There is a starving ghost in Qingyun Temple

Chapter 17 Water Candle Hatred 07
"I still have something to do. Li, boss Li, please don't interfere with me. You can eat by yourself first."

The little lady's stumbling, trembling voice came from inside the room. It was not as strong and powerful as before, like wind and fire.

He darkened his eyes and pushed open the wooden door of the guest room.

Shen Huihe was lying on the bed with his clothes on and his body curled up with his arms folded.Her face was ashen, as haggard and withered as a dead body dragged out of the mud in the wilderness, and her whole body was trembling with desolation.

The exposed half of his fingers were tightly tugging at the edge of the thin quilt, as if he was enduring some great pain.

She raised her eyes slightly, and what she saw was the man walking in minding his own business.

"You, you, why did you come in?" Her teeth were chattering uncontrollably, and a thin layer of sweat was secreted on her forehead, but it was a bleak cold sweat as cold as ice.

Several burning talismans were thrown beside the bed, and three charcoal pots were placed in front of them. The charcoal in the pots was burning brightly, filling the whole room with the smell of burning charcoal fire.If the window of the wooden box at the other end had not been open, no one would have known about his death.

But even so, she still felt strangely chilling all over her body, as if she were under a thousand-mile frozen iceberg.

"Is it cold?" he asked unexpectedly.

Shen Huihe pulled up the thin quilt, nodded slightly, and said in a hoarse and weak voice: "Tonight is the night of the full moon. It is the day when the Yin Qi in the world is the most prosperous. As long as you endure it and get through today, tomorrow, It’ll be fine tomorrow.”

"Uncle Chen!" He waved his hand suddenly, "Go and find Yinsi Tan and Tang Pozi from all over the city!"

Uncle Chen shook his head and quickly agreed: "Okay, okay, young master, I will do it immediately."

"I-I don't have the money to pay for that gold-priced silver charcoal. Boss Li, you can't borrow it to deduct my wages. Don't do it to the poor."

Li Yun twitched the corners of his lips and stared at her pale face with a half-smile.

He sat on the corner of the bed, and his big palm with clear knuckles poked under the thin quilt. His long, calloused fingers touched the cold wrist with a slight touch. It really seemed like it had been frozen from the sky. The ones fished out from the ice cellar were even oozing with thin frost as cold as ice silk.

"You——" Shen Huihe was suddenly startled.

"Don't move around." He changed the subject, with an inhuman coldness in his dark voice, "I'm just afraid that the Taoist nun will deceive me of my money and use some kind of deception to escape. I'm just being cautious. Okay, Taoist nun should also understand this truth."

Before he finished speaking, he let go of his hand and stood beside the bed with an expression on his face.

"I knew you were not well-intentioned." Shen Huihe looked at his broad back as he receded, his pale eyes slightly overflowing with wisps of moisture, turning the corners of his eyes red.

Unfortunately, it was fleeting, and when she opened her eyes again, she was as indifferent and distant as before.She tightly held the gold and jade bracelet on her wrist, silently praying that tonight would pass quickly.

As Mao hour is approaching, bits and pieces of dappled dawn rush in from the east, joyfully lifting off the endless black veil and filling the sky with brilliant morning glow.

Shen Huihe opened his eyes drowsily, and his eyes were still dim and obscure. However, the charcoal fire in the room was full of fire, and the charcoal in the brazier was still crackling, and the subtle and elegant aroma of aged birch was permeated. This is a simple little single room.

She was stunned, wondering when Boss Li sent the silver charcoal into the house.

She stretched her nose again and sat up ecstatically. The scent of grilled lamb chops and the sauce of pepper, Sichuan peppercorns, ginger, salt, orange peel and scallions filled her nostrils. Isn't this what she was doing? He was seducing her withered stomach and belly in a big way!

She is so hungry!She couldn't wait to walk outside with her bare feet, and then opened the guest room. She didn't know when a small low table had been placed in front of the door.

There are several fresh dishes that are still steaming hot on the low table. It is estimated that it has only been served for a quarter of an hour!There are grilled lamb chops and gourd chicken that Shen Huihe loves, as well as mutton steamed buns that are the most filling, and even lotus seed and lily porridge that is sweet and nourishing for the stomach.

She licked her lips and tiptoed back into the room carrying the low table. There was a faint smile on her lips that even she had not noticed.

No matter what, filling your stomach is the most important thing now!

At lunch time, Shen Huihe was personally invited downstairs by Uncle Chen, and when he sat down, Boss Li had already prepared hot meat soup.

Li Yun waved his sleeves and motioned for her to sit down: "How is Taoist Sister doing today?"

"It's okay, thank you Boss Li for your concern." Shen Huihe responded with a smile, but secretly thinking in his heart, he didn't know what medicine he was buying in this gourd!
"Yes." He took two sips of hot tea and motioned for her to pick up her chopsticks, "I wonder what my plans are today?"

She was concentrating on eating the vegetables and drinking the hot soup, without even raising her eyes to look at him: "I did a fortune-telling using the energy of yin and yang and the five elements early this morning. The evil energy in the ancient well is indeed somewhat similar to the evil energy in the Red Sleeve Pavilion. No matter what, there is still something weird in the Red Sleeve Pavilion, so today we still have to go to the Red Sleeve Pavilion."

"Ah."

After a while, she noticed that the man beside her didn't reply, so she turned her head and looked up at him.

In an instant, a pair of deep and scrutinizing brown pupils crashed into her eyes, pouring down into her heart like flowing clouds and flowing water, making her heartstrings pound.

"W-what are you looking at me for?! But on my face -"

"Ahem, no one is competing with you for food, you eat slowly -" He turned his head and took two sips of tea by himself.

Yesterday, he only thought that the young lady's devouring food was really disgusting, but today when he saw her cheerful appearance, he felt that she was obviously a carefree and carefree person, and he felt a little inexplicable envy in his heart.

"The barbarian businessman who was drunk and causing trouble last night was found dead early this morning!"

Shen Huihe was startled and suddenly raised his eyes to stare at him: "Is this true?"

"Hu Shang's body was found outside the North City Gate. No witnesses could be found in broad daylight. I heard that it was the third male corpse in Chuanluo City in the past fifteen days. This morning, the county captain personally came to investigate the case. ”

She tapped her index finger on the table top of Hu's desk and asked in a low voice: "Then what was the death condition of Hu Shang? What was the death condition of the other two people?"

"I made some inquiries and found out that he was unharmed and his face was blue. It is the same as the death condition of the two guards below."

"Did the other two gentlemen also go to the brothel in Qinghefang before they were alive?"

He nodded slightly: "There must be something involved in this."

Shen Huihe's thoughts were racing, and his index finger that was tapping the table suddenly stopped, and he patted Hu Desk's table: "I understand!"

(End of this chapter)