Book 1: Retrospective Chapter 45: Into the Night
At night in Guangyang Town, even the summer insects did not dare to make a mistake, and the mist filled the streets and alleys, and the silent black shadow lurked in the night, waiting for the opportunity to spy on the prey.
"I was in a hurry, and I only prepared some home-cooked food, so please don't be surprised. β
There were three large round tables in the side hall, full of sumptuous dishes, and Master Li warmly beckoned everyone to sit down and eat.
"Where are the predecessors, we are bothering. β
Such a warm and difficult thing made everyone feel a sense of worldliness that had not been seen for a long time, and Xiu Xian asked and cut off too much fireworks.
"This is our specialty rice chicken, Mr. Jiang, please try it. β
Master Li pointed to a plate of sliced sauce chicken on the table and said, this sauce chicken has no head, tail, claws and bones, if he hadn't reminded him, he really couldn't see what it was.
"Hmm~"
Jiang Bai also picked up the chopsticks a little rusty, took a piece and put it in his mouth, almost didn't spit it out in an instant, and ate it forcibly, and then glanced at everyone by the way.
"How is it, but it is still to the liking of the gentleman?"
Master Li is still smiling, his forties are oily, and he looks extremely rich.
"The taste is naturally excellent, the younger generation is really blessed, come and try it for all of you. β
Jiang Bai also let everyone taste it with a clear conscience, and the expressions of the disciples after the entrance were naturally different, but they all ate it honestly, and some of them even showed full praise.
"It's really weird, where is it?"
Wei Lin walked in the backyard of the Li Mansion, he frowned as if he was looking for something, and such a strong aura confirmed his conjecture.
Where could there be such a coincidence, and only the little dolls of the Xuanshui Sect who had never been far away would be so naΓ―ve, led by others all the way.
"Huh?!this is~"
Wei Lin found some blood stains near a water tank, and if he hadn't been sensitive to the smell of blood, it would have been difficult to find clues from the black dirt.
He took a closer look and found that these bloodstains were still very fresh, it should be less than a day, and there was obviously residual spiritual power in them, indicating that they were left by cultivators.
But there are no traces of a fight in this courtyard, so it doesn't look like it was caused by the fighting method.
There was no space around here, but there was a large water tank abruptly placed here, and he reached out and knocked on it, and the tank made some dull sounds, and there was indeed a problem.
"Senior Brother Wei, what are you doing sneakily in someone's backyard?"
Just when Wei Lin was going to study this strange water tank, Liu Ying's voice came from behind him, it turned out that Liu Ying had just left the main hall and found that Wei Lin was gone, so she turned back, and saw Wei Lin stealing chickens and cats into the backyard, and she followed closely behind.
"Senior sister, it's harm~ nothing, I'm just urgent, I want to find a place where no one is convenient, you go back first, I want to be convenient." β
Wei Lin had an idea, and posed in front of Liu Ying as if he was going to take off his pants, who knew that this girl not only did not avoid it, but watched him perform with a smile on her face.
"Senior sister, I'm going to pee!"
Wei Lin felt that Liu Ying should not have reacted, and then reiterated it again.
"Well, you know, you pee. β
Liu Ying was very calm, and had no intention of avoiding or leaving at all.
"Senior sister, I'm a man! Don't look at indecent things, you don't know, right? β
Wei Lin was a little anxious, could it be that the current female cultivators are so open.
"Yes. β
Liu Ying looked like she took it for granted, and Wei Lin was stunned, is this still the weak and lovely senior sister?
"Then Senior Sister won't avoid it?"
Wei Lin has nothing to say, this Liu Ying is really herself.
"Senior Brother Wei, don't play too much, we are cultivators, you play my tricks, ah...... Shameless, Wei Lin, you wait!. β
Liu Ying originally wanted to remind Wei Lin that because the cultivator does not eat grains, he can not go to the toilet like a mortal when he reaches the foundation building period, even if he eats a lot, he can also atomize it through spiritual power decomposition, who would have expected that Wei Lin because he acted too real, the trouser belt was not tightened for a while, and after a gust of wind, the pants collapsed directly to his heels in front of Liu Ying, which frightened Liu Ying into shame and irritability, covered his eyes and ran away.
"Hey, I knew I took it off in the first place. β
Wei Lin lifted his pants, looked at Liu Ying, who had disappeared, shook his head, turned around and continued to study the strange water tank, he pushed left and right, and sometimes reached into the water tank to stir it.
"No, it shouldn't be, why hasn't there been any movement at all. β
Wei Lin said to himself, he expected that there was something wrong with the water tank, but he turned it over and over, and even touched the bottom of the tank, and found nothing.
"What are you doing?"
A voice came from a distance, Wei Lin was really a little annoyed in his heart, casually probed one after another, and turned around to see that it was the second person.
"It turned out to be Steward Wang. β
Wei Lin was clever, knowing that the other party was just a subordinate who was leading the horse and guarding the door, he still called the housekeeper.
"Oh, it's you, what are you doing here, washing your face?"
Wang Er saw Wei Lin standing on the edge of the water tank, and a lot of water was sprinkled on the ground, so he asked.
"Yes, I didn't pay much attention to the toilet just now, so I wanted to get some water to rinse it. β
Wei Lin smiled, a fool, the second Wang heard him say this, and when he approached, he pinched his nose and signaled him to go faster, Wei Lin took the opportunity and went towards the main hall, and when he arrived at the door, he squatted in the dark corner with his back to observe Wang Er, who was still in the backyard.
I only saw that Wang Er looked down like a thief, walked to the edge of the water tank, stretched out his hand and first turned the water tank to the left three times, and then turned three times to the right, and then saw that the originally empty ground was slowly sinking, gradually forming a ladder that went down, and Wang Er walked straight to the ground without turning on the light, but after a while, the dark passage that appeared returned to the flat ground as before.
Wei Linxin, who was squatting in the dark corner, said that this family is really not simple, I am afraid that this night is destined to be sleepless, he reached out and touched his handsome face, it seems that there are faint wrinkles, and he sighed and walked towards the main hall, I am afraid that it will not be explained when it appears too late.
Coming to the side hall, everyone is still eating and drinking, there is one and two, with the first bite is difficult to swallow and swallowed, and then the more you eat, the more fragrant it becomes, at this time the cups and plates are already in a mess, this meal is still unfinished, and I don't know how much food Mrs. Li has prepared.
Wei Lin's appearance did not attract many people's attention, Master Li just glanced at it, and continued to talk with Jiang Baiyi, the two talked happily, and drank a lot of wine, fortunately, this ordinary wine is not drunk and cultivated, so Jiang Bai was also praised by Master Li for a large amount, but it turned out that all the men and women in this room could drink, but the guests who came from the north were soaked in the lees.
Wei Lin casually found a table to sit down, but he didn't touch the dishes on the table, and he found that Liu Ying didn't seem to eat either, which made him wonder if she had also discovered the abnormality of this Li Mansion.
"Eh, what is this?"
A certain female disciple sitting at Wei Lin's table was surprised to find that there was a green thing hidden in a piece of delicacy that she had just sandwiched into the bowl, she reached out and took it in her hand to look at it carefully, and the people on the side were busy pushing the cup and changing the lamp and ignored what she had just said.
This scene happened to be seen by Wei Lin, with his eyesight, this is clearly a piece of green Lingpu, there has been a hole in it, it is obviously used as a pendant, the female disciple seems to like this Lingpu very much, while everyone did not pay much attention to it and put it on his body, and then continued to eat the piece that looks very similar to a steamed bun, and is fat but not greasy.
Wei Lin thought about it carefully, and almost didn't vomit it on the spot, he looked around at the food on the table, and actually learned to read the Buddha in his heart.
"Have you eaten yet?"
As Jiang Baiyi's words came, everyone stopped their movements, it was obvious that this dinner was going to end here, and the disciples who had not experienced the fireworks for a long time were still a little unsatisfied.
"Eaten. β
"Okay, senior brother......"
A disciple who owed his mouth said that he had leaked his mouth, causing Master Li to look at Jiang Baiyi with some suspicion.
"Oh, seniors, many of us were brought out by a master, so we are usually called brothers and sisters. β
Jiang Baiyi's seemingly reasonable explanation seemed to have a feeling that there were no silver taels here at this time, but he himself didn't know it.
"Oh, if you can bring out an outstanding disciple like Mr., you must also be a famous person, dare to ask the name of the respected teacher, and it can also be used as a talking point for Li to brag about in the future, haha~"
Master Li smiled with a knowing expression, and turned to ask about the name.
"Oh, Master, his old man is very old, and we only know the name he used when he traveled south and north, his surname is Mu, Mu Youqian. β
Jiang Bai also told another lie embarrassedly, and in his heart he was talking about the master, don't blame.
"Mu Youqian, Mu Youqian, well, good name, you have to leave tomorrow morning, the wing room has been cleaned up, please." β
Master Li repeated it twice, seemingly interested in the name, and then asked his subordinates to lead them to the wing room to rest.
"Thank you again for your hospitality, and please rest early. β
Jiang Bai also arched his hand, but Master Li was still muttering, and nodded subconsciously.
"Everyone, please come with me. β
It was Wang Er who spoke, Wei Lin was very curious about what this guy had just gone down to do, and there seemed to be a lot more evil qi on his body.
"I'm tired. β
Everyone followed Wang Er towards the wing room in the front yard, and along the way, as Master Li said, they were all lanterns fueled by flame crystals, and one would be placed almost every other way, and it seemed that the evil thing that Master Li said did not seem to be fake.
"When I arrived, there were some things that the master didn't say that he was polite, and we must explain it to you clearly as the next person. β
Wang Er stopped in front of the West Wing Courtyard when he led everyone to the West Chamber, he turned his head to look at Jiang Baiyi who was walking in front, his expression was very arrogant.
"Steward Wang, please speak. β
Jiang Bai is naturally not stupid, and he can see that the other party doesn't seem to be very kind to them.
"Don't dare to be, I'm just a janitor, it's not uncommon for outsiders like you to disappear into the streets of this Guangyang Town at night. I think the master should have told you some of the reasons, the reason why you can stay in our Li Mansion is all because my master is kind-hearted, but don't take this blessing for granted. β
Wang Er's words were not rough, and Jiang Bai nodded again and again when he heard it.
"Finally, and most importantly, although our Li Mansion can avoid evil things, it is all carefully arranged, and you should not go out at night if you have anything to do. There is a toilet bucket in the room, and if anyone comes out at night and spoils the layout of my house, then don't blame us for being rude, and then you will all go to sleep on the street. β
"Steward Wang's words, we must obey them, and never go out at night, please rest assured. β
Jiang Bai also saluted Wang Er, waved his hand, turned around and led them into the West Chamber.