On the lively Suzaku Street, the guards were posting a notice, and the people passing by flocked to the panel, gazing curiously at the panel.

After the notice was posted, the guard turned around and said: "The murderer has now been found in the tragedy of the door a few days ago, and the murderer knows that he has committed suicide by taking poison for his crimes. ”

When they heard this, the people were full of discernment.

"Poisoned?"

"After killing so many people, my conscience can't get over it."

"The emperor is wise, he found out the truth so quickly."

A man stood in the distance and stopped to watch, his eyes were sharp, and he saw the portrait on the notice, that person was Bai Yusheng, he put his hands behind his back, raised the corners of his mouth and smiled evilly.

He always brings people a sense of mystery, his eyes are like black pearls inlaid in the night, deep and sharp, today he is different from the past... Somehow, that ugly scar on his face was gone.

Mai Jiucao broke her heart and found a manual job that Xiao Hu Niang could do at home every day without seeing the sun, that is, putting skin care products into delicate wooden boxes for sale.

In the past few days, she has been busy with the opening of the new store, and with the first experience, this time she is handy and solves all problems perfectly.

The beauty store has already made a name for itself in the capital, and many people came on the opening day, including rich wives wearing gold and silver and little girls who looked like maids to choose for their young ladies.

As the sun went down and the shop was about to close, a man arrived.

Mai Jiu recognized it at first sight, and the person who came was the scar man who took her out of the alley that day.

She thought that the man had come to pick something, so she hurriedly stepped forward to greet her, but the man asked in a daze, "Are you recruiting long-term workers?" ”

Mai Jiu was stunned, she unconsciously scanned the man from top to bottom.

The man was still dressed in black, as if he was the same as that day, his figure was magnificent, his complexion was bronzed, his facial features were clearly defined, his eyes were deep, and the ugly scar still existed on his cheeks.

How did Mai Jiu think that the person in front of her had the air of a king who shocked the world, where did he look like a person who needed to work for a long time, she didn't believe it at all, but was doubting the purpose of coming.

The man looked down at himself, he raised his toes and then raised his head and said: "The family is in trouble, and I have to be forced to survive in order to survive. ”

After speaking, the man also raised his hand and leaked out his arm, which was covered with burns of different sizes.

Mai Jiu looked down and was directly frightened and took half a step back, her arms had already peeled off and turned white, and the old wounds covered the new ones one by one, like pieces of flesh-colored insects.

Mai Jiu's expression was a little disgusted, and the man quickly lowered his sleeves.

"Blame me for my clumsy hands, I can't beat the iron to get burned again and again, and I was kicked out after hurting my tendons, and I wanted to find a long-term job to do and eat after I had no choice."

Mai Jiu looked at the other clerks in the house, everyone was idle and listened with their ears pricked up, and hurriedly started to move their hands when they saw the boss looking at him.

Mai Jiu turned his head and said, "But... We're not short of people in our store, or else..."

She looked at the man's gloomy gaze, and held back in the middle of her words.

"I see." After saying this, the man turned around and left.

Mai Jiu hurriedly grabbed the man's arm, and Mai Jiu felt the man's strong muscles at this touch, and suddenly forgot to say something.

The man turned his head to look at the hand on his arm.

"It occurred to me that we were short of someone to move things."

Mai Jiu asked about the situation of some men again, and he didn't know if he didn't know, and Mai Jiu was saddened by this question.

The man is too good at telling stories, he said that he was a northerner, and he was originally a young master who had no worries about food and clothing, but he didn't want to encounter the invasion of the barbarians seven years ago, and the barbarians brutally and ruthlessly slaughtered the entire city, with corpses all over the field and rivers of blood.

The scar on his face was cut by the barbarians during that resistance, and he hid in the well of his home to save himself.

After that, he wandered around, worked as a groom, worked as a servant for others, and later learned to strike iron, and was kicked out in an accident before he planned to find a long-term job.

Hearing the end, Mai Jiu was about to cry, and the clerk next to her, Rui Qiang, was about to cry.

Mai Jiu propped her elbows on the table and held an embroidered handkerchief, she looked at the person next to her and asked, "Qiang Zai, don't you, cry like this." ”

Rui Qiang sniffed hard, with mixed feelings, he looked at the man and said cordially: "Brother, we will share weal and sound with you in the future." ”

The man looked at Rui Qiang with an expressionless face and did not make any movement.

Ruiqiang sniffed again and said, "Brother, I don't know what your name is?" ”

The man said slowly: "I..." After a pause for a few seconds, he continued: "My name is Wu Muyan. ”

Mai Jiu heard a horse barking, she looked towards the door and saw Sang Huai'an riding a horse and stopped in front of the door, she hurriedly asked, "What time is it?" What time is it? ”

Shopkeeper Zhaoyang replied: "Probably.. For... 戌時. ”

Hearing this, Mai Jiu quickly stood up: "Don't say it, don't say it, I'll go first." ”

The two shopkeepers also stood up after him, and Ruiqiang said, "We'll send you." After speaking, he followed Mai Jiu and sent her out the door.

Wu Muyan also got up and followed not far behind, Sang Huai'an, who was riding on a horse, was condescending, he saw a strange face standing in the house, and that strange face was also looking at him.

Mai Jiu's action on the stirrup forced Sang Huai'an to withdraw his gaze and look down, he pulled Mai Jiu up, and when he looked up, the unfamiliar face had already looked away.

The two shopkeepers saluted and said, "You go slowly." ”

After Sang Huai'an pulled the reins, the horse slowly turned his head and walked forward, Wu Muyan stepped forward and asked, "This is..."

Before he finished speaking, Wu Muyan was pushed back to the store by Ruiqiang and Zhaoyang.

Zhaoyang compared his hand to his mouth: "Shh~"

Rui Qiang explained: "That's the prince of the dynasty, the prince, and our boss is the princess." ”

Zhaoyang put down his fingers, patted Wu Muyan's shoulder with his upper hand and said, "In the future, you have to be cautious in your words and deeds." ”

Wu Muyan scratched his neck and pretended to be pensive, and muttered in a low voice: "Respect the prince..."

As soon as he walked a short distance, Sang Huai'an asked coldly, "Who is that person?" ”

The night wind blew gently, blowing Mai Jiu's hair to block her eyes, she raised her hand to the side and replied, "A person who plans to do long-term work." ”

"Long-term workers? No matter how the king thinks of him, he doesn't look like a man who does long-term labor. ”

Mai Jiu hummed softly.

Sang Huaian frowned, and asked in a stern tone: "You dare to accept such an unknown person?" This king sees that you are really tired of life. ”

Mai Jiu's head smacked back, and the top of his head hit Sang Huai'an's chest directly, only to hear Sang Huai'an take a deep breath.

His anger burned up all of a sudden, and he just wanted to open his mouth to scold, but he heard the person in front of him speak slowly.

"Do you think I'll not know? He said that he had done a lot of odd jobs and had worked with iron, and to prove himself he had shown me his arm, and sure enough, it was all burned. ”

Speaking of this, Mai Jiu sighed: "He probably thinks I'm stupid, I can't see it, but I'm just smart." When she praised herself, she shook her head.

"I, ah, observed his hand, a man who said he had done a lot of work, let's not say anything else, this finger is too thin! It's just a matter of looking at it, and there's not even a cocoon on his hand. ”

Mai Jiu snorted lightly and continued, "I'm here to see what he wants to do. ”

Hearing the indignant tone of the person in front of him, Sang Huai'an raised the corner of his mouth and smiled slightly.

But the smile lasted less than three seconds before it was retracted.

Three days later

Since the opening of the business that day, Mai Jiu has never been to the second store again, she originally wanted to go out of the house today to check it out, and by the way, she was taking some silver flowers.

But... Passing by Suzaku Street, Mai Jiu still couldn't resist the temptation to eat a bowl of scallion oil noodles from Wang Po's house.

She put a few copper coins on the table and got up to leave, only to see screams from behind.

"Ahhhhh

"Run."

The people around Mai Jiu also heard the voice, and they were so frightened that they didn't dare to move.

Watching one person after another run in front of him, some curious people who didn't know the situation stopped the pedestrians and asked.

The person who was stopped gasped and looked nervous, and he had to look behind him from time to time: "There was a man who snatched a knife to kill a pig and hacked a child to death... The kid..."

Before he finished speaking, Mai Jiu didn't understand, only to see another commotion behind him, only to see a man covered in blood chasing pedestrians with a knife that chopped meat, and cut people when he saw them.

Seeing this situation, the people around Mai Jiu all exploded, some hid in the store and closed the door directly, and some were so frightened that they lay on the ground and shrank into a ball, chanting words in their mouths: "Can't see me, can't see me." ”

Mai Jiu also squatted down and hid under the platform with Wang Po, screaming and colliding in his ears.

"Don't, don't."

Mai Jiu curled up, and she clearly heard the cry and panting of an old man.

This word... Somewhat familiar.

Mai Jiu knelt on the ground, propped his palms on the ground, and looked out like this, only to see that the old man he saw on the rocky road that day was stopping in the middle of the road, panting and looking at Yan Er, who was running away with a knife.

The old man was so tired that he put his hands on his knees, and after a moment of respite he straightened up and tried to continue the pursuit, but unexpectedly he stumbled backwards and almost fell.

Mai Jiu turned her head to the right again, she looked at the words in the old man's mouth, and didn't see much of the old man reappearing in her line of sight and running towards the Yan'er who was covered in blood with a kitchen knife in his hand.

She was a little worried and planned to get up and take a look, but as soon as she propped up one leg, she was pressed back by the princess next to her.

Wang Po whispered: "Don't go, don't go." ”

Mai Jiu looked at Wang Po, only to see Wang Po squinting and shaking her head quickly.

"The son of the inner family, his spirit is not very good, you should stay honest."

Mai Jiu blinked her eyes and was a little incomprehensible, combined with the scene she saw that day, it was indeed not very good, but if she thought about it carefully, she would be in a state of spirit before she would cut it when she saw someone.

Wang Po dragged Mai Jiu and pulled her back under the stage.

"Let me tell you, last time I saw his son pull out the neck of a chicken with his bare hands, and the chicken blood sprayed him directly, and he was not afraid at all, and laughed."

Suddenly, the screams sounded in his ears again, and Mai Jiu could feel four or five people running behind him.

The old man's cry also reached Mai Jiu's ears, and the old man said, "Yan'er, Yan'er, look at me, I'm my father, Yan'er." ”

Yan'er vigorously broke free from the person who was hugging him, he was not a seven or eight-year-old child, he was already twenty-four years old, he pushed back hard, and directly caused the old man behind him to fall to the ground, unable to stand up for a long time.

He looked at the people fleeing in front of him as if he were watching pigs escaping from the pigsty, and all he had to do was catch the disobedient pigs and kill them all