Nightwatcher

"The shopkeeper, the treasurer's"

Xiao Er looked at the back of the guest officer in Tsing Yi, his face pale and pale.

Even if he saw a ghost, he wouldn't show such a terrified expression, because he had never seen a ghost before, but today, he saw a lunatic who was stuffed with half a catty of arsenic.

"Hurry up, hurry up and invite the doctor from the Golden Needle Hall"

The shopkeeper screamed, and he fell silent immediately, saying: "No, quickly grab him and induce vomiting!"

The two rushed out of the shop, looked left and right, and found that the customer in Tsing Yi had disappeared into the long stream of people. .

Buzuiju, one of the best restaurants in Yongzhou City.

For dine-in meals, the per capita consumption is half a penny. In the private room, the per capita consumption is two coins. If you live in a hotel, the best wing room costs three renminbi a night.

Mu Nanzhi and Xu Qi'an walked slowly for a long time, asked for directions several times along the way, and finally arrived outside the restaurant.

The waiter at the door was greeted by the waiter, and when he saw the two approaching the restaurant, he immediately stepped forward knowingly, nodding and bowing:

"You two are objective, it's better to stay in the hotel if you are on the top."

"Stay!"

Xu Qi'an handed the reins to the waiter, took off the water bag, poured out the cloudy water mixed with arsenic, and gently wiped it on the saddle.

During the process, the palm of his hand turned blue and black. After wiping it off, he raised his hand, and the flesh and blood in the palm returned to its original state.

Poison Gu's ability to combine the surrounding environment and materials to create special toxins.

Xu Qi'an used arsenic to create a chronic poison and smeared it on the saddle. As long as someone dared to ride the filly, the toxin solidified on the saddle would slowly evaporate with body temperature, penetrate the pants and penetrate the skin, and then penetrate the blood vessels from the skin.

He will die in a quarter of an hour at most, and it is impossible for a god to save him.

The waiter in the shop has limited knowledge, so he can't see through the mystery. He was just at a loss, and then he saw a piece of silver thrown by the guest officer in Tsing Yi, and said:

"My horse needs to be fed concentrated feed. Beans, wheat, corn, salt, eggs, bee jelly, these things are indispensable. I will come to check later. If you dare to cut corners, I will peel your skin. "

There is no lack of murderous and hostile aura in Xu Baipro's body, and when he raises his eyebrows, he is extremely oppressive.

The waiter in the shop held the heavy silver, surprised and scared, said: "Guest officer, don't worry, don't worry, I will take good care of your beloved horse."

Immediately led the horse to the backyard.

"When you walk in the world, you need to have the spirit of the world. If you pretend to be gentle, courteous and frugal outside, it will only make people think that you are a fat sheep, and everyone will come to kill you."

Xu Qi'an explained to the first beauty of Dafeng with a smile.

The rivers and lakes and temples are different worlds. In the capital, one should behave in a low-key manner, do things in a high-key manner, and pay attention to affection and qualifications everywhere.

But the rivers and lakes are different. There are mixed fish and dragons in the rivers and lakes. If you are young, and sometimes you have to show a fierce and hostile spirit, you can avoid a lot of unnecessary troubles.

Entering the restaurant lobby, Xu Qi'an led Mu Nanzhi to the counter. Along the way, he heard diners talking not far away:

"I heard that someone found a large tomb in a barren hill thirty miles south of the city. More than a dozen people went in and never came out again."

"I heard that people from the Gongsun family also sent people down to the tomb, and it was all broken inside. Now it is rumored that there is a rare treasure inside, otherwise, how could it be so dangerous."

"It's a rumor deliberately released by Gongsun's family, and they want scattered people from Jianghu to be pawns."

"No, the more dangerous the tomb, the more treasures. If there are only a few crooked funeral objects, who would spend so much effort to set up traps?"

"It makes sense."

"The Gongsun family has recently recruited heroes in Yongzhou City. It is best to be a capable person who is proficient in ventilation and water institutions. Unfortunately, I am only a warrior and my strength is limited. Otherwise, I will blend in."

Mu Nanzhi's expression changed slightly.

Xu Qi'an frowned.

The underground palace outside Yongzhou City was discovered? Well, the fight between Shenshu and the ancient corpse was quite loud at the beginning, and the mountain range collapsed to a certain extent. It is normal to attract troublemakers to explore afterwards.

With a special personality, it's only been half a year, the ancient corpse should not have escaped from the predicament, I hope I have not, otherwise my trip to Yongzhou will be in vain

While thinking about it, he walked towards the counter and said, "Two good side rooms are available, next to each other."

Mu Nanzhi next to him quickly said, "No, not two rooms, one is enough."

Her voice became smaller and smaller, and she lowered her head in embarrassment.

She coaxed Xu Qi'an to look at the princess. He was not happy about having sex with Dafeng's number one beauty, but frowned instead.

First of all, the side effects of love Gu will make the host have the urge to reproduce all the time, Xu Qi'an is afraid that he will not be able to control himself.

Secondly, the side effect of Dark Gu is that the host likes to drill into dark and humid places, and must have a private space that cannot be discovered for two hours a day.

The concubine's spirit can only be "picked" at the peak of the third rank. The side effects of the Gu worms cannot be satisfied, and it will affect the development of the Qijue Gu, which will affect my cultivation.

Xu Qi'an sighed in his heart: Sure enough, women will only affect my sword drawing speed!

So I asked the shopkeeper for a good wing room with a price as high as one tael of silver.

The shopkeeper collected the silver, and his warm and courteous attitude doubled, and he personally led the two distinguished guests upstairs.

The room is at the end of the corridor, you can see the bustling main road through the window, Mu Nanzhi likes it very much, but Xu Qi'an only finds it noisy.

It is worthy of being one of the most expensive restaurants in Yongzhou City, and it is worthy of being the wing room of the restaurant. The desk is made of huanghuali wood, and the four treasures of the study are placed on the table.

When Mu Nanzhi entered the room, he looked around, inspected, tsk-tsk:

"The hangings are all famous paintings, but they are all fakes, none of them are authentic."

Among them is an authentic piece of "The Story of Burning Incense in a Wine House", which hangs in her study in the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion.

"This Duan inkstone is not bad."

She walked to the desk again, playing with a blue and white Duan inkstone, the blue pattern on the inkstone was like ink smudged, Mu Nanzhi regretted:

"The texture is fine, but not moist enough, top grade, but not the best."

If it moistens again, will you moisten it? Xu Qi'an complained in his heart.

She commented on the furnishings in the room, such as pens, inks, papers and inkstones, antique calligraphy and paintings, furniture, etc., one by one.

The shopkeeper was dumbfounded, and called out to the expert: "Young lady is really an expert."

Immediately put away the little contempt in my heart, this pair of ordinary-looking men and women should be born in aristocratic families, and they are not rich in food, so they cannot develop such taste and vision.

Xu Qi'an, who listened to the scriptures all the time, pulled the shopkeeper to the table, and said with a smile, "Talk to the shopkeeper for a while."

"Be polite." The shopkeeper's attitude changed extremely well.

Xu Qi'an asked: "I just heard someone in the hall say that a large tomb was found in the deep mountains in the south?"

The shopkeeper nodded and said: "There is such a thing, I don't know if it is true or not. It is said that many people died. That mountain is now occupied by the Gongsun family."

Xu Qi'an took a sip of tea, pondered and said, "Gongsun's family? Shopkeeper, are there any powerful forces in this Yongzhou city?"

Although he has been to Yongzhou once, he really doesn't know much about the situation of the local gangs.

In the eyes of Da Geng people, only big forces like the Jianzhou Wulin League can be seen, and the rest are rubbish.

Of course, this does not mean that the Jianghu gangs are not strong, but that the watchmen belong to the imperial court after all, and have a natural sense of superiority over the Jianghu gangs.

The shopkeeper comes as soon as he opens it, no need to ponder over it:

"Near Yongzhou City, the most powerful ones are Gongsun Mountain Villa eighteen miles to the north, and Longshen Castle at the bend of the Dragon River twenty miles to the east. There are gangs attached to these two powerful forces.

"As for the counties and counties under the jurisdiction of Yongzhou, I don't know."

Yongzhou is one of the thirteen continents of Dafeng. There are dozens of counties and prefectures under the jurisdiction of Yongzhou City. The number of gangs in them can only be known through official statistics.

For big forces like Dragon God Fort and Gongsun Family, their base camps are usually not in the city, and the government will not allow it.

Mu Nanzhi frowned and said, "Yongzhou government doesn't care about the tomb?"

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "Why do you want to take care of it? This is not a flood and locust disaster, so the government is too lazy to take care of it. As for the dead, they are all from the Jianghu, not ordinary people. Even if you are ordinary people, if you don't report to the government, the government will not bother to take care of it." ,right.

"Besides, the Gongsun family has some friendship with the governor of Yongzhou, so that the mountain can be "circled"."

"The shopkeeper is right."

The two men looked at each other and smiled.

Xu Qi'an learned from the shopkeeper that this season, the lake crabs are fattening, and Yangbai Lake outside the city is a holy place to eat crabs near Yongzhou City.

At this time, rich households, eunuchs, and heroes of the rivers and lakes in the city will rent boats to swim in the lake and enjoy the plump lake crabs.

Mu Nanzhi's eyes lit up when he listened.

After chatting a few words, the shopkeeper reluctantly left.

Xu Qi'an closed the door, turned around and walked behind the screen, moved the bathtub aside, took out fragments of books from the ground, and dumped out a jar. The mud in the jar was shallow and the water quality was slightly turbid. A dark golden lotus root was lying on the bottom of the jar. .

Half of his body was exposed from the mud, while the other half was hidden under the mud.

His trip to the rivers and lakes, with the princess, has two purposes:

One, traveled all the way to Jianzhou, handed the lotus root to the old man of the Wulin League, and fulfilled the promise.

But the lotus root was not yet mature, so he simply took the man and the lotus root together, thinking that when he traveled to Jianzhou, the nine-color lotus root should be mature.

Second, he wanted to try to find some plants with strong poisons, and hand them over to the flower god to cultivate them, so as to strengthen the poisonous gu.

In this case, Mu Nanzhi must be with her.

"call"

Xu Qi'an let out a sigh of relief, with the current strength of Li Gu, it is still a bit difficult to lift a large water tank, so he should eat more.

Fortunately, I left Beijing, otherwise there would be three more foodies in the family, and my aunt would cry out in distress. He sat beside the Huanghuali book desk, thinking about what he would do next.

"Dragon energy is scattered all over the place, and there is no such thing as radar. To find out the host of dragon energy, there are only two ways: first, a strong intelligence network. The dragon energy host will not have abnormalities in the short term, but after a long time, it will immediately show its sharpness will not remain anonymous.

"Second, relying on the aggregation effect of dragon energy and luck, maybe I don't have to search for it deliberately. When I travel to a certain place, I can meet it. And as long as the host of dragon energy is not more than 100 meters away from me, I can sense it through the book from the ground. It, I itself is equivalent to a small radar with a range of only one hundred meters.

"There is no news about Shenshu's remnant body for the time being, but the nine-tailed sky fox must have a clue, just wait for her to come to me. The most important thing now is to collect the materials for the summoning clock."

Among the materials for the summoning bell, two materials are the nails and venom of a thousand-year-old corpse. Xu Qi'an happened to know an ancient corpse, so he chose Yongzhou City as the first stop.

"As long as the seal of Shenshu is not weakened, I am sure that the ancient corpse will not find out my true state. Well, I need to work harder in practice. Among the seven abilities of Qijue Gu, poisonous Gu is the easiest to cultivate. The endless poisonous things can grow immediately.

"The second is strength Gu. As long as you keep eating and torturing your body, it can also grow rapidly. Although my cultivation base is sealed, my physique is a third-rank physique. I can ignore this stage of tormenting. Just start eating it." good.

"Heavenly Gu is the foundation of Qijue Gu. It has been developed to a very high level, so there is no need to worry about it for the time being. As long as the dark Gu keeps "hiding" for two hours a day, it can grow steadily. Maybe there is still a lack of fighting. I haven't tried this. Opportunity to try.

"Corpse Gu needs to devour corpse energy. One of the purposes of this trip to Yongzhou is to cultivate corpse Gu. Love Gu and heart Gu should be temporarily suppressed and not cultivated.

"I don't want to wander the rivers and lakes and become a flower picker. Besides, there is a Dafeng No. 1 beauty by my side. If I don't suppress the love gu, one day my gun will go off by accident.

"Heart Gu is the same. Although I ride a filly, I can't really ride it."

It was still early, and there was still some time before lunch, Xu Qi'an sat by the desk, sipping arsenic mixed with water, like sipping wine.

The clean princess fetched herself a basin of water, washed herself, then sat in front of the dressing table, combed herself a beautiful woman's bun, put on lip gloss and blush, not to mention, it matched her temperament, abruptly Raised the appearance a little bit.

From being mediocre in appearance to being able to take a look.

"I sleep on the bed at night, you make the floor."

The princess who was sitting in front of the dressing table saw that he only glanced at her indifferently, and then looked away without any hesitation, her brows immediately turned upside down.

"You can also sleep on the bed, and I will sleep on you."

Xu Qi'an said unhappily.

The concubine spat, as if she had already gotten used to his flamboyance, and didn't take it seriously.

She got up and walked behind the screen, put her hand into the water tank, fiddling with the water in boredom.

There is aura in the water.

Near noon, Xu Qi'an took back the fragments of the book in the water tank, and through the relationship of not being drunk, he booked a table in the building boat. At this point, if you are an individual, let alone book a table in the building boat, the boats and boats are gone. .

Fortunately, as a large restaurant, Buzuiju has channels and connections to satisfy customers' needs for eating crabs.

Yangbai Lake, the water is shimmering, and there are patches of willow trees planted by the lake, with bare branches and no greenery.

In late autumn, the lake breeze blows, mixed with chill.

A building boat with "Wang Ji Yufang" hanging on it was floating in the lake. Mu Nanzhi was wearing a fox fur cloak and sitting at a table by the window. There was a small clay stove on the table, warming rice wine, both And warm people.

A few side dishes, twenty plump crabs.

"The vinegar tastes good, but it's a pity that there is too little sauce, um, but this highlights the fatness of the crab."

Xu Qi'an bit the crab paste with springy teeth in his mouth, and nodded contentedly.

In his recipe, lake crabs can be ranked in the top ten. Of course, crabs are also divided into types. Female crabs can’t be ranked in the top ten, only male crabs can.

"Crab roe and crab paste are two completely different things. In comparison, crab paste with elastic teeth is more mellow and delicious, but crab roe is inferior after all, so I don't like to eat female crabs very much, but I have no resistance to male crabs. "

Xu Qi'an picked up the wine jug on the small clay stove and poured a cup of warm wine for the princess.

"Eating a crab can also eat dignity?"

Mu Nanzhi gave him a big roll of eyes, took a sip of the wine, her face was flushed, her body was warm, she looked out of the lake, and suddenly said in a low voice:

"Look, is that the Gongsun family's boat?"

Xu Qi'an turned his head and looked out the window, and he saw a two-story ship coming through the waves, with the flag of "Gongsun" flying.