Chapter 19: Ghost-Repelling Artifact
Gu Yu naturally wouldn’t refuse someone to lead the way.
As for whether there were traps, for someone with absolute strength, they were all scraps.
However, it was clear that the Prairie Yi Dian Hong and Kuang Ba Dao Ke were very honest. When the group arrived at the town’s inn, they didn’t encounter any danger or obstruction. This made Gu Yu feel that sparing their lives was a wise decision.
What’s more, without Gu Yu even having to give any orders, these two rushed to do all the work.
This made Gu Yu, who hadn’t enjoyed the service of a servant for a long time, immediately smile broadly, thinking how nice it felt not to have to work!
Originally, Gu Yu planned to let them go in a few days, but after tasting the benefits, he hesitated whether to take the two with him to find treasure.
Anyway, they had swallowed the poison pill, so there was no need to worry about their loyalty, let alone any danger.
As long as they honestly did their work, Gu Yu was willing to give them a chance to live.
If they served well, they could even follow him back to the capital and be given an official position, which would be much better than a life of licking blood from a blade.
“Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, I have big news!”
“Scram.”
“Sob sob sob, you’re no longer the brother-in-law who loves me.”
“…”
Just as Gu Yu decided to keep these two as servants, Gu Qingheng’s voice suddenly echoed from outside the door. This made Gu Yu quickly close the door, lest this kid Gu Qingheng sneak in and blabber.
However, Gu Yu’s actions were a bit slow.
When the door of the room was half-closed, Gu Qingheng’s leg also stretched in, directly getting stuck in the door gap, and his hand blocked the possibility of closing the door.
At the same time, Gu Qingheng poked his head in from the outside with a grin. His furtive look made Gu Yu very helpless.
However, Gu Yu did not let go, and continued to let Gu Qingheng be stuck.
“Brother-in-law, I just talked with Yi Dian Hong and the blade master for a long time, and I’ve already found out that the town’s mortuary is where the incident happened. Should we go take a look?”
“Oh? Take a look…”
“Yes, yes, let’s go take a look, we won’t do anything.”
“Okay, tonight, I’ll throw you there alone.”
Gu Qingheng, who was smiling, immediately shivered when he heard Gu Yu say he would throw him to the mortuary alone. His bright smile became forced.
He’s still a child.
He wouldn’t dare to go to the mortuary alone at night!
It seemed that his brother-in-law wasn’t curious at all!
Originally, he thought about asking his brother-in-law to take him to investigate the mortuary at night… With his brother-in-law’s ferocity, even if there were ghosts in the mortuary, they wouldn’t dare to approach.
This was a natural ghost-repelling artifact!
Damn it, the plan failed.
“What devilish idea are you scheming now! Stop talking, I won’t go with you. If you’re too curious, take the two you just recruited to take a look!”
Just as Gu Qingheng understood Gu Yu very well, Gu Yu also understood his younger brother-in-law very well.
Just looking at his expression now, he knew he was up to no good!
However, Gu Yu didn’t plan to wait for Gu Qingheng to make his move. Instead, he directly launched an attack, disrupting Gu Qingheng’s move and throwing his rhythm into disarray.
“Brother-in-law, you’re making things difficult for me, Qingheng. I’m going to sleep. Good night.”
“Wait, aren’t you eating dinner?”
As a result, Gu Yu succeeded.
Seeing his younger brother-in-law dejectedly preparing to leave, Gu Yu couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow, and then asked if he wanted to eat dinner.
In response, Gu Qingheng just raised his hand and waved, indicating he wasn’t hungry anymore.
“I’m not eating!”
“Today we have specialty dishes, I heard there are osmanthus wine meatballs, and fish-flavored…”
“I’ll eat!!!”
It turned out that humans are all lovers of “true fragrance.”
Even Gu Qingheng was no exception.
…
After Gu Yu ordered a table full of dishes, Gu Mengyao and her brother immediately joined in the feasting. Unlike other small towns, this town called Huali was excellent at cooking.
Especially the sweet dishes, which were incredibly delicious.
Originally, when Gu Yu first transmigrated, sugar was extracted by him from sugarcane juice.
Otherwise, the people of Linfeng Kingdom would still be eating brown sugar.
However, Gu Yu had already sold the sugar-making recipe to Chengfeng Shan. And unlike the small-scale Gu Yu, Chengfeng Shan had a mature team and had already sold sugar all over the country.
Moreover, due to its good quality and low price, civilians could also afford some.
Therefore, being able to eat sweet dishes in Huali Town at this time was all thanks to Gu Yu’s sugar-making recipe.
“Damn it, so much money, it’s really tempting!”
“Who said it wasn’t! However, someone has already investigated and found out that it’s not ghosts causing trouble, but someone is causing mischief.”
“Someone is causing mischief? What’s going on, tell us quickly!”
However, Gu Yu’s idea of having a good dinner was probably impossible now.
Because at the next table, the discussion about the lost corpses resumed. Unlike the various theories before, someone had already investigated some of the truth.
This made Gu Yu a little curious, and he continued to listen to what the next table was saying.
“Heh heh, if you ask others, they definitely won’t know, but my second aunt’s husband is the brother of the person who discovered the secret… When listening to his brother describe the situation at the time, it was so thrilling that my heart almost jumped out of my throat!”
“Alright, alright, Liu Erhu, tell us quickly! Don’t be like those storytellers in the teahouse, keeping us in suspense.”
“What do you know, this is called foreshadowing! They say that on a dark and windy night, my second aunt’s husband’s brother, Zhou Li, saw that several towns had issued bounty missions related to lost corpses. If this matter was resolved, he would receive multiple rewards at once, which made him unable to resist. He immediately rushed to the town’s mortuary…”
“Hey, is that Zhou Li from our Huali Town?”
Just as a burly man with a full beard sitting next to the big man was speaking enthusiastically, someone sitting next to the big man suddenly asked curiously.
This made the big man displeased and glared at the person a few times. Then, seeing that everyone around was listening intently to him, he continued speaking with satisfaction.
“Of course not, he’s from the neighboring Qingniu Town! Don’t interrupt me, I’m going to continue… After Zhou Li boldly entered the mortuary, he was initially just indulging his whim, so without any hesitation, he directly hid in a corner of the mortuary, thinking if he would see a ghost at night and get a large sum of silver!”
“It’s powerful to say that. Driven by the temptation of gold and silver, even seeing ghosts doesn’t scare him. This Zhou Li is also an amazing guy… However, even he didn’t expect that this time, instead of waiting for ghosts, two sneaky people showed up!”
