This year's monsters are super fierce [75]

The New Year's Eve in Bianjing seems to be the same every year, but in fact it is different every year.

The colorful lanterns make the night into another world, and the exorcist team starting from Donghuamen and going around the city is full of gongs and drums.

Even if you don't invite troupes to come to your home to sing operas, starting this year, Goulanwasi will launch joint performances by more than a dozen troupes for everyone to enjoy watching.

Whether it's talking around the fire or enjoying the scenery in the city, the people in the capital can find fun during the New Year's Eve.

The time is near and the time is right.

"Woof—" Nian Fei kept circling in the yard of Zhan Zhao's kitchen.

On New Year's Eve the year before last, it ate the first roast chicken in Bianjing here. At that time, it was an open space with only rubble left.

Time is really fast, and now it has been paved with bricks and built courtyards and corridors to change its appearance, and it has also confirmed the name of Yueban.When knowing this word is equivalent to saying that it is fat, it is difficult to lose that flesh.

"It only grows flesh, but no horns."

In the kitchen, Yan Buzhou glanced at Nian Fei outside the window.Silly Nian Beast is excited and sighs for a while, and can see the expression of thinking from its dog's face-whether it is food or weight loss, this is a lifelong problem.

Although the horns of the Nian beast are related to the demon power, it grows slowly, and its body shape will not reach adulthood in two years like ordinary dogs.The year and a half does not violate the growth law of the Nian beast. In the past two years, it has not grown much in length, but it has become more and more round like a ball.

"It's really not that Mr. Bao is used to it. Yueban's perception is sharper than that of a dog, and it has contributed to many cases. Many people in Kaifeng Mansion are used to carrying dried meat strips with them in order to reward it."

As Zhan Zhao spoke, he saw Nian Fei sitting on the ground like a ball of fur, patting his stomach with his two front paws and thinking about dog life, he couldn't help being a little distracted.

In the first year when he was named the royal cat, he and Yan Buzhou picked up years and a half together on New Year's Eve.In the second year of working in Kaifeng Mansion, he and Yan Buzhou went to Jiangnan to investigate cases, and then returned to Changzhou to worship their ancestors and spend New Year's Eve together with their ancestors in their hometown.

In the blink of an eye, this year, the two are watching the new year together in their new house in Bianjing.

Thinking about it this way, his wish at the grave of his master's parents last year had come true, and he had found the person who was in love with him.

At that moment, Zhan Zhao couldn't help but blurt out, "A Yan, you follow me back to meet the parents..."

"Bang bang—"

At exactly the same hour, the sound of firecrackers resounded through the streets and alleys, completely covering up the voices.The closest to the sound was Gongsun Ce and Xu Qing lighting firecrackers in the front yard.

Yan Buzhou was watching Nian Fei hurriedly covering his ears with his dog's paw, not paying attention to Zhan Zhao's words for a moment, but when he turned around, he saw his expression helpless. "It's too noisy outside, what did you say just now?"

The sound of firecrackers is still going on.

Zhan Zhao shook his head and smiled slightly, some things need to be chosen at the right time before speaking.Slightly approaching Yan Buzhou, stroking her side face, "It's nothing. I mean, I set off for Xiangxi early in the morning on the second day of junior high school, and now you escape the official talk."

At the beginning of October, Yan Buzhou left Bianjing after leaving aside a gossip about a male-to-female change.In the end, Zhao Zhen, who focused on Enke's selection of officials, became the last insider.

'Ah—it's boring to be an emperor.The first gossip scene of good friends can't keep up.

She had clearly agreed to marry a daughter-in-law together, but she suddenly changed her sex and was abducted by a cat.Zhan Xiongfei, you and Ah Yan are waiting for me, this matter can't be let alone! '

After Zhan Zhao entered the palace, he was dragged by Zhao Zhen and asked a series of miscellaneous questions. Fortunately, Zhao Zhen knew that there were many things to do when Yan Buzhou returned to Beijing, so he didn't go out of the palace directly to look for him.

You can't stay for a few days during the Chinese New Year, and the second day of junior high school will divide the soldiers into three groups.

Zhan Zhao and Zhu Ming went to western Hunan first, and went separately from the Yamen and Bandit Gate to search for clues about the leader of the humiliating corpse. Yan Buzhou and Xu Qing then entered Mangdang Mountain, and after cleaning up the sacrificial tombs, she went to Wuling Mountain by boat.

"If everything goes well with this case, we won't return to Beijing until March at the earliest. Most of the newly released Jinshi at Enke, which opened years ago, haven't decided where to work as officials. Brother Zhao has other things to do. A lot, as the time slows down, he will not be so interested in asking endlessly."

Yan Buzhou said a few words, she knew it well.It works for Zhao Zhen to use dragging words, just bring some interesting souvenirs according to his preferences later on.However, the three most famous specialties in Xiangxi are still free, and ordinary people will not be eager to experience driving corpses, releasing Gu, and falling into caves.

At that moment, Yan Buzhou grabbed Zhan Zhao's wrist and looked at him suspiciously, "Are you changing the subject on purpose?"

Zhan Zhao secretly wondered if he had guessed something, and saw that Yan Buzhou turned his face slightly, there were three flour fingerprints on her face.

This year, the two have no time to cook and cook a table of New Year's Eve dinner, but they can still make some dumplings by themselves while watching the new year.This meeting is rolling out noodles, and there are two people in the kitchen who don't have hands full of flour.

"Tell me, did you deliberately use the excuse of talking to make trouble?"

Yan Buzhou instinctively determined that Zhan Zhao hadn't planned to mention Zhao Zhen, and she was painted with cat whiskers as soon as she was unguarded, "Master Zhan, I didn't expect you to play this trick."

Injustice!The flour beard this time was really an unintentional move.

Zhan Zhao didn't explain, it's good to be misunderstood like this.Instead, taking advantage of the free left hand, he quickly shot again, filling up the three cat whiskers on the other side of Yan Buzhou's face.

In the end, he put a finger on the cat's eyes, and wiped a little white on the tip of Yan Buzhou's nose, "I've been calling me a stupid cat, a silly cat, and now you're also a colorful cat. Wouldn't it be more suitable for me?"

"Wang woo--" Nian Fei in the yard was still disgusted with the sound of firecrackers, and didn't want to look up into the window, only to find the inappropriate new look.

It really wasn't intentional, it couldn't help laughing, it ran to the front yard quickly, it didn't matter whether it liked or hated the sound of firecrackers.

After years and a half of laughter interrupted, Yan Buzhou simply recognized Zhan Zhao's childishness. "For those who celebrate the Chinese New Year, I will make you happy once. But since we are talking about matching, a cat should be more compatible with a cat. Do you understand?"

must understand.

Zhan Zhao bowed his head slightly in a cooperative manner, "Ah Yan can draw whatever he wants."

Yan Buzhou touched the face that took the initiative to approach, this person would not hide or dodge, she couldn't bear to mess around.

Apart from drawing a few cat whiskers, Zhan Zhao only left a little more white at the corner of his mouth, "Okay, congratulations on becoming Xiaohua Zhan who stole the dough. I'll go get the stuffing, and we can officially start making dumplings."

Zhan Zhao looked down at the clear water in the bowl, and could vaguely see the flour on the corner of his mouth, thinking that this statement was not true.How could he steal it, neither did he steal the dough, let alone the delicacy that he most wanted to taste.

Thinking of this, he glanced regretfully at the words.

Then I thought about the fact that we were going to separate ways, so I didn't have any extra thoughts, I just hoped to meet up in Dingzhou City of Wuling Mountain smoothly.

Xiangxi, on the side of the Wuling Mountains.

Yan Buzhou took care of the wreckage in the underground of the tomb, and rushed to Dingzhou City day and night.

On the 25th of the first lunar month, I got off the boat along Muping Lake in West Dongting, and I really felt how difficult the road ahead was.

In bustling places such as Bianjing or Jiangnan, there are a large number of businessmen coming and going every day and night.

Especially in the past 20 years with the rapid development of commerce and trade, merchants have already figured out most of the roads in towns and counties, and as long as they are willing to spend money, they can always buy a map that suits them.

Xiangxi is quite different.The mountains here are undulating, the terrain is steep, and many ethnic groups live together, so that there are different sounds for ten miles.Except for a few prefectural cities that can be named, it is difficult to find a person fluent in Chinese in many places.

In this case, if you climb the mountain alone without a guide, let alone whether you will break into the territory of wild animals, it is a challenge to find the right way out of the mountain.

Yan Buzhou didn't want to engage in any challenges, but she didn't know what kind of luck she had, and she couldn't keep a guide after she entered Xiangxi.

Regardless of whether she found Zhan Zhao's or Wushu's friends in Xiangxi, or her acquaintances she met in Hunan last year, a total of thirteen people were invited to lead the way.

Those people are either crooked legs or sick halfway.It is rare that there is an aunt who is free from illness and disaster, but she has a stomachache before entering the mountain.

You don't have to wait for others to ask for your pulse, Yan Buzhou plays a guest role as a barefoot doctor, and you can find out Hua's pulse as soon as you get the pulse.Then I asked Miao doctor for a follow-up visit, and it was confirmed that the aunt would come to conceive a child, and she had to rest and protect her pregnancy, and it was impossible to be a guide again.

The guide aunt was embarrassed to give up halfway, so she specially sent a detailed and exclusive atlas when she was parting.

It is said that this book was proofread by 99 old hunters with a radius of hundreds of miles.The road and scene on each drawing have condensed four or fifty years of mountain exploration experience of hunters.

As long as Yan Buzhou follows the established plan, it is guaranteed that she can leave the mountain smoothly before dark.

At present, the sun is high at noon.

Yan Buzhou looked down at the atlas, then looked up at the three forks ahead.The promised perfect navigation map, this thing actually failed halfway.

"There are only two roads in the picture, why did the third road appear? The surrounding scenery matches well, and I also arrived at Songshipo at noon according to the time my aunt said. That is to say, I did not go the wrong way. .This place is really…”

It's evil!

This is Yan Buzhou's intuitive feeling after entering Xiangxi.

At first, it was discovered that after entering Xiangxi, it was impossible to check the position of the boss who humiliated the corpse again, and the compass would turn disorderly.She can only guess that the other party is hiding in some magic barrier, or using some disruptor.

After a while, I found that things were not that simple.

Compared with the mountains and forests in Bianjing and Jiangnan, Xiangxi is worthy of being called deep mountains and old forests.Let's talk about the old land of Yunmengze that I went to last year. It is in the same territory as Xiangxi on Jinghu North Road, but the two cannot be compared.

Perhaps because of the sparse population, or because of the special terrain, the aura of the mountains and forests in western Hunan is obviously stronger than other places.The so-called Reiki, it can benefit a wide range.It can not only help the grass and tree goblins to cultivate, but also help the corpses to take shape.

It's no wonder that there are three evils in western Hunan. With such a favorable time and place, a special harmony has long been formed.

"There are still too few places to go."

He sighed a bit more inappropriately, feeling faintly that this trip to Xiangxi might not be easy, and he regretted splitting his troops into three routes.

Looking at the third fork that suddenly appeared in broad daylight, she was sure that she didn't find any evil spirits in the mountain when she entered the mountain, but now she felt more unclear.

The guide aunt said that all the fork roads in this mountain can only be divided into left and right roads.Regardless of east, west, north, south, turn left when you encounter a fork in the road.

However, now it has become one of three choices, which one should you choose?

From the general direction, Dingzhou City is on the west side of this mountain.Currently choosing the path to the left should be the right one.

Then go left.

Yan Bu Zhou gritted his teeth and sped up his speed, thinking that if the situation ahead changed, it would be a big deal to go back the same way.

After walking for about half an hour, she found that the scenery along the way could match the atlas.Just as I was about to breathe a sigh of relief and look for the next landmark, the sky suddenly exploded with thunder.

There was a sudden change, and the black clouds suddenly filled the mountain wind.

It was only then that he could put on the coir raincoat, and the heavy rain came down with a crackle, and the rain curtain instantly blocked his sight.The forest seemed to be dark all of a sudden, whether it was turning back or moving forward, it was not a good strategy.

There is a deserted temple not far from the right front.

Taking a quick glance before the rain fell, Yan Buzhou was sure that he had glimpsed a temple when he wanted to compare the landmarks just now, but he was even more sure that there was no such temple in the atlas.

To go, or not to go?

If you don't want to get sick from the winter rain of the first month, you have to go and have a look.

Looking back inadvertently at this time, the rain is getting heavier and heavier, and the sky is almost as dark as night.

Finally, I lit a rainproof lantern and walked quickly, even if there were ghosts and ghosts in the deserted temple.

If something strange happens, you can just catch him and ask for directions.Perhaps, this can be regarded as the boldness of a master of arts.

Bold but wary.

Yan Buzhou was walking with a lamp in his left hand, and a dagger in his right hand.

'呵—'

Stepping into the dilapidated threshold of the deserted temple, just about to push open the door of the main hall, the candle of the lantern suddenly went out with a step difference.

Suddenly, the dark sky made it difficult to distinguish the surrounding scene.

Across the door, the main hall is also pitch black, without any light at all.

'crunch—'

The next moment, there seemed to be faint footsteps coming from the main hall, and it seemed that the sound of the rain was disturbing and the door was half opened from the inside.

The air seemed to freeze for a moment, and the inside and outside of the half-covered door were on guard against each other.

Lightning and thunder exploded again, which gave some light, allowing people to see clearly who was coming.

"Ayan? Why are you here?"

"Wu Yan? Why are you here?"

"I'm here to investigate the tomb robbers."

"The old knife is missing."