The dining hall dedicated to the servants of the Ghost Mother Palace is also in the outer courtyard, which is not too far from Xiao Shizhu's workplace, Tengu Garden.
There are eight long tables, several feet long, placed side by side inside. There are many benches on both sides of the table, connected together. On the square tables in the middle of the deepest part, there are several wooden basins with hot meals in them.
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When it's time for dinner, the ghost slaves from both the inner and outer courts will take turns to come here to eat on time. Although the Ghost Mother Country is not a rich place in the underworld, the treatment for working in the Ghost Mother Palace is still good.
Not bad. In addition to giving each person a set of ghost slave clothes and a pair of shoes and socks in autumn and winter, the three meals a day are not shabby. Although they are not much, they are all meat. After all, the ghost slaves in the Ghost Mother Palace
They are all ghost mothers, and it would be unseemly to go out if they are too thin.
"Brother Xiao." Xiao Shizhu came to the dining hall with Tian Kuixing. Several ghost slaves he knew smiled and greeted him. Xiao Shizhu also smiled and said to them: "Where are you eating?".
Only Ah Fu, the manager of the outer court, and a few of his followers, after seeing Xiao Shizhu, Ah Fu shouted loudly: "You bitch, did you bring your kind to eat?" It seemed that he wanted the whole dining hall to be full.
All the ghost slaves inside heard the same thing. Then his followers laughed in agreement.
Xiao Shizhu ignored him, but walked straight to the depths of the canteen to get a bowl of rice, and then found an empty seat to sit down. Then he slowly picked out the meat slices in the bowl and threw them to the squatting man.
Tian Kuixing sitting behind him.
After Ah Fu mocked Xiao Shizhu a few more times, he felt bored when he saw that the other party ignored him, and left slowly with his entourage.
Xiao Shizhu glanced casually at Ah Fu, who was sitting far away from him to eat, and thought in his heart: "Could it be him?".
For more than ten days, whenever Ah Fu saw Xiao Shizhu, he would call him a piece of shit and ridicule him severely. Although Xiao Shizhu went to look after the Tengu, it was not because of his own initiative, but because he offended him.
The ghost mother was appointed by the ghost mother, but Ah Fu's behavior in the past ten days has been a bit too extreme; the behavior of bullying students not only exists, but has become more and more serious.
It was as if Xiao Shizhu had killed his father or slept with his wife. As soon as the two of them met, Ah Fu would stop thinking about food and drink if he didn't act like a villain and make a few sarcastic remarks to him.
Xiao Shizhu originally suspected that Ah Fu wanted to prevent him from staying in the Ghost Mother Palace, or to put it more accurately, to prevent him from being a dog prisoner, and then let someone else go in. But when he thought about it carefully, he found that there was no reason at all; taking care of the tengu
It's not a respectable job. Just cleaning the kennel every day is already busy enough. And the salary is only ten yuan a month, let alone a rich and powerful official position. Afu, who has the position of director of the outer court, should not be like that.
You should fight for this "good job" yourself.
In addition, Xiao Shizhu didn't offend him. He severely mocked and attacked the behavior of Xiao Shizhu, who was hated by the ghost mother. He was huddled in the inner court and basically never left the house every day, and the ghost mother couldn't see him.
Whether Ah Fu's behavior is due to his personality or has another purpose is another question that Xiao Shizhu has never thought about in recent days.
If Ah Fu’s purpose is to get Xiao Shizhu to leave Tengu Garden, then Ah Fu’s ultimate goal must be to send people into the garden. But Dog Prison is not a good job. Sending people into Tengu Garden is nothing more than finding the emissary token.
Destroy it to prevent the assassin’s boss from being exposed after outsiders discover the token.
But Ah Fu is the manager of the outer court. According to the rules of the Ghost Mother Palace, even though he is the manager, he still cannot enter the inner court. Naturally, it cannot be the terrain of the inner court that he explained to the assassins. The assassin can enter the inner court and easily avoid many sentries.
Judging from this, Ah Fu is not an accomplice.
Those who can be assassins are those with high strength and wisdom. The same is true for accomplices to ensure that they never miss. Therefore, this kind of fool who only flatters blindly, regardless of whether his master or boss sees it, should not be an assassin.
That's right, my friend. If the assassin's accomplice is really a domineering and overbearing person like Ah Fu, then the assassin will definitely die with his eyes open.
"Brother Xiao, where are you eating?" He was lost in thought when his thoughts were interrupted by Ming Yichen patting him on the shoulder. Then Ming Yichen carried his bowl and sat down opposite Xiao Shizhu.
"How many times have I told you to either call me Brother Xiao or Master Xiao." Xiao Shizhu sighed and said impatiently: "Brother, do you think I'm a little old man if you don't know?".
After saying this, Xiao Shizhu stared blankly at what he was holding in his hand, not a bowl, but a small copper basin, and was slightly startled. Although he was already aware of the fact that Ming Yichen had a large appetite, he always
I can be frightened by this guy's exaggeration.
"Ming Yichen, did you starve to death in your last life?" Xiao Shizhu finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked with wide eyes, staring at the pile of food in the basin in his hand.
"Well, when I was in the human world, I encountered little Japanese invaders. They were all busy running for their lives but who could eat enough." Ming Yichen said vaguely to Xiao Shizhu while chewing the food in his mouth.
Xiao Shizhu's muscles on the right side of his face twitched, he laughed dryly, and said, "That's really hard on you. Eat more." After saying that, he raised his bowl and started eating.
Halfway through the meal, Ming Yichen, who was still devouring his food, suddenly stopped and looked at Tian Kuixing who was squatting behind Xiao Shizhu for a moment, then shouted: "Brother Xiao, what did you put on its neck?"
Son?" It immediately attracted the attention of the nearby ghost slaves, who all looked this way.
"Don't always use the word "老", okay? If you don't want to call me Ye, you can just call me Brother Xiao." Xiao Shizhu sighed slightly, turned around and reached out to hold the sign hanging around Tian Kuixing's neck, and asked: "Oh,
You said this."
"Yeah!" Ming Yichen nodded and took a few more mouthfuls of rice, looking at the brand on Tian Kuixing's neck with a hint of curiosity in his eyes.
"I dug it up when I was planting flowers in the yard two days ago. It seems to be a certain brand. I thought it was pretty good, so I kept it." Xiao Shizhu raised his voice a few decibels and said, "After all, Tian Kuixing is the king of the Tengu people.
After thinking about it, I thought I could put a dog tag around its neck, which could be regarded as a status symbol. After I paid my wages in a few days, I left the palace to find a craftsman and carve the word "Dog King" on it.
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After he finished speaking, he paused and asked Ming Yichen: "Does it look good wearing it like this?".
"It's quite pretty." Although Ming Yichen didn't understand what the dog tags were, he still nodded as if he understood. He raised his orchid finger and asked casually: "What are they made of, so yellow?"
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"It seems to be copper." Xiao Shizhu said and turned to look at Tian Kuixing. When he looked back, the corners of his mouth raised slightly.
His goal was achieved. He knew that apart from his mother, Ming Yichen also had another shortcoming: his eighth wife. He was obviously a seven-foot-old man, but he liked to eat melon seeds and make irresponsible remarks with his colleagues.
He was always so happy about things.
Moreover, people were coming and going in the dining hall at this time, and the fact that the token was hanging around Tian Kuixing's neck would soon spread in the palace. By then, the assassin's accomplices would definitely not be able to sit still, and they would definitely try their best to get the token back.
To avoid long nights and many dreams, Xiao Shizhu just needs to wait and catch him.
After eating, Xiao Shizhu took Tian Kuixing and walked slowly to Tengu Garden.
After returning to the garden and sitting down for a while, the night guard Baihu came to borrow the Tengu for patrolling. After Xiao Shizhu registered them one by one, he put collars around the necks of several Tengu and handed them to Baihu.
This tall and sturdy man named Jin Gang was a member of the Ghost Mother Kingdom's Forbidden Army who was quite familiar with Xiao Shizhu.
Today, when he was about to leave after borrowing the dog, Xiao Shizhu called him. When Jingang, who was standing in front of the door, was about to ask what he was doing, Xiao Shizhu took out a few taels of silver and stuffed it into his hand.
"You have something to say, why are you giving me money?" Although King Kong said this, he put the money into his arms without hesitation, for fear that the money would disappear if it was too late.
Then Xiao Shizhu glanced left and right, and after muttering in his ear for a while, he asked: "Do you understand, Brother King Kong?" He said and stuffed a pre-written note into King Kong's ear.
in hand.
After King Kong mentally recalled what he had just whispered, he nodded and asked: "I understand, but what are you doing?".
"For the sake of money, please don't ask me now, okay?" After saying this, Xiao Shizhu smiled mysteriously at him, with a look of confidence on his eyebrows.
"Okay, I'm too lazy to ask. Only you know your kid's evil ideas." King Kong shouted, pulling the tengu he borrowed for patrol and turning around to leave.
Shortly after nightfall, it began to drizzle, and the entire Xiaoyushan City was continuously washed by rain. The pattering raindrops were like broken pearls, floating down from the sky mixed with the night wind, soaking the ground.
He got out of the house, soaked the trees and flowers, and played a lullaby in the quiet night.
The tengu were curled up in their cages, sleeping soundly.
"It's raining, and the patrolling Imperial Guards will be wetted by the rain again, haha." Xiao Shizhu yawned and laughed a little, then said to himself: "It's okay, it's cool, so I can sleep."
After saying that, he stood up and stretched, then closed the door, then turned back and blew out the oil lamp on the table.
The lights in the room had just gone out, and the entire Tengu Garden was plunged into darkness.
After a while, a dark shadow flashed outside Tengu Garden. The black shadow came to stand outside Tengu Garden, and then jumped up on tiptoe. The next second, he stood firmly on the wall.
Then I saw him do a graceful cartwheel in the air and then jump into the garden. His movements were very light and he didn't make a single sound from the beginning to the end.
Then the black figure squatted among the flowers and looked around, and after confirming that there was no danger in the courtyard, he began to tiptoe towards the place where Xiao Shizhu and the Tengu lived.
The black shadow came to the door and stood still. He stretched out his hand and pushed the door gently. After finding that the door was locked from the inside, he pulled out a short knife from his waist, inserted the knife into it along the crack of the door, and gently opened the door.
Unlatch the back door latch.
After confirming that the door latch was open, he gently pushed the door with his left hand, and this time the door was finally pushed open a crack.
Then the black figure dodged, slipped into the house along the crack in the door, turned around and gently closed the door, and then slowly inserted the short knife into the scabbard hanging on his waist.
He found Tian Kuixing's dog cage in the dark. After gently opening the cage in the darkness, he reached in and groped around. But it was better not to touch it. When he touched it, Heiying found that there was nothing in the cage, and he was suddenly startled.
He secretly screamed: "No, I've been fooled."
Before he could recover from his shock, Xiao Shizhu's voice came slowly from not far behind him: "It's raining at night and you come here to see the Tengu. Thank you for your hard work."
Before he finished speaking, the dark room suddenly lit up. The dark figure quickly raised his hand to cover his eyes because he was not used to the sudden bright light.
After he got used to it a little, he quickly turned around and saw Xiao Shizhu standing not far behind him, holding a blunderbuss in his right hand, the muzzle of the gun pointed at him. In his left hand, he was holding a gun that was still hanging in the sky.
The token on Tian Kuixing's body. Looking around again, he saw ten forbidden soldiers standing in the room, holding torches, swords and guns in their hands, surrounding him.
When Xiao Shizhu saw this person turning around, he glanced at the token in his hand and asked with a smile: "Are you looking for this?".
Then, when he saw that this man's face with thick beard was full of flesh, he immediately said with a straight face: "Ming Yichen, it is indeed you."