Chapter 4: Wind Hidden (I)

"That village chief is too hateful!" Jiang Chen muttered hatefully. He looked at the pouring rain outside the house, and added, "It's worse than this rainstorm!"

A few days ago, Jiang Chen and Jiang Wu took the risk of exploring the deep mountain bamboo forest, and finally completed a commission, thinking that they could take this opportunity to make a name for themselves in one fell swoop and solicit more "business" for the gym. Unexpectedly, after the two sent the bamboo leaves to the entrusted woman's house, they were blasted out of the village by the village chief and other villagers on the grounds of pretending to be ghosts and swaggering and deceiving. They had to rush back to the gym overnight.

Even if the village boy no longer has nightmares under the bamboo leaf tea, I am afraid that the villagers will think that it is because his condition has improved by chance, and it has nothing to do with the two of them.

After this incident, it rained heavily for several days, and even the most lively market street was rarely moved, and the Suiyuan Alley, where the Chenwu Daoist Hall was located, had not been visited by anyone.

"It's almost the end of the month, and there is no more business in the gym, and the rent for these two months will be in arrears. At that time, the landlord and aunt will definitely scold again: the two guys have hands and feet, and they don't do a good job, but they have to pretend to be ghosts and open a dojo. ”

Jiang Chen quietly imitated the tone of the landlord's aunt, quite alike, Jiang Wu smiled heartily.

"The most important thing is that we helped. Jiang Wu said with a smile: "Before being driven away by the village chief, the village boy had already taken the bamboo leaf tea, even if the villagers didn't believe us, we could be regarded as having completed the commission." ”

Perhaps he was already accustomed to such an embarrassment, and after Jiang Chen complained a few words, he didn't say anything more.

For ordinary people, demons are just stories and legends, some people half-believe it, and some people don't believe it at all. People in the world generally do not come into contact with demons, and even if they do, they may not be able to see through them, and even if they do, they may not be able to spread the truth, and even if they do, the listeners may not be convinced.

"Not knowing about the existence of demons may not be a bad thing. Jiang Chen was looking at the heavy rain in a daze, and suddenly Jiang Wu exclaimed in his ears: "Huh!"

"What's wrong?" Jiang Chen immediately cast a concerned gaze. Jiang Wu was squatting under the eaves, as if looking at something.

"There are some black ants here," Jiang Wu said, "probably because the rain was too strong and washed away the anthill, and these black ants fled in all directions." ”

"What's so strange about this!" Jiang Chen said suspiciously: "This kind of thing happens from time to time. ”

Jiang Wu said: "The strange thing is that these black ants seem to have a faint demonic aura on their bodies, and they may be a very weak demon insect." ”

Demons are strange and strange, in various forms, some strong and some weak. Powerful demons can destroy the world, and some demons are weak and invincible.

Jiang Chen also went to observe the black ants curiously, and he said: "The Ten Thousand Demon Spectrum says that the origin of demons is a creature that migrated here from another world. These beings merged with the creatures of the Realm, giving birth to a variety of demons and spirits. The ancestors of these black ants may have also fused with otherworldly beings. ”

Jiang Wu nodded, he looked at the black ant for a moment, and suddenly got up and ran to the back room. Moments later, he returned, still holding a few sheets of oilskin paper and a pair of scissors.

"What are you going to do here?" Jiang Chen asked curiously.

"These black ants were looking around for their companions who had been swept away by the rain, and I folded a few paper boats so that they could carry them adrift. Jiang Wu cut the oilskin paper into boxy pieces, and then folded the square paper into a simple paper boat.

"It's really boring!" Jiang Chen said this, but he still came to help. In a short time, the brothers folded a dozen small paper boats and placed them near the rain-washed anthill in the courtyard.

After a while, many black ants climbed onto the paper boat, and the paper boat was gradually washed out of the yard along the puddles accumulated by the rain, and then fell into the drainage ditch and disappeared from the sight of the two brothers.

The rain became heavier and heavier, and there was no sign of stopping.

"It seems that there can be no more commissions today. Jiang Chen sighed: "I'm going to read "Ten Thousand Demon Spectrum". ”

It rained heavily for five or six days before it gradually cleared up. The market in Yunlan Town became lively again, but Suiyuan Lane was still as deserted as ever.

After a few more days, the Chenwu Gym finally welcomed a customer. However, the person who came was not a stranger, but an "acquaintance" who had a relationship with Jiang Chen and Jiang Wu.

"Village Chief?!" The two Chenwu brothers were surprised for a while when they saw the comer.

"Isn't it that village boy who took bamboo leaf tea, but it didn't get better?" Jiang Wu asked.

The village chief coughed a little embarrassedly and said, "The little baby of Zhang Mingjiang's family is well, no longer has nightmares, sleeps steadily, and slowly recovers his appetite and spirit." I don't know if you two brothers really have some skills, or if they bumped into each other by chance. ”

"Brothers?" Jiang Chen frowned.

The village chief snorted and said, "I have inquired clearly, you two are brothers, but I don't know what disguise technique can be used to disguise yourself as exactly the same, as for what shadow clone is clever, you can only fool those village women who have no knowledge!"

Jiang Chen smiled and said, "If the village chief thinks that my two brothers will only fool the people, I'm afraid they won't come here to find us." ”

The village chief snorted again: "You are smart! This time I came because of a strange thing that happened in the village. I'll trust you once and see if you can help. ”

"Oh?" Hearing the commission, Jiang Chen immediately perked up, and he asked, "What strange things happened?

"Phew!" said the village chief, "Don't say bad things!" It's just that a few chickens, ducks and other poultry raised in the village have been stolen and eaten. ”

If it was just such a small matter, the village chief would not have come to the Chenwu Gym on purpose. The villagers of Zhangjia Village are all poor people who have lived here for generations, and the people have always been simple, and there have been few cases of loss of property. This time, the poultry of several farmers was damaged, which alarmed the villagers.

At first, the villagers thought that some wild beast had sneaked into the village. The village chief led the villagers to investigate carefully and found that the poultry had been stolen in broad daylight. On another occasion, several villagers saw poultry being captured and devoured, leaving behind chicken feathers and blood, but they could not see what kind of beast had done it. The village chief was also one of the witnesses to the incident.

Some villagers said that it was a monster from the village. The village chief couldn't explain the reason, and it was inconvenient to report this trivial matter to the county government for help, so some villagers discussed asking the Taoist who slayed the demon to deal with the monster. At the instigation of Zhang Mingjiang and several other villagers, the village chief had no choice but to come to the Chenwu Daoist Hall for help.

After the village chief explained what happened, he asked Jiang Chen, "Could it be that this is really done by monsters?"

"It's hard to say. Jiang Chen shook his head: "Since the village chief came to Daoxia for help, he naturally encountered something unbelievable and unexplainable with common sense. To find out if it was a demon, my brothers and I had to go to Zhangjia Village again. ”

"Then please go!" the village chief nodded.

"Wait!" Jiang Chen smiled: "Please settle the entrustment fee first." ”

"How much?" asked the village chief.

"Two hundred wen!" Jiang Chen stretched out two fingers.

"Two hundred wen!" The village chief said angrily: "You have collected fifty wen for the matter of Zhang Ming's craftsman's family, but this time it is just a trivial matter, and you actually ask for so much money!

"Okay, a hundred wen is a hundred!" This time Jiang Chen readily agreed. Jiang Wu was slightly stunned, this is not quite like Jiang Chen's usual style.

Jiang Chen said: "Although one hundred wen is a little less, if our brothers can take this opportunity to complete another commission, they will establish some reputation in Zhangjia Village." When the time comes, it may be able to bring more customers. ”

"Okay!" The village chief took out a string of copper coins and stacked them on the table: "As long as this is done, I guarantee that the people of Zhangjia Village will not say that you are swaggering and cheating!"