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Chapter 1003 Mirror
Song Jiang and Gu Hao were brought to the main hall. They looked at the golden dragon throne in the center of the hall. For a moment, they really felt like they were meeting the emperor. It was a pity that there was a skinny old man sitting on the dragon throne. Not only did he not have the slightest dignity of an emperor, but he also had a dying look on his face.

Gu Hao knew at a glance that the other person was an old ghost who had been dead for hundreds of years. He saw that the other person was dressed in the clothes of the previous dynasty, holding a white jade pipe in his hand, puffing twice, then looking at Aliang and said, "Two young men have come to the village again..."

When Aliang heard this, he stepped forward and said, "Third Uncle, these two new souls want to borrow the road from our village to the village closest to the hell."

The other party did not seem to have expected that Song Jiang and his companions would want to go so far, so he was slightly surprised and said, "You actually want to go to the farthest Mist Hidden Village... Come on, young man, this place is too big, it's hard to talk. Let's go to the side hall and sit down and chat." After that, he said to Aliang, "Go back and take care of your business, don't delay your own livelihood." Then he called the paper figurine again, "Ahua, serve tea to the guests..."

After hearing this, Aliang agreed and obediently turned around and left.

Perhaps because he saw that Song Jiang and the other two were somewhat curious about his house, the Third Uncle smiled and said after he sat down, "Is this house big? Don't say that it looks scary to you, it's also scary to live in it... I can't help it, who would have thought that my silly grandson would actually burn down a Hall of Supreme Harmony for his grandfather?!"

Song Jiang laughed when he heard this and said, "Fortunately he didn't burn down a Forbidden City for you, otherwise I wouldn't be able to take care of it with just one paper figure..."

At this time, the paper man Ah Hua came in with tea. When she heard what Song Jiang said, she said with some dissatisfaction, "You can rest assured about this. Ah Hua, I can manage a house in good order no matter how big it is. I am an all-round talent who has passed the professional housekeeper training."

Song Jiang didn't expect that this paper figurine was so talkative, so he said to her with a smile, "Really? That's really disrespectful..."

Unexpectedly, the Third Uncle said with an annoyed look on his face, "Go down quickly. Why are you talking so much in front of the guests?"

Ah Hua was not angry after being scolded. She still wore that mechanical smile and said, "Okay... Ah Hua will go down now."

Seeing the paper figurine gone out, the third uncle shook his head and said, "This paper figurine is just a paper figurine, it can't be compared with a real person. The one burned for me before couldn't make a fart, but this one is good, it keeps talking!"

Song Jiang could sense the loneliness in his uncle's words, but it was no wonder the old man said that. He lived in such a big house with a paper man, and his words echoed. It would be strange if he wasn't lonely. So he comforted him, "It's your descendants who are filial and have burned down such a big house for you."

After hearing this, Third Uncle sighed and said, "I understand the principle... but I think it's a bit useless. By the way, do you two really want to go to the village closest to the hell?"

Gu Hao nodded and said, "Yes...we really want to go there, so we asked for your village's passage."

Uncle San took a sip of tea and said, "May I ask you two what you are doing there? After all, you came to the Mist Village closest to the Wangchuan River, but you want to borrow the road to the Mist Village farthest from the Wangchuan River. This is inevitably a bit unreasonable."

"That's what Third Uncle said... Actually, there's nothing that can't be said. We've already told Aliang before that we're going to visit an old friend." Gu Hao responded without a single leak.

After hearing this, Third Uncle nodded and said, "I see... It seems that friend is very important to you two, otherwise he wouldn't have come all the way to our village to borrow the road. But borrowing the road has its own rules, would you like me to explain them to you two young friends?" Gu Hao waved his hand and said, "No... We know the rules, what do you want, Third Uncle?"

Song Jiang was confused when he heard this, thinking, "Why don't I know what the rules are?" But then he thought, if you are not related to me, they will not lend you the road for free. Even if you take the bus, you still have to pay for the ticket!
At this time, the Third Uncle smiled and said, "Okay, okay... but many of the new things in the world of the living are already for sale in the underworld."

After hearing this, Gu Hao thought that his uncle wanted some money, so he nodded and said, "That's easy... How about I make you a treasure bowl? If you like something new, you can use the money in the treasure bowl to sell it."

Unexpectedly, the Third Uncle waved his hand and said, "I already have dozens of those things in my warehouse. They are all flashy and useless. Don't want them."

When Gu Hao heard that Third Uncle had a big appetite, he thought for a moment and said, "Why don't Third Uncle give me a hint..."

"Mirror... I want a mirror from the world of the living." Third Uncle replied with a smile.

This answer was beyond the expectations of Song Jiang and Gu Hao. They looked at each other in bewilderment. Finally, Gu Hao was the first to ask, "Mirror? Just an ordinary mirror?"

Uncle San nodded and said, "Well, the most common mirror is a real mirror, not the paper-made kind..."

After listening to this for a while, Gu Hao looked embarrassed and said, "You should know that this kind of physical thing cannot pass through the Wangchuan River..."

Unexpectedly, the Third Uncle glanced at the two of them, then said slowly, "How could it be... you can get through it, let alone a mirror?"

Song Jiang and Gu Hao were shocked when they heard this. They thought, was he found out so quickly? So, although they were already in a state of panic, they remained calm. Song Jiang continued to play dumb, while Gu Hao said in a very secretive way, "You are joking, it's just a mirror. It's not impossible, but you see, we don't have it ready now, and we can't go back to get it... How about this, I'll write you an IOU, and you can ask the messenger who is going to the world of the living to send it to the Yellow Spring Inn, and naturally someone will help me fulfill my promise."

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Song Jiang thought the old man would definitely not do it, but he smiled and nodded after hearing it, saying, "With the guarantee of Huangquan Inn, there will be no problem... So we have a deal?!"

Gu Hao nodded and said, "It's settled!"

Then the third uncle took out paper, pen and ink. Gu Hao first wrote a note to Li Wan, explaining the reason for the incident, and then wrote an IOU to the old man. However, the content on the IOU looked somewhat ridiculous. After all, no one would write an IOU for something like owing someone a mirror, and it was an ordinary mirror at that.

After writing, Song Jiang couldn't help but ask out of curiosity, "Uncle San, you have a lot of treasures at home, why do you want a mirror?"

Uncle San laughed when he heard this and said, "Because I need to constantly remind myself...who I used to be."