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, she saw the lady in a purple dress came in with two bowls of millet porridge and a plate of pickles on a pallet.

The newlywed couple had a breakfast like this.

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 paused slightly as he left, and said without looking back, "Got it."

Taking the thin jujube yellow horse out of the yard, Kong Ning said hello to 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.

The small county town, where the sun has not yet heated up, is the busiest time of the day.

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, with simple folk customs, and there are never any murders—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?

Riding a thin, jujube-yellow horse through the streets, Kong Ning, who was greeted by countless people along the way, wore a habitual smile, but sighed slightly 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 who knew nothing about monsters, he would still be living an ordinary and happy life in this small county, playing the role of "a bright future". "Young Catcher" is an identity role.

——It's just the happiness of ignorant livestock, is it really "happiness"?

Kong Ning, who rode a jujube yellow horse, came to the yamen and met Zhang Rong, the class leader who was on the spot.

Today is Zhang Rong's last visit to Shanlan County Yadianmao. 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 wanted to **** the corpses of the two monsters away. 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 center 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 spend money 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 welcome of everyone in the yamen, the county magistrate personally set off firecrackers, and sent Zhang Rong and other ten arresters to **** the corpse of the monster away.

Shanlan County is extremely remote, and it takes more than ten days to get to Hejian Mansion. 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, so what about the wider outside world? Are there more monsters? Can these ten arresters come back safely?

Seeing Zhang Rong waiting for the capture to leave, Kong Ning couldn't help sighing softly.

It's just that he is also a mud bodhisattva crossing the river now, and he can't protect himself, so he really can't take care of these colleagues.

And after Zhang Rong left, Kuaiban was handed over to Kong Ning as a 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 bit overjoyed.

But now, he really can't laugh.

The monsters at home are the shadows that never let go of 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 shift room ordered Mao every day, and then played cards and chatted in the shift room. From time to time, they gathered to go to the Spring Breeze Building to drink flower wine and listen to small songs.

In this era of lack of entertainment, listening to Qu'er 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 them to help him lead the way.

Those matchmakers were 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 was one of the most troublesome catchers in the yamen, and these matchmakers had to accept Ma Liu's money in the end to help him match up.

In the end, one of the matchmakers really helped Ma Liu find a good girl from a clean family, and 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 women from a good family was quite restrained, and finally this high-ranking official in the brothel began to live in the Spring Breeze Building.

And he shouted, "My 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 just ended without a hitch.

This incident became a joke in the yamen, and everyone joked about it all day.

In the end, Ma Liu had to invite the guests to the Zuixianlou for a meal, so that everyone exposed the matter.

Zuixianlou is very close to the county yamen, 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 family have all 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 drinking and laughing, his mood couldn't 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 is about to fill up. Before long, Kong Ning will be able to use the search function of the mysterious black pot again.

Because of this, Kong Ning felt 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 something with his mouth. But at this moment, a faint fragrance suddenly floated in the elegant room.

Um? 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 hallucination in the private room.

In his opinion, this psychedelic technique is extremely crude, far inferior to the innate supernatural powers of the Nightmare Tapir, and the exquisiteness of the mirror.

It's just that Kong Ning's other colleagues were 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 has captured the head, Wan'er is polite."

Wearing a white dress, with long black silk hair hanging down at her shoulders, the girl with an ancient sword on her back bowed to Kong Ningfu in a well-mannered manner, very polite.

Although from Kong Ning's eyes, this gift is extremely lame, even lame than Shi Yong's sturdy daughter-in-law...

Looking at the girl in front of him 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 and peaceful, aura that makes people feel good... Could it be the legendary cultivator?

Kong Ning's eyes suddenly became eager.

Could it be that in Shanlan County, which is ravaged by demons, finally a cultivator came to slay the demons and eliminate the demons?

Doesn't that mean that he doesn't need to be afraid of the monsters at home anymore? Can you get out of the bitter sea ahead of time?

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