However, when he moved his eyes away, another white wall painted with evil pupilless eyes came into view! This time, what occupies most of the wall is a huge eye that has been torn and lying in the center of the wall. Surrounding it are large and small pupilless eyes that are different from the previous wall. , both were drawn in a lying posture. The white pink wall and the black charcoal formed a strong contrast. For a moment, Xiao Rushi seemed to see the ocean of blood occupying the entire wall, and those smaller pupilless eyes. They are swollen and rotten pale corpses floating slowly on the sea of blood. The huge pupilless eye in the middle is reflected on the sea, the moon of death!
He didn't know why he saw such a strange picture on a simple wall with only black and white contrast. In his past practice, eyesight was an extremely important part. As the future true immortal of the family, the Xiao family is in He has never spared resources, Taoist books or teachers, so he can clearly see the paints and brushwork used in these paintings without getting close to these walls. As long as he wants, he can clearly point to the walls. Whether any two pupilless eyes were painted with the same charcoal pencil, and whether three or four strokes were used to draw one of them, he could also see that no elixir was used in these murals - no He had seen nothing, none of which he had heard of, not even the precious materials commonly used by mortals, no cinnabar, no gold and silver powder, no blood - neither human blood nor chicken blood, but, It certainly had an extraordinary effect on his spirit! And does this influence have an effect on other people?
"Meow!" The civet at his feet suddenly meowed. Only then did he realize that the waiter who had just scolded the arrester was staring at him, and the merchants eating and drinking in the room had also stopped their paws and had white, pupilless eyes. They were all staring at him!
"Haha." Even if there are a few heretical monsters in the house, or a room full of monsters and monsters, Xiao Rushi will calmly use spells and magic weapons to kill them one by one, or simply run away, but in front of him They were obviously mortals - but they were obviously a little less angry than the mortals outside - Xiao Rushi had never encountered such a situation before, and was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to deal with it.
The waiter came up, flipped off the straw hat on his head, and cursed: "Little beggar, is this where you came from?"
After saying that, he pushed and shoved Xiao Rushi out of the inn, and pushed a few more times until Xiao Rushi staggered and almost fell under the opposite wall, and then triumphantly succeeded in evicting him. He returned to the inn with a victorious attitude that even raised his butt.
Xiao Rushi was stunned for a while, and then she realized that she was being treated as a beggar because she was too shabby. She was amused, but she was even more surprised. The waiter and the merchants in the store were obviously not high-ranking people. Whose hand did the strange mural come from?
He didn't want to take the risk, but when the other party obviously had problems and the guards were lax, he thought it was worth taking the risk.
Walking to a distance where the inn could not be seen, he obtained the civet's consent and wrote a talisman of the same name on the civet's forehead. Then when it got darker, he released the civet and let it climb over the wall and house, and then walked to the inn first. Rooftop, take a peek inside. After obeying the order, the civet cat, like a real wild cat, first walked along the wall to the back of the inn, and then climbed up the wall of the inn when no one was around, jumped into the back kitchen, and looked around. The kitchens of other stores seemed to be the same, with pots and stoves, the walls were darkened, and a lot of firewood was piled along the walls. There was a stone well in the courtyard, and a few helpers in the kitchen were carrying water and filling pots, removing dishes and washing dishes. There was a constant flow of people in the front hall and back kitchen, and a chef was steaming several cages of steamed buns on the stove.
If Hualin saw it, he would probably praise the "cold food" advocated by this inn. It is a good business. There is only one cook who can make a large number of buns in advance, steam them and let them cool, and serve them to as many guests as they want. That is, we are not afraid of overcooking and over-steaming, nor are we afraid of undercooking and not being able to cook them in time. This is a good way to save people and firewood, not to mention that this inn only provides customers with coarse salt and well water, and it can even wash dishes. It saves a lot of water because it’s not greasy!
But it was the civet who saw all this. It didn't know what business was, it only smelled something wrong.
It was hidden in the darkness and walked carefully through the dark corridor from the back kitchen to the front hall. When it saw the dim light in the front hall, it suddenly stopped and flashed to the side. Sure enough, the sound was coming from the wall. There was a narrow staircase hanging above, and I saw a waiter coming down the stairs carrying some plates and bowls and sending them to the kitchen. At this time, I am afraid that even Xiao Rushi could smell the pile of dishes. The aroma of wine coming from the plate.
There is also the aroma of meat that is still warm.
The stairs were still hanging on the wall and had not been folded up. The civet jumped up silently and climbed up the stairs. When he looked up, he saw a private room that is often found in restaurants. It has carved beams and painted beams, red lacquered pillars, green painted doors and windows, and gold and colorful paintings on the four walls. On the ground were painted some exotic flowers and plants, and fairies in the star palace. The decoration was extremely magnificent, but also extremely mundane. There was a round table inside, with chicken, duck, fish, meat, cups and plates in a mess. There were five people sitting at the table, all of them drunk. Among them One, but the civet recognizes it!
It was none other than the leader of the arresters who had just pissed off not long ago!
But his current demeanor is completely different from the one at the door of the inn. He is really chatting and laughing, giving advice, and he is like a brother to the others here. There is no trace of a pustule lying at the door: "I'm not telling you, As long as this is the case, under the clear sky and in the daytime, when everyone sees the public servants kowtowing to you and showing filial piety to you, but dare not take them away, why worry about the people in the local area not showing filial piety to you and looking for you to become religious! Otherwise, you will just sell these things. What can you earn from cold steamed buns and cold water?"
A fat old man sitting next to him stroked his white beard and said with a smile: "If we can really accept some filial piety, the benefits of the master's five fingers will naturally be indispensable. But, is it appropriate to mention the 'Jing family' in Qian'er's words?" ?”
The leader of the arresters laughed and said: "The Jing family also secretly entered. What's wrong is that these officials who are unwilling to join are just relying on their ancestral legacy to take some Qiao - just some Qiao. Seeing me kneeling, he didn't dare to say anything. On the way back, he gave me a little filial piety and told me to come to your store to make peace quickly, otherwise, why would I turn around so quickly!"
Everyone laughed together, very proud.
It turns out that the previous situation was actually a trap set up by them colluding with each other.
