Bone

Chapter 14

After being tense for too long, Qin Nianjiuquan took teasing and talking about Fengyue as a relaxing pastime, until he walked back to the main road and still made fun of him, "Just say it when you are hungry, there is nothing to be ashamed of. Look at you, carry Next to it, my legs are weak, and it is difficult to even cross a threshold—is it worth it? Of course it is not worth it!"

The people around him buzzed like flies, talking about Fengyue only as if what he said was the wind blowing in his ears, and walked his own way without looking sideways.

The location of Yizhuang is remote, and there are not many pedestrians on the road connected to it. There are a few small stalls scattered along the street, and the vendors are bored in front of the stalls, not bothering to attract customers.

Tan Fengyue glanced at a stall selling rouge and gouache, and suddenly stopped, grabbing the chattering flies beside her, "Wait a minute."

The fly Qin Nianjiu was staggered by him, and he shook off his hand in dissatisfaction, "...No, when will you get rid of your habit of picking people up every now and then? Are you addicted?"

Tan Fengyue didn't bother to pay attention to his nonsense, left a sentence of "waiting here", then went straight to the gouache stall, and asked the stall owner, "Do you have veils for sale here?"

Seeing a customer coming to the door, the stall owner immediately regained his spirits, swept away his previous listless appearance, and answered courteously: "Yes, yes, what kind of material do you want? I have cloud silk gauze, brocade silk, Xiayan satin... or is there any style you like? Here, here are the ones embroidered with peach blossoms, and the ones embroidered with cloud patterns..."

He moved a basket of stacked veils to the front of the booth, and picked up a piece casually, "According to me, I will choose this concubine-colored brocade silk, embroidered with plum blossoms, and any lady will be happy! Don't you?" I know, this style is very popular, even the ladies of the imperial capital are using it—”

As soon as she got rid of a talkative person, she met another talkative one, Tan Fengyue pressed the center of her eyebrows with some headaches, and interrupted him, "Take that plain black cloud gauze."

"Hey! Young master knows the goods! This cloud silk gauze is light and breathable, and it feels like water when pinched. It is plain black and luxurious, and it complements your complexion!" The stall owner praised and praised, and happily collected the money. Need two more pieces of rouge? My rouge—hey, slow down, sir! If your wife likes it, come with me next time..."

He choked, and swallowed the unfinished words back into his throat. He watched the young man in green take a few steps, and threw the veil in his hand to another big man with a black umbrella.

Qin Nianjiu pinched the soft veil stained with rouge and gouache with puzzled eyes, as if he couldn't believe it, "...for me?"

"The government may not be able to suppress the strange affairs of the Chen family. If the news leaks out, and you face Zhang Wenyu, I'm afraid you will get into trouble." Tan Fengyue had a rare patience and explained a long series of words, " Looking at Luo Qingyu's fate, you can see how irrational ordinary people will be when encountering strange things. You don't want to be expelled from the city by the city people as a heretic, or burned to death, right?"

Qin Nianjiu reacted for a while, and was even more unbelievable, "This is the ancestor, is he caring about me?"

Tan Fengyue didn't say that he was just afraid of trouble, and said noncommittally: "Hurry up and put it on, and find an inn to stay before dark."

Seeing that Qin Nianjiu was still pinching the veil in a daze, and didn't move for a long time, he raised his eyebrows impatiently, "Why, I have to burn it for you so that you can use it?"

Qin Nianjiu heaved a sigh of relief after hearing these blunt words, and said with a smile, "That's right, I thought you were possessed just now."

Tan Fengyue: "..." How unreasonable is his impression on this person?

Ridicule is ridicule, the feeling of being cared about is really not bad.Qin Nianjiu didn't dislike the smell of powder that wafted out—he didn't know what the smell of powder was, he just thought it smelled good—he stuck the black umbrella around his neck, freed his hands to put on the veil, and asked Tan Fengyue, "How is it?"

The sunlight in the evening was much softer, reflecting on the man in brocade clothes and black umbrella, softening his outline.The tone of the brocade clothes on his body is rather dark, the plain black thin veil loosely covers most of his face, two strands of hair fall on his cheeks, and he is lined with a black umbrella propped behind his head... Ignore his slightly heroic expression With sharp eyebrows and a high nose bridge, she looks like a lady in mourning.

It's not ugly either.

Tan Fengyue looked at his new appearance, and said something inappropriately in her heart: a man should be pretty, with a suit of soap.The ancients were sincere and did not deceive me.

...Wait, those sharp eyebrows and eyes?He was slightly taken aback, and frowned—has this man's appearance changed?

When he was in the Chen Mansion earlier, he had carefully looked at the eyebrows and eyes of "Chen Wenyu". They were obviously round eyes, which could only be described as delicate and handsome, and had nothing to do with the word heroic.Cai hadn't noticed it all the time, but now that his face was covered by a veil, only a pair of eyes were exposed, and the difference was revealed—although the change was not big, it could even be called subtle, but it was a real change.

It turns out that the appearance of the "corpse" will change with the "soul" when returning the soul from the corpse?

Qin Nianjiu didn't know what he was thinking. Seeing his frown, he thought that his appearance was unsightly. He touched the veil on his face in confusion, "Is it ugly? It shouldn't be—"

"no……"

Tan Fengyue was about to deny it, when Qin Nianjiu, who suddenly approached, raised his hand and pinched his chin.

The fragrance of the powder on the veil rushed straight, enveloping him firmly.

The man was too close.Tan Fengyue's pupils dilated slightly, "...what are you doing."

Qin Nianjiu didn't answer, and exerted some strength in his hand, forcing him to lower his head slightly, staring fixedly at his hazel eyes, "Shh, don't move."

To be stared at so suddenly by a big man at such a close distance, and to give such an order that can be said to be offensive, but can be regarded as ambiguous, other people would have given him a slap.

Fortunately, this is talking about Fengyue, he was only surprised for a moment, then regained his composure, and he really didn't move, he only said coolly: "I hope the heavens respect themselves."

Qin Nianjiu still ignored him, and after a while, he let go and returned to his original position, complaining: "I thought it was ugly, isn't it quite normal, it's not too embarrassing."

"..." Tan Fengyue understood, "...you take my eyes as a mirror?"

It's not a question, but a threatening rhetorical question.

"Ah, are you smart?" Qin Nianjiu didn't hear the turbulent undercurrent in his tone, and thought there was nothing wrong with this move, so he readily admitted it without fear of death, "There was no mirror in the junction before, and the yellow spring water was dirty. I couldn't get a picture of anyone, I wanted to see what I looked like, so I went to—”

Something flashed suddenly, intercepting his voice, it was the silver fan in Tan Fengyue's hand.

The surface of the silver fan was overflowing with colors, and there was an incomparably cold killing intent.Tan Fengyue slowly shook the dangerous silver fan, her voice was still calm, as if she was listening very seriously, "Just looking for it?"

"..." Qin Nianjiu couldn't hear the tone of his voice, but he could still recognize the blatant and straightforward threat, "Look for..."

He turned his eyes and saw a big inn not far away, and turned the conversation around as if he was amnesty, "I found it! The inn!"

If it weren't for the cold face that he was used to, Tan Fengyue would almost be laughed at by him.

Seeing the ghost holding the black umbrella take three steps in parallel, and quickly slipped towards the luxuriously decorated inn, he shook his head helplessly, gathered up the streamer on his fan, and followed.

There are dozens of convoys passing by Hongling every day, and many people have to settle here.The first floor of the inn was filled with all kinds of guests, such as Kong Wu's powerful bodyguards, pot-bellied merchants, unrestrained rangers... and Qin Nianjiu wearing a plain black veil.

He ordered a few dishes at random, and leaned against the table with his head propped up, watching the conversation at the counter. After a few words, he booked a room with the shopkeeper, and walked slowly over with two wooden signs.

Tan Fengyue threw one of the wooden signs to him, and sat beside him, "I don't know how long it will take, so I tentatively set it for five days."

The wooden plaques are all classified according to the level of the rooms. Qin Nianjiu looked at the delicate wooden plaques inlaid with gold, silver, and engraved with flowers in his hand, and said in amazement: "A wing of the Tianzi brand? It's too generous for you to sell it... ..."

Tan Fengyue took a sip of hot tea indifferently.

"Oh, no," Qin Nianjiu suddenly became curious, "Where do you get all your money?"

This man said that he had been wandering around the world aimlessly for fifty years—it would be fine if he had a meal of wind and dew. Can't stand it.

He became interested, and looked at Tan Fengyue inquiringly, "How to draw a talisman? Take a fortune teller? Perform on the street? Sell sex—"

Seeing that his words became more and more outrageous, Tan Fengyue put down her teacup and replied truthfully: "Looking for dragons to touch acupuncture points, summoning rain to attract thunder, turning on the stove..."

Qin Nianjiu, who had never seen the world, opened his eyes wide and interrupted him a little rudely, "However, you can make money by looking at Fengshui for others, asking for rain and refining a pill?"

"No." Tan Fengyue tilted her head slightly, as if wondering why he would think in such an inefficient direction, "I found a hidden silver mine with Xunlong Dianxue, and attracted thunder to blow it up. Take the alchemy furnace to refine the silver."

Qin Nianjiu: "......"

He couldn't hide his admiration, "Tall, it's really tall."

The hot dishes were on the table quickly.Qin Nianjiu ordered the dishes based on Tan Fengyue's taste, and they were all light dishes.

I have to say that this person guessed the taste quite accurately, and the cook's skills were good. Tan Fengyue had no appetite at first, and moved a few more chopsticks, and swept away half of a plate of lotus pond stir-fry in a gentle manner.

Qin Nianjiu couldn't eat while wearing a veil, but fortunately he wasn't too hungry, so he just sat and watched the guests coming and going.

He watched another guest sit down at the next table, and suddenly called out to Old Tan, asking without end: "Then Luo Qingyu, was she abducted from other places when she was a child, right?"

"Well," Tan Fengyue followed his line of sight, only seeing an ordinary outsider, "what's the matter?"

"Hmm..." Qin Nianjiu tapped his fingertips on the table lightly, "Look, in Hongling City, there are waiters in tea shops, yamen servants in government offices, street vendors, and inn owners...even if you call me to stop... The girl who asked the way had cloudiness in her eyes. But look at the eyes of these strangers, there is nothing wrong with them."

"That's true." Tan Fengyue looked away, picked up another chopsticks dish, and said along his train of thought: "If you say this curse-let's treat it as a curse for now, it is only for the locals of Hongling and Xibei, don't worry about it." I forgot that the Chen family are also locals, including you, Chen Wenyu, who has good eyes."

Qin Nianjiu thought hard for a while, "There is a Fengshui bureau in the Chen's residence, so it might be possible to break the curse for them?"

Tan Fengyue bit the tip of her chopsticks, and glanced at him lightly, "What you have in your shell is a ghost, if the Feng Shui Bureau is strong enough to break such a complicated curse, once you step in, you should be crushed to death. "

"...That's right." Qin Nianjiu lay down on the table in frustration, "Oh, why is the world so uneven..."

It's not as peaceful as the ghostly underworld.He rested his chin on his arm, looked sideways at Tan Fengyue, and asked suspiciously, "Is it always like this?"

These strange incidents happened too intensively.

"No." Tan Fengyue shook her head in denial, and looked at Qin Nianjiu meaningfully, "At least in the past 52 years I can remember, the world has been very peaceful, at least there have been no sneaky troubles."

If the world hadn't been peaceful for a long time, cultivators devoted themselves to cultivating immortals, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, then the people of Xibei Village would not have been easily deceived by a little trick of the Taoist in yellow.

The co-author still blames him for being a disaster star.Qin Nianjiu rolled his eyes at him, "People in Xibei Village said they were blind two months ago. If someone really cast a curse, it was before I came here. I won't take the blame."

"Oh, but it's not right to be too peaceful," he propped himself up and poured himself a cup of hot tea, remembering that he was still wearing a veil, so he had to push the teacup to Tan Fengyue, "There are three realms in the world: heaven, earth, and man." , there are three types of immortals, ghosts, and humans, each of which is divided into good and evil, how can they not offend each other for a long time? It doesn't make sense. Isn't there such a thing as the "Risheng Ghost Field"?"

He once read from a book about ghosts and ghosts that there is a ghost land in the darkest place on the border of the world, and thousands of ghosts live in it. Although it is sealed by an enchantment, a few ghosts will appear from time to time Difficult evil spirits come to wreak havoc on the world.

The news of this ghost is too closed and backward, right?Tan Fengyue glanced at him, and took the teacup he handed over, "... Risheng Ghost Land has been taken over by a bunch of people. I have been there more than ten years ago, and there is only a piece of scorched wasteland left, half a ghost There are no shadows."

Seeing Qin Nianjiu's surprised face, he took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, "I also read it from a book. About a hundred years ago, there was a crack in the barrier that sealed the Risheng Ghost Realm, and thousands of resentful ghosts appeared in this world. The cloudy atmosphere covered the sky, the people were devastated, and seventeen sects of nine sects, six sects, five sects in the world came out together, fought hard for dozens of days and nights, and paid the price of hundreds of thousands of people, before they were all wiped out."

"..." Qin Nianjiu was dumbfounded, but it wasn't because of this tragic battle, "...you said just now how many sects and sects are there in this world?"

These are only those who can be named. I don’t know how many small sects and sects can’t be named.Tan Fengyue didn't bother to repeat, so she looked at him coolly, "What's wrong?"

"It's too much!" Qin Nianjiu exclaimed, ignoring a strange ripple in his heart.

"It's a bit too much, probably because the world at that time was far less stable than it is now." Tan Fengyue said, "Nowadays the prosperity and peace, most of the sects have retired, and only a few sects still enter the world from time to time, to check for gaps and make up for them. chaos."

Qin Nianjiu was amused when he heard that, "Then, what other famous sects are there?"

Talking about Fengyue, he doesn't worry about everything, and he is even less interested in Zongmen's affairs. He replied with a lack of interest: "I haven't paid attention to it. I only heard the name of Yuyanzong a few times by chance."

Jade Smoke Sect?

For some reason, Qin Nianjiu felt a little uncomfortable when he heard the name, and even frowned subconsciously.This feeling appeared so abruptly and so fleetingly that he didn't even realize it, he just chewed these three words again, "Jade Smoke Sect..."

Tan Fengyue caught his strangeness, "Is there anything wrong?"

"It's not right to just listen to the name, it's not serious..."

Qin Nianjiu pondered for a while, "Ah, it's the kind of obscene sect that practices obscenity and uses double cultivation to improve cultivation, right?"

Tan Fengyue: "..." What the hell is this person thinking?

Xindao was fortunate that only the two of them heard this, otherwise, if someone from the Yuyan Sect heard it, this ghost might not even know how to die.Talking about Fengyueguang felt dirty to the ears, and was about to tell others that his family was a decent family, the head of the Seventeen Sects, when he heard him ask another question, "Then what are the characteristics of the people in their sect? The body is soft, the muscles and bones are fragrant, and the lotus is growing at every step?"

...it's all a mess.Tan Fengyue pressed the center of her eyebrows, "...I only know that their clan members are covered with moon white, and they wear jade around their waists."

As soon as the words fell, the masked ghost beside him stared at the door of the inn.

Seven or eight young people stepped in orderly, some with compasses in their hands, some with bells, all wearing the same standard moon white clothes, with a few pieces of jade hanging around their waists tied with long swords, With the action, there is a sound.