The sun is shining.

The sky was just right.

Little Amei raised her eyes and looked at the little sunlight leaking from the branches and leaves of the big tree.

"What a good day. ”

She suddenly threw down the mandarin duck embroidered in her hand, pulled out a wooden sword from the vine bush in the corner of the yard, grabbed a pastry and stuffed it into her mouth, and quietly slipped out the door.

The gate is ajar.

She leaned sideways, like a cat made of water, silently squeezing out the crack in the door.

But as soon as he probed, a figure was firmly blocked in front of him.

Scare!

She "swished" and shrank back, causing the door to creak twice.

It's half a ring.

Only then did he poke out a small head, and when he saw the door, it turned out to be a short-haired Taoist.

"It turned out to be Daochang Li. ”

The little girl complained, and the familiar way came out of the crack in the door.

"It's a good day, how can you block the door and scare people. ”

"It turned out to be little Amei. Li Changan smiled with his eyebrows, "It's a good day, do you want to sneak out to have fun again?"

"Shhhhh ”

The little girl hurriedly turned her head to look at the door, and when she saw that there was no movement, she breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the Taoist priest curiously.

"Why did the Daoist come back suddenly?"

Li Changan has been staying in Shuiyueguan for convenience during this time.

"It's not for ......"

The little girl pointed to the opposite side.

At the other end of the market, the raccoon building, which used to be full of high-rollers and drunken money, is now closed and empty, which is quite depressed.

"You know?"

"Of course, who didn't listen to the movement last night?" the little girl crossed her waist, "There was a sudden commotion in the third watch, and it didn't open this morning." The neighborhood spread that the vixen in the building was fighting with the man, and if they didn't win, they showed their original form and ate people!"

The little girl looked like she was doing something serious, but she obviously didn't understand that this "fight" was not a "fight", but she came up again, her eyes rolling, with a point of nervousness, two points of curiosity and seven points of eagerness.

"Tell me, are there really monsters in this city?"

"Absolutely. ”

A voice suddenly interjected next to him, but it was Bo Ziyu who was carrying a waist knife and swaggered closer.

"The little girl who specializes in bedwetting. ”

"Phew!" the little girl wrinkled, "you just wet the bed." ”

As soon as the words fell, the door was inside.

"Ame?"

"This damn girl, ran out and went crazy again?"

Hearing this, the little guy's neck shrank, and he didn't care about talking to the catcher, so he quickly ran away.

Li Changan looked funny, and looked back at the catch.

"Why are you here?"

This guy said that he would rest today, and he happened to visit Xing Zhutou, who was still recuperating from his injuries.

"I've been kicked out. ”

"How?"

"My aunt said, now that the demon plague is raging in the city, the man should be loyal to the country, and ask me to do my best, don't drag your hind legs, don't lose the face of the yamen. The door didn't even enter, so they blocked me back. ”

He is like a bear child who has been beaten by his parents, with a look of grievance and indignation.

"Daoist, tell me, why have I been slacking off in the past few days......?

This guy's mouth is like a big river breaking its embankment, gushing endlessly. The Taoist priest didn't like to listen to other people's parents, so he only nodded perfunctorily, but fortunately, Bo Ziyu muttered for a while and asked about the matter.

"What's going on here?"

"This morning, someone went to the temple to burn incense, saying that there was a monster at home. ”

"What about the man?"

The Taoist priest pouted.

Bo Ziyu took a look, and saw an inconspicuous place in the corner of the Tanuki Building, opened a small door, and a little maid in a green skirt leaned out half of her body and beckoned to the two.

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

"Why be so sneaky?"

Before the two of them entered the door, the maid quickly closed the door tightly, and led the two of them to collide in the corridor of the black hole.

Bo Ziyu was careless for a while, so he hit his foot, and now he is complaining upside down.

But that little girl is not a good match.

"What do you mean by sneaky?" was not polite at all, "Who in the city doesn't know? If someone else sees it, how can we do business in the building?"

"What other business?" Bo Ziyu "hehe" smiled, "It's better to play a vixen and fight." ”

The little maid rolled her eyes.

"What vixen? What fight? Nonsense. This poor master is a monster who has bumped into a lot of monsters, and he has fallen into evil! Dao Chief, you have to treat him. ”

"Rest assured. Taoist Shi Shiran, "He doesn't bite people when he is sick." ”

The little girl covered her mouth and smiled.

At the end of the corridor in front, I finally saw the light of day.

Facing is a spacious courtyard.

It is full of flowers and trees, yellow, green, black, white, red, and blue are mixed with Chen Hui, but there is only a lack of purple that is the most common in Xiaoshui. In the middle of the courtyard, there is a large pond that brings in living water, and you can faintly see carp swimming, stirring up the water waves and setting off a faint aroma of wine.

The little maid carried the skirt and stepped quickly across the flower (harmony) path, urging:

"Hurry!

"The lady is waiting upstairs. ”

......

The two followed the maid up to the attic.

The upstairs is spacious and elegantly furnished, but at first glance, I didn't see the three ladies, only cats walking around the ground.

Sitting or lying down or playing and playing, the bell on the neck rings crisply, intertwined and beautiful.

Among them, a round fat orange is the most cute.

Bo Ziyu was overjoyed when he saw the hunt, and stretched out his salty pig hand, but the cat dodged lightly, jumped onto Li Changan's upper, and wrapped his tail around his trouser legs.

The Taoist priest sniffed.

This cat does not have the smell of ordinary free-range cats, but has a fragrance, I think it is contaminated by perennial contact with some precious spices.

Li Changan held the fat orange in his arms, from the tip of his ears all the way to the tip of his tail.

The cat purred and flipped its belly.

A chuckle rang out from behind a curtain in the attic.

It turns out that Daochang Li is also a cat lover. ”

The curtain opens.

The back was soft, and the third lady was half-lying on the couch, covered with a thin quilt. Her silver moon-like face is not powdery, and she lacks a little style, but her eyebrows are gloomy and her face is sickly, adding three points of delicateness.

"Dao Leader, the team leader, forgive me. ”

"The little woman was so sick that she couldn't visit in person, but she bothered the two of them to come to the door, and she was really ashamed. ”

As he spoke, with the support of the little maid, he slowly got up, and the quilt slowly slipped off his body. At this moment, her body is also soft, and her eyes are also soft, which inevitably reminds people of the sentence "The waiter is weak to help up".

Pity.

The two men opposite, one is like fire, and the other is like a mirror.

No one understands the amorous feelings, and Bo Ziyu is even more arrogant and straightforward.

"No need to gossip. ”

"Lady just need to tell me two, what does your maid mean when she says that there are monsters in this building?"

This attitude is really a bit abrupt, the third lady didn't say anything, but the little girl next to her blew up first. Fortunately, the third lady patted her little hand, and she was like a cat in the arms of a Taoist priest who was turned over by Lu, and put away her fangs and sharp mouth.

Of course, I didn't forget to glare at Bo Ziyu fiercely.

But the thin team leader didn't see it at all, but urged vigorously, and the third lady was not angry, and said eloquently:

"There are rumors in the city that there are many monsters in the form of humans, lurking all over the city, waiting for an opportunity to eat people. I didn't believe it very much, where did the many monsters come from in this Qingping world?"

"But firstly, the little woman saw the ability of the chief of the road at the Dionysian sacrifice, and secondly, we and other people who are in business always have some thoughts of planning for a rainy day. Therefore, I bought some demon repellent pills (the antidote made by Feng Chong) in the yamen, and after resting at night, I secretly distributed them to everyone in the building, who wants to ......"

The third lady's eyes showed a look of horror, and she couldn't help but pat her chest, trembling and stirring up waves.

Bo Ziyu was just a reckless character, not a eunuch, so he immediately looked straight. Li Changan also admired the scenery from the heart, and he didn't forget the business.

"And then?"

"After that, a maid who was usually close to me actually turned into a monster after swallowing the pill. She obviously lingered, and her words paused for a long time before she continued, "Fortunately, I have a friend who is temporarily living in the building, and he is strong in martial arts and has subdued the demons. ”

As she spoke, the eyes of the third lady glanced at somewhere, intentionally or unintentionally.

"If it weren't for him, I'm afraid that all the upstairs and downstairs of my raccoon would be food for the demons. ”

That's it.

She struck a small gong at the head of the bed.

Heavy footsteps were heard along with the crunch of the wooden staircase.

The fat orange in the Taoist priest's arms also stiffened.

Not long.

I saw two big men carrying an iron cage upstairs, the cage was wrapped in a thick black cloth, and I couldn't see what was inside, but I knew that the iron cage was heavy, and it was placed on the floor, and there was a loud noise.

And the third lady didn't sell it, she nodded here, and the man over there tore off the curtain.

"Meow!"

The fat orange suddenly exploded and rushed out of the Taoist priest's arms.

Hear it again, the cat's howl comes and goes, and the "jingle bell" bell rings randomly. In a few moments, the cats all over the ground fled, leaving only a few stinking cat urine.

Li Changan and the two didn't care about the cat, they only looked at the things in the cage.

It was a monster with a beast head and a human body.

The head resembles that of a dog, and its crooked, sharp teeth poke out into a long snout. The expression was languid, and the cold and violent (harmony) was exposed to the light, and there were several low owl-like howls.

The body is like that of an ordinary woman, wrapped in a tattered and dirty skirt, and all four limbs have been cut off, revealing yellowed bloodless fat, muscles and flat bone sections, which shows that the person who did it is not bad.

"What youkai?"

Bo Ziyu asked quietly.

"Wild dogs. Something that eats dead people's brains. ”

The Taoist priest's answer did not avoid others.

The third lady listened to the words "dead man's brain", and her charming smile suddenly stiffened for a long time, and she said after a long time:

"Although we subdued this monster, we didn't know what to do with it, so we had to lock it in this iron cage. This time, I invited two people to come to the door, just to find a way to deal with it. ”

"Three ladies and peace of mind. Bo Ziyu took it all over, "Give it to us and take it away." ”

"I can't thank you enough. ”

The three ladies and the others in the field were relieved at the same time, it seems that although this monster is in the cage, the pressure on them is no less than that outside the cage.

So, the three ladies bowed again.

"In the past, I heard that the demons were haunting, but it was only a conversation during the banquet, but now that this incident has happened, I know that the demons are terrible and the situation is dangerous. ”

If the two of them don't give up, the little woman is willing to do her best. ”

The two hurriedly returned the salute.

Li Changan was polite, and Bo Ziyu was much more solemn.

The Taoist priest didn't know that he was an outsider, but he knew that this famous three ladies were not a smiling Changji, but a tooth man who was named in the government, and he was dealing in one of the two most important goods in Xiaoshui City - grain. With his connections and financial resources, if he helps out, it will definitely be of great benefit to the matter of the demon plague.

Not to mention anything else, if she is willing to fund 1,800 taels, the half-dead guys in the yamen will scream and go to find the monsters.

He was secretly rejoicing.

The third lady over there suddenly hesitated.

"Just ......"

Bo Ziyu's heart trembled, "Just what?"

But the little woman had a reluctant request. ”

The Taoist priest still didn't know why, Bo Ziyu had already patted his chest.

"But it doesn't hurt to speak!"

The third lady smiled and said: "My friend heard that the yamen has a lot of rewards for this matter, and he is very interested, but although he is strong in martial arts, he does not know how to use magic, and he hopes that the two of them will carry it." ”

Bo Ziyu was stunned when she heard this: "The friends of the third lady can also look down on this little money?"

"If it's not the team leader, the little girl is also very confused. The third lady sighed faintly, "Some people, others are willing to give it but don't want it, so they love to sacrifice their lives to get it themselves, the two of you say that there is such a strange person in the world?"

In the end, the third lady's tone did not seem to be talking about friends, but like raising grievances.

"How can a dignified man depend on a woman for food and clothing?"

There was a sudden sound of ang (harmony) in the house, and behind the screen that the three ladies frequently looked at, a young man turned out.

This person's appearance is not very handsome, but his posture is tall and his face is cold and resolute, which makes people feel sharp when he looks at it.

He nodded at Li Changan.

"Dao Chief, long time no see. ”

Although he said "I haven't seen him for a long time", the Taoist priest really didn't have much impression of this face, but after a closer look, he saw that he was carrying a long knife on his back, a short knife hanging from his waist, a saber hanging on the left side, and two ...... on the right side Live like a knife seller.

This person's identity jumped out.

ZHANG Yi.

Unexpectedly, the poor and sloppy ranger in the past has now cut his hair, shaved his beard, changed his clothes, and has become the guest of the richest woman in Xiaoshui.

That's a ......

The Taoist priest smacked his tongue secretly.

Tongue to the end, everything?

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

South of the city.

Chang Fung Fang.

"Your uncle's body and bones are good! Do you want to worry about it? It's just that your legs and feet are not good, and you lie in bed all day to be the master, and you have gained weight a few times. After a few days of reinstatement, I am afraid that I will not be able to wear the official uniform. ”

"Go, go, don't get in the way here. ”

The aunt sent Bo Ziyu away in three or two sentences, and as soon as she closed the door, the pungent and strong on her face suddenly melted like ice and snow, revealing the hidden sorrow.

She hesitated in the courtyard for a moment before patting her face and squeezing out a strong smile.

Go through the door.

The room was full of the bitter smell of medicinal herbs, and Xing Zhutou was lying on the bed, his body was as fat as he said before, and he was almost thin and out of shape.

He listened to the movement and struggled to get up, and his aunt hurriedly went up and supported him carefully.

"Sent away?"

"Sent away. ”

"Ordered?"

"It's all told. ”

"That's good. Xing Zhutou nodded weakly, muttering, "Now that the situation in the city is difficult, it is the time to do your duty, how can you be distracted by my old age." Besides, if this matter is done, Yu'er will take my place, won't it be logical......"

He chattered for a long time, and then saw his wife's forced smile.

"Lady doesn't need to worry, didn't the real person say it last time, I'm just old and frail, and the injury is only recurring for a while, as long as I am patient and recuperate, I can get better eventually. ”

"How can I not believe Yu Zhenren's words?" the aunt shook her head, "It's just ......"

Before the words could be spoken, tears fell first.

Xing Zhutou had to beat his spirit and persuade softly.

Then.

Bang, bang.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door outside the courtyard.

Isn't it Bo Ziyu who went and returned?

The aunt quickly wiped off her eyes, tidied up her demeanor, and went out the door.

Open the door.

Outside the door was a strange man.

Ordinary appearance, ordinary clothes, but inexplicably, my aunt just knew the identity of this person.

He's a Langzhong.

Lang Zhong smiled and saluted.

"But Xing Zhutou is in the house?"

"Exactly, I don't know why Lang Zhong came from?"

"I heard that the head catcher was injured by a monster and had to be trapped between the beds, which is a deep regret. Therefore, I have come to offer a miracle medicine. ”

As he spoke, Lang Zhong took out a pill from behind his elbow.

The size of a finger, milky white and translucent.

In the sunlight, it seemed as if something was gently vibrating inside.