Chapter 17 The story of the bellyband thief

Yi Changle took out a piece of silver and stuffed it into his pocket, and said flatteringly: "Second brother, you might as well say it bluntly, we are not talkative people."

Money can make the world go round. After the waiter accepted the money, he stopped hesitating and said, "You two don't know. Half a month ago, the bellybands of all the hairpin girls in Qingshan City were stolen at the same time. I thought that

The thief who committed such a big crime should leave immediately, but as long as a new girl with haircut appears, he will appear and steal bellybands."

The waiter then said with an embarrassed look on his face: "That's why I remind girls to be more careful at night and be careful of the things close to you being stolen."

"Thank you for the reminder, little brother." Yi Changle thanked the little brother.

After the waiter went downstairs, Yi Changle pulled Jiang Yuchuan into the room, "I have a solution."

"What?"

"Just now the waiter said that as long as a new girl with haircuts appears, evil spirits will come out to steal bellybands. So he should appear in my room tonight, so we might as well wait and wait."

After Jiang Yuchuan thought deeply, he nodded in agreement.

Late at night, the lobby of Qingshan Inn was deserted. A black figure sneaked in through the crack in the door, went straight to the second floor, and then slipped into Yi Changle's room through the crack in the door.

The room was dark. He took a gentle breath toward the bed and stretched his hand to the bellyband beside the bed.

A hand stopped him, "It turned out to be a shadow that was formed through cultivation." The person who spoke was none other than Jiang Yuchuan.

Yi Changle, who was lying on the bed, waved his hand gently, lit the candle, and the room became bright again.

Jiang Yuchuan fixed his shadow on the spot, and asked Yi Changle and Jiang Yuchuan angrily, "Who are you?"

"Why are you angry?" Yi Changle couldn't help but feel a little funny when he heard Shadow Spirit's tone.

The shadow spirit mocked: "I didn't kill innocent lives, and I didn't steal any gold or silver. You guys seem to be monks, so why are you so free to take care of such a trivial matter?"

"How can you be so confident as a thief? Did you know that stealing bellybands will destroy the innocence of these women? What will they do if they are criticized in the future?" Yi Changle was a little angry.

"Will it?" Shadow Spirit asked Jiang Yuchuan.

Jiang Yuchuan nodded helplessly.

"Then what should I do? I didn't know this would happen." There was a hint of regret in Shadow Elf's voice.

"Why did you steal the bellyband? The bellyband is not something that can help you practice." Jiang Yuchuan asked.

"To find someone's reincarnation." Shadow Elf replied.

"Reincarnation, why did you steal the bellyband?" Jiang Yuchuan's expression was very puzzled.

"I just got a chance to cultivate and become a spirit. I don't have much advanced cultivation. I can't see the reincarnation of a person. I can only confirm it from the breath. If I always appear in front of them, it will inevitably be suspicious, so I can only steal it."

Use their underwear to determine the breath and find the person I'm looking for." The shadow spirit explained.

"Why are you looking for that person's reincarnation?" Yi Changle asked.

"In order to see if she was doing well, someone once knelt down and worshiped three thousand steps before the Buddha day after day for ten years, just to give her a stable life after reincarnation." The shadow spirit was a little sad.

The shadow spirit slowly recalled: "There once was a scholar surnamed Gu in Qingshan City. He and his neighbor Xiaohong grew up together. They were childhood sweethearts. Before the scholar went to Beijing to take the exam, he expressed his feelings to Xiaohong, and Xiaohong was already heartbroken.

As soon as there was a scholar, the scholar proposed marriage to Xiaohong's family, and only waited for him to come back and marry Xiaohong after he got the honors."

"The scholar lived up to the expectations and achieved fame. Unexpectedly, he did not come back to marry Xiao Hong as promised, but instead married the prime minister's daughter. When Xiao Hong heard the news, she was so heartbroken that she chose to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff."

"This scholar surnamed Gu is such a heartless man!" Yi Changle scolded angrily.

"You and the people in Qingshan City think the same, but the truth is not like this." The shadow spirit continued: "The scholar is very handsome, and he is also famous in Qingshan City as a handsome man. After he went to the capital, he was

The prime minister's daughter fell in love with her and wanted to force her to marry the scholar, but the scholar thought of Xiaohong and refused to do so."

"The prime minister has only one daughter, so naturally it hurts to hold her in his hand. Whatever she wants, the prime minister will try his best to help her get it, including the scholar."

"The prime minister sent someone to inquire about the scholar's hometown, Qingshan City, and easily found out about the engagement between Xiaohong and the scholar. He then threatened the scholar with the lives of Xiaohong's family and the scholar's mother. The scholar lost his father when he was young, and it was his mother who pulled him away.

When I grew up, the scholar even hugged Xiaohong’s little nephew when he was born. In desperation, the scholar had no choice but to marry the prime minister’s daughter.”

"Then the scholar can't sue the emperor and let the emperor make the decision for him?" Yi Changle found the flaw.

The shadow spirit sneered, "That stupid and incompetent emperor only knows how to listen to the prime minister, how can he make decisions for scholars?"

"After the news of Xiaohong's death reached the capital, the scholar was devastated, but he had no other choice but to endure the humiliation in front of the Prime Minister and wait quietly for an opportunity. After more than ten years, he finally found an opportunity and annihilated the Prime Minister's family in one fell swoop

, and also pulled down the fatuous emperor and installed another wise emperor."

"After doing all this, the scholar still refused to forgive himself. He felt that he had killed Xiao Hong, so he went into seclusion in a temple. There were three thousand steps in front of the Buddha in the temple. He knelt up the steps one after another, nodding his head, day after day.

Day after day, year after year, I just pray for Xiaohong to have a safe and smooth next life."

"I am the shadow of the scholar. There is no one to complain about the pain in the scholar's heart, so he often tells me his emotions under the moonlight, his feelings for Xiaohong, his resentment towards the prime minister's family... He will always tell me,

The scholar knelt down and worshiped before the Buddha day after day, which opened my mind and gave me the opportunity to cultivate to perfection."

"So what you are looking for is Xiaohong's reincarnation?" Yi Changle's tone was somewhat certain.

The shadow spirit nodded, "After the scholar died, he did not want to enter reincarnation. He wandered in front of Xiaohong's grave all day long. I wanted to find Xiaohong's reincarnation so that the scholar could fulfill his wish so that he could enter reincarnation. But I searched for a long time and couldn't find it.

With Xiao Hong’s reincarnation, the scholar’s ​​soul is getting weaker and weaker. If reincarnation is worse, he will probably disappear from the world soon.”

Shadow said a little decadently: "I am really useless."

After listening to the shadow spirit's story, Yi Changle looked towards Jiang Yuchuan and said, "Help him."

Jiang Yuchuan nodded, then took out a turtle shell and poured a little magic power into the shell. The turtle shell was suspended in the air. After a while, he said: "Xiao Hong has not been reincarnated."

"Could it be that she is just like the scholar and doesn't want to be reincarnated?" Yi Changle guessed.

Jiang Yuchuan shook his head, "Xiao Hong has not been reincarnated because she has not died yet."

"Impossible! Xiaohong obviously jumped off the cliff!" Shadow Elf denied.

"Have you visited the scholar's grave in these years?" Jiang Yuchuan asked the shadow spirit.

"I haven't been there. Since the scholar's soul is in front of Xiaohong's tomb, why should I go to the scholar's grave?" Shadow Spirit denied.

"You should be able to find the answer if you take us to the scholar's grave." Jiang Yuchuan said.

"Then I will take you there now." The shadow spirit's tone was full of anxiety.

The scholar's grave is not near Qingshan City. We took a spaceship from night to dawn before we arrived at the scholar's grave.

The scholar's grave was not overgrown with weeds as expected, but was neatly taken care of. There was not a single weed in front of the grave. The sacrifices looked like they had just been replaced, and there was a bouquet of flowers placed in front of the grave.

The shadow spirit couldn't help but wonder, "The scholar has no relatives in this world, why would anyone come to worship him?"

"Is it Xiaohong who is worshiping him?" Yi Changle asked Jiang Yuchuan.

Jiang Yuchuan nodded, pointed to the cabin in front of him, and said to the shadow spirit: "The answer you are looking for is in that cabin."

As soon as Jiang Yuchuan finished speaking, an old lady with white hair and a long knife mark on her face walked out of the wooden house. The shadow spirit walked forward and asked her: "Why are you guarding here?"

Looking at Gu Heng’s tomb?”

The old lady didn't answer, and looked at the shadow spirit defensively.

The shadow spirit explained: "I am Gu Heng's shadow..."

Yi Changle quickly interrupted Shadow Jing's words, "He is Gu Heng's adopted son."

"Adopted son? How come Gu Heng never saw you visiting him during the ten years he stayed at Fotu Temple?" the old lady asked.

"You followed him to Fotu Temple and guarded his tomb. Who are you?" Shadow Spirit asked.

"Since you are his adopted son, do you know that before Gu Heng went to the capital, he had a fiancée in Qingshan City. I am his fiancée Jiang Hong in Qingshan City." Jiang Hong replied.

"But didn't you jump off the cliff?" There was some disbelief in Shadow Elf's voice.

Jiang Hong sneered, "Jump off a cliff? I wasn't forced to jump off a cliff by Gu Heng's cruel wife!"
Chapter completed!