Mortal Mirror

Li Ergou looked at Chen Bajin with a happy face. To be fair, Chen Bajin's enthusiasm was truly unmatched.

He immediately said, "Of course, it's me. I was going to your house this afternoon, but I ran into some things on the way. I was just about to return to the restaurant when I saw something happening here, so I came to take a look."

"Hey, I don't know what's been going on lately, but there are always these monsters entering the city to harm the people. It's very chaotic. By the way, where do you live? If you don't have a place to stay, come home with me. My house is very big."

Li Ergou quickly said, "I have a place. I booked a room at the Tianxian Restaurant."

Chen Bajin widened his eyes and said, "I'll be damned! Tianxian Restaurant? A random room costs dozens of taels of silver! You're too extravagant! If you have money, you should sponsor me some!"

Seeing the sighing expression on Li Ergou's face, he exaggeratedly said, "Don't tell me you're staying in a Tianzi-class room?"

Li Ergou looked confused and said, "It seems to be something like Tianzi Jia-class room. I don't really understand. The waiter chose it for me."

"Damn it! Tianzi Jia-class? Isn't that the most expensive and luxurious room in Tianxian Restaurant? It costs three hundred taels a night! You really don't treat money like money! No, I'm going to sleep there tonight to experience what a Tianzi Jia-class room feels like."

Unexpectedly, Bai Su suddenly interjected, "He's staying with a beautiful woman. Where are you going to go?"

Chen Bajin looked at Li Ergou, then at Bai Su, and opened his mouth wide, saying in disbelief, "You, you two, wouldn't..."

Before he could finish, Bai Su coldly snorted and said, "Don't talk nonsense. We're just living next door to each other. Alright, this matter is over. I'm leaving. You guys should take care of the follow-up."

Although Bai Su has not yet taken office, this woman is not simple. The powerful aura emanating from her is not a joke.

Chen Bajin immediately nodded and bowed, saying, "This humble one guarantees to complete the task. Please rest assured, my lord."

Bai Su nodded slightly, but did not look at Li Ergou again, and flew away directly, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Chen Bajin looked at Bai Su's back with a pig-like expression, and couldn't help but sigh, "Hey, this Bai Su is really beautiful. No wonder she is the rumored Qingcheng Fairy. I don't know which lucky dog will get her in the future."

Li Ergou said, "Hmph, if you talk nonsense and let her hear you, you won't have a good time. Forget it, I'm tired too. I'll go back to rest first. You quickly have people clean up here."

Saying that, he handed the little girl in his arms to Chen Bajin. Chen Bajin immediately said, "Don't! Come have a few drinks with me. I have a lot of good news to tell you."

It was already the fourth watch, and the second floor of Tianxian Restaurant was still brightly lit, with many people drinking and chatting.

Chen Bajin looked at the table full of delicacies and couldn't help but sigh, "Hey, it's good to have money! Brother Ergou, I really envy you. You're a single dog, and you're full when you're full, unlike me, who has to work hard for a big family every day. It's very difficult."

Li Ergou rolled his eyes at him and said, "Are you short of money? That shouldn't be the case. You're the second constable. Not to mention your salary, you should have a lot of extra income."

Chen Bajin raised his head and took a sip of fine wine before leisurely saying, "What extra income? You don't understand Yucheng. It's not like your place, where you're the boss and you control the real power. This second constable of mine sounds very prestigious, but in reality, it's nothing. Yucheng is too big, and everyone above you is bigger than you."

Li Ergou curled his lips and said, "Okay, let's not talk about it. Let's change the topic. Didn't you say you had good news to tell me? What good news?"

Chen Bajin immediately perked up and said, "Do you know that none of the people you saved back then were minor characters? Especially that scholar and our lord, one is the Deputy Head of the Vermillion Bird Academy, and the other is our Deputy Chief Constable."

"Both of them are very grateful for your life-saving grace. This time, the higher-ups have also decided to reward you greatly and are willing to transfer you to Yucheng to take office. How about it? Are you interested?"

Li Ergou was slightly surprised. He had just been promoted to Deputy Chief Constable not long ago, and now he was going to Yucheng. For a time, he was a little unaccustomed to it.

But on second thought, only by climbing higher and improving his status could he have the qualifications to propose marriage to Zhu Zhu's family. With this thought, he was very moved.

He nodded and said, "If the higher-ups really have this idea, it's not impossible for me. After all, I'm single and it's the same wherever I go."

Chen Bajin said happily, "Good, if you really want to come over, we can come out for drinks every day in the future. But Yucheng is not like your small county town. The interpersonal relationships are more complicated. Let me tell you..."

Li Ergou felt that he had been harmed miserably by Chen Bajin. He hadn't even stayed in the hundred-tael room yet, and it was already dawn. After the two of them ate some breakfast, Li Ergou was dragged to the yamen by Chen Bajin.

My god! This Yucheng yamen is really magnificent!

About a hundred meters to the right of the center of Yucheng, a magnificent, majestic, and tall mansion is entrenched here, like a tiger lying down, exuding an unparalleled aura.

On both sides of the mansion's gate, there are two ten-foot-high stone lions. These two stone lions have their mouths wide open, their bodies slightly squatting, making a posture of choosing someone to devour, truly showing their majesty.

The gate of the mansion is a bronze door that is two zhang wide and two zhang high. Directly above the bronze door, there is a huge gilded plaque with four dragon-flying and phoenix-dancing characters written on it: "Yucheng County Office."

In front of the yamen, there are two constables standing with sabers at their waists, their expressions cold and majestic. People passing by are filled with fear and envy.

Li Ergou couldn't help but sigh, "The yamen in big cities are indeed more imposing."

Chen Bajin smiled dismissively and said, "That's because you haven't been to the yamen in Baojing Prefecture. That's what you call majestic and huge. The Yucheng yamen is far from it."

Hearing this, Li Ergou couldn't imagine what the prefecture yamen would look like.

The two came near the yamen, and the constables patrolling the door immediately showed a smile when they saw Chen Bajin, "Brother Chen, you came early today."

Chen Bajin chuckled and said, "Ah, there's no way around it. Who told us to have such a hard-working life? By the way, let me introduce you. This is the rumored Li Ergou. Maybe everyone will be colleagues in the future."

When the two heard the name Li Ergou, their faces showed surprise, and then they said with admiration, "Oh, Brother Ergou, I finally met the living one. You are a model for us."

"Where, where, you're overpraising me. I'll treat everyone to dinner when I have time."

"Okay, okay, that's settled."

The two constables said happily.

Just at this moment, a burst of horse hooves sounded, and everyone saw a snow-white horse galloping in the sunlight. The horse was very fast, but in the blink of an eye, it was close.