Green scales

"To be honest, I think it's better to be careful. Xinglan and I met this Qinglin when we were in Yongshui City." Yuqin spoke slowly, and turned to look at Xia Xinglan.

Xia Xinglan breathed a sigh of relief, frowned slightly, nodded, and said, "What Yuqin said was exactly what I was wondering about. When I was in Yongshui City, before I left, I accidentally found a piece of green scales in the house, and then I found it again I met an ambush in the inn in the middle of the night, and then cut off the scale on the table. All this is too coincidental."

Liu Shu calmly smiled and said: "You might not know, brother, you've seen that monster a long time ago, haven't you?"

As soon as the words fell, Yuqin subconsciously turned her head slightly to look at Liu Shu, just in time to meet Liu Shu's gaze.Although Liu Shu kept smiling, his gaze made Yuqin feel uncomfortable.

Forget it, for the sake of you being his younger brother, I will spare your life.Yuqin thought.

"The monster may have followed Kong Qi all the way to find you, and has been following in secret since then. You accidentally exposed your tracks last night, and you got this piece of Qinglin by senior brother. There is no conflict between the two." Liu Shu said Looking at Pei Yun, Pei Yun's face was always worried and worried.

"After all, he was the one who killed Xiaofu. In order to prevent senior brother from seeking revenge from you, it is better to strike first."

"Yao isn't that stupid, why don't you come to the door to die by yourself?" Yuqin said coldly.

Liu Shu smiled and continued: "Although the sword is sharp, if it has been out of the sheath for a long time and is full of rust, how is it different from ordinary iron?"

As soon as these words came out, the rest of the people in the arena were startled, and they turned their attention to Xia Xinglan and Yuqin in unison.Yuqin's face was serious, Liu Shu could just be rude to him, he didn't want to care about it, but he definitely couldn't bear others insulting Xia Xinglan!

Yuqin's hands trembled slightly, and he stared at Liu Shu with an unfriendly expression, and Liu Shushi stared at him calmly.There was an instant tension between the two.

Xia Xinglan hurriedly took Yuqin's hand with one hand, pulled it into his arms and couldn't stop stroking it. He didn't shy away from the people present, and coaxed Yuqin in a low voice. With each sentence of soft words, Yuqin gradually calmed down, but he was cold. Glancing at Liu Shu, he got up and moved the stool to Xia Xinglan's side.

Liu Shu's smile froze when he saw Xia Xinglan and Yuqin's intimate intimacy, and then slowly looked away.

Seeing the discord among the crowd, Pei Yun hurriedly turned his head to signal Kong Qi to order the restaurant to serve food, Kong Qi nodded and backed out, closing the door again.

"As for what kind of monster it is, the two Taoist priests will surely find out when they come to my house, and there is no need to argue now. But be careful to sail for thousands of years. Since the matter of Xiaofu Taoist priest is irreversible, I really don't want to There will be a second time."

Pei Yun personally spoke to make peace, and everyone had no reason not to agree.

The room was quiet for a while, and the voices of people downstairs could be vaguely heard. Pei Yun thought for a while, and continued: "The incident happened about a month ago. While wandering, I came across a wild fox in the forest, my wife saw that it was injured and wanted to bring it back for treatment."

"The wild fox lady next to the temple dares to provoke you." Liu Shu glanced at Pei Yun lightly.

Pei Yun shook his head helplessly and smiled, and continued: "The madam is also kind. The wild fox saw that someone was going to catch it and hurt my wife in a panic. When the madam got angry, she threw it out. The wild fox He stared at my wife gloomily, and then disappeared into the forest."

"Foxes hold grudges the most." Xia Xinglan mused, while his big hands interlocked with Yuqin's ten fingers under the table, rubbing their fingertips against each other.

Yuqin looked down at the tightly held hands of the two under the table, feeling as if she had eaten honey, unconsciously showing a hint of joy from the corners of her eyes and brows, naturally forgetting all the previous unhappiness.

Pei Yun sighed, "Yes, after my wife returned home, strange things started to happen frequently. At first, he often had nightmares, and then snake corpses began to appear in front of the gate."

"Snake corpse?" Liu Shu raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, at first I just thought it was left by a wild cat accidentally, but then for five days in a row, there were snake corpses at the door, big and small, with different colors. At first I thought it was done on purpose by someone. They sent attendants to watch at the door." Pei Yun's eyes showed a look of tiredness, and he took a sip from his teacup. "Afterwards, no more snake corpses appeared at the gate."

"That's not very good." Liu Shu glanced at Xia Xinglan who had a dignified face opposite, and said leisurely.

"But the snake corpse appeared in front of my wife's bedroom, and there was even a puddle of blood." Pei Yun smiled wryly. "Later, another servant girl pointed out that at night, she inadvertently saw a yellow wild fox with a bloody, struggling snake in its mouth, and placed it in front of the bedroom."

Pei Yun paused for a moment, and did not continue. At this moment, Kong Qi happened to enter the door carrying two jars of wine, and then several servants filed in and started serving dishes. In a short while, the table was full of standard dishes. .

"All the signature dishes of Yunlailou are here." After ordering the servant to close the door, Kong Qi put the wine jar on the table, "The special 'Dengyunlou' made by Yunlailou, I heard it tastes good. "

After speaking, Kong Qi moved up a stool and sat between Liu Shu and Pei Yun.Pei Yun had no objection to this, presumably because he was used to Kong Qi's usual style.

Kong Qi first poured a glass of wine for Pei Yun, and then handed one of the jugs of wine to Xia Xinglan. Xia Xinglan didn't want to take it, but Yuqin took it over first, patted the Kaifeng mud, and the aroma of the wine immediately overflowed.

"Drink less." Xia Xinglan had no choice but to follow Yuqin. Yuqin sniffed, and poured him and Xia Xinglan a glass of wine.

"It's noon, everyone must be hungry, let's talk while eating." Pei Yun picked up the chopsticks first, and Kong Qi followed with a smile and said jokingly: "This is our lord using our own private room to entertain guests. Yes, the two Taoist priests and young masters should not be polite, if they can’t finish eating, they will be packed and brought back to the residence.”

Liu Shu responded with a smile, "Of course you're welcome."

Xia Xinglan picked up a lot of meat in one go and put them all into Yuqin's bowl, regardless of whether he could eat it or not.There was nothing in front of him.

Yuqin said in a low voice that he really couldn't eat anymore, Xia Xinglan gave up and picked some vegetarian dishes to eat.

"But didn't the monsters in the mansion drop scales after being injured? Where did the fox get the scales?" Liu Shu asked lightly, then picked up the chopsticks, before he ate them, he took a chopstick of fried meat with cabbage and sent it to Xia Xinglan bowl.

Kong Qi watched with relish while drinking.

Yuqin glanced at Kong Qi unhesitatingly, and Kong Qi stood up and downed his head to drink wine, even he couldn't tell why he was just glanced at, and the hairs all over his body stood on end .

Xia Xinglan thanked her, but Liu Shu smiled and did not answer.

"Yes, I saw with my own eyes that the shape in the mist was very similar to that of a snake. Daoist Xiao Fu also said that the scales on the monster's body were like armor, making it invulnerable to swords and guns, and it was difficult for ordinary weapons to hurt him. I'm afraid it has been cultivated for hundreds of years. It's okay to advance for a thousand years." Pei Yun put down his chopsticks and sighed softly.

"Not only foxes, snakes are also very vengeful." Suddenly, Yuqin said slowly, his tone was soothing, as if he was talking about the weather, and he casually glanced at Liu Shu who was at the side, and a smile appeared on his handsome face, which was extremely eye-catching.

Liu Shu looked at each other and said, "Naturally, snakes are more vicious than foxes. If you get involved with snakes, it will be very difficult to get out of your body." Yu Qin stretched out his hand to grab the meat from the belly of the steamed perch, and picked the thorns one by one. Put it in Xia Xinglan's bowl, intentionally or unintentionally pushed the chopsticks and cabbage that Liu Shu held earlier to the side.

Seeing this, Xia Xinglan couldn't help laughing, Yuqin stepped on him under the table gently, Xia Xinglan coughed lightly, and suppressed her smile.

"The snake demon that my lord met must have a lot to do with the snake corpse brought by the fox." Xia Xinglan said, "If I guess correctly, the snake demon must have come to seek revenge. Those little snakes I'm afraid it's a relative or heir of the snake demon."

"Then this monster is really unreasonable. It was the wild fox who killed the little snake. How could the monster be bullying the weak and afraid of the strong? Instead of looking for the fox, he came to look for innocent people." Kong Qi shook his head and said.

"Spell."

"Spell."

The two voices sounded at the same time, Liu Shu and Yuqin couldn't help but look at each other, and then looked away.

"How do you say it?" Xia Xinglan put a chicken leg into Yuqin's bowl and asked leisurely.

Liu Shu smiled slightly, raised one hand slightly, and motioned for Yuqin to speak.

Yuqin hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head and took a sip of his wine.Of course, he couldn't directly say that this was the spell of the Yaozu. It was already suspicious for a mortal to know so much.

"I just read some ancient books and learned that some beasts that have become spirits can cast a spell with their own soul consciousness in their lifetime, called the blood curse, which is to lure the flesh and blood of their relatives and let them go. Go to the home of the cursed person, if the cursed person touches it with his hand, then the resentment will be attached to the first person who touches the flesh and blood."

"Isn't this just setting the blame?" Kong Qi rubbed his chin and asked.Pei Yun's complexion was also a little ugly.

"Yes, and it's a very risky way to set the blame." Liu Shu took over the voice and said, "Brother should remember that in the sect, the elders talked about this forbidden curse a little bit when they were teaching."

Xia Xinglan hummed, and said, "According to the effect of this curse, the wild fox must avoid the snake demon, kill the relatives of the snake demon one after another, and then put the corpses in the governor's mansion. The resentment will be stronger."

Yuqin listened quietly with his head turned, and kept picking meat into Xia Xinglan's bowl with one hand, and after a while, a small mountain was piled up.

"Moreover, the wild fox can't reveal his tracks on the way, otherwise, once the snake demon detects it, not only will the spell fail, but he will also be backlashed. It's not a deep hatred, and ordinary monsters will not use it."

"If it's not my race, its heart must be different. Besides, the monster race has always been addicted to cruelty and murder, and even if it takes human form, it can't learn anything about it. In the end, it's just a beast." Liu Shu smiled and drank wine to himself.

"Then why does the fox have such deep hatred that he does not hesitate to use such a poisonous trick?" Kong Qi smacked his lips, very surprised.

Pei Yun sighed, shook his head, pondered for a moment and said slowly: "I don't know."

"Is Mrs. Ling in the mansion? Then we have to ask more carefully." Xia Xinglan thought for a moment and said.

"Madam was injured recently and is recuperating at home." Pei Yun nodded.

Now that the matter has come to this point, everything that should be said has been said, everyone has plans in their hearts, so they will not pursue this matter any more.Pei Yun's face was full of sorrow, his eyes were black and blue, he hadn't eaten much food, and he looked very preoccupied.

Kong Qi occasionally made dishes for Pei Yun, and most of the time he was chatting, and Xia Xinglan and Liu Shu occasionally talked in agreement.Except for Liu Shu's meaningful eyes, he always looked at Xia Xinglan casually, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

Yuqin's face is expressionless, but his heart is full of twists and turns. If it is true what Pei Yun said, the snake demon at home is a snake demon that has been around for hundreds of years, so where does the thin demonic aura on his body come from? , it stands to reason that the evil spirit should be very strong.

Besides, he himself is a snake demon who has been around for nearly a thousand years. If such a big event happened to his fellow clan, it is impossible for him not to know anything about it.

It seemed that Pei Yun was hiding something, or maybe it wasn't a snake demon. Judging from the scales, they were all his scales. The monster took his scales to pretend to be a snake demon.

What use is it to him to pretend to be a snake demon?

Yuqin was a little puzzled for a while, it seemed that Situ Ling had stayed in the Wan Yao Temple for too long, and the power of the remaining demon clan in the world might soon exceed their imagination, so Situ Ling had to be informed as soon as possible.

"Yuqin? Stop pinching it, I can't eat it anymore." Xia Xinglan couldn't help laughing as he watched the man next to him keep pinching meat into his bowl, almost picking up the few dishes in front of him.

Yuqin came back to her senses, looked at the pile of meat in Xia Xinglan's bowl, coughed lightly, and said in a low voice, "It's always good to eat more."

After another stick of incense, Kong Qi called people in to repack some untouched dishes, and everyone got up one after another.

"Please follow me back home." Pei Yun breathed a sigh of relief, and took a step forward.Kong Qi followed closely behind with a food box in both hands.Next came Xia Xinglan and Yuqin, and Liu Shu was at the end.

Yuqin looked at Xia Xinglan's slightly distended stomach, feeling quite embarrassed.Just now he ate all the meat he picked up.She couldn't help reaching out to rub his belly.

Xia Xinglan smiled, and clasped the hand on his stomach in the palm of his hand, and the two fingers intertwined.

"It's okay, I just ate too much."

Liu Shu, who had been lingering behind the two of them, suddenly said, "Senior Brother, you've lost weight."

After finishing speaking, seeing Xia Xinglan and Yuqin stopped and looked back, Liu Shu grinned again, smiled indifferently, passed by, and followed Kong Qi out of the inn.

"Let's go." Yuqin tugged at Xia Xinglan's arm, Xia Xinglan looked at Liu Shu's thin back, and sighed imperceptibly. "Well, let's go."