Volume 1: Huangquan December Chapter 58: Green Skirt and Silk
The third young master of the Zhang family is a handsome man.
Before his death was.
He stood face to face with Shi Wuqi, his body was more slender and lower, shorter than Shanhai, like a childish teenager. But the Yuting girl said that the year he died, he had just turned twenty. Three years ago, she was eight years behind the young master, and now she is five years apart.
At first glance, Young Master Zhang is indeed a living person, after all, he is here alive and can still walk. It's nothing more than poor nutrition, poor complexion, weak bones, and very dull eyes. But for the expert Lord of the Hundred Bones, he has indeed been dead for a long time. Because the cellar was not ventilated, there was an indescribable smell of herbs, with the bitter aroma of wine, and several baskets at the feet were also placed with different herbs and jars of liquid. It is true that the use of wine can nourish corpses, and the production of some specimens also requires the use of medicinal wine mixed with different ingredients. Shi Wuqi judged that she was an expert, but she stopped at the level of the beginner, because this kind of corpse-raising technique was not considered superior.
Yuting placed the candle on the table. There's only a very tall broken stool, which is a table. There are also two benches. I guess she brought it down herself. There was a mattress on the floor, he squatted down and touched it, and there was a door panel underneath, and the mattress was very soft, clean, like a new one, and it could be seen that the Yuting girl was very attentive. But even so, there was a faint smell of decaying corpses.
He shook his head.
"Corruption is intensifying. You're doing a good job, but ...... Very limited. β
"I want to know, how do you do that? How do you get her ...... Make her feel like she was alive? β
"With spiritual power."
Spiritual power is the most intuitive and effective. For the same disease, it is more effective to take it internally than to apply it externally. Spiritual power is like a decoction, pouring it into it is better than wiping your body with ointment and potion every day. But in the same way, spiritual power is directly linked to a person's lifespan, and if it is strong, it is like a drop in the bucket, and if it is weak, it will lose life. He looked this ordinary little girl up and down, she had no qualifications, just an ordinary person.
"The noble man said he could teach me spells......
"That's going to have to be practiced, too. If you look at which sect in the rivers and lakes comes from, not all of them are the skills accumulated over the years. Besides, didn't it teach you? β
Shi Wuqi sat on the chair and shook his head. Yuting was opposite him, worried, and sat down slowly.
Shi Wuqi was actually worried that she had deceived that person.
"How long do I have to practice before I can ...... And, really, can't you bring his soul back? β
"It's nonsense. I only know a little bit about it, and I don't know the whole way. It requires a lot of rare medicines, strange spells, personal spiritual power, and immortal fate......"
At this point, he won't say anything. Because he thought that there was also a forbidden technique, which was to use people's souls to keep the corpse alive, and it had to be continued, which was a loss, and he would be approached by the six impermanences to settle accounts. Anyone who has no ability will never dare to provoke right and wrong.
Yuting was very disappointed.
"Won't I be able to let Young Master Zhang stand up on his own for the rest of my life?"
"With your thoughts about him, it's really unrealistic for me to advise you to give up," he pulled out his fan from there, "I ask you, what did you ever ask you to do, that noble man?" β
"He's nice, but ...... Love money a lot. He does not refuse any guest who comes from afar, whether he has money or not...... But when it comes to business, there is never ambiguity in price. Though he did not show mercy to the poor, he did not deceive the rich. The medicine he gave me was bought with the money I earned. I want to learn spells, I can only find a way to make more money, or you know, he will ...... soon."
If it's really just a money-gotter, that's fine. But this guy is really good at business. When he ran his own house of weeping corpses, the price was set by assessing the net worth of the buyer.
His keen business instincts told him that the "nobleman" was not simple.
"He taught you all these methods, and the methods of manipulating corpses?"
"Yes......"
"I'd love to meet him."
Yuting looked embarrassed. Under the light of the windless darkroom, her face was a little dazed.
"Although he has a regular place to work, he has rarely been there lately. He often runs errands outside and rarely comes back. I only visited him after hearing from people from nearby villages that I had seen him. But he had traveled again the other day. He also does things for others. β
"What's his name?"
"I don't know the full name, but the people of Qinglize call him His Excellency Ka Gong. He knows the Lord of the Hundred Bonesβhe knows you. β
Shi Wuqi shook his head.
I haven't heard of it, I don't know it.
"I do want to help you, but I do care about the identity of that person."
"You suspect he's a bad guy?"
Yuting's face was very bad, and she immediately became alert to Shi Wuqi. He realized that he had said the wrong thing. For her, "Your Excellency Hunting Gong" is her nobleman, benefactor, and fellow countryman, who can he shake as an outsider on the first day of meeting?
"I didn't mean that, I misunderstood the girl," he said, closing his fan and laughing, "I think I know him, but he didn't say his real name." Therefore, I will not know until I see him. If we have the opportunity to meet, we can discuss Gu art, and then see if we can ask for a favor, in terms of price, don't be difficult for you. β
ββ¦β¦ It's true? Then, aren't you, leaving tomorrow......"
"Don't panic. Our trip is to find someone in Qinglize, but I can delay it for a few days and let them take a leisurely stroll. β
Looking through the flames on the table, he stared at the little girl's eyes, and thought about it.
Although he seems to be a casual person, this does not conflict with his caution. The Lord of the Hundred Bones didn't plan to tell this girl so early that the few of them were really looking for someone here. If she was really just a sheep herder, it would be nice to inquire, but she knew so many strange things, and it seemed troublesome to have dealings with some strange people. What's more, the mountains and seas didn't ask people when they met, so don't mix them blindly. Moreover, just now he said that he was looking for someone, and Yuting didn't go too far, and he didn't seem to care.
So be it for now.
When he woke up in the morning, Shi Wuqi's head was still dizzy.
"Your eyes are blue, don't give up" Rin Shanhai glanced at him, "Didn't you rest?" β
Shi Wuqi sat up slowly as if he was a corpse, and thought to himself, I have slept together for less than two hours, so I will try it for you.
Mu Wan and Ah Luan were also in good spirits, and they did seem to have a good night's sleep. Shi Wuqi glanced at Mu Wan a few times occasionally, seeing that she was not suspicious, and expected that she should really sleep to death at night. It seems that the powder is quite useful.
Standing outside the house for a while, Shi Wuqi said to Shanhai:
"Qinglize is too big, it can accommodate several towns and villages, you might as well stay for a few more days, find out the truth and then go to the hinterland."
"That's nature. It's just that we can't stay here and cause trouble for the Jade Pavilion girl. β
ββ¦β¦ Good. β
This attitude is put out, and if you don't give up, you will know that there is no need to talk about it. He also knew that with his flamboyant tongue, he would definitely be suspected of being suspicious of him for showing off his tongue in front of Rin Dao Chang. But it's better to go, go a little further and tell them about it, and even if he comes to Miss Yuting by himself, it will be no problem for him to turn around.
Dai Luan couldn't bear her, that was natural. When saying goodbye, the hands of the two girls were held tightly, and finally they had to be pulled away by Mu Wan. Before leaving, Wu Qi looked back at the Yuting girl, the two glanced at each other, he nodded slightly, and drove away.
It took just over half an hour to get to the nearest town. The men and women here wear silver ornaments and batik clothes. What they heard and saw in other places in the past was mostly blue dyeing, but Qinglize's batik is a kind of blue blue, slightly greenish, which looks eye-catching, and the fabrics are of different shades, which are matched very layered.
"The indigo produced here is cyan."
The lady of the dyeing workshop waxed the fabric at the table at the door, and answered Dai Luan, who was watching the excitement at the table, without raising her head.
"Only the soil here can be raised, and you can't grow other seeds if you bring them here," she said, dipping them in wax, "and if you take the seedlings out here, you won't be able to grow them." β
"Ohβlike this."
At this time, Mu Wan stuck out her head from the store next door and beckoned her to come and see. She said goodbye to her eldest mother and ran over. As soon as she entered, she found that it was a silverware store. Shanhai picked up a silver ornament and looked at it, it was a peace lock, very similar to Aluan's, but the pattern and fineness were not very the same.
"I don't know what happened to Yun Ge." He muttered to himself.
Shi Wuqi absentmindedly looked east and west. At this time, he noticed another couple in the store. They had their backs to him, and they were all dressed in golden brocade robes embroidered with delicate patterns, and the craftsmanship must not have been local. The woman wore her hair in a bun, delicately braided, and wore beautiful jewelry; The man wears a ponytail and has long sideburns on both sides. They all had scabbards wrought with gold wire hanging from their waists, which looked expensive.
"Which of these two hairpins is better? I like the carved leaf, but this one weighs the porcelain. β
"Buy them all, buy them all."
Mu Wan glanced at Miss Qi and whispered to Shi Wuqi: "Shi Gongzi, look at the people." Don't give the whole one to Miss Qi? β
At this time, the man and woman turned sideways to let the light shine through on the silver. Their faces are similar and more like siblings. The man still had a few objects in his hands, and he also had ear matching on his fingers.
"These are fine, Sister Xu's wearing anything is fine."
"You're so boring," the girl frowned, turning back, "I knew I didn't want you to follow me." Shopkeeper, help me wrap this hairpin. β
She took out her purse, and the man was clutching something in his hand, and he was in a hurry to take out his purse. While looking for it, he said:
"You didn't say hello, left a letter, and ran away without saying a word, thanks to your front foot running into the house with your mother on the back foot, shouting that I will chase you. You see, I didn't carry it for you, and I didn't let you go back. You said that you are a girl who learns what kind of rivers and lakes you are into, how dangerous it is......"
Mu Wan muttered, what's wrong with the woman?
His sister heard this ten thousand times, as if she was angry, took the wrapped hairpin and ran, leaving the brother embarrassed in place. He shook off all the objects in his hand in a panic, turned his head to the shopkeeper and said, "These are all wrapped."
Dai Luan suddenly grabbed the corner of Wu Abandon's clothes with her backhand.
"Brother! I want that, you buy me that! β
"What?"
Mu Wan snorted, and he frowned.
"What are you laughing at?"
"I think of happy things."