Chapter 20 Bed and Breakfast

Diannan Town, which had not seen any rain for half a year, ushered in a heavy rain. The coolness was mixed with the fragrance of vegetation, and water curtains dropped from the eaves, dripping.

Cui Yu put away his umbrella, and water droplets fell from the umbrella and condensed into water stains.

He looked up and saw the rain blurring his vision, but he could still see the scene ahead clearly.

A three-story low building stands at the end of the alley. The walls are slightly mottled and the windows are closed, seeming to have witnessed the vicissitudes of time.

The floor plan of the bamboo building left over from the old days is almost square. The main room and the shorter wing rooms form a courtyard. There is a well in the middle and a stone road. The gaps cut according to the patio let in light, and the other rooms are used to store sundries and crops. .

Before coming, Cui Yu contacted the travel agency and informed them that they had encountered a "lost ghost" on the way and would expel them. When the other party heard this, they were so frightened that they quickly put aside their responsibilities: "This... we can't control this. You have to pay for it." We will compensate you according to the price, but... we don’t dare to drive to Diannan Town again.”

There is a meaning in the words: wish for more blessings!

But they also found out that there were not many "lost ghosts" causing trouble here, and they were mainly concentrated around the Qingming Festival. The two small rivers around the town had fast currents, and whirlpools formed on the rivers, frightening passers-by.

The town is divided into five villages, and the scenic spot is located in the richest village, Li Village, where Tu Mingliang led them.

Along the way, I heard the villagers carrying and weaving baskets talking: "I heard that the tourist buses can't come in again. They get lost as soon as they hit the country road and go around in circles..."

Without foreign tourists, these villagers' crops and specialties would not be able to sell. Going out, the characteristic city towers and commercial streets built to attract outsiders to visit were empty, and even the temples were missing a lot of incense money.

The way to distinguish between outsiders and locals is very simple. Look at the skin color. There is a lot of radiation here all year round. Even if you go out for a walk on a rainy day, your skin will be red and painful after you come back, not to mention the villagers who live here all year round. .

One's skin is darker and rougher than the other's, and when he wears folk clothes, he seems to be in two different hemispheres from the people in the city.

Cui Yu's white and cold complexion obviously made the passing villagers curious. They pointed and said: "Hey, that young man, how did they get in?"

Tu Minglang joked as he walked: "Brother Cui, you are such a skin care person. She's so tender, she's as tender as a little girl, and the villagers' eyesightened. "

Zhang Jigang walked for dozens of miles, and the flip-flops on his feet had already peeled off, and there were a few blisters on the soles of his feet. He frowned. He said with an eyebrow: "Don't stare at Cui Yu, hurry up and find a place to stay!"

After leaving the ghost domain, Tu Minglang immediately retrieved his bag of treasures. It was jingling and he didn't know what was hidden. He hung it around his waist and looked at it. Look conspicuous.

Zhang Jigang glanced at it: "Are those your magical weapons? Why are there so many..."

"There are so many treasures, these are all things my father bought from the trading market and spent a lot of money. But you don’t understand each one’s use.”

“… Not interested.”

Zhang Jigang doesn’t know much about the details of the ghost exorcist profession. His grandfather also kept one of the ancestral magic weapons, but he just saw it and didn’t use it. Within half a minute, he was destroyed by Cui Yu.

The dozens of magical artifacts recorded in the book should all be rare treasures in the world, scattered in various aristocratic families and trading places. Zhang Jigang had neither money nor enough magic power, so he was not greedy for these extraneous things.

"You are not interested, but others are... Don't blame me for not reminding you. As long as he is around you for a day, other thieves are likely to target you."

"Thieves? What are they trying to steal?"

Zhang Jigang hurriedly He touched his mobile phone and wallet to make sure that his ID card and bank card were there, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm not stealing your money. You don't have much money at all. It's him." Tu Minglang said very clearly, "A magic weapon that can take the form of a human must have an owner. Without extreme magic power, it is impossible to turn him into someone else." If Yun is so well cultivated, even those thieves can detect it, and if they get it, they will be rich and wealthy..."

Cui Yu said personally that he had a master, but that person abandoned him.

Zhang Jigang was puzzled by the word "abandon". Even Tu Minglang, who only had a one-time relationship, would be so attracted to Shisan. Is the original owner blind? Only then can the accompanying magic weapon be thrown away.

"I have a question."

Tu Minglang smiled and replied: "You tell me, there really is nothing I don't understand."

Zhang Jigang: "I thought that ghost exorcists were a minority among the crowd, but I encountered strange events along the way. , I'm not surprised to find that the people around me react only with fear. They are all familiar with our business?"

"Of course! Strange things have happened frequently in the past ten years. You can find evil spirits and evil spirits if you want to investigate. The number of people has increased exponentially. My tribe and I also investigated this matter before going to accept appointments in remote areas, and we can also earn some extra money."

Tu Minglang showed his appointment slip: "Nowadays, rich people do business overseas. You have to find a ghost exorcist to protect you in advance, otherwise you will not be able to save your life, and you will not be able to spend your life even if you make money. This has become an industry. "

"Then...how do the public security organs judge cases like this?"

" You're asking a good question. The people most closely involved in the murder case are the police, but professional matters must be left to professionals. If you let ordinary people with no magic power deal with evil spirits, this case cannot be solved. "

They shuttled through the alley, and finally reached the end, where Tu Minglang stopped.

"Here we are, the proprietress of this store where I usually live is my senior sister."

Beyond the common sense of nature, some sinful behaviors that cannot be restricted by law can only be investigated and solved by ghost exorcists.

Several of Tu Mingliang's senior brothers and sisters went to different places after completing their studies. Some actually became investigation assistants of the public security department, and some hid in the towns and countryside, opened shops to make a living, and also collected information on nearby crimes along the way. .

"Senior sister, I brought two friends here. Is there any room left?"

Zhang Jigang followed Tu Minglang into the B&B. Looking up, he saw this mottled door in front of him. It had been painted with a stain. There is a layer of black paint, but the baptism of time and wind and rain have caused the paint to peel off, revealing the wooden structure underneath.

There are still many repair marks on the door, which look like they have been filled in with different colors of paint, making it look a bit messy.

When I pushed open the door, I discovered that there was a cave inside.

The environment is quiet and elegant, and the air is filled with a faint scent of incense.

The female boss is sitting in the courtyard, holding a fan in her hand, closing her eyes and concentrating. Her long black hair reaches her waist and hangs down on the rocking chair.

"Mingming, how many times have I told you not to pick up any more cats or dogs? This is not a shelter..."

Tu Minglang cleared his throat: "Senior sister, you must be interested in the friends I brought this time. They came from Liao City, and they met lost ghosts with me on the way."

The woman slowly opened her eyes and faced the cool and casually dressed man. The young man and his companion, who were tightly wrapped in a shirt and trousers, clicked their tongues and said: "Where did you pick up this high school student... There are so many psychics and ghost exorcists these days. What I want is someone with... Huigen's apprentice."

Zhang Jigang was stunned for a moment. He had never thought of becoming a disciple. Even his family's business had experienced great changes and had to be handed over to him. This graduation trip was to stay away from the familiar environment. A remote place for a change of mood.

Why did the strange young man I met by chance be brought here again?

"Brother Tu, I don't want to be a disciple. When the rainy season passes and traffic in the village recovers, we will go back."

Zhang Jigang is not like Cui Yu. He is calm at all times and can treat people he has just met as brothers. He said "Brother Tu" every time, sounding like someone from the previous dynasty.

Before leaving, my uncle and grandpa specifically told him to wait for him after graduating from high school and not to mention the situation of the Zhang family to outsiders.

Zhang Hua hadn't contacted him yet, and he didn't know where Xiaoyao was driving the hearse again. Zhang Jigang glanced at Cui Yu quietly and pulled him aside: "Let's live in another house, there is no need for a threesome... you Don't you think he's weird?"

Just as Zhang Jigang turned around to leave, the black door suddenly seemed to be filled with a gust of wind, and he knocked hard, and then a blinking eye appeared in the door. The appearance and pupils do not look like human beings.

The woman woke up and stared at Zhang Jigang cautiously: "Silang reacted to him...?"

Tu Minglang was not surprised. He handed the appointment form to his senior sister An Ran: "I told you that you would be interested, and Silang followed. It took you more than 20 years to transform into the guardian spirit here. You know the chances of the magic weapon transforming into human form, and he."

Tu Minglang pointed at Cui Yu, with joy in his eyes: "This is my first time to transform into a human being. "I see."

"Impossible..." An Ran's expression was serious. She put down the fan and stared at the two of them warily, "Only the famous ones on the list of ghost exorcists can cast spells." How did he become a human being?"

Since the death of the first one, the long-standing balance between the ghost exorcist families has been broken. Except for "Xun Baishan" who has crushing magic power and prestige, the other families are looking at each other. Not willing to cooperate.

An Ran sneered: "Xun Baishan has been dead for hundreds of years, and you are telling me that his magical weapon has now appeared? What a joke! Minglang, do you believe it yourself?"

Tu Minglang saw that his senior sister was very emotional, and she was worried that he would take his joke seriously. , adhering to the respect for Master Xun, I must teach these two mysterious foreigners a lesson.

"This is just my guess. I saw Brother Cui turn into an object like a pocket watch with my own eyes, and I couldn't feel any human characteristics from him. Apart from thinking about it, could it be some kind of evil thing?"

An Ran walked towards Cui Yu with sharp eyes. Shooting straight at him: "What do you want to do here? I have set up a magic circle in the entire Li Village, and I am not afraid that you will not reveal your true identity."

Zhang Jigang suddenly became furious: "You are the one who worships me alone, who do you think you are? We are the best. If you don't live here, there are plenty of places for you to stay in Li Village, so many B&Bs!"

Cui Yu whispered, "Ji Gang, don't curse..."

The more cowardly he acted, the more protective he felt in Zhang Jigang's heart. Between the woman and Cui Yu, hell fire rose from the palm of her hand.

"I know better than you whether she is evil or not by making wild remarks to my friends."