The fairy city of the market man

Chapter 5 5. City Lord Order

There is no moon at all tonight, and the city is pitch black.

In front of the refugees, Cao Si looked brave enough to cover the sky, but when he really entered the city, facing the darkness and silence, it was a lie to say that he was not afraid. Just looking for something to light up.

The chariot and horse dealership next to the west gate must have torches when they often go out!

The door was wide open, and when Smear went in, he seemed to have kicked a chamber pot and rolled out a long way.

Unsure whether it was a chamber pot or not, Cao Si tremblingly felt for the door before lighting the torch. First he found a candle, and then he searched for an oil-soaked torch.

He tried his best not to look at the ground, but how could he really see nothing?In the candlelight, the four or five naked horse bones under the stable, and the human bones under the blouse under the threshold of the second door are all dazzling!
Repeatedly chanting "City God Blessing", finally found the utility room where the torches were piled up, and smoked two, one under the armpit to boost courage, and the other lit for lighting.

There will also be money in the account room of the chariot and horse business, but Cao Si is too lazy to look for it. If he wants to get rich tonight, he will risk his life, so he has to get a big one!

Where is the most silver in Green Willow City?
Of course, they belong to the mansion of Grand Master Cao, more than the Zhou family!

One thing that the people of Green Willow City like to talk about is that more than ten years ago, the government was short of envoys, and the old city owner had no choice but to ask Mr. Cao to borrow the money. To practice, the old city lord helped introduce him to General He's school, and sure enough, he had to get started and become a celestial being.

Shouldn't the money of the old Cao's family be taken care of by Mr. Cao?

If he comes to beg, I will also beg to be a human immortal, and give him back half; if he doesn't come to beg, I will be the Fourth Master Cao myself from now on!

The Cao family was large, and they lived in the northwest corner of the city, not far from the west gate. There must be other survivors, but at this time, Cao Si didn't want to leave it to others.

Holding a torch in his hand, pretending not to see the white bones covered with clothes on the street, and chanting "City God Bless", Cao Si went straight to Cao's house on Beitong Street!

After chatting with my old lady for a while, when Shang San'er carried Lao Huang into the city, Cao Si was nowhere to be seen.

Compared with Cao Si, fortunately there are many old Huang who can breathe, but the city is dark and dead, and knowing that there are many bones lying on the street, Shang San'er's calf is also trembling, every step falls Afraid that someone suddenly grabbed his ankle on the ground.

After walking a few steps, I also thought of looking for something to illuminate.

According to memory, I counted to the second shop inside the West City Gate, which is a candle shop.

There are two incense and candle shops in Luliu City, the one on Nantong Street specializes in the Town God's Temple business, and the one inside the West City Gate also deals in coffins.

Tonight, the coffin wasn't scary at all.

Shang San'er moved in step by step, whenever he felt something foreign on his toes, he quickly changed direction, finally found the white lantern used for funerals in the incense and candle shop, took the fire and lit the candles inside.

Take a few replacement white candles, think about it and bring a large stack of paper money, and stuff them in your arms together with the white candles.

Going out, holding the lantern in Lao Huang's left hand, throwing a piece of paper money out with his right hand: "Go away, old and young! Don't disturb! Don't disturb! We have nothing to do with each other!"

The purpose of going to the city is to make a fortune, and Shang San'er's purpose is also very clear: the Zhou family's scoundrels fought for the family property, so the mountain breaking hammer smashed into Liujie Mountain, releasing the Jiuyou monster, causing the whole city to suffer such a catastrophe, don't touch it Who does he touch?
As for whether the City Lord's Mansion still has immortal law restrictions, whether there are human immortals and tiger guards who survived to kill him, I really didn't care about it carefully. Gain and Cao Si had the same idea: so many people died, so they came in at great risk. Since it is to get rich, send the second largest!
Don't dare to take a shortcut in the alley, first walk along Xizheng Street, throw a piece of paper money every ten steps, walk to the intersection, and then turn to Beitong Street.

Along the way, under the light of the lantern, you can see loose robes and bones, but as you walk, your calves no longer tremble.

For no reason, under the blue sky and white sun, the Green Willow City suffered such a catastrophe, could it be that all of them turned into bones were destined to die?

A little angry, but I don't know how to spread the fire!

The gate of the city lord's mansion is also open.

"anyone there?"

"Anyone else?"

"Then I'm coming in. If there's a grievance, there's a debtor, so let's go, old and young! Don't disturb! Don't disturb!"

Zhou's family has a high threshold, Shang San'er has never entered the city lord's mansion, and he can't recognize the way when he enters the door.

The city lord's mansion is naturally much more magnificent than Cao's mansion, and it occupies a much larger area, with more than a hundred acres of land.

Unable to recognize the way, Shang San'er thought, wherever there are many bones, go there!
Throwing a piece of paper money out every ten steps, the nagging in his mouth never stopped.

The bones along the way can be distinguished from the leftover clothes and objects.

The ones wearing armor and holding the same type of weapons are Dao soldiers and tiger guards; the ones in blue and short robes are servants of the city lord's mansion; , either the Zhou family son or the immortal.

Along the way, there were broken weapons and broken courtyard walls.

Did not encounter prohibition and immortals.

When the landlady resisted for a short while, the ghost turned into a black mist and swept away the vitality in the city, and the real body came here directly, killing and devouring the surviving immortals.

From the front hall to the backyard, you can see the carved dragons and painted phoenixes, pavilions and pavilions, and found the famous meritorious bamboo. Unfortunately, beside the stone tablet engraved with the eulogy of the emperor's merits and virtues, not only the three bamboos turned into three piles of burnt ashes, but the bamboo leaves I couldn't find a piece of it, and even the jade fence surrounding the bamboo was all broken.

It is almost impossible to find silver, but there are not too many porcelain ornaments, colorful embroidered screens, dowry mirror boxes, incense burners, swords, etc. Although they don't know the value, there must be nothing cheap, so I only worry about how to move it away!

At least one whole night, even if it's too far away from home, it's too late to move some to hide somewhere nearby!

As soon as he left Lao Huang at the door, he tore off the sheet from a certain bed, and was about to wrap things up, only to wake up again: "Aren't they stupid? Most of these things can only be exchanged for silver, and those who exchange merits and bamboo leaves on human beings are the real ones." baby!"

Abandoning those, he hurriedly ran back to the front yard with Lao Huang in his arms, where the bones were most closely intertwined, and dared to touch the bodies of those extraordinary robes.

There are still some paper money left in my arms, and I am worthy of the owner if I touch one and throw one away.

There are all kinds of bracelets, folding fans, swords, and chains, but unfortunately there is no owner to drive them, and the naked eye cannot recognize whether they are treasures or not.

General He's mountain-breaking hammer is often shown off, everyone in Luliu City has seen it, and knows that it was not practiced by him, but given by the old city lord, but at this time it is still on Liujie Mountain, not in the general's mansion.

Yushan sword and embroidery needles disappeared.

The mountain-breaking hammer should still be on Liujie Mountain. When it is safe, it is time to find it. As the treasure of Green Willow City, when the old people in the city talked about ancient times in the teahouse, they would often mention it, saying, "The mountain-breaking hammer weighs more than two hundred Jin", I don't know if my house may be moved?

The subordinates kept touching the bones of six or seven human immortals, and gradually their stomachs began to churn.

In the afternoon, I watched the big show on the beams of the house. After that, I escaped from the city with my mother on my back, and then went back to the city. I ate some melons and fruits sent by the landlady to satisfy my hunger, but I only had a little relief at the carrying place outside the city, but never got a big relief.

At the most critical moment, there is no escape from the third urgency, Shang San'er was about to get up and go to the latrine, when his feet suddenly tightened.

Borrowing the light from the lantern, I looked down and saw that it was a skeleton hand grabbing my trousers!

Worried that nothing happened all the way, Shang San'er had already forgotten, and instantly his hair blew up, and he fell to his knees with a "plop": "Master! The little one shouldn't be fooled by lard, and shouldn't come here to make money! Lord, spare my life! Lord, spare my life!"

Seeing the skeleton hand holding Shang San'er's trousers, Lao Huang, who had been doing nothing all this time, stood up abruptly, with dog hairs on his back standing upright, staring at the skeleton, and stepping back.

Shang San'er kowtowed and begged for mercy, but his five bony fingers only tightly grasped his trousers, and he changed his words again: "Great Immortal, spare your life! Great Immortal, spare your life!"

After screaming for a long time, Bone still didn't let go, but there was no other movement, and Shang San'er's five souls gradually returned to their positions. He didn't dare to use his strength to earn money. Thinking about it, he took out a piece of paper money and covered it in Bone's hand. Up: "The Great Immortal will let the younger one go, and every day in the future, the younger one will burn paper for the Great Immortal!"

Now, the white bones covered by the paper money moved!
It didn't have much strength, but Shang San'er could feel the traction force from the trousers, and hurriedly knelt and moved away from the traction.

After moving away, I found some handwriting on the ground where I knelt before.

The writing was written in blood, and it had already dried up. The place where the ghost black mist passed was full of dust, covering the writing, so I didn't notice it when I touched the corpse. Now that the pants have wiped off the dust, it reappeared. come out.

They all went to public school when they were young, and among their classmates, those who worked hard were picked away. Some entered the city lord's mansion as servants, some entered the government office as petty officials, some worked as store clerks, and the luckiest ones became candidates for selection.

Shang San'er didn't learn well, but he still knew a few words.

There are only five words, which are "unworthy descendants, ashamed".

After reading the words clearly, Shang San'er understood that the person who grabbed his trousers was a certain son of the Zhou family, and changed his words anxiously: "The young one is also from Luliucheng, a fellow from the village, Mr. Zhou held his hands high, and will burn it for you every year in the future. paper money!"

Bai Gu didn't let go, he asked: "What does Mr. Zhou want? Can you still write?"

There was no movement.

"Master Zhou, I will give you a good burial after dawn!"

Still nothing.

"The Zhou family in the city lord's mansion, the young ones are easy to bury, and don't forget to burn incense and paper money every year in the future!"

This time, Bai Gu's five fingers loosened.

Shang San'er didn't dare to leave, and then kowtowed: "Thank you, Mr. Zhou! I will never forget the little one! I will find someone to help with the burial at dawn, and burn incense and paper money every year in the future!"

He was still kowtowing, when there was a "ding" sound on the bone arm, something shot out.

It is an empty "Ling" character, without substance, it stops motionless in mid-air.

Looking at it, seven points of joy, three points of surprise!

The phantom that I couldn't touch before, but now fell off by itself from the bones of Mr. Zhou, must be a treasure!

Does it appear only after the soul under its feet dies, or...
Shang San'er trembled and probed: "Did Mr. Zhou reward the young one?"

Naturally, no voice would answer him.

Asked twice, still dead silent, he carefully stretched out his hand to touch the empty word "Ling".

When the fingers touched it, "Ling" turned into dots of white light, which penetrated into his palm.

At the same time, a majestic voice sounded in his heart.

"The decree was handmade by Emperor Qing. The city was named Luliu. The decree governed the city and township of water and soil! With this decree, the town gods, land, mountain gods, and river gods within a hundred miles around the meritorious bamboo of the Green Willow City can be exempted!"

(End of this chapter)