It was a rainy night, and the streets were silent. The pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info pitch black. On such a rainy night, it seems that all sins are washed away by the rain. Disappeared without a trace. However, on such a rainy night, there was a figure standing in the rain. The rain hit her cheeks and snaked down. There was a faint smell of blood in the air.

She stood up with a blank face, holding her warm and still beating heart in her hand, the heavy rain washing away the blood stains on her fingers, this was the seventh. There are still three left. She will soon be able to refine that flavor medicine.

Then Eungong will be able to get rid of the pain of illness. Thinking of this, an expectant smile appeared on her originally expressionless face, which was charming and upside down.

Putting away the heart in her hand, the girl turned and left.

Where the girl had stood, a man in fine clothes sat weakly on the ground by the wall, and his face showed an expression of disbelief, as if he did not believe that the girl would do this to him. He sat there like this, and if you looked closely, you would see that his eyes had lost their luster and his breathing had stopped. He's dead.

The next day, after a routine inspection by the soldiers at the city gate, Lou Luan, Qingming, and Xie Zhao walked into Shengjing.

At this moment, it was already a month since leaving Shuhe City. After leaving Shuhe City, the three of them walked all the way to Shengjing, and Qingming didn't seem to be in a hurry to go to Shengjing to eliminate demons.

Looking at the lively crowd on the street, Qing Ming first stretched his waist and then couldn't help but sigh. "It's Shengjing, it's really lively on the street."

However, what responded to him was Lou Luan's silent back, as well as Xie Zhao's figure lingering in the surrounding shops.

"Hey, wait for me, Senior Brother Lou Luan." Qingming looked at Lou Luan's back and hurriedly caught up.

After walking on the street for a long time, the whispers around me reached the ears of the three people word for word.

"Did you hear, last night, the son of the Li family was killed on East Third Street."

"No, that son of the Li family."

"Listening to my cousin who is in the yamen, he was also stripped of his heart, and it was fatal."

"In other words, after the list was released this morning, I saw that Li Gongzi's name was on the list."

"This old lady Li must not be crazy"

"Isn't it, I heard that I am still crying in the yamen to catch the murderer."

"This is already the seventh."

"I wish I could catch the murderer soon."

"yes."

Hearing the whispered discussions around him, Lou Luan whispered thoughtfully. "Murder and heart-digging." This Shengjing is really not peaceful at all.

"Could it be that Senior Brother Lou Luan has any clues?" Qing Ming looked at Lou Luan thoughtfully with wide eyes.

Hearing Qingming's inquiry, Lou Luan looked up at the sky and slowly spoke, saying two words. "Nope."

"Ahh Qingming didn't expect Lou Luan to give him such an answer.

Xie Zhao on the side opened his mouth quietly. "At this time, the guy with that dead face might as well beg me."

"Please, Xiao Zhao." Qingming folded his hands and looked at Xie Zhao.

Xie Zhao stood on tiptoe after hearing Xiao Zhao's words, and then tugged at Qingming's ears. "How many times have you said don't call me Xiao Zhao, little Taoist Qingming." Speaking the last five words, it seems that you can hear the gritted teeth of the insight.

"It hurts, it hurts...... Well, how about Zhaozhao. After Qingming's ears were grabbed, his face wrinkled into buns, and he hurriedly begged Xie Zhao for mercy.

"You can't call me Zhao?" As he spoke, Xie Zhao let go of Qingming's ears.

"I see, Xiao Zhao." After Qingming finished speaking, he subconsciously covered his ears.

"Come with me." Xie Zhao sighed, and then motioned for Qingming and Lou Luan to go with her. Talking to Qingming about the name, she really has been bored lately.

"Senior Brother Lou Luan, Xiao Zhao is going to take us to find clues." Qing Ming turned around and shouted at Lou Luan, causing the people around to look at Lou Luan and Qing Ming with strange eyes.

"Qingming, you guy, why did you go so quickly with that guy." Lou Luan looked around for a moment, and then stared at Qing Ming, who had already reconciled with Zhao, and sighed.

Then Lou Luan frowned, and just now, he noticed a sight. Hopefully it wasn't his delusion, and that gaze seemed to have some kind of inquiry.

"Speaking of Xiao Zhao, where are we going now?" Qingming rubbed his reddened ears, he was curious about his next destination.

Xie Zhao smiled and gently opened and closed his lips and said four words. "A wine shop."

"What kind of wine store is it?" Qing Ming was puzzled when he heard Xie Zhao's words, there are so many wine shops in Shengjing, which one is it.

"It's just a liquor store." After speaking, Xie Zhao no longer paid attention to Qingming's question. I started walking on my own.

"What kind of liquor store is it?"

Lou Luan looked at Xie Zhao's back in red not far in front of him.

What exactly does she want?

He didn't think that a demon would follow two Taoist priests without the slightest purpose.

Looking up at the banner at the door of the wine shop, Qing Ming finally understood the meaning of a wine shop that Zhao said. Blue lace, with black letters on the flag on a white background, is arrogant and casual, just like the name of the restaurant. A wine shop.

"So, a liquor store means a liquor store." Qing Ming pointed to the flag hanging in the air fluttering in the wind and opened his mouth slightly and was a little sluggish, he thought about what kind of wine shop it was for a long time, but he didn't expect it to be like this.

"Hmm." Xie Zhao nodded. Then he stepped inside.

The little second brother in front of the counter saw that Jian Zhao hurriedly ran to Xie Zhao, with respect on his face. "Your Excellency, you're here." Then he looked up at Lou Luan and Qing Ming, who were following behind Xie Zhao, with a wary expression. The hand holding the rag had faintly turned into sharp claws. It seemed that the two Taoist priests from the Ethereal Mountain who were following Xie Zhao on time at any time.

"They came with me." Xie Zhao looked at the little second brother's hand and said lightly. The voice was in the ears of the little second brother, but it was in the ice cave.

I saw that the little second brother's claws had recovered into hands, but he still looked at Lou Luan and Qingming with vigilance on his face. seemed to be full of disgust for the Taoist priest in front of him.

"I've got what I want. Plus a couple of light vegetarian dishes that suit them. After Xie Zhao finished speaking to the little second brother, he walked upstairs.

Hurriedly catching up with Xie Zhao, who was walking upstairs, Qingming lowered his voice and asked Xie Zhao. "Xiao Zhao, are you very good?"

"Well, who knows?" Xie Zhao dragged a long tone, not denying or admitting it.

Lou Luan looked around quietly, in the lobby on the first floor, there were dozens of demons and many ordinary people. It looks like an ordinary liquor store.

How so. Isn't this the stronghold of the demons?

With such doubts, Lou Luan followed to the private room on the third floor.

Carefully inspect everything on the third floor. It's just a wooden structure that looks like it's the most ordinary. Will there be a clue here?

As if sensing Lou Luan's doubts, Xie Zhao, who was playing with the teacup on the table, slowly spoke. "There are more important things before we get to the bottom of the news."

Lou Luan didn't speak, but looked at Xie Zhao with puzzled eyes.

Xie Zhao looked at Lou Luan. "I'm hungry." She didn't feel anything wrong with her words. It's as if she's not a demon but an ordinary girl.

Lou Luan clenched the sword in front of his chest. seemed to feel that Xie Zhao in front of him was telling a big joke.

Tension erupted between the two men.

Grunt, a sound interrupted Showa Louluan's gaze. Then the tense atmosphere between the two people also disappeared.

Qingming smiled embarrassedly. Then he opened his mouth with the sound of his stomach ringing again. "I'm hungry too."

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and then the little second brother walked in with freshly brewed tea and delicate snacks.

"Eat." Qingming looked at the dim sum served by the little second brother, and his face showed joy. After the little second brother put down the snacks and tea in the tray, he stretched out his hand to pick up the snacks and began to eat them by himself, not caring at all about the murderous eyes of the little second brother.

Xie Zhao looked at the little second brother with a solemn expression, and slowly spoke. "What's going on with the recent heart-splitting killing?"

"My lord, this ......" The little second brother looked at Lou Luan, who was holding the sword, and Qing Ming, who was eating happily, with some hesitation.

"But it doesn't hurt to say it." Xie Zhao motioned for the little second brother to continue.

"Yes, as for the matter of heart-gouging, it was two months ago that a student who could take the test did not go out after noon, and his companion felt that something was wrong and broke into the door, and found the student sitting quietly on the chair in front of the window, as if reading a book, but there was a pool of blood on his chest. Later, after a check-up, his heart disappeared. Although the subordinates felt strange, they didn't dare to make much action and could only investigate secretly, but so far, there have been no practical clues after many incidents, and the only thing in common is that they are all candidates for this autumn exam. ”

"I see." Xie Zhao rubbed his forehead, and then motioned for the little second brother to leave.

After the little second brother left, Xie Zhao raised his eyebrows and looked at Lou Luan. "Clues." Then she reached out and picked up the teapot on the table and poured herself a cup of tea.

Lou Luan was silent. Xie Zhao in front of him, all the actions he couldn't fathom.

After a while, the little second brother went and returned, and this time he appeared in front of the three of them again with a few light dishes and a black box in his hand.

"My lord, what you wanted." Respectfully put down the things in his hand, and the little second brother left.

"Uh-huh." Qingming swallowed the pastry in his mouth with the tea, and then spoke again. "What is this?"

"Do you want to eat?" Xie Zhao seemed to be playful, opened the box and handed the black stone-like thing in the box to Qing Ming.

Qingming wanted to stretch out his hand to take it, but was stopped by Lou Luan.

"I don't know when the demon flame of the demon clan will be able to be eaten."

"Ahh Saying this, the black stone-like thing in Xie Zhao's hand burned in Xie Zhao's hand as if it had life, and the black flame followed her hand and entered her body. After losing the flames, the stone-like thing gradually turned gray.

Qing Ming, who witnessed all this, widened his eyes, and then trembled and stretched out his hand to poke at the gray demon flame in Xie Zhao's hand.

"Don't touch it." Lou Luan's voice was still not as fast as Qing Ming's hand after all.

"It's amazing." The warm touch from his fingers made Qing Ming sigh. "This is the legendary Demon Flame. It's so warm. ”

Lou Luan secretly said a stupid word in his heart. I don't know if I'm talking about myself or Qingming. After the black flame had been absorbed, it was just an ordinary stone, how could he forget.

It turned out that it was really a stone. It's just a stone that can carry the demon flame of the demon realm.

Soon, Qingming focused on the food served by the little second brother. Shallot tofu and shredded potatoes. Over-water bean sprouts. Chilled cucumbers. Two bowls of noodle soup. It also comes with a small dish of aged vinegar and a small dish of chili oil.

Qing Ming picked up the chopsticks, and then gently picked up the noodles in the bowl in front of him. In the mouth of the noodles, Qingming tasted a familiar taste. This noodle tastes similar to the noodles that used to be made by Jin Niang. People can't help but recall something warm.

Seeing that Lou Luan was still not moving, Xie Zhao made a helpless expression. "There's no poison in the noodles, I don't mind if you want to be hungry."

"Not the problem." As he spoke, Lou Luan picked up the chopsticks on the table. "I'm just wondering why you have to walk with me and Qingming. I don't understand. ”

Xie Zhao listened to Lou Luan's words, smiled, unconsciously turned the stone that had lost the demon flame in his hand, and then spoke. "It's just funny."

After drinking and eating, Qingming stood at the window facing the street and looked out. "Wow, it's a great view." The majestic imperial city not far from the window and the bustling crowd made Qing Ming sigh, and suddenly Qing Ming looked surprised and stared at one of the people in the line walking on the street outside the window. "Ah, that, that. Senior Brother Lou Luan, come here, I'll ...... I think I'm hallucinating. "The scholar sitting on the horse on the street, although he and Lou Luan have completely different temperament and clothing, but his appearance is the same as Lou Luan.

It seemed that Qingming's voice reached below, and the scholar looked up.

And Lou Luan heard Qingming's panicked voice and walked to the window, looking down.

With eyes facing each other, Lou Luan, who was standing upstairs with the same appearance, and the scholar who was sitting on the horse were stunned. Then the scholar laughed.

"Brother." Lou Luan looked at Lou Xiyan, who was sitting on a horse and patrolling the street at this time, and a rare look of surprise appeared on his expressionless face. He didn't seem to expect to meet his brother in such a scene. For a moment, Lou Luan felt that the voice of Qingming around him was far away from him, and only Lou Xiyan's figure was left in his eyes. It was the brother he hadn't seen in twenty years since he was eight years old. He had a lot to say to his brother, but he knew it wasn't the right time. And he knew it on the horse.

Lou Xiyan, who was sitting on the horse, looked at Lou Luan with a smile, waved his hand to his younger brother, and gradually walked away with the procession on the street.

Xie Zhao looked at Lou Luan's surprised look with interest. After all, it is rare to see this expressionless guy in front of him with a surprised look on his face. Brother, what kind of person will Lou Luan's brother be? Xie Zhao began to look forward to the appearance of the brother in Lou Luan's mouth. Let's hope I don't let her down.