"How do you sit on the ground?" A female voice sounded without any fluctuations, not Xiang Ling or anyone.

"Are you slow, or is the leopard too fast?" Hua Jiuxi asked her with a smile.

"It's only been ten minutes since you rode up." Xiang Ling took out a pocket watch and said, "When people are bored and miserable, they will feel that time has slowed down." ”

"Yes, but after all those dazzling things. Now looking at the way this person went to the empty building, I really don't know what to say. Hua Jiuxi stood up and shook the dust off his pants.

"If it's not elusive, is it still called a secret society?" Xiang Ling said, "I know where the stables are, and this time I will use locust horses." ”

Hua Jiuxi covered her stomach, thinking that if she went down again, she really couldn't stand it.

"Are you hungry, sir?" Xiang Ling asked.

"I'm a little hungry." Hua Jiuxi responded a few words indiscriminately, and followed Xiang Ling to lead the horse. By the time I got back to my mansion, it was already seven or eight o'clock in the evening.

Hua Jiuxi took the key to open the door - the key, of course, was not an ordinary metal product, but a radish.

The boy was afraid that he was asleep, and he and Xiang Ling slowed down in unison. As soon as Xiang Ling entered the door, he gently replaced the pair of high-heeled boots.

I saw the boy holding the children's book that had only a few pages open, and fell asleep directly on his back. Xiang Ling glanced at Hua Jiuxi.

However, Hua Jiuxi couldn't see any information through her lenses, and only saw Xiang Ling pick up the boy very gently, and only then did she know what she meant.

"Sister Xiangling, you're back." The boy opened his eyes.

"Yes, I'm back, young master." Xiang Ling said.

"Where's Daddy?" The boy asked again.

"I'm here—are I hungry?" Hua Jiuxi asked, but after thinking about it, even if this is the case, he is not the one in charge of cooking.

"No~ I don't really need to eat." The boy said, "You're tired, so rest early." ”

"This kid is really well-behaved." Hua Jiuxi said.

Xiang Ling sent the boy into the bedroom to lull him to sleep, and then returned to Huajiuxi and stood next to his seat. He guessed that Hua Jiuxi must have something to wait for her to discuss, and besides, it was also the maid's responsibility to fall asleep later than the master's house.

Hua Jiuxi saw her come back, and for a while she was relieved, she called her.

"Yes." Xiang Ling put his hands in front of him and stood tall.

"What do you think I'm going to ask you?" Hua Jiuxi felt embarrassed to look at this girl directly, so she took an apple in her hand and fiddled with it.

"Sir, I'm going to ask about the people of the Mothweed Society." Xiang Ling replied.

"Of course, to be honest, the only person I can rely on in the Mothhopper Society right now is you." Hua Jiuxi was afraid that as soon as these words came out, Xiang Ling would be more hearty.

But Xiang Ling actually nodded: "This is also one of the reasons why the old man invited my father - I am the leader who has the least entanglement with the interests of the Moths Society." ”

Hua Jiuxi let out an "um" sound.

"Although I am nominally a cave owner, I have not continued to operate and ......develop except for the original members of the Moth Club and the 1,000 people my family has pulled for the façade," Xiang Ling said.

"They mainly value who you are." Hua Jiuxi said.

"That's right, so there's no one to restrain me." Xiang Ling didn't know whether to use the word "dare" or "can" before "restraint", "Most of the affairs under my command are handled by the moths themselves." In other words, I also make the people of the Mothlewood Society. ”

"Fortunately, your father mixed a thousand sands, which is also a member of the Moths Society, and it is your own soldier." Hua Jiuxi said with a smile, "In the end, I am afraid that the girl will be wronged." ”

Hearing this, Xiang Ling was happy and shy, and Hua Jiuxi didn't notice the scarlet clouds on her face: "In other words, I'm half an outsider - this can just help you act." ”

"That being said, I'd like to hear your opinion on our mission, do you want to be involved?" Hua Jiuxi said, "Let's just tell me, I'm a lazy eater, and this time I'm also stubborn." But when I thought that this was to resist external humiliation and defend everyone, I couldn't throw this burden away anyway. ”

"I'm just doing what I'm told." Xiang Ling said, "Although I can't understand Mr.'s scholarly feelings of family and country, I have begun to like your family." Especially, I'm willing to fight for the young master, that's all. ”

"That's good, too...... But one thing that is very strange to me until now is, Xiangling, you are obviously a princess, why do you want to be a maid? Hua Jiuxi said.

"This is my work." Xiang Ling only replied with such a sentence, and then fell into a moment of silence. Hua Jiuxi touched the nail again, thinking that he would never mention it again in the future.

"Now we'll have to talk about the details of the Mothweed Society." Hua Jiuxi said.

"I know everything." Xiang Ling said.

Hua Jiuxi knew that Xiang Ling had an extraordinary memory, and she would definitely be able to obtain first-hand and highly accurate data from her mouth, which was much more valuable than the pictures that might have been faked. Let's first ask the composition of the Moths Society.

"As you can see, the Moths are a secret gang that covers all races and regions. However, its geographical distribution is dominated by southwest China, that is, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. In the southwestern provinces, most of the insect monsters have to join the Moth Society, and the male monsters are the mainstay. The gang implements an annual system in which everyone has to hand over part of their property in a solar year. And this part of the property is used to help the old and weak. ”

"Well, the early secret societies were meant to be mutual aid organizations." Hua Jiuxi said.

"The Moths Society has a lot of money, and there are special agencies responsible for taking care of these assets, and building their own commercial and intelligence networks throughout the country to extract greater profits. At present, the leader in this area is the spider monster Zhu Tian......"

"What happens if you don't pay your annual payment?" Hua Jiuxi is more curious about this.

"There will be three reminders at the meeting, and if you don't pay it for three years, it will be considered a withdrawal. But once he withdraws from the association, he will basically be regarded as the enemy of the Moths Society-the whole world will attack him. In order to deal with this situation, the Moths will have a special law enforcement agency, known as the 'Shougong', which is both an internal law enforcement force and an external armed force. Tang Xinzi is the Great Shougong and has become the de facto supreme power of the Moths Society. ”

Seeing that Hua Jiuxi didn't ask anything else, Xiang Ling continued, "Starting from the disciples of Sanzhu, members must choose a cave to join, and at the same time recognize their master. It's a lot more complicated here—"

"I roughly get it, skip this section." Hua Jiuxi said, "I want to hear about the rest of the cave masters. ”

Xiang Ling nodded: "Cave masters, a few people who belong to the Kunzi family are naturally a group, and the rest of me, Jiaqin, and Luo Yue are all independent. I have already said Tang Xinzi and Zhu Tian, these two are the big insect demons in the southwest, and they have a lot of deeds. If you pay attention to it, sir, you should have heard many stories of their early years. ”

Hua Jiuxi's confused impression is indeed a praying mantis spirit and a spider monster, which is often mentioned in the monster's teahouse bookstore. But he still deals with humans on weekdays, so he still knows little about such rumors.

"Bai Lei belongs to a kind of monster called giant termites, and this Mr. Bai Lei has joined many gangs at the same time—"

"Wait, will the moths allow that?" Hua Jiuxi asked.

"Isn't there also a human being who is knowing, teaching, and reasoning at the same time?" Xiang Ling felt that he was naïve in his question.

"Oh, too." Hua Jiuxi said.

"He was mainly a carpenter, a craftsman, and he often made things that could run and fly. In the South Seas and India, they all wanted to buy his Buddha statues, so he joined the Moth Society, mostly to expand sales. This man is a good old man, and he is not a good fighter. Xiang Ling said.

"Miss Pianpian is not an ordinary moth, and the gentleman will know it then. She has many industries such as theater troupes and wine shops, and she is a member of the moth to connect with human society, and she was promoted to the owner of the cave by virtue of this. ”

After saying this, Hua Jiuxi's heart moved, there should be a lot of cute girls there in Pianpian. Xiang Ling saw that he was stunned for a while, and thought he was going to ask something.

There was no follow-up, and Xiang Ling said again: "You can also guess Luo Yue's stronghold - the largest water and land wharf." Moreover, she has a large number of generals, extremely strong soldiers, and one of the best mobility abilities, which is the largest mountain within the Moths Society. Luo Yue himself is crazy, and once in order to rob the southern waterways, he once brushed my father's dragon beard—"

"The result?" Hua Jiuxi asked knowingly.

"Naturally, it will be a feather." Xiang Ling's tone was brisk, Hua Jiuxi had already figured it out, Xiang Ling's family pride was very strong, if she praised the dragon son and grandson of this family, it would be more useful than praising herself-although Hua Jiuxi didn't seem to have praised her, she didn't dare.

"She fought and made peace with us, but we actually saw her like a monkey - although I was held by her when I was a child." Xiang Ling revealed a piece of his own black history.

"And then you hurt her?" Flower Jiuxi for a while.

Xiang Ling didn't answer, and continued: "Brother Jiaqin, similar to my nature, is also used as a door god. He spent a long time in the western snowy mountains, near India, as a protector of the Dharma to protect the safety of local Buddhist monasteries. Most of the monsters in the Snowy Land have fought against him, and he rarely loses. Jiaqin succeeded his father after Honghua and joined the Moths Society in his personal name. ”

"Why?" Hua Jiuxi raised her eyebrows, "I don't see why such a pure layman should deal with a smoky miasma gang - and it's hereditary. ”

"The snow is bitterly cold, and many supplies of the locals have to be imported from their mouths - the same is true for youkai, and the Jiaqin family can maintain a stable business relationship by joining the association from father to son. However, he himself is only responsible for standing on the ground at critical moments. Xiang Ling replied.

"It's really all business." Hua Jiuxi spread his hands.

"Ten thousand kinds of frost are free." Xiang Ling said.

Hua Jiuxi almost jumped up: "You also know this poem?" "It's really exciting.

Xiang Ling was very strange: "Have you forgotten what the first word of my name was?" This poet is my countryman. ”

Hua Jiuxi was about to answer a sentence, when he suddenly heard a squeak of the door shaft, and the person who came walked lightly.

Laxmi came back with a handbag and a cardboard box in the other, and Xiang Ling said respectfully: "Hello, madam." ”

"I brought back a cake, would you like to try it?" Laxmi placed the carton on a few cases before placing the trench coat on the hanger.

"Coming back so late today?" Hua Jiuxi was hungry, opened the box, saw that it was a cut cream cake, calculated the amount reserved, and took care of himself and ate it.

"Yes, because the external affairs have become more and more complicated recently, and there is a shortage of manpower." Laxmi examined the folders in her bag, made sure nothing was missing, and put it away.

"It's a pity that the salary won't last long." Hua Jiuxi said.

"I'm just a temporary supernumerary, and I don't have a salary in the first place." "That's why they deserve the title of 'advisor.'" ”

"This name sounds bluffing, but there are not many people who can speak so many Western languages." Hua Jiuxi said, "Those who can work harder." ”

"Not very tired...... It's just a little boring. Laxmi smiled and said, "It's almost late at night, why don't you two sleep?" Laxmi certainly didn't have any suspicions about the two of them.

"Of course, it's a discussion." Hua Jiuxi said.

But Xiang Ling saw that the time was not early, and Laxmi and the two wanted to spare some time to be alone, so they arbitrarily claimed the housework and retreated.

"Xiangling—I'll send you the cake later." Laxmi said to her back, and when she turned around, she asked Hua Jiuxi, "Are you tired today?" ”

"You know I'm out?" Hua Jiuxi said that this was not surprising.

"It was part of the plan." Laxmi said, "And the identity of Xiang Ling—I knew it before you." ”

"Yes, yes, you already have the perception of the Queen Mother of the West." Hua Jiuxi leaned his head on the back of the chair, looking depressed. This "I'm the only one who is a piece of shit" doesn't feel good.

"No, Xiang Ling has a real human body, she doesn't exert her strength, and I can't see it." "But what maid has such grace — it's not a lady, it's a princess." From her tone and look, you can see the meaning of envy.

"That's—though only yesterday and today, I spoke to her more than ten words." Hua Jiuxi said, "And there are not many people who are so beautiful." ”

"Later, the people of Yousi told me about Xiangling, but I never had time to tell you. Of course, that would be too disrespectful to Xiang Ling - she seems to have been working as a maid before, and she has never been discovered. Laxmi said.

"Do you like Xiangling?" Hua Jiuxi looked at her and said.

"I like it." Laxmi replied in the affirmative.

"Hmm—she's always cold." Hua Jiuxi said, "I'm a little afraid of her......"

"How-" Laxmi smiled, "I know Xiang Ling is a very gentle person, but he is not good at expressing himself. And I never had to talk about clothes or food with her—there was something else interesting to say. ”

"Xiangling is very smart, at least smarter than me. It is very comfortable to talk to such people. Laxmi added.

"Hmm." Hua Jiuxi agreed with this, "The cost of communication with smart people is very low, just like walking on the Shuntan Road." And Xiang Ling, a person, simply has the ability to 'not forget the total'. ”

"It's like the main character of 'The Red and the Black' can recite the entire Bible, yes!" "It's a coveted skill for people who do humanities research." ”

Hua Jiuxi saw Laxmi fascinated for a while, and when people get to know some heroic people, they often have this kind of enthusiasm and honor. But in this way, Laxmi is sure that there will be no conflict with Xiangling, which is good.

"Don't talk about others, Xiaohua, what's your next move?" Laxmi asked Hua Jiuxi.

"I need to know what the enemy is moving on—" Hua Jiuxi looked Laxmi in the eye.

"They don't trust me as an outsider." Laxmi knew what he meant, "I don't have much access to deep information other than some compilation and accompaniment. Besides, I'm not responsible for Japan. ”

"Okay. The first thing I want to do is to use the power of the Moths Society to build a working intelligence network. Hua Jiuxi clenched his fingers and said, which means that he has really made up his mind.

"Moths? Oh, yes...... You're going to them today. Laxmi said, "Do you have any anecdotes for me?" ”

"It's just so tired, so tired." Hua Jiuxi rubbed his shoulder, Laxmi came over with a smile and slapped him twice on the shoulder, "You should be active once in a while." ”

"There are still many opportunities for activities in the future." Flower Nine Creek Waner Road.

"How is our little leech doing, I may not have seen him in a long time." Laxmi asked.

"Leech didn't reveal much about his life, but according to Gu'er, it's okay." Hua Jiuxi said, "And he recently made a monster girl as a friend." ”

"He's so cute—of course he's popular with girls." Laxmi said.

"Still, I should let the leeches keep an eye on this girl." Hua Jiuxi said, "Because she is a kind of Oriental monster called Zashiki Boy." As for why and when she came to the mountain town, we don't know anything about it. ”

"It makes sense, but the exchange of information is always a two-way street." Laxmi pinched her chin and said, "If this girl is really an enemy, she must also want to use leeches to get information from our side." ”

"It's really hard to deal with - Xiaomi, you must be very tired, go to bed early." Hua Jiuxi said this, but in fact, he was sleepy.

"Hmm." Laxmi replied gently, "You have a good rest, good night, too." With that, he went to the boy's room.

Seeing that there was no one else in the house, Hua Jiuxi vacated a seed of an unknown plant from the gourd, put it in his mouth, and paced to his bedroom.

This is a kind of potion that calms the soul - in the face of such a complicated change, Hua Jiuxi really can't help but think nonsense, so he has to make this decision......