The Glass Maiden

Chapter One Hundred and Seventeen

Winter is coming and spring is coming, at this time in May, and the phoenix flower forests on both sides of the official road are dyed, red like fire, layered on top of each other, seeming to spread to the end of the sky. Although it is only May, it seems to be very early this year. The scorching sun is scorching, and the scorching ground has the taste of summer. The merchants and pedestrians on the road are sweating like rain, and they can't wait to give birth to wings immediately and fly to the far inn. .

There were two people alone beside the road leisurely, one of them riding a "hairy" donkey, slowly advancing under the scorching sun. Both of them wore hats on their heads and couldn't see their appearance. One of them had a slender waist and two swords on his body. The hand holding the reins was slender with ten fingers, white as jade, and was actually a young girl.

This is Xuanji and Tengshe. In the past year or so, the two have almost traveled to various cities and towns in the southeast, northwest, and Guangqingyang no less than ten times, but Yu Sifeng and Liu Yihuan seemed to have evaporated from the world, leaving no trace.

Such a long journey is really hard, but fortunately, both of them are well-versed. They are not afraid of severe cold in winter and scorching heat in summer. Especially when running around like this, the food from various places is extremely tempting to Teng Snake. For more than a year, he hadn't complained a word, and he was very happy to accompany her around.

Since Zhongtu could not find Yu Sifeng here, Xuanji wondered if he would be overseas. It is often said that overseas monsters are at work, the people’s sentiments are weird, and the customs and feelings are very different from those of China. Although her main purpose is to find Yu Sifeng, she has been alone in the famous Sichuan and Dashan Mountains for more than a year, and her knowledge is very different from before. In the same way, I was very curious about the mysterious overseas and couldn't help but want to check it out.

So the two came to this border town called West Valley, and heard that there was a ferry here, which could cross the ocean and reach the wasteland overseas. There are occasional trades between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, and they all pass through here. Along the way, although I didn't see any weird people from overseas, Xuanji had never seen the things sold by roadside traders. It is said that they were brought from overseas.

Xuanji listened to the peculiar customs that the tradesman had blown up overseas, and at the same time drove the "mao" donkey forward slowly, and soon she came to the inn. In the border area, the inn is naturally very simple, but it is just a two-story building, and the guest rooms inside can be counted by about ten fingers. Moreover, Xuanji has traveled many places this year. Xuanji knows that the more such a small inn, the higher the asking price. It is ridiculously high, and most people can't live in it. Anyway, it's a hotel that can live in a hundred miles. You can't live in those rooms, so many people would rather "live out" rather than spend the wrong money in an inn.

Xuanji jumped off the back of the donkey and "touched" "touched" the purse around her waist-it was deflated, I'm afraid she won't have a few taels of silver. It seems that she would have to find some demon-killing work to do, otherwise the money It's not enough to eat a snake for three days.

As soon as Teng Snake landed, he shouted dry and hungry, and rushed directly into the inn. Unexpectedly, there were many people around the inn, pointing at something, and the inn door was closed tightly. He didn't know what was going on, so he had to squeeze in hard, pushing the people on either side sloppy.

I squeezed all the way to the gate, only to see a big red "color" notice posted on it, saying: [Our shop has been haunted recently and was forced to close. Another high price hired talented people to come to exorcise ghosts. When he saw him, he immediately shouted: "Xuanji! Come and see! Business is coming! Xuanji! Come here!"

When everyone came to see that he was so powerful, they came to see that his silver hair was "exposed" under the hat, which was very weird, and they all evaded and dared not get too close to him. When he was in the hustle and bustle, he heard a delicate voice from behind asked: "What business? You just like to yell." After saying that, the slender figure walked forward and lifted his hand to expose the hat, and everyone's eyes lit up. It turned out that she was really a beautiful girl, wearing a green shirt, her skin was as white as transparent, but her eyebrows were pitch black. The unspeakable aura of the facial features, and a smile on his lips, made people feel like spring breeze.

As soon as she approached, the crowd hurriedly dispersed and made a way for her to walk. Xuanji smiled apologetically to the crowd. She didn't feel embarrassed at all. She looked at the sign openly. With this word, her eyes lit up immediately, she lifted her hand to take it off, and said with joy: "The silver is here!"

When everyone saw her lift off the notice, there was another uproar, and some enthusiastic people said, "Girls, don't underestimate this. This inn has been haunted for five or six days. How many high-ranking people have been invited to come. You are too young to be born weak, so where does it come from the ability to drive ghosts out?"

Xuanji smiled and said: "It's okay, just leave it to me." She raised her hand and knocked on the door of the inn. Most of the people around were businessmen passing by. There were also farmers nearby who came to sell herbal tea clothes. Seeing that a timid young girl was actually trying to get rid of ghosts, she couldn't help staying to watch the excitement. Some people ran to ask acquaintances to come and see. For a while, the front of the inn was crowded with people, and everyone stretched their heads.

After a while, the door of the inn opened with a creak, and a head slowly stretched out from it, with a long braid, and she was another young girl, about sixteen or seventeen, with clean eyebrows, but her face His expression was very impatient, and he looked up and down Xuanji unceremoniously, and then said crisply: "Did you see the notice outside? The door is closed!"

Xuanji was not annoyed, she raised the notice and smiled: "I know, so I'm here to drive away ghosts."

The girl didn't believe her at all, shook her head and said: "Don't be kidding, what do you think is the game of exorcism? Go!" She closed the door after she said, Xuanji gently pressed her hand on the door, and the girl couldn't close the door after pushing it several times. I couldn't help but raised my head and stared at her in surprise, Xuan Ji said softly: "I'm really here to exorcise ghosts. Let me go in and take a look.

The girl hesitated for a while, and suddenly heard someone inside shout: "Lan Lan! What are you doing? Didn't you tell you not to open the door?"

Lan Lan was about to speak, Xuan Ji immediately said loudly inside: "Hello! I saw the notice, it's here to exorcise ghosts! Can I come in?"

There was a sound of footsteps in the inn, followed by a middle-aged "woman", and she looked up and down Xuanji with suspicion, but she nodded politely: "This... if the girl can drive away ghosts, We are grateful."

The girl named Lanlan had to put Xuanji in reluctantly, and then closed the door hard, with a loud noise.

Is she hostile to her? Xuanji looked at her unclearly, did she do anything to upset her? Lan Lan turned her head and complained to the middle-aged "woman": "Mother! Didn't you say you have to wait for Young Master Yi to exorcise ghosts? How can you be so uncomfortable! What should I do if I make him angry?"

Young Master Yi? Xuanji was even more confused. Just listen to the middle-aged "woman" sighing: "The whereabouts of Young Master Yi is uncertain, who knows if he can come today? We can't just close the door and do business just to wait for him! We have been out of business for many days. Do you want to drink northwest wind?"

Lan Lan pouted: "He obviously accepted our letter yesterday and said he would come at noon today!"

"Ah my little ancestor! It's almost time to apply now! Mother knows that you are looking forward to him coming, but his kind of person is mysterious and doesn't look good to anyone, so we can't be hot and cold. Ass!"

That said, Lan Lan stomped fiercely and ran behind. The middle-aged "woman" sighed a few times, and saw Xuanji staring at her blankly, she couldn't help but smiled embarrassedly, and said: "My daughter is spoiled, she is very sexual, don't mind the girl."

Xuanji shook her head and looked around the inn. It was as dilapidated as she had imagined, but it was neat and tidy. There were two floors in total. The lobby was underneath, with a few tables and chairs, and the guest room above. Strangely, all this circle is all The rooms are all dark, only one with candles lit.

She asked: "Why, there are still people living in haunted areas?"

The middle-aged "woman" changed her face, pulled her sleeve, and whispered: "Be quiet! That's the room! The candles are lit on weekdays, and ghosts cry as soon as people get closer. At night, it seemed that there was someone smashing things inside, and the lights rang. I didn’t know before, and let the guests stay in that room, but the guests who had stayed in that room disappeared. It gradually developed to the guests who stayed in other rooms. I just know that it has provoke unclean things. In the past few days, I have invited countless masters and masters, all of them have gone and never returned. Girl, you are young, I advise you, don't take risks!"

Xuanji nodded, and took a breath-it was a monster, and the smell was quite strong, and it seemed a little docile. She glanced at Teng Snake, who was yawning boredly, showing that the opponent was not worth his attention at all. Xuanji asked: "Are you the only mother and daughter in the inn? Why are you all right here?"

The proprietress sighed, "My husband fell ill and died a few years ago, and we are left with our orphans and widows. Even if this place is haunted, where can we go? This is our home. Fortunately, as long as you don’t get close to that house, everything is All right. We all live in the back courtyard."

Xuanji glanced backwards, but saw Lan Lan lying on the back door staring at herself blankly. She looked like she wanted her to leave quickly and not stay here to get in the way. She was amused, and blurted out: "Who is Young Master Yi?"

When the name was mentioned, the eyes of the mother and daughter brightened, and the lady boss said hurriedly, "It's a long story! That young winger came to us more than a year ago. He is young and Born to have a good character, Junya, the most remarkable thing is that he has the power to exorcise demons and demons. He does not blink his eyes and raises his hand to complete it! On weekdays, he also treats people for medical treatment, and he really has the ability to come back to life. They all say that he is a living god. If we have a daughter here, who doesn't want to marry him? But although this person is strong, he has a strange temper, he never gets close to others, he is cold, and he often goes out. God. If it wasn’t for this time we were haunted here, just as Young Master Yi was not at home, the trouble would have been eliminated! Yesterday Lan Lan tried to find him again, but who thought he was back, she handed him a letter and agreed. I came at noon today, and I haven't come yet. Since girl, you have magical powers, so please do the same. Just be careful, that ghost can eat people!"

When Na Lanlan heard this, she called out anxiously from behind: "Mother! He will come after he said he will come! Just wait with peace of mind, why let this girl go up and die!"

Xuanji said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'll do it right away." She drew out Bengyu, went upstairs in three steps and two steps, pushed open the door of the candlelit room, and only heard a weird cry from inside. , It was "hairy" creepy, Xuanji closed the door with her backhand, and her cry suddenly broke off.

The mother and daughter waited fearfully below, hoping to hear some fighting sounds, to judge that Xuanji was okay, but there was no sound in the room, but the candlelight went out, and it was dark inside, and it was quiet. The proprietress waited anxiously, and saw Teng Snake sitting in a chair and yawning. She couldn't help but laugh and said, "This official, that girl...who has been here for a long time, could it be eaten?"

Teng Snake made a cut, and said angrily: "Wait! It doesn't matter who eats who is!"

As soon as the voice fell, the door creaked open. The mother and daughter both trembled. Turning their heads, Xuanji walked down with ease, carrying a fluffy thing in her hand. Flicked as a wind chime.

"Girl..." The lady boss greeted him tremblingly, but when she saw her bring the thing to her eyes, she smiled: "That's it. It's not a ghost, it's a weasel that is about to become refined." The lady boss saw that the weasel was fat again. It's big, two or three times bigger than usual. Xuanji poked several holes in her body, and the blood dripped on the ground. He couldn't help feeling dizzy. He hurried back a few steps, and trembled: "Much...Thank you girl! Is this...this thing is really at fault?"

Xuanji nodded and said: "Yes. It is here to retaliate, saying that you scalded it with oil three years ago, so it came to make trouble. But it has eaten many innocent people, so you can't spare it. Boss, dead body Do you want it?"

The lady boss shook her head hurriedly: "No need, no need! Girl, just take it away! ... Speaking of which, three years ago, there was something living in the kitchen and stealing chickens raised in the yard. I don’t know what it is. Use hot oil. After splashing, it turned out to be it..."

Xuanji threw the fat weasel to Teng Snake, and instructed: "If you are hungry, roast it and eat it! Save the skin, and you can make a scarf if you clean it." Teng Snake happily agreed and ran to the kitchen. Go here to organize this lunch.

Seeing that they were about to eat the food, Lan Lan couldn't help but feel sick, and hurried to catch up. She wanted Teng Snake not to be the weasel in the kitchen. Suddenly, she heard a knock on the back door twice, and a soft voice said, "I am Young Master Yi, sorry for being late."