Strange Tale

Chapter 29 Golden Cicada Gu 2

When he came to the general's mansion, Si Ren was stopped outside the door.

He put his body on the muzzle of the gun, "I want to see your general, go and report!"

The two guards looked at each other, "The general is not here."

"Not here?"

"Well, just went out."

"With whom?"

"Own."

"Where have you been?"

One of them laughed, "Where is the general going, do you still need to tell us?"

Si Ren still didn't give up, "Then which direction is he going?"

The two raised their hands and pointed to the direction Si Ren was running from.

After following the compass all the way, Si Ren raised his head and returned to Buji Pavilion.

Pushing open the door, Long Jiu, dressed in casual clothes, was sitting on the table with Erlang's legs crossed, playing with Si Ren's old coins before lying to him that they were super effective.

"Oh, you're back. I was waiting..."

Si Ren didn't say anything, rushed over and grabbed Long Jiu's wrist, and inserted a silver needle into it with lightning speed.

"Ah! What are you doing?!"

"See if you are poisoned."

"Then you won't make it clear?!"

"I'm afraid you're still angry."

"What are you angry about?"

"I'm going to snatch Jinji's soul from you."

"Cut!" Long Jiu sneered, "Didn't you say that you and I are not friends? Why should I be angry because of you?"

"You still say you're not angry?"

Long Jiu pulled away Si Ren's hand and pulled out the needle himself, "When are you going to stick me in?"

Si Ren took back the silver needle, but the color of the silver needle did not change, "Are you all right? Did I guess wrong?"

Thinking about it, Long Jiu took out something from his arms and stretched it out in front of Si Ren with clenched fists, "Do you want to see if I got hit by this?"

His hand slowly opened, and inside was a golden silkworm cocoon.

"Huh?! Why..."

Long Jiu smiled, "Qilin said that you went to the General's Mansion. You were hit by the Golden Silkworm Gu, so you went to look for me, right?"

"Yeah, but why did my Gu disappear, but yours cocooned?"

"It turns out that you also have witchcraft that you don't understand. How did you detoxify it?"

Si Ren pulled out a tortoiseshell pendant from his collar, "My master said that it is inevitable that people will not be tricked when walking in the rivers and lakes, so he gave me this."

"That's right. Tortoiseshell ward off Gu, those of you who know how to cast spells can only get rid of Gu poison. It is born of witchcraft, and of course it will disappear if the spell is broken. But I am different. Although Gu poison has entered me body, but it was afraid that I would not be able to escape, so it had no choice but to 'bound itself in a cocoon'."

Si Ren took the golden cocoon in his hand and looked at it, "Then why did you come to me? How did you know that I was poisoned?"

"Then how did you think someone would play a trick on me?"

"I often tell you that I saw me in the Hao Mansion, right?"

"Yes, he also said that Hao Chengzhi has been locked up."

"Well, I thought it was the Hao family who did it. But after I spit out the golden silkworm just now, I couldn't figure it out: Why did the Hao family want to kill me? It doesn't make sense. Thinking about the dead three Personally, although I couldn't see the two servants, Mr. Hao said that they were by Hao Chengye's side. I recalled the servants I had an impression of the Hao family, and it seemed that I didn't see them carrying the corpse with us that morning. The two who went to Huaner’s house together. And if I remember correctly, those two people were called by Hao Chengye at the time, so I guess they were the ones who died. The only thing I have in common with them and Hao Chengye is that they both went Huan'er's house. Thinking of Huan'er's father's attitude that day, I wanted to ask about the situation at Huan'er's house. But she said that her family sells pan-fried buns and dumplings. Those are called in the south, and water in the north. Fried buns and meatballs. I guessed that Huan’er’s parents were not from the north, so it’s normal to know that poisonous Gu is more prevalent in the south. In this way, you are left, and I want to find you quickly. So that you can be more careful. But I didn't expect it, I underestimated you again."

Long Jiu was a little proud, "Yeah, after so many years of travelling, which city hasn't been to? How could a mere gu poison hurt me?"

"You also found out that you were bewitched, so you came to remind me?"

"That's it."

"What do you mean by 'count'?"

"Well...it's like this. At first I didn't understand why I was bewitched like the Hao family, so I wanted to see who else was there. After the golden silkworm cocoon is formed, I can use it to find other bewitched people. So in fact, I didn't know it was you, but I followed Silk all the way to find it."

"Oh, so." Si Ren was a little disappointed, "Then why didn't I meet you on the way to the general's mansion?"

"We're not going the same way."

"I'm taking the shortest path."

Long Jiu felt helpless, "You walk on your feet, I am not. I am not human, have you forgotten?"

"Oh, yes." Si Ren became more depressed: Why is Long Jiu such a powerful monster?I feel really uncomfortable!

But Long Jiu didn't care if Si Rengao was happy, he put his hand on the table and jumped to the ground to get close to Si Ren, "I asked about Qilin Huan'er just now. So she is the female ghost you met on Yuying Mountain back then? "

"Yes what's the matter?"

Long Jiu burst into laughter, "It's really an 'Aventure'."

It was only then that Si Ren remembered that it had been a long time since he came back, but he hadn't heard Qilin and Huan'er, "Oh? By the way, where are those two brats?"

"I thought they were too noisy, so I let them stay in the back room."

They will be so obedient?Full of doubts, Si Ren walked over and opened the door inside.

Both Qilin and Huan'er leaned against the wall with their hands behind their backs, neither moving nor speaking, nor blinking their eyes.

"What did you do to them?" Si Ren looked back at Long Jiu.

Long Jiu walked over calmly and slapped the two little guys on the head, "I told you, they are too noisy."

Qilin and Huan'er were able to move, they immediately rushed over and hugged one of Si Ren's thighs, and looked at Long Jiu timidly, but said nothing.

Si Ren touched a head with one hand, "What did you do to them? You're so scared."

Long Jiu saw Si Ren protecting the two children, it was really funny, "Oh, you have both sons and daughters. You are also a monster and a ghost, you can have whatever you want..."

Si Ren pulled away Qilin and Huan'er's hands and hurried over to pull Long Jiu aside and whispered to him: "Don't talk nonsense, Huan'er doesn't know that she has become a ghost yet."

"Then the little elf girl doesn't know? Just lie to you, who is so determined?"

Si Ren turned his head to look at Huan'er, she was looking around innocently with her big eyes blinking.

"Don't talk nonsense. All right, I have to go to Huan'er's house in a while. It will be very difficult if I guess the matter. I have a few words to tell Huan'er, let Xiaolin chat with you for a while. "

"What can't be done, murder pays for life, what should be done."

Si Ren glanced at Long Jiu and didn't say much.

In the outer hall, Long Jiu was sitting on a chair, Qilin was sitting opposite him, a pot of tea was placed on the table between the two of them, they looked at each other and neither of them spoke.

In the back room, Si Ren hugged Huan'er and sat on the bed.The door of the house was not closed, and they could see two goblins staring outside.

"Huan'er..."

Huan'er suddenly stood up on the bed and lay down next to Si Ren's ear, "Brother, let me tell you, that big brother outside has nine heads."

"Uh... yeah, Huan'er is really powerful, she can see everything."

"But I'm not talking about him."

"Uh...yeah, the one with the nine heads doesn't look much like him."

"Well, the sad brother next to him is just like him."

"Ah?! What did you say?"

"The sad brother looks the same as the brother we saw, but he has no legs."

Si Ren was dumbfounded: only those who are monsters, ghosts, and those who are separated from spirit due to some special reasons will be seen by the sky eye.The nine heads that Huan'er mentioned must be the body of Monster Nine, so who is the sad brother? !Could it be... Long Chen? !But if Long Chen is already dead, it is impossible for the soul to still be in that body!Unless... he never died.But why can Huan'er see me but not see me? !Huan'er talking nonsense?It's even more impossible, nonsense, it wouldn't be such a coincidence to say that there are no legs!It shouldn't be that she doesn't have legs, maybe it's too thin, she thought she didn't have... that's right!If he is already dead, his soul will return to a healthy state. Why does Huan'er still say that he has no legs? !

"Brother? Brother Xiaoren?" Seeing Si Ren staring straight at Long Jiu without speaking, Huan'er called out to him.

Si Ren's eyeballs almost popped out, and he didn't see the sad brother Huan'er said. The only thing he could see in Long Jiu was the nine-headed monster with a blurry face.

"Well, Huan'er." Si Ren looked away, and decided to deal with the Golden Silkworm Gu first, "Let's talk about that brother in detail later. Let me ask you now, tell the truth, do you know that you are dead? ?”

After a moment of silence, Huan'er suddenly lowered her eyes and sat back on the bed.

Si Ren understood, "When did you know?"

Huan'er burst into tears, "When I saw Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai."

"Xiao... Xiaohei? Xiaobai?"

"Well, Xiaobai's tongue is so long, he won't let me drag it to play with it. The grandma next door to my house was taken away by Xiaohei and Xiaobai when she left, so when I saw them, I knew I would never go home again gone."

Pulling it around for fun... Si Ban was a little suspicious of the reason why Black and White Wuchang had to send Huan'er away.

"Then I asked you last night, why did you pretend not to know?"

"I...I want my brother to take me to find my mother. I know that if I die, I will never see my father and mother again."

"Ai──" Si Ren sighed, "You really want to see your mother so much?"

"Ah."

"Then if I take you to see your parents, will you promise me to be obedient?"

Huan'er suddenly raised her head, "Yes!"

"Okay then, go ahead and call Xiaolin in, you go play with that brother for a while. He knows you are a ghost, so he also knows that you can see his nine heads, but you must not tell him that you can see another sad one." Brother, remember. Be good and I will take you home in a while..."

Huan'er threw herself into Si Ren's arms, "I knew Brother Xiaoren was the best!"

Qilin entered the house.

Huan'er leaned on the table leg and rubbed against Long Jiu, "Brother, can you give me a hug?"

Long Jiu looked at her expressionlessly, "No."

"Why? Everyone likes mine."

"Children are dirty and drool."

Huan'er narrowed her mouth, "Brother hates me."

Long Jiu frowned, had no choice but to take out a handkerchief and spread it on his lap, picked up Huan'er and put it on.

Huan'er was delighted, "Brother, you are so pretty."

Long Jiu also laughed, "Really?"

Huan'er nodded vigorously, "Then can I call you Brother Jiutou?"

"..."