Where the wind chimes sound, there is a god

Chapter 1: Rainy Night Trouble
At three quarters past midnight, the noisy sounds in Tingyu Pavilion gradually faded away, and in the gloomy night, a fine spring rain fell, and friends, relatives, and neighbors dispersed one after another.

On Xishui Street, one of the 12 streets of Xifang, every shop and store has a small triangular flag with a brown painted border hung on the door. Various words such as "teahouse", "noodle shop" and "cake" are written on the flag.

There is a small attic-style house in front of the Tingyu Pavilion. There is a window in the attic, and under the window are hung the three characters "Tingyu Pavilion" written in vermilion ink. A small flag is inserted on the archway, which means "Umbrella Shop".

But now it's all white, because the master craftsman of this umbrella shop just passed away three days ago.

Below the attic is the mourning hall where the coffin is placed, and above the attic is the long house. On the wooden bed and cotton mattress lies a thin young man with a pale complexion. Although his face looks a little unhealthy, his brow bones still look very delicate.

The young boy was sleeping and didn't notice that there was a big snake beside the bed. It slowly crawled up the bed. The soft and slightly cool snake body crawled into the quilt. A raised mark could be seen on the thin quilt covering him, moving from the bottom to the top to the chest.

A black snake head crawled out of the quilt and climbed onto the boy's neck. It spit out its forked tongue and licked the boy's cheek.

Chen Beimo felt something wet and slippery on his face in his sleep, as if something was pressing on him. He raised his hand and scratched the side of his face, but he did not touch his face as expected. Instead, he touched a thick, slippery and flexible strip.

He slowly opened his eyes and rubbed them with his other hand, only to see a huge black snake nestled in his chest, now looking up at him with its tongue sticking out.

If an ordinary person saw this scene, they would definitely scream and run away in panic, but Chen Beimo just pushed it with his hand and said, "Get down, you're sinking a little more, pressing me so hard that I can't breathe."

The black snake, which was more than half a meter long, seemed to understand human nature. It rubbed the side of his face and then twisted its body to crawl off the bed.

A breeze blew in from the attic window, waking Chen Beimo up. He was still dreaming about getting married in his previous life when he was woken up by Xiao Hei.

This is Jin State, Guangnan's Jincheng. This body was originally an abandoned baby who was picked up and adopted by a master in an umbrella shop. When he was nine years old, he accidentally fell into the river and died. He traveled through time and space, and the two consciousnesses in this body were confused and intertwined, making him crazy for three years and mute for two years. He did not recover until he was fourteen years old and became a normal child.

Chen Beimo is now sixteen years old. The master who taught him how to read and write and the skills he learned has died of illness. He was exhausted after two days of keeping watch, and it took several persuasions from his senior brothers for him to go upstairs to rest.

Chen Beimo was a Chinese youth in his previous life. He lived as an ordinary person for eighteen years. Later, something strange seemed to break into his life. It could also be that his soul traveled through this world and the two wills merged in his body, causing his memories to become confused and he lost a lot.

But just remember that you are not just a simple child. You have the thinking of an adult and your cognition is different from that of the people in this world.

Chen Beimo doubted whether there were ghosts or gods in this world. His time travel could be calculated based on physics such as time and space, but the fact that this body had a strange ability to control snakes was very unusual.

That black snake was his pet and also the snake king of this area.

"Ding Dong~"

He stood up and touched the golden bell and the eighteen-layer drum on the small wooden table. These were the relics passed down to him by his master, who said they were treasures handed down from his ancestors. There was also a scroll wrapped in cowhide, which was said to record the clan history.

However, due to the busy funeral arrangements over the past two days, Chen Beimo has not had time to see it.

Looking at the drizzle outside the window at night, he guessed that the funeral would begin soon, so he prepared to go downstairs to the mourning hall to prepare.

At this time, there was a noise outside the window. Five or six big men broke into the attic. The chaotic footsteps and voices in the mourning hall startled Chen Beimo.

But he did not rush downstairs but listened attentively to the noise downstairs. Breaking into a mourning hall in the middle of the night was probably not a good thing. As a sickly teenager, he did not have much martial power, but he could plan before taking action.

Downstairs, the middle room of the original umbrella shop was converted into a mourning hall. A black coffin was placed in the center. Seven or eight neighbors who helped in the kitchen had not left yet. Li Yunhuai, the eldest apprentice of Master Wang of the umbrella shop, was dressed in white linen and mourning. He frowned at the men who came in aggressively and asked, "Boss Lin, what does this mean?"

"Humph, what do you mean? Don't play dumb in front of me." The leader, a big man in dark gray clothes, took out the water and fire stick hanging from his waist and said coldly: "Da Huai, we are all close neighbors in the neighborhood. I tolerate you again and again because of this little bit of indifference.

Today you just say one thing, sell it or not?"

Li Yunhuai's face became serious when he heard this, and he frowned and said, "Lin Tou'er, this is the house passed down by my master. It is the ancestral home of me and my junior brother in the future. If I really sell it to you, where will we two brothers live?"

"What's the difficulty?" Lin Tou said with a smile, "There are still a few vacant houses in Zhongsheng and Changqi Streets in Xifang. If you sell this Tingyu Pavilion to me, I will give you another house as a gift. Wouldn't it be great to get both money and a house?"

Chen Beimo upstairs suddenly realized that this Lintou was a servant of Mr. Qi from the East Court. When his master was alive, he had repeatedly wanted to buy Tingyu Pavilion. Now, he came to make things difficult again before his master had even settled the house.

You should know that the land price of Xishui Street where Tingyu Pavilion is located is many times more valuable than Zhongsheng Street and Changqi Street. Tingyu Pavilion is the largest house on Xishui Street except for the wine shop. Not only does it have a loft in the front and east and west wing rooms, but there is also a large courtyard of 30 to 40 meters in the back.

According to the price of the land in this area, it would probably cost more than two hundred taels of silver to sell it properly! How could those two houses in the shabby streets and alleys plus the few dozen taels offered by this guy be comparable?

"Boss Lin, my master's funeral has not yet taken place. It's a bit too hasty to sell the house now. Why not wait another ten days or half a month to arrange the funeral affairs before discussing it in detail?"

Li Yunhuai suppressed his anger and persuaded in a gentle voice.

He is only 22 years old this year. Some boys of his age are eloquent, but Li Yunhuai does not like the stable life of getting married and having children. He has always wanted to travel around the world, so he turned down many matchmakers who came to his house to propose marriage.

Otherwise, just based on his eight-foot tall manliness, handsome appearance and generous and cheerful personality, he would be able to make the unmarried women in these streets blush and their hearts beat fast.

"Wait another ten days or half a month?" Lin Tou laughed angrily, picked up a long stick and pointed it at him, saying: "Li Dahuai, do you really think you are a capable person?
Go ahead and chase these onlookers away."

Several big men behind Lintou started shouting and chasing away the neighbors. They also closed the door to the backyard and locked the door to the front yard.

He took out a piece of rice paper from his shirt, on which was written "Land Deed". Lin Tou held it and said with a smile: "Your shabby house is worth at most fifty taels. Our Qi Yuanwai is kind-hearted and will give you eighty taels. In addition, we will give you a small house on Zhongsheng Street for you brothers to live in.

How is it? Is it nice enough? "

"Eighty taels?"

Li Yunhuai finally couldn't help but said angrily: "My master's house was once a rebuilt mansion of a wealthy family. Now the land price in Jincheng is rising day by day. If we wait a few more years, we can sell it for three hundred taels!
The shabby alley in Zhongsheng Street only sells for more than thirty taels at most. Are you trying to deceive me with this?"

Lin's face darkened. "What do you mean by deception? This is a legitimate business. Mr. Qi has spoken. If you don't sell it tonight, we will have to use some tricks!"

"Hmph, do you think I'm afraid of you?" Li Yunhuai took a step forward, clenched his fists, and stepped into the Fang Gang step, looking like a man of extraordinary skills.

"Do you really think you can be a hero just because you know a few tricks?" Lin Tou said with a grim smile: "Bright guy!"

The six big men behind him took off the water and fire sticks wrapped in black cloth from their waists. These sticks were unusual, with a thick iron block inlaid on the head of each stick, glowing coldly under the dim candlelight.

"How dare you use privately made iron?" Li Yunhuai was shocked. Ordinary people were not allowed to carry swords and knives at will. The fire and water sticks inlaid with iron blocks had a much greater killing power than wooden ones. Six or seven big men holding iron weapons were simply not something that the master taught him. While he was thinking about countermeasures, several big men had already taken down the fire and water sticks and rushed towards him. Without thinking too much, Li Yunhuai hurriedly retreated to the backyard to avoid damaging the mourning hall and injuring the master's body.

Chen Beimo in the attic knew that tonight would probably not end peacefully. He closed his eyes and concentrated his breath. Eight or nine auras appeared in his mind. As his mind moved, a low whistle came out of his mouth, and something vaguely crawled out from the nearby courtyard.

Tingyu Pavilion was his home, and he couldn't just sit there and watch others bully his senior brother and take away his family property without doing anything. Chen Beimo walked downstairs quietly.

In the backyard, Li Yunhuai was facing the siege of six or seven big men and could only pick up a long stick in the yard and turn it left and right to resist. Even though he knew a few boxing skills, they were just fancy moves. He was hit on the legs and shoulders by the seven men in just three or five hits. The big sticks inlaid with iron blocks immediately tore his clothes. He was in so much pain that he couldn't stand up, and there was even blood seeping out of the torn clothes.

"Bah, you are still so arrogant!"

Lin Tou pointed the end of his stick at Li Yunhuai and said, "Aren't you very powerful? Why don't you fight anymore? I'll ask you one last time, will you pay the mortgage on the land deed?"

"Beat me to death if you dare!" Li Yunhuai lay on the ground with one hand covering his knee and the other covering his shoulder, and said angrily: "At worst, we can go to the government office to make trouble. Yesterday, the county magistrate sent officials to burn paper and mourn for my master, and today someone died. Let's see if the county magistrate will arrest you!"

"Don't use the county magistrate to pressure me!" Lin Tou laughed sinisterly, "You two hold down his hands and let him put down the pledge himself. And the land deed, you don't want to hand it over, right?

Then take your brother away. When you hand over the original land deed, I will release your brother!"

"you dare!"

Li Yunhuai struggled hard on the ground. Even though he was held down by two big men, he still shouted, "If you dare to touch my junior brother, I will kidnap your son!"

"He's looking for death!" Lin Tou heard this and said angrily: "Break both of his legs and see how he dares to do it again in the future!"

"hiss~"

Before he finished speaking, he heard a sinister sound all around him. With the help of the candles in the mourning hall, he could see eight or nine long snakes of different colors crawling towards the courtyard wall. They stood up, spitting out their tongues and crawling towards them.

"Snakes! Lots of snakes!"

The four big men were so scared that they quickly waved the water and fire sticks in their hands and dared not let the long snakes get close to them. The two big men who were holding Li Yunhuai also looked around for fear that these things would get close to them.

"Where do so many snakes come from?" Lin Tou looked at the two persimmon trees planted in the lower yard and a green bamboo vegetable garden with a little fear in his heart. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly felt his feet slip and a sharp pain came from his calf. He looked down and found that a big black snake about ten feet long had bitten his calf.

He was so scared that he quickly hit the black snake with the water and fire stick, not caring about the deed, and shouted, "Come and help me, kill this beast!"

But the black snake was as fast as lightning. In the blink of an eye, it jumped onto Lintou's neck and wrapped its body around his neck tightly. It raised its head and looked down at his eye socket and bit him.

"Ah~"

Lin Tou screamed miserably. One of his eyes was bitten off and his face was covered with blood. He shouted to the others in fear and shock, "Hurry up and save me! Hurry up and save me! Kill this evil beast!"

The black snake leaped down, its body as flexible as a night cat when it landed on the ground, then stood up, spitting out its scarlet forked tongue, and staring at the big men with its vertical pupils.

The other eight or nine snakes twisted their bodies and came to the side of the black snake, spitting out their tongues together. This horrifying scene made the men feel cold in their hearts.

At this moment, there was a sudden clicking sound in the mourning hall, and several candles in the room were extinguished. The yard and the attic became pitch black, and a strange bell sounded, which aroused everyone's nerves.

Several balls of blue-green flames suddenly lit up, suspended in the air and burning quietly, illuminating the spirit tablet in front of the coffin in the mourning hall. The coffin lid made a creaking sound, as if something was trying to crawl out of the coffin in the dark night.

After seeing this scene, several big men finally couldn't help but scream in fear and ran out of the yard without looking back. Lin Tou'er was also frightened and stumbled out of the backyard, covering one eye and half crawling and half running.

Only Li Yunhuai was left on the ground, still holding his wound and staring blankly at the mourning hall. He couldn't help crying out loud: "Master! Are you back, Master?"

The white candle in the room lit up, and Chen Beimo walked out quickly. He came to his side and whispered, "Brother, it was me who played this trick."

"you…"

Li Yunhuai's tears that were about to fall stopped instantly, and he couldn't help but scold: "What are you doing, kid!"

"Okay, brother, don't be angry. The most important thing is to drive away those vicious dogs." Chen Beimo helped him up and stumbled back into the house. The snakes on the road made way and dispersed, and only the black snake followed him into the house.

"Ah, it's all my fault that I don't have any martial arts skills. I was beaten so badly by such a group of evil servants." Li Yunhuai was not surprised when he saw the black snake beside him. Instead, he said with emotion: "I usually scold you for eating the family food for free, but I didn't expect that you would save me today."

The black snake coiled beside him seemed to understand what he said, and deliberately moved its body and turned its head away from him.

Chen Beimo took the medicine from the house and applied it to his senior brother who was sitting on the wooden stool. He sighed and said, "Senior brother, your fancy moves are just for daily fights.

Those vicious dogs came with iron weapons today, and if they are not careful, they can beat someone to a cripple.

If it weren't for the snake-driving technique taught by our master and the few snakes we keep, we would be in great trouble today."

This is what Master Wang told Chen Beimo. No matter who asks him in the future, he must say that it was the master who taught him. He must never say that he was born with the ability. He must even say this to his senior brothers.

"That's true." Li Yunhuai endured the pain from his wound, frowned as he looked at the flint powder scattered on the ground and understood his trick.

"Then you can't use these snakes and insects to show off in front of people. Fortunately, this time you used the red flint to play tricks and you can say that it was the blessing of our master's ghost.

Otherwise, if other people find out, they will definitely say you are a demon and send you to the Six Gods Department."

"I understand, Senior Brother. I will be careful next time." Chen Beimo responded, "Are you still going to cry for the dead tonight?"

Speaking of this, Li Yunhuai turned around and looked at the "Spirit of Wang Xian" on the memorial tablet, and said in a deep voice: "The funeral will be held tomorrow, so of course we have to cry for the last time tonight!"

I would like to ask for your support for my new book. Thank you all. This is also a brand new attempt. It is the first time I start writing a novel with human as the protagonist. Please forgive me for any shortcomings.

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