At the end of the meridian street in the west of Guiping County, as Qin Yong said, there is a unique small courtyard, although there is no fairy sword hall, eternal life gate and other main halls are graceful and luxurious, but also because of the hanging of a small "eternal life gate branch" plaque, it looks extremely solemn and mysterious.

On the surface, it is just an ordinary vermilion wall and black tile courtyard, the gatehouse is on duty by two black-clothed porters all the year round, one is full of pockmarks, surnamed Zhang, known as "Zhang Mazi", and the other is a thief with eyebrows and rat eyes, with a mustache, surnamed Xue, known as "Xue Huzi". Although they often had a short chat with Guiping's neighbors, they were always jealous when they talked about their business, and over time people became accustomed to not talking about such topics with them, so only they knew what the campus was like.

On the day of the Qingming Festival, Zhang Mazi happened to be sitting in the gatehouse, and saw a strong man carrying a black cloth covering something, and the outline of the object, looking closely, was a human shape, so he put away his bored expression and opened his eyes wide.

The man was exactly the one who had been changed, and he went straight to the window and asked, "Do you collect monsters here?" ”

Zhang Mazi was stunned for a moment, and then smiled disapplausively: "Mr. is really good at laughing, how can there be monsters in this world?" How can there be any such thing as collecting monsters? Qingming Festival is a day to worship ancestors, and it's not good to make this kind of joke. ”

Dry Fish took two steps back, looked up at the plaque, and it was indeed written with the words "Eternal Life Gate Branch", and made sure that he had not gone to the wrong place, so he whispered: "It was Qin Yong who introduced me." ”

When Zhang Mazi heard the word "Qin Yong", he was immediately shocked, looked around, saw nothing unusual, and asked in a low voice: "Who are you?" ”

"Friends who used to hunt monsters together." ”

Zhang Mazi leaned out of the window again, looked around, and whispered, "Come in and talk." ”

When the visitor entered the gatehouse, Zhang Mazi immediately closed the window. The dwarf threw the weight on his shoulder to the ground, and the black cloth immediately dispersed, revealing the unconscious Chen Shuqing.

Zhang Mazi saw Chen Shuqing's beautiful appearance, and immediately swallowed his saliva and asked, "Is this a monster?" ”

"This is a nine-tailed fox demon, but it's only a half-demon, so it's humanoid, and it seems that her demonic power has been temporarily sealed, and it will only recover after three days on a full moon night." Look, how much is it worth? ”

Zhang Mazi smiled: "You say she's a monster, it's a monster?" Hehe, brother, you have no evidence, what can I use to believe your words? ”

"It's a nuisance." Dryfish thought for a moment and said, "Look at her hair, flaxen-colored, how does it look like a human?" ”

Zhang Mazi laughed and said: "Those foreigners in that family, their hair is still golden, in this world, there are people with all kinds of hair, why did she become a monster?" ”

Dry Fish was annoyed, lifted Zhang Mazi's collar and said angrily: "Do you want to die? ”

Zhang Mazi saw that the other party was menacing, so he had to smile bitterly and said: "Ouch brother, we are all miscellaneous people, and the person who really wants to buy these monsters is our master, but others are far away in Guilin, we don't see the monsters with the real price of the goods, and we don't dare to call the shots casually." Tell me how you caught this monster......" As he spoke, Zhang Mazi touched the handcuff pinned to his waist.

The dwarf was about to change his face, but Fu Wei crawled out of his arms and said, "Then look at me, is it a monster?" ”

Zhang Mazi saw Fu Xiao, immediately stopped the movements in his hands, and responded: "Yo, it turns out that the two uncles are really monsters!" In that case, let me go in and report and give you two more answers. ”

The dwarf said impatiently: "

If you weren't too lazy to cause a riot, you humans, I'll still need the money? Get out, get me back quickly! ”

Zhang Mazi trembled into the courtyard, found Xue Huzi, pulled him to a corner and said: "What a strange thing, two monsters came to the door, caught a beautiful woman coming in, saying that it was introduced by Qin Yong, and I have to say that the woman is a nine-tailed fox demon, I have to buy it, if we don't buy it, I'm afraid it will smash us here!" What do you say? ”

Xue Huzi thought for a moment and said, "How much money do they want?" ”

"Well, I haven't said it yet......"

"Then why don't you talk to them before you come in?"

Zhang Mazi was puzzled: "Alas, that woman is unconscious, how dare I be sure that she is a human or a demon?" If it's a monster, it's okay, if it's not a monster, why don't you ask us? ”

Xue Huzi knocked Zhang Mazi's head hard and scolded: "You pig brain, you can't figure out such a good thing, you listen to me, go and negotiate a very low price, let's buy it ourselves first, if it is really a monster, then the nine-tailed fox demon is also worth a lot of money, let's find a way to sell it privately to the one surnamed Zhu in Xianjian Hall, if it is not a monster, but a human being, then this beautiful woman is like a fairy...... Hey hey ......"

When Xue Huzi said the words "beautiful as a fairy", he deliberately accentuated his tone, and his sinister intentions were clearly revealed.

Zhang Mazi suddenly realized, clapped his hands and said, "Smart, Brother Xue is smart!" Don't worry, if there is mine, there is a brother yours, I'll go now, haha! ”

Zhang Mazi didn't take a few steps, and Xue Huzi told him behind him: "Hey, hey, hey, this matter can only be known to you, don't let a third person know!" ”

Back at the gatehouse, Zhang Mazi said respectfully: "The two of you have been waiting for a long time, this girl, oh, no, no, no, no, this monster, how much money do you want?" ”

Drought said: "If you return to Gansu from here, you will be given as much money as you need." ”

Zhang Mazi suddenly burst into joy, thinking, if this woman is really a nine-tailed fox demon, her appearance can be worth more than one hundred taels of silver, if it is a woman in the world, it is enough to sell forty or fifty taels of silver to the land of fireworks, and hurriedly said: "If it is just the cost of the journey, go back to Gansu here, find a fast horse, count food and accommodation, five taels of silver is enough, what about me, I want the two of you to eat better, live better, seven taels of silver, how about it?" ”

Zhang Mazi's psychological price was ten taels of silver, and he deliberately reserved three taels of silver as a counteroffer space, but he didn't expect that the drought was already impatient, and said: "Seven taels is seven taels, bring it quickly." ”

Seeing that the other party was so happy, Zhang Mazi's face was already smiling, and he took out the silver that had been prepared from his arms again and again, handed it to the dry man, and said, "Brother, wait, I'll write you a receipt." ”

Drought got the silver, and without saying much, he walked straight out of the door, leaving a helpless Zhang Mazi.

Fu Wei asked, "My lord, are you going back?" ”

"Since the surname Pu is dead, it's useless to stay here." "This southern climate is humid, I don't like it, let's go back quickly." ”

"The king forgot, there is still a Qin Yong waiting for us in the cave."

Drought Fish patted his head: "Look at my memory, let's go." ”

The two monsters only stayed in Guiping for most of the day, and when the twilight was four, they disappeared into the vast sea of people.

In the crowd behind them, there was a pair of eyes that had been watching them, that was Li Zhong, who had never returned from the Forgetting Worry Hall, and when the drought was far away, he muttered to himself "Miss Shuqing", and then rushed to the Forgetting Worry Hall.

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At night, Chen Shuqing finally woke up, but saw that she couldn't move, and after a while, she realized that her hands and legs had been tied, and she wanted to call for help, but she found that a thick cloth had been tied to her mouth, and when she shook her body again, she found that she was being locked in a cage.

Thinking about it carefully, it should be that after killing Wu Youxiang and the three of them during the day, he knocked himself out and sent him to a certain place, on the one hand, he was glad that he was still alive, and on the other hand, he was saddened by the death of Wu Youxiang and the three of them.

A short time later, the door opened, and a man entered the room with a kerosene lamp.

This person is Zhang Mazi, seeing that Chen Shuqing finally woke up, he immediately put the kerosene lamp on the case, and whispered to the door: "Hey, wake up!" ”

Xue Huzi rushed in when he heard the sound and said to Zhang Mazi: "Feed her something quickly, don't starve to death." ”

Zhang Mazi untied the strip of cloth on Chen Shuqing's mouth through the cage, and was about to stuff her steamed buns, when Chen Shuqing took the opportunity to ask, "Who are you?" Where am I now? ”

Zhang Mazi wanted to reveal Chen Shuqing's true identity, so he pretended to be friendly and asked: "This place is the Guiping Branch of the Eternal Life Gate, I ask the girl, as long as the girl answers truthfully, we will not embarrass you." ”

Tiger fell Pingyang was bullied by dogs, Chen Shuqing had no choice, and responded: "Okay, ask." ”

"I heard you're a nine-tailed fox demon, right?"

This person asked such a question, which means that the drought fish has already introduced his identity to them, but he is not sure, so he comes to talk to them. Chen Shuqing wanted to answer truthfully to scare them away, but realized that her demonic power had not yet recovered, and it was estimated that the cage was built by Xiaoye Rosewood, and she couldn't use her demonic power, so she could only outwit it.

Recalling that day, the coachman Lao Fang and Wu Youxiang both said that Guangxi has a tradition of trading monsters, and Drought also said that he would sell her to return to Gansu for money, and he must have been sold to the Eternal Life Gate. I don't understand. Did you catch the wrong person? ”

The two immediately looked at each other, Xue Huzi frowned and said: "We have to make sure, first wring her out of this demon cage, if she is really a half-demon, she will definitely transform, if she does not change, then she must be a human being." ”

Zhang Mazi hesitated: "But, if it's really a monster, can we deal with it?" ”

Xue Huzi said: "She has her hands and feet tied, what are you afraid of?" Even if we break free, we'll call for dozens of fighters to subdue her. What's more, if you are not sure of your identity, you can't talk about the next step. ”

Zhang Mazi thought about it, so he tied Chen Shuqing's mouth again, dared to open the cage, and hurriedly moved Chen Shuqing out of the cage with Xue Huzi.

Poor Chen Shuqing left Xiao Ye Zi Sandalwood, and could have easily subdued the two, but because of the demonic energy, she was unable to move, so she could only watch herself being fiddled with by the two.

"Yo, it's not a youkai." Zhang Mazi said with relief.

"Then return the cage back to the warehouse, so as not to attract suspicion, and then go get an ordinary iron cage."

Zhang Mazi immediately complied, took away the cage, took back an iron cage after a while, stuffed Chen Shuqing back, and then pulled Xue Huzi out of the door, and said with flying eyebrows: "Put this woman in this room first, and within a day or two, she should not be discovered." Tomorrow when you're on duty, I'll go to the suburbs to rent a house, and get this woman over at night when no one is around, and then, hehe......"

Xue Huzi's eyebrows flew and he echoed: "If you've played enough, sell it again, hehe......"

Chen Shuqing in the house couldn't hear the conversation between the two, but she already knew that she was fierce and unlucky, and suddenly burst into tears again.