treacherous world

After deciding to visit at night, everyone can eat with peace of mind.

While eating, he heard shouting and cursing from downstairs, Zhan Zhao looked out the window, and saw a few dirty children running forward, followed by the inn clerks chasing them.

"Why is this so, how many children are beaten by adults?!" Pang Yu stood up and looked.

Zhan Zhao was holding the rice bowl, his eyes were sharp, and he couldn't help frowning when he saw the steamed buns in the children's hands, "These children are as thin as monkeys, similar to Xiaodoudou's situation, but Doudou The bean looks healthier, don’t come out to steal it after you haven’t eaten for several days.” Zhan Daxia naturally couldn’t see this, so he wanted to catch up. Just kill the child.

Zhan Zhao is pretending to be a scholar, and he doesn't want to attract attention.Bai Yutang pressed his shoulder.Ziying went downstairs and followed quietly, and when she reached the entrance of the alley, she saw a few children and asked the staff to block it.

The buddy held a stick in his hand, hehehele, "Are you still running?"

Several children sat there staring at him.

Ziying's face darkened, and she said in her heart that you are a waiter in the shop, and the Lord will break your leg.

Just as I was about to go over to help, I saw the buddy put the stick aside and took out an oiled paper bag from his bulging arms, "Come here."

Those children came running over with a smile on their face, pounced on the buddy, and crawled all over their bodies, so close.

The man gave them oiled paper bags, and took out two small bundles from his waist, and gave them a bag of candy, "Pipa candy, it's a new product brought back by the shopkeeper, it's not allowed to eat at night, it will rot your teeth."

"Thank you, brother!" The children obviously knew the guy very well, and thanked them after taking the things.The man saw them off, coughed, picked up the stick and walked out angrily, cursing, "Damn child, don't learn well, steal like others."

Many passers-by in the roadside shop scolded him, saying that he was mean and bullied children.

Zi Ying thinks this guy is nice, but donating to children, the guy's things don't look like they were stolen, isn't it good to be generous?You can still gain a good reputation, so why bother?Could it be, trying to hide something...

After thinking about it, he ran forward with the group of children.

The children ran to a dilapidated small mountain village on the outskirts of the west city of Chengdu.This village seems to be no longer inhabited, and the mountain village is backed by a big mountain.The children ran all the way to the mountain, and after walking for a long time, they came to a cave. There were a few old and weak women and children waiting in the cave.

Ziying slightly raised her eyebrows—the child came to deliver food to the adults?

After sending the food in, several children turned around and ran out again.Ziying tilted her head and followed, and saw the group of children running into the woods, took off the beggar's clothes and put them aside, jumped into the river, took a bath, changed into clean clothes, and ran back to the city .Ziying raised her eyebrows... Don't look at one or two skinny monkeys, they are all children from a good family.

I followed these children home one by one, and found that they were all children of businessmen.Full of doubts, Ziying returned to the restaurant, and told Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang what she had seen and said.

"So strange?" Zhan Zhao also felt something strange.

"Just ask the guy." Bai Yutang looked at the guy who was coming up to refill the dishes.

After eating, everyone checked out and pretended to leave.

When the guy went to dump things in the back alley, he asked someone to lift the collar of his clothes, dragged him to a deserted place, and blocked him in the corner.

"Grandpa, please spare me!" The guy begged for mercy regardless of where it happened.

Zhan Zhao patted him, "Dude, I have something to ask you."

"Guest officer?" The guy looked at Zhan Zhao in surprise, not understanding why the diner just now grabbed him.

"Who were those children just now?" Zhan Zhao asked.

The guy froze for a moment, a trace of nervousness and vigilance obviously flashed in his eyes, but he quickly recovered his calm, "Oh... just a group of little beggars, who often come to steal food."

"Really?" Ziying smiled, "Who lives on that mountain?"

The guy's face changed, and he looked at Zhan Zhao and the others warily, "Who are you?"

Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows, and said something that a hero would say but was ridiculous, "Good guy."

"Oh, there are no good people in this world." The man said angrily, and raised his neck, "They are just a group of kind-hearted children. Don't make trouble for them. If you want to kill them, kill me."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, just now they looked at this guy's obedience, unexpectedly he was still a man.

Zhan Zhao asked him, "Is it related to He Zheng?"

The man couldn't help frowning, and looked at Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang suspiciously, "Who are you?"

"You answer us first." Zhan Zhao asked without answering, "Who are you? Why do you want to help people in the mountains?"

The buddy seemed to be lost in thought, and after a while, he gently rolled up his sleeves.This move may seem inadvertent, but it seems to be very possible.Everyone saw a crescent-shaped scald on his arm, and a strange symbol beside him, which seemed to be a half-dragon.Bao Yan rested his chin and watched, the crescent moon was similar to the one on his father's forehead, so he shouldn't be a bad person.

Zhan Zhao frowned and couldn't remember what symbol it was, while Zhe Ying and Zi Ying squatted down, pulled his arm to look carefully, Zhe Ying asked in surprise, "You...you are Feng Yuncheng's former department?"

The guy originally just wanted to test it out, but he didn't expect them to recognize it, and he was very surprised, "You... how do you know about this scar?"

Feng Yuncheng was originally a general of the garrison in central Shu, he was very capable at a young age, he specialized in fighting against the Tubo army, he had outstanding achievements, and he also had some friendship with Zhao Pu.It's just that he was sentenced to death for embezzling military pay by He Zhengcan, and then he disappeared.Some people said that he fled to Dali or Tibet in fear of crime, while others said that he had been assassinated.

The man closed his sleeves, and still didn't seem to believe it.

Zhe Ying tugged at him, "Where's Feng Yuncheng?"

The buddy sneered, "Do you think I'll say it? Since you know me with the Moon Breaking Dragon Pattern, I'm probably a soldier. The Song Dynasty is about to die, so go back and prepare well."

Pang Yu raised his eyebrows, "Isn't it... Feng Yuncheng is really a traitor? Thanks to Zhao Pu, he always speaks well of him."

"Bah!" The man spat hard at Pang Yu first, and he was so startled that he hurriedly hid behind Zhan Zhao.

"The general was framed by corrupt officials who really betrayed the country and seek glory!" He was stunned again when he said this, and asked everyone suspiciously, "Do you know Zhao Pu?"

Zhan Zhao scratched his head, thinking that Zhao Pu's name is still useful at the moment, so he nodded to Zhe Ying.

Ziying felt that this guy was not a bad person, at least he saw it when he was facing those children just now, so she took out a token to show him.

The man took a look at the token, and opened his mouth in surprise, "Really...there is a day for a thorough investigation? I finally waited for this day!"

Seeing his excited expression, Bai Yutang asked, "He Zheng has arrested a lot of people, do you know that?"

"Of course I know!" The man nodded, "You take me to see the Ninth Prince, the general said that there are only two people in this world who can be trusted."

When everyone raised their eyebrows, one of them must be Zhao Pu. Although he usually looks unreliable, who is the other person?

Taking his buddies back to the cottage quietly, Zhan Zhao told Bai Yutang, "I bet a copper coin on Mr. Bao."

Bai Yutang nodded, "I'll also bet a coin not on Taishi Pang."

Zhan Zhao glanced at him sideways, and Bai Yutang smirked.

In the cottage, sure enough, the guy saw Bao Zheng and Zhao Pu crying, saying that he had met a savior, and that he had been wronged for many years.

They asked him to sit down and explained what had happened in detail.

It turned out that those in the mountains were the family members of the people who were wanted and captured by He Zheng.Most of the family members of the officials who died on the way to Kaifeng to sue the imperial court hid in the mountains to avoid being caught by He Zheng.And their children were taken in by a few benevolent squires in the local area. These children have been pretending to be beggars and helping to deliver food and drinks.This guy's real name is Weng Kun, he is Feng Yuncheng's subordinate, and he is very capable.Feng Yuncheng kept his name incognito and has been secretly collecting evidence against He Zheng. There is already a lot of evidence. Weng Kun told the shadow guards where Feng Yuncheng is, and helped write a letter, so that Feng Yuncheng can come to see Bao Zheng and He Zheng after reading the letter. Zhao Pu, explain the truth back then.

In addition, he specifically mentioned Nightcrawler to Zhan Zhao Bai Yutang and the others.

"Who is this Nightcrawler?" Bao Zheng heard Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao mention it just now, and was a little curious.

"Your Excellency, I don't know. He Zheng originally colluded with Tubo, and he had to prepare for two or three years before rebelling, but he has done too many wicked things. Recently, he is not feeling well, and it is said that he has an incurable disease!" Weng Kun told everyone. , "Think about it, He Zheng has done so many things with all his heart and soul, because of that ambition. Now that he is ambitious, he has no choice but to lose his life. How can he bear the benefits he got? So, a wizard in Tubo introduced Nightcrawler to him. .”

"This time the people are in dire straits. Could it be that it has something to do with that night walker?" Bao Zheng guessed that there must be a reason for He Zheng's sudden show of his feet, and it seems that this is the place.

"That's right." Weng Kun nodded and explained to everyone in detail, "This kind of night walker lives a strange life with very evil attributes. But because they will not grow old, they will live forever and will not get sick. In addition, they look young They are handsome, possess greater strength than ordinary people, and move quickly. In addition, these nightcrawlers lead an indulgent life, and their behavior is cruel and cruel at will. Therefore, some dudes, and high-ranking officials and wealthy gentry highly respect their lives. But this is also good, This group of people, after living the life of night walkers, they only walk at night, and they often make a group of people at home to indulge in sensuality, and they don’t come out to harm people during the day, out of sight and out of mind.”

"They all live at night and don't see sunlight?" Bai Yutang wondered, "Then what do they do during the day? Sleep?"

"Yes." Weng Kun nodded, "still sleeping in the coffin."

"Where are you sleeping?" Everyone couldn't believe it.

"In the coffin." Weng Kun said again seriously, "They feel that they are no longer human, so they treat human blood as food, and treat people like animals and pets, which is very scary."

"How could a good person become like that? Didn't he become a demon?" Bao Zheng asked, looking at Zhan Zhao.

Everyone thought of the previous Gorefiend at the same time, could it be the same situation?But the symptoms seem to be different from taking blood bilirubin.

"I think it might just be a kind of kung fu or some kind of medicine, but now they think about blood and blood every day, and they are crazy."

"Is it really effective?" Zhan Zhao couldn't help being curious, "Is it really immortal after taking it, and rejuvenate?"

"It's a bit useful. I met a night walker before. His face was as white as a dead person, but he felt a decade younger.

Everyone felt that it was miraculous or strange, so they still sneaked in at night according to the previous decision.

I also asked some details about the night walkers. It seems that they need to sneak in and make up. Night walkers have some characteristics. As long as the appearance is similar, it is easy to mix in... It is said that their lives are very chaotic and absurd.

Bai Yutang was brought into the house by Gongsun, and according to Weng Kun's instructions, he went there pretending to be a night walker.

Zhan Zhao waited in the yard with his chin resting on his hands, playing with the five lives on the table with his fingers, and asked Bao Zheng, "My lord, it seems that the evidence of He Zheng's crime is conclusive. This time is the best time to arrest him."

"That's right. As long as you find the hostages, you can wipe out He Zheng's followers. Tonight, Bai Shaoxia pretends to be a night crawler and sneaks into them. If you want to get more clues, it's best to meet He Zheng himself."

The case is being discussed here, but the fourth son and the others over there are surprised by what Doudou said.

"Being bitten will also turn you into a night crawler?" The fourth son asked in surprise.

Zhan Zhao leaned over to listen, "Little Si, why did you get bitten?"

"Doudou said that after a night crawler bites a person, the person will also become a night crawler."

"It's similar to the blood demon. The blood demon is poisoned." Zhan Zhao was not without worry, so he took care not to get involved with the previous mirage. In the end, Zhan Hao would inevitably be involved.

Just as he was thinking wildly, when the door opened, Gongsun ran out, patting the white powder on his hands, followed by the unwilling Bai Yutang.

As soon as Bai Yutang walked out, everyone felt a chill.He was dressed in black, and he was originally white, but this time he was painted to make his face pale. The so-called one white cover three ugliness, he was already good-looking, but after being painted white, he couldn't tell whether he looked strange or handsome. It just looks good.

Looking left and right, Zhan Zhao felt quite satisfied, so he reached out and wiped his face with white face.

Gongsun hurriedly blocked it, "Don't, I painted it with great effort!"

Zhao Pu saw it from the side, and crossed his arms and asked Gongsun resentfully, "Dear, what did you use to paint him?!"

Gongsun stretched out his hand, holding a brush in his hand.

Zhao Pu looked better.

Zhan Zhao also leaned over and asked Bai Yutang in a low voice, "Didn't you wipe it with your hands?"

Bai Yutang laughed, "How is that possible." This grin.

Zhan Zhao frowned, "What's in your mouth?"

Bai Yutang suddenly smiled, and Zhan Zhao saw two sharp teeth at a glance.

"Oh?" Zhan Zhao saw it for the first time, and leaned over to take a closer look, "Is this a family tooth?"

"Gongsun made it, does it look like it?" Bai Yutang leaned over to show Zhan Zhao.

"Isn't it pretty?" Zhan Zhao tapped, "It's pretty hard, will it scratch your tongue?"

Bai Yutang moved his tongue and bared his teeth at Zhan Zhao, "Cat, take a bite?"

"En." Zhan Zhao bared his neck for him to bite.

Bai Yutang was really blunt, he leaned over and took a light bite.

Everyone at the side was stunned, Bao Zheng coughed and turned his face away - don't look at evil, only the fourth son watched with relish.

"It's really like it." Weng Kun nodded aside, "It's exactly the same as Nightcrawler."

"One thing I don't understand." Gongsun asked, "Whether the night walker takes medicine or poison, how can he grow two fangs?

"Blood devils can also grow teeth." Everyone connected the previous things together, wondering if it might have something to do with the holy fruit.

"Why don't I go too?" Gongsun said suddenly.

"What are you going to do?" Zhao Pu frowned.

"Speaking of which, if you take the prey with you, the effect will be better." Weng Kun suggested.

"Prey?" Bai Yutang frowned, "A living person?"

"According to legend, they have a carnival every day, and sometimes new people will join." Weng Kun said, shrugging, "There are many rumors about nightcrawlers. There will also be some very silly boys and girls who are curious about their lives and are caught It was tricked into being a prey, and it was also said to be a tribute."

"As a tribute, are there any special requirements?" Bai Yutang asked.

"Well, both men and women must be beautiful and look clean... It seems that there will be a ceremony where the tribute will be sucked into a night walker. Of course, after becoming a night walker, you will never go home again, and you will live and die at home. no one knows."

"Well, what exactly is the ceremony going to do, is it to be sucked by one person, or by everyone?" Bai Yutang asked casually, and saw Zhao Pu's eyelids tremble.

"I don't know about that either." Weng Kun shook his head helplessly

"It's quite interesting." Gongsun became excited, "I'll get a blood bag or something, and put it around my neck!"

"No?!" Zhan Zhao and Zhao Pu said in unison.

Zhao Pu pulled Gongsun, "Don't even think about it!"

Zhan Zhao also glared at Bai Yutang, how dare he want someone else? !

"I want to find out what drug caused it." Gongsun said seriously to Zhao Pu, "I want to do serious things."

"If you want to study, let them bring you some live ones!" Zhao Pu resolutely refused.

"Why don't I go pretend to be prey." Zhan Zhao pointed to himself and asked Bai Yutang, "Take me with you. Anyway, I can protect myself in case of danger, and I can take care of you in case of emergency."

After Zhan Zhao finished speaking, the fourth son on the side rubbed his five lives and muttered, "Miao Miao is afraid that he will mess with flowers for nothing..."

"Hush." ​​Xiao Liang quickly covered the mouth of the fourth son.

The fourth son blinked, Zhan Zhao was embarrassed, "Don't talk nonsense."

Bai Yutang also scratched his head.

"Alright, young man Bai and guard Zhan will go together, and we will continue to ask the two shadow guards, Zhe Ying and Zi Ying, to support us. And the Ninth Prince... I will wait for General Feng Yuncheng here with my house. Let's do both." The hunter was very concerned, so he told Zhan Zhao, "Guard Zhan, remember, try to catch a night walker back."

Zhan Zhao nodded, and together with Bai Yutang, brought Zi Ying Zhe Ying back to Chengdu Mansion.

When we got back to the inn, it was already dark.Bai Yutang opened the window and looked out. The whole street was quiet, there was no sound, and there was no light at all.

Ziying frowned, "It's really haunted."

The four of them turned off the lights, quietly went up to the roof, and looked down at the various streets of Chengdu Mansion. On the most spacious street in the distance, there were some black figures moving...the movements were extremely fast.

"That's it." Bai Yutang looked at it with his hands behind his back.

Zi Ying and Zhe Ying dispersed, Bai Yutang tugged at Zhan Zhao, "I'll take you there, you can protect your neck."

"Yeah!" Zhan Zhao looked excited, Bai Yutang couldn't help but look up at the sky, "Cat, you were caught by me to eat!"

"Yeah!" Zhan Zhao then nodded.

Bai Yutang coughed, "It's not that food, it's real food."

Zhan Zhao reacted for a while, then he understood, kicked him viciously, Bai Yutang dodged, stretched out his hand and pinched Zhan Zhao's nose, "You should be more scared!"

Guard Zhan was dumbfounded, staring at Bai Yutang, "Afraid?"

"Mmm!" Bai Yutang encouraged him, "You look scared, very scared!"

Zhan Zhao's face turned red from holding back, and he didn't think about how to pretend to be very scared. Only then did he remember that since he was a child, Zhan Zhao has been known as bold and has never been afraid.

Bai Yutang was still smiling when he saw him, and he was a little speechless. Doesn't this mean telling others - I have a problem, come and check me? !

After thinking about it for a while, Bai Yutang remembered that people who are usually frightened will stare wide. This cat's eyes are so big that staring may have some effect.

"Cat." Bai Yutang stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers in front of Zhan Zhao, "Stare!"

Zhan Zhao stares.

Bai Yutang stroked his chin and looked at it—it really had some effect.

"Stare a little more!"

Zhan Zhao tried his best to stare a little wider.

Bai Yutang thought it was fun, so he suppressed a smile, "A little bigger!"

Zhan Zhao stared hard, now he looked like a cat trying to pretend to be a frog.

Zhan Zhao felt so tired, his eyes were wide open and the cold wind was blowing in his eyes, he couldn't breathe, and seeing Bai Yutang's hard work, he could tell he was playing tricks.Zhan Zhao quickly closed his eyes, rubbed his eyelids, "I'm exhausted!"

Bai Yutang shook his head, "Stupid cat, you can't even pretend to be scared."

"Heh." Zhan Zhao turned to look at him, "Fifth Bai, you pretend to be afraid and show me!"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Bai Yutang stood there in a daze, then frowned and thought about it seriously, but didn't pretend.He simply pulled Zhan Zhao's wrist, "Forget it, just smile."

Zhan Zhao relaxed and followed Bai Yutang into the air.

Bai Yutang looked at the sky, "You don't know martial arts, you can fly higher than me?!"

Zhan Zhao let go of his anger and fell straight down.

Startled, Bai Yutang quickly landed on the ground to catch it steadily, and gritted his teeth looking at Zhan Zhao.

Just as I was about to move forward, I felt movement behind me.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao winked at each other, then turned away... Zhan Zhao was led by Bai Yutang to the wall, and when he looked back, he saw a man in black stretching out his sharp claws as if to attack them.

The man in black turned his head slowly, Zhan Zhao just frowned, only to see that he also had a white face... his lips were blood red.It was only then that Zhan Zhao realized that maybe Bai Yutang was too good-looking or he was too familiar to notice anything wrong at all, but this person, in the dark night, really made people shudder.

The man was amazed at how fast Bai Yutang moved, and narrowed his eyes slightly to stare at him, "So fast... Are you not a local, or are you the Blood King?"

Bai Yutang slandered - what kind of blood king, his cats love to eat hairy blood.

At this time, two men in black came over and walked to the person who had just spoken, "Is there a newcomer?"

The man nodded and asked Bai Yutang, "Come to the party?"

Bai Yutang stretched out his hand and gently pulled Zhan Zhao to his side.

The three looked at each other and smiled, "This tribute is excellent."

"Let's go, I'll take you to see the Blood King." The three of them turned around and took Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao to the so-called party.