Strange Tale

On the way back to Buji Pavilion, Si Ren kept thinking: No matter how you look at it, Long Jiu is only seventeen or eighteen years old, but the feeling he speaks really does not match his age.Especially when it comes to letting me live in the General's Mansion today, he makes me feel uncomfortable.I don't know which bastard said that I can exorcise demons? !

"What are you thinking about?"

"It's nothing, that Long Jiu..."

"That's not the real Dragon Nine."

"What do you mean?" Si Ren stopped.

Qilin also stopped, "Maybe what we see is not Long Jiu."

Si Ren scratched his head, "The more you talk, the more confused I become."

"When he touched me just now, I could feel a very powerful force, which is impossible for ordinary human beings to have. But Long Jiu is indeed a human being, and he is still a person who cannot see his soul. So... if my guess is correct, the real Long Jiu is probably dead, and what we see is just a body, a puppet. There are other monsters living in that body."

"Hmm..." Si Ren frowned, "I've also thought about being possessed by a monster. But if that's the case, I should be able to see the original shape. I can't see Long Jiu at all."

"Remember the enchantment outside the room?"

Si Ren nodded.

"I think there must be an expert helping him. It's a pity that I was caught too quickly just now, otherwise I would definitely find the person who set up the barrier."

"Oh? Could the expert you're talking about be also often?"

"No."

"So sure?"

"Well, when I often caught me, I tried it out. He has nothing special except for his brute strength and good skills. If he didn't want him to see me and cast spells, he would not be my opponent at all. But, having said that, He is not an ordinary person, because I can't see his soul, how about you?"

"Well, I can't see it. And I don't think he looks like a living person."

Qilin didn't speak anymore, and his face showed a dignified expression that didn't match that of a six-year-old child.

After a long time, Si Ren breathed out a long breath, "Oh—forget it, why do you think so much? Healers don't heal themselves, anyway, we can't figure out what will happen next. Let fate. Go, go home, This time the rent and at least one year's food and clothing are settled. Hehe, isn't it good?"

Qilin squinted at the cash box he was holding tightly in his arms all the time, "Cut! Money fan, are you going to leave?"

"If you want to go, you have to go."

In the evening, it rained heavily in Yancheng.

The Buji restaurant closed early, and Si Ren lay cross-legged on the bed and counted the money he got back several times.In the end he divided the money into four stacks.

"This," he pointed in turn, "pay the rent. This, buy some new furniture to make the Buji House more presentable. This, buy some things that you have always wanted to buy, and use the rest. This, put it in the bank Number."

Qilin leaned on the side and propped his chin with his hands, "The thing I've always wanted to buy? What is it?"

"Hmm... one is a record player, and the other is a car." Si Ren snapped down two fingers seriously.

"Car?!" Qilin sat up, "We can finally buy a car?! Oh! Great, we don't have to go to other people's houses under the sun and rain..."

Pa——Si Ren picked up a stack of money and slapped it on Qilin's head, "Are you stupid? I'm talking about bicycles."

Qilin froze for a moment. He rubbed his head with one hand and rolled up the big banknotes with the other, "Isn't it enough to buy four wheels?"

"Certainly not enough."

"Hmph!" Qilin pouted his mouth high, "I have been away from home with you for so many years, and I haven't had a few days of comfortable life."

"Why? Do you think I can't make money?"

"Yeah! What did we say before we came out? We agreed to catch monsters when there are monsters. When there are no monsters, I will pretend to be a ghost. You can pretend to catch monsters. You can make a lot of money without effort, but the result? Rich people I don’t bother looking for you, and you don’t take money from poor people. After you finally make some money, you pay back to treat people’s diseases.”

Speaking of this, Si Ren felt that he was sorry for Qilin.Anyway, he is also a yellow fairy. If he lives in any house to show his spirit, can he eat and drink wholeheartedly?

But after thinking about it, Si Ban was still unwilling to admit that he had no ability to make money, so he put the money back together and muttered in a low voice, "It's not like I didn't cook a chicken a day for you. I only have radishes and vegetables."

"That's because you are a vegetarian, okay? Besides, I can catch a chicken a day without you."

"How can it be the same? You are stealing, I bought it with money."

"Hey!" Qilin showed his original shape and jumped under the bed, "I'm angry!"

Si Ren has long been used to his temper, so he curled his lips and didn't care much, "I don't know what my ancestors thought, but weasels must be used as hall immortals. It's delicious, lazy and has a bad temper. If you recognize a locust tree as a godmother, maybe Just a glass of water every day is enough."

There was no expression on the animal's face, and the Qilin squatted on the ground for a moment, then ran away with a flick of its furry tail.

"Hey! It's raining. Where are you going?! I'm teasing you!"

When I woke up, it was already bright and the rain had stopped.Si Ren got up and took off the piece of money sticking to his face. It turned out that he fell asleep after counting for a while last night.

Before Qilin came back, Si Ren couldn't help being a little angry while washing his face: Isn't it just a few jokes?As for not going home overnight?Really, my temper is getting worse and worse.

After breakfast, Si Ren opened the shop door to do business, he was surprised to find that the hazy sky in Yancheng, which was always floating with yellow sand, turned blue and clear overnight.

Holding the door panel and looking up at his neck for a long time, Si Ren remembered the scene when he and Qilin first arrived in Yancheng half a year ago.

It was almost two days since the water rice had not stained his teeth, and Si Ren dragged his two legs that were filled with lead into Yancheng.

Qilin poked his head out from the backpack, "I smell chicken."

Si Ren put the lid on the bag, "Don't steal the chicken, just bear with it."

"Hey, are you really human? Can you bear it without food for two days? Actually, you are also a goblin, right?"

"You look up."

Qilin looked up to the sky through the gap in the backpack, "Ah, what a heavy evil spirit!"

"Yeah, I heard on the way that this Yancheng has mountains and rivers, but the sky is so dim all year round, so I think there must be a lot of goblins here. Now it seems that there is nothing wrong, no I have traveled so far in vain! There must be a lot of people haunted by ghosts here. Xiaolin, we are about to get lucky!"

Gululu——Si Bian's stomach began to growl again, and his eyes that had just released their brilliance dimmed.Qilin hid in his backpack, "Well, I'm fine, as long as you don't starve yourself to death before the time comes."

After walking for a while, Si Ren stopped in front of a church with a steeple.

"Huh? Xiaolin."

"What again?"

"You said that the group of Western missionaries came to us to build churches in various cities. Does anyone believe them?"

"Whether anyone believes me or not, I don't know, but I think you can still succeed if you go in and ask someone for a meal."

"En." Si Ren agreed and thought for a while, "Okay."

Huh?Didn't he say he was starving to death and he didn't tell anyone?Is this dead-brained?Sensing that Si Ren was moving again, Qilin stretched out his head to see what was going on, but he saw Si Ren turned and went straight into the coffin shop opposite the church.

"Little Blade! You..."

Si Ren stretched out his hand and held Qilin's mouth to prevent him from making a sound.

Hearing someone enter the house, the person in the coffin shop looked up, "This shop is closed today, please go to another shop if you want to buy birthday materials."

Si Ren looked around, two people in the store were putting a small coffin into a big coffin, they should be men in their attire.A rope had already been placed under the coffin, and it seemed that it was about to be carried away.

"Why do you keep the door open if you don't do business?"

The guy who spoke just now looked at Si Ren again, "Our boss's wife is giving birth, and the boss is watching at home, let us come..."

At this point he stopped.Si Ren looked at the two coffins, one large and one small, and said, "Your lady boss is having a difficult labor?"

Both of them had dark faces and did not answer.

"Hmm..." Si Ren hesitated for a while and said, "Why don't you take me there to have a look, maybe these two pairs of longevity trees won't be needed anymore."

Hearing what he said, both of them put down their work and began to look at him together.

Si Ren was looked at from head to toe several times, and one of them, who looked a little older, raised his doubts, "Our lady boss gave birth for three days, and several midwives came, Chinese medicine practitioners and foreign doctors were all sought out, the sorceress I even invited God. It’s all useless. Now it’s up to you? I think you’re only 25 or [-] years old. I don’t believe you can do anything.”

Such questioning Si Ren has long been accustomed to, he smiled indifferently, "This elder brother guessed the age well. But as for whether I can do anything, I have to wait until I try to know."

The two men stopped talking.

Si Ren took the opportunity to say again: "If I can really save people, you will be in trouble if you don't take me there."

"That...well." The older one gritted his teeth, "Since you said so, then I'll take you there. But I can't guarantee whether others will believe you."