022: Old shop
Li Jian saw that there was a dark shadow trembling in the window, so he leaned over curiously, dipped his fingers in saliva, buckled a small hole in the window paper, and put his eyes on it to see what was going on.
Just by glancing at it, I felt a cold swish on my back.
I saw dozens of people standing quietly in the dark room, motionless, their faces were pale, their expressions were stiff, and there were clusters of new yellow talismans on their foreheads, and the cinnabar on the talismans was like blood, which was shocking.
Corpse?
Could it be that the person who was eating downstairs just now was specially driving corpses?
A few fragments quickly popped up in Li Jian's mind, and then he thought of the shopkeeper's weak expression just now, and seemed to understand something.
He peeked from room to room and found that an entire floor of guest rooms was full of zombies, and a rough calculation showed that there were probably more than a hundred.
"This Nima shopkeeper wants to go crazy for money, dare to take this kind of work?"
It stands to reason that these inns will not stay overnight for the corpse chasers, and they are unlucky, but I didn't expect this boss to be bold, regardless of the reputation of the store, and actually took over the yin work.
Li Jian frowned and went downstairs, just in time to see the person who had eaten before finishing dinner and passing by Li Jian upstairs.
Li Jian sniffed his nose and smelled the smell of paper money burned to the dead.
Li Jian was careful, handed the food box to the shopkeeper unhurriedly, and said intentionally or unintentionally: "Boss, your store is a bit heavy." β
The shopkeeper's smile froze: "It's the first time the son has come here, and he is not used to the climate." β
Li Jian saw that he was stubbornly resistant, and pointed to the signboard at the counter: "This store has been open for many years." β
The shopkeeper saw that his problem antelope hung horns, and he couldn't figure out the routine, so he could only take one step at a time, and he was apprehensive: "Yes, our ancestors have opened an inn here for four generations, and it is a real time-honored brand." β
Li Jian sighed: "This century-old brand is not easy to come by, don't destroy it in your hands." β
When the shopkeeper heard this, his face turned white: "What do you mean γγγ childe?"
Li Jian knew that the heat was almost right, slapped the counter, and said sharply: "What do you still mean by asking me?
There are more than 100 corpses! If this spreads, your century-old name will be directly changed to a mortuary village!"
Those who do their job are most concerned about this sign and reputation, and if this sign and reputation are ruined, it will not be far from closing the door. What Li Jian said is now the shopkeeper is most afraid to hear, like a knife stabbed at his heart, the expression on his face is more ugly than crying.
"Childe, be quiet, be quiet!" The shopkeeper hurriedly left the chair, came to Li Jian's side with an anxious face, and pulled the little ancestor to sit down.
"Now the world is difficult, my small shop has little income, and you can see it, there is no sharp entry into the door this nightγγγ"
Li Jian interrupted with a sneer: "Aren't you very good at making money and filling up all the stores?"
The shopkeeper's face was sarcastically red and white, and his hands were helplessly spread: "I can't help it, if this store is to open, there must be a way." Besides, I just picked it up this time, and I happened to be bumped into by you, Childeγγγ"
"Just this once?" Li Jian snorted, "Those two corpse chasers just now are very familiar with this environment, and they are obviously old customers. You told me this was the first time?"
The shopkeeper was speechless, just rubbing his hands and laughing dryly.
Li Jian saw that he was so uninteresting, so he put the food box down: "Forget it, it's not difficult for me to do it, return the money to me, let's go elsewhere, if people ask, we will say that you live dead, bad luck!"
The shopkeeper was anxious: "Childe has something to say, something to say, why be so angry, let's discuss it again." β
Li Jian's heart was relieved, and the expression on his face was not leaking: "Discuss, what kind of negotiation method?"
The shopkeeper showed a trace of reluctance on his face, and whispered in his ear: "Why don't you charge less for this house?"
Li Jian didn't wait for him to finish, his hand was like a rabbit's leg, and he said with contempt: "Childe, am I the one who covets your house money?" As if he had suffered some great insult, he was about to raise his legs and leave, with an angry expression: "If you don't live, you won't live, and you will return all the money to meγγγ"
The shopkeeper gritted his teeth: "Don't don't, son, I don't want the house money, I'll refund it to you, how about it?"
Li Jian's movements stopped, and when he saw the shopkeeper's tentative eyes, he knew that there must be room for this matter, so he pretended to be contemplative at the moment, and said:
"Forget it, the thought of your room full of γγγ makes my heart furious. β
The shopkeeper wanted to cry without tears, and finally gritted his teeth: "I'll give you another five taels!"
Childe, you can do it, I don't want a cent of the house money, how about I give you another five taels. You see that I am also a small business, I really can't take much of it, you just take it as a good deed, don't smash my job, I have old and youngγγγγ"
Li Jian snatched the reluctant ten taels of silver from him, and looked solemn: "Since you are so sincere and sincere in begging me, I will reluctantly agree, although my conscience still can't get over γγγγit."
"It's okay to get by, son, you have saved the lives of our family, it is a great act of kindness, what can't you do. β
Li Jian put the silver under his hand quietly, and sprinkled salt on the wound: "You really think so?"
The shopkeeper seemed to swallow his front teeth: "Really!"
Li Jian laughed and turned to go upstairs.
When I returned to my room, I saw that Liuli and Bai Xinyu had already hugged each other and slept soundly.
Li Jian lightly helped Liuli tuck the corners of the quilt, and then closed his eyes on the chair to recuperate, preparing to make up for the night like this.
Boredom around, he recalled the Tianxin Sword Technique taught by the God Emperor in his mind, and watched it for a while.
This sword technique is really magical, the hypnotic effect alone makes Li Jian very useful, Li Jian looked at a few lines, his consciousness has been blurred, and soon Yunmeng Wushan.
In the middle of the night, a chill suddenly came over me. Li Jian was awakened by the cold, and when he opened his eyes, he felt that the yin qi around his body was swirling, invading people's muscles and bones.
tightened his collar, got up and closed the back window,
At this time, there was a collision sound from the neighboring house.
Li Jian wondered in his heart.
Li Jian is highly educated, and knows that corpses are sometimes stimulated by temperature changes, and some reflex nerves will be left to respond again, resulting in a conventional sense of "corpse transformation".
He had a more impressive experience: a previous partner's father died, and Li Jian was present on the day of cremation.
Now the corpse furnace is designed to be very user-friendly, and relatives can see the burning of bones outside.
I saw that the deceased old man sat up suddenly when he was pushed into the furnace, and constantly twisted his body in the raging flames, as if he was convulsed from resurrection, and kept spasming until he turned into ashes.
Therefore, sometimes it is normal to cheat corpses.
The sound he heard when he returned the food box should have belonged to this list, and he didn't make a fuss.
But this time it seems to be a little different, and the sound of collision coming from the wall is one after another, which is very regular.
Li Jian swallowed a mouthful of saliva, turned left when he went out, and once again imprinted his eyes on the window hole.
"Bang Bang Bang~"
It turned out that a zombie was facing the wall, jumping and jumping.
"Damn, what's going on?" Li Jian wondered: "Aren't the zombies suppressed by Huang Fu?"
He looked closely, only to see that the runes on the zombies' foreheads were no longer alive as before, as if they had been washed by rain, and became dull, on the contrary, the eyes under the yellow runes became red as blood.
Li Jian looked at the pair of bloody eyes, inexplicably thinking of those animal eyes in the demonized forest.
"Oops, I'm afraid this corpse has been affected by something, I'm afraid the rune paper on the body can't be suppressed anymore, I have to notify the two corpse chasers quickly. β
Li Jian ran downstairs, wanting to inform the shopkeeper of the situation, and by the way, he asked which room the two people lived in, hoping to make amends.
ran downstairs and saw the shopkeeper sleeping at the counter, and quickly explained what he had seen and heard.
But the shopkeeper didn't hear it and didn't move.
Li Jian had a premonition and gently pushed him.
The shopkeeper fell to the ground, only to see that his eyes were black, his face was blue, and the flesh and blood on his neck were blurred, and he could no longer die if he was already dead.
Li Jian's face turned pale, and he hurriedly pulled out his legs and ran back.
When I passed by the corridor, I saw that the door of the house just now had been opened, and there was not a single zombie left in the room.
Li Jian took a walk and took two steps, rushed to Bai Xinyu and Liuli's room, shouted loudly, and just entered the door, his breath was suffocated.
Seeing that Bai Xinyu had been woken up by Li Jian, he rubbed his sleepy eyes and muttered in a daze.
Bai Xinyu smelled a fishy smell, opened her eyes dimly, and just saw a huge dead corpse eight feet tall staring at her with blood-red eyes, its fangs turned out, and its saliva was repeated.