In the middle of the night, in the silent desert, two figures, one tall and one short, walked on the road, and the tall figure was carrying a young woman on his shoulder, and the picture had an inexplicable harmony. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Brother, why do you want me to carry this woman into the city?"

"With your wisdom, I'm afraid it's hard for me to explain it to you, so you just do it. ”

"Oh, but brother, why should I obey you?"

"You broke my sword, and you don't have the money to pay me, shouldn't you do something for me? And can you not always call me brothers and brothers, just tell you to call me Xiao Wu, I'm only seventeen years old this year, you're at least forty, is it appropriate to call me that?"

"Brother Xiaowu, I'm just getting older, I'm just over twenty this year, wouldn't it be appropriate to call you brother?"

Xiao Wu paused, looked sideways at the vicissitudes of the big man's face, and looked carefully for a long time.

"Huh······"

"By the way, Brother Xiaowu, I don't like you to speak like this Longyou Daoist, but you have a bit of a Guanzhong accent. ”

"When I was a child, I grew up on the edge of Chang'an, so I naturally had a little bit of a guanzhong accent, what about you?"

"I'm a native of Raozhou, Jiangnan Province, but I've been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, so I don't have a hometown accent. ”

Hearing that Dahan was from Raozhou, Xiao Wu looked at him again before asking.

"Raozhou people······ Your last name is Zhang?"

"My surname is Zhang, no, no, my surname is Yan and my name is Yan Zhao. ”

"Yan Zhao······ The land of Yan Zhao has been full of generous and sad people since ancient times. ”

Hearing Xiao Wu say this, the big man grinned.

"Yes, that's what it means, Master, he also told me the same, hoping that I can become a real chivalrous warrior. ”

Xiao Wu rolled his eyes and said disappreciatively.

"I mean you insulted the name······"

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The two walked unhurriedly, and it didn't take long for them to reach the city gate. Standing under the closed city gate, Xiao Wu looked up at the faint light at the head of the city, and knew that someone was on duty tonight, so he shouted loudly.

"Which big brother is on duty at the city gate, can you open the city gate conveniently?"

After a while, a middle-aged soldier stood on the city gate with a lantern, and shook the lantern in his hand, which was less than a foot high, so that he could easily see Xiao Wu's face, and then he frowned and said.

"It turned out to be a little martial arts young man, he came back so late, this city gate can't be opened until tomorrow morning, or ······"

As the soldier spoke, he suddenly noticed Yan Zhao who was carrying a "female ghost" beside Xiao Wu, and was immediately startled by Yan Zhao's Zhong Kui-like appearance, and then took a closer look at Yan Zhao carrying a person on his shoulder, and hurriedly asked.

"Little Martial Arts Young Hero, who is this big man next to you, why do you still have one on your shoulder?"

No matter how stupid Yan Zhao was, he understood that the gatekeeper regarded him as a villain, and was about to scold him but was stopped by Xiao Wu, and then he heard Xiao Wu say loudly.

"It's Uncle Li on the city gate, the chivalrous man next to me is surnamed Yan Zhao, as for what he is carrying on his shoulders is the 'female ghost' who asks for his life in the broken temple on the outskirts of the city, Uncle Li, you open the door first, I have something important to find the county bookkeeper." ”

"Female ······ Female ghost!"

Seeing that the soldiers guarding the door were so frightened that their faces turned pale, Xiao Wu hurriedly said.

"It's not a real female ghost, it's just a woman who knows some kung fu, Brother Niu Qiang was killed by her yesterday, Uncle Li, you open the door first, I really have something important to find Li County." ”

The soldiers, who had recovered a little, hurried down the tower, and in a short time opened the gates.

Xiao Wu and Yan Zhao walked through the empty market, and there was a small courtyard around the corner, which was the residence of Li Xianshu in the city.

This Li county book is now seventy years old, and it was the county book of Beiguo City in the former Sui Dynasty, until now.

Li County's surname is Li Mingjue, he has lived here since he was a child, when the city was buried by the wind and sand, it was the Beiguo City that Li County Book and others organized and rebuilt, the old man in the city can be called highly respected, honest and honest all his life, and loves the people like a son.

At that time, when Xiao Wu came to Beiguo City, Chen Zhao and Chen Zongbing mentioned this loyal elder to Xiao Wu, and in the days of Beiguo City in the past month, Xiao Wu was also taken care of by Li County.

Pulling the iron ring on the gate, Xiao Wu buckled it three times in a row, and shouted loudly.

"Is the county bookkeeper at home, I have something to ask to see. ”

After a while, a crack opened in the door, and an old man in his fifties leaned out, squinted and looked at Xiao Wu's appearance carefully, and said.

"It's a young man, it's late at night, the old man is already asleep, if the young man doesn't have anything particularly urgent, come back tomorrow." ”

"Please also ask the old man to forgive me, the kid does have a big matter of life, otherwise he would not have visited rudely late at night, please let the old man report. ”

Xiao Wu's words were earnest, and the old man couldn't make up his mind when he saw this. On the one hand, Li Xianshu is very old and already overwhelmed, and the old servant is unwilling to disturb Li Xianshu's rest when the night is dark, but what Xiao Wu said does not seem to be false, if it is really a matter of human life, he can't afford it.

While the old servant was hesitating, Yan Zhao's thunderous sound filled half of the street.

"I said that you old man don't know anything, my brother has said that it is a matter of human life, why are you still so rubbing, why don't you go and ask the county bookkeeper to come and judge the case!"

"Brother Yan, don't be presumptuous······"

Before Xiao Wu finished speaking, he saw Li Xianshu in the door wearing a long robe and walked out, and asked in his mouth.

"Who's making a fuss out there?"

When the old servant heard this, he hurriedly turned around and replied while helping him.

"The master is Xiao Wu Shaoxia and a friend of his, saying that there is a big matter for you to decide. ”

Li Xianshu shook his hand to stop the old servant's action of stepping forward to help, and said with a serious expression.

"You fool, why don't you report it quickly, if it's delayed!"

Before the old man's words fell, Xiao Wu had already entered the door to greet him.

"Grandpa Li, don't blame the old man, it's all the fault of the kid who bothers him late at night, the old man just can't bear to disturb your rest. ”

"The older this fool gets, the more he doesn't know what to do. After saying that, he glanced at the embarrassed old servant, and turned to Xiao Wu. "Xiao Wu, if you have something urgent, hurry up. ”

Xiao Wu led his hand and pointed to Yan Zhao, who was carrying the "female ghost".

"Here's the thing, Niu Qiang of the Niu Ji family died tragically in the broken temple on the outskirts of the city yesterday, the kid had the heart to investigate, but he didn't expect that there was really a cat in it, and someone in the temple deliberately pretended to be a ghost and hurt people. This brother's surname is Yan Zhao, and the woman he carries on his shoulders is the 'female ghost' caught by the two of us, and she is one of the accomplices of the murderers in the broken temple for more than ten years. ”

Hearing Xiao Wu's explanation, Li Xianshu's expression became more and more solemn.

"Are you saying that for more than ten years, someone has deliberately pretended to be a ghost in a broken temple?"

"That's right, according to this woman, there should be a culprit called Grandma, who sucks the brains of living people to practice. I am afraid that she has used this ruined temple as a stronghold, and passers-by should have been poisoned by her for many years. And I also found out that this grandmother should have something to do with the disappearance of the people of Hezhou Wei, at least they have a close connection with the horse bandits, and this woman should be the connector. ”

Li Xianshu is the only person in Beiguo City who knows the plan of Chen Zongbing and Xiao Wu, and when he heard that this matter is not only related to a corner of Beiguo City, I am afraid that it will be widely implicated, so he couldn't help but ponder for a long time, and then said for a while.

"This matter is important, and it involves you Jianghu people, and the old man does not play a big role, so Xiao Wu, you just say what you think, and the old man will do his best to do it for you. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Wu straightened his expression and bowed deeply to Li Xianshu.

"Xiao Wu thanks Grandpa Li, the ordinary soldiers in Beiguo City have no effect on this matter, so Xiao Wu wants to ask Grandpa Li to send people to Hezhou to ask General Chen to help, and this woman is temporarily detained to try if he can interrogate anything again. ”

"Okay, just rely on Shaoxia. ”

"In the past few days, I also asked Grandpa Li to restrain the people in the city not to go out of the city, once the grandmother finds out that this woman is missing, I am afraid that it will be very dangerous outside the city. And according to the woman, the old monster has to suck the brains of a person every seven days, so she will definitely do something in the near future. If she really dared to enter Beiguo City to commit murder, Xiao Wu and Brother Yan would compete with her. Brother Yan, do you say yes!"

Xiao Wu patted Yan Zhao, who was like an iron tower beside him. And Yan Zhao also said heroically.

"It is incumbent upon us to eliminate demons and defend the way. If that grandma dares to come, it will be the time for me to do the right thing for heaven!"

Li Xianshu looked at the two young people in front of him, his eyes flashed with appreciation, but instead there was a touch of worry.

"Little martial arts young man, if you don't know martial arts, you won't interfere with your thoughts, but there is one sentence that you still have to ask. ”

"Speak, please. ”

"If the old monster is really here, how sure is the young man?"

(To be continued)