The villain's daily corpse collection

"Friend? Okay, what do I need to do?" Wang Wei didn't expect that the target would take the initiative to approach him, so he just had to go with the flow.

The two walked under the tree. It was spring, and the peach blossoms on the branches were in bud, and some of the early bloomers had already fallen sporadically on the treetops.

Shi Yao laughed out loud: "Friends certainly don't need to do anything deliberately. It's just that when I occasionally want to talk, it's good enough that you are by my side and listen to me. Of course, the same goes for you. If you want to talk about something, just tell me. I will be your best listener."

After he finished speaking, he suddenly raised his hand and plucked a fallen peach blossom from Wang Wei's hair.

"Some flowers have not yet bloomed, while others have already withered." He looked at the withered flowers in his palm, "Everything is sad."

Wang Wei picked up the flower and buried it in the soil. She stood up and looked at Shi Yao, who was feeling sad, and said, "Perhaps if you look at it from another angle, this matter won't be so sad."

"Although some flowers wither early, they fall into the soil and become new nutrients. They will bloom again early next year. This is a natural cycle of nature. Those who leave early will surely return early."

"Mo Wei is really optimistic. Thank you for telling me this. If someone could have told me earlier, perhaps things would have been different." Shi Yao sighed softly.

"Huh? Why earlier? Is something irreversible?" Wang Wei raised his eyes.

The two of them walked to the attic, where there were heaters everywhere and the smell of incense was strong and spicy. Wang Wei couldn't help but frowned.

"This is frankincense, which can refresh the mind. The warm room is filled with this kind of fragrance. I hope you are not used to it?"

Wang Wei shook her head. She didn't like strong smells because they would affect her judgment. She glanced sideways and saw a clean white jade wheelchair parked in the corner of the corridor. It had been unattended for some time and a thin layer of dust had fallen on it.

Then, Shi Yao started rummaging through the bookshelf, and slowly said, "When I was a child, I raised a special lily. Every night, it would emit a refreshing fragrance and a faint fluorescence. It was simply incomparable. But it only bloomed once and then withered. I didn't know how to save it, so I just put its petals in a book to commemorate it forever. As a result, it got moldy, and my collection of books also got moldy."

Recalling the embarrassing moments of his childhood, his emotions were no longer simply gentle, but still had that angry look.

"Do you want to erect a monument for your lilies?" Wang Wei joked.

Shi Yao burst out laughing: "Don't tell me, I think I really thought about doing this. Mo Wei really understands me."

Finally, under a pile of classics, he found the moldy book. Wang Wei took it and flipped through a few pages, but it was just an unknown collection of poems.

Wang Wei said with regret, "You love flowers so much, but you inherited the jade business for the sake of your family. Flowers and stones are completely different."

"Have you seen this garden? Many flowers are about to bloom, which proves that I have already made my choices." His eyes were clear and his gaze was firm.

"Since you didn't choose Shitou, why did you still want to get married? And your family, did they have any objection?" Wang Wei asked puzzledly.

"Marriage is not something I can decide. Since I have chosen to embark on this path, I have already gained something through it. If I can completely possess it, I can decide more things. Now, it is far from enough." Shi Yao sighed.

Wang Wei seemed to remember something, "I haven't visited your family yet. I only met your brother last time."

"My family..." He looked a little sad. "My father died before I got married. He was not in good health. When I was ten years old, my health was very bad. My family was worried that there would be no one to carry on the family line, so they asked my mother to give birth to a younger brother. That's how my mother died during childbirth."

Wang Wei's heart was slightly moved. No wonder he became the head of the family at such a young age.

"My current younger brother is the son of my aunt, who was my father's concubine. She and Shi Luo lived in another house, which was not connected to the neighborhood and was more suitable for living."

Wang Wei asked: "Since you are the head of the family, why don't you have full power? If the marriage is not satisfactory, why don't you change it?" She didn't know how to say the word "divorce".

"The marriage was the beginning of everything, the root of all evil. It caused me to lose something very important."

"What is it?" Wang Wei's eyes lit up.

"It is a white jade scepter, which represents all the power of the Shi family." Shi Yao spoke word by word, with suppressed anger in his eyes.

"How was it lost? Can it be found back?" Wang Wei asked.

"Yes, the things are in the Rong family, in the hands of my nominal wife." He lowered his head and whispered, "This is what she planned from the beginning. After getting the things, she will never disappear again."

Wang Wei thought, isn't this the rumor that the second Miss Rong rarely goes out to see people? It turns out to be true.

He began to cough, and this time the coughing seemed to be more severe, until a few tears fell from the corners of his eyes, soaking the side of his face. Wang Wei gently patted his back to help him breathe, and gratitude flashed in his eyes.

"After we got married, I don't know how she got it, but I'm sure it was in her hands. It's just that we never met again, and I couldn't break into her mansion to find out the truth."

Wang Wei: “Why is this?”

Shi Yao: "There is a special restriction in the Rong Mansion that I cannot get close to. I don't know what evil means it is."

Wang Wei: "Are your shadow guards prepared to take back the scepter?"

"Really?"

Shi Yao didn't expect her to ask this.

Wang Wei narrowed her eyes, feeling that she was about to discover some truth. She asked, "What is so special about this scepter that makes you care so much? Could it be that it has some special ability? The kind of power that cannot be explained by humans?"

Shi Yao smiled softly, and looked at Wang Wei with a softer look: "No, the scepter itself represents everything, just like the imperial seal. The person who possesses it can command the world. It itself does not need to be special. With the scepter of our Shi family, you can naturally control all the mineral veins of the Shi family." At the end, he added, "Mo Wei has a very rich imagination, and he is suitable for writing books that are circulated in the market."

Wang Wei: “…”

She was overthinking it. A mundane object like a scepter probably had nothing to do with the artifact she was looking for. It was a very unpleasant feeling to be misunderstood as a fool.

But she didn't know that Shi Yao's eyes were definitely not one of contempt.

Shi Yao said with a smile: "It's time for lunch. I know there's a restaurant across the street that serves good food. I want to treat you to a meal. Thank you for spending time with me and listening to me talk about so many boring things."

Wang Wei: "How can it be boring? However, regarding lunch, I can only accompany you. I am on a diet and cannot eat." She really didn't know what other reason she had to explain the fact that she couldn't eat food from the mortal world.

Shi Yao looked at Wang Wei with a puzzled expression and said, "You are too harsh on yourself for still going on a diet like this! Girls should be nicer to themselves. There is no need to make these meaningless changes just for what others say."

Wang Wei was too lazy to explain and smiled lightly: "Let's go."

Because the distance was very short, Shi Yao didn't want to take a carriage and wanted to go out for some fresh air, so the main hall didn't arrange a carriage. The two walked on the street, the sun shone warmly on them, and Shi Yao's coughing didn't seem so frequent.

At this moment, a group of servants suddenly rushed out of the street, shouting and dispersing the crowd: "Make way! The Rong family has returned with rocks from the new mine! Everyone make way!"

The earth seemed to be shaking, and the people and horses walking on the road all dodged to the side.

Wang Wei and Shi Yao also stood by the road. She secretly observed Shi Yao's expression with her peripheral vision. The Rong family had opened a new mine, and the Shi family had been silent for a long time. He should not be very happy.

But he still looked calm and composed. Could it be that he had given up and decided to stop being a businessman and become a gardener?

A pure black horse was leading the way at a fast pace, with its head held high and its gait steady. When it approached the crowd, its movements seemed to slow down a little.

Therefore, Wang Wei also saw the person on the horse clearly.

That's a woman.

The towering ponytail was simply tied up with golden silk with emeralds, swaying in the wind, looking bold, upright and heroic.

Her face could not be seen because she was covered with a mask that covered her forehead and most of her cheeks. The mask was not made of common materials, but was carved from several pieces of beautiful jadeite.

"Why does this look a bit like a jade mask? It seems like something only dead people use." Wang Wei said secretly. She remembered the rumor that Huo Feng told her that Rong Fei was possessed by a monster after his death.

This jade mask was originally part of the funeral ceremony. It covered the head and face of the deceased and was said to prevent the soul from leaving the body and the body from rotting.

At this moment, she could not sense any evil spirit, and the rich scent of storax still lingered around her body.

The voices of several passers-by came to my ears, confirming the identity of the person on horseback. She was the protagonist in all the rumors in Fang Qiu - the second daughter of the Rong family, Rong Fei.

"Come to think of it, I have never seen Miss Rong's true appearance. She is so mysterious."

"Isn't it? I wonder if she will show up at this Jade Banquet."

"What's so good about her? She's a tough tigress. Wasn't it said before that she looks so pretty that a three-year-old child would cry?"

Rong Fei's horse gradually approached, the discussions around her gradually weakened, and her eyes looked accurately in the direction of Wang Wei.

At first glance, she saw her nominal husband whom she had only met twice. Shi Yao did not look at her. Perhaps because of the dust raised by the horse's hooves, he covered his face and started coughing.

The second time she looked, she saw the eye-catching white-haired woman next to her, Wang Wei. The two looked at each other, she was sitting high on the horse, looking down at her, and after a moment of eye contact, Rong Fei left in a cloud of dust.

At this moment, the earth began to shake, and the huge rock that was carried back behind Rong Fei gradually revealed its true form.

It was a huge stone weighing thousands of pounds that was pulled by two giant elephants. The rock layer covering the stone had not been cut open yet, but one could see from many edges and corners that the inside was bright and clear green, which is also what gambling houses often call "imperial green".

When everyone saw this scene, they all gasped. What kind of wealth is this? The words "priceless" suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

Suddenly, a child appeared from nowhere. He wanted to run to the other side of the road, but he fell down in the middle of the road. The giant elephant was approaching with a huge rock. The child was so scared that he sat on the ground and cried loudly. No one dared to go forward.

At this moment, Shi Yao suddenly rushed forward, and under the huge shadow of the giant elephant, he picked up the child, flew to the side of the road, and the giant elephant's legs as thick as tree trunks fell down, causing everyone to exclaim in surprise.

Fortunately, the giant elephant stepped on the stone in front of it, and the stone turned into dust in an instant.

A woman was looking for her lost child in a crowded crowd. Shi Yao brought him to the woman, who was filled with gratitude and thanked him repeatedly.

The people around praised the head of the Shi family highly. Compared with this silent and precious stone today, the fact of saving a life left a greater impression on the people.

"I think Mr. Shi has always been a good person and a friendly person, much better than his wife. His wife only cares about making money from us!"

"I heard that they have been separated. Is it because the tigress is a cannibal?"

"I remember one winter, Rong Er pushed Master Shi across the frozen lake, didn't he?"

"I seem to remember something like this..."

"Mo Wei, let's go. The restaurant is just ahead." He waved the dust off his sleeves, his expression normal, as if it was not him who had just heroically saved people.

Shi Yao was a frequent customer of that restaurant. After he entered, the owner greeted him warmly and took the two of them to a private room on the third floor.

"Mo Wei, are you really not going to eat anything?" Shi Yao still wanted to persuade him, "The food here is Fangqiu's specialty. You are coming from another place, so it is worth a try!"

"I'm really not hungry. How do you know I'm from out of town?"

"I'm too familiar with this city. There are many merchants coming and going every day. I've seen a lot, so I can tell at a glance." Shi Yao was quite proud. He suddenly remembered something. "Today we've been talking about my business. Mo Wei hasn't told me about you yet. Last time you left in a hurry and said you had an appointment. Who was it?"

Wang Wei's heart tightened, and he finally asked her.

She originally wanted to tell him that they were master and disciple, after all, this was already a disguise, but she was on guard. The shadow guards around him were really weird, so it was better not to let him know that he was a cultivator.

"It's my brother." Wang Wei made up a story.

Huo Feng, who was gathering information in a certain building, sneezed.

Shi Yao: "Brother? Real brother?"

Wang Wei: “Um…cousin.”

Huo Feng sneezed again in the distance, and someone next to him kindly reminded him that he needed to wear more clothes as the seasons changed. Huo Feng rubbed his nose. He had never been sick before. What happened? Could it be that the master was scolding him?

While Shi Yao was eating, Wang Wei revealed his purpose - an invitation to the Quan Yu Banquet.

"Mo Wei, it's not that I don't want to give it to you. All the invitations are distributed by Rong Fei, and she also has the list. However, I have the right to bring people in, so you can go with me that day."

One invitation has been dealt with, but for Huo Feng's, I'm afraid I'll have to start with Rong Fei.

Shi Yao took a sip of tea and said, "But why do you want to go to the Jade Banquet, Mo Wei? Do you also want to eat jade and become an immortal?"

Wang Wei had already thought of an excuse, and said, "I am actually the same as you, a sick person. I was born with white hair, so I guess I must have some incurable disease. Isn't it said that eating jade can improve health? I just want to give it a try."

Shi Yao looked up at her hair, with a hint of sympathy in his eyes.

After dinner, Wang Wei and Shi Yao went to see the white jade statue he mentioned before. It turned out that it was not a divine artifact, but just a piece of top-quality white jade. Everything was as expected. Divine artifacts are definitely not that easy to obtain.

Now, she is more inclined to believe that the artifact is related to Rong Fei, and perhaps there is still hope for the scepter.

After a day of twists and turns, she learned about the family secrets of the Shi family and met Rong Fei again. Although they only looked at each other for a moment, Wang Wei felt that this person's eyes were inconsistent with her appearance, and she could not confirm whether the monster rumors were true.

After returning to the inn, she told Huo Feng most of what happened today, and the name of "cousin" became an ignored episode.

"Master, since Shi Yao can take you in, then it shouldn't be a problem to take me in as well. Why do we have to go to the Rong family to steal the invitation?"

"Don't put all your chips on the table. Besides, we haven't learned the secret of the Rong family yet. We will have to go sooner or later. Why not tonight?"

Huo Feng was just right. This morning, Rong Fei hadn't returned home yet, so he sneaked in quietly and followed the housekeeper around.

When Wang Wei asked if there was any restriction, Huo Feng said frankly that the restriction was just a trick, it could only protect against people but not gods. Then, he took out the topographical map of the Rong Family Hall and the Rong Mansion.

"Master, with this, we can go to Rong Mansion at night."