Chapter 40: Zhong Ling'er

  "Master, why did you leave? Obviously that person is Zhong Ling'er!" I asked in puzzlement.

  "You've heard Cong Que talk about his wife before, what's your impression?" Mao Shi Jiu suddenly asked.

  "His wife was taken away by a big shot from the underworld, he's in extreme pain!" I said without hesitation.

  "Is he just in extreme pain?" asked Mao Shi Jiu again.

  "And there's Zhong Ling'er!"

  "Right, someone mentioned earlier that a big shot from the underworld was coming, this girl must be seeking revenge. You've also seen it, Zhong Ling'er's skills are still pretty good, but why did she shoot an arrow just now when we were chasing her, and it didn't have much power? It's clear she didn't want to kill us, so it's possible that she knows us. And who else among the ghosts would know us?" When I heard Mao Shi Jiu say this, I suddenly realized what was going on.

  "Do you think Zhong Kui knows?"

  "Shi Di should still be unaware, otherwise he would definitely stop her. According to Shi Di's temperament, he would rather risk himself going through the Ghost Gate to save his wife, and he wouldn't let his daughter take risks either. He is being held back by his daughter, otherwise he really would have charged into the Ghost Gate." said Mao Shi Jiu.

  "Are we going to expose her?" I asked with a frown.

  "Zhong Ling'er saw Sheng Gui Wang take away the ghost shark, and you took away Sheng Gui Wang. She will definitely come looking for you. We just need to go to sleep now, and she will come looking for us." Mao Shi Jiu said calmly.

  We casually found a place to sleep for the night, but it was a big disturbance that night. I woke up in the middle of the night and saw a hanged ghost hanging above my head. Mao Shi Jiu kicked out several miles away with one foot. The outside was noisy all night, and after falling asleep, we were woken up again by the noise. Ghosts appeared everywhere in the room, and finally, Mao Shi Jiu set up an array, which made it much quieter.

  Knock knock knock knock, who's knocking on the door at this early hour? I rubbed my sleepy eyes and stretched.

  "Who is it? So early!" I slowly got up from bed, still feeling tired, and went to open the door.

  As soon as the door opened, a man wearing a black hat and pressing it very low appeared outside the door.

  "Who are you?" I asked.

  "We've met before." He said this as he took off his black hat.

  "Zhong Ling'er!" I exclaimed, as expected, Zhong Ling'er had found her way to my doorstep.

  "Wouldn't you like me to come in and sit down?" Zhong Ling'er's handsome face looked so inviting that it was hard to refuse.

  "After you." I made a gesture of invitation.

  Zhong Ling'er smiled lightly and nodded before directly going in.

  However, I completely forgot that Mao Shijiu had not gotten out of bed yet and was exposing half of his buttocks outside the quilt. Of course, when it comes to this, Mao Shijiu and I were sleeping in a double bed, not together, which needs to be explained.

  "Wait a minute." I finally remembered Mao Shi Jiu who had yet to get out of bed. But it was clear that I had called out a bit too late.

  "Yang Guo, I'm going to kill you! Who told you to bring her in?" Mao Shi Jiu roared.

  Only saw Mao nineteen tightly wrapped in a quilt hiding in the corner, covering his body, leaving only one head.

  "You, get out." Mao Shi Jiu pointed at Zhong Ling Er and said with a scowl.

  "There's nothing worth watching anyway." Zhong Ling'er cast a disdainful glance at Mao Shi Jiu, then snorted and turned around to leave.

  "Hurry up and close the door." Mao Shi Jiu urged.

  "What's wrong with you, it's not like we're in the olden days anymore, why are you being so traditional? You're not even naked, what's there to be so excited about?" I also hummed a couple of times.

  "You know what? Your master hasn't even had a romantic relationship yet." After finishing, Mao Shi Jiu covered his mouth again, saying he had misspoken.

  "So you're also a virgin?" I raised an eyebrow.

  "Get out!" was all that could be heard, a thunderous roar echoing through the mountains and forests.

  A fifty-year-old virgin, I was thoroughly amused. I chuckled and walked out the door. Zhong Ling'er saw me laughing so happily outside and asked, "What are you laughing at? Tell me!", When I heard Zhong Ling'er ask, my mouth couldn't close even more.

  "Haha, nothing!" I tried to hold back my laughter but couldn't help it.

  "What is it?" My laughter only piqued Zhong Ling'er's curiosity even more.

  "My master is still a..." Before I could finish speaking, a palm came down from the sky and hit my head, making me dizzy.

  "Shut up." Mao 19 was a bit angry.

  "Hey, little nun! What brings you looking for us?" Mao Shi Jiu said with a sly smile to Zhong Ling Er.

  Hei Momo thought it was just as usual. Zhong Ling'er opened her mouth and said, "Master, I have a request to make." After finishing speaking, she knelt down in front of Hei Momo.

  "Hurry up and get up, what's going on, speak quickly." Mao Shi Jiu went forward and supported Zhong Ling Er.

  "Master Shibo, I know your Taoist skills are profound and you've even taken in big shots from the underworld. Please, please save my mother." Zhong Ling'er said as she burst into tears.

  "Your mother was taken by the dark forces very early on, I don't know how to save her either." What Mao Shi Jiu said was true, it's really hard to get any clues to rescue.

  "I know how to save him, didn't you capture a big shot from the underworld? Is that monster a cow-headed fish-mouthed human with a dorsal fin on its back?" Zhong Ling'er asked.

  "Yes." Mao Jiu replied.

  Zhong Ling'er cried even harder, "It was him who took away my mother." Zhong Ling'er's tears kept flowing, two streams of tears that never stopped.

  "Oh? Are you sure?"

  Zhong Ling'er nodded silently.

  "You need to understand that the monster is called a Guijiao, and although they are rare in hell, there aren't just one or two of them, so it's likely another Guijiao," said Mao Shi Jiu.

  Mao Shi Jiu finished speaking, and Zhong Ling Er was stunned for a moment.

  "But we can try, however not now, because of some reasons, we cannot directly communicate with Guiyan, and need to wait for a while." Now the King of Oni is already asleep, and I have not yet grasped the King of Oni's ghost book, so I can only wait until the King of Oni wakes up before questioning Guiyan.

  Zhong Ling'er's disappointed eyes sparkled again. She saw hope and nodded continuously.

  "Alright, I promise you, next time we have a chance, we'll come back here. Don't tell your father for now, he definitely won't let you take this risk," said Mao Shi Jiu.

  "Right, I'll definitely get my little brother to help you later." I was referring to Sheng Gui.

  Zhong Ling'er's face finally revealed a smile, she had been in pain for so many years because of her mother's death. She tried every means to save her mother, but the world of the living and the dead were separated, how could Zhong Ling'er alone break through the underworld to rescue her mother?

  "Alright, you'd better go back now. Your father will be worried about you. He's so fond of you and is afraid that something might happen to you too." reminded Mao Shi Jiu.

  Zhong Ling'er nodded and directly kissed Mao Shi Jiu's face. Mao Shi Jiu was stunned, his entire face turned red, his eyes widened in surprise, and his mouth formed an "O" shape.

  "Don't mind him, he can't take it if you do this. It's okay here." After I said that, I also stretched out my neck to kiss her, and then Zhong Ling'er just said one word: "Oh!", and I suddenly lost balance. Obviously, it was my little brother who went to help you, which means I helped you, what a big deal! What kind of logic is this? But after thinking about it, if she kissed me like a man kissing me, it would be weird, fortunately, fortunately, my heart suddenly felt happy."

  Mao Shi Jiu still hadn't come back to his senses, this was probably his first kiss! A 50-year-old's first kiss could rival a vintage wine cellar! Mao Shi Jiu's face turned bright red from head to toe, like the glow of sunset, and his heart remained intoxicated in a beautiful dream.

  "You, me, we, that, this." Mao 19 started talking nonsense, I've never seen him so not calm before. I think it's time to find a wife for him, otherwise the Mao Mountain sect will be cut off from descendants. It's still possible now, I don't know why I thought of this, but I feel great today.

  "Master, we should head back." But Mao Shi Jiu still had a foolish look on his face, with drool almost dripping to the ground.

  "Oh! I'm going back, I'm going back." Mao Shi Jiu's eyes were dazed.

  I simply dragged him out, and Mao Shi Jiu still turned to Zhong Ling Er and said goodbye with a flying kiss. It's unbearable, no wonder it's his first spring at the age of fifty.

  We must hurry back to Jiangnan City as soon as possible, for fear that the Bull Fighting Group will make things difficult for Lin Mo's family.

  On the road, I asked Mao Nineteen: "Why haven't you had a romance yet?"

  Mao Shi Jiu said a sentence: "In my life, I have only liked one girl." The rest of Mao Shi Jiu would rather die than mention another half sentence.

  I won't force him anymore, but I'm still curious how a nineteen-year-old like Mao would like a girl and not pursue her? These questions will be left for later.

  Soon we returned to Jiangnan City, and in just three short days, we had explored all the ghosts and Xiangjiang River. This was my first time traveling far from home, and I learned a lot of things along the way.

  Back in Jiangnan City, the first place he went to was the Public Security Bureau. Li Jian Tian was in his office answering a call from his superior that wouldn't stop ringing.

  "Yes, I will definitely complete the task on time."

  That was the last thing we heard outside the door.

  As soon as the door opened, Li Jian Tian was seen scratching his head with a worried look on his face.

  "You're back, the recent events have got me all worried. I received a message from an insider, the body smugglers are using several routes to transport the corpses, and so far we can only confirm three of them. One of the routes is meant to distract the police on the surface, while the other two were busted by the police, one was destroyed and the remaining one is still under investigation. According to reliable sources, the Taurus Group has already received the first batch of goods, I have no idea how large this shipment is." Li Jian Tian said with a sigh.

  "Alright, we know now, and now we have to go meet this fake Lin Yu." Mao Shi Jiu said to us.

  "Come on, I'll take you to see the fighting skills of China and the West." Mao Shi Jiu said excitedly.

  "I don't care about all that, as long as Lin Mo is fine."

  "Don't worry, if anything happens I'll be your girlfriend."

  I looked at Mao Shi Jiu's stout figure, and thought about his face and the fifty-year-old old bachelor, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva with a serious expression.

  We arrived at Lin Mo's large villa, and from a distance, we saw Lin Mo. He and his brother Lin Yu were sitting in the garden drinking tea. I waved at Lin Mo, who looked very happy, bouncing over to greet me, and Lin Yu also smiled.

  It's definitely not right, Lin Yu shouldn't be smiling like that. The first time we met, I will always remember his smile at the time, with a condescending and disdainful expression.