The noon of the Red Leaf Workshop was still quiet, but Yang Xiaoyang was a little excited when he walked on top of Qianmo.

He knocked on the door of Xiao Er's house, and saw that Xiao Er was wearing a night suit, his dark face and clothes were completely integrated, and if he was placed at night, the effect would be excellent.

"What are you doing wearing this in broad daylight?" Yang Xiaoyang remembered that he did the same thing in Chengzhou City, and that time he turned the thief into a robber.

"Digging people's graves is not a good thing after all, especially for the people of the Central Plains. I wore this to hide my identity and not to be found poking me in the back. Xiao Er's eyes rolled.

Xiao Er invited Yang Xiaoyang in, looked left and right at the door a few times before closing the door, pointed to another night coat on the bed, and motioned for Yang Xiaoyang to change into it too.

"Da Zhuang is not here?"

"He has already gone to Tingyang Tower, and I have already explained to my friends in the building. ”

Yang Xiaoyang nodded, took out a small cloth bag from his arms, counted thirty-five taels of silver from it, and handed it to Xiao Er.

When he asked Mr. Li for money this morning, he generously threw a hundred taels directly, and said that as long as he was so petty, Yang Xiaoyang was admired, and he felt that he definitely didn't have this bearing.

Xiao Er was silent for a while with the silver tael, then pulled down the black scarf, "Can Young Master Yang let me do one thing first, and then we will go to find the corpse?"

"Are you going to ransome the Apricot Blossom girl?"

Xiao Er was shocked, "How do you know?"

"I see that you are always staring at people, and your grandfather has no expenses on weekdays, what can you do with so much money at once? ”

Xiao Er laughed dryly, took off his night clothes, and picked up a burden from the table.

"What's in there?"

"There were tools to find the corpse, and two black robes. ”

The corners of Yang Xiaoyang's mouth twitched, and it turned out that he still had two hands to prepare.

Zhanhualou said that it was on the edge of Tingyang Tower, but in fact, it was separated by two streets.

And the dipping flower building is not as gorgeous as the Tingyang Building, but it looks quiet, not like the place of the wind and the moon.

During the day, there were very few people in the Flower Building, and Xiao Er and Yang Xiaoyang stepped into the threshold for a long time and were not entertained.

Xiao Er took Yang Xiaoyang to the counter in the corner and said to a guy, "I want to find your shopkeeper." ”

The guy glanced at Xiao Er twice, and then at Yang Xiaoyang behind Xiao Er, before turning around to find someone.

"Yo, isn't this the second child of Tingyang Building?Why are you free to come to our Flower Building today?" The shopkeeper was a woman who still had charm, and said while twisting her waist.

Xiao Er replied with a straight face: "I want to come and redeem the Apricot Blossom Girl." ”

The woman raised her eyebrows and chuckled, "Yes, sixty taels." ”

"Didn't you say forty taels before? How did it become sixty taels?"

"In recent days, there have been more guests who want to listen to the apricot blossom girl play the piano, and the price of this redemption will naturally be increased. ”

Xiao Er lowered his head and gritted his teeth, and he couldn't see any expression on his dark face.

"This is sixty taels, bring the deed of sale of the apricot blossom girl. Yang Xiaoyang suddenly spoke out and took out the money from the heavy cloth bag in his arms.

The woman and Xiao Er looked at Yang Xiaoyang at the same time, which made Yang Xiaoyang feel a little satisfied.

"Childe is a distinguished guest of the Imperial Palace?" asked the woman.

I don't know Xie Yan, Li Congwen is a distinguished guest, but I am friends with Li Congwen, does that mean that I am also a distinguished guest?

Yang Xiaoyang nodded when he thought of this.

The woman stared at Yang Xiaoyang for a while, smiled slightly, took the silver tael, and turned to go upstairs.

Xiao Er turned around and bowed to Yang Xiaozhong, "Thank you, Childe." ”

After he finished speaking, he took out the silver that Yang Xiaoyang had given him before from his arms and returned it to him.

Yang Xiaoyang nodded with satisfaction, this little second is really a kind person.

After a while, the woman came over with a piece of paper and handed it to Yang Xiaoyang.

Yang Xiaoyang looked down and handed it to Xiao Er.

He saw that the deed of sale said that the Xinghua girl was sold to Zhanhualou eighteen years ago, and it was sold for fifty yuan.

Xiao Er took a deep breath, tore up the deed of sale, turned around and left.

"Aren't you going to meet the Apricot Blossom Girl?"

"No, I don't. ”

Yang Xiaoyang followed Xiao Er, who had already gone out, and asked curiously, "Why don't you see that Xinghua girl?"

Xiao Er looked very relaxed at this time, and chuckled: "I redeemed myself for Miss Xinghua just because her background is too pitiful, and I want to help if I can." As for liking, I can't talk about it, I can only say that I admire. ”

"Then how were you going to help her redeem herself?

Xiao Er nodded, "I have saved five taels of silver in the past five years, and I think I will be able to redeem her in another thirty years." ”

Yang Xiaoyang was dumbfounded, "When Xiao Er can save so much silver, your shopkeeper is so generous, and he even gives you a turn off on weekdays?"

Xiao Er was stunned, isn't this surprise not quite right?

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An Yan twenty-five years, spring, Cheng'en Mansion.

Zhao Hua, the Duke of Cheng'en, sat in front of his son Zhao Li's spiritual seat, leaning over with a look of hatred, "Son, you are desperately trying to create a good situation for Ming Wu, Yang Qi actually ignores the overall situation because of private affairs, I hate it!"

But now that there is no one in the court to replace him, I have to endure for a while as a father. When the overall situation is certain, my father is bound to take a bad breath for you! My Zhao family inherits the emperor's grace, and I will not let this kind of person endanger my Mingwu again, and endanger the Mingwu that you are desperately guarding!"

When Zhao Huazheng's face was hideous, there was a knock on the door outside the house.

"Master, the soup is ready. ”

"Put it at the door. ”

Zhao Huachang let out a long breath, sat for a while, and only after his mood calmed down did he get up and open the door, pick up the tray on the ground and return to the house.

"Hehe, son, your favorite soup is here, and my father specially asked someone to put more dates, you hurry up and taste it. Zhao Hua picked up the bowl on the tray and put it in front of Zhao Li's spiritual seat.

He had just put the bowl down, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw a note on the tray, which was pressing against the bottom of the bowl.

Zhao Hua frowned, picked up the note and looked at it, his pupils couldn't help shrinking, and it read:

Does Cheng Engong want to kill Yang Qi?

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"Young Master Yang, let's go find some lonely graves. Xiao Er had already changed into a black robe, and it was not easy for Yang Xiaoyang to see his face clearly when he spoke.

Yang Xiaoyang nodded, although he didn't feel much about watching others dig graves, but when it was his turn, he still didn't want to dig other people's ancestral graves, and he felt a little better digging a lonely grave.

Xiao Er took out a compass from his arms, and Yang Xiaoyang looked at it and felt very similar to the one that did not violate the Tao.

"Where did you get this compass?"

Xiao Er smiled embarrassedly, "Our family has been chasing corpses for generations, and we didn't use this kind of thing originally, but I am not good at learning, so I asked my family to come here when I went out this time." ”

"What do you usually do with the corpses you drive?"

Xiao Er coughed dryly, and said with some embarrassment: "Planting the land, taking care of the vegetable garden, doing heavy work or something." ”

Yang Xiaoyang nodded enviously, "It's so convenient, then can I learn to chase corpses?"

"This ...... It depends on qualifications, and my family's corpse expulsion technique is not passed on. "Xiao Er is a little embarrassed.

Yang Xiaoyang asked casually, "By the way, I've never seen the corpse you chased, where is he?"

"Normally I leave him at home, but now I've taken him out and he's following us in the shadows. Because there is no breath, it is difficult for ordinary people to notice, so there is no need to worry about scaring people. ”

What should I do if I scare a kitten or a puppy? And if someone finds out, I guess I will be scared to death......

Yang Xiaoyang turned his head and looked around, but he didn't see a figure. He didn't care, and he didn't bother to probe with his divine sense.

Xiao Er took Yang Xiaoyang all the way south and came to the bottom of a hill.

He glanced at the compass in his hand and said softly: "There should be a corpse on this mountain that has just been buried, and it is not clear whether it is a girl or not." ”

Although Xiao Er already knew what Yang Xiaoyang wanted the corpse for, he still felt a little awkward when he encountered such a strange request.

He glanced at the dense forest on the mountain, and said with some concern: "Childe, this mountain looks inaccessible, and there may be wild beasts. The little beast is okay, if I encounter a fierce beast, the corpse I drive may not be able to deal with. ”

Yang Xiaoyang waved his hand, "It's okay, I'm very powerful, ordinary people or beasts can't hurt me." ”

Seeing Yang Xiaoyang's confident face, Xiao Er pulled his hood and followed the instructions of the compass to the mountain.

The mountain was neither big nor high, and the two of them came to the mountainside in a short time.

Xiao Er bent down and pinched a handful of soil from the ground, put it in front of his nose and sniffed it, "It's nearby." ”

Yang Xiaoyang also sniffed it, but with his sense of smell that was much more sensitive after cultivating the Qi Eating Method, he couldn't smell anything, "How do you know?

"The more you deal with corpses, the more you feel it. ”

Yang Xiaoyang raised his eyebrows and followed behind Xiao Er.

And just when Xiao Er had just walked past a big tree, Yang Xiaoyang suddenly heard the sound of breaking wind, and out of the corner of his eye, he also saw a silver glow from Xiao Er's left side towards his head.

Yang Xiaoyang's eyes widened, and he only had time to take half a breath, so he took a step forward with his aura, and stretched out his left hand to block Xiao Ertou.

With a snort, Yang Xiaoyang saw a flying knife penetrate his palm.

Fortunately, the flying knife was held by himself and stopped next to Xiao Er's head, but it still trembled.

He breathed a sigh of relief and immediately turned his head, but there was no figure of the person who attacked him.

He didn't dare to probe out of his senses, for fear that he would be attacked by that person again when he was released, and it would be too late to react.

Xiao Er turned his head to look at the flying knife in his head, and his face hidden in the black robe was a little pale, so white that he could see the outline of his face in the shadows.

"This ...... What's going on?" he asked with a shudder.