Chapter 22: A Strange Man
Dong's coffin shop? Qiao Ranxin said that it was a coincidence. The old man Dong who was in the view, like them, was "invited" out of the Xuanzhen Temple as an irrelevant idle person before those adults came.
His coffin shop caught fire? Qiao Ran was shocked, something would happen to this Master Dong!
Thinking like this, he hurriedly rushed over with red beans, and the movement here had already attracted the officers and soldiers patrolling the streets, and with the joint efforts of everyone, the fire finally subsided. When the fire was almost extinguished, a dry howl rang out.
Qiao Ran and Hongdou followed behind the crowd and looked at Master Dong who was sitting in a burning mess, holding a woman in his arms and crying: "Liniang, Liniang......"
"Is this man dead?" Those who have broken their mouths of good deeds sneer, "Crying is like mourning." ”
These words are also unpleasant, and as soon as they came out, they were angrily looked at by many people.
"I heard that I was hit on the head by the beam, and it seems to be ...... Tsk tsk. The onlookers shook their heads and whispered, "I can't feel any anger." ”
"You guys are talking nonsense, my family Liniang is not dead!" Master Dong looked at the people around him with red eyes, and then as if he suddenly thought of something, he panicked, "I'll go to the doctor, I'll go to the doctor to save Liniang!" ”
There was a commotion in the crowd, and many women bowed their heads and wept secretly: what a man with deep affection!
"Look at him like this......" Hongdou was a little touched, "Originally, Lai thought he was a shameless villain in the Xuanzhen Temple, but I didn't expect to be very good to his wife." ”
Qiao Ran was silent: It's really good, crying tears, howling touches people's hearts, just look at the reactions of the people around you. It's just that she doesn't know why, she always feels that this crying is a little ...... It's like watching a play. Just as the one who was glared at had said.
Thinking of this, Qiao Ran glanced at the person who was angrily stared at: an old man, ignoring the people around him who were glaring angrily, at this time he was standing in the crowd and laughed at the old man Dong who was crying and weeping, and slapped his thigh excitedly when he saw the happy place.
This reaction ...... It's really an uncomfortable posture for fear of not being beaten up.
Qiao Ran looked at it for a moment, and was about to withdraw her gaze, but the laughing old man suddenly turned his head, with a wrinkled face and amazing eyes, and looked at her.
Qiao Ran was taken aback by such a gaze, and instinctively took a step back.
At this time, the crowd was in turmoil, and the old man Dong took his wife and went to the city medicine hall surrounded by everyone.
Qiao Ran turned back to the red bean and said, "Let's go!" "It's important to get down to business.
Hongdou just hummed but then let out a short scream, she opened her mouth in disbelief, trying to make a little sound, but the more she did this, the more she couldn't make any sound, not only that, but even raising her hand became very difficult. How so? She looked at the old man who was grabbing Qiao Ran's sleeve in horror, and at this time, the old man's nose was sniffing through the sleeve of her young lady, and Hongdou's eyes turned to anger: This old man who is not ashamed to be a disciple, looking for a fight!
In fact, Qiao Ran did so, and kicked over, and the old man covered his ......lower body with a "Ahh You stinky girl......"
Qiao Ran dusted off the hem of her skirt and stretched out her hand to him: "Why can't Hongdou speak?" ”
"Want an antidote?" The old man hissed and snorted softly, his eyes rolled, and he suddenly lengthened his voice, looking at her, "Don't you have it yourself?" ”
"Where did I get the antidote?" Qiao Ran frowned, her face sank, she is a kind person on weekdays, but it doesn't mean that she doesn't have a temper, and even her temper is quite big, this old man is really a little underwhelmed, so she approached the old man, raised her feet and said, "Uncle, I respect you for being old and don't want to do anything, quickly hand over the antidote!" ”
"Okay, good, isn't it an antidote!" The old man saw her dangling near his lower body with one foot, although he was old, and he didn't think about such a thing anymore, but there were some parts of his body that should still be there, but he couldn't really let her go down and be crippled.
"At such a young age, his temper is so impulsive!" The old man snorted disdainfully, took out a free hand and pulled it around in his arms, and then took out a paper bag and handed it over, "No, here you go!" ”
Qiao Ran stretched out his hand, and after a sharp stinging pain in his fingertips, the old man jumped up, took a deep breath, and said with an intoxicated face: "That's right, that's the taste!" ”
After that, he laughed and disappeared.
Qiao Ran was a little stunned: this was the first time in her life that she had seen someone as light as a swallow, and a rise and fall disappeared into the night.
She may have seen the legendary master of the rivers and lakes, Qiao Ran said in her heart: It's just that this master's character is not very good. Looking down at the white fingertips of his green onion, a drop of blood beads, Qiao Ran thought about it, covered the eyes of the red bean with one hand, and squeezed the blood bead into the red bean's mouth.
"Oops!" After a heavy exhalation that seemed to be held for a long time, Hongdou called out, "That old Deng disciple!" ”
"It's okay." Qiao Ran patted Hongdou's shoulder, the pinpoint-sized wound on his finger had stopped, and before Hongdou could open his mouth to ask, he shook the lantern in his hand, "Let's go!" ”
In the dim light, the girl lowered her eyelids, obscuring the sharp edge in her eyes: the man knew her secret. It turns out that this secret is not unknown without telling it. As for the so-called taste? Although she can't smell it, she believes that if this old man can smell it, then there must be someone in this world who can smell it too.
What a hassle! The chance to be reborn as a human being was indeed not so easy, but now was not the time to think about these things, and she took the red bean and walked towards the Haley.
This time, I found the same party, and after explaining what I asked Qiao Mo for help, Qiao Ran didn't dare to delay and left with red beans.
At this time, it was almost time, but nothing happened, and at this hour, Jinling City was also curfew. There was not even a figure on the street, Hongdou subconsciously grabbed Qiao Ran's arm and muttered, "Miss, there is no one!" ”
"If someone is also an official and is bumped into, we will be arrested!" Qiao Ran smiled and comforted Hongdou.
Red Beans nodded, and was about to speak, when a figure swept over like the wind and knocked them to the ground.
"Miss!" Hongdou screamed in surprise, watching Qiao Ran grab her collar and take it to the dark alley on the side.
It's that old disciple!
"Let go of my young lady!" Hongdou screamed and chased after it, the streets and alleys were pitch black, she reached out and touched it, stepped into it, and then hit the wall and fainted.
If it weren't for the intricacies of the dark alleys in front of him that changed their positions as if they were alive, and then the red beans hit the wall headlong, Qiao Ran would definitely think that he was dreaming.
"What kind of trick are you doing?" Qiao Ran looked at the red bean who had fainted on the ground, "Let go of me!" My maid doesn't know what to do! ”
"It's really uninsightful! Qimen Dunjia, do you know? The old man snorted disdainfully, "Your maid is too noisy, you come with me!" ”
"You left her on the corner of a woman?" Qiao Ran lowered his voice and kicked over, but this time he was flexibly dodged by the other party.
"Alas, the stinky girl is not very old, but her temper is not small!" The old man muttered in his mouth and pointed to the officers and soldiers who came to patrol the street not far away, "Oh, the street patrol has passed, don't worry, it's okay!" The officers and soldiers of Jinling are not very good, and they never do anything like a traitor. ”
"What are you going to do?" Qiao Ran's heart tightened, for this kind of "weirdo" who came out halfway, especially a weirdo whose force was far above her, instinctively stayed away.
"It's really verbose that I said that I will save someone!" The old man said and rushed out of the city with all his strength, "It's too late, it's better to save someone's life than to create a seventh-level floating slaughter, you know!" ”
"I also want to save people, and if I delay for a while, I may lose dozens of lives." Thinking of the master in the Xuanzhen Temple and those Taoist aunts and Taoist children, Qiao Ran was anxious, "Uncle, what do you have to do with me if you want to save your people?" ”
"Borrow your antidote and use it!" The old man patted her on the shoulder as he spoke, "Follow me to save this person, who you like to save and who you want to save!" ”
Qiao Ran laughed angrily, but didn't speak again: because it was futile to struggle again, he just kept a calm face and let him carry her forward.
The mountains on the outskirts of the city are lined with white stones, and when you look at it from a distance, you are panicked, and when you get closer, this infiltrating feeling is even worse.
This is a mass grave on the outskirts of the city.
"Here we are."
The old man stopped in front of a freshly filled mound, tossed her aside, took out the shovel hidden in the woods, and dug it up.