"This ...... Isn't that a chicken feather! The shopkeeper stared at the white feather for a while, then touched his head and looked at Xing Ruyi: "There are a lot of chickens and ducks behind our inn, how can the small ones not recognize this thing." ”

"There are chickens and ducks in the inn?"

"That's right." The shopkeeper pointed to the back: "Our inn business is cold, and we can't afford to hire delivery people, so these chickens and ducks are all raised by ourselves." One is to save money, the second is to slaughter conveniently, and the third is that the meat is fresh and the guests can eat it satisfactorily. ”

The shopkeeper said, stretching out his hand: "I fed those chickens and ducks by myself, and I did the slaughtering work." ”

"Can you take me to the backyard?"

"What do you see them doing, Madame? The backyard is dirty. ”

"I have questions in my mind that need to be answered."

"Can this chicken and duck still answer questions?" The shopkeeper blinked his eyes and looked down at the pair of embroidered shoes on Xing Ruyi's feet: "If Madame wants to go, it's okay, but I'm afraid that the shoes on my feet will be scrapped." Since the inn's business has gotten worse and worse, the boss's mind is no longer here. Although the chickens and ducks in the backyard are still managed by small ones, they are also free-range, so they are very dirty. Even the small ones are reluctant to go unless they have to. ”

"It's okay, these shoes are nothing compared to what I'm trying to investigate."

"That's okay, ma'am, please."

It is said to be the backyard of the inn, but it is across the street from the inn. After the shopkeeper opened the door, Xing Ruyi finally saw the chickens and ducks he just said.

"This is the backyard of the inn?"

"This is a yard that the shopkeeper bought earlier when the business was still good. I never thought that as soon as this courtyard was bought, the inn's business would be deserted. The shopkeeper didn't care about this courtyard, so he let it be deserted. Oh yes. The chickens and ducks were originally kept in cages over there. The wing on the east side used to be lived by the shopkeeper, and the men lived on the west side.

After the business was cold, the people dispersed, but these chickens and ducks got the benefits, left the cage, and rejoiced wantonly. Because this courtyard is facing the inn in front of us, we all call it the backyard. said that if you get used to it, you won't be able to change it for a while. ”

"Have these chickens and ducks always been like this?"

Xing Ruyi looked at the chickens and ducks running all over the ground, all dirty, very different from the feather in his hand.

"Madame is asking about free-range? Since the courtyard was unoccupied, I've been lazy. At first, these chickens and ducks would be circled, but later they felt troublesome, so they simply ignored it. Counting the days, it must be more than half a year. ”

"Is there anyone in this Yong'an City who knows Taoism?"

"Taoism?" The shopkeeper scratched his head, not understanding why Xing Ruyi suddenly turned the topic to Taoism, "Madame, but you are looking for someone who can do things?" ”

"Yes! I have known Master Sheng for a long time, and when he encounters an accident, I should do my best. It's just that if you are new to the city, you don't know if there is such a master in Yong'an City. ”

"If Madame had asked earlier, the little one would have said no."

"What do you mean?"

"Does Madame know about the Wang family? It's the Wang family who lives in the alley over there. The shopkeeper pointed to the location of the Wang family: "This monk and Taoist priest can't be said to have no before, but they are all ordinary monks and ordinary Taoist priests." It's okay to recite the scriptures, but you can't do this kind of thing. Even if it does, it is just a walking scene, and it can't play the role of a super-undead. But not long after the Wang family's accident, the Wang family spent a lot of money to hire a master. This master is said to have great power. If the lady wants to do something, she will have to go to this master. ”

"The master invited by the Wang family?" Xing Ruyi pinched the white feather: "Since the master of the Wang family invited me, there is a distinguished guest of the Wang family." I'm an outsider, how can I tell this master to come and help me do things. ”

"Madame has some truth in what she said." The shopkeeper lowered his head and pinched his nose: "But if Mrs. is sincerely invited, it is not that there is no other way to think of it." ”

"You're helping me get my attention."

"Didn't Madame say she was going to buy this inn?"

"Yes, I said that, but I haven't consulted with the shopkeeper yet."

"As long as you're not joking, ma'am. Madame doesn't know, the biggest headache for our shopkeeper at the moment is this inn. Although the shopkeeper has some family business, he can't stand the coldness of the inn. ”

"What does it have to do with the shopkeeper?"

"That's what little one is going to say to you next, Madame. Our shopkeeper has a great friendship with this Wang family. If the lady can solve the urgent needs of the shopkeeper, the small one can make peace with it, and the shopkeeper will come forward to negotiate with the lord of the Wang family. ”

"I see what you mean. You want me to take the opportunity of buying the inn to persuade your shopkeeper to come forward and invite this master to come and do a ritual. The reason is today's falling building. ”

"Madame is smart. Madame only needs to mention it when she arrives, and the little one will help Madame do the rest of the things. ”

"It's fine. If you do this, I will not do you any wrong. ”

"The little one doesn't dare to be, the lady is willing to keep the little one and give the little one a bite to eat, and the little one is already grateful." The shopkeeper arched his hand: "Madame, please, this yard smells big, and if you stay for a long time, it will be easy to smoke you, Madame." ”

"Without further ado, when you get back to the inn, you can start contacting you."

"Don't worry, madam, I'll go to the shopkeeper later."

"Okay, you go back to the inn to find the shopkeeper first. I'll go and see the blind woman's child. ”

"Madame is kind-hearted, and she still thinks about it."

"The child is innocent, besides, I still prescribed the medicine he took. As a doctor, I always have to watch my children get better. ”

Leaving the small courtyard where chickens and ducks were raised, and following the path in his memory, Xing Ruyi came to the blind woman's house again.

The door was hidden, and through the crack in the door, the sound of laundry could be heard from inside. She pushed the door gently, and as soon as she stepped in, she saw the woman ask, "Is it Mrs. Ruyi?" ”

"Sister, it's me! I'm going to take a look at the kids. ”

Hearing the sound of torture, the woman hurriedly stood up. When he turned around, his eyes were still red.

"What? Is the child's illness not cured? ”

"I took the medicine that my wife bought earlier, and I have indeed improved a lot." The woman wiped her reddened eyes: "But when I went to see it just now, the child didn't respond." I was in a hurry, but I didn't dare to go to Madame rashly, so I could only sit here and wash my clothes. I think it's probably my child's life that has been counted. ”

"I'll take a look." Xing Ruyi's face sank and walked into the room quickly. As soon as I entered the room, I smelled a smell that did not belong to this house. "Eldest sister, are there outsiders here today?"

"Outsiders?" The woman shook her head: "There are no outsiders, only the lord of the Wang family sent someone to pick up the clothes that he forgot here before." ”

"That garment was taken away?"

"That's right! When I showed the dress to my wife before, my wife also mentioned it, saying that I should keep it for my life, so that the Wang family could send someone to pick it up and hand it over to others. I never thought that this Wang family would come when they said that they would come. ”

"Is it the housekeeper's wife?"

"It's not the housekeeper's wife, it's a young offspring, and she speaks in a crepe." The woman added, "Oh, by the way, he has a very special smell on him, like the smell of burning Buddha incense, and like the smell of some kind of medicinal herb." Madame knows that I can't see with my eyes, and my nose is a little more spiritual than normal. ”

"Have you seen this person before?"

The woman shook her head: "I haven't seen it!" The Wang family is not a small family like us, in addition to the old lady, there are many servants and subordinates, and even relatives or something. I'm a blind woman, and it's normal that I haven't seen it. ”

Not normal, not normal at all.

It is not surprising that the woman did not know the people of the royal family, but it is very abnormal for the royal family to send a man who knows how to use magic to come and take away the garment. The child was seriously ill because the man had taken away the garment and had also broken the seal she had left on it.

No! Not only did he break the seal she had left on her clothes, he also took the child's last soul.

Xing Ruyi sat on the edge of the bed and opened the child's eyelids, only to see that the child's eyes were white, and his expression was more and more dull than before. Three souls have been lost, seven souls are gone, no soul is gone, this child seems to have changed from a dying man to a walking corpse.

Xing Ruyi glanced at the woman, and although she couldn't bear it, she still told the truth. When the woman heard this, she went limp, and then she shook three times, and she was unsteady on her feet, and she fell to the ground.

"How so? How so? He only took a piece of clothing, and he didn't stay long in this room, so he took my child's soul away. The woman burst into tears and wept silently: "We, the orphans and widows, have never had a grudge against this royal family. Even if the laundry was not clean in the past, there is no need for their royal family to let us die. ”

"Eldest sister, don't panic, this child is not completely lifeless." Xing Ruyi pursed his lips: "I can find someone to gather his soul, if the child's soul is still in the world, I have a way to bring him back to life." ”

"Is what Madame said true?" When the woman learned that the child was still alive, she hurriedly got up from the ground, groped her way to Xing Ruyi's feet, and hugged Xing Ruyi's legs tightly: "Madame, don't you see me pitiful and lie to me, right?" ”

"Eldest sister, does Ruyi need to use this to deceive you?"

"No, no, Madame is a good person, a good person, what Madame says is true. There is no need for Madame to lie to me, and there is no need to joke about the life and death of my child. I said it wrong, don't blame me, ma'am! ”

"Eldest sister, don't waste time. Is there any paper in this house? Xing Ruyi swept his eyes into the room: "The paper used to wrap the medicinal herbs before is also fine." ”