Chapter 454 Clues in the Dense Forest

It was amazing that it could fly backwards in this situation.

He Lingchuan was annoyed and threw three flying knives.

The crow leader dodged nimbly and avoided two of the knives, but was stabbed in the wing by the third knife, and was nailed to the wall with a "snap" sound!

The crows outside the window were noisy, and the dozen crows wanted to break through the window to rescue the leader.

However, a nimble figure climbed over the wall from outside, spread its wings, and took the crows with its steel claws.

The natural enemy is here.

The crows were horrified and fled in all directions.

He Lingchuan opened the window again, and the goshawk folded its wings and turned over, and easily got in from the bottom of the window.

It stood on the shelf, only one foot away from the crow leader, and its steel beak could pierce its head with a stretch.

And it seemed willing to do so.

He Lingchuan didn't care how noisy the crows outside were. He just said to the crow leader: "Now, can you give me another price?"

"No, no!" The crow leader was unwilling to give up. Seeing the eagle's beak next to him, he was also frightened. "I'll tell you!"

It croaked twice, and the crows outside calmed down. They fell down from the trees one after another and stopped being restless.

It took He Lingchuan less than ten breaths to deal with this group of crows. It was very efficient.

"About five or six days ago, my children found many remains in the mountains and forests, some human and some beasts." The crow leader said, "Or maybe it was a monster."

"You know, it's not strange to find human or monster remains alone. It's strange when they are mixed together." It continued, "There are a few wind drill beasts in it."

"Where is it?"

"Zhitian Township, thirty-two miles away." The crow leader tilted his head. "Originally, they were all buried, but it seems that wild dogs dug them out again. Because there are dog paw prints in the nearby soil."

"Can you lead the way?"

"Sure. ”

He Lingchuan pulled out the flying knife and asked it again: "Since you have this clue, why don't you report it to the government, but instead sit and watch Wang Mazi die?"

"Who would push away the meat that is about to be eaten?" The crow leader flapped his wings and felt that he could still fly, "Besides, the government... hehe!"

It sneered: "Xiao Qi also disappeared half a year ago. We went to report to the government, but the county magistrate has not given a response until now. They only help humans and never care about our lives!"

There is a special official position in the county of Beijia Country, called the county magistrate, who specializes in handling monster affairs, including complaints, accusations, etc.

The county magistrate is a monster himself, so he can empathize with others.

"You have a companion here too, who disappeared half a year ago?" He Lingchuan's eyes moved slightly, "Has he become a demon?"

"It has become a demon." The crow leader answered truthfully, "It was thanks to the Emperor Liujiang at the end of last year."

"The Emperor Liujiang has become a death warrant." He Lingchuan hummed, "These guys specialize in catching demons. If they are not eliminated, you will all be in danger."

This is the land of demons, and there are actually people who are so bold as to dare to catch demons here?

Once exposed, it is a death sentence.

"Specialize in catching demons?" The crow leader flapped his wings, "Don't lie to me, don't they also eat people?"

This guy is really hard to fool. He Lingchuan did not argue with it and changed the subject: "Lead me and be my spy. As a reward, you can receive 100 kilograms of fresh beef and mutton and 30 Baoling Pills every month, which will be supplied for a year."

If this was said before the action, the crow leader would only laugh at his wishful thinking; but now, it thinks that this condition seems to be quite good. In winter, when food is scarce, there is fresh beef and mutton to eat. There is no need to dig snow to find food, no need to peck unripe berries, and no need to look for frozen corpses everywhere. It is also very happy...

"It's a deal!" It gave the feather that the flying knife knocked down to He Lingchuan as a token of promise.

Since the Sanxinyuan incident, He Lingchuan has no good impression of crows. They are really greedy and snobbish opportunists. But he also has to admit that the crows' eyes and ears are everywhere.

He even heard that there is a Sky Crow Corps in Lingxu City that specializes in spying.

With this group of guides, He Lingchuan immediately set off for Zhitian Township.

……

Zhitian Township is thirty miles northwest of Shuangyi Town.

As He Lingchuan drove along, he found that the farmland on the roadside was becoming less and less, replaced by various crops and herbs.

"Hey?" He pointed to the field on the roadside and said, "Is that Ganoderma lucidum?"

Don't Ganoderma lucidum grow under the roots of trees? Why does it grow on the ridges like wheat here?

"This is Zhitian Township." The tiger Jiao Yu was also sitting in the car, explaining to He Lingchuan while looking at the scenery, "They use cut wood to grow Ganoderma lucidum."

Yes, Zhitian Township is famous in the central and northern part of Chiyan for growing spiritual herbs, which can be seen from its name.

"The local atmosphere of this township is particularly suitable for the growth of spiritual medicines. Thirty percent of the conventional herbs in the entire Chiyan come from here." Jiao Yu stretched his waist, the interior of the car was narrow, not enough for him to stretch his arms and legs.

He Lingchuan simply leaned on it and used it as a tiger skin chair. Oh, it's comfortable! It's still self-heating and vibrating.

"Especially around some hot springs, the medicinal herbs grown are unique in Chiyan."

Supplying 30% of Chiyan's medicinal herbs is a very high market share.

As they spoke, the carriage passed by a greenhouse, at least it looked like a greenhouse to He Lingchuan. It was made of bamboo and wood as a frame, covered with cloth and linen, and then coated with putty to keep warm.

Yuan Country does not have this technology, but Beijia has many new things.

"What is this?" He asked without shame.

"Shack." Jiao Yu replied, "Put burning stones inside to keep medicinal herbs warm."

The so-called hot stone is a rock that can heat itself. Pile a few ladles of water in the corner of the room to ensure it is as hot as a sauna.

He Lingchuan smiled and said: "It's midsummer now. If you add heat to keep warm, aren't you afraid that the herbs will be dehydrated?"

"Spirit grasses like Huoyunzhu and Dragon Flame Column originally lived in volcanic craters. If they are to be transplanted to flat ground, they need to be kept warm." They cannot survive without a constant temperature above fifty degrees. "But you are right. , this kind of shed is also used for dehydrating and drying medicinal materials.”

He Lingchuan smiled and said: "Master Jiao can actually count all the family treasures?"

Jiao Yu made no secret of it: "I worked as a cadre in a neighboring county for several years, and I am familiar with all the towns and villages here."

He was promoted to General Zuo Zhonglang and practiced here for a period of time before being promoted.

He Lingchuan understood. Fu Shanyue really sent him a good helper. Not only was he powerful in force, he was also familiar with the human affairs in this area, which made it easier for him to communicate with other places.

Sure enough, no one who can become the crown prince is a good bird, no, no one is a real fool.

The goshawk sat on the roof of the car. The crow was afraid of it and had no choice but to sit on the horse and show the driver the way.

He Lingchuan did not expect General Ling to follow him again, but this time he only brought a few guards with him.

Isn't it said that big bosses like to sit behind the scenes and send their juniors out to find out information? Why does this guy do the opposite? However, looking at the numerous scars on General Ling's body, it is obvious that he also likes to lead the charge when charging into battle. This is probably due to his nature.

The carriage soon left the main road and headed towards the mountains.

Zhitian Township is mountainous, with hills, dangerous peaks, rift valleys and stone forests. It looks like a geological encyclopedia.

The carriage circled around in the high mountains, and sometimes the crow had to fly twice in the sky to determine its position.

Half an hour later, there was no road ahead and the carriage could not move.

He Lingchuan rode the blue sheep instead, with the tiger and the wind beast on his side.

This speed was much faster than riding a carriage, but it still took more than an hour to reach the dumping point mentioned by the crow.

This is a dense forest at the foot of the mountain, and the sun cannot shine in at all.

The ground is covered with a thick layer of dead branches and leaves, which can sink to your ankles if you step on it. What you bring up are rotten leaves and humus black soil.

The thick musty smell and moisture were mixed together, creating a strange smell that was not pleasant.

The big crow flew to a thick branch and flapped its wings:

"Here we are, right here!"

This is already the shady side of the mountain, and the rocks are covered with moss. Whenever you reach out to touch them, they are always wet.

He Lingchuan saw a large pit under the tree root, filled with corpses.

The crow was right. This place was originally buried by humans, but it was dug up by wild dogs. There is floating soil everywhere and there are the footprints of wild dogs everywhere.

He looked down and saw that the pit seemed to be only half dug out, and there were still many bones that had not seen the light of day.

This place is already a paradise for mosquitoes and flies. As soon as they get closer, they buzz and explode.

Of course, no mosquitoes wanted to get close to He Lingchuan. He was wearing an insect repellent bag given by Zhu Xiuer. However, the earth here is damp and damp, the corpses decay quickly, and the smell is particularly unpleasant.

If he hadn't been baptized by Xiangtuanzi, Devil's Nest and various animal dens, He Lingchuan would have been vomited by Bao Buji.

But tigers, goshawks and crows don't mind the smell of corpses. Jiao Yu even went down into the pit and continued digging until he found two or three complete animal skeletons.

General Ling looked at it twice and said sadly:

"My children indeed."

There was nothing easy to identify from human bones, but General Ling saw the wind driller's corpse at a glance.

"These boys have been working under me for a long time. I didn't expect that they didn't die on the battlefield in the end." Instead, they were buried in the wilderness for no apparent reason.

He Lingchuan also went down to the pit to check, and even touched and picked through: "Although there are traces of wild dogs gnawing at them, these corpses look like, uh..."

The goshawk stopped at the edge: "Has it been digested?"

He Lingchuan snapped his fingers: "Exactly!"

Although it had been covered by mud for many days, the surface of the remains was still a little sticky, and the flesh and blood were gone. Only the bones, fur, and hair remained, but they were all crumpled into balls.

Even the wild dogs that gnawed at the carcass couldn't do it that cleanly. What's more, there were several corpses buried deep in the soil that hadn't been eaten by dogs, and they were in the same situation.

The reason why Goshawk can be accurately described is that the residue excreted by raptors after digestion is roughly like this.

General Ling tilted his head in anger and cut the small tree in half with his big horns: "When I find the murderer, I will trample him into mud!"

"So our target is a monster with a huge appetite. It can eat more than a dozen people and seven or eight Capricornus at one time. And then it also walked thirty or forty miles to find a toilet?" He Lingchuan asked Goshawk, "Among the raptors, there are Such a big eater? "