Day 2. At that time, the sky was filled with dark clouds and a light rain was falling. Rain-like fog, fog-like rain, wisps lingering.

After Ming Yingcheng learned the news that the ghost king was arrested, he returned to his former lights, and many shops were in full swing.

The shopkeeper Chen's hot fishing store is also very lively at this time, and many guests are full. When the shopkeeper saw that the chores in his hand were done, he scalded a pot of rice wine, put out a plate of broad beans, a plate of salted peanuts, a plate of dried tofu, and three cut salted eggs, and sat on the bench at the door, looking up at the drizzle in the sky, but did not look at the three men in the hall.

One of the three men was burly, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and said: "This ghost king has finally been caught, it is really a great joy, and there are still a few days to welcome the long festival, this is really a great gift from God to the emperor." ”

A thin man at the same table said: "I heard that it was not the Ghost King who committed the crime this time, but the vulture, the personal guard of the Ghost King, who pretended to be it." After saying that, he poured a full wine.

Another man said: "Regardless of whether he is a ghost king or not, the real murderer was caught anyway, but it's a pity that he ran away with a doll, that doll is vicious, and he deliberately approached the young lady of the Spirit Clan Mansion in Wucheng Academy, just to plan this matter, it is really hateful." ”

The burly man, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, stretched out his hand and slapped it heavily on the table, only to make the cups, chopsticks, and saucers jump up, and said: "That's it, this little rabbit cub has really sinister intentions, if Lao Tzu meets him, he will have to skin him alive!"

The thin man smiled and said: "Forget it, we are all ordinary people, and we have never practiced martial arts, if we really meet, maybe we will be killed by that little cub, I just hope that General Yan will catch him as soon as possible." ”

The man sat down slowly and said, "General Yan is a hero of the world, the real murderer has been caught, and I am afraid that I won't be able to catch this little devil?"

The thin man said: "The current Wu Cheng, I'm afraid it's long gone, from the top to the bottom, the old man Bai Xi is also over seventy years old, it is estimated that he is also old and confused, the old eyes are dizzy, it's time to change." ”

Uncle Chen felt very uncomfortable when he heard this, ate a chopsticks and preserved eggs, took a sip of wine, stood up and said to the people in the store: "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm really sorry, my mother is not well, I have to close early, and I will give you a discount on today's dishes." ”

Most of the people in the store were in high spirits, and they were suddenly swept away by the shopkeeper's words, and they were quite dissatisfied. The strong man stood up and said, "Shopkeeper, today is a day of great joy, let us drink for a while, there will be no shortage of silver!"

Uncle Chen smiled, put on an embarrassed look, and said: "Ouch, guest officer, I'm really sorry, my mother's health is really unwell, I want to go back in a hurry, so let's do it, next time you come, how about I give you a pot of good wine." ”

When the man saw that the shopkeeper said this, he didn't want to say more, so he turned back to the two and said, "Let's go and continue drinking in another place." With that, he walked out of the store, and the rest of the people saw the three people walking out of the store, and they also checked out and left.

Seeing that everyone was leaving, Uncle Chen closed the door, sat down at the counter table, and continued to drink. "Wen Xuan, how can you be an accomplice, it's ridiculous, ridiculous!" After a while, the two pots of wine in front of the cabinet had been drunk cleanly. Shopkeeper Chen fell asleep in front of the cabinet.

An hour later, the rain outside the store became heavier and heavier, and it fell on the eaves.

"Bell bell bell ~" Shopkeeper Chen was awakened by a sound of tricks, and got up from the cabinet in a daze, feeling irritable, thinking about who was knocking on the door in the middle of the night, and shouted loudly, "It's closed! ”

The person outside the door didn't seem to hear it, and the bell bell ~ continued to knock on the door, and the shopkeeper Chen was puzzled, stood up, walked to the door and shouted "Who!

The people outside the door continued to knock as if they hadn't heard. Shopkeeper Chen approached the door, opened the door slowly, swish~ A cool breeze blew into the store, Shopkeeper Chen couldn't help but shiver, looked out, but saw that the door was dark, only to hear the wind blowing the leaves, rustling ~ sound. Shopkeeper Chen was puzzled and scared at the same time, and shouted at the door: "Who! who is knocking on the door, is there anyone?" For a moment, no sound came from outside the door.

Shopkeeper Chen was about to close the wooden door, when he suddenly heard a sobbing sound outside the door, and the sound should have come from within five zhang. Shopkeeper Chen was shocked, thinking that he had encountered some ghost, and asked loudly in that direction: "Who is there!"

A sobbing voice came "Uncle Chen~"

When the shopkeeper Chen heard this, he hurriedly walked out of the door, shouting as he walked: "Wenxuan, is it Wenxuan?" When he approached, he saw a young man who was wet and covered in blood, sitting under the tree.

Wen Xuan burst into tears and said, "Uncle Chen, I really don't know where to go, you have seen Ling'er, I have such a good relationship with Ling'er, how can I harm her?"

Uncle Chen said, "Wenxuan, hurry up, let's go into the house." This is inconvenient to say outside, and it was discovered by others after a while. ”

Uncle Chen approached the house with Wen Xuan in his arms, boiled a bucket of hot water for him, and said, "Wen Xuan, you take a bath first, don't suffer the cold." I'll go and make you a pot of ginger soup and prepare some food. ”

Wen Xuan took off his clothes and soaked them in the hot water, the blood stains on his body melted in the hot water, and soon a bucket of clear water was stained with blood. The tense nerves relaxed suddenly.

Shopkeeper Chen brought him a gray robe and a duck down hat. Seeing Wen Xuan change his clothes, Shopkeeper Chen said with a smile: "Wen Xuan, I haven't seen you getting more and more handsome for a while hahaha, come, eat something." Shopkeeper Chen brought a pot of scalding, a pot of rice, and a bowl of ginger soup and put them on the table.

Wen Xuan said, "Thank you, Uncle Chen" and took a big gulp.

Uncle Chen looked at Wen Xuan's eating appearance and devoured it, presumably he had suffered a lot in the past two days, and said, "Wen Xuan, almost everyone in the whole city is looking for you now, what the hell is going on." ”

Wen Xuan told Shopkeeper Chen all about the past two days, and Shopkeeper Chen shook his head and sighed after hearing this, and slapped his palm on the table: "This Yan Shirong is really not a thing, in order to get promoted and make a fortune, he actually arrested people at will, Wen Xuan, you wait for me to rush to Jingzhou tomorrow to sue the emperor." ”

Wen Xuan said: "Uncle Chen, I don't want to involve you too, so you still don't want to go." ”

Shopkeeper Chen waved his hand: "Wenxuan, you I grew up watching, I know your character very well, how can you do such a great evil thing." Don't worry, I must do it for you, I'm so old, am I afraid of him Yan Shirong?"

The more the shopkeeper Chen spoke, the more angry he became, he took a sip of water, and continued: "Wenxuan, you have to remember, you must not show up before I sue the royal court, tomorrow I will close my shop, put a seal on the door, and say to the outside world that my mother is not in good health, and I will go back to take care of my mother." This restaurant has prepared meat dishes, enough for you to stay for half a month. ”

As he spoke, he pulled Wen Xuan into a cubicle, and inside was a couch, Uncle Chen turned the bed up, pulled out the wooden planks underneath, and the smell of wine wafted in, it turned out to be a cellar, all of which contained wine. Uncle Chen said to Wen Xuan: "This cellar, no guests know, and it is very secretive, if someone comes in, you hide in it." ”

Wen Xuan nodded: "Thank you, Uncle Chen, you must be careful when you go out." ”

Uncle Chen smiled and said, "Don't worry Wenxuan, by the way, is there any evidence that can prove your innocence?"

Wen Xuan's mind turned and said: "The last time I went to the Jinyi Department, they did everything possible to prevent me from watching the jade flute, and now they are charging me with the crime and swearing to kill me, there must be evidence on Ling'er's jade flute!"