All the evil beasts in the world, I feed on demons and monsters

Chapter 32 Beauty
Under the moonlight, the whole city was silent.

A hunchbacked old man was walking on the street carrying four wobbly dung buckets.

But the old man's eyes were too bright, revealing a shrewd and clear look.

Occasionally, you might meet a noble person in scarlet or purple clothes on the road. He would just glance at you and then walk away with his hands covering his mouth and nose.

These nobles often come out at night to play hunting games. Of course, some of them are of high status and would destroy a family if they feel like it.

Is it excessive? Not excessive.

Such was the tradition of the Southern Han. In the early years of the Southern Han, the founding emperor, Liu Yan, constructed the Nanxun Palace and demanded tributes of treasures and gold and silver from all regions. A governor from an inland region, on horseback, slaughtered the entire city for three days and three nights, completely wiping out the inhabitants. After the governor seized the civilians' property, Liu Yan was overjoyed and praised the governor for his skillful work. He then sent him tens of thousands of civilians to compensate him.

As a result, the government offices and county towns of the Southern Han Dynasty were simply a den of evil for ordinary people, where people were eaten without leaving any bones.

The old man carefully avoided the nobleman and walked forward along the shadows of the street. However, under the moonlight, the two wooden barrels in front of him were still normal, but the two behind him, one was falling straight down, and the other was almost sideways, as if something hidden in the air next to the barrel had squeezed it away.

"Captain Chen, turn sideways, yes, to the left!"

"Yes, yes, hold your belly in."

The old man muttered to himself, and the two wooden barrels behind him gradually returned to normal.

This old man is no other than Chen Qingyan, the chief priest of the Taiping Dao.

With the help of talisman paper, he used several sleight of hand to transform himself into an old man, and Ye Xiangfu and Ji Ran transformed themselves into the wooden barrel he was carrying.

However, if someone with experience takes a closer look, he can see that the four wooden barrels are four men who are bent over, holding carrying poles and taking small steps forward!

Liu Sangui looked as pale as death at this moment.

Bitter!

Although their heads were not chopped off, how could the behavior of these three people be like that of good people?

I was trying to find out about the county government's situation along the way, but I was afraid that I might run into real Red Army soldiers.
"Is this it?"

At this moment, Chen Qingyan looked up and saw the tightly closed gate of the county government office. The eight bronze lions on the door nails were hung with huge copper rings. The entire gate was a deep red, with a faint pearly luster in the moonlight.

"What a luxury."

Chen Qingyan smacked his lips. This gate must be made of old corals from the sea mixed with gorilla blood. It won’t fade for a hundred years and it shines like pearls under the moon.

He immediately moved his shoulders and said, "Get ready!"

"Old man, tell me more about the route."

Although Liu Sangui had a sad face, he answered straightforwardly, because he was now with these three villains, and if he was not careful, he would be smashed to pieces!
"Go to the side hall in the front hall first. There's nothing wrong there. Just pour out the night incense."

"Then go along the left corridor to where the servants are. There's a white house on the corner where they keep dogs. Don't go there."

"Then I cleaned up the menial area and went to the backyard. The night fragrance in the backyard is outside the door, so don't go in. But there has been something strange in the past few days. In the east wing, there is always a woman staring at people, and she doesn't wear clothes."

Chen Qingyan paused and asked, "What is that for?"

"I didn't dare look."

Chen Qingyan nodded and said, "Continue."

"Finally, go around the west wall. The servants will put the night incense of the men near the main hall there. After you have cleared it out, you can leave."

Chen Qingyan nodded. It seemed that collecting the night incense was just a matter of walking around the outermost wall of the yamen.

"Where is the defense most lax?"

Liu Sangui's legs went weak, and he cried out in his heart - it's over! This time, the weak old man ran into a real thief, and he was dead!
At this moment, Liu Sangui was so frightened that he could not stand steadily, and the two wooden barrels behind the carrying pole immediately collided with each other with a "bang"!
"Don't worry, I'll let you go when the time comes."

Liu Sangui knew that he had no choice at this moment, so he could only say: "The back house!"

"There are guardhouses in the front, vicious dogs in the yard, and the prison quarters against the west wall. Only the backyard, where the magistrate's family lives, is empty."

"it is good."

Chen Qingyan confirmed the route again, and without hesitation, he strode towards the side door and gently pressed the copper ring.

After a moment, an old face as wrinkled as orange peel appeared. He glanced at Chen Qingyan and saw that it was Ye Xiangfu. However, he said nothing more, left a gap, and returned to the gatehouse next door.

At this moment, Chen Qingyan turned sideways to let the two barrels in front of him pass first and then the second one.

Fortunately, the doorman lay back on the bed and did not become suspicious when he saw this strange sight.

Soon, Chen Qingyan saw a black jar with a lid. He naturally walked past it without even looking at it.

I have four buckets for four people, but there is no room for those dirty things.

Besides, I'm here to kill people.

After walking about a hundred steps, a quiet servant area appeared, but in the white house at the corner, a pair of blood-red eyes were revealed.

Ji Ran's eyes flashed, it was a corpse dog!
Chen Qingyan did not stop and quickly came to the backyard.

A bamboo forest rustled in the night wind, and a faint fragrance drifted in with the night wind.

This is a quadrangle courtyard connected together on all sides, with a black urn placed outside the gate of the courtyard.

Chen Qingyan turned the corner and headed west. At this moment, the route he and his companions were taking was the back of a quadrangle courtyard in the rear of the house. The bluestone walls were smooth and flat, and at about a man's height were exquisite nanmu windows. The window grilles on them were white and bright, clearly painted with mother-of-pearl.

Under this small window are towering green bamboos, covering the window and adding to the tranquility under the moonlight.

creak-

At this moment, a lighted window opened slightly.

A head was resting on the window, the moonlight and the lights in the room merged into a ball of warm soft light, sprinkling on one side of the face.

I saw the woman leaning against the window, gazing at the water, her eyes were as clear as water and charming, her lips were red, her teeth were white, and her skin was like warm jade.

A rustling sound of wind blew open the half-closed window. Behind the mottled shadows of bamboo, a young girl's hair swayed gently, her hair tied high, but her upper body was only clad in a loose layer, and she was shy in the bamboo shadows, wanting to speak.

It is just like a blooming crabapple flower, so soft that water drips out of it.

The window is not high. If an adult wants to, he can just open it gently and then flip over to get in and enjoy the beauty.

"Hey."

Chen Qingyan glanced at Liu Sangui and said, "You never dared to look at her?"

"Yes."

Liu Sangui responded, how could he dare to look at such a fairy-like woman any longer? Moreover, she was in this cannibalistic county government office.

"He's quite honest. He saved himself."

Chen Qingyan threw away the carrying pole, and Ji Ran, Chen Chu, and Wang Xian all showed up, but Liu Sangui's wooden barrel was still in its original state.

"I keep my word, but if chaos breaks out in the city, I'm afraid you won't be able to survive either."

Clang!

Chen Qingyan threw a handful of silver coins into the barrel and said, "You don't look like a cannibal yet. You haven't eaten humans much in your life. You still look a bit human."

"I will send you to the border of the Later Tang Dynasty. Live the rest of your life as a human being."

Chen Qingyan pinched his fingers and dropped a bean. The bean immediately transformed into a palm-sized person, picked up the wooden barrel, and ran away, disappearing in a flash.

At this moment, the four of them looked at the beauty together.

But Chen Qingyan sighed softly.

"Everyone, we're exposed."

(End of this chapter)