Chapter 33: Clearing the Palace and Clearing the Way
When they returned to the house, the food was already cold. Xie Zhe came in first, followed closely by Ling Huan. Han Sheng had something covered by a dustproof cloth in his hand. Needless to say, it must be a ruan.
The rain outside the window was still falling non-stop. They had already planned to find the entrance to the cellar directly in the house and let Ruan Xiang identify the path and escape. In this way, they should be able to bypass those dark
Yixiwei
But first, they had to fill their stomachs. Han Sheng was a little thirsty. He gently put down the wrapped Ruan, and just picked up a bowl of cold soup and brought it to his mouth. Suddenly he looked serious and shouted at the same time.
He picked up his chopsticks loudly:
"lay down!"
Ling Huan's hand shook and his chopsticks almost fell to the ground.
"What are you doing..."
It was just difficult for her to pick up a bean.
"Is there poison in the rice?"
Xie Zhe reacted quickly, and Han Zhang nodded. Fortunately, neither he nor Ling Huan swallowed it. Han Zhang just sniffed it and smelled something that did not belong to this bowl of soup.
"She must have been given a sweat medicine. It can make me smell it, and I put a lot of it. I'm afraid it's in the soup and vegetables. This woman is really vicious. I'm afraid she wants to knock us all down and take away Miss Ye's xun."
.Although we didn’t intend to poison us to death, if we take too much drugs, we will become stupid. Tsk, tsk, that’s really cruel.”
Ling Huan put down his chopsticks with a click. The richer meals in front of him were even more unappetizing than the previous two meals. There was no choice but to go hungry, otherwise what else could be done? But at this moment,
Someone just came to collect the dishes. They spent too long on the third floor. Logically speaking, they should have finished their food by now and were about to faint from the sweat medicine. In other words, the people here were not here for
The person who receives the meal checks their condition instead.
As soon as the black-clothed guard walked in, he saw several pieces of untouched food. He tilted his head slightly and saw Ruan who was covered by a cloth. Although he didn't know whether he could guess anything, he immediately
Take a step back and prepare to leave the room. How could they
Let this guy go and report the news? Xie Zhe was already prepared. As soon as he raised his hand, the talisman left on the door caused the door to slam shut, and the guards in black were trapped here. Although the treated straw was not
He must be afraid of fire, but that cloak looks
It was just ordinary cloth. Before he could react, Han Chang snapped his fingers, and the corners of his clothes ignited with flames. He rushed towards them, not to attack them, but to break the window and get out. With Xie
When the road passed by, he grabbed it
The fluffy hood of the black-clothed guard was pulled off, and the tattered cloak was pulled off together. At that moment, they were surprised to find that this man really had no face. His entire face was like a scarecrow in the field, with rows of vertical lines.
with black straw tied together.
It was moving very fast. Just when it was about to push open the window, Ling Hu jumped up and grabbed its hind legs, pressing it hard to the ground, almost with all its own weight. There was a puff of black smoke.
"It exploded with a loud sound, and then dissipated quickly. Ling Huan found that the person he was holding down was gone, and there was only one hand holding down a palm-sized baby.
Straw doll.
The phoenix suddenly bounced up as if it had been burned, and Xie Zhe stepped forward to pick it up. He and Han Chang looked at it repeatedly and were sure that it was just a bundle of harmless straw. The cloak that Xie Zhe had grabbed earlier was also
It turned into a small piece of rag. There was nothing special about the scarecrow. Han Chang took it over and smelled it, and said:
After all, he didn't know what kind of medicine it was that didn't bubble. But before these straws were soaked in the medicine, they were probably just ordinary yellow rice straws. There were a few thin blue threads stretching out the five strands.
On the hands, feet and head, use a knife to cut a small hole horizontally on the side of the head to serve as the mouth.
"Let's go quickly. If we delay any longer, it will be difficult to deal with more people."
As Xie Zhe said that, he started to pack his luggage, and the others also got busy. Ling Huan thought again and again, and still put the Xun close to his body. After they packed their things, they quietly left the room and prepared to walk downstairs. But just
When they reached the edge of the stairs, Ruan in Han Sheng's arms suddenly "spoke".
"There is a second person in Fei's room."
"Is it her shikigami?"
"He is a male, a male among monsters."
It is true that Pi Zhixian has dealings with monsters. Xie Zhe wanted to inquire about it quietly, but Ling Huan and Han Sheng both wanted to leave as soon as possible. So they asked Ruan Xiang for her opinion, but she had no idea. She actually had no idea about the matter of Pi Zhixian.
He didn’t know much, so he just let others make the decision. Xie Zhe said to the two of them:
"Pi Zhixian can be said to cover the sky with one hand here. Miss Ruan has told us that all the peace here is just an illusion. The people are oppressed and exploited intentionally or unintentionally - and all this is just to satisfy this person's pocket.
If only this is the case, I can still advise myself,
We can't take care of everything in the world... But you also heard, Miss Ruan said, that is a monster. If the magistrate of Pi County has contact with monsters, I am afraid it will hurt the lives of ordinary people. Now that we already know this
How can we just sit back and watch this matter and just run away?"
"You are so kind!" Han Chang cursed in a low voice.
"I didn't ask you to help me either. Just take Miss Ye and Miss Ruan and leave first."
After saying that, Xie Zhe walked towards the magistrate's room. Ye Lingquan asked anxiously: "What should you do?"
"I have my own way."
Xie Zhe didn't look back, waved his hand in the corridor and left. Han Chang rolled his eyes and said, "He has a trick," but he also chased after him. As soon as Ye Linghua came, he felt that Xie Zhe was
The words made sense, but there was nothing they could do, so they naturally followed him. The three of them crouched and quietly approached the door.
A woman's shrill voice came from inside.
"You came at just the right time." Magistrate Qi held a letter between his fingertips, "In that case, it's up to you to deliver this letter to the Lord Pavilion Master for me. If you don't want to take it with you, just send it as a message.
This way, I don’t have to make a temporary imitation and trick them into delivering the letter for me.”
"You really don't want to suffer at all."
The man's voice sounded like that of a young man, but his appearance was unclear. Han Chang stretched out a finger and gently pressed it on a paper grid on the door. A small hole slowly spread out of the paper grid, and it was burned through.
He and Xie Zhe squeezed their heads, trying to see clearly the appearance of the unknown monster.
Their line of sight was limited anyway. They could only see the tan and olive green long clothes worn by the young man. Only after he finished speaking and sat on the chair could they see his face clearly. He always kept smiling and narrowed his eyes.
Together, this makes the smile look very deliberate.
"Only fools can suffer losses. As long as something goes into my pocket, I won't be able to pull out a hair. Unless there is something better to exchange for."
"Isn't it worthwhile to carry a message for you? Think clearly, there is no such store after this village."
After the young man said this, he stretched out his hand and put his elbow on the small table to the left of the chair. On the left side of the table, it was close to the right side of another chair, and Magistrate Fei was sitting on it. Magistrate Fei frowned and took it off his hand.
A jade ring was placed in the young man's hand along with the letter. Although she was still smiling, she deliberately expressed a hint of dissatisfaction. The young man happily accepted the ring and the letter.
"You are so smart, your bank must have made a lot of money."
"How can I do that? How much money can I get and how many things can I do?" The corners of the young man's eyes narrowed, "But as I said before, I don't know whether Amber is still in Death Shadow Pavilion or not. After all, I have been guarding Jinsha Manor all year round.
As for whether the letter is in Satsuki-sama's hands, whether she is willing to negotiate terms with you or not is none of my business."
"I know, you're the only one who talks a lot."
Compared to when they met the "male version" of Magistrate Pi, the woman in the room looked like a completely different person. It would be more convincing to say that she was really Magistrate Pi's vain wife. However, her clothes were different from those before.
No difference, just more on the neck
Wearing a necklace, the pendant is a red jewelry as big as a fingernail, surrounded by a circle of exquisite hollow patterns. What kind of mineral it is, they can't see clearly. They just feel that it is not as transparent as a gemstone, but it is also
Not as turbid as beeswax.
There is a sewing box on the small table, and some black straw is scattered on the ground. The woman named Pi is holding the straw and skillfully tying them into the shape she wants. There are some tattered rags on the side.
After making a straw doll, she grabbed a black rag and wrapped it around it, clasped the scarecrow's head like a hat, and then tied them together with the last blue thread. Her hands were very fast.
, pulled hard, the force seemed to strangle someone to death.
"The hand speed is pretty good." The young man said with emotion.
"You are not as good at counting money, right? Your Excellency Kari Gong."
The young man known as "Your Excellency Kari Gong" laughed out of his nose and didn't care. He then said:
"I'll just keep the prescription. You'd better have the last payment ready."
"If you came up from the mine tunnel, you should have seen the cart of broken silver."
"Oh, you are really good at making things difficult for others, and you don't know how to fuse them together."
"Stop talking nonsense, you won't be tired even if you follow the spiritual path." Li glared at him, "If people find out, I, as the county magistrate, should not become a county magistrate. This little money is enough to squeeze out of those poor people.
Thank you for your trouble. Nowadays, people are getting smarter and smarter. It’s harder than reaching heaven to get someone to pay for it. That’s all... When there are enough puppets, I won’t have to huddle in this small Lanling County.
.”
The young man pursed his lips and thought for a while. He seemed to have thought of something to say.
"Speaking of which, although I don't know where you learned about amber, why do you want to get it? Do you think it can listen to the words of all things in the world and break through the restrictions of race, or do you think it has unlimited power to repair the body? About it
There is no definite conclusion yet on the effectiveness of those magic weapons, and they may have many special powers."
"I'm not interested in those things. I only know that it looks good." He stretched out his hand, stretched out his onion-like fingers and looked at them carefully in the light, "I think we can make some finger rings, pendants, and earrings."
Something like that, it just goes with that custom-made sky silk skirt..."
Kari Gondo touched his chin and asked, "Well...don't you feel it's a pity?"
