It was the sound of a dog barking in the distance that woke me up, or the first sound I heard when I woke up was a dog barking, far away. There is quite a kind of meaning of hearing the dog barking.

The curtains on the windows were pulled back, and I remember deliberately closing them when I went to bed last night.

The snow is still falling outside, and it should be noon to see the bright light?

Yao was lying beside me, still asleep. One of her arms was exposed over the covers, resting on my chest.

I felt a little dizzy in my head, and after I entered the room last night, I drank some wine with Yao and sat and talked for a while.

In the end, I shared the same bed, nothing should have happened, I drank very little alcohol yesterday, so I was not so drunk that I didn't remember anything.

It was probably when I got up and closed the curtains, and then lay back down, and Yao Xiaomei fell asleep with me in her arms.

I'm still wearing pajamas, which means nothing really happened.

Yao's clothes are changed from hair, and when I was with her, I realized that she liked to sleep without clothes.

This ability to change clothes is very good, and it saves you the hassle of laundry. The only thing that is not appropriate is that when you are seriously injured, you lose the ability to change.

I'm thinking about whether to get out of bed or not.

Yao's mocking arms were on top of me, and if I got up, I would definitely wake her up, as a nine-tailed cat demon, I needed to rest more.

I turned my head to look at Yao Xiaomei, her eyes were closed, her shoulders were slightly undulated, and there was no snoring, but I remember that she was snoring that night, not loud, like a little pig humming.

After looking at it for a while, Yao Yanmei opened her eyes.

Her eyes looked a little confused at first, then cleared.

Yao teased her lips and smiled, and asked me, "How did Xianggong rest last night?" ”

She looked a little strange, as if she had done something to me last night.

I nodded and sat up, "Lady, rest a little longer, I'm used to getting up early, and I can't sleep anymore." ”

Yao Weimei also sat up, and her body was instantly covered with a layer of black veil, which was only covered to her chest at first, and slowly her shoulders became black, and finally completely changed to the long black dress she usually wears.

Her hair was a little disheveled, her whole person was a little lazy, and she giggled twice, "Why are you staring at me like this?" Do you want to see my body? ”

I hurriedly shook my head, "No, no, the lady should continue to rest." ”

Then he hurriedly began to put on his coat.

At this time, Yao Xiaomei suddenly frowned lightly and pulled something out of the futon. When I looked closely, it was a shadow.

"Shadow, when did you run in?" Yao said mockingly, pinching the shadow and throwing her out.

The shadow fell to the ground very lightly, meowed, jumped away, and jumped away from the window.

I looked confused, and I didn't know when there was an extra cat in the futon. It stands to reason that this shouldn't be the case, and if the shadow comes in, how can I not wake up?

Could it be that Yao used the charm technique on me last night, causing me to be unable to remember anything?

After all, Mu Rong had done such a thing before. Speaking of which, I haven't seen her in a few days, and I don't know where she's hiding.

Yao didn't get up, wrapped herself in the quilt, only one head was exposed, and looked at me sideways.

The door was suddenly pushed open, and Li Ruyan came in with a basin of water.

She put the basin down and walked up to me to help me straighten my clothes.

To be honest, I'm not used to being served like this.

"Auntie, just leave this kind of thing to the maid."

"What's the maid, Xiaoqing Xiaoyu is Miss Mu's maid, not your maid. Besides, that's how I served your mother back then, and I'm used to it. ”

Li Ruyan said this, and I can't refute anything.

But I still do it myself.

Yao Xiaomei sat up again at this time, nodded at Li Ruyan, and saluted, "Auntie is early." ”

Li Ruyan responded with a smile, "Miss Yao, take a lot of rest, there is nothing to do recently, I will take care of my son." ”

Yao Xiaomei nodded, and then lay down again. Yesterday, Li Ruyan told me that in the human world, every time it is winter, the Nine-Tails will become very weak, and they need to rest more.

Sometimes it's normal to sleep for a month or two without waking up.

My mother is the same in the human world, but my mother is not very weak.

followed Li Ruyan downstairs, saw that the food was already on the table, and asked to know that it was already past noon.

There were only two people at the dinner table, Mu Qingchen and Niu Meng, and Xiaoqing Xiaoyu didn't know where to go.

Li Ruyan said that she was going out to prepare things, so she went out.

The food on the table didn't move much, and it seemed that only Niu Meng had eaten a bowl of rice, and the bowl had bottomed out.

The bowl in front of Mu Qingchen was still full of rice, and he had not been moved.

"Isn't Miss Mu hungry?" I asked her.

Mu Qingchen shook his head, "I'm not hungry, Ninth Prince eat." ”

During the banquet, I asked Mu Qingchen about the Body Sculpting Pill, and Mu Qingchen said that she was very grateful to Li Ruyan, but she didn't expect the Body Sculpting Pill.

Because their Water Spirit Clan wants to reshape their bodies, they need to take a large amount of Body Sculpting Pills, just like they are pregnant for ten months, and grow up little by little.

This kind of thing is extremely complicated to refine, and the materials required are very difficult to find, so there is basically no drama. Although Li Ruyan is a person from the five major cities, she is unwilling to devote so much manpower and material resources to them, not to mention that this favor is too big, she is worried that she will not be able to afford it.

I thought about it, and Li Ruyan was embarrassed to give them the Body Sculpting Pill because he was embarrassed to call Xiaoqing and Xiaoyu.

However, since we met Mu Qingchen, she has indeed helped us a lot. In the future, if I have the opportunity, I can learn to refine the Body Sculpting Pill. Reshaping the body can be said to be the dream of the water spirit clan, right?

I don't have any good qualities as a person, I just like to help others achieve their dreams.

After eating, I took Niu Meng out for a walk. Jiang Qingying's situation was helpless for the time being, so she could only wait until the eye of heaven opened before she could figure out a way.

When I went out, the heavy snow had stopped, and there were quite a few people cleaning the snow on the streets.

Even the officers and soldiers were clearing the snow, which they loaded into wagons and transported outside the city.

Niu Meng smoked a cigarette and suddenly asked me, "Brother Jiu, why do I feel that something is wrong?" ”

"You mean snow?" I asked him.

Niu Meng nodded and said, "I found that this snow only doesn't melt, and Yongquan Lake is also frozen." If it goes on like this, the snow accumulates more and more, and then the temperature suddenly rises, will there be a flood? ”

When Niu Meng said this, it reminded me. The weather this winter is abnormal, and there are obviously demons who are haunting them, and the freezing of Yongquan Lake is also caused by Taoism.

When one day suddenly becomes civilized, not to mention the big flood, there will definitely be a small flood.

However, it is not that Jinling will be flooded, but that all the water will converge at Yongquan Lake and break through the mouth of the Yangzi River, causing flooding downstream.

I looked up at the sky, and the clouds were thick. Since the beginning of the snowfall, the clouds over Jinling have not dissipated, but have become thicker and thicker.

This reminds me of Chen Xuanke, who went to Nanya before, he is a person from the corpse sect, and he used the technique of praying for rain to make it rain in Jinling for seven consecutive days. At that time, I also heard of a name in Nanya, "A sword breaks the end of the world." ”

I haven't heard anyone talk about it since, and I still wonder how the name came about.

I don't know if this heavy snow has something to do with the Corpse Chasing Sect, among all the branch sects of Taoism, the only one who knows how to interfere with the celestial phenomena is the Corpse Chasing Sect.

However, they can only make the dark clouds obscure the sun and increase the yin energy between heaven and earth. But there is no way to make the weather sunny on a normal rainy day.

If this snow is caused by the demon clan in the demon world, then I don't know.

Anyway, Zhuge Guo didn't mention the weather to me, she only said that Zhuge Liang's tomb was under Yongquan Lake.

It is very likely that the freezing of Yongquan Lake was made by Zhuge Guo, and of course it may be done by others.

I sighed and sighed, "If this snow goes down like this, the flood will be small, and if it doesn't stop, the crops will be frozen, so we have to find a way." ”

"Didn't Uncle Shi teach you the art of celestial phenomena?" Niu Meng asked me.

I nodded, "Teach, I'm not strong enough." To fight against this kind of weather, a large array is needed, and Uncle Shi said that that kind of large array requires extremely deep internal force just to be launched, otherwise it is just a big circle. It's better to wait for grandpa and them to come over, his old man will have a way. ”

Niu Meng also sighed, "The crops are frozen, and the people will have a famine next year, right?" ”

"Yes, now that the party struggle in the imperial court is serious, where will Wei Zhongxian care about the lives and deaths of the people, I am afraid that many people will be starved to death by then."

Every time I talk about it, I feel sad.

Famine has always been something that every dynasty has experienced throughout the ages, with the landlords owning most of the land and the common people rarely owning their own land. When the harvest is not good, there will be a famine.

Historically, many people revolted because they couldn't eat, and the disaster relief money allocated by the imperial court was often exploited layer by layer after it arrived in the localities, and the few who really distributed it to the people were pitiful.

I suddenly thought of Du Fu's poem, "There are thousands of mansions in Ande, and the poor people in the world are happy." ”

It is not without reason that Du Fu is revered as a poet.

Over the years, I have also witnessed a lot of people's suffering, although I always do what I can to do what I can. However, the situation of national peace and security, peace and prosperity, must be completed by the imperial court.

If the emperor can't do it, where will the prosperous world come from?

In my opinion, if the Ming court continues like this, it will not be far from the destruction of the country.

If there is no way, I will only have to produce more money next year, and I will save as many victims as I can.

Niu Meng and I didn't talk about these things again, so as not to make myself upset.

At this time, Chasing Feng hurriedly ran in front of us, and he ran in front of me and said, "Ninth Prince, there is a murder." ”

I frowned and asked, "Take me there, say on the way." ”

Chasing the wind nodded, and led me and Niu Meng towards the west of the city.

On the way, he probably told him about the situation, and the deceased was a wealthy merchant in Jinling City. I slept alone in my room last night, leaving mud footprints in the room, and the cause of death was unknown.

The family did not hear any movement, and they also had a dog, which also died, and the cause of death is also unknown.

Originally, this case was handled by the government, but they thought that it might be a monster, so they went to notify the Jinyi Wei Detective Division.

When he arrived at the mansion where the murder occurred, he saw a man arguing with the guards at the door.

"Why don't you let me in? I've got a token! "The man was dressed in black, like a practice uniform, and he looked very capable. The voice sounded weird, as if he was deliberately pinching his throat to speak.

The guard pulled out his knife to stop her, "Leave quickly, and if you make any more nonsense, I will arrest you!" ”

We hurriedly walked over, and then I realized that this man was so familiar......

Zhuge Guo disguised as a man? The chest is flat, although I don't know how she disguised it, her hair has also changed to a man's hairstyle, and she has two mustaches under her nose.

But the appearance can't be changed, this is indeed Zhuge Guo, the most important thing is that men have Adam's apple, she doesn't.

I have to say that this disguise is a failure, at least in my opinion.

"What's going on?" Chasing Wind asked.

The guard handed Chasing Wind a token made of paper and said, "Lord Hui, this person has drawn a token and is pretending to be someone from the Spirit Exploration Division." ”

I looked at the token in Chasing Wind's hand and couldn't laugh or cry.

Zhuge Guo suddenly patted me on the shoulder, "It turned out to be the Ninth Prince, you are also here to investigate the case, right?" I can be a detective, take me in. ”

After saying that, he squeezed his eyebrows at me.

"Ninth Prince, do you know?" Chasing the wind asked me.

I waved my hand, "Yes, let her in." ”

Chasing the wind nodded, then said no more and led us into the house.

He said that in order to ensure the integrity of the scene, all the people in the house have been temporarily cleared.

As soon as I entered the yard, I saw a big yellow dog lying on the ground.

Zhuge Guo stood next to me, pinched his thigh hard, and whispered: "I can tell you, from now on, you have to call me Zhuge Gongzi, and you are not allowed to say that I am a girl!" ”

I smiled helplessly and had to nod. It seems that this Zhuge fruit is really like what she said, she likes to play.

It's really hard to understand that an 11,000-year-old girl came to investigate the case.

But I don't expect her to have any ability to investigate cases, and this kind of thing can't be done just by being old.

"No one heard the dog bark last night, and the dog had already been dissected, and there was no sign of poisoning, and the dog food from last night was not poisonous after inspection." Chasing Wind briefly told him what he knew.

I nodded, squatted down with Niu to inspect the big yellow dog, and Zhuge Guo also came over.

I carefully looked at the internal organs of the big yellow dog, and found that its internal organs had not changed color until now, they were still bright red, and the internal organs were very hard and frozen.

Niu Meng picked up the big yellow dog and looked at it, then threw it to the ground, stood up and clapped his hands, "Don't look at it, it's frozen to death." It wasn't too cold last night, and even if the big yellow dog froze to death, the internal organs couldn't have frozen like this.

The cause of death of the big yellow dog was due to the fact that the internal organs were frozen first, which led to the death. However, the fur is not frozen, which is indeed a bit strange. ”

I looked at the nearby flower pots, and the holly trees inside were still intact and not frozen. In other words, it was not a widespread temperature drop, but only the big yellow dog that was frozen.

This reminds me of the 10,000-year-old ice silkworm, and if this big yellow dog swallows a 10,000-year-old ice silkworm, it will be like this. Otherwise, the 10,000-year-old ice silkworm will be frozen into ice by the big yellow dog, including the fur, and it is impossible to freeze only the internal organs.