The place mentioned by the old master is an incense and candle shop, just at the end of the alley. At this moment, two white lanterns had been hung at the door, and the faint yellow light inside seeped out from the miserable white, making the alley that had not yet been dark seem mysterious and deep.

Under the lantern, a pair of paper figures of a boy and a girl sat upright. It had just rained, and the color of the paper figure was as good as new, and the painting on his face was exactly the same as the paper bride that Song Yu had seen.

The door of the shop was placed behind the boy and girl, but the door was black, and a curtain hung down to cover it.

Song Yuben had already gone to the forefront, and after glancing at the paper man, he made a mistake and hid behind Nanshi as if nothing happened.

Xie Nanshi frowned slightly. When he first came to Qinghe Town, he didn't think there was anything unusual about this place, because five years ago he had only stayed for one night, and the next day he left for the next town. But now, Qinghe Town is still innocent, but this incense candle shop lingers with the gloomy atmosphere that comes from the other world, and it is hidden. There's probably a strange ghost in it that's already dressed in human skin.

Seeing that the two of them here looked like great enemies, Du Anchen sighed lightly, and took the lead in pushing forward and opened the door of the store. With a creak, fine dust drifted out of the incense shop, carrying with it the smell of wood decay.

Du Anchen immediately took half a step sideways, and Xie Nanshi also covered his mouth and nose with his cuffs for the first time, but Song Yu, who was hiding behind Xie Nanshi and probing his brain, was washed away by the dust, and couldn't help coughing lowly, muttering: "How long has it been since I cleaned ......?"

The incense and candle shop looks a little dilapidated, with all kinds of paper money and paper figures piled up on the ground, and all kinds of incense candles, shrouds, and various tribute boxes are placed on the cabinets around it. Everything is messed up and looks out of order, and the whole candle shop feels like there's nowhere to go.

Song Yu stood at the door, holding the door frame with his hand and not wanting to move. He hadn't been to this shop back then, in fact, after he had completed the basic tasks step by step, the entire town was almost completely occupied by the strangers, and the last task given by the system was to escape from the town.

At that time, Song Yu had the skills provided by the game, and also the ability to avoid pain, although the crisis was a hundred times higher than now, there was no sense of fear, and even a sense of reality did not exist. And now...... He found that he was not only afraid of pain, but also of ghosts. Don't ask, asking is almost cardiac arrest.

Especially when you see the old man's face coming out from behind the counter.

The face obviously belonged to an old man over half a hundred years old, but there was no wrinkle on it, as if it had been forcibly flattened, so thin that it seemed that only a piece of skin remained, and his eyes were only pure white. Coupled with this room full of paper figures, there is a feeling that it is not like a real person.

"What do guests want to buy?" The boss's voice was rough and word-by-word, with a frosted texture.

Song Yu hid behind Xie Nanshi and looked at the boss: "Strange ghosts? ”

Xie Nanshi didn't answer, and he wasn't quite sure about the answer. Strange ghosts are not people in their own realm, and the qi they carry on their bodies is different from ordinary people, and Taoists distinguish the main qi of different ghosts. But the strange ghost is not without the ability to hide his own breath, and the gloom here is tangled and mixed, Xie Nanshi didn't dare to determine whether the other party was or didn't for a while.

Behind his hand, the two fingers hidden in the sleeve robe had already drawn out a talisman: "Practice Qi and Clear." ”

On the talisman, golden dark lines flowed through, and then the entire rune paper lost its original bright luster. At the same time, a fresh breeze swept through the incense and candle shop, and the original breath disappeared in a moment, as if it was just an ordinary incense and candle shop that was a little messy and neglected.

Song Yu also said "Huh". Xie Nanshi's environmental dispel type skill he hadn't seen before. What's more, he used to be a cultivator's perspective, but now he has become an ordinary person, and his experience of dispersal is much fresher. I felt that a faint incense came out of Nanshi's sleeve, and then the incense candle shop suddenly brightened and refreshed. Even the shopkeeper's face swept away the original weirdness, and it seemed that he was just an ordinary old man with a puff in his eyes, which made people feel pity. The biting coldness I felt when I stepped into the shop suddenly lightened.

The old shopkeeper didn't seem to notice the change in the atmosphere of the store, but used his blurred cataract eyes to find the vague figure of the customer at the door: "What does the guest need to buy?" ”

After Du Anchen kicked open the door of the store, he didn't enter the store, but just leaned against the door with his chest crossed. Her eyes flashed, but she didn't match the bright color of her bright face, and only stayed in Xie Nanshi for a short time with a little vagueness. At this time, Song Yu and Xie Nanshi's attention was all on the old man's body, and they didn't notice it.

Song Yu didn't say how satisfied he was with the thigh he was hugging, and he didn't hide at this time, so he walked towards the old shopkeeper: "Boss, you can rest for the time being, I'll just take a look." ”

Can the incense and candle shop be as casual as other stores? The old shopkeeper's tense face collapsed instantly. He returned to the counter with his hands behind his back, his rickety figure blocked by the old counter. Song Yu was not embarrassed, and every time he saw a paper figure, he took a closer look. After looking at it for a while, he looked back at Nanshi for help.

Xie Nanshi is a cultivator, although his cultivation at this time is not as good as five years later, his eyesight has not fallen much, and he was immediately flashed by Song Yu's self-righteous puppyeyes. He didn't want to pay attention to it, but the strange and strange connection made him open his mouth: "It was painted by the same person." ”

With the expert's words, Song Yu turned around and pressed most of his body onto the counter, knocking and poking inside: "Shopkeeper, you paper figures are all painted by yourself?" ”

The old shopkeeper probably felt that this group of people was here to find fault, and they were grinding by Song Yu for a long time before he gasped weakly: "Yes." ”

"Who have you sold to?"

"Whoever has something to do sells whom. How many, what's going on at home? ”

Du Anchen heard this harshly, and he didn't want to be like Song Yu and Nanshi, and his family was still kind to such a villain, so he spoke out at the moment: "The Ping An Division handles the case, and there is something to answer." ”

It is estimated that this small Qinghe Town has always been peaceful, and the Ping An Division is not very valued locally, and the shopkeeper was not stopped by this sentence, but just forced his face without a trace of wrinkles to twist out an eyebrow Sichuan character pattern: "Ouch, the small shop can't let women in, it's unlucky." ”

Of course, Song Yu did not advocate feudal superstition, but he did not advocate Du Anchen to directly smash the store in order to oppose feudal superstition. Seeing that her giant sword was about to move, she hurriedly staggered two steps to block between the two: "How long have you been open in this shop?" It's been more than ten years. The people who come to you here to do white things should be people nearby, why, don't you remember any of them? ”

His voice suddenly became much more serious. Although the Ping An Division couldn't suppress the old shopkeeper, the prestige gained from dealing with various big figures in the five years of "Seeing God" still made him begin to cooperate: "Remember remember." But there aren't many people in the town, and there's not much business lately. ”

"What about the last time? Who was the last person to buy paper? How much did you buy? "Song Yu's heart is like a mirror. They first sought out this shop because they suspected that the strange spirits were hiding there. But judging from Xie Nanshi's reaction, there was only the breath of a strange ghost here. Yes, it is likely that the strange ghost who has already taken the human skin bought the paper figure here and made the paper bride outside Qinghe Town.

The alien ghost needs to make the person into a container first, and the luck is in harmony and the spiritual will is far beyond the person who is taken away, so that it is possible to succeed in the seizure, which is why many alien ghosts dissipate directly before they have time to seize the human skin. The paper man is a good storage space, but the paper is too thin and brittle, and it is not easy to succeed in the ranks, and there is no way to store it permanently. This precise control is enough to take away the human race, so why make do with the pieces of paper.

It seems that the people behind the scenes are quite thoughtful, and this hand is quite meticulous like a tiger sniffing roses.

The old shopkeeper is still reminiscing. Xie Nanshi has found a paper figure that is almost the same as the paper bride he met outside the town: "Who has the boss sold this kind of paper bride to recently?" ”

The old shopkeeper's white eyes glanced twice, and he came back to his senses to realize that the Ping An Division was really here to handle the case, and he stopped talking for fear of trouble.

Song Yu took in the foolish look on the old shopkeeper's face. He didn't want to miss the clue, so he simply opened the way with silver, and took out a tael of silver and put it on the counter under the cover of his pocket, and pointed to the paper bride in Nanshi's hand: "I want this paper man." But our brother underground needs to know if his wife has been sold by your group of merchants. The same paper figures, who else have you sold to besides us? ”

Xie Nanshi couldn't help frowning at Song Yu's nonsense words, and Du Anchen turned his head and walked out of the store. Only the old shopkeeper can't see people clearly, but the silver is very real.

He hasn't opened for a long time, and these two pieces of silver are not just charcoal in the snow, they can almost burn a raging fire for him, but he has a hard smile: "If there is a man in the family who has passed away, he will buy some paper brides." I'll see...... Oh, yes. The guest officer can rest assured that this batch of paper brides is not smooth in their drawings because I changed the paper, and they are not handsome, so they have made a total of ten, and they are all different......"

Song Yu interrupted him: "What about the other nine?" Who did they sell to? ”

The old shopkeeper's words were pinched, but he was not annoyed at all for the sake of the silver: "There is no difference, it was bought by someone about two or three months ago." ”

"Who?"

"I don't recognize it. I'm afraid it's a foreigner, wearing a big black cloak, and speaking in a strange tone, I haven't heard of it. He bought some paper brides and virgins, nothing out of the ordinary. ”

Song Yu and Xie Nanshi glanced at each other, only to feel that the possibility that the person was a strange ghost had increased sharply. The human skin worn by the strange ghost is not its own, and most of its appearance does not change. It was Song Yu who asked again: "Is that person male or female, fat or thin, tall or short, does he have any physical features?" ”

The old shopkeeper didn't answer, but only looked at Song Yu with his cataract eyes, which was a silent answer.

Song Yu asked some more tentative questions, and when he saw that the old shopkeeper really had no more information, he took the lead in leaving the incense and candle shop. Xie Nanshi was about to leave, but he remembered something, turned back and picked up the paper bride worth one or two silver.