The Thunder Knife raised his eyes, and his sharp gaze slowly moved away from the two ghosts in brocade clothes, and landed on the painting, but after looking at it for a while, he frowned slightly, and there was a trace of surprise in his eyes.

The painting depicts a human soul, tall and burly, but dressed in a cheap short brown, and there is nothing remarkable about it except for the bright eyes.

Judging from the experience of the Thunder Knife often walking in the rivers and lakes, this person's soul looks like an ordinary peddler pawn, with a slight cunning of a profiteer, but it does not look like a high-ranking official or a rich son.

"Spend sixty taels of gold before and after to kill such an ordinary soul. Confusion flashed in the eyes of the Thunder Knife, and he snorted coldly, and said, "The two of you may not be too extravagant, right? For such an ordinary human soul, they actually spent such a large price." ”。

"It's nothing to spend some money, but ask the seniors to make sure it's safe. The fat ghost smiled, and without hesitation, he threw the gold in his hand to the Thunder Knife: "We invited our seniors to go out of the mountain, and it is precisely because you have never missed a beat in these years." I hope the seniors don't let us down. ”。

"Well said. The thunder knife accurately grabbed the gold falling from the air in front of him, looked at the face of the money, put away his suspicion and curiosity, and asked, "Where is this human soul?"

"He will appear in Jade Gate City in the near future, and once he appears, our subordinate ghosts will contact you in secret. The fat ghost squinted again.

"One more point. The burly ghost rolled up the scroll, handed it to the Thunder Knife, and admonished: "If you can't do it in the city, you have to bring it here for execution; ”。

After thinking about the gold ingot in his hand for a while, the thunder knife took the opportunity to bargain: "If this ghost appears during the day, I will increase the price to one hundred taels." After all, it is not easy to tie up a living ghost out of the city during the day. ”。

The two ghosts nodded their heads without thinking, and said in unison: "One word is a certainty!" There was not the slightest hesitation on their faces, as if this mere hundred taels of gold was not enough for them.

After finishing speaking, he stopped talking nonsense, turned around and left the broken temple, and walked in the direction of Yuque City.

After they had just left for a moment, in the shadows on the side of the Thunder Knife, a thin human soul suddenly turned out, looking at the direction of the two ghosts with vigilance, and said slowly to the Thunder Knife: "Master, do you want to check their origins?" ”。

Before coming to the ghost future, he had been hiding in the darkness, one with the shadows. From the beginning to the end, the two ghosts failed to discover his existence.

The wind blew through the hall again, bringing a whistling and blowing him and the clothes of the Thunder Knife into a hunting sound.

Thunder Knife shook his head silently, glanced at the scroll in his hand, and said self-righteously: "It must be this little ghost, either their daughter-in-law or daughter-in-law, otherwise how can you spend such a lot of blood to take his ghost's head?" ......

The moon is bright and the stars are scarce, and it is a rare sunny day.

At the beginning of the lanterns, Ying'er carried a delicate food box and went out of the house with Ying Lingxing and Ying Lingyue, who were already waist-tall as her, and walked along the winding mountain road towards the top of the mountain.

Although the two little demon spirits are not yet adults, they have good physical strength, and they have climbed the mountain road with their mother for a long time, and they are not out of breath until they come to the top of the mountain, and they are not panting in front of the Taishou Yamen outside the Ghost Mother Palace.

"Ma'am. The guards guarding the door, through the lanterns hanging on the door, saw the ghosts, and turned sideways to get out of the way.

"Thankfully. After saying hello to the guards very politely, Ying'er stood at the door, and did not rush in, but asked first: "Trouble the military master to report, I will bring some food to my husband." ”。

"Lord Taishou is so blessed, when he is hungry, he has his wife to give us food, which is really envious of us. The sergeant at the head laughed, with envy on his face, and said respectfully: "Madame goes in directly." ”。

"Thank you very much. Shadow bowed her head slightly in gratitude before walking in with the two children.

After passing the gate and walking to the front of the lobby, I saw that the brightly lit hall had already left work, and only Ying Zhao himself stood behind the official case in the depths of the middle, and looked at the official document in his hand attentively.

"Daddy. Ying Lingyue and Ying Lingxing shouted in unison, ran away, and stepped into the lobby first.

Ying Zhao raised his eyes, and when he found them, he showed a kind smile, which was contrary to his previous serious appearance.

After the two little demon spirits ran to his side and stood still one left and one right, Ying Zhao put down the official document, touched their little brains, and asked with pity: "Have you studied well today?"

"Yes. The two little demon spirits nodded their heads, in exchange for a satisfied smile from Yingzhao.

"I see you've been too busy these days, so you have to make up for it. Ying'er also walked to the front of the public case at this time, put the food box in his hand on the case, and said softly: "So I made you a delicious meal today, your favorite steamed tiger jiao." ”。

"Have you eaten?" staring at the open food box, Ying Zhao rubbed his hands and swallowed violently. The smell of the dish made him intoxicated.

"We've eaten. Ying'er and the two children answered in unison, took out the dishes from the food box one by one, put them on the table in front of him, and handed them to Ying Zhao with a pair of clean chopsticks in their hands.

Ying Zhao took the chopsticks and gulped down and devoured them. After a busy day, he was already hungry, and he couldn't care about eating or not eating at this time.

"Slow down. As she spoke, she helped him sort out the messy documents on the case one by one and put them in the open space in the upper right corner of the case.

"Dad, can we also be admitted to the Academy Palace in the future?" After a while, when Ying Zhao had eaten almost enough, Ying Lingyue suddenly asked.

"Hmm. Ying Zhao put down his chopsticks, wiped his greasy lips with the back of his hand, and nodded: "You only need to pass the entrance exam to enroll." ”。

"My mother hopes that you will study in a private school for a few more years and take the exam later, so that you can accompany me and your father more. Shadow said, and began to clean up the dishes for Ying Zhao.

"It's okay, it's only four years of study in the entrance palace, and it's gone in the blink of an eye. And every year around Halloween in July, there are holidays. Ying Zhao hiccuped and said, "The key is that the child must be able to pass the exam." ”。

"Our children are smart, how can they not pass the exam?" Although Ying'er's tone was a little unhappy, but a trace of pride flashed on her face when she spoke, she closed the lid of the food box, glanced at Ying Zhao with tenderness in her eyes, and asked softly, "Are you going home tonight?"

"Well, you go back first, I'll go back after reading this official document. Recently, Emperor Xudu sent King Qin Guang over, and he had to write a notebook to tell his eldest brother and ask him to decide the matter of King Qin Guang. Ying Zhao nodded and said, and was about to go to get the official document to come over, when he saw a guard, who hurried into the hall without saying a warning, and stood in front of him: "Report to the guard, the jailers have caught a demon spirit who has quietly sneaked into the cell." ”。

Ying Zhao's face suddenly became solemn when he heard this, the dungeon of Xiaoyu Mountain City was heavily defended, and he was surprised that there were demon spirits that could sneak into it, and he waved his hand to Ying'er without hesitation, and said, "You go back first, be careful on the road." ”。

Ying'er also knew each other, and when he saw that he had something to do, he beckoned the two children to say goodbye to him and left slowly.

After his wife and children left, Ying Zhao hurriedly bypassed the public case, stood in front of the guard, and asked in a cut voice, "Where was you arrested in the dungeon?"

"Two doors. As soon as the guard replied, Ying Zhaodian gasped; There are three gates in total, and there are elite guards between the gates, patrolling back and forth. The jailers are all masters of investigation and counter-investigation personally trained by Lu Wu and Hu Hui. Being able to sneak into the second gate before being caught, it can be seen that this demon soul still has some ability, and it immediately aroused the curiosity of Yingzhao.

At the same time, I vaguely felt that this matter was not a simple infiltration.

"Don't spread this kind of shameful thing, and tell the soldiers and jailers who round him up today, and the ghosts who know this time, to keep silent. Then let the guards put him on the hood, and immediately escort him here secretly at once. After pacing and thinking for a moment, Ying Zhao kept an eye on it and ordered in a deep voice: "This official will personally interrogate this demon soul." ”。

When the guard saw that his face was solemn, he did not dare to slack off, and turned to leave. In less than a cup of tea, he and two other guards walked in, escorting a demon spirit with handcuffs and leg irons and a hood.

Ying Zhao circled around the prisoner, and after seeing a pair of wings on his back, he said coldly: "It seems that he is still a bird demon." ”。

The guard nodded, pulled out a broken sword wrapped in black cloth from behind him, and handed it to Ying Zhao: "My lord, this is from the prisoner's body. ”。

"I remember that today this incident rotted in my stomach, and I should not spread it. Ying Zhao took the broken sword, then waved his hand, signaling the guards to stand back.

"Jumang. After seeing the guards go away, Ying Zhao hurriedly took off the hood of the demon soul, looked at the other party's bird face, and said excitedly: "It's really you." ”。

As soon as this demon spirit entered the lobby, Ying Zhao sniffed out the demonic energy on his body, which was the demonic energy of his old friend Jumang, and he was already ecstatic in his chest. It's just that he knew that after the farewell of the capital back then, Jumang went to the Kingdom of the Gods to be a general, and now the Kingdom of the Gods is the sworn enemy of the Emperor of the Emperor, and in case the wall has ears, Ying Zhao pretended to not know the other party at all.

The prisoner had just taken off his hood, his eyes were not yet used to the bright light, his eyes were squinted and his eyes were averted from the light, and he did not see the appearance of the other party clearly, and he did not dare to assert the identity of the other party by virtue of his demonic spirit, so he asked in a daze, "Are you a heroic move?"

"Yes, I'm a hero. Ying Zhao stood in front of him and said urgently.

His eyes were slightly accustomed to the sentence, and he gradually opened his eyes to look at the half-human and half-horse demon soul in front of him, his eyes were slightly stunned, and the corners of his mouth immediately raised slightly, and he said in a trembling voice: "It's really you." ”。

"yes, it's really me. Ying Zhao trembled, his hand trembling slightly, and hugged the other party: "Why did you come to Xiaoyu Mountain City?"