Shopkeeper and God

Man, is it him? "

Qian Shuang trembled all over, looking as if she was going to cry or not, after a long time, she finally mustered up the courage and nodded fiercely.

Mrs. Na was already so angry that her chest hurt, and he almost fainted when he admitted it like this. Fortunately, Bao Chen helped her and finally stabilized her body.But Qian Shuang stood there like a piece of wood, not daring to move, not daring to raise his eyes.Madam Na regained her breath, raised her head and gave him another look, but finally she didn't say a word, but drank the cup of black tea in her hand.

The mother and son have not spoken since then.

Sword Spirit (1)

A few days later, Qixi Festival passed, and the turtledove mother and son never came to see Lu Xing again because of what happened.Lu Xing didn't bother to care about them, but Mrs. Na came to chat with Lu Xing again after Qixi Festival.He said a lot of good things inside and outside the words, and didn't mention her good son. In the end, Lu Xing politely asked her to have lunch, but Mrs. Turtle Dove politely refused.That's the end of the matter.

As soon as the Qixi Festival is over, the Ghost Festival is approaching.

In the corner of Qixie courtyard, Lu Xing set up a brazier. He bought some yellow paper and various small clothes made of paper and burned them in the brazier. Three pillars were still burning in the incense burner in front of the tablet in the hall. fragrant.Baochen looked at Lu Xing and Chen Yiguang praying in front of the brazier and clasped his hands together. He knew that Lu Xing had no memory of his master, and doing so was just doing his duty as a disciple.It's just that Baochen knows that in this "duty", his guilt for not remembering Master may be greater than his true feelings for Master.

And more importantly, Lu Xing can probably get some psychological comfort from these sacrifices.

It is precisely because there is no memory that when facing the past, it will be more confused and vulnerable.

Baochen had no intention of disturbing him at this time, the fire in the brazier was dimmed, and the paper products had already been burnt to a pile of ashes.Chen Yiguang couldn't bear it long ago, the child secretly looked sideways at Lu Xing, but Lu Xing still looked devout and focused, which made Chen Yiguang at a loss as to what to do.Baochen gave Chen Yiguang winks to make him bear it any longer, the child pouted and closed his eyes again as if angry, Baochen suddenly felt a warm feeling in his heart, and vaguely felt that it would be good if he stayed in this shop forever.

The thought made him smile, but no one saw it.There were only sporadic lights left in the brazier. Baochen took an iron stick from the side and wanted to fiddle with the ashes. As soon as the iron stick hit the brazier, there was only a "pop" sound, and a few bright flowers exploded out. The arrival of Tie Hua really shocked people.

Chen Yiguang almost jumped up when he heard this voice, yelled "Ah, ah", and hid behind Lu Xing as if he had been burned.Lu Xing also opened his eyes when he heard the sound. The iron stick was leaning against the brazier. There was nothing to burn in the brazier, but at this moment, iron flowers spewed out like a fountain. have to.Baochen showed an innocent expression, Lu Xing naturally knew that he was not the one to blame, and looked at the vision in the brazier, finally rolled up his sleeves, picked up the iron stick and slammed it down on the brazier.

There weren't many things burning in the brazier, so Lu Xing opened it all up with such a flip. Without the gray powder as a barrier, the envelope that was as red as a soldering iron was particularly eye-catching.A puzzled expression appeared on Lu Xing's face, he looked up at Bao Chen, but Bao Chen was still looking at the envelope, his expression was not very good.Lu Xing sighed helplessly, and simply rolled up his sleeves to get it by himself, but just as he reached into the brazier, Bao Chen grabbed his wrist.

Lord Shenming, who has always been unsmiling, now has a more serious expression on his face.He told Lu Xing to stop with his commanding eyes, and before Lu Xing objected to him, he took the letter out of the brazier without hesitation.

Chen Yiguang screamed in fright, the iron-like color of the envelope looked unbelievably hot, but Bao Chen held it as lightly as if brushing a goose feather.He opened the envelope, took out the normal paper-like letter paper inside, and threw the envelope back into the brazier in one go. When Lu Xing realized it, the envelope had been burned to ashes in the brazier, and only Baochen handed it over. to the letter in front of him.

Baochen didn't say a word about this whole matter, but Lu Xing seemed to have read more meaning from his gestures.Bao Chen pushed the letter in front of him, but he didn't answer it for a long time, he just looked at Bao Chen with a complicated expression.It wasn't until Baochen opened his mouth and said: "The letter for you, read it quickly" he finally reacted as if he had just woken up from a dream, and hurriedly took the letter from Baochen's hand.

The letter paper was folded in three, and when it was unfolded, there were a few lines of flamboyant characters.Chen Yiguang grabbed Lu Xing's arm and looked around curiously, but in the end he only saw the word "headache". Lu Xing read the letter three or four times as if there was no hindrance, and then said with a smile: "What about the ghost city?" There is an antique shop called 'Donggu' nearby. The owner said that he has encountered troubles recently. The red-clothed female ghost always appeared in the shop from time to time, scaring away several customers. Moreover, he always had strange dreams, which made him I'm going to help take a look."

When Chen Yiguang heard the name "ghost market", he was obviously shocked, but Bao Chen seemed to have expected it, with a flat face.In this world, apart from human fairs and monster festivals, the most famous ones are sea markets and ghost markets.There are very few records about the sea market, because it only appeared on the sea, and there is no fixed time and place. People who have experienced the sea market have vague memories of the Youdu sea market, so people can only speculate that its appearance is related to the legendary Penglai Three Mountains. related.The ghost city is different.

Every July, after the Qixi Festival, it is a "Carnival" belonging to ghosts.Around July and a half, merchants in the underworld will come to the world to set up stalls, sell goods, and exchange with monsters and some bold humans for things that the underworld does not have.And because it appeared on the ground, ghost markets have been observed and recorded by humans a long time ago.People say that ghost markets are scary, usually because the shops are born in strange shapes, so there have even been rumors that "ghost markets cannibalize people".The ghost market is also a place where things from the underworld gather, and there is a lot of yin, and the weak will inevitably get sick after passing through it.Therefore, there are ghost markets every year, and they are feared by human beings every year.But fortunately, the ghost market does not last long, and it will gradually dissipate after July and a half, which is also a peace of mind for human beings.

But this is a commission from the ghost market... Baochen looked at the helpless smile on Lu Xing's face, and guessed that it might be the first time for him to take over.The so-called "human beings are entrusted to find harmony" seems to be used not only by heaven, but also by people in the underworld.But, the female ghost in the ghost city?

Baochen couldn't help but said, "Are you really going?"

Lu Xing shook the letter paper, and the writing on it became fainter and weaker as if it had been shaken off. He said helplessly, "I have received the letter, so why not go?"

"Will that be dangerous!" This time it was Chen Yiguang who became anxious, the child grabbed Lu Xing's clothes and did not let go, his eyes were full of worry, "Could there be those man-eating things from the underground? Master, don't eat the food in the ghost market, I heard that if you eat the food there, you will never come back." Chen Yiguang was so anxious that he was about to cry, as if Lu Xun would die in the next second same.

"How could I... where did you hear all this?" Lu Xing patted Chen Yiguang's shoulder dumbfounded, while Baochen next to him rarely volunteered, and said seriously, "I'll go with you."

Lu Xing couldn't help but look at him again, as if he was watching the sun rise from the west. Just as he was about to refute "it's not that serious", Chen Yiguang yelled beside him, saying, "Yes yes yes, let Uncle Baochen follow you Go!" A small face looked up, serious enough not to refuse.Lu Xing didn't expect this big and small reaction. He looked at Chen Yiguang and then at Baochen, and finally he couldn't help laughing, and said, "I'm really flattered that you care so much about me." ah".

He was stunned by this sentence to Baochen, and his body was still a little stiff when he stood there for a while.Lu Xing didn't look at him again, raised his hand and scratched Chen Yiguang's nose, and said, "Yiguang has to stay at home obediently and wait, you know? We'll leave later, it's not early, you should go to bed early, you know?" Chen Yiguang agreed Suddenly, he remembered something, turned his head and ran upstairs, shouting "Don't go! Wait until I get something down for you!" Lu Xing didn't know what he wanted to do, so he just told him to slow down Running, the child didn't answer him, and ran upstairs in two or three steps.

Lu Xing could only smile helplessly, looking at Bao Chen's thoughtful expression, he always felt that these two people were really worrying too much, but he felt warm in his heart, so he didn't want to stop them, and even couldn't help it He asked Bao Chen, "Do you want to prepare something?"

It feels strange to say this, Bao Chen looked up at him suspiciously.Recently Lu Xing would always say some strange things without explaining them, Baochen got used to it after hearing it twice and let him go.It's just that this time the words were really weird, Lu Xing obviously felt a little regretful when he said it, seeing that Bao Chen didn't answer, he coughed lightly in embarrassment, averted his eyes, and said, "It's nothing..."

Baochen felt that he should say something, and Chen Yiguang had already run down the stairs, holding two red strings in his hands, one for Lu Xing and the other for Baochen, and he said seriously: "My classmate said, this Planting a red string is for safety, and if you wear it at this time, if you run into a ghost, the ghost will also be afraid of the red color, so it will take a detour!"

Lu Xing: ...

Where did this fallacy come from?

Sword Spirit (2)

But in the end the red string was put on.

Lu Xing was suddenly a little depressed.His red rope is worn on his left hand, Baochen's red rope is worn on his right hand, and Baochen walks on his left