Weicheng snow

After seven days of wind and rain, the carriage finally entered the boundary of Lingshan Mountain.

Yi Qingchen was awakened by Shen Yi's cheers in his sleep, he opened the curtains, the sky outside the carriage was just getting bright, and the town market was already full of crowds of people, the streets and alleys were hung with colorful colors that would only be taken out during festivals Lanterns, there are also many temporary stalls on both sides of the road. There are a variety of medicinal materials on the stalls. The vendors sit on the ground and shout the names of their own medicinal materials.

Shen Sheng was also awakened by the shouts outside, rubbed his eyes sleepily, put on a piece of clothes casually, picked up the package that Yi Qingchen packed last night, turned over and got out of the carriage.

The two sisters who were in charge of driving had received Shen Sheng's order before, and had parked the carriage on the side of the road early. When Yi Qingchen saw Shen Sheng get out of the car, he put on a coat indiscriminately and followed.

There were a lot of people in the market, and the costumes ranged from brocade hats and mink fur to silk jackets, showing the styles of various places. Yi Qingchen walked along with Shen Sheng, and felt that the scene in front of him was both novel and nostalgic.As Shen Sheng led Yi Qingchen forward, he told him, "Right now, there are everyone in the town. If you don't want to cause trouble, you'd better reduce the number of times you go out. After all, some barbarians carry knives and don't tell you. Makes sense."

"Of course, if you are really in a hurry, it is not impossible to go out for a stroll. During this period of time, there are many affairs in the sect. As the current senior brother, I will definitely not be able to leave. If there is anything, I will find it as soon as possible. Yinglai will tell you. Don’t dislike that kid Ruying, he’s more straightforward, he has a good heart, and his ability is first-class.”

"...Ah, here we are, here it is."

As soon as Fang opened the door and entered, the thick smell of smoke hit his face, Shen Sheng caught off guard and took a big breath, coughing like hell, Yi Qingchen subconsciously stepped back a few steps, so as not to be blinded by the smell of smoke.Amidst the smog, a man in a gold silk white coat turned out from behind the curtain in the back room. When he saw that the person who came was Shen Sheng, the guard on his face relaxed a bit.

Shen Sheng fanned the smoke from his nose with his hand, motioned for Yi Qingchen to come in, and Yi Qingchen entered the room, closing the door with his backhand.

The man in the white coat sat at the counter, and he was bored with his abacus. With a chuckle, Shen Sheng leaned forward and leaned on the counter, took out a cloth bag from his waist and pushed it over, "Godfather, he is me." I was talking to you about Mr. Yi. Right now, all the inns in the town are in a mess. I don’t trust you to stay there. After thinking about it, my home is the safest..."

The man in the white coat hit Shen Sheng's head with a candy-fried chestnut, "You boy, you only want to get your godfather if you have something to do, do you still have my godfather in your heart?" Shen Sheng kept flattering him, "Some have Yes, it must be there, isn't it because I became a big brother and I can't get away from the busyness, now I have some free time, so I immediately sent ginseng to your godfather..."

The man in the white coat put the cloth bag Shen Sheng handed over into his arms, walked around the counter and walked to Yi Qingchen.It was only then that Yi Qingchen noticed that the man in the white coat in front of him was tall and thin, with long forehead hair that had not been taken care of for a long time, covering his eyes, a long and greasy braid behind his head, and a well-defined chin , but covered with turquoise stubble.

Yi Qingchen looked at him for a moment, and introduced himself first, then the man reached out and took Yi Qingchen's hand, shaking it casually, "You can call me Boss Shen, I don't have a name. .”

Shen Sheng also explained to Yi Qingchen that although his godfather didn't talk much, he was still a philistine in a daze, but he was absolutely very kind and trustworthy. It was only when I got to the vicinity of Lingshan that my father and son were rescued, and the relics left by my parents have not been taken privately..."

Boss Shen said with great disgust, "It's easy to swallow a broken book. If it's a piece of gold, you can see if I can swallow it." Shen Sheng laughed angrily, "If you swallow gold, you will die. Right? By the way, why is there so much smoke here? Are you messing with your two folk remedies again? Why don’t you open a window to let in the air? Don’t be poisoned to death, right?”

Boss Shen slapped Shen Sheng's head twice again, "Hey, little bastard, are you cursing me to death? You have to open the window and open it by yourself, and your friend's room is on the second floor, the one along the street, the key Here, take him to have a look."

Shen Sheng opened the window for ventilation, took a bunch of rusty keys from his godfather by the way, turned his head and led Yi Qingchen into the back hall, followed by Yi Qingchen, bypassing the division of the front and back halls There is a long corridor behind the door. Yi Qingchen walked along and noticed that there were many grooves cut out on the walls on both sides. There was a transparent bottle in each groove. Most of them are snakes, scorpions, centipedes and the like, and occasionally you can see some wines that are not so cloudy in color with goji berries, ginseng and ganoderma lucidum soaked in them.

At that time, Shen Sheng had already walked up the stairs, and seeing Yi Qingchen curiously looking at those bottles and jars, he leaned over the railing and explained to Yi Qingchen, "Don't look like my godfather, in fact, he was also a Miao people, by the way, you are also from southern Xinjiang, you Miao people should all like to drink this kind of medicine bar?"

Yi Qingchen withdrew his gaze, and said with a smile to Shen Sheng, "There are many tribes in Miaojiang, and most of them don't communicate very much. The one I live in is even more remote and has nothing to do with the world. I brew some wine every year, but it's just sweet. Wine. As for the work of raising Gu and making five poisonous wine, most of the villages with witches will do it."

Shen Sheng also gained knowledge, "So that's it, but you really don't look like a Miao man. Maybe some people will believe you when you say that you are from a rich family in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River?"

Yi Qingchen followed Shen Sheng's pace and went upstairs slowly, "My parents, my body, hair and skin, although my mother is Miao, but my father is indeed a businessman from the south of the Yangtze River. I remember when I was young, my little sister asked Ah Why did mother and father get married once? Mother's answer was that father's business was swallowed up by others, and he had no choice but to come to southern Xinjiang to seek Gu insect business. Unexpectedly, he was injured by a poisonous snake. Fortunately, mother passed by and saved him. But the leg that was bitten by the snake was also lame, and the disheartened father didn't want to go back to the south of the Yangtze River, so he stayed here for a long time..."

When he came back to his senses, he and Shen Sheng were already standing in front of the room door, Shen Sheng listened to him telling the story seriously, Yi Qingchen just realized that he seemed to have said a lot that shouldn't be said, "I'm sorry... ...When I think about the past, I am a little distracted..."

Shen Sheng patted him on the shoulder, "What's the matter, we are all brothers, I love to listen to whatever you say." He raised his hand and pushed the door open, a smell of old dust rushed into his nostrils, Shen Sheng was busy He pinched his nose to open the window for ventilation.

Yi Qingchen noticed that there were very few windows in this house, there was no window in the corridor, and there was only one window the size of a head in the room, so the sunlight could not come in, and the whole house was gloomy.

Shen Sheng complained to himself for a while, then went to the bed and tested the softness of the bed, "This godfather, I told him three days earlier that there would be guests coming to stay, and I didn't open the windows to ventilate the air, it's suffocating people. Young master, would you like to live out with me?"

Yi Qingchen was very satisfied with such a quiet environment, "Don't bother, it's pretty good here." Shen Sheng didn't force anymore, and just turned his head to look at the scenery outside the window, "You can see the scenery of the street here, my son, if you If you think it's noisy outside, just close the windows, if you feel stuffy, you can open the door and sleep, anyway, there are only you and godfather in this building."

As soon as the explanation was over, Shen Sheng also went downstairs, and Yi Qingchen followed, until he watched Shen Sheng go away, then he closed the door of the house, and was about to turn around and go back to the room.

Just a few steps away, Boss Shen behind the counter threw a pack of medicinal materials into Yi Qingchen's arms, and explained to Yi Qingchen's puzzled eyes, "Your kid is good at qinggong, run for me." Yi Qingchen Chen was even more puzzled, why didn't he remember that he had performed lightness kung fu in front of Boss Shen?

Boss Shen leaned against the counter, took an empty bottle from the counter, filled it with the ginseng that Shen Sheng had given him, and was about to fill it with wine, when he looked up and saw Yi Qingchen still standing there in a daze, and said, " What are you still doing here stupidly?"

Yi Qingchen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "You haven't told me where to send it yet." Boss Shen slapped his head, "I'm getting old, it's a broken memory, that's all, I'll draw it for you, you sit beside me for a while. "Yi Qingchen obediently moved a bench and sat down, and looked at Boss Shen curiously.

Boss Shen also seemed to notice his gaze. After drawing for a moment, he put down his pen impatiently, "Why do you always look at me? Didn't I just say that I slipped my tongue, do you know that you know some light work? Postures are only available to those who have practiced light kung fu. When they arrive in a new environment, they will observe the house all over, paying special attention to the doors, windows and the road leading to the outside. Subconsciously, they will pay attention to the valuable things in the house. And he is very indifferent in the face of things that are not worth a lot of money, this is the consciousness of a big thief..."

Yi Qingchen listened to Boss Shen's explanation, it was the first time in his life that he realized that he was so shrewd in the eyes of others, and he thought it was a little funny, Boss Shen looked at him and smiled, and sighed helplessly, "How ridiculous did I say that?" words?"

Yi Qingchen waved his hand, calmed down his emotions, walked up to Boss Shen, and took a simple map made up of only a few lines, "Your observation skills are very good..." Boss Shen directly talked to The smiling Yi Qingchen looked at each other for a moment, and after a long while, he said, "Boy, you have a really heavy dead breath."

Zhenzhen said the same thing when he was in Weicheng.

At first, Yi Qingchen didn't pay much attention to it, he just thought it was because he didn't eat much and was sick, so he didn't seem energetic.But after being told repeatedly that his life was picked up from the gate of hell by Hua Shenchi, he knew that this "dead breath" might really be the unique breath of people who have died.

Now Boss Shen can see the same thing as Zhenzhen, but Zhenzhen is not a human being.

Yi Qingchen became curious about Boss Shen's identity, "How...how did you find out?"

Boss Shen didn't want to answer this question, so he walked into the inner room with a bottle containing ginseng, leaving Yi Qingchen alone in a daze, just when Yi Qingchen was about to give up and turn around to leave, Boss Shen's disapproval came from behind the door curtain. Unhurried voice, "It's better to return the things that don't belong to you as soon as possible. Even if you keep it now, it's destined not to last long..."

Yi Qingchen originally planned to give up the idea of ​​asking questions, but was suspended again. He opened the door curtain and walked into the passage, looking at Boss Shen who was pouring wine into the bottle, "Who are you?"

Boss Shen slowly and calmly sealed the jug, "I'm just an ordinary businessman. If you don't believe me, it's okay to think of me as a magic stick. But since you are that kid's friend, I would like to remind you , Manpower cannot go against the sky, and if you go against the sky, you will be punished."

"Back from the dead...absurd nonsense."

"Those who pursue these are all lunatics..."

When Boss Shen said this, his eyes were deep, as if he was recalling a past event.

Could it be that Boss Shen has also been exposed to the method of bringing the dead back to life?

Yi Qingchen thinks it is very possible, but it is not easy to ask anything, after all, anyone with a little vision can see that Boss Shen seems to hate the word "returning from the dead" and there is no need for him to hit the gun.But what made him even more curious was how Boss Shen could see that there was death in him, "Could it be possible that Mister can see some things that ordinary people can't see?"

Boss Shen sighed, "I've been dealing with things that don't belong to the world for a long time. What I should see and what I shouldn't see will all come into my eyes in the end. Your fate is too vain, and this kind of people only need to hold it lightly." It can be annihilated, if possible, return what does not belong to you, and don’t ask any more questions, otherwise it would be a leak of heaven’s secret.”

"The blood of this body is already wearing a sinful body, and it can't be repaid in the whole life. I don't want to add more sins."

After all, no matter how much Yi Qingchen asked, he just kept silent.

One after another, mysteries appeared on Boss Shen, like a bottomless pit, which could never be finished. Yi Qingchen held his breath in his chest, unable to get up or down, but he also knew that he could not ask any more questions, so he took a deep breath , bowed to Boss Shen as if something happened, and went out to deliver the medicine.