Ao Po was naturally far away at this moment, he peeled the roasted taro with his hands, peeled half of it and handed it to the ash on his shoulder, the latter was not afraid of being hot after taking it, and opened his mouth to take a big mouthful.

One person and one mink enjoyed their first meal after arriving in the northern boundary, although it was not a delicacies from the mountains and seas, but it was also extraordinarily fragrant.

That is, at the moment when Ao Po and Ash Mian were enjoying roasted taro, in the official office of the county government of Haiyu County, the county magistrate was eating and drinking by himself.

This Haiyu County Commander is about thirty years old, which is considered young among officials.

He didn't eat and drink in a serious dining hall or anywhere else, but was alone in the study, drinking wine and eating snacks, with a book spread out on the table.

The speed at which you drink alcohol is related to the speed at which you read a book, and every time you drink a small glass, the prefectural magistrate will lick your fingers and flip through the books.

I don't know if it's because of the taste of the food or the beauty of the content in the book, and as for the content of the book, it doesn't seem to be very serious, at least from the smile that the prefectural order shows from time to time.

"Knock Knock"

There was a knock on the door, and the county magistrate hurriedly put down the bookmark and closed the book.

"Who?"

"My lord, Liu Yuan is here!"

Hearing this, the county magistrate hurriedly got up from his seat, first stuffed the books into one side of the bookshelf, and then tidied up his clothes.

"Hurry up, please!"

"Yes!"

The official outside did not come in, and left after answering the call, and after a while, there were footsteps hurried back, and the county commander walked to the door first and opened the door to greet him.

The official over there brought a man in a slightly fat costume over, and the county magistrate went out to greet him.

"Master Yue, why don't you notify me in advance if you want to come, I'm also going to be entertained!"

That Liu Yuanwai's face was slightly red and smiling, as if he had eaten wine somewhere, and he was also smiling when he spoke at this moment.

"The virtuous son-in-law doesn't have to be too polite, I also have a temporary idea, come to you for a cup of tea!"

"Tea is naturally available, Lord Yue, please!"

"Please!"

When Liu Yuanwai entered the study, the county magistrate immediately ordered the official to bring tea, and then returned to the inside to accompany him.

Liu Yuanwai went inside and found a few small dishes on the bookcase, and there were official documents next to it, as if he was busy with official business while eating, so he couldn't help but nod.

At this time, seeing the county order coming, Liu Yuanwai couldn't help but sigh.

"The virtuous son-in-law has worked hard!"

"Master Yue's award, my son-in-law is also busy, have a drink."

Liu Yuanwai smiled, and then beckoned to the county commander, who hurriedly walked over, but saw his resourceful old man looking at the door and said in a low voice.

"Son-in-law, do you know where I'm having dinner today?"

"This, the son-in-law doesn't know!"

Liu Yuanwai thought for a while, walked over and closed the door of the study first, and the county magistrate was also following him at the moment, and after the former closed the door, he turned back to look at the son-in-law and continued to speak.

"I, I went to the Zhou Mansion, have you heard anything?"

"Zhou Mansion? Haven't you heard anything special about this! ”

The county order really hasn't heard of anything, and Liu Yuanwai no longer sells guanzi.

"At dawn this morning, a strange thing happened in Haiyu Harbor, a fishing boat was fishing on a reef off the coast, and it hit three dragon scales!"

"Dragon scales?"

The county magistrate was stunned when he heard it, wondering if he had heard it wrong.

"Master Yue, don't be joking, this, this is too ridiculous."

"Alas! It's not ridiculous, what do you think you're going to Zhou Tailou tonight? Just to take a look, the one surnamed Zhou simply set up a banquet to entertain some of us, and took out the dragon scales for us to palm! ”

While speaking, Liu Yuanwai's tone couldn't help but be a little excited.

"On the banquet, the lights are extinguished, the dragon scales emit bursts of brilliance in the dimness, there is an indescribable charm, take a basin of water and put it into the dragon scales, and there is no wind and waves in the basin!"

"Really, dragon scales?"

The county magistrate's eyes were already wide, he had never seen such a thing at such an old age.

Liu Yuanwai nodded slightly, narrowed his eyes and looked slightly serious.

"I don't know if it's a real dragon scale, but this must be an amazing treasure, if it's a dragon scale, no, it's a dragon scale!"

As he spoke, Liu Yuanwai glanced in the direction of the door again, looked at his son-in-law seriously, and said in a serious and purposeful tone of persuasion.

"Virtuous son-in-law, how can such treasures be possessed by the people? If you receive it, and dedicate it to the Holy One today."

The county magistrate also came back to his senses in advance because of these words, and subconsciously continued to speak.

"Wouldn't that be a prosperous official and prosperous?"

"The children can be taught!"

The county commander touched the short beard on his chin and looked at the old man in thought.

"Lord Yuezhang just said that there are three dragon scales, all of which are surnamed Zhou?"

Liu Yuanwai shook his head.

"The fisherman Shengdou Xiaomin didn't have much knowledge, and when he caught such treasures, he couldn't wait to sell them at the wharf, but many people rushed to buy them at that time."

"That week, the steward of Tailou went to the harbor to collect seafood, and naturally he was also on the list, but things such as dragon scales were too mysterious for ordinary people, even though the things in the fisherman's hand seemed to be strange things, the steward was afraid of being deceived, so he only bought one of them."

"But the virtuous son-in-law, the top priority is the other two!"

"Two more?"

Liu Yuanwai nodded slightly.

"Yes, the other two, this Zhou Tailou is in Haiyu County, and the Zhou family will not run, but it is said that the other two pieces are not purchased by locals."

The prefectural order couldn't help but nod slightly.

"What Lord Yue-in-law said is extremely true, it's best not to get away with the three pieces!"

Ao Po finished eating the roasted taro in his hand, and the gray Mian on his shoulder also clapped his hands, and they happened to arrive at an inn, but at this moment, the former's face changed slightly.

The next moment, the figure that was about to enter the inn normally suddenly turned into a dragon-shaped phantom, and the wind blew towards the top of the inn.

The dragon shadow writhed through the window and rushed into one of the rooms.

"Aang—"

A faint dragon groan was full of dragon might, and a terrible, strange and shrill cry suddenly erupted in the originally dimly lit room.

"Ahh

This shout was not only heard by Ao Po and Gray Mian, but also heard by many people inside and outside the inn, and in the room, in front of Ao Po and Gray Mian, there seemed to be a strange black shadow that had collapsed.

The stream of black gas went down the door and window, the gray figure flashed, and a golden pen flew out of the fluff under the neck in an instant, and the pen was held towards the door.

"Seal!"

The words that Gray Mian shouted out at this moment were full of majesty, and it was like two minks in its usual state.

Hmmm-

The golden light bloomed from the tip of the pen, and in just a moment, the door of the inn seemed to flash with golden lines, and in an instant, it spread all over the room, and there was a ghost of the door god on the door.

But when Gray Mian turned around, he found that the black shadow just now had all dissipated into nothingness.

"Huh?"

"Don't waste your efforts, it's not a ghost, a demon, it's just a grievance."

Ao Po walked to the bed in the room, the man on the bed was dead, looking at the round eyes and the traces of struggle on the bed, he should have been suffocated to death on the bed.

Ash Mian floated to Ao Po's shoulder, and looked intently at the man on the bed, the darkness of the room naturally did not affect his observation.

"This is the man who bought the scales in the morning! Sir, what about the scales? ”

Ao Po looked to the side.

"It's just a subordinate, the dragon scales are next door, in the hands of his master!"

While one person and one mink were talking, there seemed to be a vague black gas diffusing from the body's facial features and seven orifices, and at this time, Gray Mian also reacted, the source of the black shadow was here.

The strange scream just now also alarmed many people in the inn.

It was not very late, and there were even many people dining in the lobby or in the house, and in the hall on the first floor of the inn, the shopkeeper and a few guys also had goosebumps.

"What sound, did you hear it?" "I heard it too"

"You guys, go upstairs and have a look!"

A few guys hesitated and went upstairs one after another, and some of the guests in the corridor came out to check carefully, and some brave people followed.

After several searches, many guests were alarmed, and finally found the room, and a man in another room not far away was shocked when he saw the innkeeper and a few good guests gathered there.

The man opened his mouth to speak, but after a moment of hesitation, he did not speak immediately.

As the man knocked and shouted at the door, and finally managed to open the door and enter, soon someone rushed out with a frightened face.

"Dead, dead—"

"What?" "Dead?"

The shopkeeper downstairs turned pale, and some people immediately shouted to report to the official

In the midst of the chaos, there was a sound of footsteps on the street, and the people on the first floor of the inn looked out and saw that there were many officials running towards this side.

Even at this moment, it is inevitable that people will subconsciously think, why did this come before it was reported to the official?

This group of officials was hurrying towards the direction of the inn, and the head catcher at the head of the group received an order, saying that there might be a key criminal hidden in the inn, and he wanted to control it first, but before he arrived at the inn, he found that someone immediately greeted him.

Looking into the inn, the voices of the people were noisy and all their faces were panicked.

The head catcher reacted immediately, it's not good, it seems that it's too late, something has happened!

And the shouts from the inn that greeted him also confirmed the premonition of the head catcher.

"Poor master, poor master, you came just in time, there was an accident in the inn, and someone died-"

The catcher immediately looked behind him.

"Quick, Lao Wu Lao Jin, take someone to see the opening in front and back of the guest house first, and the others will follow me in!"

There are a lot of people who come, and at this moment a kind of official errand rushed into the inn, which also made many guests feel a little at ease, under the leadership of the guy, the head catcher and others went all the way to the third floor, to the outside of the room where the accident occurred.

Naturally, there could be no Ao Po and Gray Mian in this room, and there was no golden light.

The head catcher entered the room with a few people, but he felt a little cold inexplicably, the corpse on the bed looked frightened, and his face was dead, and it made people feel extremely terrible to look at, even if he saw it quickly, there was a cold air on the top of his head.

There are some old hunters who have died more miserably, but this one just looks more terrifying.

(End of chapter)