Winter has come, the streets in the imperial city are full of people, still lively as usual, all kinds of strange people and foreign objects are also common.

In the afternoon, a happy girl in red walked down the street as if no one was around, holding a few red cherry blossoms in her raised palm. On her shoulder rode a red hairy monkey, occasionally reaching out its furry paws to feed from the palm of the girl's palm. Half a foot away, a young man in white kept looking left and right, and followed behind.

There is a teahouse diagonally opposite the Senju Inn. On the second floor, two black-clothed men with cold faces sat opposite a wooden table by the fence, their eyes always falling on the street outside, their eyes wandering in front of the inn's door, never taking their eyes off for a moment.

When they saw the young man and woman walking into the door of the Qianshou Inn, the two men in black in the teahouse withdrew their gazes and exchanged glances, and then one of the men left in a hurry.

Bian Yao pushed open the door of the guest room, walked straight to the bed, and fell heavily on it. He let out a long sigh of relief, and finally returned safely! On the whole journey back to the city, he kept his nerves tense and never let his guard down for a moment!

Honghong suddenly jumped off the girl's shoulder, and landed on the couch, running back and forth, squeaking excitedly.

"You really don't go to the law enforcement hall to report the crime?" the girl sat down on the bed and lay down on her back.

"No, I'll see the situation later. With so many spiritual fruits obtained this time, in the next few months, I want to practice behind closed doors for a period of time, and I won't go anywhere during this period. ”

"Whatever you want, I won't bother with your business. The girl was silent for a few moments, and suddenly hugged Honghong, who jumped to her side, and laughed happily.

It wasn't long before the girl left the inn with Honghong happily.

In the following days, Bian Yao returned his body to its best state after a night of rest and adjustment. He decided to spend this winter by cultivating behind closed doors, and if he was lucky, he might be able to break through to the advanced level again like before.

He sat on the bed, calmed down and sorted out all the things related to cultivation, and then took out two pieces of books from the space bag: one stored the old ghost's cultivation experience and his unique understanding of the way of cultivating dreams, and the other stored the cultivation method of "dividing thoughts".

After thinking about it for a long time, he decided to put the "Dividing Mind Formula" first, the content of that set of formulas was too complicated to understand and comprehend, and it was impossible to practice it in a short period of time!

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On the eleventh day after the beginning of winter, the city of Light Breeze ushered in the first snow.

The snow was falling in the early morning, and the city lord's mansion was silent. In the quadrangular pavilion in the garden, an old man in civilian clothes is sitting at a stone table and sipping morning tea, watching the falling snowflakes, his face is as calm as water.

Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps from far and near. After a while, an old voice sounded outside the pavilion, full of respect.

"Old slave Xu Zhong, meet the city lord!"

"Skip that, come in and sit. The old man in civilian clothes did not look back as he spoke.

Patting the snow on his shoulder, the white-haired old man stepped into the pavilion, first bowed, and then carefully sat down opposite the old man in civilian clothes.

"Why is this happening? What the hell is going on with that girl in red? Hunting down an early dreamwalker, not only did she not complete her mission, but she also lost a raven guard and a dead soldier in vain!" the old man in civilian clothes spoke, his voice as if mixed with ice and snow, revealing coldness!

"The old slave has underestimated the strength of that girl, please punish the city lord!" the white-haired old man stood up suddenly, lowered his head and said.

"Sit down, you can't be blamed for it. Because the stakes are so high, we can only use the power of the family to act, because there are many inconveniences and restrictions in it!"

The white-haired old man sat back in his place as he said, and when he got off the stool, he seemed to suddenly remember something, and then saw that there was already an extra piece of drawing paper in his hand, he got up and handed out the paper with both hands forward, and said at the same time: "Regarding the appearance of that girl, I have asked a dead guard who has seen her face to draw and save it with 'seal paper'. ”

The so-called "rune paper" is actually a special tool for setting spells, which can clearly display the images that the human eye has seen and memorized in the mind.

The old man in civilian clothes took the drawing paper, glanced at it carefully, and suddenly asked, "Do you know who opened the Qianshou Inn?"

"I heard that it is in the name of Dream Country, but there are many shops in the name of Dream Country in the Imperial City, and there is nothing special about the Thousand Shou Inn. ”

The old man in civilian clothes sneered and said: "That's just on the surface, the real owner behind this may be anyone in the royal family except the emperor! The amount of money that the treasury provides to those imperial relatives is limited, and in order to meet their own additional expenses, almost every member of the royal family has a private shop, but they don't use their own names, all of them are in the name of Dream Country." ”

"The old slave is stupid, I don't know what the city lord means by this? Could it be that the young man and the girl in red have something to do with the royal family?"

"It has nothing to do with that young man, how could someone from the royal family go to the Hall of Orders and accept that kind of low-value escort mission with almost no risk! But the girl in red is likely to be related to the royal family, or even a member of the royal family! I didn't care about it before, but this time I heard that she brought a red-haired monkey with her when she returned to the city with the young man, and now she suddenly remembered something. I have heard that the princess is very fond of red, and almost all of her clothes are red. However, I have only met her once when she was younger, and I don't know what she looks like now, and it is useless for me to show this painting. ”

"So the Thousand Shou Inn may be the young ...... No wonder the stalker reported that the steward of the inn seemed to be very respectful to the girl!" the white-haired old man whispered to himself.

"But this is just speculation, you can't make a conclusion based on these two points alone, whether this matter is true or not is unknown, that girl may also be a member of a big family or power!" The old man in civilian clothes got up and walked under the eaves of the pavilion and reached out to catch the falling snowflakes.

"Didn't you send someone to follow the girl?"

"Stalked, but the girl seemed to be able to sense that someone was following, and she was very familiar with the environment in the Imperial City, so she could easily get rid of the stalker. The white-haired old man's face showed a little helplessness.

"Can you guess why that kid didn't report the crime? he didn't report it in Light Wind City, and he still didn't report it after returning to the Imperial City, and he didn't even report back to the Command Hall, which seems a little unreasonable. After ordinary people encounter this kind of thing, they will choose to report the case first, why didn't he report it for a long time?"

"It's a strange thing! Did he not plan to report the crime at all? Or did he secretly tell the girl about it and ask her to report it? The white-haired old man frowned and pondered.

"I received a summons from Steward Wang that the boy had not appeared since the last time he entered the inn, and that the girl had not reappeared since she left the inn. As he spoke, the old man in civilian clothes suddenly shook his hand and threw out the snow that had melted in his palm.

"In this case, what should we do next? I hope the city lord will make it clear! I have suggested that the young master take him for his own use, after all, that young man's qualifications are excellent, and there is a great possibility of breaking through to the Dream King in the future!" the white-haired old man bowed and said.

"Although he doesn't know who we are, if we report this matter to the Law Enforcement Hall, those people will easily be able to track me down according to the clue of the Night Raven! Find an opportunity to contact him privately and see if we can buy him, it doesn't matter if you can buy him more! Stabilize him for the time being, let his guard down, and then kill him when he is completely sure! Adopting it for his own use will definitely not work, and the better his qualifications, the more dangerous it is, because we can't be sure if he is loyal enough!"

After the old man in civilian clothes finished speaking, he smiled coldly, turned his hands behind his back, and left the pavilion into the wind and snow.