Chapter 116 The Bride in the Cave (3)
In Su Chen's eyes, Su Yue and Cang Zhi are a couple.
If she finds out that they're not a couple, things will go wrong.
In Cangzhi's eyes, he didn't know anyone.
Suddenly this little village girl can call out his name, and things will go wrong.
Fortunately, Su Yue is very familiar with various situations that require concealing one's identity. He is a professional in this area. He can assess the situation as quickly as possible and complete a one-to-many deception.
He quickly said to Cang Zhi, "To gain the villagers' trust, please cooperate."
Cang Zhi: "Okay."
No matter what their relationship is like, Cangzhi and Suyue, as partners, have extremely tacit cooperation.
Although they haven't been partners since they broke up.
The two of them got out of the car one after the other. Before Su Chen could greet them, Su Yue smiled reservedly, acting like a Feng Shui master, and said, "Good afternoon. I'm Su Yue. We've spoken on the phone before. This is my partner and good friend, Cang Zhi."
After saying this, he winked at Su Chen.
Su Chen immediately caught the look and naturally understood it to mean "our relationship should not be made public here, so keep a low profile."
At the same time, Su Yue introduced himself at the beginning, which successfully avoided the embarrassing situation that "Su Chen knew Cang Zhi before introducing himself".
There was originally some distance between Cangzhi and Suyue, but after listening to Suyue's introduction, he took a step forward and stood directly next to Suyue.
Of course, it was to match what Su Yue said, “good friends”.
This is also part of Su Yue's plan to deceive people.
In this way, Cangzhi will feel that they should act closer, and Su Chen will feel that Su Yue and Cangzhi should avoid suspicion. When the two compromise, it is just the situation that everyone can justify themselves.
Su Yue felt that he was really smart. If he went fishing with his brain, he would definitely be the ultimate Poseidon, the king of the sea.
but……
He glanced at Cang Zhi, who was almost shoulder to shoulder with him.
Were we never this close when we went on missions together before?
This time the level of cooperation is indeed a bit high.
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When Su Chen saw that it was Su Yue, she was extremely enthusiastic. In her hometown, she changed her previous shy attitude and pulled him to introduce him to the villagers: "Boss Su Yue... I know him! We've dealt with each other before! He is really amazing!"
Among the people who came together, two of them had "not welcome" written on their faces, probably because they thought that the so-called Feng Shui masters were all charlatans. However, after Su Chen took the initiative to express his welcome, their attitudes became much more enthusiastic.
The transportation from the bus station to the village was very simple, with two donkeys each pulling a car and standing on the side of the road.
"The mountain roads here are rugged and all wheeled vehicles have difficulty passing through." Su Chen introduced, "It will be much faster for us to take a donkey cart."
Considering that Su Chen knew two of the "feng shui masters" from outside, she was allowed to ride in a cart with Su Yue and Cang Zhi. A man who looked to be in his fifties or sixties followed, while the others rode in another donkey cart. Su Chen, familiar with the route, went to the front to drive the donkey while the middle-aged man came over to talk.
From his conversation, we learned that the man was the village chief of a village called "Niaozuipo" and it was he who suggested finding a Feng Shui master.
The other younger ones were members of the village committee. They didn't trust the Feng Shui master at first, but Su Chen's attitude significantly influenced their attitude.
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There are many young people in Niaozuipo Village, but there are even more elderly people. Therefore, most villagers welcome the Feng Shui master. When he arrived at the village, the villagers had already set up a welcome banquet in the village square. Air-dried cured chicken, duck stewed in wine, a whole suckling pig, and whole jars of rice wine were the highest standards of hospitality for the villagers of Niaozuipo.
But Su Yue was not in a hurry to eat. He first asked the village chief if he could see the embroidered shoe.
The embroidered shoe was placed in the village warehouse, which had two locks. One was particularly large and heavy, obviously a recent addition. When the village chief opened the door, he deliberately asked all the women who were chatting and enjoying the cool air nearby to leave, as if he felt that approaching the embroidered shoe would bring them misfortune. Then he carefully pushed open the door.
Just as he took half a step forward, a bone-chilling chill attacked him.
As a divine being, Su Yue is not invulnerable to swords and guns, but as long as he is fully alert, nothing in the world can hurt him. However, this will make his senses dull.
Therefore, when not in combat, Su Yue maintains a relatively low-level physical condition and can clearly experience the feelings of humans.
It was already autumn outside, and the temperature in the mountain village was not warm, but once you entered the warehouse, the coolness was still noticeable.
"Although the enclosed environment is a bit colder, it shouldn't be this cold," Su Yue said. "The so-called 'bride price' is very problematic."
Although the village chief had already guessed it, he still shuddered after the Feng Shui Master personally confirmed it. He asked melancholy, "Master, what does this mean?"
Su Yue: "This cold air is icy and bone-chilling, there is..."
Cangzhi considerately took off his coat and put it on Suyue.
Su Yue: "..."
There's no need to act so hard.
Su Yue finished his words expressionlessly: "There are strange signs."
The village chief looked pale. Su Yue waved his hand to indicate that everything was fine. He then indicated that he would take his assistant in to check. As long as the village chief was fine, there was no need for him to follow.
The village chief hadn't wanted to see the embroidered shoes in the first place; he came here purely out of a sense of responsibility to the villagers. Seeing that Su Yue was about to let him go, he nodded and bowed as if he had been pardoned, "Okay! Okay! Master, I'll keep watch outside for you!"
Su Yue nodded in thanks, turned on the switch of the side ceiling light, and entered the warehouse with Cang Zhi one after another.
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The embroidered shoe was placed in the middle of the warehouse, padded with a lot of mugwort and paper. Mugwort was believed to be something that could ward off evil spirits, and it was placed like this out of a desire not to pollute the warehouse. Next to it was the handkerchief and the fish wrapped in it.
Those fish were strange. They had been in the warehouse for so many days, but there was no sign of decay, and there was not even any fishy smell.
Su Yue walked closer to look at the embroidered shoes. They were very delicate shoes. He initially thought that the shoes might have been embroidered by the missing girl, but he denied it when he saw it.
Because the workmanship of these shoes is so exquisite, with lifelike lovebirds and willow branches embroidered on both sides, even the hair flow of the bird feathers is very vivid.
It is impossible for a young girl who spends a lot of time studying to have this level of embroidery skills.
Moreover, this embroidered shoe is too red, as red as if it had just been soaked in paint. It even has a texture that looks like it is soaked and will drip color at any time, which looks a bit weird.
The handkerchief was the same, with extremely delicate embroidery and a gorgeous red background.
It seems the legend of the Cave God has come true. The "Cave God" of this mountain wants to ask a human for a wife.
Unfortunately, he could only receive a severe beating from the Supreme God Su Yue.
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After leaving the warehouse, the village chief was still waiting outside. At the banquet table in the distance, the lanterns had been lit up, shining brightly with various colors, illuminating the village that was gradually shrouded in the night.
"Master, what's the situation?" the village chief asked anxiously.
"Is there anything else you can tell me about the legend of Luodong?" Su Yue asked.
"Those who descend into the cave are usually young and beautiful girls. According to legend, cave gods are all handsome young men. However, cave gods usually take the initiative to seduce the souls of young girls and come to the door to ask for marriage. I have never encountered such a thing." The village chief said, "But I have heard of it in legends."
Only a cave god who has no way to leave the cave would use this method of courtship to ask for the girl's hand in marriage. Generally speaking, in the mountain god culture here, cave gods are neither good nor evil, but a cave god who forcibly marries a girl is already evil.
The village chief said that there are few legends about this kind of evil cave gods. We only know that they have no way to leave the cave, and many of them are in the shape of monsters and are very ferocious.
At this point, the village chief became sad again, thinking about the missing girl, who was in great danger, and sighed deeply. Su Yue comforted him.
Afterwards, they went to have dinner and the villagers took turns toasting Su Yue, but Su Yue refused each time by saying, "I still have work to do and I need to stay sober."
During the meal, Su Yue asked about the evil cave god. Most of the young people in the village had never even heard of this term, but some old people were excited and said in broken Mandarin, "The evil cave god is afraid of salt grains."
Su Yue was stunned and wondered if the Evil Cave God was a giant slug?
However, it must be said that the tasks that Su Yue and his team handle are often related to folk legends.
It is difficult to verify whether folk legends or demons came first, but humans have made them mutually supportive, and Su Yue can even refer to them when working.
Although they are a very weak ethnic group, they can compete with any powerful force, and they retain their beautiful aspirations no matter how difficult the situation is. Su Yue has always felt that this is a very magical trait of human beings.
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After dinner, Su Yue asked the villagers to prepare some salt grains for him, and asked if they could go to the place where the girl disappeared right away. However, the villagers said it was late at night and too dangerous, and there was a ghost wall on the mountain. For safety reasons, they refused to let the two go out. Moreover, there were no coarse salt grains in the village, and they had to grind them from stones.
Anyway, with Su Yue and Cang Zhi in charge tonight, the village will be safe, so we agreed to go into the mountains early tomorrow morning.
Before moving in, Su Yue and Cang Zhi placed a circle of mugwort leaves sparsely around the village. He actually attached divine power to them, so that he would be aware of any disturbance. However, he told the villagers that "this is a formation to drive away evil spirits."
He even took a stone and lit the mugwort, deceiving the villagers by saying it was a magical flint (in fact, he was using his divine power to light the fire with his bare hands using the stone), so that the villagers would believe him more.
The villagers prepared guest rooms for Su Yue and Cang Zhi.
In Yuanjiaozhai, the center of the village, it is obvious that someone had lived there before, but for the two "feng shui masters", they vacated the best houses in the village.
The village chief personally escorted Su Yue and Cang Zhi over. Before leaving, he couldn't help but turn around and said to Su Yue, "Master, all the girls in our village are good girls. I don't want any of them to get hurt. Please, Master, you must help us!"
Su Yue patted the village chief's shoulder: "Don't worry."
The village chief then left with many thanks, leaving Su Yue and Cang Zhi alone in the round corner building.
The air suddenly became silent.
There were other people around all day, so Su Yue was more relaxed. Now she was alone with her ex-boyfriend, and the atmosphere suddenly became awkward.
Cang Zhi broke the silence: "Let's rest first."
Su Yue: “…Okay.”
Both of them turned and walked towards the bedroom.
There is only one bedroom in the house, with a great picture window from which you can see the small waterfall in the village and the moon.
There was a set of tables and chairs, a large and comfortable bed with a carpet underneath and a quilt on the bed.
...How many quilts?
Su Yue:? ? ?
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While Su Yue was furious, someone knocked on the window outside. He looked up blankly and saw half of Su Chen's face sticking out of the window.
Su Chen waved to Su Yue and mouthed enthusiastically:
"Boss! I've made an agreement with the village chief. I'll be responsible for taking care of you and Cangge!"
As he said this, he blinked and smiled, and made a gesture that said, "Don't worry, I will keep it a secret for you."
Su Yue: "..."
I don't have a little brother like you.
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