Kaifeng Monster

Chapter 41
Zhan Zhao didn't even think about it, he caught it at the sound, and his hands were cold and hard, with simple but familiar bump marks.

His eyes lit up suddenly, and a smile seemed to be hidden in the corner of his mouth.

Long time no see, Juque.

With a bang, the sword was drawn out of its sheath, the body of the sword was like water, and its brilliance poured down to the ground. It was clearly a peerless sword. How could it be so depressing to repeat a broken sword?
Miss Duanmu is really skillful.

On the side, Gongsun Ce sighed, and tried to pinch shopkeeper Li's people again.

I muttered in my heart: Isn't it just seeing someone escape from the earth, how can I be so frightened, I don't know much...

The voices of Zhan Zhao and Duanmucui came in the ear.

"Kaifeng mansion hasn't changed much."

"Yes."

"Your room is tidy."

"Yes."

"It's just that when I was looking for the giant gate, I messed it up."

"..."

"The Dynasty seems to be getting fatter..."

"Yes... how do you know?"

"When I took the giant que to leave, I happened to see him passing by the window. I thought he was getting fatter, so I went over to tell him to eat less."

"what did he say?"

"I was in a hurry to come back, so I left as soon as I said it, without caring what he answered."

A hundred miles away in Kaifeng Mansion, Wang Chao was stunned, his eyes straightened, his teeth gritted, his legs were weak, he babbled to Zhang Long, Zhao Hu, and Ma Han, and seemed to be catching up with Mrs. Xianglin.

"I really saw it." Wang Chao swallowed, and said incoherently, "I saw a female thief rummaging through boxes and cabinets in Brother Zhan's room. I wanted to hide from the window and ambush her. But when she looked up, she was hitting me. We met each other, and I saw, isn’t that Miss Duanmu? She still laughed at me and said, ‘Wang Chao, you’re getting fat, you need to eat less’…”

The moment Shopkeeper Li woke up, he still firmly believed in his heart that he had indeed seen Duanmucui ghostly break out of the ground.

But after a quarter of the time of burning incense, he overturned his previous conclusion.

Because the honest and refined Mr. Gongsun from Kaifeng and the gentle and courteous Mr. Zhan both insisted that shopkeeper Li was wrong.

"The shopkeeper is overworked." Gongsun Ce said emotionally, "For the people of Xuanping, I will never turn back. It is really a blessing for me."

Putting a high hat on in the past was not enough, so with a swipe of the pen, he prescribed a series of prescriptions for shopkeeper Li to soothe the nerves, nourish the brain, and strengthen the body.

As for Zhan Zhao, he carefully analyzed the cause and effect of the incident for Shopkeeper Li from the perspective of Jianghu people: "Miss Duanmu is from Jianghu, and Jianghu people naturally behave differently from ordinary people. Has shopkeeper Li ever heard of Han Zhang? He is a master at digging holes underground. There are many wonders in the Jianghu, and Miss Duanmu's trick is really common..."

Shopkeeper Li was stupefied for a moment, he had never heard of a hamster, but he felt from the bottom of his heart: Mr. Zhan is such a good person, of course he would not lie, if he said yes, he would definitely yes.

In order to prove what Zhan Zhao said, that delicate Duanmu girl punched him in a quack manner, and said proudly: "Shopkeeper Li, Jianghu people don't care about trifles, so I offended you a lot, please forgive me. "

Shopkeeper Li felt a little regretful in his heart. He felt that such a good girl really shouldn't be wandering in the rivers and lakes.

So he spoke.

"Girl, listen to my old man..." What follows is a painstaking quotation, quoting Zhang Erniu, an old acquaintance in his hometown, who "oppressed the countryside with no knowledge and skills, and then fell into the grass to block the way for bandits and robbed the road, and finally cried in a desolate autumn day with yellow leaves fluttering. Sprinkle the execution ground and yell "I really want to live another 50 years" tragic story, hoping to persuade Duanmucui to turn around and embark on the happy road of husband and son, and also volunteered to say that he knows many good-looking young sons , There is a house and a field at home, and life is boundless. If Duanmucui is interested, you can first give him the horoscope of your birthday. After finding a Fengshui master to combine the horoscope, you can choose an auspicious day to make good things come true...

When Zhan Zhao interrupted him with a sullen face, shopkeeper Li felt that there was something more to say.If he is given enough time to play, he can also help Duanmucui look forward to the future life of the four generations living together in a happy and harmonious old age.But it was too late, he could only conclude hastily: "Girl, the world is dangerous, get out as soon as possible."

There are a thousand rivers and lakes in the hearts of a thousand people, and the rivers and lakes in the heart of shopkeeper Li are equivalent to Zhang Erniu's tragic life. This is also impossible.However, he felt that his words had some effect. Although the Duanmu girl had a strange expression, there were tears of repentance in her beautiful eyes.

So shopkeeper Li was satisfied and went back to his room with the prescription of calming the nerves, nourishing the brain and strengthening the body.

If he had walked more slowly, he would have seen Duanmu Cuixiao laying on the table, wiping his tears while holding onto Zhan Zhao relentlessly: "Zhan Zhao, it's all your bad idea..."

After tossing this time, Gongsun Ce continued to go back to the room to test the medicine, Zhan Zhao sat with Duanmucui on the outside steps and talked.Not long after, Duanmucui yelled that she was hungry, so Zhan Zhao went back to her room and brought her the pastries left during the day.

Duanmucui put it down after eating a few pieces, looked up at the high night sky in a trance.Zhan Zhao knew that she was waiting for Xindie, but he felt mixed feelings in his heart, and he didn't know where to start, so he just bowed his head and remained silent.

Duanmucui suddenly said: "Zhan Zhao, there are strange things underground."

Zhan Zhao was taken aback for a moment, and when he looked up, Duanmucui withdrew his gaze from the night sky at some point, and stared at the ground quite intently.

"When I was fleeing from the earth, there was a moment when my eyes went dark, and I felt extremely uncomfortable. I was in a hurry to go back and forth, and the time was very short, so I didn't take it to heart. Now that I think about it, there must be something strange." While speaking, he raised his skirt and got up and down the steps, walked back and forth for a few steps, bent his knees and bent down, put his hands on the ground, put his ears on the ground, and listened intently.

When Zhan Zhao came over, he heard Duanmucui muttering to himself: "The air here is so turbulent." While speaking, he put his finger on his lips, signaling Zhan Zhao not to speak, and curled up his fingers, saying in a low voice: " One zhang, two zhang, three zhang, three zhang two, three zhang three... That's right, it's three zhang three, three zhang three underground, which coincides with the number ninety-nine. Qingcheng must not be an auspicious number, could it be that the source of the great evil is just three feet three feet underground?"

After thinking for a long time, he just brushed off his clothes and got up.Zhan Zhao smiled and said, "It looks like you discovered something?"

Duanmu Cui raised her eyebrows: "If I expected it to be correct, I should have found the source of the disaster in Xuanping."

"how do I say this?"

"It is said that one side's water and soil nourish one side's people, and both water and soil are inherited from the ground. People eat five grains, and five grains are also born on the ground. From this, it can be deduced that if the earth's atmosphere is good, the world will be prosperous, and if the earth's atmosphere is bad, the world will be miserable. Folk people Call the gas of the earth the gas of food and drink, and food is what you eat, think about it, if you eat unclean things, will your body be comfortable?"

"You mean that Xuanping's atmosphere has been polluted?"

"It's not just as simple as defilement. If I'm right, Xuanping's earth qi has been mixed with the epidemic qi, which is why it's so turbulent."

"The God of Plague has always been like this?"

"No, this time is abnormal. Generally speaking, the plague will only spread on the human body, and the wind will disperse the fire and disappear. It will change with the four seasons, and it will disappear after a few months at a short time and a year at a long time. But if it goes deep underground Three feet three, mixed with the earth's air, it will not retreat for a long time, the roots of polluted drinking water and poisonous grains will cut off the source of food for living beings. When the weather gets warmer and the earth's air rises, it will rise to three feet three feet above the ground At that time, the whole city will be shrouded in turbidity and plague. All living things, people, animals, plants and trees will be unavoidable. I am afraid that the birds will be defeated by the turbidity and fall when the weather turns cold. When the weather turns cold, the earth's atmosphere will become heavy Go back to the ground, rise again in the next year, and start again and again. Zhan Zhao, in this way, Xuanping will become a dead city where not a blade of grass will grow, and there will never be a day of success. Such a spread of plague is clearly to make Xuanping leave no one alive."

Zhan Zhao was very vigilant: "Just now you said that the earth's atmosphere rises after the weather gets warmer, so isn't the plague in Xuanping the worst at this time?"

Duanmucui shook her head: "The weather is still very cold at this time, the earth's air is restrained from rising, and the plague has not spread everywhere."

Zhan Zhao was shocked: "Earth Qi is still restrained, so many people have died, if the Earth Qi rises..."

After thinking about it for a while, I felt shuddering, and couldn't help but said: "Do you have a way to save it?"

"I can't cure diseases and save people, but I'm [-]% sure of curing this earth's qi." Duanmucui finally showed a smile on his face, "As long as the root of this earth's plague is broken, Xuanping's plague will be cured by [-]% .”

So he went into the house to find Gongsun Ce.

Explain the matter of the earth's qi in a few sentences, and then show it: "Mr. Gongsun, go and tell the shopkeeper Li that tomorrow he will call the strong men in the city, and everyone will wear double-layered medical towels on their faces. Dig a big pit three feet three feet deep, and arrange another passerby to prepare basins and buckets and water containers. I will do this by first absorbing the earth's energy with water, and then burning it with the real fire of samadhi."

Gongsun Ce was first surprised and then overjoyed, he didn't care about what to say, he hurried upstairs to find shopkeeper Li, maybe he walked too fast, staggered and nearly slipped.Duanmu Cui was feeling funny, when Zhan Zhao called her in a low voice: "Duanmu."

Duanmucui turned around in response: "What?"

Zhan Zhao didn't answer, but just raised his finger and pointed out the window.

Looking in the direction, in the vast night sky, there are first dots of stars, and then they are gathered together, like snow falling in the sky, rising and falling.

Duanmucui rushed out to welcome her.

Letter butterflies come and go, I hope I will not be disgraced.

Zhan Zhao didn't move, he subconsciously clenched his jaw, and a very faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Life is like floating weeds, gathering and parting, parting and reuniting are all common, if you can't avoid it, then let's deal with it indifferently.

Even though I thought so, there was still a faint melancholy in my heart, lingering and lingering, turning into a barely audible sigh.

At this moment, Duanmu Cui's angry reprimand came from outside: "Why can't Wen Gu Weiyu be found even in heaven and earth?"

"Miss Duanmu lost her temper?" Gongsun Ce and Shopkeeper Li had just come downstairs when they heard Duanmucui angry outside the house, so they couldn't help asking Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao is silent.

Shopkeeper Li looked out of the window: "Girl doll loses her temper and always likes to beat and tear things. Look, how much paper was torn in just this short time."

Zhan Zhao smiled wryly.Xindie couldn't find anyone, Duanmucui withdrew his magic power in anger, and now his body is covered with rice paper scraps, no wonder Li shopkeeper would say that she tore it.While speaking, Duanmucui had already entered the room, with a very impatient expression.Gongsun Ce wanted to go forward to say a few words of concern, but when he saw Duanmucui's expression, he immediately swallowed his words.

Duanmucui passed the three of them, and was about to go upstairs when suddenly——

"Duanmu, you have something to hide from us."

Gongsun Ce sighed secretly, he felt that Zhan Zhao really shouldn't have spoken at this moment.

Sure enough, Duanmucui paused, and slowly turned around: "What am I hiding from you?"

Gongsun Ce heard that Duanmucui's tone was wrong, and quickly winked at Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao turned his head away, pretending he didn't see it, and said in a calm tone, "During the day, you said you were going to find the God of Plague as soon as possible. But I just heard what you said when you were angry. What you really want to find is Wen Gu Weiyu." .”

Gongsun Ce couldn't help sighing again, he felt that Zhan Zhao was too serious, and Duanmucui always took the soft rather than the hard, so there would inevitably be conflicts.

Long time no reunion, why bother...

Sure enough, Duanmucui answered unceremoniously: "There are many things that are hidden from you, do you want to know everything? What does the matter of the upper realm have to do with you?"

Gongsun Ce frowned, he felt that Duanmucui's words were a bit harsh.

Zhan Zhao didn't answer, he lowered his eyes and smiled for a long time, hiding the complicated thoughts in his eyes: "You're right."

"It's good to know." Duanmucui put down his words and went upstairs instead.

Shopkeeper Li was a little confused about the situation.

Gongsun Ce spoke out against Zhan, anyone could see that Duanmucui was unhappy, and there would be a quarrel with anyone he bumped into.

Although he is also familiar with Duanmucui, but after a careful calculation, he is naturally closer to Zhan Zhao.Seeing Zhan Zhao being robbed by Duanmucui, Gongsun Ce felt a little uncomfortable.

Can't help but said to Zhan Zhao: "Miss Duanmu has a bit of a temper, you..." He wanted to persuade Zhan Zhaomo to take it to heart, but Zhan Zhao smiled slightly and said to him: "Duanmu has always been like this Your temper, sir, don't mind."

mind?What do I mind?What do I mind?Gongsun Ce opened his mouth, thought for a while and closed it again.

Suddenly I heard the sound of pedaling, but it was Duanmucui who went and turned back, came down the stairs in a hurry, and stopped after going down more than half of the stairs. It's heavier, don't take it to heart."

It was obviously an apology, but when she asked her to speak out, her tone was full of robbery, threats and intimidation, and there was a lingering voice: If you take it to heart...

Gongsun Ce and shopkeeper Li turned their heads to look at Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao's lips curled into a smile, he shook his head and said, "No."

Duanmucui stared at Zhan Zhao, and said word by word: "It won't be the best."

After finishing speaking, he didn't say much, turned around and went upstairs.

Shopkeeper Li was dumbfounded, thinking that he had read it wrong, and looked at Gongsun Ce suspiciously: "That girl... just came here just now... to make up for it?"

All silent.

After a long time, Gongsun Ce said slowly, "It seems so."

Can the compensation be paid like coming to the door with a knife to press for debt... Shopkeeper Li is amazed.

Jianghu and Jianghu people, in his mind, added another layer of inexplicable fog.

It was late at night, Zhan Zhao tossed and turned for a long time, but couldn't fall asleep at last, so he simply put on his clothes and got up.Thinking about it carefully, although he and Duanmucui used to compete for love, they never had any quarrels.

Can't help feeling a bit regretful, whether she is looking for the God of Plague or Wen Gu Weiyu, it's up to her to go, why bother to be so serious?

Putting aside the usual, even if you have doubts in your heart, you must calmly ponder in secret, and you will not ask questions so hastily.

Or, he feels that he has a close relationship with Duanmucui, so it's okay to ask.

Duanmucui's sentence "What does it have to do with you" is clear and clear, and the land is the boundary. I don't think it at first, but it will inevitably hurt me when I think about it.

There is a bitter taste in the chest, and it is far-fetched to smile consciously.

Just as he was feeling bewildered, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Zhan Zhao came to his senses, feeling strange, got up and went to open the door.

When the door opened, Duanmucui let out a long sigh: "Zhan Zhao, I just said something harsh, you won't take it to heart?"

Zhan Zhao was startled, and subconsciously said, "Why aren't you sleeping?"

"I have something on my mind, where can I sleep."

Zhan Zhao saw that Duanmucui was wearing only a coat over his middle coat, so he hurriedly let her into the room.At that time, people in the Song Dynasty kept rituals, and it was inappropriate for a man and a woman to be in the same room at midnight, but firstly, the two had a close relationship, secondly, they were open-minded people, and thirdly, Duanmucui's identity was indeed rather special, so there was no embarrassment feel.

Duanmucui sat down at the table, resting his chin on his hands at first, then seemed extremely tired, lay down on the table, resting his head on his folded hands, looked at Zhan Zhao and said: "I didn't become a fairy by practicing Taoism, So temper can never be subdued, don't blame me."

Zhan Zhao was closing the door, and said with a smile, "I didn't blame you...Didn't I tell you just now?"

Duanmucui said listlessly: "You are so insincere, I naturally don't believe it."

That would be called disingenuous...

Zhan Zhao heaved a long sigh: "I thought, compared to Miss Duanmu's apology, I was already sincere enough."

"Ha." Duanmucui straightened up, with a smile in his eyes, "As expected, you still mind."

Zhan Zhao shook his head: "Of course I don't mind. But, don't make amends like this in the future. If people are already annoyed in their hearts, you will add fuel to the flames and backfire."

Duanmu Cui hummed, looked at Zhan Zhao and said, "What about you, will you be even angrier?"

"If someone treats me like this, I will be angry too. If I treat you, I can probably bear it a little longer."

Duanmu Cui smiled, thought for a while and said: "I apologized to you at that time, I was sincere."

This is indeed true, she already regretted it when she went upstairs, otherwise she would not have turned back.

Zhan Zhao nodded: "I know."

"Say it earlier." Duanmucui felt deeply worthless for herself, "I made another trip."

"It's because you feel that your way of apologizing is inappropriate, and you feel uneasy."

"That's not true." Duanmucui retorted instinctively after being told the truth.

"Oh, why is that? Because I wasn't sincere enough to accept your apology?"

"It's because I'm a god. To be a god, you must be broad-minded and don't be fussy."

The smile on Zhan Zhao's face deepened, and he didn't speak, but moved the candle on the table closer, looked at Duanmucui carefully, and murmured: "It's not red."

"what?"

"It's far-fetched, and my face is not red."

(End of this chapter)