death

Chapter 72

After leaving Tangfu Tea House, Mai Xiaorou and I rushed to the wreath shop in the county without stopping.

By the time we passed, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening, and the door here was still reserved for us.

It was not Li Guidao who received us after we entered, but Li Dihuang.

She didn't let us stay in the store this time, but led us directly into the backyard and then into a room.

There is a row of bookshelves with many books on them. There is a simple mahogany tea table and a rocking chair in front of the bookshelves. There is a teapot and a teacup on the tea table. The fragrance of tea slowly wafted out, making the whole room look artistic.

After Li Dihuang led us in, he said to us: "You guys wait in this study, one of my uncles wants to see you, he has some suitable cases for you."

Li Dihuang's uncle?

After finishing speaking, Li Dihuang didn't give us a chance to talk, so she went to the wreath shop, and she stretched out her hand to re-tie her hair as she walked, as if she was going to tidy up the wreath shop.

Li Dihuang is a Daoist daughter who is older than Zhang Rui and Tang Qing. Not only does she have no airs at all, but she actually does the rough work by herself. I am more interested in this huge Daoist.

At this moment, footsteps came from the second floor. I walked to the door and looked up, only to find a middle-aged man walking down from the second floor.

He was wearing a Tai Chi outfit, with short hair, and he was holding a bird cage in his hand, in which there was a little red bird whose name I couldn't name.

Hearing that voice, Li Dihuang also yelled to the backyard in the wreath shop: "Uncle Xiao, you have a good rest, someone is here, waiting for you in the study."

The person upstairs is surnamed Xiao?

I heard from Zhang Rui that the real ruler of the North China branch is the Xiao family, a Daoist family that is bigger than the Tang family. Could it be that Li Dihuang's uncle Xiao is from the Xiao family?

In any case, the other party must have a noble status in the Taoist sect.

Li Dihuang's Uncle Xiao came down from upstairs and came straight to the study. He nodded to us and said, "You are Chen Yu and Mai Xiaorou. They are much weaker than I imagined. It's hard to imagine you How did you destroy the plots of the collateral Tang family one after another."

Mai Xiaorou and I didn't speak, just saluted him.

He went into the study and sat down on the rocking chair, then put the bird cage in his hand beside the table before continuing: "My name is Xiaojing, you may not have heard of it, but it doesn't matter, I am here this time to I want to give you two a case, I don’t know if you are interested in taking it, if you take it, this will be the sixth case of your 36 cases!”

Xiao Jing?We have never heard of this name.

I asked him: "Did you ask Wang Tahan to find us, and then say some unpleasant words to provoke us?"

Xiao Jing shook his head and said: "I can't control that freak, let's put it this way, Wang Tahan and I were arranged by someone, maybe Wang Tahan was sent by him to provoke you, and I chose to be sent by him to arrange the case for you of."

Was Xiaojing sent by someone?

I asked who that was, but Xiao Jing just smiled and didn't answer.

At this time, Li Dihuang shouted to the backyard: "Uncle Xiao, don't be fooled, isn't it my father who asked you to arrange the case? There's nothing to hide about it. It made my father a lot of trouble." Mysteriously, what a sweet man he was."

Li Dihuang's father?That is Li Guidao's master, he just asked Li Guidao to arrange the case for me, why did he find another person named Xiao?

Before I could speak, Xiao Jing also smiled and said: "Girl Dihuang, do your job, no matter how I say it, I am the master of one side, you should give me some face."

Dihuang didn't speak anymore.

Xiao Jing continued to say to us: "The case designated by the Holy Master belongs to some secrets guarded by our Xiao family, so it is not convenient for Li Shi-nephew to arrange it, so we need our Xiao family to arrange it in person. Originally, these things, as long as we A few juniors from the Xiao family can arrange for you, but I am curious about who can let the Holy Lord arrange the tasks in person, so I came here for a while, so to speak, I made a special trip to see you of."

Holy One?This should be Xiao Jing's name for Li Dihuang's father, but I don't know what kind of title the title of the Holy One is in the spiritual world, and how much higher than the honor of the Daoist that Wang Tahan is about to get.

Thinking of this, I asked Xiao Jing if the Holy Master is also the honorary title of the Daoist sect.

Xiao Jing said, yes.

I asked again if there were many people with the title of Holy Venerable.

Hearing what I said, Xiao Jing laughed "haha". After laughing for a while, he said to me: "There are only three people with the title of saint in the spiritual world today, how many do you think?"

There are only three titles of saints?Li Dihuang's father is one of them?

Isn't Li Dihuang's father one of the three most noble people in Taoism today?

I can't help but look a little higher at this door. This door, which is not obvious and does not leak water, is so powerful.

Seeing that Mai Xiaorou and I were shocked and speechless, Xiao Jing continued: "Don't be so surprised, this matter is not a secret in the spiritual world, but you are still young, and you haven't heard about it for the time being."

Mai Xiaorou hesitated for a moment and asked Xiao Jing: "Dare to ask Senior Xiao's title..."

Xiao Jing smiled and said: "I, I won't mention it, it's not the Holy One anyway!"

Then Xiao Jing brought the topic to the case and said: "Have you decided to take my case? If you complete this case, you will have the opportunity to participate in the selection of the Hundred Stars list. If you don't take this case, Before April, if you take a few more small cases, you have no hope of entering the Hundred Stars list this year."

I asked Xiao Jing: "You want us to enter the [-]-star list? Why?"

Xiao Jing smiled and said: "You are the seed of disaster, and the disaster you bring will become bigger and bigger, and your strength is improving too slowly. If you don't pull out the seedlings to encourage growth, maybe you can only be uprooted, and you will never be troubled again." Now, you must control the curse in your body as soon as possible, and the competition between the Hundred Stars Ranking and the Ten Heroes is a consideration of your strength. If after three years, you cannot enter the Ten Heroes, then there is only one result waiting for you !"

I took Xiao Jing's words and said, "Killed!"

Xiao Jing nodded and said, "That's true!"

Sure enough, my life is not in my hands at all, but the only thing I can do now is to obey their arrangements, work hard to improve my strength, and make myself among the top ten supernatural beings within three years!

Before I could speak, Mai Xiaorou said, "We've accepted that case!"

Xiao Jing smiled and said, "It's interesting!"

I pulled Mai Xiaorou, but Mai Xiaorou said firmly: "Chen Yu, don't you understand, we have no way out, don't worry, I will be more careful when we have a case, everything depends on you Mainly, I will not use spells when it is not necessary."

That's right, I have no choice. I only have three chances to enter the Hundred Stars list, and one chance to be among the top ten supernatural beings. I can't give up any chance.

Thinking of this, I asked Xiao Jing, what is the case we are going to solve this time.

Xiao Jing said: "The phoenix returns to the nest!"

Hearing this name, Mai Xiaorou and I couldn't help being stunned, Huang?Could it be the legendary divine bird?

I asked Xiao Jing if it was true, and he smiled and said, "Of course it is true. I will briefly introduce the case to you."

"Our Xiao family guards a place where a fire phoenix died tragically in the hands of our Xiao family. In order to atone for the crime, our Xiao family members were sent there to guard it day and night, casting the phoenix nest, and waiting for the tragic death of the fire phoenix. The phoenix has re-nirvana, and in recent days, some abnormalities have appeared in the place we guarded. Suddenly, many lonely ghosts appeared. , if the real phoenix does not return for a day, our family's crimes will not decrease, so in order to ensure the return of the real phoenix, you must go there to eliminate the ghosts and find out the reason for the sudden appearance of those ghosts."

True Phoenix?

There really is a Phoenix!
I was already a little excited.

Mai Xiaorou asked Xiao Jing, where is that place.

Xiao Jing said: "I will send you the detailed address. This case is a bit difficult. It may be a bit reluctant to rely on the two of you alone, so I will send a few more helpers to go with you."

I asked who it was.

Xiao Jing said: "They are all your acquaintances, Zhang Rui, Tang Qing, and Ning Xi!"

I don't think Zhang Rui and Tang Qing are very surprised. After all, they are both from the North China Branch, but when it comes to Ning Xi, I feel a little surprised.

Every time that person approached Mai Xiaorou and me, his motives were obviously impure. Would it be bad for us if she followed Mai Xiaorou and me?

Seeing that I was hesitant, Xiao Jing asked me: "Why are you dissatisfied with this arrangement? You can rest assured. In this case, you are the one who speaks, and everything is up to you."

I! ?

Zhang Rui, Tang Qing, Ning Xi, and even Mai Xiaorou, none of them have more experience than me. Why did I, a novice just getting started, be the speaker?

Xiao Jing said: "This is a special order from the sage, to pull out the seedlings to encourage growth, and it is you who are pulling out the seedlings. Letting others do the talking will not be effective."

I asked Xiao Jing: "Then you are not afraid that our case will go awry and affect the true phoenix's return to the nest?"

Xiao Jing said: "If you mess it up, I will immediately send the elite of our Xiao family to deal with the matter there, and it will definitely not delay the true phoenix's return to the nest after nirvana!"

Sure enough, the Xiao family had a backup.

Xiao Jing didn't say much about the specific case, but told us, let's stay here for a day, and leave directly from this wreath shop tomorrow.

At this time, I suddenly thought of a question, that is, what is Xiao Jing's status in Xiao's family, and then I asked casually.

The Xiao family smiled at me and said, "Me, I am the person in charge of the North China Branch, and the entire North China Branch is under my control."

The highest authority in the North China Branch! ?

(End of this chapter)