Chapter Twenty-Three: Enough is enough, not enough to come again
"That's a lot of people!"
Xia Xu, who had not yet entered the city, sighed with emotion, causing Xia Xiao to raise his head, there were indeed many people!
Hundreds of people at the gate of the city put on a posture to welcome the heroes who returned triumphantly, logically speaking, this kind of thing is not the turn of Xia Xiao's family to enjoy, it is true!
Xia Xiao and Xia Xu walked in front of the Rock Armor Beast, and with each step, the crowd would disperse a little, lest they get too close to them. Most of these people didn't know the Xia family's past, and they had only heard that they had committed a great crime and had been driven over from a distant imperial capital!
"That serpent killed someone?"
"I heard that it is! Wang Ermazi's father next door was strangled alive and his arm was torn off, and he was poisoned, and his whole body was black. ”
"Oh, that's miserable, but luckily we weren't bitten. ”
"How can this big guy bite people?
"It's crazy at first glance!"
......
Hundreds of people said everything, which seemed noisy, but Xia Xiao and the others ignored it, and just walked towards the City Lord's Mansion. This matter has to be explained by the city lord, and it is not good for them to talk too much!
The people followed, and a few naughty children ran around, watching the cute rock armor beast.
The rock armor beast stood at this time, five meters tall, and its two claws grabbed the snake tail on its waist, looking a little cute. Becoming a cultivator, signing a spiritual contract with a desolate beast, and ranking among the strongest in the world is their common dream.
"Big hedgehog, big hedgehog, you're so handsome. ”
"In the future, I will also sign a spiritual contract with a desolate beast like you!"
"Then I'll sign the desolate beast of Muxing, and I will specifically kill you!"
They shouted, causing Xia Xu to smile heartily. Rock armor beasts usually don't like to be called hedgehogs by themselves, but now they are happy, and they are really animist, and they like to be praised and loved.
"Don't run around!"
Several mothers took their children away and blamed them for a while.
This kind of thing is not rare, Xia Xiao and the eldest brother didn't care. After all, other people's eyes can't change them.
In the uproar, they arrived at the entrance of the city lord's mansion, and Yang Zhen waited here, his face anxious.
Seeing the big snake on the rock armor beast, Yang Zhen was overjoyed.
"There are two Laos!"
He saluted in public, and Xia Xiao and Xia Xu replied.
"There's tea in the house, please!"
As soon as his mind moved, the Rock Armor Beast disappeared instantly. The huge snake head fell from the rock armor beast, threw out some black venom, and sprinkled it on the ground with a corrosive sound, which startled everyone and hurriedly took a few steps back.
"Everyone, be quiet, be quiet!"
Yang Zhen stood on the wooden platform brought by his subordinates and said:
"Ladies and gentlemen, the day before yesterday, three people died in Longgang City under the hands of this snake, and after investigation, there are seventeen people who have been poisoned by snakes, and now one person has recovered, and the other sixteen people will be fine soon. The specific announcement will be issued tomorrow morning, so please pay more attention to let your family feel at ease!"
After Yang Zhen finished speaking, he turned his head and left.
In the front hall, Xia Xiao and Xia Xu were drinking tea. After one bite, his face changed color.
Looking at the tea leaves in the cup, Xia Xiao suddenly had a good impression of this Yang Zhen, and also admired it a little. It's really amazing, how bad should you drink to greet guests with such inferior tea? Brick tea for boiling tea eggs?
Yang Zhen is not like Yang Songran, he never collects money, he doesn't have much money, and the Yulu in the court also uses it to help the poor, and it is good that he can afford to drink tea.
"Two!"
Yang Zhen came, and he was in a hurry.
"Why is this snake so big? Mad is only double in size, this guy used to be five meters long?"
"It's indeed a lot bigger than the same kind, it's an outlier, but it can be tested for drugs, it's indeed it!"
Xia Xu knew that Yang Zhen was going to ask, and he thought about this question on the way back. It's better not to mention the monks and the scriptures, so as not to explain them repeatedly, and if you don't talk about them, you won't be able to explain them clearly!
"It's really a blessing in misfortune, if it comes to the city again, it probably won't be as simple as poisoning!"
Yang Zheng sighed, turned his head and said:
"Bring up the money!"
The subordinates lowered their heads and looked helpless, the money of the whole house was here.
Yang Zhen, who noticed that his subordinates were unhappy, snorted, they were all short-sighted and greedy fools. I really don't know how the previous city lord endured these subordinates!
"One hundred taels of silver, I said it before, please accept it. ”
To be honest, Xia Xu hadn't seen so much money for a long time, but when he stretched out his hand, he only grabbed about ten taels of silver.
"What is this?"
"Enough is enough. ”
Ten taels of silver, enough for their families for several months.
When Yang Zhen saw this, he immediately added a sentence.
"That's not enough to come again!"
Xia Xu is a person with a heroic personality, and he immediately said yes.
"Even if this matter is settled today, the rest is still bothered by the city lord, and we will go back!"
Xia Xu got up, and Xia Xiao stood up closely.
"I will look for you in the future. ”
Xia Xu nodded, and then left. Looking at their figures, Yang Zhen suddenly felt curious and asked:
"Did Xia Jinghong and Xia Xu participate in the battle?"
The thief secretly put a piece of silver in his pocket, and then replied:
"Exactly! from beginning to end. It seems that he went home once, but only for one night, and the next day the army called for it, and went back again. ”
"How could such a person lie about being a person from afar in the prophecy? And Xia Xiao can also practice......
Yang Zhen was a little confused, but it was time to put aside his prejudices. The current dynasty is not bad, but the dynasty of a year ago was very disappointing, and it is possible to make the wrong decision!
Walking out of the City Lord's Mansion, Xia Xu and Xia Xiao were going to buy some food. The mother needs to replenish her body, she has to eat well, and they should also open meat.
Throwing up a piece of silver, Xia Xiao subconsciously grabbed it quickly.
"What's wrong?"
"I still want to ask you, you've been thinking about it all along?"
Xia Xiao nodded truthfully, but he didn't come up with a reason.
"Don't think about it, you keep this silver, if Shu Shuang needs anything, buy it for him!"
"Thank you, big brother. ”
"You kid, are you still polite?"
Xia Xu grabbed the back of Xia Xiao's neck, causing the latter to laugh.
When Xia Xiao first came to this world, there were only his mother and second sister in the family, because his father and eldest brother were guarding the northern frontier. When his father and eldest brother returned, he knew what kind of person his eldest brother was, and it was Xia Xiao's dream in his previous life to have a cheerful and powerful eldest brother, and it came true in this life!
"Let's go, buy your favorite roast chicken!"
Xia Xu held the silver and grinned.
"Do you want two jugs of wine?"
This night, the three men of the Xia family were very drunk.
As soon as it was served, they didn't eat and started drinking. When the three girls had eaten almost enough, they began to move their chopsticks, and at this time they were already dizzy from drinking, but they were still very energetic when they drew their fists. They are all cultivators, they can use their vitality to force alcohol out, but there is no need for that, drinking, just to have fun!
After a lot of drinking, the three old men hugged each other and almost knelt on the ground to worship the handle!
The amount of alcohol is this thing, and if you don't drink it for a long time, you will go down. In the past, Xia Jinghong had a hundred bowls of intestines, and he didn't blush. Now his tongue is knotted, and he is holding his two sons, and he mutters like he is saying something terrible.
In fact, Xia Xiao and Xia Xu couldn't hear it clearly for a long time, but they still agreed to the Tao.
The mother laughed and groaned on the side and began to clean up. She hadn't seen Xia Jinghong and Xia Xiao so happy for a long time, they were different from Xia Xu, they thought a lot and were often sad. But today I made money, I have silver, I grabbed tonic medicine and bought meat, I should be happy and happy!
Shu Shuang helped the top-heavy Xia Xiao back to the room, like a caring little daughter-in-law. Put Xia Xiao on the bed, Shu Shuang undressed him, she has been at Xia's house for almost a month, and this is the first time Xia Xiao has slept in bed.
Shu Shuang originally wanted to hear what Xia Xiao would say, not to say that he would spit out the truth after drinking, maybe he would shout that he liked himself. But Xia Xiao belongs to the kind of person who is drunk and doesn't say a word, and doesn't say a word.
"Sleep in peace. ”
Shu Shuang wiped his face and was about to go to the floor, but Xia Xiao grabbed her hand.
Xia Xiao's face was very red, he was really drunk, but he didn't let go.
"I'm not leaving, I'm not leaving~"
Shu Shuang sat on the edge of the bed like a child, accompanying Xia Xiao. A tear slipped from the corner of his eye, which was wiped away by Shu Shuang.