I don’t know if the news of Yaksha cannibalism caused a stir, but at night there was no one left in Shenqiu County. From the street entrance to the end of the street, it was dark and silent as an empty city.
Most of them stayed in the county office, and a few stayed in inns. After traveling for many days, they finally managed to get into bed next to each other. This group of young ladies and gentlemen all stopped and they all washed up and went to bed early.
The people of Dongyue Town took a group of Sanyuan Palace disciples directly to the valley, where a temporary residence was set up by the escort.
"Ang, a monk, is really different. I drink fairy dew and fine wine for three meals a day." Lu Taotao said with a smile, with a bit of ridicule in his tone.
Mo Yan turned his face and said, "How is it possible? The meals are all cooked in the county office and Qi Shang sent someone to deliver them."
Lu Taotao groaned, "Three thousand people?"
Guanyue looked at her with a speechless expression, "Of course not, only a few people from Sanyuan Palace prepared separately, and the other sergeants cooked on the spot."
Lu Taotao stretched out his right hand and waved it, "Tsk, I thought I wasn't going to eat, but it turns out I still want ordinary food, pretending to be worldly."
Mo Yan stepped forward with interest, "Lu Taotao, you are so rude to real people, don't you even fear ghosts and gods in your heart?"
"Ghosts and gods?" Lu Taotao shook his hair, "I am here, the Great Immortal Fox. Do you want to talk to me about ghosts and gods?"
"You're fake."
"Yeah, it's fake." Lu Taotao shrugged, "It's enough to fool ordinary people."
Mo Yan touched his chin, bumped Guan Yue's arm with his shoulder, and raised his chin towards Lu Taotao's bouncing back, "Nuo, you see, sometimes she is crazy, and sometimes what she says is quite reasonable. .”
Guan Yue: "You can't judge a person by his appearance."
Wu Fang wandered over and said coldly, "Fairies, ghosts and gods are all of the same species."
Mo Yan twitched the corner of his mouth, "You know how to tell cold jokes?"
Guanyue shook her shoulders, it was so cold.
Lu Anran and Yun Qi were walking at the front. Listening to the movement behind them, Yun Qi asked, "Are Wu Fang's injuries healed?"
"It's all external injuries that didn't damage the internal organs. It's almost good." Lu Anran frowned, "It's just that the wound is a bit big. It will take a year or two to remove the scars."
Yunqi was surprised, "Can all the scars be removed?"
"It should be fine if she applies my medicine every night, but for those old injuries, there's nothing I can do about it."
"This is already good." Yun Qi sighed, "I recently found that Wu Fang is more popular than before."
Lu Anran glanced sideways, "You may not be a good person, but you are indeed a competent senior brother and master."
Yun Qi pointed at himself in a funny way, "Why am I not a good person?"
Lu Anran's eyes were half closed, and his voice was slightly cold in the night, "A good person will not put a dagger to someone's neck as soon as they meet."
"Damn girl, you still hold a grudge." Yun Qi chuckled.
The house is located in the southwest of Diqiu County, not far from the county office. It is separated by two streets, and it takes about three-quarters of an hour to get there and back.
There are pavilions in the front and pavilions in the back. The trees and rocks in the middle are lively and not burdensome. The season is just right. Clusters of pink azaleas are blooming on both sides of the road. The flowers and leaves are luxuriant and eye-catching.
"No one has lived here for a long time. There are too many rooms and there is no time to clean them. We only cleaned out a few rooms on the east side." Guan Yue led the group to the east courtyard.
Lu Anran originally thought that Yun Qi had temporarily rented a house in Diqiu, but now Guanyue said, "Is this also the property of Prince Yun's Mansion?"
"To be precise, it's my mother's dowry." Yun Qi opened the door and was somewhat satisfied with the furnishings inside. "You can live in this room."
Lu Anran glanced at the tables, chairs and cabinets. The furniture was all made of rosewood. "I would like to ask, what does the princess do for a living at home?" It felt like the industry was spread throughout the Ning Dynasty.
Lu Taotao walked around and came back, just in time to hear this sentence, "Young lady is so excited when she sees wealth. She inquired so carefully. Are you planning to marry into Prince Yun's palace?"
Yun Qi clasped his chin with two fingers and nodded: "It turns out that Miss Lu loves money, so this will be easy to handle."
Lu Anran looked at him inexplicably, wondering why it was easy to solve, but did not ask.
"No more, no less, twenty or thirty places. Most of them are in Mengzhou. The ones in Wangdu were bought by my grandfather when he was doing business, and then they were left vacant. Later, they were all put into my It's included in my mother's dowry." Yun Qi tapped his forehead with his index finger, "This old man is only interested in spending money to buy a house and shop. I had forgotten about it at first, but it was only after Guan Yue reminded me that there is such a house in Diqiu."
"Hobbies are very special."
"When the old man was young, he ran a boat, and his business went to the other side of the sea. Probably at that time, there were too many days without a fixed place, so he longed for a home, to have roots to put down, and not to drift away."
Lu Anran sighed when he heard Yun Qi's words. These words didn't sound like what he said, so he took a special look at him.
Yun Qi opened the fan, covered her face and pushed away, "Anyway, just remember, I am a rich man, extremely rich."
"Damn you." Lu Anran exposed it mercilessly.
Lu Taotao jumped up on the table and sat down, put his hands back, rolled his eyes and said, "Should I make room for you and go directly into the bridal chamber?"
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When I open the window in the morning, the banana leaves stir up the leaves, bringing a gentle breeze.
The sky was clear, cloudless, and clear blue.
The maid in the mansion brought breakfast. In addition to white porridge, soy milk fried dough sticks and goat milk waffles, there was also a bowl of rice rolls covered with a layer of red oil.
No one lives here all year round, so there is only one old man, Uncle Zhong, who is the caretaker. Their family all live here, so they help with simple cleaning of the house and taking care of the flowers and plants in the house from time to time.
The maid who delivered the meal was the granddaughter of Uncle Zhong, an outgoing little girl named Qiu Chan.
"The guard said that Miss may not be used to our breakfast, so she asked me to prepare something lighter. If Miss has anything else she wants to eat, she can tell me." Qiu Chan, whose name is the same as hers, spoke. It was loud and crisp, speaking in Mandarin, but with a strong Southern accent.
Lu Anran soaked the fried dough sticks in soy milk and said, "No, I can do it."
"Miss, try the rice rolls. It tastes good. It's refreshing, tender and smooth."
Lu Anran's taste was on the sweet side, which matched well with Wangdu's food. Seeing it was so heavy on oil and spicy, he hesitated for a moment.
"The top is red oil. I simmered it with pepper, star anise, onion, ginger, garlic and sugar over a slow fire. The color is nice, but it's actually fragrant but not spicy." Qiu Chan counted on her fingers and looked at Lu Anran with bright eyes.
Lu Anran couldn't resist the expectant look in her eyes, so she picked it up with chopsticks and took a small bite.
"how is it going?"
"Good."
Qiu Chan was satisfied, "Miss, you are so kind."
Lu Anran got up and washed up, then came over to eat. He was not covered with brocade cloth. At this moment, he asked: "Aren't you afraid of me?"
"Why are you afraid?" Qiu Chan was stunned for a moment before realizing, "Miss, are you talking about your face? There is nothing to be afraid of. Half of my grandma's body was burned, and she is uglier than this face of Miss. Eh... …Miss, I didn’t mean you…”
Lu Anran shook his head, "It doesn't matter."
"Eat slowly, miss, you can call me at any time." Qiu Chan thought for a while and said: "My mother said that appearance is important, but the real and lasting beauty lies in the human heart. The kindness and sincerity from a person's heart, no matter what No matter how ugly or beautiful you are, you will win everyone's respect."
Qiu Chan smiled sheepishly, "Miss, you are just like that."
Lu Anran swallowed the porridge in his mouth and spoke in the same calm tone as always, "Why do you say that? This is the first time we have met."
"Because even if the lady doesn't like rice rolls, she doesn't want to disappoint me so she tried it." Qiu Chan smiled with a dimple at the corner of her mouth, "So I think the lady must be a very kind and gentle person."
Lu Anran found that although this little girl was young, she was very smart and spoke in one way. She could only be said to be a girl trained by Prince Yun's Mansion.
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Lu Taotao disappeared early in the morning. She was not interested in Miss Zhou. She wanted to go around Diqiu County. It would be best to meet Yaksha. She caught him on the spot and kept him as a pet.
Zhoujiazhuang was outside the city. Guanyue asked Uncle Zhong to harness the carriage in advance, and then called Yun Qi and Lu Anran to set off.
Unexpectedly, not long after, Uncle Zhong ran over and said, "Your Majesty, there are many officers and soldiers coming outside."
Yun Qi stood up, straightened his clothes, and raised his eyebrows: "Qi Shang doesn't know how to stage a big battle, could it be that Nangong Zhi is here?"
I winked at Lu Anran, what that meant - I knew he loved showing off!
Lu Anran secretly thought that this was not in line with Nangong Zhi's character, but she did not say it out loud.
The two came to the gate. As Uncle Zhong said, there were many people. The officers and soldiers retreated on both sides. A corner of purple silk clothes floated into view. The man was of medium height, thin but not weak, with a straight back and a pair of The phoenix eyes are particularly deep because of the slightly concave eye sockets.
Lu Anran just felt familiar. Yun Qi cupped his hands and said with a smile in his voice, "I pay my respects to His Highness the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince is here. How can I have the nerve to ask you to wait at the gate?"
Zi Sangjin raised his head slightly, looked around calmly as a habit, and said to Yun Qi: "You are in a very good location."
"It's my mother's fortune." Yun Qi said with a smile without feeling embarrassed at all.
Zi Sangjin turned to look at Yun Qi, "Prince Yun entered Emperor Qiu yesterday and went straight to Shibabo without stopping."
"Diqiu is a place worthy of its name. It really has beautiful mountains, rivers, and beautiful scenery." Yunqi gestured and asked the prince to go inside, "The largest of the eighteen lakes is the ninth lake, and there is a canal connected to the Bajiang River. , can be accessed by cruise ships. If the prince has some leisure time, I will rent a big boat someday, and we can swim in the water, enjoy the scenery, and go boating on the lake."
"Prince Yun still knows how to play."
"You must have fun while you are alive."
In the courtyard, under the peach blossom tree, Zi Sangjin turned around and said with a deep look, "But I heard that the prince went to Shibabo not for fun, but to investigate the case."
Yun Qi showed a surprised expression, "Has all this been discovered?" He cleared his throat, "That's true. Didn't the emperor give me a file before coming here? Regarding the monsters that appear in Diqiu and eat people, I was worried. Went to Diqiu and went directly to the murder scene."
He admitted too quickly, which made Zi Sangjin unsure, so he asked along the way: "Prince Yun has discovered something?"
"Yaksha didn't show up."
Zi Sangjin's face was a little complicated, but he didn't expect Yun Qi to answer so rashly, "Isn't it normal if you don't show up?"
"Prince, you don't understand." Yun Qi sighed softly, "This case is easy to say. It's over after catching Yasha. But the difficulty is that this thing is elusive and has great power, so it is difficult to catch."
"Is there really a Yaksha?"
"Everyone has eaten away, so there can still be lies. It can't just be people eating people."
Zi Sangjin looked around, "The inner minister next to Prince Yun..."
"Let him stay in the capital." Yun Qi waved his hand, "Save his words from delaying me from solving the case."
Zi Sangjin rolled his eyes lightly and gave Yun Qi a definition in his mind - not very talented, but arrogant, arrogant but without the ability to match, eager for success and not thorough in doing things.
He was originally thinking about discussing the case with Yun Qi, but his thoughts suddenly disappeared. He glanced to the side with his peripheral vision, "This is this?"
