When I was about to turn around and lead the horse, I found that the horse had fallen to the ground. Maybe you're exhausted, right? Or maybe you can't adapt to shuttling back and forth between the human world and the demon world?

Suddenly, a strong wind blew, and the goose-feather-like snowflakes were wantonly rolled up by the wind and slapped on the face, making it painful.

In the distance, there was the sound of the whirring wind, like the roar of a wild beast.

I left my horse behind and walked on foot towards the shore.

When they came to the shore, they found that they had dug a long, deep staircase, to be precise, a passage with torches lit on both sides.

Hunter said that the ice was strange and would not melt if it was roasted over fire.

I nodded and replied to him, "Don't dig for the time being, Yongquan Lake is not naturally frozen, the part we can see, the whole lake is frozen, and someone deliberately did it." Shadow hunter, you send more men to patrol in Yongquan Lake, don't enter Yongquan Lake at night, it's too dangerous. It's good to send people on patrol during the day. ”

"Got it." Hunter Hunt.

"In addition, you and Chaifeng over there are two guards in the Yuan Mansion, relying on those guards alone, I always feel uneasy. You don't have to worry about Yishui Pavilion over there, before Uncle Shi comes back, I will stay in Yishui Pavilion for the time being, and I won't go out easily. By the way, how did Nan Ya contact you before? ”

"Nanda often goes out alone, he won't contact anyone, and he will only contact me when things are done."

I nodded, "Got it, let's all go and rest." ”

After I finished speaking, I shouted at the dug passage again, "Mengzi, stop digging, go back." ”

The voice echoed and went down.

Then he got Niu Meng's response, "I know Brother Jiu, let's go up." ”

After Niu Meng came up, the two of us rushed to Yishui Pavilion together.

On the way, I asked Niu Meng, how deep do you think you need to dig up soil or rocks?

Niu Meng shook his head, "It's hard to say, I feel like I can't dig to the end, and I don't know how deep this Yongquan Lake is." ”

"Are you sure you saw a black shadow in Yongquan Lake that day?" I asked again.

Niu Meng nodded, "I did see it, and I can guarantee that it was definitely not me who was dazzled." ”

"I know, don't tell anyone about this first, I always feel that there is something great in Yongquan Lake. Try to wait for grandpa to come over, or Nan Ya to come back. Let's go, buy some wine to drink. ”

"Flower wine?"

"You want to drink?"

"It's fine anyway."

"If you want to go, go there."

In fact, drinking flower wine is not a disgraceful thing, it is to call a girl to come over, drink with you, chat, and don't sit down.

Niu Meng has always been thinking about Xiaocui in his heart, and there is a lack of girls around him, so it is understandable that he will be impulsive in his heart occasionally.

I'm definitely not going to go to the Qinglou to find the girls to do certain things.

But it's okay to chat and drink a little wine.

Moreover, in a place like Yihong Courtyard, there are people from all walks of life from the three religions and nine streams, and so many strange phenomena have happened in Jinling City this winter, there will always be people who will discuss it.

By the way, you can ask what people are talking about.

So Niu Meng and I rushed to Yihong Courtyard.

I just don't know, with such a heavy snowfall, are there many customers in Yihong Courtyard?

The snow had cleared the streets, but it was still falling, and after a while it had accumulated a thick layer.

There seem to be more shops open at night than when it just snows.

The glimmer of light in the scattered shops looked crumbling in the wind and snow, and it looked like it would be swallowed up at any moment.

When I came to the neighborhood near Yihong Courtyard, it became lively.

There are also small stalls selling wontons on the side of the road, and there are still customers eating fragrant wontons.

Even the people who sell sugar gourds are also out of stalls, thinking that the New Year is approaching, and everyone wants to make more money and have a good year.

Probably because of the snow, the girls at the entrance of Yihong Courtyard were not standing at the entrance to greet the guests as usual.

They always aimed at the rich people in the past, went up and dragged their arms, and shouted delicately, "Childe, I haven't been here for a long time, the slave family wants to kill you." ”

In fact, these girls say this to everyone, even those who have never been to Yihong Courtyard, this is their usual routine.

Although the entrance of Yihong Courtyard seemed a little deserted, after I went in with Niu Meng, it was very lively inside. The lobby was almost full, and there were one or two girls accompanying each table for a drink.

What I don't understand is that those young talents who are not married are here to forget it.

Why do those elderly dignitaries love to come here? Which of their houses didn't marry eighteen eight concubines?

Anyway, if I marry the Tang girls, I definitely won't come to this kind of place to find girls.

Niu Meng and I found an empty table and sat down, and the old lady greeted me with a smile, "Alas, isn't this the ninth son?" Why did you come to us today? ”

I took out a piece of silver and handed it to the old lady, "Old mother, you're welcome, serve a few good dishes and two jars of good wine." ”

The old lady took the silver with a smile, "Gotcha! Nine sons, do you want to call the two girls to accompany you. There are a new batch of girls in our family, and they look like they are all handsome. ”

I motioned to Niu Meng, "Call him one, I don't want it." ”

"Understand, understand, the ninth prince is a serious person." The old lady winked at me, and went down to make arrangements.

Niu Meng suddenly asked me, "Brother Jiu, why don't you want a girl?" ”

I shrugged my shoulders and replied, "It's not interesting, what girl in my family isn't better looking than here?" ”

"Can that be the same? The girls here can dance for you, Miss Tang, have they danced for you? ”

Niu Meng's words choked me a little, as if I really hadn't seen Miss Tang and them dance. But with their figures, they should be able to jump, right? It seems that we have to find an opportunity to ask, and if there is no singing and dancing in life, a lot of fun will be lost.

I waved my hand at the cow and said, "Okay, okay, let you jump later, I'll see if it's okay, why waste extra money?" ”

Niu jerked his shoulders, meaning probably whatever you wanted.

Then he took out the cigarette pouch and smoked it.

While waiting for the food and drinks to be served, I pricked up my ears to listen carefully to hear if there was any talk of anything about the recent anomaly in Jinling.

There are a lot of people, and the sound is noisy, but if you listen carefully, you can still hear it.

"I heard that last night, the concubine of Chen Yuanwai's family stole men and was caught. I heard that the man's legs were discounted. ”

"The king butcher of Xifang hanged himself this afternoon."

"You said that this year's snow is so heavy, is there a monster?"

"I've heard that we've been coming to Yingtian a lot of monsters lately, and they're going to catch boys and girls for food."

"Do you know that Yongquan Lake is frozen?"

"I heard that the ice is at least three feet thick, and they all say that there are some monsters under the lake."

"But it's not, I also saw that all the people of the Jinyi Guard Exploration Division were guarding the edge of Yongquan Lake today, and I don't know what they were digging."

"I saw two fairies on the street today, they look exactly the same, they are really fairies, I have never seen such a beautiful girl in my life."

"I also saw a white bear, bigger than a tiger, with nine tails!"

“…………”

Having listened to so much, there is not a single useful message. The others were all short trivialities in the family, and there were people in the upstairs wing room talking about selling official titles.

I really can't figure it out, the six ministries of Jinling have no real power, why would anyone want to buy an official in Jinling?

It didn't take long for the food and wine to be served, and the old lady came over with the girl.

This girl is very delicate, with a good figure, wearing a green shirt, but at a glance, she feels that she is a dusty woman, and her body reveals a wave of charming bones.

The old lady introduced that the girl's name was Yingying, and told Yingying to accompany Niu Meng.

The names of the girls in this place are very easy to remember, what warblers and swallows, emerald and red, and a little more advanced Yihong Courtyard, but there are some more elegant pseudonyms, such as Master Li, Tang Yanyan and the like.

Yingying is indeed quite open, as soon as she came up, she sat on Niu Meng's neck, hooked Niu Meng's neck with both hands, and said, "Childe, the slave family wants to kill you." ”

When I listened to this tone, I got goosebumps all over my body.

Niu Meng was also unceremoniously, hugged Yingying, and laughed, "Since I miss my brother, my brother will hurt you well today." ”

I'm scared for him.

What about only loving Xiaocui alone? You said that a person who usually looks so honest, how can he be so unrestrained in such a place?

Then the two of them greeted me and me, pushing the cup and changing the lamp, as if I didn't exist at all.

I had no interest in the girls here, so I pricked up my ears and continued to listen to what the others had to say.

"Miss Liu, go to my house tonight, there is no one in my house."

"Brother Wang, listen to my advice, if you don't make a move, this jade pendant will be worthless!"

"Woooooooooo......oo Woohoo......"

Wait, what's that sound? Sounds like a girl gets gagged?

I listened carefully again.

"Woo...... Woowoo............ Woowoo woo ......"

It's really a gagged voice, and it seems to be more frightened. It sounded like it was coming from the No. 1 room upstairs.

I frowned slightly, "Mengzi, you play first, I'll go up and have a look, and I met an acquaintance." ”

Niu Meng probably didn't hear it, so he drank a glass of wine with Yingying.

When I walked to the second floor, I happened to meet the old mother, so I asked her, "Old mother, who lives in the No. 1 room of Tianzi?" ”

"Coincidentally, Ninth Prince, I was just about to tell you about this. There lived a strange man, who came on the day of the snow, dressed very thickly, and covered his face tightly, and when he came in, he threw down a gold ingot, wrapped the No. 1 room of Tianzi, and ordered that no one should disturb him, and he always went out in the middle of the night in the past two days, and he never came out to eat.

Originally, I wanted to report to the official, but he threw me a gold ingot today, and asked me to give him the first card in his room in the evening. I'm also a small business, who can't get along with money, don't you say? ”

"How long has the girl been in?" I asked again.

The old lady thought for a moment and replied, "Oh, it's going to take half an hour." Nine Princes, why are you asking this? Something can't be wrong, right? ”

I just waved my hand, wanting to say that it was nothing, but I just asked casually, when I suddenly smelled blood.