Chapter Ninety-Eight: Anything that can be solved with money is not a problem
Secretly sighed, Gu Ming still persuaded him: "Caichen, there are many demons in Lanruo Temple, don't step into it again." β
"yes, I know."
Ning Caichen nodded.
"That's good, you play the piano slowly, I'll go out first."
Then, Gu Ming came to the studio next door.
Unexpectedly, I saw Dong Sheng again, who was concentrating on painting a painting, and didn't even notice that someone came in.
Gu Ming quietly walked over to take a look and found that the painting was a charming beauty.
About seventeen or eighteen years old, a pair of almond eyes are watery, and the cherry mouth is slightly open, as if there are a thousand words to say.
I don't know if it's this guy's imagination or a certain lady who painted it.
"Ahem~"
After looking at it for a moment, Gu Ming coughed lightly.
"Huh?"
Dong Sheng seemed to be a little panicked, as if a child stealing candy was caught by an adult, turned around with a red face, and subconsciously moved his body to block the painting.
It's okay if he doesn't do this, but this makes Gu Ming think about it.
Could it be that there is something hidden in this beauty picture?
So without saying a word, he stretched out his hand and lifted Dong Sheng away like an eagle catching a chicken.
"Hey...... You...... With so much strength? β
Dong Sheng looked aggrieved and held back such a sentence.
Gu Ming was lazy to take care of it, squinting his eyes and looking at the beauty picture carefully.
There doesn't seem to be anything abnormal, there are things that should be there, and there are things that shouldn't be.
If you want to draw a serious painting, such as clothes that shouldn't be there, or a few glamorous words on the inscription, you are afraid that people can understand it when you see it.
So the question is, why is this guy weak-hearted?
"Say!"
Gu Ming suddenly turned his head sideways and shouted.
"Say...... Say what? β
Dong Sheng really took two steps back, and his eyes subconsciously glanced at the door.
"Who is the woman in the painting?"
"I didn't ...... No one? It's just scribbling. β
It doesn't matter if you don't admit it, Gu Ming has a method verification.
"Scribbles? Yes, or I'll add a few more and put it up for sale. β
"No way!"
Dong Sheng rushed to the drawing board to protect it with a gust of wind.
"Hahaha, look, don't admit it yet? There are no outsiders here, let's say, which lady is the painting? At that time, maybe Mrs. Su can go to protect a matchmaker. β
Dong Sheng was really forced to do nothing, so he could only tell the reason truthfully.
No wonder he was nervous, because this woman was from Guobei County, but she was a canary.
She said that she was originally a maid of a family in the countryside of a neighboring county, and the lord liked her and wanted to take her as a concubine, but his wife did not agree, and often beat her out of jealousy.
So, the old man quietly bought a small courtyard in Guobei County and sent her over, and came to see her once a month or two. β
Gu Ming frowned and asked, "Then how did you know her?" β
"Two days ago, I hit her door and passed by her, and she happened to come out to pour water, and she splashed me all over ......"
It's bloody, isn't it?
Gu Ming immediately started to make up for the aftermath, and the woman apologized again and again, and asked Dong Sheng to go in and take off his clothes and dry them.
Lonely men and widows, dry firewood, and after a few words, the sky is thunderous......
"Then, she was embarrassed to apologize and let me go into the hospital to dry my clothes......
"Poof, hahaha!"
Gu Ming couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Be quiet......"
Dong Sheng trotted to close the door.
"Then in the process of drying clothes, you two ......"
"Ahem, we're just talking. When I saw that she was living alone, I asked a few questions, and she told her about her experience.
said that she had a hard life, she lived alone without a name or share, and maybe the lord would forget her after a few years......"
"And then you take the opportunity...... Comfort her? β
Dong Sheng said with a heartfelt voice: "If you see such a delicate beauty, you will also be tempted, right?" β
"Why do I have to be tempted?"
"Yes, you don't have a backache when you stand and talk, anyway, there is a big beauty by your side every day."
Gu Ming said earnestly: "Dong Sheng, I'm thinking about you, have you forgotten the lesson from last time?" β
"That's different, she can't be a ghost."
"But she has a man, doesn't she? If you are caught, you will be dragged to sue the official. β
As a result, Dong Sheng laughed happily: "Sue the official? Is it difficult for Master Nie to embarrass me? Besides, she didn't marry that guy either, so what should she sue? β
Gu Ming was a little speechless.
"I said, how are you like Leping? Can't you just find one? β
"You don't understand, it's a pleasure...... I promised to help her draw a picture and send it to her tonight. β
Seeing that the persuasion was ineffective, Gu Ming didn't bother to pay attention to it, turned around and walked out of the studio.
To put it bluntly, everyone has their own private life, and there are so many things.
Thinking about it again, none of the men in the study seem to be normal.
He won't talk about it, the traverser, the plug-in, and the fiancΓ©e has fox blood.
He Yongliang favored widows.
Ning Caichen...... I'm afraid I can't escape the fate of the undead knight.
Dong Sheng, last time he hit a ghost, this time he was obsessed with a caged golden silk bird.
Next time you recruit people, you must recruit a normal one.
β¦β¦
In the blink of an eye, two days passed.
This morning, as soon as Gu Ming arrived at the study, he heard the news: another strange case happened in the county last night.
The deceased was a man who got up in the middle of the night to pick up dung, the bucket fell to one side, and the man fell to the other side, his expression was very frightened and painful.
There was a bloody hole in his neck, and his body was shriveled, and the blood seemed to have been sucked dry.
"I'm afraid there's another demon in the city!"
"Well, how do you hear about hauntings lately? I heard that the surrounding counties have been making a lot of trouble recently. β
"Yes, yes, yes, I also heard that there was a demon in the town that killed several people, but a master arrived in time, otherwise I don't know how many people would have died."
"Fortunately, there is Gu Gongzi in our county, so you don't have to worry too much......
Hearing the discussion of some scholars who came to the study, Gu Ming didn't pay much attention to it at first.
After all, not all spooky events are haunted.
In order to deceive the government and create chaos, some murderers deliberately falsify the scene, and such cases are not uncommon.
It didn't take long for the system to pop up a task prompt.
Click on it, it's really a demon.
[Special Mission: Destroy the Evil Spirits that Plague the People]
[Reward: 40 points]
In this way, Gu Mingke couldn't stand by and watch, and immediately found Nie Xiaoqian.
"Xiaoqian, I'll go to the county government to take a look, in case it's a demon or something, it's better to prepare as early as possible, in case the situation spreads, and it will also have an impact on your father at that time."
"I'll go with you."
"It's good!"
The two came to the county government together to find Nie Hongshu, and went to see the corpse under the leadership of the yacha.
Gu Ming was still checking, but Nie Xiaoqian frowned and said, "Gu Lang, it should be a demon, I can faintly sense a residual demonic energy." β
"Then can you sense what kind of demon?"
"I don't know."
"Well, as long as this demon is still in the city, it will be able to find out sooner or later."
That night, Gu Ming took Ying Ning to walk around the city for most of the night, but found nothing.
Fortunately, I didn't hear of any murders the next day.
In this way, Gu Ming felt a little difficult to do, if the demon didn't take the initiative to appear, where should he start?
The next night, another homicide occurred.
But this time it wasn't in the city, it happened in the mountains on the outskirts.
The deceased was a local mountain dweller, and the place where he died was also very remote.
Coincidentally, a medicine picker happened to pass by and found that the deceased was in a strange state of death, so he reported it to the official.
Later, after an examination, the cause of death was exactly the same as that of the man who picked up dung the day before yesterday, which was to bite his throat and suck dry blood.
After hearing the news, Gu Ming couldn't help frowning.
This demon will be in the city for a while, and he will be in the mountains for a while, and he will not know the art of searching for demons, so will he go to the city god to inquire again?
But these things must involve heaven or something......
When he was thinking about countermeasures, Nie Xiaoqian walked quickly to his side and whispered: "Gu Lang, Ying Ning said that Dong Sheng was a little abnormal, and it seemed to be contaminated with a trace of demonic energy. β
"Dong Sheng?"
Gu Ming raised his eyebrows, and suddenly remembered the woman that guy had drawn.
"Well, actually, I didn't feel anything wrong, but Ying Ning is different, it is very sensitive to the breath of demons."
"I see, don't say anything beforehand."
Gu Ming responded with a solemn face.
Since Ying Ning has a sense, let's follow this line to check it first.
I don't know what Dong Sheng's situation is, last time he recruited ghosts, and this time he provoked demons.
As soon as the store closed in the afternoon, Dong Sheng hurried out.
Gu Ming quietly followed, and followed until the other party turned into an alley, and then chased after him.
"Huh? Wenxing, how do you ...... Also here? β
Dong Sheng was taken aback.
"It's a coincidence that you've come here before you know it!"
Believe you, a ghost!
Dong Sheng couldn't help but roll his eyes.
"Actually, I want to see the beauty you painted."
As soon as he heard this, Dong Sheng suddenly looked vigilant: "Wen Xing, what do you mean?" As the saying goes, don't bully a friend's wife......"
"Hahaha, when did you two get married?" Gu Ming couldn't help laughing.
"You can't be bullied if you're good!"
"Don't be sentimental, I'm just curious to see what kind of woman has charmed you. Why don't we go buy some food and drink together? β
Everyone is keeping up, what else can Dong Sheng say? I could only barely answer.
The two went to buy some food and drinks, and then walked to the front of a courtyard at the other end of the alley.
"Peel~"
Dong Sheng knocked lightly a few times.
There was no sound inside, but there was a sound of shredded footsteps.
"Squeak~"
As soon as the door opened, a familiar face appeared in front of Gu Ming's eyes.
But it's not an acquaintance, but looks exactly like the woman Dong Sheng painted last time.
It can also be seen that Dong Sheng's skills in painting portraits are indeed perfect.
"Huh? Dong Gongzi, this son is ......"
"Xiaoyuan, this is Gu Gongzi, and he is also the shopkeeper of our study."
"It turned out to be Gu Gongzi, the little woman is so polite!"
Madoka hurriedly gave a blessing.
Gu Ming squinted and looked at the other party, but didn't find anything abnormal.
Isn't it her?
But someone else?
"Xiaoyuan, Gu Gongzi specially bought some wine and food, you go and prepare quickly, and accompany us to have a few drinks later."
"Yes~"
Madoka answered, turned around and walked into the courtyard.
Then, Dong Sheng closed the door of the courtyard and walked to the courtyard with Gu Ming and sat down.
Madoka quickly took bowls, chopsticks, wine glasses and other items and put them on one by one.
"Come, full and full...... Madoka, you also have a cup of koe. β
"The little woman is not strong enough to drink, if there is a gaffe for a while, I hope that Gu Gongzi will not laugh."
"It's a pleasure to be able to appreciate a beautiful woman getting drunk, how can you laugh?"
Gu Ming replied with a smile.