Changfeng has a place to return

Did not buy rose wine glutinous rice cakes, Liu Xian'an ran to eat a bowl of rice noodles in chicken soup, halfway through the meal, seeing other diners adding spicy food to the bowl, he curiously asked the boss for a small spoon, and finally took a sip of the soup , I was so hot that I squatted on the ground and coughed for a long time, and my ears were so painful that they buzzed.

Liang Shu got up and went to the side to buy fresh flower soup for him. When he brought it back, the proprietress was complaining about the boss, saying that the city has been full of foreign guests recently, how many of them can stand your ancestral secret spicy oil?I didn't remind the guests, and put away the jars quickly.

The boss tidied things up quickly, Liu Xian'an was dizzy and drank the sweet soup, and didn't care to listen to what the people next to him were talking about. Finally, Liang Shu had paid for the meal and walked across the street by his wrist: "Do you want to eat ice fruit?"

"Don't eat." Liu Xian'an asked, "Just now I seem to hear the proprietress talking about Nanyang?"

"She said that Raven City was also lively in previous years, but most of them were Nanyang merchants. This year, there are many people from the Central Plains." Liang Shu said, "They are all the same as us, claiming to go to Cuili City to see jade."

"The Central Plains is far away, and it coincides with the first month of the lunar year. This is the time for family reunion, but there are such a large number of believers in the city." Liu Xian'an said, "It seems that the scale of this pilgrimage is not small. "

As the two talked, they walked into a teahouse. This kind of place is the only way to inquire about news. It was so lively that even the table had to be fought.It's just that the group of guests who sat down earlier obviously didn't welcome Liang Shu and Liu Xian'an, put their legs sideways on the empty stool, and continued to eat melon seeds without raising their heads.

"Guest, this..." Xiao Er rubbed his hands with a troubled expression.Liang Shu glanced at the people at this table, but didn't care, and said to Liu Xian'an, "Let's go over there to see if there are any other vacant tables."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Xiao Er to reply, he strode towards the window, Liu Xian'an trotted to keep up, the two of them went around each table and asked about it, but they couldn't find the location, and they got a lot of blank stares.At such a time, His Royal Highness Xiao Wang showed an unprecedented good temper, even if he was driven away impatiently, he did not get angry, and even had a half-hearted smile on his face.

And this half-smile didn't gradually disappear until the two of them left the teahouse and walked into a deserted alley, and it was replaced by a gloom that was about to rain.Although Liu Xian'an was smart and transparent, this time he didn't understand what his intentions were, so he carefully asked, "What's the matter, is there something wrong with that teahouse?"

"The teahouse is fine, but the people in the teahouse have problems." Liang Shu said, "Most of them are wearing masks."

Liu Xian'an was surprised when he heard that: "Those are the faces after disguise?"

Liang Shu nodded: "Yes."

Liu Xian'an felt a chill down his spine, the human skin mask was not scary, what was scary was the conspiracy hidden behind the mask.There is only one reason for covering the face, that is, you don't want to be recognized by others. Ordinary people in the surrounding villages and towns definitely don't have such a need. Even if they do, it is difficult to find such a realistic mask.

It shows that the believers who came back to Raven City are not ordinary people, they at least already have a certain status and reputation, otherwise there is no need to be so troublesome.

The tentacles of Bai Fujiao are not only extending to the northern border, but also touching the upper layers.Liang Shu waved his hand to summon a group of guards and ordered them to go to the city to collect information. Everyone took their orders and left. Only one person remained where he was, bowing his head and saying: "Your Majesty, just now on the street, I seem to have seen an acquaintance of ours. , although he is also wearing a mask, but the voice is very recognizable."

Liang Shu asked, "Who?"

……

The boy was playing with two cheap walnuts in his hand, rising and falling like an acrobatic. The little dolls followed his buttocks in a long line, applauding non-stop, which made the boy himself proud, and he turned his head and grinned. , but he looked so strange and stiff that the onlookers scattered in fright, thinking that he was an evil boy who took away his soul—there are often such legends in this area.

Being rejected, the young man didn't care, he continued to throw walnuts and hummed, all the way back to the inn, but he refused to rest honestly, tore off the mask on his face, and immediately turned out of the window like a monkey, bending over and "whoosh" "Swish" jumped out of the way, clung to the wooden beam with his arms and swung lightly, and stuffed himself into the corner at the end, a narrow gap connecting the two guest rooms.

The action was done in one go without attracting anyone's attention.He put his ear close to the wall carefully, trying to eavesdrop on the conversations of the people in the room, but he could only catch a few words that were extremely vague. In order to hear them more clearly, he unconsciously continued to press them forward, but he didn't know how to measure them properly. , The two moso bamboos on the wall made a "click" sound, which immediately aroused the vigilance of the people in the room.

"Who!"

The young man wanted to run in a panic, but before he could use his lightness kung fu, an external force grabbed his neckline, and he flew up into the air, and fell into the house - his own room.

"Dong dong dong!" The door was knocked hard three times, "Master Chang! Are you in the room?"

"...Yes, cough, I'm here." Chang Xiaoqiu was still in shock, swallowed dryly, and said loudly, "I'm sleeping, what's the matter?"

"It's okay." The footsteps at the door quickly disappeared.

Liu Xian'an poured a cup of tea and handed it to Chang Xiaoqiu: "Drink?"

Chang Xiaoqiu looked at the gleaming dagger on her neck, do you think I can drink it?

He didn't recognize Liang Shu and Liu Xian'an, he was still panicked, pretending to be calm and whispered: "I have let them go, can you put down the knife first?"

"No." Liang Shu said, "Tell me, what are you doing in Raven City?"

Chang Xiaoqiu said without hesitation, "Buy jade."

Liang Shu smiled "poof": "We have already used this reason, you might as well think about it and get a new one."

Chang Xiaoqiu said stiffly: "I'm here to buy jade, why, this is not allowed? Who are you!"

"Buying jade, why bother to listen to someone's corner like a thief." Liang Shu said, "If you don't tell me, I will send you to see the official."

"I won't admit it without evidence!" Chang Xiaoqiu said, his body suddenly slid down like a loach, but he still couldn't escape, and was swept by Liang Shuheng's leg so that he almost gnawed on his mouth mud.Liu Xian'an urgently reminded: "His leg is still injured!"

Liang Shu carried him back again: "Sit down!"

Chang Xiaoqiu was stunned for a moment, knowing that there were not many people whose legs had been injured, he quickly ran through the list in his mind, first staring at Liu Xian'an to identify carefully, then turned his head suddenly, holding his breath Staring at Liang Shu, his face flushed red, and he said unconfidently for a long time: "... Wang, lord?"

Liang Shu raised his eyebrows slightly.

"My lord!" Chang Xiaoqiu was overjoyed. To meet the number one hero in his heart in this dilapidated place, he was so excited that he couldn't even speak, and he didn't care about etiquette. He opened his eyes wide and leaned closer. "Is it really you?" Before Liang Shu could answer, tears welled up in his eyes, and he hiccupped with excitement.

Liu Xian'an: "..."

Liang Shu said: "Now we can talk about it, why are you here?"

"If I don't come, my father has to come." Chang Xiaoqiu said, "It's a bit complicated to talk about."

In short, after being betrayed by He Rao, Chang Wanli was devastated and depressed. He didn't even care about the business of the Escort Bureau, and he didn't know what he was working on all day long.Chang Xiaoqiu didn't take it seriously at first, but one time he accidentally discovered that at some point in his Buddhist hall, a strange-looking statue was enshrined in it.

"My father originally...he was not a Buddhist." Chang Xiaoqiu didn't complete his sentence. He thought that his own father was there before, and he could almost take all the greed for money and lust, but now he started to knock on the wooden fish and chant scriptures , No matter how you think, it's so weird, and there are gradually problems with the accounts of the Escort Bureau. The money disappeared, and I don't know where it went, and I didn't ask.

"It's like being bewitched by an evil spirit." Chang Xiaoqiu said, "Uncle Chang and I investigated secretly, and finally found out that he was lured by others and believed in some shit. I have to offer a cup of my own blood every now and then."

Liang Shu asked, "Since we found out, why didn't you report it to the officials?"

"Because my father couldn't stop bleeding, and he put himself down." Chang Xiaoqiu said, "He is very sick and his mind is not clear. If he is taken to jail, he may die. I am in a hurry. At the time of the fire, the liar who dragged my father into the church came again, coaxing him that as long as he donated a pot of gold, he would be able to see the Holy Maiden of Baifu."

"Your father agreed?"

"I agreed. I was struggling to get on the road, but I couldn't stop him, so I gave him a little cartilage powder." Chang Xiaoqiu said.

Chang Wanli was paralyzed on the bed, unable to get up for a while, no matter how unwilling he was, he could only agree to let his son go to Raven City to meet the saint for him.Chang Xiaoqiu pretended to be well-behaved and honest, her father just nodded at whatever she said, and left all the affairs of the Escort Bureau to Chang Xiaohan, and followed the cultists all the way south by himself, planning to get a big ticket.

Liang Shu asked, "How big is it?"

Chang Xiaoqiu was full of youthful enthusiasm: "At worst, I will die with that **** saint!"

Liang Shu said: "Based on your current skills, I'm afraid you will give away your head for nothing."

Chang Xiaoqiu blushed: "Then I also need to see clearly what kind of tricks they have."

"Who is the person who brought you south?"

"It's the master of Shuguangmen, Zhao Xiang, and my father was also brought into the Baifu sect by him." Chang Xiaoqiu said, "He was very suspicious and shrewd, so he didn't trust me even if I acted all the way, he still imitated my father. After draining blood twice and reciting the mantra for a long time, he didn't intend to lead me to see the saint at all, he just told me to wait at the inn. I suspect that the reason why this man agreed to take me to the south is all because of that altar gold."

"You just went to listen to his corner?"

"Yes." Chang Xiaoqiu said, "After arriving in Raven City, the surname Zhao met many people in secret. His status in the Baifu Sect is really not low. People visit him all day long. It seems that he will go out tonight Eat."

Liang Shu smiled: "If you don't get the quota to meet the Holy Maiden of Baifu, you must bring one of you to dinner at night, right? Otherwise, wouldn't it be worth paying a pot of gold for nothing?"

"..." Chang Xiaoqiu was silent for a while. In fact, he felt that according to the degree of unpopularity he had been on this journey, he might not even be able to get along with this meal, but now this sentence was spoken by His Royal Highness King Xiao himself. Do I want to disappoint His Royal Highness King Xiao?

impossible!

So Chang Xiaoqiu clenched his fists fiercely: "Okay, I'll try it!"

The author has something to say:

Xiao Chang: Starchaser boy.