The strange story of Huai'an Inn

"How could it be? It was just now..."

Shopkeeper Zhu hissed softly a few times, and with soothing gentleness, he wandered and grabbed Chong Liu's shoulders with both hands, guiding him to turn his dazed gaze back to himself.

Chong Liu felt as if his mind had been disturbed by something, and was scattered for a while. Only when he met the shopkeeper's dark and deep pupils, did he seem to be pulled back to the ground from a certain abnormal state. Pull back to reality.

Seeing that Chongliu had gradually calmed down, the shopkeeper turned his head and said to Zhu Yi and Xiaoshun, "Your sixth brother is trapped by the nightmare, you two don't have to worry, go get busy first."

Zhu Yi let out an ooh, and walked to the front yard with Xiao Shun.Chong Liuyi turned his head and saw Zhu Yi, shivering suddenly.

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Chong Liu grabbed the shopkeeper's arm and said eagerly, "Boss! Something big is going to happen!"

Zhu Helan didn't mind that Chong Liu held his arm too tightly, instead he patted Chong Liu on the back of his hand, and patiently led him back to the waiters' room.

The shopkeeper asked Chong Liu to sit on the bed, pulled a stool to sit opposite him, and asked seriously, "What happened at night? What did you see?"

Chong Liu then told him that he heard Zhu Yi say more than 200 names, including Zhu Yi's own name, and the huge wriggling yellow tower that he saw later, and the pus-yellow net that covered the entire city. slime... By the way, he even mentioned the weird scene of the City God being bound by a monster that he saw at night.

The more Chong Liu said, the more obvious Zhu Helan's frown became.

Chong Liu said frightenedly, "Master... ten days later... I'm afraid something big will happen!"

Zhu Helan's thoughts raced through his mind.He obviously gave Chong Liu the calming tea that can soothe the spirit and lower the inspiration, why can Chong Liu still enter that filthy state?

Why did all the means of suppression not work on Chong Liu, but instead rebounded severely? He has never encountered such a situation before...

And the situation that he didn't encounter is extremely rare...

Not to mention this point, when Chong Liu heard Zhu Yi's name, the disappearing city god, and the concentration of filth that had doubled in the city recently... Zhu Helan always felt that something was brewing secretly.He suspected that it had something to do with the Luzhou layman, but he checked through Chong Liu and his own secret clues, but he couldn't find out the name of the mysterious playwright.

When he was in prison, Xu Hanke revealed that there had been recent changes in Tianguren's side.

Not only that, even the locust tree in the courtyard...

Zhu Helan also became anxious in a rare way.He hated this sense of threat that he couldn't grasp the clue but clearly felt that the rain was coming.

Seeing the gloomy expression on the shopkeeper's face, Chongliu's heart ached.The shopkeeper always looks like he has the chance to win, even when he is captured by officers and soldiers.But now with this expression...

"Zhu Yi's prophecy...hasn't made a mistake until now..." Chongliu said anxiously, "Ten days later, Tianliang City will encounter a catastrophe. Is there any way to evacuate the entire city?"

The shopkeeper sneered, "What excuse do you use to evacuate the entire city? Could it be that a shop boy was dreaming? Besides, we are not sure what will happen, whether it really happened in Tianliang City. It happened together... ...Or come one by one..."

"Then...inform the Qingming faction? They have prestige, if they scare everyone, maybe everyone will listen..."

"Did you forget that their head teacher, Daoist Qi Yao, wanted to torture me a few days ago? Most of these alchemist sects regard us as crooked, not only won't listen, but will do bad things."

"Then...then what should we do? If you don't think of a way, Zhu Yi will..."

The shopkeeper sighed, sat up straight, and thought about it, "I suspect...it has something to do with that Luzhou layman. Even you can't find him, and it may be a problem whether you can find him within ten days."

Chong Liu stared at his fingers for a long while, then suddenly said, "Shopkeeper, I was thinking... last time I was affected by the folding fan, and suddenly I could perceive many things, and my intuition was much more accurate than before... If I go to Look at that fan..."

"No!" The shopkeeper flatly refused, "You don't want to die? Last time you rescued Xu Hanke casually and got into a foul smell, did you forget? Now the foul smell on your body is becoming more and more difficult to suppress, you just looked at that fan At a glance, it already has a deep connection with you, if you continue to build a connection, when the next fan comes out, you will become a madman."

"But...but this involves the lives of the whole city, including men, women and children...and our Zhu Yi is also in it." Chong Liu scratched his head in embarrassment, in a dilemma, "I can't... just look at it like this Do nothing when the tragedy happens..."

"You Baixiaomen, as bystanders, should have watched all the tragedies happen and ignored them." The shopkeeper said coldly.

Chongliu knew that what Zhu Helan said was right, watching on the sidelines without intervening, leaves not stained with clothes and dust, this is Bai Xiaomen's consistent style of doing things.Back then when the innocent people invaded, the filthy qi expelled the Dao qi, the world was in chaos, and only Mr. Gou Chen of the Baixiaomen came forward.

Looking at Chongliu's tangled expression, Zhu Helan knew that Chongliu had completely inherited the temperament of their predecessor, Mr. Gou Chen.Can't be detached, can't be cold-hearted.

The shopkeeper looked at Chong Liu who was so frightened and didn't know what to do, his heart softened a lot for some reason.He pressed Chong Liu's shoulder, and said in a gentle voice, "But what you said makes sense. There are too many people involved in this matter, and the disappearance of the City God is definitely not normal, and it really cannot be left alone. I have a way that may Try. If you want, you can help me, but the risk is not small, and I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to protect you."

Chong Liu thought for a while and said seriously, "Master, I'm not afraid of risks, I'll follow your orders."

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That day the shopkeeper ordered Chongliu not to go to work, made him a bowl of calming tea himself, and ordered him to rest in the house.To the others, Zhu Helan said that he was seriously ill and asked everyone not to disturb them.

Only Master Liao swayed to Zhu Helan's side and asked in a low voice, "What the hell are you two doing?"

Zhu Helan clicked his tongue, "Why are you such a moth?"

"This heavy six, the filth on his body is getting heavier and heavier. If this continues, will he have to get him a teapot like mine?" Master Liao raised his eyebrows.

Shopkeeper Zhu sighed, "I can't figure it out either. The prescription that works for Zhu Yi Xiaoshun and the others can only work for a while on him, and the rebound will be even worse..." "Hahaha, unexpectedly There are people you don't understand." Master Liao actually gloated a little.

Joking aside, Zhu Helan suddenly turned serious, and said solemnly, "In the past two days, Chongliu and I have to deal with some matters. The shop will trouble you to take care of us. If you haven't seen us by tomorrow night, please notify Song Huang immediately."

Master Liao also put away the smile on his face and nodded, "Don't worry, I understand."

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With the help of calming tea, Chong Liu fell asleep until sunset.Opening his eyes in a daze, he found that only the setting sun was left in the room, and a day had passed.

It seems that I haven't slept so deeply for several days...

The drowsiness gradually left his eyelids, he sat up and stretched long.Suddenly remembered something, hurriedly looked to the ground.

Fortunately... there are no strange insects like Tai Sui, and there is no slime...

Just halfway through the breath, I suddenly noticed a stack of thick clothes on the table, and a note with the shopkeeper's flamboyant handwriting on it.

"Change your clothes and come to the small courtyard to find me."

Chong Liu looked at the stack of clothes a little inexplicably, and only now noticed that there was a simple and antique silver women's flower crown on the clothes.

Why women's?And why does it look so familiar?

Chong Liu shook off the dark red dress under the corolla, and suddenly understood where he had seen this suit...

In the weird dream where the shopkeeper wears a goat mask and dances the Nuo dance, those people who sat around the tree and were later eaten by the locust tree, whether they were wizards or sacrifices, wore this set of clothes!

Chong Liu suddenly felt a coolness on his neck, and couldn't help touching it with his hand...

Is it a coincidence?

The shopkeeper...shouldn't he be fed to the locust tree or something...

No, no, no... The shopkeeper wouldn't do this kind of thing... right...

Chong Liu still clumsily and slowly put on the clothes one by one.This is probably the first time in his life to wear something like a skirt...

Both the top and the skirt are plain white, only the antique big-sleeved robe on the outside is blood-like crimson.Chong Liu thought for a while, then dug out a mirror that hadn't been used for a long time from the suitcase, combed his hair into a bun and put on a flower crown.

He knew that there were many sects in the south that believed in goddesses. When witches performed blessings or danced to gods, they would wear women's clothing to imitate the goddesses they believed in.Could it be that the shopkeeper is also the witch wish of a certain goddess?

In the dream, he really looks like...

The bronze mirror has not been polished for a long time, and there are some rusts, and the image it shines is blurred.But it looks...it shouldn't be very strange...

Chong Liu really doesn't want to go out...

Shopkeeper, this is too difficult...

It was almost dark in the room. At this point, the kitchen should have been closed, and everyone was probably still eating in the living room.The possibility of going out and being seen is the least at this moment.So Chongliu opened the door, looked left and right, and after confirming that there was no one there, he rushed to the small courtyard of the shopkeeper with his skirt in his hands.

Only the horses in the stable chewed the grass slowly, watching Chong Liujuechen go away.

He knocked nervously on the door.After a while, the door opened, and the shopkeeper appeared in front of Chong Liu with a smile.

Chong Liu was stunned.

The shopkeeper at this time was wearing a white dress and red robe similar to him, with a flower crown on his head.His lips are bright red and his brows are slender. Although he is obviously not a woman, he has a strange and charming charm.

If you insist on describing it, it is a kind of beauty that transcends the definition of gender and is rooted in instinct.

Just like in a dream.

And the shopkeeper's eyes wandered around Chong Liu, and the smile deepened.

"Liu'er, you look..."

Chongliu thought that the shopkeeper was going to bury him, so he couldn't hold back his face, and wanted to find a crack in the ground to sneak in.Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper suddenly bowed slightly, and whispered softly in his ear, "It's so cute..."