Twilight Boundary

Chapter 55 Old Objects

 “Is the matter done?”

When they returned to the village, Shopkeeper Wu and Steward Sun, who had a mustache, had not finished drinking the wine. However, after a while, there were actually two more people with makeup on their side to help pour the wine.

These guys who were picked into the red lantern club were all well-established. At first glance, they couldn't help but feel thirsty. They hurriedly lowered their heads and stared at them greedily out of the corners of their eyes. Look.

The young man in brocade clothes stepped forward, stood outside the threshold, and said loudly: "It's solved."

The shopkeeper Wu smiled, pushed away the wine cup that the woman next to him brought to his lips, and said with a majestic look: "How to solve it?"

The young man in brocade clothes loudly replied: "I carried a lantern and asked the guys to disperse and surrounded the nest. Then I lit incense and tried to reason with them, but they didn't listen and wanted to cause trouble and be killed by me. I caught one, and then they all ran away, thinking they didn’t dare to come back again.”

When Shopkeeper Wu heard this, he frowned slightly: "Kill?"

"yes!"

The young man in brocade hurriedly took the leather body carried by the boy behind him, put his hands in front of the threshold, and said, "This is the one."

 “The weather is so bad that my beard has turned white.”

　　　…”

His original intention was to show off his merits, but shopkeeper Wu didn't show any joy on his face when he saw it.

The mustache manager at the same table just looked on, smiling and saying nothing.

Shopkeeper Wu frowned and then said calmly: "Earlier, it confused people and was sent to us, and it still causes mischief, so I want to give their family a showdown. When I ask you to kill it, I will kill it. "

"But then I asked you to carry a lantern over to see off the guests. We should have a lively conversation. If you kill me again, wouldn't it be a deliberate enmity against our Red Lantern Lady?"

"I…"

The young man in brocade was so surprised when he heard this that he didn't know what to say.

Shopkeeper Wu seemed to have figured out what he was thinking, and added: "Of course, we, the Red Lantern Lady, will not take these tricks seriously."

“But we guard the place of incense for the Red Lantern Lady. Over time, we always make enemies, but that’s not good either.”

　　　…”

The young man in brocade clothes was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say.

“Okay, it’s been a hard work for you, let’s go back!”

Shopkeeper Wu didn't bother to answer. He picked up his chopsticks and said, "Take this leather and bury it by the bridge. Tell the people around you not to come near it at night."

“If you hear crying, it’s because people are worshiping, so don’t be afraid.”

“After three days, you can light one of our red lanterns and hang it on the bridge. After a few days, you will be at peace.”

　　　…”

The young man in brocade hurriedly agreed and brought Huangpizi back.

 The shopkeeper Wu told Hu Ma some rules to the guys who were waiting in front of the tasting room, and waved them back to rest.

After hearing this, Hu Ma gradually understood.

It is strange that every branch of the red lantern club requires the help of capable old shopkeepers.

It's no wonder that when the surrounding villagers see someone being troubled by evil spirits, they will pull them over and ask the masters of the Red Lantern Club to look at them.

They stay here not only to guard and clean the village, but also to learn skills, and they also have the responsibility to clean up the evil spirits around them.

When the red lantern is lit, a ten-mile radius becomes the territory of the red lantern lady. Not only do people have to abide by the rules of the red lantern society, but evil spirits also have to abide by them, otherwise they will take action to clean up these evil spirits.

 To put it bluntly, this is still determined by the role of Zhuangzi.

The most important job of the Red Lantern Society is to worship Tai Sui and transport blood food. However, there are many people in this world who are capable.

 But these methods often fail when used on Tai Sui Xue Shi.

Therefore, in order to facilitate transportation, the Red Lantern Society has placed various sub-containers around it. It is not only a base for personnel to stay, but also a temporary warehouse. When busy, it even needs to be sent out to escort, taking on the role of escort. responsibility.

When you are free, you should clean up the evil spirits around you to avoid causing trouble when you are busy.

Just like this nest of Huangxian, if the Liu Dayun family hadn't provoked them first, they wouldn't have known about it.

Come and go, when the weather gets better, and they happen to cause trouble at the beginning of next spring when the blood food enters Zhuangzi, the trouble will be big.

Blood food attracts evil spirits the most. Once blood food enters the village, it will be a fatal temptation for the evil spirits around. Even those who are usually kind to others cannot guarantee that they will cause trouble.

This is why the Blood Food Gang usually cleans out the evil spirits around them.

Of course, most of this cleanup is mainly based on expulsion. If there is a mass killing, the Red Lantern Queen will not be able to bear it.

There is a reason for every step that the Red Lantern Lady does, but in the eyes of the people around her, they think it is the great master's kindness, and instead worship them as old fire ponds.

 That’s how the traces of burning paper tributes I saw earlier came from.

The common people worship the Red Lantern Empress, which is a good thing and is the incense of the Red Lantern Empress. Of course they can't stop it.

 “Everyone has his own way of living...”

Hu Ma also secretly thought that this town and the surrounding villages were close to Mingzhou Prefecture, and there were many merchants and shops. Life was not as poor as in Dayangzhai, but there was no custom of worshiping ancestors in Dayangzhai. There was a red light empress.

“It’s just that the Red Lantern Lady is evil herself, right?”

He still remembered the strange thoughts that flashed through his mind when he was talking to Erguotou and talking about those people who served the Red Lantern Lady. Erguotou's answer at that time was simply natural: "It's just an evil spirit, and it's the biggest evil spirit within a hundred or ten miles..."

 “How else would you dare to call me empress?”

　　　…”

 “The living worship ghosts, evil spirits and disputes...”

"It is said that dusk is the boundary and yin and yang are divided into two parts. I see that this boundary has long been confused."

Thinking silently, with an indescribable strange feeling in her heart, Hu Ma could only sigh helplessly, ignore it, and only focus on the skills of being a New Year's Watcher that she needed.

 At least through this incident, he confirmed that the old shopkeeper was the person he was looking for, and his method was also the same as that of the second master.

 It's just that he is indeed much smarter than the second master.

 The life-saving method that I want to learn will probably be taught to him.

"You guys sleep over there. Make your own bed. The latrine is inside. Don't fall in there at night."

“It’s the shopkeeper’s inner chamber. Don’t break in if you have nothing to do.”

The young man in brocade clothes seemed to be in a hurry to show off, but as a result, he was deflated and in a very bad mood. He returned to his room with a cold face. His two followers brought Hu Ma and a group of new guys to the side room where they were resting.

But the young man in brocade clothes was arrogant, and his two followers also had bad tempers. They just pointed lazily and asked Hu Ma and the others to settle down separately. He went into a neater green tile room next to him to continue. sleep.

"It seems that in this world, sleeping in a single room is a very luxury..."

Hu Ma thought to himself, and Zhou Datong and others touched the oil lamps and lit them, and then assigned their bunks to each other.

There were two rows of Kangs in the house. Zhou Datong immediately led his people to occupy the more spacious Western Kang. He knew that Hu Ma loved peace and quiet, so he took the initiative to leave the one against the wall to him.

The other guys who followed saw that Hu Ma and the others were in large numbers and united, so they stopped fighting and slept quietly on the shabby kang.

 “Are we going to have to provoke these evil spirits every day in the future?”

 After lying down, some of the new guys began to talk quietly.

"The young master of the Xu family is too cruel."

“In our place, these immortal families have to worship well, but he actually directly started to..."

　　　…”

 We all come from different places, but they are generally similar.

 In the past, we were hiding from evil spirits and respecting spirits. No one would provoke those things in vain, so I felt a little uneasy.

 But Hu Ma thought that one thing they guessed was quite good, and they might have to deal with each other more often in the future.

“I heard that people who burn red incense are good. Those who stay in the city and enjoy the popularity and drink spicy food can learn powerful skills..."

While a group of people were tossing and turning, they suddenly whispered to Li Wa'er who came from the village: "The ones who burn white incense are actually pretty good."

“Many people who burn white incense have stayed in the city...”

　　　…”

The sound was not loud, but Hu Ma heard it and said with a smile: "Then, you will make all the decisions yourself from now on, okay?"

Li Wa'er remained silent and pretended to be asleep.

 “Your mother has so many things to do...”

However, Zhou Datong turned over in excitement, kicked Li Wa'er on the butt, and cursed: "Brother Hu Ma, you can't even burn green incense, and you still want to stay in the city to eat well and drink spicy food, you stay here In the city, you can’t even fill a chamber pot…”

As he spoke, he rolled over again, faced Hu Ma, and smiled enthusiastically: "Brother Hu Ma, I will obey you."

Hu Ma smiled and said, "Why?"

 “For no reason, I just feel that I won’t suffer any loss if I follow you.”

Zhou Datong said: "Don't look at that maniac who wields a wooden sword, I think you are better than him..."

 “I am indeed better than him…”

Huma thought to herself, but the wooden sword in the opponent's hand was unclear and looked very difficult to provoke.

Seeing that everyone else had fallen asleep, and some of the good sleepers had already fallen asleep, he excused himself to go to the bathroom and walked out of the house. On the wall outside the house, he saw Little Hongtang sitting on the wall and staring at the stars in a daze. He smiled and said, "Why don't you go in?"

Xiao Hongtang shook her little head vigorously: "If you don't go, you can't sleep in the rafters inside. Xiao Hongtang is so panicked."

Hearing this, Hu Ma couldn't help but laugh.

 Ever since her mother-in-law left in the sedan chair, Xiao Hongtang has been following him.

Xiao Hongtang usually likes to sleep on the rafters, whether it is when she is in the village with her or when she goes to the city for a few days.

 But when he was in the stronghold, he was the only one in the house. When he was in the city, there were only Zhou Datong. Now, there are twice as many young people with this hot temper.

Seeing her pouting her little mouth and looking very distressed, Hu Ma also felt distressed, so she hugged her and said, "Then how can I sleep well?"

Xiao Hongtang's eyes lit up and she said, "The old things in that person's hands are fine. Xiao Hongtang likes old things."

 “Old thing…wooden sword?”

 (End of this chapter)