Chapter 91 Kidnapping
The zombie head in the distance let out a roar, "Humph, you evil beast, how dare you be so rampant." Then a piece of talisman paper flew from a distance and stuck on the zombie's head, and then the zombie's head suddenly caught fire.

At this time, Li Daoyi's figure appeared next to the head, "I didn't expect that after such a long time, this thing would appear again."

Zhao Kuo put away his sword and asked, "Who are you and why are you here in the middle of the night?"

Zhou Chen said, "He is my friend, a capable hermit. He is an expert in dealing with evil things like zombies."

At this time, the zombie's body finally broke through the restrictions and broke out of the ground. Seeing this, Li Daoyi shot a blood-red talisman through the air, and the talisman exploded after hitting the zombie's body.

At this time Li Daoyi walked up and said, "I finally found you. I was so worried about you."

"Master Li, how did you know we were here?"
Li Daoyi glanced at Zhou Chen and said, "Don't you think about what I do? It's not easy to find someone. But then again, why are you here? What happened last night?"
Afterwards, Zhou Chen told Li Daoyi what he knew. Li Daoyi nodded and came to the entrance of the secret room, "It's strange, there's such a strong yin energy here."

"There must be a lot of evil spirits here, why don't you go down and get rid of them for the people?"
Li Daoyi thought for a while and said, "Let's talk about this when we get back. Let's leave here first."

It was obvious that the old Taoist priest felt guilty, so Zhao Kuo said goodbye to the three of them and left. The three of them went to Ping'an Village. As the two of them suddenly disappeared last night, besides Li Daoyi who was worried about them, Gou Zi was also worried. So Gou Zi and Li Daoyi came out together to look for them tonight.

The two followed the trail and found Ping'an Village. Li Daoyi came to check it out because he noticed the corpse scent here, while Gou Zi was still in the village. Soon they came to the place where Li Daoyi and Gou Zi separated.

But when they arrived at the place, they did not find any sign of the dog. Zhou Chen was worried, "Maybe something happened to the dog?"
Li Daoyi frowned slightly, took out a compass and checked it in his hand. He took out a hair and threw it on the compass. Then the needle in the middle of the compass started to spin wildly and pointed in a direction.

"Where is it?" Then the two of them immediately followed Li Daoyi and walked over. The three of them wandered around the village and finally found the dog in a dilapidated house. At this time, the dog had fainted, and there was an evil spirit in front of him that was about to kill him.

Upon seeing this, Li Dao immediately cast a talisman into the air. The talisman exploded after hitting the evil spirit, and the evil spirit also screamed and then turned into nothingness.

Li Daoyi hurried forward to check on the dog's condition, and was relieved when he learned that he was just unconscious.

The three of them did not leave here in a hurry, but lit a bonfire and planned to spend the night here. Gou Zi also woke up and asked, "Master, why am I here?"
Li Daoyi knocked on his forehead and said, "Didn't I tell you to wait for me here? Why did you run out by yourself? Did you know that you were almost harmed by an evil spirit last night?"
"I'm sorry, Master. I didn't know what was going on at that time and I walked away in a daze."

Afterwards, Li Daoyi and Gou Zi returned to the village, while Zhou Chen took Leng Yiyao to Qinghua County.

After being away for so long, Leng Yiyao missed Xia Rong a little. Zhou Chen had nothing to do so he took him to Qinghua County to live for a few days. This period of time was just right for Gou Zi and Li Daoyi to study Taoism.

Soon the two of them arrived at the county government office. Lord Xia was out for something during this period and was not in the county government office. However, when he saw that the person who came was Zhou Chen, the constable on duty at the door had no intention of stopping them. He just smiled and greeted them before letting the two in.

After Zhao Kuo learned that Zhou Chen had arrived, he put down what he was doing and went to find Zhou Chen. The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, and Leng Yiyao went out shopping with Xia Rong.

"That's great, Brother Zhou, if you didn't come today I would have gone to invite you in person." "What's going on? Did something happen in the county?"
Zhao Kuo nodded and said, "Well, a big incident happened in Qinghua County during the two days when I was away. Many people disappeared for no reason. At first we suspected that they were kidnapped by robbers, but their families did not receive any ransom letters, so I suspect that things are not that simple."

"Could it be that some evil cultivator is capturing people to practice his evil methods again?"
"I don't know about that, but I heard from my subordinates that zombies seemed to have appeared in the city last night. However, the distance was quite far at the time and he couldn't see clearly. By the time he chased after them, there was nothing there, and no civilians nearby were attacked."

The two talked for a long time, and finally decided that Zhou Chen would help look around the city at night. If it was really a zombie, Zhou Chen would kill it.

Zhou Chen was arranged to stay in the room they had lived in before. Since Leng Yiyao was no longer there, Zhou Chen had nothing to do, so he planned to go out for a walk.

As soon as Zhou Chen walked out of the gate of the county government office, he felt a pair of eyes staring at him in the dark. Zhou Chen looked around and didn't find any strange figures. He didn't care. With his current strength, there was no one in Qinghua County worthy of his fear.

The city was still as bustling as usual. Zhou Chen walked around for a long time and felt a little thirsty when he passed by a tea stall, so he sat down and ordered some tea.

Not long after he sat down, a middle-aged man came and sat down opposite him. The tea stall was not big with only two tables. Zhou Chen did not pay attention to the man opposite him and just drank the tea in his hand.

The middle-aged man started a conversation and said, "This young man doesn't look like he is from this county. I wonder where he is from?"
Zhou Chen glanced at him and said, "I'm just thirsty and want to drink a cup of tea. It doesn't seem to bother you. You are not a government official, so why are you asking this?" Then he put down a penny and left.

The middle-aged man then put down the tea bowl in his hand and left the tea stall without drinking a sip of the tea.

Zhou Chen felt that the man was still following him, so he immediately stopped and turned to look, "Why are you following me? I warn you to stay away from me, otherwise I will be rude to you."

"Don't be angry, my name is Wang Zhen and I didn't mean to follow you. It's just that the head of my Wang family wants to invite you, Brother Zhou, to come into the house for a chat."

"I don't seem to have any connection with your Wang family. I'm sorry I can't obey your order." Then he quickened his pace and disappeared in front of him.

Seeing Zhou Chen being so disrespectful, Wang Zhen also showed an angry look, "Hmph, you are shameless when I give you face, then don't blame me." At this time, two people appeared behind him.

Wang Zhen did not look at them, but said, "Go and bring his wife to me."

After receiving the order, the two disappeared behind him. Zhou Chen went straight back to the county government office. About two hours later, Xia Rong returned to the county government office in a panic. After returning, she went straight to Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen was concentrating with his eyes closed when Xia Rong suddenly rushed in, "Xiao Rong, what's wrong with you? Where is Yi Yao? Why didn't he come back with you?"
"Well, I went shopping with Sister Yi Yao today. When Sister Yi Yao was trying on clothes, she suddenly disappeared, leaving behind only this note," he said as he took out the note.

Zhou Chen took it and looked at it, "If you want to save your wife, come to Ping'an Village outside the city. Remember, you can only come alone. You are not allowed to bring other people, otherwise she will be killed."

(End of this chapter)