The dining hall dedicated to the middle and lower people of the Ghost Mother Palace is also in the outer courtyard, and it is not too far from Xiao Shizhu's work Tiangu Garden.

Eight long tables several feet long are placed side by side, and many benches are supported on both sides of the table, connected together. On the square tables in the middle of the deepest part of the world, there are several wooden basins with hot meals.

When it comes to meals, the ghost slaves from both the inner and outer courts will take turns to eat here on time. Although the Ghost Mother Country is not a rich place in the underworld, the treatment of being able to do things in the Ghost Mother Palace is not bad. In addition to giving each person a set of ghost slave clothes and a pair of shoes and socks in autumn and winter, and the three meals a day were not cold, although there were not many meals, there was meat in the meal. After all, the ghost slaves in the Ghost Mother Palace are all the faces of the ghost mother, and it is not decent to go out if they are too thin.

"Brother Xiao. Xiao Shizhu came to the dining hall with Tiankui Xing, and a few ghost slaves he knew greeted him with a smile. Xiao Shizhu also smiled at them and said, "What about eating?"

Only Ah Fu, the head of the outer court, and a few of his entourage, after seeing Xiao Shizhu, Ah Fu shouted loudly: "Dog, have you brought your kind to dinner?" It's as if I want the ghost slaves in the entire dining hall to hear it. Immediately his entourage chimed in and laughed.

Xiao Shizhu ignored him, but walked straight to the depths of the dining hall to get a bowl of rice, and then found a vacant seat to sit down. Then he slowly picked out the slices of meat in the bowl and threw them to Tian Kuixing, who was sitting behind him in a regular manner.

After Ah Fu taunted Xiao Shizhu a few more words, he felt bored when he saw that the other party ignored him, and slowly left with his entourage.

Xiao Shizhu casually glanced at Ah Fu, who was sitting far away from him to eat, and thought in his heart: "Could it be him?"

For more than ten days, as long as Ah Fu saw Xiao Shizhu, he would call him a dog, and then laugh at him fiercely. Although Xiao Shizhu took care of the tengu, he did not take the initiative to ask for progress, but was handpicked by the ghost mother after offending the ghost mother, but Ah Fu's behavior in the past ten days has been a little too extreme;

It's like Xiao Shizhu killed his father or slept with his wife, as long as the two of them meet, Ah Fu doesn't make a villain and sarcastically mock him, and he will not think about it.

Xiao Shizhu originally wondered if Ah Fu wanted him to stay in the Ghost Mother Palace, or more appropriately, to make him unable to be a dog supervisor, and then change someone to go in. But when you think about it, you can see that there is no reason for this at all, and taking care of the tengu is not a decent job, just cleaning the kennel every day is enough to be busy. And with a salary of ten yuan per month, it is not a rich and powerful official position, and Ah Fu, who has the position of the head of the outer court, should not compete with himself for this "beauty difference".

In addition, Xiao Shizhu didn't offend him, he ruthlessly sarcastically attacked the performance of Xiao Shizhu, who was hated by the ghost mother, and the ghost mother couldn't see the boss who basically didn't go out of the door every day. Ah Fu's behavior, in the end, is due to his personality or has another purpose, which is another question that Xiao Shizhu has never figured out in recent days.

If Ah Fu's purpose was to get Xiao Shizhu to leave the Tengu Garden, then Ah Fu's ultimate goal would definitely be to send someone into the garden. But the Dog Prison is not a beautiful thing, and sending someone into the Tengu Garden is nothing more than finding and destroying the secret envoy token. lest the boss behind the assassin be exposed after being discovered by outsiders.

However, Ah Fu is the head of the outer court, and according to the palace rules of the Ghost Mother Palace, although he is the head of the palace, he still can't enter the inner court, and naturally it can't be the terrain of the inner court that he explained to the assassins. Judging by the fact that the Assassins were able to enter the inner court and easily avoid many of the sentry posts, Ah Fu was not an accomplice.

And those who can be assassins have a high value of force and wisdom, and the accomplices can also ensure that they never miss, so this kind of will only blindly pat on the back, and it doesn't matter if the master boss sees that a fool should not be an assassin's partner. If the Assassin's accomplice was really a high-flying and arrogant person like Ah Fu, then the Assassin would definitely be blind.

"Brother Xiao, where is eating?" was thinking about it, but after Ming Yichen patted him on the shoulder, his thoughts were interrupted. Then Ming Yichen carried his bowl and sat opposite Xiao Shizhu.

"How many times have you said it, either call me Brother Xiao or call me Master Xiao. After Xiao Shizhu sighed, he said impatiently: "Brother, brother, I don't know and think I'm a little old man?"

After speaking, Xiao Shizhu looked blankly at the fact that what he was carrying in his hand was not a bowl, but a small copper basin, and he was slightly stunned. Although he was already aware of the fact that Ming Yichen ate a lot, he could be frightened by this guy's exaggeration every time.

"Ming Yichen, you starved to death in your last life, right?" Xiao Shizhu finally couldn't help it today, staring at the pile of food in the basin in the other party's hand with wide eyes and asked.

"Well, when I was in the human world, I met little Japan coming in, and they were busy running for their lives, who could eat enough. Ming Yichen chewed the food in his mouth and said vaguely to Xiao Shizhu.

Xiao Shizhu's right cheek twitched, laughed dryly, and said, "That's really bitter for you, eat more." ”。 With that, he lifted his bowl and began to eat.

Halfway through the meal, Ming Yichen, who was still gobbling up, suddenly stopped, looked at Tian Kuixing who was squatting behind Xiao Shizhu and looked at it for a while, and shouted, "Brother Xiao, what did you put on its neck?" Immediately attracted the attention of the nearby ghost slaves, and they all looked this way.

"Don't always wear old words, okay? I don't want to call you, you can call me Brother Xiao." Xiao Shizhu sighed slightly, turned around and reached out to hold the sign hanging on Tiankuixing's neck, and asked, "Oh, you said this." ”。

"Uh-huh!" Ming Yichen nodded, took a few more bites of rice, and always had a faint curiosity in his eyes, looking at the sign on Tiankuixing's neck.

"Two days ago, when I was planting flowers in the yard, I dug it up, and it seemed to be a brand, and I thought it was very good, so I left it. Xiao Shizhu raised a few decibels and said: "After all, Tiankuixing is the dog king of the tengus, and after thinking about it, I think I can use it as a dog tag around its neck, which can be regarded as a symbol of status." After a few days of wages, I went out of the palace to find a craftsman and engraved the word "Dog King" on it. ”。

After speaking, he paused, and asked Ming Yichen again: "Does this look good?"

"It's pretty good. Although Ming Yichen didn't understand what the dog tag was, he still pretended to understand and nodded, and after the orchid pointed at it, he asked casually: "What is it made of, Huang Cancan?"

"It looks like copper. Xiao Shizhu said and turned his head to look at Tiankuixing. When he turned around, the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

His purpose was achieved. He knows that in addition to his mother, Ming Yichen also has a shortcoming, which is the eighth wife. is obviously a seven-foot man, but he likes to talk nonsense with his colleagues while snorting melon seeds, and he is always so happy about the short things of the east and west families.

Moreover, at this time, the dining hall was full of people, and the matter of the token hanging on Tiankuixing's neck could soon spread in the palace. When the time comes, the Assassin's accomplices will definitely not be able to sit still, and will definitely try to get the token back, so as not to have too many dreams at night. And Xiao Shizhu just needs to wait for the rabbit and catch him.

After eating, Xiao Shizhu took Tiankui Xing and walked slowly towards Tiangu Garden.

After returning to the garden and sitting down for a while, the 100 households of the forbidden army on night duty came to borrow the tengu for patrolling. After Xiao Shizhu registered them one by one, he put the collar around the necks of several tengu and handed them over to the hundred households.

This burly and sturdy hundred-family surnamed Jin Minggang is a hundred-household who is more familiar with Xiao Shizhu in the forbidden army of the ghost mother country.

Today, he was about to leave after borrowing the dog, and Xiao Shizhu stopped him. When King Kong, who was stunned in front of the door, was about to ask him what he was doing, Xiao Shizhu took out a few taels of silver and stuffed them into his hand.

"If you have something to say, what are you doing with the money?" Although King Kong said this, he did not hesitate to put the money into his arms, for fear that the silver would disappear a second late.

Then Xiao Shizhu's eyes looked left and right, but his mouth muttered in his ear for a while, and then asked, "Do you understand, Brother King Kong?" As he spoke, he shoved a pre-written note into King Kong's hand.

After recalling the whisper he had just said in his heart, King Kong nodded and asked, "I understand, I understand, but what are you doing here?"

"For the sake of money, don't ask now, okay?" said Xiao Shizhu smiled mysteriously at him, and there was always a look of confidence between his eyebrows.

"Okay, I don't bother to ask, only you know what you kid thinks. King Kong shouted, pulling the tengu he had borrowed to patrol and turned away......

Soon after nightfall, it began to drizzle, and the entire edge of Xiaoyushan City was constantly washed by the rain. The dripping raindrops were like pearls with broken threads, falling from the air mixed with the night wind, wetting the ground, the house, the trees and flowers, and playing a lullaby in the quiet night.

The tengu curled up in their cages and fell asleep.

"It's raining, and the patrolling forbidden soldiers are going to get drenched in the rain again, haha. Xiao Shizhu yawned after speaking, and after laughing cheaply, he said to himself: "It's okay, it's cold and easy to sleep." ”。 So saying, he got up and stretched, went to close the door, and then turned back, blowing out the oil lamp on the table.

The lights in the house had just gone out, and the entire Tengu Garden was plunged into darkness where no fingers could be reached.

Half an hour later, a dark shadow flashed outside the Tengu Garden. The black shadow came to stand outside the Tengu Garden, and then jumped to its feet on tiptoe. The next second later, he was firmly on the wall.

Then I saw him make a graceful aerial flip and jump into the garden, his movements were very light, and he did not make the slightest sound from beginning to end.

Then the black shadow squatted in the flowers and plants, looked left and right, and after making sure that there was no danger in the courtyard, it began to tiptoe towards the place where Xiao Shizhu and the tengu lived.

The black shadow came to the door and stood still, reached out and gently pushed the door, and found that the door was locked from the inside, pulled out a short knife from behind his waist, inserted the knife into it along the crack of the door, and gently opened the latch at the back of the door.

After making sure that the latch was open, he gently pushed the door with his left hand, and this time finally pushed the door open a crack.

Then the shadow dodged, followed the crack in the door and entered the room, then turned and gently closed the door, and then slowly inserted the short knife into the scabbard hanging from his waist.

He found Tiankuixing's dog cage in the dark, and after gently opening the cage in the dark, he reached into his hand and groped for it. It's okay not to touch it, but after touching it, the black shadow found that the cage was empty, and he was suddenly shocked. I secretly screamed in my heart: "It's not good, I've been fooled." ”。

Before he could recover from his astonishment, Xiao Shizhu's voice slowly came from not far behind him: "The night rain is still coming to come to me to see the tengu in the rain, thank you for your hard work." ”。

Before he finished speaking, the room, which was still dark, suddenly lit up. The black shadow was not used to the sudden bright light, and hurriedly raised his hand to cover his eyes.

After he got used to it a little, he hurriedly turned his head to look, and saw Xiao Shizhu standing not far behind him, holding a beaded gun in his right hand, and the muzzle of the gun was pointed at him. And in his left hand, he held the token that was still hanging on Tiankuixing's body during the day. Looking around again, I saw ten forbidden soldiers standing in the house, holding torches, knives and guns in their hands, surrounding him in the middle.

After Xiao Shizhu saw this person turn around, he glanced at the token in his hand and asked with a smile, "Are you looking for this?"

Later, when he saw that this person's face with a thick beard was full of horizontal meat, he immediately said with a straight face: "Ming Yichen, it's really you." ”。