Chapter 34
Wang Sheng originally wanted to move to another room, but when he asked the waiter, he was told that all the other rooms were full. He didn't dare to go out and find another inn by himself, so he had no choice but to stay.
On the other side, Shi Ye sat there with a headache. Chang Sun Yi occupied the entire bed, messing up the bedding and everything, and refused to sleep.
Because Changsun Yi was young, cute, and particularly likable, she was spoiled and became a little tough on Yuntai Mountain.
He felt that he could not spoil Chang Sun Yi like this. After all, there was still such a long way to go, and he could not just give in to him in everything.
"Chang Sun Yi, lie down and go to sleep."
Chang Sunyi shook his head: "But I can't sleep, little uncle. How about you tell me a story? In the mountains, it was my senior sister who told me stories to put me to sleep."
Shi Ye had grown up alone, so how could he tell him a bedtime story? He said seriously, "You're already so old, go to bed, or I'll send you away tomorrow."
As expected, this trick worked. Chang Sun Yi immediately lay down obediently on the inside, placed the peach wood sword on his chest, closed his eyes and said, "Little Master, I'm already asleep, don't talk anymore."
Shi Ye breathed a sigh of relief and went to sleep.
As he covered Chang Sun Yi with the quilt, he looked at the peach wood sword with some surprise, then took it away. He leaned against the headboard. The small sword had been polished very smoothly by the maker. It was small, but it was useful for amusing children.
"Do you want it too?"
"What?" A voice suddenly came from the side, startling Shi Ye.
"But this one is mine."
Tokiya: "...I won't steal from you."
Chang Sun Yi propped up his head and said, "If Junior Master wants it, why don't you ask Uncle Wang to make another one?" He looked at his Junior Master and it didn't look like he wouldn't fight for things, but he also liked this fake sword very much. It looked better than the ones made by others. Even if Junior Master wanted it, he wouldn't give it to him.
Shi Ye placed the sword next to Chang Sun Yi's pillow and said, "I have one now."
"What! I want to see it too!"
"Go to bed, it's late." Shi Ye felt a little regretful for telling him this.
"No, no, I won't steal yours. Just let me have a look, and I'll go to sleep after I'm done."
Shi was so annoyed by him that he had no choice but to go down and take out the puppet to show him. As soon as Chang Sun Yi saw it, he couldn't let it go and said, "This is what Junior Master looks like. I recognize it."
"Yeah." Tokiya responded casually and took the puppet over. "Go to sleep. Don't make me say it again."
Chang Sun Yi pouted and fell asleep with her head covered.
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At the dinner table, Wang Sheng looked at the magnificent decoration of the restaurant and swallowed his saliva.
He looked at Shi Ye and said, "Order, order whatever you want."
Shi Ye raised an eyebrow and looked at the waiter: "Is there anything you can cook?"
The waiter raised his brush and said professionally, "We can make any dish in our restaurant. As long as the customer can think of it, there is nothing we can't do."
Very good. Shi Ye thought about it and said, "It's not difficult. It's just Amber Honey Roasted Duck, Cinnamon Stuffed Pigeon, Brocade Angelfish, Zen Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, Yaochi Crab Roe, First-Class Swallow, Jade Curd, and finally Hehuan Soup. Thank you."
Chang Sun Yi raised his hand: "And me! Me! I want to eat the jujube kernel cake!"
The waiter grinned from ear to ear, quickly memorizing the names of the dishes with his pen, then threw his handkerchief over his shoulder. "Alright, my three guests, please wait a moment. I'll go get you some tea."
Wang Sheng became anxious and said quickly, "No, there are only three of us. Can we finish all this?" He had never even heard of these dishes. They sounded like what the nobles in the palace eat, so he knew they would be very expensive.
Shi Ye said calmly, "Why, someone said yesterday that he would treat me to a full banquet. Besides, I usually only eat these and can't eat anything else."
"I'm just afraid of wasting it, haha..."
At this point, Wang Sheng could only gulp down the served dishes with tears in his eyes. In order to make a profit, he ended up lying there with his belly bulging.
Shi Ye wiped his mouth elegantly, only eating until he was 70% full.
The waiter saw the opportunity and came up and said, "Are you satisfied with the food? Here are eighteen taels of silver in total. This..."
He subconsciously looked at Shi Ye, after all, Shi Ye was the only one here who looked like he could afford it. But Shi Ye didn't look at him either. Instead, the Taoist priest opposite, who looked extremely poor, pulled out a purse from deep in his pocket, counted for a long time, and then reluctantly gave the money.
After the waiter took the money, he turned around with a strange expression on his face. What kind of people are these? Those who have money don’t pay, but those who don’t have money pay.
Chang Sun Yi's mouth was full of oil. He even grabbed a chicken drumstick and smacked it, saying, "Little Master, can we still eat these tomorrow?"
Shi Ye: "No more. I will leave tomorrow to go to Pingyang to find your uncle."
Pingyang is in the northwest, a little closer to Yuntaishan. Shi Ye’s senior brother Xiao Wen is there. He can hand over the wronged souls captured during this period to Xiao Wen, and leave Chang Sun Yi there at the same time.
Hearing that they were leaving tomorrow, Wang Sheng sat up suddenly and asked, "Leaving tomorrow?"
Shi Ye glanced at him and said, "Why, do you want to stay in Tianzihao for a few more days?"
"No, no."
He was leaving tomorrow, so he had to tell A Yue about it. Otherwise, with A Yue's worrying nature like his aunt, he would probably be extremely anxious if he couldn't find him.
After Wang Sheng made up his mind, he returned to the inn and pretended to be full and unable to walk, saying he wanted to rest. When no one could see him, he quietly opened the door and slipped out.
In the next room, Shi Ye stood in front of the window, looking at the back of that figure, standing with his hands behind his back, his expression was unreadable.
He'd only had a brief encounter with the man from yesterday, and he knew he was far more cunning than he appeared. The world was vast, seemingly thriving and operating according to principles, but in reality, it was like the underworld, filled with invisible ghosts.
But as long as you don't go against him, he will pretend not to see it.
A small piece of yellow thing emerged from Wang Sheng's collar. It came out to take a breath and then hid again, fearing that it would be discovered.
Wang Sheng knew nothing about it. He walked to the stall selling puppets where he had been yesterday, but didn't find Xia Yue. He had left in a hurry yesterday and said they would talk later, but he didn't even ask about his address.
However, he remembered that Xia Yue had said that he was invited to Zhong County to attend a wedding, so Wang Sheng asked around to see if any family had gotten married recently, but no one knew.
He was the only one who had information, so he went over and asked the servant at the door, but he didn't know about Xia Yue either.
Wang Sheng thought that Xia Yue's good friend was somewhere outside the city and they just happened to meet in the city, so he returned to the inn with regret.
Before they left, Cui Ziyao came to see them off.
He looked at them reluctantly and said, "Brother Shi, Brother Wang, you must come here to see me often. I will miss you." After that, the servants brought an exquisite small box to them.
Wang Sheng opened it and saw that it was full of glittering gold and other expensive things. He said with a sad face, "Brother Cui, I really don't want to leave you. Don't worry, I will definitely visit you in your house in the future."
The box in his hand was taken away, and Shi Ye returned it to them, saying, "When you are out and about, carrying so much valuables will easily attract attention. Take it back."
Cui Ziyao nodded and said, "Then I will keep it for you. This is what you deserve. I will give it to you when you come to Zhong County." Cui Ziyao was a little persistent. If he had not met them, his fate would be unknown now.
Wang Sheng snorted when he saw that such a huge fortune was gone, and got on the carriage first.
"By the way, Brother Shi." Cui Ziyao hesitated, a little embarrassed, "Can you sell me a few of those talismans or something? I want to practice with them."
Shi Ye also heard the hidden meaning: "You want to be a ghost tamer?"
"Hmm!" Ever since he learned about ghost riders, he'd been yearning for them. He'd always thought about the vast ghost realm in Fang Village, where even Fang Zhitao possessed such impressive skills. He was eager to try it out.
Shi Ye couldn't deny it and told him a name and address. "If you really want to know this thing, go find this person."
Cui Ziyao jumped up excitedly, thanked them repeatedly, and saw them off happily.
The father-in-law flew over their heads. Chang Sunyi was holding the candied fruit he had just bought, shaking his head, and the little tiger on his clothes was also shaking. "Even bad things are chased and praised by people. I don't even want to learn these things."
Wang Sheng pricked up his ears to listen, grabbed a piece of candied fruit to eat, and asked the little guy curiously: "How come this ability to destroy the world that ordinary people can't get becomes a bad thing in your mouth?" Maybe Changsun Yi was too lazy to learn and was slandering him.
"Master said that ghost handlers harm others and their hearts. If you keep so many ghosts in your body, sooner or later you will lose your original heart and become something like a fierce ghost. Junior Master is so powerful, but he doesn't dare to summon them at will."
Is there such a saying? Wang Sheng pondered.
Shi Ye leaned against the door, holding the reins as he hurried on, his profile stern and cold, with no reaction. Wang Sheng looked over, wondering if this man was so advanced that even this little backlash was useless to him?
Feeling someone's gaze directed at him, Shi Ye shifted unnaturally, then calmly warned someone, "Evil spirits vary in strength. If you encounter a demon-controller, you must not subdue the evil spirits under his command, or you will die even faster."
I don’t know how much Wang Sheng listened to, but based on the time he spent with him, I can tell that this man is definitely not the kind of person who would listen obediently.
The reins loosened, his hands resting on his knees, Shi Ye turned his head to look at Wang Sheng, "From now on, I will control your contracts and summons. These things are not something you can withstand. There are many ghost masters in this world who have been backfired and then sent to the underworld. Don't think that just because you are lucky and different from others, you are better than everyone else."
Wang Sheng was looking ahead, thinking about something. When Shi Ye said it, he withdrew his gaze, casually shook the wood in his hand, and said, "Then I have to be careful, lest I accidentally look into the eyes of a ghost one day."
Come to think of it, it seems that he rarely wears that black cloth at night since he followed Shi Ye.
Wang Sheng was stunned. He had been wearing it for so many years, but he changed it so easily. Now he felt uncomfortable when asked to wear it at night.
Since when did I develop this habit?
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