The little princess was torn, and the demon emperor patched her up

Chapter 42 The Peddler’s Most Precious Treasure

As we stepped over the threshold, we saw that the temple was dilapidated and the statue on the platform had been destroyed beyond recognition. All that could be seen was a young man in Taoist robes.

The yamen runners drew the shape of Granny Liu's body on the ground.

As soon as Yaoyao saw her, she rushed over and burst into tears, as if she saw the miserable appearance of Granny Liu lying there with her eyes open in death.

In front of the collapsed altar, there was a plate of fresh cherries and a pot of cherry wine.

Xiao Qian frowned, "I heard that these things were offered by the cherry tree spirit. But I heard that the evil god had already escaped into the void north of the Demonic Ghost Wall in the previous dynasty. I wonder why she still prays to him? What is she asking for?"

Shang Bingjiu squatted beside the altar with his hands in his pockets.

He lowered his eyes to look at the two objects.

After a while, he suddenly picked up a cherry from the plate.

Before Xiao Baojing could stop him, he saw him swallow the cherry.

Xiao Qian was still analyzing in an orderly manner: "The biggest doubt in this case is that the coroner found that Granny Liu died of rat poison, and there was residual vegetarian pasta in her stomach, which shows that she died after eating buns or dumplings mixed with rat poison. But how could a spirit choose to poison people? It seems more like the work of a human."

Xiao Baojing squatted beside Shang Bingjiu and whispered, "You want to eat the things from the murder case? What if these are evidence?"

Shang Bingjiu picked up a cherry and handed it to her: "It's sweet."

"I won't eat them! These are all offerings from the cherry tree spirit to the gods. Why would you want to eat them? Besides, the prince has taken the trouble to analyze the case, and it would be fine if you didn't help, but you're also here to cause trouble."

"The little princess didn't cause any trouble, but did you help?"

Xiao Baojing clutched his handkerchief guiltily: "Not yet... not yet..."

"So, I decided to investigate Granny Liu's close relatives." Xiao Qian concluded, "Let's start with her two sons. Master Shang, Miss Xiao, do you have any objections?"

Shang Bingjiu was stuffing the plate of cherries and the pot of cherry wine into Xiao Baojing's bag.

"It can't fit..."

Xiao Baojing objected strongly and pushed him hard.

Hearing Xiao Qian's question out of the blue, she quickly raised her head and gave him a polite smile: "No objection, of course no objection!"

Xiao Qian was the first to step out of the ruined temple.

Xiao Baojing watched Shang Bingjiu stuff the two things into her bag. He thought her bag would be bulged and broken, but it didn't!
She quickly followed Shang Bingjiu out of the ruined temple. "I've seen this in fairy tales. What is it called? A wish-fulfilling bag? It's said to contain a lot of things and can hold an endless amount of things! Peddler, is the bag you gave me the legendary wish-fulfilling bag?!"

"you guess."

"I guess so!"

On the way to the south of the city, Xiao Baojing picked a lot of wild flowers and fruits and stuffed them all into his bag.

Sure enough, even after loading so many things, it still can’t be broken.

What a great thing!

If she had this thing when she was in school, would she still have to carry such a heavy bag? !
She danced with joy: "Peddler! So you have so many treasures! The things you sell in the streets, aren't they all the treasures of demon hunters?"

Shang Bingjiu walked in front and lowered his eyes to look at her shadow which appeared diagonally behind him.

The breeze blew her light yellow folded skirt, and her loose pigtails swung back and forth. The brilliant hibiscus flowers on her head swayed softly, feeling warm and fluffy.

The girl chirped like a lively and cute little sparrow: "Peddler, what is your most precious treasure? Can you take it out and let me open my eyes?"

"You've seen it."

"Ah? Have I seen them? No, I see that your basket is full of worthless trinkets, rattles, handkerchiefs, embroidered shoes, Luban locks, and Mohelos. What treasures are there?"

Xiao Baojing was chattering away when Shang Bingjiu suddenly stopped and turned around.

She braked suddenly and almost crashed into his arms. She raised her head.

The young man in the Taoist robe and hairpin has a beautiful figure, red lips and white teeth: "You have seen it."

The slightly raised fox eyes, with long drooping eyelashes and round pupils that hold the sweetness of honey wine, look at everything with deep affection.

At the turn of spring and summer, when the peach and plum blossoms are about to wither, the green kites in the south of the city fly into the sky with the wind.

Xiao Baojing's heart also seemed to fly to the sky.

Her face gradually turned red.

She pursed her lips, thinking of the romantic dramas she had watched before, and couldn't help laughing out loud.

What a vulgar plot.

She has watched it countless times!

But when it happened to her, being stared at lovingly by such a handsome and handsome boy, she couldn't help but blushing and her heart beating faster.

She kicked the small stone in front of her and said shyly: "Could it be... Could it be..."

Before he could even utter the word "I", Shang Bingjiu nodded: "Yes, it's that red lantern."

Xiao Baojing: "Red...red lantern?"

Shang Bingjiu: "It's the red lantern my brother left for me."

Yaoyao caught up with him breathlessly, holding a bunch of wild flowers she had picked on the way. "That red lantern is so powerful! Hang it at the door, and all the demons and ghosts will not dare to break into the house, unless there is a medium in the house to lead them in! Princess, do you remember that when we lived in Julu Mountain before, we would light a red lantern at the door of the courtyard every night? It was used to ward off evil beasts!"

Xiao Baojing remembered.

She clapped her hands: "No wonder nothing happened the night I came back from Qingyin Tower with a lantern, but I broke into the flower demon's mansion the night I didn't carry a lantern..."

Yaoyao: "By the way, Princess, what did you think the master's treasure was just now?"

Xiao Baojing: There is no need to raise this issue again.

Yaoyao was eager to learn: "Princess, what do you think it is?"

Two little red clouds bloomed on Xiao Baojing's fair cheeks. He puffed up his cheeks and wrapped the handkerchief around his fingertips.

Xiao Qian turned around and reminded, "We still have to find the real culprit before sunset."

"Yes, we need to find the murderer who killed my mother-in-law!"

Yaoyao rushed to the front holding the wild flowers.

Xiao Baojing was very grateful to Xiao Qian for helping him out. He lowered his head and smoothed down his fluffy hair. He took small steps and quickly passed by Shang Bingjiu and Xiao Qian, pretending nothing had happened.

Xiao Qian watched her walk away quickly, his eyes like an elder brother looking at his young sister in love, but with a hint of indescribable complexity.

He put his hands behind his back, gradually fell a few steps behind, and walked side by side with Shang Bingjiu: "I heard that Shang Shushi went to Beijing from Julu County to take the exam."

"Yes."

"My little sister died in Julu County. It was said to be the work of bandits before, but later it was revealed that it was done by Julu County Magistrate's daughter Qiu Yuejian who bribed the bandits. The Qiu family died in a fire. General Qiu Xinghe led 13 of his trusted followers into the bandits' den and died along with more than 500 bandits."

Xiao Qian paused and lowered his voice: "The Qiu family did something unscrupulous. I don't care who harmed them. I only care about why Miss Xiao and my younger sister have the same name and appearance."

The young man in Taoist robe and hairpin with flowers said nothing, just smiled with his hands in his pockets.

Xiao Qian's hands behind his back gradually tightened, his eyes slightly reddened, "I heard that demon hunters can be divided into good and evil. Some of them are good at sorcery and can wrap human skins on the bodies of monsters. They are called painted skin monsters. May I ask, Master Shang, is this skin of Miss Xiao's... my little sister?"

(End of this chapter)