Folklore: The baby starts the game, and the mother takes off her painted skin

Chapter 116 Credit Card Man

Liu Bai, who was still sleeping, suddenly woke up with his eyes wide open.

Xiaocao also realized that she seemed to have caused trouble and woken up the young master, so she quickly jumped down from the open table.

He put his hands behind his back, twisted them into a ball, and then said weakly:
"Sir, Xiao Cao really didn't mean to wake you up."

"I... Xiaocao didn't know that this table could be opened. Sir, you are a magnanimous child. Please forgive Xiaocao."

Liu Bai, who originally felt nothing, couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth when he heard this.

"Okay, go light some candles and see what's going on."

The young master gave the instruction, and Xiao Cao immediately jumped up and shouted, "Xiao Cao obeys the young master's order!"

Then it jumped onto the candlestick. Its way of lighting the candle was simple. It just put its little hand on the lit flame and touched it. When its little hand caught fire, it started shouting.

"The grass is on fire. The grass is on fire."

Then he lit the rest of the candles and blew gently, and the flame on his hand went out. Xiaocao touched his belly and breathed a sigh of relief.

"The grass fire is finally out."

Liu Bai rolled his eyes, "Hurry up, hurry up."

Xiaocao then picked up one of the candlesticks, ran quickly, and jumped in front of the open table.

When Liu Bai reached out to take it, he found that the candle was blown out because he ran too fast.

Seeing that it was about to go back to light the fire, Liu Bai had already reached out to take it.

"Let me do it."

Before, when Master Ma was only burning the spirit, he could easily light the old pipe. Now that Liu Bai has gathered the five qi, lighting a candle is naturally a piece of cake.

Liu Bai reached out and pinched the candle wick, and with a light pinch, the candle was lit.

He held the candlestick in one hand and looked down at the opened sandalwood table.

Xiaocao must have touched some mechanism, and now the entire table was split in two from the center, revealing a drawer-like space underneath.

It was only at this moment that Liu Bai realized that the table was actually hollow.

The things placed inside are the shaved bamboo, the drill for drilling holes, the hemp rope, and finally a formed umbrella rib.

Xiaocao squatted on Liu Bai's shoulder, leaned forward and looked around bit by bit, and also looked at everything in the drawer.

Then Xiao Cao looked up and said, "This Situ family head is really strange. He has nothing to do but make oil-paper umbrellas at home."

Liu Bai naturally noticed this obvious thing.

The ribs of the umbrella are all here. Just stick white paper on it, paint patterns, and finally add tung oil and dry it, and a complete oil-paper umbrella is ready.

Xiaocao was surprised that Situ Liang had nothing better to do than to make oil-paper umbrellas at home. When Liu Bai saw this... he thought of something else.

Just like the tattoos on the chests of the two men he saw in the old woods, Liu Bai immediately thought of a book called "Wuniu Zazu".

And now, these tools for making oil-paper umbrellas can be seen in Situ Liang’s room.

Liu Bai also thought of the book called "Wuniu Zazu".

The book introduces the Funeral Temple organization, as well as other organizations, such as... the Paper Umbrella Society.

Unlike those fun-loving people in funeral temples who like to cause trouble everywhere, this paper umbrella society is very serious and only follows one principle.

Take people's money and eliminate disasters for them.

No, it's not even about taking money from people. It's about helping them get rid of disasters.

If it is a ghost or an evil spirit, they will also take the job as long as they can afford the price.

A major characteristic of the Paper Umbrella Society is that after killing someone, they will definitely leave an oil-paper umbrella at the spot.

There are two reasons. One is that it is easier to tell others.

Those people will be killed by their paper umbrellas. If they have the ability, they can come and take revenge. There is no need to look for them.

Very confident, but also very arrogant.

The second reason is that after a person dies, his soul is fragile. If he can have a paper umbrella to protect him at this time, it can greatly increase the chance of becoming a ghost.

So, now that this person has changed, the Paper Umbrella Club can do business again.

The first time was to kill someone, the second time... it was to exorcise an evil spirit.

Of course, if you think that the Paper Umbrella Association’s behavior is not good, that’s fine. After all, this is a business and what matters is that both parties are willing.

Thinking of this, Liu Bai picked up the umbrella rib again and looked at it.

So, Situ Liang, who seems to be sowing seeds everywhere, is actually a member of the Paper Umbrella Society?

Travel around the world, killing people at will.

If he met a suitable woman, he would sow some seeds for himself and see if he could grow a good seedling... For a moment, Liu Bai felt that he had guessed 80% right.

But is he the only one who knows about this, or does Situ Busheng, the ancestor of the Situ family, also know about it?

Liu Bai felt that there was no need to think too much about this kind of problem, so he just shouted, "Ancestor Situ."

But after two breaths, he heard footsteps outside the window.

Then Situ Busheng's voice sounded, "Sir, this old servant is here."

"You come in."

After saying that, the window was pushed open, and Situ Busheng climbed through the window to Liu Bai's side. There was no need for Liu Bai to remind him, he just looked at the table and understood it at a glance.

He immediately knelt on the ground, bowed his head and said: "This old servant did not mean to deceive you, sir."

"Okay, get up and talk."

Liu Bai doesn't like others kneeling down at every turn.

"So you know that Situ Liang has joined the Paper Umbrella Society?"

Situ Busheng stood up and answered honestly: "Yes, Liang'er told me about this when he first joined."

"It seems you are still hiding very deeply."

Liu Bai couldn't help but sigh, if Xiaocao hadn't accidentally discovered the secret hidden under the table, even he would have known about it.

After hearing this, Situ Busheng did not smile, but became very cautious.

"There's nothing we can do about this... Sir, just wait for me here for a moment."

"it is good."

Liu Bai also noticed that he seemed to have something to say.

Immediately afterwards, Situ Busheng left, but returned a moment later. However, compared to before, he had an extra knife in his hand, a well-preserved kitchen knife that looked like it had never been used.

Seeing this, Liu Bai's slightly drooping eyelids instantly opened.

"Knife seller on credit?!"

Situ Busheng smiled bitterly and nodded, "Young Master is very insightful."

He placed the kitchen knife on the table, then sat down beside it and began to speak:
"This knife seller passed by our Blood Food City 24 years ago. At that time, he came into our Situ family and said he wanted to sell us a kitchen knife."

"I won't charge you any money. I'll just wait until our Situ family falls into poverty and becomes a pariah, and then I'll charge you."

Liu Bai still knew the man who sold knives on credit.

The sky and the earth are measured and calculated, and the world is a knife.

He sells knives but doesn't charge for them. He just tells you a few things about the future. If you win, he will come back to collect the money.

Missing... that's a rare thing.

That was why Situ Busheng looked so sad at this moment, because the words that the knife seller said were very heavy and difficult to put into words.

"Only Liang Er and I knew about this. He has been under a lot of pressure since he found out. In the end, he even said that all eggs should not be put in one basket."

"He said that it was fine without him as the head of the family, but it would not work without me as the ancestor. So after that, he left and handed the Situ family back to me."

"But fortunately, twenty-three years ago, that is, the second year after the knife seller left, Liang Er brought back good news."

After Situ Busheng finished speaking, he lowered his head and looked at the things on the table.

"He joined the Paper Umbrella Society."

"So all these years, he has been working as a... killer outside?" Liu Bai asked.

"Yes." Situ Busheng nodded. "At present, only the old man knows about this matter in the Situ family. Of course, there is also a young master now, but I hope that the young master can keep it secret. After all, the fewer people there are, the greater the possibility of our Situ family being able to survive."

"Will do."

Liu Bai nodded.

Xiao Cao also nodded vigorously and said, "Don't worry, Xiao Cao's mouth is the tightest."

But when Liu Bai heard this, he felt panicked... Xiaocao's mouth could be as big as it wanted, right?

"So he is now... also cultivating the Yin Spirit?" Liu Bai asked curiously.

Situ Busheng finally smiled after hearing this, "He was fighting outside, and his Qi, blood and spirituality improved quickly. Last year, when he came back, he had already developed a Yin Spirit."

"sure."

It is estimated that the other two families still only have one Yin-nourishing god, the ancestor, but now the Situ family has two.

Come to think of it, this is a little more normal.

After all, how could a person who could be chosen as the patriarch of the Situ family be so dissolute as to be a sowing-weed patriarch and even ignore everything in the Situ family?

It's just hidden deeply.

"Haha, okay, okay."

Situ Busheng also felt a little relieved and waved his hand and said.

Just as he finished speaking, he found that Liu Bai, who was sitting on the chair, was staring at him with a half-smile in his eyes.

Situ Busheng had expected this and knew why Liu Bai had such an expression.

"Young Master, you mean to say that I asked you to be the head of the family in order to improve the fortune of my Situ family." Borrowing good fortune to improve good fortune may even change one's fate. Liu Bai felt that Situ Bushengqing probably meant to be the head of the family himself.

"Don't you have this idea?"

"Yes, I do think so."

Liu Bai was about to speak, but Situ Busheng stood up, knelt on the ground again, and took out a letter from his arms.

"This was given by Lady Liu Xian. You will understand it after you read it."

"Hmm? My mother?"

"Why are you taking it out now?"

Liu Bai stood up from his chair and took the ordinary letter with both hands.

Situ Busheng explained: "The Queen said that if you are willing to help the Situ family and become the head of our Situ family, then I will give you this letter. Otherwise, you should pretend that you don't know about it."

So... Mother gave me two choices?

From this point of view, Situ Busheng must have asked his mother a long time ago about asking him to be the head of the family.

My mother neither refused nor agreed, but simply gave the choice to me.

But what is the difference between these two choices...Liu Bai opened the letter.

Inside was the familiar handwriting.

"The fact that you can see this letter means that you have inherited the position of the head of the Situ family. In this case, you have already run into this knife seller on credit.

As it happens, I really hate this lineage of knife sellers."

Just a few simple lines of text, the introduction and conclusion are very incoherent.

But Liu Bai understood what his mother meant... His mother hated this lineage of people who sold knives on credit, so as a child, it was necessary for him to make his mother feel happy.

In that case, why not try to see if we can get rid of this guy who sells knives on credit?
It may be difficult, but we have to try... Let's start with the Situ family in the Blood Food City.

After putting away the letter left by his mother, Liu Bai felt much better.

Now it seems that I can still help my mother, and my mother also needs my help.

But if I had rejected Situ Busheng’s request, I would not have received this letter from my mother?

I won't be able to get involved in the feud between my mother and the knife seller.

So, if you sow the seeds, you will reap the fruits.

Liu Bai put away the letter and kept everything his mother gave him.

He changed the subject and asked:
"This Wufu Hall in the city is causing trouble everywhere. Can't they unite with the Zhou family and the Short Knife Gang and just... kill them?"

"We have also thought about flipping the table, but the City Lord's Mansion is behind the Wufu Hall. Now it seems that we can only follow suit and make small moves."

"But don't worry, sir. Each of our families has its own foundation. If we are pushed to the limit, we will fight to the death. Yours will not be implicated."

Situ Busheng gave Liu Bai the correct answer.

Liu Bai was not afraid. Even if he was really implicated... once his ghost body was activated, he could run and fight. If things didn't work, he still had his mother.

Nothing to be afraid of.

……

By the next morning, there was finally nothing to worry about in the Situ family. Even if there was, Liu Bai didn't need to deal with it.

So he thought about it and decided to go find Gongsun Shi.

After all, the other person has been calling the kid "brother" for so long and has been asking me to be their guest. I can't really not go even once.

When they went out, Situ Hong still followed them, and in order not to attract attention, Liu Bai specially changed her carriage into an ordinary one.

They arrived at Baihu Street smoothly. The gatekeeper recognized Liu Bai and invited him in. After a while at the entrance to the hall, Liu Bai heard the familiar crowing of a rooster.

Just as I entered the door, I saw no one.

"Little brother, I finally see you here."

Gongsun Shi had already jumped in from a distance, but when he saw Situ Hong behind Liu Bai, he seemed to have suddenly realized something, and bowed with his fists clasped from a distance.

"It turned out that the owner of the Red Lantern House came to visit us. We are so sorry that the Short Knife Gang failed to welcome him."

"Please forgive me, Master."

Liu Bai rolled his eyes and said, "Okay, if you want to do this, I'll leave."

"No, no, no, it's just a joke." Gongsun Shi walked forward with a chuckle, and raised his hand to ask the serving maid to add tea and fruits.

"Brother Xiao, are you free today?"

"Not bad. I see you seem to be quite busy." When Liu Bai just entered the door, he heard some movement in the back hall.

Gongsun Shi came from that side.

"Yes, there is something. If you are alright, come and have a look."

"Oh? Can I see it?"

"As long as the kid is willing to come, there's nothing he can't see."

Gongsun Shi laughed it off, so Liu Bai followed him. After passing through the door and the courtyard, they soon arrived at a side courtyard at the back.

Before entering the room, Liu Bai could already hear the sound of fighting coming from inside, as well as the breath of igniting the fire of life.

"Today is the day when our Short Knife Gang recruits bandits once every six months. It's just a small recruitment, so we don't plan to recruit many people. The ones who come are all young men from nearby towns."

Gongsun Shi was explaining in front, and Liu Bai followed him into the courtyard.

As for the tricks he mentioned, Liu Bai could also understand them.

It's nothing more than some jargon, which means recruiting new people.

Several circles were drawn on the open space in the middle of the yard, and in each circle stood a wounded young man with his shoulders on fire and a fierce look on his face.

There were young men standing or lying around, wanting to go up but stopping.

At that time, a middle-aged man with several short knives on his waist on the high platform opposite said in a deep voice: "Who wants to go up and try for the third round?"

As soon as he finished speaking, several young men raised their hands.

He picked out three at random, and these young men rushed into the circle again and started fighting with the young man who was occupying the area.

Liu Bai only took a few glances and knew what was going on.

Just looking at it, he couldn't help feeling a little dazed.

If I didn't have a mother, then I, who was born in Huangliang Town, would be lucky enough to start a fire and follow Master Ma.

In the end, if you want to go into the city, you will probably have to take this road.

Look for these three families in the city and see if I can find some connections, and then get a chance to fight for my life here, if I'm lucky and have the ability.

Finally, I joined the three major families...which was also the lowest level.

But even so, it still attracts countless young people.

Why? I just want to live longer, go further, and stand higher.

In just the time when Liu Bai was distracted, two young men who were occupying the area were beaten out, with blood coming out of their mouths and noses.

There was still one person who was struggling to hold on. Finally, the two life fires on his shoulders suddenly flipped up and seemed to turn into two long worms.

The young man who was fighting with him was frightened, and he took the opportunity to knock him out with a random punch.

At this point, he couldn't help but clench his fist and growl.

The middle-aged man on the high platform looked down at the bamboo sign in his hand and said, "Xiao Liuzhuang, Liu Shengkai, welcome to the Short Knife Gang."

For a moment, the young man shouted excitedly, and the other young men surrounding him also talked a lot.

"It's a good idea."

Gongsun Shi crossed his arms over his chest, and he seemed to have realized something.

Liu Bai knew that the trick Liu Sheng had just used was just a fake one that could only scare people.

Just at this moment, a gang member hurriedly walked in from behind the door where the two were standing. He came to Gongsun Shi and was about to speak, but when he saw Liu Bai and Situ Hong beside their young gang leader, he stopped talking.

"Okay, tell me." Gongsun Shi really had no intention of hiding it from Liu Bai.

The gang didn't hesitate any longer and said directly: "Something happened in the warehouse at Maple Leaf Ferry. There's a haunted house. We don't have enough manpower now."

"It's a haunted creature? Very serious? Can't even those with knives solve it?" Gongsun Shi was a little surprised.

If even a knife cannot solve the problem, then it must be some kind of evil spirit.

Is there a ghost?

I'm afraid I'll have to find Sister Hong.

"No, it's just that the people from the back hall went out to deliver an errand today. Hu Wei is also here. Didn't you say that if he has any problems, he should tell you in time?"

As soon as the group finished speaking, Liu Bai looked a little surprised.

Gongsun Shi seemed to be afraid that Liu Bai would misunderstand him, and hurriedly explained: "Hu Wei is your senior brother, Xiao Haoge, so I wanted to take care of him."

"Thank you very much then."

It was only then that Liu Bai realized that the reason why Hu Wei was so successful in the Short Knife Gang was because of him?
"Okay, I'll go take a look." Gongsun Shi said to the gang, and the latter left quickly.

Liu Bai thought about it and said, "I'll go take a look too."

But just after he finished speaking, he felt that something was not quite right... This Hu Wei seemed to be a team initiator.

Whenever something happens, it seems like he's the first one to get into trouble.

Could it be that there is something special about his luck?
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(The reader is right, it's me who is wrong. It's my fault that I can't update 20,000 words a day. If I update 20,000 words a day, I can publish this chapter earlier... You won't find it weird to be the head of the family.) So today's update is advanced. It's better to explain it clearly as soon as possible.

(I created a role card for Xiaocao, if you like it, you can give it a thumbs up)
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