Chapter 36: Sleeping with the Tiger
After a lively day, as night fell, this remote county town gradually quieted down.
In the inn, the man took the lantern outside the door and closed the door.
Devil Cry picks up the noodles, sucks the last bite of noodles into his stomach, and then tilts his head and drinks all the red and spicy noodle soup.
He patted his belly, picked up a long knife, and went upstairs, leaving the yawning guys in the hall and a few drunkards who were punching.
In the dark room, a little light emerged.
The devil cries and blew the fire and lit the candles, and suddenly the dark room was once again occupied by dim candlelight.
Ignite a pot of charcoal, then carry a short knife to break the ice cubes in the bucket in the corner, throw it into the iron teapot, then add tea leaves, put it on the charcoal fire, let it burn, so that the tea is good or not The ghost cries clearly, but he doesn't care, as long as he can drink it, not to mention that this is not for him to drink.
He sat at the table, staring at the flickering candle flame, his eyes glazed over, his mind contemplating what he had seen yesterday and what he had seen during the day.
Yesterday, he just came to this county seat. The people in the county looked at him with greed, sympathy, or rejection...... It made him feel very weird, but fortunately, his figure, his eyes, and his long knife were fearful, so he didn't look for trouble.
Later, I felt more and more that something was wrong with this county.
There are few people, but it is lively and prosperous.
And under the prosperity, there seems to be something missing.
And when he was about to leave the city today, when the little monk bumped into his leg, he finally realized why he always felt that there was something missing in this county.
Children, old people, where have they gone?
There are no old people, and it is understandable that ghosts cry, after all, this place is too poor, firewood and charcoal are too expensive, and the old people are frozen to death, so there are no old people on the street, you can explain it.
But it's strange not to have children.
Strangely, it's more than that.
This county is too remote and lacks supplies, which can be seen in the price of goods.
The north wind has arrived, and prices are rising all over the world. And the prices in this county are outrageously high, especially food.
If nothing else, let's just talk about noodles, just an ordinary bowl of noodles is more than five times more expensive than the outside world.
This inn didn't deliberately bully outsiders, and it wasn't easy to bully when the ghost cried, this is the usual price in this inn.
But weirdly, the broth is cheaper, cheaper than noodles.
The fragrant broth, the meat is so cooked that you can't see any meat, but seven bowls are equivalent to the price of a bowl of noodles, but it doesn't make everyone rush to it.
Some of the customers who came to the store liked it very much and regarded it as a treasure. Some are extremely disgusted and avoid it.
Devil Cry instinctively didn't order the broth, and his spiritual sense told him that once he drank the broth, he would get into big trouble.
Gurgling ......
Hot air erupted from the mouth of the teapot, and Devil Cry picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea.
The tea went down his throat, it was very hot and bitter, and the ghost cried and smashed his mouth, shook his head, and poured the pot of tea on the ground.
A black shadow rushed over, dirty, it opened its big mouth, caught the tea accurately, and let out a strange moan in its mouth, which seemed to have an endless aftertaste.
The ghost cried with a black line on his face and said, "Okay, I can hand over the things!"
"Oh, why are you in a hurry! Will the old lady not give it to you, do you see that I am this kind of person, I am a lady. ”
"Lady's fart, if you don't hand it over, if you don't hand it over, I'll send you back. ”
"Don't, don't!" it cried out in panic, then spat out several throwing knives.
It's weird, these knives obviously came out of its mouth, but they didn't get any saliva, and they were clean, just like before they were eaten by it.
"What else?" Devil cried, tapping his fingers on the table.
"Vomit!" The other party deliberately made a vomiting sound, and then spit out a silver ingot.
"And!" Ghost Cry spat out two words with a blank face.
"I want to, but I can't stand it anymore, villain!" said a bewitching voice from the other party's mouth, with a sheep-like trill in his voice, which was heartstringing.
Syllable!
The ghost cried and slapped himself in the face, he knew that he was not soft-hearted, and as soon as he dismantled the thread of this goods, this goods became arrogant.
Needless to say, this product is naturally a big mouth.
When Devil Cried and the big black horse stole away, it also followed, like a kraft candy, and couldn't get rid of it.
"What do you want? Is it this gold ingot or this silver ingot?"
"Forget it. The ghost cried and snorted: "Those things are temporarily stored with you!"
After saying that, he sat down on the edge of the bed, threw off the boots on his feet, took off the hat and covered the candle, and the candlelight was extinguished, but there was still a red light in the charcoal basin, so the room was not completely dark. The red light hit the bed, and the ghost cried down in the red light.
"Angry?" asked Bigmouth cautiously.
Ghost Cry didn't answer, Big Mouth continued: "Don't go to bed so early, it's still so early, why don't we hehehe......"
"Alas, today's people, when they can use it, they call it Britney, and when they can't use it, it's a rag. ”
"Have you slept, have you slept, if you have slept, just say it, people will know that you are asleep, so they will naturally not bother you. ”
Ghost Cry had the urge to cut this guy in two with a knife, and finally, he gave up, closed his eyes, ran the "Turtle Breath Technique", and closed his ears.
Near the city gate, in the Wang's tea shop, lying in the soft bed, shivering.
"You little one, what are you afraid of me for. ”
Wang Sanniang's long hair was arranged, facing the bronze mirror, and the jewelry on her head was removed. Standing up and stretching slowly, the whole boudoir seemed to tremble with the crackle of bones.
Wang Sanniang is a very beautiful person, her face is charming but not demonic, her body is plump but not fat, she looks dignified when she wears clothes, and her almond eyes are sometimes lazy and sometimes majestic.
Seeing Wang Sanniang coming over, she was very nervous without asking, and the whole person shrank into a ball.
Wang Sanniang frowned slightly, the word Wang on her forehead loomed, and finally sighed: "You little guy, alas...... Why are the monks who come down from the temples on the mountains so afraid of me? ”
As she spoke, Wang Sanniang stroked her face: "Am I really so terrible?"
Of course, it's so terrible, I don't think so in my heart, but I don't dare to say it.
"Ahh
Wang Sanniang touched his little bald head and said: "You little guy, listen to me, early tomorrow morning, Sanniang will send you out of the city, and in the future, you will honestly stay in the temple for me, you are not allowed to come out, if you don't eat, Sanniang will send it to you, and when it comes to spring, you will leave immediately and go to Nanshan City, understand?"
Don't ask, his eyes were confused, then he shook his head, and said stubbornly: "Don't, I still have to find the master and senior brother." ”
"Your little bunny. Sanniang slapped him on the head: "Why don't you understand, they... They ......"
Looking at this little monk, Wang Sanniang couldn't speak, and finally could only say with a straight face: "Anyway, you will get out of the old lady!"
Wang Sanniang's face was flat, her apricot eyes were wide, and she suddenly felt a wave of fear floating in her heart without asking, as if there was a mountain of ten thousand catties pressing on her body, and she wanted to move but couldn't move.
He was so frightened that he couldn't even speak, his lips trembled, and he was at the mercy of Sanniang, and was hugged into Sanniang's arms.
"Silly boy, just leave when you are told to go, and ask what is the matter. ”
As he spoke, the lights went out and the room was dark.
Don't ask and make up your mind to wait until Sanniang falls asleep and then run away, however, Sanniang's body is soft, warm and fragrant, don't ask how many times I mustered up the courage and wanted to go out, but when I thought of the cold outside, I lost my courage.
Damn, this tigress must have cast a spell on me. Thinking about it this way, he rebelled unwillingly against this terrible spell, and then, gradually, in a daze, he fell asleep, and when he woke up, it was already light outside the window.