Hongchen hugged Rhubarb and covered its forehead with one hand.

Rhubarb was very well-behaved, his head rested on her arm, motionless, the pomegranate tree rustled, and an impact appeared in Hongchen's head.

Transparent, black and white, very blurry, but it was indeed Jiang Zhuang, who came out of the house in the middle of the night with a lantern in his hand.

The lantern turned out to be white, illuminating his face green, and as soon as he went out, he let the long-haired woman hold her arm, and the two of them gradually walked apart.

The woman's face was not clear, but she was quite slender when she only looked at the back, and she thought she was a beauty.

Hongchen exhaled, in fact, if Jiang Zhuang was really confused by a woman, it would be okay to be deceived away, but I'm afraid this matter is not so simple, put the rhubarb down, made a gesture, and the rhubarb jumped out.

"Keep up."

Hongchen went straight to the horse.

The group rushed out a few steps, and saw Li Zhukuai and the three servants coming straight to her in a turn.

"Miss, Miss, no, the two brothers I sent out to protect Master Jiang today were gouged out of their hearts, and their bodies were found."

His voice trembled, visibly frightened.

Several officials around him also turned pale with a pale face.

Qi County has not had such a tragic case for more than ten years, even if a person dies on weekdays, most of them are seeking revenge, or they are impulsive killings, and there are also robberies for money, but one incident a year will give the county master a headache, and he is still very peaceful on weekdays.

Hongchen frowned and pointed to the front: "Follow Rhubarb, it will help us find Master Jiang." ”

If you find Master Jiang, you will definitely be able to find out what the harmful thing is.

Li Zhukuai and those people were scared in their hearts, but if they let it go. Their life is definitely not easy, and as soon as they grit their teeth, they also chase after them.

Gu Shi didn't know how to ride, and he didn't catch up after chasing him for a long time, he only knew how to cry non-stop.

Follow the rhubarb all the way, go straight to Qixian, rhubarb will drill into a small alley, the alley is deep and gray, and you can't see the sun at all.

"Woo, whoa!"

Into the alley. And the rhubarb fell to the ground. He shrunk back, his ears fell to the back of his eyes, his hair stood on end, and he looked overly frightened.

There are shadows ahead. There seems to be a monster hidden in the shadows. It's obviously a scorching heat. After a while, the cold came to my face.

Li Chukuai chuckled in his heart.

Hongchen put one hand around Rhubarb's neck, smoothed his hair, and frowned: "The Feng Yuan dart game you said is on the street in front?" ”

Li Zhu nodded quickly: "South Street." Master Jiang stays behind the dart game on weekdays, and there has been nothing to do, and I was careless, only letting Xiao Yi and Jin Zi follow, I should find more people. ”

He regretted it, but what could he do if he regretted it now, so he had to look at Hongchen with a blank eye.

"Miss, my two brothers are only sons, the parents in the family are old, the daughter-in-law is not married, the son is not born, and it is too miserable to die like this, if you don't avenge them, which brother will be willing to give me Lao Li his life in the future!"

Hongchen stood at the mouth of the alley for a while, and before he could walk in, an old tree next to him said, "You are the owner of the pomegranate?" Don't go in, there's a vicious guy inside, and if you catch it, you're going to die. ”

It's not particularly clear, the old tree's spiritual intelligence has not yet been fully developed, but it obviously has a good relationship with pomegranates, and when the red dust dots the pomegranates, the other trees around it also shine a little.

After thinking about it, Hongchen said: "The matter has come to this, it is useless to be sad, Li Zhu, you go back with me first, I will prepare some things and wait for the evening." ”

"At night?"

Li Zhu was stunned, shouldn't it be more appropriate to do it during the day, and those evil cults don't have a lot of power at night?

"I'm afraid it won't come out until the evening."

Hongchen said it briefly, but did not explain in detail.

In this regard, Li Zhukuai didn't know anything about himself, and he was counting on Hongchen, so he listened to her words and beckoned the brothers to go back, "Everyone is good to rest and rest, let's copy the guy at night to avenge the brothers!" ”

His gang of servants should have been.

Hongchen has been opening the Yujue space, discussing with the gang of powers, wanting to see what is inside and how to deal with it!

The gang was so powerful that they didn't seem to take it too seriously, maybe in their eyes, it was a piece of cake.

Of course, it's more likely that it's not about you.

A few people were quite curious about Li Zhukuai's gang of officials: "It is said that the car and boat shop is a foot tooth, and the innocent should be killed, usually I listen to stories, and the officials in it are usually cannon fodder, the kind that dies in one breath, and they are timid and afraid, why are your officials here quite bold?" ”

At present, this case is so strange and terrifying, and none of the officials flinched.

Hongchen: "...... Where did you hear that? ”

The officials are rampant and domineering, bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, that is indeed there, and there are many of them, which is almost a common phenomenon, but that does not mean that the officials do not do things.

She occasionally reads some legendary scripts, in which the officials can't do any work, and they fail to do anything, in fact, at least in Qi County, there are occasional large and small rights and wrongs in the county, and the cases are all handled by the officials quickly, and they do it quite neatly.

Even when he was in the capital, Hongchen also saw the skills of the officials in the yamen a few times, some wrote a good handwriting, some had a bit of unforgettable ability, decades of case files, can be pointed out where to put anytime and anywhere, and some are first-class in arithmetic, and the ability to arithmetic completely throws off the eighteen streets of those who are officials.

The Great Zhou Dynasty can do things, but there are many of these small officials, although the officials are vulgar, they can be on local errands for many years, know the roots, and mess around on the streets all day long, familiar with the land, experienced, or very capable of doing things, and at least the officials in Qixian County are righteous, and they have nothing to say to their brothers, and their courage is not small.

"The officials here in Qixian County are very on the road, like those hawkers who set up stalls, as long as they pay money to the officials patrolling the streets, they can generally keep safe as long as they are safe, and their business is smooth." Hongchen replied casually, and focused his attention on the high-level talismans that others had announced.

Those talismans are particularly complicated to draw.

"It's not impossible for me to sell you a few talismans, but you'd better try it. Try to draw on your own. ”

A person who called me Archmage Ge Ming rarely spoke, but this time he gave Hongchen advice as soon as possible.

"I think you're very talented, and you have a lot of aura, you might be able to succeed if you try to draw a picture, but it's too expensive to buy, and you can't buy a few."

It is indeed very expensive, Hongchen glanced at it, those high-grade talismans must be exchanged for heavenly and earthly treasures, and ordinary silver people will not want it at all.

Most of the things in the Yujue space don't accept cash. I heard that there is a trading area where you can trade money with money. But in that kind of trading area, Hongchen can't open it at all, she does some reselling business in Yujue space, and what she usually buys is other people's idle materials. Like a book or something. What is sent out is also spiritual flowers and plants. There are also some medicinal herbs and small snacks, and even used the gossip stories he wrote to exchange with others for two copies of "Miracle Records".

She also asked when she would be able to use all the functions of the Yujue space, and there were various explanations. Not very sure.

It seems that there was a person a long time ago, from the moment he got the Yujue space, he could use all the functions, it seems that he is out of place with the people around him, very different, in recent years, such things are rare, and they are easy to encounter.

Hongchen is not greedy, her situation is already rare, no matter how greedy she is, she seriously sorted out the runes that might be useful, what please runes, what talismans to punish evil and ward off evil spirits, and what strong talismans, escape talismans.

happened to be in Qi County, very close to the market, she didn't go back with Li Zhukuai, but took Xiao Mo to buy some yellow paper cinnabar.

It's just that black dog blood is not easy to buy, and some of them are sold, but they are either spiritually insufficient, or they are fakes at all.

Xiao Mo said: "Why don't you go find a black dog to borrow some blood?" ”

Well, that's fine, too.

If it is hot today, there is no cool green in the whole Qi County, and there are few pedestrians in the market, except for a few stalls that buy herbal tea and some customers, there are only three or five small vendors who come out to set up stalls.

Hongchen walked around, and when he saw a family selling chickens and ducks, there were two black roosters with bright coats, and he didn't see a single black dog.

Pulled the rhubarb, tugged at its ears and sighed, "Didn't you like to make friends in the past?" Are there any black-skinned friends among the friends? ”

Rhubarb's two front paws stretched forward, lying down, sticking out his tongue, and a pair of eyes looked at Hongchen with sparkling eyes.

"Buy a big stick bone."

Hongchen suddenly laughed.

Xiao Mo went over and bought a big stick bone.

The rhubarb nose twitched, sniffed, stood up immediately, energetic, and grabbed the red dust sleeve before trotting forward.

Hongchen is not in a hurry, while telling Xiao Mo to take the bones to cook first, don't put salt, rhubarb loves to eat, but the stomach is not good, you can't eat any meat, don't eat meat rashly, don't eat the problem, if the rhubarb is sick, she herself is distressed.

As he spoke, he didn't take a few steps when he heard the rhubarb howling in front of him, loud and piercing, and the two of them hurried over, and saw a black dog, with a strong body, almost the size of a calf, staring at the copper bell with big eyes, and whispering at a woman in her thirties.

The woman's face turned pale with fright, she was still holding a baby in her arms, she trembled, waved one hand, and shouted, "Get up, get out, get out!" ”

The big black dog whined twice, and suddenly straightened up and pounced, and the woman was so frightened that she rushed down, and ran two steps to let the big dog bite her hind legs, and she actually lifted the child and smashed it!

"Ahh

The people around exclaimed.

Li Zhukuai's face changed greatly, the waist knife was withdrawn, cautious and vigilant, only to see the big black dog holding the child with one mouth, holding both mouths, still whining, but never closed the teeth, the baby's cry shook the sky, loud no, full of gas, looking just frightened, the black dog shook his head, up and down, shook gently, the baby gradually stopped crying, giggled.

The crowd breathed a sigh of relief.

The woman ran so fast that she stumbled and fell, and lay on the ground for a long time and could not get up, when the big black dog walked over.

Everyone held their breath.

I saw the big dog his hind legs - uh, and poured a soak of urine at the woman!

"Where did this brute come from, it's too naughty."

A few onlookers were amazed, so much so that they wanted to laugh, but just laughing at a woman was too ugly.

The appearance of the black dog is really vicious, and now the child is still in its mouth, and everyone is talking about it, and it is too late to care about the woman, so the child is important first, but who dares to step forward at this time? Even Li Zhukuai was sweating profusely.

Red dust is not afraid. led Rhubarb to walk over slowly, took the big bone stick in Xiao Mo's hand, handed it to the black dog, and leaned over to hug the child with the other hand.

The big black dog sniffed her, and with great disgust, he shoved the child into her arms, took the bone in his mouth, and lay down to lick it carefully.

"Whew!"

Only then did everyone feel more relieved, and hurriedly went over to help the dizzy woman and whispered, "Okay, okay." It's all right! ”

The woman trembled and turned back. Seeing the big black baring his teeth at her, she was startled again, but fortunately this time the black dog didn't pounce, and she calmed down a little. While smiling. While thanking him. walked over to Hongchen and asked for her child.

"Thank you so much for the trouble this young lady."

As he spoke, he stretched out his arm.

Hongchen took a step back slightly.

"Wow!"

Rhubarb howled at the top of his throat. The big black dog's sinister gaze also turned around, the woman was startled, her face changed greatly, she was afraid, her steps moved slightly, and she looked very eager to take the road and escape, but there were so many people around, and several officials went over to block the way of the big black dog, she hid on Li Zhukuai's side, her heart was much more stable, she pursed her lips, gritted her teeth and red eyes, and said in a loud voice: "Miss, the little woman is in a hurry to go back to her parents' house, and there are important matters, my eldest brother is waiting to pick me up in front, and I will come back to thank you another day." ”

As he spoke, he went to hug the child again.

Hongchen turned around, patted the baby gently, whispered to him and closed his eyes, and looked at the woman with a smile: "Since you want to thank me, you always have to tell me where you live, what your surname is, your brother came to pick you up, it must be a local, I am very familiar with the locals, otherwise I will come to the door to ask you for a thank you gift?" ”

The woman was stunned, frowned, and said, "We are from a foreign country...... Miss, I am really in a hurry, please return the child. ”

Her voice hardened.

"I'm afraid I can't give it to you for the time being." Hongchen's face also turned cold.

Everyone around me looked stupid, and no one understood what this was going on.

The woman was anxious: "Could it be that you still want to snatch the child?" There is no royal law! If you don't pay me back, I'll report to the official! As she spoke, she rushed over and was about to grab it, but Xiao Mo casually pushed her arm and pushed her back three steps.

The woman was even more furious: "What do you want! ”

"I want to report to the official." Hongchen turned his head and glanced at Li Zhukuai, "It's troublesome Li Zhukuai." She made a look, although Li Zhukuai didn't know what this young lady meant, but now it was a tense moment, he didn't care about anything else, waved his hand, and immediately a few servants went over and grabbed the woman's arm.

The woman was stunned for a moment, then opened her throat and shouted: "Snatch the child, someone snatched the child, help, help!" ”

The surrounding people were stunned, and there were people shouting outside: "Who snatched the child, where is the kidnapper!" ”

Local people, it should be said that the most hated thing by the people everywhere is kidnappers.

Hongchen frowned, raised his voice, and said, "You said this is your child?" If it's true, you feed it dog's mouth? ”

The woman's eyes widened, she choked for a while, her eyes rolled, and she suddenly cried: "It's me who is not good, it is me who is wrong, I panicked all of a sudden, and then I missed, I will never dare in the future, but even if I do it wrong, you can't rob my child!" ”

Hongchen glanced at her: "I don't think so, the belly pocket on this boy is wearing is the craftsmanship of Yingfenglou in Qixian County, and the cotton cloth used for the package is also, there are marks of their family, you can't fake it, you are from out of town, how can there be something in Yingfenglou?" ”

"Me, I can't buy it?"

The woman shouted, and the people around her were stunned, who didn't know that Ying Fenglou's embroidery work might not be able to get it for half a month, of course, it was talking about ordinary people, who were dedicated to the rich and wealthy.

This woman looks up and down, her complexion is black and yellow, her hands and feet are coarse, her clothes are simple, and she is not a rich and noble family no matter how she looks.

Look at the child again, carved in pink, with a small silver lock on his little neck, and a big red hat on his head, which is really cute.

The group was shocked, but the woman's crying voice became higher and higher, and she knelt down with a plop, hugged Hongchen's thigh and howled: "You are trying to force me to death, there is only such a precious son in my family, that is my heart and liver, you are going to dig my heart!" ”

Tears fell, miserable, everyone looked at it, and their hearts felt like she was a little off, saying that people just spoil their children, save their own food and frugality, and give the best to their children.

A villager then persuaded: "This young lady, I see that she has a merciful face. The eyes are clear, not like a villain, you think it's better to return the child to others. ”

Hongchen was speechless, and unwrapped the package directly, anyway, it was summer, and he was not afraid that the child would freeze and show it to the people around him.

"See, it's a girl, not a son!"

The woman's body froze.

Hongchen sneered: "I said that if it's a boy, it's a boy, and it's not a boy, through the package." I can't see clearly. Are you the mother of the child, and you don't know if you gave birth to a boy or a girl? ”

In a word, the audience was stunned, and an old man was about to slap the woman in the face. Angrily said: "You liar. Damn crutches. I'm going to kill you! ”

Others also got started, but it didn't matter if it was a woman, the rules of Qixian County. When you meet a kidnapper, you will be beaten to death.

Hongchen still saw that the fight was almost the same, and persuaded: "Don't worry, let Li Zhu bring people back quickly, I think she can't do this kind of thing as a woman, there must be accomplices, and I don't know where she came from. ”

Everyone was right to think about it.

Li Chukuai patted his chest and assured that he must ask clearly, although this woman doesn't look like a good stubble, but there is no good stubble in the yamen, why can't he ask for this sentence under Miki is still very reasonable.

When they came up, the two servants took her and slipped her away.

Hongchen advised again: "I see that this woman said that someone answered her words, it should be true, and you should also send someone to pay attention." ”

Li Yu nodded quickly.

The people around the onlookers were anxious: "The most important thing is to find the child's father, the child is lost, everyone still doesn't know how to worry, I have to report to the official, let's see who comes to report the case." ”

This street is not far from the Yamen, although the common people are afraid of the government, there is such a thing, but they still dare to get together, Hongchen hugged the child, blinked, beckoned the big black dog to come over, grabbed its ears and asked: "Whose family is this child?" Take me to see it. ”

Li Zhu quickly laughed: "Miss, what are you talking about, how can a brute ...... understand human speech."

Da Hei raised his head and glared at him, Li Zhukuai's voice stopped abruptly, and he saw the big black dog running towards the street with his tail flicking.

Li Chukuai sighed: "Hey, now that the dogs have become essences, the yamen should also raise a few." ”

First rhubarb, then black dogs, these dogs are really becoming more effective than people, maybe the yamen has dogs, and they can cut off some errands.

The officials around him also moved the idea of raising dogs one by one, but if they knew Li Zhukuai's thoughts, I am afraid that they would all cry to death, and in the future, they would eat a dog meat hot pot every day and lay off people, what would happen to their jobs?

Hongchen hugged the child and followed behind Da Hei.

There are more than a dozen people posting in her Yujue space, and there is a long queue - starting tomorrow, I want to have a dog!

Da Hei didn't walk fast, he walked a few steps and stopped, but he walked out of two streets in a row, squatted in front of a house and didn't move, Hongchen walked over and knocked on the door.

After only a few knocks, the door was opened all of a sudden, and a man poked his head out, his face full of annoyance, and when he saw Hongchen, he was stunned.

Hongchen was also stunned: "Master Mu? ”

Well, in an instant, a bunch of ellipses popped up in the Yujue space.

Hongchen, didn't you just say that Gonggong Xue wanted to give him a secret recipe for his goddaughter's birth, and his daughter had been married for many years and had not come out, he was very worried, where did this child come from?

When Mu Ye saw the child in her arms, he was overjoyed, and grabbed it and hugged it, almost crying: "Niuniu! ”

It was the first time for Hongchen to see such a cold and hard man like Mu Ye with such an expression, tossing for a long time, placing the child in the house, and beckoning the nurse to come and see, Mu Ye had time to thank him, and smiled: "Miss Hongchen, you must not have seen this, this child, this child, hey, you should do me a favor, just don't know." ”

After the joy, Mu Ye's face was faintly blue, and Hongchen frowned, "Forget it, it's none of my business." ”

She is so busy right now that she doesn't have time to take care of other people's household chores.

"It's just that today's out, many people saw it, and there were at least dozens of people chasing after the excitement outside, and the news couldn't be hidden."

Mu Ye patted his head, his face was sad, and he hurriedly ran to send away those who watched the excitement, Hongchen didn't care about him, turned his head and left, went out to buy some yellow paper, cinnabar, and hugged the neck of the big black dog, discussed with it for a long time, promised a bunch of benefits, and then used Qingfeng to cut a little skin on the back of the erection neck and bleed.

It should be painful, but the big black dog didn't say a word, but the rhubarb whined.

Rhubarb is a female dog, look at this appearance, don't you fall in love with others.

As soon as everything was ready, Hongchen found a home and stayed at the inn next to the strange box, closed the door and began to draw talismans.

As soon as Li Zhu said hello, he recruited more than 20 good players, of course, there were many more servants in their yamen than this, but there were only these who could be regarded as good kung fu, and those who were not good at it simply did not call.

It was getting late, the moon was on the treetops, and there were thick clouds today, and some rain was falling slightly, which was a good time. (To be continued......)