Twelve Mirrors

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Desheng looked much better, and he was even able to joke, saying that there were more wrinkles on Emperor Gongsu's face, like an unsteamed steamed bun.

Jing Twelve stood there silently, staring at the mirror behind Emperor Gongsu, there were only three mirrors and moss left on it.

Emperor Gongsu looked at him and put down the medicine bowl in his hand: "I know you are in a hurry, but this flood is also thanks to you to drag them all out, but it will take some time to clear up the remaining party. Don't worry , When this matter is over, I will naturally give you more important things to do. You are also tired, so take more rest."

Mirror Twelve shook his head: "I don't want to rest..."

"I don't understand one thing." Emperor Gongsu looked at Mirror Twelve: "The last two times you recommended Xie Ting, why did you choose King Ning to deal with the flood this time?"

"Xie Ting is a civil servant and has joined Dali Temple. If he is sent out, his life will be ruined on the road. It will be difficult to stop everyone's mouth." Jing Twelve is confident.

Emperor Gongsu said, "You are obviously afraid that he will be involved. I never thought that you, an evil spirit, would have selfish motives."

"Your Majesty has selfish intentions, let alone my little monster." Yuan Ming glanced at Desheng: "Am I right?"

"That's right." Emperor Gongsu picked up the medicine bowl again: "I see that you probably have something to do tonight, and you are standing here restless. If you have something to do, do it quickly, and don't dangle around."

When I looked back, the twelve mirrors had disappeared.

Desheng talked about Emperor Gongsu, he just woke up yesterday, saw Emperor Gongsu turned his head and smiled and said: "God will not end my life, let me come back to accompany you for a few years."

Emperor Gongsu nodded: "You are very lucky, both of us will live a long life, and neither of us can go first."

"In my dreams, I always dream that when we were in our 20s, you and I were eating sweet-scented osmanthus cakes on the street. I also dreamed of that little girl named Qingqing, and I don't know how she was doing underground. , Have you received the paper money I gave her?"

"I burned a lot of paper figurines with knives for her to go down, so that she doesn't have to be afraid underground."

Desheng was nagging, wishing to start when the two of them were eight or nine years old.

Emperor Gongsu said sullenly: "One day, I will definitely take you back to that place, I promise you."

"Ah."

The author has something to say: I was two hours ago: I want three updates, I want to save the manuscript, and I want ten thousand updates!

Two hours later: Hey hey.Cats are quite fun, let's play for a while.

☆, Chapter 23

Xie Ting walked slowly on the road, because he didn't have lunch at noon, he went to the alley by himself and ate a basket of crab roe soup dumplings, and packed a catty of goat's milk.

As soon as he walked into the alley, he heard Ankang's heart-piercing voice.

"Meow~~"

"Meow~~"

Xie Ting rushed forward quickly, but was knocked backward by someone, luckily the goat's milk was held in his hand and he didn't spill it.

Xie Ting looked up, it was Yuan Ming.

That's right, apart from Yuan Ming and Fang Sheng in this capital, who would come to him specially.

Yuan Ming looked at Xie Ting with a smile, pulled Xie Ting up from the ground, and patted the dirt on his body: "Look at you, you are not careful when you walk."

Xie Ting suppressed the thoughts in his heart, and said expressionlessly: "Why are you here?"

I thought you'd never come here in your life.

"Because I miss you." Yuan Ming rubbed Xie Ting's arm.

Miss me. You haven't come to see me for so long.

I searched all over Kyoto but couldn't find you, you still have the face to say that you miss me.

Xie Ting slandered in his stomach, and finally said only one sentence: "Oh, then come in."

"Have you eaten?" Xie Ting asked as he opened the door: "If you haven't eaten, I'll make some for you."

"Eat... If I don't eat, I'm going to starve to death." Yuan Ming lied without blinking his eyes.

Ankang stuck his head out from the crack of the door, and when he saw Yuan Ming turned around and ran away.

"Hey, this little thing." Yuan Ming folded his arms and prepared to chase it.

Xie Ting handed the key to Yuan Ming: "You go in first, I'll go to the West Market to buy some food, you don't eat poultry, right?"

"exactly."

Yuan Ming nodded again and again, turned around and went in to catch the cat, and finally got under the bed to catch Ankang. Ankang turned his head and hugged his arm, kicking Yuan Ming's arm frantically with his back foot.

Yuan Ming felt the pain, and threw away Ankang, "Dead cats, as expected, cats are not good things."

"Eating you secretly sooner or later."

After saying this, he looked back, for fear of being heard by Xie Ting, this cat is now Xie Ting's darling.

Xie Ting went to the West Market to buy two catties of beef, a handful of green onions, and two pieces of ginger. Looking back, he saw a touch of green.

In the cold winter, where is there green.

Xie Ting walked over and took a look, the green was protruding from under a quilt, he opened it and saw a piece of green rapeseed inside.

"This." Xie Ting asked the stall owner with some hesitation: "Is this small rapeseed?"

"Exactly." The stall owner rolled up his sleeves: "It was sold on behalf of others. It had been delivered to the home of a high-ranking official named Jiang before, but I don't know what happened today. I just sent it to the family and the family said that I don't want it in the future." That's it, it's up for sale."

"How much?" Xie Ting touched the small rapeseed.

The stall owner said: "It's cheaper now, one penny each. If you want to buy it, I can make it cheaper."

Xie Ting looked at the beef in his hand in embarrassment, no matter how he made the soup, he needed to add some vegetables.Yuan Ming has a tricky mouth, if he doesn't cook well, he might feel tired of eating this bowl of soup, Xie Ting gritted his teeth and said, "Give me five."

When he got home, Yuan Ming was already lying on the bed, Xie Ting put down the things in his hands and said, "Why did you go to bed so early, cold?"

"En." Yuan Ming stretched his home into Xie Ting's arms: "Try it, is it cool?"

It was cold, very cold, so cold that the corner of Xie Ting's mouth twitched a few times, but he didn't push Yuan Ming's foot away, but put it in his arms to cover it, and occasionally pinched it, for fear that the blood would not flow smoothly and he would develop frostbite.

When his arms became warm, Xie Ting got up again and went to the kitchen to cook. Yuan Ming followed behind, saw the handful of rapeseed and said, "Is this grown in the greenhouse?"

"It should be. When I went to buy it, they said it was delivered to a family named Jiang. They didn't want it today, so they pulled it out for sale." Xie Ting washed his hands in the ice water.

Yuan Ming sneered, squatted down and began to peel the green onions: "I'm afraid it's Admiral Jiang's. It's shameless to use the money of the refugees to add food to myself."

Xie Ting watched Yuan Ming peeling green onions with ease, and frowned: "You still do this?"

Yuan Ming smiled lewdly: "It's not easy? It's as simple as taking off your clothes."

Xie Ting decided to shut up, and silently cut the beef into thin slices.Yuan Ming stretched out the peeled green onions, and gently raised Xie Ting's chin: "Little beauty, do you want to have a moment with Master Chunxiao?"

"No." Xie Ting grabbed the onion with his hands and cut it into shreds.

Yuan Ming shrugged: "It's really boring. A boring person like you can only be considered boring if he matches me."

"Ah."

Under Yuan Ming's various harassments, Xie Ting relied on his strong endurance to not overthrow Yuan Ming and insisted on finishing the meal in front of the stove.

"You don't want to eat it." Yuan Ming picked up a long vermicelli and put it in the spoon.

Ankang watched him meowing from the ground, Yuan Ming raised his foot: "What a greedy cat, Xie Ting made this for me, so I won't let you eat it."

As soon as the words fell, Xie Ting took a smaller bowl and filled Ankang with a bowl of soup. There were oily flowers on the soup that were slow to dissipate heat. Xie Ting slowly stirred the soup until the soup was cold before serving it. well-being.

"You." Yuan Ming was so angry that he puffed his cheeks: "Does it turn into a beautiful boy to share the bed with you every night?"

Xie Ting choked on the spot, and said after a while, "Don't keep reading ghost novels, your mind will be messed up."

"But where have you been lately?"

Yuan Ming sat down on the quilt after eating, "I'm at home. There are many people at home, so I didn't come to see you."

Xie Ting cleaned up the dishes and glanced at him without saying a word.

After Xie Ting finished tidying up, Yuan Ming climbed onto Xie Ting's body and moved his hands and feet. His fingers slowly slid down from Xie Ting's neck, and when he slid to Xie Ting's chest, he was about to burrow into it, but Xie Ting took it out.

"What are you doing?" Yuan Ming put his face in front of him: "What kind of gentleman are you pretending to be? We haven't seen each other for half a month. At any rate, it's Xiao Biesheng's newlyweds. You treat me like this."

Xie Ting pressed his hand tightly.

"It's boring, it's better to go back to Graceland, they are obedient and sensible after all." Yuan Ming huffed, but his paws still wanted to touch down dishonestly.

Hearing this, Xie Ting frowned furiously: "I said why you haven't come to me for so long, you really went to your garden to have fun."

As she spoke, she became more and more angry: "Go, go, go back to your Graceland, listen to your ditties, and find your...boyfriend."

Yuan Ming climbed up to Xie Ting with curved eyebrows, "Xie Mutou, you're still jealous."

"I do not have."

Xie Ting pushed him, and Yuan Ming sucked on Xie Ting like an octopus and refused to let go. He talked vigorously: "I have learned something recently, do you want to ask me for advice?"

Xie Ting stretched out his foot quietly, and stomped on Yuan Ming's thumb hard, and Yuan Ming rolled away aggrieved.

On the 19th day of the first lunar month in the 29th year of Dasheng Tianrui, King Ning pointed out that there was a hidden mystery in the Cangjiang Lingxun case. Gongsu Emperor Ming Ningwang investigated the corruption case of all the officials who handled Cangjiang Lingxun. On February [-]th of the same year, King Ning was assassinated and seriously injured in bed. .

Fang Sheng looked at the first rain in spring, and the rain hit the willow shoots.

"Fang Sheng, what are you thinking?" Xie Ting stood beside him.

Fang Sheng stretched out his hand: "I'm thinking, is the mountain rain about to come, or the mountain rain has already come?"

"The mountain rain has come." Xie Ting replied.

In the past two years, Emperor Gongsu has moved too frequently, from the case of Taifu Xu in the early 18th year of Tianrui to the corruption case of Lingxun in Cangjiang in the 19th year of Tianrui.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was too anxious, as if he wanted to complete all the tasks in the past two years, and hand over the beginning of a peaceful and prosperous age to the current prince Yuan Zhou.

Moreover, Emperor Gongsu should have placed chess pieces, eyes and ears everywhere, so everything went so smoothly.

What about yourself?

Xie Ting thought of himself and Yuan Ming, could he and Yuan Ming be part of it?

"Brother Xie Ting, brother Xie Ting." Fang Sheng gave him a push: "Brother Xie Ting, why are you stunned again? I still want to tell you about my affairs."

Xie Ting returned to his senses and nodded: "Well, just tell me, I'm listening."

"I originally wanted to get married in August this year, and I discussed it with my husband's family. I never wanted to bump into His Highness, so I had to postpone it until December, hey!" Fang Sheng lay on the table shaking his head and sighed: "Your Highness will get married in August. , We have been preparing since February, there is really not enough time, and I will be busy with your Highness when I finish my work, by the way, Brother Xie Ting, when will you get married, you are 22 years old this year, right?"

"His Royal Highness wants to get married? Why didn't I know?" Xie Ting was surprised, not only that, he had never heard Yuan Ming mention it.

"Oh! Yes, your temper is probably because you don't care about these things, and I didn't tell you about it." Fang Sheng patted himself on the mouth: "I was transferred to the Ministry of Rites half a month ago. The emperor let the clan's mansion Preparations are being made over there, and it is expected to be in August. It is ordered that the second daughter of Li Shaoshi is the emperor's grandson Zhengfei, and Xu Zhanshi's daughter is the side concubine. This second daughter of Li Shaoshi is known to everyone in Kyoto. She is proficient in poetry and books, and is proficient in piano and chess. It’s just that no one has seen or heard of Xu Zhanshi’s daughter, so she became a concubine in this way, and her life is too good.”

"Recently, I heard that Xu Zhanshi's daughter is named Xu Yu."

Xie Ting said: "Which jade?"

Fang Sheng replied: "Meiyu's jade is a bit vulgar."

Xie Ting suddenly understood who Xu Zhanshi's daughter was, and sprayed a mouthful of tea on Fang Sheng's sleeve.

Fang Sheng hurriedly withdrew his sleeves: "Brother Xie Ting, what's wrong with you? Could it be that this tea doesn't suit your taste."

"No, I just think that the future emperor's grandson and side concubine are really lucky." Xie Ting wiped his mouth.

"That's right." Fang Sheng looked outside: "If this prince had been born earlier, he might be the imperial concubine in the future."

It's a pity that Xu Zhanshi's girl is no longer a prince.

Xie Ting went back and told Yuan Ming about this, Yuan Ming frowned and said: "It's true, I haven't told you yet, it's just that Xu Yu's condition is getting worse and worse. You have to understand that Gang Yi If you are strong, you will be humiliated, and I don't know how long Xu Yu can last."

It seemed like a joke to outsiders, but it was a disgrace to him.

"This Xu Yu really doesn't mean anything to His Highness? What is Your Highness doing so stubbornly? It's better to let him go."

"If it were you, would you be willing?" Yuan Ming suddenly looked at Xie Ting, and repeated the sentence: "If it were you, would you really be willing?"

unwilling.

Of course I don't want to, if I like to go to the bone, how can I be willing to let that person leave me, and never see each other again?

He and Yuan Ming have only been separated for half a month, and they have been saying it countless times in their hearts every day. If they don't see each other for a lifetime, they still don't know what it will be like. It's just that he doesn't want to say these words to Yuan Ming, and he dare not say them to Yuan Ming.

It is clear that the more you care about something, the easier it is to lose something.

That day Yuan Ming was lying on the window and humming an unknown song, Xie Ting was sitting on a chair reading a book, he had already forgotten what he was reading, only remembering the moonlight shining on the man's shoulders, like a dream.

The candle exploded, the man turned his head and said to him: "Xie Mumu, what are you looking at again, so engrossed?"

It's you.

Later, later on, he forgot about it. He only knew that when he woke up again, his surroundings were empty and there was no temperature. He was not as sad as he imagined, but accepted that period of time calmly.

The author has something to say: Seeing the crazily burning archives is a bit heartbreaking, hey

☆, Chapter 24

Yuan Ming leaned on Xie Ting, chewed an apple, and threw it to Xie Ting before taking a bite: "Eat it, it's not sweet."

Xie Ting handed him another one, Yuan Ming took a bite and threw it to Xie Ting: "You eat it, this one is not crispy."

Xie Ting said helplessly: "I've eaten the fifth one tonight, if I eat any more, I'm afraid I'll be stuffed to death."

"These are not tasty at all." Yuan Ming muttered and fiddled with the fruit plate.

Xie Ting put down the apple in his hand: "Of course it's not tasty. These are all harvested in the cellar last year. It's the time when the apples are green and yellow, and some are good to eat."

"No, you can tell Yuanbao and gold bars to go far away to buy you some good ones. But speaking of it, you have been living here all this time, why don't you see them come to you?" Xie Ting wrote a poem: "It's really been a long time. They're gone."

Yuan Ming rubbed his nose uncomfortably: "I'm not used to them following, besides, my brother is injured now, so I left them for my mother."

"You should also go back and have a look, don't stay here with me all the time, is your brother seriously injured?"

"It's okay. When I go back, he will be angry when he looks at me. I might as well not go back."

Xie Ting copied enough poems, took out a copy of anecdotes, and sat under the lamp to read carefully.He saw a report in the middle of the story about the lost children in the Dudu River Basin, followed by several Taoist priests' understanding comments and coping methods. Xie Ting thought it was interesting, and called Yuan Ming: "Come and see this , what these Taoists say is true.”

Yuan Ming looked at it lazily and threw it on the table: "Don't look at it, don't look at it, you won't be afraid of being dazzled when looking at this in such a dark day."

"While it's still early, why not do something with me."

Yuan Ming found an excuse to go home the next day. Xie Ting calculated that Yuan Ming left on three or four days last month, and didn't come back until sixteen days later. In this way, the two of them were together every day. Days, there are only half a month in a month.

That day Xie Ting was still watching his own anecdotes in the house, when he heard someone knock on the door outside, he hurriedly put on his cloak and went outside to open the door.

When I opened the door, I saw a man with gentle eyes, wearing a long black coat, with half-dosed hair, followed by two servants.

Xie Ting welcomed the man in, tied the door and bowed to pay respects: "Is there any important matter for the emperor to come late at night?"

"I want you to investigate something." Yuan Zhou walked into the room and motioned for two attendants to wait outside. He had something to say to Xie Ting alone.

"Don't be cautious, just sit down first." Yuan Zhou sat on the chair, just happened to see that interesting story, so he picked it up and looked at it carefully, and smiled when he saw the gap: "Master Xie, you said it was a coincidence, This is what this palace wants you to investigate."

"If you do the research well, I will allow you to be promoted to a noble and a thousand taels of gold."

After hearing this, Xie Ting was unmoved, but still thanked him according to the etiquette.

Yuan Zhou stared at him with great interest: "Aren't you curious?"

"The humble minister is very tight."

But that expression made it impossible to see the meaning of pressing tight.

"I don't know if Master Xie has tea here for Bengong to drink a couple of sips?"

Xie Ting came over with a white porcelain pot, poured out new tea, and poured it into a tea bowl for Yuan Zhou.Xie Ting's room was dark inside, Yuan Zhou took two sips of the tea, never wanting the big tea stick inside to jam his teeth.Yuan Zhou tried to lick it with the tip of his tongue, but there was really no way to get it out, so he had to laugh a few times: "Thank you, sir, for this tea, the taste is very strong, it's really..."

Xie Ting lowered his eyebrows and said like a little daughter-in-law: "Big leaf tea, five cents a bag, is a specialty of my hometown, if His Highness likes it..."

"No need, no need." Yuan Zhou hastily refused: "Master Xie really has a breeze in his sleeves, I can't bear it..."

Yuan Zhou wanted to open his mouth to persuade Xie Ting, but Xie Ting had already said, "Your Highness, you don't need to persuade me anymore, I have agreed to this matter, but I am afraid that I can't do it well if I go by myself."

Yuan Zhou nodded: "That's natural."

"This is not a matter of duty, and this journey is extremely dangerous. Is there anything Sir Xie wants to ask me for?"

Xie Ting shook his head: "Not anymore."

Yuan Zhou got up: "Then let's keep this matter for now, and ask Bengong for it when Mr. Xie has made up his mind."

When Xie Ting came back to his senses, Yuan Zhou was ready to leave.

Xie Ting chased him into the courtyard and said, "Your Highness, I don't know if I should say something or not."

Yuan Zhou smiled and said, "Even if I don't let you say it, you will definitely say it."

"Yes." Xie Ting admitted generously: "If there is a chance, please let your Highness let General Xu go. General Xu should be an eagle and shouldn't be trapped in a golden cage."

"I will consider what you said, but it is my business whether to do it or not." Yuan Zhou blinked, and Yuan Ming was as naughty as possible: "Thank you, sir. It's just on the way Be careful, take it very seriously."

The itinerary was set two days later, Xie Ting went to Graceland on purpose the day before, and there was actually the scene he saw in the dream in Graceland.

Yuan Ming's backyard was quiet, except for the man who sprinkled water and mowed the grass, he never saw anyone else.

When he turned around, what he saw was a little maid watching him quietly from behind, and then disappeared.

Xie Ting looked at Yuan Ming who was sleeping in his arms, and gently rubbed his forehead.What he told Yuan Ming was just going home to visit his relatives. If he told Yuan Ming the truth, he might be worried and follow along. kind of pain.

Yuan Zhou dispatched seven or eight people from his personal guards to follow Xie Ting all the way.

Xie Ting led his people to the outskirts of Beijing in a carriage, put on fast horses and rushed to the place where the incident happened.

On the way, he met several prison cars coming from other places, Xie Ting turned sideways to avoid: "What's going on?"

Next to him, Buyunfei said: "This is the prisoner of the Cangjiang Lingxun corruption case, which has not yet ended. Many people have been arrested up and down, from magistrates to magistrates. Now there is no room in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Even The Ministry of War also pretended to be part of it, saying that it would wait for the conviction to be executed in September this year."

"But everything that has a little relationship has been shipped."

The rest of the people followed suit.

After traveling for a hundred miles, Xie Ting and his party arrived at the station.

After they changed their horses, they rested temporarily. Xie Ting gathered the eight of them into the guest room and said, "It's really hard work this time, everyone, but I still have to work hard next time."

The leader, Buyunfei, said that it was not hard work, and the rest of them nodded in unison.

Xie Ting spread out the map, and there were seven or eight red dots around the Duduhe generation. Xie Ting pointed to these red dots of different sizes and said: "These places are all places where young children have been reported missing, and the number is not large. One, but the toddlers are all around three years old."

Buy Yunfei pressed the map with his fingers: "The missing generation seems to have a pattern to follow, but I can't see it."

Xie Ting nodded: "My lord is right. These places are distributed on the north and south banks of the Du River, and they are cross-distributed, and they have the intention of slowly approaching the capital, so I predict that the next step is the most likely case of disappearance. It's going to happen here."

Xie Ting's men pointed to a town—Jinghe Town.

"Master Xie, how dare you be sure that the next step will definitely happen here." A person asked: "What if he is not here next time, but in another place?"

After all, there are quite a few villages and towns near the Dudu River.

"So this requires the help of adults." Xie Ting marked several towns and villages on the map: "These places are also the places where young children are most likely to disappear, and we can reach them dozens of miles ahead. The first one, when the time comes, please ask a certain adult to keep one, let's split up."

"That is to say, we are scattered in these towns?"

Xie Ting nodded and said: "However, there are too many young children in the town, and adults will need to spend some effort to lure that person out."

"And be careful not to let those people hurt young children again."

Xie Ting took out seven jade pendants from his bag and spread them out: "Your Highness means that if there is an emergency, you can use this jade pendant to mobilize the local yamen and the police, but it is best to proceed with caution."

After Xie Ting waved goodbye to Buyunfei, he went to the last town alone.

He secretly felt that this was the most likely town where something happened. When the horse was jolting, he suddenly thought of Yuan Zhou's words: "Master Xie, what if it's not a human but a ghost that caused the trouble this time."

Xie Ting frantically shook his head to get rid of these messy thoughts in his mind.

Light rain fell from the sky, hitting Xie Ting's face with numb pain, he held the rein tightly in his hand and shuttled through the rain, after all, tomorrow is the night of the full moon, according to reports from various places, most of the things happened before the full moon At night, he could only speed up the pace of his journey, the first few towns had been arranged, and the rest was only the town in front of him.

Xie Ting didn't dare to rest, and finally arrived at the entrance of the town before dawn.

The mayor of Jinghe Town had already received the news, and he greeted Xie Ting at the entrance of the town with a cane. When he saw Xie Ting, he knelt down and said, "Master Xie, Cao Min has been waiting here for two days since I heard you would come."

Xie Ting touched the water on his face, then hurriedly supported the mayor and said: "No need, no need, Xie Ting is only here to help."

"May I ask how many households and children are there in this town?" Xie Ting began to make arrangements before taking a breath.

The mayor slowly followed behind him leaning on crutches: "There are three hundred households, among which there are only about a hundred households with young children, and even fewer households with children under the age of three, about twenty households."

The town is empty, and occasionally a few people come out to set up stalls and sell things, but there are absolutely no young children outside.

The mayor said anxiously: "Tomorrow is the [-]th day, and it's the night of the full moon. Now it's causing panic, and I don't know what to do. I always heard that the next one will come to our town. Tell me, it's hard for every family to raise their children." If your child disappears, it's better to kill his parents."

Having said so much, he suddenly remembered that Xie Ting came here overnight, whether he would be hungry or thirsty, so he said to Xie Ting: "Master Xie, look at me, I am so old and confused, these adults have traveled all night. You must be exhausted, come to my house to have a rest."

Xie Ting did not refuse this time, but followed the mayor closely to the house. He still had something to say to the mayor, but these words could not be said on the street.

If there are too many people, then tomorrow's plan will fall short.

Xie Ting ate the bean curd, rested for another half an hour, closed the door and said to the mayor: "The mayor, please inform the people that the doors and windows must be closed at night, and the doors and windows should be sealed tightly with cross wood. Especially those with three or four-year-old children at home should pay attention, parents should tie themselves and their children together and never separate them.”

"It's one of them."

The mayor nodded, summoned his son and daughter-in-law from inside, and ordered them to go to the town and tell them one by one that they must not make it public.

"The second is that Xie Ting wants to borrow a child from the town as an introduction to lure that person or thing to appear. But please rest assured that even if Xie Ting puts his life to the test, he will protect the child's safety." , will definitely not let that child get hurt in the slightest."

The author has something to say: Big-leaf tea is a specialty of our side. It costs five yuan for a large bag. It has a strong taste and can also clog your teeth.

I've been stuck by it, it's painful, like being stuck by a tree branch

☆, Chapter 25

Now that the mayor is in trouble, who is willing to let their children come out to take this risk?The children of other families are all hidden, so the danger of this exposed child must be multiplied.

The mayor hesitated, really unable to agree to this request.

Even if he agreed, where can he find the child?

The mayor's wife, Mrs. Li, who had been hiding behind the curtain, made a noise. She opened the curtain and came out and said, "Why don't we let our Yaoer go, other people's family may not be willing to go, so let our Yaoer go."

The mayor said: "You are crazy, our family has only one granddaughter, don't you let her go out to die? Even if you want her to go, you have to get the consent of your son and daughter-in-law, right? You, a woman, can be the master?"

"Let Yao'er go." Li's words are still the same: "Although I am a woman, I understand a little bit of truth. And this Master Xie said that he will protect Yao'er. I believe that the officials from the capital will protect you. They all keep their promises, and they won't abandon Yao'er when the time comes."

The mayor raised his crutches and put them down again: "Hey, I think you are really old and confused. You have forgotten what you should do."

"We still need to listen to the opinions of our son and daughter-in-law on this matter."

Xie Ting watched from the side and really didn't know how to speak, and he was not the type to comfort others, so he simply shut up and waited for the old couple to finish their discussion.

Mrs. Li called out a child from the house, the child was Bai Nen, about three years old, with two pigtails, and a pair of rippling eyes gradually opened, looking at Xie Ting.

There seems to be a stream flowing inside.

The mayor patted her head and said, "Yaoer, come here to meet the adults from Kyoto."

Yao'er was not afraid of life, so he tugged at the hem of Xie Ting's clothes, and took out a piece of malt candy from his bosom to give to Xie Ting, Xie Ting took it and put it in his hand.

"hug."

Yao'er opened his arms: "Hug, hug."

Just as the mayor wanted to stop him, Xie Ting had already picked up Yao'er and put him on his knee to tease him.

Around noon, the mayor's son and daughter-in-law came back.

Mrs. Li was talking to them about using Yaoer to go out to catch ghosts, and the daughter-in-law looked at Xie Ting very worriedly: "It's not that I don't understand righteousness, it's just that Mr. Xie is too thin, so find a stronger man from our town to hug him." It's okay to play Yao'er."

Xie Ting got up: "You don't have to worry about this lady, it's good that someone will follow us, if something happens, you can let Yao'er leave first."

Yao'er couldn't understand, so he dragged Xie Ting: "Brother, brother, what are we going to do?"

Xie Ting squatted down, eye level with Yao'er: "Let's catch the bad guys tomorrow, don't worry, I will definitely protect you."

When the moon was full, Xie Ting held Yao'er in the middle of the town and acted like he was going home in a panic. The rest of the town was worried, so he chose a dozen young men to follow Xie Ting secretly.

Yao'er clutched Xie Ting's neck tightly, listening to Xie Ting's heartbeat like a drum.

In several other towns and cities, there are also people doing the same thing.

Xie Ting walked around the town for two times, but he didn't see any abnormality, but slowly heaved a sigh of relief, maybe the thing went somewhere else, just when he was about to put Yao'er down for some activities At the time of hands and feet, someone shouted from behind: "My lord, be careful."

Xie Ting turned around and saw a scene that he thought he would never see in his life. A giant black bird rushed towards him with sharp claws and flew straight at Yao'er. Seeing this, Xie Ting threw Yao'er in his hand at The young man closest to him blocked the giant bird with his shoulder, but he was grabbed by his shoulder and lifted into the air without thinking. The sharp claws pierced his clothes and stuck into his flesh. Xie Ting grunted in pain and stretched out his hand to grab it firmly. The legs of the giant bird, so that I don't feel so uncomfortable.

If it is hanging, this shoulder will probably be abolished.

After Yao'er was thrown down, she cried out in fright. Her mother hugged her tightly and kissed her face to comfort her.

A group of young people looked at each other in blank dismay: "What, what should I do? The officials from Kyoto were arrested."

One pointed in the direction where Xie Ting disappeared: "And, what is that?"

The blood on Xie Ting's shoulder wetted half of his arm, he was so painful that he almost passed out, but he kept forcing himself to wake up, until the bird flew into the cave, threw him to the ground, and then turned into a The man in Tsing Yi.

The man was barefoot, looking at Xie Ting with a pair of red pupils, and chuckled lightly, as if he was very disdainful.

Xie Ting leaned on the withered grass, suppressing his groans due to the pain: "What are you? Is the disappearance of these Dasheng children related to you? Why did you do this? Where did those disappearing children go. "

"Have you asked enough?" The man squatted in front of Xie Ting, and raised Xie Ting's chin: "You really talk a lot, but you won't talk so much when it kills you."

"I can answer the question you just asked." The man wiped his hands on Xie Ting's clothes: "My name is Jing Twelve, and it is a kind of luck that you can see me, and as you can see, I am not human. "

"Where are those children?" Xie Ting asked.

Jing Twelve said: "What else can monsters catch children? Of course they are for eating. You don't need to look for them. Those children have already gone to the Nine Springs to reincarnate. If you want, I will send you down to follow them." Reunion, maybe you can still be the leader."

"I don't want to." Xie Ting said coldly, "Especially for children."

Jing Twelve choked on his words for a while, he thought he would see fear, fear and all the unspeakable expressions on Xie Ting's face, but he didn't expect Xie Ting to still put on a dead face: I don't want to .

This is simply...

Jing Twelve grabbed his collar: "It's up to you whether you want it or not."

Xie Ting broke away from his hand, tore off his clothes and bandaged the wound himself. Fortunately, it was only a flesh wound, not a bone. He calmed down and said, "You still have two questions that I haven't answered."

Jing Twelve turned his head and glanced at Xie Ting: "Everyone does things for a reason, just like you didn't come here to do things for no reason."

Xie Ting did not refute: "I was entrusted by others."

"Coincidentally, I was also entrusted by someone." Jing Twelve sat on the stone and said, "It's okay to tell you, there is a man who wanted to save his wife's life, so he came to beg me. I got something on my body, so it hit it off."

"However, what do I tell you these words? Maybe I've been too bored recently, so I want to talk to someone, and you're about to die, so I'll tell you."

Xie Ting looked at him and said, "You are really a talker."

"And you're wrong, I don't want to die and I won't die."

Xie Ting took out a dagger engraved with a talisman from his sleeve in a lightning-fast manner, turned around and stabbed at Jing Twelve. There, black smoke billowed out.

"I was born so good-looking that you can do it." Jing Twelve covered his face and looked at Xie Ting: