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Chapter 331 The Uninvited Guest in the Shop

While waiting, Qilan walked around the shops opposite Li Ji's tailor shop.

In the first three shops he went to, before he had time to see what was sold inside, the guys rushed people out politely or impolitely, and they were about to close.

There are only nine shops in this row.

There are four iron generals guarding the door, and three are thanking guests, so he can only choose the remaining two.

One of them is definitely not to be visited. Although it is decorated in red, green and green, and there are many small lanterns hanging, it looks like you can stay all night, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that that place is most likely a hidden pimp.

Qilan had to go to the last one.

It doesn't look like a serious signboard, just a few houses and animals made of paper are hung at the door.

He thought it was a handicraft workshop at first, so he was a little interested to go in and have a look.

When I got to the door, I was so scared that my hair stood on end:

There is actually a shop selling paper money, paper figurines and other funeral supplies hidden in the downtown area!

There was only an old woman and an old man concentrating on making paper flowers in the store, and the two gray-haired ones didn't look like bad guys.

It was too cold to stand outside and blow the northwest wind.

Qilan rubbed his hands and stomped his feet on the spot for a while, finally got the courage to step over a badly worn wooden threshold.

He just wanted to find a place to rest, and he didn't want to be treated as a customer. After all, in the past month, the hands that used to teach had to kill several people.

Even though those were not good people, in such a creepy place in the dark, recalling the blood stained on the dagger and the heat of the bullets wafting from the muzzle, he still felt terrified.

Standing by the door are three tall paper figurines, shaped like ancient warriors.

Those thin papers were wrapped layer by layer on the "bones" made of bamboo frames, and the shape of the facial features and the "armor" on the body were drawn stroke by stroke with a brush, which was really scary.

Qilan took advantage of the cover of these paper figurines and sat down cross-legged by the door.

He breathed softly, while stretching his neck to look at the Li Ji tailor shop on the opposite street, Shi'an still didn't come out.

"Strange, how did she go in for so long? Almost an hour has passed."

He decided to wait a little longer. If she didn't show up again, he had to take the initiative to go there to see if he was in danger.

Suddenly, for some reason, the old man in the store started to burn things in a good way.

Qilan got a choking smell of burning papyrus in his nose, he couldn't bear the growing smoke, so he quickly stood up from the ground and went outside to get some air.

Just took a small step, and the old man's stern questioning came from behind:

"I just said something was wrong. I always felt that there was someone hiding by the door. Tell me, who are you? What are you doing in the store so late?"

"There is not much silver here, but there are plenty of paper money and paper figurines. If you even want to steal this and sell it for money, then I will drag you to the official immediately!"

He didn't intend to have a dispute with a white-headed old man, so he lowered his head and turned around, saying kindly:

"Old man, I'm waiting for a friend, not a thief. It's too cold outside, and only one of your stores hasn't closed, so I sat by the door for a while."

The old man squinted his eyes and stared at him several times up and down like turning over dirt, but he still refused to believe it.

"You say you are waiting for someone, so you should wait on the street. Except for those who are in a hurry at home at night, who will come?"

Qilan had no choice but to shut up, and strode to the side of the street.

In the store, the old woman saw that her husband had gone too far, so she began to persuade the old man one sentence at a time:
"He has a handsome face, and he doesn't look like a thief in his words and deeds. If he really came to steal, he is young and strong, and he broke our two old bones in a short time? "

The old woman couldn't bear to see him shrinking his neck and blowing the cold wind to blame the poor.

After all, the old man finally agreed to let him in to take shelter from the wind.

"Young man, come back, I still have something to eat and drink here."

Qilan sat down by the door again, and the old lady stuffed two cold biscuits into his hands.

He thanked her for her kindness, and squatted at the feet of the paper figurine, taking a bite of sesame seed cakes.There is salt and pepper in it. He ate one and thought it tasted good.

However, just when he opened his mouth to bite the second sesame seed cake, something unexpected happened.

A tall man in a black cloak came out from nowhere, but he arrived in front of the store silently like a ghost.

"You are." The old man was already trembling with fear.

I almost dropped the stack of tied paper flowers in my hand to the candle again.

The old lady looked at her husband with dissatisfaction, and thought to herself: Just now a good man came, so she treated him fiercely; now a bad man came, and she dared not fart.

"The two of you are very good at tying paper!"

"This person is tied like a real person!"

As the man in the cloak said, he walked over here and slapped the shoulder of the outermost paper figurine with his hand, making the paper figurine's body tremble.

Qilan crouched at the foot of the innermost paper figurine, heard noises and voices, and couldn't dodge even if she wanted to.

But a mouthful of biscuits stuck in his throat with a thud.With great difficulty, he spit out the pie that blocked his throat without making any obvious noise.

In front of him was a pair of feet wearing leather shoes.And this leather shoe looks familiar, but I can't remember where I saw it for a while.

But he was sure of one thing, the style of the leather shoes was completely different from the ones on the feet of the old and young that he saw on the street.

Qilan began to be curious about the identity of the visitor, hearing his tone of voice and his attire, he didn't seem to be doing normal business.

The man didn't notice that there was another bystander in the store, and he threatened the old couple in an undeniable tone:

"Listen, the two of you are working overtime tonight, and you have to tie up ten paper figurines. I need them urgently!"

"If you can't do it, I'll set fire to the shop, and then you don't even want to get out alive!"

"Boom!"

A knife was thrust hard into the table, shaking the pile of colorful papers all over the floor.

The old man glanced at the paper figurine at the door in embarrassment, knelt on the ground and kowtowed:
"Excuse me, Lord! Please forgive me, Lord!"

"We're both in our seventies, and we don't have any children. Even if you count the three at the door, we won't be able to drive out seven paper figurines in one night!"

"I beg you to do me a favor, give me a little grace, and I'll go to the next street to ask my apprentice's shop guys to come and help me at dawn!"

"Shut up!" The man slammed his fist down, causing the old man to stumble and fall to the ground.

Although the old man said that his body was fairly strong, and he would not be unable to get up after being hit and fell, but it took a lot of effort to get up.

A front tooth fell to the foot, stained with blood.

Seeing this, the old woman burst into tears, fumbled and hugged her husband, and wiped away her tears.

Qilan saw it in his eyes, anger rose from the bottom of his heart, and he clenched his fists.

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