Why is my master always lost and swollen? !

"Brother, what do you want to play?" The fourth brother of the Liu family asked eagerly.

Liu Zian didn't answer, just walked around the room for a while, when he walked past one of the tables, he felt a sudden coolness from the jade pendant on his chest, he was overjoyed, "There is a door", so he stopped and took it seriously. look.

This table gambles on flower cards, which are somewhat similar to modern long cards. The long strips of cards are painted with portraits of Liangshan heroes or generals of the Yang family, corresponding to their respective points, such as the sky card and the earth card. , Plum Four Six, God of Wealth, etc. The gameplay is also very simple. Everyone plays cards in turns. One family plays cards and the rest ask for cards. .

Liu Zian is a smart person, he knows how to play after watching two games.When everyone heard that the young master of the Liu family was coming, they hurriedly cleared a place for him, and called their friends to join him.Liu Zian relied on the luck brought by Baoyu to get good cards, and the fourth brother of the Liu family who was helping to collect the money laughed all over his face, and said to everyone, "See, that's my brother."

There was no time on the gambling table, and Liu Zian couldn't tell how much he had gambled. He saw that there were more and more gambling tickets in front of him, and his mood became excited, completely ignoring the continuous flow of jade pendants on his chest. The cold air invaded him, and quietly stripped his consciousness out of his body. It's a pity that Liu Zian was immersed in the happiness brought to him by gambling at the moment, and didn't notice this.

But at this moment, there seemed to be a gust of fragrant wind blowing, the whole world fell silent, and the things in front of him became hazy and elusive.Liu Zian only felt a white shadow passing by the corner of his eyes, and when he subconsciously turned his head away, he saw a familiar figure - it was the woman in white!

The woman in white was still wrapped in the clouds and mists as in the dream, so hazy that she couldn't see clearly. Under Liu Zian's slightly bewildered eyes, she slowly walked forward, leaned down and gently opened her red lips: "There is a ghost in the jade..."

In an instant, the chill ran straight up from Liu Zian's back like a slippery snake, all the way to the top of his head, spitting scarlet sputum, and licking his scalp, as if it would bite it in the next second.Liu Zian felt his head explode. He waved his hands and jumped up from his seat, trying to drive away the snake coiled around him.At the same time, his sight became clear again, and the hustle and bustle of the gambling house reached Liu Zian's ears again. He looked at the people around him in horror, and they all stared at him with strange eyes.Just imagine, if you are in the middle of a gamble, and the gambler on the other side suddenly throws away the cards, jumps up, dances and shouts, you will have the same expression.

"Zian, Zi'an! Calm down, are you okay?" Seeing that something was wrong, the fourth brother of the Liu family hugged the crazy-looking Liu Zian, and asked worriedly.

"Fourth brother...a woman in white said...that there are ghosts...and snakes..." After all, Liu Zian was still a young master, and he was obviously terrified at the moment, even his voice had a hint of crying.It doesn't matter that the person in front of her is the fourth brother she has always hated, she just wants to hug him tightly.

"Good boy, it's all right... There are no female ghosts and no snakes... You are too tired, brother four will take you home." The fourth brother comforted his younger brother somewhat at a loss, feeling a sense of inexplicable relief at the same time.No matter who my younger brother is with, even a servant girl can get along well, but he is not close to his fourth brother.It's not that I didn't try to have a good relationship with this child before, but I didn't expect that the child would only have superficial friendship with me in the end.

In short, the fourth brother of the Liu family is currently immersed in the pleasure of capturing his younger brother and cannot extricate himself, while the "captured" Liu Zian is also immersed in the fear of hell.As a result, the gamblers around were reduced to the background board in such a gorgeous way.

"You two young masters, how do you count this one?" At this moment, some gamblers at the same table regained their strength and summoned up their courage to ask weakly.

Fourth Brother Liu glanced at the messy flower cards on the table, then cupped his hands and said to everyone, "I'm sorry everyone, this one is mine."

After finishing speaking, he grabbed a handful of gambling tickets, no matter how many, and put them directly in the middle of the gambling table.

Everyone was quite satisfied with his answer, and said politely, "Fourth Master Liu." A young master like him shouldn't have been brought to such a dirty place."

Fourth brother Liu saw that Zian didn't want to stay here, so he bowed his hands to them, and then left in a hurry while holding Zian's arm.

The next day, Liu Zian woke up early from his sleep, feeling a little dazed, feeling unspeakably awkward all over his body.Maybe he was sick, he thought, and subconsciously went to take out the jade pendant in his arms, but found that the jade pendant seemed to be stuck to his chest, and he couldn’t take it off no matter how hard he tried, even if he tried harder, he would tear the jade pendant. It hurts.

At first he thought that the fourth brother was playing tricks on him, or that the jade was stuck to his body by sweating while sleeping.But when he thought about it, something was wrong, and he hurried to the bronze mirror to take a look, but was shocked.He saw in the mirror that he, who was originally quite strong, became thin and skinny at some point, and even his ribs were clearly visible, it felt like he had lost his flesh.

And that's not counting, the piece of jade on his chest was embedded in his flesh!Yes, embedded in the flesh, where the jade and the skin come into contact, countless blood vessels the size of earthworms bulge out, connecting to his own flesh and blood, and also to the jade pendant.Liu Zian could clearly see those blood vessels trembling slightly, and it felt like... like pouring his blood into the jade pendant.

Wait, that piece of jade—it turned red!

But at this time, a sigh suddenly sounded from behind, the voice was full of helplessness and sentimentality, and a figure of a woman appeared in the bronze mirror, she was right behind Liu Zian, although her face could not be seen clearly, but Liu Zian Zian could feel that she was looking at herself with a compassionate look, as if looking at a lamb waiting to be slaughtered...

"If you want to live, go to your master..."

Liu Zian yelled in horror, smashed his fist on the bronze mirror, and then ran straight to Mr. Baohe's house, bumping into countless people along the way.On this early winter morning, people rushing to the early market saw a skinny half-grown boy running on the street in single clothes. He kept repeating four words: "There are ghosts in the jade... There are ghosts in the jade..."

Liu Zian ran all the way to Mr. Baohe's house, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Mr. Baohe sitting in front of the desk and sorting out his notes.When Mr. Baohe saw someone breaking into his home, he was taken aback. He squinted his eyes and recognized it for a long time, and then asked: "This... is Zian? Oh, why have I become so thin after not seeing him for a few months?" , It’s really distressing to watch.”

Liu Zian didn't care about etiquette anymore, grabbed Mr. Baohe's hand, and said in a crying voice, "First... sir, help me!" He said, showing the jade pendant on his chest to Mr. Baohe.

Seeing the blood-red jade pendant, Mr. Baohe was taken aback, and sighed: "You...it will be worse if you are later."

Hearing what he said, Liu Zian seemed to have found a life-saving straw, and said pleasantly, "Sir, I still have help, right?"

"Are you ready to let go?" Mr. Baohe asked with a subtle expression on his face.

"So what if you don't let go? Good luck comes with life." Liu Zian said with a wry smile.

Mr. Baohe shook his head and muttered something, probably something like "I didn't expect this thing to be used on you". A thumb-sized gadget was taken out of the box.

Mr. Baohe handed the thing to Liu Zian and asked him to swallow it later, while he went aside to prepare other materials.While waiting, Liu Zian played with the little thing and found that it could move, it should be a living thing.After careful observation, I found that it had a bluish-white body, a bulging belly, and undeveloped hands and feet, but a few bumps; on the big head that did not match the torso, there were two black spots on the eyes, as if dipped in ink. It's not clear whether it can see if it's clicked on; it looks like a lizard, and even has a tail-like thing... But no matter how you look at it, Liu Zian still hasn't figured out what kind of creature it is.

After a while, Mr. Baohe brought out a bowl of black concoction and asked him to swallow the little thing with the concoction.In order to save his life, Liu Zian had no choice but to be obedient.After swallowing it, Liu Zian asked curiously: "Sir, what is that thing? I think it can still move."

Mr. Baohe's expression became a little strange, he was silent for a while, and said: "You know it's something that can save your life... Believe me, you don't want to know what it is."

Liu Zian wanted to ask again, but seeing Mr. Baohe's unwillingness to say more, although he still had doubts in his heart, he gave up.

At night, Liu Zian began to experience severe pain, as if his body was being crushed by a wheel and then burned by a fire.Mr. Baohe soaked him in the medicated bath he had prepared, and took off his sweat-soaked clothes.No, it cannot be said to be sweat, but black blood.At this moment, Liu Zian, who was soaked in the medicinal bath, was shrouded in black air, exuding a disgusting stench.

The moment the first ray of sunlight shone into the room in the morning, the black energy on Liu Zian's body also dissipated, and he soaked in the medicinal bath like a dead man.The pattern on that piece of kodama disappeared, and it became a piece of good quality but very ordinary suet jade.

"Zian...Zian..." Mr. Baohe softly called his name over and over again.

Liu Zian's eyes moved slightly, then his head moved slightly, his mouth also moved, and a cough-like sound came out of his throat.He seemed to want to speak, but couldn't utter a word.But no matter what, the life of the young master of the Liu family has been recovered.

Liu Zian's health is good, and Liu's father and Liu's brothers collected various supplements for him without money. In less than a year, Liu Zian was able to walk around the ground, and he looked more mellow than before. A little, but the spirit is still a little sluggish.

On this day, Mr. Baohe came back from his journey and came to visit his apprentice Liu Zian who had been staying at home.It was a happy thing for the master and apprentice to reunite after a long absence, but Liu Zian felt that Mr. Baohe looked a little abnormal, with a sullen look on his face.

"Sir, is there something unhappy for you?"

"It's nothing." As soon as the question came out, Mr. Baohe's expression turned cold instantly, and after a while, he said again, "Uh, something strange and inexplicable happened during the journey."

"Walking together with Mr., is there ever a time when there are no strange things?"

"Maybe so..."

"So, what happened?"

"People are dead."

"Who?"

"The companion this time...and, the way of death is also very strange..."

After Mr. Baohe finished speaking, he combed his long hair that was often mistaken for a woman with his fingertips.