Chapter 40: Water Ghosts

Yue Liang slowly landed and walked to Jiang Xiaobai's side, startled Jiang Xiaobai and retreated behind Li Ming, he was very afraid of the moody Yue Liang, he thought that Yue Liang might really come to throw himself, but he didn't want Yue Liang to do it, but praised it unprecedentedly: "Thanks to you for breaking the small killing array, the assassination and concealment technique of the killer leader is definitely the ethereal peak heir with the small killing array is simply unexpected, and there is no danger." ”

"Eh, did she just praise me?" Jiang Xiaobai excitedly grabbed Li Ming's shoulder, and quickly touched Sizhu's head.

Sizhu smiled innocently: "Brother Jiang, Senior Sister is the best senior sister in the world. ”

Li Ming was still thinking about the woman who left and his little wooden sword, the little wooden sword was snatched away by the woman who claimed to be Lan Yue'er's senior sister, listening to her tone, Lan Yue'er seemed to have suffered a lot of grievances because of herself.

Yue Liang's cold voice sounded in his ears: "I didn't expect you to know those women of Ethereal Peak, they are the most hateful assassins in the world. ”

"There are good and bad people in the world. Li Ming retorted without thinking.

Yue Liang snorted coldly, unexpectedly did not fight back, and said to Jiang Xiaobai: "The map to the Thousand Butterfly Mountain Villa is in your hands, you lead the way, let's go to the nearby town to buy a new carriage first." ”

"Fortunately, there are a lot of fairy sisters. Jiang Xiaobai smiled flatteringly at Yue Liang, and then pulled Li Ming awkwardly and walked forward.

The little monk Sizhu trotted to keep up with Yue Liang's footsteps, and persuaded in a low voice: "Senior sister, Brother Li Ming and Brother Jiang are both good people, can you stop scolding them in the future?"

Yue Liang rarely showed a smile, gently touched Sizhu's bald head, and said lovingly: "You are a little bald head who crawls outside the world, is the senior sister so fierce?

The next few days were very peaceful, and the Round Table did not send anyone to hunt down the four of them, and the four of them traveled for about ten days.

In the evening of that day, the carriage finally entered the Luoshen County marked on the nameless map. It is said that there were gods in this Luoshen County in the early years, and the fairy spirit rendered this land, so that the wind and rain in this county were smooth, and it was renamed Luoshen County. It stands to reason that the county town, which should be lively, was surprisingly deserted when the four of them entered the city, and there were few pedestrians on the street but they were still in a hurry.

The patrolling catcher on the street hurried up and asked in a heavy tone, "How many strangers, but passing by to stay?"

Li Ming nodded.

Xiao Yu quickly pointed ahead and said: "Walk along this main street, you can see the inn, as soon as the hour is over, there will be a curfew, don't go out, it's not peaceful outside at night recently." After saying that, he didn't look at everyone anymore, turned around and went to continue patrolling.

Jiang Xiaobai said with some disappointment: "I thought I could have a good time tonight, but it seems that there is no excitement to catch up, what is so tense?"

"When we get to the inn, let's go in and ask. Li Ming jumped out of the carriage first, and the shopkeeper who was already waiting at the door rushed forward with a smile on his face, led the carriage, and was full of flattery: "A few masters, please, fortunately you came early, and the city gate will be closed after the unitary." ”

At this time, the innkeeper welcomed everyone to a table, glanced at the four guests in different costumes, and smiled confidently: "Give a few light side dishes to a few people." ”

"Arrange three more rooms. Li Ming said with a smile.

The shopkeeper responded and said apologetically: "I'll go to the kitchen to make a start, a few people will rest first, the inner family has taken the child to his mother's house these days, and there is no one to help in the kitchen." ”

After a while, Fang Cai's shopkeeper came quickly with a pot of freshly brewed tea, and bowed down apologetically to put the teapot in the middle of the table: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, a few guest officers drank some tea first, and it was hard to travel all the way." ”

"Don't be busy. Jiang Xiaobai took out a small piece of broken silver and stuffed it into the small second-hand.

Xiao Er is also a person who has seen all kinds of things, so he naturally knows what Jiang Xiaobai means, skillfully hid the broken silver in his arms, and sneered: "Look at a few people dressed in this costume, it must not be an ordinary person." Presumably the patrolling catcher told you about the curfew when you entered the city, right?"

"That's right, this curfew time turned out to be unitary time, isn't there something strange happening in the city?" Jiang Xiaobai stepped on the stool with one foot, kept turning a chopstick in his hand, and asked with interest. These days the rush can suffocate him, since he can't go to the night market, let's see if this strange thing is fun.

Xiao Er's eyes glanced outside the door, and he lowered his voice and said: "This incident has only happened for ten days, and when it began to pass ten days ago, a female ghost in white will appear on this street." ”

"There is a lot of righteousness in this city, and the female ghosts who dare to appear here must not be something that ordinary people can handle. Yue Liang said.

The shopkeeper nodded: "Yes, I have invited several masters, at least they are scared away, and at worst they are scared crazy, fortunately, the female ghost is only wandering the streets, but the proprietress is worried that the child is afraid and still goes back to her parents' house to live temporarily." ”

"Even if you don't kill people, if you start a madness, I'm afraid the whole city will be in danger. Li Ming said, "I just don't know why." ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly said yes, and then said confidently: "But tonight there is a master in the county office, and the county lord said that he will definitely accept the female ghost tonight." ”

"Master?" Jiang Xiaobai patted his chest and abdomen unhappily.

Xiao Er smiled and said: "Of course, the four are also masters, but the one who came today is indeed a master, and it is said that the archery skills can shoot down the sun in the sky." ”

Li Ming suddenly thought of the back string he met outside Mochizuki City, and said with a smile: "I have met a heroine with extraordinary archery skills, but I don't know which of them is more powerful?"

"It's served. The shopkeeper's voice came from the back kitchen, and Xiao Er bowed his waist apologetically and quickly ran to the kitchen.

Jiang Xiaobai's eyes lit up, as if he had seen a large amount of silver in his hand.

"What are you thinking?" Li Ming's hands kept shaking in front of Jiang Xiaobai's eyes.

Jiang Xiaobai looked at Xiao Er, who came over with the dishes, grabbed him and asked, "Do you guys have a reward for catching ghosts?"

Xiao Er nodded, and Jiang Xiaobai waved his hand with satisfaction to signal that he could go.

"Do you want to catch ghosts?" Yue Liang saw through Jiang Xiaobai's careful thoughts at a glance.

Jiang Xiaobai nodded happily: "In such a rich city, there must be a lot of silver, and we need to spend money to eat and drink all the way, isn't this a chance to earn more?"

Yue Liang said disdainfully: "You took Li Ming's two hundred taels of silver tickets and haven't returned them to us, and now you want to pull a coolie to earn money for you, do you think I don't know?"

Li Ming quipped: "But they have already hired someone, so we can be regarded as robbing business." ”

"I want to go to you two, and Sizhu and I have to rest. Yue Liang's tone was still as cold as ever, but his tone was much better, "Don't ask me to collect your corpses when the time comes." ”

At this time, the shopkeeper stepped forward and persuaded: "Look at a few people, they must not be ordinary people, but that female ghost is really powerful, otherwise she would not have crowdfunded a thousand taels of silver to hire someone to catch ghosts." ”

Jiang Xiaobai couldn't be calm anymore when he heard one thousand taels, the whole person jumped up, grabbed the shopkeeper's shoulder hard, and confirmed again and again: "One thousand taels, I heard you right?"

The shopkeeper nodded his head in shock, and his whole body was forced to look like a tight bow, and it was not until Jiang Xiaobai sat down again that he relaxed his slightly fat body

Jiang Xiaobai, finish eating quietly. Yue Liang impatiently swept the plate in front of him with chopsticks, and Jiang Xiaobai laughed twice and ate obediently.

Li Ming opened the door and looked at Jiang Xiaobai with an eager face, looked back at Sizhu who was sitting alone on the bed and chanting, and asked helplessly, "Are you really going?"

Jiang Xiaobai said righteously: "What are you talking about? Do you really think that I am for the 1,000 taels of silver? If that master is a liar again, the female ghost will be in danger for one more day if she stays for one more day, for the safety of the people in the whole city, you and I are people who have learned the Tao, how can we turn a blind eye." ”

"Sizhu, you rest in the room by yourself. Li Ming commanded, picked up the iron sword, and followed Jiang Xiaobai downstairs.

Xiao Er was just about to close the door, and when he saw that the two of them were going out, he hurriedly shouted: "Second master, you can't help it, there will really be female ghosts outside, and as soon as the unitary time is over, it will be tea time." ”

Jiang Xiaobai pointed at Li Ming, then at himself, and smiled disdainfully: "Don't worry, wait for our good news, one of us is the heir of the Burial Sword Valley, and the other is the heir of the Qingcheng Fulu faction, this female ghost is unlucky to meet us." ”

"Let them go. The shopkeeper grabbed Xiao Er, who was still trying to shout at the two, "No one will joke with their lives, they are not stupid." ”

"Before the time came, there was really no one on the street, and there was no one to catch it. Li Ming looked at the empty street and complained, some regretted following Jiang Xiaobai out, what he needed most after running for many days was to lie in bed and sleep, but he couldn't resist him.

Jiang Xiaobai was really in high spirits, and proposed: "Why don't we go to the county government to see what that master looks like?" Anyway, the female ghost will come later." ”

"Don't look at any masters, look at the city gate. Li Ming nervously pulled Jiang Xiaobai, who turned around.

A thick white mist suddenly blew around the closed city gate, and at first it only crept through the crack in the gate, and then it had already wrapped the entire city gate.

"Such a big battle?" Jiang Xiaobai stared at the dense fog gradually forming at the city gate in the distance, and the two walked closer, carefully observing the ground where the thick fog passed as if water was flowing through.

Li Ming asked in a low voice: "Jiang Xiaobai, you claim to be well-informed and brave the rivers and lakes, so do you think this is a water ghost?"

Jiang Xiaobai laughed twice: "It must be a water ghost, look at the water stains all over the ground, sure enough, there is not enough experience in the rivers and lakes." ”

Li Ming looked at the spreading mist, touched the iron sword behind his backhand, and asked, "I don't know what the water ghost looks like?"

Jiang Xiaobai looked well-informed, put one foot on the stone steps on the side, and patiently explained to Li Ming: "The water ghost is drowned, where can you see it? I have seen it several times, and the whole body is swollen, and the long hair is very messy, and some algae are all over the body. ”