The strange story of Huai'an Inn

As the widow spoke, she began to pull Yuanchu and push him towards the door.Yuanchu didn't know how to react at the first moment, could it be that the filth on her body was not cleaned up?Or did the filth collide with the Dao Talisman and affect her mental state?

"What do you mean by layman?" Yuanchu was at a loss.The widow looked thin and weak, but her strength was astonishing, and it hurt to grab his arm.He was worried about the defense of men and women and broke free, but he couldn't break free.

The widow's voice seemed to be tied tightly by a noose, "They... just look like people, but they are not! If you stay for a long time, you will change too! You have to go, go!"

When Yuanchu heard it, he was secretly startled, and asked, "What does it mean to look like a human?"

While talking, suddenly the courtyard door opened, Li Zheng Zhao Xing walked in with a smile, "It's not convenient for a real person to live here with Ji, so Zhao packed up a room and came out, if the real person doesn't mind, you can come Zhao rested here overnight."

As soon as she saw Lizheng, Widow Ji immediately changed into her previous soft smiling and reticent appearance, she lowered her head and did not speak.

Yuan Chu was full of suspicion, hesitated for a moment, and nodded in agreement.At this time, the sky had just darkened, and the whole village was already quiet. The bustle of entertaining him just now seemed to stop abruptly in an instant. All the houses were darkened, and even a single light could not be seen.

Yuanchu also noticed that he didn't hear the dog barking, and the watchdog he could see seemed to be the same as when he first entered the village, lying motionless in the yard.

The pigs in another family's pigsty were also quiet, with their buttocks pouted and their heads buried in the trough, exactly the same as when they entered the village.

The chickens raised in Lizheng's yard are also a little strange.If you look carefully, you can find that although the chickens have been walking around in the yard pecking rice, all the movements are repeated all the time.Go to the same place over and over again to peck a few times, and then go to another fixed place to peck a few times, even the number of pecks is the same.

At first glance, it doesn't look weird, but if you look closely, there is indeed something strange.

Seeing him staring at the chickens in the yard, he smiled and urged Yuanchu to say a few words.Yuanchu had no choice but to follow him into the side room.

Lizheng enthusiastically brought him a charcoal brazier, brought him a quilt, and said, "If the real person needs anything, just call me, I'll be right there in the main room!"

Yuanchu smiled perfunctorily, and when Li was leaving, he quickly took out the box of bone spiders.

Instead, I saw a box of spiders jumping up and down actively, crawling in all directions.If it hadn't been for the line drawn with musk on the edge of the box that they dare not cross, they might have already escaped.

Here... is there filth everywhere?

And looking at the spider's reaction, it was quite strong.

Yuanchu's talent is closer to that of ordinary people, and he doesn't have the natural perceptual power of many of his fellow apprentices. Usually, he relies on magic tools such as bone spiders and the use of precisely calculated and designed spells to exorcise evil and defilement. But since the sun went down, he also felt a little nervous.

It wasn't like this last time...

Is it because of... the charm given by the master?

This level of filth, he might not be able to deal with it alone.But if you go to Yuanxin and the others for help...

He remembered that last time he just expressed his doubts, Yuanxin put a big hat on him for "disrespecting the master"... It is not appropriate for the fellow disciples to know about this matter.

But that's all for later, the most urgent thing is to leave there quietly.

So Yuanchu left a letter to thank Lizheng and the villagers for their hospitality, and then quietly left the yard with his pack.At this time, the clouds in the sky dispersed, and a ray of moonlight shone down. He noticed that there were many tiny, dust-like things floating in the air.

He waved his hand in the air, and the dust swirled away for a moment, and gathered again after a while.

Yuanchu kept his mind on it, murmured softly the formula for protecting himself from evil and exorcising evil spirits, and glanced along both sides of the road.

He began to notice things that he hadn't noticed when he arrived.

Mushrooms...

Mushrooms of various sizes, shapes, and colors are densely clustered on both sides of the road, under the roots of walls, and in the shade of trees... dense white mycelia cover the grass leaves and the ground, just like poplars in spring. The wadding wove into a net on the ground.

How can there be so many mushrooms in this cold winter month?Although some mushrooms are resistant to cold, he has never seen this kind of scene anywhere in the cold winter months.

At this time, he saw the door of a yard in the far corner opened.For some reason, Yuanchu dodged and hid behind a tree covered with many mushrooms.

The figure staggered as if he was drunk, and on such a cold day, he didn't even wear a shirt.But it didn't feel cold at all.

As he was walking, he suddenly lay down on the road and vomited heavily on the ground.

It's just that the things he spit out didn't fall on the ground, but flew away.

A cloud of smoke... no... not smoke... but the "dust" flying in the air.

After the man vomited, he stretched out his hand and began to scratch his body, as if it was very itchy. He scratched so hard that he felt that he was about to bleed.

Suddenly, he grabbed something from his body...

Yuan Chu was so startled that he almost cried out.

The man took a piece of skin off his body!

But there was no blood, and the man didn't cry, he just looked at the piece of human skin in his hand in confusion.But the place where the wound should have been was not flesh and blood, but... countless layers of thin folds.

What it is?

Yuanchu covered his mouth, not daring to speak out.He held his breath and watched the man swaying for a while, finally touched the door of his own courtyard, opened it and entered.

Afterwards, Yuanchu fled Tailong Town in a hurry.After he came out, he washed his body several times with wicker water, drank several doses of exorcising medicine, and retreated for three days to cleanse his body of filth.

After that, he came to Huaian Inn.

Chong Liu listened, more and more puzzled.He clicked his tongue twice, "Listen...it's really strange."

Yuanchu's expression was also a little scared, "After that, I felt uncomfortable when I saw mushrooms..."

Chong Liu stroked his chin, thinking that if he could see it with his own eyes, it would be more clear when recorded in the notes.But recently, I was arguing with my boss, and I don't know if my boss will take him out...

Alas... bothering...

Yuanchu looked at Chongliu and fell into deep thought again, and somehow felt awkward, "Well... the fan thing last time, are you okay? I heard that there was a big incident in Tianliang City before, and the master teacher of the Qingming faction was also affected. Injured. Are you affected?"

Chong Liu shrugged his shoulders, picked up the gourd at his waist and shook it, "It's not a big deal, I just have to drink this all the time, lest I don't know what kind of ghost I'm going to turn into... I really can't touch such things as filth, The more I stick to it, the more I'm broken."

"Among the charms given by Master, there are those that can help people restore their original appearance...but I dare not use them for you."

Seeing that the guilt in his brows was sincere, Chong Liu was no longer angry.He smiled and said openly, "It's okay, my life is still the same, it's no different from before. It's quite delicious after drinking it for a long time."

As he said that, he stood up, picked up two wooden buckets full of dirty cups and rags on the ground and walked out the door, turned his head and nodded to Yuanchu, "I'll go to work first, can you call me if you have anything to do?"

"Ah good!"

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When Zhu Helan came back, the meal time had passed, and the hall was quite leisurely.Chong Liu was cleaning the table at that time, when he saw Xiao Shun running out of the door in a hurry, he raised his head, and his eyes happened to meet Zhu Helan.

Chong Liu immediately turned his eyes away.

Zhu Helan sighed and walked up to him.Chong Liu pretended not to see him.

"Six children."

Chong Liu lowered his head and continued to concentrate on cleaning the table, as if cleaning the table was the most important thing in the world.

A pack of oiled paper was stuffed under Chong Liu's nose.

"Smell it, does it smell good?" The shopkeeper said with a gentle smile.

Fragrant, that is really fragrant.

Hot, sweet and oily...

Chong Liu swallowed, nodded silently, and still refused to look up.

"I bought it from a shop in Taoye Village, whose fried candies are famous." The hand moved to Chongliu again, "Take it."

The shopkeeper is bribing him with delicious food...

Chong Liu paused for a while, then hesitatingly reached out to take the paper bag, raised his head and glanced at the shopkeeper, "Have you gone to the carpenter?"

Zhu Helan nodded, "The guide fish has been fetched, so we can send those people away as soon as possible."

"I'm afraid they won't leave."

"If that's the case, you can't blame me." Zhu Helan said softly.

Is the shopkeeper trying to control Xiao Yi with Yuanchu?

will it be okay...

Xiao Yi still goes out every day these days.According to the news that Laitou sent to Chongliu, he actually got in touch with several shipping leaders in Tianliang City, and he seemed to want to expand his business on the Bianhe River.Besides, what made Chong Liu even more disturbed was the other people he met secretly.

These people, according to Lai Tou's description, are not locals, but appeared in Tianliang City not long after Xiao Yi came to Tianliang, and they probably came from Gyeonggi based on their accent.

In other words, [-]% has something to do with the court.

It is not surprising that Xiao Yi's business is inextricably linked with the imperial court.But in the process of skillfully "chatting" with some of Ming Yuan's followers, Chong Liu found out that Xiao Yi had a close relationship with Nie Xin, the director of shipping department of Xingzhou City.And when he checked the Qinglongmen's many records about Gyeonggi to get the anecdote out of Xu Hanke's hands, he remembered that Nie Xin seemed to be the cousin of Xu Jingshan, the Minister of the Household Department.

And Xu Jingshan is Xu Hanke's father...

Is this a coincidence?

Chong Liu was worried, he winked at Zhu Helan, and then walked towards the vegetable cellar by himself.Zhu Helan raised her eyebrows slightly, wondering if Liu'er finally lost her temper, so she followed.

Chong Liu went down to the vegetable cellar, closed the cellar door, then turned around and told the news he had heard.

After finishing speaking, Zhu Helan looked at him silently.

Chong Liu thought that Zhu Helan was plotting something, "Boss, what are you going to do? If Xu Hanke is messing with us..."

Zhu Helan's eyes were a little cold for a moment.

"If I know that he ordered someone to move the locust tree, I won't be polite to him again."

Chong Liu sighed, "Xu Hanke really doesn't give up so easily."

When he looked up, he saw the shopkeeper smiling at him, seeming a little happy.

Chong Liu frowned, "What are you laughing at?"

"Liu'er, have you calmed down?"

It's okay if you don't say it, once you say it...

Chong Liu took a deep breath and said in a cold tone, "One size fits all. I will do what I have to do. I can't let people bully Xiaohuai."

"Xiaohuai?" Zhu Helan smiled lightly, "Have you already named it?"

"It's strange that you haven't given it a name after taking care of it for so many years!"

Zhu Helan seemed to be in a good mood, and didn't even care about rolling his eyes.

"The fried fruit, go back to the kitchen and put it on the cage drawer to heat up before eating." Zhu Helan instructed, walking towards the cellar door.Paused in front of the ladder, turned back and asked Chongliu, "Yuanchu and I will find a way to force the 'water ghost' out tonight. If you want to see the fun and enrich your notes, meet me after closing."