Volume 1: Yellow Springs December Chapter 53: Water-based poplars

In the end, Shanhai asked with a thick face.

He said he was homesick and that it was time to go back to see his children after his business. Fuck, I'm so angry, when I'm a kiln here, I can come and go as long as I want? …… I was so angry, I was mad. But when I calmed down and thought about it, he really treated me well this year, and he spent a lot of thought and money, and there was nothing sorry for me except to lie to me. I had to take a step back and let him go back to his familyβ€”or wouldn't I be a wicked person? But I really couldn't give up, I told him, let him last a day with me, put lanterns together, walk the Jiangyuan Bridge together, it can be regarded as a good get-together. ”

Jiangyuan Bridge ......

Several people mused this word for a long time.

Needless to say, it must have been his ape-hearted horse, and he suffered the retribution of Hashihime.

It was too late, and the people of the yamen really couldn't hold on. A few people sent the scissors home, and it was time for the fourth ugliest. They yawned sleepily, especially Ah Luan, who almost couldn't open their eyes. Jian Niang thanked them, a little embarrassed, and apologized for her nonsense during the day. Naturally, they didn't mind, but were more concerned about her face. She looked so sad, her home was empty, and in the flickering candlelight, her figure seemed much thinner than when she first saw her.

"Or, or for the sake of accompaniment, you can stay overnight tonight. When it was dawn, I would accompany me to the yamen......"

Out of affection, Shanhai wanted to refuse, but Ah Luan, who was lying on the back of Miss Qi, slept too soundly. He was hesitating, but Shi Wuqi agreed to come down for him.

"I'm sorry to disturb you."

Jian Niang's home is indeed not big, with only two rooms. In addition to the house of the mother, the other one was intended to be reserved for the children in the future. She spread two blankets in the small shop, and they could settle for a while. She quickly put sheets on the bed boards of the empty room, and invited Mu Wan and the others in. There is not much space behind the tailor's shop, with two walls separating the back kitchen of the bun shop and the warehouse of the fruit shop.

In the middle of the night, Mu Wan opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling, unable to sleep.

Since she mentioned the Shikijin Hansui Ji given by her senior brother, those past memories kept churning in her mind. She likes Senior Brother Wu is the truth, and she likes Senior Sister Yan too, and it is even more false to look forward to them being together. Although she is the identity of a demon envoy, she rarely uses the power of Shikami, and many things, she likes to do it herself since she was a child, and she vows not to give up without results. As for the tengu, it was part of the blood, and although it had a terrible-sounding contract, it was also her family.

The style god of the Eight Classics, in addition to the cold water hime, there is also Bai Di. Hanshui Ji was discovered by her senior brother on an errand outside, but Bai Di was found by her and her senior sister in the Snow Yan Valley. Bai Di is also a monster who is proficient in water, and it is better to subdue it, but to save its life, it ran all the way along the bank of the river, insisting on following her. She didn't know what to do, so her sister taught her to receive the talisman.

Mu Wan thought of Yingyuejun again, that nasty little ghost. The time she fought him in the ruined temple, she didn't react to who to call out. But maybe she thought it through at the time - neither was suitable. But she didn't want to summon the tengu so easily. As he fought, the Immortal Moon Jun appeared. Later, in the mountains, when she fought with Shi Wuqi and him, she also felt that she was indeed not an opponent, and if she really summoned Shikami, she was afraid that she would have to put her life into it.

Thinking about it, she was a little thirsty and got up and went to the kitchen to find water to drink.

She hesitated, not bringing an umbrella. walked out of the door and glanced at the Qi girl sitting on the side. She always closed her eyes at night, not knowing whether she was recuperating or scaring them. Half of the door of the house was opened, and Mu Wan glanced at her and saw that she was lying on the bed and did not cover the quilt.

After walking a few steps to the kitchen, she noticed that there was a shadow of a person inside.

Mu Wan cautiously pressed against the wall, tiptoeing to get closer to him.

"What a coincidence, you're stealing too?"

It is the voice of the Lord of the Hundred Bones.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Neuropathy. ”

Mu Wan breathed a sigh of relief, snapped his fingers, and the faint flames lit up the kitchen between his fingers. The windows were closed, but there were a few pesky flies buzzing around, which was annoying. When I looked closely, there were still some pork bones with meat on the board that had not been processed, and I was afraid that the scissors were only sad and forgot. There was also a large saw against the wall, which was supposed to be used by the girl's family to process bones.

"Just kidding. If you are thirsty, find a saliva to drink. ”

"Coincidentally, isn't it?"

She rolled her eyelids. Shi Wuqi picked up the bowl and pointed to the water tank next to him. Mu Wan also took a bowl to hold water.

"Cooler evenings. I just don't know if this pork is going to stink tomorrow. She sighed.

"Are you so sure it's a pork bone?"

Shi Wuqi suddenly smiled. Although he didn't make a sound, his expression made Mu Wan a little hairy. She swallowed a mouthful of water, frowned, and asked him what he had to say.

"Just kidding, I touched it, it's not a human bone anyway."

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Neurotic! ”

No, you really touched it, this is the most nervous.

Early the next morning, they came together to the bridge. This bridge is used normally by everyone on weekdays, and nothing strange has happened. There weren't many of them yet, just the five of them. After getting up in the morning, Mu Wan asked Jian Niang to rest more, and went directly to the prefect later. They fished up their things and went to deliver them to the yamen who had just opened the door.

There are not many people yet, only the hawkers who carry the vegetables. Mu Wan stood by the river and took a deep breath.

She closed her eyes and muttered the words. Tiny currents of air surged around her, and the moment she opened her eyes, the umbrella was propped up, and a faint light shrouded over the surface of the umbrella. A spell with strange characters written on it was carried down by the breeze, rolled up, and fell to the surface of the water. Suddenly, it melted into it and was swallowed up by the river. Then, ripples rippled from that point, and a brisk shadow peeked out of it.

The humanoid Shikigami struggles with a pair of large, pure black eyes, staring straight at you without blinking. She has no fluff or scales on her body, but she looks smooth and hard. She had fins on her back and elbows, flashes of rainbow-like light, and webbed hands. Even more bizarre was probably the tail of the black fish, swinging powerfully in the water.

Ah Luan had seen aquatic monsters, but it was the first time he had seen them like this. She ran to the shore and tried to reach out, but Hanmihime drilled down and poked out from a farther position, like a nimble fish. Where she flicked her tail, a piece of broken ice slag formed and went down the river.

"She's timid," Mu Wan said, waving her hand to call her over, "You go to the bottom of the river and scoop up all the corpses." ”

She dived into the water and disappeared. Dai Luan regretted not being able to take a few more looks. A few people waited by the river, from standing to squatting, from squatting to sitting. When all the people woke up and walked in the streets, there was not a single bubble.

"You god, don't run away."

Shi Wu gave up idleness, and floated on the river. Mu Wan glared at him.

"Impossible."

"Okay, okay, I hope the truth comes out soon. I'm tired of waiting, so I'm going to the teahouse at the back to rest. What do you want to eat? ”

Shi Wuqi gestured backwards with his thumb, Ah Luan nodded immediately, and walked in with Miss Qi. Shanhai didn't speak, just stared at the water. He rubbed his eyes again and again, and it seemed that he was also tired.

The ground was getting hotter, and they were sweating from time to time. Many people saw them, some people thought it was strange, some people went to explain, and no one bothered them. After waiting for a long time, suddenly someone shouted to them behind them:

"Yo, Dao Chief, Woman."

The two turned around, and a lean man greeted them with two loads of water. Shanhai immediately recognized that he was the single guy who shared the table to eat before, the one who built a building for a large family. He asked them what they were doing, and Shanhai briefly explained the situation, but didn't reveal much about it. He simply said that there was more than one body in the river, and another worker.

"Oops...... Don't be our co-workers. ”

Seeing that his face had become very bad, Shanhai asked questions.

"Hey, we all know that he loves his mother-in-law very much, how could he abandon her. More than a month earlier, he was thinking about how to give her the Qixi Festival. I'm not mistaken, it seems to be a tailor, and he looks okay, but he has a little sores on his face. I saw him once, and when I came to see him with food, I turned and went into the house of the Lord's servant. He said sadly that he knew that his mother-in-law was very water-based, but he had no ability, so he could only swallow his anger. Sometimes when she starts a fire, she cries so much that she is miserable, and she acts so sadly. But as soon as she said it, she immediately lost her tears. He disappeared three years ago, and his wives said he ran away with someone else. Bah, I don't believe it's true that she slept with that profiteer. ”

"Profiteers?" Mu Wan asked, "Her man didn't run away, did she know the merchant?" ”

"I can't lie to you. Heck, it's getting late, I've got to get the water over. You, be sure to find out ......"

He muttered and walked away with the water. The two of them looked at each other, frowning, and their moods were very complicated. I didn't know what to say for a while. At this time, Dai Luan hurriedly ran out of the teahouse. She gasped for breath and said something in fits and starts. They couldn't hear clearly, so they told her to take a break and speak slowly. Shi Wuqi and Miss Qi also followed, their faces solemn.

"Shi Gongzi, we ...... just now"

"Listen to me first, we are in the teahouse, and I heard some rumors from Xiao Er. Jianniang's dead husband, that is, the businessman, mentioned his wife when he was drunk and called his wife, but it was not Jianniang's name. Someone teased him and asked, he said that Jian Niang was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and she wanted to kill her man with her own hands in order to get his money and his people. At the time, people didn't care, it was all because he drank too much. Soon, her man really disappeared, she was the victim, and no one really suspected her. ”

At this time, there were suddenly gurgling bubbles in the river. Several of them immediately surrounded them.