Chapter 184: Hurry and roast the meat, and then I’ll send you on your way!
The arrival of Uncle Cao Guo, the Eight Immortals, brought the atmosphere to a freezing point. Yuan Detai, who originally wanted to have a drink with Cheng Long, had no other thoughts.
Qiaoyin's mother, Erwu, and even Qiaoyin all realized that the disaster was coming tomorrow night.
Whether you can survive it or not depends entirely on God’s will.
After a long time.
Yuan Detai smelled a mushy smell and hurriedly put the barbecue into the plate and said apologetically: "Mr. Cheng, try my Mongolian barbecue. It's a bit mushy, but the taste should be okay."
"Okay, let me try it."
Cheng Long picked up a piece of barbecue and put it into his mouth. The taste was okay, but to say how delicious it was was undoubtedly deceiving himself. The good business of Jindao Winery must be mixed with other factors.
Yuan Detai worked as an executioner for thirty years and beheaded nearly a thousand heads. For such a vicious man to open a wine shop, the neighbors would definitely come to support him and give him face.
After a period of time, the business of Jindao Winery will gradually become dull.
Making a living is no problem, but if you want to make a lot of money, you have to find a good cook.
"Mr. Cheng, thank you for saving my aunt..." After Cheng Long tasted the barbecue, he picked up a glass of wine and stood up and said: "I've done it, you can do whatever you want."
"It's a little effort, nothing worth mentioning."
"Sir, please stop being modest. Who would stay up late at night and run outside the city to save people!"
"I was following Yu Canhua to see what she was up to."
"No matter what, you are a great benefactor to our family. You must drink this glass of wine..."
"Okay, I'll drink, just one cup..."
Yuan Detai, Erwu, Qiaoyin, and even Qiaoyin's mother took turns toasting. Cheng Long didn't want to drink at first, but he couldn't resist the family's enthusiasm and had to drink.
What she drank at first was wine from the wine shop, which had a very low alcohol content. Qiaoyin, a delicate girl, could drink two large bowls without getting drunk.
But at the end of the drink, Yuan Detai opened the souvenir from Cheng Long and took out the Wuliangye inside.
Qiaoyin's mother and Erwu fell drunk one after another and couldn't wake up no matter how hard they shook them.
"Qiaoyin, help your mother and Erwu into the room to rest."
"Hmm~~"
While waiting for the two drunken and unconscious people to be helped to the room by Qiaoyin, Cheng Long looked at Yuan Detai who was hesitant to speak, smiled and said: "Master Yuan, if you have anything to say, just say it!"
"Mr. Cheng, you have seen what happened just now. I, Yuan Detai, am a knife-edge person and I am destined to suffer this disaster. However, my daughter Qiaoyin, Qiaoyin's mother, and Erwu are all innocent..."< br>
"Tomorrow night, I would like to ask you to look after the three of them and save their lives."
Yuan Detai felt something in his heart, and he vaguely realized that tomorrow night's banquet was his fate, and it was also caused by his chance. However, he had no way of knowing the specific mechanism of chance. He only knew that he would die with a high probability tomorrow night.
But he couldn't let go of his wife and daughter, and he didn't want to implicate his closed disciple Erwu.
"Master Yuan, aren't you worried that I will die from this?" Cheng Long stared at Yuan Detai expressionlessly.
"Master Cheng, please don't say it's a joke. Your life is precious. What can the eight immortals do?"
Yuan Detai has been beheading people for a lifetime and has developed a pair of piercing eyes. The moment he saw Cheng Long in the wine shop yesterday, he seemed to have seen an immortal being banished to the mortal world.
Even if Hu County becomes a river of blood tomorrow night and everyone in the city dies miserably, Cheng Long will not die.
"Haha~~ Since you think so highly of me, brother, then I will respect you instead of obeying your orders. I will protect your wife and daughter!" Cheng Long smiled happily. Lao Yuan was indeed a talent that Zhong Kui spotted, and his eyes were vicious. .
"Then it's your turn, sir!"
Yuan Detai handed over his hand and thanked him.
I felt quite embarrassed and wanted to give money as a reward. Half of my life savings had been invested in the Golden Knife Winery, and there were not many other items I could take out.
The only one is the golden unicorn given by Zhong Kui's sister.
But the karma of this treasure was too deep, and he suffered this calamity after taking it. Giving it to Mr. Cheng was suspected of passing on karma and was not suitable as a reward.
And there is Qiaoyin, a good daughter.
However, Qiaoyin has already made up his mind, so it's not appropriate to beat a mandarin duck with a stick.
I can only think of ways to repay this kindness in the future.
……
Yunlai Inn.
As the sky dawned, Cheng Long moved Teacher Bai's jade arm on his chest, stood up, opened the window, and welcomed the first ray of purple air in the morning.
After coming to the world of Liaozhai, he got used to getting up early, bathing in the morning light and absorbing the warm purple air, which made him feel particularly comfortable.
"Hmm~~"
Teacher Bai was awakened by the dazzling morning light. He opened his eyes sleepily and saw the man practicing under the sun. He couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
"Brother Long is truly worthy of being my Bai Ling's man, he can practice even while standing!"
Looking at the shiny man in the sun, Teacher Bai couldn't help but be fascinated.
As the saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, not to mention that Cheng Long is tall and handsome, and her happiest time is when she is alone with a man.
It's just that it's very uncomfortable to be exposed to the sun for a long time.
This is because she practices the Taiyin Mysterious Sutra. If it were an ordinary ghost, it would be possible for it to disappear if it were illuminated by the morning light.
But she could only stay in the sun for three to five minutes, but after a long time, she still couldn't bear it.
A few minutes later.
Teacher Bai reluctantly turned into a ray of white light and got into the soul-nourishing jade beside the pillow.
After a while, Cheng Long, who had finished his practice, waved his hand, and the soul-nourishing jade on his pillow slowly rose up, was taken into his palm, and then put into the storage column.
[Host: Cheng Long]
[Realm: Early stage of Golden Elixir (10.23%)]
[Kung Fu: Killing Art (Entering the Hall)]
[Spells: Seven Star Nailing Soul Technique, Sleeping Technique, Substitution Technique, Corpse Refining Technique, Exorcism Technique, Puppet Technique, Soul Devouring Technique, Water Arrow Technique (Blood Arrow Technique), Paper Cutting Technique, Breath Condensation Technique...]
[Magic weapons: bloodthirsty beads, magic sword, soul-nourishing jade]
[Devil servants: Meng Na, Ah Zhui, Scar Hong, Liu Piaopiao, Bai Ling (soul body), Jing Jing, Ren Tingting, Dr. Shala (Xu Dandan), Mo Chou]
[Demon Servant: Zhang Yi, Wang Jianjun]
"So slow!"
After looking at the cultivation progress behind the realm bar, Cheng Long's good mood disappeared instantly.
Killing a bad person will only increase the progress bar by 0.006%. If you cannot open the dungeon and stay in the Hong Kong Zong world to practice, you will have to kill 16,667 people if you want to practice from the early stage of the Golden Elixir to the middle stage of the Golden Elixir.
It’s scary to think about it!
Fortunately, he can enter another world and kill monsters and monsters.
Ordinary villains can obviously no longer satisfy Cheng Long's growing needs.
After having something to eat at the inn, Cheng Long, who had nothing to do, casually walked onto the street, and without knowing it, he arrived in front of Ma's house in the south of the city.
"I wonder how Xiaoshuang is doing?"
Cheng Long suddenly released a surge of spiritual consciousness and rushed towards Ma Mansion.
Under his spiritual perception, everyone and everything in the house had nowhere to hide and were all within his perception.
"Xiao Shuang is doing well now!"
"There are actually two maids serving her, but Mr. Ma is not very bright and looks a little dull..."
Xiaoshuang's husband, Ma Wenjie, looks pretty good, but his behavior is a bit silly. When he was studying, he even had his hair tied with a rope and played the trick of hanging his head from a beam.
Fortunately, there was no sharp cone under his butt, otherwise Cheng Long would really have to consider whether to bring Xiaoshuang out.
……
evening.
At Yunlai Inn, Qiaoyin, Erwu, and Qiaoyin's mother sat around a table, all of them looking sad.
Qiaoyin stared at the door and said nervously: "It's almost dark, why hasn't Mr. Cheng come back yet?"
Erwu followed up and said: "Yes, Mr. Cheng won't leave, right?"
"Don't talk nonsense. Since Mr. Cheng promised to take care of us, he can't break his promise." Qiaoyin's mother glared at Erwu. Everyone was obviously nervous, but this bastard was still creating anxiety here. "I didn't expect you all to come. I wanted to go to Jindao Winery to find you!"
As a powerful voice sounded, Cheng Long's tall and straight figure suddenly came into view. The mother and daughter, who were still nervous just now, and Er Wu, who looked exactly like Qiu Sheng, felt instantly at ease.
There seems to be a kind of magic about him that makes people feel an unprecedented sense of security.
"Mr. Cheng, I'll leave it to you tonight." Qiaoyin's mother's face was full of gratitude. If her daughter hadn't been destined to belong to him, she really wanted to betroth her daughter to him.
"Auntie, don't be so polite. Saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda, let alone three lives! Have you eaten? If not, let's eat some together."
"We've all eaten."
"Oh, then I ate it."
Cheng Long had a simple dinner and then led the three of them into the guest room.
The three of them were all at ease around him, but when they thought about Lao Yuan alone guarding the wine shop, they couldn't help but feel worried, and their faces were full of worry.
As time went by, the sadness on their faces became heavier and heavier.
The Eight Immortals were all in the world during their lifetimes. They took it as their duty to rob the rich and help the poor. They thought they were doing a righteous deed, but every time they took care of the rich family, ranging from an eighty-year-old man to a three-year-old child, they all had nothing to do with it. One survived.
Occasionally, people would die due to some verbal disputes.
In the past few years, not only 800 but also 500 people have died under their hands.
Maybe they didn't kill as many people as Cheng Long.
Not as good as Yuan Detai.
But the former hunts evildoers, and the latter enforces the law impartially, neither of which is indiscriminate killing. However, the evil deeds committed by the Eight Immortals may sound like robbing the rich to give to the poor, but in fact they are robbing the rich to give to themselves.
The method of killing is more cruel than Cheng Long.
However, the Eight Immortals are cruel, but as people in the world, they all have the advantage of emphatically making promises.
If you say three shifts in the middle of the night, then you should get three shifts in the middle of the night, not one moment earlier or one moment later.
At midnight, the door of hell opens wide.
A strange aura gradually enveloped the entire Hu County, and it seemed that the presence of ghosts could be felt in the silent air.
"It's so cold!"
In front of the window, Qiaoyin subconsciously tightened her collar and leaned against Erwu. Qiaoyin's mother closed the wooden window and then turned to look at Cheng Long.
"Mr. Cheng, can I ask you a favor?"
"Please tell me."
"If the Eight Immortals and Ghosts come here in a while, please be sure to keep Qiaoyin and Erwu. It doesn't matter how old they are, but they are still young and don't even have children. They shouldn't have to go through this disaster."< br>
Qiaoyin's mother's words brought tears to Qiaoyin and Erwu's eyes.
But they didn't know what to say for a while. They couldn't kneel on the ground and beg Cheng Long to leave them alone and take care of the aunt first when they were in danger, right?
Of course, saying this is filial piety, and there is no problem at all, but who to save or not to save depends entirely on Cheng Long's wishes, and they have no say.
……
Golden Knife Wine Shop.
"Tonight, at the third watch, there are eight people in one seat. No one knows who is alive or dead. Thirty years of law enforcement, and thousands of lives taken..." Yuan Detai held three sticks of incense and said to a stone statue: "If you are misfortune, you still look to the sky. Give me the magic power and give me the golden sword.”
Say it.
Yuan Detai raised his hands and pressed the two sticks of incense in the incense burner.
Zizi~~
There was a sizzling sound like barbecue.
Yuan Detai endured the pain and allowed his palms to be burned by the incense. He did not withdraw his hands until five seconds later.
When he spread it out, he saw that a swastika spell was imprinted on both palms.
"Thank you, Master Patriarch!"
Yuan Detai was overjoyed.
The method taught by the master really works.
Executioners eat knife-edge food, have the same inheritance as carpenters, and usually have some methods of dealing with evil spirits.
Although the work they did was not a good one, they were a well-known and promising group of people in the local area, and the county magistrate treated them politely when they saw them.
"Hu~~"
As the cold air approached, Yuan Detai returned to the barbecue table, his eyes gradually became sharper.
"Master Yuan!"
The Eight Ghost Immortals Cao Guo's uncle Wang Erba was the first to appear.
"Well done, please take a seat."
Yuan Detai held his head high and showed no fear. After inviting Wang Erba to his seat, he said, "What we are serving tonight is our signature dish, the Mongolian roast lamb served by the old man himself."
"Okay, very good." Wang Erba sneered.
"Are the others not here yet?"
"You are really dim-sighted. Didn't you see that they are right in front of you?"
Wang Erba couldn't help but sneered.
The rest of them appeared one by one as his voice fell.
"The Eight Ghost Immortals Lan Cai and Lu Biao!"
"Han Zhongli Golden Boy!"
"Zhang Guolao Lu Feixiong!"
"Lu Dongbin is very powerful!"
"Han Xiangzi Zhou Xiaoai!"
"...Tieguai Li Zhuqi!"
After a pause, Yuan Detai saw that the broken jade flower never showed up, and asked doubtfully: "Where is the broken jade flower?"
Tieguai Li Zhuqi became angry when he heard this, and said angrily: "My little sister has lost her soul, don't you know?"
"The soul is gone? How could it be?"
Yuan Detai's eyes widened with disbelief on his face. Wang Erba ordered a banquet last night and said there would be eight people. He thought he would be hosting the Eight Immortals tonight.
Unexpectedly, He Xianguyu Broken Flower, one of the eight ghost immortals, was already in a state of despair!
So...who is the last guest?
"Stop pretending here, roast the mutton quickly, and then I'll send you on your way!"
The ill-tempered Tieguai Li Zhuqi had a particularly strong evil aura, slightly stronger than the Ghost King Nine-tailed Fox. This made Cheng Long, who was miles away, frown.
How long had Zhu Qi been dead before he turned into the Ghost King?
Is the resentment really so great that I will die in pain?
"I wonder who the host and guest are?" Yuan Detai asked curiously.
"We will capture him in a moment. You also know this man. He is the one who saved your mother-in-law. This man beat my little sister to death and left her soul shattered. How can I let him go?"
Wang Erba had a joking look on his face.
Apparently, they had received news that Yuan Detai had sent his wife, daughter, and disciples to Yunlai Inn to seek asylum from Cheng Long.
"Everyone, every injustice has its own owner. This whole thing started because of the little old man, and it should be ended by the little old man. It doesn't matter how you deal with me, but please don't kill innocent people indiscriminately."
Yuan Detai was worried about the safety of his wife and daughter and tried to carry everything, but the Eight Immortals ignored them at all. Five of the seven who appeared suddenly left, leaving only Wang Erba and Zhu Qi sitting in their original positions, staring at them eagerly. Looking at him.
"Hmph~~Killing innocent people indiscriminately?"
Zhu Qi snorted coldly and said: "It's his brother's fault. If you don't take good care of our brothers tonight, we will make Huxian County a river of blood and kill tens of thousands of people in the city."
When Yuan Detai heard this, he became furious: "Zhu Qi, people are doing it, and God is watching. If you do this, aren't you afraid of being punished by God?"
I've been a little busy these days and the updates are not very stable, so please forgive me! Tomorrow we should be able to stably update two to six thousand words...
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