Chapter 6: The Bride Disappears
[The book continues from the above, the last book said that Mu Qingming returned home from Rong Bao Zhai, Mo Han pulled him and talked about what he found in the Jiang family's courtyard today, which made Mu Qingming very curious about it. Although they were curious, they still went to eat the wedding wine as if nothing had happened, and sure enough, they sensed the evil aura from the courtyard, but they didn't find the source, so they had to remain silent. And after the banquet dispersed, the slightly drunk Jiang Lao Er went to the cave room, but saw that the marriage bed was empty. 】
"It's not unreasonable." Mu Qingming bowed his head slightly and said thoughtfully.
The breeze blew through the bricks and tiles in the small courtyard of the wooden family. Mu Qingming planted two camellia plants that were already in full bloom, and the camellia was even more bright and vivid in the breeze. It echoes with the red glow in the western sky in the sky.
"Maybe it's something made from a plant." Mu Qingming then turned his head and looked at the two camellias, thinking of those strips made of ebony.
After thinking about it slightly, the people present all agreed with his guess. Aren't those cases they brought back from the Immortal Dao stronghold just like that?
If it weren't for the ban on talismans, I was afraid that the yin and evil qi in the Mu family's courtyard would be much heavier than that in the Jiang family's courtyard.
"We don't have any guesswork here; As the saying goes, if you don't eat positively, there is a problem, so let's go to the banquet first, and by the way, investigate on the spot. After being silent for a moment, Mu Qingming put away his suspicions: "In addition, we can't let the affairs of the Jiang family's courtyard go unattended, we have to secretly monitor it." ”。
After a pause, he shouted at the East House, "Miaotian." ”。
Then Miao Tian walked out of it, stood in front of him and nodded slightly, signaling Mu Qingming to have something to do.
"Do you still have a little paper figure with jute paper there?" Mu Qingming then asked.
This jute paper is a kind of ancient famous paper made of hemp paper dyed with yellow syrup juice, which was invented by Ge Hong, a famous Taoist medical scientist in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Because the paper is thick and durable, it is often used to copy scriptures.
But it has another use for the dragon lockers, that is, they can be cut into all kinds of animals or small paper figures, and they are using the paper control Lingdao technique they learned from the Taoists to make them come back to life and have spirituality.
Just like Zhang Guolao's paper donkey, it can be folded and put away when not in use, and when it is used, it can only be done with ice.
"Yes." Miaotian, who didn't talk much at the moment, nodded, and took out three villains cut out of jute paper from his sleeve, which were only half the size of a palm, and a night kite.
Mo Han curiously leaned over to take a closer look, only to see Miaotian spit out a mouthful of water on the paper people and paper night kites in his palms, and the little paper figures immediately jumped up, dancing in his palms, chasing the paper kites that had spread their wings and fluttered around his palms.
"After eating, you secretly put these paper people and paper kites in the Jiang family's courtyard, let them secretly monitor the Jiang family's courtyard, and if anything evil happens, you must notify us as soon as possible." When Mo Han looked at the paper figures curiously, Mu Qingming had already said to Miaotian: "Call Miaole and Miaobi, let's go to the banquet." ”。
After finishing speaking, he pinched a finger in his hand, and the eyes of the stone beasts on the roofs of the three buildings suddenly moved, and they jumped down from the ridge of the roof, and after landing steadily, they surrounded Mu Qingming and them.
Mo Han exclaimed happily, and hurriedly squatted down to look at the fist-sized stone lion in front of him, his eyes filled with curiosity and surprise.
She has lived in the small courtyard of the Mu family for so long, and she still doesn't know that the stone beast on the roof of this small courtyard can come back to life.
This is also the secret art of the dragon lockers - stone spirit technique; There were no such stone beasts in the small courtyard of the Mu family before, but when the small courtyard of the Mu family was renovated, Tie Hua installed two stone beasts standing opposite each other on the roof of each building, all of which were carved from Taishan stone. On the main house are two sinisters, while on the east and west rooms are stone lions.
At that time, Mo Han still felt that such decorations were a bit nondescript, but he didn't expect these stone statues to be really not decorations.
The little lion shook the screw-like neck hair on his neck, opened his mouth wide and yawned, which made Mo Han even more happy and curious. She reached out and touched the lion's head, and the lion immediately retracted its head and bared its teeth at her.
"Shi Ling listens to the order, Gongwei Courtyard." Mu Qingming gave an order, and after the six stone beasts responded with a roar, they rushed to the doors of each house and squatted down. Like six guards, holding their heads high to meet the sunset, so mighty*.
"Wood, I'm going to learn this too, it's fun." Mo Han, who stood up, then begged Mu Qingming.
"It's not a toy." After Mu Qingming said casually, he walked slowly towards the outside of the small courtyard......
The noisy banquet began under the bright sunset.
Mu Qingming and his group of six people were arranged in the main house, and they made a table with the old men of the Jiang family and the eldest brother and sister-in-law of Jiang Lao's second brother.
It's not how much money they give, but the relationship between Mu Qingming and the Jiang family is really good, so they are treated as guests and can enter the room.
Before he could eat a few bites of food, Jiang Lao Er came over with a golden cup to toast. Mu Qingming and the others hurriedly picked up their wine glasses, and when Jiang Lao Er saluted his father and mother and came around to him to toast, Mu Qingming smiled and said: "Jiang Lao Er, you will start a business after you get married today; I wish you more and more prosperous days, and the same is true for your future career. ”。
After speaking, I have to toast to Jiang Lao Er; In the ten days of his decadence, he had practiced the amount of alcohol very well, and now he was taking one or two jars of liquor, and Mu Qingming would not be drunk again.
"Still thriving?" Before the wine glass touched, Jiang Laoer's sister-in-law, who was sitting opposite, glanced at him with white eyes, and said in a weird manner: "Is it still prosperous?" The family property didn't marry with that woman, how could it be prosperous. ”。
As soon as these words came out, Mu Qingming and Jiang Lao Er both frowned suddenly. The raised glass stopped in mid-air, motionless. Aunt Jiang and Uncle Jiang's embarrassed faces also lengthened a little for a moment.
"Say what?" Immediately afterwards, the boss of the Jiang family glared at his daughter-in-law viciously, and scolded in a deep voice: "Young Master Mu is kind, what are you stirring up?" ”。
The sister-in-law of the Jiang family, whose eyes were deep-set, with high eye sockets and long cheeks, was not afraid, but after giving her husband a white look, she smiled at Mu Qingming with a little apology in her eyes.
After all, it was a wedding banquet and couldn't make trouble, and Mu Qingming had a good personality, of course, he didn't delve into it. Just said, "Come on, do it." After touching the wine glass with Jiang Laoer's golden cup, he raised his head and drank it all.
The banquet didn't end until after dark, and as the guests left the Jiang family's courtyard, Mo Han asked Mu Qingming with concern, "You didn't drink too much, did you?" ”。
"Nope." Mu Qingming shook his head and replied, his speech still clear. There is indeed a yin and evil aura in the small courtyard of the Jiang family, and there is also a gloomy slaughter in it. But he left the banquet several times under the pretext of going to the toilet, and secretly opened his eyes to observe, but he also failed to find the source.
"I think the sister-in-law of the Jiang family is so greedy." After heading towards the small courtyard of the Mu family, Mo Han said again: "Chat for a day, she can talk about the family property in three or two sentences." ”。
The night breeze blew in from the alley, blowing through the narrow alleys, and bringing a long and sharp whistling. It was pitch black in Shala Alley, and he could only vaguely see his appearance through the sporadic starlight.
"Her eyes are deep and her cheeks are long, which is a phenomenon of sunken liver qi." Miaoyu recalled the appearance of the Jiang family's sister-in-law and said eloquently.
"And the cheeks are open, the main strong life principle is more, and the suspicion is heavier." The wonderful pen who had been eating and drinking until now did he speak, took the words and said slowly: "Mean and cruel, his heart is vicious." Such people are also greedy, and the property of this palace family is only afraid that she is not worried about it for a moment or two. ”。
Mu Qingming smiled indifferently, but did not say anything. For the sister-in-law of the Jiang family, who always likes to get something for nothing, but thinks that he is clever and takes advantage of others, he has seen a lot, so it is not strange.
However, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "In the face of this greedy and mean sister-in-law of the Jiang family, this young lady of the Gong family will have a hard time in the future." ”。
Several people walked forward with a smile and a smile, and it didn't take long to stand in front of the small courtyard of the Mu family. Mu Qingming stood in front of the gate, suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly asked Miaotian behind him, "Did you release the paper man?" ”。
Miaotian was stunned suddenly, and only then did he remember this time after he reminded him, and hurriedly said: "Let it out, let it out." After that, he took out the paper people and paper kites from his sleeves, spat on them, and sprinkled them in the night.
A few small paper figures and paper kites were swept up by the night wind, spun around a few times, and then rose to the roof, and then stood on the roof inquiringly, and immediately shuttled between the eaves and roofs with the silent chanting of the wonderful sky below.
They took three or four feet in one step, like a swimming dragon, towards the Jiang family's small courtyard, and soon disappeared into the black shadows, disappearing from Mu Qingming's sight.
A few little paper figures jumped in the air with the paper kites flying above their heads, and walked towards the small courtyard of the Jiang family.
A moment later, they came to the roof of the main house of the Jiang family's small courtyard, among the brand-new green tiles. Like trained spies, they crept forward cautiously, until they reached the edge of the roof, where they gently bent over, crouched over the edge and stretched out their heads, looking out into the courtyard.
The small courtyard was a little messy, dirty tabletops, dishes and chopsticks could be seen everywhere, and the guests were vomiting all over the ground, and the bones were all over the place.
Under the eaves of the three rooms, the red light emitted from the big red lanterns that hung sprinkled a red color in the courtyard; At first glance, it looks like blood has been spilled on the ground.
"I'm too lazy to quarrel with you, but the property of the Gong family belongs to someone else, and I won't take it for this." After a roaring roar, the angry Jiang Lao Er rushed out of the main house and headed towards the second floor of the West House where he lived.
Immediately afterwards, a long black shadow was reflected from under the eaves in the direction of the main house gate and extended into the courtyard. A curse came from the dark shadow: "Then his daughter is married, and he is still so slammed; It's all a family, and what happened to half of our family property? ”。
This voice was a little passionate and sharp, and when I heard it, I knew that it was the sister-in-law of the Jiang family. followed by a slap in the face from the boss of the Jiang family to his daughter-in-law, and a sigh from Aunt Jiang.
At this time, Jiang Lao Er, who had already rushed upstairs, pushed open the door, strode into his new house, and slammed the door shut.
"Smack!" A loud bang sounded in the small courtyard of the Jiang family.
A couple of small paper figures continue to watch; After a while, an exclamation came from the new house: "Xiao Yun, Xiao Yun, where are you?" ”。 Immediately after that, the anxious Jiang Lao Er rushed out and shouted again: "My wife is gone." ”。
Why is the bride missing? When did she disappear? Find out what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown.