On the twenty-third day of the month, the ban on the lakes in the north was lifted, and there were no longer a few fishing boats coming and going.

Trees and foliage around the lake outside the mountain castle cause the water in the lake to be warmer than the surrounding surface.

Many people put on hats and dug holes in the lake, ready to stop their boats to catch shrimp.

There is no way that since the beginning of winter, the ice surface is ridiculously thick, and ordinary utensils cannot be chiseled at all. Some people who rely on fishing to make a living are really sad.

Moyue Lake is a little far away from the main city along the mountain, but it happens to be within the range of the patrol of the Chengwei Mansion. Although I can't encounter any demons and monsters, some mountain and forest beasts are common.

The people of the Northland are so delicious that the market is here, so there are so many people who take the risk and have to stay outside the city for a few days and nights.

If spring is good, sprinkle some bait on the lake, hang the nets on the bottom of the boat, and row the boat around the lake to get a good harvest.

It's a pity that the weather here is cold, and he can only fish with a fishing rod and a fishing rod, and catch him for three days and three nights.

Inside the castle along the mountain

The Longmen Liquor Store has become a gathering place for people from all walks of life, and Bai Shisan has been learning from those famous Da Xuan in the city recently, listening to music and singing, chanting a poem in Fengyue Place, and making a pair.

Especially there is an extremely eye-catching domineering master by his side, Zhang Hatshui. The two of them came and went, and as soon as they walked around the street, some big girls and little daughters-in-law recognized the two of them.

Bai Thirteen, as usual, was dressed in white, holding a slightly sassy golden ruffled folding fan in his hand, and he had nothing to shake twice.

"Bai Gongzi is here! Please inside! Today our tavern has recruited a new Qingqi who can sing and dance, can you take a look?"

Bai Shisan stood still in front of the Longmen Wine Shop, and came out to greet the sturdy little guy that day, this flattering look was simply contrary to his fierce and vicious face.

"Hmm. Bai 13 was in a good mood, carrying his hands on his back, looking like a son. The sao bag and lotus fan in his hand shook it slightly, but the content on the fan was not bad.

It is a picture of water waves drawn by Zhang Hatshui himself, with lakes and mountains, overlapping light and dark, and the surrounding grass and trees.

It is the Moyue Lake outside the city.

Xiaohui beside her followed Bai Shisan's familiar car into the wine shop with the little guy, and at first glance, she didn't miss it.

The liquor store is divided into two floors, and Bai Thirteen is holding the token of the Soul Leaving Gang in his hand, and there is no problem going to the second floor. But there are few people on the second floor, and the main thing for him now is to show up and let others know that he is a straw bale who relies on Washington to eat soft rice.

In the hall on the first floor, storytellers continued to tell stories, but Zhang Hatshui's original location was transformed.

A girl in blue stood there timidly, a pair of slender jade fingers plucking the strings, and they were tactful.

There was also an older woman next to her, wearing a costume, shaking her water sleeves, and saying "Plum Blossom Three Alleys".

Bai 13 found a relatively empty place and sat opposite Xiao Hui, with a dark red wooden table between the two.

The little guy knew Bai Thirteen's taste, and after a while, he brought a lot of wine and food to the table. Bai Shisan took a bite of fried shredded pork with bamboo shoots, put it in his mouth, and then poured a cup of fine Huadiao drink.

"Childe, is it really okay for us to do this every day?" Xiaohui held the mahogany chopsticks in her hand, and the bone joints were a little white.

She didn't know whether to say something or not, and she kept it in her heart.

"Eat, drink and be merry, most people's dream. Bai Thirteen smiled and began to listen to the music intently.

Xiaohui muttered: "Come to the wine shop in the morning to drink and listen to music, and go to Huayulou in the afternoon to have fun, the son is really bad......"

Bai Thirteen took a sip of plum blossom brew, which was similar to a drink, and almost choked on a mouthful.

"Why am I so bad?" Bai Thirteen rolled his eyes, he did this purely to cover up people's eyes. If he doesn't behave a little bit loosely, it will be abrupt for him to suddenly go to Huayulou.

It's hard to startle the snake, so he has to throw out his character in the past few days.

Xiaohui poked her elbow on the table, turned her face away, and was silent.

Bai Shisan shook his head helplessly, watching the rough man at the adjacent table directly put the unique ice shrimp of the North into his mouth, he couldn't help but spit out the heavenly things.

This season is a good time to catch the ice shrimp, the crystal clear shrimp body, small and smooth. It is smooth but not greasy in the mouth, and full of umami.

Ice shrimp are extremely reproductive, so there is no such thing as a shortage of supply. Because it looks good and tastes delicious, it is also one of the must-have dishes for ordinary people.

The real way to eat it is to remove the white shrimp line on the inside of the shrimp body, and then dip it in rice vinegar and put it in your mouth.

Just when Bai Shisan was eating and sorting out the latest clues, the door of the wine shop was opened again.

Zhang Hatshui and Zheng Tianyun walked in in a short suit, and there were more than a dozen people waiting outside.

Bai Shisan shook his head, and secretly said that these people are really good at finding trouble, so can't they be low-key?

As soon as the people from the Soul Gang arrived, the voices in the wine shop suddenly became quieter, and everyone's eyes were staring at Zheng Tianyun who was standing at the door to block the wind.

Zheng Tianyun carried the long knife with the big door panel, glanced around, and saw Bai Thirteen.

"Yo, Brother Bai is drinking, I am ...... with Hate Water in the city."

Zheng Tianyun was squeezed by Zhang Hatshui halfway through his words, and he continued: "Go outside the city to enjoy the plum blossoms and drink?"

Bai Thirteen staggered to his feet and went out with them. Xiaohui had just walked outside the door when she was stopped by Lian'er who came in a hurry.

Lian'er didn't know what to say to Xiaohui, so Xiaohui said goodbye to Bai Thirteen and followed Lian'er to Washington.

Bai Shisan looked at the background of the two of them, and felt a little strange in his heart, there were also eyeliners of the Soul Leaving Gang around Washington, if something happened, it was impossible for Zhang Hatshui to ignore it.

A few people still have some rules, and they don't ride horses in the streets of the city.

"I found the body of another scholar and sank to the bottom of the Moyue Lake outside the city. A fisherman fished in the middle of the night, and the net felt heavy, and he thought it was a big fish, but it turned out to be a thigh, which scared the old man a lot. ”

Zhang Hatshui held the reins and shared recent information with Bai Shisan.

Hearing the news for a while, Bai Shisan's face turned green, and he hesitated: "Moyue Lake?, the one that is rich in ice shrimp?!"

"Yes, is there any problem?" Zhang Hatshui saw that Bai Thirteen's face was not too good-looking, and he said.

Zheng Tianyun tried to hold back a smile on the side, his rugged appearance was really too disobedient.

"Ah Shui, Brother Bai just ate a lot of ice shrimp. ”

was said by Zheng Tianyun, Zhang Hatshui quickly understood, and it was really disgusting when he thought about it carefully.

Everyone got on their horses, and Bai Thirteen raised his eyes to look at the gray-white city, just in time to see Ning Ke on the lookout and didn't know what he was looking at.

Bai Thirteen followed his gaze into the distance, and secretly wrote it down in his heart.

Driving-driving-driving-

The white thirteen and his party wore black and red cloaks and galloped on horseback in the snow. Seeing that the sky was about to get dark, Moyue Lake was some distance away from the mountain city, so he had to hurry up.

"Brother Bai, otherwise you can simply join our Soul Leaving Gang, wait for me to take you to Shilipo to meet the gang leader, and arrange at least three patterns for you with your strength, brother. Zheng Tianyun pulled in.

The three lines he said in his mouth are the level of members in the Soul Leaving Gang. Generally, most of the newcomers to the gang are a line, and it is very fair in the Soul Gang, and if you want to improve your status, you need a lot of tribute.

Bai Shisan has the strength to approach the eighth grade, and he has the recommendation of Zheng Tianyun and Zhang Hatshui, so he is allowed to give him three lines.

"I understand Brother Zheng's kindness, let me think about it. Bai Shisan didn't rush to answer, and prevaricated first.

Zheng Tianyun is a straight intestine, and he didn't consider Bai Shisan's thoughts, but he kept talking about the benefits of the gang.

After passing through a plum blossom forest, it is almost time to reach Moyue Lake.

On this road, Bai 13 saw a lot of trees that were staggering, and he was suspicious, and asked, "Why are there so many burned and collapsed rotten trees along the way?"

mentioned this, Zheng Tianyun and Zhang Hatshui's faces were not very good-looking all of a sudden.

"The soldiers who went out on patrol a few months ago, and all the bloodthirsty monsters outside the city sucked up the blood of their bodies and died, and the wild was locked down for a long time. In the end, the crusade ended, and many people were killed and injured in the Chengwei Mansion and the Yamen, but fortunately, all those monsters were killed. ”

Bai Shisan took a deep breath, just looking at the tragic scenes around him, he knew what kind of battle Zheng Tianyun and Zhang Hatshui experienced that day.

By the time they arrived at Moyue Lake, the Soul Gang and the Yamen had already sent away the fishermen on the lake. Hua Sheng took Li Er and began to take the lake as the center and explore the surroundings.

Bai 13 hurriedly dismounted, looking at the few black carriages parked on the dead trees by the lake, and some gray and white tents, he knew that he would not be able to go back tonight.

"Brother Hua, do you have any clues?" Bai Shisan came over, Hua Sheng made a shushing gesture, and looked at the blood-colored centipede in Li Shuang's hand with full attention.

This centipede was surprisingly large, and its entire body was longer than Li Er's forearms.

Li Er put the blood-colored centipede on the snow, and the centipede spun around in place without a head, and began to rustle towards the lower reaches of the lake, leaving a hundred footprints on the snow.

"I have been raising this centipede for ten years, and I have fed it with an unknown number of good medicinal herbs before I have cultivated its ability to find corpses and graves. Li Er followed the centipede closely, boasting as he walked.

Bai Shisan was surprised: "Brother Li, you used to do tomb robbing?"

Li Er turned his head and smiled: "Stealing the money of the living and stealing the money of the dead, isn't that the same." ”

As he spoke, Hua Sheng gave Li Eryi a fist that was not light or heavy, and warned: "Are you still thinking about the previous happiness? ”

Li Er was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Brother Hua, where did you say, I didn't expect to be able to use my old profession here." ”

Everyone stopped talking, staring straight at the centipede's direction, the sky gradually darkened, and everyone came to a mass grave all the way.

The cemetery is in ruins, and the roots of the old trees around it have broken through the ground and are full of thorns.

Outside the cemetery stands a stone tablet with crooked inscriptions. Bai Shisan brought the oil lamp closer and read, "Liu's grave." ”