Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple
Chapter 311 Rumors
Chapter 311 Rumors
Shang Lu put away the hand drum and asked about the situation in the thief Cao's office in recent days.
Although Shentu had only been back for two or three days, he had already figured out the situation in the government office and answered all the questions one by one.
After hearing that, apart from the mountain ghost case, no other major cases had occurred in the county during this period, Shang Lu felt relieved.
Seeing that it was getting completely dark, he decided not to stay in the thieves' office any longer and got up and walked out of the office.
As they walked, they teased Shentu.
"I'm sorry for delaying your return home today. If my wife blames me, you can push it onto me and let her blame me."
Shen Tu scratched his head and laughed, "You are joking, my wife, no matter how bold she is, she won't dare to blame you! Besides, although my face was disfigured during this period, I brought back a lot of rewards for my meritorious service. My wife was so happy that she couldn't wait to go back. She won't blame me even if I go back late."
"I'm glad I won't blame you."
As they were talking, the two of them had already walked out of the office.
At this time, Shang Lu suddenly remembered something.
"Hey, why didn't I see Chen Zecao today?"
"Chen Zecao is out on patrol."
Shen Tu glanced around and saw that the thieves and runners in the office were all far away, so he lowered his voice and said, "Since you came to the thieves' office, you have made meritorious deeds one after another. Chen Thief Cao is under a lot of pressure and is also eager to make meritorious deeds to avoid being blamed by the county governor and county lieutenant."
Shang Lu burst out laughing.
He didn't expect that his arrival would cause everyone in the thief Cao's office to be involved.
But it is a good thing for the people in the county.
Because the Thieves' Office is in chaos, the bandits and robbers in the county will suffer.
After bidding farewell to Shentu outside the office, Shang Lu took a few steps before he remembered that he had forgotten Heiyun in Zeicao's office.
He hurried back and caught up with the black cloud.
After all the trouble, it was completely dark.
Chengfeng County, as the county seat, does not have a curfew.
But at night, except for wine shops, brothels and other places, other places are still dark and silent, with few people around.
The streets were empty, with only one or two passers-by occasionally walking in a hurry.
Fortunately, the moonlight was bright and illuminated the road, so it was not particularly dark.
Shang Lu was walking on the road holding Heiyun's hand. Occasionally, they heard the crying of children and the quarrel of couples from the houses on the roadside. Suddenly, he felt that his life and death in Xipinggou and Feiwu County were worthwhile.
Although we didn't see any passers-by along the way, we did encounter several teams of night patrol soldiers.
These people saw Shang Lu wearing a wizard robe from afar and stood by the roadside to salute him.
Among them was a group of people who were thieves from the thieves' office. They came forward in a hurry and said a few words of greeting.
In a blink of an eye, Shang Lu returned to Mingyue Lane.
Before entering the alley, I saw a few people wandering there.
When Shang Lu approached, before he opened his mouth to ask, those people spoke first, scolding him in a bad tone: "Who are you? Why are you running here so late at night instead of going home? Do you know where this is? Get out of here!"
Shang Lu could tell at a glance that these people were just ruffians in the city. They had no cultivation and might be able to scare ordinary people, but in his eyes, they were no different from ants.
Shang Lu was too lazy to attack these people. He led Hei Yun and kept walking, asking, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
When the people guarding the entrance of Mingyue Lane saw that Shang Lu did not obey their teachings, they immediately frowned and were about to come up and teach Shang Lu a lesson.
However, after taking a few steps closer, they saw Shang Lu's wizard robe and his appearance in the dark, and were immediately shocked.
"It's the merchant thief Cao. The merchant thief Cao is back."
"Oh my goodness, this is really a flood that has washed away the Dragon King Temple."
"Shang thief Cao, we are blind and don't know the real master. Please don't be offended. Please go into the alley and go home quickly."
"What are you standing there for? Go tell Boss Huai that the merchant thief Cao is back!"
"Shang Zeca, the road is dark, please drive slowly... Who the hell brought a fire stick? Light something quickly to give Shang Zeca some light."
The change in attitude of these ruffians confused Shanglu and Heiyun.
Especially when the man and the horse heard that the ruffians were still calling someone "Boss Huai", they couldn't help but be even more shocked.
"It's been less than a month since I left home, and Uncle Huai has become the boss? What kind of boss is he? Don't tell me that Uncle Huai has become the underground godfather of Chengfeng County!"
Shang Lu looked at this group of fawning and attentive ruffians and couldn't help but speculate in his heart.
Heiyun was chirping, as if he was praising: Uncle Huai is awesome! From now on, when I am in Chengfeng County, can I drink for free?
The noise made by a few hooligans also alarmed the people living in Mingyue Lane, and the sound of dogs barking was heard.
However, other families in Mingyue Lane did not open their doors to check the situation.
However, Shang Lu's door creaked open.
Uncle Huai, who had transformed into a human form and was wearing a loose robe, came out holding a lantern.
"Master, mistress, welcome home."
A voice came from Uncle Huai's robe.
This surprised Shang Lu very much.
Unexpectedly, within less than a month after leaving home, Uncle Huai not only recruited a group of ruffians and became their leader, but he could even speak.
Although the accent is a bit strange, you even need to carefully distinguish it to hear clearly what Uncle Huai is saying.
But compared to not being able to speak before, it is a big improvement.
While Shang Lu was surprised, he also had many questions in his mind.
But those rascals were still following, and now was not the time to ask questions, so he temporarily kept these questions to himself.
Perhaps he saw Shang Lu's thoughts, so Uncle Huai, who was wearing a robe and whose appearance was not clearly visible, said to the ruffians in a strange tone: "You can leave now. We don't need you to show us courtesy here."
Upon hearing this, the ruffians nodded and bowed hurriedly: "Yes, yes, we will guard the entrance of the alley. If you need any service from us, just tell us."
Afterwards, he obediently left Mingyue Lane and continued to stand at the entrance of the lane, looking like he was helping to guard the street.
Shang Lu became more curious when he saw this.
But there is no need to rush.
He nodded to Uncle Huai and said with a smile, "Uncle Huai, we are back." Then he took Heiyun's hand and walked into his own house.
At the same time, a few hooligans at the entrance of the alley were talking in low voices.
"Hey, did you hear that? Boss Huai just called out 'Master, Madam', but there was clearly only the merchant thief Cao."
"There is only one person, but isn't the merchant thief Cao holding a horse in his hand?"
"No way? That's a horse... No way, no way."
"Maybe a female ghost or a witch? I heard that the masters in the witch house like this."
These hooligans thought that their discussion was so quiet that no one could hear it.
But he didn't know that Shang Lu heard it clearly.
Although he didn't want to pay attention to these ruffians, he still snorted coldly in order to prevent them from gossiping behind his back.
The humming sound was very soft, but a few hooligans at the entrance of the alley could hear it clearly.
They even felt that this light hum was like thunder, shaking their souls to the point of flying away.
They were instantly terrified, their legs went weak, and they fell to their knees. They kowtowed repeatedly towards Mingyue Lane, pointed to the heavens and swore to the earth that they would never speak nonsense again, and begged for forgiveness.
Shang Lu ignored these ruffians and made them kneel at the entrance of the alley.
After returning home and closing the door, Shang Lu turned his eyes to Uncle Huai.
Uncle Huai threw away the robe he was wearing and transformed himself back into the appearance of the sky-covering locust tree.
Then its branches and leaves rubbed against each other, forming a strange human voice:
"Master, have you eaten yet? Would you like something to eat?"
"There's no rush to eat." Shang Lu said, but he thought of the spiritual bamboo shoots in his arms.
So she took it out and asked Uncle Huai to clean it and send it to the kitchen. She would go to the market early the next morning to buy all the ingredients and side dishes so that Sanniang could cook them.
"When did you learn to speak?" Shang Lu asked curiously.
The black cloud was also making a hissing sound, as if saying: Originally, we didn't know how to speak human language, but after going out for a while, you came back and found that you could speak human language, leaving me the only one who can't speak human language. This is really disloyal.
Uncle Huai told Shanglu that as early as on the way from Luoshui County to Chengfeng County, he felt that it was very inconvenient not to be able to speak human language.
So after arriving in Chengfeng County, I kept thinking, what should I do to speak like a normal person?
But although it can barely transform, it is only in appearance.
Although he can conjure up a mouth, he does not have a flexible tongue, so he cannot speak.
So Uncle Huai thought of another way.
After thinking about it, I thought of the cicadas in summer.
Cicadas don't have mouths, they make sounds by vibrating their wings.
So Uncle Huai tried vibrating the branches, leaves, and bark... After countless times of practice, he finally got the effect he has today. Although the tone is strange, it is barely understandable.
It just makes life hard for the neighbors in Mingyue Lane.
Uncle Huai's exercise during this period made many neighbors think that this alley was haunted again...
After listening to Uncle Huai's story, Shang Lu felt sympathetic towards the neighbors in the alley on the one hand, and on the other hand, he deeply admired Uncle Huai.
"That's great, Uncle Huai."
Shang Lu gave Uncle Huai a thumbs up, then turned around and patted Heiyun on the head: "Look at Uncle Huai, he has no mouth but has learned to speak human language, and you have a mouth, when can you speak a few words to me? It's better to raise a mynah bird than you."
The black cloud hummed and groaned, as if to say: Who said that people have to speak human language just because they have a mouth? You also have a mouth, but you can't even neigh like a horse! Hello, mynah bird, you can ride it.
Shang Lu didn’t know what this guy was mumbling, otherwise he would definitely punish him.
After finding out why Uncle Huai could speak, he asked about the origins of those ruffians at the alley entrance.
Uncle Huai shook the branches, leaves and bark and told Shang Lu the whole story.
It turned out that after Zhao Qi was beheaded in the street, a rumor spread among the people for some unknown reason.
It is said that with the help of the evil god, Zhao Qi stole the luck and vitality of others and cultivated a treasure.
Whoever can get that treasure can make gold out of rice, change his fortune and live longer, and soar to the sky from then on.
Then, for some unknown reason, there was a rumor that Zhao Qi's treasure was hidden in his former house.
So a thief really believed it and sneaked into Shang Lu's house in the middle of the night, trying to find the treasure left by Zhao Qi.
Naturally, this thief was caught by Uncle Huai.
After being hung up and whipped for a whole night, Uncle Huai found out that there was a gang behind the thief, so he went to find them.
As a result, the gang didn't know that the thief had sneaked into Shang Lu's house, but they were still severely punished by Uncle Huai.
The reason given by Uncle Huai was: the thief was a member of this gang, so he went to this gang to seek justice!
He also told the gang that if anyone dared to make any unwarranted plans in the future, he would come and vent his anger on them.
When he left, he did not forget to ask this gang to do more good deeds and less harming things.
That gang was also frightened by Uncle Huai's beating. At the same time, they also guessed that the house belonged to the new thief Cao Yuan, and they were afraid of being hated.
So they sent people to guard both ends of Mingyue Lane to prevent any ignorant thieves from running here to commit suicide and kill them as well.
"Rumors?"
Shang Lu raised his eyebrows after listening to Uncle Huai's story.
"Do you know where this rumor came from? And who pointed the rumor to our family?"
Uncle Huai shook the tree crown to indicate that he was not clear.
Shang Lu thought about it, took out a paper man from his sleeve, and gently touched the paper man's head with his hand.
The paper man immediately stood up in his palm, stretching its arms and legs, as if stretching its muscles.
Shang Lu instructed the paper figurine, "Go tell those people outside to let their gang investigate this matter. If they can find any clues, I can forgive them for sending people to steal from my house. If they can't find any clues, then I'll just pray for the best."
The paper figurine gave Shang Lu a gesture of "understood", then jumped out of his hand and flew to the entrance of the alley on a gust of cold wind.
Then Shang Lu heard a cry of surprise.
And the action of crying for parents.
It was obvious that these ruffians thought they were possessed by evil spirits.
Fortunately, they soon heard the words brought by the paper man.
Finally they realized that this was not a ghost, but a mission assigned to them by Shanglu.
The ruffians came to their senses and kowtowed to accept the order, saying that they would definitely report Shang Lu's words to the leader of their gang.
"Paper Man... uh, General Shenzhi, please go back and inform the merchant thief Cao and tell him that we will do our best to investigate this matter. Once we find any clues, please come and report immediately."
The paper man was very satisfied with the attitude of these ruffians. He turned around and rode the cold wind back to Mingyue Lane.
After those hooligans gathered together to discuss for a few words, they left two people to continue guarding Mingyue Lane, while the rest hurriedly went to look for the leader of the gang.
At this moment, Shang Lu also withdrew his attention from the outside of the alley.
Snakes have their own ways, rats have their own ways.
It would be most appropriate to let these gangsters find out information.
"Uncle Huai, I got a set of cultivation techniques for you and Heiyun. This technique can cultivate both the body and the spirit, and can be practiced until the Qi is perfected! But it will be hard for you to learn it while teaching Heiyun and urging it to practice well."
As he spoke, Shang Lu took out "The True Body of Three Spirits" from his arms.
On the way back to the city, he figured it out that instead of teaching Heiyun himself, it would be better to let Uncle Huai teach.
Not only can he save trouble, but in the process of teaching, he can also help Uncle Huai gain a deeper understanding of this set of exercises.
Uncle Huai immediately changed back into human form, stretched out his hands tremblingly, and took over the "Three Spirits' True Body".
Unlike Heiyun, Uncle Huai, an "old man in the world", knows very well how precious a set of suitable skills is to these monsters and demons.
For example, it lived for a long time, but before it met Sanniang, it was just an ignorant little demon.
Only after following Sanniang did he officially embark on the path of demon cultivation.
And now, Shang Lu has brought it some demon cultivation techniques.
Uncle Huai was so moved by such a great favor that he knelt down and kowtowed to Shang Lu on the spot to express his gratitude.
"It doesn't have to be this way."
Shang Lu quickly stopped Uncle Huai.
"We are a family, there is no need to be so polite. If you have any questions during your cultivation, just tell me and I will ask my senior brothers to solve your doubts. In addition, I have two recipes that will be beneficial to your cultivation. Have you checked whether the food and medicinal materials stored at home are complete? If there are any missing, tell me so that I can go and buy them all tomorrow."
(End of this chapter)
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