Urban Night Returner

The candlelight flickered, and a shadow appeared on the wall.Shen Gu lowered his voice: "We won't recruit the Nian beast, will we?"

Zhong Lecen also lowered his voice: "Impossible, you can see that the shadows are different."

Shen Gu took a closer look, and the black shadow just stretched his waist, and it really looked like a tiger. Although it was just a silhouette, his movements had the calm demeanor of a king of beasts.It seemed to be attracted by the smell of beef, and it rushed towards the incense altar with unhurried steps.Zhong Lecen quickly poked Shen Gu: "It's a good sign, I'm going to take beef to lure him to 402."

Shen Gu went to open the door lightly, and said in a low voice: "If I had known earlier, I would have set up an incense altar in 402?"

Zhong Lecen followed him back and said, "If you can't invite me, how embarrassing it will be."

Huying had already walked to the incense altar, lowered her head, and opened her mouth wide to the beef.Shen Gu and Zhong Lecen felt at the same time that in the blink of an eye, those large pieces of beef suddenly shrank. It was originally a big bowl full, but after being sucked by Huying, there was only half a bowl left. Both Shen Gu and Zhong Lecen were taken aback.Zhong Lecen said in a low voice, "Hurry up and put the beef on the table, I don't know if forty catties is enough to eat."

Shen Gu spread pieces of meat down from the door, took a step back and laid out one piece, planning to use this method to lure Heihu to 402.Heihu sucked up the essence of beef on the incense altar in one gulp, turned his huge head and seemed to be looking for it everywhere.Just as Shen Gu threw the piece of meat on the ground, the black tiger had already smelled the aroma of the meat. He jumped from the incense altar to Shen Gu's eyes with a slight jerk, and when he lowered his head, the piece of meat on the ground shrank by half again.It came too fast, even though Shen Gu had a strong mental capacity, he was also shocked.When he threw a piece of meat, Huying bowed his head.There are candles near the door, and you can still see the movement of a shadow. When you go up the stairs, there are windows on the left and handrails on the right, and Hu Ying is no longer visible.When Shen Gu stretched out his hand to throw away the meat, he couldn't help feeling nervous, who knew that Heihu would not wait, before he put down the meat, he even took a bite with his hand?

Zhong Lecen had already run down and opened the door of 402.According to what was said in advance, the man in 402 did not lock the door, did not turn on the lights in the room, lit a few incense candles, and hid himself in the bedroom with his head covered and fell asleep.In fact, he couldn't sleep at all, although he kept reassuring himself that he was fine, he still couldn't stop shaking.

Candlelight shines from 402, casting the shadow of the black tiger on the wall.Shen Gu saw that he dropped a piece of beef, and Heihu bent down to smell it, and he was relieved.It was only twenty short steps just now, and a thin layer of sweat broke out on his back.

The last piece of beef was thrown in door 402, Heihu lightly jumped forward and jumped into the door.But it didn't lower its head to sniff the beef on the ground again, but suddenly raised its head to look around, then its ears stood up, and its tail was raised.No one in the room dared to make a sound, and it was naturally silent, but at this moment, there was a faint low-pitched purr, which went from low to high, and it was about to turn into a roar.Shen Gu and Zhong Lecen stood with their backs against the wall, their eyes also searching around.Zhong Lecen suddenly poked Shen Gu, and looked into the corner of the room: "Look."

In the corner of the room was a wriggling black figure, so gray that it was almost invisible.The black tiger suddenly let out a roar, rushed over, stepped on the gray shadow, and tore it apart.Gray Shadow struggled, making a squeaking sound, piercing and ear-piercing.During the struggle, a thin red shadow slipped out from under the black shadow, trying to run out along the corner of the wall, but was knocked down by the black tiger with a flick of its tail, and disappeared in a puff of smoke.Zhong Lecen's eyes were a little straight, and he whispered: "I didn't expect the God of Wealth's mount to be so powerful, it really is a divine beast."

Shen Gu said in a low voice: "In this way, the poor ghost will be driven away?"

"Well, it was swallowed by Xuanhu directly, it's cleaner than driving away - it's broken!"

Shen Guzheng was watching happily, and was startled by his voice unexpectedly: "What's wrong?"

Zhong Lecen turned to look at him anxiously: "I, I don't know how to send Xuanhu back."

"What? Ancestor, you--" Shen Gu was speechless, "Do you know that asking God is easier than sending God away! What will happen if this Xuanhu is not sent away?"

"I, I don't know..." Zhong Lecen asked God for the first time in his life, how would he know what would happen?

"Will it eat people like the Nian beast?"

"Should, shouldn't it be?"

Shen Gu caressed his forehead, saw that Xuanhu on the wall had already swallowed the poor ghost into his stomach, and was raising his head to look around, his heart tensed up, he didn't care about what to say, he directly pulled Zhong Lecen back, Jin Tiezhi Ying is already holding it in his right hand: "You stay away first."

Zhong Lecen grabbed him nervously: "Don't do it, this is a divine beast, not an ordinary monster."

Shen Gu slapped him hard on the buttocks smoothly: "You'd better think about how to send this uncle away!"

"I was thinking—huh?"

As soon as Shen Gu heard that something was wrong, he immediately turned around to see that there was someone outside the door of 402 at some point, wearing ordinary jacket and trousers, and a pair of thin silver-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose.At this time, the two of them were already standing by the door, and this person was standing behind the two of them. At such a close distance, with his firm ears, he didn't even know when he appeared. Surprised, she stretched out her hand and pulled Zhong Lecen towards her again: "Who are you?"

The visitor glanced at the room and pushed his glasses with a finger: "Yao Shaosi."

"Yao Shaosi?" Shen Gu had never heard of this name, but Zhong Lecen was obviously stunned: "Lishi Immortal Official!"

"What?" Shen Gu didn't understand, "What fairy official?"

Zhong Lecen hurriedly pulled him: "Speak softly, it's Lishi Immortal Official, apprentice of the God of Wealth."

Even Shen Gu was stunned for a moment after going through the storm.This, this, is there really a fairy?Well, ghost, he can accept it, isn't there someone in the United States who has researched that the human soul is a few tenths of a gram?Right when all you see is the weight of a few tenths of a gram.Monsters are acceptable, the world is so big, where is there no mutation phenomenon?It used to be said that the three-legged toad is the essence of the moon, but now that the pollution is so serious, it is not difficult to find three-legged toads.But the gods... where do they live?

Yao Shaosi glanced at Shen Gu from behind his glasses, then waved to the room: "Xuanhu!"

The black shadow on the wall disappeared in a flash, and there was a black cat in Yao Shaosi's arms. Its eyes were the color of amber, reflecting the candlelight like gold, and there were faint stripes on its body.Yao Shaosi turned it upside down, and said, "You can run faster than me when you smell the smell of beef."

Shen Gu was speechless.Dare to love this god, a bowl of beef came here, should he praise Zhong Lecen's stewed beef well, or should he shout out--people depend on food.

Zhong Lecen smiled: "It's rare for the god to come in person, there is still some beef in the room, would the god like to try something new?"

Yao Shaosi looked him up and down with some suspicion: "Who are you?"

"This is Zhong Lecen, the 27th generation grandson of the Zhong family in Zhongnanshan."

"No." Yao Shaosi pushed his glasses again, "Mount Zhongnan is a Taoist school, but you are full of Buddha spirit."

Zhong Lecen was surprised: "Buddha energy?" This was the first time someone said that he had Buddha energy in him. Before that, he always felt that he had no relationship with Buddha. In this way, can you still call yourself a Buddha?

Yao Shaosi pressed his chin with a finger: "It's indeed Buddha's energy. I went to the Western Paradise with the Marshal, and this Buddha's energy can never be mistaken. It's just that it's different from the Bodhisattvas. I can't tell. Hey, are you really from the Zhong family?"

Shen Gu answered: "Is there any truth to this? Immortal Yao said that we are different from Bodhisattvas. That's natural. We are mere mortals, how can we compare with Bodhisattvas?"

Yao Shaosi squinted his eyes and looked at him: "You have a very strong evil spirit. In the past years, I followed the marshal to the ghost gate to scatter the slurry, and I didn't see you like this. It's strange, one evil spirit, one Buddha spirit , can actually get together?"

Shen Gu was not very happy to hear such words, turned his head and rolled his eyes: "If the fairy officials are busy, please take care of yourself."

Yao Shaosi was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Well, how many years has it been, and this is the first time I've met someone who doesn't want to see me."

Zhong Lecen hurriedly teased Zhong Lecen: "Don't get me wrong, the immortal official, he is afraid of delaying the official business of the immortal official."

Yao Shaosi smiled and said: "There's nothing serious, I'm all done. I wanted to take a leisurely walk in the mortal world, but this Xuanhu was taken away by your beef fragrance. Don't say, four years of melons, peaches, pears, and jujubes From time to time, you have to go down and find food by yourself. Your beef is really delicious."

Zhong Lecen laughed: "Since the fairy officials like it, please, there are still four or five catties."

Yao Shaosi stepped forward happily: "Then respect is worse than obedience."

The beef was fragrant, and Shen Gu even opened the beer.Yao Shaosi ate and drank, his appetite was no less than that of Xuanhu.He ate a full six or seven catties of the forty catties of beef, and also killed six cans of beer, Zhong Lecen's eyes went straight.Shen Gu thought to himself, is this a fairy official?This is a rice bucket, right?

Yao Shaosi was full of wine and food, and patted his stomach in satisfaction: "It's rare to enjoy such delicious food. No wonder I saw the God of Fortune a few days ago. He said that I will have a small fortune in the near future. I think these days, every day is nothing but errands. , how can there be any good luck, it should be here."

Shen Gu was secretly complacent, thinking that Zhong Lecen's craftsmanship was far more than that, but it's a pity that your food is just like this.

Yao Shaosi ate and drank enough, patted his stomach, wiped his mouth, and stood up holding the black cat: "Thanks for the hospitality, thank you very much. There is nothing to give, I will give you a year of profit. If there is another chance in the future, I will inevitably return it Excuse me. Farewell." As soon as he turned around, Zhong Lecen only felt that the person disappeared in front of his eyes, and couldn't help rubbing his eyes: "Gone? Just left?"

"Yes." Shen Gu picked up the empty bowl on the table and shook it, looking at the little residual soup left in it, "I didn't even pay for the meal, and I almost licked it after eating it. And that Xuanhu, forty catties of beef, all of it. It looks like it came from Uganda."

"Hush--" Zhong Lecen hurriedly covered his mouth, "Don't talk nonsense, he is a distinguished guest. Besides, it's not like he didn't give us money for meals. Didn't he just say that he will give us a year of good fortune."

"How much is the profit market a year?"

Zhong Lecen was so excited that he rubbed his hands: "How much? It means that no matter what we do this year, we will make a profit when we open the door. If we open the door, we will make a profit. If we speculate in stocks--no, I have to buy a stock to try try."

Shen Gu put his arms around his waist: "Hey, hey, what are you doing? Are you really speculating in stocks? Impossible, it's just a bowl of beef, people will give you such a big benefit? Isn't this beef too expensive? Gold It's not worth it, is it?"

Zhong Lecen opened his hand with a smile and went to look through the passbook: "You don't understand this, do you? Lishi, do you know what Lishi means? It's lucky money. When will you give lucky money? It's the beginning of the year. It means a year Getting rich at the beginning is now the meaning of good luck. The Lishi Fairy said that he will give us a year of Lishi, not to let us get rich all the time, but to say that no matter what we do, the first thing we do will definitely make us rich Of course, no matter how big the New Year's money is, it can't be used for a lifetime. I haven't heard of anyone who collects the New Year's money to make a fortune, so the wealth of Lishi is limited. It is impossible for you to make a fortune all at once, but making a small fortune is fine No problem. Well, tomorrow I will buy a lottery ticket, and then choose a stock, don’t invest too much, just invest [-] to [-] yuan, make a fortune, and accept it when it’s good, this is a profitable market.”

Shen Gu curled his lips: "So that's the case." It is impossible to say that this bowl of beef can be exchanged for such a big fortune.

Zhong Lecen smiled and punched him: "Why, are you still not satisfied? Don't be too greedy. If you are too greedy, your luck may fly away."

Shen Gu shook his head and smiled, and picked him up by the waist: "I didn't mean to be greedy, but you, looking happy, your eyebrows are flying up."

"Of course." Zhong Lecen flipped through the passbook happily, "It's a small windfall anyway. And with this year's luck, my clinic will do well. Furong Road may be demolished soon, and I was still worried , where can I find a cheap house to rent, now it’s all good, no matter where you go to open the clinic, the business will definitely be good this year. If you have this year, you will be fine later. As for you, you will definitely get a higher salary!”

Shen Gu laughed loudly: "Really? Then take this opportunity, I think I have to talk to the Special Affairs Section about the treatment of your non-staff personnel."

Zhong Lecen smiled slyly: "Yes, I can't always work for nothing without getting paid, that's not my style."

Although the appearance and disappearance of this Profit Fairy Official is a bit funny, but the profit he promised is real.Zhong Lecen bought a lottery ticket in more than two months and won 5 yuan; bought a stock and earned 5 yuan, and then used the money to move out of Furong Road and reopen a new one on Gaoyou Lake Road. The clinic's business is good, even better than when it was on Furong Road, it's hot like this weather.And Shen Gu received a notice from the special office, saying that Zhang Xuezheng had applied for a special subsidy for Zhong Lecen in the report. The subsidy of the special team personnel is given to him, but there is no fixed salary.

"Hey, you said that I will pay a salary, where is it?" Shen Gu took the notice to the new clinic to pick up Zhong Lecen, and couldn't help teasing him along the way, "You won the lottery, speculated in stocks and gave subsidies, my profit Where is the city?"

After a busy day, Zhong Lecen slumped on the back seat and groaned: "What I earn is what you earn, the distinction is so clear."

"I said, is Lishi Xianguan partial? I have given you all the benefits, and I didn't give it to me at all. Why, is it because you have Buddha energy on you, and I only have evil spirit here?"

"What!" Zhong Lecen barely got up and sat up straight, and grabbed Shen Gu's shoulder from behind, "I'm almost exhausted, but you are fine. I have nothing to do in the past two months. Who is good for it? Besides, maybe someone else Xianguan knows that I stewed the beef..."

"Well, another possibility is that he is not very reliable at all. Otherwise, how could you say that you have Buddha spirit? Don't you always say that you have nothing to do with Buddha?"

Zhong Lecen scratched his head: "Yeah, it's really strange for him to say that. But, never mind, it's true that we're earning money now. Do you know that it's been hot recently, and many dogs come for grooming. This is If there is no cost to buy and sell, just move the scissors, the price is not low."

Shen Gu smiled and patted his face back: "Seeing that you are so tired, stop cooking, let's go out to eat."

"It's expensive to go out to eat..."

"You paid a subsidy and made a few small fortunes, why can't you even give me a meal?"

When it came to inviting him to dinner, Zhong Lecen was generous: "Okay, please eat, let's go to a better restaurant, I want to eat Sichuan cuisine."

"It's so hot and you're tired. Eating Sichuan food will make you angry?" Although Shen Gu said so, he drove to find a Sichuan restaurant. "Forget it. After eating Sichuan food, go back and drink some mung bean soup."

There are quite a few people in "Laozhuan Village", Shen Gu and Zhong Lecen found a seat in the corner and sat down, Zhong Lecen pushed the menu: "You order."

Shen Gu took the menu with a smile, and ordered a few of Zhong Lecen's favorite dishes: "I'm going to wash my hands, are you going?"

"I'm too lazy to go. I washed it well and disinfected it when I got off work in the clinic." Zhong Lecen lay down on the table in a disfigured manner again.

Shen Gu shook his head and went to the bathroom by himself.The door of a single room next to the bathroom was ajar, only the sound of laughter could be heard inside.There were two waiters standing in the corridor, one of them said, "It's really noisy, they're all drunk, they can really make a fuss."

The other didn't take it seriously: "My child got the first place in the school. Go to Tsinghua University! You don't have to celebrate well."

That one sighed: "That's right. I think there was a student in our village who was admitted to college. He bought firecrackers at home, and even set up a water table to invite people to eat."

"Do you have money at home?"

"What kind of money is there? That's it. Isn't it good to be admitted to university? It's also a good thing to sell iron. My dad told me at the time that if I could be admitted to university, he would send eggs to the whole village. It's a pity that I was studying. Nothing, no way."

"Well, Tsinghua is the best school. I heard that students from Shandong have to score [-] points more than local students in Beijing to get into such a university! She is the number one in the school, and she is the number one! Female number one! "

Shen Gu washed his hands, listened in his ears, and didn't care.At this time, the door of the single room opened, and a girl came out from inside, stood by the sink, splashed cold water on her face, put her hands on the mirror, and let out a long breath with her head bowed.Shen Gu took a look in the mirror and found that he knew this girl, wasn't it Bingbing who sat at the table with them at Han Jinyue's wedding?It is estimated that the female number one scholar mentioned by the two waiters just now is her.Shen Gu can only see her side profile, but compared to two months ago, she is thinner, her cheekbones are protruding, and her chin looks sharper.

Just as Shen Gu was thinking about it, the girl had already raised her head. Under the light, Shen Gu glanced over and was taken aback. There was a bright red spot in her eyebrows the size of a mung bean—the one the size of a pinpoint that she saw a few months ago. The red mole has grown so big?And it was so bright, reflecting her sallow complexion, it seemed that all the blood and demeanor had been sucked away by this mole...