Li Huaiyun frowned, thinking about it for a long time, if he really wants this fox demon to make it clear, I'm afraid the end will be the same as Liu Bing.

"That's it! So be it! I get a rough idea. ”

Both Ah Tian and Mu Kite were deeply surprised by this attitude.

This guy has such a good brain! Guessed so quickly!

A smile appeared on the wooden kite's face, "It seems that I didn't give that token in vain." ”

Li Huaiyun clenched his fists and bowed, "Thank you to the helmsman, my subordinates will definitely investigate the case!" ”

"Hmm!" Mu Kite responded indifferently, "I'm not busy for nothing, remember to write out the theory of mechanics earlier!" ”

I'll just say that there is no good thing in the world for prostitution!

"Subordinates obey!" Li Huai turned around and prepared to go out, "Let's go." ”

Seeing this, the fox demon locked in the prison shouted sharply, "What about what you promised? ”

"Don't worry, as long as the case is solved, I will let you go immediately! I'll have to check if what you're saying is true or not! ”

Li Huaiyun tilted his head, "By the way, don't forget, although you didn't kill those women, you are also one of the accomplices." ”

"Humph! Already starting to regret it? Take my business! ”

"Don't worry, the difference between us and monsters is that we keep our promises, and the reason why I mention this is just to let you know that your sin is also very serious!"

"Humph! People's hearts are unpredictable! The fox demon turned his head away and said nothing.

The three of them walked out of the Demon Prison, and the wooden kite said goodbye to them first, as the helmsman of the Thousand Machine Pavilion, she couldn't just follow and waste time.

At the beginning, she came to the prison here, just to know the general truth of the case, unexpectedly, the monster's mouth is surprisingly hard, if she is asked to ask, she must first give the fox demon some special torture tools, in the coming of a big punishment, no matter how hard the monster can't bear it.

She pulled Li Huaiyun aside and asked a little impatiently, "How long is it estimated that this case will be investigated?" ”

"Helmsman, I can't be sure."

The wooden kite clasped his hands in front of him and pouted, "You tell me the idea of transforming the crossbow, I'll do it myself, and I've waited for a few days without progress!" Don't want to waste any more time. ”

Li Huaiyun thought about it, then briefly explained it and asked the other party to get a spring.

The wooden kite sounded a little incomprehensible at first, but later, after understanding the idea, the originally tightly locked brows immediately relaxed, and the slender willow eyebrows with the big bright eyes looked particularly beautiful.

After listening, she immediately turned around and ran towards the Thousand Machines Pavilion without looking back.

"I'll go first, you can investigate the case slowly!"

Li Huaiyun shouted, "Helmsman, wait a minute, my subordinates still have something to say." ”

"If you have anything to say next time, I'm very busy right now!"

"Oh!"

Ah Tian walked up, "What's wrong with the helmsman?" ”

"I helped her open up new ideas, I guess it won't bother me in the next few days!"

"You can do it! The Iron Painting Pavilion gave the official document, and the Wooden Kite Helmsman came to help you again, how do you feel that the Demon Slayer Division is in your hands! ”

"Brother! That's a bit of a statement, it's because there are too many involved in this case, and it's hard to move an inch without help! ”

"It seems to be true!"

Ah Tian asked, "Ah Yun! What's next? ”

"Do you remember what the fox demon said at the end, the role of this jade carving?"

"I know, it is said to make people calm their minds and nourish their spirits!"

"Then there is a place where you can probably know some of the origins of this jade carving."

"What a place! Temple? ”

"No, it's a pawnshop!"

"Pawnshop?" Ah Tian looked dazed, how could this thing have anything to do with the pawnshop?

"What do you mean?"

"The fox demon said that this kind of jade carving is not expensive, and it has the effect of calming the mind and nourishing the spirit, indicating that this thing should be quite ordinary,"

"Ordinary? However, we have not found this kind of jade carving in Kyoto. ”

"I didn't find out because there are few here, but there will definitely be people who take this kind of jade carving to the pawnshop, after all, this is also jade, and the carving is not bad."

Ah Tian knew what he meant, some people who steal chickens and dogs will definitely take this thing to the pawnshop.

Li Huaiyun continued, "As long as you go to the pawnshop, you will probably know the other conditions of this jade carving. ”

"Let's go to the pawnshop first, not far from my house."

The purpose of his going there this time was actually for his aunt, and I heard Fu Bo say that the golden step shake that his aunt treasured was also there.

He went there, not only for the jade carving, but also for the Jin Buyao, only hoping that he could redeem his aunt's beloved things.

The two of them rushed to the pawnshop.

Li Huaiyun glanced up at this pawnshop, located at the mouth of the street, it is a lively location, three stories high, and the periphery of the house is well decorated.

The background of this pawnshop should be good.

Li Huaiyun sorted out the collar of the brocade clothes, and then entered the pawnshop with Ah Tian.

There are chairs and tea in the hall, which shows its wealth, and the shopkeeper who evaluates it here is also full of arrogance, and he will never let go of the price.

After waiting for a while, it was Li Huaiyun's turn, he took out the jade carving from his clothes and handed it to the pawnshop shopkeeper who looked ordinary but had this pair of sharp eyes.

The shopkeeper looked at him, saw the token on his waist at a glance, and learned that it was the Demon Slayer, and his attitude immediately became humble.

"How much can this thing be?"

The shopkeeper took the jade carving, looked at it casually, and then glanced at Li Huaiyun with an alert eye, he frowned, "This thing is not worth much!" ”

Li Huaiyun pretended not to know, "Not high?" Shopkeeper, you can see clearly, this thing is not common, and the texture of the jade is not bad, this shape is similar to a dead wood branch, absolutely lifelike. ”

"Don't look away!"

The pawnshop owner smiled bitterly, he put the jade carving on the window, and pressed it with one hand, "This official, I have been seeing things for more than ten years, and I have never looked away, this thing is quite delicately carved, but it is of little value." ”

"Worthless? The shopkeeper is unreasonably lowering the price! How can this jade carving be worthless, even if it is an ordinary piece of jade, it is worth a few taels, not to mention this kind of jade carving with exquisite carving skills and a relatively peculiar appearance. ”

The pawnshop owner shook his head, and then took out an identical jade carving from the cabinet below.

Seeing this, Li Huaiyun pretended to be surprised, "It's actually the same as my thing!" This is so weird, is this thing fake? ”

The pawnshop shopkeeper said with a smile, "Official, this thing is indeed jade, but it is not a rare thing. ”

"The jade carving in my hand is some time ago, a few people from outside, came to me to pawn, at first, I thought that the texture of the jade is good, the carving technique is also very exquisite, so I gave a good price, but when the jade carving was taken to the jade market to seek a price, I found that the value of this thing is very mediocre."

Li Huaiyun looked angry, "Tell me more!" ”

The shopkeeper saw the young man in front of him look like this, and his heart was relieved, this person had questioned his vision before.

"The jade carving master said, jade carvings of this material are not common, the most important thing is that the yin energy in the jade is very heavy, according to feng shui, this thing will make people infected with bad luck, wearing jade, it is to protect peace and seek benefits and avoid disadvantages, this kind of yin is very heavy, it must have no value, so this thing, deceive those who don't know, but you can."

"The few people who came here as jade carvings, after taking the money, never came again, obviously not ready to redeem this thing, and we can't deal with this kind of thing to customers, and we can only accept this kind of loss, therefore, I don't accept this kind of thing here, but if this official comes up with it, he can buy a favor for you."

The shopkeeper obviously knew that he would push the boat down the river and make a personal deal, so why not do it, he pondered for a moment and said, "Two two! ”

Li Huaiyun wondered if this shopkeeper was scolding him?

"It's so low, I might as well keep it for myself." He took back the jade carving from the countertop, "Shopkeeper, I want to ask, do you still know the person who came here to be a jade carving before?" Or is there an impression? ”

The pawnshop owner thought for a moment and shook his head slightly, "I don't have much of an impression, I just know that those people are yellow and not in good spirits." ”

"That's the only impression?"

"Hmm!"

Li Huaiyun took out some silver taels from his arms, and then put them on the table, "I hope you think about it carefully, boss." ”

The pawnshop owner smiled and put the silver in his pocket with relief, "Those people should be from the towns outside Kyoto, in the north, and the food they eat has a sour and spicy taste peculiar to that place. ”

"North? Are those people from northern towns? ”

"Yes!"

Li Huaiyun hugged his fists and thanked, "Then thank you, boss!" ”

"You're welcome!"

Li Huaiyun also asked later, about his aunt's Jin Buyao, after learning that he needed to buy it back at twice the price, he ignored it for the time being.

They walked out of the pawnshop, and since they had to leave from the north gate of Kyoto, they walked thirty or forty miles north, so they casually had lunch at a nearby stall.

Li Huaiyun suddenly remembered the previous lunch stall at this moment, if it weren't for the arrogance of those guards, the father and daughter would not have been forced to leave Kyoto.

I don't know if the father and daughter have left Kyoto!

After that, they rented two horses, and it took them half an hour to come to this place, called Xiakou Town.

The two dismounted, left their horses at the inn outside the town, and prepared to enter the town on foot.

When the men at the inn heard that they were from the Demon Slayer Division, they informed them that at night, in the middle of the night, there were always strange noises and some strange phenomena in the town.

Hearing these words, the two of them felt a little furious in their hearts.

As they walked inside from outside the town, they saw that the fields were basically deserted, and only a few of them were planted with rice, but the rice was not growing very well.

Judging from the current month and weather, the growth of these rice is not in season.

Ah Tian looked at the barren grass in the field and felt quite strange, "This town should be a good place to grow grain, how can it be so deserted?" Looking at the scene in the fields, after the spring of this year, there is no grain to be planted! ”

"Did you really use your savings to buy some jade carvings?"

"It's possible!" Li Huaiyun's expression was solemn, "Coupled with what the post station guy said, the situation in this town, there may really be a big problem here!" ”

"Let's go in and have a look."

From the torii of the town, into the town, they immediately felt that this town was desolate and depressed, and it was very different from the other towns they had visited.

There were very few people walking around the streets, and there were not many vendors, their eyes were dull and confused, and some of them lay on both sides of the street in rags.

The town looks like a dead city.

Ah Tian looked at Li Huaiyun and said softly, "When did this departure become like this?" ”

"I don't know! It always feels like something is constantly sucking the essence of the people here. ”

Ah Tian lowered his head and glanced at the token hanging from his waist, "But the token didn't have any reaction!" ”