I Only Want to Lie Flat But Am Forced to Cultivate Immortality-Chapter 254 - 143 Golden Guardian, Mr. Ling

The bodies of the escort masters parked at the Feng Family courtyard all died at the hands of the Jinmen Gang.

It is worth mentioning that apart from a few condensed force martial masters, the Jinmen Gang also had a Yin practitioner whose background was unclear.

Xu Qing did not see the Yin practitioner make a move from the escort master’s memory lamp, he only saw that person standing at the bow of the boat, while the boat was filled with paper puppets with faces like gold paper.

Judging by the appearance, the status of the person seemed to be even higher than those condensed force martial masters.

Moreover, those paper puppets on the boat also looked very familiar...

Xu Qing suddenly recalled the wealthy customer encountered by Xuan Yu when guarding the shop.

That person once spent a hundred taels of silver to buy up all the paper puppets in the shop, now seeing the paper puppets on the boat, the more Xu Qing looked, the more he felt they were the ones consigned from his shop!

"Second Lord, I want to ask you about one thing, in the circle of wealthy owners in Jin Sect, is there such a person..."

"A wealthy owner who plays with paper puppets? What kind of strange pastime is that, never heard of it."

Xu Qing raised his eyebrows and said: "Second Lord also plays Galloping Immortal, doesn’t he?"

"That’s different, at least we have the word ’immortal’, paper puppets, those things are too eerie! Brother Xu, don’t think too much, your usual funeral business is legitimate trade, but anyone who idly plays with paper puppets, that’s rather peculiar!"

"Brother Xu plays with paper puppets?"

"I don’t play."

Second Lord Feng laughed: "That’s it, no decent person plays with paper puppets, it’s too unsettling!"

Though Second Lord Feng couldn’t remember such a person, he still provided some clues.

"I haven’t seen anyone who likes playing with paper puppets, but I do know of a wealthy owner who spends extravagantly and likes to dabble in various peculiar stuff."

Second Lord Feng pondered: "That person is named Long Engui, because his adoptive father and grandfather were favored courtiers in the palace for two generations receiving imperial favor, he changed to this name."

"I don’t get along with this person, and we don’t play together, a few days ago I ran into him at the Flower and Bird Market, only then did I learn that he came to Jin Sect."

Second Lord Feng guessed: "He likes to dabble in those peculiar things, I remember when he was in the Capital City, he even spent a fortune to buy zombies for fun..."

"Buy what?" Xu Qing was stunned for a moment, doubting if he heard it wrong.

"Zombies, the kind that are dead and cold but then bounce around!" Second Lord Feng feared Xu Qing didn’t understand, he specially explained again.

"Why would he buy zombies?"

Upon hearing this, Second Lord Feng bared his teeth, then recounted an utterly ridiculous old tale.

It’s said that Long Engui, in his youth, indulged in pleasure and played almost all the fun things in the Capital City, as he grew older, he got a strange disease that made him lose interest in everything.

He didn’t want to go to gambling houses, found brothels and flower houses dull, Long Engui felt that if he continued like this, he would be no different from a monk in a temple.

Thinking it over, Long Engui called his loafing friends, asking them for ideas. freēnovelkiss.com

Loafing friends lacked other skills, but had plenty of bad ideas.

One said, "Master Long, you feel uninterested because you’ve played everything common, to cure this disease, you need to try peculiar and thrilling things!"

Long Engui asked: "What is both peculiar and thrilling?"

The loafer replied: "Find a corpse driver at the Ghost Market, buy a female zombie for fun, wouldn’t that be thrilling!"

Long Engui’s eyes lit up: "What’s fun about female zombies? I have a favorite at Xianggu Hall, I’ll discuss with him, he must be willing!"

Nobody knew whether the young actor at Xianggu Hall agreed himself or was abducted by Long Engui.

In any case, within a few days, news spread in the Capital City that Young Master Long had been bitten by a zombie and had to go to the Celestial Master’s Mansion for treatment.

After recounting Long Engui’s past absurdities, Second Lord Feng shook his head and said: "A fool has his luck, after Long Engui stayed at the Celestial Master’s Mansion for a few days, somehow, he got connected with them and took charge of procuring Yin sect items for the mansion."

"The paper puppets Brother Xu mentioned may well be bought by him and sent to the Celestial Master’s Mansion."

Recalling the Yin practitioner’s appearance on the bow, Xu Qing asked: "How old is Long Engui?"

"Approximately forty or so."

Xu Qing fell into deep thought.

The Yin practitioner from Jinmen Gang was only about twenty years old. Considering this, it’s possible he might be from the Celestial Master’s Mansion.

But why would a Daoist from the Celestial Master’s Mansion be involved in Jinmen Gang’s matters?

After leaving the Flower and Bird Market, Xu Qing returned to the funeral shop and resumed business as usual, without showing any concern for the missing merchandise.

On the miscellaneous goods shelf, there were copper mirrors for female tomb owners as burial accompaniments. Ever since Xuan Yu returned from the Flower and Bird Market, he always perched on the shelf, staring at the copper mirror with mouth open.

But every time he opened his mouth, his eyes couldn’t see the scenery in the mirror.

Perplexed, Xu Qing came to the high shelf, looked up and asked him: "What’s wrong with your bite?"

After a silent moment, Xuan Yu finally said: "At the Flower and Bird Market, I heard those hired cats saying that the more channels on a cat’s upper jaw, the more valuable the cat. Top-grade cats have nine channels, best for warding off mice and safeguarding the house..."

Xu Qing suddenly understood, Xuan Yu was trying to look in the mirror, counting how many channels he had.

A cat’s upper jaw has grooves like channels, ancient lore says cats with only one or two channels are the most foolish, silly enough to get lost on a road. Three or four channels indicate gluttonous and lazy cats, not adept at catching mice, this type wouldn’t even look at a mouse stealing food right in front.

Cats with five to seven channels are relatively common, these cats are clever and agile, capable of guarding against household pests, belonging to the more distinguished category.

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