Chapter 3 Smart People
Before, Xiao Xia admired this man from Yunzhou named Huang because he was a smart man.
When I first saw him, Xiao Xia had just arrived in Luoshui City for a few days and was driven out of the boarding Taoist temple by the crow Taoist. He was looking for an inn for the porters to eat and play. The big man in Yunzhou sat at a table next to him. His tall and conspicuous figure was studded with his head, his face was covered with stubborn scattered people. Even though he was not wearing animal skin, his ears and necks were hung with beast teeth and bones. It made people know that he was a native of Yunzhou at a glance.
As soon as I sat down, I met someone from the Luoshui Gang who posted a notice and offered a reward for the sensational skinning criminal today, and also hired all the strangers who were good at dealing with demons and ghosts as the guest minister of the Luoshui Gang.
During this period, several inexplicable murders occurred in Luoshui City. Several rich young men were arrested and skinned and tortured to death. Originally, the Luoshui Gang was not the turn of the Luoshui Gang to attack. At the beginning of this year, the Bai Shao Gang leader of the Luoshui Gang met a fortune-telling blind man. He had to ask the blind man to calculate for him on a whim. The blind man refused to accept it first, but later he couldn't resist and spoke, saying that the Bai Shao Gang leader might have a bloody disaster in the second half of the year and would die miserably.
The young gang leader naturally laughed at this kind of nonsense. The blind man was also thrown into Luojiang to feed fish. After half a year, almost no one could remember this incident, but the skinned murderer suddenly appeared in Luoshui City. The deceased were all friends of the young gang leader. The guards and monks invited by the rich young masters died inexplicably. The young gang leader panicked and posted the article.
The Luoshui Gang, a powerful man with great kung fu, is not short of Luoshui Gang. The position of the top gang in Qingzhou is to be killed with one punch. The three guardians in the gang are all first-class masters in the Qingzhou world. The incense masters under their command are all talented among thousands of people. Of course, ordinary monsters are not afraid of them. However, the monks and guards who died this time are not ordinary people, and they do not leave any traces of murderers. The Luoshui Gang then sent people to invite experts from the Taoist Buddhist sect, and at the same time, they came to invite strange people and strange people who are good at dealing with monsters and ghosts to serve as guests in the gang.
"His grandma, what a pity, what about the guest of Luoshui Gang." The big man in Yunzhou muttered, licked his fat lips, and shook his head with regret.
Xiao Xia, who was sitting next to him, just heard it, was stunned, and couldn't help laughing, because he was talking to himself just now. The Luoshui Gang controls the waterways and trade roads within a radius of 100 miles of Luoshui City. Not to mention wealth is as good as a country, there is no shortage of money. The old leader of the Bai Gang offered a reward of a heavy bonus to protect the young leader was really heavy. Even if he didn't talk about the bounty after catching the murderer, he just wanted to get in as a guest and have some idle meal, which is enough for many people. In the world, it is not easy to have a good bite of idle meal.
But Xiao Xia also understood his weight. Even the Crow Taoist was much better than him. This idle meal was not the turn of his head. However, the big man in Yunzhou sat in a crooked manner, his eyes were turbid, and his spirit was distracted. He was neither as good as his skillful skills nor as if he had practiced magical powers. At most, he had brute force to wield fists and feet, and went to the dock to resist things. When the gang was in a fire, he was a good player. As for the bowl of idle meals from the Luoshui Guest, Xiao Xia really didn't see what he was qualified to sigh, which was a pity.
For a moment, the people in the inn were talking and talking, or eating, mostly about the reward. Suddenly, the big man in Yunzhou exclaimed and stretched his neck and looked in one direction, as if he had noticed something.
Xiao Xia followed his gaze and in the distant corner, a girl was sitting alone at a small table and quietly burying her head to eat. The girl was also wearing an ornament with animal teeth and bones, and was wearing a colorful feathered dress unique to the women of Yunzhou. She looked not pretty, but she exuded the shyness and freshness that a girl in the mountain was unique to the mountains. It was obvious that this girl was also from Yunzhou.
There are thousands of miles between Yunzhou and Qingzhou. It is also the Luoshui City that connects water and sea routes, so you can occasionally see one or two Yunzhou natives who come here to do business. There are two in this small inn, which can only be said to be a coincidence. The man from Yunzhou stared at the girl blankly, and was stunned for a while. He suddenly stood up and walked over to say hello in Yunzhou dialect. When the girl saw her fellow villagers, she also showed joy and invited the man to sit down. After a while, the man from Yunzhou suddenly stood up and whispered to everyone around him: "Brothers and friends. Huang had just arrived in Luoshui City for a few days. I didn't expect that he would meet the fellow Yunzhou in Qingzhou, which is thousands of miles away. I'm so happy! I'll treat you tonight's dinner, and everyone will eat whatever you want!"
The voice of the man in Yunzhou was very loud and his smile was generous. The girl in Yunzhou next to him looked at the inn and looked at the man beside him with a timid look, looking at the man beside him with a little blame, but also a little joyful. It is a woman's nature to love others to be noticed. Even if she is a little scared because of her shyness and thin skin, she is still a girl after all.
This inn is mostly a stroller and a porter coolie who are fighting for food, and the food can only be considered rough. But no matter what, it is definitely a pleasure for someone to treat you, and everyone also sent words such as congratulations. Several young stroller even called out words like Tiancheng in half-jokingly, which made the girl's head deeper and her face turned redder.
Someone wanted to show off his temper, so Xiao Xia naturally asked for another bottle of light wine and a lot of vegetables, and sat in a corner and ate it hard. However, he did not expect that his luck would come after the meal.
Luck came from the Crow Taoist. In the previous murder cases, the famous Taoist monks around Luoshui City were hired by the victims' rich young masters and died together at the hands of the mysterious murderer. The Crow Taoist, who originally had only one-on-one second-rate talisman method, became the number one master in the talisman and spells in this area. Before the Taoist master who was invited by the Luoshui Gang came, he could only rely on him to support the storefront on the talisman and spells.
The crow Taoist, who received the invitation from the Luoshui Gang, was overjoyed and tried his best to drive Xiao Xia away. After driving Xiao Xia away, he meditated in the Taoist temple to adjust his energy, determined to concentrate on drawing a few top-grade talismans to get rid of monsters and make a name for themselves. However, this Taoist man had a high eye and low hand. Something went wrong in forcing the high-level talismans to draw. A flame fire dragon curse was about to be completed, and a breath of true energy was not able to be received. The talisman's true energy was out of control and backfired, and he and half of the Taoist temple were blown to the sky. When Xiao Xia had a full meal, he walked back to the Taoist temple to pack up, and he saw the crow Taoist lying on a pile of ruins with no clothes covered in his body and moaning half dead.
Although he had not lost his life, he had already left half of the Luoshui Gang. However, the Crow Taoist was reluctant to accept the deposit he had already received. After thinking about it, he had to discuss with Xiao Xia and let him replace him. So after demonstrating a few talismans, Xiao Xia also transformed from a down-and-out gang who had no money to eat, who had become a temporary guest of the largest gang in Qingzhou. He temporarily stayed in the head of the Luoshui Gang to protect the young gang leader with other experts.
After evaluating him, there was another person recommended, who was the Yunzhou man in the inn.
The man was still very honest and said loudly: "I'm the surname Huang, from Yunzhou. I heard that the leader of the Bai Gang was about to find someone to help catch the monster, so my friend introduced me to try it. Today, I'll give me a name called Huang Desheng, and I wish the Luoshui Gang a victory!"
The original names of the natives in Yunzhou are generally difficult to pronounce. Most of the people who come out to travel to the world will take the name of Zhongzhou themselves. This Yunzhou man is even more interesting. However, the old guardian Zeng, who was sitting on the chair of the Grand Master, was not interested in this. He just raised his eyelids and said lightly: "I wonder what Huang's unique skills do you have to deal with demons and ghosts?"
The big man in Yunzhou touched his hair and laughed. When he crossed his hands, the two bone bracelets on his wrists touched each other. The figures of two half-fifth and half-fifth beasts appeared beside the big man, a white giant wolf and a man-sized ape.
After saying oh, the old Protector Zeng opened his eyes, nodded, and said to Hu Qian beside him: "Please give me some comments."
According to their habit of fiddling with machinery, Shenjitang always likes to rank everything in different numbers. Whether it is monsters, ghosts, drug materials, or even the skills of people in the world, they are labeled as one, two, three, and four like goods. Although many people disdain this, Shenjitang does not have the same place in terms of seeing and tasting things. Hu Qian took out a small piece of crystal from her armour on her waist, looked at the phantoms of the two beasts carefully, and nodded and said, "It is probably the fourth-grade demon soul. It should be the spirit beast soul worshipped in the Yunzhou native mountain village. It is a rare thing."
Many natives in the mountains of Yunzhou will provide for some spiritual beasts in the mountains to protect the mountain village. If the loyal spiritual beasts die in battle, they will not be obsessed with the master and the mountain village. The witch doctor elders in the village will do their tricks to put their souls into the tools. The spirits of these spirit beasts are not much different from the demon souls driven by ordinary sorcerers, but they are connected with the master's mind and are more flexible in operation, and there are some magical functions that demon souls do not have.
"But it's just a demon soul in the fourth grade..." Old Protector Zeng frowned. The fourth grade of this middle grade is said to be low or low, but it seems that it's not much higher. The three-legged cat who can use Taoist talismans that he had pinched his nose before was really unsuccessful. If this one is like this... money doesn't matter, it won't sound nice if you say it.
Fortunately, Hu Qian added: "According to the information in my hall, this thing is different from ordinary demon souls and ghosts, that it still retains its own spirituality. If it can work with its master, it will have other wonderful uses."
Mr. Zeng thought about it for a while and finally nodded: "Then I'll have a friend, I'll send someone to arrange a residence for you. As the old leader of Bai said before, as long as we keep the safety of our young leader, we will work together to apart the skinned evil that has harmed me Luoshui City recently, and there will be a hundred taels of gold."
The big man from Yunzhou, who changed his name to Huang Desheng, smiled, bowed and said thanked him, and couldn't help but look proud in his eyes.
Xiao Xia stood aside without saying anything, but just sniffed. He had seen the bracelet that summoned the souls of two spirit beasts before, and it should have been worn on the hand of the girl in Yunzhou.
"Brother Huang, your bracelet is polished so delicately, why does it look like it is for girls?"
They all became temporary guests of the Hunluo Shui Gang, so Xiao Xia found a chance and asked casually as if he had noticed it by chance.
The man was stunned for a moment, then clapped his hands and laughed: "Brother Xia has such a good eye. This bracelet was originally used by my sister to defend herself. She said it was too dangerous for me to go around the world alone, so she wanted to give it to me if she was alive."
Xiao Xia said oh, "So Brother Huang has a sister in his hometown in Yunzhou?"
"Where is my sister who was sworn brothers who had just become sworn brothers and sisters a few days ago. I was so coincidental that I could meet fellow villagers in Luoshui City, thousands of miles away from our Yunzhou. We had to talk to each other and became sworn brothers and sisters. Now my girl has taken a boat back to Yunzhou first. I heard that the old gang leader was asking someone to deal with the skinning monster, so I wanted to stay and see if I could help."
It is said that smart people tell lies nine percent truth and one lie, and there is also a kind of smarter people who don’t even need to tell a lie. As long as they do things without needing to cover up their lies, they just need to rely on lies to cover up. Compared to being able to get in with luck, they are really smart, and Xiao Xia has to admire them.
But sometimes being smart is not necessarily a good thing, just like luck comes, and it is difficult to say whether it is good luck or bad luck before the end. Just the day after Xiao Xia and the big man in Yunzhou arrived, the leader of the Bai Shao Gang disappeared.
It was not that the people around him were not well protected, but that the young gang leader had drunk several experts who were close to their personal protection and ran out secretly. After strict questioning, the young gang leader's close body leader stammered and said that the young gang leader had responded to the appointment of a confidant and went out under the moon to appreciate the flowers in the middle of the night. The problem was that the young gang leader might have anything, but it was absolutely impossible to have a confidant. The young gang leader was very interested in Hongyan, but that interest was to sleep with Hongyan, and to appreciate his face, chest and butt. The young gang leader was very good, but he had never appreciated any flowers in his life.
Fortunately, the Luoshui Gang recruited a lot of money to all parties who were good at tracking, so he immediately followed the young master's track. The three guardians in the gang led a group of good men to chase them all day. Finally, at noon the next day, the young master with his skin stripped off in the woods under Lanlin Temple. Of course, he also saw the girl in white sitting high on the branch holding the young master's skin with her feet.
Chapter completed!