Chapter 39: Reeling Town (2)
"It's a big house, and the exterior walls and gates of the mansion are very neat, there are no weeds, and the walls look like they have just been painted, so they should be inhabited. Qi Bing glanced at it roughly in the night, "Mu Ling, do you think the evil is hiding here?"
"Well, there's only one in front of you, it should be this. The three of them hid in the bushes on the side and watched for a while.
"Then what are we waiting for, go knock on the door!" As soon as Xia Zhiqiu took a step, he was pulled back by the collar.
"You went in like this, the spirit sword didn't take off, Kunlun's robe didn't take off, and everyone knew what you were here for when you knocked on the door. ”
"I don't know what it's like inside, we're in the light, they're in the dark, or don't startle the snakes. ”
Qi Bing and Jiang Muling have similar thoughts, they still have to disguise their identities before they investigate, and it is better to be cautious.
The three of them put the spirit sword into the storage bag, and then pulled a set of regular clothes and changed it in the woods, the magic weapons and everything were hidden under the clothes, and the spiritual power was also a little restrained.
It was already a little dark, and Qi Bing thought that no one would watch her change clothes, so she huddled together with the other two to change.
Xia Zhiqiu muttered and complained that it was too dark in the woods to see anything, so that he couldn't even tell the sleeves or the neckline, and the collar buttons were buttoned several wrongly.
Jiang Muling originally went out in regular clothes, so he stood quietly aside.
There was a sound of clothes rubbing on the right hand, and the silhouette of the figure in the dark could not be seen really, but it could also be known that the young man's waist was much more slender than Jiang Muling's own, and it was immediately covered by the wide robe.
Qi Bing seemed to have re-tied his hair, and the soap-scented hair shook lightly a few times, brushing Jiang Muling's sleeves, and he heard his breathing a little heavier.
"Tsk, okay, it's so slow to change clothes!" Xia Zhiqiu finally packed up his clothes, turned around and began to urge.
"Okay, let's go, Xiao Qiuqiu, you go ahead. The three of them went out of the woods and approached the gate, and when they got closer, they saw a plaque hanging on the gate, and looked closely at two large letters.
"The Palace"
Hey, it's the same as my real name. Yu Bing was not afraid, and thought about it with interest.
"What if someone comes out of it and asks us about our identities later?"
"Xiao Qiuqiu, you can act in your true colors, and I'll take care of the rest!" Qi Bing patted his chest full of confidence.
Xia Zhiqiu raised his eyebrows, since this little drama spirit said so, what else was he worried about.
I knocked on the door with confidence, but after a while, there was a little movement on the opposite side of the door, as if it was opening the door, and with a "creak", the heavy ironwood door opened a small crack.
"Which one?" The one who came to open the door was a mother-in-law who looked like a housekeeper, the whites of her eyes were a little cloudy, mixed with the pupils of her eyes, even if she still had a lamp in her hand, Xia Zhiqiu couldn't figure out where her eyes were looking.
The mother-in-law's head was tilted, as if she was looking at Xia Zhiqiu and asking, Xia Zhiqiu was speechless, and Qi Bing took a few steps forward and politely made a gesture.
"Hello, this is Xia Gongzi, the two of us are his personal attendants, we went out to pass by here, I wanted to find an inn to stay, but I don't know why the inns in the town are closed, I have no choice but to disturb ourselves, I want to know if the host can let us rest for one night?"
The cloudy eyes seemed to move, pulling at the dense wrinkles on the mother-in-law's face, and the expression on the face of the old woman was not kind but gloomy for the first time.
"Please wait. The mother-in-law slowly dropped a word, closed the door and went into the house.
"Huh, is this mother-in-law evil or human? Why is she so gloomy?" Xia Zhiqiu muttered.
"I don't know, the evil atmosphere here is a bit strong, and I can't tell if it's human or not. Jiang Muling also frowned rarely.
"I hope we can go in, otherwise we'll have to go over the wall, and my sneaky heart is very empty. "If they are discovered, will they lose face?
After a while, the gate came again.
"Come in, follow the old decay. ”
The three of them hurriedly followed the old woman, passed the front hall, and walked down the long corridor, with a dense garden and a large pond on the right hand.
The outside of the mansion is so dark, but the inside is quite bright, and there will be a lantern every few feet, so the three of them are not surprised by the wave chain that has seen the world on the surface, but they have already looked at this room curiously for a long time with their spare eyes.
After turning several corners, the old woman led the three of them into a small courtyard, which had three wings, one of which was obviously larger.
"The guests will stay here, and the lady said that it is too late to-day, and that you will come tomorrow morning to greet the guests in person, please feel free." ”
The old woman carried the lantern and gradually walked away, the three wings of this courtyard were obviously one person and one room, but they were not here to sleep, and they had entered such a dangerous place, of course they had to stay together.
They all squeezed into the largest chamber, and they didn't dare to touch the tea and snacks on the table, and the three of them sat around to discuss.
"There is a very strange place in the place I passed by just now," Jiang Muling lit the lamp in the house, and put a charm on the door before he spoke.
"There are lanterns along the way, so that the people in the house can see the road at night, only the first courtyard behind the front hall, even the road in the past is dark, and there is no light in the courtyard at all. ”
"Is it possible that no one lives?" Xia Zhiqiu poked the porcelain cup on the table, thinking that the quality of this cup was okay, and this Lin Mansion should be regarded as the richest lord in the town.
"It won't be uninhabited, and if no one lives, why do you light such a strong incense in the house, and you can smell it from such a distance. ”
"What incense?" Xia Zhiqiu didn't smell anything when he passed by.
"Jiang Muling, are you a puppy's nose? You can smell this!" Qi Bing patronized and looked around, but didn't notice any smell.
Jiang Muling coughed lightly, "Maybe...... It's because I couldn't see it before, and it seems that other senses will be more sensitive than ordinary people, so it's not unusual. ”
After setting the goal of the search, the three of them went out with their breath, and ran as lightly as possible towards the courtyard in the dark.
Compared with the one they lived, this yard was obviously much larger, as soon as you entered the courtyard gate, it was a small path covered by rockery pine, and after leaving the trail, it was a corridor on the water, and several lotus leaves stretched out on the water surface, nestled together.
As soon as she entered this courtyard, she felt that the air around her body was more humid than outside, and she also smelled the kind of incense that Jiang Muling said, although this was not the same as the elegant incense she loved, but it didn't smell bad, but when she got closer, she felt that it was indeed a little strong.
After crossing the water corridor, there was a row of houses, and they were going to start with the one on the far left.
Because it was too dark, they couldn't see anything inside from the outside of the paper window, so they had to hold the spirit sword in their hands and push the door with courage.
This small wooden door was not locked, it was opened by Xia Zhiqiu with a gentle push, and it was empty, but it was not an ordinary room, but a weaving wardrobe, with woven steps and tailor-made clothes hanging on both sides, and a loom was placed in the middle, and there was still half a piece of cloth on it that had not yet been woven.
The three of them entered softly, closed the door, and looked at the fabrics and garments in the moonlight.
"Wow, no wonder this family is so rich, the fabric is really good-looking, and the style of the clothes is good, there must be a lot of people to buy it. As she touched the fabric, she felt that the silk threads were different from the ordinary silk threads she had seen, stronger and tougher, but also very soft.
Jiang Muling walked around the room a little uneasily, obviously it was just a weaving workshop, but he was a little uneasy in his heart, and there was a breath of pressure there, so that he couldn't relax.
"Huh?" Xia Zhiqiu tinkered with the loom and found a little puzzle, "Why is there only this half of cloth on this loom and no thread?"
The other two also came around, and sure enough, there was not even a single silk thread at the weaving mouth of the cloth, and the pattern on the cloth was half stuck, and it seemed that the half was a peony flower.
"Perhaps, it's because the silk thread is not enough, that's why this half of the horse is woven?"
The three of them didn't dwell too long on this issue, searched for incense, found that there was nothing else useful here, and left the house after putting all the items back in their place.
The next middle wing room is very large, and at first glance it looks like a bedroom or something.
There may be people in it, although it may not be people. The evil aura in this Lin Mansion is a little strong, and the three of them can't tell the difference between the people and the evil inside.
As soon as she mustered up the courage to open the door, an arm stood in front of her.
"Wait, listen!" Jiang Muling asked the two of them to listen to the surrounding voices, and his expression was a little serious.
Qi Bing listened suspiciously, but there was no sound.
I wanted to ask Jiang Muling what he heard, and there was a dense sound similar to crawling from the bushes in the yard, but there was no wind at this time, so what did it come from?
When he heard the voice, it seemed that many creatures were stepping on the leaves and crawling, and goosebumps were about to rise, "What is this?"
"Let's go, we're going to be discovered!" Jiang Muling stepped on the light sword, pulled the two people who hadn't reacted and flew away, but half a breath landed in the courtyard where they were arranged.
Quickly closed the door, changed the clothes stained with the smell of incense, and smeared some fragrant medicinal juice on the necks of the three people.
After a while, someone knocked on the door, and when Bing opened the door, it was the old woman who had led the way before.
"Why don't a few guests sleep so late and get together?" Seeing the old woman enter the door, he moved his nose and sniffed the smell in the house.
Fortunately, I have been prepared for a long time, Yu Bing sneered secretly, and still looked amiable on the surface, "Our young master went out this time, but the master sent him something to do, and we are discussing Ming'er's itinerary." ”
After speaking, Qi Bing added with concern, "You should rest early when you are old, we young people are not in the way." ”
The old woman snorted lightly with a straight face, as if to say that the ice was flamboyant, and then turned to Xia Zhiqiu and asked, "Why did the guest change his clothes, did something happen?"
The old woman probably thought that Qi Bing was too sleek loach and couldn't find any flaws, so she looked at this stunned man who didn't look like a lie, and stared at Xia Zhiqiu to ask him to answer.
"Heh, master, my own clothes, you can change them if you want, can you control you!" Xia Zhiqiu had a dark face, and he was not in a good mood.
The old woman also seemed to have never received such an impolite guest, and the wrinkles on her face were even more distorted.
Qi Bing hurriedly played a round, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, our young master loves to be clean, and today's piece was a little dirty when I was in a hurry, so I changed my body." ”
"The young master is probably too tired, so his temper is not very good, please forgive me. ”
The old woman didn't smell the smell of incense, so she didn't want to stay here longer, so she didn't ask Jiang Muling questions, and left with a lantern after leaving the sentence "The guests should rest early, don't go outside the courtyard".
After confirming that she was far away, Qi Bing patted Xia Zhiqiu's back heavily, "Okay, Xiao Qiuqiu, I still learned to cooperate, and I sang red and white!"
"What, I just see her annoying! Helping the evil do things, she probably won't be much better. Xia Zhiqiu yawned, "What now?"
"I shouldn't be able to search anymore today, no way, let's talk about it tomorrow. After tossing for a long time, Jiang Muling was also a little tired.
Qi Bing lay on the table and said to himself, "I don't think we made any movement, why did we find out?"
Because they felt that they were in a nest of evil spirits, they did not dare to rest separately from one room to another, so they were all crammed into one bedroom.
Qi Bing was afraid that she would be found abnormal after taking off her outer robe, so she excused herself to study her Lingtong Jade again, so she let the two go to bed and sleep first, secretly climbed onto the recliner, and rested with their clothes.
Well, this recliner is quite comfortable, and the bed can't fit me anyway, so I should make room for my brother. Yu Bing turned over, feeling that it was not much different from sleeping in bed.
Sleeping in a daze, Zhu Bing felt that someone had covered her with something, although the weather has warmed up now, but the night is still a little cold, Zhu Bing instantly felt more comfortable, and slept very sweetly holding the cloth covering her body.
Yang Bing slept soundly, but some people didn't sleep well.
Jiang Muling: My brother was sleeping with my clothes in his arms, and I couldn't sleep for half the night thinking about this picture, what should I do?