Kaifeng Monster

Chapter 40
Speaking of it, people's thinking is indeed very strange - it was obviously Gongsun Ce who took the lead and urged Zhan Zhao to find Duanmucui, but Zhan Zhao really brought Duanmucui back, and Gongsun Ce was dumbfounded.

Not just plain dumbfounded.

Therefore, the first sentence he spoke was: "You are not disguised, are you?"

It's quite reasonable to ask, once bitten by a snake, and ten years afraid of well ropes, wasn't the whole Kaifeng mansion tossed to the ground by a fake Bao Gong back then?Wouldn't it be nice for any villain to turn into Duanmucui in a flash of inspiration?
"Mr. Gongsun is as perspicuous as ever." Duanmucui said solemnly, "I am not only disguised, but also a man disguised... Do you see it, sir?"

"No..." Gongsun Ce didn't know whether he was dizzy or too honest.

Zhan Zhao endured the pain very hard.

"This is not allowed." Duanmucui became more serious, "As the master of the Kaifeng Mansion, life and death are not distinguished, and men and women are not distinguished. The monthly salary should be halved..."

Miss Duanmu, I don’t play with you like this. I haven’t seen you for so long, and I will deduct half of my salary as soon as I meet... Is it easy for Mr. Gongsun to earn some money...

Zhan Zhao finally made a breakthrough and laughed out loud.

This smile woke up Gongsun Ce's smile.

Glaring fiercely at Zhan Zhao, the latter blushes.

I want to stare at Duanmucui again... Uh... Forget it, this girl has always been bad, so don't bother with her.

When the "Six Fingers" case was used to arrest demons, Kaifeng Prefecture school captain Qi Qi sent him back to his room to sleep alone, what Duanmucui said at the time...

"Mr. Gongsun, I don't want to save one and scare the other away."

Also, what did she say when she went to Jinyang to collect demons...

"It's always your emperor's father who is not good..."

She doesn't even sell the emperor's face, what else can you expect from her...

Thoughts were fluctuating, and the strange expression on his face changed accordingly, Zhan Zhao stood aside with his sword in his arms, his face was full of things that had nothing to do with him.

Weigh it again and again, a little intolerance will lead to a big conspiracy...

So the eye knife that was originally planned to kill Duanmucui was replaced by a blunt knife hidden deep under Wen Wen's eyes, which was so helpless and sad that he dared not take it out of its sheath again and again, referred to as Wen Wen's knife.

Originally, I wanted to catch up on the old days, but it was almost noon, and more and more people came to Jukelou to get medicines, and from time to time, some people came to beg Gongsun Ce to move to the doctor, so I had no time to spare.

Of course, Zhan Zhao and Duanmucui were not idle either—there were too many monks, porridge, and decoctions in short supply, so pushing and scrambling was unavoidable, and Zhan Zhao had to come out to maintain order; Duanmucui was originally there to help, and the kitchen was short of manpower soon, and the woman in charge of the stove was on fire. He came out to find someone to help, and looked around, but it happened that Duanmucui was the closest and the most idle, so he went up to grab him and dragged him to the stove without saying a word, which made Gongsun Ce feel terrified, afraid that Duanmucui would be upset and put him away. The old woman threw her hands across the beams - fortunately, Duanmucui was not upset, and obediently went to the stove to light the fire.

Busy until the sun fell to the west, the inside and outside of the Juke building became sparse, and there were only a few or two people left, helping the shopkeeper Li to move the table into the building.During the period, there was a young man named He Sangui. Zhan Zhao relied on him to help maintain order during the day, and he had a good impression of him. Seeing that he was struggling to move, he wanted to go over to help, but suddenly he heard a woman behind him say crisply: "Gui elder brother."

When I looked back, it was a young girl dressed by a peasant family, with pretty eyes, and a bamboo basket on her arm. Although it was covered with a cloth, it was still emitting fragrant and hot air, so I knew it was for He Sangui. of.

Sure enough, He Sangui hurriedly put down the table, couldn't hide the smile on his face, wiped his hands on the lapel of his clothes again, and greeted him: "It's agreed that we will go over here as soon as we finish... please take a trip, sister." .”

The girl lowered her head, bit her lips and smiled, stretched out her hand to uncover the cover, handed He Sangui a freshly steamed bun, and said, "You're exhausted, Brother Gui, let's eat the bun."

He Sangui responded with his mouth, but didn't move his hands, he just looked at the girl with a foolish smile, the girl pouted, and said, "What if you don't want it?"

He Sangui was startled, and took it as if he was snatching it, as if he was afraid of being snatched away.The girl burst out laughing and said angrily, "Stupid."

While talking, the two went to the side, and when they passed Zhan Zhao, He Sangui respectfully said, "Mr. Zhan."

Zhan Zhao nodded and smiled, and the girl saw that Zhan Zhao's description was good and his bearing was outstanding, so she couldn't help but take a second look, and whispered to He Sangui again.

Zhan Zhao watched the two go away, and gradually felt a sense of harmony and warmth in his heart, because he thought: If all the people in this world are as peaceful and happy as they are, and live a carefree life, then it will be fine.

Just as he was in a trance, he heard someone beside him cough twice on purpose, and said, "Zhan Zhao, don't look at it any more. If you look at it again, your eyeballs will fall out."

Zhan Zhao smiled unconsciously, and when he turned his head to look, Duanmucui was holding a teacup in his hand, his face was tense, but his eyes couldn't hide the narrowness of his eyes: "You're exhausted, Brother Zhao, have a drink... "

Before the word tea could be blurted out, he couldn't help but let out a laugh and bent over, unable to support his hands, a cup of tea was spilled on Zhan Zhao's front and hem.

Zhan Zhao knew that she heard He Sangui talking to the girl, so she purposely learned to tease herself, just shook her head and smiled wryly, waited for a while, seeing that Duanmucui still didn't want to stop, sighed: "Miss Duanmu, stop laughing, laugh again, I'm afraid I won't be able to straighten my waist."

At this point, Duanmucui's smile was not as loud as before, and when she raised her head, Zhan Zhao shook her head and said, "Miss Duanmu was really lighting a fire in the stove just now, don't she get into the stove."

Duanmucui groaned, quickly wiped her face with the back of her hand, and said nervously: "Really, no wonder they smiled at me just now... Is there any more?"

In fact, Duanmucui only had a little soot on her cheeks, and it was fine if she didn't wipe it off. It was like someone brushed a pen dipped in light ink across her face, and left a spot on the tip of her nose by coincidence. It was a big blot of ink, but she still had a tense and serious face, so funny.

Zhan Zhao held back a smile and said, "It's okay, there's only some left." He said, raising his hand to wipe it off for her.

In the middle of the hand, I suddenly had a thought: there is a guard against ethics, men and women are different, this is not good in the end.At the beginning, he and Duanmu Cui met after a long absence, and the love was difficult for him, and his behavior was slightly out of bounds, but it was reasonable--if so, afterward, he wondered whether it was Meng Lang--this was the case at that time, but at this moment, on the street , Wouldn't it be abrupt if you acted on your own?
In the blink of an eye, many thoughts have passed through my mind.

Duanmucui first heard Zhan Zhao say "there are still some", she wanted to reach out to wipe it, but when she saw Zhan Zhao raised her hand, she put it down naturally, seeing Zhan Zhao stopped in the middle, she couldn't help asking in wonder, "Zhan Zhao?"

Zhan Zhao came back to his senses, bowed his head and smiled slightly, and said softly, "Don't move."

While speaking, she wrapped her hands in her sleeves without any trace, covered the sleeve cloth, and carefully helped Duanmucui wipe off the dust stains on her face.

Women in the world, let alone immortals, probably don't care about their makeup—Duanmucui really stood still, a rare obedient and well-behaved girl, with only one pair of eyes restless, looking around.

Suddenly a smile appeared on his face, and he said behind Zhan Zhao: "Mr. Gongsun, you are back."

Zhan Zhao turned around, and saw Gongsun Ce coming from the street—Gongsun Ce had been running around to see a doctor after noon, he must be tired.

Sure enough, when he looked closely, Gongsun Ce's face was full of gloom.
Zhan Zhao's heart sank: "Mr. Gongsun, today's visit to the doctor has little effect?"

Gongsun Ce nodded, his hoarse voice was a little dry: "For a while, I didn't know how to start. I prescribed some prescriptions to deal with common diseases, but I don't know if it will be useful." Xiang Duanmucui: "Miss Duanmu, you are Fang Wai Shangxian, do you have any elixir, nectar, can..."

Before she finished speaking, Duanmucui shook her head and said: "This is just a folk story... I really don't know much about the plague caused by the God of Plague."

Gongsun Ce snorted, couldn't hide the disappointment on his face, and forced a smile: "I think so, if you have a way, you won't wait until now..."

After thinking for a while, he said to Zhan Zhao: "On the way, I thought of some prescriptions. It's not too late. I thought about picking up all the herbs, and I'll make a test tonight."

Zhan Zhao already understood what Gongsun Ce meant, nodded and said, "Sir, list the herbs you need, and I'll go to the pharmacy to buy them."

The plan has been made, the few people did not delay, went into the Juke Building to find pens and inks, Gongsun Ce listed the herbs needed one by one.After Erqing finished writing, the ink was still wet, Duanmucui held the paper in his hands and dried it carefully, Gongsun Ce saved the day's toil, but he couldn't explain it to Duanmucui in detail, he felt somewhat apologetic, saying : "Miss Duanmu, Xuan Ping is in a hurry. I'm afraid I won't be able to spare time to meet you in the near future. I'll stay for a few days..."

Duanmu Cui didn't raise her head, and said: "What's the wind, Xindie's news is coming soon, I'm leaving tonight."

Gongsun Ce's heart was shocked, he expected it, but he didn't expect Duanmucui to answer like this, he stayed there for a while, speechless.

After a long time, Zhan Zhao whispered, "No...do you want to stay one more day?"

Duanmucui shook his head: "I want to find the God of Plague as soon as possible, and I can't let him spread the plague in the world. If it's too late, I don't know how many innocent people will die." He then handed the paper to Zhan Zhao.

The God of Plague was provoked by Wen Guwei and acted recklessly to spread plague in the world. It is really a scandal for the Immortal Family.

Zhan Zhao reached out to take the paper, folded it slowly, and said after a long time, "That's right." He paused again, not knowing what to say, and said with a slight smile, "I'll go to the pharmacy to get the medicine."

Gongsun Ce wanted to call him to stop, but when he saw Zhan Zhao's desolate expression as he turned and left, he slowly withdrew his outstretched hand.

It wasn't until Zhan Zhao walked away that he let out a long sigh and said to Duanmucui: "Miss Duanmu, if you return this time, it would be better... not to return."

Duanmucui was staring at Zhan Zhao's back in a daze, but didn't pay attention to what Gongsun Ce said, lowered his head in thought for a while, frowned and said, "Mr. Gongsun, when I come back this time, I always feel that Zhan Zhao is not the same as before, but I can't tell what's different—I'm not here for a few days, what happened to Kaifeng Mansion?"

When Gongsun Ce heard Duanmucui say "these few days", he almost jumped up in shock: "What are these few days? How long have you been walking by yourself, and you don't know?"

"If you don't count the days in Jinyang, you've only stayed in Yingzhou for about ten days."

Gongsun Ce's heart was shaken, and he stared at Duanmucui for a long time before he calmed down: "Then what have you been doing in Yingzhou for the past ten days?"

"I didn't do anything." Duanmucui showed a bewildered look on his face, "At the beginning, I argued with the elders endlessly. They said that I made a mistake, but I thought I was right. I was by my side that day, so could it be that Liang Wenqi died in vain? But later they still said that I violated the precepts and told me to go to Jinluan Temple to confine my feet, so I went there in a fit of anger. Fortunately, my elder brother came to see me, and the elders didn’t dare to detain me anymore, so they released me after a few days of confinement. No After a while, Yingzhou jumped into the demon and killed the female fairy, and the elder hurriedly told me to go down to the lower realm... I really did nothing, wasted a long time, and had no interest in life."

What he said made Gongsun Ce's heart empty, and he felt absurd, and he said sullenly: "Miss Duanmu, I really don't know how the days in Yingzhou are calculated... But I remember that you went to Jinyang to collect demons, and it was already It was the year before last."

Duanmucui was quite surprised now, she couldn't believe it: "What happened the year before last?"

After thinking about it again, his complexion gradually changed, and he murmured: "That's right, the days in the upper world are very slow. Earlier, Magu told me that after a long time of not walking around in the world, the old seas have turned into mulberry fields... I never thought...it's been so long..." After murmuring for a long time, when he raised his head again, his eyes were filled with mist, and he looked at Gongsun Ce and said, "Mr. Gongsun, it's really...long time no see. "

Gongsun Ce sighed: "You told me it's been a long time, but you really don't think it's been a long time, and you just said it was a waste of time... But for the Kaifeng Mansion, this period of time is very difficult. Especially Zhan Huwei , He has always thought that he caused your death, and the guilt and self-blame in his heart is really unbearable for ordinary people."

Duanmucui was stunned and aphasia, she felt that it was difficult to sort out all the clues, she wondered: "How could he think that he caused my death? Haven't I always been good?"

Gongsun Ce let out a long sigh, knowing that she didn't know anything about what had happened over the past year, so he picked the most important point, Wen Gu Weiyu, who was in charge of Xihualiu, had an affair with Kaifeng Mansion, and the cat demon coerced Hong Luan to force Zhan Zhao to hand over "Ying" "Zhoutu", and Xihualiu talked about Duanmucui's funeral, and then sighed: "After the rumors of your death spread, Zhanwei blamed himself deeply, and he was much more silent than in the past...you When I came back, although he didn't say anything, I could tell that he was...really... very happy."

These words brought tears to Duanmucui's eyelashes, thinking of Zhan Zhao's usual temperament of hiding his thoughts and hiding his thoughts, suffering inside, but trying to force himself to be safe outside, he felt uncomfortable for him for a while, but She hated that she couldn't be there to explain to him at that time - but she forgot, if she was by the side, how could there be any misinformation that caused her death?

It took a long time before he said: "Mr. Gongsun, if there is anything I can do to make him happy now, I am really... willing to die."

Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Duanmu's emotions were agitated at this time, and she blurted out her true feelings for a moment, which is also reasonable.But everyone, don't take it seriously - if you really want her to die, she's probably going to cheat right away.

Gongsun Ce thought to himself: "It's not so serious, you only need to stay for two more days, he will be happy."

It's just that the God of Plague, Bu Wen, has killed countless people, and I don't know how many wronged souls he has added in a moment, so how can he say this?
Just about to let out a long sigh and say something, Duanmucui's eyes lit up and said: "I see, Mr. Gongsun, just wait, I will come as soon as I go."

Gongsun Ce's expression turned from bewildered to stunned, and he watched Duanmucui sink into the ground until he sank...

First reaction (amazed): Is this the legendary Tudun?
Second reaction (disillusioned): God, she has escaped!

For a while, she complained endlessly, wishing to beat Duanmucui out of the place where Duanmucui disappeared: I told you so much, but I didn't want you to run away!
The house leak happened to be raining overnight, at this moment, the voices of He Sangui and Zhan Zhao came from outside the house.

Gongsun Ce instantly petrified.

Zhan Zhao has returned, how can I tell him?
When Zhan Zhao came in, his gaze swept around, every inch dimmed.

In the end, he calmly said: "Understood."

What do you know?Gongsun Ce was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead, and he tried his best to explain: "She will come when she says she will go."

"understood."

"She really came when she said she would go."

"understood."

What does it mean to cry without tears, what does it mean to beat your chest and stamp your feet? Gongsun Ce really "knows" this time.

Afterwards, Zhan Zhao was strangely silent and calm, he ate very little at dinner, and seemed to be full of thoughts, Gongsun Ce was startled, and explained again: "She really came when she said so."

"Sir, you can't speak."

Gongsun Ce was speechless, the phrase "you can't talk when you eat" was used by him to choke Zhang Long and the others because he thought the four captains were making too much noise during the meal.

Gongsun Ce was blocked, so he ate angrily, and ferociously put down his chopsticks to pick up vegetables. The speed of his chopsticks and the precision of aiming things were beyond Zhan Zhao's reach.

When he was testing the medicine at night, he peeked at Zhan Zhao, who was expressionless, standing quietly in front of the window with his sword in his arms, his eyes were deep, and he didn't know how far away he fell.

So sympathy arose again, and she completely forgot about being blocked while eating, and couldn't help repeating the old tune: "She really came when she said she wanted to go."

"Sir, try the medicine with peace of mind."

Gongsun Ce was annoyed, and was about to refute a few words, when he suddenly heard a scream from shopkeeper Li who had been packing outside, followed by the muffled sound of heavy objects falling to the ground.Then came Duanmucui's cautious voice: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you out."

Gongsun Ce only felt the blood all over his body rushing straight to his forehead, and he stood up abruptly. He suddenly felt the feeling of seeing the blue sky through the clouds and mist and seeing the blue sky, and the grievances of many years have been cleared up. It’s just going and coming.”

Zhan Zhao turned to look at Gongsun Ce, with a rare calmness: "Mr. Gongsun, I have already said that, I 'know'."

When they got out the door, Duanmucui was leaning over and sighing at the fainted shopkeeper Li. Hearing Zhan Zhao's footsteps, he raised his head and smiled, and threw the things in his hands over: "Zhan Zhao, here they are for you."

(End of this chapter)