Chapter 49 Who doesn’t have a friend?
What do you mean by "the person is unreliable"? Xiao Di couldn't understand what Tan Xuan said, but she could hear some disappointment in his tone. This time, she didn't argue with Tan Xuan, but waited and watched Tan Xuan's next move.
Tan Xuan brushed the dirt off his body and paced back and forth on the stone beach. After walking a few laps, he let out a long sigh and walked to the altar left by Ge Youming.
Picking up the copper coin sword and token that fell on the ground, Tan Xuan looked through the things on the table. There were still a lot of incense, candles, and yellow paper left, as well as a Sanqing copper bell, a seal, and some talismans that he didn't know which sect they belonged to.
Tan Xuan picked up a piece of yellow paper on the table, folded and tore it into the shape of a long skirt, and then waved to Yu Jing, "Come here."
"Okay." Yu Jing walked quickly to Tan Xuan's side.
Tan Xuan drew a circle on the ground with the copper coin sword and ordered Yu Jing, "Stand inside."
"yes!"
Tan Xuan lit the candle with a match, then handed the yellow paper skirt he had made over the flame, and after it burned, threw it into the circle where Yu Jing was.
After the yellow paper completely turned into ashes, Yu Jing was wearing an ankle-length skirt. Although the style of the skirt was not flattering and the hem of the skirt was not high or low, Yu Jing was finally no longer naked and no longer had to worry about exposing herself.
"Thank you." Yu Jing bowed to Tan Xuan in thanks.
"What are you doing?" Xiao Di asked in confusion. He didn't expect that Tan Xuan would go through so much trouble just to make the female ghost put on a piece of clothing.
"What's the use of this?"
Tan Xuan snorted, "The person you asked can't help, I can only ask my friends for help. Yu Jing is so disheveled, I'm afraid that others will misunderstand her."
As he spoke, Tan Xuan put all the things that Ge Youming had brought back into the wooden box and only left some incense and candles on the table. The things that Ge Youming regarded as treasures were really not worthy of his attention.
"You have other friends?" Xiao Di looked at Tan Xuan and said bluntly, looking surprised.
Tan Xuan glanced at Xiao Di and said, "Who doesn't have a friend? You are not alone, right? Why can't I have friends? By the way, my friend will be here soon, don't make a fuss and embarrass yourself like you did last time at Lu Zhengyang's place."
"You..." Xiao Di was a little annoyed when Tan Xuan brought up her embarrassing story again, but that was all she was saying. After all, she knew that she was really embarrassed that time. Not only was Tan Xuan embarrassed too, she herself was too embarrassed to think about her performance at that time.
Xiao Di needed to hide his embarrassment, so he glared at Tan Xuan and changed the subject.
"I see. Call your friend to come over. They may have already gone to bed by now. It will take some time for them to come over. If you delay any longer, it will be daybreak."
"It's not that troublesome. My friend can't be contacted by phone, so he will come as soon as I invite him. Stop talking nonsense and just take care of yourself. And you."
After Tan Xuan finished talking about Xiao Di, he said to Yu Jing, "My friends have bad tempers. Don't start howling like ghosts when you see them. Don't say I'm scaring you. If you annoy them, you won't even have a chance to be a ghost. You can just disappear completely in this ghostly appearance."
"I got it." Yu Jing was very obedient. What a joke! As a friend of Mu Yeliangren, how could she have a small temper? A little brat like her was not worth dealing with. She could still tell the difference between the important and the unimportant.
After finishing the instructions, Tan Xuan looked up at the sky, adjusted his direction according to the stars, then picked up two incense sticks from the table, folded off the wooden supports at the bottom, leaving only the sandalwood part on top, and then used the index and middle fingers of his left and right hands to hold one each, bent his arms slightly, folded his four fingers inward, held the two incense sticks level with his chest, and simultaneously passed them to the candle flame to light them. Then he stretched out his fingers, facing his palms, with the incense heads pointing to both sides. Then he turned his hands over and made a strange shape.
"The cigarettes carry the news, and let old friends know. Get up!"
The two sandalwood sticks quickly burned from the top to the position of Tan Xuan's fingers. The sandalwood suddenly broke into two pieces. The burning part instantly turned into two thin straight smoke streams that shot straight into the night sky. The two pieces of incense in Tan Xuan's hands were flicked aside by Tan Xuan.
Tan Xuan walked back to the altar, took some fruit from it and started eating.
Xiao Di was stunned by Tan Xuan's previous actions. After all, this was the first time she saw Tan Xuan burning incense, and he even made such a weird pose, which somewhat fits the image of a charlatan in her mind. But when she saw Tan Xuan's subsequent behavior, she became speechless. Why did he suddenly start eating again?
Seeing that Tan Xuan was really just eating and didn't do anything, Xiao Di couldn't help but ask, "What are you doing? Why are you eating?"
"You're done with your work, and you're hungry, can't you eat something?" Tan Xuan rolled his eyes at Xiao Di, as if he was an idiot. "It would be better if you had some water. I've been sweating a lot after all this time, and I'm thirsty."
"Is that the end?" Xiao Di was a little confused. He turned around and looked around. He spread his hands and said to Tan Xuan, "Where is your friend? Isn't he like Ge Youming, who was like a gust of wind or something?"
Tan Xuan smiled slightly and pointed behind Xiao Di, "Isn't she here?"
"Where is it?" Xiao Di turned around and saw a woman in white coming from not far behind her. Xiao Di was stunned. This woman was very white, from head to toe, with white clothes, white leather boots, and even the bracelets on her wrists were white. Only her hair was jet black. This woman's face was also white, but it was not as pale as the ghosts she had seen, but a crystal clear white. However, her face was cold, and she seemed to have a kind of majesty that kept people away from her. She was very beautiful, but it was difficult to tell her age. She looked young and beautiful, but her eyes revealed a maturity that seemed to see through everything.
"Is this the helper you found?" Xiao Di was surprised and a little disappointed. He was not disappointed with the person who came, but disappointed that the person could help. Such a beautiful woman was not as fierce as Yu Jing. How could she handle a homicide case well? It would be better for her to go find her elder brother herself.
"Yes, this is my friend, who was specially asked to help."
Tan Xuan stood up from the ground, the smile on his face became very bright and extremely enthusiastic.
"Sister Quan'er, why did you come here alone? Where's Brother Gou? Did he go out and have fun during the holiday?"
That's right, the one who came was the sister Quan'er that Tan Xuan mentioned. Just as Xiao Di said, Tan Xuan indeed didn't have many friends, but who doesn't have friends? Not many does not mean none. It's just that Tan Xuan had clearly invited two people, but only one came, which made him a little confused.
"Heizi is out on business and can't get away for the moment. Even after receiving your message, he can't make it in time." Sister Quan'er snorted in pretending to be angry, "You know we have a day off today, but you still asked me to come. It's a rare day off, but you ruined it. It's so annoying."
Tan Xuan came over with a smile, "Don't be angry, don't be angry, come, Sister Quan'er, please sit down and have some fruit."
Seeing the fruits on the table, Sister Quaner was so angry that she stretched out her hand to grab Tan Xuan's ear and twisted it, "Xuanzi, you called me here to help and ruined my vacation. You also used this food that others have eaten to fool me. What's going on? Are you treating your sister Quaner as a fool?"
"It hurts, it hurts..." Tan Xuan bared his teeth and pretended to be in pain. When Sister Quan'er let go of his hand, he smiled and explained: "How could it be possible? When have I ever treated Sister Quan'er as a fool in my heart? This is not a matter of urgency. I thought she is not an outsider, so I just used what others have used and made do with it."
Sister Quan'er glared at Tan Xuan and said, "Who did you learn such slick words from?" With a wave of her hand, Sister Quan'er knocked over all the plates of fruit on the table. She would not eat something that others had enjoyed. Seeing the fruit peels thrown on the ground, she glared at Tan Xuan fiercely again.
Tan Xuan scratched his head and said with a silly grin, "I'm hungry and there's nothing to eat, so I'll just eat something casually. I'm not that particular."
"If you pick up leftovers to eat again, I'll seal your mouth. Don't think you can act recklessly and without rules just because your master isn't watching you."
"I understand." Tan Xuan nodded, put away his playful look, and became very serious in an instant.
"Virtue!" Sister Quan Er tapped Tan Xuan's forehead, then turned around and glanced at Xiao Di with a kind smile on her face, "Little girl, you are Xiao Xuanzi's friend, right? What's your name?"
Seeing Sister Quan'er's expression, Tan Xuan grinned, "Sister Quan'er!"
"I'm talking to this beautiful lady, don't talk too much." Sister Quan'er rolled her eyes at Tan Xuan and said unhappily, then continued to look at Xiao Di with a smile on her face.
Xiao Di was not shy, and did not avoid Sister Quan'er's gaze, "My name is Xiao Di, and Tan Xuan and I...are friends."
Sister Quaner was stunned for a moment and then smiled, "Really? A friend is still a friend. Xiao Xuanzi has just entered society. He is a dull person and has poor interpersonal relationships. It is not bad for him to have such a beautiful friend. I will urge him to change the wording before the word friend in the future."
After saying that, Sister Quan'er looked at Xiao Di again, then nodded, and commented on Xiao Di in her heart.
"Sister Quan'er! Can we do something serious? It's getting late, and it will be dawn in a while." Tan Xuan couldn't help it and started to urge her.
"Got it." Sister Quaner rolled her eyes at Tan Xuan impatiently, then turned to look at Yu Jing and asked Tan Xuan, "Is it because of her that you invited me up here?"
Tan Xuan nodded, "Yes, it's her."
Sister Quaner glanced at Yu Jing and turned her head away, looking at Tan Xuan in confusion, "Why would you bother me with such a brat? Can't you just kill her with a slap?"
"I don't want to kill her. I just feel sorry for her and want to help her."
"Oh?" Sister Quan'er was stunned for a moment, looked at Tan Xuan with some surprise, and then said to Yu Jing, who had not dared to look up since she appeared, "Raise your head and look at me."
Yu Jing shook her head, " I don't dare."
Sister Quan'er's face turned cold instantly, and she said in a cold voice: "I asked you to raise your head."
