Volume 2: A sudden change in the prison, a red-clothed man goes out to find a thief Chapter 223: Supernatural Daily Life in Mingzhou City
The hall of Qianjialou was mostly quiet at the moment. Li Si was lying on the table with a quilt covering his head. He was silent and it was unclear whether he had fallen asleep or not.
Xiao Cao lay on his stomach with his butt sticking out near the door, looking at the street outside, squinting his eyes and trying hard to tell if there was anything unusual.
Zuo Liangping was left at this door yesterday, so Xiao Cao also held a glimmer of hope, thinking that she might be able to see something.
It was pitch dark outside, but the dark clouds after the rain had dispersed, and the sky was still bright with the moon and stars. With the help of the light from the moon and stars, Xiao Cao could barely see what the street looked like.
The road was silent, with only the occasional whimpering sound of the wind.
Xiao Cao watched for a while, then lost his patience. He rubbed his waist and asked Li Si who was lying beside him.
"Hey, Brother Si, do you think there are really monsters in this world?"
There was silence in the hall for a long while, until Li Si slowly poked his head out from under and said with a look of despair.
"Didn't I tell you that he's most likely a gangster?"
He had to admit that he really couldn't sleep with a guy like Xiao Cao next to him.
"Why do you people in the martial arts world like to walk at night so much?" Xiao Cao muttered while leaning against the crack of the door, and then continued to ask.
"Brother Si, have you ever seen any monsters or demons while traveling around the world?"
"No." Too lazy to argue with this crazy girl, Li Si answered indifferently and went back to sleep.
"I have always been treated as a monster by others."
This is no joke. When Li Si first entered the martial arts world, his unpredictable martial arts skills really made many people feel like they had seen a ghost.
After all, before him, the Jianghu people's understanding of Qinggong was only to be able to fly over eaves and walls, and they had never seen someone like him who could ride the wind. In addition, he was a thief, and seeing such a silent, floating figure in the middle of the night, anyone would think they saw a ghost.
"You're talking nonsense again." Perhaps because they were too familiar with each other and there was no sense of mystery at all, Xiao Cao didn't take Li Si's words seriously. He just continued to lie by the door and look at the street outside.
But at this moment, a strange sound suddenly came from outside.
All I could hear was it appearing on the street with the sound of "click, click, click".
The sound was like wood hitting the ground, or like a person wearing wooden shoes walking. The sound became clearer as it got closer.
Li Si opened his eyes. He was in a bad mood because he knew what made the sound outside.
Xiao Cao stood frozen in place, her mouth slightly open, her eyes wide open, her pupils contracted, her lips bloodless, obviously looking frightened.
Because through the crack in the door, she saw a figure appear on the street outside, a headless figure.
It was wearing an embroidered long skirt; the purple-red satin made the dress look quite noble. It was wearing a pair of wooden clogs, and the clacking sound should have come from them.
If its head hadn't been held in its own hands, it would have looked like a rich lady.
Unfortunately, its pale skin and the head with messy hair hanging down in the hands showed that it was not a human at all.
Xiao Cao was so scared that he lost his voice. At this moment, the figure stopped in front of the door of Qianjialou, turned around and looked at Xiao Cao inside the door.
The strange old man came out tonight to try out his new doll, although due to some minor problems, the doll's head could not be installed.
But the strange old man didn't care about these details and just let the puppet carry the head and walk onto the street.
In addition to trying out the newly made puppet, he also wanted to try out his newly developed puppet technique.
The difference between him and Li Si is that the internal skills he practiced can enable him to sense the surrounding environment through his internal energy, so wherever his internal energy is, every blade of grass and every tree nearby will be within his sights and ears.
This is also the reason why he can control the puppet and walk outside alone without anyone else around.
The new puppet technique he developed is to use internal energy to directly control the puppet. The convenience of this method is that if successful, a puppet can be controlled by just one string.
At that time, with the help of puppets, it would not be impossible to control hundreds of puppets at the same time.
The trouble is that this requires extremely high internal energy cultivation and extremely precise control, and if he wants to control the actions of hundreds of puppets at the same time, he needs to concentrate on many things, which is undoubtedly a very difficult task.
Fortunately, if we just control these puppets in teams, it is not that complicated. The strange old man can't do a hundred things at once, but he has no problem doing multiple things at once.
When he thought about the fact that the days ahead would be more lively, the strange old man felt much better.
At this time, he had already controlled the new puppet and walked to the door of Qianjialou. Through his internal energy, he felt that someone was looking at him from inside the door.
So he controlled the puppet to turn around, smiled and waved.
This seemed like a friendly gesture to him, but in Xiao Cao's opinion, it was as terrifying as summoning spirits.
Just kidding, who can stand seeing a person with his head lifted up smiling and waving at you in the middle of the night?
"Forehead."
After a slight sound, Xiao Cao fainted at the door.
The next moment, Li Si supported Xiao Cao's body and pushed open the door of Qianjialou with a dark face .
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Zuo Liangping arrived at Qianjialou early because he heard that someone had seen a monster like him.
When he walked into the hall, Xiao Cao was surrounded by people with a pale face. She was still shivering with her arms hugged, Zhang Susu stood by to comfort her, Xiao He poured water for her, Li Si and Banjiexian sat by and winked at each other.
"What happened?" This was the first sentence Zuo Liangping said when he walked in.
"Xiao Cao also saw the monster you mentioned yesterday." Zhang Susu looked at Zuo Liangping with a worried look.
As expected...
Zuo Liangping took a deep breath, sat down in front of Xiao Cao, and said with the sword in his hand horizontally.
"Miss Cao, please calm down for a moment and then tell me what the monster you saw looked like."
"I..." Xiao Cao was trembling with a pale face, having completely forgotten how she mocked Zuo Liangping a day ago. After a long while, she slowly spoke.
"It has very white skin and wears clothes that look very rich. Its head is not on its body but held in its hands. Its hair is disheveled. It has a very eerie smile and there are cracks on its face. It doesn't look like a human face."
"Were you alone when you met it?" Zuo Liangping frowned, because the appearance described by Xiao Cao was somewhat different from what he remembered.
In his memory, the monster he met seemed to still be attached to his body.
"No." Xiao Cao shook his head, looked at Li Si and said, "Brother Si was there at the time. After I fainted, he was the one who fought with the monster."
Hearing this, Zuo Liangping's gaze immediately fell on Li Si.
Li Si felt a chill down his spine when he was looked at by him. He pulled his mouth and said helplessly.
"Yes, but we only exchanged a few blows and the monster ran away."
In fact, he just drove the puppet of the strange old man back last night. I don't know what happened to this guy recently. He didn't sleep in the middle of the night and kept running out to scare people. The puppets looked weirder than each other.
The guy last night ran out without even putting his head back on.
Looking at Li Si deeply, Zuo Liangping spoke.
"Brother Li, you are not simple. I didn't have much power to fight back when I met that monster, but you were able to drive it away. Have you really only practiced some external skills?"
"Hehe." Li Si quickly laughed dryly and scratched his head.
"It's just good luck, good fortune."
After staring at Li Si for a while, Zuo Liangping finally withdrew his gaze.
"It seems that something unclean has indeed entered our Mingzhou City. Everyone should be careful recently. I will investigate this matter thoroughly. Miss Cao, you should have a good rest. If you remember any details, please let me know. I still have to go to the government to file a case, so I'll take my leave now. Farewell, everyone."
After saying that, Zuo Liangping ran out in a hurry.
Now that it has been confirmed that something is causing trouble in Mingzhou City, he cannot just sit back and watch. He must bring it to justice.
Watching Zuo Liangping coming and going in a hurry, Li Si sat at the table, holding his forehead with a headache.
It seems that this matter cannot be easily resolved. Let's try to make a big deal out of a small one.
