Rent Affair

Chapter 14

Wang Jianmin saw that the excuse was broken, smiled awkwardly, and said haha, "I just drove by here, and I came here to take a look when I saw the construction started here, it's not a big deal!"

The foreman couldn't believe it when he heard Wang Jianmin's explanation. It can be seen that he didn't want to say more, so he didn't feel comfortable asking, and sighed, "Brother, I just think you treat me well. I can’t tell you!” He looked back at the ground surrounded by iron sheets, “I’m afraid I can’t take you in here, Yang and Changqian have warned that outsiders are not allowed to enter, we all have an agreement , Brother, don’t embarrass me!”

Wang Jianmin saw that the person in front of him was in a difficult situation, and he couldn't bear to force him to do anything. He had an idea, thought of some words, and asked, "What is Yang Hechang going to build on this small lonely mountain? No one dares to buy it when it is built up!"

The foreman looked around and saw no one else, so he whispered in Wang Jianmin's ear, "Brother, this is not building a building for the living, but building a tomb for someone. Yang Hechang paid such a high price to buy this small lonely mountain to build a tomb for himself?" The foreman complained a few words, afraid that Wang Jianmin would ask further questions, so he found an excuse to say that the construction site was still busy, turned around and got into the tomb. In the field surrounded by iron sheets.

Wang Jianmin spread his hands at Xiaoying and me, and said helplessly, "That's all I can ask!"

Build a tomb?Using such a large amount of manpower and material resources, in ancient times only emperors and generals were greedy for glory, wealth, power and status, and after death they would bring what they had in life to the ground. This is the ancient tomb. The great ability of the sky can't be compared with that of the emperors and generals. Isn't it afraid of ruining Yangshou's life with the power of coveting the sky?I was wondering what kind of medicine the fortune teller was selling in the gourd.

I glanced sideways at Xiaoying, and saw that her brows were tightly furrowed, her face was concentrating, and her eyes flickered with fear. I asked her if she knew something, and Xiaoying nodded, but didn't answer, saying that this place is not for talking. Place, let’s go back to the city first. Wang Jianmin felt the eerie coolness standing in front of Xiaogu Mountain. Hearing this, he clapped his hands in response, and the three of them drove back to the city.

On the road, Xiaoying's face was sombre, and she didn't say a word, which also made me and Wang Jianmin dare not say a word. The car was quiet all the way, and when we arrived at Wang Jianmin's villa, Xiaoying got out of the car and ran straight upstairs. I was worried about what happened to her. As soon as she entered the room, Xiaoying took out a book with worn paper and yellowed paper from her bag. The book seemed to be old. She flipped through it in a hurry as if she was looking for something in the book. He didn't bother her, just stood beside her and looked at her quietly.

"I found it!" Xiaoying said, her brows furrowed a little more, and the fear in her eyes was evident.

"What did you find?" It was the first time I saw her like this, and I asked anxiously.

Xiaoying pointed to the book, choked her throat, and said in a trembling voice, "That's not a tomb at all, but a pond for raising corpses!"

"Corpse?" I said in amazement. Since ancient times, there has been a saying of a place for keeping corpses. If you bury a corpse here, it will not rot for thousands of years, and the corpse can turn into a zombie. But I have never heard of this pond. He hurriedly asked the fortune-teller what the purpose of building this corpse pond was.

Xiaoying pointed to the broken page on the book, and said slowly, "This corpse pond has existed since ancient times, but it is not known to outsiders. Chi can use the yin qi of wandering souls for himself, but disciples of the main school will never do such a thing!"

From the fact that this fortune-teller’s behavior style is by no means a true disciple, I always feel that he built this corpse pool not just to raise zombies, there must be a bigger conspiracy behind it, I told Xiaoying what I wanted, and Xiaoying clicked She nodded and said that she felt the same way, but the corpse pool is a secret method, which cannot be practiced by ordinary Taoist disciples. It seems that we should be wary of that fortune-telling Taoist priest.

But we are in the open, and the enemy is in the dark. It is easy to hide with a clear gun, but hard to defend against an arrow in the dark. No matter how hard you defend, you can't prevent this fortune-telling Taoist from stalking behind his back. The most urgent thing is to meet this fortune-telling Taoist as soon as possible to see how good he is. Ability, if it's just a mystery, don't take it seriously, it's much better than worrying about it.

Xiaoying also agrees with my idea, but this old man has obviously sensed that we are looking for him, so he won't show up easily. an errand.

There was a flash of inspiration in Xiaoying's bright eyes, and she said, "Since the old Taoist priest refuses to come out by himself, then we will lure him out!"

"How to quote?" I asked puzzled.

Xiaoying said that since the Taoist fortune-teller hadn’t built a corpse pool yet, he couldn’t delay the matter Yang Hechang entrusted to him. If he wanted to lure the Taoist fortune-teller out, he had to start with Yang Hechang and ask Wang Jianmin to act as a bait to provoke him. He will definitely go to the fortune teller Taoist to help.

I agree with Xiaoying's idea, instead of standing still, it is better to take the initiative to lure the snake out of the hole, but will the fortune-telling Taoist really take the bait easily?As I thought about it, I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my chest, as if thousands of ants were biting my heart with sharp bites, and the pain and itching instantly spread all over my body. Endure to the extreme.

Seeing me like this, Xiaoying knew that the Yin Gu had flared up again. She pinched her fingers and counted, with a serious expression on her face, she hurriedly grabbed my hands, not letting me scratch them, and pressed her body tightly against my back , the two lumps of softness attached to my back, which relieved me a little for a moment, but after a while, the pain swept through my whole body again, making me scream.

"Be patient! Just bear with me for a while!" Xiaoying grabbed my hand with all her strength in both hands, comforting me.

I don't know how long it took before the bone-eroding pain subsided from my body. My whole body seemed to be exhausted, and I lay powerlessly on the bed. It has been two days since I came out of Lingbei County. Although I didn't know that Chen Changan was in the small mansion What kind of method is used to suppress the yin gu from attacking, but he is not around now, if this continues, before the yin qi spreads in the body, he will already be tortured to death by such bone erosion and itching.

Xiaoying didn't let go, but hugged me from behind, I couldn't see her expression at this time, I just heard her say, "Otherwise... go and subdue Xie Chong first, get rid of the Yin Gu on your body, and then come Help Wang Jianmin?"

I was taken aback by what I said, Xiaoying is not the kind of person who breaks promises, and she was willing to break her promise once for me. It is hard for me to believe that she saw that I did not say a word and said to herself, "There are still thirteen days left. , within these thirteen days, the old fortune-teller won’t be able to build a corpse pond, don’t worry for now, and you don’t have to worry about Wang Jianmin, I will tell him about it!”

I have a vague feeling that Xiaoying has other feelings for me, not for the kind of guilt in my heart, but I'm not sure yet.

Xiaoying let go and I went downstairs to find Wang Jianmin. I was lying on the bed alone. I felt my upper and lower eyelids fighting because of the torment just now, and I fell asleep within a short time.

Early the next morning, Xiaoying packed up the package and took me out of the villa. Wang Jianmin was waiting at the door early, and handed over an envelope, "This is my humble kindness. Thanks to Miss Xiaoying, I was able to let me go this time." It’s a knot in my heart, you will inevitably spend money along the way, accept it!”

Xiaoying took the envelope without pushing it any further, and told him not to try to fight Yang Hechang to the death, but to calm down.

Wang Jianmin knew it, patted my shoulder, and said earnestly, "Little brother, Miss Xiaoying is a good girl, you should cherish her well, don't regret it until you lose it!"

This sudden sentence made me confused, I scratched my head, glanced at Xiaoying beside me, saw that her cheeks were blushing, saw me looking at her, and lowered my head in panic.

Wang Jianmin saw some clues, and quickly changed the subject, "We have to get on the road quickly, or we will have to delay some time!"

I nodded, bid farewell to Wang Jianmin, and Xiaoying and I embarked on the road of conquering the evil again.

The destination of this trip is in N City. Chen Changan called Xiaoying and said that there are ghosts and haunts here, but the truth remains to be found out. Xiaoying naturally refused to let go of this opportunity, and simply took me straight to N City. .

This N city is a famous tourist city with a long history of culture and beautiful natural landscape. Now it is summer, which is the peak of tourism. The car is full of all kinds of tourist groups. I don’t know where Xiaoying found two photos. Most of the seat tickets were bought by Wang Jianmin using his connections.

On the way, I asked Xiaoying how she explained to Wang Jianmin, but Xiaoying always smiled and avoided talking about it, and the meaning of Wang Jianmin's last words clearly acquiesced that there was a relationship between me and Xiaoying. Don't ask any more questions, you will know sooner or later when you should know.

It took half a day to travel from City S to City N. The car was crowded with people and it was extremely hot, causing complaints.

Xiaoying closed her eyes slightly, closed her eyes and meditated. I was really bored, so I turned my head to look at the scenery outside the window. The fields are vast and green, and the dew has not yet disappeared, and the greenery is even more intense. I was fascinated by it , the person next to me pushed me and asked, "Young man, are you also traveling to N City?"

I followed the sound and saw that the woman who spoke was over sixty years old, her temples were silver-white, and the carving knife of the years had carved the mark of time on her face. The deep and shallow wrinkles were particularly obvious. There was a pair of reading glasses on the bridge of her nose. Simple, but has an old-fashioned aura.

I smiled back politely, "Yes, aunt, you also went to N City for fun?"

The aunt smiled, and said in a withered voice, "Where are some people in this car going to see the scenery now? Aren't they all going there for the weird things happened two days ago!"

"Strange thing?" I asked in doubt, and I could probably guess in my heart that the strange thing this aunt was talking about was what Chen Changan called "evil spirits".

The aunt in front of her looked around vigilantly, and saw that Xiaoying and another girl on the opposite side were sleeping, she suppressed her voice, and said slowly, "Isn't it! Can landscapes and historic sites attract so many people?"

This aunt is right. Now that the domestic smog is so serious, how can anyone still travel in the country? Most of them would rather go abroad to breathe fresh air, let alone a city like N that has been developed for decades. It is an old-fashioned tourist city, and in addition to smog in the air, it is exhaust gas.

I asked the aunt, what kind of strange thing could attract so many people to N City at once?
The aunt looked me up and down, and seeing that I didn't know anything about it, she said solemnly, "Young man, it's better to have one less thing than one more thing. It's better not to know some things, so don't get involved in this muddy water, just play with me." Just have fun, don't ask too much about other things!"

(End of this chapter)