Winter has arrived, and people are coming and going on the streets in the imperial city, and it is still as lively as usual, and various strange people and foreign objects are common.

In the afternoon, a girl in red with a happy face walked on the street as if no one was around, holding a few red cherry fruits in her raised palm. She rode a red monkey on her shoulder, and occasionally stretched out her furry claws to feed from the girl's palm. Apart a half-meter away, a boy in white kept looking around and following behind.

There is a teahouse diagonally opposite to Qianshou Inn. On the second floor, two men in black with cold faces were sitting opposite a wooden table next to the fence. Their eyes were always on the street outside, and their eyes were constantly cruising in front of the inn gate, without moving away for a moment.

When he saw the young man and woman walking into the gate of Qianshou Inn, two men in black in the teahouse retracted their gazes and exchanged their eyes, and then one of the men hurriedly left.

Bian Yao pushed open the door of the guest room, walked straight to the bed, and poured his body heavily on it. He let out a long breath and finally returned safely! During the whole way back to the city, he was nervous and never relaxed his vigilance!

Honghong suddenly jumped down from the girl's shoulder, landed on the bed and ran back and forth, screaming excitedly.

"Don't you really go to the law enforcement hall to report the case?" The girl sat on the bed and lay down on her back.

"If you don't go, it depends on the situation in the future. I have obtained so many spiritual fruits this time. In the next few months, I want to practice with peace of mind for a while and not go anywhere during this period."

"If you are free, I won't care about your nostalgia." When the girl was silent, she suddenly hugged Honghong who jumped to her side and smiled happily.

Not long after, the girl left the inn happily with Honghong.

In the following days, after a night of rest and adjustment, Bian Yao restored his body to his best condition. He decided to spend this winter by practicing behind closed doors. If he is lucky, he may be able to break through and advance again like before.

He sat on the bed, calmed down and sorted out all the things about cultivation, and then took out two pieces of book script from the space bag: one stored the old ghost's cultivation experience and his unique understanding of the path of dream cultivation; the other stored the practice method of "partial thoughts".

After thinking for a long time, he decided to put the "Separation and Recitation Tips" first. The content of that set of magic tricks is too complicated and difficult to understand and cannot be practiced in a short period of time!

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On the 11th day after winter, Qingfeng City ushered in the first snow.

It was snowing in the early morning, and the city lord's mansion was silent. In the four corner pavilion in the garden, an old man in casual clothes was sitting at the stone table and tasted morning tea, watching the falling snowflakes, his face as calm as water.

Suddenly, a rapid sound of footsteps went from far to near. After a while, an old voice sounded outside the pavilion, full of respect.

"Old slave Xu Zhong, pay homage to the city lord!"

"Don't let that out, come in and sit down." The old man in casual clothes did not look back when he spoke.

After patting the snow on his shoulder, the white-haired old man stepped into the pavilion, bowed first, and then sat down carefully opposite the old man in casual clothes.

"Why does this happen? What happened to that girl in red? She chased and killed an early dream walker, not only did she not complete the task, but she also lost a Crow Guard and a Death Soldier in vain!" The old man in casual clothes said, his voice as if mixed with ice and snow, and his voice was cold!

"I have done this! I underestimated the girl's strength, please punish the city lord!" The white-haired old man suddenly stood up and said with his head down.

"Sit down, you can't blame you all for this. Because it's important! You can only use the power of your family to act, so there are many inconveniences and restrictions!"

The old man with white hair, Cang Rong, sat back to his original place as he spoke. As soon as he fell to the stool, he seemed to suddenly remember something. He saw that there was an extra piece of drawing paper in his hand. He stood up and handed the paper forward with his hands, and said, "As for the appearance of the girl, I have let a dead guard who has seen her look save it with the 'talisman paper'."

The so-called "talisman paper" is actually a special prop for setting up spells. It can clearly print the pictures that the human eye has seen and recorded in the mind on the talisman paper.

The old man in casual clothes took the drawing paper, glanced carefully for a few seconds, and suddenly asked, "Do you know who opened the Qianshou Inn?"

"I heard that the name of Mengguo is the one I have, but there are many shops opened in the imperial city that are open in the name of Mengguo. Qianshou Inn has nothing special about it."

The old man in casual clothes sneered and said, "That's just on the surface. The real owner behind this may be anyone in the royal family except the Emperor! The expenses provided by the treasury to those royal relatives are limited. In order to meet their additional expenses, almost every royal family owns a private shop, but they will not use their own name, and they are all named Dream Country."

"I'm stupid! I don't know what the city lord said? Could it be that the boy and the girl in red have something to do with the royal family?"

"It has nothing to do with that young man. How could the royal family go to the courtroom and accept the almost risk-free escort mission! The girl in red is probably related to the royal family, or even the royal family! I didn't care before. This time I heard that she and the young man were carrying a red-haired monkey when they returned to the city. Now I suddenly remembered something. I heard that the princess was extremely fond of red, and almost all her clothes were red. However, I only saw her when she was young once, but she didn't know what she looked like now. It was useless to show me this painting."

"So Qianshou Inn may be the young master... the princess? No wonder, according to the killer who followed, the inn seemed to be very respectful to the girl!" The white-haired old man whispered to himself.

"But this is just a guess. You can't make a conclusion based on these two points alone. Whether this matter is true or not is unknown. The girl may also be from a big family or force!" The old man in casual clothes stood up and walked under the eaves of the pavilion, reaching out to catch the falling snowflakes.

"Didn't you send someone to follow the girl?"

"I've followed, but the girl seemed to be able to detect someone being followed. Moreover, she is very familiar with the environment in the imperial city and can easily get rid of the stalker." The white-haired old man showed a little helplessness on his face.

"Can you guess why that kid didn't report the case? He didn't report it in Qingfeng City, but he still didn't report it after returning to the imperial city, and he didn't even return to the imperial hall. This seems a bit unreasonable. When ordinary people encounter such a thing, they will most likely choose to report the case first. Why didn't he report it for a long time?"

"This is indeed a bit strange! Did he not intend to report the case at all? Or did he secretly tell the girl about the matter and ask her to report the case?" The white-haired old man said in contemplation.

"I received a message from Butler Wang, saying that the young man had never appeared since he entered the inn last time, and the girl had never appeared again after leaving the inn." As he said that, the old man in plain clothes suddenly shook his hand and dripped the snow water melted in his palm.

"In this way, what should we do next? I hope the city lord will make it clear! I have suggested that the young master take him for himself. After all, the young man's qualifications are excellent, and there is a high possibility of breaking through to the Dream King in the future!" said the white-haired old man bowed and said.

"Although he is not clear about our identity, if he reports this matter to the law enforcement hall, those people can easily track me down based on the clue of Ye Ya! Find an opportunity to have a private contact with him and try to see if he can buy him. It doesn't matter if he spends more money! Keep him calm for the time being, let him relax his vigilance, and kill him when he is fully confident! It is definitely not feasible to take it for himself. The better his qualifications are, the more dangerous it is, because we cannot confirm whether he has enough loyalty!"

After the old man in casual clothes said, he smiled coldly, put his hands behind him and walked into the wind and snow of Liting.
Chapter completed!