The restaurant is located in a thriving bazaar.

Butcher shops, tailor shops, fish stalls, pawn shops, preserved fruit shops, cloth villages, rouge shops...... The shouts of sitting on the ground to buy and sell, accompanied by the noise of pedestrians and bargaining, can be described as boiling over.

But it wasn't they who made the noise, but a vendor with a cage drawer selling steamed cakes along the street.

He had just entered the market, and before it opened, he was somehow entangled by a beggar who wanted to beg for a steamed cake. The peddler is also a man with five big and three thick, seeing that this beggar can't get rid of him, and he can't run away when he scolds, but he can't do business because he is entangled endlessly, and in a fit of anger, he raises his fist and is about to smash it over, teaching the beggar to open a colorful shop on his face.

But before the raised fist fell, he listened to someone next to him cheering.

"Slow down. ”

In the crowd of onlookers, a Taoist came out.

The Taoist priest was not very old, with a round face that seemed to be smiling, and he walked slowly into the arena with his hands behind his back, and blamed the peddler as soon as he opened his mouth.

"This person is so arrogant, if you don't give it, you won't give it, why bother beating people?"

The peddler angrily defended: "This scoundrel is entangled, isn't it begging for a beating?!"

"Why be so stingy?"

The round-faced Taoist shook his head.

"There are more than a hundred steamed cakes in these two baskets, so what does it matter if you give to this miserable man?"

"This little Taoist priest doesn't know anything. ”

The peddler put his burden on the ground, pointed at the Taoist nose and scolded.

"No matter how many steamed cakes I have in my cage, which one of them is not steamed one by one by me when I get up early and greedy for darkness?

The peddler was aggressive, and the round-faced Taoist didn't argue with him, but just raised his eyebrows and lowered them, made a sneer, and suddenly asked.

"How much does this cake cost?"

The peddler was stunned for a moment, and instinctively responded: "The big four texts, the small three texts." ”

When the Taoist heard this, he smiled and took off the blanket on his shoulder, counted three copper coins, asked for a cooking cake, put it in the blanket, and handed it to the beggar.

"Well, please eat the cake. ”

The beggar must have been very hungry, and hurriedly thanked him, then put his hand into his coat and took out the steamed cake, and swallowed it in two or three bites.

But it's okay not to eat it, as soon as you eat it, this belly will "gurgle" and call.

If he was a cheeky person, he would probably retreat in shame, but this beggar was "open", and he didn't bother the two masters, and he looked at the round-faced Taoist again.

At this moment, the onlookers were in an uproar, and the vendor even crossed his arms and said sarcastically.

"Little Taoist priest can see, where can these shameless rice buckets be fed?"

The round-faced Taoist was not annoyed, but laughed and opened the mouth of the coat.

"Even if you have it in it, you can eat as much as you want?"

This was a great surprise to hear.

The round-faced Taoist has a small coat, and it is okay to hold some silver coins and paperwork, but one or two steamed cakes can't be filled, but the Taoist put down his arrogance and said that he would take it?

But then, it was a big surprise.

But the beggar took out a steamed cake from his blanket with his left hand, and when he had eaten it in two or three bites, he took the cake in his right hand and stuffed it into his mouth...... I opened the bow seven or eight times left and right, and every time I didn't miss it.

Not to mention the amount of food and food that the beggar has been hungry for eight lifetimes, just the round-faced Taoist man's method of making steamed cakes out of thin air has attracted the amazement of the people around him and made the hawkers stunned.

"Porterage. ”

In the restaurant.

Li Changan's fellow table members were disdainful.

"Little Doyle. ”

But next to Li Changan, he saw it clearly, and his eyes were clearly full of envy.

The Taoist priest then smiled, just looking at the excitement, not saying whether it was or not.

The reaction of others was not mentioned, just saying that this round-faced Taoist was probably younger, listening to the exclamations around him, and even words such as "living immortals", he was a little smoky for a while.

But gradually, he suddenly noticed that the expressions of the people around him changed from surprise to a little frightened.

Fang Zi was puzzled.

"Dao Chief. ”

A muffled voice sounded behind his ears, and when he looked sideways, he saw the beggar swallowing the bread in his mouth, pulling the blanket with both hands, and staring at him fixedly.

"The steamed cakes are gone. ”

The round-faced Taoist man slammed for a while, looked at the beggar, and then looked at his own flat coat.

A pair of eyes as round as a face.

". ”

He blurted out.

"The rice bucket is fine?!"

He wiped a cold sweat and was about to slip away, but the beggar recognized him and pestered him to steam the cake. For a while, I couldn't pull it away.

I don't know which one in the crowd is narrow.

"There are more than a hundred steamed cakes in this blanket, so what harm is it to give to one of these miserable people?"

These words caused a burst of laughter in the audience, and the laughter made the Taoist red-faced, but the beggar dragged him to death, and he would not let go if he didn't give him steamed cakes.

At this time.

There was a sudden explosion in the crowd.

"Thief!"

But when the grumpy peddler kicked through the cage drawer, the steamed cakes that should have been full were completely gone. He grabbed his pole and rushed into the field.

"Dare to use witchcraft to steal a certain family's steamed cakes, find a fight!"

The round-faced Taoist man hugged his head and ran around, but unfortunately he was entangled by the blindfolded beggar, and he couldn't get out, so he was hit several times in a row, and shouted loudly.

"Don't fight!

"How can the matter of Taoism be considered stealing?"

"Stop!"

"Say the big four, the small three, and look at the other cage, the big ones are all there!"

"Ouch!"

............

Li Chang'an ate a lot of wine and food, and he was full of excitement.

But the signature dish can't be served.

Waited for a while.

The little two actually notified in the lobby that the signature dish pigeon is here, let's come back tomorrow!

But what's even more strange is that the diners in the hall are more regretful than angry, and they make an appointment to come back next time, which makes Li Changan inexplicable.

But it was getting dark, and the Taoist priest didn't bother to care.

I only called Xiao Er, packed some wine and meat, and found a nearby residence store to stay.

Coincidentally, this Di store is located in the east of the city, and the shopkeeper is also surnamed Yu.

Like many families, the husband seems to be loyal, the wife is shrewd, and the two have no children under their knees, only taking care of a little niece of the family.

After Li Chang'an stayed overnight, the man arranged a side room, sprinkled and cleaned, changed the bedding, and added lamp oil.

Before going out, he confessed:

"Excuse me, Chief. ”

"In the past few days, a customer has suddenly eaten a lot of food, and he has eaten up all the stock of the small shop, and he can't buy it, so I'm afraid that tomorrow's breakfast will be later. ”

"It doesn't matter. ”

The Taoist priest waved his hand.

"I happened to go to the noodle restaurant opposite, and he still owes me a signature dish. ”

The shopkeeper grinned, hesitated for a moment, and whispered:

"The Taoist only arrived in Xiaoshui today, I'm afraid I don't know. ”

"Recently, it has been rumored that there are thieves who break into the door at night to kill people and rob money, remember to lock the door at night, and be cautious!"

The Taoist priest nodded.

He remembered that when he entered the city gate today, there were many people under the yellow list, saying that they were recruiting righteous men to reward thieves.

"I know. ”

After speaking, the store was about to leave, but was stopped by Li Changan.

"Shopkeeper, do you recognize an old man named Yan Song?"

Yan Song?Old man?

The shopkeeper shook his head.

"I don't recognize it. ”

Just said goodbye and left, he seemed to think of something, but he shook his head and smiled again, and called out.

"Ame?"

"Hey. ”

A little girl is drilled out of the corner.

"Go and add a handful of fodder to the big donkey. ”

............

The interior is as light as a bean.

Li Changan covered the yellow shell book and scratched his head, quite helpless.

In the past, he had a clear goal several times, and he only needed to follow the guidance of the Yellow Shell Book, find the demon, and find a way to kill him.

But this time, it was good, and it was directly given to a city, which taught him how to start? Could it be that the whole city was demolished?

Then what kind of passage, swordsmanship, exorcism, and wind resistance are not good, you have to open a space door and go to the present world to pull a team of excavators.

He's been wandering around the city in a boat today, desperately trying to find something out of the ordinary.

But apart from the words "prosperity, living and working in peace and contentment", nothing was found.

If you really want to find any doubts, there are probably only two words "clean".

This "clean" not only refers to the cleanliness of the streets, or the mental outlook of the residents, but also refers to the demons and monsters.

As the saying goes: There are many goblins in the wilderness, and there are many ghosts in the city.

It is said that the wilderness is inaccessible, the heaven and the earth are abundant, and there are often demonic incarnations or spirits, and in the cities, people have many desires, hatred, jealousy, greed, arrogance, and all kinds of evil thoughts are rampant, and many ghosts and monsters grow through this.

But the Taoist priest drove the "Chonglong Jade" and smelled it today, and he didn't smell the slightest smell of demons and monsters, it was really clean and weird.

But when I think about it, what's so strange about being "clean"? Isn't it that I have been in the dirt for a long time, but I regard the normal as an abnormality?

There is no clue left and right.

Li Changan simply lay down on the bed.

it.

When things are at the worst they will mend.

Go to bed!

............

There was a bloody gas.

In the dark, Li Changan suddenly opened his eyes.

The light in his eyes was like electricity, which made the sword box on the couch hum, but the Taoist priest pressed it weakly, and then obediently fell silent.

He picked up his sword again, got out of bed, picked up the lamp, and pushed the door open.

Outside the door, the moonlight in the narrow atrium is faint, and the fog that rises at some point is shallow "paved" on the ground, showing a gritty-like texture in the moonlight.

The night breeze blew, and the "white sand" full of "white sand" flowed up, slowly pouring into the empty door opposite.

And the faint smell of blood escaped through the doorway.

......

"Crunch. ”

The sound of the door shaft turning was particularly harsh in the silence of the night.

Li Changan pushed the door open.

The bleak moonlight mixed with the mist poured into the room.

Everything seemed to be normal in the room, there was no trace of fighting, only a man was lying on his back on the bed, staring, silent, and did not react to Li Changan's uninvited.

Li Changan knew this person.

It was the guest of this room, and the Taoist priest had also talked to him a few words before, saying that his surname was Qian and his name was ambitious, but he laughed at himself and had no ambitions, and only wanted a family with thousands of wealth, children and grandchildren, and a group of wives and concubines. He came to Xiaoshui this time to sell wine, but he came early, and this year's batch of new wine has not yet come out of the cellar, so he has to live in Didian temporarily.

I didn't think about it, and the big ambition that wasn't a big ambition didn't come true...... Li Changan's gaze turned down, falling on the red of a tea cup on his chest, and silently stepped forward to soothe his eyes...... He died quietly in the foggy night.

After saying "offended", Li Changan checked the wounds on Qian Dazhi's body.

Master!

After a little examination, Li Changan came to such a conclusion.

The fatal wound of the deceased was on the left chest, and the wound was narrow and thin, so he died for a long time, and the blood seeping out of the wound was comparable to the underwear, rendering a mark the size of a tea cup, and the smell of blood escaping was shocked by Li Changan in the opposite room.

But it's deep enough to penetrate clothes, flesh and skin to the heart.

Then look at the utensils in the room, and the quilt lifted on the bed.

It is conceivable that in the middle of the night, the murderer quietly sneaked into the room, lifted the quilt on the deceased's body, woke up from his sleep, opened his eyes in panic and did not have time to exclaim, and used a thin and narrow sharp weapon to pierce the clothes and flesh with a blow, and then through the gap between the ribs, and finally penetrated the heart of the deceased.

Clean, neat, ruthless, and kill with one hit!

In the end, he quietly withdrew, and before leaving, he did not forget to calmly cover the door.

......

Li Changan's expression was a little solemn for a while, not only because of the murderer's clever methods, but also because of ......

After approaching, he smelled an extremely slight demonic aura from Qian Dazhi's corpse.

And at this time.

Suddenly there was a messy footstep and shouting in the night.

Not much.

The door of the room was kicked open.

A pair of open fire officers barged in.

Li Changan looked at the corpse on the bed, and then at the blood stains on his own hands.

"I said I didn't do it, do you believe it?"