Uncle Nine, where are you running to?

Chapter 159 What to do when it rains

Lin Jiu's shyness only lasted for a short while.

A sense of justice and responsibility immediately took over the high ground of reason.

He did not choose to sit down to eat, but went back to the street and bought a few cakes, which he distributed to everyone while they ate while walking. He took out a compass and walked back and forth on the street, trying to find more clues.

The pedestrians passing by were mostly locals or people from nearby towns, and they all knew Lin Jiu.

Everyone respected him but was also afraid to see him.

Because every time you see him holding a magical weapon, it means there must be something abnormal nearby.

An old lady selling vegetables looked at Lin Jiu who passed by her vegetable stall three times, and her heart was filled with curiosity and fear.

She couldn't help but hand a yam to Jingzhi, and then said to Lin Jiu:

"Uncle Jiu, what are you looking for?"

"Nothing." Lin Jiu only then noticed the strange looks from passers-by.

He didn't want to cause panic, so he put the compass into his bag and gave the old lady a faint smile, as if asking casually:

"Auntie, you sell vegetables here every day. Have you ever seen any... birds passing through town?"

Speaking of this, the old lady became excited.

She pointed to the cross at the end of the street, which stood out from the surrounding houses and said:

"Right there. I've been seeing a few black dots flying around there for the past few days. I thought my eyesight was blurry, after all, I'm old... Now that you asked, I finally remembered."

Lin Jiu, who was standing aside, couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly after hearing these words.

He stood on tiptoe and looked toward the small second-floor attic in the distance that had not yet been carefully examined.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Jiu felt that he should go over and check again to feel at ease.

So he smiled and thanked the old lady, turned around and walked towards the end of the street.

Jingzhi held the muddy iron stick of yam in his hand, thought for a moment, and then gave the old lady a few copper coins: "Auntie, please come home early after selling the vegetables."

After all, vampires, like zombies, seem to be active at night and dormant during the day.

After saying that, she followed.

Before the three of them reached the end of the street, a burst of hurried footsteps suddenly came from behind them.

"Uncle Jiu! Uncle Jiu, wait!"

Jingzhi looked back and saw Shicheng moving among the crowd like a mole.

He seemed to be in a hurry, pushing through the crowd and rushing over at the speed of a 100-meter sprint.

There was still a look of fear on his face.

"What are you doing? Didn't Jiu ask you to dig a well? Is there an accident?"

Shi Cheng swallowed his saliva to moisten his dry throat, panting and pulling Lin Jiu towards the town entrance, "Heh...heh...no time to explain, come with me to the mountain and take a look!"

"..."

Jingzhi looked at the pancake in her hand, which Lin Jiu had not touched, and sighed silently.

Has he come here this way before?

When you are busy, you don’t even have time to eat?

No wonder he had diarrhea after eating mustard last time. He must have a bad stomach.

I wonder if the spiritual power she gave him last time cured him?

Shi Cheng didn't give her time to think. After the three of them got on the carriage, he drove the carriage so hard that the whip almost made a sound of breaking through the air. He wished he could get to the top of the mountain in an instant.

The carriage was shaking so violently that the two bites of biscuits Jingzhi had just swallowed were almost shaken out.

Just when Shi Cheng had just caught his breath and told them that he had found a strange corpse, a dull thunder suddenly sounded.

Jingzhi lifted the small curtain on the side and looked outside.

The dark clouds in the sky seemed to be pushed by a huge hand, moving very fast, and lightning like silver snakes shot out from the clouds from time to time.

As soon as she saw the lightning, she quickly pulled her hand back and leaned her butt towards Lin Jiu again, "Looks like it's going to rain."

She didn't stop until their legs were pressed tightly together through several layers of fabric and she could feel his body heat.

Lin Jiu glanced at Qiu Sheng.

He even suspected that if Qiu Sheng hadn't been in the car, Jingzhi would have shrunk back into his arms.

Qiu Sheng wasn't afraid. He lifted a corner of the curtain and looked up through the gap in the jungle to observe the sky:

"It's really strange. The sun was shining brightly just now, and there were no clouds. Why is there suddenly thunder and lightning?"

He turned back, stroking his chin as he recalled the past, and said to Lin Jiu, "Master... do you still remember the rain we encountered at Master's uncle's house? At the beginning... it seemed like this."

Jingzhi thought of the royal zombie that had chased her to death last time, and her heart skipped a beat. She turned to Lin Jiu:

"Last time, didn't you suspect that this situation was caused by someone? Do you think... could it be the case?"

Shi Jian knows the Thunder Fist and is the eldest senior brother of Maoshan. It would only take him a few minutes to attract thunder, right?

She stopped at the point, but Lin Jiu understood.

She is pointing the stone hard.

However, Lin Jiu felt that he might not be his senior brother.

His senior brother had a quick temper. If he really disliked someone, he would have punched them instead of resorting to such despicable means.

Lin Jiu glanced at Shi Cheng's back and whispered to Qiu Sheng, "Go to your uncle's house and see if Shi Shaojian is home."

"After watching it, go straight back to the charity cemetery," he added.

It seems that Shi Cheng is getting along well with Shi Shaojian, but we can't let him know about it.

Qiu Sheng was quick-witted and immediately understood what his master meant. He said "oh", stopped Shi Cheng, and got out of the car with a random excuse and ran down the mountain.

The carriage had already emerged from the jungle.

There seemed to be a rustling sound coming from the distance.

Lin Jiu lifted the curtain and saw that the wind and rain had already rolled into the opposite mountain, like a translucent flowing fog curtain, pressing towards them.

Tsk, what a bad time you came.

Lin Jiu turned to Jingzhi and said, "The rain is about to fall here. Don't go out for a while. Just stay in the carriage."

"...What about you?" She was not very willing.

The sound of lightning was getting closer and closer, as if it was ringing right above their heads. Jingzhi was startled and tightly grasped Lin Jiu's hand on his knee.

A blinding flash of lightning flashed across the dark sky, illuminating even the interior of the car for a moment. Lin Jiu's solemn expression was instantly revealed to her, "I must go over and take a look."

The current situation is becoming more and more like the sign before the royal zombies get into trouble, and Jingzhi's worries are gradually rising.

With his mouth slightly opened, he was about to tell him about vampires when he heard a long sigh from outside.

Shi Cheng stopped the carriage.

"We're here, Uncle Jiu, let's go, the rain is coming."

Lin Jiu got out of the carriage, patted her hands, and stopped her from coming out.

"I know you're afraid of thunder. Stay here and I'll be back soon."

"...Then you must be careful."

……

Lin Jiu and Shi Cheng left.

From a distance, there were seven or eight people gathered on the top of the mountain. Except for the village chief, they were all Awei's men.

It was such a misfortune that the rain started falling as soon as Lin Jiu walked up to him.

The rain came suddenly and no one brought an umbrella.

Looking at Lin Jiu, whose clothes were soaked from being beaten, Jingzhi's brows gradually furrowed.

Every autumn rain brings a chill, and he hasn't eaten anything. I wonder if he can hold on?

Lin Jiu said something to Awei there, and Awei called a few men to lift the things out of the pit.

Jingzhi looked from afar and found that the thing seemed to be a human figure, with a body as dry as firewood.

The rain was coming down hard, and there were several people blocking the view, so she couldn't see many details.

Awei approached Lin Jiu and worked in the rain, which seemed to make him proud. He said something and raised his hand to put it on Lin Jiu's shoulder.

Fortunately, Lin Jiu glanced in the direction of the carriage, said a few words, and asked Shi Cheng to go back.

She was in no mood to watch Awei's frustrated look.

She lifted the curtain with one hand and took out a handkerchief with the other, ready to go.

As soon as Lin Jiuyi got on the carriage, she immediately spread out her handkerchief and wiped his dripping hair.

Lin Jiu: "Ah Cheng, please take us back to the funeral home. There's something wrong with that body. You and your father should remember to watch Ah Wei burn it."

Shi Cheng nodded, then suddenly remembered that Uncle Jiu was sitting inside and couldn't see him. He slapped his forehead and raised his voice to drown out the heavy rain.

"Okay! It's raining so hard right now. I just told them to take it to the village office first. We'll burn it when the rain stops!"

"Okay." Lin Jiu wrung out the raindrops from his front, sat a little further away from Jingzhi, and tilted his head to avoid her handkerchief. "No need to wipe it. It's too wet. It's useless."

Jingzhi looked at the small wet handkerchief and couldn't help sighing, then reached out to help him untie his belt.

"...What are you doing?" He grabbed her hand.

The rain is heavy and the wind is strong.

The car curtain fluttered, and Shi Cheng's wet back could be seen.

Lin Jiu's eyes darted between him and Jingzhi, his eyes full of panic and disapproval.

Jingzhi: What kind of look? Is she that kind of person?

Jingzhi couldn't help but curl her lips. "No matter how fast he is, it will take more than half an hour to get to the charity cemetery. You'll catch a cold if you keep wearing wet clothes. Take them off and I'll dry them for you before returning them to you."

Lin Jiu, who misunderstood others, rubbed his hair that was still dripping with water and touched his nose.

Seeing that she had a cold face and seemed angry, he felt a little helpless.

After wringing out the hem of his clothes, he moved a centimeter closer to her, wanting to hold her hand. As soon as he raised his hand, the rain on his arm rolled down onto his palm.

He withdrew his hand somewhat awkwardly, grasped his belt, and asked hesitantly: "How do we heat it? Don't light a fire in the carriage. It could cause an accident and scare the horses."

Jingzhi sighed.

He looked like a big, cramped dog drenched by the rain, his eyes wide open, looking at her helplessly.

It made her feel soft-hearted.

"It's okay if you don't take it off." She reached out and placed her hand on his shoulder, and the soaked cloth immediately wet her palm.

Lin Jiu turned his head to look, pinched her wrist with two fingers and tried to lift it away, but Jing Zhi, who was circulating her spiritual power, said angrily: "Don't move."

Lin Jiu froze instantly.

The next moment, a warmth slowly spread from his shoulders to his entire body, and his body, which was cold from the rain, slowly became warm.

As time went by, Lin Jiu watched the water droplets on his body turn into steam, the sticky feeling of his clothes sticking to his body gradually disappeared, and his skin became dry.

The air in the carriage was like a sauna, full of warm steam.

Lin Jiu stared at Jingzhi's eyes and slowly tightened the two fingers that were pinching her wrist.

A blush gradually appeared on her face.

It's not hot, it's embarrassing.

Why are you looking at her like that suddenly?

It's so embarrassing.

I wanted to look away from him, but I couldn't bear to.

He rarely stared at her so actively.

It was pouring rain outside the window, and the thunder and lightning were still going on.

Jingzhi's fear of thunder and lightning was gradually dispelled by his look.

As they looked, their heads got closer and closer, so close that Jingzhi could even feel his breath.

Shi Cheng felt a heat on his back and couldn't help but look back.

Jingzhi quickly stepped back and withdrew her hand, looking at his half-wet clothes and dripping shoes with some regret.

Shi Cheng: "Uncle Jiu, did you do something magical? It's getting really warm inside!"

Jingzhi blushed and poked his arm, raising her chin towards Shi Chengyi.

Lin Jiu understood and felt inexplicably unhappy. "Yeah."

Jingzhi: "??"

He is really...

Fortunately, Shi Cheng was also wet all over and was in a hurry to get on with his journey, so he didn't ask any more questions.

He turned his head away, and Jingzhi's hand reached out to his arm again, trying to use the same trick.

Lin Jiu held her with his hand, which had recovered its body temperature, shook his head gently, and said in a low voice:

"That's enough. It's not easy for you to practice. Don't waste your spiritual energy on things like this."

"But you..."

"I am fine."

……

As soon as we arrived at the charity cemetery, the rain stopped strangely.

Shi Cheng was in a hurry to go home and change his clothes, and without even taking a close look at Lin Jiu, who was already half dry, he said goodbye to them in a hurry.

"Ha!" He covered his mouth and nose, frowned and sneezed.

Jingyi looked at Lin Jiu with concern, "Go in quickly!"

As soon as she entered the gate of the charity cemetery, she hurriedly called Wencai to boil water and make ginger tea.

Wencai's brain is working better now.

"Hey, you went out this morning without an umbrella, so I knew you'd get caught in the rain. Here, I just cooked this."

A tray was stuffed into Jingzhi's hand, with two bowls of steaming ginger soup on it.

"...You kid are quite smart this time!" Jingzhi exclaimed.

This sentence immediately made Wencai's tail stand up to the sky.

He walked briskly towards the kitchen, "Drink quickly, I'll go get you some hot water for a bath!"

……

Jingzhi walked to the door of Lin Jiufang with a tray.

He leaned his waist against the tray, freed one hand and was about to knock on the door when it opened from the inside.

Lin Jiu was in a bit of a mess at this time. He only had time to put on his shirt, and the buttons were only half-unbuttoned. There was also a white cloth draped over his head.

He glanced at the ginger soup in her hand and was a little surprised, "You so fast?"

Jingzhi walked past him into the house and put the tray on the table.

Then she pulled Lin Jiu, who was following her, to sit down, stuffed a bowl of ginger soup into his hands, and then walked behind him to wipe his hair.

"I'm not a god, I'm a literary talent. Although I'm not good at Taoism, he is still thoughtful. You are a good disciple."

Lin Jiu gently blew the hot air on his face and said proudly:

"He still has a lot to learn."

"...Tsk, I see you're quite happy!"

Fortunately, Lin Jiu had short hair and had just used his spiritual power, so he was almost done after just a few wipes.

She gently rubbed his temple twice, then leaned over to the side of his face and asked, "How are you? Does your head hurt? Do you have a fever?"

Lin Jiu had never been treated with such care and concern by anyone before. Even Wencai usually just gave him a bowl of ginger soup and that was it.

At this moment, his heart was warmed by her.

He couldn't help but tilt his head and peck her rosy lips lightly, his voice unspeakably soft, "It doesn't hurt, I'm really fine."

Jingzhi covered her lips and screamed wildly in her heart.

He took the initiative again, he took the initiative again! ! ! !

He took the initiative, but she was shy.

Jingzhi pinched the corner of her clothes with one hand and scratched her head with the other, "I, I'll go make you something to eat. The cakes I just bought are cold."

Looking at Jingzhi who was stepping on her front feet with her back feet, as if she suddenly couldn't walk anymore, Lin Jiu smiled.

She is so cute.

After putting on his clothes, he began to pack the wet cloth bag he carried with him.

Looking at the wet stuff inside, he said to himself, "Oh no!"

The five camp generals were forgotten to be released.

Also, why hasn't Qiu Sheng come back yet? Did something happen?

It seems like I forgot to do something...

……