Chapter 41: Reeling Town (4)
"You already know what the evil is?" Xia Zhiqiu was completely clueless, and he didn't know why Qi Bing could find out what was going on by asking an ordinary woman, "Then tell me quickly!"
"Xiao Qiuqiu, you use your spiritual power to burn this clothes. Qi Bing stuffed the clothes he got from Mrs. Lin into Xia Zhiqiu's hands.
Although Xia Zhiqiu didn't know what she was going to do, she still did it, and then she was taken aback.
"What kind of material is this garment, and it can actually resist some of the spiritual power of my fire spirit root?!"
The peony-patterned clothes slowly burned into charred ash in the flames, and the bright red peony seemed to be unwilling to be destroyed, struggling to be reborn from the fire, but under the suppression of Xia Zhiqiu's spiritual power, it finally turned into a wisp of green smoke.
"Bah, this smells so bad!" Xia Zhiqiu pinched his nose and took a few steps back, looking uncomfortable that he wanted to vomit but couldn't.
"This is not an ordinary garment made of silk thread, it is estimated that it is made by the evil cult. Qi Bing also frowned, pulling Jiang Muling away from the smell.
"Could it be that the evil is a silkworm spirit?" Xia Zhiqiu couldn't help but think of the weak and informant Mrs. Lin, who was originally a chubby silkworm baby, sitting in front of the loom and weaving while spinning silk.
When you think about it, you don't have any lethal power.
"Hmm...... Although it is true that silkworms cannot see too strong light, they will not make the house dark like that. Qi Bing couldn't imagine the scene of them fighting with a silkworm baby, "And the most important thing is the smoke!"
"The silkworm farmers in the town said that silkworms don't like strong and pungent smells, and those silkworm workshops are built in ventilated places, and the smell of smoke on Mrs. Lin's body is so strong, it is definitely not the evil of silkworms. ”
"Since it's not a silkworm, what could it be?" Xia Zhiqiu stepped on the ashes of his clothes with the tips of his shoes, trying to find some clues inside.
Yu Bing spread out his hand, "What else can spin silk, think about it carefully!"
Spit silk......
Xia Zhiqiu's eyes widened suddenly, "It won't be ......"
"Spiders. Jiang Muling's face was a little solemn, as if he was thinking about how to deal with the spider spirit in the Lin Mansion.
"No wonder this thread is not the same as a cocoon. Xia Zhiqiu thought that he was still holding that dress before, and he was uncomfortable.
"And those young men and women who have disappeared must have been dressed in clothes made by Madame Lin, just like a spider will wrap the prey stuck to its web in spider silk and keep it for next time. ”
"Those who bought Mrs. Lin's clothes are all her reserve food!"
"These silk threads and Mrs. Lin herself will also have a sense, someone will receive a message if they touch it, we should have been found last night because we touched the fabric and clothes in Mrs. Lin's workshop. Jiang Muling then added.
"Then what are you waiting for, just go up and cut her down!" Xia Zhiqiu was already eager to try, he was not afraid of spider webs or anything, just burn the fire together.
"Don't worry, those subordinates of the Lin Mansion, except for the housekeeper's mother, should be in the know, and the rest of them may not know the truth. Jiang Muling recalled the servants he met in the Lin Mansion, "If you act rashly, they will definitely be used as a bargaining chip to threaten us." ”
"It's uncertain whether the missing people are still alive, and it's not a matter of drawing a sword to protect them. Bing also agreed with Jiang Muling's view.
Xia Zhiqiu felt disgusted to death, these two people were too calm every time, right? He was alone, like a second fool who couldn't move his brain.
Qi Bing and Jiang Muling were both thinking about a way, Xia Zhiqiu looked at this person, and when he looked at that person, he suddenly felt that his status among the three was so low, he couldn't fight a fight, and he didn't like to use his brains like these two.
Is his only specialty a little money?
Xia Zhiqiu drooped his head, crossed his arms and pondered, "Why don't we send someone to bring Mrs. Lin here first, and the remaining two go to search the yard?"
"It's not going to work, we've already said goodbye, what's the reason to go in?" Jiang Muling sighed, feeling in his heart that the person who lured the evil away was too dangerous.
"Wait, I think so. Bing rolled his eyes, nodded firmly, and gestured with his finger on the wall of the alley, "I have a way." ”
Outside the alley, there are many pedestrians passing by, although people have been missing one after another recently, but the life that should be lived is still to be lived, and the calm and peaceful town does not look like a hideout place at all.
It's like putting on a beautiful silk garment, and people don't care whether that person's heart is good or evil, beautiful or ugly.
......
"Why did the guest come back again?" the mother-in-law opened the door of the mansion and saw the familiar smiling face of Qi Bing, surprised and a little irritated at the same time.
has lived for almost a lifetime, she has seen so many people, although this doll is still small, it looks kind, but it is actually a bad one, others can't see through the thoughts under that smiling face, but those peach blossom eyes seem to be able to see through your heart.
This mother-in-law really doesn't want to have anything to do with Qi Bing anymore, in case he discovers the secret of this house, she and Mrs. will be bad.
"I'm very sorry, but I do have something to ask below," the clothes given by Mrs. Lin hung on Yu Bing's forearm, "We see that the material and style of this dress are really good-looking, so Mr. Xia sent me back to ask if we can provide a source of goods, and we are willing to buy it at a high price." ”
"Madame has limited energy and cannot afford such a large order, so I am afraid that she will disappoint the guests. The housekeeper's mother-in-law said that she was going to close the door of the house.
"Don't worry," Qi Bing looked very calm, and said unhurriedly, "There are a lot of rich young masters and young ladies in our area, young and vigorous, and they will definitely come to ask Xia Gongzi about the origin of this dress at that time." ”
"Those people are not as easy to talk as we are, and they are used to being arrogant and domineering, which will definitely cause trouble to the government. ”
"But if the government can provide a source of goods, we will not urge Mrs. Lin to make clothes, and the nominal seller is us and not your house. ”
"We only sell to those young masters and young ladies who have a good relationship with the son, and we will never make the lady tired, what do you say?"
In her words, she threatened and made overtures, and she also hinted that she would find young men and women according to the evil requirements, and if she didn't agree, she would publicize that a group of people would come here to disturb her, and the housekeeper's wife would definitely agree to her request for fear that their secrets would be exposed.
Sure enough, the housekeeper's wife hesitated, went in to report, and then took the ice into the house.
"Hey, Mu Ling, Bing is in, let's act!" Xia Zhiqiu tugged at the sleeves of the person next to him, and found that Jiang Muling was still staring at the gate of the Lin Mansion.
"Mu Ling, what are you looking at? ”
Jiang Muling retracted his gaze and moved to the edge of the mansion wall with Xia Zhiqiu, "I think it's too dangerous to let Qi Bing go alone to spread the evil spirits. ”
"The two of us also said before that we would let the two of us go, didn't that kid disagree, and said that we wouldn't chat, and we wanted to make the plan yellow. Xia Zhiqiu is also quite self-aware, and thinks that what Qi Bing said is quite right.
If he was allowed to pass, he would probably only be embarrassed to the point of smirking, not to mention Jiang Muling, who would probably just stand there staring at the evil spirit, thinking about when to cut it down.
This kind of work is more suitable only for the ice.
Xia Zhiqiu was quite puzzled, wasn't he similar to what he had been taught since he was a child? He was still the son of a family of immortal cultivators, and he didn't have any trouble with Qi Bing.
The two of them gently climbed over the walls of the mansion, dodged the servants walking in the corridor, and headed straight for the compound.
......
Mrs. Lin was still sitting on the couch with the same appearance, smiling slightly at the corner of her mouth, without a trace of impatience and perfunctory about Bing's visit.
"The concubine was just thinking about whether Gongzi was still going well on your way, so I saw it again, I heard Gongzi say, do you want to cooperate with my workshop?" Mrs. Lin still had an unfinished white cloth in her hand, and Qi Bing saw that it was a mandarin duck embroidered on it.
Qi Bing snorted and asked, "Madame, is this cloth also going to be used in ready-to-wear clothes?"
"Ah, is this piece?" Mrs. Lin stroked the delicate and tight stitches on the white cloth, "I can't sell such a thing, it's just to have some fun on my own." ”
"What's the matter, I've also seen a lot of embroidered mandarin ducks, and Madame's is the second best-looking. ”
Mrs. Lin seemed to be the first time to see such a "second good-looking" person, so she smiled and asked, "Who embroidered the first good-looking?"
Qi Bing proudly lowered his chin slightly, "Naturally, my mother embroidered it for my father!"
Mrs. Lin's hand stroking the silk threads paused, and was seen by Lu Bing at a glance.
Qi Bing bit his lower lip and continued, "My father is stingy, I see that the mandarin duck is beautifully embroidered, I went to him to ask for it, but he didn't give it to me, saying that it was embroidered for him by his daughter-in-law, I want it, I have to find a daughter-in-law first!"
After speaking, Qi Bing laughed with Mrs. Lin.
"Childe's parents...... The relationship is really harmonious, and the concubine body will not work......" Mrs. Lin said, as if she was unintentionally touching her lower abdomen.
"Mrs. supports a mansion alone, which also makes His Majesty admire, and when Master Lin is alive, he must also have a deep relationship with Mrs. and his wife. Qi Bing felt that Mrs. Lin's grief and haggard reaction was not like acting, if even her own drama spirit felt that it was true, then this spider spirit lady was very likely to be true love for Master Lin.
She was very strange when she heard the proprietress talk about Mrs. Lin before, and the proprietress said that Mrs. Lin married into the Lin Mansion and was widowed, indicating that the spider spirit not only took on a human form, but also married a human man.
Qi Bing had only heard the story of a monster turning into a beautiful woman and marrying a human in a script, and there were many such folk tales, and she also listened to them with relish when she was a child.
But when I arrived in Kunlun, I realized that this kind of thing was pitiful, and there were basically no good results, so at first she suspected that this Mrs. Lin had eaten her human husband by herself, but now it seems that it should not be.
Also, according to the news, Mrs. Lin started selling her handmade spider silk clothes a long time ago, before Master Lin died, but it was a matter of the past few months that people in the town disappeared.
It means that there must be something pushing her to use these "reserves".
Qi Bing comforted Mrs. Lin and talked to her about the specific supply plan, although it was all fake, but Ling Bing flickered more than the pearl, and Mrs. Lin nodded again and again.
"By the way, madam, I would like to ask, which variety of silk thread are you?" asked as if casually.
Even if you can't see your face, you can know that the expression under the veil must be complicated and changing, and you don't know how to speak.
Qi Bing was speechless in her heart, she liked to tease people when she was relaxed, and she usually teased Xiao Qiuqiu and her senior brothers.
Qi Bing felt that her behavior was like a little insect flying in front of a spider's web.
Mrs. Lin also immediately calmed down, and took out her unanimous words to the outside world: "If the concubine tells you, can it still be regarded as an exclusive customization of the concubine? ”
Yu Bing hehe, "That's what I said, I overstepped it." ”
After chatting about business, Qi Bing was afraid that the two friends would not have enough time, so he implemented the task spirit of "delaying and procrastinating", chatting about business and talking about life.
Qi Bing felt that she was probably the first monk who knew that the other party was an evil person, and could still sit together calmly and chat well, if she didn't dare to eat what was here, she really wanted to come and have a cup of tea.
"Hehe, it's really fun to chat with Childe, but it's getting late, doesn't Childe still want to make peace with Childe Xia?" Mrs. Lin smiled so hard that her face froze, she didn't see that this little boy was so good at talking, she held back for a long time before she saw that she had said such a sentence.
"Yes," Qi Bing estimated that it should be about the same, so he wanted to withdraw first, and then find a way to sneak into the courtyard with Jiang Muling and the others. "Then I will retire first, and I will come to visit with the deposit in the next day. ”
When he walked out of the door, Bing's seemingly relaxed body collapsed slightly.
There was a living evil sitting there in front of her, and Rao is Bing would be nervous, but fortunately, her task was completed.
This sense of security from the danger zone did not last long, and after closing the door, I walked a few steps before the sound of a wooden door being slammed open.
Qi Bing turned around and saw Mrs. Lin rushing towards her, and was frightened and stunned for a moment.
Qi Bing was frightened not only because of the speed at which Mrs. Lin, who seemed to be sickly and weak, was moving fast, but also because the expression on her face was full of fierceness and hideousness.
also because Mrs. Lin's veil was lifted, revealing four pairs of eyes that widened on her face, and the bottom pair was already in the middle of her cheeks, and her eyeballs protruded suddenly, which made her look creepy.
The body that had been covered by the quilt was also exposed, and under Mrs. Lin's slender arms, there were actually three pairs of slender limbs similar to spider legs, crawling quickly on the ground!
Yu Bing's heart suddenly rose again, and he almost fainted.