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Dead chicken?

Why are there so many dead chickens in the house?

Seeing the weird scene in front of him, Xu Zhiqiu felt confused, and walked over with the pork on his shoulders.

My aunt was about to curse again, but she stopped when she saw her nephew appearing: "I said, why didn't you answer when I knocked on the door just now, so I went out, now it's time to come back, go to the warehouse to find a cloth bag, Bury all these dead chickens behind the yard, it's really bad luck to put them in the yard!"

Xu Zhiqiu, who didn't know why, responded, touched the dead chicken's body with the sole of his shoe, and asked, "What happened at home, how could a dead chicken be left in the yard?"

My aunt was also puzzled, and said angrily, "It's like this when I woke up early in the morning, and I don't know who did it!"

"It's so immoral." Xu Yueyao smirked beside her, imitating her mother's speech.

Xu Zhiqiu looked around and asked again, "Where is Second Uncle?"

There is no reason for such a strange thing to happen at home, and the second uncle is not here now. Could it be that he was too tired to plow the land last night and he is still awake?

"Your second uncle went out before dawn." Aunt said, "It seems that Zhang Mazi from the next street asked him for something. When he left, he didn't see anything in the yard. He must have been thrown in after dawn."

Xu Zhiqiu frowned slightly: "Then do you want to report to the government?"

Reporter?

The aunt rolled her eyes and said contemptuously: "The yamen guards don't bother to take care of such trivial matters. If you expect them to investigate the case, it's better to sleep in the house with your head covered. Even if you really want to come, it's just pretending." Putting on airs, maybe secretly laughing secretly, isn’t it just that a few chickens died, so why not make a fuss and report to the authorities?”

Talking, talking, my aunt was even more upset, waved her hand and said: "Just bury these things, and get angry when you see them!"

Xu Zhiqiu handed the pork on his shoulders to his aunt, went to the warehouse to find a cloth bag, and took a shovel as well.

My aunt struggled to hold the pork. Since the pork was covered with a layer of oil paper, my aunt didn't know what was inside, and could only smell a faint smell of meat.

"Bo Luan, what's in this oil paper bag?"

Xu Zhiqiu came back from the warehouse and replied, "It's pork."

"Pork?" My aunt was taken aback.

Xu Yueyao was full of joy: "It's Chinese New Year!"

She remembered that her mother said the day before yesterday that if she wanted to eat meat, she had to wait until the Chinese New Year.

Xu Zhiqiu added: "On the way back, I heard from Uncle Zhang on the west side of the street that this is pork that was slaughtered this morning. I saw that it looked good, so I bought ten catties and came back. My aunt will cook the pork later. , Our family should also improve the food."

My aunt didn't move after hearing this, and asked suspiciously, "Where do you get the silver to buy ten catties of pork?"

In terms of understanding prices, Zhang Ruyun must be better than Xu Zhiqiu. No matter which stall you buy the ten catties of pork, it will cost at least two taels of silver.

two two,

This is not a small amount.

It takes two months for the man in my family who is only good-looking and not good at workmanship to barely earn the two taels of silver.

But how can this nephew who has nothing to do all day have so much savings?

Could it be stolen?

It should be impossible.

Zhang Ruyun thought so in his heart.

Although this nephew didn't grow up with him since he was a child, it can be seen from the contact over the past year that his conduct is not bad, and he can't do thieves like stealing chickens and dogs.

But neither stealing nor robbing, where did the money come from?

Just when Zhang Ruyun was guessing wildly in his mind, Xu Zhiqiu explained: "It's the shopkeeper Sun from the next few streets."

Shopkeeper Sun?

My aunt was stunned for a moment, her almond eyes widened and she said, "That Sun Dabao who makes mutton soup?"

"Well, it's him."

"But what did he give you the money for? That old thing is searched hard, and you often get scolded behind your back. What's the matter, is there something in your hands?"

"That's not true, it's just that something happened to his family, and I happened to be able to help, so I gave some money as a reward."

"How much did you give, do you have two or five dollars?"

My aunt guessed a number randomly, and in her opinion, it was too much. After all, they are all neighbors in the neighborhood. Everyone knows Sun Dabao. He is really a master who spends money like he spends half his life. If it hadn't been for seeing that there were ten catties of pork as a base, my aunt would have saved the two taels, and only said five yuan.

Xu Zhiqiu replied truthfully: "More than that, I gave a full 20 taels of silver."

"20 taels!" My aunt exclaimed, her voice raised halfway.

Almost passed out because he didn't come up in one breath.

Then he couldn't believe it: "Could it be that you saved his old lady?"

Sun Dabao had an old lady who passed away two months ago. Before the burial, Sun Dabao posted a reward near the street, saying that whoever could save his old lady would be willing to share some of his property.

Aunt obviously misunderstood.

Xu Zhiqiu explained: "The money was paid because of some unclean things."

"Unclean things? You mean..." My aunt's face changed, and she only finished half of what she said.

Xu Zhiqiu nodded and said: "Auntie is right, it is indeed a ghost, but it is just the most common wandering ghost, and it cannot be a powerful role. I have practiced in Qingyangzong for many years, and I have mastered some methods of exorcising ghosts. "

My aunt finally figured it out.

He murmured and didn't make another sound.

After a while, the gaze towards Xu Zhiqiu couldn't help changing, and he said:

"Not long ago, I was discussing with your second uncle. I want you to learn carpentry from him, so that you will have the ability to make a living in the future. Now it seems that it is unnecessary. Maybe your second uncle will rely on you for food in the future. .”

After a pause, he continued: "However, it is better to do less of such things. After all, it is not the same as before. I heard from the old Taoist priest in Xuanyun Temple that you can no longer continue to practice. If you encounter powerful ghosts, That would be troublesome..."

Before she finished speaking, Xu Yueyao suddenly interrupted: "That old man with white beard is a liar, next time he dares to come to our house, I will let Ah Huang bite him."

"Don't talk nonsense!" The aunt raised her eyebrows and poked the little daughter's head with her fingertips, "Don't let others hear you."

Xu Yueyao pouted, a little unconvinced.

The aunt ignored her, and said to Xu Zhiqiu: "Okay, let's not talk about it, the money comes from a legitimate source, so it's great. I'll cook for you, and you quickly dispose of these dead chickens."

As he spoke, he walked into the house and began to prepare for his own affairs.

Xu Zhiqiu took the cloth bag and began to dispose of the dead chickens. He squatted down and prepared to put the dead chickens into the bag and bury them behind the yard, but just as he squatted down, he smelled a foul smell, which stopped his fingers. half empty.

The stench was not the smell of rotting corpses.

It's body odor with the smell of onion and pepper. It is estimated that it has been lost in the snow for a long time. The smell is not very strong, but it can still be smelled clearly when it is close.

And it's familiar.

Almost instantly, Xu Zhiqiu thought of Huang Pizi who had begged for a seal from him the night before.

Because the taste is exactly the same between the two.

"It turned out that it was playing tricks. No wonder it was a dead chicken. It is said that the weasel's favorite food is chicken."

"I should have found my second uncle's house through my sense of smell."

Xu Zhiqiu knew that monsters had a keen sense of smell, so it was not surprising that they could be tracked here.

It seems that Huang Pizi is taking revenge and wants to make the Xu family restless.

If it's just throwing chickens, it's fine, I'm afraid that they will kill people again in the future, and that will be troublesome.

Xu Zhiqiu thought for a while, and decided to find a way to get rid of the yellow skin.

Judging from the situation that day, Huang Pizi should have already reached the Condensed Form Realm, and his strength is equivalent to the ninth level of the Qi Training Realm.

Before this is put aside, Xu Zhiqiu is definitely not Huang Pizi's opponent.

But now that Huang Pizi has failed in his bid for seal, and most of his cultivation has been lost, he can only maintain the level of the fifth level of Qi training at most, and his strength is not as good as Xu Zhiqiu, so it is not a problem to capture him.

Just how to lure Huang Pizi out, this has to be carefully thought out.

While Xu Zhiqiu was thinking, he put the dead chicken into a cloth bag, threw it behind the yard, and burned it clean.

Since it was a chicken killed by the yellow skin, it could not be buried, but could only be burned. Who knows if it would be sick.

After dealing with it, Xu Zhiqiu didn't tell his aunt about these things, fearing that she would be too scared because of it.