deadly mantra

Chapter 45 One story, three questions
The lobby of Yongchang Escort Agency exudes the smell of inferior incense.

The birds kept in the iron cages were chirping and scurrying around uneasily.

On the table, white smoke rose from the hot tea.

Ji Fanyin put his hands behind his back and looked up at the picture scroll hanging on the wall.

This ink painting uses mountains and forests as the main line, and the artistic conception is quite good.

She stared at a point on the rockery and remained silent for a long time.

There, break a hole in the paper.

It looks like it was torn apart by humans.

Just when she reached out to find out, Lin Jiang's slightly nervous voice sounded from the door.

"Girl! This is your thing!"

behind the wall.

There are six people ambushing there.

They are tall and strong, wearing bodyguard uniforms, with strong arms and bulging veins.

Nervous sweat rolled down their dark cheeks.

As Lin Jiang walked into the lobby, the sweating escorts breathed a sigh of relief. Their hearts that had just dropped from their throats were raised again because of the conversation coming from outside.

"Boss Lin, it's time to take off your landscape painting. I just stared at it for a long time and thought someone was staring at me in the painting, but it turned out that there was a black paper hole in it."

The muscles under Lin Jiang's sleeves suddenly tightened, and his hoarse laughter revealed stiffness and guilt:
"Haha, I'm making you laugh, girl. Our escorts travel all over the country, and we are all rough guys. We don't know how to appreciate paintings at all. It would be nice to have something hanging there to prevent the wall from looking empty. Come on, Girl, look, are you in Haicheng, hauling the goods we transport?"

Lin Jiang held an object wrapped in black satin with both hands and placed it on the table.

Ji Fanyin walked away from the ink painting and uncovered the black satin.

A brocade box about one meter long and twenty centimeters wide was revealed.

The brocade box is covered with golden wood grain and is deep red in color. It is made of blood dragon wood that has been rare for hundreds of years.

At this time, strong sunlight pours in from the window and shines on the surface of the box.

In an instant, the brocade box became crystal clear like a rhinoceros horn.

Ji Fanyin's fingertips fell on the brocade box, caressing it gently, and swept aside his peripheral vision without leaving a trace.

There was no expression of surprise on Lin Jiang's face, as if he already knew that the box would transmit light when exposed to strong light.

Ji Fanyin calmly withdrew his gaze, and his white and tender hands slid down to hold up the golden Nine Dragon Lock.

The surface of the lock was scraped with criss-crossing lines, as if someone had tried to break it open countless times with brute force and tools.

Lin Jiang's pupils narrowed, and he quickly turned around with a guilty conscience, looking at the incense burner on the table.

and many more!

hold on!
Wait a second.

When the ecstasy smoke takes full effect, he will...

Lin Jiang's eyes were as greedy as a hungry wolf, and he looked at Ji Fanyin's graceful figure from top to bottom.

At this time, Ji Fanyin suddenly turned around, frightening Lin Jiang's whole body to tremble, and he immediately put away the evil thoughts in his eyes.

"Lin Captou."

"Hmm? Girl, please sit down and drink tea."

Lin Jiang raised his hand and asked Ji Fanyin to take a seat, while he walked towards the chair opposite.

Ji Fanyin raised her eyebrows, sat down, and glanced at the hot tea at hand.

A few tea stems floated on top, and low-quality tea powder sank at the bottom.

She didn't touch the teacup, raised her head to Lin Jiang, and asked straight to the point:

"I have a few questions, and I hope that Mr. Lin can clear them up for me."

Lin Jiang was worried that he couldn't find a chance to delay. When he heard that Ji Fanyin had something to ask, he immediately smiled happily and said, "If you ask, Lin will definitely tell you everything he knows."

Ji Fanyin smiled and said:
"I asked your escort agency to transport my things to Fofu City in the Holy Land of Buddha. For some reason, my things didn't show up in Fofu City on time."

The smile on Lin Jiang's face suddenly froze. He didn't expect her to be so direct.

He turned his head subconsciously and took another look.

The incense has been half burned.

"This……"

He showed a troubled expression and sighed:
"Alas, we sent the things to Fofu City in the Holy Land of Buddha. Unexpectedly, fire from the sky suddenly fell there, and the people were in dire straits. The Emperor of Hell's party was driven out and killed by the traitors, and the situation was in chaos. We had no choice but to transport the things back to Qixia City. I originally thought that when everything was stable, we would set off to a Buddhist holy country, but I never thought that girl, you would come here first. That kick of yours... was really hard, hahaha. Fortunately, our misunderstanding was solved. ”

Ji Fanyin tapped the brocade box with her fingertips, raised her eyebrows slightly, and accepted his answer:
"second question."

Lin Jiang breathed a sigh of relief and asked with a smile:
"Please speak, girl."

"Nine Dragon Lock and Blood Dragon Brocade Box, these two things are already rare in the world. What kind of rare jewelry should be locked up with such a rare treasure? Head Guard Lin, have you ever had such a question? In other words, you haven’t tried opening it to find out what’s going on?”

Hot sweat suddenly broke out on Lin Jiang's forehead.

Each of her questions was sharper than the last.

Lin Jiang grabbed his sleeves, roughly wiped the sweat from his forehead, and replied in a trembling voice:

"I...I'm the head escort. Don't pry, don't be greedy, don't be greedy. These are the three bad rules of our profession. The girl was joking, how could I have such thoughts."

"Oh? Really?" Ji Fanyin smiled without comment: "Then the third question."

Lin Jiang swallowed nervously and opened his eyes unconsciously, fearing that she would ask more difficult questions.

Seeing this, Ji Fanyin showed a comforting smile:

"Sect Officer Lin, don't be nervous, this question is very simple."

After a pause, her lips parted slightly, and she spoke softly:

"Chixia Country, Lincheng County, there is a farmer's family named Le. Old man Le has always had a daughter. When he was over fifty, his mother-in-law finally gave birth to a baby girl. The girl's name was Lexi. Hopeful Xi , she is a very cute girl.”

Hearing the sound, Lin Jiang finally breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile:
"Oh? This is a good thing. What does the girl want to ask?"

Ji Fanyin knocked on the wooden box, paused for a moment, and smiled, but the smile did not reach her eyes:

"Guard Lin, don't be impatient."

"Urgent? Hahaha, I'm not in a hurry. Why am I in a hurry? You tell me, and you go on."

"Boom boom boom——"

The sound of knocking on the wooden box is neither urgent nor slow, and the sound is clear and crisp.

Ji Fanyin continued:
"That day, it was snowing heavily, and I was so hungry that I passed out at the door of her house. Lexi ran out, dragged me into her house, made firewood, and fed me a bowl of hot soup. When I left, She was ten years old and I was eight. A year later, when I went back, there was only ruins left."

Her clear eyes looked at Lin Jiang quietly, her eyes lost their smile and became extremely cold.

"I asked her neighbors where their family members had moved, and they closed the door like they were driving away the plague. I knocked on the door one by one and asked from house to house. Finally, one person stood up. They told me , Not long ago, a group of people passed there."

"On that day, it was also snowing heavily. They broke into the farmer's house and tore Lexi's clothes. One by one, then one by one, they lay on her body. The man said that Lexi screamed all night. The next day , a fire burned it all down.”

Lin Jiang's expression began to change.

Ji Fanyin raised the corners of her lips and smiled:

"That village is still there, but there is only one family left in the whole village. Mr. Lin, what a coincidence. I remember that there are also seven people in your escort agency, right?"

Lin Jiang's breathing began to become rapid, the muscles on his face were tense, and his iron fists were clenched tightly, but he sat motionless, as if waiting for something.

Suddenly, Ji Fanyin's expression changed. She pressed the armrests of the chair with her hands and hurriedly stood up, but her body fell back to the chair weakly.

The fragrance finally worked.

Lin Jiang laughed in triumph and walked towards Ji Fanyin.

(End of this chapter)