Daming's Bizarre Story: Painted Skin

Zhao Ran looked at Jiu Ru, he had many words in his mind, but he didn't know where to start, and someone knocked on the outside door a few times.

Fu Heng in Tsing Yi came in. Although his complexion was a bit dark, his eyebrows were raised even more, his nose was like a steep peak, and his facial features were deep. When he came in, he made a long bow: "I was negligent, I didn't expect Yinli to It was so difficult to control, it almost hurt the lives of two people!"

When he said this, he clearly thought of Yinli: "What about the woman?"

Fu Hengdao: "When Yinli is powerful, she can transform into thousands of people and wipe out thousands of armies, but the strongest general under General Taiyin is still General Tianmang, because she has a big weakness, her mind and soul are unstable. The soul on the mother's body was struck by the Buddha's dream, and it seemed... to leave the soul again."

Zhao Ran couldn't help but said: "Why is the spirit unstable, this woman is crazy."

Fu Heng sighed, and said solemnly: "I will imprison her. This matter is all because of me. I will beat and punish you, and you two can speak up."

Zhao Ran sneered disdainfully: "If we really died in a dream, what's the use of beating you and punishing you? This is life-threatening..."

There was a slight smile on the corner of Jiu Ru's mouth, and Zhao Ran coughed immediately: "Forget it, how much do you plan to pay for the golden ticket?"

Fu Heng seemed to be stunned, "Huh?" Jiu Ru closed his eyes slightly, and said cheekily: "Could it be that we can really beat you and punish you? How can you say that Mr. Changshan is also a well-known figure, we cherish each other, small punishment Dajie, you should pay some money."

Jiuru said indifferently: "Mr. Changshan has many rare strangers under his command, such as the hunchback. Although you have tricked them once, the hunchback is actually very useful. Let him give you one. In the future, you Distinguishing between loyalty and traitor will save a lot of trouble."

Zhao Ran smiled and said: "I will divide loyalty and treachery myself, I raise them, and divide the height of candles?" He thought to himself, I don't even want Yinli, let alone the three-eyed hunchback.

Jiuru said again: "Then let him give you Jushan Immortal. He has a fist strength of ten thousand catties, and he is much braver than Wantong who raised a strong beard."

Zhao Ran was quite moved, Ying Ning didn't accept him at all, although Ah Ning was cute, he had no fighting power, it would be much more majestic if he had a Jushan real person, besides, he could carry the sedan chair even if there was nothing to do, but he immediately waved his hand and said: " Forget it, a gentleman does not take away what people love, and people are not pets, and you need to be willing to be followed, so I will not do things like forcefully snatching people's subordinates from others!"

Fu Heng thought about it for a while and was about to report the amount, but Jiu Ru said again: "Then you don't have to pay anything, let Mr. Changshan owe you a favor."

Zhaoran's eyes widened, thinking, what do I want this black man's favor for? !

Fu Heng seemed to have understood what he meant to Jiu Ru, and he got up and bowed again: "In the future, if Master Buddha and Mr. Rong need anything, Fu will be willing to do so."

Zhao Ran thought to himself that Fu Hengken took out 1 taels of gold to buy Yinli, and the golden ticket he would pay to himself would definitely be indispensable. Thinking of this, he felt a pain in his heart, as if looking at a large stack of golden tickets that he had already got so long The wings flew, and I couldn't help lying on the bed weakly and motionless.

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When Fu Heng left, Jiu Rucai said, "Do you know how much gold you need to hire?"

"How many."

"At least 100 taels a time, and it costs at least 3000 taels for four hunks to do things for you at the same time. If you want to hire Jushan Daoist, it's 500 taels a time, but if you want to dispatch hunkhan and Jushan Daoist at the same time, that's a sky-high price. "

Zhao Ran was a little puzzled: "Why does the more people you hire, the more expensive the price?"

"The more aliens you hire, it proves that the bigger your picture is, the bigger the picture, the higher the price. On the other hand, it is to prevent mortals from easily causing trouble."

Jushan Daoist had to pay 500 taels of gold for a single hire. Thinking of the gold that could have been paid in a steady stream, Zhao Ran suddenly felt that his heart was not good.

Jiu Ru glanced at him, and added as if understanding: "So Fu Heng's favor is not cheap."

Sure enough, when Zhaoran heard it, he felt better again.

"I'm leaving." Jiu Ru said again, Zhao Ran quickly turned over, "You want to go back to the National Master Tower?"

"Well, I'm going to retreat for a few days."

Zhao Ran took a closer look, Jiu Ru's complexion was very bad, his lips were a little pale, and he hurriedly asked: "You are fighting with Yin Li, are you injured?"

"If you don't have anything to do, you can rest for two more days." Jiu Ru only said simply.

Zhaoran immediately stretched his legs and feet: "I'm fine, I'm strong!"

"Really?" Jiuru said plainly, "I saw you stumbling around on people, and thought you were not feeling well."

Zhaoran almost bit his tongue, wondering if Jiuru was always awake on Yang Xueshi's body, he not only molested Yang Xueshi, but also took off his pants, he was guilty but could not see the clue from Jiuru's expression.

"Then, are you still going to the Princess Mansion?" Zhao Ran couldn't help asking when he saw him leave.

"I'll come to you again." Jiuru said and jumped out of the window with a flash.

Is it really all right? Zhaoran looked at Jiuru's background and was a little worried. He held back his words, but he didn't expect Jiuru to leave so quickly.

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Almost the next moment, the door was pushed open, and Aning came in with a large plate of delicious food, and his eyes turned red when he saw Zhao Ran: "Master, you finally woke up."

"Young master, how can I not wake up." Zhao Ran looked at the ham elbow on Aning's hand and couldn't help blurting out, "Anyone who knows me is also!"

Aning still had red eyes and said: "Master, I really thought you were going to die!"

Zhao Ran put down his chopsticks, picked up a handkerchief and wiped away his tears carelessly for Aning: "Your young master, I will live a long life, don't worry, I still have to earn a dowry for you."

Ah Ning broke through his tears and smiled: "I don't want to marry."

Zhao Ran said nonsense: "It's fine if you don't marry, you are so caring, I am not willing to marry you, Young Master."

He was full, Ying Ning had already found a bearer to wait at the door, he didn't even look at Zhao Ran when he came out, he only said when he got on the sedan chair, "Get up the sedan chair."

Only then did Ah Ning realize that there was something left to say, she whispered: "When the young master returns home, don't be too surprised by what you see."

"Surprised?" Zhao Ran glanced at Ying Ning's back.

Ah Ning and Ying Ning kept Zhao Ran's accident outside the Jiang family secret, but when he came back, he found that the people in Jiang's house still had strange eyes. When he returned to the room, he was a little surprised, because he put His things didn't move at all, Zhao Ran turned his head and looked at Ying Ning and said, "You didn't look through my things, why are the circles under your eyes black?"

Ying Ning glared at him with her long and narrow phoenix eyes, and left without looking back. Aning said angrily, "Actually, Ying Ning is still very worried about you, and he didn't sleep all night, and even took the risk of recruiting Yingbao into the city. Usually, he is reluctant to let Yingbao be threatened."

It seems that Ying Ning is not really unfeeling, Zhao Ran is still touched, but he couldn't help laughing: "So that big guy is called Yingbao, such a big guy..."

He laughed halfway and suddenly saw Yingning came in with a six or seven-year-old child in his hand, then left the child behind.

Zhaoran looked at the child, his eyes widened in shock.

The child had a fair face, pink cheeks, red lips, and white teeth. He bowed solemnly and said, "Greetings to Daddy!"

"Pfft!" Zhao Ran stammered, "Yang, onion."

Onion said solemnly: "The child should also be of school age, and please give him a name."

"No, don't call me Daddy."

Onion thought for a while, then frowned slightly and said, "Mother!"

Zhao Ran waved his hand weakly: "You should call me adoptive father. Your biological father should choose this name. I can't give you random names."

Aning said: "Onion was sent back by the young master that day, and after sleeping all night, he suddenly became three or four years older, and he can speak fluently."

Zhaoran hugged the teapot and looked at the onion, thinking, this kid sucked Jiuru's blood and actually... grew up, and fortunately, the Jiang family is a family of stars, and he has seen many strange things, otherwise when he came back, he would be like... It's not just the weird look in the eyes.

"Come here!" Zhao Ran beckoned.

Onion walked over in a very orderly manner: "What did my adoptive father call me?"

"Do you... still like to eat the rats in the holes?"

Onion frowned delicately: "What are you talking about, Daddy? How can a civilized person drink blood without hair?"

Clearly the boss was pleased, and Onion continued: "The newborn rats are delicious to eat raw. Adult rats, mountain rats should be roasted and eaten. House rats are suitable for stewing soup. Water rats are the most unclean. Spray it with wine first, then steam it in a basket, and finally roast it with rice bran, it is the most delicious when used to stew radish."

"You learned a lot in one night."

Onion said modestly: "I just heard what the cooks said. Aning told me that human meat tastes like horse meat, but it doesn't run as fast as a horse, so it's loose and sour, and I think so too. But fish are good at swimming, fish tails are the fattest, hens lay eggs, chicken butts are the most fragrant, and people love to use their brains, the taste of these brains must be good, next time you can open two to taste."

Zhao Ran said earnestly: "But fish don't eat fish, chickens don't eat chicken, and dogs shed tears when they smell dog meat in the food. Do you know why?"

Onion looked confused: "Why?"

Zhaoran thought for a long time before saying: "Because fish eat fish, chickens eat chickens, people eat people, and the same kind eats the same kind, and the body will be robbed by the same kind. If you eat people, you may become the one you ate when you wake up tomorrow morning." Ah Jia, Ah Yi..."

Aning was speechless.

Zhao Ran squeezed his throat and said: "From today on I am not an onion, I am A Jia that he ate."

Onion's round eyes were suddenly filled with fear, and he shouted "Ah" and ran away.

Ah Ning gave a "puchi" laugh, turned over the teacup with a clear smile and poured himself a cup of tea slowly.

----

After resting for a long time, he was itchy all over, took Aning Yingning out, and now there is an extra onion.

Onion was curious about everything, so he asked Aning clearly: "This Xiaobai is posting vacancy, how will others know?"

Aning pursed her lips and smiled: "Master, all the pawnshops in the capital with no words and low banners at the door are Zhang Xiaobai's. Generally, people who want to sell news will go there to check if there is any news they can sell. And there are also pawnshops in the capital. Will buy and sell news of ordinary people."

Zhao Ran couldn't help but enviously said: "It's really rich!"

He led the three of them around swaggeringly, and in a certain alley, he found a pawn shop with a hidden front, with a blank sign on the outside.

The shop has double doors, with one green curtain and one white curtain.

Just as Zhaoran was about to lift the curtain in front of him, Aning said: "Young master, the news of the sale must go through the white curtain." Zhaoran withdrew his hand, opened the white curtain beside him and walked in.

The decoration inside is just like a normal pawn shop. It is divided into upper and lower floors. The room is very quiet. Next to it, there is a Zunboshan stove with cigarettes curling up. There are dozens of ropes hanging vertically above the head leading to the back of the pawn shop counter. There are many slender small bamboo slips, and there are small bells on the bamboo slices. When you pull it slightly, you can hear the crisp knocking sound of the bells up and down.

There is an empty iron hook at the front end of each rope.

Zhao Ran tilted his head and saw that it said Liu Sheng, a native of Tang County, Baoding Prefecture, with the style name Zhong Yu, was born in the 11th year of Zhengtong, and his whereabouts were unknown when he came to Beijing for the exam, with the year and date marked beside it.

Aning said: "These news are all empty. If someone knows the news, they can take off the bamboo piece and draw a circle on the back with a red pen. If you know everything, draw a full circle, and if you know a part, draw a semicircle. Then hang it on the front on the empty hook, slide it to the court offering inside, and the court offering will offer a price range based on the information you give. If you think it’s suitable, take the bamboo slips and go up to the second floor to deliver the news.”

Zhao Ran asked: "Is there also a solitary breath and a secret breath for ordinary people's news?"

"Naturally there is."

After thinking for a while, Zhao Ran took off the bamboo slip where Liu Sheng from Boye County fell, drew a semicircle with a Chinese ink brush, hung it on the hook and threw it behind the fence.

After a while, the bamboo slip was thrown out again, and it stopped at the original position without any mistakes. When I took it off clearly, it read 30 taels to 100 taels of silver on it.

"Master, do you really know the whereabouts of Liu Sheng?"

"I don't know." Zhao Ran shook his head.

Aning was puzzled, and said with a clear smile: "But young master, I can make you a small fortune."

As he spoke, he took off another bamboo slip, which was also a piece of missing person news, but instead it said that Hong Xiu, a servant girl from Shangjing Four Seasons Shop, was born in the eighth year of Zhengtong. He also drew a half circle on this bamboo slip, and then slipped it. go in.

But after a while, the bamboo slip slipped out again, and it actually said Wenyin 80 taels to 200 taels.

Zhao Ran walked around and took off more than a dozen bamboo slips, and finally someone showed up, a middle-aged man wearing a tall hat came down from upstairs and said, "Young Master, please go upstairs to talk."

Aning pulled Zhaoran, Zhaoran stretched his waist, and said boldly: "That's right, get a sum of money first, who knows if this shop is trustworthy or not."

As he said, he took the dozen or so bamboo slips and went upstairs. The middle-aged man said with lowered eyes, "I don't know why you are here. Although we are a small pawn shop, we have quite a few friends with Mr. Ying Tianfu Yin Li." Divide friendship."

Zhaoran didn't speak yet, only heard someone laughing: "Why, Shizipu is afraid of people coming to do business when?"

Ah Ning turned around and blurted out: "Young Master Chang Shan."