brother, do you have any good ideas?"

Fang Zhixing asked back: "How did you deal with the black disaster before? Do you have a better rule?"

Ding Zhigang raised his hand and wiped his neck, sighing, "Basically, they were all killed."

Wen Yudong added: "Although this method is a bit cruel, it is very effective and can quickly force the demon to show up."

Fang Zhixing understood and asked, "Besides this method, the imperial court should have mastered some secret techniques to be able to rule the world stably.

For example, a way to quickly identify a demon from a crowd?"

Ding Zhigang smiled bitterly and replied: "The demons' specialty is to transform into humans, and their best skill is to hide in the crowd.

If the imperial court can find a way to solve this problem, then the demons will naturally not be a problem, and we won't have to mobilize so many troops."

Fang Zhixing was speechless. It turned out that the imperial court was also helpless against the demon.

Once a demon appears, the only measure the court can take is to kill, kill, kill!

Just like the operation of removing cancer cells, the lesion and a large piece of flesh around it are removed, and it is better to kill by mistake than to let it go.

In such a comparison, Fang Zhixing felt that the imperial court was not as good as Master Yun Xin and Feng Guangyi and his wife, the latter of whom were obviously more professional.

"Maybe, I have a solution."

Suddenly, Lu Peipei spoke.

Everyone looked at her with anticipation on their faces.

Lu Peipei was silent for a moment, then said seriously, "Since demons like to eat humans so much, especially when they are hungry, they can't even control their animal nature.

So, my idea is, we could bring in some condemned prisoners and go fishing.”

Ding Zhigang frowned, thought for a moment, and asked, "How do you fish? The demons are not fools, they won't be fooled easily."

Lu Peipei smiled and said, "It's divided into three steps."

“The first step is to spread the news after we arrive at Sancha Town that a group of death row prisoners are going to be executed.

The second step was to execute a few prisoners in public and dump their bodies in a mass grave outside the town.

The third step is to ambush near the mass graves and wait for the demons to come and look for food."

Ding Zhigang suddenly realized and asked, "Do you think this is feasible?"

Wen Yudong shook his head and said, "Not so good. The demons may not come out to eat the corpse."

Lu Peipei said, "That's easy. As long as we show up and pretend to investigate the missing persons case, the demon will be afraid to kill and eat people again under pressure, and it will only eat the corpses."

Wen Yudong retorted: "If we do this, it might scare the demons away."

Lu Peipei laughed and said, "Although I have never hunted demons, I have heard people talk about some of the habits of demons many times.

For example, demons, like strange beasts, have a strong sense of territory. Once they start hunting in a certain place, they will never leave easily until they are full, right?"

Wen Yudong still refuted: "That being said, nothing is absolute."

Lu Peipei said with a click of the tongue: "This won't work, and that won't work either. Are you deliberately arguing with me, or do you have a better idea?"

Wen Yudong said coldly: "I don't mean anything else, I'm just talking about the facts."

Ding Zhigang said: "Everyone wants to eliminate the demons, so it is a good thing to pool ideas.

Well, since we can't think of a better way right now, why don't we try Master Lu's method first?"

Luo Kezhao finally spoke again: "What if this method doesn't work?"

“Ah, this…”

Ding Zhigang smiled bitterly and said, "If the operation fails, everything will be decided by the Second Young Master."

Luo Kezhao immediately turned to Fang Zhixing and asked expressionlessly, "What did you say?"

Fang Zhixing immediately responded: "I fully support the Second Young Master."

"good!"

Luo Kezhao smiled contentedly. What he wanted was to have complete control over the power of life and death.

Afterwards, everyone discussed the details of every specific action of the plan.

Before they knew it, they arrived at a pavilion ten miles away from Sancha Town.

Luo Shixian, the head of Sancha Town, had been waiting at the pavilion for a long time.

However, this Luo Shixian is an old man with a white beard. He is in his seventies or eighties, has lost all his teeth, walks unsteadily, and speaks incoherently.

The person responsible for greeting was Luo Shixian's concubine, the third aunt.

This woman was only in her thirties, in the prime of her life, and exuding the aura of a mature woman. She looked very much like Wang Xifeng in Dream of the Red Chamber, and had the demeanor of a person in charge of a family.

The Third Aunt bowed and said with a graceful smile, "Welcome to Lord Luo, the commander of the infantry, and all the others."

Luo Kezhao looked at the Third Aunt carefully and said with a smile: "In terms of seniority, I should call you Third Grandma."

The Third Aunt covered her mouth and laughed, "Don't call me that, otherwise, everyone will mistakenly think I'm old."

"Hahaha!"

Luo Kezhao laughed heartily, "Okay, then I'll be bolder and call you Third Sister, how about that?"

The Third Aunt smiled with satisfaction and said, "That's great, let's discuss our own affairs."

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Luo Kezhao nodded, and then he told the plan they had discussed on the way.

After hearing this, the third aunt's eyes rolled around twice quickly.

This plan has only two possible outcomes: one is that the demon is exposed and killed, and the other is that the demon escapes from Sancha Town.

No matter which one it is, it is a good result for Sancha Town.

So, she quickly made a decision and nodded, "Okay, I will fully cooperate with you."

Immediately afterwards, Luo Kezhao stationed all the infantry and archers in the woods two miles outside the town.

Afterwards, the group entered Sancha Town.

Fang Zhixing looked around and saw that the town was indeed filled with rivers.

There are buildings with green tiles and white walls on both sides of the river.

There are many small boats rowing on the river.

The third aunt called for a few small boats, boarded them, and took them for a leisurely stroll around the town.

In a blink of an eye, night falls.

"If you don't have any other instructions, I will start executing according to your plan." The third aunt asked cautiously.

Luo Kezhao responded: "We have discussed this plan repeatedly, just follow it."

The Third Aunt calmed down and immediately called the servants, saying, "Pass on the order from the village head. In view of the disappearances in the town, we have invited experts from the county to investigate. From now on, everyone must stay at home and not go out. Anyone who goes out will be treated as a traitor."

The servant did so immediately.

Ding Zhigang led a group of yamen runners to cooperate, beating gongs and drums in the streets and declaring martial law.

Soon, pedestrians on the road went home and closed their doors.

Then, every hour, a group of yamen runners searched house by house and counted the number of people.

In this situation, if someone is missing from someone's house, it must be that they were eaten by demons.

It took a whole night.

The next day came in a flash, and the noise continued.

This lasted for three days! He was putting pressure on the demon and also starving it.

During these three days, except for Ding Zhigang who was extremely busy, everyone else was very free.

Fang Zhixing was bored, so to kill time, he went to a teahouse to leisurely drink tea and listen to some music.

The thin dog ran over and said, "Guess what I just saw?"

Fang Zhixing squinted and said, "Haven't you been following that Third Aunt these days? What's wrong? Did I lose?"

The thin dog laughed and said, "You lose, I win!"

Three days ago, Xigou discovered that when Luo Kezhao saw the Third Aunt, he looked at her straight chest with lustful eyes.

So he made a bet with Fang Zhixing.

Sure enough, in less than three days, Luo Kezhao and the third aunt started hooking up, and they were attracted to each other.

"Luo Kezhao and the third aunt went out shopping and entered a silk shop. They hid behind a curtain. I saw with my own eyes that Luo Kezhao reached out and touched the third aunt's buttocks. The third aunt not only did not resist, but also looked like she was enjoying it."

The description of Xigou is very detailed.

Fang Zhixing was speechless and said, "You really have so much free time. Why do you care about that couple?"

Xigou said proudly: "This shows that my vision of women is still very accurate.

To be honest, for a slut like Third Aunt, I could see through her inner desires at a glance."

At this point, Xigou chuckled and said, "If you had taken the lead, the Third Aunt would have thrown herself at you, but it's a pity that you didn't listen to my advice."

Fang Zhixing snorted coldly: "What kind of women can be touched and what kind of women can't be touched, don't you have any idea in your mind? Even if the Third Aunt seduces me, I won't..."

Suddenly, Fang Zhixing stopped, looked out the window, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

The thin dog was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's wrong?"

Fang Zhixing replied: "I seemed to see an acquaintance walking quickly into that alley."

The thin dog blinked and asked, "Who is it? Is there anyone you know in Sancha Town?"

Fang Zhixing groaned and said, "It seems to be Sun Gongchang."

Xigou was surprised and said, "When Master Luo Xiangpeng encountered the water monster, he chose to run away without hesitation and abandoned Luo Xiangpeng."

"Yes, that's him!"

Fang Zhixing nodded. "Although I only had a quick glance, I saw that person's profile, and he really looked like Sun Gongchang."

The thin dog asked, "Do you want to catch up and see?"

Fang Zhixing was silent for a moment, picked up the small dog, jumped directly from the upstairs, and slipped into the alley.

However, the alley was empty, without a single ghost in sight.

A man and a dog walked forward.

There is a fork ahead, with several alleys.

The dog sniffed around but didn't smell anything special.

Seeing this situation, Fang Zhixing had no choice but to give up.

On the morning of the fourth day, Ding Zhigang brought five prisoners to the vegetable market.

In front of all the people, he publicly announced: "My fellow villagers, these five people have committed crimes and are unforgivable. They must be executed immediately! After they are killed, their bodies will be thrown into the mass grave outside the town. Let them lie exposed in the wilderness to serve as a warning to others!"

The five men had rags stuffed in their mouths and cried out for justice.

In fact, they were really innocent. They were all ruffians in the town. They ran out and wandered around during the martial law, were caught, and used as bait.

Puff, puff, puff…

With a wave of his hand and a slash of his knife, five heads rolled to the ground.

Then, a carriage came into view and took away five bodies.

As the carriage moved along, blood was spilled all over the place.

Fang Zhixing and others watched this scene.

This is exactly the effect they wanted.

The demon, who has been hungry for three days, will most likely not be able to hold back under the stimulation of the smell of blood.

(End of this chapter)