Chapter 72: Stealing is useless
I'm not going to let him go! He took a step forward without hesitation, and slapped the ghost messenger on the forehead with his ghost ruler.
Bang! With a muffled sound, the ghost's body suddenly became illusory. His head was slammed directly into his stomach.
"No way!" Just as I was about to go forward to make up for it, Shi Qian rushed to the front, stretched out his hand to stop me and shouted anxiously.
I looked at Shi Qian and then at the ghost messenger. I said angrily, "Aren't you a thief? When did you become a robber? I thought you were a master thief, but I didn't expect you to do such a low-skilled thing."
I had a pretty good guess about what Shi Qian had done before. He was just a swindler who tricked me into coming here to be beaten up. Was it necessary to make it so complicated? A thief shouldn't be a thief with good skills and a promising future. What else did he want to do? I had the urge to beat up Shi Qian.
Shi Qian laughed, and a cell phone appeared in his hand like a magic trick: "I have taken the phone. But if the Yinchai loses his phone, he will come to me, so I asked you to clean up the mess. Oh! I almost forgot! You won't really kill him!"
I then remembered that there was another person lying on the ground. But it was hard to say whether he was dead or alive. I was in a hurry when I attacked just now, so I really didn't know how to count.
Shi Qian turned the ghost over, beat his chest and pounded his back, and finally pulled his head out. He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Ni Ge, you were too ruthless! If anything happens to him, we won't be able to stay in the underworld for a day. In less than half a day, our wanted pictures will be everywhere. You know, we are connected to the Internet now!"
I was speechless. Is Shi Qian really a hero of Liangshan? Is he really a hero who drinks big bowls of wine, eats big chunks of meat, licks blood from the blade, and doesn't care about life or death? How come the gap between reality and legend is so big!
"Wanted? When I first came here, I blew the city lord's brother-in-law into the sky. Will I be wanted?" I said without comment.
Shi Qian was taken aback by what I said. He stared at me with wide eyes. After a long while, he gave me a thumbs up and said with great admiration, "I admire you. I have wanted to beat up those two idiots who are guarding the gate for a long time. I didn't expect that you, Ni Ge, would do something that I have wanted to do for thousands of years on your first day here."
"Stop talking nonsense and make the call. You need money even if you want to run away!" I interrupted the chatterbox impatiently.
Speaking of money, Shi Qian suddenly became interested. He fiddled with the ghost messenger's phone for a long time before asking me for my phone number and dialing out.
The number I gave was Zheng Qihuai's. The ghost messenger's phone was made of Yin Qi, I couldn't touch it, it would turn into ashes if I touched it. There was no other way but to let Shi Qian be the messenger.
The call was to Zheng Qihuai. Zheng Qihuai seemed a little depressed at the moment. His tone was tired.
"Hello, who is it?"
"I'm Ni Ge's friend, and we need you to give us some money." Shi Qian went straight to the point before I could even open my mouth.
I was so angry that I yelled, "Can you use some brains? How can the other party believe me if I say that?"
Sure enough, Zheng Qihuai's angry voice came from the phone: "Bah, you bastard, you have to have some intelligence to defraud me! Give it back to your brother and your grandfather!"
"He really doesn't believe it." Shi Qian spread his hands and said helplessly.
"Hurry up and tell him not to hang up. Just tell him that I'm in the underworld and need him to burn paper money." I urged him.
Shi Qian picked up the phone and said, "Don't hang up, Ni Ge said we are in the underworld and need to burn paper money."
"Aiya! You bastard, you're never going to stop talking like that! Your brother is burning paper money in the underworld! Wait, where are you?" Zheng Qihuai was obviously still angry, but when he mentioned the underworld, Zheng Qihuai finally came to his senses.
"The underworld! Ni Ge came here without any money. Now he has to beg for food!" Shi Qian said rudely.
The corners of my mouth twitched unconsciously, and I clenched my fists. Why did I have such an urge to beat up this idiot?
"Okay, tell me your birth date. I'll burn some paper money. By the way, tell my brother Ni that the soul-guiding formation is guarding him, so tell him to be careful."
Zheng Qihuai agreed very straightforwardly. His concern for me was beyond words. This touched me deeply. I really wanted to hug this old guy. Although I would get goose bumps every time he hugged me, I really wanted to know what this kind of solid feeling was like.
Shi Qian reported his birth date. After a while, there was a knock on the door.
"Express delivery, is this Shi Qian's house at 80 Guixiang Road?"
Shi Qian immediately perked up when he heard this. He ran out to greet him: "Yes, yes, haha, I'm rich!
How poor was Qian at this time! Tang Tang was a master thief!
A moment later, Shi Qian came in with a huge pile of paper money for the dead, his mouth wide open enough to fit a watermelon.
"Hahahaha, money! Money! I've never seen so much money! Woo woo!"
Uh, seeing Shi Qian crying while holding a bunch of paper money for the dead, I suddenly felt a little sorry for him. I thought about how Shi Qian lived a carefree life in Liangshan, but he didn't have any relatives. Later, he was tricked by Song Jiang into surrendering. He didn't even have a good day before he was dragged to fight Fang La. After surviving the battlefield, he should have enjoyed some wealth. But he didn't expect that he would get colic on the way back from the victory. He died.
This is the worst possible situation.
"Okay, there will be plenty of money in the future. Don't you still want to return to life with me?" I patted Shi Qian's shoulder and comforted him.
Shi Qian nodded and suddenly said, "Oh, I almost forgot. There will be new residents in this area soon, so we have to move to another place. But now that we have money, we can go to many more places."
I looked at Shi Qian with a complicated look. "Why didn't you say it earlier?"
Shi Qian looked at me, rubbed his cheek and said, "You can't go out like this, like this."
Shi Qian rubbed his arm and immediately a glossy black mud came off: "Apply this on your face and no one will recognize you."
I stared at the black mud in Shi Qian's hand. It was not only shiny but also had an indescribable smell. Suddenly, I had an idea.
"Shi Qian! How long has it been since you last took a shower?"
Shi Qian scratched his head and said nonchalantly, "Why take a bath? I remember the last time I took a bath was hundreds of years ago! Do you want to apply it or not?"
It seemed that this black mud that had been brewing for thousands of years was still a treasure that could not be seen, and Shi Qian became impatient.
I shook my head decisively: "No! "
Then, I simply took out a yellow talisman and rubbed it continuously. Soon my whole face turned yellow.
"Ni Ge, let's find a restaurant to stay in first, and then find a way to get to Fengdu. Once we find the land reception office, we can check the household registration information, and maybe we can find the whereabouts of Madam Ningxiang directly."
Shi Qian led the way in front.
I followed him and heard what he said but it didn't seem right. What does "niangzi" mean? Is it another name for "wife"?
"Um, Ningxiang is my family, not my wife." Although I didn't quite understand, I couldn't help but correct her.
"Tsk, what's there to be embarrassed about? I hate people like you who take advantage of others. You and Madam Ningxiang already live together, why are you looking for her if she's not your wife?"
"Uh!" I was suddenly speechless. I have to admit that communicating with Shi Qian is a bit tiring. Why do I have such an urge to kick him from behind again!
Listening to the chatterbox Shi Qian all the way, we finally arrived at a restaurant. Shi Qian was so excited by the package of paper money that fell on the table.
"Hey, hurry up and give me whatever you have. I also took out a ghost money with a face value of 1,000 yuan and threw it over. Please help me see if there are any buses going to Fengdu today."
The waiter came over with great joy. Soon a table of food and wine was placed on the table.
Shi Qian picked up the chopsticks and stuffed the food into his mouth without saying anything. He stood on one foot on the chair without any image, and waved at me generously: "Ni Ge, you eat too! The food and wine in this restaurant are all rare goods."
I frowned and felt cold all over. This food is not suitable for human consumption!
Thirteen dishes were placed on the table. The main dish was on the largest plate. It was a humanoid figure that had shrunk several times. The facial features and limbs were clearly visible. Drops of black liquid kept dripping from it.
This should be the very famous fried dough sticks!
Looking at the other plates, there were either dirt of different colors or some smelly things that looked like feces. What made people want to vomit was that there were various larvae in the other plates, which should be maggots! These maggots were still wriggling.
"Oh!" I swallowed my saliva. I turned around and left the restaurant, standing at the door. This was simply torture. If I hadn't retained some rationality in this underworld, I would have probably poured out my bitterness.
Shi Qian didn't urge me. He just glanced at me and continued to eat and drink.
Fortunately, the shop assistant ran back soon.
"Sir, I have made all the inquiries. There will be a bus to Fengdu in an hour , but the bus is almost full, so I took the initiative to buy a ticket for you and your servant."
Shi Qian looked at me, then at the waiter, and nodded in approval, "Not bad, you have good sense. This is your errand fee, plus the money you paid for the car."
I was a little depressed at the door. Am I really just a servant? But I was leaving here soon, so I didn't need to worry about such a thing. So I resisted the churning in my stomach and the filling in my lungs. I stood at the door without saying a word.
Shi Qian probably saw my impatience. He threw a stack of paper money for the dead. He ate two more bites of food, then ran towards me with the fried dough stick in one hand and the wine jug in the other.
