Painter

Chapter 92: Chapter 92
Before the big ichthyosaur meeting started, the mandarin duck restaurant was already full of voices.In the lobby of the South Hall, several students from the Golden Guier troupe under Cheng Huishou were babbling and practicing their voices without any make-up.

Li Chan passed through the south hall, passed the moon gate, and saw people coming and going from the west house.As he approached the room, he was greeted by someone, but he strode into the room with a straight face, and asked the deacon who was sorting out the repertoire, "Have you sent out all the next posts from the Big Fish and Dragon Society?"

The deacon saw the expression of "all eyes", and hurriedly said: "Master Jiu knows, he sent it all out."

Li Chan said coldly: "No omissions?"

The deacon's heart skipped a beat, and he took out a booklet from the drawer, "Even if the honored guests who received the post didn't come, they still have replies. They are clearly remembered in the booklet, and there is no omission. Master Jiu will take a look."

Li Chan took the roster, glanced at the ten lines, turned three pages, and saw a line of words: "Hong Yixuan, Yiwu seat."

He didn't stop looking, and after reading the whole book, his complexion softened a little, and he put down the booklet.

The deacon observed his words, "Jiu Ye, is there any omission?"

Li Chan shook her head, glanced at the roster, "Put it away."

The deacon looked at "all eyes" and left.This master is usually kind to others, and when he seldom shows his face, he doesn't know what happened.Thinking about it carefully, it is probably because of some misunderstandings about the post.Fortunately, I am meticulous in my work and do not leak water.He breathed a sigh of relief, put away the roster, and continued to sort out the repertoire, without taking this matter to heart.

"All eyes" left the mandarin duck house by the same way. The past few days were the busiest time when people came in and out of the house. He brushed past people and responded to greetings several times with his hands folded. He only covered his left hand with his right. No one noticed, and he didn't put on the armor finger ring that he never took off today.

No one noticed that the playwright had turned into a young man again when he left the mandarin duck pavilion, entered the Qiyun bridge, and turned back from the crowd.

When Li Chan returned to Huixian Restaurant, Nie Kongkong saw him and filled a cup of tea with the pot, which was still steaming hot.

He sat down and took a sip of tea and said, "Okay."

Nie Kongkong hummed, then looked at Wangquetai again, his eyes flickering.Li Chan picked up a piece of white sausage, and when he came back from a trip, the dishes on the table were already served, but Nie Kongkong didn't move his chopsticks.

Li Chan said: "How can you have strength if you don't eat enough?"

Nie Kongkong picked up a pancake and ate the mutton in batches, as if he had a grudge against the pancake.

Li Chan said with a smile: "Eat a meal, no matter what, it looks like bitterness and hatred."

On the second floor, a singing girl sat at the table in the west corner, talking softly and smiling.Nie Kongkong grew up in Changlefang, and he is also used to playing tricks on the spot, hiding his knife in his smile.

She swallowed the pancake with all her strength, and tried to pull up the corners of her mouth, but she still smiled.

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Since yesterday, the internal defense of Xuandu has become much stricter, and the gates of Yong, which are not closed all year round, are also guarded by the city guards.Usually when I drive to Shenzheng's West Market, there will be the sound of the closing of the market on weekdays.

Li Chan crossed one-third of Xuandu, from Liuzhufang back to Banrifang.When approaching Ximoju, I saw Fang Kui leading several military officers, going from house to house, entering and searching.

There are Likui and Fangkui in each square in Xuandu. The former is responsible for people's livelihood and taxes. Li Chan has dealt with them when he moved into Banrifang.The latter is in charge of public security in the square, and this is the first time Li Chan has seen him.

When he walked into the back alley of Ximoju, Li Chan looked sideways, and saw a demon hunter coming out from the opposite street, following behind Fangkui, he frowned and quickened his pace.

As soon as I arrived at the back door of Ximoju, I saw someone waiting at the door.This person was dressed in green, with dark skin and a slightly familiar face. Li Chan remembered that he was Xu Yingqiu's servant.

"Finally, sir." Seeing Li Chan from a distance, the young servant took the initiative to greet Li Chan, and handed a fish letter to Li Chan, "Ah Lang asked me to give this to sir. I have been waiting here for almost half an hour." Fortunately, the time has come."

Li Chan took the letter from Yu, feeling quite heavy and thick, and paused.Xu Yingqiu took away the manual, and within half a day, he asked someone to send it back. It seems that he didn't want to get involved in Gu Jiuniang's affairs.Li Chan sighed secretly, and still took out five rewards to the boy, "Please tell Xu Lang a word, just say, I will thank him on behalf of Jiuniang."

"It must be brought, it must be brought." The boy smiled and put away the reward, and left.

Li Chan put the fish letter in his arms, and walked into Ximoju, Xu Da jumped down from the eaves of the wall, rushed to Li Chan's feet, and called A Lang.When Nie Kongkong saw the familiar white cat uttering words, he was just startled, glanced at Li Chan's back, and didn't ask anything.

Li Chan knelt down and patted Xu Da, then walked into the study, and asked Sao Qingniang, "Is there anything unusual recently that people can see?"

"There were two urchins who climbed the wall." Sao Qingniang took off the monster picture on the wall and rolled it up. "I came here a few times. Hong'er wanted to scare them, but I drove them away with a broom."

Li Chan rolled his eyes, and the ghost picture of the Red Yaksha on the lintel rolled up tremblingly, and flew into the box by itself.

Sao Qingniang said again: "There is a goddess in the east of the square, who was arrested by the officials just now. I heard that the prisons in Xuandu have been overcrowded in the past two days."

There was a knock on the door outside the front room, and Li Chan whispered, "Everyone should hide."

Sao Qingniang nodded, and Li Chan went to the front room and opened the door.

Outside the door was Fang Kui, with a few police officers, who had just searched the houses across the street.

This time, the governor of the Western Capital issued an order to exorcise demons. If someone in the workshop raises demons and Fangkui doesn't know about them, he will be held accountable for sixty years.Although heresies were banned in the Dayong Law in the past, heresy among the people has never been banned.Fang Kui checked all the way over, his face was solemn, and his heart was anxious. In this half-day workshop, there are not many heretic demons, as long as there are two or three raising little ghosts and ink dolls, his ass will be forgotten.

But seeing Li Chan, Fang Kui still put on a smile. Although the reputation of the owner of Ximoju has not spread to the whole Xuandu, he is already famous in Banrifang.

He raised his hand and said, "Li Lang, may I be so convenient?"

Li Chan stepped aside to welcome Fang Kui and the others.Fang Kui said he was offended, so he led a search.

The demon hunter walked behind, with a Zhonglongyu talisman painted on his nose.

This talisman made Li Chan quite affectionate, and that Zhonglongyu was exactly the nose god in the 24 ways of seeing the gods he practiced.Although the spiritual response method used by the demon hunter is not a true method, it also originated from the Qingque Palace.Can distinguish clothes to find people, smell scents to know the way, and smell demons.

Ximoju is not big, and there are only four houses and one courtyard in the front and back. Fang Kui and the others mainly search for wild god shrines, left-handed magic tools, and evil sacrifices. Just glanced at it and then closed the lid.

And the demon hunter sniffed around as soon as he entered the door.

A faint sandalwood smoke wafted from the copper censer in the study, and he, Fang Kui and others looked at the scrolls in the box and left.

When he went to the western kitchen, he frowned, pointed at the pots and pans, and wriggled the tip of his nose.

(End of this chapter)