Jiang Wang finished his bath, put on clean clothes, and walked out of the bathroom refreshed.
Water washes away the worldly body, and the world washes away the dusty mind.
Ignoring Xiaoxiao who came in with his head lowered and took away the old clothes, Jiang Wang walked through the yard and walked into the main hall.
The sealed jar of tiger bone wine was placed on the table in the middle of the hall.
Earlier when they were in Maplewood City, under the influence of Du Yehu, they often liked to gather together for banquets.
Jiang Wang is no stranger to fine wine.
He casually sat down at the square table, reached out and patted the wine jar, and his eyes suddenly froze.
Under the wine jar, there was a note hidden for some reason.
Jiang Wang looked around and felt nothing strange.
Just pull out the note and unfold it. There are only three words on it: don't drink.
The font on the note was crooked, and the writer had obviously blurred the handwriting on purpose.
Problem with wine?
Jiang Wang thought for a moment and shouted outside: "Xiao Xiao!"
Xiaoxiao ran into the house panting: "Master, what's the matter?"
"Who came here when I was taking a bath just now?"
"No...has Master lost something?"
She clenched the hem of her clothes with her fingers, fearing that she might be too worried.
"Oh, not really. I was just asking casually." When Jiang Wang saw this, he didn't ask her what she was thinking. He waved his hand to appease her and said, "You can go about your business."
After the little maid walked out of the door, he turned back and looked at the jar of wine in front of him with great interest.
In a small pond like Hu's Mine, his mentality is very stable.
"It seems that there is something wrong with this jar of wine. Who did it and why? Who reminded me?"
"Before delivering this jar of wine, the old man surnamed Ge went drinking with Manager Hu. With the small-minded virtue shown by this man, it is possible that he might have done something wrong."
"If the Qingmu Immortal Sect is attached to the East King Valley, it should have extraordinary attainments in the poison field. I must be more careful."
"If the old man surnamed Ge does not know how to live or die, then what role does Manager Hu play in it?"
"Who knew all this and reminded me in this way?"
"I have no enemies here, and I probably don't have any friends either."
Jiang Wang thought for a while and then simply opened the wine seal.
A strong aroma of wine comes to your nose. The color is clear and transparent, it can be considered a good wine. Manager Hu must have spent a lot of money on it.
Jiang Wang condensed a green spike with one finger and put it into the wine jar.
This is the third-level middle-grade Taoist skill that Dong A once taught him, swallowing poisonous stings.
More than ten breaths have passed, and the sting's blue color remains the same as before, and no reaction can be seen.
"Does that person named Ge really have some tricks that I can't detect? However, the level of swallowing poisonous thorns is really not up to par."
Thinking of this, Jiang Wang's mind entered the Taixu Illusion Realm, directly consuming 1,500 energy, and used the second-floor stage to upgrade the poison-swallowing sting to the second-class high-grade level, turning the poison-swallowing sting into a poison-swallowing flower.
Exit the illusion of Taixu, pinch the Dao Jue, and the poison-swallowing flower blooms on your fingertips.
Its color is like emerald, its shape is like jade carving, and its lines are faint.
Throw this extremely beautiful poison-swallowing flower directly into the wine, wait for a while, and still see no change.
"Isn't it poisonous?"
This small mine has a lot of strange places.
Jiang Wang thought for a while, then gathered a ball of wine directly from the wine jar, pressed it down with one palm, and pressed the ball of wine into the ground, through the floor tiles, and into the mud.
Then cover the remaining tiger bone wine and push it aside.
With his current strength, there should be no rivals in this mine. As long as he is cautious, he is fully qualified to remain unchanged in response to all changes.
In view of the warning of this note, he will not eat the food here or drink the water here. Anyway, his current body does not really need these.
Jiang Wang was meditating in the main hall.
As one of the four extraordinary monks stationed at Hu's mine, he doesn't have much to do.
All you need to do is cooperate with the formation to repel a vicious beast when it comes occasionally.
Then there is the escort of miners back to town once a month, usually with two extraordinary monks. In turn, they are only dispatched once every two months.
If you don't consider anything else, this job is indeed leisurely and suitable for monks who have no enterprising spirit.
…
Xiaoxiao washed the dirty clothes, made another pot of tea, and brought it to Jiang Wang.
Busy in and out, like a small spinning top, never stopping.
"It smells so good..."
As soon as she entered the main hall, she was stunned for a moment.
There seemed to be flowers blooming in front of her eyes one after another, and the fragrance filled her nose. She felt comfortable and relaxed.
In fact, she has already been exposed to Jiang Wang's Taoism and the sea of flowers.
The main effect of this Taoist technique is to induce hallucinations. If Jiang Wang had not restrained his power, Xiaoxiao would have no idea what was happening now.
It's not that he doubted the poor little maid, he just habitually practiced Taoism anytime and anywhere.
Because the Taoist magic was not fully activated, Xiaoxiao was only slightly affected. She felt comfortable and smelled the fragrance, but of course it was just an illusion.
Jiang Wang took the tea cup and put it aside casually. Under the influence of the sea of flowers, he asked: "How long have you been coming to Hu's Mine?"
This slight influence will not cause any harm to Xiaoxiao, but will make her feel relaxed subconsciously, allowing her to speak according to her heart.
To put it simply, it means telling the truth.
"More than two years, almost three years."
"You have been here for so long, do you remember anything strange happening?"
"What kind of thing is weird?" Xiaoxiao asked.
She did not lose her mind, but under the influence of Taoism, she temporarily ignored the danger and became relaxed and natural.
He is no longer so cautious when speaking.
"It's just something that's unreasonable. Things that normal people wouldn't do, or things that wouldn't happen under normal circumstances."
Xiaoxiao bit her lower lip and said: "Ge Heng is an old pervert. He likes to torture people. The more painful the people he tortures, the happier he is. He likes to use a whip, dip it in water, and whip it on people.
.My favorite is Silver Needle, he often..."
"Is there anything else?" Jiang Wang couldn't help but interrupt.
The situation of old man Ge Heng is indeed abnormal, but it has nothing to do with the abnormality of Hu's mine.
He felt uncomfortable hearing the things he did and couldn't bear to listen.
Therefore, my dislike for Ge Heng deepened, but after all, now is not the time to settle the general ledger.
"Other things...things that wouldn't happen under normal circumstances..."
Xiaoxiao thought for a while and said: "Last year, someone said that they saw a luminous sheep in the mine. Everyone was surprised, how could there be a sheep in the mine? How could the sheep shine? But he swore by it.
It doesn’t look like he’s lying...it’s a strange thing, maybe that’s what it is.”
"Where is that person?"
"I didn't see him again after that. I heard he seemed to have gone back to his hometown."
It is normal for people in mining areas like this to come and go, and their place of origin cannot be verified one by one. They basically just leave.
But Jiang Wang could smell a bit of coincidence.
"When was this thing you mentioned last year?"
"I can't remember exactly, maybe August or September?"
It is now April. More than half a year ago in Hu's Mine, that is, around the winter month, someone broke into the mining area at night and was bumped into by the extraordinary monks at the mine.
There were battles between the two sides.
Later, the extraordinary monk also left the mining area.
And pushing the time forward a few months, that is what Xiaoxiao said, a miner saw a sheep in the mine.
The miner also left afterward.
It's hard to say there is any necessary connection between these two incidents. But what they have in common is that the parties involved have left, and there is no follow-up.
If you look at them together, there are very strong marks of ax chiseling.
"The monk who lived here half a year ago..." Jiang Wang paid attention to his wording: "What kind of person is he? Can you tell me?"
Because Xiaoxiao was the maid of that monk before. After he left, he was "asked" by Old Man Ge to come over.
So Jiang Wang tried his best to consider her mood when asking questions.
Xiaoxiao lowered his head, unable to see his expression clearly.
Huahai is not a Taoist technique that specializes in interrogating information. Under its current use, it is at most equivalent to a small relaxed chat.
"It doesn't matter, you don't have to say it if you don't want to," Jiang Wang said.
"He...is no different from other gentlemen. At most, he doesn't know how to hit me."
Jiang Wang knew very well that the so-called maids did not have much autonomy. To a large extent, these maids in Hu's mine could be said to be the playthings of the monks.
For many extraordinary monks, they do not have any great future or lofty ideals. The enjoyment of life and wealth is the reason for them to pursue extraordinary things.
Even the weak monks who are reduced to working as guards in the mining area, such as the old man surnamed Ge, do not forget to enjoy themselves to the best of their ability.
Jiang Wang nodded and planned to end this topic.
But Xiaoxiao continued: "He...he said he would take care of me, protect me, and...take me away."
Even under the influence of the sea of flowers, it was very difficult for her to speak. If she was in a normal state, she would never say it.
After all... in the eyes of many people, this is too ridiculous.
An extraordinary monk, promising to take care of a maid in the sanctuary?
Even if Xiaoxiao was carried away and didn't think it was ridiculous at the time, by now he should still know how ridiculous it was.
Because it turned out that when the monk left, Xiaoxiao didn't even know what happened.
"Thank you for telling me this." Jiang Wang said and dispersed into the sea of flowers.
Xiaoxiao felt dazed for a moment, then returned to normal. He looked down at his toes.
"For my routine money, you can directly ask Manager Hu to withdraw it."
Jiang Wang said: "If you need to add anything to the courtyard, you can arrange it yourself. I won't ask."
The remuneration he negotiated with Director Hu was mainly Dao Yuan Stone and some gold and silver coins needed for daily life. The mining area was not stingy with extraordinary monks.
Arranging some things to do can make the maid feel better.
Summer has arrived, and the air is starting to get a little dull.
Jiang Wang glanced at the sky outside the courtyard, which was dark.
