Mrs. Fox is too serious!

The sky is getting late and the sun is sinking to the west, and the clouds on the horizon are dyed red by the last warm light of the sun, lazily sprinkled among the bamboo forests, it is really beautiful, Jiang Xundao takes Hei Chi and Lan Yiyou all the way to that not far away town. .

Along the way, there are farmlands on both sides, but no people are seen working, maybe they went back to eat and rest late.

But when the two of them, Xiong and Xiong, walked into the town, they saw no one, and every house was locked behind closed doors. Although the lights were on in the house, when Lan Yiyou and Jiang Xundao knocked on the door, no one answered.

Lan Yiyou and Jiang Xundao looked at each other with some vigilance.

The bluestone slabs on the street were clean without any dust or grit, and the lanterns hanging on the road were also lit, but there was no one in sight.

Jiang Xundao inexplicably felt a gust of cold wind blowing, she followed Lan Yiyou's footsteps, walked close to her, and touched her arm.

"Senior Sister Lan, I'm afraid there are monsters making trouble?"

Lan Yiyou nodded, clenched the long sword in his hand, and frowned.

"Ask someone first."

The two found the only inn in the town. The lights in front of the inn were also on, and they could vaguely hear someone talking inside.

Lan Yiyou stepped forward and knocked on the door.

"Is the store here? We are passers-by, can we stay here?"

As soon as Lan Yiyou's voice sounded, the people in the shop fell silent, only the sound of their panting, and the sound of Hei Chi scratching his belly under the steps.

Jiang Xundao also stepped forward and knocked on the door, and said loudly.

"The shop owner, we are not bad people, we are just passing by. It's getting late and we want to stay overnight and then go on our way tomorrow morning."

After a while, a man's voice came from the inn, shrill and trembling, as if he was very scared.

"We... we are closed, if you want to stay, you can find someone else."

Lan Yiyou's expression was dignified, he didn't see anyone along the way, the only inn closed after dark, and his voice was terrified, it seems that this town is really strange.

Jiang Xundao continued to knock on the door without giving up, and said earnestly.

"Shopkeeper, you are the only inn in this town. If you go out of town to look for it, you may have to walk dozens of miles. Can you help me?"

But no one responded anymore, even the lights in the inn were blown out, and then the sound of someone closing and locking the door was heard.

Jiang Xundao spread his hands helplessly.

"Senior Sister Lan, what should we do, they seem to treat us like monsters?"

Lan Yiyou looked up and looked around.

"Let's go find someone else."

The two walked forward along the stone road, as if they were about to leave the town, they heard footsteps other than theirs.

It came from the fork on the left, and the two turned their heads at the same time.

I saw a figure slowly appearing at the fork in the road, a tall and thin scholar who looked like a scholar came out slowly holding a lantern.

The scholar was looking around at first, but now he saw Lan Yiyou Jiang Xundao standing not far away, and a chubby bear half the height of a man, his footsteps stopped, and the hand holding the lantern began to shake.

The scholar's face was fair and delicate like a woman's. He looked at Jiang Xundao and Lan Yiyou with a little panic in his eyes, and stopped walking and did not dare to walk over again.

Jiang Xundao was overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward to call out.

"This little brother..."

But when the scholar saw her approaching, he staggered back a step, blocked the lantern in front of him and said in a trembling voice.

"You...you don't come here."

The voice was soft and sweet, and it sounded like a woman.

Jiang Xundao stopped walking for fear of scaring away the living person who had finally met, she waved her hand.

"We are not demons, we are human beings, don't be afraid."

Hearing what Jiang Xundao said, the scholar did not lower his vigilance at all, and stepped back a few steps.

"You... you shouldn't be from the town, who are you?"

Lan Yiyou stood aside and did not respond, looking at the scholar thoughtfully.

With a smile on his face, Jiang Xundao tried his best to look like a good person, and his voice was extraordinarily gentle.

"We are passers-by. We passed by here. Seeing that it was getting late, we wanted to find an inn to stay, but the people in the inn said it was closed. So we walked around to see if someone would let us stay overnight.

"Outsider?"

The scholar's eyes were still suspicious, but he was much calmer than the panic just now.

Jiang Xundao nodded and said hastily.

"Yes, you can rest assured that we are not bad people."

"You guys wait."

After the scholar left such a sentence, he turned around and took out something in his arms. When he turned around again, he had a gossip mirror larger than a palm in his hand.

He took a picture of Jiang Xundao and Lan Yiyou with the gossip mirror, then glanced at them, and saw that they were still figures in the mirror, so he breathed a sigh of relief and walked over.

He glanced around, then clasped his hands and explained softly.

"Girls, to tell you the truth, I am the county magistrate of this town. Our town has not been peaceful recently. At night, people always disappear for no apparent reason. After that, no one is alive or dead. Rumors abound in the town that there is a monster. Make trouble. It's so late, you better not hang around outside, if you don't mind, you can go back to the house with me to rest for a night."

I really can't tell that this weak scholar with male and female faces is actually the county magistrate in the town.

Jiang Xundao and Lan Yiyou looked at each other.

"Monsters making trouble?"

The magistrate's voice was gentle and weak, and his manner was polite, he apologized with a shy smile.

"That's right. Today I came out boldly to make an inspection tour. I was really rude just now. I hope the two girls don't take offense."

Seeing that he agreed to stay with them, Jiang Xundao hurriedly smiled and said politely.

"Your Majesty, the magistrate, is too polite."

The county magistrate waved his hand.

"Follow me to the house first, it's always a bit unsafe outside."

"It's troublesome."

Jiang Xundao and Lan Yiyou followed the county magistrate to his residence.

Along the way, the fair-skinned and feminine county magistrate kept turning his head to look at Heichi who was following Jiang Xundao, with a strange expression on his face, hesitant to speak, apparently not understanding why Jiang Xundao was accompanied by a bear.

Seeing his strange expression, Jiang Xundao quickly explained.

"Don't worry, my lord. This little bear is my accompanying pet. It has a gentle temper and will not hurt anyone."

The county magistrate said little, but smiled in understanding.

"It's... strange."

Lan Yiyou followed them all the way, silent, only occasionally raised her eyes to look at the county magistrate who was walking in front of her.

Until the county magistrate led them to the front of the government office, Lan Yiyou looked up at the sky above the government office, then turned around and asked.

"I don't know the name of the adult yet?"

The county magistrate was stunned for a moment, he turned his head to look at Lan Yiyou, he had seen Lan Yiyou's handsome appearance from a distance just now, now he turned his head to take a closer look, and was stunned.

The girl in blue is so beautiful, the wife of the family is already a well-known beauty in a hundred miles around, but when he saw Lan Yiyou, he actually felt that this girl was even more beautiful than his wife.

Jiang Xundao watched the kind-hearted magistrate staring at Lan Yiyou in a daze. For some reason, she felt depressed and unhappy. She cleared her throat and coughed.

"cough."

The county magistrate was awakened by Jiang Xundao's coughing sound. He looked at Lan Yiyou's cold eyes, blushed and hurriedly bowed his head.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, my name is Mei and my name is Qingqiao."

Lan Yiyou nodded, and his eyes fell on Mei Qingqiao, with some vague doubts in them.

"So it's Mrs. Mei."

Mei Qingzhu nodded, his face was still a little red, he lowered his eyes slightly and asked with a smile.

"Then, what's the girl's name?"

"Lan Yiyou."

Jiang Xundao watched from the side. She glanced left and right, and felt that Lan Yiyou looked at Mr. Mei very strangely. She pursed her lips and turned sideways, feeling even more depressed in her heart. strong.

Senior Sister Lan had never seen her like this.

This time it was Jiang Xundao who was silent, and she led Hei Chi to follow behind Mei Qingzhu and Lan Yiyou, raising her head from time to time to look at Lan Yiyou who seemed to be having a good conversation with Mei Qingzhu.

Hei Chi, who had never stopped humming along the way, rolled his eyes and turned his head to look at Jiang Xundao. A snicker suddenly appeared on his round and furry face, his eyes narrowed, and he grinned.

"Are you jealous?"

Jiang Xundao was startled, why did this stupid big black bear seem to be smart all of a sudden, bah, it should be said that he guessed wildly, she said angrily.

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

When Jiang Xundao made a sound, he startled Lan Yiyou, Mei Qingzhu, who was walking ahead.

Lan Yiyou had introduced the two of them just now, but he referred to Jiang Xundao as his cousin. Mei Qingzhu thought she had said something wrong when she saw her suddenly scolding her, so she turned her head and asked in surprise. road.

"What did Miss Jiang say?"

Lan Yiyou also turned back, but when he looked at Jiang Xundao, a smile flashed in his eyes.

She could also hear Heichi's words clearly.

Jiang Xundao's momentum weakened in an instant, she lowered her head and clenched her fist against her lips, hiding her embarrassment, and whispered.

"No... nothing."

But Mei Qingzhu had a look of disbelief, and Jiang Xundao suddenly yelled, as if he was talking to someone.

Lan Yiyou rescued her from the side.

"Master Mei, please forgive me. My cousin has loved dealing with birds and beasts since she was a child, and she often talks to them."

Mei Qingzhu lowered her head and smiled, although she didn't know whether he believed it or not, it was not unusual.

"So that's it, Miss Jiang is talking to this black bear."

Jiang Xundao coughed lightly and nodded.

"Yes... yes."

Mei Qingzhu led Lan Yiyou and Jiang Xundao around the county office to the back door, then led them in, and walked through the corridor to the lobby.

Along the way, Lan Yiyou and Jiang Xundao saw quite a few servants. They saw Mei Qingzhu bring two strange girls back, and a black bear half the height of a person was beside him, and they inevitably had some expressions on their faces. Strangely, he seemed very scared, but he didn't dare to ask Mei Qingzhu in front of Lan Yiyou and Jiang Xundao.

The lobby was brightly lit, just as he walked from a distance, Jiang Xundao saw a graceful figure standing in the lobby, now as he approached and stepped over the threshold, Jiang Xundao, who was blocked by Lan Yiyou and Mei Qingzhu, heard it A charming and eager female voice.

"Sir, why did you come back?"

Mei Qingzhu quickly responded and said softly.

"Meiniang, why don't you go to rest, didn't I tell you not to wait for me?"

As soon as he walked away, Jiang Xundao poked his head out to see the woman's face clearly.

The woman was dressed in a red dress, with a slender and graceful figure, fair skin, small and delicate features, and charm in the corners of her eyes and brows.

She stretched out her hand to grab Mei Qingzhu's shoulder, looking anxious and worried.

After caring about Mei Qingzhu, she turned to look at Lan Yiyou and Jiang Xundao.

There was a flash of surprise in her expression, but she concealed it in an instant. She smiled politely at Jiang Xundao and Lan Yiyou, then turned her head to look at Mei Qingzhu and said coquettishly.

"Going out for a trip, why did you bring back two beautiful girls?"

Mei Qingzhu held her hand very affectionately, he explained with a smile.

"These two girls are from other places. They passed by today. The inn in the town did not keep them overnight. I was afraid that something bad would happen to them in the town at night, so I brought them back to stay overnight."

After finishing speaking, he introduced Liu Meiniang.

"This is Miss Lan, and that is her cousin, Miss Jiang."

"The two girls are really good-looking. It's not safe to walk at night."

Liu Meiniang smiled, she passed Mei Qingzhu and walked in front of Lan Yiyou, narrowing her long and narrow eyes slightly, the smile on her face was a bit false no matter what.

Jiang Xundao looked at her, feeling a little surprised. As soon as this woman approached, she could feel something strange. She seemed to be able to see a faint evil spirit lingering from this woman, but when she took a closer look, But gone again.

It's so weird.

Jiang Xundao glanced sideways in a panic, Mei Qingzhu didn't seem to notice anything, but with a gentle smile on his face, looking at Liu Meiniang's figure, his eyes were gentle and obsessed.

Lan Yiyou looked at the woman walking in front of him with a cold and indifferent expression, but his hand holding the sword was a little tighter.

Liu Meiniang looked at Lan Yiyou without blinking, she didn't look back, but said to Mei Qingzhu in a concerned voice.

"Since the two girls were brought back by my husband, they are guests in our house. Why don't you go back and rest, and I will take the two girls to the guest room to arrange for them to rest."

Mei Qingzhu nodded, looked up at Jiang Xundao and Lan Yiyou and smiled.

"Alright, two girls, my wife will arrange for you to rest for a while, so I will take my leave first."