Chapter Twenty-Five: The Road Is Uneven
"Alas, Brother Long has been gone for more than a year, why hasn't he come back!Could something have happened? Xiaocui, do you think Brother Long won't come back to me?" Lin Ling leaned his back against the gazebo and sighed continuously.
Standing beside Lin Ling and serving him, a young girl with relatively delicate facial features showed a helpless look on her face, she was called by an adult to serve Lin Ling for the first time, she was also worried that Lin Ling was the daughter of that big family and it was difficult to serve, but she didn't expect that after serving for more than a year, Xiaocui had already regarded Lin Ling as a real young lady of her own family, because Lin Ling was not as unreasonable as the young ladies of other big families, on the contrary, she was very caring and considerate.
"Miss, don't worry, the adults said that Long Gongzi would be fine. Why should you worry?Why don't I take Miss out for some shopping?"
"Shopping!" Lin Ling's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard Xiao Cui's words, and then he dimmed and said, "Xiao Cui, it seems that our ghost stones have run out?"
"If Miss has any needs, my lord has explained, as long as Miss needs it, I will report it immediately, Miss will come after a while. Xiao Cui saw that the young lady's heart was moved, and Ma set today's itinerary while the iron was hot, and hurriedly left the pavilion.
As soon as Xiao Cui came out of the attic, she ran into Jing Yunjin, and hurriedly saluted obediently: "Xiao Cui has seen Lord Jing." โ
Jing Yunjin saw the maid who served Lin Ling, and her face lost her usual serious color, but she smiled lightly and asked: "Ah! It's Xiaocui! How do you see that you are in a hurry, could it be that Miss Lin has something?"
"Lord Jing, it's Miss Lin who wants to go out for a walk, but it's just ......" Xiao Cui's heart has no bottom, although her adult has explained that she wants to entertain Miss Lin, but she doesn't know how heavy Miss Lin's weight is.
"It's good to go out for a walk, so that Miss Lin is always stuffy in the attic, and if Miss Lin loses weight, then I can't explain it to my seniors. Jing Yunjin smiled self-deprecatingly, but what he said was from the heart, and then suddenly remembered that there seemed to be something behind Xiao Cui that was difficult to speak, so he smiled and said, "Xiao Cui, what other difficulties do you have?
Xiao Cui saw Jing Yunjin why she was so good at celebrating today, and her heart was a little weird, usually Jing Yunjin saw the maid ring in the house, but she was notoriously serious, she had been in the house for decades, but it was the first time she saw Jing Yunjin's easy-to-talk tone.
"That's right, Miss wants to go out, but we don't have enough ghost stones. Xiao Cui plucked up the courage to speak out.
"No ghost stones?" Jing Yunjin was stunned for a moment, her eyes stared at the boss, which scared Xiaocui half to death, she thought that Jing Yunjin was going to curse, but then Jing Yunjin's actions made her eyes fall out.
"Fuck! It's all a mistake to drink, and it should be beaten!" Jing Yunjin actually slapped herself directly, and then Ma said to Xiaocui: "You wait here, I'll come when I go." โ
Jing Yunjin didn't wait for Xiao Cui to answer, and left in a hurry, Xiao Cui saw the back of Jing Yunjin leaving, and the whole person was stupid, she really didn't expect that the general, known as the first general of the top ten generals, actually made this little mistake today, you must know that Jing Yunjin is very face-loving, usually if someone under his subordinates refutes his opinion, the light one will be slapped a few times, and the heavy one will be directly dragged out of the big one hundred boards, you must know that the big board in the ghost world is made of a kind of ghost tree, if you beat it, it will hit the soul directly, and that taste is very uncomfortableใ
"How can this be?" Xiao Cui really couldn't figure it out, you must know that even in normal times, Jing Yunjin, the first general of the top ten generals, didn't even sell the face of Lord Feng Ming, how could it be like this today?
When Jing Yunjin came back, she saw Xiao Cui muttering constantly, and asked curiously, "Xiao Cui, what are you muttering!"
"Nope. It's nothing. Xiao Cui's originally distracted head was pulled back by Jing Yunjin's words, and her face suddenly turned pale with fright.
"You take these, if it's not enough, wait until you go to the post station to get it, and you can take this token!" Jing Yunjin handed Xiao Cui an ownerless storage ring, and handed over a dark token.
Xiao Cui saw that it was an ownerless storage ring, and her heart couldn't help but thump, after all, Xiao Cui has been in the house for decades, and she understands the general situation of the house very well, usually this uses a storage ring, at least hundreds of thousands of ghost stones are calculated, and if you don't get it, you will only use an ownerless storage ring if you don't get it right, otherwise you generally use a storage bag.
Jing Yunjin saw that Xiao Cui was actually stunned in place, and she didn't answer the storage ring she handed over, and suddenly her voice raised a little: "Xiao Cui, what are you still doing in a daze?" Hurry up and take Miss Lin out for a walk, remember, next time after taking Miss Lin shopping, how much money will be spent and come back to replenish it, you know?"
"Well, Xiao Cui knows!" Xiao Cui was pulled back to her senses by Jing Yunjin's voice, Ma took the things handed by Jing Yunjin, and then turned around and walked towards the building.
"Wait!" Jing Yunjin felt that there was something wrong with this girl today, why did she take the storage ring, but she didn't accept the token.
"Lord Jing, what's wrong!" Xiao Cui heard Jing Yunjin's cry, turned around, and her face showed puzzlement.
"Forget it, you go!" Jing Yunjin has a fire in his heart and has nowhere to go, if it is usual, change the girl ring, he will definitely not say a word and directly slap a few times, and then directly change people, but this dead girl is deeply loved by Miss Lin, usually Miss Lin lets this dead girl do everything, forget it, don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, I bear it.
"Yes! Lord Jing" After Xiao Cui saluted, he hurriedly walked towards the attic, and when he saw the attic pavilion, he saw Lin Ling sitting there in a daze, and hurriedly saluted: "Miss, Lord Jing sent the ghost stone just now, we can go out." โ
Lin Ling, who was a little dazed, was pulled back to his senses by Xiao Cui's words, nodded and got up and followed Xiao Cui's walk out of the City Lord's Mansion and started shopping.
As soon as Lin Ling and the others walked out of the gate, more than a dozen guards followed behind them, but when these dozens of guards left, more than a hundred guards appeared where they were standing just now.
Jing Yunjin waved his hand and said, "What are you rabbit cubs waiting for?" Let me tell you, if Miss Lin loses a hair, each of you will have 500 boards, and if Miss Lin has any accidents, I will accompany you to say goodbye." โ
"Yes, please rest assured, as long as we are still standing, we will definitely ensure Miss Lin's safety. A middle-aged man who looked like a captain patted his chest and promised.
"Everyone knows my Jing Yunjin's temper, don't talk nonsense, today the brothers will work hard first, come back late, I will invite everyone to drink. Jing Yunjin's face showed a smile and made a promise of a banquet.
"Haha, I was waiting for Lord Jing's banquet that night. More than 100 soldiers heard what Jing Yunjin said, and they were all full of energy, and in less than three breaths, more than 100 soldiers disappeared one after another.
Jing Yunjin saw the more than 100 soldiers who had left, and nodded with satisfaction, you must know that these more than 100 soldiers were personally trained by him, even if they met a master of the Ghost Emperor level, they could resist a little, but if there were really masters of the Ghost Emperor's cultivation, they would not dare to be presumptuous in Yama City, unless their brains were in the water. This shows why Jing Yunjin is so relieved to let these more than 100 soldiers protect Lin Ling.
"Ah, Xiaocui, can you come over and see if this hairpin is beautiful?" As soon as Lin Ling arrived on the street, the whole person seemed to be a different person, and the horse left all the troubles just now, and really responded to the saying of Huaxia: "When a woman goes to the street, there is nothing to do." โ
Lin Ling Street seems to have changed people, but Xiaocui has also changed people on the street today, she is usually lively on the street, and today the street is actually full of worries, she is still thinking about Jing Yunjin's attitude today, and suddenly heard the voice of the young lady, and Ma responded: "Come, Miss." โ
"Xiao Cui, what's wrong with you today?" Lin Ling also noticed that Xiao Cui was a little wrong today, she would be stunned when she walked on the street, so she asked with concern, she wanted to know what happened to the people around her.
"Thank you, Miss for your concern, Xiaocui is fine. Xiao Cui heard Lin Ling's concerned tone, her nose couldn't help but be sore, and she almost burst into tears, you must know that Xiao Cui was sold into the City Lord's Mansion at the age of eleven, and in the first twenty or thirty years, but he continued to cultivate and cultivate, and finally rushed to the cultivation of the ghost soldiers in fifty years, and only then did he get out of the dark place and live a normal life. So she started a long life in Yahuan again, and it wasn't until she received an order from Lord Feng a year ago that she got out of the control of the old mother, so she cherished this hard-won opportunity very much, and kept secretly telling herself that she must serve a good lady, as long as she can get out of that Yahuan life, even if she suffers a little more, it is worth suffering a little more.
Lin Ling looked at Xiao Cui in front of him with strange eyes, and asked again in a suspicious tone, "Is it really okay?"
"Miss, I'm really fine, don't worry. Xiao Cui saw her young lady's suspicious tone, her face showed a panicked expression, and she hurriedly left all the doubts in her heart just now, and then her mind returned to her normal train of thought.
"Okay, then let's continue shopping!" Lin Ling saw Xiao Cui's panicked expression. I couldn't bear to continue to ask, although I wanted to ask her what happened, and if I could, I could help, but seeing her expression, Lin Ling knew that if she continued to ask, it would make Xiaocui afraid of herself.
Xiao Cui cheered up and accompanied Lin Ling to go shopping, and when she saw some strange things, both of them ran to the stall to take a look, and then left again.
"Miss, if you like it, buy it, Lord Jing gave us a lot of ghost stones just now, you can buy them with confidence. Xiao Cui has been shopping with Lin Ling for three streets, but her young lady doesn't seem to be a person who wants to buy things, but like a naughty girl who has just been appreciative of pure appreciation, so that every time she goes to a stall, each boss looks at the back of the two of them leaving with that sour eye, which makes Xiao Cui quite embarrassed.
"Xiao Cui, it doesn't necessarily look good, besides, you just said that it was a ghost stone given by Jing Yunjin, I don't want to owe people a favor!" Lin Ling was holding a piece of clothes sewn by a ghost beast in his hand, and there was a look of love in his eyes, but considering that this ghost stone was not her own, at this time she was thinking, it would be good if her brother Long was here, so she could buy it without hesitation.
Xiao Cui heard Lin Ling's words, and suddenly had a feeling of being defeated, someone actually sent money for you to use, you don't want to owe people family favors, change to ordinary people, you are not in a hurry to be happy, look at the way you look today, if you don't come hard, you can't do it.
"Boss, how much does this dress cost?" Xiao Cui decided, and immediately asked the owner of the stall about the price.
The owner of the stall is a middle-aged man who has cultivated as a ghost, and he thought that the girl of which house would watch it casually, and his heart was wilted. But as soon as I heard Xiaocui ask about the price, I suddenly came to my senses, and hurriedly introduced: "This young lady asks well, our store is a ...... with no bullying and fair prices."
"Stop, you just need to say how much it costs" Xiao Cui seemed to be a little unstoppable when she saw this uncle, and hurriedly made a stop gesture and asked the price directly.
"Xiaocui, what are you doing? I said no. Lin Ling saw that Xiaocui really wanted to buy it, so she stopped her from continuing to ask the price, but she was reluctant to put down the white dress in her hand, it seemed that she really liked this dress.
"Fifty ghost stones. The middle-aged uncle frowned when he saw Xiao Cui, and hurriedly said again: "Originally, it was this price, but today when I saw the young lady so simply, it would be twenty ghost stones! โ
"Boss, don't treat me as ignorant of goods, we'll buy it if it's cheaper. Little Cuima cut the price again, and she couldn't know more about the lives of these citizens.
When the middle-aged uncle saw Xiao Cui's words, Ma understood that the little girl in front of him was not a person who had just debuted, and he also saw that there were more than a dozen guards following behind, and it seemed that the beautiful woman who looked at the clothes just now was definitely from a big family. After paying attention to the guards, the middle-aged man's face changed, because he saw that those guards were actually wearing the emblem of the core of the City Lord's Mansion, no wonder he didn't see it just now, so he gritted his teeth and said, "If Miss really wants it, how about taking five ghost stones?"
"Uh!" Xiao Cui was stunned when she heard this price, in fact, the handiwork and leather of this dress are all multiplied. It's definitely worth thirteen ghost stones. Why did the boss bleed so happily today?
"So that's the case!" Xiao Cui saw that the boss's eyes were always aimed at her back, so she turned her head and glanced at it, and found that when she was following more than a dozen guards behind her, she immediately understood what the reason was.
"Boss, I don't take advantage of you, how about fifteen ghost stones?" Xiao Cui smiled and took out fifteen ghost stones and put them in his hand, waiting for the boss to make a decision.
The middle-aged man, who was selling at a loss, suddenly heard Xiaocui's words and was stunned for a moment, and Ma subconsciously replied: "Sell, sell, sell, deal." โ
"Then, these are fifteen ghost stones, and the boss will take them by himself. Xiao Cui handed over the fifteen ghost stones in his hand.
"Well, the number is correct, and the two young ladies are welcome to come back to our store next time. The owner of the vendor who set up the stall hurriedly bowed his waist and sent Lin Ling and Xiaocui away.
After the two left, they saw a lot of people in front of them, out of the habit of being lively. Lin Ling squeezed towards the crowd with Xiao Cui in his hand.
The dozen or so guards who followed behind saw that Lin Ling was actually dragging Xiaocui towards the crowd, and they immediately panicked and quickly followed, and the horse stood in a second row and squeezed out the crowd of onlookers.
"Fuck, squeeze your mother's head, and then squeeze believe it or not......" Several people who were squeezed away by the guards opened their mouths and scolded: they looked back and thought who was so barbaric, when they saw the sign exposed in the sleeves of the guards, they closed their mouths one after another, and quickly left the crowd, afraid that if they walked one step late, they would be beaten by these guards later, and then you would want to cry without tears.
"How can you rob it, this is my family's ancestral treasure! Uncle, you can do it! My family relies on this to save their lives! Uncle, I beg you!" an old voice began to weep.
"Fuck, you old immortal, I look at your things, you still have to spend money?" A rampant laugh rang out.
"Please, sir, do well," the old man seemed to beg constantly.
"Don't let go, hit me, hit me hard. โ
"Grandpa, grandpa! I beg you, don't hit my grandpa, hit me if you want to!" a tender voice sounded, with some fist sounds. Because of the opening of the guards, Lin Ling pulled Xiao Cui directly to the inner enclosure, and what caught his eye was a scene of several stout guards punching and kicking a pair of grandparents and grandchildren, the child used his body to desperately protect his grandfather, the child was about eleven or twelve years old, desperately gritting his teeth, bearing the raindrops of punches and kicks.
That young man, Lin Ling seemed to have seen him once, it seemed that when he was auctioned off, it seemed that he was also sitting at the table below, but then he fainted and passed away, and he didn't know what his identity was.
Lin Ling saw that the little boy's eyes began to drift, and the heart that was still a little concerned disappeared, so he shouted: "Stop!"
The guards who followed Lin Ling heard Lin Ling's drink, and quickly rushed out and several guards blocked the side of those thugs, protecting the grandparents and grandchildren on the ground, waiting for Lin Ling's next instructions.
"Yo, who is so bold? Are you impatient? You even want to take care of my Lin family's affairs. When the man saw that several guards had come out to take care of things, he felt that his face had been swept away today, so he shouted with anger on his face.