Chapter 51 1. Yuejin Guest House

There is actually a guest house in the small town, its name is very rustic - Yuejin Guest House. The Yuejin Guest House is very old, the sign outside and the tables and chairs inside have all turned black.The owner, waiter, and chef in the guest house are all the same person, and this person is Liu Yuejin. Liu Yuejin is not too old, but his face is darker than the sign outside, and only when he smiles does he show his white teeth.In addition to entertaining foreigners for accommodation, Liu Yuejin also made some stewed vegetables and sold them to people in the town. When Zhu Neng and Bai Jingjing walked in, he was drinking.

Seeing a guest coming, Liu Yuejin put the chicken paws in his hand on the dirty table, wiped his hands on the clothes, and greeted him, "Are you two staying or eating?" For some reason, his expression and His tone was indifferent, and he didn't look like a businessman at all. Zhu Neng said, "We'll stay." "One or two?" Zhu Neng said, "Two rooms." Without registration, without even looking at their ID cards, Liu Yuejin led Zhu Neng and Bai Jingjing to the backyard.The backyard is long and narrow, without sunlight, gloomy, like a coffin. Liu Yuejin stopped in front of a row of houses and said, "Take a look at the rooms first."

The doors of this row of houses are all dark red, without house numbers, and they look exactly the same.Zhu Neng randomly found a room and walked in.The room had a musty smell as if no one had lived in it for a long time.There is a bed that is not too small, an old TV set, a clothes rack, a washbasin, and that's all. Zhu Neng went out and saw Bai Jingjing also coming out from the next room. Liu Yuejin, who was squatting on the ground, stood up, threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, and said, "How is it?" Zhu Neng glanced at Bai Jingjing before saying, "We're staying."

Liu Yuejin said, "It costs 30 yuan a day to live here." After paying the money, Zhu Neng said, "Can you bring us two pots of hot water and some food?" Liu Yuejin didn't say anything, turned and left.Before leaving, he glanced at Zhu Neng, and there was something strange in his eyes. Zhu Neng entered the room, opened the window, the cold wind came in, and the musty smell became lighter.After a while, he closed the door and wanted to call Niu Traditional.At this moment, he heard Bai Jingjing next door cough. The sound seemed to be right next to my ears. Zhu Neng was taken aback, only then did he realize that there was only a wooden board between his room and Bai Jingjing's room.After thinking about it, he didn't dare to call Niu Chuanxi, for fear that Bai Jingjing might misunderstand.So, Zhu Neng sent him a text message: How is it?

Soon, Niu Chuantong replied: Everything is normal, and I will go to see you tomorrow. Zhu Neng: Why don't you come today? Niu Tradition: Even taxis don't want to go to that ghostly place. I'll go out and look for it tomorrow. Suddenly, Liu Yuejin came in without knocking, carrying a kettle. Zhu Neng was a little disgusted, but he didn't say anything.This is not a star hotel, this is his territory, Zhu Neng understands this.He went up to meet him, smiled at Liu Yuejin, and took the kettle from him. "The meal is ready." He stood there with a restrained look. Zhu Neng noticed that his fingers were very slender and delicate, and his nails were clean without any oil.Zhu Neng felt that he was not a person who opened a guest house and made stewed vegetables, or that he was not the same person who opened a guest house...

Who is he? Zhu Neng is secretly wiping tears.He didn't understand why Liu Yuejin put so many peppers in his dishes, and he didn't understand why the people here liked eating peppers so much. He just felt sick and had trouble breathing. This is Liu Yuejin's snack bar, and the business is actually pretty good, more than half of the five or six tables are occupied.Zhu Neng found it strange that the few people he saw on the road today were all here. The trash collector ordered some sauced chicken feet, a plate of pork head, and a small bottle of white wine. The woman with heavy make-up is really not afraid of spicy food. Every dish in front of her has a lot of chili peppers, but she eats it without changing expression, without any sweat on her face.

But Zhu Neng found that there was another person in the store who was less afraid of spicy food than she was. In the corner, sat a man in black. He didn't order anything, but directly ordered a plate of dried red peppers and a bowl of white wine.Eat a chili, drink a sip of wine, and look happy. Liu Yuejin cooked boiled fish for Zhu Neng and Bai Jingjing, and a big plate of spicy chicken.It tasted good, not too spicy, but Zhu Neng didn't eat much. He kept observing the three people. The three of them didn't even look at Zhu Neng, they ate and drank with their heads down. Liu Yuejin sat in front of the snack bar, smoking a cigarette, with a deep expression.

Look at Bai Jingjing again, she is sitting there like a wooden figure, neither eating nor drinking, neither sad nor happy, with a blank expression on her face. Zhu Neng took a deep breath. After a while, they all finished eating.The tatter collector was smoking; the heavily made-up woman took out a small mirror and was touching up her makeup; the man in black seemed to have drunk too much, lying motionless on the table. Liu Yuejin didn't mean to see off the customers, instead he got up and closed the shop door. Why don't they go when they've finished eating? The snack bar suddenly became very quiet, only the trash collectors were smoking slowly, one puff at a time.

Zhu Neng heard the sound of tobacco burning. He suddenly felt danger. He felt that this small and dilapidated snack bar had become extremely eerie and strange, as if something terrible would happen soon. It was getting dark, Liu Yuejin turned on the light, the light was dim, and everything in the snack bar became unreal. After a long time, still nothing happened.The junk collectors were still puffing on their cigarettes, and the smoke they exhaled was thicker.The woman with heavy makeup is still putting on makeup, and her lips are redder than peppers.The man in black was still lying on the table, motionless.

There were beads of sweat on Zhu Neng's forehead. He thought, are they waiting for someone?Who are they waiting for?Why hasn't this person shown up yet?Perhaps, this person is among them, and they are waiting for this person's order? From the beginning, this person has controlled everything here, he is the master here, and the others are just the executors of orders.Who is this guy?Zhu Neng turned his gaze to Bai Jingjing. She was still sitting there blankly. Zhu Neng's heart was beating, he saw something abnormal in Bai Jingjing's eyes, he vaguely felt that something terrible was about to happen.

The trash collector continued to smoke, the flickering cigarette butts shining on his dead face. The smoke in the snack bar was thicker. A dog barked abruptly outside. The barking was rapid and sharp, full of panic. It seemed to have seen something terrible.Soon, a feeble footstep sounded, walking slowly towards the snack bar. Zhu Neng's eyes widened, he knew something was about to happen.At this time, he saw that the eyes of the rag collector and the woman with heavy make-up were bright, and the man in black also stood up, without a trace of drunkenness in his eyes. At this moment, Zhu Neng was about to collapse.He suddenly thought of a terrible question—could it be that Bai Jingjing's purpose was not to get Xuanzang's parietal bone relic, but to kill him?Or, she wanted Xuanzang's parietal bone relic, but also wanted his life, now she doesn't need Zhu Neng, she wants to avenge Lao Yuan, she wants to do something to Zhu Neng... There was a knock on the door: "Boom—boom—boom—" Liu Yuejin walked over, gently opened the door of the store, and an old woman floated in like a ghost, she walked straight to Zhu Neng, stood in front of him, stood on tiptoe, and said something in Zhu Neng's ear, Then walked away lightly. She is that old woman, Zhou Dagui's daughter-in-law. The rag collectors, the women with heavy makeup, and the people in black all left their seats and walked slowly outside.The dim light dragged the shadows of the three people on the ground, like three ghosts. Zhu Neng watched the three of them go out with the same look as if he was looking at three dead people. At this time, Liu Yuejin let out a long breath, and said lightly: "After eating, why don't you leave?" Bai Jingjing immediately stood up and walked towards the backyard. Zhu Neng was stunned for a moment and followed.There were no lights in the backyard, it was dark.When Zhu Neng walked over, he saw Bai Jingjing standing in front of his room with her head down, as if she was waiting for him. "What did she tell you?" Bai Jingjing asked quietly. Zhu Neng said: "She told me to wait for her in front of the Earth Temple in three days, and she gave me the things." Bai Jingjing was stunned.