Chapter 42 Xiaoqian regains his subordinates (1)
"Yunsheng, let's forget about this house..." After hearing the fat shopkeeper talk, Wang Qinian hurriedly spoke out to dissuade him.
If we say that he was also a master who did not respect ghosts and gods in the past, he often said, "We have the righteousness in our hearts when we read the books of sages, so why are we afraid of ghosts?"
However, after experiencing the Liu Niang incident, Wang Qinian was much more timid. When encountering such a thing, of course, he would rather believe that he had something than he had nothing. It was really worth losing his life for some money.
"Brother Qingyuan, have you forgotten my skills?" Chang Jin patted his shoulder and smiled.
"Um" Wang Qinian only then recalled that he had encountered a haunted house and was driven away by the other party.
With this ability, it should be no problem to move into a ghost house.
"Shopkeeper Zhao, I'm interested in this house. Get the key and lead the way."
"Two young men, you won't really want it..." Seeing that they still had no idea, the fat shopkeeper said with a sad face: "Listen to my advice, don't look at this house. If you two like other houses, you can still be cheaper if you want me..."
"Shopkeeper Zhao, whether to buy or not, we will always wait until we see it before talking." Seeing that he wanted to continue talking, Chang Jin hurriedly spoke out to stop him.
"Okay," the two of them didn't listen to the advice. The fat shopkeeper shook his head and returned to the backyard to get the keys of Qian's house, and then led the way in front.
Since the house was not far from Yashang, they walked over directly.
Qian Family House is located in Loufang, the north gate of the city. It is a large mansion with two entrances. It is said to be facing the street, but it is actually considered a remote area.
Standing at the door, Chang Jin released his spiritual sense and looked at it. He saw a faint black aura above the house. It was obvious that the evil aura here was quite heavy.
But this is normal. Any house that has no one to live in for a long time will produce evil spirits. The evil spirits are getting worse and worse, reaching a certain level, which will naturally attract ghosts and monsters to breed.
However, as long as people live in it, the evil spirit will naturally dissipate slowly after a while.
Chang Jin's realm has now reached the ghost immortal, and he doesn't even care about some evil spirits.
He stood at the door and looked at him. The shopkeeper Zhao used the key to open the copper-green lock, and then pushed open the wooden door.
When the wooden door opened, a decayed breath rushed towards me. Looking out, the courtyard was desolate, with yellow wormwood feet deep as knees, leaving behind many feces of small animals, and several birds pecked among the wormwood.
Seeing someone coming in, the birds quickly flapped their wings and flew to the branches.
The front yard is not big, so Chang Jin took a casual look and went straight to the back yard.
The rich man originally planned to spend money on this house, but he had a lot of effort when building it.
There are rockery, corridors, trees, flowers and plants in the backyard. There is also a half-square pond dug out, and a pavilion is built in the middle. The pavilion is covered with yellow dogtail grass, swaying in the cold wind.
This garden-style backyard is quiet in a mess, and it is a bit of a comfortable mood of "picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and leisurely seeing the southern mountains". Chang Jin fell in love with it after just one look.
However, due to the long-term uninhabited, the entire courtyard was full of dead branches and leaves. Although it was broad daylight, it still gave people a feeling of coldness, as if something was staring at them.
The cold wind blew, and the shopkeeper Zhao couldn't help but shivered and said anxiously: "Two young men, let's finish watching, hurry up and go back."
After saying that, he had already turned around and ran away without waiting for the two to respond, and seemed to have no intention of staying in the yard for a moment.
"How?" Seeing the other party running towards the front yard quickly, Wang Qinian asked in a low voice.
Chang Jin nodded, and had decided to buy it in his heart.
When he returned to the store, Manager Zhao thought the two had given up their thoughts and was about to introduce the rest of the house to them.
But they still insisted, and the dissuasion several times was ineffective. In desperation, he had to speak: "Two young men, if you really want to buy this house, you must write a document for me to declare that what happens in the future has nothing to do with our store, otherwise I will never sell this house to you."
"No problem, bring paper and pen." Chang Jin didn't like to delay when encountering problems, so he planned to buy the house today. This mansion covers a few acres of land. If it weren't haunted, he would probably not be able to get it without hundreds of taels of silver.
I originally thought that as long as I offered the silver and waited for the seller to send the house deed, the transaction would be considered a two-day settlement. Unexpectedly, after hearing what the shopkeeper Zhao said, Chang Jin realized that buying and selling houses in the Great Yan Dynasty was really not an easy task.
When the dynasty was first established, Yan Taizu had a clear rule: "If you sell it in a business, you should first ask your relatives if you don't buy a relative. Then ask your neighbors, don't want it, and others will have to trade it..."
In other words, if the homeowner, Boss Qian, wants to sell the house, must obtain approval from his family, tribe and neighbors. Moreover, this approval is not verbal consent, but must be "asked by account". That is, Boss Qian needs to list the question posts, list the names of relatives and neighbors one by one, and then state the reasons for selling the house and the price for the house. Then ask these people whether they are willing to buy their own house. If they are unwilling, Boss Qian can sell the house to others.
Without asking questions, neighbors have the right to report to the county government.
This house has been uninvited for several years, and the deadline for the question was long past. Now that someone has purchased it, the shopkeeper Qian must ask again.
After passing the "asking about relatives and neighbors", the buyer and seller cannot sign the contract immediately. First, you need to go to the county government to buy a fixed post, and then draft the contract. The content is nothing more than how much silver is sold to Chang in Qian's mansion, etc.
After the draft contract was approved by the yamen, four regular deeds were required to sign the contract. The buyer and seller each held one, the other was handed over to the county government for approval, and another one needed to be filed with the Commercial Taxation Court in Fucheng.
The transaction will be considered established after all four contracts are stamped.
After listening to the introduction of Manager Zhao, Chang Jin immediately had the idea of giving up buying a house, which was too troublesome.
Depending on the situation, the whole set of procedures was completed, and I couldn’t live in it in less than half a month.
He had no choice but to find an inn to stay in for the time being, and then report the address to Manager Zhao, and ask the other party to inform him after the matter was completed.
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Before she knew it, Xiaoqian had transformed into a body for more than a month. On this day, she was practicing in the water mansion. Suddenly, she heard a loud noise outside the cave, and two stone doors were suddenly knocked open. A monkey with more than meter tall and covered in white hair, and showed signs.
The thing was holding a huge iron rod in his hand, which looked quite heavy. It stepped into the hall and looked around with confusion. When it discovered Xiaoqian's existence, it was stunned at first, and then rushed up with a scream.
How did this water ape break into the cave? The water ape is also called a water ghost. This thing is born in water, which is very different from the land ape. It is also a member of the aquarium. It uses rivers, lakes and sea veins as its home and often migrates around. Although it is not big, it is extremely powerful in the water. Generally, the aquarium is no match for it at all. Many large ships walk on the calm river surface, but the boat capsizes without any warning. It is the reason why the aquarium is causing trouble at the bottom of the ship.
However, when it comes to the shore, the strength of the water ape is reduced by more than a few times, and ordinary humans can subdue it in three or five people. Therefore, this thing rarely goes ashore, and most of them are stirring up wind and waves in the water.
"Where did you come from, you a water ape? How dare you come to my river god's water mansion to make a fuss?" Xiaoqian asked loudly. Seeing that the water ape in front of her, whose cultivation is only the third turn of human immortals, she was a little confused. She was a Baishui River River God. Generally, aquatics should hide far away when they sense the aura of incense. How could this thing be so bold that they would come to provoke it.
It is estimated that as the position of the River God stabilizes, the spiritual energy in the water palace increases and penetrates into the bottom of the water. This thing senses the spiritual energy overflows and follows the breath.
But I spent several months in Baishui River and did not find the existence of a water ape. It is estimated that the habitat of this thing is not in the Baishui River area, but from other water veins migrating.
Xiaoqian guessed correctly. This water ape was indeed passing by. She felt that spiritual energy was seeping out of the bottom of the river, so she jumped out of the vortex to find out.
Seeing that there were other demons in the water palace, it naturally knew that it was the owner of this place. But when it entered the water palace, it immediately felt that the spiritual energy here was several times higher than that of the outside world, and immediately wanted to seize the cave. Although it instinctively felt that the woman in front of it was very dangerous, it did not pause and raised the iron stick and swung it over.
Xiaoqian didn't expect that the water ape would fight as soon as she said that, but with her current realm, she was more than enough to deal with a water demon who had three revolutions of human immortals. With a casual move, the essence of the true water quickly condensed in her hand and finally turned into a long sword.
Although she has cultivated into a human form, she does not have any weapons in her hand. She is just thinking about it and does not intend to use magical methods for the time being. Therefore, she can only condense into a sword to meet the enemy, reach out to stop the iron stick under her head.
The water ape was indeed not strong on land. Xiaoqian blocked it and actually reversed it more than three feet away. However, this thing was rough and thick in skin and flesh, so it was not damaged.
It climbed up from the ground, ran out of the gate of the Water Mansion, and then screamed outside with an iron stick. The Water Ape was just a three-turn of the human immortal, and had not yet transformed. In addition, this thing was born stupid and had not learned human words, so it could only scream in a mess.
The other party was calling for war? Seeing the water ape's movements, Xiaoqian understood for a moment.
Chapter completed!