Zhou Xuanqing had just turned off the lights and lay down to rest, when he heard a scream outside, piercing with fear in his ears, which made people panic.

She opened her eyes suddenly, neatly grabbed her coat and put it on, opened the door with one hand and tied it with the other, and rushed out in a hurry, but she didn't see that there was still a person blocking the door.

"Ouch, who is standing at the door at night?" Zhou Xuanqing muttered as he touched his head.

"Well, it's the way. The familiar voice was apologetic.

Zhou Xuanqing raised his eyebrows and took a look.

"You also heard a strange sound and ran out?"

Chang Zizai's robe didn't seem to have been changed at all, and it was stained with some stains left by the fight in the Miasma Forest. His ordinary face was straight, and a trace of expression flashed that was unpredictable, and he nodded and said, "Naturally, I heard it, it seems to be a merchant on the other side of the East Chamber." ”

The two then went to the guest room at the other end of the East Wing.

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The door of one of the rooms that came into view was half-open, and I don't know whether it was opened from the inside or pushed from the outside. The shopkeepers who stood and rushed over, and there were also businessmen who stayed in the store on the left and right who opened the doors and windows to watch.

"What's wrong, what's wrong, do you need to report to the official?"

Someone dared to propose it before they could figure it out.

Zhou Xuanqing stopped at the threshold, clasped his fists, and glanced around at everyone pretending to be inadvertent. The various sleepy eyes are hazy, not like there is anything special.

"You might as well let Xiaodao go in and take a look, and then report to the official if there is anything wrong. ”

The shopkeeper looked uneasy, but he didn't want to make a big deal out of it, so he agreed to Zhou Xuanqing's approach.

Zhou Xuanqing pushed the door open directly, and the sound of heavy and rapid breathing could be heard in the quiet of the room, and a candlestick was poured on several cases, and the flames were flickering and flickering, because the action of pushing the door in was carried by the wind, and the light blowing was in a trance.

Just after Zhou Xuanqing entered, Chang Zizi also followed.

There was a bed on the left side, and a white silk curtain blocked the view, and there was a vague shadow inside.

Zhou Xuanqing straightened the candlestick first, and a drop of wax oil fell on her palm, with a burning sensation.

Approaching the collapse of the bed, Zhou Xuanqing glanced at Chang Zizi, who held the magic sword with his jaw and picked the corner of the tent with the end of the sword.

Zhou Xuanqing saw clearly by the firelight that the man was actually a man who had chatted during the day.

His eyes were blank and astigmatistic, he trembled his arms and legs, pointed to his couch and said: "There are snakes, so many snakes! It's wrapped around my neck, it's so cold, it's disgusting! I'm afraid to die......"

Zhou Xuanqing's eyes flashed slightly, his face turned pale, and he involuntarily took half a step back.

She doesn't like snakes the most. Follow the master Nanshan from the memory, and run all the year round to do things to earn some small silver livelihood, and once met a flower snake in the broken temple. At that time, Nanshan went to collect firewood, leaving her alone with a peachwood sword about the same size, and waited in the broken temple.

There was lightning and thunder outside the house, and she was bitten by a flower snake. The wound was naturally a heart-piercing pain, and I don't know if it was because I had drunk Fu Shui, and the venom did not spread throughout the body. It's just that the feeling of the snake winding up its neck and then tightening on it was a nightmare. Looking back to this day, Zhou Xuanqing can still get goosebumps all over his body, his heartbeat is faster, and he can't speak.

Chang Zizi didn't seem to notice her abnormality, reached out and touched the inside and outside of the futon, and sat down on the floor: "Where did the snake come from?

The man was still stunned, but as soon as he heard what he said, his eyes lit up, and he immediately jumped up from the corner, collapsed with his bare feet, and fled to the door before saying, "How is it possible?" That cold and slimy thing just now, wrapped around my neck, almost out of breath, isn't it a snake? I still hear the sound of hissing snake letters, and it is clear in my ears!"

Zhou Xuanqing turned his head and saw the man hiding behind the shopkeeper with a sad face.

"Even if it's a snake, what else is wrong with you?"

The man shook his head, as if he remembered something, and pointed to the wooden cabinet on the side with a nervous expression: "Let's see if my thousand-year-old Lingzhi is still there?"

Zhou Xuanqing quickly took a step to open the cabinet door, and there were several clothes stacked on top of each other, with a brocade burden in the middle, and a square sandalwood box when opened.

It doesn't look like it's been passive. Zhou Xuanqing simply handed over the sandalwood box, turned his head to look at Chang Zizi, and stared thoughtfully at the half-open windowsill.

"It's gone, it's gone, my Lingzhi is gone!" the man opened the sandalwood box, dumbfounded, and cried and said that he would report to the official.

"It's not a snake, someone in your inn must have stolen my Lingzhi!"

The others naturally looked at each other, and some of them had a big temper and were directly scared.

"Nonsense, everyone is here to offer treasures, why are you missing? The devil knows if you deliberately splashed dirty water. ”

The man didn't give up, jumping up and down.

Zhou Xuanqing pressed his arm and said, "What do you think of the shopkeeper?"

The shopkeeper couldn't, so he had to admit that he was unlucky: "Okay, okay, I'll go and report to the official, right?"

The crowd dispersed first, because they wanted to protect the scene, Zhou Xuanqing and Chang Zizi volunteered to stay.

Chang Zi paced in front of the window, two fingers ran through the window frame, and a fingernail-sized slice was pinched out of the crack. Surprise called:

"Look, snakeskin!"

Zhou Xuanqing recalled, turned his head sideways, and said: "This is the belly scale of the snake." The abdominal scales are tough, and they are the soft armor of the snake when it swims, and they will not fall off easily. ”

Chang Zizi rubbed for a while, and then realized as if he had an idea: "Could it be that the snake demon was injured, so he came here to steal the fire lingzhi to heal his wounds?"

Zhou Xuan stared at him clearly, his eyes showed surprise, and he quickly suppressed it, and said lightly: "How do you know that it is a snake demon, not someone who did it, and let a snake to divert your attention." ”

Chang Zizi raised his eyebrows without noticing, and said to himself: "Intuition." ”

As if thinking, he suddenly pulled it in his pocket for a while, and opened his palm to see that it was a glass object. "This thing was given by my master, and if there is a demonic spirit, it will be bright red. ”

Zhou Xuanqing took it and held it in his palm to play with it for a while, the glass was round and smooth with residual warmth, and it was visible to the naked eye that there was a bright red mist rolling, which was very novel.

She immediately thought that she hadn't been able to smell the demonic aura recently, and sighed: "Chang Zizi Daoist, what other treasures do you have, don't mind letting Xiaodao open his eyes." ”

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At the moment, the wind is quiet, and the night is like ink. Two figures, one tall and one short, stepped on the eaves and ridge tiles, and flew over the city gate.

"Are you sure you'll find it so late?"

"It's better to hurry up than to be in a hurry, who let Mr. Snake Demon get into trouble. Snakes have always liked to walk at night, as long as you follow this compass, you will definitely find the direction of the snake cave. ”

It was Zhou Xuanqing and Chang Zizi who spoke.

The government sent troops to the Yunfu Inn, but Chang Zizi slipped out of the back door quietly with Zhou Xuanqing. Both of them are Taoists, and it stands to reason that even if they are interrogated, it is not a big deal. It's just that this is always at ease and mysterious, saying that there is a way to catch the snake demon.

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