Xiao Ze received the news that the inn was open today, and he had to go to the inn early. He noticed that many shops were opening early for business today, and there were more pedestrians on the streets. Xiao Ze wondered in his heart: why is everyone no longer afraid.

As soon as he arrived at the inn, "Brother Xiao, you are here." He heard a woman whispering to him. When he saw that the woman in front of him was about thirty years old, her body was slender, and the thick layer of rouge on her face could not hide her pale face. This woman is none other than Boss Jia's wife, Mrs. Jia. Also the proprietress of this inn.

"Huh? How do you get to the inn today? What about Boss Jia? Xiao Ze greeted Mrs. Jia, and his eyes kept searching for Boss Jia's figure.

"Ahem...... Cough...... He, he can't come these days, so let me stay at the store for a few days. Cough....... Mrs. Jia took out a handkerchief and covered her mouth. He coughed as he spoke, and as soon as he finished speaking, he coughed violently a few more times. Xiao Ze saw that Mrs. Jia was coughing badly, so he immediately handed over a cup of hot water and said with concern: "Boss, your illness has not yet recovered, you should rest." ”

"Alas, I guess I won't get better." When Mrs. Jia mentioned her illness, her eyes darkened.

Xiao Ze originally wanted to express his concern, but he had no intention of making Mrs. Jia sad. Regretting it, he turned his back to his wife and slapped his mouth with his hand, and secretly scolded himself in his heart: Cheap mouth! I wanted to say something to comfort and comfort Mrs. Jia, but I saw that my mouth was open and closed, and I didn't spit out half a word. He was a little overwhelmed now, turning his head to look at the people on the street, his eyes rolling, hey! Pregnant!

"Boss, you said that these people didn't go out of the door yesterday, and they didn't step out of the second door, and they all hid at home like rats and didn't go out. But how dare you come out today? Is this eating a bear's heart or a leopard's gall? Xiao Ze immediately diverted the topic.

Madame Jia took out a red cloth from her body and handed it to him, and when he opened it, there was a spirit rune folded into a triangle. "These murders were committed by monsters. The yamen specially invited a mage with high mana to help catch demons, and the mage sent the officials to give each person a spirit rune, which was said to be able to defend themselves. Everyone kept the talismans close to their bodies; Some even have talismans attached to their doors. With this amulet, what else is there to be afraid of? Cough...... You have to put this talisman away. Mrs. Jia instructed Xiao Ze.

When the two were chatting, "Xiao Er, come to a pot of good wine" The head of the official took Tang Yi into the inn.

When a guest came to the inn, the two of them immediately got up to greet them, and Mrs. Jia welcomed them with a smile: "Okay, two guest officers, please come inside." And instructed Xiao Ze to take the two to a more elegant room. When Xiao Ze led the way for the two, his eyes glanced at Tang Gongzi from time to time. This person is refreshed, his eyebrows are resolute, and he is extraordinary. Mrs. Jia also specially instructed Xiao Ze to make sure that he greeted these two thoroughly. Xiao Ze naturally greeted him properly.

After the two of them had eaten and drunk enough to leave the inn. Xiao Ze pointed to Tang Yi's back and asked, "Boss, who is this person?" How have you not seen it? ”

"He is the mage who gave us the spirit rune, and he is also the nephew of our Lord Tang." After Mrs. Jia finished speaking, she coughed lightly. Xiao Ze recalled that Jiong Yan had mentioned to him that the last time he chased monsters, he was mistaken by a mage for the "murderer" of these murders, and he shouted to subdue Jiong Yan. Presumably, this Tang Yi should be the mage who mistook Jiong Yan for the murderer.

Due to Mrs. Jia's physical condition, the inn closed early. Xiao Ze was tired and thirsty and went straight to home, holding the teapot and drinking violently, and drank all the water in two or three clicks, but his mouth was still dry.

"Jiong Yan, Jiong Yan quickly bring water, I'm dying of thirst." He shouted at the top of his voice. After a while, Jiong Yan came in with a teapot. Happily rushed over to get the teapot.

"Bang" The teapot fell to the ground and broke in half, spilling water on the ground.

"Wow! Oh my teapot! My silver taels," Xiao Ze bent over and cried out in distress.

"Jiong Yan! You ......" Xiao Ze pointed at Jiong Yan, and was about to "seek justice" for the teapot.

"Ahh What's on you? I heard Jiong Yan shouting.

Xiao Ze was stunned for a moment, and looked down at the golden light on his waist. Suddenly I thought of the spirit talisman that Madame Jia gave him. He thought to himself: Not good! Then he immediately took out the spirit rune from his waist, and the spirit rune was shining with golden light in front of Jiong Yan.

Jiong Yan roared loudly: "You want to use this talisman to harm me? ”

"Nope! How could I harm you with a talisman! Xiao Ze was in a hurry to defend himself, and immediately cast a spell to break the mana of the spirit rune, and the golden light disappeared.

Xiao Ze saw that the spirit rune mana had been broken, and immediately stood beside him in an orderly manner, like a child who had done something wrong, looking at Jiong Yan timidly. In fact, Jiong Yan naturally knew in his heart that it was impossible for Xiao Ze to harm him, and he was just pretending to be angry just now. I never thought that Xiao Ze was serious. As the saying goes, the speaker has no intention, but the listener has a heart. Looking at Xiao Ze's timid appearance, he was still a little cute, Jiong Yan wanted to tease him, and deliberately lengthened his voice and asked seriously: "This talisman was not drawn by you, where did it come from?" ”

"This talisman was drawn by the archmage invited by the Yamen, who came to help the government catch the monsters, and everyone in the town carried it closely, and some people also wore it inside and outside their homes." Xiao Ze kept his head down, not daring to look at Jiong Yan. Occasionally, when I looked up at Jiongyan, my eyes were full of grievances. Jiong Yan thought it was very funny for him to look like this, so he covered his mouth with his hand and forcibly suppressed the urge to laugh.

Xiao Ze pointed to the talisman and carefully continued: "This talisman was given to me by the proprietress, I was busy in the store today and forgot to throw the talisman away, that ...... Xiao Yan ...... Don't be angry. Xiao Ze looked at Jiong Yan with blank eyes, clasped his hands together and begged.

The more Jiong Yan looked at his pitiful appearance, the more cute and interesting he felt, but he still wanted to tease him, so he bit the lower skin of his mouth with his upper teeth, closed his mouth tightly, and forcibly held back his laughter. He still maintained a serious expression and looked at Xiao Ze. After a while, he felt in his heart that if he endured it like this any longer, he would have the serious consequences of not being injured by the spirit rune, but being suffocated by himself. In order not to "get hurt", Jiong Yan opened his mouth to laugh "hahaha", and stroked his chest and said, "Teasing you." You don't want to think about it, just a few talismans can hurt me, I'm afraid it's a fool's dream! Hahaha......"

After Xiao Ze knew that he had been teased, he was neither angry nor angry. He stood on tiptoe, stepped on small broken steps, twisted his buttocks from side to side, slowly came to Jiong Yan's side, cocked his orchid fingers, gently poked Ji Yan's head, learned the girl's voice, and said delicately: "Dead ghost, I hate it." Jiong Yan's eyes widened, looking at Xiao Ze pretending to be shy, and immediately twisted his head to the side as if he was vomiting. The exaggerated expression of the other party made the two laugh.

When the two were frolicking, they suddenly heard someone outside the door shouting "Open the door". Their home had hardly been visited, and there was a sudden knock on the door tonight, and it was very fast. Both were puzzled. They all asked each other: "Who?" It's so late, and you knock on my door. ”

Jiong Yan motioned for Xiao Ze to open the door. Xiao Ze just opened the door, and someone pushed the door open with Xiao Ze, Xiao Ze stumbled and almost fell. As soon as the door was opened, a group of people rushed into the house.

"Who are you? Trespassing! Be careful, I'll sue you! Xiao Ze steadied himself and roared angrily.

"We are officials, what are you going to sue? If you keep yelling, be careful that I sue you for obstructing the case! Xiao Ze saw that the people who came were a group of officials. At the head is the head of the town's officials.

Xiao Ze immediately turned his anger into laughter: "I don't know if the poor men are coming, there is a loss of welcome, there is a loss of welcome." It's all because the gate is not strong, and it knocked me unconscious, and I didn't recognize you for a while. ”

When the head of the official heard it, this kid had something to say, and it was clear that he was blaming us for not being so barbaric and forcibly entering the house.

"That little brother, I'm sorry, my subordinates are not serious, and I knocked you down. We also want to keep the killer from escaping. The head of the government is also a sensible person, and he immediately apologized to Xiao Ze.

"Huh? Murderer? What murderer? There are no murderers in our family," Xiao Ze was even more puzzled.

"To be precise, we're not just here to catch the murderer, but to catch the demon." A deep voice came through the crowd. Xiao Ze looked at the crowd, and the speaker was Tang Yiye.

After hearing this, Xiao Ze thought: This spirit rune is specially used to deal with the demons who caused these murders, although Jiong Yan is not the demon who caused these murders, but Jiong Yan also belongs to the demon class. This Tang Yi is a mage, and mages and demons are natural enemies. In case he found out that Jiong Yan was a demon, he wouldn't care if Jiong Yan was the culprit, and he would definitely not let Jiong Yan go easily. Thinking of this, Xiao Ze's expression suddenly became serious, and he raised his eyebrows and said coldly: "There are no demons in our family, Tang Gongzi is in the wrong place." ”

"Whether there is or not, you will know at a glance." After Tang Yi finished speaking, he rushed to the inner room with confidence. Xiao Ze followed.

When he came to the inner room, "pop" Tang Yi opened the door of the inner room, and a scent of sandalwood came to his nose.

Jiong Yan was sitting in the house reading a book, and when he saw someone breaking in, he gently put down the book and asked unhurriedly: "Ladies and gentlemen, what are you doing to break into a private house at night?" ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, you're here to catch demons." When Xiao Ze said the word "monster hunting", he deliberately pointed to Tang Yi. Jiong Yan understood in his heart that the person in front of him was the archmage who drew the spirit rune.

Tang Yi stepped into the middle of the room in two or three steps, his eyes kept looking Jiong Yan up and down; Jiong Yan also kept looking at Tang Yi. The two looked at each other. Jiong Yan felt that Tang Yi's eyes were cold, and the whole person seemed to be made of ice, without a trace of temperature; Tang Yi thought that Jiong Yan's face was cold, but his eyes were soft, not like a murderous person.

"Tang Gongzi, have you found the demon?" The head of the official asked in a low voice. After Tang Yi looked around, he shook his head helplessly, the embarrassment of the head of the official at this time could not be described in words, he could only secretly complain, and beads of sweat continued to ooze from his forehead. The head of the official stood in place, thinking about how to end the game.

"Two, I'm sorry, it's me who can't distinguish clearly, and I misunderstood." Tang Yi apologized first, he didn't feel any embarrassment about today's incident. After apologizing, he left with everyone.

After everyone came out of Xiao Ze's place, Tang Yi stopped outside the door and looked at Xiao Ze's door suspiciously.

"Tang Gongzi, let's ......" The head of the official wanted to ask Tang Yi what to do next, but seeing that Tang Yi was thinking intently, he didn't dare to disturb easily, so he swallowed back when the words came to his mouth. After a while, Tang Yi asked the head of the officials to take the officials back first, and left alone.