Chapter 70: Returning to Hometown 'And Monthly Pass'
Oh my God!
The earth is so bright!!
The moon is dark and the wind is high. Come back to your hometown!!!
Handong Province.
Chaoshan, Wuli Township.
Two o'clock in the morning.
Zhang Heng was carrying a bamboo box on his back, holding a flag in one hand and a bell in the other, walking on the quiet path in the dead of night.
Just like what he said, he will definitely take the ashes of Bai Lanlan and Ye Dandan with him when he returns to his hometown, and then send them to their homes.
As for how he knew where the two of them lived.
Don't forget, Liu Qi and they are both progressive students, so they will naturally talk about this when chatting.
"The Bai family!"
Arriving at the door of a courtyard, Zhang Heng thought to himself: "This should be it."
Dong dong dong...
Knock on the door.
During the Republic of China, wealthy families lived in courtyard houses, and a concierge was a standard feature.
When I heard a knock on the door, the concierge answered after a while: "Who is it?"
"My name is Zhang Heng. I come from Tianjing to send your lady's ashes home."
Zhang Heng answered truthfully.
The concierge didn't dare to believe it and was worried that a robber had deceived the door.
So I opened a door-in-door on the door, which is a small window the size of a palm that allows you to look out.
Upon entering the scene, Zhang Heng was standing alone outside in Taoist robes.
I looked around and saw no one else.
"Taoist Priest, where are my young lady's ashes?"
The concierge also knows a little bit about the family affairs.
I know that my lady went to Tianjing to protest a few months ago and was killed by the Tianjing commander.
But no one knows where the ashes are.
"This is."
Zhang Heng took out a porcelain cup and ordered: "Let your master know that it is best for him to pick up this porcelain cup."
Tap tap tap...
Following the concierge's report.
Soon, the Bai family courtyard was brightly lit, and the master, wife, concubines, maids, and servants all came out in a crowd.
Mr. Bai is a middle-aged man, looking to be in his forties.
As soon as I saw the urn, I cried, bursting into tears, and cried like a tearful person: "My daughter, your life is so miserable. Dad should not have sent you to study and made you lose your life."
Zhang Heng delivered the urn to Mr. Bai.
Then, when he was almost done crying, he said again: "Is there another Ye family in this town? I also have an urn here, which belongs to Miss Ye Dandan. Please, Mr. Bai, if so, please let someone report it."
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"Yes, yes, I will let someone report it right now."
Mr. Bai suppressed his grief and ordered someone to knock on Ye's door.
Half an hour later, someone from the Ye family came.
But unlike the Bai family, the Ye family seemed very cold. They took the urn and left without saying a single word of thanks, and even the Bai family ignored it.
"The daughter of the Ye family was dragged to Tianjing by my daughter. The Ye family is blaming me for causing you to suffer an unreasonable disaster."
Afraid that Zhang Heng would feel uncomfortable, Mr. Bai quickly explained the reason.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Heng didn't care about this, he just smiled and said: "I came here not for money or gratitude, but for a small amount of gold and a promise. Now that the things have been delivered, my purpose has been achieved. Do you want to thank me?"
Me, what’s the difference?”
"Taoist Master Gaoyi."
Mr. Bai complimented him, then thought that it was late at night, and said: "Taoist Master, it's too late today, please stay at my house for one night, and I will do my best to the Taoist Master tomorrow."
"People who practice Taoism sit in the sky, sit on the ground, and eat everywhere. Now that the ashes have been delivered, I won't disturb them."
Zhang Heng shook the bell in his hand and said goodbye to everyone: "The sky is high and the water is long, we will see you again in the future."
"Taoist priest, Taoist priest?"
Mr. Bai chased him out, only to see Zhang Heng walking briskly. In a blink of an eye, he disappeared at the end of the alley, unable to catch up.
"What a Taoist master, with extraordinary grace!"
Mr. Bai looked at Zhang Heng's departing back, then at the urn in his hand, and sighed: "My dear daughter, it would be great if you were still alive!"
After saying that, I couldn't help but feel sad.
the other side.
Zhang Heng carried a bamboo box on his back and walked through the night.
After walking for about half an hour, I was walking through a forest when I suddenly saw a red light shining in front of me.
Taking a closer look, I found that in the woods in front of me, there was a lantern with the word "happy" hanging on every tree.
"interesting!"
Zhang Heng stopped, looked at it quietly for a while, and then continued walking forward.
After walking dozens of steps, an old woman rushed out of the forest and grabbed Zhang Heng's hand.
Zhang Heng took half a step back and looked over.
The old woman had a kind face and held a vegetable basket in her hand: "Young man, there is a mass grave in front of you. It is very fierce. You can't go there in the dark of the night!"
"Old lady, who are you?"
Zhang Heng's eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of his mouth seemed to be smiling.
"I am the forest guard of this forest. I couldn't bear it when I saw you panicking and heading towards the dead end. I came here to save you. Come with me quickly. If you are late, it will be too late."
The old woman said it with sincerity.
"Jedi?"
Zhang Heng was unmoved, half-smiling but not smiling: "I think following you is the only way to defeat me, right?"
The old woman was startled when she heard the sound, and took half a step back: "How can a young man talk like this? I saw you alone in the middle of the night, and you are also a miserable person, so I came to rescue you. If you don't listen, just move on."
Go, it was your fate to be killed by that evil spirit."
"Yeah?"
Zhang Heng suppressed his smile and asked, "Look at my clothes, is there anything inappropriate?"
"What can be wrong with clothes?"
The old woman raised her eyes and noticed the gossip on Zhang Heng's mind. Her expression changed and she hurriedly said: "Young man, I almost forgot to boil water at home. You go on your way. I have to go back and take a look."
After saying that, the old woman went deep into the forest.
"It's too late now that you know you're afraid, right?"
Zhang Heng reached into the bamboo box behind him and picked up the copper coin sword hidden inside: "Go!"
With a flick of his hand, the copper coin sword shot out of the air.
Ding!!
The old woman couldn't dodge and was nailed to the ground. In a moment, she turned into a burst of white smoke.
Once the old woman disappears, if you look further ahead, you will see that there are no red lanterns left, they are just a deception.
"The damn grasshopper jumped into the pot."
Zhang Heng stepped forward and put away the copper coin sword.
After putting it away, he stood there and thought for a while, then walked back to where the old woman came from.
We walked about a few hundred meters.
Deep in the forest, I saw an isolated grave. In the moonlight, I could see the words on the stele: "The Tomb of the Zhong Family."
Looking around, I found three corpses near the solitary grave. Judging from their clothing, they were all traveling alone.
"You old guy, you really meet people to serve food, why don't you only attack lone foreigners?"
"But that's right. There are many taboos among the folks in the countryside. What's more, when local people go missing, people will usually come looking for them. It's easy for people from outside to take action."
Zhang Heng looked at the bamboo box behind him.
No need to ask, you can tell by looking at his appearance that he is an outsider. Who in the ten miles and eight villages would go out like this?
Later, Zhang Heng rationalized his thoughts.
If he guessed correctly, the old woman should have used a cover-up trick to get some red lanterns out in front, and then lied to these traveling merchants that there were mass graves in front of them, which were haunted and would be dangerous if they went there, and then used the excuse of helping to lead the way.
, led these people to his own grave and killed them.
The mass graves are fake, the real danger is this old woman.
Then here comes the problem.
If you are walking at night in an unfamiliar place, and someone suddenly tells you that the front is haunted and tells you not to go there, you take a look and you will see that the front is indeed spooky, with a white lantern with the word "Zun" hanging on it, or
The red lantern with the word 'hi' written on it, will you go there or not?
If you don't go, he tells you to follow him, otherwise you will be in danger. Do you want to go or not?