[Red Mansion] The third master of jade-like stone treasures

"Brother Liu, listen, is there someone singing a ballad?" Bao Cong said.

Hearing this, Liu Xianglian listened intently, and sure enough, she heard a misty voice, which seemed to be there in the far distance—but soon, he couldn't hear it clearly!

It's not that the voice is too low, but that the voice moves extremely fast, getting closer and closer, and it reaches the ear in a few seconds, and the singer is singing faster and faster, and the singing is getting louder!

At the beginning, Liu Xianglian could still hear a few words, but later, he just wanted to listen attentively, but couldn't concentrate. Later, his ears and mind were filled with only the voice of that person, which was as loud as It's like thunder and lightning rumbling in your ears.

He couldn't help covering his ears with his hands, and his whole body was numb!

But in Bao Cong's eyes, he suddenly held his head, and his whole body was in unbearable pain!

"Brother Liu, what's wrong with you?" Bao Cong hurriedly stepped forward to check, seeing Liu Xianglian's eyes were lost, her teeth were gritted and her complexion was extremely ugly, she immediately understood the voice that Liu Xianglian couldn't hear!

He quickly helped Liu Xianglian cover her ears, but it was too late, Liu Xianglian's ears were already bleeding.

"Who is it! Who is it!" Bao Cong yelled, "Who is responsible? Don't hide, get out!"

At this time, the rain gradually stopped, and the seven or eight wolves surrounding Baocong and Liu Xianglian disappeared at some point.

A person slowly walked out of the shadows.

Leaning on crutches, laughing unpredictably.Her silver hair was in a messy bun, and the strands of hair fluttered wildly around her ears. Her clothes were so tattered that it was almost impossible to tell that they were Taoist robes.

It turned out to be an elderly Taoist priest!

Bao Cong asked him bluntly: "You were singing a ballad just now? My friend's ear hurt, is it because of you?"

The old Taoist was surprised, glanced at Liu Xianglian, and then apologized: "So there are others here, it's the old Taoist who was abrupt." Then, he took out a pill from his sleeve: "Let him take this medicine, and raise him up." It will be better in ten days or so."

You wouldn't want to poison Liu Xianglian to death for no reason, would you?

Bao Cong hesitated for a while after taking the medicine, but he still fed it to Liu Xianglian.Sure enough, Liu Xianglian calmed down a bit, but she was still dizzy, frowning in pain, so Bao Cong helped him to sit on the ground to rest.

After setting up Liu Xianglian, Bao Cong asked the Taoist again: "I don't know why Chang appeared here late at night?"

The old Taoist replied with a smile: "Because the benefactor Jia has a chance tonight."

"Opportunity?" Bao Cong wondered, "What opportunity?"

The old man didn't answer, but only took two steps away, revealing a figure on the small slope behind him.Bao Cong took a closer look, and was so frightened that he quickly raised his sword and laid it across in front of him.

It turned out that the figure was a strong wolf, and Bao Cong recognized that it was the very ferocious wolf he had encountered several times!

I don't know if Bogda Asen has been solved, so it appears here.

It's too bad, this wolf can handle even a strong eight-foot man like Bogda Asen, how can he fight with his small arms and legs?Besides, Liu Xianglian was injured, and he had to protect Liu Xianglian, so it was even more impossible to fight that wolf!

The sword pointed at the wolf, and moved to the old Taoist again.

Bao Cong pretended to be calm: "What is the meaning of the Taoist priest? Could it be that you deliberately lured this wolf to kill us? Did we not offend the Taoist priest?"

"Kill you?" The old Taoist was taken aback, "No, no, the old Taoist was only entrusted by the wolf god to return something to Master Jia."

return things?Then there shouldn't be a fight?

Bao Cong calmly said, "What else?"

The old man put his hand near the wolf's mouth, only to see the wolf spit out something from his mouth to the old man's palm with a puff.Bao Cong took a look, and found that the thing was emitting a soft fluorescent light, which looked familiar.

Seeing that Baocong was curious, the old Taoist came forward and passed the things forward: "Master Jia, take a look, is this the piece of jade you lost?"

"Jade?" Bao Cong was really surprised this time. He hurriedly picked up Xiaoyu and looked at it carefully, and saw the small characters on it, health +20, mind +3. Isn't this exactly the time when Baoyu was snatched from the prison? Is it a piece of jade?

How would it appear here?It's thousands of miles away from the capital!How could it be picked up by a wolf and held in its mouth?At the beginning, Baoyu clearly said that it was robbed by others!

It seemed that he could see Bao Cong's various doubts, but the old Taoist did not explain, but only said, "The secrets of heaven must not be revealed."

Bao Cong didn't delve into the official words that are often used to make mysteries, but just remembered the wolf god that the old man said just now...

"The wolf god mentioned by the Taoist priest, but this wolf?"

"Exactly."

"Then... this wolf became a wolf god, is it related to my piece of jade?" Bao Cong stared at the old man, as if he would pounce on him whenever he uttered the word "no". .

How could it have nothing to do with his jade!The piece of jade he carved has the attribute of spirituality bonus!This wolf seems to be in the prime of life, and I'm afraid it won't live more than six or seven years, so it's impossible for it to become a wolf god by itself!

The old Taoist paused for a moment, and admitted: "This wolf has become a wolf god thanks to Master Jia's grace."

"Then why! Do you want revenge?" Bao Cong gritted his teeth, "Leading the pack of wolves hurt more than a dozen of my subordinates, and even chased me and Brother Liu for several hours, and now Brother Liu was injured... ...How to calculate this account?"

Perhaps the wolf was enlightened and understood the words of the people, and saw it slither, jumped off the small adobe, hid its huge head behind the old Taoist, and then nuzzled the old Taoist, very aggrieved There were two woo-woo sounds.

The old Taoist comprehended and quickly explained: "Before, the wolf god didn't recognize Jia benefactor, so he accidentally injured Jia benefactor's subordinates. Later, the wolf god wanted to recognize Jia benefactor and return this piece of divine jade. It was entangled and fought. So I had to ask the wolves under my command to stop Jia Shizhu, but those ordinary wolves only understand simple orders, they can't understand human nature like wolf gods, and know Jia Shizhu's identity, so they chase you..."

As the old Taoist said, the wolf slowly followed up, fell on the ground, folded its white paws and bowed to Baocong a few times, then stuck out its tongue and looked at him with wet eyes.If you don't look at the figure, people who don't know it will think it is a cute and cute big wolfhound!

It's a pity that Bao Cong doesn't eat this set.

"Hmph, pretending to be cute can't hide the fact that you hurt someone." He said coldly.

"Uh," the old man and the wolf looked at each other, and asked, "Then what does Master Jia want?"

how is it?

Bao Cong looked at the wolf, thought for a few seconds, and suddenly thought of a possibility.

"It stands to reason that the wolf who picked up his jade can naturally keep it for himself for the rest of his life. Why did he come here to return it? If he wants to return it, he can return it secretly. There is no reason why he must chase me... Could it be that there is a reason for this?" Bao Cong asked.

"No, no," the old Taoist shook his head again and again, "It is already a great opportunity for this wolf to get this jade and enlighten his wisdom. You happened to be here today, and it was God who asked him to return this jade. If you don't return it, I'm afraid Opportunity will become a disaster. Not only must you repay the jade, but it must also repay the kindness you bestowed on the jade, so that in the future, it will be able to bear the blessing."

"Is there such a theory?" Bao Cong was startled, but he didn't expect that it was just like what he thought, the wolf was here to repay his kindness.

Speaking of repaying the favor... what can he call a wolf?

Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration: "Since I want to repay my kindness, I am really troubled by one thing."

The old Taoist hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"

Bao Cong sighed and said, "I have a younger sister who married here from far away. The place is unfamiliar and the people here are tough. I'm afraid that she will be wronged and have no family to rely on. If the wolf god can protect her for me ten, no. ... In 20 years, we will settle all debts and debts between us."

Having said that, Bao Cong's heart was pounding.I don't know how many years a wolf can live. If it can only live for ten or twenty years, that is the whole life of a wolf. Will this wolf be willing?

But wolves who have opened their minds are called wolf gods. It is impossible for them to have the same life span as ordinary wolves, right?

Fortunately, the wolf only hesitated for a while, then nodded in agreement.

Bao Cong heaved a sigh of relief, and finally had a smile on his face.

After tossing and frightening all night, I finally got some benefits and came back!

Back to the horse bandit village, Zhang Tong is leading the guards to count the property of the horse bandit village.Many horse bandits were tightly tied up in the yard, all injured, bloodstained and listless.

As for Bogda Asen, he was bitten half to death by wolves, with only one breath left.

Although he was a repeat offender who robbed his relatives, he was Bogda Yushan's son after all. Zhang Tong couldn't let him die right away, so he was carried into the house, put on Jinchuang medicine, and wrapped into a mummy.

Seeing that Baocong and Liu Xianglian came back with the wolf behind them, Zhang Tong was shocked: "Why did the wolf come back!"

The soldiers and guards all drew their swords and aimed at the wolf one after another, but the wolf head shook his head in disdain, found a shady eaves by himself, and lay down on his stomach.

Bao Cong smiled and shook his head, "It's nothing, this wolf won't hurt you again."

Zhang Tong was skeptical, but seeing that the wolf really had no intention of attacking anyone, he asked the guards to put away their weapons, and only asked the two of them to pay attention to the wolf's movements.

Bao Cong and Liu Xianglian went to the horse bandit stronghold, "Have you captured all the people in the horse bandit stronghold?"

Zhang Tong reported: "Only three or four young men escaped, and the leaders of the horse bandits have all been executed on the spot. The other dead horse bandits have been piled up behind and burned, and the rest will be escorted back when the officials come. …”

As he spoke, he suddenly lowered his voice: "Lord Jia, all the women who were robbed from the horse bandit village have been arranged to be sent home, but those horses and belongings..."

The eyes met, and Bao Cong instantly understood what Zhang Tong meant.

If the official messenger comes, those horses and property will be returned to the government!But the suppression of the bandits was clearly the work of Liu Xianglian and the guards.

Bao Cong looked back at Liu Xianglian, who was clapping his ears, trying to hear what the guard next to him was saying to him, but it was of no use.

Now it's all right, Liu Xianglian can't hear, how can he discuss with him?

After thinking for a while, Baocong said: "You choose a few of these horses to use, and let them dispose of the others when the officials come. As for the property, those that were robbed from the common people will be returned to the common people, and the rest of the brothers will take a share. The government has a share, and give it to Brother Liu alone." His share, needless to say, Zhang Tong will also keep it for him, right?

...In this way, he seems to be turning into a corrupt official...

But he didn't spend the gold and silver on his own, or brought it back to the capital to pay off the Jia family's debt to the household department?Those belongings entered the local government, and might be divided up by the local officials, so why not bring some back to enrich the national treasury directly!

Thinking about it this way, Bao Cong's "greedy" felt at ease.

Hearing that the brothers could also get a share, Zhang Tong was overjoyed, and hurriedly told the guards to share the money.

Liu Xianglian was still patting her ears, and said, "What did you say? I can't hear you clearly!"

The guard who was talking to him shouted loudly: "Uncle Liu! You stepped on the copper plate that I accidentally dropped!"

=== 888 ===

In the post station, there was a lot of people's voices, except for the soldiers and guards protecting the princess's courtyard, everyone else gathered in one place.

The disgraced soldier threw down the bucket and reported to Jiang Che and Bogda Aman: "Master Jiang, Lord Hou, the fire has been extinguished, but Nanny Zhu has been burned to death."

"Ah! Burned to death? This..." Jiang Che looked at Bogda Aman: "Could it be that this old man committed suicide in fear of crime?"

Dongming and Tanchun were watching the situation at the gate of the yard.Hearing what Jiang Che said, Dong Ming suddenly became angry.

He lowered his voice and said to Tanchun: "Fourth Young Master, this Mr. Jiang is really good at acting. It is obvious that he set fire to Zhu Nanny to death!"