treacherous world

"Isn't it a human grave? What is that?" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang vaguely sensed a strange air.

"Oh, back then, when my husband found this grave, he went down with his brothers." The old woman said quietly, her voice was hoarse and slow, and she couldn't tell the strange thing, "I found a lot of treasures and came out thinking that I would make a fortune." But I didn’t expect them to die suddenly before spending money. I knew at the time that this was an ominous place, and I was afraid that people would find out, so I built a house here and guarded this place. At that time, I met a wandering Taoist priest, He is a capable person. He said that the place is the den of demons. Although there is wealth in it, the wealth is not something that the world can afford, so no jewels are allowed to be taken from it. In addition, fish from Yishui must be used to guard the house. "

Everyone understood that it was strange to hang so many dried fish in the house, it was originally used for the town house, it was fresh.

"Ah... people can't beat the word greed, and there is no impenetrable wall in the world. Later, people heard that there are treasures in my underground, so they often sneaked in secretly, but later they became more and more wicked. Once they entered, they couldn't get out. The old woman stomped the ground with her crutches in her hand, "Those Taoist monks always say that our family is some kind of grave keeper who has been cursed for generations... After the baby monkey was born, it caused even more criticism."

As she said that, the old woman hugged the little monkey and patted his head affectionately, "Oh... It's been hard, it's been hard for my precious grandson."

Zhan Zhao understood in his heart, no wonder the little monkey hated that real Liu, maybe he had bullied him before.

"Who is that little red?" Bai Yu was always very concerned about the mermaid.

The old woman frowned slightly, bowed her head and said nothing, she stroked the little monkey's head, and said after a long time, "The child just randomly named the big fish in the water."

"Big fish?" Bai Yutang was suspicious, and Zhan Zhao naturally didn't believe it either. The old lady's words were perfunctory.

"You two distinguished guests, why don't you listen to my advice from the old lady." The old lady suddenly lowered her voice and said, "This Qushan County has been a place where demons gather since ancient times, and there are also some gods and evil things in this Yishui... Although these things don’t see the light of day, they don’t kill innocent people indiscriminately, they just punish villains and eliminate harm for the people, you guys, just leave it alone if you can.”

Zhan Zhao knew in his heart that what the old lady meant was to tell them to mind their own business.

"Little monkey, come and see the two big brothers out." The old woman thumped her shoulders, lay down on the couch beside her to rest, and said in her mouth, "Oh, the younger generation should listen to the old man's words. A capable person is only an individual, and cannot fight gods and demons."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang didn't know what it was like to hear this, they always felt that there was something in her words, and it seemed to be exactly the same as what brother Zhan Zhao said.

Helpless people issued an order to evict the guest, and the other party was an orphan and widowed mother, and it was not easy for the two to stay, so they had to be "sent" out.

The little monkey sent everyone away, stretched out his hand and gently touched Shi Shi's head, as if reluctant to give up.

"Little monkey, come and play with me?" The fourth son asked while holding the little monkey's hand.

The little monkey's eyes flickered, as if he was a little moved, but he looked back at the room again, "I won't go, I'll eat at home, so don't come here in the future, you will offend the gods in Yishui, no matter how powerful a person is." To die."

"The gods in Yishui mean the belly of the horse?" Zhan Zhao asked him.

"Hmm..." The little monkey was about to speak when he heard the grandma inside calling, "Little monkey, it's time to eat."

"Oh." The little monkey looked at the crowd, entered the room and closed the door.

Bai Yutang sighed softly, and had to take Zhan Zhao and the others to leave first.

The four of them walked back silently, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were a little disappointed.

"What are you thinking?" Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang suddenly stopped in his tracks. At this moment, they were almost at the bank of the Yishui River, some distance away from the ferry.

Bai Yutang squatted down, took out a black jade flying locust stone from his sleeve, and waved to the stone.

The stone came over, Bai Yutang let it sniff it, then buried the stone in the mud, patted the stone on the head, "Do you remember the location?"

Stone blinked, squatted down... rubbed his belly against the ground, then sniffed, and wagged his tail at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang stretched out his hand and patted it on the head, as if approving.

Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang, "Do you want to..."

"Do you really believe in the theory of ghosts and monsters?" Before Zhan Zhao could finish asking, Bai Yutang asked back.

Zhan Zhao shook his head, "I believe there are unknown strange things, but ghosts and monsters... I don't believe it."

"That's why, let's come back at night." Bai Yutang patted the dust on his hands, "That's called Xiaohong, I just caught a glimpse of her, and I suspect she is a sea mermaid."

Zhan Zhao frowned, "Then don't come at night, lest you get caught by her."

Bai Yutang was taken aback, then looked at Zhan Zhao, "How do you know that the sea mermaid is a female hooligan?"

Zhan Zhao suddenly realized that he had slipped his tongue, coughed quickly, "Guess whatever, let's go."

Bai Yutang still wanted to ask, but Zhan Zhao had already stretched out his arms to hug the fourth son, "Sir, what do you want to eat tonight?"

……

The four of them went back by ferry, and were going to go back to their room to have a rest, and then act again at night.

As soon as I arrived at the street market in Qushan County, I heard that someone was making a fuss in the Yamen.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang said in their hearts that there are many disasters and disasters in the Yamen of Qushan County, who is so bold to come and make trouble in the Yamen.Just walked to the gate of the yamen.

Bai Yutang saw that the two looked familiar at the door, standing there with arms folded, looking around.

"Ah!" The fourth son yelled, "Yingying!" He jumped off the rock and rushed over.

Bai Yutang also saw it, and said to Zhan Zhao, "It's Ziying and Zheying."

"Oh?" Zhan Zhao was overjoyed, "So, Gongsun and Zhao Pu are also here?"

Bai Yutang nodded, "In other words, it should be..."

"Zhao Pu!" Zhan Zhao hurried over a few steps.

Bai Yutang followed behind, feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart, Zhan Zhao was not so happy when he saw him coming.Would you rather ask Zhao Pu and Gongsun for help than ask yourself for help?

In the courtyard, the yamen servants fell to the ground, Zhao Pu stood aside and stepped on Liang Bao on the ground, and Gongsun was asking him, "Tell me, where is my son! Where did you hide him?!"

"Daddy!"

As soon as Gongsun finished asking, he heard a familiar voice behind him. Turning around, the fourth son had already rushed over.

The reunion of Gongsun after a long time was full of surprises. He picked up the fourth son and kissed him hard. Although it was only a few days apart, he really missed him.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang also came in, Liang Bao was stepped on by Zhao Pu, and shouted at Bai Yutang, "Lord Zhan, help me!"

Bai Yutang waved his hand at Zhao Pu, "Misunderstanding."

Zhao Pu let Liang Bao go, and seeing that the fourth son was fine, he came over and said, "When we first entered the city, we heard that there was a murderer on the belly of a horse, and that the murderer was a child riding a bear and was taken into the yamen. The bookworm came to ask, but this guy didn't say anything."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang understood in their hearts, probably some passers-by added fuel and jealousy to say something about how cute children are, and they were bullied, which made Zhao Pu upset, and wouldn't it be his and Gongsun's life to touch the fourth son.

"Uh... are you one of us?" Liang Bao got up, rubbed the wound on his body and said to Bai Yutang, "Master Zhan, I saw him coming in fiercely and asking some children in white. He thought he was looking for trouble. Did I conceal your identity, so I didn't say it."

Bai Yutang nodded, then he hurried to see a doctor.

Liang Bao was actually interested in Zhao Pu's identity, and now he can see that he is quite noble.

Zhan Zhao found Gongsun and asked, "Oh, Gongsun, have you got the antidote yet?"

Gongsun nodded, "Pat the bag on your waist, um, it's being raised, it will take a few days, and it will be ready for you to use. Apply it externally and use it internally. It will take ten days to heal."

"It's been so long!" Zhan Zhao was anxious.

When he heard that Gongsun and the others had come, Zhan Zhao was very happy. Once he came, his eyes were healed, and it was too uncomfortable to see like this.The most important thing is to rely on Bai Yutang for everything like a useless person.

Secondly... Once Gongsun and the others come, the little scoundrel, the fourth son, will be taken care of, so that he won't make trouble all day long and embarrass him and Bai Yutang.

But now that he heard that it would take at least half a month for the incident to be resolved, Zhan Zhaoxin said, don't you two have agreed in advance.

"Have you found anyone?" Zhao Pu asked Bai Yutang, frowning and said, "What am I listening to, the horse-bellied celestial being... What's wrong with the dead rats in the Eryue palace that killed many people?"

Bai Yutang patted Xiao Liang beside him, and when everyone entered the room, Xiao Liang explained the whole story clearly.Xiao Liang is different from Xiao Si Zi, they are easy to use and organized, and Gongsun and the others are stunned when they hear this.

"Horse belly?" Gongsun has extensive knowledge and knowledge, but he also thought it was an anecdote when he heard this, "Many of the water rats out of the river and the catastrophe of rats are deceiving... Most of the wandering warlocks use them to deceive people and property, and it may not be true. What a disaster.

Both Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao nodded. It would be best if Gongsun came. There are two things to show him, one is the corpses of all the dead so far, and the other is the dead corpse of the sea mermaid.

Gongsun and Zhao Pu were amazed when they heard about the sea mermaid.

"Is there such a thing?" Zhan Zhao asked Gongsun.

"The theory of orcs has existed since ancient times, such as werewolves, leopards, etc... But most of them are children who were taken by wild beasts to be raised as small beasts, and they were still in human form."

"Sea mermaid? It's impossible for people to let the fish pick it up." Zhao Pu yawned, "Also, a dead mouse stuck in his throat... and in front of you two?" Asked and looked Exhibition of Showa and Baiyutang.

They both nodded—quite true.

"I want to see who is so capable of playing tricks in front of you two."

"I'll go and see the mermaid's bones." Gongsun stood up, looking excitedly with Zhao Pu to see the bones.

The first few rooms in the backyard of the entire yamen are full of corpses, and there is also a room full of dead rats, so dark that no one dares to approach them.

Zhao Pu and Gongsun rushed to the mermaid's coffin first, Xiao Sizi and Xiao Liang followed behind, Bai Yutang also wanted to go, but saw Zhan Zhao sitting there alone, listless.

Bai Yutang frowned slightly, and walked to his side, "What's wrong?"

"Huh?" Zhan Zhao came back to his senses and shook his head.

Bai Yutang had just heard that he was asking about Gongsun Yao. A lot of things had happened in the past few days, and it was really frustrating for Zhan Zhao.First, he blinded his elder brother with poison, and he also listened to Chilongmen's provocative words. Although he couldn't fully believe it, there must be some influence in his heart.

Bai Yutang also has an elder brother with deep feelings, if one day he hears that his elder brother hates him the most, he will be furious, even if he doesn't believe it, he will be sad.

Sighing lightly, he sat down beside Zhan Zhao, and Bai Yutang looked at him.

Zhan Zhao lowered his head, looked from the side, his eyelids drooped, Bai Yutang inexplicably noticed Zhan Zhao's eyelashes... his eyes really look like cats...

"Cough cough." With a slight cough, Bai Yutang calmed down a bit. He didn't know how to persuade others, so he held back a sentence after a long time, "Don't worry about it, just trust your own feelings."

"Yeah." Zhan Zhao raised his head slowly and said, "I feel..."

Bai Yutang stared at him.

After waiting for a long time, Zhan Zhao finally said a word, "Hungry."

Bai Yutang was stunned for a moment, then saw Zhan Zhao laughing, "Let's go, go to Wu Zuofang to see if Gongsun found anything, and then let's go eat."

Bai Yutang didn't speak, stood up, and saw on the table the small bundle that the fourth son usually carried, with his favorite snacks inside.He reached over and took out a piece of almond cake from inside.

"Open your mouth," Bai Yutang said.

Zhan Zhao was taken aback for a moment, not quite understanding, but felt a pleasant fragrance coming from his nose, opened his mouth, and was stuffed with a piece of almond cake.

Zhan Zhao chewed a couple of bites, then stretched out his hand, and Bai Yutang took two more pieces for him and put them in his hands. Zhan Zhao stood up, groped his way out while eating the almond cakes, and the exhausted expression that had just flashed by just disappeared. As easy as ever.

Bai Yutang followed behind, and gave him a gentle hand at the threshold, feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart-this cat just forced a smile, and there was really nothing to do with him because he never gave in.