Chapter 10: Money Makes Demons Grind
Coming to this world, it was the first time he had seen such a tragic thing with his own eyes, and Zhou Qing, who was curious, came to the person and looked down at the person kneeling on the ground.
"Hello~ Poor. With a light sigh in his heart, Zhou Qing took a closer look at the brand, which roughly said that this person could be bought for only two taels of silver.
"Xiaodao Chief, you can buy Cuilan, I will be a cow and a horse for the rest of my life, and I will definitely serve you well. When Zhou Qing was looking at the sign, the unkempt man suddenly raised his hair and pleaded.
Zhou Qing, who heard the pleading, looked at the person who had been bowing his head, and found that the person kneeling on the ground turned out to be a woman, who looked like he was sixteen or seventeen years old.
"It's so pitiful, help him, it's a merit. ”
Zhou Qing, who was feeling pity, took out five taels of silver, put it in front of the woman, and said, "Little sister, you take this money and do what you have to do. ”
After leaving a few words, Zhou Qing looked at the woman gratefully and left with his little hands behind his back.
When Zhou Qing left, at the mouth of an alley not far away, a sturdy man with a fierce face took in this scene, this man's name was Wu Biao, he was lazy by nature, and he was a well-known ruffian in the county.
The woman named Cuilan kowtowed a few times to Zhou Qing's back, picked up the silver and left, Wu Biao saw this and quietly followed behind the woman.
On the western edge of Jinling County, there is a small wild lake, the lake is overgrown with trees and weeds, and in the grass under a tree, lies a woman about forty years old.
The woman leaned motionless against the shade of the tree, with a few small insects resting on her face, and it was evident that she had died.
"Squeak~squeak~"
The insects in the trees made irregular insect chirps, and not far from the woman's corpse, there was the sound of hurried footsteps, and the person who made the sound was Cuilan.
"Mother, I have silver to buy a coffin to bury you. Cuilan trotted towards where the woman was, and when she was still about ten steps away from her mother, Wu Biao suddenly rushed out, and smashed a stick directly on the woman with a stick in his hand.
A stick fell, Cuilan let out a muffled snort and fell to the ground, Wu Biao saw this, threw the wooden stick in his hand, searched for the silver on her body, and then let out a wicked laugh.
I don't know how long later, when Cuilan woke up, she found that the silver had been robbed, and even her own Shenzi had been ruined.
"Ah~"
The woman with tears in her eyes let out an unwilling cry, and she clutched her torn clothes and ran to the wild lake, jumping into the lake.
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In the two months since he came to Jinling County, Zhou Qing has developed a hobby, that is, every afternoon he will go to a teahouse in the city to listen to a storyteller tell a story.
When he first heard the story, Zhou Qing only felt absurd, but there was no other pastime in this world, and gradually Zhou Qing became obsessed with the story, and he would listen to it every day, rain or shine, it was really unstoppable.
Zhou Qing, who listened to the story that day, walked out of the teahouse, glanced at the half-fallen remnant sun, and hurriedly walked home.
When he reached a deserted side street, he felt something strange behind him, and when he unconsciously looked back, he saw a man burrowing into an alley.
After walking a little further, he turned around sharply, and once saw the man hiding behind a tree, this man was the same Wu Biao.
Being followed can only show that the person must have a plan for himself, and Zhou Qing, who was vigilant in his heart, did not look back, but accelerated his pace and rushed home.
Although Zhou Qing, who was only nine years old, was a big step behind Wu Biao, who was following him in height, his three-month horse steps were not in vain, and he saw that his calves were fast, and he ran home after a short time.
Closing the door, Zhou Qing glanced at the courtyard wall that was more than a foot high, and then entered the house.
After thinking about it in the room for a while, Zhou Qing guessed that the person who followed him should be looking for his own money.
Thinking that he lived alone in this county town at a young age, and bought this house, although the ordinary days are not like spending money, but they are also happier than ordinary city people.
Guessing the purpose of the man, Zhou Qing thought that it was just getting dark now, and that person would definitely not dare to climb the courtyard to come in now, but in the middle of the night, it would be difficult to say.
"I have to find a way to cure that guy, as long as I can scare him half to death, he won't dare to come in the future." Zhou Qing thought about it in the room, and after a while, a thought came to his mind.
After sitting in the room for a while, he concluded that the man should have left now, and that he should not come until the dead of night, so he went into the front yard and opened the door.
After leaving the house, Zhou Qing looked at the sides of the dark street and found that there was no one, just as he expected.
After locking the door, he ran away, and after a while, he came to the door of a longevity shop, stretched out his hand and patted the door.
"Who is this big night? Voices were heard from inside the shop, and then an old man opened the door.
"Old man, I need some ingots, candles, paper money. Zhou Qing molded out a piece of broken silver and directly said his intentions.
"Okay, the trail leader will follow me into the store. Seeing that the business came to the door, the old man, who was still a little impatient, immediately changed his face.
After buying things at the longevity material shop, Zhou Qing carried them behind him and went to the nearest cemetery.
The night was like ink, silent, and before Zhou Qing reached the cemetery, he saw an old woman with a green light shining all over her body behind a big tree next to a small bridge.
When the old woman saw Zhou Qing, she didn't get closer, but looked at him from some distance.
There is a saying in this world, which says: people are afraid of ghosts for three points, and ghosts are afraid of people for seven points, which is not false at all.
There are three ways of yang and fire in the human body, and the evil spirit belongs to the yin, so they dare not approach people, only when people are seriously ill, the yang fire is weak, and the evil spirits have the opportunity to get close to people.
Of course, if there is an evil spirit with a certain degree of cultivation, it is another matter, but on Zhou Qing's body, he wears a piece of talisman jade that Wu Lao Dao has cultivated for many years, so even if he encounters some evil spirits with cultivation, he is not afraid.
"Good evening, mother-in-law. After seeing the old woman, Zhou Qing took the initiative to say hello and moved closer to her.
Seeing this, the old woman behind the tree hurriedly floated back a few steps, changed color and sank, and the green mangs around her body were sheng, and she shouted, "Yin and yang are different, each goes its own way, little boy, the old body has not provoked you, what do you mean?"
"Mother-in-law, don't be surprised, I have no malice. Zhou Qing laughed and said, "Mother-in-law must have stayed in the world because she died in a foreign land and had no money to buy the Netherworld to go to reincarnation." ”
When the old woman heard this, she didn't reply, but just nodded and acquiesced.
"Mother-in-law, Xiaodao can burn some money for you to buy roads and help you step into reincarnation. ”
"Little boy, do you mean this?"
"Seriously, seriously, there is nothing false in what the grapevine says, it's just that my mother-in-law needs a small favor for me. ”
Zhou Qing asked this old woman to help, and it was to go back with him and scare away the person who was following him.
As the saying goes, money can make ghosts grind, this is completely true, after Zhou Qing said the conditions, the old woman just hesitated for a moment, and then agreed.
After finding the evil spirit that bluffed people, Zhou Qing breathed a sigh of relief and led the old woman into the county seat.