Daming's Bizarre Story: Painted Skin

Wen Yinong left in a huff, everyone lost interest in chatting for a while, the inn hall fell silent, only the snow grapples that fell on the ridge of the roof gradually gathered, making a rustling sound of rolling down .

Fang Zishi raised his head and frowned slightly. It was just a little snow just now, and he never thought that there would be hailstones in such a short time.

"Damn it, where did Ye Sha go!" Xiong Nengren couldn't help but cursed in a low voice.

"Hush!" Fang Zishi hurriedly signaled him to keep quiet.

Xiong Nengren glanced at Shen Fangji, and said unconvinced: "What are you afraid of? Just now we accidentally stepped on his ghost sedan chair. Now even if I am the only one left, He is not necessarily my opponent!"

Fang Zishi glanced at the layer of orange window paper, the snow sleet outside the house became more and more fierce, hitting the roof and began to "crack" the sound, the fog stagnated and remained in the night like a frozen solid.

A chill came to my heart, but it didn't come from the hailstorm in the sky, but from behind the layer of night fog.

Even the thick-skinned Xiong Nengren couldn't help trembling, he whispered: "Could it be that Yesha kid took refuge in Luozi Peak and betrayed us!" The more he said, the more frightened he became, he couldn't help touching His big back machete.

Fang Zishi withdrew his gaze and looked at the direction where Wen Yinong left: "That big fat man is wearing civilian clothes, but he is wearing Liuhe boots, so he is probably not a bodyguard, but an official servant. He has a dusty face. Servants, but they don’t feel the wind and frost, so it can be seen that he is not a soldier stationed at the border, and this is Baoding Mansion, so they are Jinyiwei returning to the capital in all likelihood.”

Although Xiong Nengren was startled, he was a little confused: "What does that have to do with Yesha?"

Fang Zishi's face showed a little sickness, and he looked out of the window again, and said in a soft voice: "I think the problem lies in the things escorted by the Jin Yiwei. Shen Fangji from Luozi Peak is probably here to meet this big fat man."

"You, you mean we were used by Yesha?"

Fang Zishi sighed slightly: "It's not impossible."

"Then what should we do now?" Xiong Nengren was furious in his heart, but Ye Sha was nowhere to be found. Ye Sha might not be able to defeat him Xiong Nengren, but he wanted to hide in the boundless night , Xiong Nengren will never find him, so he can only scratch his head and ears.

"At this point, even if we tell Shen Fangji and the others that we have nothing to do with this matter, I'm afraid they won't believe it." Fang Zishi sighed, "So it's better to be still than to move. Let's wait and see."

The noise outside the house became louder, and the oil lamps in the house seemed to turn on without wind.

Rong Shixi patted his wife's slender fingers with a hint of worry, and coughed twice: "It's pretty, eat more."

Qin Biqiao forced a smile. She had no appetite, but she didn't seem to want to worry her husband, so she picked up the pancakes on the plate and took a few bites. However, although the pancakes were crunchy when they came out of the oven, they couldn't be eaten in this cold weather. After a while, it became extremely cold and hard, so she just took a bite and put it down.

"Xiao Er, bake another plate of pancakes and bring them here." Rong Shixi seemed to feel his wife's discomfort and said.

"No need, I'm not hungry, so why waste this money." Qin Biqiao hurriedly turned her head to stop her, and saw the handsome Zhao Luli staring at her with staring eyes, Qin Biqiao couldn't help but turn red. Overdoing it, I couldn't help feeling slightly annoyed, but I heard Zhao Luli say, "Then you don't want your pancakes anymore?"

Rong Shixi coughed twice: "If you need it..."

Zhao Luli was overjoyed, rubbing his hands together and said: "Then it won't be wasted." He turned to the waiter and said, "Give me this hard pancake." He was afraid that the waiter wouldn't understand, so he explained in annoyance, "Kang It’s the same as roasting, but it’s different from roasting, roasting means igniting a fire, and if the fire is too high, the pancakes will be burnt, so the kang should be roasted away from the fire, which almost means roasting.”

Someone gave a "puchi" smile, and it was the sound of footsteps. He asked back, "Then why don't you just use the word bake?"

Zhao Luli, who dropped his book bag, was dumbfounded. The boy who was still working hard couldn't help but bury him: "It's really a useless scholar who actually does useless things."

Zhao Luli became a little annoyed: "I can't say anything. You should be close to me when you eat, young master. You not only eat at the same table, but also talk while eating. Which family's rule is this?"

The book boy rolled his eyes, ignored him, and continued to bury his head in his meal. Naturally, others would not bother to pay attention to Zhao Luli, a sour scholar.

Shen Fangji over there smiled slightly and said: "I have some rose cakes from the capital here. It's rare for everyone to gather together in this snowy day. If you don't mind, please taste it together."

Qin Biqiao's eyes lit up immediately, and Rong Shiyi stood up and took the pastry from Shen Fangji's hand.Lu Jiusi also took a box of pastries, touched the place on the box that Shen Fangji had touched just now, he didn't know if it was an illusion, his palm seemed to feel that the remaining warmth there was still there, and he couldn't help being a little dazed.

Xiong Nengren and Fang Zishi looked at the pastries that Shen Fangji handed over with a smile, and couldn't help but look at each other. They fought hand-to-hand just now, fighting to the death, and Shen Fangji killed three of them in one go. sweet cake.

Could it be that there is some ulterior purpose in the pastry? Thinking of this, Xiong Nengren, who was the most impatient, just wanted to get angry, but Fang Zishi snatched him up and said, "Young master, I'll just stop being disrespectful."

"Meeting is fate, you two are polite." Shen Fangji said while looking at them with a smile.

Fang Zishi slowly raised his hand to take the box of cakes wrapped in butter paper from Shen Fangji's hand, and he took the box of cakes with Shen Fangji's shallow smile.It was only a short moment from when he raised his hand to receiving the pastry, but Fang Zishi still felt a thin layer of sweat on his back. When Shen Fangji turned around and left to sit down again, his heart seemed to be removed. Stone.

He and Xiong Nengren looked at each other, no matter what Shen Fangji's move meant, even if he was implying that he had uncovered the previous festival with them, he would not dare to eat this box of rose cakes.

After Zhao Luli's gag scene, and Shen Fangji presenting pastries, the atmosphere in the hall became better again.

At this time, the door opened again with a "squeak" sound, and a person came in wearing a snow-stained linoleum. Thick layers of snow had accumulated on the linoleum. At first glance, he looked like a bear with a lantern.

"Shopkeeper!" The waiter in the shop hastily greeted him.

Lu Jiusi also put down the cup in his hand and said, "How's the weather outside?"

The shopkeeper took off the linoleum on his body, and said with a slightly worried expression on his face: "The snow landslide in Qiantou Mountain blocked the road."

"The road ahead is blocked?!" Xiong Nengren asked loudly.

This small town is next to the Nine-Tails Peak, and there is only one mountain road to enter and exit. This mountain road is blocked, and they have no way out except to climb over the Nine-Tails Peak.

The girl also frowned and said, "I'm waiting for something important."

The shopkeeper hurriedly raised his hand to comfort him: "Everyone, don't be impatient. When the weather clears tomorrow, I will find someone to clear the road. I will try my best not to delay the trip of the guests. All guests will be free of board and lodging fees at Laoxi's place."

Rong Shixi coughed a few more times before saying, "The collapse of the mountain snow is also a natural and man-made disaster. It is not the shopkeeper's fault. How can we not charge money?"

The beautiful girl only said: "It is important to restore the road quickly, this money is not cheap, and no one is short of this money."

Fang Zishi and Xiong Nengren looked at each other, feeling a little cold in their hearts, among these people, they wanted to leave the most, but God refused to do so.

The shopkeeper thanked repeatedly: "Thank you for your forgiveness." He quickly called the waiter to lead the guests upstairs to rest.

Lu Jiusi put down the water glass in his hand and said, "Give me a room too."

"Yes, yes, it's getting dark today, so let's rest in the small shop for the time being, and it won't be too late for the owner to return when the weather clears tomorrow." The shopkeeper graciously ordered, "Prepare a bedroom for the owner Lu."

"No need..." Lu Jiusi looked at the figures of the people going upstairs and said softly, "Open the guest room next to the young man in white for me."

The shopkeeper was slightly taken aback, but he opened the door to welcome customers, and he was doing business with people from all over the world, so he was just a little taken aback before whispering a few words to the waiter.

Xiaoer led the crowd upstairs, this inn is a back-shaped quadrangle building, the guest rooms are all on the second floor, there are a total of twelve rooms, some of the doors have been closed tightly, it is obvious that people are already occupied.There is no distinction between the name of the day and the place in the guest rooms, and each room has a rather unique room name.

For example, Xiong Nengren's is called Shiweishe, Fang Zishi's is called Xuanhujian, Rong Shiyi and his wife's are called Sanshengzhan, and the pretty girl's is called Yinyangfang, so she glanced at her room with some dissatisfaction. Didn't say anything.

The name of Lu Jiusi's room is Minghe Tower. He turned his head and glanced at Shen Fangji's room again, and saw that it said Zhiyi Hall, and he suddenly realized that the word Zhiyi was more suitable for him in the world.

He was thinking about everything when he suddenly heard someone yelling from across the building. He turned around and said, "I don't want the Wanwu Pavilion, I want to change to another room." , too unlucky."

Lu Jiusi frowned slightly, and the little one over there was still persuading: "This room is good! The weather is bad, it's not easy to make a Kang, and the other rooms are too cold."

Zhao Luli shook his head like a drum: "I am a student who is about to enter Beijing for a scientific examination, so I have to pay attention to Feng Shui."

Shen Fangji turned his head, Lu Jiusi obviously knew that he didn't care which room he lived in, what was there to be afraid of a person like him?It's just that he found that the young man injured by the arrow in the current room was not inconvenient to move, so Shen Fangji hesitated.

Zhao Luli was still yelling unrelentingly over there, and it seemed that if he didn't change the room, others would not be able to live in it, so Lu Jiusi could only suppress his breath and said, "Shop boy, you can prepare another room for him. The kang will be hot anyway." He said and ignored the door and entered.

Anyway, I don't know how Zhao Luli did it in the end. After a lot of trouble, he moved into the Chuyang room on the left, not far from Lu Jiusi and the others.

After a while, when Zhao Luli calmed down, it was quiet outside.

Only then did Lu Jiusi stand up, and gently opened the window. The night outside was as dark as ink, "This Yesha is very conscientious..." Lu Jiusi thought to himself, but since the road has been broken at this moment, it must be short. Shen Fangji couldn't leave within the time, so he didn't need to bother to make the night fog again.

He knew that the man's heart was as delicate as a hair, so he didn't dare to call Ye Sha to come directly. He only waited until midnight before he left the room, walked around in a circle, and walked to the door of Sihaimen's guest room, gently Knocked on the door.

No one answered at the door, Lu Jiusi couldn't help frowning, Xiong Nengren Fang Zishi and Shen Fangji were both in the inn at this time, why didn't Ye Sha hide in the house?What if I was bumped into by someone?

Finally, Lu Jiusi couldn't stay outside the door for a long time, returned to the room and opened the window again, whistled softly, and a pitch-black bird appeared in the night mist, with a huge mouth, just like the old bird. Toucan, but the color is no longer the tender and beautiful yellow, but black like ink.

It stopped in front of Lu Jiusi's window, and Lu Jiusi ordered coldly in a low voice: "Go and find Yesha for me."

Lu Jiusi sat cross-legged on the chair, but he didn't wait for the news of the toucan for a long time. He couldn't help but secretly frowned. After all, the toucan was not a special object for hunting people.Over the years, that man has become a well-known young hero, and he has also devoted all his spare energy to practicing medicine, and has also achieved a great reputation. Naturally, there are fewer of these weird things made.It's not because he really doesn't have the energy to do it, maybe deep down in his heart, it's just because he doesn't want to drift away from that person.Even if he knew in his heart that his struggle would only leave a slight impression in that person's heart, it would be blown away by the wind.

Lu Jiusi didn't know when he fell asleep while thinking wildly, and when he woke up, he only heard the noise outside.

He pushed open the door, only to see footsteps running back from the other side of the room, Lu Jiusi hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

"The waiter found the dead person."

"where!"

Zuyin dropped a sentence: "Sihaimen!" After saying that, he got into the Zhiyi hall next door.

Yesha is dead!

Lu Jiusi subconsciously glanced at the Hall of Consciousness. Could it be that Shen Fangji killed it? Could it be that he knew something...and how much?With confused thoughts in his mind, he walked towards the Four Seas Gate, and sure enough, Ye Sha was lying there on his back in the Four Seas Gate, dead from exhaustion.

There was no blood on his body, his face was slightly distorted, his mouth was open, it looked like he had just woken up from a nightmare and was about to open his mouth to inhale.

"Lord Lu, look, what's wrong with this guy... Did he die of illness?" The shopkeeper's face was full of distress. He opened the inn, and suddenly lost his life. How can he afford it? Of course, it's best. The guest officer died of illness.

"He..." Lu Jiusi inspected it before saying in a daze, "I don't know why he died."

It seems that Ye Sha's soul was extracted in an instant, so no trace was left, and he died instantly, leaving only his surprised expression at that time.

Others don't know, but the shopkeeper who made his fortune from Nine-Tails Peak certainly knows that the owner of Lu Zhuang is the mysterious doctor Duntian, but even the doctor can't tell the cause of this person's death, so it's a bit weird up.

I just heard someone next to me whispering: "Sure enough, sure enough, this room is the one who died, oh, what a pity, what a pity, I thought yesterday that there is no one in this room, so nothing will happen?"

Lu Jiusi turned his head, only to see Zhao Luli, a talented scholar, sticking his head into the room and sighing repeatedly.