Every year there is a beast

With a pot of clear tea, two teacups, and a touch of warm sunshine, the atmosphere in the study is particularly cozy.

Xiao Zheng picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and glanced at the person across the table.The tea in the teacup was steaming, and the masked man didn't reach out to hold the cup, let alone intend to drink tea.

It was inconvenient for him to drink tea with his face covered.

Xiaozheng withdrew his gaze indifferently, and asked: "The taste of this Lushan cloud is good, do you really want to give it a try?"

The masked man was quiet for a while, then shook his head and declined: "No, I'm not very interested in drinking tea."

He was telling the truth.

After a brief period of silence, the topic of the masked man returned to the main point, and he said to Xiaozheng: "There is already suspicion over there, so we can't waste it like this anymore, this matter must be completely dealt with this year."

"The current situation is not very optimistic. It may be too hasty to act immediately." Xiao Zheng stared at the heat slowly rising in the teacup.

At the same time, Nian Beast sneaked into the Demon King's Palace lightly, avoiding the guards in the palace, and moved forward as quietly as possible without anyone noticing.

Unknown to Nian Xi, the guards had already spotted the Nian beast's tail sweeping dust on the ground, but they didn't make a sound and didn't bother to pay attention to him.The demon king spoke, but the Nian beast ignored it.Therefore, New Year's Eve enjoys the treatment of being ignored like ants and grasshoppers, and can easily pass through the Demon King Palace.

The New Year's Eve, who thought he would not be noticed, arrived outside Xiaozheng's study smoothly. As soon as he approached, he heard the two talking.

One of the voices was a little strange yet somewhat familiar. It was a strange feeling. I heard that person say on New Year's Eve: "The situation will only get worse. Chen Xuanyu began to doubt the people I sent over."

A voice is the demon king Xiaozheng who can't be more clear than Nian Beast: "In this case, you will solve this matter, or should I do it?"

Another person responded: "I'm not fit to come forward, I leave this matter to you."

Xiaozheng thought for a moment, and agreed: "Forget it, anyway, it will have to be dealt with sooner or later."

On New Year's Eve, he felt that the timing of his arrival was not suitable, and Xiao Zheng seemed to be discussing something important, so he quickly hid under the window and hid himself secretly.

He obediently squatted outside the window and waited, but forgot the horn on the top of his head. A single horn stood prominently at the open window, marking the identity of the visitor.

Xiao Zheng saw the horn of Nian Beast at a glance, he took a sip of tea helplessly, and turned his gaze to the masked man, who happened to be staring at the horn outside the window and sighed softly.

Regarding this, Xiao Zheng couldn't help laughing and said, "How do you feel?"

Facing the demon king's question, the masked man was silent for a while, feeling very emotional: "Heaven will send a great responsibility to the people."

Hearing this, Xiaozheng glanced meaningfully at the horn standing outside the window, and ended the conversation with the masked man.

Xiaozheng yelled in the direction of the window: "New Year's Eve, come in."

Hearing Xiaozheng called his name, Nianxi knew that his hiding had failed, so he tried his best to pretend that he had just arrived, and stood up with a smile.

He stood by the window and smiled at the demon king in the room. In his line of sight, besides the demon king, there was also a masked man in black.

Meeting the eyes of the masked man, Nian Xi was stunned for a moment, the man in black in front of him was very familiar, the other person's breath and feeling should be the same person as the man in black that Nian Xi met at the broken wall of Wang Yan's house.

On the eve of the year, he was very concerned, why did this person come to Xiaozheng, and what happened to him?It was just on New Year's Eve that the masked man mentioned Chen Xuanyu's name.

It's a pity that the masked man didn't have the slightest idea to tell Nian Xi the content of his conversation with Xiao Zheng.

New Year's Eve looked at the masked man several times. The masked man's attire was very similar to what he looked like when he was a shadow guard. They were all in black.The richness of color and style is lost, resulting in a clash with anyone in a black cloak.

As a shadow guard, Sadness never shows up all year round, and she still wears the same clothes as a lot of men in black.

Strolling into the room on New Year's Eve, Xiaozheng put down his teacup and asked, "What's wrong?"

Nian Beast held the origami in his hand, he looked at the masked man hesitantly, bowed his head and said nothing.Seeing this, the masked man stood up calmly: "I have other important matters, I will talk about it another day."

As soon as he finished speaking, he blinked and disappeared without a trace.

Nianxi curiously went to the place where the masked man was just now and looked left and right. He was sure that the masked man had gone far away, so he handed the origami to Xiaozheng with a smile on his face.The Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon, and he prepared a Dragon Boat Festival gift for Xiaozheng.

Xiaozheng took the origami and looked at it carefully. According to the appearance description, it was a strange object with a string of strange objects hanging on it.The demon king obviously sensed the expectant eyes on New Year's Eve. He pondered for a while, and based on the current day, the possibility that a string of strange objects could be zongzi could not be ruled out.

As for the object that has a featureless appearance and seems to have a horn.

Thinking of this, Xiaozheng subconsciously glanced at Nianxi, and then at the horns on the top of Nianxi's head.

If nothing else, he believed he had guessed what it was.In contrast, the window grilles look more obvious at a glance.

Xiaozheng looked up at Nianxi: "Why have you been looking for me these two days?"

On New Year's Eve yesterday, I ran to the Demon King's Palace. The first trip was not lucky. Xiaozheng was practicing. When I arrived at the Demon King's Palace on the second New Year's Eve, Xiaozheng fell asleep, and then a plate of steamed buns disappeared from the palace.Turning around, New Year's Eve appeared again today.

The question of why he came to see Xiaozheng was undoubtedly a headache for Nian Xi, and he hesitated: "It's... gold..."

Can you not deduct all of them at once, and leave one for him anyway.It was rare for him to meet an errand of 100 taels of gold, and it was all gone before he got it, so he had no fun at all.He was eagerly looking forward to the gold, but the gold was still refusing to come into his pocket.

Nian Beast was thinking about his plan to save money, Xiaozheng pointed out a way out for him: "I just received a new job here, and I haven't arranged who will take it up yet."

Hearing this, Nian Beast immediately pricked up his ears. He is not demanding, and he can handle any errands, big or small, and he will definitely do what Xiaozheng told him.

"Chen Xuanyu will arrive in Jingu Town tomorrow." Xiao Zheng said calmly.

Hearing the words on New Year's Eve, he was slightly taken aback.Hey, Chen Xuanyu is coming?Is Wang Anaconda's wish to marry Chen Xuanyu about to come true?Protecting Wang Anaconda and his husband is the original task of the shadow guard. Now, should we add Chen Xuanyu's travel plan?

However, Xiaozheng's errands are different from what was expected on New Year's Eve.

The demon king told Nian Beast: "When Chen Xuanyu is in Jingu Town, your task is to try your best to prevent Yi Ding from meeting Chen Xuanyu. No matter what method you use, you must never let Chen Xuanyu see Yi Ding."

Nian Xi was confused by what he heard, he didn't understand, if he didn't match Wang Ana's marriage, it should be to avoid meeting Wang Ana and Chen Xuanyu.Why did Yi Ding and Chen Xuanyu not meet? Could it be that the two met and wanted to fight?Yi Ding seemed to have lost a fight with Chen Xuanyu back then.

He is currently Wang Anaconda's shadow guard, even if Yi Ding and Wang Ana's house are only separated by a courtyard wall, after all, Yi Ding does not get along with Wang Anaconda all the time, if they go out separately, who will he follow.

Nian Xi asked: "I still have to be a shadow guard, Wang Yan's errand..."

"Jiuluo will assist you with other trivial matters, so you don't have to worry about it," said the Demon King.

After receiving Xiao Zheng's answer, Nian Xi expressed that she was quite worried.Who in the demon world doesn't know what kind of Jiuluo exists, and sent Jiuluo to assist with the errand on New Year's Eve, making it clear that this errand is a big trouble, an extremely difficult problem.

Recalling the night when Jiuluo and Xuannv visited Wang Yan's house, Nianxi was worried about the new errand that Xiaozheng was talking about.However, this is a task that Xiaozheng personally entrusted to New Year's Eve, and it is more valuable than any errand received in line.

Even Xiaozheng didn't tell Nianxi how much gold he got for completing the errand, but Xiaozheng's matter is the matter of Nianxi, and talking about gold hurts feelings.

Nian Xi scratched his head in distress, and couldn't help but ask again: "What will happen if Yi Ding meets Chen Xuanyu?"

The demon king stared at Nian Beast, and paused every word: "I can withhold gold."

The words drifted past his ears, and his face was bloody in an instant.This is definitely a terrible event. It is countless times more serious than all kinds of bad consequences. It is actually necessary to withhold gold...withhold gold...withhold gold...

The only sliver of reason left on New Year's Eve was struggling, but his body and mind had long been biased towards the demon king. It was impossible for him not to accept the tasks assigned by the demon king.

He looked helplessly at the origami lying in Xiao Zheng's palm, perhaps only Nian Xi himself could tell it was a Nian beast.The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, as an excellent Nian beast, how can he not worry about the demon king, he must immediately clear up Xiaozheng's troubles during the festival.

Resolutely accepted the new errand, and happily drank a cup of tea at Xiao Zheng's on New Year's Eve.The taste of the tea is exceptionally fragrant. While drinking it on New Year's Eve, I silently despise the masked man.The masked man doesn't drink tea, doesn't give the demon king face, doesn't respect the demon king, and doesn't know how to enjoy life.

Although I don't like drinking tea on New Year's Eve, but this is the tea made by Xiaozheng, and the tea can have an attractive meaty taste.

Holding a small teacup, tasting warm tea, sitting next to the demon king, surrounded by Xiaozheng's breath, I feel sincerely on New Year's Eve, this feeling is really great.

When Xiaozheng turned his head away, he happened to see a Nian beast holding a teacup and giggling.

He thought to himself, the heaven will send a great responsibility to this person, and this person's choice is biased enough.Xiaozheng can only imagine a Nian Beast eating steamed buns, or a Nian Beast lying on other people's windows desperately studying the pattern of window grilles.

Not long after, the glamorous banshee came to report that the zongzi for the celebration banquet was ready, and the taste of this year had increased compared with last year, and they were sent first to the king to choose the taste.For Wang Zhongyi's taste, prepare more, and use it to entertain guests when the Demon King hosts a banquet.

Xiaozheng has never had much interest in these things, but the reaction of Nianxi is completely different from Xiaozheng's.I haven't seen the zongzi yet, but my eyes are already straight on New Year's Eve. The treatment of the demon king is so good, I can taste the taste of the zongzi early, and I am extremely happy. Sure enough, all the good things are sent to the demon king first.

Nianxi blinked and stared at Xiaozheng, as if saying, try it, just try the taste, if you don't want to eat it, just take a look.

Seeing through the simple and straightforward purpose of New Year's Eve, the Demon King stood up.Nian Beast was overjoyed and followed the Demon King to the lobby.

The long table in the lobby is filled with all kinds of rice dumplings, steaming rice dumplings, and all kinds of fillings.Just listening to the banshee's introduction on New Year's Eve made my mouth water.

Just before Nian Beast's stomach growled unsatisfactorily, the demon king raised his hand, stopped the banshee's words, and ordered: "You should step back first."

It is enough for Nian Beast to deal with the trivial matter of picking zongzi.

The author has something to say: Nian Beast: Follow the Demon King to eat rice dumplings (^-^)