Chapter 42 The salesman’s most precious treasure
Stepping into the threshold, the temple is dilapidated and the statue on the high platform has been damaged beyond recognition. All that can be seen is a young man wearing a Taoist robe.
The shape of Granny Liu's corpse was drawn on the ground by a government official.
As soon as Yaoyao saw it, she rushed towards her and shed tears, as if she saw the miserable look of Granny Liu lying here with her eyes closed.
In front of the collapsed altar table, there was a plate of fresh cherries and a pot of cherry wine.
Xiao Qian frowned: "I heard that these things were enshrined by the cherry tree spirit. But Gu heard that the evil god had already escaped into the void north of the Great Wall of Demons and Ghosts in the previous dynasty. I wonder why she still prays to him? What is it that you want?”
Shang Bingjiu squatted beside the altar table with his hands in his hands.
He lowered his eyes to look at the two things.
After a while, he suddenly picked up a cherry from the plate.
Before Xiao Baojing could stop him, he saw him swallowing the cherry.
Xiao Qian was still analyzing it in an orderly manner: "The biggest doubt in this case is that after an autopsy, Granny Liu died of rat poison, and there were remaining plain pasta in her stomach. It can be seen that she ate steamed buns mixed with rat poison or Dumplings will kill people. But if a spirit harms people, why would they choose to poison them? "
Xiao Baojing squatted next to Shang Bingjiu and whispered: "You also want to eat the things in the murder case. What if these are evidence?"
Shang Bingjiu picked up a cherry and handed it to her: "Sweet."
"I don't want to eat them! These are cherry tree spirits' offerings to the gods. Why are you eating them? Besides, the prince has spent so much time analyzing the case, so forget it if you don't help, and you're just adding to the chaos here."
"The little princess didn't cause any trouble, so can you help?"
Xiao Baojing squeezed the handkerchief guiltily: "Not yet...not yet..."
"So, Gu decided to investigate the people close to Granny Liu." Xiao Qian concluded, "Start with her two sons. Warlock Shang, Miss Xiao, do you have any opinions?"
Shang Bingjiu was stuffing the plate of cherries and the jug of cherry wine into Xiao Baojing's satchel.
"Can't fit..."
Xiao Baojing objected strongly and pushed him hard.
When Leng Buding heard Xiao Qian's question, she quickly raised her head and gave him a polite smile: "No objection, of course no objection!"
Xiao Qian took the lead to step out of the ruined temple.
Xiao Baojing watched helplessly as Shang Bingjiu stuffed the two items into her bag. She thought her bag would be damaged by the bulge, but it didn't!
She quickly followed Shang Bingjiu out of the ruined temple: "I've seen it in fairy novels. What's this called? It's said to have the universe inside and can hold endless things! Salesman, the bag you gave me Is it the legendary wishful bag? ”
"Guess."
"I guess so!"
On the way to the south of the city, Xiao Baojing picked a lot of wild flowers and fruits and stuffed them all into his bag.
Sure enough, even with so many things packed in, it still doesn’t hold up.
What a good thing!
If she had this thing when she went to school, would she still have to carry such a heavy schoolbag? !
She danced and said: "Seller! It turns out you have so many treasures! The things you sell in the streets are not all the treasures of the demon subduing master, right?"
Shang Bingjiu walked in front, looking down at her shadow falling diagonally behind him.
The breeze blew her bright yellow pleated skirt, her loose braids flicked, and the bright hibiscus flowers on her head swayed, making them warm and velvety.
The girl chirped like a lively and cute little sparrow: "Salesman, what is your most precious treasure? Can you take it out and open my eyes?"
"You've seen it."
"Ah? Have I seen it? No, right? I see that your basket is full of worthless gadgets, such as rattles, handkerchiefs, embroidered shoes, Luban locks, and Mohele. How can there be any treasures?"
Xiao Baojing was chattering incessantly when Shang Bingjiu suddenly stopped and turned around.
She stopped suddenly and almost ran into his arms. She looked up.
The young man in Taoist robes and hairpin has a charming appearance, red lips and white teeth: "You have seen it before."
Slightly raised fox eyes, with slender eyelashes hanging down, and round pupils filled with the sweetness of mead color, looking at everything with deep emotion.
At the turn of spring and summer, the peaches and plums are about to wither, and the green paper kites in the south of the city fly into the sky on the wind.
Xiao Baojing's heart seemed to fly to the sky.
She gradually blushed.
She pursed her raised lips, remembering the romantic dramas she had watched before, and couldn't help but lower her head and laugh out loud.
This plot is so vulgar.
She has seen it countless times!
But when it happened to her, being stared at affectionately by such a handsome and handsome young man, she still couldn't help but blush and her heartbeat quickened.
Check out the 16-9 book bar and see the correct version!
She kicked the pebbles in front of her and said shyly: "Could it be...could it be..."
Before he could say the word "I", Shang Bingjiu nodded: "Yes, it's that red lantern."
Xiao Baojing: "Red... red lantern?"
Shang Bingjiu: "It's the red lantern my brother left for me."
Yao Yao held up a bouquet of wild flowers picked along the way and caught up with her breathlessly: "That red lantern is amazing! Hang it at the door, and all the monsters and ghosts will not dare to break into the house unless there is a medium in the house to guide them in! Your Highness, do you remember that when we lived in Julu Mountain, we would light a red lantern at the entrance of the courtyard every night to protect ourselves from evil beasts?”
Xiao Baojing remembered.
She clapped her hands: "No wonder I went back from Qingyin Tower and nothing happened the night I carried the lantern, but I broke into the Flower Demon's mansion the night I didn't carry the lantern..."
Yaoyao: "By the way, Your Highness Princess, what did you think the master's treasure was just now?"
Xiao Baojing: There is no need to mention this issue again.
Yaoyao is thirsty for knowledge: "Your Highness, what do you think it is?"
Two small red clouds bloomed on Xiao Baojing's fair cheeks. He puffed out his cheeks and wrapped the handkerchief around his fingertips.
Xiao Qian turned around and reminded: "We still have to find the real murderer before sunset."
"Yes, we need to find the murderer of my mother-in-law!"
Yaoyao rushed to the front holding wild flowers.
Xiao Baojing was very grateful for Xiao Qian's rescue. He lowered his head and licked the plush hair on his temples. He took small steps and passed by Shang Bingjiu and Xiao Qian pretending to be nothing.
Xiao Qian watched her walk away quickly, his gaze was like that of an elder brother looking at Huaichun's younger sister, but it was also somewhat obscure and complicated.
He held his hands behind his back and gradually fell a few steps behind, walking side by side with Shang Bingjiu: "I heard that Warlock Shang went to Beijing from Julu County to take the exam."
"Yes."
"Gu's little sister died in Julu County. It used to be said that it was the work of bandits, but later it was revealed that it was Qiu Yuejian, the daughter of the Julu County Sheriff, who bribed the bandits to do it. The Qiu family died in a In the fire, General Qiu Xinghe led thirteen of his cronies into the bandits' den and died together with more than five hundred bandits. "
Xiao Qian paused and lowered his voice: "What the Qiu family did was unscrupulous. I don't care who they were harmed by. I only care about why Miss Xiao and Gu's little sister have the same name and appearance." Consistent.”
The young man in Taoist robes and hairpin said nothing, only smiled with his hands folded.
Xiao Qian's hands behind his back gradually tightened, and his eyes were slightly red: "I heard that demon subduing masters are also divided into good and evil. Some of them are good at sorcery and can wrap human skins in the bodies of monsters, which are called painted-skin monsters. Dare I ask Warlock Shang, does Miss Xiao’s body... belong to Gu’s little sister?”
(End of chapter)