treacherous world

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang wandered around the ferry for a while, but found no useful clues, and even found no trace of Xiao Hong in the river, so they left temporarily and went to a restaurant for dinner.

Arriving at a small restaurant near the city gate, Bai Yutang thought it was clean and elegant, so he and Zhan Zhao went into the small restaurant for dinner.

Just went upstairs, but found something wrong... Because the small building is very new, it seems that it opened on the first day.

"The smell of tung oil is very strong." Zhan Zhao couldn't help but said.

"Second young masters, please go upstairs, what do you want to eat?"

Bai Yutang thought for a while, walked a few steps out of the restaurant, looked around, frowned, came back and asked, "Boss, are you a new shop?"

"Hey, to tell you the truth, today is the first day we open for business!" The clerk replied with a smile, "But it used to be an inn, so it changed very quickly."

After Zhan Zhao heard this, his heart moved slightly, "What was your name before changing your name?"

"Oh, it's called Zhaohui Building."

The buddy's words were like a muffled thunder, which stunned Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang for a moment - Zhaohui Building!How could the inn where Zhan Hao lived and left evidence changed overnight? !

"Where's the original shopkeeper and buddy?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Then I don't know, this store was sold to me by a young master." The man thought for a while, "It was sold to me half a month ago."

"Half a month..." Zhan Zhao looked bewildered, the guy at Zhaohui Building never mentioned it, could it be...

"What does the son who sold the house to you look like?"

"Oh, that young man looks quite majestic, tall, not fat, wearing a simple green shirt, like a businessman, but he looks a little serious.

"Is there a mole in the corner of his left eye?!" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Oh..." The buddy slapped his head, "That's right! That mole is very small, anyway, this person looks eerie."

Bai Yutang felt that Zhan Zhao's breathing was unstable, and he frowned slightly, and asked the waiter, "Do you have a guest room here?"

"Of course there is."

"Tianzi No. [-] room."

"Oh... good!" the man asked, "How many days will the guest stay?"

Bai Yutang thought for a while, then suddenly asked, "How much do you pay for this restaurant?" Then, he took out a few silver bills and gave them to him, "Are these enough?"

"Uh...that's enough, that's enough!" The shopkeeper hurried to borrow money, ran in and took out the land deed to hand to Bai Yutang, "Master...it's the first time I've met you so weird..."

Before the clerk finished speaking, Bai Yutang interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "Where did you put all the things you packed up in the shop before?"

"It's all in the yard, I haven't had time to change it yet..." The clerk pointed to the backyard, Bai Yutang nodded, telling him and all the clerks and cooks to leave empty-handed, don't bring anything!

The shopkeeper ran away quickly, leaving Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang in the inn.

After a long time, Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang, "How much money did you spend..."

"Leave that alone." Bai Yutang tugged at his wrist, "Go upstairs and have a look."

According to memory, Bai Yutang brought Zhan Zhao to the Tianzi No. [-] room, and asked, "Do you think that person is your brother?"

"It should be him, my eldest brother looks like this." Zhan Zhao answered honestly.

"Eerie feeling?!" Bai Yutang frowned.

"Actually, others are very gentle." Zhan Zhao frowned. In his impression, although the eldest brother is very cold towards others, he loves and takes care of his relatives. He is not the kind of cold and heartless person.

Just as Bai Yutang was about to open the door and enter the room, he suddenly heard a slight "crash" from inside.

Both of them were taken aback for a moment—there was someone inside!

Subconsciously standing against the wall, the two of them listened to the movement inside.There was a crash just now... I don't know if it was the sound of water or the wind shaking the cloth.It is unlikely that there is water in the room, so it is estimated that the fabric was shaken.

Bai Yutang stretched out his hand and gently pushed the door, and the door was locked from the inside, showing that there were people in the room.

Zhan Zhao withdrew his hand, took out a sleeve arrow from his sleeve and handed it to Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang understood, he gently lifted the door latch with his sleeve arrow, and then pushed the door... Before the door latch hit the ground, Bai Yutang slipped in, caught the door latch, gently put it on the ground, looked around, the room was empty, but the windows were tight. Closed, it can be seen that no one has gone out.

Zhan Zhao pointed in a certain direction, indicating that the voice was there.

Bai Yutang also sensed that there was someone else's presence in the room, looking in the direction of Zhan Zhao's finger, it was a huge screen that stepped sideways, slowly approaching, Bai Yutang suddenly flashed out of the screen and looked inside.

I saw a huge bucket behind the screen, and there was a high platform beside the bucket with several small wooden buckets on the platform.

Just as he was wondering, he heard the sound of splashing water, and someone emerged from the barrel, with long black hair, wet, and a good-looking girl with smooth neck and shoulders...

Bai Yutang quickly turned his face away, thinking to himself why is there a woman taking a bath here? !

Zhan Zhao also walked over, he couldn't see it, so he naturally didn't know the embarrassment, so he asked Bai Yutang, "Who is it?"

Before Bai Yutang could speak, he heard a very low and hoarse voice remembering, "Little Monkey's... friend?"

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were taken aback, and Bai Yutang suddenly remembered, why is the bucket so big? !After thinking about it, she slowly turned her head, the girl was still staring at herself and Zhan Zhao, when there was a sudden crash behind her... a huge fish tail flicked.

Bai Yutang was always calm, but now he opened his mouth slightly and stared in front of him in horror... The person in the bathtub was not a girl, but a mermaid.

"You are..." Bai Yutang was stunned, Zhan Zhao was about to die of anxiety, he groped over to grab his sleeve, "Who is it?"

"Xiaohong?" Bai Yutang asked.

The sea mermaid nodded and replied, "Yeah."

"Which Xiaohong?" This time it was Zhan Zhao's turn to open his mouth.He really hates that his brother blinded him no matter what his intentions are. The next time we meet again, he will definitely beat him up. Even Bai Yutang was shocked when he couldn't see the sea mermaid... What a pity I can't see it.

Bai Yutang wanted to walk over, but after all, the girl didn't have any clothes on, so he reached out and took a thin blanket from the bed for her, wanting her to put it on, but Xiao Hong tilted her head to look at him blankly.

Bai Yutang frowned, this girl's body is blue and white, soaked in cold water, isn't it cold?

Although Zhan Zhao couldn't see it, he probably understood Bai Yutang's actions, sighed softly in his heart, and asked Xiaohong in a low voice, "Why are you here?"

"Boom, then the flood came." Xiaohong said hoarsely, "He brought me out."

"Who is he?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"He's a good guy...let me wait here for someone to eat." Xiaohong replied.

Bai Yutang walked over to look at the small wooden barrel. There were more than a dozen fresh fish in it, and he couldn't help frowning... Do you want to eat raw fish?Taking a deep breath, looking at Xiaohong again, he felt that the prefect of Liang who made her look so inhuman and not a ghost really didn't deserve to die.

"Cat, sit down and chat with her for a while, I'll find someone to inform Zhao Pu that they're here."

"Yeah." Zhan Zhao nodded, and Bai Yutang led him to sit down by the tub. Xiao Hong looked up at Zhan Zhao, quietly swam aside, and looked at him with wide eyes, "I've seen you."

Hearing her naughty tone, Zhan Zhao asked with a smile, "Was it you that day in the horse belly ancestral hall?"

"Yes." Xiaohong nodded, "The white one is very beautiful, I can see it."

Zhan Zhao knew that he was talking about Bai Yutang, but he didn't know whether she was talking about the beautiful white clothes or Bai Yutang was beautiful.Realizing that his mind was wandering again, Zhan Zhao quickly shook his head to regain his clarity, and asked, "Are you cold in the water?"

Xiaohong shook her head, "It's not cold now, it's cold in winter."

"What if it's cold?"

"Go to Diling, it's not cold there." Xiaohong said indifferently.

"Is that person also in the Diling?" Zhan Zhao asked tentatively, "Why did he happen to save you?"

"He's been there all the time." Xiaohong replied, "Didn't you find something? It collapsed yesterday, so he found it."

When Bai Yutang came back, he happened to hear it, so he asked Zhan Zhao together, "What are you looking for?"

Xiaohong seemed to like Bai Yutang very much, and moved closer to him, "Find a bead."

"Pearls?" Zhan Zhao judged Xiaohong's current location by the distance of her voice, which seemed to be closer to Bai Yutang... Inexplicably, he remembered that dream again.

"Grandpa River God's beads." Xiaohong said, stretched out her hand to grab a fish from the barrel, and handed it to Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang was stunned, and Zhan Zhao helped explain, "She treats you to fish."

Bai Yutang coughed lightly, seeing Xiaohong's innocent appearance, he couldn't bear to refuse, so he said, "I've eaten it, you keep it."

Xiao Hong nodded with a smile, took the fish to eat, Bai Yutang couldn't help but frown... really eat raw fish.

When Zhan Zhao listened to the movement, he became contradictory again. Sometimes he couldn't see, but it's not a bad thing.

"Little Red."

"Ok?"

"What happened to Grandpa River God's beads?"

"Very bright beads." Xiaohong said, "inside Grandpa River God's bed."

"Bed..." Before Bai Yutang finished speaking, he heard someone rushing in from the door, it was Gongsun and the others.

When Gongsun and Zhao Pu were in the yamen, a little ruffian ran over and handed Zhang Baiyutang a note, which said where Xiaohong was. Gongsun rushed over without even washing his hands. Zhao Pu's fourth son, Shi Shi, and other tails of various sizes and odd shapes.

Seeing that there were so many people all of a sudden, Xiaohong got scared and went back into the water.

"Xiaohong." The little monkey ran over, and Xiaohong came out and talked to the little monkey intimately.

Seeing a girl with no clothes on, Zhao Pu sent out all the shadow guards who came with him. When he got closer, he saw the fish tail. He was shocked, "Stupid, that doesn't look fake!"

Gongsun took a quick look and felt that this was true at all, but he would not believe that there are really mermaids in the world, even if he was killed!So he walked over to the bucket and looked down at Little Red's tail in the bucket.

Looking at it, I immediately saw the flaw. Although the workmanship is so ingenious... Thinking of this word, Gongsun shook his head and almost slapped himself. How could he say such a thing about a living person!It's not people who are ingenious, but playthings.

The fourth son also came over to look at it, and was really amazed, "The tail is so beautiful."

Xiaohong seemed to understand, and looked at Xiaosi with a smile.

Gongsun pulled the fourth son aside, Zhao Pu scratched his head and felt that the scene was a bit weird, he didn't know whether it was joy or sorrow, so he asked, "How about we put on clothes and go ashore and talk?"

Two girls, Fei Ying and Dai Ying, came in, put a blanket on Xiao Hong, gently carried her out and put her on the bed, covered her with a quilt.

Gongsun went over to look at her tail and groped it, "Eh? The legs are still healthy, you can cut the skin and let her live out of the water."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing Zhan Zhao standing aside with his hair down in a daze, Bai Yutang walked over and asked, "What's the matter, cat?"

Zhan Zhao raised his face, "Why is there another word for cat?"

Bai Yutang laughed, "Scream more smoothly. What are you thinking?"

Zhan Zhao frowned, "Grandpa River God's beads... what are they?"

Bai Yutang remembered that Xiaohong didn't make it clear just now, so she went over to ask again.

Xiao Hong said: "In the underground palace, there is the bed of Grandpa River God. Inside the bed lies Grandpa River God. It is covered with a stone cover, which cannot be opened... There is a bead on the top of Grandpa River God's head."

"What she said seems to be that there is a coffin in the underground palace, and there is an old man's corpse in the coffin, and there are beads on the corpse." Gongsun's analysis made Zhan Zhao and the others secretly nod when they heard it - they thought it was probably the case.

"Is this bead what big brother is trying to get?" Zhan Zhao frowned, but Bai Yutang suddenly said that the embankment collapsed last night... This restaurant just opened this morning, that is to say, cat, your big brother is still there. In Qushan County? !