Chapter 31: Abduction and Deception (1)
Outside the door, there was a voice from the shopkeeper who asked urgently, Si Ming glanced at the teacup that had been broken into pieces in the corner, and twisted his eyebrows slightly: "It's okay, it's just that the teacup is broken." ”
"It's okay. Xiao Er seemed to breathe a sigh of relief at the shopkeeper outside the door, and when he took a few steps, he heard the footsteps turn back, "By the way, if the two of you are fine, try not to go to the small alley in front." Someone had just died there, and I was afraid that the young girl would not be able to sleep well at night when she saw something unclean. ”
There was no response in the house for a long time, and when the shopkeeper heard it, he was ready to turn around and go downstairs to continue his work. At this moment, the door behind him opened, and Si Ming stepped out, standing at the door and looking at the shopkeeper.
"I don't know what the little brother said about the dead man...... I'm a little curious, I wonder if I can elaborate on that?"
The old wounds on Si Ming's body have gradually improved, and his complexion has returned to the same as before. Standing in front of him, Lang Yan is unique, and there is no other in the world. It's no wonder that the young girl would rather hide from her father and run away than give up her lover.
Last night, because the sky was too dark, the rain and the clothes were wet, and the clothes looked a little depressed and embarrassed, and the shopkeeper only said that the girl was infatuated, and now it seems that this is not a pair of beautiful people!
Si Ming was a little uncomfortable by him, coughed slightly, and immediately called the shopkeeper to look at him a little embarrassed.
He asked again before listening to the shopkeeper's eloquent voice: "It's strange to say, our town has always been peaceful, although there are occasional small conflicts in the neighborhood, but most of them are peaceful." This dead man has only been in these two days. ”
Si Ming's eyes shone slightly, and the thumb and fingertips slowly rubbed his index finger, as if he had some consideration.
Speaking of this, the shopkeeper was a little puzzled, scratched his head, and then said: "Originally, this person is inherently dead, but it is also a common thing, but they are to blame...... It's not a normal way to die. ”
"How so?"
"This man is old and old, sick and sick, hungry and starving...... It's strange that the few people who died recently were all young men who were in good health. The shopkeeper was a little embarrassed, and as he spoke, he didn't forget to turn his head to look around, and when he confirmed that there was no one around, he took a step closer and whispered to Si Ming's ear, "I heard that these young men were all black after they died, and their eye sockets were sunken, which is terrifying." He went to the autopsy and said that this man was not poisoned or sick, but like...... It's like losing my soul. ”
The shopkeeper seemed to be a little scared when he said it, thinking that he had also seen the appearance of those corpses with his own eyes, and now he was a little stunned when he thought about it.
"You said that this good person, if you say no, you will be gone, and he will die a strange death. But in this peaceful and prosperous world, I haven't heard of any monsters harming people, why is this person suddenly gone!" The shopkeeper smacked his tongue.
Whether the monster is harmful Si Ming has his own considerations in his heart, the black gas circulating in the sky in the morning, combined with the vision that appeared in the Soul Gathering Banner just now, is not different from what he expected.
"Okay, thank you brother for your doubts. Si Ming collected his thoughts, only reached into his arms and touched a silver ingot, and politely handed it to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper was a man who couldn't hide his words, so he just listened to it as an anecdote, but he didn't want to make a silver ingot because of this, so he immediately swept away the haze and thanked him a thousand times.
"Little brother. When he was about to leave, Si Ming called him again, "I want to ask one more question, where are those corpses parked now?"
"This morning, a male corpse was found in the alley, which had been carried into the county office, but then I heard that it was related to the strange celestial phenomena recently, and it was suspected that it was a big murderer, so together with the corpse of a few days ago, it was put into a righteous village outside the city. ”
Si ordered the head of the jaw, and the shopkeeper put the silver ingot into his arms and went downstairs happily.
Si Ming's face was not good, thinking about the words of the shopkeeper, thinking that it was mostly related to ghasts. Xu is the number of ghasts is not large, only a few have died, and if it is delayed, I am afraid that it will be a disaster to go to Qingping Town.
He shook his head and sighed, and was turning into the room, when he raised his eyes, he saw Shao Yan standing in the room, a pair of beautiful eyes looking at him intently, but his face was obviously not very good.
After he entered the room, he closed the door, and before he could speak, Shao Huan had already asked angrily: "You want to take care of this idle matter again, don't you?"
"How can this be an idle matter?" Si Ming replied in a low voice.
Shao Huan didn't listen, and strode forward: "You don't want to die, do you?"
Si Ming looked at her with a pair of eyes open, and his expression was so innocent.
"Do you know that your injuries are not healed?"
"Yes, yes. ”
"I won't let you go. ”
"Good...... Not good, not good. ”
"You ......" Shao Yan was so angry that he stomped his feet again and again, and simply turned his back and ignored him.
Si Ming stepped forward helplessly, and his hand just touched Shaoxi's shoulder, but she was angry and brushed away, but she couldn't cry or laugh: "First, this is not an idle matter, but your business; second, the evil soul likes to eat people's spirits, if he is not captured, when he grows, the world may cause a catastrophe; third, come...... This is what I promised the Emperor of Hades, and I will not break my word. ”
He lowered his head to hide the brilliance in his eyes, but it was like a heavy stone pressing on his heart, so heavy that he could only breathe.
"But...... You're still hurt!" Shao Huan was so anxious that he couldn't do it, his eyes were slightly red, but he endured it.
Si Ming seemed to be completely unconcerned, with a wave of the jade robe, the broken teacup had been restored to its original state, and it was placed on the table in a good manner, and the teapot was already full of hot and fragrant tea, and even the tea stains on the pear wood table had disappeared in an instant. It was spotless, as if the quarrel had never happened.
Wisps of heat came out of the cup, and the fragrance of tea filled the house, and it was so smoked that people were stunned for a while.
Seeing that he couldn't listen to his own words at all, he walked over with a little playfulness and sat down again. Seeing that he still refused to pay attention to himself, he simply snatched the teacup he was slowly raising, and threw it on the table with a bang, full of posture, so angry that his cheeks were bulging.
There was hot water in the cup, and Si Ming was afraid that the tea would splash and burn her hands, so she just let her take it away and didn't refute it. On the contrary, looking at her angry appearance, he shook his head gently, but he didn't know whether to laugh at her childishness or helpless her stubbornness.
"I don't care. In short, your injuries are not healed, and now they are getting worse and worse, and you must go back to Xiaoyaojian for treatment first. ”
A good immortal can actually fall from the clouds while driving the clouds, you can imagine how seriously injured he must be. If this time they went down to the world to just play in the mountains and rivers, but they came to catch the ghasts, the ghasts, how powerful it was!
I still remember that when the Evil Spirit Yuan Barrier was broken before, those evil spirits broke through the barrier together, and the Yin Qi was so strong that even the Yin soldiers guarding outside were not spared, and even she was dumbfounded by the bloodthirsty and cruel ruthlessness. There is also Qingping Town a few days ago...... Thousands of people died overnight, which is not terrible.
"If I really go back to recuperate, I won't be able to heal in a year or two. There are only two months left in the agreed time with the Emperor of the Underworld, and 100,000 ghasts, with your own strength, how can you catch them all?"
"I ......"
Si Ming didn't argue with her too much, only dropped the next sentence lightly, and then he was speechless.
He sighed slightly, picked up the teacup that was thrown on the table by Shao Yan and slowly brought it to his lips.
There was silence for a while, but Shang Ke clearly heard the sound of birds flapping their wings and flying by among the branches outside the window.
100,000 ghasts, so many, not to mention that she is a little girl who is not good at cultivation, even if Qi Wu comes forward, she may not be able to capture all of them within the month of March. Without a command, she alone, even if she has the Soul Gathering Banner in her hand, she can be said to be overwhelmed and has no chance of winning.
She was slightly stunned, but then exclaimed: "Since you know that it is impossible, why did you make this agreement with the Emperor of the Underworld in the first place?"
Si Ming took a shallow sip of the tea in the cup, and then slowly put it down: "Because what the Emperor of the Underworld wants has never been the life of the two of you." "To put it bluntly, the dignified Emperor of the Underworld, all he wants is a ladder that can be taken down the trend.
I don't know what to do, and I can't figure out why I think about it.
Si Ming looked at her fixedly, and after a while, he said leisurely: "Think about it carefully, how difficult it is for the Six Realms to have 40,000 years of peace, and how many lives have been sacrificed in exchange for it. The Emperor of Hades has always stayed out of it, in order to minimize the casualties of the Hades by the battle of the Six Realms, and although the release of ghasts is a big matter, compared to the entire Six Realms, which is more important?"
Si Ming never broke these words, and Shao Yan didn't scrutinize them carefully, but once these words came out, she realized it later.
"I see. Entering the underworld by mistake was my fault with Chacha first, but it was my unintentional mistake to destroy the Evil Spirit Abyss Barrier and release the evil spirit. Cha Cha is a person from the Nine Heavens, and I am from Xiaoyaojian, neither side is an object that can be easily handled, no matter who is disposed of, neither side will give up, and in the end it will only put the underworld in a dilemma. Is that what it means?"
Si Ming bowed his head, and his lips slowly raised an arc: "It's true." ”
In the Six Realms, only the gods, demons, and the underworld can compete with each other. Cha Cha is the princess of the Nine Heavens, and if something happens to her, the Emperor of Heaven cannot turn a deaf ear; Shao Huan is the only beloved disciple of the God of Non-Words, and her degree of cherishment can be seen in the face of the Nine Heavens hundreds of years ago, and the Emperor of Heaven turned his face; as for the Demon Race...... Today's chaos, isn't there no Demon Lord to help it?
If the Emperor of the Underworld is watching the fire, how can he not be aware of it?
"So...... The reason why you set the March date is just to give the Emperor of the Underworld an excuse to take advantage of the situation?" Shao Huan suddenly realized, some confused thoughts seemed to be gradually sorted out, but there was still a problem, "However, if you don't arrive in time at that time, won't Cha Cha and I really be in danger?"
At that time, the Emperor of the Underworld looked at them with fire in her eyes, and she wanted to eat them alive, she didn't feel like she was playing child's play!
"Without me, there is another reason. Moreover, do you really think that the Emperor of the Underworld will be a person who is kept in the dark and doesn't know anything?" Si Ming said in a word, and saw the things before and after clearly, which made Shao Huan suddenly think that this was not like the one she usually knew about Anzhiruosu, and suddenly upheld everything but a dream.
"Haha...... The afterlife is terrible, the afterlife is terrifying!"