I’m Being Held Captive by Demons Chapter 19: Uninvited guests
In the early morning, Kong Ning woke up from the wedding bed with the red sheet, and the pillow was empty again.
After a brief wash, I saw the lady in a purple dress came in with two bowls of millet porridge and a plate of pickles on a pallet.
This is how the newlywed couple deal with a breakfast.
Su Yan, dressed in purple, sat opposite Kong Ning, drinking rice porridge and pickles with Kong Ning. In the slightly drunk morning sun, no matter how you look at it, they are just a couple who respect each other like guests.
But when Kong Ning went out, the witch who was leaning against the door spoke up.
"Husband, there shouldn't be anything wrong with the yamen tonight, right? Our husband and wife just got married. If you stay out every day, Yan'er will be very lonely."
Kong Ning's footsteps as he left paused slightly, and without looking back he said, "Got it."
Leading the thin jujube yellow horse out of the yard, Kong Ning greeted his parents who were enjoying the cool under the locust tree, and then rode the jujube yellow horse and left the locust tree lane.
In the early morning, Shanlan County was quiet and peaceful. The shops on both sides of the road opened their doors early, and the hawkers chanted from time to time. Some hawkers with good business and sold out are pushing their carts back from the morning market.
This is the busiest time of the day in a small county town where the sun has not yet heated up.
A few hours later, and after noon, there will be no one on the street, and the vicious sun will make everyone unable to escape. The city will not be lively again until the sun sets and it is approaching dusk.
As for Kong Ning and the others, their daily work as a fast catcher basically consists of sitting in the yamen to enjoy the cool air, playing cards, and occasionally going out to patrol the streets. It's just that in this hot summer, even if the fast catchers hide in the yamen to fish and go lazy, the county magistrate won't say anything.
After all, the small town of Shanlan is quiet and peaceful, and the folk customs are simple. There is never any murder case—just a few people disappear every year.
Everyone is used to it, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Who would have thought that in this quiet and peaceful small county town, there are a bunch of monsters hidden in it?
Kong Ning, who was riding through the streets and alleys on a thin, jujube-yellow horse, was greeted by countless people along the way, with a habitual smile, but a slight sigh in his heart.
At this moment, he suddenly agreed with the words of the monster at home.
"...Ignorance is the greatest happiness."
If he hadn't married a monster and went home with a bunch of monster eggs laid in his belly, and he knew nothing about monsters, he would still live an ordinary and happy life in this small county town, playing the role of himself The identity role of "promising young catcher".
——It's just the happiness of ignorant livestock, is it really "happiness"?
Kong Ning, riding a jujube yellow horse, came to the yamen and met Zhang Rong, the head of the class, who was in the middle of the night.
Today is Zhang Rong's last visit to Shanlan County Yadian Mao. And if not expected, it should be the last time.
The county magistrate in official uniform presided over the farewell ceremony, and the yard was very lively. Even the old county magistrate who rarely appeared in the yamen came to bid Zhang Rong farewell.
After a night of preparations, Zhang Rong had to take the corpses of the two monsters to leave. Along with him was Shi Gui, the unlucky rotten gambler.
After all, this guy is an important witness of the Soul Eater, and he has to take him to Hejian Mansion.
And Ma Liu, who was covered in bandages, sat in the corner, looking at the demon corpse in the middle of the crowd with a melancholy gaze. The most broken-hearted man in the brothel in the past was unusually quiet today.
He once asked the county magistrate to buy the ghost baby's body back for burial. It's just that this whimsical request was naturally rejected by the county magistrate.
However, the county magistrate took pity on him, and specially rewarded him with an extra 5 taels of silver to appease the second master of the yamen.
And Ma Liu is a small catcher, not even an official. Although he was not happy, he did not dare to disobey the order of the county magistrate.
In the end, with the farewell of everyone in the yamen, the county magistrate personally set off firecrackers, and sent Zhang Rong and other ten arresters to **** the monster's body away.
Shanlan County is extremely remote, and the journey to Hejian Mansion is more than ten days. In addition, when they arrive at Hejian Mansion, they still need to contact and move around there. These ten arresters probably won't be able to come back for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
And the worry in Kong Ning's heart is even more.
The small Shanlan County is full of demons, but what about the wider outside world? Are there more monsters? Can these ten arresters come back safely?
Watching Zhang Rong and the others quickly leave, Kong Ning couldn't help sighing softly.
It's just that he is now a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and he can't protect himself. He really can't take care of these colleagues.
And after Zhang Rong left, Kuaiban was handed over to Kong Ning as escrow.
In the small Shanlan County, the news spread quickly. Wherever Kong Ning goes, people no longer call him "Master Ning", but enthusiastically call him "Ning Caitou".
In the past, Kong Ning would still be a little hilarious.
But now, he really can't laugh.
The monster in the house is a shadow that never goes away on his head, making him unable to laugh.
But these things, other people naturally don't know.
After Zhang Rong, the head of the class, left, the small county government returned to its former calm.
The catchers in the class room order Mao every day, and then play cards and chat in the class room. From time to time, they gather to go to Chunfenglou to drink flower wine and listen to small songs.
In this era of lack of entertainment, listening to music and drinking is a rare pastime in a small county.
Ma Liu, who has been depressed for several days, is said to have nightmares every night. Later, he even made up his mind to want the prodigal son to turn back and never go to the brothel again.
He specially spent money to find some of the most reputable matchmakers in the county, and asked the matchmakers to help him lead the way.
Those matchmakers are naturally reluctant. After all, in a small county town, who doesn't know the names of high-ranking officials in the brothel? Who would marry his daughter to him? Even if it was reluctant, if the husband and wife were not in harmony after the incident, wouldn't it have smashed their signboard?
But after all, Ma Liu is one of the most difficult catchers in the yamen, and these matchmakers finally had to accept Ma Liu's money to help him match up.
As a result, one of the matchmakers really helped Ma Liu find a good girl from a clean family. The other's parents did not resist the matter and expressed their willingness to try.
However, after seeing the girl a few times, Ma Liu was confused by the cumbersome customs. In addition, he hadn't tasted the taste of a woman for more than half a month, and getting along with a woman from a good family was quite restrained. Finally, the high official of the brothel began to live in the Spring Breeze Building.
And clamored something like "I'm home is Chunfenglou! Going to Chunfenglou is not to go to the kiln, but to go home! What's the shame of going home? Don't you go home every day?"
The marriage that had not yet started ended without a hitch.
This incident became a joke in the yamen, and everyone kept joking all day long.
In the end, Ma Liu had to invite the guests to Zuixianlou for a meal, and it was only then that everyone exposed the matter.
Zuixianlou is very close to the county office, and it is a place frequented by the yamen's arresters for a long time. Kong Ning and the others were sitting in the private room, listening to Ma Liu complaining about how the blind date girl was not emotional, and they all laughed and shook their heads.
How could a girl from a good family with a clean net worth have the amorous feelings of a brothel girl... This Ma Liu is too outrageous.
Kong Ning sat on the main seat by the window, watching his colleagues drink and laugh, and his mood could not help but feel much more relaxed.
It has been ten days since Zhang Rong and the others escorted the monster's body out of Shanlan County.
These days, Kong Ning has been waiting for the white mist in the mysterious black tank to fill up, and it looks like it's almost full. Before long, Kong Ning will be able to use the search function of the mysterious black pot again.
Because of this, Kong Ning feels much better. Even the smiling female monster at home doesn't look so abhorrent.
Thinking of this, Kong Ning raised his chopsticks, wanting to eat the vegetables. But at this moment ~IndoMTL.com~ a faint fragrance suddenly floated in the elegant room.
Huh? delicate fragrance?
Kong Ning's spirit was shocked, and his consciousness immediately became clear.
This time, he didn't even need the support of the mysterious black pot. The demonic power in his body circulated slightly, and he broke the psychedelic technique in the private room.
In his opinion, this psychedelic technique is extremely crude, far inferior to the Nightmare Tapir's innate supernatural powers and subtlety.
It's just that Kong Ning's other colleagues are not as powerful as Kong Ning, and all fell asleep at this time. Either lying on the table, or leaning back on the chair, all sound asleep.
And the door of the private room was gently pushed open.
A young girl walked in and saw Kong Ning staring at him by the window, not fascinated by the illusion, and the girl was not surprised, but nodded.
"As expected of a master who can kill demons with the body of a mortal... Kong Ning captures the head, Wan'er is polite."
Dressed in a white dress, with long black silk hair hanging down from her shoulders, the girl with an ancient sword on her back bowed to Kong Ningfu in a well-mannered manner.
Although from Kong Ning's eyes, this gift is extremely lame, even lame than Shi Yong's stout daughter-in-law...
Looking at the girl in front of her with a strange expression, Kong Ning asked, "Who are you?"
The girl in front of her has a strange origin, but she doesn't have any hostility. And the breath of the other party is completely different from the monster that Kong Ning came into contact with.
That kind of neutral, peaceful, and life-like aura... Could it be the legendary cultivator?
Kong Ning's eyes suddenly became eager.
Could it be that in Shanlan County, where demons are ravaged, finally a cultivator came to slay demons and eliminate demons?
Doesn't that mean that he doesn't have to be afraid of the monsters at home anymore? Can you get out of the sea of misery early?