The little princess was torn, and the demon emperor patched her up

Chapter 41: The Evil God of the Former Dynasty
When they returned to the county government office, Yaoyao came up to them happily, holding a plate: "Master, Princess, you are back! I left half a plate of cherries for you!"

“There are cherries to eat!”

Xiao Baojing picked up a cherry and put it in his mouth with surprise.

Bite into the cherry and the sweet juice instantly bursts between your lips and teeth.

She praised: "How sweet! Where did you pick it?"

Yaoyao took Xiao Baojing's hand and said, "I'll take you there!"

Going out of the corner gate of the county government office is a bustling market.

Yaoyao pointed to the corner and said, "That mother-in-law gave it to me."

Sitting on a small stool in the corner was an old woman selling cherries.

Yaoyao said, "I didn't have any copper coins, but I wanted to eat, so I squatted beside and watched the children eat. Grandma waved her hand and called me over, and grabbed a big handful of cherries for me! I ate half and left the other half for Her Royal Highness the Princess. The host just took it by the way!"

Xiao Baojing noticed that the two middle-aged men opposite the old woman were also selling cherries.

Their cherries were small and green and looked unappetizing, but they looked very proud: "Who eats sweet cherries these days? Everyone loves sour cherries! They have to be small, sour, and hard on the teeth!"

"Yes, girls nowadays love sour cherries!"

As they talked, they looked toward the street, as if they would be able to make a lot of money soon.

Xiao Baojing: How come she doesn’t know that young girls nowadays love to eat sour cherries?
These days, there are more and more sick people!

Hearing the discussions of several vegetable-selling ladies nearby, Xiao Baojing gradually pieced together the whole story.

It turned out that these two middle-aged men were the old woman's biological sons.

Old Man Liu died early, and Granny Liu never remarried. She raised her two sons by herself and married them off by selling cherries.

But the two boys started to divide the family property as soon as they got married. They divided the best two acres of cherry fields and left only a few young cherry trees for Granny Liu. They also drove her away to live in a thatched hut.

Granny Liu went to the streets every day to sell sour cherries, but she couldn't sell any at all until the day before yesterday when a little girl came to the market.

She asked Granny Liu, "Granny, are your cherries sweet?"

Granny Liu was embarrassed: "Girl, my cherries are not sweet, they are sour."

The two men across from us said excitedly, "Little girl, come to our house to buy cherries. Our cherries are sweet!"

The little girl smiled sweetly: "But I want to buy sour cherries. Mother-in-law, here are two taels of silver to buy your two baskets of cherries."

Yesterday, this generous little girl came again.

She asked, "Mother-in-law, are your cherries sweet?"

Granny Liu: "Girl, my cherries are sour."

"That's good." The little girl took out two taels of silver and bought the two baskets of cherries again. "Mother-in-law, I will come to buy your cherries every day for the next month."

The two men opposite looked at each other.

There are thirty days in a month, and two taels of silver per day equals sixty taels of silver!

After the little girl left, they righteously demanded a redistribution of the family property.

They exchanged two acres of cherry fields for Granny Liu's small cherry trees.

They went to the street today just to wait for the little girl from the rich family.

Just at this moment, a young girl in a light pink skirt came over.

The girl was about twelve or thirteen years old, with skin as white as snow, lips as red and eyebrows as green as green. She had a few cherry blossoms in her hair, and the fragrance filled the air as she walked.

She stood in front of Granny Liu's stall: "Granny, are your cherries sweet?" The two men rushed to shout: "Little girl, our cherries are not sweet, ours are sour! They are small, sour and hard on the teeth, I guarantee you will like them! Come and buy some!"

The pink-dressed girl sneered, "You are so weird. How can anyone in the world like to eat sour cherries? Grandma, are your cherries sweet?"

Granny Liu was stunned for a moment, then quickly nodded: "Sweet! My cherries are big and sweet!"

The girl in pink gave her another two taels of silver and took away two baskets of cherries.

The two men failed to steal the chicken and ended up losing the rice. They were so angry that they kicked over the cherries in front of them.

"That's what happened!" Xiao Baojing described the incident vividly to Shang Bingjiu during dinner. "That little sister was so smart. She helped Granny Liu get back the family property easily!"

Shang Bingjiu picked up a four-happiness meatball for her: "The human heart is evil, and fortune and misfortune are interdependent."

Xiao Baojing held the bowl and asked, "What do you mean?"

The next morning.

We were supposed to leave for Yejing today, but a murder case suddenly occurred in Rongcheng.

It is said that a night watchman passed by a dilapidated temple in the early morning and found Granny Liu dead inside with blood coming out of all her orifices. A little girl in pink was kneeling in front of the broken statue, kowtowing and crying desperately. In front of the collapsed altar was a plate of fresh cherries and a pot of cherry wine.

He suspected that it was a demon, so he rushed in beating the peace gong.

The little girl was so frightened that she immediately turned into a small cherry tree.

It turns out that she is a cherry tree fairy.

Now the cherry tree fairy has been detained in the county jail, and the county magistrate has invited a demon-slayer to behead her at dusk.

Yaoyao got the news outside and rushed back: "It's grandma! The dead person is grandma!"

Xiao Baojing touched her head to comfort her and asked, "Could it be that the cherry tree spirit is the little girl we saw yesterday?"

"That's her!" Yaoyao said sadly, "But how could she kill my mother-in-law?"

The master came to deliver breakfast: "You don't know, this world is in chaos and demons are rampant. Since it is a demon, how can it not hurt people? My county magistrate hates evil and has executed four demons during his tenure. This time the tree spirit hurts people, my county magistrate will definitely not let her go!"

"You're talking nonsense!" Yaoyao retorted, "I'm also a monster, but I've never hurt anyone!"

The master looked at Shang Bingjiu, who was sitting cross-legged inside, with awe.

He had heard that it was this young boy who rescued the Crown Prince from the loquat garden.

He laughed and said, "The girl is a demon from the great demon-conqueror's side, how can she be compared with an ordinary wild demon?"

Yaoyao rolled her eyes and snorted at him.

After the master left, Xiao Qian came.

He said sternly, "Although the county magistrate personally examined the murder of Granny Liu, I think there are many suspicious points and it is not a simple case of evil spirits hurting people. I would like to ask Master Shang to go with me to the ruined temple on the outskirts of the city to re-investigate the case. I wonder if Master Shang is free?"

In this world, demon hunters are respectfully called "sorcerers".

Shang Bingjiu seemed to be easy to talk to: "Okay."

Xiao Baojing and Yaoyao also followed.

Before stepping into the ruined temple, Xiao Baojing glanced at the plaque that had fallen outside the temple gate.

The plaque was smashed by someone, but the word "paradise" can be vaguely pieced together.

Is it the Temple of Bliss again?

Including the two in Julu County and Loquat Garden, Xiao Baojing has already seen three Jile Temples.

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