Manual of the Monster in City

43 Yuan Boyang's Entrustment

    Therefore, in the reception room of Thiotian Pavilion, surrounded by the splashing ink landscape screens, the rich Chinese style wooden furniture, and the gilded window papers, a group of people are enjoying the standard British afternoon with bone china tea sets in an extremely harmonious manner. tea.

    And standing in this incomparably harmonious scene, Jia Qingming has a look of lovelessness.

    "This is Mr. Yuan Baiyang Yuan, who is Qingming's partner." Xiaohei introduced.

    "Ah, you roar!" Xiaobai made a vague voice, chewing a ham sandwich in his mouth, smearing excessive white cream from between the slices of bread, and hanging on the corner of her mouth.

    "Hello." There was no wave on Yuan Mu-mutou's face, and his heart looked calmly at this room for food. Then he took a sip of tea, took a muffin very naturally, and ate it perfectly, blending into the atmosphere perfectly.

    "I am afraid that it is difficult for me to deal with this kind of commission." Bai Ling said. "Because the disappearance of a certain person is only for some people, but not for others. Maybe he just went to deal with some special things, and thus left his usual place. It may be more important to contact a detective office for such things. Better, it’s not a wish I need to fulfill for you, right?"

    "No, it is missing, I can be sure. And it should be very dangerous." Yuan Mu-mutou said, "Master Lin, he went to the forest in the suburbs."

    "Why? When was the last time you saw him?" Jia Qingming interjected.

    "It was yesterday, on the first day of the tiger wounding case, he said that he would go to the forest to check it out, but he has not returned to his hut until today. The house has been empty."

    "Why go to the forest?"

    "Master Lin is a forest ranger in the county." Yuan Mutou said, "Because of the tiger attacking people, he decided to check for himself what went wrong."

    "Hey, you have to tell the cause earlier! Otherwise, how can you understand it?" Jia Qingming couldn't help but complain.

    "It's the kid you know too little about here." Xiao Hei hugged his arm. "Even if you don't go out, you can watch TV and learn about various things in Shenting County."

    However, his landlord, Jia Shansheng, the former mountain god is like an iron c**k, and he is not stubborn. How could he be able to pick up the TV for him... He would be grateful if he didn't change his bedroom into a hotel room.

    "Master Lin is a good person." Bai Ling said, "Whether it is protecting wild animals in the forest or preventing forest fires, newspapers in the county often mention his deeds as a forest ranger for generations."

    "Do you know him?" Jia Qingming asked.

    "Yeah. I sometimes go there to help, do some relatively small jobs." Yuan Mutou replied.

    "So, the situation is that Master Lin entered the forest to check, but has not come back?" Jia Qingming confirmed with him.

    Yuan Boyang nodded: "And there is a new victim today, not Master Lin."

    "Well...so, he may be attacked by wild beasts, but you are not sure what the situation is." Jia Qingming concluded.

    "In this way, I can do divination. But I can only get a rough position. If... there is no offense, I just say if Master Lin is still alive."

    "Then please ask Miss Bai Ling. As for the price..." Yuan Boyang asked.

    "The price is simple, just take one thing from Mr. Yuan. It's best to be something that Mr. Yuan wears all the time. It can be an amulet or other personal items, but it can't be too expensive."

    "Hey, take someone else's personal belongings, don't Miss Bai Ling have any strange hobbies?" Jia Qingming decided to fight back, asking her.

    "The personal belongings that Mr. Yuan wears all the year round are the same thing that is contaminated with yang, and it can be used to resolve the crisis in the future." Bai Ling suddenly said with a profiteer smile. "However, the person who needs this basic magic weapon is probably Mr. Seimei. In short, it will be sold to you in the end."

    "Ah, I have a small pendant here." Yuan Mutou took out a small object from the neckline, which seemed to be a wooden pendant, tied with a string, which seemed to be a small object that can be bought in many scenic spots. "When I was young, my family invited me to ward off evil spirits. Actually, I don't need to wear them anymore. I just got used to it."

    "It's okay." Bai Ling said, taking the small pendant from Yuan Mu-mutou's hand, but after starting the item, she frowned again and said, "However, this item is indeed a bit expensive, although it doesn't. How much value, but..."

    "Ah, nothing. Master Lin is also a very important person to me."

    "It has nothing to do with this." Bai Ling smiled softly, and she gave Xiao Hei a wink, and Xiao He put down the cranberry cake and went out of the room, not knowing what to get. In short, she is more proficient in doing things like this than Jia Qingming.

    "Whether it's what is traded or what is exchanged, it has nothing to do with whether it is equivalent in the eyes of the exchange. What really needs to be balanced is the balance of heaven. But don't worry, I will give Mr. Yuan some extra services. ."

    While speaking, Xiao Hei came over with a copper basin. There was some water in the copper basin, no more, no less, and it shook slightly as she walked.

    Xiao Hei put the basin on the table and then handed a few bamboo chops to Bai Ling's hands.

    Bai Ling's gaze fell into the steady water basin and followed the water surface that was swaying slightly with inertia. She raised her hand and made a "please" to Yuan Boyang until the water surface was completely calm. gesture.

    "You can start. Please concentrate on what you want to ask." After saying this, she paused for a while, her eyes falling on Yuan Baiyang, as if she could see what he was thinking about now. of. Then she smiled slightly. "Very good, please continue to concentrate. It's about to begin."

    Bai Ling raised his slender jade hand and threw the bamboo raft on the water. The stress caused waves and even splashed some drops of water on the water surface. At this time, it seemed that it was frozen and calm, without any reaction.

    Everything seems to be dominated by mysterious magic, even the laws of physics no longer take effect in this copper basin, as if completely trapped in a supernatural realm.

    Jia Qingming actually wanted to reach out and touch the surface of the water to see if it had turned into a strange liquid or a strange state. But he felt that if he did this, there would definitely be very serious consequences. It would be light to be chased by Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai.

    The bamboo raft is not affected by wind and current, so it starts to circle and move on the water surface until finally, it forms a mysterious scene above the water surface.

    "There is a result. The northwest. It is indeed... the direction of the forest. Presumably, Master Lin is still in the forest. Others are hard to see."

    "It's so mysterious but it's totally useless?!"

    "At least it shows that he is all right." Xiao Hei said. "You can rest assured."

    "Then I will look for it," Yuan Mutou said.

    "Let Mr. Qingming go with him. That would be better." Bai Ling thought for a while and said.

    "Me? I think I can only..." Jia Qingming felt ashamed of what he was about to say, but he still let out a sigh of relief as if he collapsed his shoulders, "... drag Yuan Mumu's hind legs. "

    "It's okay to exercise." Xiaobai said, "Ah, Great Forest. Why don't you take me this time?" She asked, blinking at the stars.

    "Then you have to convince Mr. Qingming to do it, Xiaobai." Bai Ling said with a smile, "After all, he is the customer of the payment. But...this time it can be counted as Mr. Qingming and Mr. Yuan paying the price together. After all, with the remaining part of the cost of Mr. Yuan’s fall, the extra working years will be much less, how about it? Would you like to give it a try?"

    Bai Ling touched Jia Qingming's arm with her elbow and looked like a profiteer selling goods. This is the classic trick of "group buying and discount".

    "But... this is just an incident of beasts hurting people? Is it really necessary?" Jia Qingming hit the nail on the head and discovered the problem.

    "Oh, just try it." Xiaobai said, "and you won't lose a piece of meat."

    "No, this is not an ordinary thing." Bai Ling said, "wild beasts live in the forest, but they have a concept of human activity areas. This concept has been used as early as when people hunted them unscrupulously with weapons. They have mastered it. Generally speaking, they will never hurt people for no reason. The current season is not the breeding season. Tigers will not be very irritable and will not take the initiative to hurt people at the border between forest and human activities. Of course. There are other clues to infer that this matter is unusual, but I still want to give Mr. Qingming and your friends more fun of exploration and discovery."

    "Hey! Why can't you make it clear? And I don’t have any friends, this time only me and Yuan Mu-mutu will act together..."

    To this question, Bai Ling smiled without saying a word.

    There was Xiaobai's offensive next to him-Xiaobai, who was holding Jia Qingming's neck with his arms, looked like a "good buddy", and leaned forward.

    Although Xiaobai showed such a lack of gender, Jia Qingming blushed.

    "What are you doing..." He stepped back subconsciously, but his neck was hooked by Xiao Bai's arms.

    "Try it. I'm much better than Xiao Hei."

    "Huh? What are you talking about?" Xiao Hei looked cold.

    "What? Do you want to fight?" Xiaobai bared his teeth.

    "Could it be that I am afraid of you stupid dog?"

    Tensions.

    Cold air suddenly emerged from the room, like a super-cold air conditioner that was suddenly turned on, or perhaps a damp wind entering the room, Jia Qingming looked in that direction and saw Bai Ling standing there with his eyes Hidden in the dark place hidden by the bangs, the whole person looks "black in the hall", with a smile on his face, but it looks extremely cold against the background of this aura.

    "If you want to fight... please go out to fight. Otherwise..."

    Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai became petrified in an instant, shivering in front of Bai Ling like this.

    "Don't dare..." "Stop fighting."

    Two people expressed their opinions.

    Bai Ling tilted his head slightly, the aura just disappeared instantly, and the cunning profiteer smile appeared from the corner of his mouth again: "So, Mr. Qingming, do you want to trade? Regarding...Xiao Bai's right to use."

    "Say not to use such misleading words."

    On the other side was Xiao Bai’s dazzling eyes. Jia Qingming felt that this dog might be Erha. Although it was a samoyed white hair, it should be Erha's older.

    "Okay." He let out a long breath.

    "Hey, it's wrapped on me!" Xiaobai went back to the three-tier shelf to get some snacks after selling it with a serious face.

    "Why do I feel like I've been pitted..." Jia Qingming watched this scene with a look of love.

    "It's great, so the price owed to Mr. Yuan is paid off." Bai Ling said, smiling brightly. "Do you want some more black tea before you leave?"

    "And I have to prepare black tea by myself!"

    "Be careful about everything." Bai Ling held the teacup and drank the black tea with milk in the cup.