"Our ancestors passed down a sentence, saying that everything in the world is arranged by heaven, so why should the city lord worry about these things," the master of the ceremony arched his hand.

"I remember when the monsters invaded the other north, you should have been young," Chi Xiaoming seemed to be thinking about something seriously.

"Yes,"

The master nodded, but he was still an infant at that time, so how could he have half an impression of what happened back then.

"How many years ago was that..."Chi Xiaoming sighed, "You say, our family has guarded the Five Weeks Gate for so many years, what is it guarding it? In the past, my father said that the Five Weeks Gate brought us stability and peace, but the several famous monk families of the year have declined, and the Hu family and the Chi family are left with you and me, is this also a blessing?"

"Everything in the world is arranged by the destiny of heaven, the city lord is relieved. ”

It's night.

The master of ceremonies finally had a leisure, and without a mountain of official documents pressing on his body, he slept very soundly, and did not notice that anyone had stepped into the house.

The black shadow rummaged around the room, as if looking for something, and after a while, the black shadow who had found nothing stood still in front of the ceremonial master's couch, holding a dagger in his right hand that poked out of his sleeve, and it was two inches above the ceremonial master's throat, and the murderous aura was revealed. But the earth-shattering sound of the master snoring did not mean to wake up for half a minute.

But for some reason, the black shadow disappeared.

When the sky was slightly bright, there was a sudden sound of a slight sound of the eaves rubbing on the roof, and the man really left.

The snoring in the house stopped.

As soon as the hour passed, there was a familiar shouting in the street.

"Sewing scissors soft cloth head ~ oil vinegar new tea fragrant rice ~"

"Master of Rites?" Zitang was beckoning the little maid to clear the snow at the entrance of the Yibei Stack, when he happened to see a master of etiquette dressed as a merchant passing by the door.

"Yo, Miss Zitang," the master of ceremonies said with a smile as he pushed the hat that covered most of his face when he heard someone call him, "and opened so early today?"

"Isn't it a big day for us to go north these days, I want to open earlier and sweep this road clean~" Zitang held up a paper umbrella, "It's snowing so hard, are you going to dress up like this...?"

"Hehe, fortunately, our city lord has returned to the other north, and I will be relaxed, no, I want to do my old job and earn some tea money~"

"It's good, it's good~ Coincidentally, I just heard that you have new tea? ”

"Good, good," the master of ceremonies replied.

As soon as he went out, it opened, and the master of ceremonies was very happy, and his steps were much faster. After putting down the burden, the master of ceremonies took off the hat and stood by the door, and found a tightly sealed tea jar from the frame.

While opening the jar, he kept saying, "This tea is entrusted to someone to come back from the east, Gaoling's new tea, I don't keep such a good tea myself, it's a waste for me to drink it, and it's a waste to make the best use of it when you get to you~"

"My lord is really joking, this tea looks really good," Zitang took a pinch of tea and sniffed it, "Well, it's really a good tea, please weigh two catties first." ”

"Okay~"

The snow-sweeping boys came in through the door, and one of them accidentally knocked down the hat standing by the door, making a "bang" sound.

"Be careful!" Zitang scolded, "Give it to me, you guys go down first." ”

"Yes," the guy who knocked down the hat hurriedly picked it up and handed it to Zitang, and retreated to the backyard with his neck bent.

"It's nothing, it's just a worthless thing," the master of ceremonies weighed the tea and handed it to Zitang, took his hat, and placed it casually next to the counter.

"Your hat is really heavy," Zitang took the tea and weighed it twice, nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile, "Half a point is not bad, give you money~"

"Hehe, thank you Miss Zitang," the master of etiquette took the money and put it away, cleaned it up in his hands, and praised it in his mouth, "Miss Zitang's ability to know pounds and pounds is really amazing, if I have this good ability, I don't even need to bring it with me when I sell it!"

"You're laughing, you can't play a little trick on the stage," Zitang smiled, "It's still early in the day, adults might as well sit for a while and taste this tea together to warm up, how about it?"

"Then it is better to be respectful than to obey the order."

Zitang called a small servant to bring the tea cans to the backyard, and while waiting, the two of them shared some snacks.

"Master Lishi, you said that you were entrusted to send me a bag of gold and silver, but I thought about it again and again, but I didn't think about it. Who gave this thing to me? Can you tell me about it after all this time?"

"Oh, I really can't say this, if I tell you, my life will not be guaranteed!" Hearing Zitang mention this matter, the master of ceremonies shrank his neck with palpitations.

"In that case, then I can't force you. Alas, you said that this is true, so many unknown treasures are left with me, and I dare not move or spend, and I have to worry that if the store is stolen again one day, I can't afford to pay for it," Zitang sighed and waved his hand, "That's it, don't mention it." ”

The tea was also cooked and served, Zitang got up to pour tea, and suddenly remembered,

"Oh, that's right, Master Lishi, didn't Miss Jiu'er say that she wanted to go out of the city to find a way to wake up the city lord when she left, and now that the city lord is also awake, is this the credit of Miss Jiu'er?"

"Oh, I remembered what you said, look at my brain!" The master slapped his head, picked up the hat and ran out directly.

"Your burden, Master Lishi?"

"I'm tired of collecting it for me first, and I'll pick it up later next day!"

Thousands of miles away, in the land of the Southern Barbarians, there are many small cities scattered.

"Rising clouds..."

"What?"

"It's time for dinner again."

"And then, what?"

"I'm so hungry."

"I'm not hungry. ”

"The buns are so fragrant..."

"Then let's go eat."

"What are you eating, I've been sitting all morning, and I haven't opened yet, and I don't have a copper in my pocket," Nine-Tails clutched his rumbling stomach, slumped on a rattan chair and sighed, "I haven't eaten for a few days... I'm hungry..."

"Didn't you make money yesterday?"

"It's just a few kids, all of them buy candy for the two of you, but I haven't eaten a bite!"

"I didn't eat!" Pearl's voice snapped out of the scabbard.

"You said you wouldn't eat it yourself," Qiyun replied.

"Then you're going to eat them all?" Pearls shouted angrily, "Fox, look at this broken bead bullying me again!"

"I didn't," Qiyun snorted, tugging at the Nine-Tails' sleeve and climbing onto the wicker chair, jumping onto the table with a short leg.

"And say you didn't, you ate all my candy last night! Don't think I don't know!"

"The candy will melt after a long time, and it will flow into the back basket, how can I sleep, and if you don't eat it, then I will help you." "Qiyun crossed his legs.

"Are you still reasonable?" the light flashed and flashed, "I'll beat you believe it or not!"

"Come on, I'm afraid of you in a fight?"

The two little guys have been arguing since they woke up, and the Nine-Tails really can't control it. This tense atmosphere did not affect the nine tails at all, and the stomach 'grunted' at the right time, and the nine tails sighed,

"I'm so hungry..."

"I'll go get you some buns. ”

"You're uncertain right now, stay in it honestly," Bu Geng just came out of the scabbard, and was pressed back into the scabbard by the Nine-Tails, "Also, what you want in the human world can only be bought with money, not taken." ”

"Now, give you the money," Qiyun spread his palms and conjured up a gold ingot bigger than his fist.

"How many times have I said that you can't use spells to make money..."

Zhu'er let out a long sigh, and her figure flashed into the crowd, and when she came back, she held several money bags in her hands and handed them over, "Which one do you want?"

"This is called stealing..."Nine-tails held his forehead, how could these two little cubs be able to toss one more than the other, "Hurry up and return it." ”

"Oh...," Kikumo shrugged and sent the money bag back.

"If you're idle, go and get me some guests. The nine-tails were so hungry that Lingtai was a little dizzy, and his face was slumped on the rattan chair, "Who knew that so many fruit forests in the south of the land had owners, and they were not allowed to pick them, if I couldn't eat again, I would really become the first fox to starve to death..."

"Hello... Hello?... Excuse me..."

"Brother, business is coming," Qiyun poked the Nine-Tails and reminded.

"Business?!" Nine-Tails raised his eyes and saw a woman standing in front of the stall, looking at her dress, like a servant of a rich family.

Nine-Tails hurriedly straightened his clothes and sat upright, his eyes signaled Qiyun, who was still sitting cross-legged on the table, to move to the ground, but the little guy pretended not to understand and did not move. Nine-tails looked at the little cub who was deliberately blocking it, and then at the woman who was looking at him a little strangely, for fear that this hard-won business would run away, so he raised his hand and swept it neatly, and swept the teapot placed on the table along with Qiyun into the back basket on the ground next to the table.

"Oops!" the teapot slammed on his head, and Qi Yun screamed.

"Don't make a fuss, the buns are here!" Nine-Tails whispered to the clouds, turning his face and hurriedly keeping the woman, "Please take a seat." ”

"You... You're a gentleman, aren't you?" the woman looked up and down at the plain dressed man in front of her, and it was clear that she was dressed like a woman, but this opening was like a man's voice.

"Mr. or sister-in-law, what a different friend? The harmony of heaven and earth is the combination of yin and yang, and the male body is yang and the female body is yin, and the combination of the two can be regarded as a balance. The art of Xiangshi is about balance. Men and women look like men, and they can be regarded as a great achievement," Nine-tails talked nonsense seriously, posing in a way that did not hinder the world, flicked his sleeves, and said, "If you ask for it, you can say it, if you don't ask for it, please ask for it." ”

"No, no, no, there are those who ask for it! Fang is my rudeness, please don't be surprised," Seeing that the nine-tails' expression was a little displeased, the woman bowed and bowed, for fear that it would anger this capable scholar.

"What do you want. ”

"Sir, I was instructed by my wife to come to find a sister-in-law who was looking after the disaster. Somehow, my young lady suddenly looked like a magic barrier, and she looked normal during the day, but this night she began to be crazy, and the house invited a lot of doctors to take a look, but she couldn't see anything wrong. Because the young lady has not yet left the cabinet, the lady specially instructed me to find a sister-in-law, and I was offended when I saw my husband dressed like this..."

"It's okay," Nine-Tails softened after listening to the woman's words, waved his hand, and asked, "Your young lady, how long has this been the case?"

"It's been more than a month. ”

"Well," said Nine-Tails, standing up, taking the back basket behind the wicker chair, straightening his clothes, and "take me to see it first." ”

"Yes, yes, there is Mr. Law, please come with me, sir. ”

The woman led the way in front, and the Nine-Tails followed unhurriedly, with an indifferent expression on her face, her right hand was casually behind her back, knocking on the back basket without a trace, and secretly talking to Qiyun,

"After a while, you will enter the door and you will sneak into the young lady's house in a few days to have a look. ”

"Hmph, got it!" Qiyun couldn't refuse the Nine-Tails' arrangement, but still expressed his dissatisfaction with being swept into the back basket with the teapot on the table.

"Don't be angry, we will have steamed buns to eat after this work, my brother will buy you sugar gourds, buy sugar gourds for you every day, and buy ten strings for each of you!"

"Okay. Hearing Nine-Tails' sincere promise to buy sugar gourds, Kiyun decided to forgive him.

The daily conversation with the Nine-Tails Qiyun is deliberately for Zhu'er to see and hear, and this conversation is completed between the Nine-Tails and Qiyun's heart-to-heart communication, and Zhu'er naturally doesn't know.

Since Zhu'er was infected with demonic energy, her temperament has changed greatly, she is moody, and she is no longer as well-behaved and obedient as before.

The demonic qi that is infected cannot be removed, and now it can only rely on the scabbard to temporarily suppress the demonic qi, and the nine-tails dare not let the demon qi go out of the scabbard at will, worried that Zhu'er's demonic nature will get out of control again.

"Sir, this way, please, it's already here. The woman led the Nine-Tails into a mansion.

"Good. Nine-Tails lifted his chin and nodded.

"Please have a cup of tea and rest for a while, and I will go and invite my lord and wife. ”

As soon as Nine-Tails sat down, refreshments were offered, and the woman bowed to him and withdrew.

The attendants all retreated, and seeing that there was no one in the small hall, Nine-Tails grabbed a piece of pastry and stuffed it into his mouth, and handed the other piece directly to Qiyun, "Go and have a look." ”

Qiyun ran away with a piece of pastry in his hand and a little short leg.

"Zhu'er, do you want to smell it?" Nine-Tails pulled the scabbard a short section open, and slashed a date with the blade of the sword, and carefully smeared it on the body of the sword.

Pearls didn't answer him.

Nine-Tails has become accustomed to Zhu'er's ignorance and keeps stuffing food into his mouth, he is really hungry.

I don't know why, after coming out of the broken temple, he was like a human race, he would be hungry and palpitate if he couldn't eat for two days, and after a long time, the Nine-Tails even wondered if his cultivation had regressed.

Has the method of Bigu that I practiced in the past been invalid?

Nine-Tails felt that his current appearance was no different from the starving ghosts he had seen on Huangquan Dao.

Desperately stuffing the food on the plate into his mouth, he didn't stop until his cheeks couldn't fit anymore, and the Nine-Tails puffed out his cheeks and swallowed hard, one of them was too strong and choked.

"Sir, ma'am, the gentleman is waiting in the hall. ”

Seeing the footsteps getting closer and closer, the white of the Nine-Tails' eyes that were choked and frightened grew bigger and bigger.