The end of the year.

The cold wind roared, the sky was dark, and the street resounded with shouts from south to north, just two words, lively.

It's almost the New Year, and in the midst of the fireworks, the dragon and lion dancers, stilt walkers, jugglers, gongs and drums on the streets, are simply very festive; in the tea house on the side of the road, I saw an old man playing the trick of changing his face with both hands, and immediately won the applause of the whole house, and there was a noisy and noisy movement everywhere.

On the street, there is the old master of the pear orchard, behind the buttocks, leading some apprentices who have not yet appeared on the stage, painted with a monkey face, and while walking, he pulled his throat to say a few words, which caused many people to stop and watch;

There are many kinds of life, each is different, some people are lively, and naturally there are some that are not.

Facing the cold wind, under the eaves of a corner of the low house, many people were gray-faced, shrunk up, carrying a basket on their backs, envious but timidly looking at the bustle in front of them from afar; the trouser belt around the waist was tightened and tightened, and the neck collar was tight and tight, don't look at the thick clothes they were wearing, but in the broken stitches of the cotton jacket, what came out was not cotton, but stuffed with reed flowers, and when the cold wind passed, there was a trembling.

Looking at the back basket again, there was a half-grown child lying on his stomach, with his hands on the edge of the basket, with a pair of big eyes, curiously looking at everything on the street. Unlike adults, this child's little face is clean, but he is hungry and thin, his little face is red from the cold, he is snorting, and in the back collar, a piece of grass is dangling in the cold wind.

Not far away on the side of the road, there was a roll of straw mats on the ground, with a pair of feet exposed inside and out, and the half-grown little girl knelt down in front of her, holding a straw mark in her hand, which attracted many passers-by to look at the price and laugh and laugh.

Passers-by, most of whom were accustomed to taking a look, left directly.

In today's world, it is not uncommon to sell children and daughters, and to bury one's father, and there are many things to see.

It is said that the mass graves outside the city are piled up, and at night, the ghosts cry all over the mountains; no, a few days ago, there were still people walking by at night, good fellows, let the ghosts be blinded, and entered the ghost market, but the people came back, but the spirits did not follow, and died.

In fact, the most evil door is still the end of Dongzhi Gate, it is said that that day near the "Yue Wang Temple", the thunder lasted for almost ten minutes, the thunder rolled and shook the sky, and the thunder and fire fell.

When the rain stopped, there was a bold past look, so frightened that I almost didn't pee out, only to see that around the Yuewang Temple, there were colorful dead snakes everywhere, and there was nowhere to put their feet;

After that day, the capital was not very peaceful, and strange things happened all the time, and the evil door was very evil.

......

Twilight is getting darker.

In the courtyard, there was a man swinging a three-body pose in the twilight wind.

But seeing this person's broad shoulders and broad back, his body is strangely magnificent, and his thick black hair is erected like a halberd, draped over his shoulders, and with the breath in his mouth, there seems to be a dragon roaring and tiger roaring sound in his abdomen, whistling back and forth, and the bones of his body are giving birth to a series of crackling crisp sounds, just like grinding beans, clear and sound.

Seeing that he could already sound his muscles and bones in unison, and his strength became a dragon and tiger, Su Hongxin's eyes showed joy, and he exhaled a long breath of turbid air in his mouth, not wanting that wisp of qi to leave his mouth, but it was condensed but not dispersed, shooting straight out four or five meters away like an arrow, before it was scattered invisible.

After taking the posture, Su Hongxin wiped his sweat, and during the days of recuperation, he had been recuperating with peace of mind, recovering his body, and in addition, he was practicing, except for Li Yunlong and his son, he had never seen anyone else, and he was happy that no one disturbed him.

The courtyard was deserted, and since he had been injured for the most part, and he was walking without hindrance, the old swallow and his son went back to the city, but they still came over every two days to talk about some strange things that happened in Beijing.

This surprised him.

In addition, it is the news of Wang Wu, since the last time Wang Wu went to Tianjin, and then learned that Su Hongxin was fine, after thinking about it, he planned to avoid the limelight in Tianjin, but he didn't expect to get acquainted with a terrible person, and the two hit it off at first sight and became close friends.

This person is the Tianjin "yellow-faced tiger" - Huo Yuanjia.

Lao Yanzi often brought back the letters written by Wang Wu to him, which mentioned Huo Yuanjia a lot, and often said that he would return to Tianjin when he was healed, and introduce him in person when the time came, which made him excited, and he was looking forward to it, and planned to leave for Tianjin in the next two days.

Slowing down his breath, Su Hongxin cleaned up, heated the food brought by the hot old swallow during the day, and sat in the house to eat and drink with a burning knife.

Outside, the twilight was getting darker.

But while eating, Su Hongxin glanced outside the door, and said nonchalantly: "Since you are here, show up, what do you say, wait until I am full of food and drink!"

In the night, I heard a "squeak" sound of rats.

Su Hongxin took a sip of wine, and as soon as he looked up, he saw that in the courtyard outside the door, a big gray mouse walked cautiously, and then lay outside the door and looked at him.

He was amazed, because he had seen this rat, the one who was so frightened when he asked God last time.

"Eh, what's your name? Ash, Ash?"

I saw the shadow under the big mouse's body flickering, and he had already become a human form, and he said in a human voice: "The Seventh Aunt of the Slave Family!"

"Alright, come in!"

Chewing on the food, Su Hongxin greeted.

Hearing him speak, the gray seventh aunt climbed in from the threshold.

Su Hongxin seemed to be interested.

"Hehe, all the ghosts and evil spirits around this radius ran away when they saw me, but you were the first one who dared to come to see me, interesting, sit casually, what's the matter with today?"

Immediately, the big mouse got up from the ground, ran to a stool, and hugged his front paws. "The slave family came this time to tell you something important, and I also asked King Suyan to prepare early!"

The thin female voice looked very strange in the night breeze.

Su Hongxin didn't look up, just ate the food in the bowl, and said, "You go on!"

I heard the Gray Seven Gu say in a shocking voice: "Please let the slave family tell me carefully, the evil Jiao you killed in the city is the ancestor of the Liu family, plus you offended the Huang family before, and now the national fortunes of the capital are declining, these two families are ready to join forces to deal with you, and they have already entered the customs, I am afraid that they will enter Beijing soon, you have to be careful!"

Su Hongxin's eating action stopped, he frowned, and only said in his heart that this was endless, his eyes fell on the body of the gray seventh aunt, and said with a smile: "You are a little interesting, you actually came to report to me on purpose, what benefits do you want?"

I saw the mouse "squeak" and scream.

"The slave family doesn't dare to hide it, although the evil Jiao is dead, but there is still a body under the well, this thing is of great benefit to our wild immortal practice, I just hope that when the time comes, King Suyan can read this act in the slave family and give me some charity!"

Su Hongxin took a sip of wine and smiled. "Hehe, okay, I'll do this!"

After hearing this, the gray seventh aunt only jumped one meter high on the chair, as if she was very happy, and then said: "Since this is the case, the slave family will retire!"

Looking at the big gray mouse that disappeared into the night, Su Hongxin exhaled and said softly: "It seems that I have to go back to Tianjin in a few days, I want to see what kind of noise they can make, hehe, it's interesting!"