Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 85: The Male and Female Thieves (2400 votes plus more)
The senior sister was so bloodthirsty that she kicked the table away with a knife and tried to kill the owner of Shen Manor, but Ren Yuan held her hand.

"Wait a moment, Senior Sister. I want to ask him a few questions."

The senior sister then stood aside and looked around vigilantly.

"Young Master, please spare my life!" Master Shen quickly kowtowed to Ren Yuan.

"What are you doing, old man?" Ren Yuan did not answer him directly, but his soothing tone gave the other party enough room for imagination.

"Alas, young master, you don't know that I have been suffering from nightmares for several months. I always dream that my deceased daughter is haunting me. I am in a trance, so I asked the old witch to take a look."

"The old witch saw it and said that my daughter died before getting married and became the ghost of my aunt, and she cannot be reincarnated." Master Shen continued:
"The old witch said, 'Ghosts with nowhere to go will become evil ghosts; ghosts with a place to go will not be evil.' So she wanted to find a ghost husband for her. That's how this ghost marriage happened."

"Where do those guests come from?" Ren Yuan asked.

"They are all neighbors of her grave. If you don't invite them to your wedding, they will inevitably be gossiped about in the underworld, and the couple won't be able to hold their heads up in the future." Master Shen said as a matter of course.

"Rich families are particular about things..." Ren Yuan was speechless for a moment, then asked, "How do you know there will be a man coming today? If not, then why don't you get married?"

"Alas, it was not originally your plan to marry into the bride's family, but my daughter was eager to get married. She secretly looked at the groom last night, and ended up eating him." Master Shen sighed.
"But the wedding invitations have already been sent out. If we postpone the date, we will not only lose face, but also offend those ghosts." He glanced at Ren Yuan secretly and said, "I was just worried about what to do, and now you're here..."

"Why do you have to find a living person? The groom is dead, isn't he a perfect match for your daughter?" Ren Yuan asked puzzled.

"Only the living can have face." Master Shen whispered, "Only small families use the dead for ghost marriages. Our Shen family can't afford to lose that person."

"So you use living people for ghost marriages? Put living people in coffins?!" Ren Yuan's face darkened, no longer hiding his murderous intent.

"Yes, yes..." Manor Master Shen kowtowed and begged for mercy: "I know I was wrong, and I will never dare to do it again."

"You'd better go and confess to the King of Hell! My mission is to send you to see the King of Hell!" Ren Yuan said as he beheaded Master Shen with a single blow, making him the first soul to die under the blade of the Evil-Slaying Blade.

When Ren Yuan put away his knife and looked around, he saw that the village was empty.

"The family was not in the house to begin with." Investigator Hua Limao said from the eaves, "The farmhands have all run away."

"I'll catch up with them and kill them all." Senior Sister said coldly.

Ren Yuan grabbed her and said, "No need for that. It's enough for you to know that you are a super fighter. There's no need to kill people."

"Okay." Although the senior sister's temperament changed drastically at night, she still listened to Ren Yuanyan.

"What should we do now?" the civet cat asked Ren Yuan.

"This Master Shen is probably going to go to the eighteenth level of hell. Let's take his money and do some good deeds for him, maybe the King of Hell will be able to move him up two levels." Ren Yuan came to the manor's storehouse with confidence, looted all the valuables, and sent them all onto the Qianli ship.

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Thousand miles on the ship.

Chen Baxian was lying on the deck bored, when he suddenly saw a flash of white light in front of him. He said in great joy, "Brother, you are so late today!"

Before he could finish his words, he was buried underneath by thousands and thousands of copper coins.

Ren Yuan was still wondering: "Huh? I seemed to hear Ah Xian's voice just now, but why is there no one there?"

The black skull pointed to the pile of copper coins under his feet and said in his charming broadcasting voice: "Pray, I hope I have been crushed to death."

"Ah?" Ren Yuan was so shocked that his mouth couldn't close. Just as he was about to move the copper coins away, Chen Baxian came out from the pile of coins, with a string of coins on his head, and said: "Haha, I'm still alive. You must be disappointed, little blackie." The black skull nodded calmly and said: "Correct, what a pity."

Ren Yuan reached out and pulled Chen Baxian out, then apologized again.

Chen Baxian didn't care at all. Instead, he became interested in the money he brought in and picked up a gold ingot and bit it.

"Yo, brother made a fortune."

"..." Ren Yuan asked Black Skull to transport the money to the bottom cabin for safekeeping, and then said to Chen Baxian seriously: "Remember our three rules."

"Yes, yes, I will never reveal anything on the ship." Chen Baxian smiled and apologized, "Brother, don't get me wrong. Although I once held an official position, I am definitely not a pedantic person. I can tell that these are ill-gotten gains. If there is such a good thing again, count me in."

"How do you know these are ill-gotten gains?" Ren Yuan asked without comment.

"Isn't it obvious? In this world, how can a good family have money? Even if they have the ability to earn it, they don't have the ability to keep it." Chen Baxian laughed and said, "In the end, didn't the bad guys take it away?"

Then he quickly waved his hand and said, "I didn't say that you are a bad person. You must be a hero who robs the rich and helps the poor."

"What kind of hero am I?" Ren Yuan laughed at himself and asked, "What day is this?"

"I'm counting on my fingers. It's the third day." Chen Baxian said with a bitter face, "It really feels like a year, brother."

Knowing that it would take two more days to get out, Ren Yuan sat on the roof of the boat, ready to seize the time to practice the Tiangang Jue.

Chen Baxian lay on the eaves of the cabin and asked, "Brother, what's the point of you practicing on the ship? It will be a waste of time when you return to reality."

Ren Yuan glanced at him like he was an idiot.

"Oh my god, it really works?!" Chen Baxian understood it immediately and slapped his forehead again:
"That's right, you can still eat and drink on the boat, it seems you are on the boat in the flesh. I'm so envious."

"What's there to envy?" Ren Yuan said, "Not only do they eat, drink, defecate and urinate, but they also age quickly."

"I don't need to eat or drink, but I can't practice either." Chen Baxian said with a wry smile, "There's no money to play with, no wine to drink, and no women on this ship. When you weren't here, that black guy and I were just staring at each other. I was almost bored to death, brother."

Then he looked at Ren Yuan eagerly and said, "Can you stop practicing and chat with me?"

"No." Ren Yuan shook his head decisively.

"Then can you bring a girl in for me?" Chen Baxian said again: "Don't worry, I'll just chat and never do anything to you."

"Get lost. You can't bring any living creatures in." Ren Yuan scolded with a smile, "If you feel bored, just go back to your original exciting life."

"Forget it. Being bored is better than dying." Chen Baxian compromised and said, "How about this? You let Xiao Hei listen to me. While you practice, I can still drive the boat around."

Ren Yuan finally understood why Black Skull wanted to kill this guy. He was probably fed up with him.

"How about this, I'll find you something to do." After thinking for a while, he finally agreed and said, "I'll let Xiao Hei sail along the shore of Dreamland, and you can search with him to see if there are any other people like us who... wake up first."

"That's a good idea!" Chen Baxian was delighted. If another person came up, he would definitely not be able to practice and would just have to chat with him.

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