Master is respected

The torrential rain was pouring, and the accumulated water formed puddles. The road that was not easy to walk was muddy, and the muddy water splashed high when one stepped on it.The common people who were going forward under the torrential rain didn't care so much, and ran fast one by one, throwing mud ideas all over their bodies.

In the rushing crowd, Xie Junzhuo took a leisurely walk with an umbrella, and she blocked the rain and muddy water with a casual flick.The people who were running didn't care to look at her, but the guards who were hiding under the tower to avoid the rain took a second look.

Xie Junzhuo walked up to them unhurriedly and asked the way. The guard raised his hand and pointed in the direction. Seeing that she was a person and her accent didn't look like a local, he couldn't help asking curiously: "Did the girl come to join relatives?"

Xie Junzhuo shook his head: "I just heard that there is a craftsman here, no matter what kind of things are in his hands, he can turn them into exquisite ornaments, so come here to try your luck."

The guard was even more strange now, suspiciously said: "But the place you asked about is a Yizhuang, there are only a few scattered families nearby, and there are no skilled craftsmen."

Xie Junzhuo smiled without answering, and walked away holding an umbrella.The guard watched her going away, Monk Zhang Er couldn't figure it out, and muttered something weird.Seeing that Xie Junzhuo was dressed well, he looked like a lady from a big family, and thought that maybe she didn't even know what Yizhuang was, and maybe she was fooled by someone.

"In Yizhuang, there are only dead people and coffins, and the paper money at the door is like snow. Where can a good girl go? Go to such a place to find bad luck." The guard shook his head and sighed, took the wine gourd from his waist and drank it Take a sip of wine to dispel the chill on your body, and take a nap against the city wall.

The rain showed no signs of stopping, the stone roads in the city were washed clean, and the fallen leaves from the trees were piled up under the roots and gradually rotted.

Xie Junzhuo followed the direction pointed by the guard and walked for a while before he saw the place he was looking for.It was the edge of the city, a large courtyard with white walls and black tiles, and tall pagoda trees stood there, covering the sky and the sun.There were two snow-white lanterns hanging under the eaves, which were blown to one side or another by the wind and rain, and the words "Yizhuang" on them were a little discolored.

Xie Junzhuo stepped forward and knocked on the door, and waited for a while before someone came over.The man opened the door a crack, revealed one eye to look at Xie Junzhuo, and said hoarsely, "Is there something wrong?"

Xie Junzhuo nodded, the man backed away and opened the door to allow one person to pass through.Xie Junzhuo thanked him, put the umbrella at the door, and walked in empty-handed.

The Yizhuang is very large. It looks like a house with several entrances from the outside. In fact, it is a large space inside, which is supported by pillars. It is not divided and can be seen at a glance.

Half of the room is filled with covered coffins, half of the room is filled with unpainted and spliced ​​wood, some shavings are scattered on the ground, and pots and pans are placed in the corners.There is not even a place to sit in the room, and the only way to step down is to step between coffins and coffins.

"If you like it, just squeak and tell me the time, and I will send it to you without delaying your business." The person who opened the door stood aside with his hands behind his back. There is a feeling of qi like gossamer, which makes people feel chills down the spine.

Xie Junzhuo didn't move, she smiled and said, "I'm not here to buy a coffin this time."

"Storing the corpse costs three Wen a day, and the burial fee is doubled. As for how much you add, it depends on when and where you want to be buried."

In a place like Yizhuang, you either buy coffins or put corpses, and there is no third option.The owner of Yizhuang didn't even bother to raise his eyelids, and conveyed the rules here expressionlessly.

Xie Junzhuo said: "I don't collect the corpse either."

The owner of Yizhuang was a little strange for not buying a coffin or collecting the corpse. He raised his head and glanced at Xie Junzhuo. The cold wind came in from the leaky window, blowing up the hair on half of his face, revealing a terrible face.

He looks normal, but there is only half of his face, and the other half seems to have been neatly torn off to leave a scar like old bark, half of his eyes are left with empty eye sockets, and one of his ears has been cut off , only half of the nose and mouth are left.When he raised his head, he was half ghost and half human, which made people panic even more than the coffins in this place.

Xie Junzhuo showed no fear, as if he hadn't seen anything.She had a slight smile on her face, calm and unhurried.

The owner of Yizhuang hooked the corners of his mouth, his eyes were dark, and he said, "I haven't seen you before."

"It doesn't matter if you haven't seen her, it doesn't hinder the transaction between us." Xie Junzhuo nodded. It is true that this person has never seen her in this life, but he did in his previous life.Xie Junzhuo took four coffins here, and finally sent them to Sanqingzong.

Coffins can be seen everywhere, and it doesn't matter where you buy them.Moreover, this place is not close to Sanqingzong. Although it is majestic to fight against the coffin all the way up, the coffin bearers will inevitably complain.

The reason why Xie Junzhuo carried the coffin here in his previous life was because he had some old grievances with Sanqingzong.He sent the coffin, and he came up with the idea, with the purpose of severely humiliating San Qingzong.According to what he said, Xie Junzhuo didn't go into the details of the reason, but there are always monsters with bad mouths under his command, and you can tell Xie Junzhuo the general outline of the grievance.

Speaking of it, it was Wei Yu's troubles. Don't look at the man in front of him who is neither human nor ghost. Many years ago, he was also a suave and handsome man.Elder Sun came to find someone to make a scabbard because of his reputation, and made many demands, but he refused to give anything, deliberately making things difficult.

This man is a young man and he doesn't want to offend this great Buddha, so he managed to gather the materials to make the finished product, but Elder Sun thought it was ugly and unworthy of his status, saying that this man deliberately humiliated him and abolished this man's cultivation , ruined his appearance.

It's not easy for a small sect to raise a craftsman, the sect master couldn't swallow this and clamored to go to Sanqingzong to ask for an explanation, but he never returned, and the sect was slaughtered overnight.

This person was arranged to recuperate in the back mountain and survived the catastrophe. He dragged his body to collect the bones of hundreds of people from the master's family.He buried everyone in the mountains, opened his own Yizhuang, built a small ancestral hall behind the Yizhuang, set up their memorial tablets, and has kept their spirits to this day.

It's not that this man has never thought about revenge, but he is sick and disabled, he has no cultivation base, and he can't even lift a sword, so how can he reach the Sanqing sect?Take down an elder.

In the previous life, Xie Junzhuo made a big disturbance in the world, he was moved when he heard the sound, and he was willing to be a slave. He wanted to seek justice but was powerless, but he could still succeed if he came up with an idea.

Originally, with Xie Junzhuo's temperament, it would be difficult for this person to find a safe place in front of her, but coincidentally, he has a pair of hands that turn decay into magic. Xie Junzhuo asked him to make many exquisite things in order to please Jiang Yuehan .Over time, he also left a life.

A man like him is no threat to anyone. The monsters will play tricks on him and call him an ugly slave, but they will not kill him.

Chou Nu didn't sound like a good word, Xie Junzhuo didn't like it, and when I asked his name later, he was silent for a while and replied: "Mu Jiu."

There is nothing wrong with the surname Mu, but the name Jiu sounds too casual, and people will know it is not his real name as soon as they hear it.Indeed, this is not his name, but he is the ninth disciple under his master, when Xie Junzhuo asked, he named him after nine.

Mu Jiu has been here for many years, and he has never met a guest like Xie Junzhuo.His eyes turned cold, and his eyes swept across Xie Junzhuo's clean shoe.

It was raining heavily outside the house, even with an umbrella, the uppers of the shoes and the hem of the clothes were inevitably wet, Xie Junzhuo was too clean from top to bottom.

Mu Jiu's face twitched for a while, and the scar on his face squirmed. He seemed to be holding back his anger, and he was about to burst into tears: "Cultivator?"

Walking in the heavy rain can keep your clothes from getting wet, and only people with spiritual power can isolate those rain and fog.

Xie Junzhuo raised her eyebrows slightly, knowing that Mu Jiu was aroused from the repressed hatred and anger in her heart, she sighed and said: "Yes, I have no malicious intentions, I just want to ask you to make something for me."

Mu Jiu's hatred for Sanqingzong is just like Xie Junzhuo in his previous life, but Xie Junzhuo grew up quietly in the dark, but Mu Jiu can only feel sad in the dark.They all vented their anger at the Taoist sect because of their inner sadness, and they didn't have a good face towards the immortal cultivators.

Mu Jiu roared, a beast-like sound came out of his throat, he stared at Xie Junzhuo viciously, the veins on his forehead were bulging, and he was panting heavily, like an angry bull.

"Get out, you are not welcome here." Mu Jiu walked to the door and opened it, pointing to the outside and yelling at Xie Junzhuo.The pouring rain was blown in by the wind, and immediately drenched Mu Jiu's body.But he seemed to have never heard of it, and just stared at Xie Junzhuo.

Xie Junzhuo took a deep breath, and the door closed automatically as soon as he raised his hand: "If I ask you to do something, I will give you a corresponding reward, why don't you give it a try?"

Mu Jiu sneered: "I think your things are dirty."

"This kind of thing is not dirty." Xie Junzhuo laughed and said: "Yizhuang only deals with the dead, so how can you know about the living. A few months ago, Elder Sun of the Sanqing Sect was abolished and expelled from the sect , The disciples under the sect were also dismissed. Your enemy has lost his protection, don't you want to take revenge?"

Xie Junzhuo's words made Mu Jiu tremble all over. He looked at Xie Junzhuo in disbelief, his eyes full of scrutiny and scrutiny.He concealed his name here, and his voice and appearance changed drastically. No one knew about his past, and no one knew about his grievances with San Qingzong.

Xie Junzhuo came to visit, and every word stepped on Mu Jiu's heart, as if she knew everything.

Mu Jiu suddenly became wary and asked, "Who are you?"

"I'm just a guest who came to invite you to make something. I heard something interesting to share with you on the way here." Xie Junzhuo played with his hair, with a smile on his face, and said casually: "Now the story is listening It's over, can you help me with something?"

Mu Jiu shivered, although Xie Junzhuo was smiling, he felt his hair stand on end.

"What do you want to do?" Mu Jiu walked a few steps and looked back at Xie Junzhuo.Xie Junzhuo knew everything about him, even if he wanted to escape, he couldn't escape, so he might as well follow Xie Junzhuo's wishes first.

Xie Junzhuo took out a roll of red thread and ten Wen coins, and handed it to Mu Jiudao: "Use these two things to make a sword tassel."

Ordinary red string, ordinary coins, taken from an extraordinary person.Mu Jiu was a little surprised, he thought that Xie Junzhuo came to him because he wanted to do something powerful, but it turned out that it was just a sword tassel, and he still used ten coins and red thread.

Mu Jiu took the things and looked at them, but he couldn't see anything special about them.After the Zongmen's disaster, he developed a withdrawn temperament. Although he was puzzled in his heart, he didn't show it on his face.

"When do you want it?" Mu Jiu asked, looking up at the sky outside the window.Under the rain, the sky was dark, and I couldn't tell the exact time, I always felt that it was going to be evening.

Xie Junzhuo looked at the finished coffins on the left, and said, "Tomorrow, I have something to do, so I don't want to delay too long."

Mu Jiu estimated the time and thought it should be possible to make it, so he immediately replied: "Then you can pick it up tomorrow."

"No, I want to live here." With a smile on Xie Junzhuo's lips, she walked a few steps, stopped in front of a coffin, touched this and that, and happily decided: "I have no money, just in front of you This coffin is just enough for one night. This coffin is good, so I will sleep here."

The living always shy away from the things of the dead, and would not go to the Yizhuang for nothing. As soon as Xie Junzhuo said this, Mu Jiu was stunned.He looked at Xie Junzhuo who was smiling all over his face, his throat rolled, and after a long while he sneered and said, "As you wish."

After that, he bent his body, put away the things Xie Junzhuo gave, turned around and opened the secret door of the room, and went to the small ancestral hall behind.

Xie Junzhuo knew that he was one of those wronged souls who went to the priest's school, so he didn't bother him ignorantly.She pushed back the lid of the coffin, turned inside and lay down.She is still young now, this is an adult's coffin, so there is still room for her to sleep.

"I've been growing for a few years, so this coffin is just right." Xie Junzhuo stretched out his hand while gesticulating and talking to himself.In her previous life, she didn't have a whole body, not even a coffin.

"Is this what it feels like to lie in a coffin? It's no different from sleeping on the street when I was begging."

After Xie Junzhuo finished speaking, he closed his eyes and lay down obediently, chanting a spell in his mouth, and using the levitation technique to close the lid.The only light was blocked, and the coffin was pitch black.The coffin was not nailed, and the air was still circulating.Xie Junzhuo was very satisfied, lying in it without wind or rain, it was very suitable for sleeping.

And this time he slept soundly, and when Xie Junzhuo opened his eyes again, it was already daytime the next day.

The rain outside the house stopped, Mu Jiu opened the door and sat on the threshold, holding a sword tassel in his hand.His eyes were a little red, probably from crying last night.

Xie Junzhuo opened the coffin, Mu Jiu was startled when he heard the sound, turned around and saw Xie Junzhuo crawling out of the coffin, and said in a daze, "Why are you here?"

"I said yesterday that I want to sleep here, don't you forget?" Xie Junzhuo patted the dress on his body, smoothed out the creases, and replied naturally.

Of course Mu Jiu didn't forget, but he thought Xie Junzhuo was joking, how could he know that she really slept in the coffin all night.

"Your things are ready." Mu Jiu handed over the sword tassel in his hand.

Xie Junzhuo's eyes lit up. In Mu Jiu's hand was a beautiful sword tassel with brilliant plum blossoms and flowing tassels. It didn't look like a coin at all.

Xie Junzhuo took the things, with a happy smile on his face, and a look of nostalgia in his eyes.

Seeing her expression, Mu Jiu was in a trance for a while, and asked involuntarily, "Is this ten cents important to you?"

Xie Junzhuo lowered his head, Mu Jiu knew he had slipped his words, and an unnatural look flashed across his face.Xie Junzhuo put Jiansui close to his body, and said: "This is the reward I got for accompanying Master to do sect missions, it is the first time I have earned money with my own hands, and it is also the first time I have gone out with Master to eliminate demons and defend the Tao... ..."

A small ten-cent coin has precious memories, which is of great significance to Xie Junzhuo.She made the money into sword spikes and carried it with her, just like Jiang Yuehan was with her.

She has a long, long way to go to stop the troubled times, judge good and evil, and distinguish right from wrong. She is afraid that she will lose her true nature, so she needs to find a sustenance.

What could be more meaningful than these ten coins?This is the first good deed she has done after causing disaster to the world, so let's consider it a good start.

Mu Jiu fell silent, Xie Junzhuo's words touched his heart, the word "shizun" not only represented preaching and accepting karma to solve doubts, but also a reluctant affection.

"Hey, this is your reward."

Mu Jiu was a little distracted, and suddenly heard Xie Junzhuo's voice, and a box fell in front of him.He raised his head, wanting to say that Xie Junzhuo had already given the reward yesterday, but before he could say anything, Xie Junzhuo spoke first.

Standing at the door, Xie Junzhuo pointed to the coffin where he slept last night and said, "My name is Xie Junzhuo. If I die one day in the future, can you bring that coffin to collect my body?"

The business of Yizhuang will be done as long as there is money.

Mu Jiu didn't understand why the young girl in front of him would think about such a question, he was dumb for a moment, unable to answer Xie Junzhuo.

Xie Junzhuo smiled, as if he was not really looking forward to this answer.She took the umbrella at the side, put it in the storage bag, waved to Mu Jiu and said, "Let's go, thank you for the hospitality."

The sky was bright and the sun was slightly drunk, Xie Junzhuo's back gradually disappeared at the gate of Yizhuang.She came from the wind and rain, rested her feet, and left under the warm sun. Her future should be bright, but she asked a stranger she had just met if he could collect her body.

She said it so easily, like a joke, but there was sadness in her eyes.

Mu Jiu sat on the threshold for a long time, he didn't come back to himself until his feet felt numb.The wooden box lay quietly at his feet, Mu Jiu thought for a moment, and then lifted the lid.

Elder Sun's head lay quietly inside, lowered, as if he was apologizing to someone.

Mu Jiu's one-eyed eyes were wide open, his throat rolled, and half of his lips trembled | He finally let out a loud laugh, the laughter was hoarse, and he seemed to be crying for someone.

Xie Junzhuo, who had walked far away, couldn't hear the weeping mournful sound, she hung the sword tassel on the hooked hilt, one black and one red, it matched very well.

She came here to ask for Jiansui, and also cut off the cause and effect of her previous life, and added another person's name to the prayer book.