Talk about the world of mortals in detail

Ao Po was naturally far away at this moment. He peeled the roasted taro with his hands. After peeling half of it, he handed it to Hui Mian on his shoulder. The latter took it and was not afraid of burning it. He opened his mouth and took a big mouthful.

One person and one marten enjoyed their first meal after arriving in the northern boundary. Although it was not a delicacy, it was still very delicious.

That is to say, when Ao Po and Hui Mian were enjoying roasted taro, in the official office of Haiyu County, the county magistrate was eating vegetables and drinking by himself.

The Haiyu County Magistrate is about thirty years old, which is considered young among officials.

He did not eat or drink in the formal dining hall or other places, but was alone in the study, drinking wine and eating appetizers, with a book spread out on the table.

The speed of drinking is related to the speed of reading. Every time he drinks a small glass, the magistrate will lick his fingers and turn the pages of the book.

I don't know whether it was the taste of the wine and food or the content in the book. As for the content in the book, it didn't seem to be very serious, at least judging from the smile that the county magistrate showed from time to time.

"Dong dong dong"

There was a sudden knock on the door, and the county magistrate hurriedly put a bookmark on it and closed the book.

"Who?"

"Sir, Mr. Liu is here!"

Upon hearing this, the magistrate quickly stood up from his seat, first stuffed the books into a bookshelf on one side, and then straightened his clothes.

"Please come quickly!"

"yes!"

The yamen servant outside did not come in, and left after a while. After a while, footsteps came back in a hurry, and the county magistrate walked to the door first and opened the door to greet him.

The yamen officer over there brought a slightly stout man in Chinese clothes, and the county magistrate went out to greet him.

"Master-in-law, why don't you inform in advance that you are coming, so that I can be prepared to entertain you!"

Member Liu's face was slightly red and he was smiling. He seemed to have come here after drinking somewhere, and he was smiling when he spoke.

"A good son-in-law doesn't need to be too polite. I just came to your place for a cup of tea on an impromptu basis!"

"Of course there is tea, my father-in-law, please!"

"please!"

When Liu Yuanwai entered the study, the county magistrate immediately ordered the yamen servant to bring tea, and then went back inside to keep him company.

Liu Yuanwai walked inside and found several dishes of side dishes on the desk and official documents beside them. He seemed to be busy with official duties while eating, so he couldn't help but nodded.

Seeing the county magistrate approaching, Liu Yuanwai couldn't help but sigh.

"Thank you for your hard work, dear son-in-law!"

"My father-in-law, thank you very much. My son-in-law can take a break from his busy schedule and have a drink."

Officer Liu smiled and then waved to the county magistrate with a straight face. The magistrate hurried over, only to see his resourceful father-in-law looking at the door and lowering his voice.

"Xian son-in-law, do you know where I had dinner today?"

"My son-in-law doesn't know this!"

Liu Yuanwai thought for a moment, then walked over and closed the study door first, and the county magistrate was beside him at the moment. After the former closed the door, he turned back to look at the son-in-law and continued to speak.

"I went to Zhou Mansion, have you heard anything?"

"Zhou Mansion? My son-in-law has never heard anything special!"

The county magistrate had indeed heard nothing about it, and Yuan Liu no longer kept secrets.

"At dawn this morning, a strange thing happened in Haiyu Port. A fishing boat picked up three dragon scales while fishing on an offshore reef!"

"Dragon scales?"

The county magistrate was stunned when he heard this, wondering if he had heard wrongly.

"Master-in-law, please stop joking. This, this is too ridiculous."

"Oh! It's not ridiculous. Why do you think you are going to Zhou Tailou tonight? Just to have a look. The man surnamed Zhou simply hosted a banquet for some of us and took out the dragon scales for us to slap our eyes!"

As he spoke, Liu Yuanwai's tone couldn't help but be a little excited.

"On the banquet, when the lights are extinguished, the dragon scales emit bursts of light in the darkness, with an indescribable charm. Take a basin of clean water and put the dragon scales in it. There will be no wind or waves in the basin! "

"Really dragon scales?"

The county magistrate's eyes widened. He had never seen anything like this in his life.

Liu Yuanwai nodded slightly, narrowed his eyes and looked slightly serious.

"I don't know if it's a real dragon scale, but it must be an incredible treasure. Just think it's a dragon scale. No, it's a dragon scale!"

After saying that, Liu Yuanwai looked at the direction of the door again, looked at his son-in-law seriously, and spoke with a serious and purposeful persuasion tone.

"My dear son-in-law, how can such treasures be possessed by the common people? If you can get them, then offer them to the Holy One."

The county magistrate came to his senses early because of these words and continued speaking subconsciously.

"Wouldn't that mean a prosperous official career and rapid career rise?"

"Children can be taught!"

The county magistrate touched the short beard on his chin and looked at his father-in-law in thought.

"My father-in-law just said that there are three dragon scales, and they are all in the one named Zhou?"

Liu Yuanwai shook his head.

"The fisherman Sheng Dou, a commoner, didn't have much knowledge. After salvaging such treasures, he couldn't wait to sell them at the dock. At that time, many people rushed to buy them."

"The steward of Zhou Tailou went to the harbor to collect sea goods, so he was naturally included in this list. However, things like dragon scales are too mysterious for ordinary people. Even though the things in the hands of the fisherman seemed to be strange objects, the steward was afraid of being deceived. , so I only bought one piece of it.”

"But my dear son-in-law, the first priority is the other two pieces!"

"The other two slices?"

Liu Yuanwai nodded slightly.

"Yes, for the other two pieces, Zhou Tailou is in Haiyu County, and the Zhou family will not run away, but it is said that the other two pieces were not purchased by locals."

The county magistrate couldn't help but nodded slightly.

"What your father-in-law said is absolutely true, it's best not to get rid of all three pieces!"

Ao Po finished eating the roasted taro in his hand, and Hui Mian on his shoulder also clapped his hands. At this moment, they happened to arrive at an inn, but at this moment, the former's expression changed slightly.

The next moment, the figure that was about to walk into the inn normally suddenly turned into a dragon-shaped shadow, blowing towards the top of the inn with the wind.

The dragon shadow twisted directly through the window and rushed into one of the rooms.

"hold head high--"

A faint dragon's roar was full of dragon power, and a shrill, strange and sharp cry suddenly came from the originally dark room.

"ah--"

This shouting could not only be heard by Ao Po and Hui Mian, but also by many people inside and outside the inn. In the room, in front of Ao Po and Hui Mian, a strange black shadow seemed to disappear.

The black air went along the door and window. Hui Mian's figure flashed, and a golden pen flew out from the hair under his neck. He held the pen in his mouth and pointed it towards the door.

"seal up!"

The words Hui Mian shouted were full of majesty, completely different from his usual state.

Swish——

Golden light bloomed from the tip of the pen, and for just a moment, the door of the inn seemed to flash with golden lines, spreading throughout the room in an instant, and a shadow of the door god appeared on the door.

But when Hui Mian turned around, he found that the black shadows had all disappeared.

"Um?"

"No need to waste your efforts, it's not a monster, it's just a feeling of resentment."

Ao Po walked to the bed in the room. The man on the bed was dead. Judging from his wide eyes and the signs of struggle on the bed, he must have been suffocated to death on the bed.

Hui Mian floated onto Ao Po's shoulder and looked intently at the man on the bed. The darkness in the room naturally did not affect its observation.

"This is the person who bought the scales this morning! Sir, where are the scales?"

Ao Po looked to one side.

"This is just a servant. The dragon scale is next door, in the hands of his master!"

While one person and one Diao were talking, a vague black energy seemed to spread out from the body's facial features and seven orifices. At this time, Hui Mian also realized that the source of the black shadow was here.

The weird scream just now also alarmed many people in the inn.

It wasn't very late, and there were even many people dining in the lobby or in the room. In the first floor of the inn, the shopkeeper and a few waiters also had goosebumps on their bodies.

"What's the sound? Did you hear it?" "I heard it too."

"You guys, go upstairs and have a look!"

After hesitation, several waiters went upstairs one after another. In the corridor, some guests in the room cautiously came out to check, and some brave people followed.

After several searches, many guests were alarmed, and finally they found the room. A man in another room not far away was shocked when he saw the innkeeper and a few good-hearted guests gathered there.

The man originally opened his mouth to speak, but hesitated and did not speak immediately.

As the clerk knocked on the door and shouted, and finally managed to open the door and go in, someone soon rushed out with a look of horror on his face.

"Dead, dead—"

"What?" "Dead?"

The shopkeeper downstairs turned pale, and some immediately shouted to report to the official

Amidst the chaos, there were waves of footsteps on the street. People on the first floor of the inn looked outside and saw that there were many government servants running towards this side.

Even at this moment, people can't help but subconsciously think, why did they come here before they even reported to the official?

At this moment, a group of government officials were hurriedly heading towards the inn. The head catcher received an order that there might be a key criminal hiding in the inn and they needed to be controlled first. However, before they arrived at the inn, they found someone coming out to greet them immediately.

Looking inside the inn, I saw that there were noisy people with panicked expressions on their faces.

The catcher reacted immediately. Oh no, it seems that he arrived too late. Something happened!

The shouts coming out of the inn also confirmed the premonition of the arrest.

"Master Chai, Master Chai, you guys came just in time. Something happened in the inn and someone was killed——"

The catcher immediately looked behind him.

"Quick, Old Wu and Old Jin, take the people to check the openings in front and behind the inn first, and the others will follow me in!"

A lot of people came. At this moment, a kind of official servant rushed into the inn, which also made many guests feel at ease. Under the leadership of the waiter, the arrester and others rushed all the way to the third floor and arrived outside the room where the accident happened.

Naturally, there could not be Ao Po and Hui Mian in the room at this moment, let alone any golden light.

The policeman led a few people into the room, but felt a bit cold for some reason. The corpse on the bed looked frightened and had a dead look on its face. It looked particularly scary. Even when the policeman looked at it, there was a chill on his head.

There are some veteran police officers who have seen even worse deaths, but this one just looks more horrifying.