Kaifeng Monster

Chapter 4 Mirror Demon (2)
Before she could answer, the cover of the wine suddenly rose without wind, and a piece of floating cloth suddenly folded into the shape of a human face, giving him a strange and enthusiastic smile: "I have seen Mr. Kaifeng Fuzhan."

Caught off guard and frightened, Zhan Zhao subconsciously took two steps back, stepped on the slippery edge of the eaves tiles, and almost lost his footing—even if he used his kung fu to stabilize his figure, he was still in a panic.

Once or twice he showed his clumsiness in front of Duanmucui, and Zhan Zhao's cheeks were slightly hot.

Duanmucui looked at him sympathetically, stretched out his hand to grasp in the air, and suddenly turned out a piece of talisman paper between his fingers: "Send it to you."

"what is this?"

"Suppressing life talisman, you fold it and take it with you, these little monsters will never dare to be presumptuous in front of you."

It really works, the talisman is in my bosom, the wine guise is flying in the air again, and the sun and rain break a piece of cloth again.

The wontons were bought from a nearby night stall, and the bowls had to be returned after they were finished.

Anyway, it was also a night watch, and Zhan Zhao accompanied her to return it. The two of them walked through the narrow alley, and their skirts occasionally touched each other.

It's really that the plan can't keep up with the changes. I originally planned to keep away from this Duanmu girl.

Just as he was thinking, not far ahead, a door suddenly opened with a bang, and a middle-aged man tumbled out.Immediately afterwards, dishes, pans, pillows and blankets were thrown at the man's head and face one by one.

There was a woman's sobbing voice: "I'm going to see that little vixen again, do you still want this house..."

Commonplace, husband and wife quarrel, not uncommon, triangle relationship.

Now that we met, we still have to mediate. It's not good to disturb the people in the middle of the night.

Zhan Zhao took two steps forward and helped the man up. Seeing that it was Mr. Zhan from Kaifeng Mansion, the man was so cramped that he wanted to stand at attention and salute.Inside the door, the woman was holding a pot and was about to smash it. Seeing that it was an official, she didn't dare to move immediately.

Zhan Zhao smiled: "A family, there is no knot that can't be solved, why let the neighbors watch the fun."

That's right. Although the residents in the vicinity haven't come out yet, the lights are on, the doors are open, that's an absolute scene.

The man suddenly felt sad, grabbed Zhan Zhao's arm and said, "Master Zhan, you have to make the decision for me."

The whole story is like this, this man, before marrying his wife in the early years, was in love with Caifeng, who sells rock candy and pear water in Dongsidao, so after his wife Wenniang passed the door, she treated him very strictly, and strictly guarded against him.

Who would have thought that this afternoon, when Wenniang was shopping, she saw with her own eyes that her husband and the colorful phoenix entered a house one after the other, and they didn't come out for two full hours!
Two hours, how many things can be done, Wen Niang's heart is broken, and she will make a mess if she goes all out.In order to expand the social influence, he also deliberately chose the dead of night to startle everyone to watch. Unexpectedly, he met Mr. Zhan from Kaifeng Mansion just after he started.

She is a woman who dares to spoil her husband, but dare not compete with the government. But after listening to her man's endless babbling, she finally couldn't help but talk back.

——"My eyes are real, you dare to argue!"

——"I read it wrong? How could I have read it wrong? I can recognize your appearance even when it turns into ashes. What's more, there is a hole in the upper of your shoe. I sewed it on for you with cotton thread. I can see clearly..."

As Zhan Zhao listened, he suddenly felt that this scene seemed familiar.Didn't I bump into that "exactly the same real" Duanmu girl on the street that day?
Duanmucui also thought about it, and hurriedly interrupted Wenniang: "Which family is that family?"

Zhan Zhao also had an impression of the family that Wen Niang was talking about, and he had no experience with it, but people came and went, it was extremely prosperous, and it was a big family.

Wen Niang said that her husband had gone, and the man swore to death that he would not go, so could it be another "Li Gui" who entered and left that house?From this, it can be deduced that that family is the lair of those imposters?

After returning the bowls and chopsticks, Zhan Zhao and Duanmucui strolled to the door of the house. It was indeed a large courtyard with a big house lamp hanging under the eaves, and wrote the words "Jin's Mansion".

Duanmucui grabbed the door knocker, tapped lightly on the ground, and thumped three times.

The concierge was obviously not asleep, and could faintly hear the sound of yelling, drinking and playing Pai Gow inside the door, but he probably didn't bother to open the door, so he replied in a rough voice: "It's so late, the master doesn't see any guests, come back tomorrow."

Duanmucui sneered, as if rolling up his sleeves.Afraid that she would be reckless, Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand to stop her: "Maybe I will check the origin of the Jin family's records first through Mr. Bao, and it's better not to startle the snake."

"Alright."

She said "Ye Hao", but her sleeves rolled up higher and higher.Zhan Zhao looked at her vigilantly, and she was very reasonable: "Back then when Mr. Bao saw me, he always treated me politely with tea and water, and dared to shut me down..."

These big girls and little daughter-in-laws probably have small minds, Zhan Zhao sighed: "What do you want?"

"Aren't they playing cards inside the door? I stuck my head in and got scared."

Being able to control spirits and make monsters, this kind of escaping through the wall is not a problem when you think about it, but when you think of her head inside, half of her body is outside, that picture...

Zhan Zhao felt apprehensive and a little curious.

Seeing Duanmucui's hair straightened, she slowly leaned towards the door...

The hair bun disappeared from the entrance, followed by the forehead and eyes, Zhan Zhao tried to convince herself to be calm, but at this moment, she stopped suddenly.

I only saw her open her mouth and say, "No!"

After finishing speaking, he stood up straight, his face was not damaged at all, and looked at the door, it was intact, not even a dent.

His expression was both surprised and happy, but he couldn't hide his complacency: "No wonder, I didn't expect this kind of little monster for a while."

Zhan Zhao couldn't hold back anymore, and asked her, "What's going on?"

"you guess."

Zhan Zhao was furious, and his face suddenly sank: "The Kaifeng government pays attention to evidence, logic, and legal principles when investigating cases. We never rely on guesswork."

Duanmu Cuibai said to him, "That person you saw that day, did he wear exactly the same clothes as me?"

As she spoke, she stretched out her arms, revealing her clothes, as if she wanted him to see clearly.

That's right, hairstyles, clothes, and hairpins are generally the same.

Zhan Zhao nodded: "Exactly the same."

"No, no, Zhan Zhao, there is a difference, you must be thinking about it, think about it again."

She said it so firmly, she must not be lying to him.After handling the case for many years, Zhan Zhao is quite confident in his eyesight and ability to observe details. He looked at Duanmucui carefully, closed his eyes again, and traced the scene of that day in his mind.

——The boss of Taibailou, shaking his chubby body, with one hand reaching for the white jade ring on his waist...

——Duanmucui rubbed her wrists, looked at him displeasedly, raised her head, and the green hairpin on her temples trembled slightly, like a butterfly about to fly...

In the blink of an eye, Zhan Zhao suddenly understood, he quickly opened his eyes, and pointed to the hairpin on Duanmu Cui's head.

"The direction, the direction is different."

Duanmucui nodded: "Come with me."

She took him to a more secluded place, which was the back wall of Jin's mansion. From a glance, there was no difference between green bricks and stones.

"I just wanted to go in through the wall, but the moment I passed through the wall, I suddenly realized that the material of the door is different from ordinary doors. There seems to be something attached to the door."

With a pull from her sleeve, she pulled out a large square white brocade with drawstrings around it.Duanmucui raised the white brocade, and the cloth was standing squarely in the air, like a square door.

Duanmucui handed the end of the drawstring to Zhan Zhao: "Take it, give me a ride, I'll come back as soon as I go."

go for a ride?Zhan Zhao couldn't understand.

"The driving towel that Uncle Feng gave me, Zhan Zhao, even if the wind is blowing, there is still wind in the end. Accumulate a little to make a lot, gather sand to form a tower, the wind is so small now, if you want a strong wind, naturally you have to go slowly, slowly Wait slowly. You have to help get it."

She left quickly, with brisk steps, as if she had a countermeasure.

Zhan Zhao clenched the drawstring tightly, not daring to slack off.Duanmucui was right, the wind scarf was originally just a large piece of cloth standing flat and erect, but it gradually began to sag, and the sag became bigger and bigger, like a windbag.Zhan Zhao was pulled so that he couldn't stand still, but fortunately, Duanmucui did indeed "go back as soon as he went".

She took the drawstring from Zhan Zhao's hand, and handed over the cloth-covered things to Zhan Zhao by the way.When turning around, Zhan Zhao suddenly found that there was a copper hammer stuck in her back waist.

Such a slender and beautiful girl, can you swing a sledgehammer?No matter how abrupt you think.

And the thing that was handed over to him, when the cloth was opened, it was a rhombic mirror.

It is not bad, why the two people look exactly the same, even the official who has been handling the case for a long time, and the lady who lives under the same roof can't tell the difference, because it is a mirror image, lifelike, exactly the same.

The only breakthrough point is that the mirror image is reversed.

Duanmucui told him: "Wu that little demon, it's nothing serious, after I'm done, just follow my orders."

Zhan Zhao nodded and took two steps back.Duanmucui let out a long breath, facing the windbag obliquely to the wall, and pulled the rope suddenly: "Go!"

There was a sudden gust of wind on the flat ground, and in an instant, it was overwhelming.

Zhan Zhao finally understood what she was "going for a ride" for - the surface of the wall couldn't withstand the pressure, and slowly peeled away, revealing the bright and yellowish mirror underneath.

The entire outer wall of Jin Mansion, including the outer door, is wrapped in such a layer of mirrors.

Duanmu Cuiteng jumped up, pulled out the green hairpin as he approached, cut a hole in the mirror, stretched out his hand to grab the edge and yanked it out.As she quickly retreated in mid-air, the entire mirror surface was peeled off, like a huge shiny mirror belt dancing in mid-air.

She moved so quickly, grabbing a corner of the mirror, moving up and down in mid-air, folding it in half, then in half, and in half again.When she couldn't fold it in half anymore, she dropped to the ground with the mirror belt, pulled out the copper hammer from her waist, raised it high, and dropped the hammer hard.

With the other hand, he raised the driving towel, and the white towel swelled open, and the four corners grabbed the ground, like a bulging tent.

Standing outside the driving scarf, I saw her drop the hammer frequently, and the square mirror belt became smaller and smaller, from a square of about a foot to the size of a copper basin, but there was no sound at all.

Zhan Zhao tried to step in, and just stepped into the driving towel with one foot, he felt the sound of gold and stone was deafening, his head was booming, and he quickly backed out.

After about half a cup of tea, the square mirror belt was only the size of a Linghua mirror.Putting away the driving towel, Duanmucui wiped the sweat from her forehead, grabbed the mirror belt and stood up.

Looking down, the mirror flickered and was uneven, as if something was struggling to figure it out.

Duanmucui looked at Zhan Zhao: "Mirror."

Zhan Zhao quickly handed her the rhombus mirror, and watched her put the two mirrors facing each other and slowly put them together.

In an instant, the brilliance converged in all directions, and there was silence around.

The night wind blew past, and it was like returning to an ordinary night in Kaifeng, with no one in the alleyway.

Duanmucui greeted Zhan Zhao: "Come on, you can go in and have a look."

There are no people and no lights in the Dajin Mansion. The grass is luxuriant and the house is dilapidated. This is not like a big house in a busy city at all.

What about the vocals just now?

Duan Mucui said: "This is a mirror demon, but it has not yet been cultivated into a physical form. Therefore, the outer wall door is used as a mirror to reflect the appearance of all living beings. Over time, it can be copied. In order to deceive people's eyes and ears, they can live in the downtown area safely. To create the illusion of a thriving family, and use these mirror images to do convenient things.”

"It also includes robbery and money-grabbing?"

"Naturally, haven't you heard the old saying that money can make ghosts turn the mill. With real money and silver, it is convenient for it to manage up and down, and the road to cultivating a human life may go more smoothly."

Therefore, this mirror demon did not intentionally pretend to be Xihualiu, but because Duanmucui often passed by this street, and the image was absorbed by the mirror.

Zhan Zhao suddenly thought of something: "Then I..."

"You walk around every day, and you must be one of the scourges of it."

"Then will it..."

"You are an official post, and your status is more convenient. You may have been used by it to do some things to bully fish and meat, which is not certain."

It's really impossible to guard against, Zhan Zhao's back felt cold, and looking at the gathered things in Duanmucui's hands, he was inevitably a little scared.

"Does this count as taking it?"

Duanmucui smiled slyly: "It's a mirror, and it's facing a mirror. It's facing each other. It's an infinite world. Does it think it can use the mirror image to fool the world? Very well, it will be stuck here in the future, and play with itself. "

(End of this chapter)