[The third day of the third month of the seventh year of the Great Qiankang Dynasty, Haishi, and the dense forest in the southern suburbs of Chang'an City]

Early this morning, Xu Ke and Li Yi agreed on the plan of "disguise to attract demons", and then went out after returning home to have dinner in a hurry. He was originally a young man, so naturally he didn't need to deliberately change his disguise at this moment, but just took off his official uniform and changed into an ordinary scholar's dress.

Xu Ke went south after leaving the door, before he heard that a young man met a cat demon in the south of the city, and was almost killed by the cat demon with the art of harmony, and later, I heard that Pan Wenjuan's son-in-law Zhang Bo was also bewitched by the cat demon, and was taken to the outskirts of the south of the city to live in harmony. So he judged that the hiding place of the cat demon must be near the south of Chang'an City.

Xu Ke walked alone outside the south gate, the sky gradually turned dark, the street was almost empty, and from time to time there were forbidden troops patrolling the city passing by. When the forbidden soldiers saw that a young man dared to go out in flagrant disobedience, they were about to scold loudly, but Xu Ke just shook the gold-inlaid tiger plate on his waist into the wind, and immediately frightened the soldiers into silence and retreated to the side.

Xu Ke held the gold-inlaid tiger card in his hand, and his face couldn't help but show a slight look of pride. Although the waist card is made of brass, the copper surface is gilded, and the craftsman's forging skills are very high, and it looks like a waist card made of gold.

The front of the waist card is engraved with the three big characters of "Tsing Yi Wei", and the name and official position of the licensee are engraved in the middle of the bottom. The back of the waist card is engraved with a colorful tiger, only to see that the tiger stands proudly on the top of the mountain, looking back at the majesty, the end is a momentum of the king of beasts! This gold-inlaid tiger card, the carving is exquisite, the portrayal of the tiger's head is lifelike, in the entire Tsing Yi Wei, only five thousand households are eligible to wear, it is not but in the Tsing Yi Wei, all the officials below the three grades in Beijing, see this gold-inlaid tiger card will inevitably have to change the color, come forward and salute respectfully. Those forbidden soldiers patrolling the city today, when they saw the gold-inlaid tiger card of this Tsing Yi Wei Qianhu Lord, how could they not be frightened and retreated?

Speaking of which, Xu Ke just got this gold-inlaid tiger card that belongs to him today. Previously, when he was a hundred households in the North Anping Division, he couldn't put down the black iron lion card that belonged to him. That day, he was in front of the Star Picking Building, and fortunately, he relied on the iron card to deceive the running hall and enter the second floor of the Star Picking Building for dinner. Now, he doesn't have to return the Black Iron Lion card, and he has an extra gold-inlaid tiger card engraved with the word "Xu Ke", how can he not be happy and excited in his heart?

According to the official system of big cadres, there are four kinds of waist cards in Tsing Yiwei. Ordinary guards, captains, chiefs, and leaders are not eligible to wear waist cards, and they can receive a waist card of their own from above the flag. The flag and the captain can wear the flying bear wooden card, the wooden card is made of the same ebony, the front is engraved with the word "Tsing Yi Wei", and the back is engraved with a big bear, which runs like a fly, and it is called the "flying bear wooden card" in the middle of the guard. Once in the position of a hundred households, you can hang the black iron lion card on the waist, Wang Meng announced the order of Jiangnan, passing by Yunzhou Mansion, in the prefect's court, it is the black iron lion card that belongs to him. If the official reaches a thousand households, he can wear the golden "gold-inlaid tiger card" in a grand manner. In addition to the "Flying Bear Wood Brand", "Black Iron Lion Brand" and "Gold Inlaid Tiger Brand", there is also a "Dragon Pattern Jade Brand". The dragon pattern jade plate is made of Lantian jade, the jade quality is crystal clear, the craftsmanship is excellent, the jade plate itself alone, is a beautiful jade, the entire Tsing Yi Wei, only one person can be qualified to wear, this person is the Tsing Yi Wei Du Du - Shen Huan.

Although Xu Ke has not yet touched the beauty of the "dragon pattern jade card", even if it is the "gold-inlaid tiger card" in his hand, since the founding of the country three hundred years ago, Xu Ke is also the first person who can hang this card at the age of 21.

After the forbidden army patrolling the city, it was not long before the guards of the Tsing Yi Guard were ordered to inspect the curfew. When the leader saw that Xu Qianhu came here late at night, he immediately bowed his head and kowtowed, Xu Ke hurriedly waved his hand to stop it, only saying that he was going out on business in disguise, and all the guards were silent.

Xu Ke wandered around the city for more than an hour, but he didn't see the slightest trace of the cat demon, he had an idea, and thought to himself that I might as well go out of the city, maybe the cat demon was hiding somewhere in the suburbs, waiting for the "prey" to take the bait?

Xu Ke strode to the Mingde Gate in the south of Chang'an City and called the general of the forbidden army who was guarding the door. When the general saw the "gold-inlaid tiger card" in Xu Ke's hand, he immediately hurriedly gave it up. Xu Ke didn't wait to explain the reason to him in detail, only saying that he went out late at night because he had a "special business", and the general was busy opening the gate and letting Xu Ke out of the city......

After Xu Ke got out of the city, he walked south, at this time the south of the city was more empty and quiet, at a glance, except for the shadows of the high and low trees, there was no trace of anyone, even the birds and beasts seemed to have returned to sleep early. Between heaven and earth, it seems that he is the only one left walking alone......

Xu Ke suddenly remembered, isn't today the Shangsi Festival? I remember when I was a child, every year on the third day of the third month of March, my father and mother would take him and the villagers to an old archway in the township, where there was an ancestral hall that had been around for an unknown number of years. At that time, the villagers gathered in one place, under the leadership of the patriarch, to worship heaven and earth and worship their ancestors. Xu Ke once heard from the elders in the village that they worshipped the common ancestor of mankind, a man who was revered as the "Ancient Yellow Emperor". Only on this day, his mother will cook a table of good dishes, and the whole family will sit around a table, laugh and eat together.

The third day of the third month of March is the Shangsi Festival, which has been passed down since ancient times, and this day is the day of the birth of the ancient Emperor Gongsun Xuanyuan. The birthday of the Emperor of Heaven should have been jubilant and celebrated by the whole world, but since the founding of the country 300 years ago, the people have mostly forgotten it, and now the people of the Qianguo country have only remembered the birthdays of the founding emperor Qiantaizu, Qiantaizong, and today's Emperor Kangyuan. Coupled with the fact that many forbidden troops patrolling the city and Tsing Yi guards have suddenly increased in the whole city today, the people of Chang'an have long been so frightened that they are hiding in their homes, how can anyone still think of celebrating Xuanyuan's birthday?

On the night of the third day of the third month of March, there was only a waning moon in the sky, the night was dark and dim, and only a few lone stars in the night sky were faintly flickering. He saw the deep forest, the mottled shadows of the trees, and the occasional sound of small insects in the cold night wind, this bleak and quiet scene, he couldn't help but feel a sense of transcendence, and only listened to him chant casually:

The wind is far away in the mountains, and the moon is lonely and sinking

Poor Yuan Si day, ten thousand households are silent......

Xu Ke walked out of no less than twenty miles from outside the south city gate, he wandered in front of the dense forest slope for a long time, but never saw the trace of the cat demon, he had to turn around helplessly, and walked back towards the way he came.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Xu Kefu turned around, he suddenly bumped into a soft thing in front of him, and when he looked up, he couldn't help but be startled.

At this time, a delicate woman stood in front of him. I saw her, her eyebrows were curved and thin and long, her eyes were deep and bright, her waist was as light as catkins, her skin was like autumn frost, and she was a stunner in the world!

"Roar...... Little brother, why did you turn around and go back so quickly? You won't wait for the slave family anymore?" Before Xu Ke could speak, the delicate woman smiled and asked Xu Ke. 49 eBooks

Xu Ke thought of the scene of the inadvertent collision with the woman just now, and when he thought of the "soft thing" he touched, he couldn't help but feel embarrassed in his heart, and he said in a sneer: "I took the liberty of the next time, and accidentally bumped into the girl, and I hope that the girl Haihan! I don't know the girl's surname, why are you rushing here late at night?"

At this time, Xu Ke's mind was full of the other party's graceful posture and soul-seducing eyes, as well as the apology for recklessly bumping into her body just now, as for why such a young woman appeared in this wilderness? and why did he not notice the trace of the other party with his own light skills? He didn't even think about it at all.

Seeing Xu Ke throwing his hand at him again and again, with an embarrassed expression, the delicate woman couldn't help but "eat" and smiled: "Little brother, it's not that you are presumptuous, it's that the slave family likes you and deliberately lets you bump into the slave family! You ask the name of the slave family, and the slave family will tell you...... The slave's name is ...... If the little brother is happy, he will call the slave family 'Jiaojiao'......"

"Are you Mao Jiaojiao?" Xu Ke couldn't help but ask in surprise when he heard what the woman said. It wasn't until this moment that he thought why he turned around a little and suddenly hit a woman's chest......?

Naturally, the delicate woman who can suddenly appear in the wilderness in the middle of the night, except for the "and alloy fairy" Mao Jiaojiao, who else can there be?

At this moment, Mao Jiaojiao's eyes were like silk, staring at Xu Ke in a daze, she opened her lips lightly, and there was a burst of laughter like silver bells, only to hear her delicate words:

"Hey, little brother, it turns out that you know the slave family! The slave family has met the little brother for the first time tonight! A handsome character like the little brother, the slave family...... The slave family really likes you to death......"

As Mao Jiaojiao spoke, she moved lightly, and couldn't help but approach Xu Ke.

Hearing that the pretty woman in front of him was really the notorious "and alloy fairy" Mao Jiaojiao, Xu Ke hurriedly took a step back, his face changed, and he scolded angrily: "It turns out that you are really that cat demon! Let me ask you, why did you indiscriminately use magic skills and kill the lives of several Chang'an men for no reason?"

Mao Jiaojiao smiled: "Those men, they are all willing to practice the 'art of harmony' with me, and I didn't force them...... Besides, when they were with me, they were all very happy, so how can I say that I have maimed them?"

Xu Ke rebuked loudly: "Okay, you cat demon, you use charm to bewitch others, use magic skills to absorb the essence of men's bodies, and those who are confused by your 'Harmony Technique' all die one by one!

Mao Jiaojiao said disapprerovingly: "Those mortals, all of them are lowly people, how can they be compared with the little brother? They are dead and dead, so what's the matter? Little brother, if you don't like it, the slave family will ...... for you in the future."

Xu Ke said angrily: "Bold cat demon! You have violated the law of the country by mutilating the life of my big man, and now you have met this thousand households, and you still dare to speak wild words and sophistry with strong words! Look at me if I don't take your ...... today." Cat life!"

After speaking, Xu Ke took out the three-foot Kunwu sword on his back, the long sword came out of the sheath, and he shouted "Break the gold potential!" The sword qi shook up and came straight towards Mao Jiaojiao.

Mao Jiaojiao was very good, I saw her jump slightly, and the person was already on the treetops several feet high, although Xu Ke's sword qi was fierce and fierce, it couldn't hurt her in the slightest. As soon as she jumped on the branch, she said not without grievances:

"Little brother, don't you call the slave ......family a 'cat demon'! The slave family is also a person with a name and a surname. The slave family has long said that if the little brother is willing, he can call the slave family 'Jiaojiao' in the future...... Although the slave family is a cat body, it is also a person who has cultivated for thousands of years. Now, the slave family is completely a daughter...... As long as the little brother likes it, the slave family is willing to make a promise, and from now on only listen to the little brother......"

"Shut up!" Xu Ke shouted under the tree. At this time, he looked at the big tree that was four or five feet high, and he really didn't know what to do. No matter how wonderful his swordsmanship is, he thinks that he is not the enemy of the other party no matter how light he is.

"You...... Give it to me!" Xu Ke had no choice but to say angrily to the air.

"Okay......" To Xu Ke's surprise, as soon as he spoke, Mao Jiaojiao really jumped down from the treetops and stood in front of him with a smile. This respectful attitude is as if she is really a concubine serving Xu Ke.

"Little brother, I'm here......" Mao Jiaojiao's eyes were full of spring, and she said to Xu Ke delicately.

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