Chapter 21: The Mysterious Man
Night, silence.
Qi Ming quietly slipped out of the small courtyard, took out a large black coat from the storage ring and draped it over the elongation, and the long brim of the hat covered most of his face.
He came to a luxurious mansion located west of the entrance to the village.
Two red lanterns hung in front of the gate of the mansion, emitting a quiet light, and the gate was closed.
Qi Ming jumped into the mansion, and then his spiritual power instantly spread to the entire mansion.
"Isn't he there?" Qi Ming was a little surprised, he would have to be in charge of collecting soul flowers tomorrow, and he would not be in the mansion tonight.
This is really a bit unexpected for Qi Ming, if he can't explain to the village chief, I'm afraid there will be unnecessary trouble tomorrow.
"Forget it, I'll talk about it tomorrow, I don't believe that my strength can't protect their grandfather and grandson. Qi Ming muttered to himself, and then jumped out of this luxurious mansion and went back.
After dawn, the whole village is lively, it will be very lively at this time of year, and if the villagers hand over enough soul flowers, they can exchange them for enough food for a year and some precious cultivation resources.
This is also something that the villagers can only get after a year of hard work.
Meng Kexin came out of the house sleepy-eyed, he hadn't slept well all night.
"Brother Ye, have you gathered five soul flowers?" Meng Kexin saw Qi Ming and immediately asked.
"I didn't get it together, but I asked a strong man to talk to the village chief, and it will be fine. Qi Ming said with a smile.
Meng Kexin looked around, "Strong, where is it?"
"This strong man has a strange temper, and naturally it is not so easy to see. Qi Ming pretended to be mysterious.
Meng Kexin didn't continue to ask, and said with a smile: "As long as it's okay, after the soul flowers are handed over this time, let's reclaim another piece of wasteland, and next year we will definitely be able to hand over the eight soul flowers for the three of us." ”
Qi Ming looked at Meng Kexin's smile and sighed slightly in his heart, it was impossible for him to stay here for so long......
"Wait a minute, Kexin, you and Grandpa will go to the Soul Flower together, I'll go meet the mysterious powerhouse I invited!" Qi Ming said to Meng Kexin, and then walked out of the house.
Meng Kexin was a little interested in the mysterious powerhouse that Qi Ming said, but she was worried about angering the mysterious powerhouse, so she didn't follow Qi Ming, but came to the west of the village with her grandfather with the soul flower.
There was a large open space with hundreds of people standing, and from a distance, it was a large area of black oppression.
In front of the crowd, there was a row of chairs, behind which sat five or six old men, the old man on the far left was in charge of recording, and next to him stood three young people in charge of statistics.
"Wang Dagui's family, fifteen soul flowers!"
"Wang Xiaogui's family, seventeen soul flowers!"
"Li Dasheng's family, twenty-one soul flowers!"
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In Grass Soul Village, those under the age of eighteen belong to minors, and they can be called two soul flowers, while adults need to be called three soul flowers.
First of all, it is a unified record, and then resources are distributed according to the number of soul flowers handed in by each family, and in the process of statistics, the villagers who do not have enough soul flowers will be arrested and disposed of after three days.
When Meng Kexin and Meng woke up here, everyone got out of the way of a passage on their own, and they all avoided it with disgust, for fear of being infected with the curse on Meng Kexin's body.
Meng Kexin learned from Qi Ming that the matter had been resolved, so he walked to the front with four soul flowers and handed them to the few young men who were inspecting the soul flowers.
"Why are there only four plants?" a young man caught a glimpse of the soul flower in Meng Kexin's bamboo basket and asked indifferently.
"Ah?!" Meng Kexin was a little confused.
"If you don't have enough soul flowers, then you will be executed!" said another young man hideously.
"The village chief said that my family only had to hand over four plants. Meng Kexin said loudly, as if to give herself courage again.
"Haha, she said that the village elder made a special case for her!"
"Hehe, with such a humble identity as her, she can't even see the village chief!"
"Hey...... I really don't know where she got the courage?"
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Meng Kexin heard the discussion around her, a little overwhelmed, and looked at her grandfather next to her with a hint of fear.
Meng Xing's eyebrows were slightly raised, he was thinking about what was going on with Qi Ming, he had planned to use his life to fill the lost soul flower, it was Qi Ming who took the initiative to ask to solve this trouble, but at the critical moment, he found that Qi Ming had a chain in his mouth.
"Someone, arrest Meng Kexin for me!" the old man on the far left shouted.
Five or six young men with long sticks in their hands jumped out of the crowd, without saying a word, they waved the long sticks in their hands and beckoned to Meng Kexin, obviously trying to beat Meng Kexin to death.
Meng Xing, who was standing beside Meng Kexin, reacted and shouted: "The lost soul flower will be repaid with the old man's life......"
Those sticks didn't listen to Meng Xing's words at all, and smashed them on Meng Kexin's petite body with a strong wind.
Meng Kexin hurriedly hugged his head with both hands.
None of these sticks hit Meng Kexin's head, and he was stopped by a man in black wearing a black hat and a hat.
Those sticks all smashed on the body of the man in black, setting off a few strong winds, and the five or six young men were all bounced away by the strength coming from the sticks!
After Qi Ming left the house, after dressing up, he was going to find the village chief again, but after coming here, he found that it was not the village chief who personally collected these soul flowers, he was going to bypass the crowd and go directly to the mansion to find the village chief.
But seeing that everyone actually shot directly at Meng Kexin, he turned into a black wind with a trace of anger and instantly appeared in front of Meng Kexin.
Meng Kexin waited for a while and found that no stick had fallen, so she carefully took her arms away and saw the man in black in front of her.
"Village Chief!" Meng Kexin and the first impression of everyone was that the person in front of him was the village chief, because only the village chief in the village was wearing a black coat.
"He's not the village chief, and the village chief doesn't wear a hat!" said someone with extraordinary eyesight.
When Meng Kexin heard this, she thought to herself, is this person the mysterious powerhouse invited by Brother Ye? She couldn't help but look at his face curiously, but suddenly felt a cold air emanating from him, and she didn't dare to look at it anymore.
"Who is Your Excellency, who actually interfered in the affairs of my Grass Soul Village?" the old man on the far left who was in charge of recording stood up, flicked his sleeves, and asked coldly.
Qi Ming's left pupil suddenly condensed, a trace of pupil power was injected into the left pupil, and a cold cold aura burst out instantly, and the hundreds of people present all felt like falling into an ice cellar, and the old man who was stared at by Qi Ming only felt as if he was being targeted by an ancient beast, and his body was as stiff as ice.
Shout!
Another black-clothed man in a black coat walked briskly from the direction where the village chief's mansion was located.
"Village Chief!"
"Meet the village chief!" the villagers knelt down.
"This senior, if you have something to say, don't be angry!" Wang Xi, the village chief, swept Qi Ming with a wisp of spiritual power, and that spiritual power was directly swallowed, in his eyes, Qi Ming's cultivation was unfathomable at all, and he dared to offend a disciple who was expelled from the Soul Refining Hall.
"I think this female doll is more pleasing to the eye, and she won't have to hand in the soul flower in the future. Qi Ming's slightly hoarse voice sounded.
"Did you all hear that?" Wang Xi asked sharply to a few old men behind the table.
"Yes, village chief!" said the men, looking at the trembling voices.
Meng Kexin heard the conversation in front of her, her heart fluttered with excitement, and at this moment, the corner of her eyes glanced at Qi Ming, only to feel that this senior was really heroic and radiant.
"What else do you have to tell your seniors?" Wang Xi asked again.
"It's not very convenient here. Qi Ming's hoarse voice sounded again.
"Senior, come with me. Wang Xi took Qi Ming back to the mansion.
After Qi Ming left, the cold Haozi disappeared completely.
The old man in charge of recording shouted at the young man next to him, "Don't hurry up and return Kexin's granddaughter's soul flower to her!"
When the young man heard this, he hurriedly handed the flower basket in his hand to Meng Kexin.
"Brother Meng, I can't imagine that you still know such a powerful character, I really admire it!" the old man said without smiling.
Meng Xing didn't pay attention to this person, and pulled Meng Kexin home quickly, and then he found that Ye Yiming really didn't come back.
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ps: At the end of the month today, add a more ......