Zhou Tiehu reined in his horse and stopped in front of the inn in Shihe County, then turned over and dismounted.
There was already a waiter waiting at the inn, so he threw his riding whip to the waiter and said, "Good service, wait for me." Then he stepped into the inn.
It's not lunch time right now, so there aren't many people in the inn.
The shopkeeper who was settling accounts at the counter saw Zhou Tiehu arriving and hurriedly greeted him: "Mr. Zhou, are you still the same today?"
"Well, bring me an extra bottle of wine and deliver it to someone's room as soon as possible." Zhou Tiehu threw a few large coins to the shopkeeper and went straight upstairs to the room he had rented for a long time in this inn.
When he left the inn in the morning, the waiter had already cleaned the room - the county ordered him to jointly investigate a sneaky murder case with another county catcher Zheng Yunlong, which was near Shihe County.
Zhou Tiehu's home is not here, so he simply stayed in an inn in Shihe County for more than half a month.
Today, the county magistrate has removed him from that case and transferred him to investigate the evil god's coming incident.
When he faced Ye Xuan, he was filled with anger precisely because the county magistrate diverted him from the sneaky assault case that was about to be completed, and it was in vain that Zheng Yunlong got the first credit!
What's more, there is another secret in that sneaky murder case, which may involve a secret in Shihe County!
The waiter brought the food and wine and poured a glass of wine for Zhou Tiehu.
He waved his hand to ask the waiter to step back. He paused his palm in the air and suddenly said: "Go to Rouge House immediately and ask a girl to come to a certain house. Go quickly!"
After saying that, he threw a tael of silver to the waiter, who quickly took it, with a smile on his face, and left the room respectfully - why do you need a tael of silver to find a girl? At least he has a big reward in it!
The waiter's footsteps gradually faded away. Zhou Tiehu stood up and went to the door. After listening to the noise outside for a while, he suddenly reached out and bolted the door.
He turned back to the table, grinned, and took out something wrapped in silk cloth from his arms.
Picking up a piece of braised beef with chopsticks and taking a sip of wine, Zhou Tiehu carefully opened the piece of silk cloth, like taking off a beauty's dress, revealing a green and red token inside.
The green one is the patina on the token, and the red one is the true color of the token.
On the red copper token, there are two characters engraved in Yin script on the front. The first character has been polished and is difficult to distinguish. The second character is clearer and is the character "行".
The back depicts a human figure wearing a long robe, but the specific details are difficult to distinguish.
This token was obtained by Zhou Tiehu while investigating the sneaky murder case. The other two tokens fell into the hands of Zheng Yunlong, who shared one with the county magistrate, which is why the county magistrate later transferred Zhou Tiehu away from the case.
But how did they know that there were actually more than two tokens, and that I, Zhou Tiehu, was so blessed that I got the third token?
Zhou Tiehu smiled coldly, with a mixture of resentment and pleasure on his face, sometimes sneering, sometimes gritting his teeth.
According to Zheng Yunlong secretly, this token involves the secret of the last Blackwater River God, and is most likely the access token to the mansion where the last Blackwater River God lives!
If I could set foot in the Blackwater River God's Mansion and obtain the River God's inheritance from it, it would be no problem to break through the realm of muscle refining!
Zhou Tiehu clenched his fists, picked up the wine glass, tilted his head and filled the glass, then slammed the wine cup on the table.
Then, he swept the beef on the plate into a cloth bag, put it in his arms, opened the window opposite the door, looked around and saw no one, jumped out of the window, and landed lightly without making any sound.
He ran quickly and disappeared on the path behind the inn within a moment.
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In the coffin room of Partridge Temple.
The temple protector was lying in the coffin lid. It had not felt Ye Xuan's breath for a long time, and it slowly opened its eyes.
In a pair of pale eyes, green light spots gathered and snaked into a snake shape, gradually gathering into a pair of dark green eyes.
Different from the ordinary green hairs that gradually emerge from the pores of green zombies when they wake up, the zombie refined by Ye Xuan has scales appearing on its surface - after it has consumed the third young dragon's true energy, The scales are completely densely covered all over the body.
Whether it is the green hairs on the body of ordinary green zombies or the scales on the body of the temple guardian god that Ye Xuan refined, they can provide them with strong protection.
The temple guardian stretched out his hand and gently pushed open the coffin lid, climbed out of the coffin, skillfully unlocked the door bolt, stood in the courtyard and looked around, then went to the water tank and roared a few times, with a very respectful look on his face.
The two dragons in the water tank were sleeping soundly and did not hear the temple guardian deity saying hello to them.
When the temple guardian received no response, he was not discouraged and turned to the woodshed.
The fat tiger was pushing open the wooden board, fishing out the ghost flesh and blood from the basin, and was concentrating on devouring it. Suddenly, someone stepped in, and he was so frightened that he clamped his tail and curled up on the ground.
There was still blood on its mouth and claws, but it was too late to deal with the scene.
At the same time, a cold breath penetrated Fat Tiger's nose. Fat Tiger immediately realized that the person who came was not his master. When he raised his head, he saw the temple guardian standing at the door.
A corpse and a dog look at each other.
The former roared loudly, seeming to scold the latter for disobeying the master's orders and daring to eat secretly.
Although the latter was small in stature, he dared to bar his teeth at the former and stood guard in front of the wooden basin, squealing in a milky voice, as if he was guarding the food in the wooden basin.
Although Fat Tiger has a strong momentum, he is not as strong as the temple protector. The temple protector walked up to it in two steps, picked it up, carried it outside the woodshed, and closed the door of the woodshed.
In this way, it can only circle around the woodshed and cannot open the door of the woodshed anyway.
After doing all this, the temple guardian went to stand in front of the Taoist temple gate, his face pale and stiff, like a door god looking after a house.
What happened in the small courtyard would not be clear to the Ye Xuan brothers and sisters who were exploring the back mountain.
Ye Xuan held his daughter in one hand and carried a bear bone stick in the other. From time to time, the stick swept away the grass in front of him and scared away many snakes and insects around him.
Nannan held a rope tightly in her hand and dragged the piglet forward.
The piglet was not used to such restraints. He struggled several times but failed to break free. He had no choice but to accept his fate. Occasionally he stopped to pick up wild fruits in the grass, nibbled on a blade of grass and swallowed it whole.
After walking all the way, Ye Xuan and Nannan were exhausted, but the piggy became more energetic and full of energy as they walked.
This pig will definitely grow into a big fat pig!
Seeing the piglet pushing through the grass and devouring a few unknown wild fruits in a few mouthfuls, Ye Xuan felt very happy. He held his daughter in his arms and whispered softly: "We have been walking around for so long and we have seen a lot of things." Where do you think this back hill is suitable for building a house?"
Nannan's eyes rolled, and she thought for a long time but couldn't think of anything: "Wherever my brother thinks it is suitable, that will be suitable."
Ye Xuan smiled and nodded.
Along the way, I did find a few relatively flat and hidden places.
He has selected a place next to a stream, first cultivated a field, transplanted some wild herbs from the mountain, slowly built a pig shed, and dug a pond by the stream to make it easier to move Shuanglong. Come.
Ye Xuan looked up and saw that it was almost dusk, so he was about to go back. He looked around and saw a stone cave hidden behind among the trees and grass in the west. He couldn't help but become a little curious and walked there.