Cultivation little Taoist

Chapter 972 The Black Box

"At that time, the old beggar went to the first pawnshop. It had been two months since the tragedy happened, and the pawnshop was already in a severe depression. A man in a tank top and shorts was holding a plastic teapot outside the door, drinking tea to escape the heat with a dejected expression—— I forgot to tell you that it is very hot in Lincheng.

The man was about 30 years old, with a look of decadence, resting with his eyes closed and shaking the paper fan.

The eyelids are slightly blue, and the lips are slightly white, as if he is a person who has not recovered from a long illness.

The old beggar stepped forward to explain his purpose, and he kindly invited the old beggar in. "

Xiao Li was obviously too innocent to narrate, but just memorized the old beggar's narration by rote, Ye Feng interrupted her: "You can narrate what the old beggar told you.

Don't bother. "

Xiao Li stuck out her tongue, "You are so smart, you can even tell that I am endorsing a book!
The main reason is that there are no entertainment activities here, I just rely on chatting with old beggars for fun. I have heard these stories hundreds of times, and I have memorized them all. "

"It doesn't matter, you just memorize it directly." Ye Feng thought that this would restore the truth more, so it didn't matter.

The more Xiao Li talked, the more he talked, and he even directly imitated the tone of the old beggar, saying deeply:

"It was a small pawn shop, but it was quite shady, and I wondered why he didn't go in, but stayed outside in the heat.

It takes less than ten steps to cross the threshold, and a one-person-high metal fence separates the customers from the pawnshop clerks—the pawnshops used to have wooden fences, so some people say that the pawnshop is only for pawnshops.

In fact, this is not the case, it is just out of self-preservation.

There is an inner room on the left side of the door cabinet, but it is separated by a white cloth. It must be the place where the clerk comes and goes to the counter and handles the storage of goods inside.

I want to gain some popularity, this bird house, it makes people feel aggrieved after staying for a long time.

He told me that he could call him shopkeeper Liu, and he seemed to like this title very much.

"I don't like what people call managers, Xiyiou, etc. The shopkeeper is called the shopkeeper. Our business has been passed down for more than a hundred years, and the title can't be changed. Even here, it can't be changed.

You are human and the second in command here, so you must understand.

I don't know what you want to do in my small shop because you work as a pawn shop? "

Shopkeeper Liu walked into the inner hall while talking eloquently, and put on a coat, firstly to show respect, secondly, the room is indeed very shady.

After saying a few polite words, I made it clear that I wanted to check the black box.

At first he was a little impatient, saying that he had been asked many times, but each time he made no progress except to make himself sad again.

He was a little surprised when I told him that I was sent by the Lord Demon King of Lin City.

Afterwards, I said that I would be able to find out the cause of his brother's death, that is, the former shopkeeper, so he started to narrate.

"My brother and I are in business.

It is also my father's legacy, and the two took over the pawn shop and rice shop of the previous generation respectively.

But my brother's pawn shop is not doing well, this thing is dependent on the sky, no matter how good luck is, he doesn't say anything, but when the brothers drink together, he always says drunkenly that he is too wronged ——Because my rice shop business is very good.

Of course, people have to eat at any time. Even here, the rice also contains soul power, which is needed by both demons and human souls. How can it be done poorly?

I think my father also let him do the pawn shop business, which is more important to the family, because he considered that he was more capable and cultivated than me, but the result was counterproductive.

If I had known that I would rather he give up here, the two brothers opened a rice shop together, alas. "

Shopkeeper Liu's sadness was beyond words, but he could only let out a long sigh.

I asked if there were any changes before and after his brother's accident, and he thought about it and said yes.

Shopkeeper Liu signaled me to wait a moment, then turned to the pawn shop, and came out after a while, but there was an extra piece of paper in his hand.

Shopkeeper Liu handed me the paper, and I glanced at it, it was a contract document.

To be precise, it is a pawn ticket. The person who pawns must hold this pawn ticket to redeem the pawn and pay interest fees.More than ten centimeters long, the paper is thick, and there are patterns, the number and address of the pawnshop on the front, and there is a big red seal and the signature of the pawnshop owner right below, with a line of cursive characters written in the middle.

"A tattered black brocade box, five and three inches long, three and six inches wide, and two inches high. The poster, who is anonymous, is now in urgent need, and has turned it into thirty live chickens.

The interest rate is three cents per month, and the term is [-] months. After the expiry date, the shop will be sold. If there are rats and insects, the owner will be happy. "

"It's really strange that your brother actually gave that man thirty live chickens in an ordinary box?

This is not a small amount of low-quality resources. "

I returned the pawn ticket to Shopkeeper Liu, who took it and nodded.

"I didn't come to the pawnshop often at that time, but when I found out that my brother took the box, he was overjoyed, saying that he had got a good treasure, and then he actually gave me the pawnshop, and then went home alone, without going out the door.

In those few days, there were many people pawning and redeeming pawns, so I was too busy for a while, so I forgot about it.

Later, my physical condition took a turn for the worse. I got a serious illness and almost lost my life. He came to see me once, but his eyes still drifted away as if he had lost his soul.

At that time, I was too busy to take care of myself, and I didn't pay much attention to it. Unexpectedly, a month later, the sad news of his sudden death came out, and he actually..."

Shopkeeper Liu was at a loss for words for a while, and his voice was a little choked up. It seemed that he touched a sad point, so I had to wait for him to calm down a little before continuing to ask him.

He took a sip of tea, and suddenly lowered his voice and said: "No one knows about this except for our relatives. My brother died in a terrible state, his entire face was gone, blood was dripping, and he was almost out of his wits.

Alas, my elder brother is one of the most powerful men in Lin Cheng, yet he was murdered like this! "

I was a little surprised after hearing this, and hurriedly asked him if the man who came to pawn the box had appeared again. Shopkeeper Liu shook his head and said that he had never seen it again.

"But the box disappeared soon after." Shopkeeper Liu replied again.

I hurriedly bid him farewell.

Before he left, he repeatedly begged to tell him if he had any clues, and I promised.

So he returned to his previous sluggish look, and continued to sit outside the house drinking tea to enjoy the cool.

Then I went to several other pawnshops where the accident happened, without exception, although some people refused to tell me the whole truth, but most of them were the same as shopkeeper Liu's brother, the strange black brocade box and the shopkeeper who died suddenly soon after, And it's also shameless, almost lost its soul.

I suddenly lost my bearings, just wondering what this pawn man was trying to do, and where should I go to find him.

Although I suspected that it was a ghost made by the devil, but no one had seen the devil, and didn't know what kind of methods he had, so I became a headless fly for a while.

I just know that the person who did the attack only found pawnshops guarded by strong human souls, which seemed to have a very obvious purpose.

You also know that at that time, Lincheng was the only city that reused humans.

When I had no idea, I suddenly received a notice from my subordinates that there was another accident in a pawnshop, so I rushed there immediately.

The man in the pawn shop looked about forty years old, with early protruding head, bright and narrow face, narrow eyes and narrow nose, and a mustache. Unlike the hair, the beard was very dense, which may be due to the wrong nutrition. direction.

He was neatly dressed, but he couldn't hide the tension in his heart, like a frightened bird, after a few seconds, he raised his head like a bird for a few quick glances, and then lowered it down again.

My subordinate half-jokingly called him old bald.

"Old bald, this is my head, deputy guard of Lincheng, talk to him again after you know, remember not to hide a single word!"

The old bald man raised his head, looked at my subordinate with some dissatisfaction, and then looked at me again.

I went over and handed him a cigarette.

Smoke can also be regarded as an inferior resource that contains soul power.

Sure enough, he seemed to be much quieter, but he was still very cautious towards me. I also said that he would not accept the cigarette I handed him, but his yellowed index finger made me laugh, so I pretended not to know it.

When I asked about what happened that day, he was a little scared, but he still spoke out intermittently.

"It was only me and my buddy that day, and it was already ten o'clock at night. I wanted to close the door, but a man of medium build, wearing a big felt hat and sunglasses walked in. He didn't say much, just put the black brocade box in his hand. Throw it on the cabinet and say in a low voice that it will be used as a thing.

His voice was ugly, like sandpaper being rubbed against gears in his throat.

"I looked at the box and was a little amused, so I jokingly asked him how much he wanted.

He suddenly raised his head and looked at me. I found that his face was covered with bandages, and he looked a little scary.

You know that in our line of work, there are all kinds of teachings and nine streams who come to be things. Although you must not have the intention of harming others, you must also be defensive. So I carefully retreated to the inner stage, fearing that something might happen, and was ready to call someone at any time.

"Fifty live ducks," he said coldly.

The man laughed suddenly, picked up the box and played with it while laughing at the man, saying: "This kind of rags cost fifty live ducks, you just go and grab them."

This guy has been with me for three years. Although he can’t talk about his eyesight, he can still recognize how many resources are contained in some things, so I didn’t bother to look at it, and planned to throw the box back and drive him away.

"Oh? You think it's expensive? Please take a closer look, it's already very cheap." He seemed to mean that he must pawn the box.

I was still not happy, so I took a look at it. It was just an ordinary tattered box. There was really nothing special about it, and there was no sign of resource power in it.

Although my cultivation base is not high in Lincheng, it can still be seen.

I was about to refuse, but my buddy made a very strange move..."

(End of this chapter)