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Hu Guiyang walked out of the front hall, and in the afterglow of the setting sun, he saw a small living creature digging in the yard, "He Wu madman, why did you put the dog in?" ”

He Wu madman probed out of a side room, he was observing the size of the room, "Hey, just eat and drink for nothing, even follow the door, this is a Laipi dog, I threw it out." ”

He Wu madman jumped in a row, took a few steps in front of the yellow dog, bent down to pick it up, but did not walk to the gate, "Come and see, the dog has dug up the treasure." Hu Guiyang, this house must be kept no matter what, and it must not be snatched away by others. ”

Hu Guiyang walked over and was surprised to see that the yellow dog had dug a hole a few feet deep, "What kind of dog is this?" It's a mouse, so can you dig a hole? ”

He Wu Madman threw the yellow dog aside, jumped into the pit, grabbed something, pulled hard, and pulled out a slender wooden card, and couldn't help but be disappointed, "It turned out to be not a treasure." ”

The yellow dog came running, jumping and jumping at the wooden sign, and roaring urgently, as if it were a bone that it had kept for a long time.

He Wu madman held a wooden sign to tease the dog and laughed.

"Show me." Hu Guiyang stretched out his hand.

"I saw it first." He Wu madman does not give.

"You are a servant, and whatever you see, hear, and get your hands on belongs to me."

He Wu madman glared at Hu Guiyang with one eye, and slowly handed over the wooden card, "Sister won't always protect you, wait for ......"

Hu Guiyang snatched the wooden card, "Is your sister a tiger?" You're so afraid of her. ”

By the last line of afterglow, Hu Guiyang carefully inspected the wooden card, the wood was red and black, heavy in his hand, obviously some years, buried in the ground for a short time, the soil was wiped off, carved with a circle of strange patterns, in the middle is a simple handwriting, but it is not difficult to recognize, it should be a "fire" word.

"What's that?" Hu Guiyang didn't like this thing.

At his feet, the little yellow dog jumped again and again, trying to return the wooden card, and opposite him, the normal eyes of He Wu Madman were as wide as copper bells, the fierce light flickered, his fists were clenched, and his body was slightly tilted, like a beast staring at its prey and about to attack.

Hu Guiyang was taken aback, he was really fighting, he was not an opponent, so he returned the wooden card, "It's not a good thing for you." ”

He Wu Maniac took the wooden card, didn't even look at it, and threw it aside, the little yellow dog jumped up, bit the wooden card in mid-air, and ran away happily.

"Forever, far, no, quasi, say, me, sister, of, bad, word." He Wu madman issued a warning word by word.

"Okay, I won't mention her in the future, even forever, far, no, with, her, say, one, sentence, word."

He Wu Maniac nodded, his expression softened slightly, "Strange, you're not too bad, why do I always want to beat you?" ”

"A lot of people think that way." Hu Guiyang smiled and took out a piece of silver from his sleeve, "It's time for dinner, go buy wine and meat, this time you don't have to pay on credit." ”

"That's the 'master'." He Wu Madman caught the silver and immediately put on a smiling face, "Another seat?" ”

"No, four dishes and a pot of wine are enough."

"Stingy." He Wu Maniac turned around and left.

"One more thing." Hu Guiyang pointed to the pit dug out by the yellow dog, "In the future, it is better to bury things deeper." ”

"Huh?" He Wu was inexplicably puzzled.

Hu Guiyang didn't explain and walked back to the front hall.

Nine times out of ten, the fire word wooden card is an object of the Fire God Sect, He Million tried to secretly bury it in the Zhao Mansion, I don't know what was painted, luring the yellow dog to dig it out, adding a little mystery, it is estimated that if the dog does not take the bait, this task will fall on He Wu Maniac.

Hu Guiyang didn't take this little trick to heart, went to the front hall to light the oil lamp, sat comfortably on the chair, and said to the half-open coffin: "Father-in-law, do you regret saving us in the first place?" Although we have saved our roots, we have not kept our brotherhood, you have only been dead for half a month, and no one cares where your body is. ”

Hu Guiyang laughed twice, "I always feel as if someone is hiding in the dark and making jokes about me, it can't be you, father-in-law?" I was naughty when I was a child, are you going to punish me? ”

Hu Guiyang muttered to himself, even he felt abnormal, but he couldn't stop, he said a lot, and suddenly saw a pair of eyes looking at him outside the door.

The little yellow dog stood by the door with a wooden sign in his mouth, his eyes flashing slightly, and he wanted to enter the house, but he was a little timid.

Hu Guiyang beckoned, "Come here." ”

The little yellow dog didn't know whether he understood the gesture or the human words, so he ran in with his tail wagging his tail, and when he arrived in front of Hu Guiyang, he loosened his mouth and put down the wooden card, raised his head and stuck out his tongue, looking eager to please.

"Have you been abandoned, or have you been lost? Look at your appearance, neither mighty nor pretty, probably abandoned, you are a 'useless' dog, right? ”

The little yellow dog seemed to be grinning.

"You can stay, but you can only eat leftovers, although it's 'useless', you can always scream a few times when a stranger comes, right?"

"Wang." The little yellow dog actually barked.

"Yes, yes, what a clever 'useless' dog, give you a name...... When you eat my bread, it is called a loaf, remember? The flatbread is you, the flatbread. ”

"Wang."

Hu Guiyang was teasing the dog, and He Wu Maniac came back with wine and meat, a large elbow, a whole roast goose, a long string of roasted quails, and a long spicy rabbit, both hands were occupied, and a long-spouted copper kettle for teahouses hung on his right arm, "Four dishes, a pot of wine, it should be about the same." Hey, the dog is still there, come, eat my ......"

"It's called flatbread, and I'll stay at home in the future."

"Flatbread?" He Wu Madman looked at the yellow dog, which was just over a foot long, and laughed, "Rotten dog, rotten name, it's quite a match." ”

He Wu didn't kick the dog, put the wine and meat on the table, "Come and help, this pot of wine is quite heavy." ”

"Where did you buy these things?" Hu Guiyang was very surprised, there are many houses in the alleys of Guanyin Temple, there are few shops, only sell some simple food, and there are no dishes such as roast goose.

"Hehe, I knew I didn't eat at night, so while you weren't there, go to the teahouse at the mouth of the alley and ask the shopkeeper to buy something elsewhere. The shopkeeper is very good, I heard that it is your family, and he is willing to pay on credit. By the way, you don't have enough money. ”

"You guessed I wanted four dishes and a jug of wine?"

"Not really, there are a few dishes, I gave them to the teahouse shopkeeper for you, and he asked me to thank you."

With such a servant, it won't take long for the family wealth to be lost, but it has been bought, Hu Guiyang will not refuse, and as soon as he smells the fragrance, his gluttony is also hooked, and he personally runs to the back kitchen, turns out the cups, chopsticks and plates, and goes back to the front hall to fill the food.

The yellow dog named "Flatbread" was nowhere to be seen, and thought of himself as a member of the family, circling around the table, jumping up from time to time to see what was on the table.

There were so many dishes that the bones with large pieces of meat were thrown to the ground, and the flatbread was eaten happily, and the stomach swelled into a ball.

Hu Guiyang didn't eat much, he went to close the courtyard door first, and then went back to the guest room to rest, sleeping in a daze, and vaguely could hear the weird laughter of He Wu's madman and the barking of the bread.

The real world is beautiful, but it is complicated, and it is not as simple as in the dream, Hu Guiyang couldn't wait to sleep, but he didn't dream as he wished.

Early the next morning, as soon as Hu Guiyang left the room, he saw the yellow dog jumping around in the yard, still holding the wooden sign in his mouth.

"Flatbread." Hu Guiyang only barked, and the yellow dog immediately galloped over.

Hu Guiyang grabbed the wooden card, carefully checked it again, but still didn't see anything special, so he returned the cake, "He million wants to play tricks, let him play." ”

Today he wanted to meet several important people, but he was not in a hurry at all, nor did he call He Wu a madman, he brought some silver taels, went to the teahouse at the mouth of the alley to sit for a while, chatted with Liu Si's shopkeeper, settled the account by the way, ate a bowl of chazuba, and then went out unhurriedly.

The East Factory and Jinyiwei are closer, but Hu Guiyang hired a car to go to the farthest West Factory first.

Wang Zhi was really waiting, and even walked out of the main hall in person and stood on the steps to welcome Hu Guiyang's arrival.

"I can't join the West Factory right now." Hu Guiyang stood at the foot of the steps and spoke.

"Why?" Wang Zhi's smile was a little stiff, "Someone promised you a higher position?" ”

"No, the so-called no merit is not a matter of nothing, I just want to find out the truth about the demon fox now, although I don't join the West Factory now, but I hope that the factory can allow me to use the captain of the West Factory."

Wang Zhi stared at Hu Guiyang with a cold face, and only after a while did a smile slowly appear on his face, "Okay, I will assign a cronie to assist you in investigating the case, he can mobilize the minions of Xichang and directly receive your orders." ”

"It couldn't be better."

"Wait for me to pick someone, and send it to you tomorrow."

"Thank you to the factory, with the assistance of the West Factory, the investigation will be overwhelming."

"The truth, I just want the truth."

"It will be as the factory company wishes."

Hu Guiyang got out of the West Factory and took a detour to the East Factory.

The eunuch of the Dongchang Admiral is named Shang Ming, who has been in office for a long time and is much older than Wang Zhi, and did not meet Hu Guiyang in person, claiming that he was doing business in the palace and sent a thousand households to receive him on his behalf.

Qianhu understood Hu Guiyang's choice very well, and without waiting for the other party's request, he took the initiative to say that Dongchang was willing to assist in the investigation of the case, and would also pick someone to be Hu Guiyang's helper.

Things went well, Hu Guiyang went to the former military governor's mansion in the evening, and as soon as he reported his name, he was taken to the back hall.

Yuan Bin was very disappointed, "You are actually helping the East and West factories by doing this, no matter what, they will prove that the demon fox is a demon, and by the way, take the credit for themselves, and when the time comes, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military will face a fiasco, and you will not get benefits." ”

"That's for later, now if you want to investigate the demon fox case, you must concentrate your efforts, and I hope that Lord Yuan can also appoint someone to assist me."

Yuan Bin was silent for a long time, and finally pointed to the entourage beside him and said: "His name is Yuan Mao, he is the person I trust the most, from today onwards, he will stay by your side to assist in the investigation of the case until the truth is found." Now that you have made a decision, I will not force it, I just hope that you will not forget your original intention and remember: your father-in-law, Zhao Ying, will not believe in ghosts and gods until death. ”

Hu Guiyang nodded solemnly, but Yuan Mao on the side was dumbfounded, he hated this young man from the first time they met, and now he actually wanted to be his subordinate, even if it was only temporary, he couldn't bear it.