Inner Demons

Li Yunxin ran in the jungle for three hours without stopping before he finally fell to the ground. At this time the sky was clear, and the morning light was faint to the east. He heard the rushing water and knew that there was a river near him.

So I rested on the ground for a while and then squeezed my body to find the sound and slowly helped the tree to walk over, finally I saw it. There was a heavy rain last night, and the turbid river water rolled down with dead branches and rotten leaves. It was not wide, but it was enough to make him unable to have the courage to cross the river.

On the other side of the river, there is a faint building with blue tiles and white walls. I want to come to a town. Li Yunxin wanted to find something to eat and drink in that town, but he was unable to cross the river, and worried about the nine Young Master who looked like a Demon – in fact, he was just a cannibal Demon.

He wants to do so. If Demon were to chase him again, he must be expected to go to a nearby town. Then he would not stay, and continued down the river, going further.

If an ordinary person falls into such a situation, he probably won’t survive in this jungle for a few days. But Li Yunxin has a “baby”.

It is the treasure that the two dead Taoists want him to hand over.

He lied to the two people before that the baby had been hidden somewhere by himself, so the two people chased him all the way, not at all, a real killer. Thinking about it now, he felt a little puzzled again—the two seemed to be reclusive Taoists who were totally uncomfortable with the world, how could they come to find themselves murdering to seize the treasures?

Because the “baby” is actually hidden in the sole of the shoe and stepped on it. It is ridiculous that the two had caught him before and searched his body, but did not pay attention to his shoes.

Probably the two Taoist priests dare not think that the “transparent jade slip” that they regard as a treasure will be hidden in that place like Li Yunxin casually.

That is blasphemy.

The so-called “transparent jade slip” is actually a transparent jade slip. Palm-size, rectangular, transparent like a piece of glass. Probably his parents really wanted him to live safely and securely for a lifetime, and they had never mentioned this to him during his lifetime.

Or he found some clues left by his parents inadvertently and dug it out from a low mountain behind the village.

After that, I was very disappointed-it seemed unremarkable, at best it was a rare “very pure colored glaze” that’s all in this World.

As for how he knows about this “transparent jade slip” and more about his parents, it has to start after two Taoist priests disguised and found him.

But now is not a good time to look back on the past. Li Yunxin has to move forward with strong fighting spirit. He didn’t want to be caught up by the Demon to cook and eat himself, he still wanted to live.

This was the first time he saw a living monster. The huge fear at the time made him even unable to distinguish the extra thoughts. It was then that he gradually became afraid and became more and more intense.

It turns out that this thing does exist in this world, and it may be glare like a tiger watching his prey behind him.

This kind of emotion and the desire to survive stimulated the potential in his body, and he walked for two full days.

At noon on the 3rd day, he saw a bridge.

The stone arch bridge across the river, with moss growing on the piers. At this time, the river no longer had its previous turbulent momentum, and became clear and shallow.

An old man is fishing on the other side of the river. There are water plants floating in the diving place, and transparent fish and shrimps are playing. Farther afield is another small town, with smoke curling up.

As soon as Li Yunxin felt relieved, he almost fell to the ground. But he still took a sigh of relief, swaying his sword and walking up the stone bridge to the town.

The old man looked up at him. Li Yunxin knew that he looked strange now. Unkempt and injured arm. The cloth wrapped around the arm has been soaked into dark brown with blood. The wound is somewhat numb, not very painful, nor itchy. Li Yunxin knew this was not a good sign.

The clothes are in rags, but I have a steel essence rapier in my hand-this is not something ordinary people can afford.

He lowered his head and quickened his pace, and he staggered for a while before he saw the archway at the entrance of the town.

Qinghe Town.

The two men in soap clothes under the archway were holding the eyebrow short sticks, frowning at him. When he approached, he stretched out his hand to stop him, and stared at his sword vigilantly: “Where are you going?”

Li Yunxin felt that he was getting tired. It’s okay to escape in the wild. There is a breath. By this time, seeing the crowd, the breath had already disappeared, and I felt that every muscle in my body wanted to relax. He gritted his teeth and tried to beat his spirits: “I met a gangster on the road…”

When this sentence was said, the last breath in the body seemed to be vomited out. He just felt that when his eyes were dark, he leaned forward. Li Yunxin subconsciously wanted to support it with the long sword in his hand, but didn’t want his wrist to be tilted, the sword edge actually moved towards one of the messengers.

So the last few words I heard before unconsciousness were–

“Aiya!”

“What a villain…!”

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After waking up, Li Yunxin realized that things didn’t seem great.

There was a cold and humid moldy smell around, and the room was very dark. He looked around and found that the room he was in had only three walls, and the other was a wooden fence with rusty iron locks hanging on the fence.

Outside is a dark corridor made of bluestone, and there is an oil lamp in the groove on the wall.

He was thrown into prison. He quickly touched the sole of his shoe and found that the jade slip was still there.

People outside seemed to hear his noise. Not long after, a policeman walked over to look at him with a sullen face, pressing the knife on his waist, and then slammed the lock and opened the door.

Li Yunxin looked at him calmly and found that this person was actually different from the two clothes he had met in Zhenkou before. There is a green peacock feather on his black hat. Although a little bald, it still means that this is Constable in this county-at least it is a great character in this town.

Constable’s surname is Xing, with a single name. Recently, because of an incident, I have a bad temper.

The son of Xianzun last month took people to spring hunting and entered the wild forest on the opposite bank of Qinghe River. He didn’t come back that night, and the old man Xin, the old man who accompanied him into the mountain three days later, came back alone.

old fogey was bloody and unkempt. Whenever he met people, he said that the son of the county lord and the two servants were caught by the monsters and eaten. When Xing Constable drove people there, the old man was already crazy, and could not ask a second sentence except for that sentence.

I have heard of monsters. But it’s like having heard that someone suddenly became sleek and unforgettable after three years of serious illness. Who would believe that this could happen to one’s own family?

If people say that they were caught by monsters and eaten after death, there is still something to do with this law.

even more how his own son died.

The county lord was furious and threw Xin Lie into prison, and ordered Xing Constable to arrest the murderer within a time limit.

Xing Constable stared at Li Yunxin’s arm and looked at it: “That’s a sword wound.”

Look at Li Yunxin’s eyes again: “You killed someone. It was in your hands. That handle hurt you. That sword shouldn’t be yours.”

Li Yunxin shook the head: “I didn’t kill, I just defended myself. I met a monster.”

Xing Constable’s face showed a strange expression, and he felt that the guess in his heart was right.

This boy is too calm. Even an adult who woke up and found that he was thrown into jail would be frightened for a while, but right now this young man was not panicked, but rather calm. Even said… I felt a little “relaxed”.

In fact, it has been three days since Li Yunxin fell into a coma. The reason why he didn’t wake him up earlier was because a terrifying incident occurred in Gai County in the upper reaches of the Qinghe River-the remains of two Taoist priests were found in an abandoned temple. It seems that they were killed by someone and then roasted and eaten.

There was a broken steel essence long sword at the scene, just like the sword worn by this young man.

Some unique things were found on the boy’s body-talisman, pen and paper, and some odd odds and ends.

Xing Constable took a trip to Gai County, and then felt that things gradually became clear. This boy may be a painter, a crazy painter. He cannibals. Under this inference, many things have been explained by what seems to be Perfection.

Now it is only necessary to verify that he is indeed capable of killing and cannibalism.

Today is the last day of the county’s limit period, as long as he has this ability.

“You are a painter and know some evil spells.” Xing Constable said, “We found something in you. So you killed and eaten people in Gai County before, earlier, Killed the Young Master of the county senior again.”

Li Yunxin sighed in the dim light, feeling that hunger was about to crush him. But he was still a little at ease-at least here it was much better than in the wild, no need to worry about the nine Young Master coming to eat him, and no need to worry about someone chasing him.

“I lived in a mountain village in Dingzhou since I was a kid. My father and my mother taught me some tricks. You say I am a painter, maybe that counts. But I didn’t kill or eat people…” He sighed again and said no more.

He thought about it, lifts the head: “Actually, I say nothing, right. I guess you may need a scapegoat.”

“Then, don’t care about it. How do you deal with it? I guess Zhan is also after autumn, and it’s only spring. I need some medicine and some food. If I die, you won’t have a good relationship.”

Xing Li His eyebrows tightened. He stared at Li Yunxin for a while, then turned and walked out the door. After re-locking, he couldn’t help but ask: “What you said is true?”

Li Yunxin spread his hands. Xing Li didn’t quite understand what this action meant, but he could also guess that the other party was expressing helplessness.

“…what about monsters?”

“You won’t believe it either.” Li Yunxin said.

Xing Li went out. In the aisle, a waiting servant from Zaoyi came up: “Tou’er Xing, how is it?”

“That boy is not simple, he is a human being.” Xing Li hesitated for a while and said, “It’s a pity. “

“Go to Zhangbang and say that there are bandits nearby, so people in the town should not go to the mountains.”

“Yes.”

Qinghe was in Gai County three days ago. Xing Li thought silently in his heart, he should go slowly along the river…It shouldn’t be back again.