After Wang Xu returned to the bedroom, he changed into loose cotton wool clothes, sat at the window alone, and quietly sipped tea.

Although the north is bitterly cold, there are many corresponding treasures, the previous ice crab is only one of them, and the pine tea he drinks now is the second.

Pine tea only sprouts in this season, take its young buds, do not need to rinse, with snow water after refining, can be preserved for a long time.

Brewing a cup of pine tea on a cold day, the taste is astringent, leaving a lingering fragrance, and can warm the body, it is really a fine tea and is rare.

Only he, the young master of the palace, can drink anytime and anywhere, if it is an ordinary person, he will usually treasure it and be reluctant to drink it.

Wang Xu put down the teacup, savoring the aftertaste, while thinking silently.

For seven days, he went out every day to go out to restaurants and markets, but there was no one who matched him, which was unbelievable, knowing that in his apostolic memory, food should have been easy to find.

Unless it's .......

Wang Xu sighed.

Fortunately, he only retains the apostle's ability to absorb the power of existence, not the apostle's body, and he will not be starved to death, otherwise it would be too tragic.

But I thought that today I actually drew the power of existence from a trace of blood.

Wang Xu was deeply glad that he met the swordsman in the restaurant, otherwise......

He still has palpitations now, and at the same time a little pity.

After all, he was ready to use the power of existence to awaken the primordial spirit in his body.

Thinking of Yuan Ling, he felt a little relieved, and felt a slight expectation.

As for the tragedy in the fishing village that he heard today, and the general process of the snow ghost's killing, he guessed that the news coming out of the Li Mansion was absolutely chaotic, just to quickly calm down the situation.

"But how could the snow ghost match me?" He can't guess the connection now.

The strategy he proposed in the study today was to collect talented people to strengthen the Wang family on the one hand, and on the other hand, it was to borrow his own power to entrap the swordsman Mo Tian, so as to find a way to get the things left by the snow ghost after his death from his hands, and it was best to learn his skills.

After all, their royal family has not yet been able to snatch things from the hands of the government officials, and the palace has not heard of any offerings that can match the demons.

Wang Xu took a sip of tea and pondered.

Now he wants to gain the power of existence again, awaken the primordial spirit, and thus have the power of self-preservation. Thinking about it, there is only one way to go.

He believed that Mo Tian must have some of the corpses in his hands.

Looking at the heavy snow outside, Wang Xu felt irritable.

In the evening, he said hello and went to bed early.

What happened today had already exhausted him, and he fell asleep after a while.

Early the next morning, the sky was slightly bright, and the snow seemed to be lighter.

Knock, knock, knock.

There was a knock outside the door.

Wang Xu sat up and rubbed his eyes, "Xiuxiu? ”

"Master, are you up? Steward Xu said that there is an urgent matter to find you. Xiuxiu's immature and crisp voice came from outside the door.

"Steward Xu? Could it be ......?"

Wang Xu quickly got out of bed and opened the door, took the coat handed by Xiuxiu, and walked to the living room in the snow.

He had some doubts in his heart, with Uncle Xu's steadiness, he wouldn't have bothered him so early.

Wang Xu arrived at the door of the living room, pushed open the door and saw Uncle Xu pacing back and forth with a solemn face.

"Young master, those two are dead!"

When Xu Liang saw Wang Xu, he said directly without politeness.

Wang Xu was stunned, "What's the matter?!" ”

"Yesterday, I sent someone to find the two people that the young master said, and I originally made an appointment to send someone to pick them up early in the morning, but ......"

Xu Liang paused and swallowed, "But those two people were found dead this morning, and the merchant was found hanging in the room early in the morning. ”

"As for the other swordsman, he died at the gate of the city, as if he had been eaten by wolves, and there was not a good piece of meat on his body, and if it were not for the long knife he held tightly in his hand, it would be unrecognizable."

"Where's the corpse?"

Wang Xu was silent for a moment and suddenly asked.

"The corpse is now in Yizhuang."

"Good! Prepare the car, I'm going to take a look. ”

Wang Xu ignored Uncle Xu's obstruction and insisted on going, and finally under mutual compromise, he rushed to Yizhuang with four stout subordinates.

In the carriage, Wang Xu's face was gloomy, and the already dim carriage looked even darker.

Even the aroma of seafood became unbearable.

Mocking sounds, cold air.

"Young master, it's here." There was a rough sound outside the carriage.

Wang Xu rubbed his face, opened the curtain expressionlessly, and stepped out of the carriage.

In addition to the faint sound of the wind, there is only the wind and snow constantly drifting.

Not far away, there is a lonely stone house, a dilapidated sunken wooden door, and a broken plaque with the word Yizhuang written on it, and the whole looks lifeless.

"Young master, you've already said hello, just ahead." A strong man walked out of the door of Yizhuang, with a frightened face.

Wang Xu nodded, raised his legs and walked in the thick snow.

Dark, clammy and cold.

This is Wang Xu's first feeling.

He looked up at the entire Yizhuang, in the narrow space, there were more than a dozen corpses lying there, the air was filled with a foul smell, the white cloth was covered at will, and the cold wind blew, revealing the blue and purple skin.

"Young master, these are these two." The strong man who had just walked in pointed to the two corpses on the far left.

Another strong man covered his nose and lifted the white cloth.

Wang Xu walked over and looked at it, and immediately frowned.

It wasn't that he hadn't seen a dead corpse before, but it was the first time he had smelled such a strong corpse.

One of the two corpses was obviously the merchant's, his eyes were closed, and his face was blue and purple, but his lips were so red that they seemed to be coated with rouge. There are obvious strangulation marks on the neck, one after another, which are indeed caused by things similar to hemp rope.

The other, more appropriately white bones than corpses, had been unrecognizable, and the cartilage of its brain could be seen, and the suspicious butterfly bone in the skull was missing.

Wang Xu took a deep look at it.

"Let's go!"

He turned and walked out of Yizhuang, and suddenly felt his vision brighten, as if he had crawled out of a swamp.

"Vomit-" The man who came out next to him couldn't bear it anymore, and ran to the side and vomited loudly.

"Everyone has worked hard today, go back and get the reward."

Wang Xu turned around and smiled, and said.

"Thank you, young master!" The strong man led by him was even more respectful, opened the curtain and let Wang Xu get into the carriage.

"Drive!"

The carriage turned around and drove slowly toward the city.

The snow suddenly fell heavier, the snowflakes swirled in the wind, and part of the white cloth in Yizhuang was blown up directly, and the closed eyes of the merchants suddenly opened at some point.

"Young master, are we going back to the house?" The man driving the car asked loudly.

"Do any of you know where the knifeman's home is?"

Wang Xu opened his eyes and lifted the corner of the curtain.

"I know, young master, I was the one who contacted me yesterday."

The man who vomited just now turned pale.

"Go there first."

After Wang Xu finished speaking, he closed the curtain again.

The carriage shook and turned to a corner of the city.

Jinbian City, Chunhua Street.

Two big black horses drove slowly along with a red sled.

There were bluestone houses piled up all around, and the carriage went slower and slower, and finally stopped at the door of a house.

"Mother, who's in that carriage?"

In the distance, a child with pigtails was eating his fingers and asked curiously.

"Shhhh

The plainly dressed woman hurriedly dragged her child back.

Wang Xu walked down after the carriage stopped, "Is this it?" ”

"Yes, young master, in the morning I saw that the people from the government went in and searched for a bunch of things, and they have already taken them."

"You're waiting here." Wang Xu's eyes flashed, pushed open the door and walked in.

The whole room was empty, and there was nothing left.

It seems that the officers and soldiers have made a fortune from the dead.

He walked straight to a wall, knocked on a bluestone brick, found nothing unusual, looked at it again, saw that it seemed to be loose, and then forcefully removed it.

Inside is still a stone brick, but if you look closely, the color is slightly different.

Wang Xu's face was rarely surprised, and he took out the stone bricks and held them in his hands, where are the stone bricks, it is clearly a small box of sandalwood, but it is deliberately coated with a layer of bluelime.

He felt the fluctuation of the power of existence outside the door just now, and it was exactly what he expected.

"Enough, enough for my primordial spirit to wake up."