Chapter 14: The Thief
On the way, the two chatted without saying a word, but in fact, they each had ghosts.
Xiang wondered if he had been discovered, and if this guy was testing himself!
What Shi Bufan was thinking about was what Xiangxin was looking for, why was he sneaky!
Also, how true is Xiangxin's life experience and how fake is it?
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Front Mountain.
Shi Bufan quietly sent Xiangxin back to the room, and when he returned to the house, he sat by the window, secretly paying attention to Xiangxin's movements.
If Xiangxin slipped out again, he would be the first to notice it.
But until dawn, Xiangxin was unmoved, as if she knew that Shi Bufan was watching her.
After dawn, Xiangxin got up as usual, freshened up, looked in the mirror for a while, braided her hair for a while, and smiled at the corners of her mouth, like an innocent little girl.
Shi Bufan flew down the mountain god peak, beat five fat hares in the mountains, and slipped back.
Xiangxin raised a fire on the mountain, sharpened the stone chips and knives to be used, and was not busy.
The two are like a couple of hunters who "you hunt and I cook".
As soon as Shi Bufan returned, Xiangxin immediately took over the rabbit and began to peel and disembowel, skillfully as if he had done it thousands of times, plus Shi Bufan's help, the five rabbits were quickly made.
During this period, the two never mentioned last night's incident.
"Brother Shi, this one is peeled, you put it on the stone chip first. Xiangxin handed the rabbit to Shi Bufan, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and smiled sweetly.
"Good!"
Shi Bufan did so, his eyes glancing at Xiangxin from time to time.
He found that this guy was so well disguised, and he was like two people last night, and even when Shi Bufan deliberately mentioned last night, Xiangxin was confused, as if he didn't know anything.
All five rabbits were slaughtered, placed on stone chips one by one, and then roasted on the fire one by one.
The sound of sneering and pulling is as pleasant as the sound of a piano.
The aroma of the meat is also gradually getting stronger.
Smelling the smell, the old fool who was meditating instantly moved out of the room, faster than lightning, "There is barbecue again, it is fragrant!"
Speaking a word and saliva, there is no fairy style.
Soon, the two roasted rabbits were completed, and the thick aroma permeated the entire mountain, and even the beasts under the mountain were hungry and screamed.
Shi Bufan and the old fool couldn't bear it anymore, they each hugged a rabbit and gnawed it, eating it so that their hands and mouths were full of meat stains, their clothes were shiny, and they didn't look like they were eating.
Xiangxin didn't have time to rest, so he hurriedly roasted two more, and when the master and apprentice finished eating, the new one was just baked.
The two of them each ate two big fat rabbits and burped contentedly.
Fairy days, but that's it!
The last roast rabbit, Xiangxin is reserved for herself, her eating appearance is completely different from that of the master and apprentice, first use a knife to cut the rabbit meat into slices, and then carefully hand it into her mouth, chewing slowly.
If it is said that the master and apprentice are the wind and the clouds, the fragrant heart is the breeze blowing the willows.
While Xiangxin was enjoying the deliciousness, Shi Bufan pulled the old fool aside and whispered: "Old fool, don't you find that Xiangxin is a little weird?"
The old fool patted his belly, absent-mindedly, "What's the strange?"
Shi Bufan lowered his voice, "I saw him sneaking to the back mountain last night, looking for something!"
"Oh?" the old fool's narrowed eyes opened.
"He's fast, he's weird, not like a mortal. Shi Bufan told all the events of last night.
After listening, the old fool nodded, "It's really weird." ”
Having said that, the old fool didn't have the slightest worry, and said lightly: "Don't startle the snake before the matter is clarified, just stare at her first." ”
He has been an earth immortal for thousands of years, he has never seen any demons and monsters, he has never experienced any winds and waves, even if Xiangxin really has conspiracies and tricks, he doesn't care about it.
This is the confidence of the gods!
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Night.
Shi Bufan had no intention of meditating and practicing, and kept leaning against the window, secretly monitoring the movements next door.
The wind rises.
Scraping in the mountains like the roar of a beast.
The shadow of the rickety tree danced all night.
Shi Bufan also listened to the rumors of the night and gained nothing, because Xiangxin didn't show up at all.
Noon.
Shi Bufan was about to go out hunting, and the old fool suddenly called him to the library palace.
The palace is square, with a variety of books on display, all of which have been collected by the old fool for thousands of years.
In addition to the scrolls, of course, there are some treasures, such as magic weapons.
"Old fool, what's the matter?" asked Shi Bufan as he entered the door.
The old fool didn't answer, and reached out to the bookshelf and pointed, "Look!"
Shi Bufan glanced at it roughly, didn't see anything unusual, and was about to ask, when he suddenly found a few vague small footprints on the ground next to the bookshelf.
"Footprints?"
The old man nodded a little and looked solemn, "Someone came last night!"
Shi Bufan was slightly startled.
"The books on the shelves and the artifacts have also been touched and have not been put back in their places. "The old fool is too familiar with his own things, and everything is placed properly.
But this morning, when I came to read it, I found that many books were messed up.
"What did you lose?" Shi Bufan asked nervously.
The old fool shook his head, "Nothing has been lost, it seems that the thief didn't find what he wanted to steal, hehe." ”
"Old fool, you are a mountain god, and nothing that happens in Kunlun Mountain can be hidden from your eyes," Shi Bufan pondered, "You can use the art of insight to see what happened last night!"
The old fool waved his hand and smiled, "Why spend mana, this thief can guess it!"
Shi Bufan understood, and at the same time said to the old fool: "Xiangxin!"
Who else but her!
Shi Bufan had been staring at Xiangxin last night, but he didn't expect that people had other means, sneaking back and forth under Shi Bufan's nose, and he didn't even realize it.
"Master, do you want to take him down now?" Shi Bufan was a little annoyed.
The old fool stopped: "If you catch a thief, you have to catch the stolen goods, let's wait for the rabbit tonight, so that she can show her original form!"
As he spoke, he leaned into Shi Bufan's ear and whispered for a while.
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Midday.
Xiangxin, as usual, did not show any abnormalities today, and happily roasted a few rabbit meat for the master and apprentice.
She was very attentive and specially picked some wild fruits today, saying that she would eat them with rabbit meat, which would taste more delicious.
"Brother Xiangxin, did you stay in the house last night?" Shi Bufan asked while pretending to be careless while eating.
Xiangxin was stunned, and didn't know why Shi Bufan asked, "Brother Shi, I slept in the house, and I slept until dawn." ”
"Haven't been out?"
"No!" Xiang Xin nodded, "What's wrong?"
Shi Bufan pointed at the old fool, "There were thieves in Master's library and a few things were lost. ”
Xiangxin opened her mouth wide, revealing a look of surprise, "God...... Will the gods be stolen too......"
Suddenly, she realized that she was suspected, and covered her mouth suddenly, nervous, and sobbed: "Grandpa Mountain God, Brother Shi, I really slept last night, I didn't know anything, and I won't steal your things......"
Xiangxin felt greatly wronged, and rolled tears in her eyes.
The old fool smiled and said, "Child, we didn't suspect you, it should be that I remembered wrongly, I thought I had been robbed by what I lost, anyway, I have always had a bad memory, come, eat!"
"Thank you, Grandpa Mountain God!" Xiangxin wiped away her tears, but her aggrieved face couldn't be happy.