you got on my tail

Bai Fu brought the file from Dali Temple and entered the door, and said with a smile: "Master, I went to Dali Temple to get things, and those adults still praised you for your hard work, and you never forget to share your worries with the emperor when you are on leave."

As he said that, he put a pack of dim sum on the table, and said softly: "I know master likes to eat sweets, I just passed by Jingxiangji, and there happened to be a basket of new dim sum made there, so I bought it for you to try."

"Let's put it there." Bai Xuehe smiled, and looked back at the little fool hiding behind the screen, "I'm hurt, you go and buy some fashionable melons and fruits, sweeter ones."

Bai Fu didn't know why, but his heart was sore again, and he murmured in tears: "I'll go right away."

Bai Xuehe beckoned helplessly, Heidan came out from behind the screen slowly, Bai Xuehe staggered out of bed and opened the oiled paper bag, picked up a piece of warm creamy peanut cake and handed it over, Heidan took it carefully, but After taking a big bite, the puff pastry smeared on his face, like a three or two-year-old child.

Although Bai Xuehe completely accepted this monster for no reason, doubts still abounded in his heart.

But he thought about it again, the lifespan of a snake is about 30 to [-] years. Although this little fool looked eleven or twelve years old, he probably only lived for two or three years, and he should be a little stupid.Xiao Hei was dark and fat when he turned into a snake, but he was pretty good-looking when he turned into a human, with a high nose bridge and handsome eyebrows, he was a pretty kid.

Heidan was really hungry at the beginning, and he had never eaten such an expensive pastry, so each bite was big at first, but then he buried his head for some reason, and he no longer gorged himself like before. After one piece, I didn't take it again, but just sat there blankly.

"Is this enough to eat?" Bai Xuehe smiled, "You are a monster, I should be afraid of you, why keep my head down."

"I can't change back..." Heitan dodged his gaze and murmured, "I know I'm ugly when I turn into a human, but I can't change back. I've tried many times..."

"Who said you're ugly." Bai Xuehe couldn't help laughing again, and casually stuffed a piece of snack into his mouth.

"The place where I live is a big valley, where there are many people... monsters say I'm ugly, they..." Heidan started talking, and at first he was still complaining about his grievances, but then he gradually recalled the days in the valley with a smile, "The valley is very beautiful. There are many flowers and fruits. I stayed in it for two or three years. I was really bored, so I came out for a walk."

Heidan didn't want to admit that he ran away.

"Aren't they just bullying you?" Heidan's story is very boring. Except for a vixen A Li who can transform into a human being, it is nothing more than butterflies laughing at him as ugly, kittens and dogs snatching his things, and even the weeds on the ground. Bai Xuehe listened patiently to all the tragic stories that he couldn't live with, and couldn't help but said: "If it were me, I would definitely take revenge back."

"Why?" Heitan looked up, with a look of incomprehension, as if he didn't even know what the word "revenge" meant.

A moment ago, Bai Xuehe really wanted to tell him how the snake entangled the living things to death, but seeing his stupid look, he just said softly: "You look good like this, you are not ugly."

"Really?" Heitan raised his head excitedly, but couldn't help but bury it, "But you're so thin, but I'm fat..."

"Children, they are somewhat fat." Bai Xuehe didn't know where his patience came from, but he carefully comforted the little fool monster, "Children can only grow taller when they are fat, otherwise..."

"Really?" Heidan didn't have time to finish listening to the second part of the sentence, "Then you were also fat when you were young?"

Of course Bai Xuehe wasn't fat when he was a child, he couldn't even eat at that time, he followed his mother to work in General Liu's residence in the capital, the young master of the Liu family was tall and burly, and often pushed him to the ground.

King Yan, who was still the second prince at that time, stepped forward to stop him, but Young Master Liu was very unconvinced, pointed at his nose and cursed: "It's just a slave, Your Highness will speak for him!"

"I'm not a slave, I just came here to work, not to sell myself!" The small and thin Bai Xuehe straightened his back, "I want to study in the future, and I will recite the teacher's example."

At that time, although he was very short and poor, he could straighten his back and say that he was a scholar, but now that he has become the Minister of Dali Temple, he is criticized by thousands of people, and he has no courage to say such words.

Seeing him stunned, Heitan said in frustration, "I know you were not fat when you were young, so don't lie to me."

Only then did Bai Xuehe come back to his senses, smiled with the pastry in his hand, and continued to look through the files. The murder case in the capital was strange. Two days ago, the corpse was discovered by Xu's family in the early hours of the morning. Not only was the corpse destroyed His appearance is extremely damaged, as if he was bitten by some huge beast. There will be no lions and tigers in the capital, so there are rumors of monsters killing people.

Xu Mansion?Bai Xuehe frowned, got up and put on his coat, shoes and socks, Heidan got up nervously and asked, "Where are you going?"

"I'll go to see the corpse." Bai Xuehe smiled and said, "You stay here obediently."

"Then I'm leaving too." Heidan seemed to be frightened by the word "corpse", and quickly got up to leave, he paused for a moment and said: "But the big valley is hard to find, I have to walk a long, long way , can you..."

"You can take these snacks with you." Bai Xuehe frowned slightly, took out a package from the wooden box at the foot of the bed and stuffed it into Heidan, "You can take this too, and help me find a place far away to throw it away."

"What is this?" Heidan wrapped the snacks first, and then couldn't help opening the package. Just as a slit was exposed in the package, Bai Xuehe rushed over to cover it, his peach eyes instantly filled with murderous aura, and then said sharply: "Get out of here!" Throw it away after [-] steps, if you miss a step or don’t throw it away, I’ll find someone to catch you right away!”

Scared by him, Heitan nodded repeatedly, agreed in a low voice, then picked up the package and trotted out the door.

As soon as Heidan went out, Bai Xuehe fell down on the bed as if he was relieved from a heavy burden. He looked at the cigarette stick and snack crumbs beside his pillow and smiled wryly, but this unreasonable disappointment only lasted for a few seconds. He put on his official uniform again and staggered up go out.

The autumn wind was rustling, Heidan's figure paused in the alley, he seemed to be really counting his steps.

little fool.Bai Xuehe smiled slightly, turned around and walked towards Dali Temple.

The cellar of Dali Temple was full of security. Although this case was a simple murder, the method was indeed too cruel. Even the emperor felt that it was the work of ghosts and gods, so the body was not buried, but left in the ice cellar.

"Master Bai, do you really want to go in?" Wu Zuo stood at the door of the ice cellar, his hands twitching uncomfortably, "There's really nothing to see..."

"Master Bai has seen many more things than you." Wei Lan, who accompanied him, smiled coldly, and Wu Zuo didn't dare to say more. He held up a candle and led Bai Xuehe into the cellar. Bai Xuehe was a little strange at first. When I saw the dead body, I realized why Wu was so nervous. The dead body in the ice cellar could no longer be called a dead body, but should be called a corpse.

Wu Zuo had already burned high incense to clean up the body parts. It seemed that they were two corpses, both of which were men. The wounds on the body parts seemed to be forcibly torn apart. Although they were in the ice cellar, Wu Zuo and Wei Lan were sweating coldly , Bai Xuehe didn't touch the corpse, and said softly: "I don't know about autopsies, but I don't talk about strange powers and gods, and don't talk about coaxing children. Cui Wuzuo, how do you think this hurt?"

"It's like being bitten by a wild beast, I'm afraid I can't do it." Cui Wu made a trembling voice: "I don't dare to talk nonsense. When I reported it to Mr. Jing Zhaoyin Tan just now, the adult almost beat the villain, but he didn't see it. I don’t dare to say anything...My lord, this is really done by a monster, how could a person..."

"How about using tools?" Bai Xuehe stared at the corpse and asked, "Can this kind of wound be torn out with that kind of animal trap?"

"My lord, what you said is reasonable, but there are a few things that are strange." Cui Yuzuo stepped forward slowly, "This corpse was opened while it was still alive, and some parts of the corpse are incomplete, as if it was taken away and eaten by a monster. ... such a big incident happened, the blood was piled up in a pool, and no other scene of dismemberment was found, and there are so many people living in Yishanfang, no one even heard the movement..."

"I see." Cui Yuzuo began to cry as he spoke. Wei Lan sounded creepy, not as vicious as usual, but Bai Xuehe interrupted him, and then took out a silver coin from the lapel , smiled and said: "You go down first, find the remains of the corpse and put them in the lobby, I will go and see them later."

Wei Lan's heart was trembling, and she couldn't wait for Bai Xuehe to finish reading it, so she went out. Bai Xuehe stayed in front of the corpse for a while, and gently turned up the corpse's hand with bamboo chopsticks. For some reason, the corpse's thumb was bloody and bloody, but it was vaguely visible on the palm. Rough calluses and scratches, he did not speak, but also slowly followed to the lobby.

In the lobby, the corpse's clothes were taken out one by one by the foreman. Although the clothes were dilapidated, the original appearance could be seen. Some clothes were rough and rough, while some pieces of cloth were exquisite and delicate, as if they were of great value.

"Go and find out, where is this material?" Bai Xuehe lifted the material, turned his head and stuffed it into Wei Lan's hands.

Wei Lan was so frightened that she took a few steps back, as if holding a gun, and finally said with a wry smile: "Master Bai, can you let me know next time, I..."

"Thanks for your hard work." Bai Xuehe turned his head, with a smile on his face, as if very serious, Wei Lan smiled sarcastically, so he had to turn his head and go out, saying to himself, "What a fucking bad luck".

On the outskirts of the capital, Heidan no longer knew how many steps he had taken. When he counted to one hundred, he was already dazzled, and he counted again with his fingers. After a while, he became tired and hungry.He hugged his knees and squatted under the big tree for a long time. He had finished his snacks, so he could only look up at the semicircular moon. The moon was so big, it looked more and more like a sesame seed.

"Why should I be afraid of that bad guy!" Heidan picked up the heavy package and threw it on the ground angrily, "If you want me to throw something away, it must be something bad! Could it be..."

The more Heidan thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he thought of the corpse Bai Xuehe had mentioned, so he ran away in fright, but his curiosity was too great, and he would come back every so often, picking up a small wooden stick and poking it.

The package was hard, and Heitan didn't feel like human flesh, so he boldly opened it, and leaned in with half-closed eyes. There was an exquisite wooden box in the package, but it was not locked.

Heidan squatted down, held his chubby face in thought for a while, then stretched out his hand to open it, the lock was flicked open, and there was a crisp sound of "bounce", Heidan closed his eyes nervously.