He swept his eyes and saw Yan Saburo standing in the crowd, looking at him expressionlessly, and the demon girl next to him was smiling brightly, but that smile was full of ill intentions.

Are these two people?

"Enough fun, let's go. Yan Saburo ignored his gaze and pulled Chitose out of the crowd.

Why is she so troubled? Zhang Xianlong can't move a single hair of his hair, so what's the point of saying a few unpleasant words? Yan Saburo has heard ten times more ugly things before, but he didn't care.

"You're open-minded. Chitose seemed to hear his heart, and said angrily, "I have to let him know that eggs can't mess with stones." ”

"What's written on that strip?" Yan Saburo had to change the subject again. He knew that Chitose had sharp eyes and a gossip heart, and most of them would peek at the content before burning Zhang Xianlong's blessing belt.

Chitose pouted: "Soon, add Ding, just these four words." ”

It turned out that Zhang Xianlong was begging for a son. Yes, Yan Saburo remembers that this Lang Zhong has been married for more than five years, but he has no son and half a daughter, and it seems that both husband and wife are impatient.

Chitose sneered again: "Zhang Xianlong has accepted two concubines, and his record is still duck eggs, it seems that the problem lies with himself." ”

Of course, Yan Saburo didn't care if Mizube Langzhong could have a child, he was thinking about the foreign objects in Longhu. "The people sent out by Li Kailiang and Zhang Xianlong to repair the Longkou weir didn't see any monsters in the water. ”

"Not necessarily. Chitose objected, "Li Kailiang sent people to rush to correct the flood peak, and the turbidity waves were monstrous. As for Zhang Xianlong, it was only four days after he took over Jiangyan, and even if there were monsters, they might all swim away along the river. ”

Yan Saburo saw her playing with the poisonous fang in her hand, and couldn't help but say, "This is very similar to a snake tooth." ”

He just said casually, but Chitose's footsteps stopped: "Snake Fang?"

"It's thin and pointed, but the front end isn't as curved. "The snake's fangs are mostly like hooks, bent deep into the snake's mouth, so that it can bite the prey and send it down the throat, so that it cannot escape easily. But although this tooth is also thin and long, and contains venom, it is not as curved as a snake's tooth.

"Hmm......" Chitose thoughtfully "you're right. ”

"What do you remember?" he was no stranger to that expression.

"It's hard to say yet. Chitose didn't plan to explain, "Let's go to Yuan Jiadang tomorrow to have a look." ”

She looked around and saw that Yan Saburo was taking her west, slowly leaving the main street.

The most prosperous areas of Shengyi are Dongyi and Beiyi, and the west and south are civilian areas, and it is not as lively as the main street at night.

"We're not shopping, are we?"

"How about going to the civilian area?" Yan Saburo stopped a carriage and gave enough silver, "Go to the sweet water well." ”

......

The farther west you go, the narrower the road becomes, the lights are not so dense, and there are more houses.

After more than half an hour, the carriage finally stopped in front of an alley.

The sweet water well has arrived.

There was an old well outside the alley, the edge of the well circle was covered with moss, and there was a bucket with the skin of the bucket that had changed color.

Yan Saburo and Chitose got out of the car and entered the alley, counted to the seventh door, and then reached out to knock.

The alley is very deep, the residents are next to each other, the territory is not big, the turn of the seventh household is already very secluded, there is a big banyan tree next to the wall, the dense branches and leaves are very light-blocking, it can be seen that even in the daytime, it is not easy to see the sun when living here.

"This is it. Chitose whispered, "The rent for this household should be the cheapest." ”

They basically walked to the bottom of the alley, this is a dead alley, there is no vitality in all directions, and there is no flowing vitality.

No one answered the door.

But Yan Saburo clearly heard the breathing of two people.

He knocked on the door again and said loudly, "Is anyone there, General Shi Congyi Shi introduced me." ”

A series of footsteps sounded, the old wooden door creaked open, and a boy's face poked out from behind the door: "You are ......"

He saw Yan Saburo first, and then Chitose, and when the words came to his mouth, he became dumb.

It was a skinny boy of about eleven or twelve years old, with a square face and thick eyebrows.

Chitose smiled at him: "Let's look for Yuan Shao." ”

"He ......" the boy was visibly hesitant and wary in his eyes, "he's inconvenient, is there anything wrong with you?"

"We're going to take a trip to Yuanjiadang tomorrow and need a guide. Yan Saburo spread his hands, and there were five taels of silver lying in his palm, "This is the remuneration, half of it is paid in advance, and half of it will be paid afterwards." ”

The boy's eyes lit up and he glanced back. At this time, someone in the house raised his voice and asked him, "Who?"

"The person introduced by General Shi. The boy's voice was loud.

"Please come in. ”

So the two followed the boy into the door.

It's very cramped inside, the porch of about five square meters, the wall ash has fallen off, and then there is the bedroom and kitchen, which are very small. Yan Saburo walked to the door of the bedroom, and as soon as he lifted his legs, he could step to the opposite window.

Leaning on the bed in the room was a man in his thirties, with a face similar to that of a boy, but with a haggard expression. Chitose also smelled the strong smell of herbs.

"Are you injured?" Yan Saburo also smelled, "Is it a fall?"

This man was wearing bone-setting ointment, which was still of inferior quality.

"Yes, I went to the house to repair the tiles this evening, and I accidentally fell. The man Yuan Shao looked at the two uninvited guests, "Are you going to Yuan Jiadang?" Yuan Shao's ears were good, and he listened to the conversation between them and the boy.

The costumes of this pair of men and women are not luxurious, but their temperament is similar to that of them, and they are high-class nobles at a glance.

"Leave early tomorrow morning. Chitose looked at his leg hidden under the covers, "But you fell and injured yourself, so it looks like we're going to have to find someone else." ”

Yuan Shao only asked, "How much do you pay?"

Yan Saburo took out the ingot of silver, which was five taels.

Yuan Shao licked his lips: "It's too dangerous to go back to Yuan's house, I want twenty taels." ”

"Can you go?"

"I can't, but my son Yuan Yang can, his legs and feet are sharper than mine. Yuan Shao pointed at the boy, "He has been catching fish and ducks by the water since he was a child, and he is very flexible, right?"

The boy Yuan Yang nodded.

Yan Saburo took another ingot of silver from his bosom and made it into ten taels. Yuan Yang wanted to reach out to take it, but he shrank back:

"Did you see the monsters attacking the village?"

"See. The boy said, "Like a four-legged snake, it's big, it's so tall." He compared himself to his ribs, "There are patterns on his body, and he moves very fast." ”

Chitose asked, "Are you sure?"

"Sure. The boy was expressionless, "I watched it drag my grandma away, and I hit it twice." But no one else saw it, and neither did Daddy. A few days ago, I told the official master, but the official didn't believe it and said that I was dazzled. ”

Yan Saburo asked him, "How many people did you have in your family?"

"Four. Me, Daddy, Grandma, Grandma. Yuan Yang nodded to himself, and then nodded to his father, "Only the two of us escaped." ”