The boss was stunned. "Ah? That one? Daoist priest, are you sure? "
Xie Lian said affirmatively, "Yes,
It's that one! "
After saying that, he rushed forward to grab the clothes, carried Hua Cheng, and rushed to the back of the clothing shop,
He went into the curtain. This clothing shop was very bold and had a novel idea. They set up a small compartment in the shop for changing clothes, and people who came to buy clothes could try them on the spot. Everyone was stunned. A moment later,
A well-dressed Daoist passed by the entrance of the clothing shop,
As he walked, he muttered and rubbed his forehead,
Behind him was a large group of ferocious and strange-looking monks and Daoists. Seeing that there were many people gathered in the clothing shop,
He said unhappily, "What are you looking at?!"
"Sigh,
Don't worry about it, let's go,
I want to go to the toilet again! "
"Wait,
Brother Heavenly Eye, there are many people here,
Why don't we ask them if they saw it? "
"Female patrons, have you seen a Daoist priest in white clothes,
Passing by here with a child with a bandaged face? "
Everyone was silent,
However, some people could not help but glance at the back room of the clothing shop. The monks and Daoists were vigilant,
They gestured for him to go over and take a look. The Heavenly Eye opened and strode in. He held his breath and slowly approached the curtain. A moment later,
He suddenly pulled it open, and there was a scream.
He saw a woman sitting behind the curtain. Her long black hair was tied up in a loose bun. Her neck was slender and fair, and she wore a black necklace the width of a finger and a very thin silver chain. Her clothes were half off, and her snow-white shoulders and a small part of her vest were exposed. It was a sight that made people blush and their hearts beat faster.
After the curtain was pulled open, the woman's body trembled. She covered her face with her sleeves and let out a soft cry, as if she was frightened by such a rude and reckless action. The Heavenly Eye opened and suddenly lowered the curtain, saying, "Yes, yes, yes, I can't stand it anymore!!!"
The monks and Daoists who followed the Heavenly Eye also shouted, "Sin, sin, sin!" They all covered their eyes. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the "woman" suddenly turned around. Who else could it be but Xie Lian? Hua Cheng was sitting in his arms, but he was blocked by his body. Although Xie Lian was a man and his shoulders were wider than an ordinary woman's, he had only pulled down half of his clothes. The exposed areas were just right, so the effect was quite good. Xie Lian hugged Hua Cheng with one hand and lifted the hem of her skirt with the other. Passing through the crowd of monks and Taoists who were covering their eyes and shouting, he quickly slipped away like a wisp of smoke. The owner of the clothing shop and the girls were stunned. Seeing him running away, the owner wanted to stop him. He opened his mouth and looked down at the piece of gold leaf. It was more than enough to buy two more pieces. He shrugged his shoulders and didn't care anymore.
Xie Lian carried Hua Cheng and sprinted away, leaving behind a trail of dust. The pedestrians on the road could only vaguely see a 'woman' carrying a child as she dashed past. She was as vigorous and swift as a cheetah, causing dust to fill the sky and causing people to cough repeatedly. It was simply unbelievable. The roadside food vendor got a pot full of dust and scolded, "Are you kidding me?!"
Xie Lian took the time to turn around and loudly apologize, "I made a mistake! Sorry! I'm sorry! "At this moment, he heard someone shouting behind him," Stop!!! "
When he turned around to look, it was actually that group of people rushing out of the clothing shop. Xie Lian thought to himself, "I really don't know what the person shouting 'stop' from behind me is thinking. Even if I think about it, the person being shouted at wouldn't stop. It's better to concentrate, hold your breath, and focus on running faster! "At this moment, he lowered his head and ran even faster. With such a majestic large group of people rushing past, dust filled the sky. This time, the food vendor couldn't even curse anymore. He angrily threw his pot and said, "Motherf * cker, how can I do business!"
After chasing for four hours, sure enough, the monks and Taoists who were shouting while chasing lost their breath and ran slower and slower. Xie Lian, who had rich experience in escaping, didn't make a sound and persevered until the end. After shaking off all the pursuers, he put down Hua Cheng and stood on the side of the road, gasping for breath. Hua Cheng supported his shoulders and said in a deep voice, "Don't breathe too fast, be careful of hurting your heart."
Xie Lian raised his head and saw Hua Cheng frowning slightly, but still with a childish face. He couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Haha, hahahaha … … Ouch!"
When he laughed too suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his ribs. Clutching his chest, he saw Hua Cheng's expression change slightly. Then, he waved his hand and said, "It's fine … … Hey, isn't there an inn over there?"
Indeed, not far in front of them, in the blue curtain of night, there was an inn emitting a warm yellow light. It seemed to be guiding passersby forward. Xie Lian straightened his back and said, "Let's go in and rest."
Hua Cheng said, "Okay."
At this moment, Xie Lian pulled him and walked forward step by step. When they arrived at the inn, Xie Lian discovered that this inn had two floors. It was much more luxurious and spacious than it looked from afar. The main door was closed. Xie Lian raised his hand and lightly knocked on it, saying, "Seeking shelter, is there anyone here?"
After a while, someone shouted from inside, "Coming, coming!"
In a flash, the door opened, and a few waiters greeted them with smiles on their faces. "This guest … …"
Presumably, they wanted to call him 'guest', but when they saw that the person who came was wearing women's clothing, they changed their words. "This lady … …"
Before they could finish speaking, Xie Lian pulled Hua Cheng out of the darkness and slowly walked out. With a child, it seemed like she wasn't an unmarried girl, so they changed their words again. "This husband … …"
While the word 'madam' was still in their mouths, Xie Lian's face was illuminated by the yellow light from inside the inn. Although this person was wearing women's clothing and had gentle features, in all honesty, no matter how they looked at this face, it looked more like a man's. The waiters were immediately dumbfounded. After a while, they still obediently returned to the way they had addressed him before. "This guest, please come inside."
Xie Lian smiled and nodded. The current him was already very familiar with wearing any kind of clothing, so he didn't feel the slightest bit of discomfort in his heart or physiology. Carrying Hua Cheng, he stepped through the extremely low threshold and picked a seat in the corner of the lobby to sit down. Inside the inn, aside from a few waiters, there was no one else. The moment they arrived, all the waiters immediately closed the door and surrounded them with smiles on their faces. On the contrary, it was these smiles that made Xie Lian feel slightly uncomfortable.
He took the menu and said, "To be able to find an inn in the middle of nowhere, it really isn't easy."
The waiters also said, "Isn't it? In the middle of nowhere, it's rare to have guests. It really isn't easy! "
He didn't know why, but although they were all smiling, it was as if their smiles had been painted on, making it seem very fake. Xie Lian didn't bat an eyelid as he flipped through the menu and ordered a few dishes. Only then did the waiters laugh and laugh as they went to the kitchen to call for someone to cook.
Hua Cheng played with his chopsticks and said, "Gege, we entered a black inn run by demons and ghosts."
Xie Lian said, "Mhm."
If it wasn't strange, in this kind of wilderness, having a small one-story inn with one or two waiters would already be amazing. How could there be so many waiters and such an extravagant shop?
Of course, this wasn't a strong proof. The main reason was because the moment Xie Lian entered the inn, he smelled a thick, fresh scent of blood.
Most people probably wouldn't be able to detect this scent of blood, but for Xie Lian, whose five senses were sensitive and had rich experience, it was already thick to the point that he couldn't ignore it. Xie Lian said, "There's still someone on the second floor. I heard footsteps, but I don't know if they're also travelers who came to seek shelter."
If they were, then they definitely had to be rescued. The two of them sat across from each other and conversed in low voices for a long time. Finally, the waiters served the dishes and said, "Coming!"
Xie Lian was just about to speak when he caught a trace of movement coming from outside. He immediately stood up and said, "Innkeeper, we want to go inside and rest. I'll have to trouble you to send the dishes upstairs."
"Okay, okay!"
Xie Lian held Hua Cheng with one hand and skillfully lifted his skirt with the other as he went upstairs. He turned his head and said, "Oh, that's right. If anyone asks if they saw us, I'll have to trouble you to say that you didn't."
"Okay, okay!"
Xie Lian hurriedly went upstairs. Not long after he went up, he heard someone knocking on the door and shouting, "Open the door, open the door!"
The waiters opened the door with smiles on their faces. The ones who rushed in were impressively the group of monks and Taoist priests who had been relentlessly chasing after them!
At this time, Xie Lian and Hua Cheng had already entered the room on the second floor and closed the door behind them. They heard someone shouting as soon as they entered the inn, "Toilet! Toilet! Toilet!" They ran over. Someone then said, "Boss! Do you have water? "
Seeing so many people come all of a sudden, the waiters happily said, "We do, we do. Please wait a moment, we're coming!"
Heaven's Eye opened and said, "Ah, I'm going to die from drinking too much! Preposterous, that so-called 'Pure Jade Ice Clear Pill' is truly a deadly poison in the world. I've only drunk twenty cups. When will I be able to drink the full nine by nine eighty-one cups? "
"… …"
Xie Lian really didn't expect these monks and Taoist priests to be so honest. If he asked them to drink nine by nine eighty-one cups, they really intended to drink nine by nine eighty-one cups. One of the monks even said, "Amitabha, this poor monk has already drunk twenty-five cups. I have to say, the antidote is still very useful. This poor monk really does feel much better now."
Hearing this, Xie Lian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He searched everywhere to see if there was a crack or a hole he could peek through. He saw Hua Cheng half-squatting on the ground and said, "Brother, look here."
Xie Lian also squatted down and looked at the place he was pointing at. There wasn't a trace of abnormality and he asked, "What's going on here?"
Hua Cheng suddenly poked down with his finger. In a split second, a small hole appeared on the hard ground and a trace of yellow light shone through. He said, "Here, we can see."
"… …"
Xie Lian bent down and peeped through the hole. Everyone sat around the long table in the middle of the lobby. Heaven's Eye slammed the table and said, "Hmph! This time we were careless. Next time we see that evil Taoist priest, we definitely won't give him an opportunity to take advantage of. We must capture Hua, Hua, Hua Cheng in one fell swoop and enforce justice on behalf of the heavens! "
Xie Lian whispered, "San Lang, how did you offend them?"
Before Hua Cheng could answer, someone had already asked on Xie Lian's behalf, "Oh right, I haven't asked yet. Why did you guys also come to capture that Ghost King? Did you guys have some grudges with him? "
Thus, everyone began to criticize each other.
"Speaking of which, it's really hateful! Twenty years ago, there was a pig spirit in a village who went crazy and knocked down the owner's house. The house collapsed and the whole family died. That pig escaped to the Ghost City. At that time, I had just entered the profession and went to capture it, but I was beaten out by a group of ghosts. It was really a great shame and humiliation. He even sent his subordinates to tell me that there's no reason for you to eat the pig's whole family, but the pig can't take revenge and kill your whole family. If you don't take revenge, then you're lucky. If you do, then you deserve it. Tell me, how can there be such a twisted logic in this world! "
"What a coincidence. Our sect's situation is similar, but because of a chicken spirit."
"It's very simple. Because our sect's Heavenly Priest was named by him to be taken down, so no matter how many temples we built, he burned them all. It's really infuriating! That's too unreasonable. "
"There's more, there's more. You guys know my shixiong, right? He's a genius with a boundless future! It's just that he has a small problem, which is that he loves women as much as his life. More than ten years ago, a prostitute's ghost seduced my shixiong and sucked him dry while he was still alive. Hua, Hua, that Ghost King actually shielded her. "
While the people below criticized fervently, Hua Cheng had a bored expression on his face. He didn't even have the interest to give a mocking smile. At this time, Heaven's Eye opened and said, "I seem to have heard of your shixiong before. Wasn't he the one who used the name of performing rituals to rape a few married women and was imprisoned for three months before being released?"
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Just at this time, the waiter delivered the dishes. Everyone hurriedly said, "The dishes are here, the dishes are here. Come come come, Brother Heaven's Eye, don't talk anymore. Come eat."
Xie Lian straightened up and glanced at the dishes on the table that the waiter had delivered. Hua Cheng said, "No need to look. It'll fall as soon as it enters your mouth. "
Xie Lian said in a low voice, "This is troublesome."
Although this group of monks and Daoist priests pestered him endlessly and were extremely annoying, he couldn't let them fall into this strange black shop. However, he also couldn't say anything to warn them. At this time, Heaven's Eye opened and said, "Wait!"
He stared at the dishes and stopped the others, his gaze sharp. Xie Lian secretly praised in his heart, "Sure enough, he has some skill!"
Everyone asked, "Brother Heaven's Eye, what's wrong?"
Heaven's Eye opened and stretched out a finger to wipe the edge of the plate. He raised that finger high up and angrily said, "I wiped it with one finger and there's so much oil! You guys don't even wash the plates clean. How are you guys doing business?! "
"…"
Xie Lian thought that Heaven's Eye had sensed some clues, but he didn't expect it to be a clue in a different sense. Although he was slightly speechless, it was fine as long as the result was the same. When he said this, everyone said one after another, "Aiya, it's true. What kind of thing is this? It's so sticky, it looks like saliva … … Wait! There's hair in this dish! "
Someone reached in with his chopsticks and stirred it a few times. Sure enough, he stirred up a few strands of black hair. Everyone said, "My god, what's going on with your kitchen? What kind of people are in there?"
The waiter rubbed his hands together and smiled. "This … … I recently slaughtered a few pigs. It might be the mane of a pig!"
However, the chopsticks picked up those strands of black hair and pulled them longer and longer. "There's such a long mane of pig? Isn't your Lady Boss washing her hair in the kitchen? "
"Why aren't you taking it away and redoing it!"
The waiter hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, yes. We'll immediately redo it, immediately redo it. Gentlemen, drink some water, drink some water."
Xie Lian thought to himself, 'Drinking water won't work either. That water must also have something in it!'
However, that waiter hadn't gone down yet. When everyone's water reached their mouths, Heaven's Eye opened and said, "Come back!"
The waiter returned and smiled apologetically. "Does this Taoist Master have any other instructions?"
Heaven's Eye opened and said, "Let me ask you, did you see a strange-looking woman with a child pass by?"
Sure enough, he asked. Xie Lian thought to himself, 'Fortunately, I told him in advance not to tell him.' Unexpectedly, just as he was thinking this, he heard the waiter say without hesitation, "Oh, I did!"
Xie Lian, "???"
Everyone was greatly alarmed. They put down the water and lowered their voices before asking, "Where?"
That waiter also lowered his voice and said, "Upstairs!"
Everyone immediately became vigilant as their gazes uniformly rose. Xie Lian's eyes and hands were quick as he blocked the black hole that Hua Cheng had poked out. In a flash, he heard a series of rustling sounds. It seemed like a group of people had come upstairs. Xie Lian quietly leaned against the door and listened to the sound of footsteps. It was that waiter leading that group of people as they sneakily walked over. With Hua Cheng in his left hand and a sword in his right, Ruo Xie guarded by his side. Both of them were fully armed and on high alert. However, when he heard the sound of footsteps pass by his door and head towards the depths of the long corridor, he suddenly felt strange. He moved closer to the door and peeked outside through the crack in the door. That group of people had actually passed by this room and were blocking the entrance to another room.