The queen must start from the head

Chapter 103 The Imperial City Has Demons
The New Year's Eve with the smell of firecrackers has just passed, and the bustling scene of the past has returned to the imperial city.

On one of the streets full of shops, two people wearing the costumes of the disciples of the Wushuang sect were walking side by side on this street.People passing by would look at these two from time to time, with indescribable envy hidden in their eyes.

These two people are a man and a woman. They are thirteen or fourteen years old, and they are in their best years.

The girl is wearing a lotus white double-breasted skirt embroidered with light pink oleander, and the boy is wearing a purple and black straight skirt. The collars of their clothes are embroidered with a fiery red phoenix spreading its wings. This is the Unparalleled Sect in the World. ’s sign.

Not long after, the two walked into a shop with the name of Tianxia Wushuang faction.

As soon as you enter the door, you can see rows of windows with many exquisite soaps, mirrors and women's perfumes.

Many young girls and young wives who came to buy things were standing in front of the window, choosing their favorite items.

As soon as the two people came in, the shopkeeper who was standing at the counter immediately came over. After a face-to-face inspection and verification, he welcomed the two people into an inner room at the back of the house.

"Shi Shaoxia, Miss Xi, these are all the account books of our store since its opening, please both of you take the trouble to check it."

As the shopkeeper said, he handed a large stack of account books to Shi Tai and Liu Xixi respectively, and then turned and left the inner room.

After the two people in the room took the account book, they each took out an object that looked like a flashlight. After turning on the switch, they opened the account book and shone it page by page.

In less than half an hour, the two of them had gone through all the account books and exchanged glances with each other.

Liu Xixi spoke first, "The accounts are fairly clean, only two or three small accounts are slightly discrepant."

"It's the same here. When the shopkeeper comes in later, you just need to point out the mistakes and omissions." After finishing speaking, Shi Tai put the account book on the table, got up and went to the door, and asked the boy guarding the door to please The shopkeeper is here.

After the shopkeeper came over, the two pointed out all the problems in the account book in front of him.

I saw the shopkeeper wiping the sweat from his round face, answering again and again, took the pen from the room, and immediately corrected the accounts that were wrong.

Seeing that the task of auditing accounts received from the mission hall had been completed, Shi Tai and Liu Xixi got up and left.

The shopkeeper hurriedly followed behind and sent the two of them out.

Just when Shi Tai was about to walk out of the door, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a trace of black air overflowing from the shopkeeper's drooping face, he immediately stopped, looked back at the other side and said, "Shopkeeper Xu, I don't think you look very good Well, have you encountered any troubles recently?"

Shopkeeper Xu was taken aback for a moment, then looked up at Shi Taidao, "I haven't encountered any trouble recently."

Shi Tai frowned and said, "Forget it, I still have something to do today. If you really encounter any trouble, remember to use the help device to report the news to the sect at any time, you know?"

"Yes, the little ones will definitely do it." Although shopkeeper Xu didn't know why the other party ordered him so suddenly, he still complied.

His shopkeeper was recruited by the Wushuang faction from outside.When he first took office, he was issued a help device by the door. In case of an emergency, he can get in touch with the door in time.

After he turned around and returned to the shop, a beautiful woman wearing a beaded hairpin came out from the back hall through the curtain.

"Sir, I heard from the waiter that two distinguished guests came to the shop just now?" The beautiful woman looked at shopkeeper Xu with watery eyes as she spoke.

Shopkeeper Xu nodded and said, "It's a disciple sent by the door to check the accounts. According to the rules, someone will come to check the accounts once a month. By the way, where did you go just now, madam? Why didn't I see you when I entered the back hall ?”

The woman rolled her eyes, and said angrily, "The concubine is going to go to the toilet, don't tell me you want to come with me?"

This remark made shopkeeper Xu blush, knowing that he had made a slip of the tongue, he lifted the topic.

The husband and wife continued to be busy with the business in the store.

But after Shi Tai and Liu Xixi left the shop, they bid farewell to each other and went to their respective places today.

Imperial City East City.

Shi Tai walked on an old street he was very familiar with, asked Butcher Fan to cut up two catties of stewed beef, went to Mrs. Ye's house to buy a large tube of bamboo leaf greens, and then walked briskly to his blacksmith shop. .

Before he reached the door, he saw from a distance that the stove at the door of the blacksmith shop was blazing with heat. As he got closer, he shouted twice, "Master Hao, Master Liu, I'm back!"

A strong man who was forging iron with his arms raised his head when he heard the sound. After he recognized the person at a glance, a smile appeared on his face, "It turns out to be you. You know how to come back!"

Shi Tai grinned and said, "Not only did I come back, I also brought wine and meat for you and Master Liu!"

It was near dinner time, and there were no people on the street.

The two masters in the blacksmith's shop simply closed the shop, gave money to send other apprentices out to eat, and then called Shi Tai, and the three of them sat down after finishing a table of wine and food.

Master Hao took a mouthful of Zhuyeqing with a large bowl, and felt so refreshed that he was about to fly.

"Shuangli! Is this Zhuyeqing from Mrs. Ye's house? It still tastes old!"

Shi Tai smiled and filled up the wine for the other party, "You should drink hard today, you have enough wine!"

On the side, Master Liu picked up a few chopsticks to marinate the beef, took a sip of wine, and the wrinkles on his whole face relaxed, "Xiaotai, you are doing well now. Those boys in our blacksmith shop have never known that you are here. After joining the Wushuang faction, everyone secretly envies you!"

"It's a good thing to know that you are envious of others, otherwise how can you live a prosperous life?" Master Hao also answered.

After three glasses of wine, the two old men and a young boy chatted about meat and vegetables at the table.

Whenever these two people asked Shi Tai if he had hooked up with a pretty girl from the sect, the latter was so drunk and so embarrassed that he just said, "Drink, drink!"

At the other end, Liu Xixi walked along a main road in the imperial city until she saw a ten-meter-high building in front of her, then she slowly stopped.

The three big characters of "Qijiaolou" made of pure gold hang high above the gatehouse at the entrance.

A row of bright red lanterns hung from the gate tower.

It's not dark yet, and many guests have already begun to come and go here.

Liu Xixi stared at the dazzling signboard with a frosty face, her right hand tightly clutching the hilt of the sword in her hand.

Sister, you wait for me, I will destroy this place one day, kill those bastards, and avenge your blood hatred!
After withdrawing her gaze, she left the street without looking back.

She wants to go back to the sect and continue to practice, as long as she is so strong that she reaches the realm of the master, she can destroy this Qijiaolou!

After nightfall in the Imperial City, the lanterns hung under the eaves of the houses on the main roads lit up one by one.

In the blacksmith's shop in East City, Shi Tai's face was as red as a monkey's butt.He refused the retention of the two masters who were also drunk, and walked out the door alone, ready to go back to the sect.

The road from Dongshi to the western suburbs was not too short, so Shi Tai used his internal force to force out a lot of alcohol in his body, quickened his pace and started on his way.Since it was already getting late, he planned to take a shortcut to the western suburbs early after crossing the main road of the West Market.

The alleys in the shortcuts are all on the sides of the residents' houses. There is not a single light on the road, and it is so dark that no one can be seen.

Shi Taiyi was a brave man and was not afraid of the dark by nature, so he was walking blankly into the night.

After entering the alley, the inside gets deeper and deeper, and the surroundings are too quiet.

Shi Tai could clearly hear his footsteps and breathing.

Suddenly, he heard a breathing sound that didn't belong to him coming from the front, because the surroundings were so dark that he couldn't see his fingers, he simply opened his throat and shouted, "Hey, is there anyone up ahead?"

No one responded, as if there was no one.

Shi Tai touched his sleeve, thinking that he was forcing him to do it, so...

He took out a box of matches, and after a "click", a flash of orange light suddenly appeared in the originally dark alley, dispelling the darkness around Staine.

Before he could speak, the burning match suddenly went out, as if it was blown out by something.

The surroundings fell into darkness again.

(End of this chapter)