New and dark light years

Chapter 53: The New and the Old Are Very Different

The next morning.

The fat man's body had already been moved back to the hall of Qin's mansion.

She was even thoughtfully clothed so she was no longer naked.

A middle-aged man with half-white hair looked at the corpse on the ground with a sad face.

"Who did it?"

The doorman shook his head vigorously: "Master, I didn't see it."

The middle-aged man raised his leg and kicked the doorman away.

The doorman was sent flying backwards for several meters and hit the wall. He ignored the fact that he was spitting blood and immediately got up and kowtowed, "Master, please spare my life. Please spare my life."

"roll!"

The doorman crawled away.

Another middle-aged man standing nearby, named Qin Wu, said, "Brother, I've examined Lang'er's wounds. He was struck directly in the kidneys by a short weapon, twice. As far as I know, none of the southern sects have this kind of technique. Even if they were sneak attacks, they'd either stab the heart or slit the neck. This is the first time I've seen or heard of someone specifically stabbing the kidneys."

The head of the Qin family is named Qin Feng. He has a rough appearance and a long beard, and is known as the "Beautiful Bearded Man" in Feirong County.

His tone seemed a little weak: "Could it be that the murderer deliberately concealed the origin of his moves?"

"That's possible." Qin Wu agreed, "But Lang'er's wound was very narrow and clean, without any extra scars. This was obviously caused by a special weapon and a special force-generating technique. The murderer is very good at this kind of attack, so the murderer..."

At this moment, a servant rushed in from outside, covered in blood and with a frighteningly pale face.

The two looked over and their expressions suddenly changed.

Because the servant was holding his kidneys, his lower body was almost soaked in blood, and his pants were black.

Wherever he passed, there were bloody footprints one after another.

"What's going on?" Qin Feng took a few steps to the servant and said, "You are Tian'er's attendant...how did you become like this?"

The servant was already breathing his last breath. It was a miracle that he could run here while holding his kidney and bleeding.

"Master... go find the murderer..." The servant's voice became smaller and smaller.

At this time, Qin Wu immediately put his hand on the servant's back and injected a trace of vital energy into it.

The servant's eyes lit up, and he spoke haltingly, "In Shuijin Alley...at the end of the alley, there were men in black...stabbing people. The young master and I..."

Having said this, the servant's body twitched for a while and then he became silent.

"Tian'er!"

Qin Feng's eyes were bloodshot, his face was terribly gloomy, and his hands were shaking.

"Second brother, you stay here and guard the house. I'm afraid this is the enemy's trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain." Qin Feng said, suppressing his sadness, "I'll go over and take a look."

Qin Wu's face was also full of sorrow: "Okay, I'll stay here and won't let anyone mess around."

Qin Feng turned around and left in a hurry.

After everyone left, Qin Wu's expression changed from sorrow to a somewhat happy one. He then rubbed his face and whispered, "No, no, don't do this."

He then began to study the servant's wound. After a moment's scrutiny, he shook his head and said, "How cruel! While it wasn't a fatal blow, it still left the person unable to resist and causing unbearable pain. Such a lethal blow is no exaggeration to call it torture. When did such a ruthless person appear in our Southern Border?"

At this time, Li Lin was wearing casual clothes and squatting on a tree.

Although he was quite far away from the "crime scene", his higher position advantage still allowed him to see the situation there clearly.

He watched a middle-aged man howling in pain while holding the dead body, and watched him go crazy nearby, punching and kicking, injuring several servants who followed him.

I also looked at the middle-aged man standing there helplessly and furiously: Beast, if you have the guts, come out, my Qin family will fight you to the death!
"Well, this should be the head of the family, Qin Feng." Li Lin nodded slightly, memorized the other person's face, then turned over and climbed down the tree, away from here.

He came to a small stall on West Street and drank tofu pudding.

Sweet...and delicious.

There was a man opposite, eating spicy tofu pudding with red oil.

The two men looked at each other, then looked at each other's bowls, and snorted in unison, expressing their disdain for each other.

After drinking the tofu pudding, Li Lin started looking around and soon found a shop with a sign that read "Fang's Paper Horse Shop".

This should be it. Li Lin went in and saw many paper figures, talismans, paper money, and a strange smell of sandalwood.

The smell of various things mixed together and tasted weird.

"Is the owner here?" Li Lin shouted.

"exist!"

Not long after, a middle-aged man with a rat-like mustache walked out. He had small eyes and was thin.

At the same time, this person's clothing is also quite different.

He wore a red Buddhist Vimalakirti hat on his head, a black Taoist robe, and a pair of herringbone clogs on his feet, which looked particularly contradictory.

But Li Lin knew that such people were the local "witches" in southern Xinjiang, and their official name was Daogong.

It can be used for both funerals and weddings.

The shopkeeper came out and saw Li Lin. He was slightly startled: "Sir, your background... is extraordinary."

His eyes were as cunning as a fox's.

Li Lin clasped his fists and smiled, "The Tree Fairy Queen asked me to come here."

Hearing this, the shopkeeper's eyes widened, his expression became one of joy, mixed with some nostalgia, and finally his expression softened, the cunning in his eyes vanishing.

"My lady, is she okay?"

"It should be pretty good, but he doesn't talk much."

"Haha, she's always like this." The shopkeeper asked Li Lin to sit down, then asked, "What did the queen ask you to come to me for?"

"I wanted to learn talisman magic, and she recommended you to me." Li Lin looked at the other person and asked, "Shopkeeper, you were originally a spirit hunter, right?"

"Yes!" the shopkeeper said with a sigh, "As for the magic, I shouldn't teach you, but since the Queen asked you to come, there's no problem. You should be patrolling Shangtikou Village now."

"Yes."

"Twenty years ago, I did the same."

Li Lin was quite surprised: "Aren't you from Feirong County? Why are you going to Yulin County as a patrol officer?"

"There are a lot of spirit hunters here..." The shopkeeper said with a strange expression, "So I had to work outside to make a living. Then I ran into some problems... Never mind, let's not talk about the past. Please wait a moment. I'll go get you something."

The shopkeeper turned around and went back into the inner room, but came out again after a while.

He held an old, yellowed manuscript in his hand: "This is the talisman that the Empress was talking about."

Li Lin took it and found four big characters written on the cover: "Daogong's Detailed Description".

Taoist priest?

"This book is a Taoist priest's inheritance. Although the content is quite mixed and even a bit chaotic, it does record the basics of talisman magic. My talent is limited. I have only learned some minor techniques such as making paper horses. I cannot learn the main methods of talisman magic." The shopkeeper's eyes were filled with envy. "But since the queen asked you to come here, I believe you have a talent for this."

Li Lin took it and asked, "How much silver?"

"Give it to me if you like. It's handwritten anyway, and I have it for myself."

Li Lin presented a silver note worth one hundred taels.

The shopkeeper took it without checking the amount and put it into his sleeve. Then he subconsciously said, "Actually, I'm a little worried about the queen. She doesn't eat blood and energy. I don't know how long she can hold on. I have to find time to go back and visit her."

Don’t eat blood?
"She eats." Li Lin said subconsciously.

"Eat?" The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, then instinctively asked, "Whose?"

Li Lin didn't say anything.

The shopkeeper stared at Li Lin's handsome face for a while, then suddenly became angry: "Get out! Get out!"

Li Lin stepped back subconsciously.

Then the shop door slammed shut.

The shop owner's crying could be heard faintly from inside.

"My queen, my queen..."

(End of this chapter)