It's a long journey. Several people rested and changed horses, ran for dozens of days, and finally stayed in Boling County, Dingzhou.

There is still a long distance from Dingzhou to Taiyuan, and the journey from Luyang to Dingzhou has consumed all the financial resources and energy of Ye Suifeng and the others.

Several people walked in the market in Dingzhou. There are many rare and exotic objects in the bazaar, among which silk fabrics and Dingyao porcelain are the most dazzling. But they don't pay attention to those at this time, what they pay most attention to is food, even the most ordinary steamed cakes, in their eyes, are like delicacies from the mountains and seas, and they have not eaten a full meal for a long time.

"Good fragrant ......" Xue Yuyu was standing at the stall selling steamed buns, looking at the steaming white steamed buns in the pot with stupid eyes, and refused to leave for a long time.

Ye Suifeng and Fang Xu didn't notice Xue Liyu, and led the horse to walk forward, looking for a place to rest.

"Do you want to buy it? Don't buy it, don't get in the way. In the face of the hawker's reprimand, Xue Liyu was still indifferent. "Do you want to buy it?" the vendor was just about to walk out of the stall and reason with her, when a sentence came from his ear:

"Buy!"

Everyone looked for the sound, and saw a woman pacing, plain clothes and light makeup, lotus-shaped hair and temples on her head, dignified and generous.

The woman took out the money bag, handed it to the vendor, and said, "Ten steamed buns!"

The peddler smiled, "Okay! Miss Chu, wait a minute!"

The woman took the hawker's steamed bun, handed it to Xue Liyu, took Xue Liyu's hand, and said, "I'll take you somewhere to eat." Xue Yuyu let go of his hand and said, "I still have two friends in front, I want to wait for them here, I will return your kindness to you, you are called Miss Chu, right?"

"Hahaha!" The woman smiled lightly, took out another pile of money, threw it to Xue Yuyu, and said: "The little girl's surname is Chu, you can call me Miss Chu, if you don't want to leave, then I won't force it!

"Huh, what about Xue Yu?" Fang Xu said suddenly. Hearing Fang Xu's words, Ye Suifeng realized that Xue Yuyu, who had been following behind him, had disappeared, and the two of them immediately turned around and looked for it.

It wasn't until they saw Xue Yuyu sitting on the side of the road eating steamed buns that their hearts fell. Fang Xu said: "Third lady, where are you going to tell us in the future, after all, ...... Eh, where did you get this steamed bun from?" Fang Xu was very excited when he saw the steamed bun in Xue Yuyu's hand.

"This was given to me by a girl surnamed Chu, and the rest is for you. Xue Yuyu handed over the rest of the steamed buns to Fang Xu and the others, "She gave me back the money." Xue Liyu took out the money.

Fang Xu's eyes lit up after seeing the money, and he said, "This ...... So much? It was all given by that Chu girl?" Xue Yuyu nodded, Fang Xu was overjoyed, and said, "Great! We can finally live in a decent inn." ”

"The girl surnamed Chu?" Ye Suifeng was vigilant, and said, "Who is that girl surnamed Chu?Do you know her specific name?" Xue Yuyu shook her head and said, "I don't know, she told me that her name is Chu." ”

Since Xue Yuyu didn't know, the two didn't ask any more, and after eating the remaining steamed buns, they set off to find a place to rest.

Yao Wei Inn, there are two rows of words engraved on the left and right sides of the door in front of the door: It is better to enter the fairy building on the other day, it is better to be drunk Yao.

When it was time to apply, the three of them stopped in front of the Yao Wei Inn. "Yao Wei Inn?" Ye Suifeng and the others stopped in front of the Yao Wei Inn. Fang Xu said: "This inn is good, so let's do it." Ye Suifeng nodded, handed the horse to Xiao Er, and the three of them entered the inn together.

The inn was large and bright, and there were only a few people sitting in the hall. The three of them entered the room and walked to the counter, and inside the counter, the account room was settling accounts.

"How many taels of silver do you need here for a night?" Fang Xu asked. The bookkeeper was silent, and Fang Xu asked again, "May I ask how many taels of silver you can stay here for one night?" The bookkeeper glanced at him and opened his palm in front of him.

"Five taels! so expensive?" Fang Xu looked at the account room in surprise, and the account room did not raise his head. "Don't worry, guest officer!" the three were just about to leave, when an old man ran out of the house and stopped the three of them.

The old man was tall and thin, dressed more plainly, wearing a shabby robe, looking weak, and the person could not be disguised, this person was Meng Hongyi, the shopkeeper of the Yao Wei Inn.

Meng Hongyi bowed down and explained: "I, Meng Hongyi, this account room in my house, he is a dumb man, I used to receive him, but today I am very busy, so I don't take good care of it, please forgive me, as compensation, each person lives in the hotel two taels, how about it?"

"Two taels?" Fang Xu pretended to think about it, but in fact he was already moved, "We have to discuss it." The three of them gathered together, and Meng Hongyi stood respectfully beside him

"Why did this money drop so much?" Ye Suifeng asked first. Xue Yuyu nodded and said, "I also feel that there is a problem!"

Fang Xu said: "But...... This inn should be cheaper here, right? And it's not getting early, or ...... Shall we just stay here for one night? Nothing should happen. ”

"But ......" Ye Suifeng hesitated a little, and Meng Hongyi next to him suddenly said: "If the guest officer is not satisfied, I will give another hand, how about one or two?"

"Deal!"

Meng Hongyi led the three of them to the upstairs room. The two rooms are adjacent, one for Ye Suifeng and Fang Xu, and one for Xue Liyu.

In the room, Ye Suifeng stood in front of the wooden window, looking at Dingzhou at the beginning of the lanterns. Just as he was about to take out the jade flute, Fang Xu interrupted him and said, "Suifeng, should we go and get some silver taels?" "How do we get silver taels?" Ye Suifeng asked. Fang Xu thought for a moment and said, "Why don't you ...... Let's go and ask the shopkeeper if he accepts us?"

In the early morning of the next day, Ye Suifeng and Fang Xu were about to go to the shopkeeper Meng, but there were no guests in the guest hall downstairs, only the account room was looking through the account books. Fang Xu walked over and asked, "May I ask, where is your shopkeeper?" Seeing Fang Xu's behavior, Ye Suifeng was confused and asked, "Isn't he a dumb person?"

"He's mute, not deaf!" Meng Hongyi walked out of the room and said, "What's the matter with the two old men?

Fang Xu smiled and said, "No, no, it's just that I want to ask you for help." ”

Meng Hongyi said: "Guest officer, please say, the old man must do his best!"

Fang Xu said: "Shopkeeper Meng, I won't tell you, we are not locals, we came to Dingzhou for the first time, and the silver on our bodies is not enough, and it is difficult to make a living, so can you stay with us for a while, we can help you do some chores." ”

"Hahaha!" Meng Hongyi laughed and said, "Yes, you can stay, it just so happens that I am short of manpower here." ”

In this way, Fang Xu and Ye Suifeng became handymen at the Yao Inn, and the shopkeeper Meng also gave them some silver taels on time.

The moon is dark and the wind is high, and the Zhu family in Dingzhou. One took advantage of the night to sneak into Zhu's house and find what he wanted. "You...... Who are you?" a woman passed by the house and found the people in the house. When the man saw that something was wrong, he left a piece of paper, and jumped out of the window with his things and disappeared into the night. The woman immediately ran into the house and unfolded the note left by the man, on which were written a few words: Do things of enmity by the command of heaven and earth. Signed: Soul snatching.

The inn in the early morning is still the same as before. Four or five guests whispered, "Do you know what happened to the Zhu family the night before?" "Can you not know that? This reward has been posted." "Why did you say he was targeted?" "Oops, it's so miserable......."

At the same time, Ye Suifeng and Fang Xu had just gone downstairs, ready to start today's work, Xue Yuyu was not idle, going out alone, trying his luck, it was best to bring some silver taels back.

The shopkeeper Meng and the bookkeeper were settling accounts at the counter, and when they saw Ye Suifeng and Fang Xu, they stopped the two, and the two came to the counter, and the shopkeeper Meng took out a large piece of paper and unfolded it on the counter, which turned out to be a reward order.

The shopkeeper Meng said: "The day before yesterday, the ancestral jade plate of the Zhu family was stolen, and the Zhu family issued a reward, and the reward was five taels of gold. ”

"Five taels of gold!" Fang Xu said in shock. Even in the past, five taels of gold was a lot of money for the other party. "Hahaha!" Shopkeeper Meng smiled: "I know that you don't have any money, so I came to tell you." ”

"Is there a clue?" Ye Suifeng asked. Shopkeeper Meng replied: "I know who stole it!" "Huh?" Fang Xu was very puzzled, and said, "Do you know who it is, why do you want to offer a reward?"

"Hey, hey, hey!" Shopkeeper Meng smiled: "Because no one can catch him!" "Oh, who is so powerful?" Fang Xu asked curiously.

Suddenly, there was silence in the guest hall, and everyone looked at the shopkeeper Meng, who smiled and said, "The old man understands what the guest officials mean, don't worry." Hearing this, there was another whisper in the guest hall.

Meng shopkeeper said: "Twenty years ago, Dingzhou Taishou Mansion was stolen, lost a treasure, is Taishou's favorite colorful glass cup, afterwards Taishou was furious, sent badly, swore to kill his door after catching him, but he disappeared. And in the next twenty years, he became more arrogant and more frequent, not only going to the Taishou Mansion to steal things, going up to the famous families, going down to the beggars on the streets, burning, killing and looting, doing everything, and every time someone found him, but no one has been able to catch him so far.

"Dingzhou City is so big, how do you know that he did it?" Fang Xu asked.

"Because every time he commits a crime, he leaves a sentence and his name in a different place. ”

"Oh, what's that?" Fang Xu asked.

Shopkeeper Meng said in a low voice: "On the orders of heaven and earth, do things of enmity!"

"What about the name?"

Shopkeeper Meng smiled slightly: "No comment." ”

"Yo, girl, let's meet again!" Miss Chu smiled slightly when she saw Xue Yuyu on the street. "Eh, Miss Chu!" Xue Yuyu ran to Miss Chu and said, "Miss Chu, where is your home, we will find time to send the money for steamed buns to your house." ”

"Oh, the money is gone, I'll take you to my house!"

Miss Chu took Xue Yuyu to a small wooden house, the wooden house is located next to a small stream, in the wooden house, a bed, a table, three wooden stools, pots and plates, and a relatively dilapidated large wooden cabinet, although the room is small, but it is quite tidy.

Miss Chu led Xue Yuyu to the wooden bench and sat down. "By the way, I don't know your name yet!" Miss Chu took Xue Yuyu's hand and asked. Xue Yuyu said: "My name is Xue Yuyu, and I am from Luyang. "Lu Yang......" Miss Chu thought for a moment and said, "Where is it?"

Xue Yuyu smiled and didn't speak. Miss Chu said, "Oh, forget it!" Miss Chu got up and poured water for Xue Mayfeather, and Xue Mayfeather asked, "Miss Chu, what's your name?"

"My name is Chu Yunling. ”

There were few guests, and Fang Xu and Ye sat in the guest hall drinking tea with the wind. "If it's something happened to the Zhu family, let's go to the Zhu family to have a look. "Ye follows the wind channel. Fang Xu looked at Ye Suifeng in surprise and said, "You actually care so much about this matter? so many masters didn't catch him, just the two of us?" Ye Suifeng didn't speak, and Fang Xu didn't speak again, although he didn't say too much, but Ye Suifeng could see that Fang Xu was also very concerned about this matter, after all, the amount of five taels of gold was very tempting.

At this time, a beggar walked into the guest hall, staggering, and the smell of wine on his body was so strong that the guests were far away when they saw him. The beggar slowly found a wooden stool and sat down and ordered tea

"Or ...... Let's go to Zhu's house and have a look!" Fang Xu was silent for a moment and said. Ye Suifeng said, "What do you think that sentence means?" "Hmm, which sentence?" Fang Xu asked.

Ye Suifeng said: "On the orders of heaven and earth, do things of enmity!"

The beggar poured the tea, picked up the cup, and was just about to drink tea, when he heard Ye Suifeng's words, his hands trembled, he threw the cup on the ground, looked at Ye Suifeng in panic, and shouted: "He...... He's back, he's a ghost, he's a ghost!"