dare not love, already deeply in love

Just dig out your heart! "After Hu Jiu finished speaking, he didn't expect that he would say such cruel words, but when he knew that the Taoist priest lied to him, he really wanted to dig out the Taoist priest's heart. After Hu Jiu finished speaking, Feeling the taste of sand in his mouth, he spit out a mouthful of foam.

In the end, Hu Jiu's simple action frightened the Taoist, "I don't dare, I don't dare, please let me go!" The Taoist cried and didn't dare to struggle anymore.

Hu Jiu looked at the surrounding guards and shouted, "Stand back."

The guards looked at each other in blank dismay, all holding their knives and not daring to move. They had been preparing all night to catch the monster. Now that this person was caught, no matter how you looked at it, he was a monster. Who would dare to back down.

When the Taoist saw that the guards did not back down, he explained impatiently: "Oh, I caught the wrong one! This is not a monster! This is not the monster we want to catch! I caught the wrong one, so hurry up and back down!"

The guards still didn't dare to move. At this time, the mayor looked Hu Jiu up and down and said: "Let's step back first."

"Yes," the guards slowly exited the side hall holding their knives.Immediately, only Hu Jiu, the Taoist priest, the mayor, and the two guards and a butler beside the mayor were left in the side hall.

Hu Jiu picked up the Taoist priest's collar and almost carried the Taoist priest into the air, so that his feet didn't even touch the ground. "Do you know that because of you, I almost died in Changbai Mountain?"

The Taoist said in a panic: "You, aren't you fine now? And, and, if it weren't for me, you would have died in Qingqiu long ago. Now that you can break through the three magic formations and enter the Changbai Peak, you also have my help." Some credit, right?"

Hu Jiu snorted, "You really know a lot. If you say that, I still have to thank you?"

The Taoist said with a smile: "Thank you, there is no need, as long as you don't get angry with me, it will be fine, hehe."

Hu Jiu's face darkened, and his hands pressed hard on the Taoist priest's neck and said, "Quickly tell me, why did you collude with Hu Jingqian to frame me in the first place!"

The Taoist had difficulty breathing for a while, and immediately explained with tears: "Oh, Mr. Fox, I didn't mean to frame you! It was the eldest son of your Fox clan who persecuted me! He said that if, if I don't follow his instructions If you do it, kill me immediately, I really didn't intend to deceive you! Please let me go!"

"How did Hu Jingqian know about the water in the Tianchi Lake?"

"This...how do I know this! I don't know him at all!"

Hu Jiu thought about it carefully, he had no grievances with this Taoist priest, and there was no reason to lie to him, so it might really be instigated by Hu Jingqian: "You really didn't lie to me?"

"I really didn't lie to you!"

Hu Jiu squinted her eyes, and suddenly said, "Do you know that Hu Jingqian is dead?"

The Taoist rolled his eyes and didn't speak, but Hu Jiu knew that since the Taoist was so well informed, he must know about Hu Jingqian's death. Hu Jiu deliberately showed a sinister smile and said, "Do you know how I killed him? I will kill him." Hot molten iron was poured into his mouth, and the molten iron burned through his esophagus, stomach, and intestines. His stomach melted and turned into a furnace. The molten iron burned his flesh to ashes, and finally he was completely Everyone was melted by molten iron, and there was no bones left, you...would you like to try it?"

After Hu Jiu finished speaking, she couldn't help thanking Hu Meier, if it wasn't for Hu Meier, he wouldn't know such a vicious trick.

The Taoist priest was frightened by Hu Jiu and trembled three times, his face turned pale, and he said in panic, "I swear!" The Taoist priest shook his three fingers and said, "I swear, I didn't lie, I really didn't lie to you, if I lied to you, I No, it’s okay to die, right? I beg you, Mr. Fox, don’t remember the villain’s mistakes, please get around me!”

Hu Jiu shook his hands and let him go.

The Taoist fell to the ground, much shorter than before. Standing here, Hu Jiu couldn't even stand up straight.He looked at Hu Jiu, and asked tentatively, "Is Hu Jingqian really dead?"

Hu Jiu snorted, "Guess."

The Taoist immediately clapped his hands and said, "It's a good death, a good death, it's true that evil is rewarded with evil." When he spoke, he still looked filled with righteous indignation.

Hu Jiu looked at the Taoist priest coldly, and the Taoist priest immediately fell silent.

The mayor touched his belly that seemed to be eight months pregnant, and asked, "Daoist Qingyuan, please explain to me what is going on? Who is he?"

"He...he is Uncle Fox, haha." Lin Qingyuan smiled until his eyes were narrowed, with a rather obsequious look.

The mayor gritted his teeth and said, "Didn't you say catch a demon?"

"That's right, catching monsters, this isn't catching..." Lin Qingyuan immediately changed his words when he saw Hu Jiu looking at him, "Isn't this being run away by a monster? Hey, let me tell you, this Mr. Fox is very powerful ! Definitely help you catch monsters!"

Hu Jiu widened her eyes, "What did you say?"

Lin Qingyuan winked at Hu Jiu and said, "Master Hu, didn't you just come to catch demons? Otherwise, why would you appear in this court?"

Hu Jiu paused for a moment, then said helplessly, "I'm here to catch demons."

Seeing Lin Qingyuan's flattering face, the mayor was so angry that his mouth almost crooked for a moment. He thought that he was recruited today by a virtuous Dharma, but he didn't expect to attract another magic stick!

At this time, a servant suddenly ran in and shouted: "Master is not good! The young master is gone!"

"What did you say? Uh..." The master didn't raise his breath suddenly, and rolled his eyes in a voice of "uh, uh" in his throat, which frightened the housekeeper and two guards, who hurriedly surrounded him.

The steward shook the mayor's arm and shouted, "Master! What's the matter with you, sir!"

"Master!" The two guards worked together to help the mayor onto the chair. The mayor's belly was so big that he couldn't even bend his waist, and he stood upright like a dead body.

The housekeeper yelled, "No, call the doctor!"

"Doctor, call the doctor!" The boy who had just arrived shouted all the way and ran out.

The mayor's face was pale, and he said "uh uh" in a hurry, rolling his eyes, the two guards looked at each other helplessly, the butler went to grab the mayor, this man looked like he was going to die soon up.

Hu Jiu walked over and slapped the mayor on the back forcefully.The mayor instantly raised his breath, and then he took a quick breath.

"Master! You scared me to death!" said the butler, patting his chest.

"Son, my son!" The mayor called his son out of his mind and walked out the door. The housekeeper and guards immediately supported him from left to right.

Hu Jiu also went out with this group of people. It seemed that the mayor had been preparing to catch the monster all night, but he failed to catch the monster and lost his son instead.

"Hey..." Hu Jiugang was about to ask Lin Qingyuan why he was here, but when he turned around, Lin Qingyuan was gone.

Hu Jiu took two steps back, and sure enough, she saw Lin Qingyuan sneakily trying to escape over the wall. Hu Jiu walked over, grabbed Lin Qingyuan's leg and pulled Lin Qingyuan down.

When Lin Qingyuan saw Hu Jiu, his expression was as if he had eaten Huang Lian: "Hey, didn't you let me go?"

"I let you off, but I didn't let you go! Come on, come with me to see what's going on?" Hu Jiu took Lin Qingyuan away by the collar of his clothes involuntarily.

Following the flow of people, when he reached the entrance of Boyaxuan's courtyard, a group of guards just happened to be walking towards him, and the head of the guard was the head guard who had just disappeared after chasing the curly-haired monster.

Hu Jiu really admired the head of the guard, how courageous a mortal is.

The chief guard saw Hu Jiu at a glance. Just as Hu Jiu was about to speak, a cold steel knife was placed around his neck. The two immediately blocked the door of Boyaxuan. Hu Jiu.

"Hey, what's going on here? What's going on? They're all from us!" Lin Qingyuan explained while hiding behind Hu Jiu.

Hu Jiu narrowed her eyes and said, "I just saved you twice, you saved me once, and you owe me one more time. Are you going to repay your favor now?"

The chief guard's eyes were sharp, and he said: "You are a demon, what kindness do I have to say to you?"

"So what if I'm a demon? I'm already in your town hall. Don't the guards in the town hall even have the ability to distinguish right from wrong? Why don't you kill me now and see who can save you?" Those children of Usutag!"

A young man who was following Hu Jiu and Lin Qingyuan ran to the head of the guard and whispered something in the ear at this time, the head of the guard pushed the young man away with a palm, still looking at Hu Jiu as sharply as an eagle, and the blade twirled Half a circle, and finally took it off, the chief guard glanced at Hu Jiu, and walked into Boyaxuan.

Hu Jiu breathed a sigh of relief, to be honest, the feeling of having a knife on her neck was really uncomfortable.He moved his neck and walked into Boya Pavilion.

I saw a lot of people kneeling in the courtyard of Boyaxuan, including servants, guards, and a few women surrounded by maids and wearing cloaks who seemed to have just woken up from their sleep.There are many torches lit in Boyaxuan's yard, and there are also many well-dressed guards. It seems that this place has been prepared long ago.

The chief guard led his men to stand outside the palace gate, and a woman's cry came from inside.

Hu Jiu poked Lin Qingyuan: "Hey, what's going on?"

Lin Qingyuan cleared his throat, and said: "Isn't this a monster who always steals children from Wusutag recently? I came here after I heard the news. The mayor's surname is Feng, he is almost fifty this year, and he is married to the fourth wife. My wife just gave birth to a son, who is not yet four years old. Ever since the incident happened in Wusutag, the mayor has treated his own child very strictly. Once the monster came to steal the child. It was discovered by the mayor, but the monster did not hurt anyone. It only said that it would borrow the child for a few days and return it in a few days. The demon left, and before leaving, he said that he would definitely take this child away."

"So you pretended to be a Taoist priest and came here to catch demons?"

Lin Qingyuan raised his eyebrows in anger, and his beard almost blew up, "Who is pretending to be a Taoist priest! I am a Taoist priest! I am a disciple of Daoist Taiyi, the fourth..."

"It's all right, don't talk about it." Hu Jiu interrupted Lin Qingyuan's words, is he really Taiyi?Why don't you say Taishang Laojun?

Lin Qingyuan curled his lips: "Anyway, I just set up some magic tricks for this mansion to catch monsters, but I didn't expect to catch you."

"I was framed, okay?" Hu Jiu glared at Lin Qingyuan. "Do you know what kind of monster that is?"

"How would I know? I came here on the first day today. I wanted to show my strengths, but I met you unexpectedly! How could I have a chance to see what that monster looks like! But you, aren't you with that monster? ?”

"You are with that monster!" Hu Jiu recalled that the wound he suffered when he fought with the curly-haired monster just now is still hurting, so his tone was a little angry: "The person who was with me just now is not a monster, but a god." .”

"Fairy!" Lin Qingyuan exclaimed: "God also come to catch demons?"

Hu Jiu gave him a blank look, and said, "Come on, let's go in and have a look first."

Hu Jiu and the two walked to the door of the house. Hu Jiu leaned forward to go in, but was stopped by a guard. The guard hadn't forgotten that he had just arrested Hu Jiu in the courtroom.

Lin Qingyuan immediately went to fend off the little guard, pretending to be arrogant and said: "Hey, I see clearly, we are together, our own people, get out of the way!"

The little guard's eyes flickered, but he still didn't let go. At this time, the head guard who was standing aside came over and pressed down the little guard's hand. The little guard was forced to move out of the way, but his eyes were still filled with worry.The head guard stood at the door and watched Hu Jiu lift his chin.

Hu Jiu walked in. There were two entrances to this room. The lady and the mayor were both in the back room.

The outer room was very spacious and elegantly furnished. Hu Jiu went to the window and touched the edge of the window with her finger. There was no dust on her finger, and it should have been cleaned frequently.

Seeing Hu Jiu's actions, the fourth lady's maid said, "Madam loves to be clean, so Boya Pavilion is cleaned every day."

Hu Jiu nodded upon hearing this. "Has a stranger appeared in the mansion recently?"

The butler standing by the door replied after hearing the words: "The people in the mansion are all established, there are no unidentified people, and no strangers have approached the town hall recently."

"By the way, I heard that the monster once visited your mansion. Can you tell me about the specific situation at that time?"

The housekeeper thought about it for a while, and felt that there was no need to hide this matter, and...he looked at Hu Jiu, and from Lin Qingyuan's attitude towards Hu Jiu, he knew that Hu Jiu's status or ability in a certain aspect was stronger than Lin Qingyuan's, This is a good thing for them, so let's talk about it in detail.

The housekeeper said a lot, basically the same as what Hu Jiu knew.

"How was the monster discovered when it first came?"

"I discovered it." At this moment, the chief guard standing aside suddenly said.

Hu Jiu looked at the head of the guard, with more and more admiration in his eyes. He walked towards the head of the guard and asked, "Tell me about the specific situation at that time."

Just as the chief guard was about to speak, a woman with disheveled hair suddenly burst out of the back room. She looked only in her twenties, her eyes were red.

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The mayor's little wife ran over, knelt down in front of Lin Qingyuan with a plop, held on to Lin Qingyuan's Taoist robe, and cried, "Please save my child, please save my child! Please!" Save my child, I kowtow to you! I kowtow to you!" The woman kowtowed to the ground as she spoke, completely disregarding her image and identity.

Seeing his wife running out, the chief guard retreated outside with the guards.

Seeing the head of the guard go out, Hu Jiu greeted Lin Qingyuan and went into the inner room. The mayor sat on the bed with lowered brows and eyes, in a daze.Hu Jiu looked at the windows. The windows were all locked inside the house, and the furnishings in the house were very simple. There was no trace of suspiciousness on the ground, walls, bookshelves, or even the roof shed.

Hu Jiu walked out of the house, stepped forward and asked the lady kneeling on the ground, "Madam, did that demon say anything when he came to steal the child?"

The fourth lady was out of breath from crying, she kept shaking her head and said: "I don't know, I don't know anything, but I suddenly feel dizzy, and I can't see anything for a moment, wait until I open my eyes again." time, the child disappeared. Oh, my child! Please save my child!"

At this time, the mayor also came out of the back room, feeling as if he had lost his soul and seven souls. In just an instant, he became much older again.

"Then have you seen the appearance of a monster, or any strange places, think seriously! Think about any strange places!"

After listening to Hu Jiu's question, the madam gradually calmed down, and thought about it seriously, "There is something strange... By the way! I remembered, I smelled a fragrance before I passed out!"

Hu Jiu's eyes lit up, and she immediately squatted down and asked, "What kind of incense is it?"

"Recently, I was so scared that something might happen to my child, I didn't dare to sleep all night, but I was still worried that I would fall asleep, so I ordered someone to prepare refreshing tea and a stick of refreshing incense, but at that time the incense seemed to be different from before. What a difference!"

Hu Jiu immediately rushed into the house, followed by Lin Qingyuan and the mayor. Hu Jiu found the censer mentioned by the Fourth Madam, and half a stick of burning incense was still stuck in the censer.

"Is it this fragrance?"

The maidservant of the fourth lady said: "That's it, this incense is called Bingnao, it's very refreshing. I prepared it for the lady, and it didn't pass through anyone's hands during this period."

Hu Jiu sniffed it carefully, but he didn't smell anything other than Bing Nao's own smell.

Lin Qingyuan walked over curiously and smelled it, "What did you smell?" He knew that Hu Jiu was very sensitive to smells, so he might find something.

But Hu Jiu shook his head.

All the people around showed disappointment.

Lin Qingyuan explained to everyone: "The smell of this incense is too strong. Any smell in the air has been washed away, but since the madam said that she passed out after smelling the incense, the incense released by the monster must be the result of the fragrance. Category."

"No..." Hu Jiu shook her head: "This ice brain has such a strong smell, how do you distinguish between different scents?"

The little madam said with tears in her eyes, "I don't know, it's just a feeling."

Hu Jiu sneered, and put the incense down, it seems that the clue of Xiang is not very strong.

Seeing that her clue didn't work, the fourth lady rushed to the mayor in disappointment, "It's all your fault!" She ran into the arms of the town master, raised her fist and hit the master several times, crying tearfully: "It's all your fault!" It's your fault! It's all your fault! If you listened to me and sent Xuan'er to the Central Plains earlier, wouldn't this matter? Xuan'er won't be lost, it's all your fault! Woooo...my Xuan'er..."

"Okay," the mayor pushed his wife away, and he couldn't hide the tiredness in his eyes. He reprimanded, "Is our family the only one who lost a child in Wusutag? Xuan'er can walk, but all the children in the town How to go! You only care about Xuan'er, don't other people who lose their children feel sad?"

Hu Jiu was extremely moved by Master Zhen's words.

The little madam was reprimanded by her husband and did not dare to reply, she only dared to sob and rub her eyes in a low voice in the arms of the servant girl. In this scene, even the wives who were jealous of her all day long couldn't bear it, and stepped up to persuade her.

The mayor came over and bowed deeply to Hu Jiu. After what happened just now, and Lin Qingyuan's performance, the mayor also saw that it was this immature child who could really help him, not this The sanctimonious old man immediately said respectfully: "Young Master Hu, what can you do?"

Hu Jiu was taken aback by the mayor's actions, and quickly said: "Oh, the mayor is very polite. I haven't thought of any specific solutions, but I want you to ask those who lost their children if they also have This process of smelling a strange fragrance."

Although the little lady said that it felt a little unbelievable, but after all, it is impossible for a living person to be lost under the eyes of the adults, so this clue should be used.

The mayor said: "Your Majesty, I will send someone there."

"Hey!" Hu Jiu called to the mayor: "Don't, it's late at night now, let's go tomorrow."

The mayor is also very anxious. Wusutag has lost so many children, and the higher authorities have repeatedly held him accountable and asked him to solve the case as soon as possible. It's like an ant on a hot pot, I don't remember Shi Chen at all, and now I remember it after Hu Jiu reminded me. "Oh, good."

In fact, Hu Jiu was also very anxious, because there were still three days before the five-day limit, but he didn't know anything about the goblin yet. "By the way, if possible, I would like to see all the residents of Wusutag. The master can also investigate any strangers who have appeared in the town recently."

The mayor said: "This lower official has already investigated! There is no suspicious person staying in Wusutag, but because this is a business hub, there are a huge number of merchants coming and going every day, so the records of merchants are not very clear. Will people come with merchants?"

Hu Jiu thought for a while, then shook her head thoughtfully.

Lin Qingyuan said: "Certainly not. If he follows merchants, where will those children be put? Dozens of them! Even if they eat, they will have to eat for a while, besides, he can't even eat bones and intestines, right? There has to be somewhere to deal with it.”

Lin Qingyuan's words frightened the mayor's face to turn pale.

Hu Jiu poked Lin Qingyuan and said, "Shut up."

Lin Qingyuan pouted.

The mayor grabbed Hu Jiu's hand and begged even more urgently. The trace of majesty he had retained just now was gone, and he begged like a father who lost his child: "Young master, save my son's life!" Ah! Please save all the children in my town, too!"

Hu Jiu sighed. The mayor not only cared about his own children, but also cared about the safety of the children in the whole town. He seemed to be a good official. He was 50 years old and had a son. To Mayor Feng, this child was as important as a jewel in the palm of his hand. .It's just that I am a monster, and now I want to catch another monster that is stronger than myself. Hu Jiu himself is not sure at all, so he didn't say yes for a while.

On the contrary, Lin Qingyuan swept the dust away at this moment, walked up to Mayor Feng, put on an unfathomable look, and said, "Master Feng, please rest assured, Fourth Madam, it is the duty of the Daoist to catch monsters. Don't worry, the old Daoist will fight you!" Life will also save the other son and other lost children!"

Hu Jiu couldn't help but rolled his eyes, thinking that this magic stick knows how to talk big, if he was really capable, he wouldn't be threatened by Hu Jingqian back then, so he also said: "Mayor, please get up, I will try my best .” Hu Jiu helped the mayor up.

However, Mayor Feng only regarded Hu Jiu as a life-saving straw, and burst into tears for a moment, and he was about to kneel down to Hu Jiu: "On behalf of the entire Wusutag people, I thank you, young master!"

Hu Jiu immediately became nervous. No one has ever knelt down on him since he was a child. It was a different matter in the illusion, let alone an old man as old as Mayor Feng, which made him feel guilty. He hurriedly Grab Mayor Feng's arm and prevent him from kneeling down: "Get up, get up, don't do this."

Lin Qingyuan immediately lost his eyes with laughter, and said: "Hey, please get up quickly."

The housekeeper and maid came over and helped Master Feng and his wife up, and Hu Jiu was relieved.

A group of idlers withdrew from the back room, and let the servant girl help the distraught fourth lady to rest.

Hu Jiu found the chief guard and asked, "Have you dared to ask the chief guard's name?"

The head guard said expressionlessly: "Don't dare, my subordinate Huo Xiao."

"Mr. Huo, just now I heard you said that you discovered the monster when it first came?"

Huo Xiao nodded: "That's right."

"Can you tell me the details?"

Huo Xiao glanced at Hu Jiu, and said: "That night, I happened to be patrolling the night and walked to Boyaxuan. I heard a noise inside, so I glanced along the wall and saw that monster."

"how does he look like?"

"It's the man you and I just chased after."

"It's him?" Hu Jiu was startled.

Huo Xiao nodded, and continued: "I alarmed that person, and that person ran away. I went to chase him, but he escaped halfway. When I came back, things had already happened. So I always I was thinking that the demon who stole the child might be two people, that's why I want to catch you tonight."

Hu Jiu said: "You can't tell, but the man you and I chased just now is indeed not a demon, but a god."

Huo Xiao showed some surprise in his eyes, but he didn't ask too much, he just said, "I don't care if it's a god or a demon, I just want to find the person who stole the child." He paused, and said, "I thought that the monster would also lure the tiger away, I specially arranged heavy troops in Boyaxuan, but I didn't expect the master's child to be lost."

Lin Qingyuan said from the side at this time: "No matter how powerful you are, you are still human, how can you be the opponent of a demon."

Huo Xiao shot Lin Qingyuan's gaze like a tiger and wolf. Lin Qingyuan was taken aback, and hurriedly hid behind Hu Jiusuo. Huo Xiao just glanced at Lin Qingyuan and didn't refute it, because it was an indisputable fact.

The butler came over and said to the two of them: "It's too late tonight, please rest in my mansion. The villain will take you to the guest room."

Lin Qingyuan winked at Hu Jiu to let Hu Jiu follow him.Huo Xiao looked at the two of them, and left with his subordinates.

The butler led the way for the two of them, and said as they walked: "Oh, you two don't know, since the accident happened in Usutag, my lord hasn't slept well all day. He sent people to investigate during the day, and held candles to work at night. He often went to condolences in person. , It really broke my heart, now that the young master is lost again, my lord is really exhausted physically and mentally! The young master is my lord's life."

Lin Qingyuan said: "That's right, Master Feng is a good official. Don't worry, the housekeeper will do his best to eliminate demons and punish evil for you, and return Wusutag peace."

"Thank you so much, Daoist Priest." The housekeeper turned to look at Hu Jiu, and asked, "This young man is extraordinary in appearance and quick in skill. I don't know who he is from."

Hu Jiuyi didn't know how to answer.

Lin Qingyuan immediately discovered Hu Jiu's difficulty, and said in a half-threatening tone: "Don't ask around if you shouldn't know, be careful to misunderstand the secret!"

The housekeeper nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, the little one has surpassed."

Hu Jiu glared at Lin Qingyuan, but said nothing, and the three of them remained silent all the way.

Until they came to a courtyard, which was closer to the back door of the town hall, the housekeeper opened the door of a wing room and said to Lin Qingyuan, "Master Taoist, please stay in this guest room."

Hu Jiu took a look at Lin Qingyuan, obviously he was going to be assigned to another guest room, so he pressed Lin Qingyuan's collar step by step, pushed him in hard, and said, "We will sleep in one room. Okay, don't bother you."

After finishing speaking, he closed the door and shut the housekeeper out.

The housekeeper was stunned, thinking, who is this young man?

Lin Qingyuan straightened his clothes that were almost torn apart, and said with some grievances: "Oh, I said Mr. Fox! I can't run, why did you let me sleep in the same room with you!"

Hu Jiu looked at the furnishings in the guest room. There was an old and musty smell in the room. It must have been a long time since anyone lived in it, but the tables and chairs were still clean. He glanced at him by the way and said, "If you're not afraid of [-], you're afraid of [-]." One. It’s not like you haven’t run before.”

"Tsk tsk, fox..."

"Call me Hu Jiu," Hu Jiu thought for a while and said, "Don't call me uncle, I'm not your uncle."

Lin Qingyuan sat down and said: "You are really joking, you can be my grandpa!"

Hu Jiu almost spit out a mouthful of water: "Okay, let's get down to business, how are you going to save people?"

"How do I know that..."

"Didn't you just promise them to save people!"

Lin Qingyuan chuckled, and said, "Isn't this promised for you?"

Hu Jiu stared, almost wanting to slap Lin Qingyuan across the face.At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Hu Jiu went to open the door. It was the boy of Yali. The boy brought two maids, one of whom was holding a pot of newly made tea, and the other was holding Clean bedding.

Hu Jiu let them in, and after they cleaned up the room, closed the door behind them.During the time when the next person was making the bed, Hu Jiu carefully thought about everything that happened today, and the most suspicious thing was the curly-haired man, so he turned around and asked Lin Qingyuan eagerly after closing the door: "Do you know that man? Tall, with curly hair, that's the man you're going to catch tonight."

Lin Qingyuan fiddled with his jingling baby, and shook his head: "I don't know."

"There must be something wrong with this person. Today I saw him sneaking around during the day, and sneaking into the town hall at night. When he ran away, the child was lost. How could it be such a coincidence? And Huo Xiao also said just now, that That man was there when the monster first came to steal the child, so there must be something wrong with such a coincidence."

Lin Qingyuan raised his eyebrows and said, "You mean the one who just escaped from the courtroom window? Is he the monster who stole the child? No, no, you just told me that person is a god. How could a god steal a child?"

"It's just a guess. Even if he isn't, it has something to do with him. Besides, not all gods are good. Let's go find this person tomorrow."

"Oh." Lin Qingyuan nodded without any objection.

Hu Jiu brought tea for both of them, and suddenly asked, "By the way, have you ever seen a man in yellow and white floral clothes?"

Lin Qingyuan frowned: "The man in the yellow and white floral dress... I seem to have a little impression, where did I see it?"

Hu Jiu reminded: "He is a cat demon."

Lin Qingyuan's eyes lit up, he slapped the table with his palm and said, "Ah! I remembered! I know who he is now."

Hu Jiu said excitedly, "You really know him?"

"Why are you so excited?" Lin Qingyuan picked up his mahogany sword, looked around and said, "Who in the demon world doesn't know the famous cat, Wandong."

Hu Jiu asked in surprise, "The cat's name is Wandong?"

Lin Qingyuan glanced at Hu Jiu with some disgust, but it wasn't very obvious, he thought to himself, you are a 400-year-old monster who doesn't even know his own family, you ask me? "Mao Xingshi was originally a cat raised by the Demon Emperor, but later ran away by himself for some reason, but the Demon Emperor still let him act as the entrance between the human world and the demon world."

Hu Jiu asked puzzled, "What do you mean you ran away?"

Lin Qingyuan shrugged: "This old man is not clear."

"The entrance to the two worlds of humans and monsters is an important checkpoint in the two worlds. It is impossible for the Demon Emperor to entrust such an important errand to outsiders. Therefore, the Demon Emperor still attaches great importance to cats."

"To the Demon Emperor, Wandong is no outsider." Lin Qingyuan paused and said, "Although it is true, and it is said that Wandong has been in charge of the entrance for hundreds of years, I also heard that the relationship between the two people It's nasty."

"What else do you know about cat behavior?"

Lin Qingyuan threw the mahogany sword, and said angrily: "Master Fox! You really pissed me off, you tell me that I am a Taoist priest who slays demons and demons, and I am aggrieved enough to be with you as a monster now. Let me tell you about your demon world, isn't it too bullying!"

Hu Jiu snorted, "Now you feel aggrieved talking with me, but you didn't feel aggrieved when you were threatened by Hu Jingqian?"

Lin Qingyuan choked for a moment, silently lowered his eyelids and drank tea.

Hu Jiu laughed, "If you know, tell me."

Lin Qingyuan put down the teacup, and said, "It is said that the day Mao Xing left Jinwei Palace, Yaohuang's wife died."

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Hu Jiu's eyes widened for a moment: "The Demon Emperor still has a wife?"

Lin Qingyuan snorted: "You don't even know how cats do things, so the Demon Emperor had a wife who told you that you need to be so surprised?"

Hu Jiu stroked his chin and said in his heart, this is really surprising. He thought that the Yaohuang was young and energetic, a hero and a loner, but he didn't expect the Yaohuang to have a wife. Could it be that he has children?Hu Jiu shook his head first, denying himself, the Yaohuang didn't look like he had a child.

The cat's behavior is actually a cat raised by the Demon Emperor, tsk tsk.

"The wife of the Demon Emperor is of the same family as the Demon Emperor. Her name is Lie Kong. She is a white tiger. It is said that she has been tens of thousands of years old. The two married on the day the Demon Emperor succeeded. Talking about it, at that time, the Demon Emperor had both beautiful people and double happiness. I don’t know how many people he envied. However, the Demon Emperor’s wife is not a person who likes to show off, so there are very few things about the Demon Emperor’s wife in the Demon World. Very respectful, Yaohuang's wife has been in the house for tens of thousands of years and has nothing to do with each other, and the two respect each other as guests, and I have never heard of any quarrels between the two."

Hu Jiuqi said: "How do you know so much about the demon world, a Taoist priest who slays demons?"

Lin Qingyuan chuckled: "I often walk by the river, how can I not get my shoes wet. I know everything after dealing with monsters for a long time."

"and after?"

"Later? The Demon Emperor's wife died in Jinwei Palace 500 years ago. No one knew the reason, and then Mao Xingshi left Jinwei Palace by himself. After he left, the Demon Emperor appointed him as the guard of the gate. Lin Qingyuan paused, and then said: "By the way, I also heard that the cat will only guard the boundary gate on the annual market day every year, and disappears the rest of the time."

"Old man, what else do you know?"

"It's gone! That's all!"

Hu Jiu stroked her chin, wondering how she could find the cat, or find the curly-haired man, but suddenly a black shadow flashed in front of her, and a mahogany sword was placed on her throat.

Hu Jiu looked up at Lin Qingyuan, and said coldly, "What do you want to do?"

Lin Qingyuan held the sword in one hand and posed in the other, and said, "This is my ancestral mahogany sword, which is designed to defeat evil spirits, aren't you afraid?"

Hu Jiu sneered, pushed the tip of the sword away with his fingers, and said, "Isn't the mahogany sword used to exorcise ghosts? Hehe."

Lin Qingyuan was immediately discouraged and wanted to leave with a bunch of clinking instruments in his arms.

At this time, Hu Jiu was actually interested in the pile of magic weapons that Lin Qingyuan was holding. She grabbed Lin Qingyuan's robe and pulled him over: "What are you there? Let me see."

Lin Qingyuan said: "All I have here are ancestral magic weapons! Be careful to beat you back to your original form!"

Hu Jiuli ignored Lin Qingyuan's threat, and took out the magic weapons in the bag one by one.

"Hey old man, what is this?" Hu Jiu shook a bell vigorously.

Lin Qingyuan said weakly: "San Qingling."

"What about this?" Hu Jiu turned out a wooden sign with a round top and a flat bottom.

"Five Thunder Orders."

"This... oh, I know this, it's chime, hey, why do you still carry a bowl with you? Are you also learning from monks to beg for fortune?"

Lin Qingyuan snatched the bowl that Hu Jiu was holding, and by the way gave Hu Jiu a look of contempt, "This is the nectar bowl used for sacrifices in the dojo! It's not a rice bowl."

Hu Jiu turned Lin Qingyuan's magic weapon over and looked around, the corner of his mouth curled up mockingly: "I said, are these magic weapons of yours really used to subdue demons and eliminate demons?"

Lin Qingyuan glanced at Hu Jiu, a little bit unsure of himself: "Yes..."

Hu Jiu propped his chin and asked, "I'm really curious where you learned your ability to subdue demons and slay demons. Don't tell me that you are under the sect of Daoist Taiyi!"

Lin Qingyuan glared and said: "I am really a direct disciple of Daoist Taiyi, believe it or not!" After speaking, he ran to bed with a bunch of magical artifacts in his arms.

Hu Jiu chuckled, thinking that the old man was quite interesting.Speaking of the old man, Hu Jiu suddenly thought of the sycamore tree spirit in Wutong Zhao.

Lin Qingyuan said: "I'm going to sleep."

"What are you sleeping on! Come out with me." Hu Jiu quietly opened the window a crack, and carefully looked outside.

Lin Qingyuan was puzzled and sat up from the bed: "Where are you going so late?"

"Time is running out." Hu Jiu closed the window and said, "Whether it's that curly-haired monster or Wandong, where do you think they are most likely to stay at night?"

Lin Qingyuan thought for a while and said, "They don't need to sleep."

Hu Jiu laughed, and said: "Take your things, let's sneak out, don't be discovered by the people in the yamen."

"This...why is this?"

"Don't ask, go out and talk."

Hu Jiu took Lin Qingyuan and jumped out from the back window, then climbed over the wall and left the yamen.The two hid in hiding all the way, for fear of being discovered by patrolling soldiers.

"Now can you tell me why you came out?"

The two hid in a dark corner of a shop, Hu Jiu said: "When I was hiding under the table with that curly-haired monster today, I smelled something strange about him."

"What is the taste?"

Hu Jiu shook her head, "I'm not sure, but I must have smelled it somewhere, and it's in this town."

After finally finding an important clue, Lin Qingyuan also asked anxiously: "Where did you hear it, think about it carefully."

But Hu Jiu shook her head: "Let's go find the person who stole the child first."

Lin Qingyuan stared: "Do you know who he is?"

"I don't know, but I remember the smell of Bingnao. The fragrance of Bingnao has a very good adhesion effect.