He Jiaqing was surprised and asked, "Why did you leave your things at the station?"
Li Banfeng sighed: "This is a long story."
Li Banfeng stood at the door, hesitating whether to go in.
He Jiaqing has already closed the door.
If I don't go in now, it would be equivalent to turning against the other party in person.
If I fall out with him in person, will I still be able to survive?
"Let's talk inside." He Jiaqing brought Li Banfeng into the entrance hall. Li Banfeng had been trudging for a whole day, and his pair of leather shoes were covered in mud. He took two steps in the entrance hall, leaving two muddy footprints on the carpet.
He Jiaqing looked at the carpet, Li Banfeng smiled awkwardly, and quickly took off his shoes.
In fact, his socks were not in much better condition than his shoes. When he was dealing with the black bear, mud and water got into his shoes. After being dried along the way, they have now taken shape.
Li Banfeng put on his slippers and handed the feather duster to He Jiaqing.
He Jiaqing took the duster, not understanding its meaning.
Li Banfeng said: "This is a token of my appreciation."
He Jiaqing held the feather duster, shook his head and sighed: "Banfeng, you are just a frivolous person."
Li Banfeng said with a serious expression: "Bringing gifts to a visitor, isn't that proper?"
He Jiaqing shook his head helplessly and put the feather duster in the corner of the living room. This reminded Li Banfeng of a sentence that Mrs. Wu once said in the welfare home:
People who are particular about their taste never put feather dusters in the living room as they may easily cause trivial troubles.
Now is not the time to be thinking about feather dusters.
He Jiaqing brought Li Banfeng to the living room, and Li Banfeng sat on the sofa.
Although the house was magnificent, it had no electricity. He Jiaqing lit the candlesticks on the coffee table and asked Li Banfeng about his experiences along the way.
"Banfeng, I've been sending you messages, why don't you reply?" He Jiaqing poured a cup of tea for Li Banfeng.
"When I arrived at Kudaikan, my cell phone was out of battery and the train broke down, so I couldn't charge it and couldn't see your message at all." Li Banfeng picked up the teacup and was about to take a sip, but when he put it close to his nose, he felt that the tea had a fishy smell.
"Isn't this the water for raising goldfish?" Li Banfeng frowned.
"Nonsense, what do you mean by water for raising goldfish? This is top-grade tea! If ordinary people come, I won't even give it out!"
"It turns out to be good tea." Li Banfeng picked up the teacup and pretended to drink tea, but the tea did not decrease because he did not really drink it.
He Jiaqing said, "I heard that there was an accident on the train. I was worried that you would have nothing to eat on the train. I have been worried these days."
Li Banfeng smiled and said, "There is food, but what we have seen and heard along the way is too strange. Jiaqing, you still haven't told me what happened? Where is this place? Who is the person lying in the hospital?"
He Jiaqing said with a smile: "There are so many things here that I can't finish talking about them in three days and three nights. I heard that the train arrived yesterday. Why did you come to see me today?"
"I'm not..." Li Banfeng was halfway through his words when he suddenly heard a sound from the entrance.
He Jiaqing also looked towards the entrance, and there were indeed rustling sounds of footsteps there.
The two of them came to the entrance one after the other, looked around for a while, didn't see anyone, but saw a calico cat huddled under the shoe rack, eating from a cat food bowl.
Li Banfeng asked: "I just saw a black cat, why is there a calico cat here?"
He Jiaqing laughed and said, "They are all stray cats from the neighborhood. They originally lived in the old house, but when I moved back, I took over their home.
I couldn't bear it, so I prepared some food for them every day. After all, I'm the only one living in such a big house, so it's nice to have them as company."
Li Banfeng looked at the cat food bowl. There was an unidentifiable paste in it. It was definitely not fish, but there was a fishy smell.
Why does everything smell fishy today?
Is there something wrong with my nose?
Li Banfeng glanced at the entrance again and suddenly noticed the very bright feather duster he brought.
The feather duster was originally placed in a corner of the living room by He Jiaqing, but now it is placed next to the shoe rack.
Following the feather duster to look at the shoe rack, I saw that my pair of leather shoes that were covered in mud had become very clean. Not only was the mud gone, but they were also polished to a shine.
Looking from the shoe rack to the carpet, the carpet is also very clean and spotless.
The two muddy footprints left when I entered the door also disappeared.
"Banfeng, what are you daydreaming about?"
Li Banfeng smiled and said, "I'm looking at the cat."
"Why are you looking at it? You must be hungry too!" He Jiaqing smiled, "Sit down first, I'll make you a bowl of meat soup."
Li Banfeng returned to the sofa, picked up the teacup and poured the tea on the carpet.
He wanted to see what would happen to the carpet.
In less than two minutes, the tea on the carpet dried without leaving any trace.
He Jiaqing was busy in the kitchen. A white cat was lying under the cupboard, sleeping soundly.
On the chopping block was a skinned animal, about a foot long.
He Jiaqing cut a few slices of meat from the animal and put them into the pot.
The meat was cut very thinly, and He Jiaqing was a little reluctant to part with it.
But after hesitating for a moment, He Jiaqing smiled.
He muttered to himself silently:
You don't need to eat this tomorrow.
Tomorrow I won't have to stay here anymore.
He Jiaqing laughed more and more happily. He peeled off most of the cat meat on the chopping board and put it into the pot.
"Banfeng, drink the soup." He Jiaqing placed the bowl of soup in front of Li Banfeng.
Li Banfeng looked at the broth and said with a smile, "It's too hot, let's cool it down first."
He Jiaqing saw that the teacup was empty and asked, "Are you really thirsty? Should I make you another cup?"
Li Banfeng shook his head: "No, I'm not used to drinking such good tea."
After a few small talk, He Jiaqing got down to business: "Why did you leave your things at the station?"
Li Banfeng smiled bitterly and said, "I have to ask you, what on earth was that thing? It caused someone to follow me all the way! If I hadn't left it at the station, I would never have reached your house!"
He Jiaqing was stunned. "You've arrived at Yaowanggou, and someone is following you?"
"Yes, right after I left the train station, two people came and said they wanted to kill me. I was so scared that I ran around all the way. Finally, I found a rickshaw driver and was able to escape. Guess how much the driver charged me?"
He Jiaqing thought for a moment and said, "That depends on whether it has a steam-powered vehicle."
"You also know about the steamboat!" Li Banfeng said in surprise, "He said his car has a steamboat, and it costs 500 yuan to ride it once."
He Jiaqing nodded and said, "Five hundred is not expensive. Those who have a steamboat are not ordinary people. This price is quite appropriate."
"Is this price suitable?" Li Banfeng looked distressed. "You don't know how uncomfortable I felt when I paid for it."
"Don't worry, how could I let you suffer a loss? I've given you the money." He Jiaqing took out three thousand yuan on the spot and stuffed it into Li Banfeng's hand.
Li Banfeng didn't hesitate and put it directly into his wallet.
"Jiaqing, if you are in a hurry, let's go to the station now and get your things back." Li Banfeng wanted to leave the house as soon as possible.
"No need, let's talk about it tomorrow morning, Banfeng, drink your soup!" He Jiaqing didn't seem to be in a hurry.
Li Banfeng picked up the soup and smelled a pungent fishy smell again.
The tabby cat finished its cat food, walked to the living room window, and yawned.
Li Banfeng put down the soup bowl and yawned.
The calico cat fell asleep under the window. Li Banfeng rubbed his eyes and seemed to be about to fall asleep.
"Banfeng, are you sleepy?"
"Yes, a little bit..." Li Banfeng rubbed his eyes.
He Jiaqing stood up and said, "I've cleaned up the room for you, come upstairs with me."
Li Banfeng followed He Jiaqing upstairs. The second room on the left of the stairs was Li Banfeng's bedroom.
The bedroom was spacious with the windows closed. Vines hanging from the roof swayed back and forth in front of the window in the night breeze.
"The room is a bit stuffy, can you open the window?" Li Banfeng asked casually.
"The window hinges are rusted and can't be opened. If you feel hot, take a shower. There's a bathroom on the second floor, at the end of the corridor."
"I don't want to take a shower anymore. I'm sleepy." Li Banfeng didn't even take off his clothes and jumped into the big bed.
The width of this bed is more than two meters. Li Banfeng has never slept in such a big bed since he came into the world.
He Jiaqing frowned and said, "I prepared pajamas for you, but this outfit of yours..."
Li Banfeng's clothes were covered in mud. Seeing that He Jiaqing was unhappy, he quickly took off his clothes and changed into pajamas.
He Jiaqing took the clothes and said, "I'll help you wash them."
"How embarrassing."
"Why should we argue with each other as brothers?" He Jiaqing picked up Li Banfeng's clothes.
Oops, he took all my clothes.
Fortunately, the key was not in my clothes.
"Jiaqing, so many things have happened, but you haven't explained them clearly to me yet?" Li Banfeng yawned.
"Have a good sleep first, and I'll tell you slowly tomorrow."
Li Banfeng was lying on the bed, squinting at He Jiaqing, and suddenly asked, "Teacher Song has a birthmark on her peach, have you seen it?"
He Jiaqing smiled and said, "Of course I have seen it. Do you want to see it?"
Li Banfeng smiled and said, "I want to see it, but I'm afraid Teacher Song won't let me."
"You pervert!" He Jiaqing took Li Banfeng's dirty clothes, left the bedroom, closed the door, and took out Li Banfeng's wallet from his pocket.
The wallet contained Li Banfeng's ID. With his ID, I could take the things he had deposited at the train station.
After going downstairs, He Jiaqing went to the kitchen and poured the broth that Li Banfeng had not eaten into the泔水桶.
This soup cannot be drunk because it contains seasonings.
He grabbed the remains of the cat from the chopping block and started chewing the raw meat directly on the bones, blood dripping from the corners of his mouth.
Never have to eat this again.
Wait till tomorrow morning and you won't have to eat this anymore.
Just now, Li Banfeng suddenly mentioned the birthmark, which almost stumped him.
This filthy fellow would have been exposed if I hadn’t reacted quickly.
In fact, he had been exposed long ago, but he hadn't realized it yet.
Li Banfeng saw Teacher Song’s birthmark, and He Jiaqing knew about this.
This is the final verification made by Li Banfeng.
From the moment he entered the door, Li Banfeng saw the flaw.
The person living in the house was not He Jiaqing, and he couldn't even recognize Li Banfeng's backpack.
That was the backpack that He Jiaqing gave to Li Banfeng, bought at a street stall.
Who is he?
Where is the real He Jiaqing?
Now is not the time to think about these things. What we should think about now is whether we can get out alive!
Li Banfeng opened his eyes and looked at the candlestick on the table.
He has no electricity at home, what does he use to charge his phone?
My phone is out of battery, how could he send me a message?
Li Banfeng sat up and looked at the slippers on the ground.
The dirty socks had left a lot of mud on the slippers, but now all the mud is gone.
He recalled what Ma Wu had said:
The house spirit loves cleanliness, and when it encounters something dirty, it will find a way to clean it up.
There is a house spirit in this house.
He remembered the peddler's words again:
If the house spirit is abandoned, it will become a vengeful spirit. It will lure others to live in the house. As long as they stay in the house for one night, they will become the prisoner of the house spirit.
Unless someone comes to replace the imprisoned person, the spirit of the house will imprison that person until death.
There is another passage:
Pei Xiu likes to hook up on his phone..."
This person is a peeping cultivator.
He knew the situation around me and he could keep sending me messages because he was a peeping cultivator and he used his peeping magic to track my phone. This was what the peddler called a "super hearing".
He lied to me and tricked me all the way to Prostate. He was trapped by the house spirit and became its prisoner. He tricked me here just to be his substitute!
Li Banfeng got down from the bed, stretched his hand toward the window, and moved it carefully a few times.
The window won't open.
Li Banfeng has already started to learn home cultivation and travel cultivation, and his strength is much greater than that of ordinary people, but he can clearly sense that he cannot open this window because there is the power of the house spirit on the window.
If I can’t go out through the window, then go out through the door?
The man pretending to be He Jiaqing will not let me go, even if it costs his life.
Can I beat him?
It’s hard to say. I probably can’t beat him, but he probably doesn’t have the confidence that he can defeat me either.
Although he is a dark power user and his cultivation is definitely higher than mine, he is likely to be subject to some restrictions under the control of the house spirit. Otherwise, he could have tied me up, thrown me in the house, and waited until dawn.
But even if I can beat him, can I definitely get out?
I can't open the window, and I probably can't open the door either.
When the time comes, this fake He Jiaqing and the house spirit will plot against me together, and I won't be able to escape.
While thinking, Li Banfeng heard a rustling sound.
Walking out of the bedroom, Li Banfeng found that the sound came from the bathroom.
This was the sound of a cat's footsteps, and Li Banfeng heard it.
There is a way.
Li Banfeng walked to the bathroom door, revealing a barely perceptible smile, and suddenly saw He Jiaqing appear beside him.
"Ban Feng, you didn't sleep?"
Li Banfeng smiled and said, "I fell asleep and woke up because I was holding it in. I need to go to the bathroom. Do you want to go with me?"
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