[The seventy-first year of the Great Qiankang Yuan, March 24, Xushi, in the Wenyu Pavilion in the back garden of Xufu]

Since Xu Ke went to King Zhao's Mansion late at night to discuss with King Zhao Li Yi about how to solve the case, for ten consecutive days, the capital has been peaceful, which made Xu Ke really unexpected.

Originally, he saw that bizarre dead bodies would appear on the streets of Chang'an every night, and people in Chang'an City were already panicking, and even the men who went out during the day were getting fewer and fewer, so he was really worried.

He is worried that the case will get bigger and bigger, and he and his senior brother will not be able to find half a shadow of the cat demon, and if this goes on for a long time, the people will be resentful, and the court will be unbearable for public opinion.

In order to calm down the situation, he even thought about using his teacher Qiu Mingli's strategy to first expel all the homeless beggars who were living in all corners of Chang'an City and forcibly pull them six hundred miles away, so that the cat demon would not be able to start, and the dead bodies on the streets of Chang'an would no longer appear, and the pressure on his senior brother might be able to alleviate some of them.

However, on the night of March 13, he had a long discussion with his senior brother Li Yi, but Li Yi did not agree with his idea. In Li Yi's opinion, within half a month, the cat demon will be captured!

Since the cat demon can be caught soon, why bother to expel those homeless people for a long time?

Xu Ke could naturally hear that Li Yi was also full of sympathy for those homeless beggars in his words, and in his senior brother's heart, he would rather be punished himself than exile those homeless people at will......

However, if you can't deal with those homeless people as soon as possible, once the cat demon continues to make trouble, there will inevitably be more and more dead corpses in Chang'an City, and at that time, if the situation reaches the point where it can't be controlled, the senior brother will not be able to bear this responsibility?

So, he went to Nangong to discuss without saying a word, and the two decided to take their own people and go out to patrol the city every night, especially to strengthen the inspection of all corners of Chang'an City, be sure to protect those homeless beggars, and try their best not to let the cat demon take advantage of it.

For these Chang'an refugees, since Senior Brother Li Yi was unwilling to expel them, he and Nangong had no choice but to take people and try their best to protect them!

On the evening of March 14, after he went home from duty, he heard Shu Hatian say that his old sister had sent Mao Jiaojiao into Cuiyun Building today, and from then on, the people of Chang'an no longer had to worry about the cat demon.

Although Xu Ke felt a little relieved in his heart, he didn't dare to be too gullible. He took it for granted that although Mao Jiaojiao entered Cuiyun Tower, the demon was a demon after all, and it was difficult to guarantee that she would be fierce one day, and she would run out and kill people at will. Therefore, in the past ten days, Xu Ke has still been with Nangong Buyu, taking people out to inspect every day, trying his best to ensure that those Chang'an refugees are not attacked by monsters.

However, Chang'an City is so big, and there are nearly 2,000 homeless people living in the city, how can they be protected by only Xu Ke and Nangong Buyu?

Moreover, what these people are most afraid of is not the monsters, but the officers and soldiers who catch and beat them everywhere, because these homeless people have already practiced the ability to hide everywhere and avoid the investigation of the officers and soldiers.

In the same way, if there are really monsters suddenly appearing in the middle of the night and arresting those homeless people hiding in the corners of Chang'an City, Xu Ke and Nangong are silent and most of them have no way of knowing.

They tried their best to track down the demon, and in a flash, ten days passed.

Fortunately, in the past ten days, not a single dead body has appeared on the streets of Chang'an.

It seems that Sister Hu persuaded Mao Jiaojiao to enter Cuiyun Building, and this trick really worked, and after the cat demon found a new "need for harmony", she finally let go of those poor homeless. Thinking of this, Xu Ke couldn't help but feel a little more sincere thanks to Hu Yiyi......

With the cat demon disappearing and the dead body extinct, the streets of Chang'an are lively again. I saw that the shops in the market had reopened, the buyers were full of people, the horse-drawn carriages on the road were constantly coming and going, and the number of customers lingering in the restaurants and teahouses was also increasing, and the noise was full of ...... Xu Ke and Nangong were silent and had to patrol the city every day, how could they not be relieved to see that Chang'an City was gradually returning to its former bustle and hustle? !

It seems that this turmoil has finally passed for the time being!

Although, since the establishment of the entire "Beijing Trial Team", until today, it has not even caught a single hair of the cat demon. However, as long as the people of Chang'an do not continue to panic and order in the market is gradually restored, this so-called "strange case in Beijing" will be over......

After today's duty, Xu Ke and Nangong Buyu were both very happy in their hearts, and when the two of them stepped out of the gate of Tsing Yiwei, they invariably thought of going to the Yuelou to get together.

Today's weather is very good, the afternoon sun is in full bloom, but in the evening there is a light rain, after the rain is moistened, Chang'an City is full of the smell of earth and grass. Xu Ke and Nangong walked hand in hand without saying a word, and slowly walked from Tsing Yiwei to the Deyue Tower in Daozhengfang. The two of them walked on the wet bluestone avenue, and although their feet were slippery, their hearts were extremely happy.

In the early spring, good rain came at that time, moistening many fields. At this time, it was the time when the farmers were plowing the fields and loosening the soil, sowing seedlings and planting seedlings, and with this silent drizzle, thousands of households did not know how many people were overjoyed?

Wait for the two to go to the door of the Deyue Building, but see that the whole Deyue Building is full, there is a long queue at the door, each person holds a wooden card in his hand, on the book "Jiazi, Yichou, Bingyin ......" and other dry branches, to the later, the number of people in line is more and more, even the wooden card engraved with the number of dry branches is no longer enough. The shopkeeper was in a hurry, and hurriedly took out a lot of spare dishes and wooden signs, took out a brush, and wrote the words "Jiazi No. 1, Jiachou No. 2, Wuxu Twenty-eight, Jiawu Eighteen......" and so on, and handed them to the queuing people who came later.

The shopkeeper had just finished handing over the wooden card, and when he looked up, he saw that the two thousand households of Tsing Yi Wei had arrived, so he hurriedly stepped forward, bowed down, and immediately wanted to introduce the two adults into the door.

Xu Ke pointed to the more than sixty people waiting in line, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, don't you need to queue up?"

The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "Where is Lord Xu, the two adults can come to my Deyue Tower to dine in person, it is a great honor for the shop!

Xu Ke pointed to the inside of the Deyue Building again and asked, "Are there any empty seats in your building?"

The shopkeeper immediately said: "Please rest assured, Lord Xu, the store will immediately vacate a private room for the two adults, at most...... At the table in front, the shop doesn't charge them for wine!"

The shopkeeper's heart has already made up his mind, wait a while, I just need to say to the more than ten people seated in the "Xia Yun Pavilion", "The two thousand households of Tsing Yi Wei have arrived, and they have to come to your private room to eat!"

However, Xu Ke seemed to see through the shopkeeper's thoughts, he waved his hand, and said, "Forget it, since your business here is so good, let's find another family to sit down!"

The shopkeeper looked at Xu Ke and Nangong's silent figures, and couldn't help scratching his neck, puzzled in his heart......

After the two of them came out of the main workshop, they walked and walked in front of the "Xiangmanlou" in the East Market.

"That's it!" Xu Ke said with a smile: "Today's dinner, Brother Nangong, please!" Then he stepped into the door of the restaurant first.

"Okay, okay, today's meal, I'll please!" Nangong Bu silently followed in.

Xiangmanlou is located in a corner of the East Market, although the business in the restaurant is good, but after all, it is not very famous, it is not as good as Deyue Lou, it is full.

The person who ran the hall recognized Xu Ke and Nangong's official uniforms, although he didn't know how many products the two official uniforms represented, but he also knew that they must be the two big officials of the imperial court. He hurried to the two adults, and bowed to the two adults, but he was so anxious that he didn't know what to say.

Xu Ke secretly said in his heart, the next time I go to these small restaurants to eat, I have to wear a green coat, so as not to make the people who run the hall so afraid. He immediately commanded:

"Xiao Er, let's have a pot of fresh tofu brain, two plates of beef, four kinds of side dishes, and your 'Northern Big Meat Bun', let's have two plates first!"

"Come on, please inside the guest officer!" Seeing Xu Ke's kind attitude and gentle words, the shopkeeper stopped his cowardice in his heart, and he immediately started his daily mouth and greeted loudly.

Xu Ke and Nangong Buyu walked through the surprised and fearful eyes of those diners, picked a position by the window and sat down, Nangong Buyu immediately asked:

"Brother Xian, it looks like you've been here?"

Xu Ke nodded and said: "The little brother has been here once, don't hide it from Brother Nangong, the food here is actually not lost to Deyuelou at all, especially the 'Northern Big Bag', the thin skin is soft, the meat filling is fat, wait a minute, Brother Nangong has to taste it......"

After speaking, Xu Ke couldn't help but look out the window, and he vaguely remembered that more than a month ago, on this "Xiangmanlou", in front of this window, he sat opposite a slender girl with a shy manner. At that time, the girl had an excellent appetite, and she actually ate several large plates of meat buns in one go!

What kind of girl was that? There were so many mysteries about her, but she didn't even realize it......

Xu Ke thought so, but saw outside the window, and at some point, it was raining again.

This light rain came all over the sky, fluttering down, coming silently, falling silently, as if it was like the girl's eyes, shy and always with a trace of confusion.

The girl's name was "Xiaoyu......