Rent Affair

Chapter 8
Xiaoying and I quickly followed behind Chen Changan. As we walked further in, we found that Xiaoqing Village was not just a few earthen houses as we saw on the surface. Walking along the earthen road, there were wooden houses on both sides of the road Orderly, arranged on both sides, like a small town outside.

A two-story wooden building is now in sight. The eaves of this wooden building are full of spider silk, slightly tilted to one side, and dilapidated. Respectfully said, "Chen Chang'an, an old Taoist disciple of the Qingmen, also came here to save someone's life, and I hope all the seniors will give this thing to me!"

"Who are you talking to?" I asked Xiaoying in a low voice, but Xiaoying pinched me and told me to keep quiet.

Chen Changan's words fell for a long time, but he still couldn't get up, as if he was waiting for the reply from the people in the wooden building.

"You said you are a disciple of the Qingmen veteran? How is your master, an old man?" The ethereal voice came from inside the wooden building, as if it was thousands of miles away, and it seemed to be close at hand.

When Xiaoying heard that the four people in the wooden building seemed to be old acquaintances with the master, she beamed with joy, and Chen Chang'an replied, "Back to the senior, the old master has passed away long ago!"

"Haha... Immortal death!"

The sharp laughter lingered in the air for a long time, especially piercing, "This old man died well, if it weren't for him, I wouldn't have been expelled from the school back then, and fell to such a state!"

Hearing these words, Chen Changan was taken aback, but he still respectfully addressed him as "Master Uncle".

"Since you are willing to call me Master Uncle, I will not kill you and spare your lives... But I will not give you this spirit orb, so go back!"

"This..." Chen Chang'an clenched his fist slightly, but immediately let go, and bowed again. Although he was unwilling, he was no match for his uncle, so he had to turn around and leave.

Seeing this, Xiaoying hurriedly pulled me to follow, and after leaving Xiaoqing Village, Xiaoying asked about the uncle.Chen Chang'an got started earlier, when the old Taoist of Qingmen was still in the Taoist sect, and his uncle was expelled from the sect also happened at that time, Chen Chang'an naturally knew the whole story.

The elder brother of Qingmen Taoism is named Ren Tiangang, he is very talented, he has only been a teacher for a few years, and his Taoism is outstanding, and he beats his fellow brothers. As the saying goes, "a tree that is beautiful in the forest will be destroyed by the wind", so Ren Tiangang has aroused the jealousy of his fellow disciples disgust.

At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Yellow River dried up, and a huge crystal coffin emerged from the river bed. This crystal coffin caused a sensation, and the master sent Ren Tiangang to find out the origin of the coffin alone.

Ren Tiangang took the order of his teacher, prepared dry food, and went to the bank of the Yellow River alone. When he arrived at the place where the crystal coffin was found, he saw that the crystal coffin was completely clear, and the walls were tightly stitched without any gaps. When the word "crystal coffin" was mentioned, Ren Tiangang kept silent. Seeing that he couldn't get any information, Ren Tiangang had to stay by the crystal coffin alone for three days and three nights.

In the early morning of the fourth day, Ren Tiangang was startled to find a spot of light in the crystal coffin that kept flickering. At first, he thought it was the reflection of the stars in the night sky, but then he realized that if it was starlight, why is there only one star in the sky? This one?
Ren Tiangang approached the crystal coffin, saw the light spot inside the coffin, when he was about to take a closer look, the light spot seemed to sense something strange, it disappeared and turned into gray and black. Waiting for it to light up again, unexpectedly, just as a gray light appeared in the sky, the Yellow River rushed up in an instant, like a giant wild beast, baring its teeth and clawing, attacking with the force of devouring the starry sky, the water level was less than a few breaths Then submerged the crystal coffin, Ren Tiangang was still stunned by this sudden scene, the wind was calm and the river waves were normal.

The water level rose, the crystal coffin disappeared, Ren Tiangang no longer needed to investigate, and set out to return to his mission. His fellow disciples had already spread rumors that he had discovered the art of practicing evil ways in the crystal coffin. Ren Tiangang had just arrived in front of the mountain gate, but what was waiting was a massive formation, and it was the old Taoist of Qingmen who set up the formation. Ren Tiangang tried his best to get out of the formation, and the old Taoist of Qingmen and Ren Tiangang The bridge between the two was thus forged.

After Ren Tiangang left the division, there was no news for many years, and even Chen Changan never thought that he would meet him in Xiaoqing Village.

I don't really care about the grievances and grievances among their masters, but the pain in my chest has become more and more severe in the past two days in the mountains, and sometimes I even feel difficult to breathe, as if something is choked in my throat, and now Ren Tiangang has taken it away. Lingzhu, I'm afraid that my life is here this time...

Seeing my sad face, Xiaoying could guess what I was thinking. She patted my shoulders twice, a crescent moon formed at the corner of her eyes, and said with a faint smile, "Don't think too much, it's all because of me." From now on, even if I trade my life for my life, I will keep your life!"

After hearing this, I was relieved a lot. We have been together for nearly a month. I haven't figured out why these things happened, and I don't know why Xiaoying came to me, but I can feel that Xiaoying is not malicious at all. There is even a little concern.

"Senior brother, apart from the Lingzhu, what else can expel the Yin Gu from the body?" Xiaoying looked at Chen Chang'an with her watery eyes, and her voice was urgent.

Chen Chang'an was silent for a moment, and then slowly said, "It's not that there are ways to say it, it's just..."

"Just what?" Seeing that Chen Changan was playing tricks, Xiaoying asked urgently.

"Are you sure it's worth it?" Chen Changan looked at Xiaoying, and after seeing that she finished speaking, Xiaoying nodded without thinking, sighed softly, and said that the Lingzhu used spiritual power to eradicate the Yin Gu in my body, while the other The second method is to drive away Yin with Yin.

"Using yin to drive away yin? How to drive away?"

Yin Gu is parasitized by poisonous substances. If you want to be more yin than this thing, you have to find something more yin. Yin Gu can be expelled.It's just that this evil spirit is born vicious, so how can it be easily captured.

"Evil..."

Xiaoying murmured, her eyebrows arched, and her eyes were full of anxiety, talking about where to find the evil spirit in such a short time.

Chen Chang'an said that my yin Gu has not spread all over my body, and it is still gathered in one place on my chest, and it will not endanger my life within half a month. Xiaoying heaved a sigh of relief after listening to the words, and asked where to find it.

"Where there is a disaster, just look for it!" Chen Changan's words were cold, he didn't want his junior sister to go into this muddy water, but it would be difficult to stop Xiaoying from going, so he had to put on a cold attitude, and this Under the Ruuobing appearance is full of Yu Xiaoying's care.

After finishing speaking, Chen Changan didn't say any more, and walked back according to the original path.

Xiaoying smiled at me and said that there is no unparalleled road, so this is not to ignite life again, isn't it.

I forced a smile, but didn't respond. I really don't know if she is naive and optimistic, or if she doesn't think too much. If the seven evil spirits can be easily caught, Chen Chang'an will never choose the Lingzhu as the first choice, but that's the end of the matter. There is no other way, so I have to treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor and give it a try.

Xiaoying didn't want to take me with her, after all, I was haunted by Yin Gu, and this trip was full of dangers, if something went wrong again, it wouldn't be easy to solve.

I glanced at Chen Chang'an who was walking in front of me. If he and I were left alone in the small mansion, it would be better to kill myself with a knife. Xiaoying saw that I insisted on following, so she didn't say anything else, so she agreed. .

It was late at night when I returned to the small foreign building, Xiaoying stayed up all night, packed up my traveling things, and took me to set off at dawn. Before leaving, Chen Changan handed Xiaoying a gourd, reminding me to be careful in everything.

Xiaoying took the gourd and said to reassure Chen Changan that she still has the ability to subdue demons. The two of them didn't talk any more, and Xiaoying took me away.

The first stop of this trip is City S, which is not far from Lingbei County, only half a day's drive by car. City S is a prefecture-level city, and multiple train lines have intersected since then, with a large floating population. The economy is prosperous, and the urban construction is regular and orderly.

When we arrived in S City, Xiaoying found a place to live nearby. I was afraid that we would sleep in separate rooms and we would have no time to take care of it, so I opened a room. Xiaoying didn't sleep all night, and even her body couldn't stand it, she was so sleepy. When I entered the room, there was a slight snoring sound. I was hungry for a while, and seeing her in a deep sleep, I didn't wake her up, so I went downstairs to find a small restaurant to fill my stomach.

As soon as I entered the restaurant, I missed the meal time. There were only two migrant workers drinking wine together in the room, with packages under their feet. It looked like they were going to travel far away. I ordered a meal and found a seat to sit down.

The two migrant workers drank some wine and spoke loudly. One of them, a bald man, spoke with a country accent while smoking a cigarette, saying that something strange had happened at the construction site where he was working.

When the other young man heard this, he immediately became interested, lit a cigarette, and listened to the bald man.

Due to the expansion of the urban area of ​​S city, a large number of migrant workers come here to seek a living. This bald man is one of them. The construction site where he works is in the suburbs of the city, and the salary is not bad. He also wants to stay until winter, but just now After a few days, strange things happened at the construction site.

When the foundation was being dug on the construction site, a coffin was dug out from the ground. If you say that the suburbs were not well maintained, it would be no surprise to dig out the coffin, but when the coffin was opened, there was only a yellow leather skin and a porcelain jar in the coffin. , Migrant workers are feudal and superstitious, no one dares to move this coffin, so the foreman is called.

How could the foreman believe in these ghosts? He looked at the money and saw that the migrant workers were all gathered here to watch the excitement, which delayed the progress. He carried the coffin together with the yellow skin and threw it into the wilderness.

But both the foreman and the coffin bearer were dead.

The young man became more and more fascinated the more he listened, and even I, who had listened a little, listened carefully.

The bald man looked at the serious look on the young man's face, smiled, and purposely put on a show, picked up the wine, took a sip of his glass, and clicked his mouth, saying this is too wicked, you won't even say it letter.

The young man was quite discerning. He took out a cigarette from his pocket, handed it up hastily, and smiled coyly, "Uncle, don't be fooled. It makes me feel very anxious. Tell me!"

The bald man lit a cigarette, sucked hard, exhaled the smoke slowly, and started talking again.

The foreman came home with the porcelain pot and put it on the table casually, but at night, he heard someone calling his name, the voice was very soft, as if it came from a long way away, the foreman lay on his stomach. Looking down from the window, he didn't see anyone calling him from downstairs. He opened the door again, but there was no one outside. He scratched his head and muttered, but the shouting never stopped.

The foreman subconsciously glanced at the porcelain jar on the table, and saw that the porcelain jar was no different. He thought about the exhaustion of the past two days and had auditory hallucinations, so he didn't think about it any more. He turned off the light and fell asleep. When he closed his eyes, he felt a pair of eyes staring at him in the corner of the house. Those eyes were like a long-hungry beast looking at its prey, which made his scalp numb, and he got out of bed in a panic. After turning on the light, he turned around and saw a person standing in the corner of the house.

(End of this chapter)