Chapter 9 The Unpredictable
Ghost? Who is the ghost? Fang Xu and Ye Suifeng were at a loss. When the shopkeeper Meng heard the sound, he rushed to reprimand the beggars and pacify the guests.
Fang Xu took a deep breath and said, "Who is he talking about? Could it be that thief?" Ye Suifeng did not speak. Shopkeeper Meng smiled: "It's okay to be a crazy person. After Shopkeeper Meng left, Ye Suifeng said to Fang Xu: "I think that crazy man must know more than the Zhu family." ”
Knock knock, a knock on the door interrupted Chu Yunling and Xue Yuyu's chat, "It's coming!" Chu Yunling got up and responded. "Miss Chu......" Xue Yuyu gently pulled Chu Yunling's clothes. Chu Yunling looked back at Xue Yuyu and asked, "What's wrong?" Xue Yuyu blushed, put down her hand gently, and said, "No...... It's okay. ”
After the Xue family changed, Xue Mayfeather was full of fear of doors and windows, as long as there was a sound outside the doors and windows, Xue Mayfeather would be vigilant.
Chu Yunling opened the door, only to find a package on the ground, and nothing else. The package is small and tightly packed. Chu Yunling took the package into the house.
"It's strange that there's only this one package outside the door. Chu Yunling put the package on the table. "What is this?" Xue Yuyu asked curiously. Chu Yunling shook her head and said, "I don't know, but, why is it so cold?" When Chu Yunling touched the package, she felt something strange, and this package actually emitted a trace of coldness. Chu Yunling opened the package, revealing a wooden block.
The wood block is not large, and it is covered with cracks on all sides, as if it will shatter as soon as it touches it. "This thing is ugly. Xue Yuyu pointed at the box with his finger. Chu Yunling picked up the wooden block, couldn't help frowning, and said, "Sure enough...... It's the problem with it. ”
At the same time, Ye Suifeng and Fang Xu accepted the advice of the shopkeeper Meng, personally asked Zhu Lang about Baoyu, asked the shopkeeper Meng about the location of the Zhu family, and the two set off to the Zhu family.
"What is this wooden block for?" Chu Yunling fiddled with the wooden block, except for the dense cracks on it, there was nothing unusual.
"But, it's really cool. Chu Yunling put down the wooden block, rubbed her hands, and said, "Ordinary wooden blocks will not be at this temperature. ”
Xue Yuyu curiously picked up the wooden block, and as soon as her fingers touched the box, she felt the coolness. "It's so cool......" The coolness rushed straight to the bottom of her heart, making Xue Yuyu shiver.
"What's going on, how can it be so cold?" Xue Yuyu held the wooden block in his hand. "Trouble!" I saw Chu Yunling get up, take an axe from outside the door, and said, "It's also disturbing to watch, it's better to split, and just to see what mysteries are inside." ”
"Split?" Xue Yuyu was just about to stop it, when suddenly, she felt a trace of warmth flowing in her palm, extremely subtle, but extremely obvious. "Wait!" Xue Yuyu noticed the strangeness of the wooden block, and seemed to think of something, and said, "I seem to be ...... You know what this is!"
"This should be the Zhu family!" Fang Xu and Ye stopped in front of a closed gate as they walked with the wind.
Fang Xu stepped forward and knocked on the door. After a while, the door slowly opened, and a person wearing Taoist clothes came out, glanced at Fang Xu and Ye Suifeng, and left in a hurry.
Fang Xu looked at the back of the Taoist and was puzzled. "I wonder what you are here?" asked the servant, standing in front of the door. Fang Xu replied respectfully: "I heard that the Zunfu lost a jade plate, and I felt that this matter was strange, so I came to visit today, hoping to know the reason for the matter, so that we can find Baoyu and help Zhu Lang find his belongings." ”
The servant smiled and said, "Aren't you two locals?" Fang Xu nodded and said, "I just came here a few days ago. ”
After Fang Xu finished speaking, an extremely old voice came from inside the door: "San'er, bring them in!"
The servant was silent and brought Fang Xu and Ye Suifeng into the mansion. As soon as he entered the gate, Fang Xu changed and was attracted by the environment of Zhufu: the garden is full of spring, emerald green clusters, flower friends are embellished, and bees chase butterflies.
"Where does this look like a house, this ...... It's clearly a garden!" Fang Xu said in surprise as he looked at the scenery in front of him.
"Hahaha! It seems that you like the old man's clumsy work!"
Looking at Xun Sheng, an old man was on crutches and limped towards Fang Xu. Fang Xu arched his hand and said, "Dare to ask, you are Zhu Lang!" The old man nodded. The servant brought a wooden chair, the old man sat down slowly, patted one of his legs, and said: "When I was young, I was broken by the enemy, and although the wound has healed for a long time, this leg has also become a waste leg, and it is inconvenient to move, so it is not suitable to stand for a long time." So, I can only sit and entertain guests, which is rude!"
Fang Xu smiled: "It's already a blessing for me to be able to see Zhu Lang. "Hahaha!" the old man laughed and said, "Where are you from?" Fang Xu said, "A remote place!"
"Isolated place......" The old man smiled: "Hahaha, passers-by don't ask where they come from." San'er, bring some silver taels. After the servant took the silver taels, the old man stood up with the help of the servants, took the silver taels, handed them to Fang Xu, and said, "These are for you, please go back." Then he slowly left with the help of the servant.
Fang Xu looked at Zhu Lang in surprise and wanted to catch up, but was stopped by the servant. "Two?" the servant smiled and said to Xu and Ye Suifeng, "Please go back!" Fang Xu shook the money bag in his hand vigorously, smiled awkwardly, and left the Zhu Mansion with the silver two.
When the water droplets gathered and fell from between Xue Mayfeather's fingers, Chu Yunling also understood what Xue Mayfeather meant, and then looked at the wooden block, as expected, it was covered with water droplets on all sides. Chu Yunling said: "No wonder this wooden block is so cold. Xue Yuyu smiled: "I thought it was something strange, isn't it just a relatively cool wooden block." ”
Then he put the wooden block back on the table and said, "Miss Chu, I'm going back." "Hmm, are you going to leave now?" Chu Yunling frowned and said, "Okay, if you want to go back, then I shouldn't stay for a long time, I'll send you back." Xue Yuyu smiled slightly: "Don't bother, I remember the way I came." The two got up together, Chu Yunling took Xue Yuyu's hand and said, "Come over often in the future." Xue Yuyu nodded and said, "I'm going to give you money for steamed buns!" Chu Yunling smiled: "It's just a little money, don't take it to heart." ”
The sound from nowhere frightened the two, "Eh, what sound?" Chu Yunling looked around and didn't find anything unusual. "It's it!" Xue Liyu said, looking at the wooden block. I saw that around the wooden block, a puddle of water had accumulated unconsciously, and to Xue Yuyu's surprise, the originally intact wooden block had just fallen a small piece, and the part that was revealed after the fall was pitch black.
"Huh?" Chu Yunling picked up the wooden block, and then several more pieces fell. "I see," Chu Yunling suddenly realized, and said: "This wooden block is not a whole wooden block, it should be a six-sided large wooden block made of many irregular small wooden blocks, and the cracks around it should be the traces of the combination." Chu Yunling said as she gently broke the wooden block with her hand, breaking off a piece effortlessly.
Xue Yuyu nodded, picked up the small wooden blocks scattered on the table, and said, "No wonder they think this wooden block is cold, they should use water to turn ice into ice to fix each small wooden block, so after a long time, the ice melts into water, and the small wooden block naturally falls." ”
"But......" Xue Liyu took a few small wooden blocks, observed them carefully, and said, "How do I feel that this is a large wooden block divided into many small wooden blocks, and then combined into a large wooden block?"
"Hey, Miss Xue, what do you think this is?" Chu Yunling called Xue Liyu to her side, and after Chu Yunling broke off a few small pieces of wood, she found that the wooden block was hollow, and it seemed to contain something.
At this time, Ye Suifeng and Fang Xu were on their way back. "Why is this happening?" Fang Xu was puzzled. Ye Suifeng said: "I think Shopkeeper Meng is hiding a lot of things. Fang Xu said depressedly: "Alas, if you don't tell us anything, you basically can't get this five taels of gold." ”
"It's not impossible. Ye Suifeng stopped and said silently. "Huh?" Fang Xu also stopped and said, "Zhu Lang didn't tell us anything, you didn't want to ask for something from Shopkeeper Meng, did you?" Ye Suifeng didn't speak, raised his hand and pointed in a direction, Fang Xu looked in that direction, and saw an acquaintance: a madman beggar.
Chu Yunling and Xue Yuyu slowly broke off the small wooden blocks around them, and the things inside the wooden blocks also revealed their true faces: a white jade plaque, white and flawless, with auspicious clouds carved on both sides and four corners, but there was no carving in the middle.
Chu Yunling picked up the jade plate, wiped the water on the jade card, and said, "This is a wordless card, how can it be in this wooden block." Xue Yuyu asked, "Have you ever seen this jade plate?" Chu Yunling frowned slightly, thoughtfully, and said to herself: "There should be no ......"
"Hmm, what's wrong with you?" Xue asked Mayfeather. Chu Yunling came back to her senses and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay." Xue Yuyu said: "That...... This jade plaque is left with you, and I will go back too. Then the two got up. Chu Yunling said: "I'll keep you for so long, forgive me!" Xue Yuyu smiled: "Sister said that I laughed, I will come back after a while." ”
Sending Xue Yuyu away, Chu Yunling picked up the jade card again and watched quietly......
The other side. The beggar sat against the wall and slept on the stone road, while Fang Xu and Ye Suifeng stood in front of him. "You say...... Is this person okay?" Fang Xu said with a look of disgust. Ye Suifeng said: "It's okay to ask, but if he sees us and runs away, what should I do?"
Fang Xu said: "Run, just stop it, but if he doesn't tell us, what can we do?" Ye Suifeng said: "Then I can't help it!" and then woke up the beggar.
The beggar first stretched his waist lazily, then squinted his eyes, blocked the sunlight with his hands, looked at Fang Xu and Ye Suifeng, and said, "You guys...... Who is it?" Fang Xu replied, "We've seen it!" The beggar recalled for a moment and said, "Where have you seen it?"
Fang Xu said: "Yao Wei Inn!"
The beggar was startled and cried out, "You are ....... The ......" Ye Suifeng took out a dagger and put it on the beggar's neck, saying, "Come with us and keep you alive." ”
The three of them came to the nearest restaurant, found a remote place to sit down, the guy ran over to greet him, Ye Suifeng said: "A plate of sauce beef, half a catty of wine." Then he said to the beggar, "Tell us about the 'ghost' you talked about." ”
The beggar said, "You ...... Not a local?", Fang Xu said: "Not a local, but if you lie to us nonsense, you should know the consequences." Ye Suifeng took out the dagger, stuck it on the table, and said, "When you come to the wine, you will decide whether you live or die." Shaoqing, the wine and meat were all together, Ye got up with the wind, and said, "The time has come!" Then picked up the dagger, the beggar panicked, and said, "I said, I said!"
"More than 20 years ago, a person stole the glass cup of the Taishou family, left a sentence and name, a few days later, the Taishou was still looking for the glass cup, and another fire broke out in Dingzhou City, people found the sentence and name on a blackened stone slab, and then for more than ten days in a row, it was stolen, burned, and killed, as many as a dozen families, including rich and poor. ”
"He did it all alone?" Fang Xu asked.
The beggar said, "He's a ghost, not a human." ”
Ye Suifeng asked, "How do you know that he is not human?"
The beggar took a sip of wine, lowered his voice, and said, "He will change in every way." ”