Chapter Eighty-Five: Infinite Rewards

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The first time he opened his legs, he was frightened and softened, and he sat on the ground with his back to the ground, his eyes locked on the eagle's body.

The eagle turned to look at him head-on, and suddenly opened his long pointed mouth and said, "Do you want to be rich for life?" Do you want a high official? I can help you do it all. ā€

"Someone! Help me! Zhang Qi sat on the ground, couldn't help but shout, and his body kept shrinking back.

As soon as the voice fell, a woman rushed in at the door, and this woman was Yuxin. After she came in, she looked left and right, then looked back at Zhang Qi, and said, "Is there something wrong?" ā€

Zhang Qi pointed to the eagle on the side of the bed, and roared: "It, why is it suddenly here, who put it in." ā€

Yu Xin looked back at the bed again, walked over and picked up the eagle, and said, "It's strange, didn't this eagle have been thrown away before?" ā€

Zhang Qi wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Quick! Take it out and throw it away, no, it should be taken out and burned. Don't let it show up here. ā€

Yu Xin took the eagle in her hand, wrapped it in a black cloth, threw it outside the door, and burned it to the ground with a torch.

After Yu Xin burned the eagle, she returned to the room and said to Zhang Qi, "My lord, it has been burned to the ground, you can rest assured." ā€

Zhang Qi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay! It's good to burn, you can go out first. Remember to keep watch outside the door all the time, and I'll call you if there's any trouble. ā€

Yuxin said: "Well, knowing my lord, I will always stay outside the door and never leave." ā€

After Yu Xin finished speaking, she turned around and walked out.

At this time, Zhang Qi slowly got up from the ground, walked to the bedside, took off his shoes and fell asleep.

He had just slept for a while, and when he opened up, he felt an eagle carving his head and heart. When I opened my eyes, I found the eagle lying in front of the bed, its torso motionless.

The eagle walked up to him and said, "Do you want to be rich for life?" Do you want gold and silver jewelry? ā€

After seeing it, he jumped up from the bed and couldn't help yelling again: "Come on, come on!" ā€

This time, the female guards outside the door were not breaking in. The eagle immediately replied, "Stop shouting! She couldn't hear it. ā€

Zhang Qi jumped all over, hid at the foot of the bed, shrunk his whole body into a ball, clenched his fists and said, "You monster, get out of here!" ā€

The eagle said: "The old man is not a monster, it is the old man in white who was buried together by you with the blood of a boy and a girl a few days ago, can't you remember?" ā€

Zhang Qi exclaimed loudly: "What do you want, if you want money or steamed buns, as long as the official has it, I will give it to you, as long as you promise not to pester the official." ā€

The eagle said: "The old man has no time to pester you, but I came this time to send you gold, silver and jewelry, and I will give you as much as you want." ā€

Zhang Qi said: "What do you mean?" ā€

The eagle said: "You have hurt me so badly, I originally wanted to take revenge, but seeing that you are a greedy villain, I want to have a good talk with you." ā€

Zhang Qi said: "What do you want to talk about?" ā€

The eagle said: "Talk about some firewood, rice, oil and salt, you just need to act according to the instructions of the old man, and you will have what you want." ā€

Zhang Qi wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said, "As long as you don't hurt this official, you can do whatever you want me to do." ā€

The eagle stepped forward and said, "Good! Tomorrow you go to the dock and dig up the black coffin under the tree, and separate the old corpses from those of the boys and girls, and bury them separately, that's as simple as that. ā€

Zhang Qi said: "Okay! I promise you that I will call someone tomorrow. ā€

The eagle did not reply, but spread its wings and flew away from the window.

At this time, Yuxin outside the door rushed in, looked around left and right, and asked, "My lord?" What's the matter? ā€

Zhang Qi suddenly collapsed on the side of the bed, his face was covered with sweat, and said in a low voice: "It's okay, it's okay, you go out, you don't have to come in." ā€

Yu Xin was stunned for a moment before hurriedly replying: "Well, okay lord! ā€

On this night, Zhang Qi was not pestered in any way, and slept peacefully all night until the next day.

Zhang Qi called a few people, ran to the dock and dug up the black coffin buried under the tree before, took out all the boys and girls inside, and buried the old man in white alone.

As soon as it was buried in the grass, a small sapling grew, but nothing wrong was noticed.

In the evening, the old man gave Zhang Qi another dream, telling him that at dawn he would go to the dock alone to get steamed buns, and he could have as many steamed buns as he wanted. But you have to bring a wooden basket to carry it.

After Zhang Qi woke up, he remembered the old man's words, and when it was dawn, he went to the dock alone.

When he walked to the side of the sapling, white steamed buns suddenly appeared in the ground like spring water, one after another from the ground, and as soon as he was excited, he immediately took out a wooden basket and filled the grass with steamed buns.

But after his basket was full, he suddenly found that there was still a place for steamed buns, and he couldn't count how many there were, in short, it was very many, and he was dazzled.

Zhang Qi wanted to bring all the steamed buns on the ground that had not yet been filled, but those steamed buns disappeared as soon as they were in his hand, and only the steamed buns in the wooden basket were still there.

Zhang Qi sighed helplessly, and had to take the full wooden basket back.

At the same time, on this night, the old man in white once again gave him a dream, and told him that if he wanted more steamed buns, he had to bring more wooden baskets so that he could fill more.

After Zhang Qi found out, he went to find dozens of wooden baskets the next day and brought them to the edge of the dock. Alone in the grass.

The small sapling in front of me suddenly grew taller, but it was not particularly noticeable. Zhang Qi didn't pay much attention to it, just looked at the little sapling, explained the spell given to him by the old man, and closed his eyes and recited silently: "Gold, shining gold." ā€

I repeated it like this, back and forth dozens of times. When he opened his eyes again, patches of white steamed buns suddenly appeared in front of him, constantly emerging from under the soil.

Zhang Qi was so excited that he immediately stepped forward and put all the steamed buns on the ground into wooden baskets, filling dozens of wooden baskets to the brim. But when he came, it was empty, and the basket was light. Now they were all full, and they couldn't be brought back at once, but the old man told him that he could only know about this matter alone, and there could be no bystanders. He had to divide them several times and carry them all back to the house.

This move also attracted the attention of many ghosts, but no one dared to come forward to ask, just looked at it casually.

That night, Zhang Qi's room was full of wooden baskets, and there were countless steamed buns in them, and I couldn't count them. Zhang Qi felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, and remembered what the old ghost had said to him before.

In the daytime, Zhang Qi immediately called someone to find the old ghost, planning to reward him heavily. But someone told him that the old ghost was no longer in the town, and his wife was sick and went back to visit.

Zhang Qi didn't ask after he found out, just thinking that the old ghost might come back in a few days.

A few days later, the old man in white once again told him that if he wanted more steamed buns, he would never be able to eat them all in his life. So he went and helped him find a boy and a girl who were not yet sixteen years old, and brought all the blood from them under the tree.

Zhang Qi felt that he had enough steamed buns in the house, and he didn't need them, so he politely rejected the old man in white in his dream and did not agree to his request.

The old man in white was furious, and he never gave him a dream again.

In the days that followed, Zhang Qi suddenly found that the wooden baskets in his room were getting smaller and smaller day by day, but he didn't know who took them, only that they were decreasing every day. At the beginning, there were dozens of boxes, after a few days it became a dozen, and then there were only a few left.

At this time, Zhang Qi suddenly realized that it must be the old man who made it bad. But where are the boys and girls in the town, not even a single one under the age of thirty.

Zhang thought about it, and suddenly remembered a person, that is, the sissy little ghost from before. He didn't seem to be very old, so he called him over.

When the little ghost arrived, Zhang Qi asked, "How old are you this year?" ā€

The little ghost grinned and said, "Hey! My lord, it's almost twenty. ā€

Zhang Qi shook his head after hearing this, and said, "Then do you know a man or a girl under the age of sixteen?" ā€

The little ghost said: "This, I don't know!" ā€

Zhang Qi took out a basket of steamed buns from the room, sent them to the little ghost's eyes, and asked, "Help the official find one, and the steamed buns in here are all yours." ā€

The little ghost almost saw the steamed bun's eyes red, and immediately agreed in one breath. In the afternoon, the little ghost found a boy about twelve or thirteen years old, who was covered in leaves and followed by a wild boar.

Zhang Qi was very satisfied, and hurriedly asked the little boy, "What's your name?" ā€

The boy said, "My name is Dog Bastard, and my good friend is a wild boar, and I usually play with him, so I have a lot of fun every day." ā€

Zhang Qi smiled and said, "Well, very good, I'll take you to a place in a while, as long as you agree, I'll give you a lot of fun things." ā€

The little boy agreed without thinking, and at dawn he followed him to the dock.

The little boy went into the grass, looked around, and asked, "What are you doing here?" ā€

Zhang Qi said: "Of course it's to come and play." ā€

At this moment, a slender vine suddenly sprang out of the little sapling, which wrapped around the boy's body, causing him to be unable to move his limbs.

The little boy couldn't help but scream, and his eyes rolled out and he fell asleep. Then the vine began to suck the blood from his body, and did not let go until it was dry.

As soon as the little sapling had drained its blood, it had risen a lot, almost as tall as a man.

Suddenly, a lot of white steamed buns fell from the leaves, covering the entire lawn.

Zhang Qi's mood suddenly rose again, and he rushed up and picked up all those steamed buns back into the frame with a wooden basket.

This time there were several times more steamed buns than the last time, and Zhang Qi moved them in wooden baskets for a whole night before he moved all the steamed buns.

The room couldn't fit it, so he had to hide in the courtyard outside, inside and out, up and down, it can be said that it was full of steamed buns, so many that he couldn't count them.

Zhang Qi saw that there were too many steamed buns, and he was worried about being discovered, so he had to find the little ghost from before again, and asked: "This official trusts you very much and is ready to promote you, but you still have to do me a favor, go and help me find some people, as many people as you want, I will give enough steamed buns." ā€

The little ghost smiled and said, "My lord, don't worry, as long as you have enough money, there is nothing you can't do." ā€

Because the number of steamed buns is simply amazing, and the value of a steamed bun is very expensive, when many people know about it, the soldiers who escaped before have returned to the barracks. The ghosts who had slipped away had all returned to the town one by one.

As the population of the town grew, many people moved from other places.

But there was only one person who didn't come back, and that was the old ghost who had escaped before. Seeing that he was delayed in returning, Zhang Qi sent someone to his house to invite him. But when I arrived at the old ghost's house, I found that the furniture in it had long been moved empty, and there was no one.

Zhang Qi didn't care about this matter, his current life is getting better and better, many ghosts can eat fresh steamed buns every day, and more and more people take the initiative to sign up for errands.

And these are almost all new faces, I haven't seen them before, and I don't know where they moved from to live, and they are scrambling to be ghosts.

The number of people living in the town has gradually increased, from a few dozen, to a hundred, and then to a few thousand. The crowds on the streets have become more numerous, and many people have started to set up roadside stalls to start business.

Zhang Qiyi saw that the situation in front of him was getting better and better, his shelves had become larger, and there were still a lot of steamed buns stored in his room, so he didn't worry about anything at all.

That night, the old man in white suddenly gave him a dream again, and told him in the dream that he needed to find the blood of ten boys and girls and send it to its big tree to absorb, and if the request was met, he would be given more steamed buns, and he could also fulfill a wish, no matter what wish could help him achieve it.

Zhang Qi didn't hesitate at all, and agreed directly, because the population of the town at the moment was already overwhelming, let alone looking for ten, even if it was a hundred, a thousand.

In the afternoon, Zhang Qi asked the little ghost to go to find ten young boys and girls, and the little ghost went to find it according to his instructions, and found ten in less than a stick of incense.

Zhang Qi was very satisfied after seeing this, and immediately led them to the big tree. But the big tree in front of him was already more than three feet tall, and the leaves that stretched out could cover the entire grass.

This time, before they could go into the grass, the big tree started to do it first. Several knots of long vines stretched out directly, quickly wrapping around everyone's body, sucking all the blood on their bodies.

At this time, not only did a lot of steamed buns fall from the big tree, but also released a sentence: "Old decay can help you realize any wish, any wish." ā€

Zhang Qi had already thought about it in his heart, and he immediately spoke: "This official wants a big vault, which is all filled with white steamed buns. ā€

The big tree continued to ask, "Big? How big is that? There is only one wish that can be granted, whether it is a steamed bun or a treasury. ā€

Zhang Qi thought about it carefully, and then replied: "I want steamed buns, fill my room to the brim, leave no gaps at all, the more the better." ā€

After hearing this, the big tree said, "Very good! I've made your wish come true for you, and you'll be able to see it now when you go back. ā€

This time, Zhang Qi didn't pick up the steamed buns on the grass, he didn't care about the three melons and two dates in front of him at all, so he walked back to the house.

When Zhang Qi returned to the house, as soon as he opened the door, it was already stuffed with steamed buns, and the steamed buns inside suddenly seeped out.

Zhang Qi was very happy in his heart, thinking that the next time he made a wish, he must have a huge treasury.

Zhang Qi met the old man in white again this night, but this time he was no longer in a dream, but sat at the head of his own bed. The old man looked at him and smiled and said, "Hehe, how about helping the old man find ninety-nine boys and girls?" If you can do it, I will not only give you endless steamed buns, but also help you fulfill ten wishes, any wish. ā€

Zhang Qi looked at the old man in white and exclaimed, "How did you get in?" Isn't my door closed? ā€

The old man in white smiled: "You don't have to worry about this, the old man has already sucked a lot of blood, so naturally it will be different from before." Remember what the old man said to you, ninety-nine boys and girls, you must bring them before sunset tomorrow. ā€

After the old man in white finished speaking, he disappeared directly from the ground.

When Zhang Qi thought of the ten wishes, he didn't know what kind of happiness he had become. Immediately he went out again and asked the little imp to send him to the town to find the boys and girls, and they must be ninety-nine.

Although the little ghost's face was very ugly, he finally agreed, and it took about an afternoon of tossing before he got all the ninety-nine boys and girls together.

Zhang Qi took them all back to the bottom of the big tree, and after the big tree sucked all their blood dry, it suddenly opened up several feet higher, and now it didn't look like a big tree at all, but more like a giant who had become a spirit.

After that, a crack was cut in the gap between the trees, and an old man in white came out of it, and said to him with a smile on his face: "The old man promised to give you ten wishes, you can say it now, and the old man can grant you any wish." ā€

Zhang Qi didn't think about it, so he immediately spoke: "The official only needs one wish, no gold, no silver, and no steamed buns, as long as you give the official nine hundred and ninety-nine boys and girls." ā€

Zhang Qi was really an old fox, and he knew in his heart that if the old man in white was making new requests, there would definitely be more than this time.

But the old man in white only smiled slightly, and said to him: "Yes, the old man promised you to give nine hundred and ninety-nine boys and girls, but I have to tell you in advance that the next new request is not for boys and girls." ā€

When he heard this, his eyes widened, and he hurriedly said, "Huh? The official doesn't want a boy or a girl, you still give me steamed buns. ā€

The old man in white said: "The old man can fulfill your ten wishes, and he will never break his promise, even if you want a boy or a girl, you still have nine wishes to fulfill." ā€

Zhang Qi said: "But the official can't think of ten wishes at once, now he has everything, what is missing?" ā€

The old man in white said: "You lack a lot of things, and they are right next to you, but you haven't found it, and the day you find out, I'm afraid it's too late." ā€

Zhang Qi said: "Can you tell me that I will put forward these wishes now." ā€

The old man in white said: "Well, the secret of heaven cannot be revealed, your wish to remember now, the old man will help you realize it, if you can't think of it, then the old man can't do anything." ā€

Zhang Qi hurriedly said: "I want steamed buns, I want a vault, I want gems, in short, I want everything that is valuable, and everything is in the vault." ā€

The old man in white said: "I have fulfilled your wishes, and when you go back, you will be able to see it from the vault." ā€

Zhang Qi smiled and said, "Thank you very much!" ā€

The old man in white disappeared after speaking. Zhang Qi also returned to the town, and as soon as he walked to the gate of the town, he found a huge vault outside. When I walked in, I found that it was like a palace, full of golden jewels and gold, and there were countless steamed buns inside, so many that they were almost full.

Zhang Qi smiled more happily this time than before, his eyes narrowed into a line, and he almost forgot where he was when he looked left and right.

He took out some of the contents and sent men to guard the door of the vault.

When he got up and went to his hall, he suddenly found a crowd of people standing at the door, as if the universe had exploded, and there were people of all ages, young and old, men and women, threatening to smash his house.

Although there were many soldiers blocking the door, they still couldn't resist.

When Zhang Qi saw it, he immediately ran over and asked, "What are you doing here?" Hurry back quickly, this is the official's mansion, how can you be presumptuous here! ā€

One by one, those people rushed up and yelled, "We just want our children back, or we'll make trouble here." ā€

Zhang Qi didn't reply, but just told the soldiers guarding the door to let them all resist, and ran back to the mansion himself.

After a while, there was a great riot outside, and countless crowds rushed up one by one, trampling the soldiers who were blocking the door.

The soldiers could not resist it, so they had to flee one after another, and soon disappeared without a trace.

And the crowd of more than 100 people huddled together immediately rushed into the hall and trampled in one by one.

(To be continued)