Qin Shaoyou, who was leading the horse forward, stopped subconsciously.
Zhu Xiucai, who was following behind, almost collided with him, hurriedly led the horse around him, and asked curiously, "Sir, what's the matter?"
Qin Shaoyou raised the whip in his hand and pointed to the wild dog near the city gate.
"You look at these dogs, do you think anything is wrong?"
When Zhu Xiucai, Monk Ma and all the wise men heard the words, they all turned their attention to the surrounding wild dogs again.
But after watching it for a long time, there was no gain.
"I don't think there's anything wrong with them, they're just fat."
Zhu Xiucai's remarks represented the voice of everyone, and they nodded in agreement.
Qin Shaoyou shook his head and said, "I don't want you to see if these dogs are fat, I want you to see their eyes... Do you feel that their eyes are full of pain and despair?"
"what?"
The warriors were stunned.
Can you see pain and despair in a dog's eyes?
How does this look?
They stared at the wild dog again, this time with their eyes. They looked very carefully and seriously, but they couldn't see any despair and pain.
They even felt that the eyes of these wild dogs in Mianyuan County were no different from those of other wild dogs.
The wrestlers didn't dare to say what they were thinking, they just looked at each other and communicated with their eyes, clearly saying:
Sir, what's the matter?
Did what happened last night make him too sensitive?
Monk Ma couldn't see any despair and pain in the eyes of these wild dogs, but his thoughts were different from those of the wrestlers.
"Amitabha, in this world, all living beings suffer, and dogs are no exception. Adults can see despair and pain in the eyes of these wild dogs, which shows that they have a strong root of wisdom and a predestined relationship with Buddha."
Qin Shaoyou became anxious.
I take you as a brother, but you actually want me to become a monk?
He hurriedly waved his hand: "Monk, don't hurt me, I still want to get married and have children, and inherit the lineage, but I don't want to become a monk."
Zhu Xiucai said jokingly: "That is, the adults have not gone to the brothel to be happy... er, Fengya, how can you become a monk?"
"Shut up for me." Monk Ma first glared at Zhu Xiucai, and then corrected Qin Shaoyou sternly: "What the lord said is bad, you can practice at home..."
"I can't stand the rules, especially I can't stop eating meat, so let's forget it." Qin Shaoyou didn't want to continue this topic, and asked Zhu Xiucai instead: "You don't see the despair and pain in the eyes of these wild dogs?"
Monk Ma could only helplessly shut up.
And Zhu Xiucai saw that Qin Shaoyou was serious and stopped joking. After thinking about it carefully, he shook his head seriously: "No."
"strangeness..."
Qin Shaoyou frowned.
No one else saw the despair and pain in Gouzi's eyes, but he could see clearly, what's going on?
Did he have hallucinations? still...
"Is it the effect of the [Bright Eyes] talent?"
Qin Shaoyou suddenly remembered the [Bright Eyes] talent that boiled fox eyes brought him.
In the mysterious recipe, the introduction to this talent is: to be able to observe and see a new world.
And at this moment, isn't the information Qin Shaoyou sees from the wild dog's eyes the new world brought about by Wei Wei?
If this is indeed the message brought by the [Bright Eyes] effect, then why do those wild dogs feel despair and pain?
Is it really as the monk Ma said, all living beings suffer, and wild dogs are no exception?
Or these wild dogs...what's the problem?
After a brief consideration, Qin Shaoyou made an arrangement: "Go to someone, grab a wild dog and take it with you."
"I'll go." One of the warriors volunteered, and after handing the reins to his companions, he walked towards the dogs and said, "Does your lord want to get a dog for supper? I'll catch a fat one for you. "
The hearing officer said that the dogs here would be made into a late-night snack. Qin Shaoyou felt nauseated and almost spit out the dry food he ate on the road.
He hurriedly covered his mouth, calmed down and said, "Snack, I think there is something wrong with these dogs, and I want to get one to check."
Everyone was stunned.
What could be wrong with these dogs? Is it worth wasting time to investigate?
Only Zhu Xiucai, whose mind turned faster than others, thought of a possibility.
His face turned ugly in an instant, and he lowered his voice and asked, "Sir, are you suspecting that these dogs...are people changed?"
Monk Ma was next to him, and after hearing his words, his expression changed, and he exclaimed in a low voice, "Animal creation?!"
Animal making?
Qin Shaoyou found relevant information from his memory.
The animal creation technique mentioned by monk Ma is a kind of nightmare witchcraft, which can turn living people into livestock, hence the name.
This strange witchcraft is not only found in this world, but also recorded in Qin Shaoyou's previous life's strange novel "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai".
Qin Shaoyou didn't think about it at first, he just thought these wild dogs were weird.
But after listening to Zhu Xiucai and Monk Ma's speculation, he also had doubts.
Wouldn't these wild dogs really be changed by animal creation?
And the victim... is the missing child in Mianyuan County?
Qin Shaoyou was shocked, and hurriedly asked: "Do you know any way to crack the animal creation technique? Or find out whether these wild dogs were changed by the animal creation technique?"
Zhu Xiucai shook his head and said, "We are warriors, we are good at killing monsters and eliminating monsters, but we can't crack witchcraft and spells."
Monk Ma sighed: "Although I have learned some Buddhist supernatural powers, I still can't crack witchcraft and spells."
"Perhaps, you can ask a Taoist priest from the Jade Emperor Temple to try it?"
Just when Qin Shaoyou was deeply regretful, Zhu Xiucai made a suggestion.
"Jade Emperor Temple? What kind of place is that?"
"It is a Taoist temple, located on Fengyu Mountain to the east of Luocheng. It is one of the ancestral courts of the Jingming School. The Taoist priest in the temple is not only good at inner alchemy, but also has a lot of research on spells and spells. The Luocheng Town Demon Division also has a cooperative relationship, and whenever we encounter a witchcraft curse that cannot be handled, we will turn to them for help."
Qin Shaoyou understood.
This Jade Emperor Temple is the technical support of Luocheng Town Demon Division!
He immediately made arrangements: "Xucai... No, Lao Wei, you bring someone back to the Yaosi of Luocheng Town, report our guesses to Lord Xue, and ask him to go to the Jade Emperor Temple to help us invite a Taoist priest to come over."
Qin Shaoyou originally wanted Zhu Xiucai to go, but after thinking about it, it would be more useful for Zhu Xiucai to stay by his side, so he named Wei Lishi.
Wei Lishi was familiar with the surrounding road conditions, and was able to find a place to spend the night in time and let him go back, which was guaranteed in terms of safety and would not delay things.
"Yes."
Wei Lishi took the order, called a companion, and the two immediately left Mianyuan County on horseback.
Soon, the dog-catcher came back and caught a khaki dog.
The dog was frightened and struggled desperately, trying to escape.
"Don't be afraid, we have no ill intentions, we just want to help you."
Qin Shaoyou tries to communicate with Gouzi.
But the dog couldn't understand people's words, and was still struggling.
There was no other way, Qin Shaoyou had no choice but to ask Lux to tie the dog on the horse's back.
I'm going to try it slowly to see if I can see more problems from this dog through the talent of [Bright Eyes].
Entering the county seat, Qin Shaoyou and his men first went to the inn beside the city wall, and asked for a room in the capacity of Luocheng Mansion's yachakuai.
It's a big shop.
When you go out, you can't pay too much attention to it. As long as everyone doesn't have the hobby of adding men to men, Qin Shaoyou doesn't matter.
Let's sleep together, let's sleep together, let's be male, let's be male, Quan Dang is to relive the dormitory life when he was in college.
When the postmaster came out to receive him, he was still holding a rope in his hand and tied a child.
When I asked, I found out that the chained child was the son of the postmaster.
The courier did this because he was frightened by the case of the lost children in Mianyuan County, and made a helpless move.
"The night half a month ago, this child was almost tricked out of the house after my mother and I fell asleep. Fortunately, I woke up in time. Since then, I have tied him with a rope and kept him with me at all times."
"Being tricked out? Who lied to him?" Qin Shaoyou asked curiously.
"It was Da Ya and Puppy who asked me to go out to play," said the child.
"Who are Da Ya and Puppy?" Zhu Xiucai asked.
The postmaster was a little scared and said: "It's his playmate, but those two children have been lost long ago and have never been found. We guess if those two children died and turned into ghosts, trying to make fun of my son. Go and be a scapegoat for them..."
The child said, "Da Ya and Puppy said that they were not dead, they played with many children, and they asked me to go too, saying that there are many fun and delicious food."
The stationmaster's face turned pale: "Listen, this is not a slander, or what?"
Qin Shaoyou comforted him and said, "If something like this happens again in the past two days, remember to call us and we will help you."
The postmaster thanked him repeatedly.
After securing the accommodation, tying the horses, putting away the luggage, and leaving two wrestlers to guard the equipment, Qin Shaoyou took the others to the Zhang residence.
He wanted to learn more about the disappearance of Zhang Shilang's grandson.
After all, this is the latest case of missing children, and maybe some clues can be found.
However, what Qin Shaoyou and the others didn't expect was that when they knocked on the door of Zhang's house and reported the identity of the mansion and the purpose of their visit, they were told by the concierge:
"I'm really sorry for the hard work, all the messengers. But my little master has returned safely, so I don't have to worry about the messengers."