Martial Arts and Longevity: Starting from the Spiritual Beast Picture

Chapter 45
Zhao Lin drove away Popi, and slapped off the dust on his body, and the strange smell was still lingering.

"This thing should be a powder made from musk."

Liang Song came over and said, "I heard that there is a kind of spice that won't disappear for several months after being contaminated. If you track it with a strange beast that is good at smelling fragrance, you can find it even if you escape to the ends of the earth."

Zhao Lin murmured thoughtfully, "No wonder the corpses are hidden so well that the bandits can find them. It's probably because of this method."

"I think so too." Liang Song agreed, and then suddenly said: "Just now... you ran so fast!"

Zhao Lin knew that he couldn't hide it, so he tried his best to explain: "I have great strength, so I can run fast."

"Makes sense..."

The two talked while walking, and came to the tooth shop after a while.

The dental store is a small frontage of half a house, and many house rent and sale notices are pasted messily on the wall.

"Guest officers, rent or buy a house?"

The two were reading the notice outside, when a woman in her fifties poked her head out from the door and asked.

Zhao Lindao: "Rent a house."

The prostitute walked out of the house with her skirt on, and said enthusiastically, "What kind of house do you want, expensive and cheap."

"It's safe." Zhao Lin and Liang Song said at the same time.

The matchmaker looked at the two of them carefully, covered her mouth and smiled and said, "Are you two gangsters or white gangsters?"

Liang Song frowned and said, "What's the matter?"

"Of course it does!"

The prostitute explained earnestly: "If you are gangsters, it is natural that you stay as far away from the government as possible. I will find a place with many people for you, and you will be guaranteed to hide in the city."

Then she changed the subject, "If you're an idiot, the closer you are to the government, the better. It's best to have police patrolling during the day and strong men patrolling at night."

Liang Song said: "We are from the Tao."

The prostitute smiled and said, "That must be Shuncheng Street. The county lieutenant and the garrison all live in that street, and there are people guarding it all day long. Snitches dare not go there even when they are young."

"It's just the price..."

Zhao Lin and Liang Song looked at each other and said, "Go and see first."

The matchmaker turned around and entered the room, took out a bunch of keys from the drawer, and led the two of them all the way to Shuncheng Street.

Shuncheng Street is located in the west of the city. The pavement paved with bluestone slabs is neat and clean. Most of the passers-by are well-dressed. From time to time, people on horseback and sedan chairs pass by. It looks like a place where rich people live.

Zhao Lin walked and looked, and found that the houses here were all brick and stone structures, with almost no wood visible, so he asked the matchmaker what was going on.

The prostitute pointed to the black ash on the wall of a house and said: "Many houses here used to be made of wood. Ten years ago, a fire broke out and burned most of the street. Only a few houses with adobe brick walls survived."

"There are a lot of rich people here, and they used stone blanks as the foundation for the reconstruction. It happened that the county government was rebuilding the warehouse at that time, and a lot of large stones were transported from the mountains to build houses."

Zhao Lin and Liang Song felt that the stone house was safe to live in, so they nodded involuntarily.

What made them even more satisfied was that there were yamen guards patrolling the streets from time to time, and strong servants stood guard in front of many mansions.

"This is the mansion of the guard, how is it?"

When passing by a magnificent house, the prostitute said in a showy tone, and then pointed diagonally to the opposite side, "Over there is the residence of County Lieutenant Li, and it's not bad."

Zhao Lin looked at it for a while, and saw that the courtyard wall was tall, the gate tower was magnificent, and there were many sharp thorns on the horse's head wall, and he nodded secretly in his heart.

The county lieutenant is in charge of law and order, and the guard is in charge of the city defense. Living on the same street with such a person, no matter how daring the beard is, he would not dare to blatantly break into the door and assassinate him.

At this moment, Liang Song leaned closer to Zhao Lin's ear and whispered, "There are people following behind."

Zhao Lin gave him a look back, indicating that he had seen it too.

"I'm going to beat them away!"

"Forget it, they were instigated by others, and we can't hide the matter of finding a house from others."

Beard has inextricably linked with the local gangs, as long as he is willing to pay, there are plenty of people doing this kind of work.

The matchmaker took the two of them to a small house in the south, took out the key, unlocked the door, pushed the door and walked in.

"right here."

Both Zhao Lin and Liang Song were in a daze, the house seemed out of place with the whole street.

The gate was dilapidated, and the courtyard was empty. There was a well in the middle, which was sealed with a big stone.

The inverted room, the main room, and the side rooms are surrounded by a circle, and the door of the main room is pasted with a ghost-suppressing tiger head amulet...

The furniture in the house is complete, dust is everywhere, and there are several thick layers of spider silk on the beams. It looks like it can be used for fishing.

"Hasn't this house been lived in for a long time?"

Zhao Lin was puzzled. The location is good, and it should be easy to rent out. This house has been unoccupied for several years.

"It's been a while, but it's good to tidy it up." The prostitute vaguely said.

Zhao Lin felt that she was not telling the truth, so he said with a sullen face, "To be honest, I can find out just about anyone on the street."

Liang Song also asked: "What's the matter with the ghost-suppressing charm on the gate?"

The matchmaker laughed dryly, "Guest officer has good eyesight, something happened to this house."

"How many lives?" Zhao Lin asked directly.

"It turned out that there lived a grain merchant here. Because of his wife's adultery, he tied up the adulterer and the adulterer in a rage, and threw him into the well. He didn't think about it, so he hanged himself."

"The grain merchant had no children, and the house fell into the hands of his distant cousin. His cousin was doing business at the wharf, so he entrusted it to me to change hands."

After the toothmaid finished speaking, she said cheekily: "The matter of gods and ghosts is illusory, you two shouldn't mind?"

Zhao Lindao: "I don't mind if it's cheap."

When the matchmaker heard that there was a door, she hurriedly said, "It's half cheaper than the market price, 250 Wen a month for a short-term rental, and [-] Wen for a long-term rental, how about it?"

Zhao Lin didn't answer but instead asked, "Then what about buying?"

Houses in this era are far less expensive than in previous lives. The price of an ordinary house is equivalent to an acre of fertile land, and it can be bought for seven or eight taels of silver.

Once you enter the house in such a good location, it costs no more than three or forty taels, so Zhao Lin asked this question.

The matchmaker was both surprised and happy, and said: "The guest officer wants to buy it? How dare you!"

"The landlord listed it for 20 taels for sale. It hasn't been sold for several years. My wife, I will make my own decision and sell it for 18 taels."

Liang Song was a little dazed, and pulled Zhao Lin aside, "Why do you buy this haunted house?"

Zhao Lin said calmly: "I want to modify it, the rented one is inconvenient to move, how much money do you have?"

Liang Song touched his body through his clothes, "It's only five taels, how about you?"

Zhao Lin spread his hands, "I gave all my money to my family, just the two taels of silver I just robbed."

Liang Song worried: "That's not enough."

Zhao Lin looked outside the door and said with a sneer: "It's okay, let's borrow it from the local ruffians. Don't they like to follow us? It's really impossible to rob the bandits."

Liang Song's eyes lit up, "Good idea!"

"We want to buy this house, but the price has to be cheaper."

After the negotiation, Zhao Lin and Liang Song bargained with the matchmaker, and finally set the price at 16 or [-] yuan.

The matchmaker was already prepared, and took out the pen, ink, ink pad and guarantee contract that she carried with her, and both parties signed and pledged...

"After receiving your two taels of deposit and paying the balance within seven days, this house will belong to you."

The matchmaker handed over the key to Zhao Lin, and said with a beaming smile.

Zhao Lin prepared the contract and glanced at the gloomy house in front of him. He never expected that the first property he owned would be like this.

(End of this chapter)