"I've never seen it!" Xing Ruyi dozed off and stood up: "If the official doesn't have anything else to ask, the slave family will have to go back to the room to rest." On this day, I didn't wait for anyone, and I didn't rest, and it was light. ”

Liu Sheng looked at Xing Ruyi, his eyes dimmed, "Madame, can you recognize this?" ”

What Liu Sheng was holding in his hand was the hairpin of Xing Ruyi, to be precise, the hairpin she gave to Yingniang to pay for the buns. It's just that this hairpin, how did it get to Yanagi's hands?

There is something strange, but for a while, Xing Ruyi can't say what is strange.

"This is the slave's hairpin, I don't know when it came into the hands of the official."

"Madame, are you sure this is Madame's hairpin?"

"Naturally, the pattern of this hairpin is unique in the world, it was painted by the slave family itself, and it was made by the slave family's husband himself."

"In that case, why did Madame lose it?"

"Lost? What kind of joke is the official making, such a valuable thing, even if the slave family does not take good care of it, it will definitely not be easily lost. Xing Ruyi patted the child in his arms who was about to wake up: "Don't hide it from the official, this hairpin is temporarily given to others by the slave family." This other person, the official should also know, is the proprietress of the bun shop not far ahead, around the corner. ”

"Yingniang?"

"Yes! When the slave family stayed in the hotel before, they gave the little second brother all the silver they carried with him, and asked him to help arrange all the accommodation. Because the guest room had not yet been cleaned, the slave family was a little hungry, so they found the bun shop according to the instructions of the little second brother. As a result, as a penny, it is not good to owe the boss lady's money for the bun, so he uses his hairpin as collateral.

The slave family agreed with the proprietress that when the slave husband came back at dawn, the slave family would take the silver and go to redeem the hairpin. The slave's sentence is true, if the official doesn't believe it, he can check it. ”

"In that case, I will not disturb Madame's rest." Liu Sheng put away the hairpin: "As for what Mrs. just said, Liu Sheng will go to check it." However, until the matter is clarified, please do not leave this place. ”

"Don't worry, the slave family has no plans to leave for the time being."

Seeing that Liu Sheng had already walked to the door of the inn, he suddenly turned around and asked Xing Ruyi, who was going upstairs: "I don't know where Madame's husband is at this time?" ”

"Go see your old friend, and I'll be back at dawn."

"Old friends?"

Yanagi pondered these two words and turned to leave.

Outside the inn, the fast Lin Tiger Cat was there, and when he saw Liu Sheng coming out, he hurriedly came out, followed by two servants who were sleeping in a daze and couldn't open their eyes.

"How, do you want to catch it?"

"Arrest whom?"

Liu Sheng looked at Lin Hu.

Lin Hu scratched his head, pointed to the inn and said, "Of course the suspect has been arrested." Didn't the tassel girl say it? There are no new people who have bought buns recently, except for the owner of the hairpin. ”

"Do you think the woman is a suspect?"

"It's not that I feel, but ......"

Lin Hu rubbed his neck, not knowing how to answer Liu Sheng's question. He is a rough person, and his brain is not as fast as Liu Sheng, but he thinks that since Liu Sheng came to the door late at night, he must have some evidence to bring someone. Now, when he suddenly asked him like this, he was a little confused.

"I have already asked just now, the owner of the hairpin is the Yang family set who arrived after nightfall. She did go to the steamed bun shop, and she did buy Yingniang's steamed buns, and even behaved a little strangely, but she should have nothing to do with the murder that happened on the Yang family set. ”

"Since it doesn't have anything to do with it, why do you bother to look for her, big brother?"

"If there is a doubt, you must always go over and check it. By the way, what I asked you to check, can you find out? ”

"The investigation is checked, but as before, no important clues have been found."

"I've made a new discovery here." Yanagi said as he walked in the direction of the grove: "The first deceased person we found was not the first victim. Before him, there were two similar murders on Yangjiaji, and there was a connection between the deceased. ”

"Two more? However, our government has not received any relevant reports, and there is no similar record. ”

"Because those two cases involved the Yang family."

"What does the eldest brother mean is that what happened in this Yang family set has something to do with the Yang family?"

"Whether it matters or not, it's not for sure. What is certain is that the Yang family must have hidden some unsightly secret, and the source of this secret may be in that forest. ”

"Big brother, you don't want to go into that forest, do you?" Lin Hu stopped in front of Liu Sheng: "Even if you want to enter, let's wait until dawn, okay?" ”

"Why?"

"This ......" Lin Hu looked at Liu Sheng in embarrassment, and muttered for a long time: "I'm going to say it, big brother, don't scold me." This grove is haunted, it's really haunted! ”

As soon as Lin Hu's words fell, he heard a dry thunder falling in mid-air, followed by the fire on the side of the grove, burning half of the sky red.

In the inn, the child woke up, but instead of crying, he pouted and looked at Xing Ruyi aggrievedly.

Xing Ruyi sighed, picked up the child, stood at the window, and pushed the window open.

"Don't worry, your mother will be fine. She did this for you, and for the sake of not letting those people in the government investigate any further. However, a wildfire can't burn the truth. ”

The child cried out with a "wow", and his two little hands tightly grabbed the placket of Xing Ruyi's clothes. He can't speak, he can't express, only crying can tell the fear in his heart.

Xing Ruyi was also a little helpless, so she could only gently pat the child's back and comfort him softly. When the fox entered the door, he saw such a scene, if he hadn't left Yin Yuan in Qingqiu, he would have thought that the stinky boy had come over again.

Without waiting for the fox to open his mouth, Xing Ruyi turned around and asked first: "In the middle of the night, can the husband tell the wife of the old man he went to see?" ”

"Angry?"

The fox moved to Xing Ruyi and looked down at the child in her arms.

"Coffin son?"

"You haven't answered my question." Xing Ruyi sniffed: "Such a strong wind didn't blow away the smell of foxes on this body." Tell me honestly, which wild fox did you go to meet? Are you going to be on an equal footing with me, or are you going to be small? ”

"I don't want you to eat like this." The fox stretched out his hand and scraped the bridge of Xing Ruyi's nose: "In front of the child, don't talk nonsense." ”

"Then who did you just go to meet?"

"A fox that lives on Qingping Mountain."

"Sure enough, it's a wild fox."

"Not what you think."

The fox said, waving his hand. The child, who was still sobbing, instantly closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep. The fox took the child from Xing Ruyi's arms, put her on the bed, and when it was properly placed, he returned to Xing Ruyi's side, picked her up, and put her on the stool next to the round table.

"Less than three hundred miles away from here, there is a Qingping Mountain. There is a Taoist temple on Qingping Mountain, and the master is an old fox who has been cultivating for many years. This fox is different from other foxes, other foxes cultivate, just to attain the Tao as soon as possible and rank in the immortal class. As for him, although he is obsessed with Taoism, he prefers to stay in the mortal world. ”

"That's fine. If I had to choose, I wouldn't want to go to the Nine Heavens to be a lonely and lonely little immortal, or to be at ease in the world. ”

"Originally, there was no problem, but the more this kind of fox who does not seek to attain the Dao, the more he cultivates, the more he will get twice the result with half the effort, in order to avoid the Heavenly Tribulation of the Nine Heavens, he thought of a bad move, and every time before he is about to complete his cultivation, he will disperse some of his cultivation."

"You foxes still do this?"

The fox shook his head: "It can be said that the only fox in the world who will do this is this one on Qingping Mountain." ”

Xing Ruyi stretched out his thumb, and the corners of his mouth twitched and did not speak again.

The fox continued: "This old fox used this method to avoid two heavenly tribulations, but he made a mistake in the latest one. ”

"It was caught cheating?"

"No, he's drunk, and he's drunk. When he woke up, he found that half of his body's cultivation had been dispersed, and what was even more terrifying was that he couldn't remember who he had scattered half of his body's cultivation. ”

"Wait a minute, what do you mean to scatter to whom? Could it be that his previous cultivation was given to other foxes? ”

"Pretty much. Every time the old fox arrives at the Heavenly Tribulation, he will look for a suitable cultivation on Qingping Mountain that can withstand his cultivation. It may be a demon or a human, but in short, they are all roots and bones suitable for cultivation. The old fox dispersed part of his cultivation and crossed over to these demons or people who were dedicated to cultivation, which was also considered a merit. However, this last time, he couldn't remember it clearly. ”

"So, the old fox is looking for your help?"

The fox nodded, not denying it.

"The old fox is so powerful, why didn't he go to that person himself, and then ask for the wrong cultivation back?"

"He couldn't find it." The fox smiled lightly: "Although he is powerful, he is only good at cultivation, and he is extremely bad at finding people like this." Besides, the one who inherited his half-body cultivation is also a powerful character. The old fox looked for him for many days, but found nothing. He even suspected that the pot of wine before his crossing was also a game set up by the other party. When he knew that I was passing by, he sent me a message and asked me to help. ”

"If the foxes in the world encounter problems, will you come forward?"

Xing Ruyi stretched out his hand and wrapped his arms around the fox's neck.

"If you encounter it, you will help it, besides, I think this matter has some connection with the recent cases in Yangjiaji." The fox nodded the tip of his nose: "You didn't stay at the inn to rest in the middle of the night, but ran to the grove to meddle in things, aren't you as enthusiastic as me?" ”

"Not really! I went out because I was hungry. I went to the grove because I thought the female ghost was a little weird. I brought this child back because I felt sorry for this child. I didn't meddle in anything. Xing Ruyi curled the corners of his mouth: "It's you, tell me, how did the matter of the old fox have something to do with the murder case on the Yang family's set?" ”