Ye Gui

The number of guards at the city gate has doubled compared to usual, and those who enter the city are checked one by one.Hakuin was in the line, and when he came to him, the guard said sternly: "Take off the hat!"

Hakuin obediently took off his bamboo hat, and was amazed at the front, back, left, and right.

Guard: "Be quiet! What's your name?"

"Hakuin."

"Surname Bai? There is no Bai surname in Yanming City, where did you come from?"

"I came from Baijue Mountain." He paused, and added, "Baijue Town under Baijue Mountain."

"Baijue Town? Old Liu, your hometown is Baijue Town. Is there anyone named Bai in the town?"

A guard replied: "No! The people in Baijue Town all went to Yanming City earlier."

Bai Yin: "I'm going to seek refuge with relatives. It's the proprietress of the inn in Baijue Town, Mrs. Zhang. She is my distant cousin."

Old Liu: "Sister Zhang, I know you!"

The guards are vigilant, the little general specifically told them that they must strictly guard against death recently, and everyone who enters the city must be strictly interrogated.

"What are you doing in town?"

Bai Yin smiled and said, "I'm here to look for your little general..." Before he could finish speaking, all the guards were looking this way.

"Looking for the little general? Humph!" the guard sneered.

There was a long queue at the back, and there was some impatient commotion. The guard shouted: "Everyone be quiet! Come a few people and take him away!"

Then several guards came and surrounded Bai Yin, and the two guards stepped forward and put his arms behind him.

"Take it away, take it away!" Bai Yin didn't know why, but he thought it was a soldier in Lei Yan's army, so he didn't struggle, and was guarded by a place under their city wall.

"Who are you? Why are you looking for the little general?" the guard asked.

Hakuin: "My name is Hakuin, and I'm a friend of the little general."

The guard was a soldier of the Xunting Army. He knew that Lei Yan had left the city today, but he couldn't confirm the identity of the other party, so he didn't dare to reveal the whereabouts of the little general, so he said, "The little general doesn't know anyone from Baijiashan, so don't lie!"

Hakuin: "I'm not lying, please inform me, the little general will meet you."

The guard brought him into the house: "Then please wait here for a while, while we go to General Tong Bing."

He was locked in a room with only one chair and a square table. It may be that no one has been in for a long time. He didn't care about the thick layer of dust. After dusting off the dust, he sat on the chair and carefully moved the The baggage is placed on the table.

The guard went out, and one of them asked, "Do you want to go to General Tong Bing?"

"The little general is not in the city, so send someone to tell him. If you can't confirm his identity and origin, lock him up first."

"Yes."

Hakuin waited until the sky was getting dark and no one came. He didn't realize that no one should come until he heard that it was completely dark outside. He stood up and pushed the door, and it was locked outside.

He simply mobilized his spiritual power, the lock fell to the ground with a sound, and he pushed the door open to go out.Yanming City was to the north, winter came early, it was already dark at Chenshi, and there were no people on the street, so he wandered around the city without thinking, asking people about the location of the General's Mansion.

As he walked towards the General's Mansion, he felt a little aggrieved, but when he thought of meeting Ah Yan, he became happy again.Passing through an alley, the street became lively. Yanming City is a frontier fortress city, and merchants will pass through here, so the Huajie Night Market has everything from all over the world.

The tributary of Baishui flows through the city. Before it freezes, there are many shops on both sides of the river, brightly lit, and there are lanterns in the river, which is very beautiful.

He stopped and walked, looking at everything new.

He stopped at a booth filled with pastries and treats.

"Would you like some sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, sir? There are also dragon beard cakes, which are peach blossom cakes and almond cakes."

He looked at the colorful food and shook his head, then continued to walk forward, thinking about buying something for Lei Yan.

He walked to the end of the street, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

"What do you want to buy, son?"

He picked up a black headband with simple silver cloud patterns embroidered on both ends.

"How do you sell this?"

"Sir, you have a good eye! This is embroidered by the best embroiderer in Shenyu Yingzhou. Look at the material, the satin is of good quality. I wonder if you will use it for yourself or give it away?"

Ah Yan will definitely like it.Bai Yin thought to himself, and said, "Give it away."

"Then I'll wrap it up for you son, and I'll give you something cheaper, two taels of silver."

Hakuin touched his purse, which contained some money he had exchanged with the proprietress for wild game in the town yesterday, even after counting it all, it was not enough for a tael of silver.

"Can it be cheaper?" The stall owner has been staring at his movements. He has already known how much money he has, knowing that the other party can't afford it, and he has no patience: "No matter how cheap it is, you still don't have enough money. If you want Why don't you look at other ones? This peony one, peacock's one, and this..."

He looked at the others, but none of the moirés were pleasing to the eye, and he was about to bargain again, when he caught a glimpse of a black shadow flashing from the side alley, it seemed to be Ah Yan!

He put down his hairband and chased after him. The person in front was familiar with the terrain, turned left and right and disappeared. Hakuin jumped on the roof, saw that person from a distance as if he was chasing something, and ran towards the night market again. He followed closely. The man disappeared across the bridge.

He ran across the stone bridge, and on the other side of the river was a three-story building. Red lanterns were lit outside the windows on each floor, illuminating the whole building resplendently, and there were three beautiful characters on the golden-red plaque, "Resentment Willow".

The girls in front of the door were not afraid of the cold wind and were ostentatiously attracting guests. Seeing Bai Yin, they all stepped forward one after another: "My lord, come in and have a seat!"

Bai Yin suddenly understood that this was the brothel written in the storybook, and he couldn't help feeling a little nervous: "I'm here to find someone."

"What else can you do here if you don't look for someone?" The girl smiled, and limply stuck to him. Before she stuck on, she was pulled away by another person; "I fell in love with him first!"

"My lord, my lord, come with me, I won't take your money!"

"I don't accept it either!"

"I don't accept it either! You follow me, and I'll pay you back!"

Seeing the familiar figure flash past inside, Hakuin waved his hands wrapped around him anxiously, and rushed in.

How could his Ah Yan come to such a place!

Resentment Yangliu is the only brothel in Yanming City, and the city guards and Xun Ting army strictly forbid sex with prostitutes, and most of the people who come here are local people and merchants.The first floor was full of singing and dancing, the qin and drums were singing, the house was full of songs and laughter, no one noticed him at all, he hurriedly caught up to the second floor, the upstairs was much quieter, and the doors of every room were closed tightly.

He pushed open a door, but there was no one inside, and opened another door, the verdant green curtains on the bed were blown up, and a fat man was pressing on a prostitute, so startled that he hurriedly closed the door.

He didn't dare to open the door easily, so he pushed open a crack in the door to have a look. When he came down the corridor, he was shocked, nervous and frightened. The last door was closed tightly. While he was standing at the door hesitating, he was suddenly shot by someone behind him. Push, crash into the house.

As soon as he was about to shout, someone covered his mouth and pushed him inside. The man hid him behind a screen and whispered softly in his ear: "Master Shanshen is so elegant! Come for a stroll as soon as you get down the mountain." brothel!"

He turned his head, Lei Yan was looking at him with displeasure.

"Ah..." He was about to speak when Lei Yan covered his mouth again: "Don't talk!"

He glared at Bai Yin: "Go back and settle the score with you!"

As soon as the words were finished, the door was pushed open, and a beautiful woman in a blue thin dress came in, looked around, and closed the door carefully.

"Why are you so careless!" she said, with a stern tone, "were you not followed?"

Suddenly a person appeared on the ground, that is, the rat demon who escaped from the clay pot in the afternoon, still dressed as a beggar, winking his eyes and said: "Don't worry, I came here after walking around the city for more than two hours!"

"what happened?"

"I saw Lei Yan at the city gate three days ago. I was about to tell you when I was chased by a leopard demon. I was imprisoned by them for three days. I only found a chance to escape this afternoon!"

"I saw it that night too, where did the leopard demon come from in Yanming City?"

"He came with Lei Yan."

The woman was surprised: "Following Lei Yan? Could it be that Shenyu Kingdom also..."

The mouse demon said: "By the way, I heard that Lei Ting was recalled to Tianlu City by the Lord of Shenyu, and he has not returned yet. It is said that he was detained by the Lord, but I don't know why."

The woman said happily: "Really? Then there is only that boy Lei Yan in Yanming City now?"

The rat demon nodded: "This is a great opportunity!"

The woman cautiously said: "Mouse, you are being targeted by them, go out of the city earlier, I will just stay."

The mouse demon nodded: "Then sister, be careful, especially the leopard demon!"

He had just walked to the door, and was about to push it, when the door was knocked open from the outside, and the boy instantly turned into a snow leopard, and said with a smile, "Who are you careful of? Is it me?"

The snow leopard opened its big paws and pounced, the mouse demon immediately revealed its real body, rolled around on the ground, and was held down by the emperor ghost.

The woman reacted quickly, leaned back, her body was limp, and she rolled directly to the window, trying to escape by jumping out of the window.

Unexpectedly, a long blade crossed, blocking her way, and the cold blade just pressed against her chin.

"Lei, Lei Yan!"

Lei Yan took a peek at Bai Yin and said, "Girl, this is my first time here, I don't know you, please don't ruin my reputation."

Bai Yin suppressed a smile.

The emperor ghost was very happy when he saw Bai Yin: "Little Bai Yin! When did you come!"

"Just arrived."

The Emperor Ghost held down the Mouse Demon and asked, "Ah Yan, what should we do with these two? Kill them or lock them up?"

Lei Yan: "The mouse is killed, but the woman is left behind. Emperor Gui, please check the city for a few days to see if there are any other demons."

"Okay!" The Emperor Ghost's sharp claws loosened, and the mouse monster ran to the window in a panic, a silver light flashed, and the mouse's head fell to the ground.

Before the woman screamed, the Emperor Ghost pounced on her, and the blue dress fell to the ground in an instant, and a long green snake emerged from the bottom of the skirt, with a triangular head and fangs like crescent moons.

No matter how poisonous a snake is, its weak point is seven inches. The emperor ghost grabbed it in one bite, and the snake's tail curled up, hissing and low-pitched.

Di Gui shook his head, and the green snake was thrown to the wall by him, and it slid down and did not move.He shook his big tail and said, "Then I'll take it back to the General's Mansion first." Picking it up, he jumped down from the back window, stepped on the roof of the house without a sound, and disappeared into the moonlight within a few steps.

Lei Yan put away his clothes and squinted at Bai Yin, who was carrying a small bundle and holding a bamboo hat in his hand, and looked at him with a smile: "Ah Yan, I miss you so much."

"Miss me? Hmph! Miss me, why don't you go to the general's mansion and come here to complain about Yangliu?"

He sat down in a chair, in an interrogative stance.

"I wanted to go to the General's Mansion. When I saw you on the way, I chased after you. I didn't expect this to be a brothel."

Lei Yan actually knew it, and just wanted to tease him: "So, does the Lord Mountain God like to complain about Yangliu?"

"I don't like it!" Hakuin shook his head.

Lei Yan stood up and smiled, "Since you don't like it, let's go."

Bai Yin pulled him back: "Ah Yan, although I don't like brothels, I know what they do here...Ah Yan, really don't want to leave after finishing work?"

The room is warm and fragrant, the candles are flickering, and the bright red curtains are embroidered with mandarin ducks playing in the water, which is romantic and gaudy.

Lei Yan swallowed, blushing visibly: "Not here, you come home with me."