The effect of the requiem grass is indeed good, since Hua Jiuxi fell asleep, he has neither heard the sound of Laxmi leaving and knocking on the door, nor has he heard the sound of Xiang Ling breaking the plate by mistake - he has not even dreamed of going to school.

The negative consequence is that he wakes up late.

It was a bitter cold that woke him up.

When I got up, I saw Xiang Ling standing at the door of the bedroom with a stack of clothes: "Morning, sir." ”

"What time is it?" Hua Jiuxi didn't have the habit of lying in bed, and it was too disrespectful to talk to Xiang Ling in bed like this, so Hua Jiuxi jumped on the slippers next to the bed with a carp.

"It's eight thirty o'clock." Xiang Ling put his clothes on the bed and was about to turn around and go out.

Hua Jiuxi hurriedly put on the dark blue gown that he had never worn a few times in his life, and began to wash up quickly—until he brushed his third back molar, he realized that it was Sunday.

"Hmm, Xiangling, why did you call me?" Hua Jiuxi hurriedly spit out the mouthwash and said loudly.

"It's Monday." Xiang Ling responded.

"I actually slept for a day and a night?" Hua Jiuxi was really taken aback, and he didn't think that the effect of those few dead grasses was so great, and it was time to change the fertilizer formula in the future.

"I can't get to school today anyway - the bus can't be used privately." Hua Jiuxi frowned.

"Sir, you don't have to go to school, I've been absent from school lately anyway." Xiang Ling walked up to him, and he already had a different umbrella and a large box in his hand.

"Leave again?" Hua Jiuxi asked.

"Someone above specially went to the small school to take a long vacation, and he will be suspended from work for the next three months." Xiang Ling originally wanted to push her glasses, but her hands were not idle.

"That's not bad - so what do we have for today?" Hua Jiuxi knew that if he unloaded a burden, another bigger and heavier burden would be handed over immediately.

"This... Do you see that little book on my skirt? Xiang Ling didn't plan to let Hua Jiuxi take it for himself in the end, and threw the box to the floor - the box actually screamed. handed over the notebook, which was less than the size of a person's palm, to Hua Jiuxi.

Hua Jiuxi opened it and took a look, and a few lines of beautiful and lovely handwriting came into view - it was much better than her own anyway. It records the itinerary of Hua Jiuxi today and tomorrow, and Hua Jiuxi has never had such a feeling of "I am also an important person".

"This time it's a mahjong parlor, huh?" Hua Jiuxi closed the small book and respectfully returned it to Xiang Ling.

"Mahjong parlors and opium parlors were often used as secret strongholds." Xiang Ling said, "The miasma of smoke and the rabble are just used as a cover." ”

"Why don't you say that there are many people?" Hua Jiuxi asked.

"No, five miles away from the mahjong hall, all the trees are planted with our worm pawns, and we won't let go of a single face." Xiang Ling replied confidently.

"Uh-oh." Hua Jiuxi nodded.

Hua Jiuxi is dressed and is about to leave. Xiang Ling stopped him and said, "You slept to death before, and there is still something for you to do." ”

"What?" Hua Jiuxi raised his eyebrows, and saw Xiang Ling holding the flat box in front of him - there was a row of teeth at the closing of the box.

Hua Jiuxi had seen this kind of thing in Shaoguang City, and a smile of "I've seen too much" immediately appeared on his face.

"Please let it bite you." Xiang Ling said.

"I guess it's to familiarize this box with the smell of my blood?" Hua Jiuxi said while holding the row of staggered teeth with his hand, "Then only I can open this box." ”

With a "click", Hua Jiuxi's five fingers and belly were punctured, and the white teeth were red and bloody, which was extremely distinct. Hua Jiuxi hurriedly closed his eyes and recited the mantra to stop bleeding.

"That's right." Xiang Ling took out one of his handkerchiefs and wiped the blood on Hua Jiuxi's hands, which flattered him.

"What's in there?" Hua Jiuxi asked.

"The order flag, the big seal, and some documents, contracts, secret talismans, etc., that you brought back yesterday - being able to exchange money for life at a critical moment is the embodiment of the privilege of the insect head. And after the 'blood' just now, it only recognizes you as a master. ”

"It feels good." Hua Jiuxi subconsciously touched his stomach - Lu Wu was designed in the shape of a belt, hidden under his green shirt, plus the amber sword with the worm head.

Along the way, everyone looks like a bug, and Hua Jiuxi is guilty of such a suspicious disease. Passers-by looked at them but thought they were ordinary masters and servants, and didn't care.

Before arriving at a darkened, shabby room, one could tell through the hidden door that there were a number of red-eyed gamblers among them—it must have been from late to early.

Hua Jiuxi and the two entered in rows, Xiang Ling couldn't stand this kind of crazy and screaming tone, and a pair of eyebrows frowned slightly.

Hua Jiuxi was looking around, when he was led by Xiang Ling to a well in the backyard, and the other party ordered him to jump into the well.

"Jump into the well, jump into the well, why do I have a feeling of Zhu Bajie again?" Hua Jiuxi looked at the bottomless black, didn't care about much, pinched his nose and jumped down.

No feeling of being soaking wet and no difficulty breathing. I don't know what the black substance beside Hua Jiuxi was, he moved in it slightly, as if he was back in the backyard, and the well was still in front of him.

After a while, Xiang Ling also jumped out of the well, Hua Jiuxi thought it would be a small dragon at the beginning, but when he saw that he was still a girl, he was disappointed.

"What is the gentleman stunned to see me do? Go back to the mahjong parlor~" Xiang Ling sent him.

"These two places, are they mirror images?" Hua Jiuxi noticed that the sun here was black and dull, and the sky was yellowish instead of blue.

"That's right, the mercury-like thing in that well can replicate the scene on the ground - we're actually walking upside down now, though we can't feel it." Xiang Ling explained.

"In other words, all the furnishings here are actually that kind of black substance?" Hua Jiuxi asked, and Xiang Ling nodded.

"Its biggest role is to copy, even if the stronghold on the ground is razed, it can rely on this thing to immediately copy the exact same." Xiang Ling said, "Of course, it is limited to appearance. ”

Back in the mahjong hall, you can still hear the sound of those small squares colliding - it turned out that Pianpian, Luo Yue, Zhu Tian, and Tang Xinzi were rubbing hemp, and Hua Jiuxi said hello.

"Here it is!" Several people spoke in unison, but they didn't put down the game in their hands, and Hua Jiuxi felt a sense of cordiality and truth.

"This is a secluded place that outsiders can't find, you can do whatever you want, you don't have to be polite - besides, we don't talk about that." Pian Pian said with a smile, rolling a dice.

"Oh." Hua Jiuxi found a stool and sat down.

"Will Hua Ye?" I saw Luo Yue asking with a dry cigarette in his mouth.

"Me? I won't ......" Hua Jiuxi felt that it was quite embarrassing to answer these two words at any time.

"That's good, Xiangling girl won't either, you two are just a couple." Luo Yue replied without thinking.

"No one in our family plays this ......," Xiang Ling halfway intercepted some stereotypical prejudices about this kind of game.

"That's... When do we talk about work? Hua Jiuxi asked timidly.

"It's okay here, when everyone's minds are alive, and what is discussed is guaranteed to be feasible." Zhu Tian's mouth was holding a pipe.

Hua Jiuxi thought that he was really undignified as a worm, and he had to be so dumbfounded when he asked about something, and just wanted to complain a few words when he saw Xiang Ling swinging a hand over - signaling him to be calm.

"Okay, I said it." Hua Jiuxi cleared his throat, "Let's first clarify the purpose of our action-"

"The goal, of course, is to destroy the enemy and kill them all." Luo Yue replied without thinking.

"That's what I said." Hua Jiuxi said, "But the enemy is not a wooden man, so he won't stand there and call you to fight." And to guard against their subversive activities at all times. ”

His voice was not loud in the first place, but now it was cut off by a group of people shouting back and forth, Hua Jiuxi frowned and scratched his head.

Seeing this, Xiang Ling got up silently and observed the game.

"How about the victory or defeat now?" She asked softly.

"Sister Luo Yue loses the most, and she is about to take the pants as a pawn." Zhu Tian said with a smile.

"My poor sister, I won't let you lose your pants." Xiang Ling gently patted Luo Yue's shoulder, and the other party's body suddenly felt cold - her body had a terrifying stress reaction to Xiang Ling.

"Xiao Xiangxiang wants to play a game for me?" Luo Yue borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, got up and withdrew from the game, "We bet on people's heads, and I have already lost five or six hundred disciples." ”

"You're not having much luck today." Pian Pian said, "But let Xiang Ling, an amateur, fight for you - it's ruthless." ”

"Just tell me the rules." Xiang Ling took Luo Yue's position, and when Pian Pian saw that she was serious, she briefly told her.

Hua Jiuxi was also curious, not knowing what Xiang Ling's methods were.

The game progressed very quickly, and after about two hours, Xiangling won more than 1,000 heads. Everyone admitted the gamble and surrendered, thinking that this girl was really unpredictable, and immediately became bored, and gathered around Hua Jiuxi to listen to his speech.

"Now I owe Xiangling a favor again, I don't know how to pay it back." Hua Jiuxi thought to herself, "But the favor is too big, which means that there is no need to pay it back." "My heart immediately refreshed again.

Xiang Ling was still expressionless.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we now know that the enemy will strike at the time of a diplomatic meeting in the mountain city—but it's like chasing after the wind." As soon as Hua Jiuxi saw a few people leave the table, he immediately became quiet and upright, and a few pairs of eyes (compound eyes?) He looked at himself in unison.

He knew that this was not because he was a "worm head", but because he was more familiar with Japanese yokai than everyone here.

"At the very least, we have to confirm the enemy's numbers, the basics – and their plan of action." Hua Jiuxi said, "Because the enemy doesn't have many resources available in our area, I guess they will belong to personnel and materials from the outside world." ”

"I see!" Luo Yue raised his hand, "We have to keep an eye on those traffic arteries to see if any enemies have mixed in." ”

"Yes, this is exactly where Luo Yue can get it." Hua Jiuxi said, "As far as I know, the Oriental Yokai do not have a fleeting mode of transportation like the Shinto of Shaoguang Castle. Therefore, they are nothing more than taking the ordinary land, water and air routes. And as you know, there are no railway lines in our country - goods outside the territory mainly rely on the Yangtze River for water transportation, and if the enemy is large, it will definitely rely on this route. ”

Luo Yue nodded: "In this way, I will send my disciples to patrol the various docks day and night." ”

"It's a pity that there aren't many people who are proficient in Wangqi." Hua Jiuxi said, "And if the enemy is mixed with ordinary goods, everyone can't check it like humans, and that's the first difficulty." ”

"And then in the air, there are not a few Japanese monsters who can fly, and this has to have Lauro Yue." Hua Jiuxi said, "If you detect an enemy, don't clash with them head-on, just record their route and whereabouts." ”

"Well, moths can fly too." Pian Pian said, "It's not good for Luo Yue to take so much credit to himself. ”

"Huh? Such a burdensome and thankless thing......" Hua Jiuxi asked.

"It seems that the people of Yousi didn't tell you about it." Zhu Tian brushed a few dice in his hand, "How can there be anything in the world that does nothing in vain?" The amount of effort each of us contributes, the more confidence we will have to bargain with the court in the future. ”

Hua Jiuxi nodded, and said in his heart that after all, the gang is also unprofitable and can't afford to be early, how can he go to work for the court with enthusiasm?

"But our court is a poor ......court that can't even be cleaned up by the grass kings," Hua Jiuxi frowned.

"This, no matter how poor the court is, there is something to sell, Hua Ye, you should understand." Zhu Tian smiled meaningfully, "For example, salt and tea in the elderly, or a piece of extralegal land that belongs to the Moths Society." ”

Hua Jiuxi got through at one point, and didn't ask any more questions, so he said: "That's good, let's try our best to resist the enemy." I went on to say that there are some Oriental yokai living in the mountain castle at present, and this kind of people seems to have not been investigated, and some of them must be invoked as foreign enemies, so they should also be taken care of. And before we hastily pulled up this team, the enemy's advance party was probably already here......"

"This, Mr. Hua, you don't have to worry." Tang Xinzi finally spoke at this point, his tone was slow and calm, very powerful, "As you said, our Moths Society is not a wooden man. There is still a record of what kind of creatures came to the realm, although it is not a formality. ”

Hua Jiuxi nodded and said, "That's it, Brother Tang, let's establish a simple intelligence network first." It goes something like this, each cave master chooses a number of competent disciples, and these disciples are to have a single line of contact with you—they don't know each other's tasks. Under these disciples, they also have to send some people to observe and record in a certain place at regular intervals - simply dictating what they see. Centralized sorting every three days, and then centralized handing in. ”

Because Hua Jiuxi knew that the members of an organization like the Moths Society were often difficult to restrain themselves, it was extremely difficult to maintain a decent intelligence system, so the requirements were reduced to a very low level. His words were not difficult to understand, and several people led by Tang Xinzi unanimously agreed that they would start to deal with the matter that day.

Hua Jiuxi himself experienced the thrill of "strategizing".

Everyone took over Hua Jiuxi's order flag and dispersed, as for how strong their execution was, it was not clear.

Hua Jiuxi also ordered Tang Xinzi to select some henchmen and demons of good-looking children, and send them to Sacred Heart Middle School to help the leeches, and usually patrol around to protect the children in the school. The information of these little demons was checked repeatedly, and finally Hua Jiuxi personally interviewed.

After all, if the child is not injured by the enemy, but eats the monster of our own side, this is a big black pot.

After dealing with these matters, he notified Yousi, asking them to report all suspicious and strange cases to Hua Jiuxi's newly formed action team, which was located on the desk next to the bed in Hua Jiuxi's bedroom, including the Hua Jiuxi "family" and the cave owners of the Moth Society.

After a week like this, Hua Jiuxi also took a few cases at hand - although they were all found to be done by monsters, they had nothing to do with Oriental monsters. People's patience is easily consumed, and Hua Jiuxi has to keep reminding herself not to lose her fighting spirit.

Fortunately, these cases have been cracked, and many of them are rich people. For example, a young master who was bewitched by the soft-shelled turtle essence, after Hua Jiuxi stewed the soft-shelled turtle essence, his father, a sugarcane king, sent more than a lot of oceans. I also brought more than a dozen carts of sugar.

Hua Jiuxi piled up the white sugar in the courtyard and divided it with the neighbors. It's a pity that after a torrential rain, the loose frosting turned into sweet water.

"If it's really action, you have three points of wealth, and if there are a few more cases like this, I can stop the restaurant." Hua Jiuxi said to Xiang Ling.

"Xiangling, what do you want Laxmi and me to give you?" Hua Jiuxi asked her.

"Why did the gentleman say this suddenly?" Xiang Ling is sweeping the floor.

"Uh... Because you give so much for everyone. Hua Jiuxi said, "It's also appropriate for us to talk about our hearts." ”

"We dragons usually give gifts on May Day, and it's not yet time." Xiang Ling said.

"Dragon Boat Festival?" Hua Jiuxi said.

"Well, when the time comes, we'll wrap the gold and silver jewelry in leaves and give them away." Xiang Ling supported his chin with his fingers, and Wangkong recalled, "You seem to call this thing a millet horn - or a zongzi or something?" ”

"I see, we took it to eat." Hua Jiuxi asked, "Then what special food do you eat on May Day?" ”

"People." Xiang Ling said, "But it's been a few years since I did this—because there are always some people with high mana who are fighting against the dragons for this." For example, Xu Zhenjun, Sazhen people or something, it's annoying. So an order was issued to stop cannibalism. ”

Hearing this, Hua Jiuxi's heart was shocked.

"What is the gentleman afraid of?" Xiang Ling said, "I was too young, and when I was born, my family had not eaten people for nearly a thousand years. ”

Hua Jiuxi was relieved, so he heard the phone ringing, and Xiang Ling took it. In fact, Hua Jiuxi was reluctant to Xiang Ling to handle this housework, because she was so cold-spoken and arrogant, and the other party often hung up if she couldn't say three sentences.

"Oh, okay, I'll pass it on." Xiang Ling put down the earpiece and said to Hua Jiuxi, "Director Qian called, saying that there was a very strange murder case-"

"Okay, let's go." Hua Jiuxi put on an old windbreaker, and when he went out, he saw that it was raining heavily outside, and Xiangling's big umbrella just came in handy.

When the car drove to the scene of the crime, a lot of plainclothes blocked the scene. It's a relatively upscale residential area – "no one in a short beat", as others say, and the tenants are intellectuals, government officials, and the like. Although it is deep in the city, the composition of the people who come and go is relatively simple, so it should not be difficult to investigate.

Unfortunately, this heavy rain will wash away a lot of evidence.

Seeing the strange man and woman breaking into the floor where the crime occurred, a police officer immediately stepped forward to stop them. Hua Jiuxi took out a wooden business card from his pocket, and the police officer stopped interrogating him when he saw it, and the two went upstairs in the direction of his hand.

Walk through the deep staircase to the room where the deceased was.

In this era, there is chaos everywhere, and it is not uncommon for a person to die - but this matter is afraid of a strange design, so the police force is arranged tightly on the outside and loose on the inside. The large number of personnel in the outer layer mainly plays the role of intercepting suspicious elements and clearing the crowd of spectators. And there are not many police officers who come to investigate the murder with real knives and guns.

The inspector guarding the door had been waiting for a long time when he learned of the arrival of Hua Jiuxi and the others. Listening to the sound of "boom" going upstairs, a young boy and a girl dressed as a Western maid appeared.

"Is it Mr. Hua Jiuxi?" The inspector asked.

"It's me, hard work." Hua Jiuxi hugged his fists and said, seeing that the detective was not very old, about early thirties, with black curly hair, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a wound caused by a razor on his chin.

"The hard work of the meeting must be the rivers and lakes—" the inspector said.

It turned out that there were no professional police schools during this period, and most of the detectives relied on their rich social resources to get to the top. Like the one in front of him, he has a relationship with the local gangs - of course, he is also a man of intelligence.

"Before I look at the dead - can you give us a brief explanation?" Hua Jiuxi asked.

"You're so direct." The detective leaned against the door frame and said, "Anyway, these brothers in the building will be withdrawn in a while." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Hua Jiuxi asked.

"I've already used the herald bee to beckon Bai Lei to come over, and in a moment this floor will be taken over by the Mothsleigh Society." Xiang Ling whispered, "It's urgent, I didn't have time to discuss it with you." ”

"It's fine." In fact, Hua Jiuxi is more or less concerned about this kind of "cut first and then play" behavior, "Detective, you can continue. ”

"We were ordered to quit automatically when the person named Hua Jiuxi appeared, so that girl did the right thing. It is known that the deceased had rented this house three years ago - and had lived a life of in-depth examination. ”

"A large number of manuscripts have been found from his relics, which show that he was a well-known writer and critic of the current situation in the city. And it also confirmed the truth that there is only one person behind several pen names. ”

Hua Jiuxi frowned, "These aren't very necessary......

"The landlord and neighbors of the deceased are currently under control, and the review is still in progress - and the other relics of the deceased have not been effectively sealed - you can take a look."

"That's all?" Hua Jiuxi's eyes widened.

"That's all." The detective nodded.