camouflage salted fish

Chapter 23 Huzhou City

At the same time, it was ten miles away from Huzhou City.

"Slow down, watch the road clearly, and be careful not to fall Xiaobao..."

In the middle of the night, there was no one on the road, except for a bright moon hanging high in the sky, casting shadowy shadows on the dense forest.

The two shadows were close together, walking side by side on the desolate road.Through the dim moonlight, one can vaguely see that they are a young couple. The husband is holding a one-year-old baby in his arms, and the wife is holding her husband's arm. complexion.

"Don't worry, we will be able to reach Huzhou City before dawn." The husband held the baby carefully in one hand while comforting his wife and said, "Huzhou City is no more than our small town. There are more famous doctors and doctors. Xiaobao's illness will definitely be cured. You can rest assured."

After hearing this, the wife was also relieved a lot, and gave a low "hmm".

"whee……"

At this moment, there was a faint and strange laugh in the night wind, and the couple's hairs stood on end, and they stopped walking in surprise.

"...Who?" The husband held his wife's hand tightly, looked around the dark woods on both sides of the road, and boldly shouted, "Who is over there!?"

No one answered, only the howling of the wind and the rustling of leaves.

The couple couldn't help but get goosebumps all over their bodies. They held their breath and waited for a long while, but they didn't hear anything else.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid," the husband said to his wife, "It's windy at night, we must have misheard..."

However, in the next moment, with a light touch in his hand, the baby in his arms suddenly flew out!

The wife immediately screamed: "Xiaobao!"

The baby wrapped in swaddling clothes began to cry sharply, and the wife forgot all her fear for a moment, and ran forward desperately to pick up her child.Just when the baby was about to fall into her arms, it seemed that some invisible force pushed the baby, and the baby flew high again!

"Little Treasure—!!"

The husband immediately went to pick it up, but a strange thing happened like this—the baby seemed to be thrown back and forth in the air by a pair of invisible hands, and it was about to fall into the arms of its parents countless times and then flew up quietly.The crying of the baby gradually became weaker from the initial loudness. The young couple, like lambs caught in a trap, ran tirelessly and with all their strength in the treacherous trap, but they couldn't touch their child no matter what.

"Who is it! Who is going to kill my child!" The man was forced to almost collapse, and roared at the top of his voice, "Get out! Don't play tricks behind your back!!"

I don't know if his outburst played a role, the baby's figure paused in the air, then lost its focus, and landed straight into his arms.

The man was startled, and immediately raised his hands to catch it, but just when his hands were about to touch the baby, he was suddenly pulled back by a force, and fell face down hard on the ground.

The baby fell straight from the sky, and landed in front of his eyes with a "slap", and suddenly there was no sound.

The man froze, staring at the motionless swaddle, his lips began to tremble violently.

The weird laugh that was heard at the beginning sounded again, accompanied by the intentionally lowered, malicious voice: "Who wants to harm your child? It's you."

"Look, you didn't catch him yourself..."

"He fell to his death. Right in front of your eyes."

The wife rushed to pick up the lifeless baby, and suddenly let out a desperate scream!

"Beast... I will fight with you!!"

The husband looked crazy, got up from the ground and rushed into the dark woods.The wife called his name in horror from behind, and suddenly saw the running figure of her husband pause, and after a moment of stillness, his head suddenly flew high from his neck!

The sprayed blood stained a round of cold moon red, and the woman let out an inhuman scream in the dark night.

A few dark clouds covered the moon, and in the dark and gloomy night, a woman in a trance was dragged into a twisted forest without a sound.

An hour later, there was the sound of leaves fluttering in the woods, accompanied by a voice that sounded very childish, with a touch of satisfaction and boredom: "It's so frightening, it's boring. The little girl who can cry and howl is still exciting." .”

A few more low laughter sounded, accompanied by the sound of unhurried footsteps.

The devil hiding in the dark left.

In the woods behind him, the woman was covered in blood, her eyes were wide open, staring straight at the criss-crossing branches above her head, she was already dead.

-

After the effect of Dali Pill wore off, Xie Yun really collapsed.His whole body was sore and limp, not to mention continuing to walk, it was very difficult to even lift an arm.

"This is troublesome, there is still a long way to Huzhou City." Shen Budu looked at him, "Or I will carry you?"

Xie Yun's lips moved, subconsciously wanting to refuse, but in an instant he swallowed the word "no need" back, a guilt and secret expectation quietly emerged in his heart.

"It's funny, it's beautiful." Unexpectedly, the next moment, Shen Budu took out a piece of wood and patted it carelessly, "Come on, I'll pull you."

Xie Yun: "..."

He looked at the board in front of him speechlessly—it was probably made by Shen Budu last night. A wooden board that can hold a person is tied with a grass rope, and there are four wooden wheels underneath for easy movement.Its simple appearance and rough workmanship are really worthy of Shen's reputation as a god-level craftsman.

"Why," Shen Budu sneered, "You put me together, and you still expect me to take you in a big carriage? Hurry up, Ma Liu climb up."

Xie Yun didn't dare to touch his bad luck, and immediately climbed onto the board obediently with hands and feet, curled up into a ball and lay quietly on it, and was dragged into Huzhou City by Shen Budu all the way.

"What a crime." From the moment he entered the city gate, passers-by on the street looked back at Xie Yun one after another, and then sighed with regret, "The baby is quite upright, but it's a pity that he was paralyzed at a young age."

Xie Yun: "..."

He was dragged into an inn by Shen Budu with a numb face, the shopkeeper was startled when he saw him like this, he didn't even rush to collect the money, and opened a room for Shen Budu to send him up.

"What happened to that little brother just now?" The shopkeeper was very enthusiastic, "There is a medical center across the street, and you can go there for treatment if you are sick."

"It's nothing serious," Shen Budu took out the silver taels and put them on the counter, humming softly, "I can't die."

Shopkeeper: "..."

This young master was so handsome, but he didn't expect to have a heart of stone!

But he can't take care of other people's housework, so he asked with a smile: "This restaurant is a famous old restaurant in Huzhou City. It has a complete range of wine and dishes. All the guests who have tasted it agree that it is good. Do you want something?"

Xie Yun barely ate anything to chase him for three days, so he was probably starving, so Shen Budu hummed and asked, "What's your signature dish?"

The shopkeeper came alive: "We have Hualan mandarin fish, red grilled chicken wings, eight-treasure assorted pot, almond cheese..." He reported the names of several dishes in a row, and then suddenly paused and opened his mouth to yawn.

Shen Budu didn't care at first, but somehow the shopkeeper yawned five or six times in a row, sucked his nose hard and shook his head, the corners of his eyes were slightly wet and red.

Shen Budu looked up at him.

"Hmm... Where did I report to?" The shopkeeper's eyes suddenly became a little distracted, his eyes looked at Shen Budu, but they seemed to be looking at other things, and he muttered in a daze, "Where did I go..."

Shen Budu frowned, his expression slightly changed.

The shopkeeper yawned a few more times as he spoke, his face was a little red, and he felt a little uncomfortable all over: "Then what, the recipe is here, you can read it yourself first."

As he spoke, he turned around, his footsteps were a little unsteady, and he hurried up to a room on the second floor.

Shen Budu paused for a moment, followed immediately and resolutely, stood sideways outside the room, and quietly pushed open a thin crack in the door with his fingers.

The shopkeeper didn't notice the movement at the door at all, and saw that he couldn't wait to find a delicate small jade pot from the room, unscrew the top cover, put it in his nose in a hurry, and took a deep breath.

In an instant, Shen Budu's pupils dilated suddenly!

The shopkeeper hugged the jade pot and sucked it several times, finally exhaled satisfied, closed his eyes and thought about it again, then screwed the lid and put the jade pot back.

He opened the door and went downstairs, seeing Shen Budu was still standing in front of the counter waiting, he trotted over quickly, and said embarrassedly: "Negulated, neglected!"

Immediately afterwards, he announced the names of more than twenty dishes in one breath, and asked energetically and blushingly, "Guest officer, what do you need?"

Shen Budu ordered a few dishes with a normal expression: "It will be delivered directly to the room in a while." Then he went upstairs.

As soon as he turned around, his face sank.

He didn't expect that there would be a "Jade Fairy" in the Northern Wilderness.

The most important thing is that the shopkeeper of the inn is so blatantly sucking up "Jade Fairy"!

As for this Jade Fairy, it was a very popular thing in the upper spirit world a few years ago.This is a plant called Yuxianhua. It is said that it was passed down from the demons a hundred years ago. It was originally called "Evil Seed Flower".The things of the demon clan should be hated by people in the cultivation world, but someone "ingeniously" made a white powder of the jade fairy flower with a secret method, packed it in various exquisite jade pots, and sold it to the rich and powerful. monk.

This kind of powder made of Jade Immortal Flower is inhaled through the nose. After inhaling for a period of time, it will make people feel ecstatic, enter the fairyland in a trance, and even have the illusion that they have cultivated the Dao and ascended to bliss. The taste is by no means wonderful. generalize.Not only that, this powder can not only make people extremely happy, but also make people refreshed and energetic, eliminate the fatigue and burnout during cultivation, make practice more effective, and reduce the realm that can only be achieved in decades to a few years. .

As soon as this thing was released, it spread rapidly in the upper spirit world. The monks regarded it as an auxiliary cultivation medicine, and ordinary people used it to experience the magical taste of flying into the sky and becoming a fairy. Therefore, its selling price is getting higher and higher. Many people In order to fight for that small pot, they would even go bankrupt.

People are fanatically obsessed with it and rely on it, because it can bring the taste of sex, so they kindly named it "Jade Fairy".

Even in the past, even several respected and powerful seniors in the cultivation world would play with a small jade pot in their hands during the opening ceremony of the Immortal Alliance, and use it as "glory" to keep up with the trend.

But Shen Budu never touched that thing.

He never believed that there is such a magical "shortcut" in the world that allows people to easily get what they dream of without paying any price.So he started to investigate secretly, and after two years of follow-up observation, he finally confirmed a terrible fact:

This so-called "miracle medicine" for cultivating immortals is clearly a poison that can ruin a person's journey to immortality!

When Jade Fairy took it for the first time, it would indeed greatly increase the speed of practice. However, if it was used for a long time, it would cause a completely opposite effect - paralyzing people's mental nerves, destroying the spiritual platform of monks, making the spiritual energy in the monk's body turbid and chaotic, and eventually self-cultivation. Destroy the fairy road.In more serious cases, it will endanger human life!

But because this effect will gradually appear after at least a year, people will not notice it at all, and even if they realize something is wrong one day, it will be too late——

The taste of Jade Fairy is too good, once you taste it, it will be hard to extricate yourself, and they can't quit it.

After Shen Budu found out, he immediately informed Zhou Ding, the first fairy in the cultivation world of the situation, but Zhou Ding was also a fan of Fairy Yu, and said with a smile that he thought too much, no matter how much he emphasized the seriousness of the matter, he did not put him The words fell into my ears.

He had no choice but to tell the news to those around him as much as possible.

Many relatives and friends listened to his words, and some of them fell on deaf ears.Some people even said directly in front of him that he had evil intentions: "You, Shen Budu, are a genius, and you can reach the sky in one step with the skills passed down by your Shen ancestors, but we are not you, and we don't have such good luck!"

"Do you know how difficult it is for us ordinary people to cultivate to your level? I'm afraid we won't be able to do it in 100 years! Now only the Jade Fairy can help me, but you let me lose it? Shen Budu, what the hell are you doing?" Take care!"

There are still many people like this. What is terrible is not the physical changes, but their ideology has been completely captured by this white flower of hell, and they can no longer wake up.

Fortunately, the battle of the ghost clan took place not long after. Zhou Ding, who was hollowed out by the jade fairy, died in that battle, and Shen Budu, who led the cultivation world to defeat the ghost clan, was elected as the new fairy head.

The first order he gave after taking office was to completely ban Fairy Jade.

As soon as this order came out, the whole world was in an uproar, and there were voices of incomprehensible opposition and swearing all over the place.

"Is your approach a bit radical?" Even He Zhonghan, the master of Wanyan, who has always been vigorous and vigorous, hesitated, "The Jade Fairy is indeed harmful, but you will attack it when you ascend to the head of the fairy, I'm afraid -"

"This matter cannot be delayed." He said resolutely, "If you delay it any longer, it will be over for you to go to the spirit world."

Bearing all the scolding, he resolutely and forcefully carried out this order, and at the same time, analyzed the harm of Fairy Yu in a concise and strict manner, and presented several examples of observation and tracking for many years to everyone. .

When people saw that the once high-spirited comprehension genius was corroded by Jade Fairy into a mad and spiritually disordered cripple, they finally understood what was going on.

Those who are lost in the game, they are not aware of the changes in themselves, only by forcing them to open their eyes to see the appearance of others, they may be able to figure out that that is their own future fate.

Many people finally became afraid and forced themselves to throw away the jade pots at home and return to the right path of cultivation.

But more people choose to remain obsessed.To these people, the new Shen Xianshou did not show mercy.

The world of comprehension is the same as the mortal world, there is also a special place to detain monks who have committed major crimes.The mortal world is called the Great Prison, and the realm of comprehension is called "Wujianya"—it is a natural cave located under the Wujian cliff, where the spiritual energy is thin, and it is extremely cold all year round. Absolutely can't get out.

Shen Budu ordered: Anyone who is found to have taken Jade Fairy will be imprisoned in Wujianya for one year; if he is released again, he will be imprisoned for ten years.

But some people don't pay attention to him, who is too young and has just taken office.

Xu Tianfeng, the master of the Spirit Sword Sect at the time, sneered disdainfully after hearing the new order, and then took out the Jade Fairy and sucked it up. As a result, the next day, Shen Budu personally came to the door and caught him three times. In front of thousands of disciples from the Spirit Sword Sect, they fell to the ground.

"Shen Budu, how dare you!" Xu Tianfeng was startled and angry. He never thought that Shen Budu would dare to touch him, "You really think of yourself as the head of a fairy? Open your eyes and see, I am your senior! Even you When father is alive, he will respectfully address me as elder brother, where do you have the guts to touch me!?"

Facing his scolding, Shen Budu was indifferent, and only said coldly: "My father calls you elder brother, what does it have to do with Shen himself? Besides, the order is for people to listen to. Master Xu committed the crime knowingly, so he can't understand it." In human terms, or have you sucked your brain out and insisted on being a beast?"

Xu Tianfeng was furious, but his cultivation base was not as good as Shen Budu's, and coupled with years of erosion by Fairy Jade, he had no way of resisting. He was held down expressionlessly by the men brought by Shen Budu, and he went straight to Wujian Cliff.

More than a dozen people from Xiujie came to explain clearly to Xu Tianfeng, and many of them were powerful and powerful seniors.Shen Budu treated all of them equally - he refused all of them from the Tianya Canghai Gate, and he was determined to lock Xu Tianfeng in Wujianya for a whole year.

This act of killing chickens and monkeys was quite effective. For the first time, the upper spirit world experienced the tough attitude and iron-blooded methods of this young fairy head under the easy-going appearance. The family scolded Huang Maozhuzi angrily, and the next moment he had to look out of the window in fear to see if there were any spies from Tianya Canghaimen lurking around.

Since then, the ban has been implemented unstoppably, countless jade fairies were searched out from every household, gathered into several hills, and burned to clean by Shen Budu with divine fire.

Although the Jade Fairy has not been completely extinct, there are still a very small number of people who try to buy or suck it through secret channels, but these are very rare cases.

In the year before Shen Budu's death, all kinds of exquisite jade pots and white powder were no longer seen in the upper spirit world. After people who were far away from the jade fairy regained their reason, they finally realized the true meaning of the white flower. Terrible, followed by fear and regret.

At the same time, I also have infinite admiration and sincere gratitude for Shen Budu's resolute actions back then.

Therefore, although Shen Budu has only been the Immortal Head of the cultivation world for only two years, he can get huge support and support, which has a lot to do with this matter.

But now, Fairy Yu appeared in Beihuang again, and judging from the shopkeeper's undisguised appearance, Fairy Yu was not banned here, and maybe even suspected of flooding...

He pushed open the door in thought, and Xie Yun, who was lying on the bed, saw his unusual expression at a glance, and immediately struggled to prop himself up: "What's wrong?"

"Don't move. Don't you feel any pain?"

Shen Budu strode over and pressed him back on the bed, temporarily putting aside his thoughts: "It's okay. Are you hungry? I asked the people below to make something to eat, and it will be delivered later."

There were not many customers at this time, and the waiter quickly brought the food up quickly.Shen Budu picked up a bowl of fish porridge, stirred it with a spoon, and asked, "May I feed you?"

"...I'll do it myself." After learning from the past, Xie Yun no longer dared to have illusions, and honestly reached out to carry the bowl.But his body is really weak right now, his wrists will feel sore when he exerts force, almost knocking over the whole bowl, and Shen Budu stabilizes it quickly with his eyes and hands.

"Look at your hypocrisy." Shen Budu looked disgusted, avoiding his hand, "Let me do it—open your mouth."

As he spoke, he took a spoonful of porridge and brought it to Xie Yun's lips.

Xie Yun's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he looked down at the white jade spoon that was close at hand, and the slender white hand holding the spoon.

His Adam's apple moved, he opened his mouth, and slowly swallowed the porridge.

After feeding him, Shen Budu asked him to lie down again: "Okay, let's have a good sleep."

Xie Yun looked at him without blinking: "Where are you going?"

It was obviously a normal tone, but there was an inexplicable sense of clinginess and reluctance in it, as if he was only looking at the dog whose owner was about to go out and wanted to catch up but was afraid of not being allowed.

Shen Budu scratched his heart with that gaze, thinking that since he intends to raise this little brat as his son, he should give him more attention.

So he stretched out his hand and patted Xie Yun's head, and said like a child, "Go to the street and buy something fun for you. Go to bed quickly, and I'll take you out to play when you're better."

Xie Yun felt the warmth and tenderness transmitted through the hair, and hummed in a low voice.

Shen Budu closed the door and left.Xie Yun lay quietly for a while, put his hand on the spot where Shen Budu's hand had just been, and silently closed his eyes.

-

Huzhou City, as one of the few big cities in Beihuang, is more than ten times larger than Pingyuan County. Whether it is the architectural furnishings or the clothes and appearance of passers-by, it can be seen that the people here live in abundance.

Shen Budu is like an idler and idler, leaning against the door of a teahouse like a boneless man, taking out a wine pot from time to time to drink a couple of mouthfuls, attracting several cynical looks from the hard-working roadside peddlers.

There were a lot of people on the street, a drunken young master staggered out from the opposite restaurant, still holding a delicate woman in his arms, and a blue jade pot hanging on the waist of the young master could be vaguely seen;

A sedan chair was carried by several strong men, the wind lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, and the paunchy rich businessman inside was holding the jade pot to his nose, taking a sip with his face full of fascination.

Shen Budu sighed in his heart.Sure enough, the Jade Fairy is widely circulated in Huzhou City, and people are unscrupulous, even enjoying it blatantly on the street.

This thing is specially made from a secret recipe and is expensive, so it has not been found in Yeyun Mountain and Yuanyuan County before, but it is flooded in this rich place.

It is impossible for the ruler of Huzhou City not to know that Jade Fairy has been spread in such a large area.unless……

Just as he was thinking, there was a noise in the street, and pedestrians gave way one after another, letting a group of fast horses gallop past.

"It's the city guard." Someone in the teahouse behind looked up and sighed, "With this posture, it seems that the case last night has not been solved yet."

Someone asked curiously: "What case?"

"You don't know yet?" The person who spoke earlier took a sip of tea to calm down his shock before he said in a low voice, "Last night, less than ten miles away from Huzhou City, a family of three died... the child Less than one year old, fell to death, the man lost his head, and the woman was the worst, because she was strangled to death by someone after that..."

Shen Budu slightly tilted his head inward.

Many people took a deep breath and asked in surprise: "Why does this kind of thing happen in our Huzhou city? Isn't it always very stable?"

Although the entire Northern Wilderness is chaotic, a large city like Huzhou City is well-defended and its safety is guaranteed, which is why it has a large and dense population.

"Who knows. Let me tell you, this murderer is so cruel that he even killed women and children. He might be a desperado from somewhere. I hope the city guards will catch him quickly and don't sneak into the city." Harm us..."

The city guards that people are talking about have already rushed to the city lord's mansion at a fast speed. The leader Gao Che strode into the mansion, found the city lord in the lobby, and after saluting, he said: "My lord, there is some clue to the case last night. The man's head was cut off from the air by some kind of treasure, which means that it was not ordinary people who attacked, but monks."

These days, very few monks would attack mortals, let alone kill an ordinary couple and child with such cruel means.Gao Che couldn't figure it out, and frowned, "Could it be that they have enmity?"

The city lord looked down at a secret letter in his hand, but didn't respond, as if he didn't pay attention to what he said.

Gao Che had no choice but to raise his voice: "My lord, the murderer has a vicious heart and is a monk. I request that more people be sent to capture him as soon as possible, so that the people in the city will not worry day and night."

"Don't panic—choosing to attack mortals means that this gangster won't be able to achieve anything." But the city lord waved his hand and said to him, "Come here, I have another important matter for you to handle."

What could be more important than human life?

Gao Che was dissatisfied, but he couldn't resist, so he could only step forward: "Yes."

"Some time ago, there was a young man with a god fire in Pingyuan County. After the news came out, I have been sending people to inquire about the whereabouts of this person. I didn't expect it to be a coincidence." The city lord held the secret letter and couldn't help smiling. You actually took the initiative to come to my Huzhou city!"

Shenhuo is no small matter, Gao Che was also taken aback when he heard this: "He came here?"

"Yes, I heard that this person was originally the fifth son of the Pingyuan Shen family, named Shen Du, who left after breaking with the family. If you ask me, this Shen family is really stupid, they can't even keep such a rare talent." The city lord was radiant, He said to Gao Che, "Mr. Shen is currently living in the Guilai Inn in the city. You should pack up immediately and invite him to the mansion yourself. If we can recruit this talent, our Huzhou City will be completely established in Beihuang. Invincible!"

-

When Shen Budu returned to the inn, Xie Yun had already woken up and was sitting by the window looking downstairs, not knowing what he was looking at.

Shen Budu handed him a marshmallow he just bought: "Here. Do you like this?"

He remembered that when he was in Pingyuan County, Xie Yun bought cotton candy, but because he knocked off Ruan Ruan's candied haws, he gave the cotton candy to Ruan Ruan.

Xie Yun looked at the large ball of cotton candy that was as thin as silk, thanked him softly, took it and ate it bit by bit with his teeth.

Shen Budu sighed in his heart, as expected, he is still a child, and he likes to eat sweets so much.

He said: "The effects of Gaining Pill will wear off in half a day. If you feel bored, I'll buy you some story books to pass the time."

After speaking, he himself was moved by himself, and felt that his father was really caring and professional.

Before Xie Yun could answer, there was a light knock on the door.Shen Budu thought it was the shop waiter, opened the door to look, but found a tall man with a familiar face standing at the door.

It was the leader of the guard army that Shen Budu saw on the street not long ago.

"My subordinate, Gao Che, is the commander of Huzhou City's city guard. May I ask that you are Mr. Shendu of Pingyuan?"

Xie Yun put the marshmallow aside, his eyes faintly sharpened.

"I am." Shen Budu looked very relaxed, "What is Commander Gao doing?"

"I was ordered by the city lord to invite Mr. Shen to be a guest at the mansion." Gao Che marveled in his heart that the owner of the god fire is so young, but he feels very easy-going and chic, and he can't help but feel good about him, "The city lord admires you, Mr. I appreciate your talent in crafting, and I heard that you are coming to Huzhou City, so I would like to invite you to my residence."

Invited by the city lord?

Isn't this a coincidence?

Shen Budu smiled: "My lord, you are welcome. But my son... ahem, my younger brother is not in good health today, so I don't feel relieved to leave him here alone. How about allowing Shen to visit tomorrow?"

"Of course!" Gao Che said hastily, "The city lord has said that he is waiting for Mr. Shen to come anytime!"

After exchanging greetings, Gao Che resigned and left, Shen Budu stopped him: "I heard that a family of three died outside the city last night, is there such a thing?"

"Yes." As soon as this matter was mentioned, Gao Che became worried, "The head of the dead man was cut off out of thin air, and the wound was smooth. It was not done by ordinary sharp blades, so I speculate that the murderer should be a monk, and there are more than one person."

Shen Budu nodded and sent Gao Che away.

Xie Yun: "It sounds strange. Few monks would attack ordinary people."

If there is a gap between monks and mortals, in the cultivation world, hurting mortals is a very shameful act, just like a young and powerful man bullying weak girls and young children.And mortals don't have the guts to provoke monks, the two sides get along very well, and such evil incidents rarely occur.

"Hmm." Shen Budu also felt the same way, but he didn't have any ideas, so he said, "Don't think about it, take a good rest, and follow me to see the Huzhou City Lord tomorrow morning."

-

"Seeing is better than hearing a hundred things. Mr. Shen is really younger than I imagined. He is indeed a young talent who is one in a thousand!"

Sun Huamao, the lord of Huzhou city, has never heard of the compliments from the meeting until now. Not only did he praise him, but he also praised Xie Yun who was beside him: "This young man is also very handsome. , I wonder if he is your...?"

Shen Budu thought that he didn't agree to recognize Xie Yun as his son, so he temporarily changed his words: "It's my younger brother."

Sun Huamao nodded repeatedly, chatted and laughed with Shen Budu, and invited him to walk around the City Lord's Mansion with him.

Even though Shen Budu had seen countless luxuries in the upper spirit world, he couldn't help but say "rich" in his heart when he saw all kinds of things in this city lord's mansion.Looking at his expression, Sun Huamao thought that the young man was taken aback, so he couldn't help smiling deeper, and said sincerely: "Mr. It really has a bright future, maybe it will become the third god-level craftsman in the world in the future!"

His words were of course exaggerated, how could it be so easy for a god-level craftsman, and the owner of Wuliang Village, Zhong Jinglun, also had a divine fire, but after so many years of research, he could only refine holy weapons.

He spared no effort to boast, just to make this young man happy, and then promised to work for him: "I have no other skills, but the most important thing is to cherish and love talents. If Mr. Shen is willing to stay in the City Lord's Mansion to serve, I will definitely give you a job." The treatment that people can reach, food and clothing are all the highest, and there are as many treasures, fragrant cars and beauties as there are—Mr. Shen, what do you think?"

Shen Budu smiled, and didn't agree immediately, but he didn't say anything dead: "I'm new here, I haven't thought too much, sir, let me think about it."

"That's nature, that's nature!"

Sun Huamao was overjoyed, thinking that this was a done deal.After all, no matter how young and promising he is, he is still a man. How many men in the world do not love power and status, and do not indulge in beauty?

He smiled more and more from the heart, and personally led Shen Budu and Xie Yun to tour the mansion.When he came to the back garden, the sound of a vicious dog barking could be faintly heard from the east corner, Shen Budu cast his gaze, and faintly saw a black cage with a young man standing beside it.

Sun Huamao also saw the boy and called out loudly: "Cheng'er, come here!"

Sun Sheng glanced this way, then walked over slowly, squinting at the two strangers in front of him.

This young man looks fourteen or fifteen years old, but he is quite tall and handsome, but there is an undisguised unruly and sinister look in his eyebrows and eyes. not good.

"This is my son, Sun Sheng," Sun Huamao said with a smile, "Sheng'er, I'll meet you soon."

Sun Sheng nodded at Shen Budu scribbled, his eyes turned to Xie Yun beside him, his eyes suddenly narrowed.

This black-clothed boy was not more than a year or two younger than himself, and his expression was not ostentatious, but Sun Sheng looked at him, feeling inexplicably uncomfortable——

The young man looked at him calmly, and to put it bluntly, he was defiant. It was completely different from the worship, obedience and flattery of other peers when they faced him.

Sun Sheng asked, "What's your name?"

Xie Yun's eyes calmly fell on the ground in front of him, as if he didn't hear him, he ignored him.

Sun Sheng's eyes turned dark all of a sudden.

He still wanted to ask again, but the iron cage not far away suddenly let out the scream of a dying little beast. The sound was so terrifying that Sun Huamao was startled and trembled, and then he looked up——

Only then did the three see clearly that there were three big black wolfhounds and a white puppy in the black cage. The puppy was bitten by the three vicious dogs, and soon there was no meat left. There was only blood spilled everywhere and hair scattered all over the place.

A few wolfhounds didn't fill their stomachs at all, and licked their mouths with their tongues in dissatisfaction. They spotted the people here, and moved closer to them, showing their fangs covered with shreds of meat and bloodstains through the iron cage. A low, creepy howl came from his throat.

Sun Huamao's expression turned a little ugly, he quickly waved for someone to lift the dog cage down, and said to Shen Budu with an apologetic expression: "Mr. Shen is laughing, my son is naughty, and he likes to do these boring things to amuse himself..."

Then he turned around and scolded Sun Sheng: "Nonsense! What's the fun with a few wild dogs!"

"Yeah, what's so interesting about animals?"

But Sun Sheng laughed, licked his canine teeth with the tip of his tongue, stared straight at Xie Yun and said, "It's fun to play with living people, don't you think?"