Back that night, Zhou Jiayu tried to piece together the fragments about Xiaodou into a complete story.
It's just that the story seems to be missing a key page number, and it can't be written into a chapter.
After hesitating, Zhou Jiayu went to consult Lin Zhushui the next day. Lin Zhushui seemed to have long known his intention, so he threw him a document and said, "Look at it."
Zhou Jiayu took the document and looked through it, and found that Lin Zhushui gave him a document edited from an old newspaper, and all the content in it was related to the family of four who died and Xiaodou.
The two owners of Xiaodou are famous puppet masters who have won numerous awards in the industry. The two knew each other because of the baby, and the relationship gradually became stronger. In the end, they held a grand wedding, and the hostess took the doll and married the man.
Zhou Jiayu also found that the relationship between Xiaodou and the hostess seems to be unusual, because her shadow can be found in many photos of the hostess. She looks cute like a doll, standing quietly beside the hostess, but she becomes a landscape. From the time when the hostess won her first award to when she married her beloved, Xiaodoudou stayed with her and never left.
Zhou Jiayu saw their photos of the wedding. They love dolls, so even weddings are closely related to dolls. They even set up a banquet specially for dolls brought to the bride. Zhou Jiayu glanced at the old newspaper on this page, and suddenly found something, he counted it carefully, but found that there were indeed only nine dolls sitting at the banquet: "Sir, Xiaodou didn't say, Are there ten dolls in the dowry?"
Lin Zhushui sat opposite Zhou Jiayu and sipped tea. Hearing that, he said lightly, "Xiaodou is the maid who was married, and she is the tenth one."
Zhou Jiayu was stunned, and vaguely caught something. He continued to look through the newspaper content after that, but found that some things seemed to be different from what Xiaodou said.
A woman's married life was indeed very happy at first, but gradually, a rift appeared in her and the man's family, and there were even quarrels in public.
Zhou Jiayu said: "Hey, why can't you see... Xiaodou?" Xiaodou, who used to be with the hostess like a shadow, disappeared.
Lin Zhushui said, "She's gone."
Zhou Jiayu said, "Leave? Why?"
Lin Zhushui picked up the tea in front of him, took a sip, and said a fact that Zhou Jiayu never thought of: "Because, the hostess doesn't need to be a doll anymore."
Zhou Jiayu instantly understood the hidden meaning of this sentence, his eyes widened in disbelief: "You mean... all the dolls are made by Xiaodou?"
Lin Zhushui nodded, and he said, "Only the hostess and Xiaodou knew about this at the time, not even the hostess' husband." Their love was based on their love for dolls. The hostess in love, naturally She was afraid to tell her husband about it, and that's why she never made a doll again after getting married.
A real puppet master will never give up his beloved doll completely because of the family.
Zhou Jiayu tentatively said, "The male master found out... so... why did he quarrel with the mistress?"
Lin Zhushui raised his eyebrows: "Although it's just a guess, it's still inseparable."
As the married life continues, seeing that the hostess will not be a doll is about to be revealed, Xiaodou, who has a deep relationship with the hostess, does not want to be a spoiler, and chooses to leave ruthlessly.
Just before she left, she made the last doll, which was exactly the same as her, wore the same clothes and had the same hairstyle, and even Xiaodou gave her beloved hairpin, which she had worn for many years, to the doll.
"I'm leaving, don't worry, if I miss me, just look at the doll." - Zhou Jiayu could even imagine Xiaodou's expression and tone when he said this, his mood was a little low, and said: "But why did it end up like that?"
Lin Zhushui said: "It's probably the hostess of the villa who really treats the doll as Xiaodou."
Zhou Jiayu smiled wryly.
Judging from the data, the hostess's mental state has indeed become more and more unstable after Xiaodou left. The newspaper said that she was fascinated by dolls, and even began to not distinguish between dolls and real people. Seeing Xiaodou in the newspaper, she must have started to prepare to go back, but she did not expect that she was one step too late.
The noisy children accidentally damaged the mother's favorite doll. The mother's unstable spirit completely collapsed. She hacked and killed all three in the house. Finally, she took a shower and changed her clothes, and buried her little bean with great sadness.
"I knew you weren't coming back." The woman hummed and wept as she knelt among the rose bushes. "I knew you weren't coming back—"
The puzzle pieces in the story are connected little by little into a clear line, but the most crucial link is still missing - what Zhou Jiayu saw, the doll that killed the hostess, what exactly was it.
Before Zhou Jiayu could speak, Lin Zhushui explained his confusion: "Everything has a spirit."
Zhou Jiayu was stunned.
Lin Zhushui said, "When Xiaodou left that villa, all she wanted was to protect that home, and she conveyed this urgent feeling to the dolls she made."
Zhou Jiayu said: "So..."
Lin Zhushui nodded: "The woman who killed her husband and children is no longer the mistress of the family, but has become a brutal intruder."
Zhou Jiayu smiled reluctantly: "Doll, is it really alive?"
Lin Zhushui heard the fear in Zhou Jiayu's tone, he smiled, his voice was a little soft: "One of them, you have touched it."
Zhou Jiayu: "..." Prosperity, democracy, civilization, harmony...
Lin Zhushui said: "Come here, Xiaodou said that in order to celebrate your entry into the semi-finals, there is something for you."
Zhou Jiayu thought it couldn't be a doll.
As a result, Lin Zhushui really got up and took out a box over one meter long from the cabinet behind him: "I don't know what it is."
Zhou Jiayu smiled reluctantly: "Sir..."
Lin Zhushui said, "If you don't want it, return it to Xiaodou yourself."
Zhou Jiayu: "..." How dare he.
He took the doll dejectedly, thanked him sullenly, and was about to leave, when Lin Zhushui's voice floated over again, he said, "I heard that you want to leave the Fengshui world to take the civil servant exam?"
Zhou Jiayu: "..." Damn, it turns out that the monitor has sound!
Lin Zhushui said, "Huh?"
Zhou Jiayu was holding the one-meter-long box, smiling like he was crying: "Sir, I'm just joking, I can't pass the political trial, how can I take the civil servant exam?"
Lin Zhushui said, "Oh, you even thought about the political trial?"
Zhou Jiayu: "..." It's over, it's exposed.
Lin Zhushui said, "What if I could pass?"
Zhou Jiayu smiled dryly: "If I can pass... then I won't... go... "
Lin Zhushui said, "Oh."
Zhou Jiayu almost wanted to cry and said, boss, don't have this expression, I'm really afraid of your expression.
At last, when he heard Lin Zhushui's voice "you go", Zhou Jiayu seemed to be amnesty, hugged his box and ran out, almost bumping into Shen Yiqiong who was going to have lunch. .
Shen Yiqiong's eyes straightened when he saw what was in Zhou Jiayu's arms, and said, "Zhou Jiayu, did Mr. give you another gift?"
Zhou Jiayu said, "Fart! It was given to me by Xiaodou!"
Shen Yiqian said, "Who is Xiaodou?"
Zhou Jiayu then told Shen Yiqiong the story of his participation in a gloomy tone.
Shen Yiqiong made his scalp explode, especially when Zhou Jiayu said that when he saw the child hiding under the bed and being pulled out abruptly, he made a stop gesture: "Let's have lunch. Say it, okay?"
Zhou Jiayu said: "In!"
The warm food soothed the two frightened souls. After the story was finished, Shen Yiqiang fussed to see what kind of doll was in the box.
Zhou Jiayu carefully lifted the lid of the box, and found that the box contained a doll that was almost identical to him, but this doll was much smaller and looked like a miniature version of himself.
Zhou Jiayu was shocked: "Your doll is so delicate, how long does it take to make it?"
Shen Yiqiong said, "...It would take more than a week to work overtime."
Zhou Jiayu said, "So Xiaodou should have known about me a long time ago?" He fell into deep thought.
Shen Yiqiong was also full of surprise. He originally thought in the direction of the supernatural, but he didn't know that Zhou Jiayu came to say: "It turns out that Mr. helped me pave the way early, Mr., he is really a good person."
Shen Yiqiong: "..."
Zhou Jiayu said: "I will never say Xu Ruizang cheated again."
Shen Yiqiong: "..." He didn't say anything, and bowed his head to plan rice.
As a former party member, Zhou Jiayu's way of thinking is always so strange and full of scientific flavor. When most people see this doll, what they think of is a fateful encounter, but he is very realistic that Lin Zhushui ordered Xiaodou in advance... which paved the way for him to win the game.
Although Shen Yiqiong had everything he wanted to say in his heart, he couldn't say it when he looked at Zhou Jiayu's face.
After the competition, the identities of the ten contestants will be listed on the Internet. Of course, it must be the internal website of the competition association.
Zhou Jiayu was bored, so he and Shen Yiqiong went to a nearby black Internet cafe to have a look online. Then he found that this website was amazing. There were even videos of the game. Below the video was a hot message area.
Zhou Jiayu curiously clicked on a video that ranked first. This video seems to be a wonderful clip of the contestants. Zhou Jiayu also saw Xu Ruiliang. Xu Ruiliang is really strong and seems to be the first to find the doll. When he appeared, the barrage on the video exploded in an instant, most of them were praising Xu Rui's strength, and the barrage painted a heart to express his mood.
Zhou Jiayu said, "Xu Ruizang's popularity is so high?"
Shen Yiqiong was playing games next to him, and when he heard the words he said disdainfully, "He? He's an ass, so let's not mention our master. My senior brother can also crush him."
Zhou Jiayu had not met Mu Si yet, so he was a little curious about the senior brother Zhou Jiayu said, "Really?"
Shen Yiqian said: "No, he was almost kidnapped by his admirers in the final that year."
Zhou Jiayu: "..." I didn't expect your business to be so dangerous.
Zhou Jiayu asked curiously again: "What about Mr. Lin? His anger..."
Shen Yiqiong said: "This website does not dare to put Mr.'s video."
Zhou Jiayu said, "Why?"
Shen Yiqiong said: "I let it go once, the server was paralyzed, and it was transmitted to the external network."
Zhou Jiayu: "… "
Shen Yiqiang sighed: "This is also a good thing, only we can see the beauty of Mr.
Zhou Jiayu thought that you would say it in front of your husband.
After Xu Jinliang, there were several other players. Zhou Jiayu watched it with relish, and was amused by interesting barrages from time to time. However, such a good mood was completely lost when he saw the clip about himself.
On the screen, he stepped on a hairpin, then curled up on the stairs, crying secretly. The barrage was silent for a moment, and then suddenly broke out, and everyone was swiping "Fuck, who is this?" "Who also entered? Can you enter after a sleep?"
But soon there was a barrage to clear up the confusion for others, saying that you don't know each other? This disciple of Lin Zhushui, the first place in the preliminary competition, the unworldly genius who won the Emperor Green!
Zhou Jiayu blushed when he saw this barrage, and dragged the propulsion bar silently.
As a result, the barrage at the back was led astray, saying, "I see, it's Mr. Lin's disciple, so this action must be quite meaningful. Look at his face-covering posture, it doesn't seem like he is forming a seal. "
Zhou Jiayu: "..." He just had a headache. Thank you.
With mixed feelings like this, Zhou Jiayu watched the video, and then found out in despair that the second video on the list was actually the content of his and Lu Ruan's solo competition. In that video, he was very weak again and almost fainted, but this time someone who knew the goods saw the way and typed the word "empathy" in words.
However, Zhou Jiayu didn't understand this very well, and it was embarrassing to just read the beginning.
Shen Yiqiong shouted from the side: "What are you doing, keep watching, I want to see how you killed Lu Ruan!"
Zhou Jiayu: "..." You and Jiba must have something in common.
In the end, Zhou Jiayu refused to open it. Shen Yiqiong opened the video and watched it with gusto. He commented while watching, saying, "Jiayu, you did a good job, you have a lot of depth..."
Zhou Jiayu: "Where is the depth?"
Shen Yiqiong laughed and said, "Tears have depth."
Zhou Jiayu: "..." Stop talking, thank you.
In fact, Zhou Jiayu was not the first to cry during the game, but everyone else was frightened. He was forced to be empathized. Such an explanation seems to be a lot higher, and it is finally not that embarrassing.
According to Shen Yiqiong, the content on this website cannot be made public. It is estimated that Lu Ruan, who challenged Zhou Jiayu, probably saw this website by accident. In addition, he has some talents, so he is a miraculous self-taught. Into the rematch.
Zhou Jiayu remembered what Xiaodou said again. After ten years of struggle, it is not as good as someone else's flash of inspiration.
After watching the video, the two walked back to the hotel slowly.
The next day, Zhou Jiayu learned that the semi-final was half a month later, and the location was not in Yunnan, so Lin Zhushui had already booked a flight back and was ready to leave in the afternoon.
Yang Mian was quite reluctant to part with the two of them, saying that there would be a chance to drink together again.
Zhou Jiayu and Shen Yiqiong looked at each other and forced a smile, but what was in their minds was the rune book that wasn't finished yet...
After half a month, they returned to their residences, and the other three who went out to do errands have not returned.
After Zhou Jiayu got home, he made some food casually, and ate it with Shen Yiqiong.
Zhou Jiayu said, "Where will the semi-finals be?"
Shen Yi said vaguely with noodles: "As usual, if there are fewer people in the preliminary round and semi-finals, then at least one of the semi-finals and finals is in a place with a lot of people."
Zhou Jiayu said, "A place with a lot of people... Can it be counted as a character?"
Shen Yiqiong said: "Hey, don't tell me, one year is really counting the eight characters, but it is much more difficult than counting the eight characters. It is really not easy to pick out five people who are hungry for water in a hundred people. "
Zhou Jiayu said, "Hungry for water life?"
Shen Yiqiong said: "There is a saying in Zhouyi, in layman's terms, that he was born between May 5th and August 8th."
Zhou Jiayu felt that if such a problem really happened, he would probably have announced his abstention on the spot.
Shen Yiqian said: "But don't worry, there's still half a month left, Mr. won't let you take the test naked like this."
Zhou Jiayu thought to himself, but he had already passed the preliminary and knockout exams naked.
But Shen Yiqiong's guess was right. On the second day of his return, Lin Zhushui passed by and asked Zhou Jiayu to go to his residence every afternoon.
Zhou Jiayu carefully asked what he did in the past.
Lin Zhushui said lightly, "I won't eat you."
Zhou Jiayu said, "Hahahaha, Mr. is really joking. He is so nice, how could he eat me."
Lin Zhushui raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard the sentence "Sir, you are so nice", but he didn't know what to think.
Shen Yiqiong listened to the conversation between the two, and expressed shock and regret at Zhou Jiayu's performance after Lin Zhushui left.
After Lin Zhushui left, Zhou Jiayu said angrily, "Shen Yiqiong, if it were you, I guarantee you will be better than me."
Shen Yiqiong said, "How could it be possible..."
Zhou Jiayu said, "What would you do if your husband asked you to come over every afternoon?"
Shen Yiqiong thought for a while: "Bathing and changing clothes every day, vegetarian food burning incense..."
Zhou Jiayu left without saying a word.
Shen Yiqiong was still behind him and said, "Then you can't say I'm a dog, I'm hard on my husband!"
Zhou Jiayu wondered if your attitude was tough or where? Be careful where it shouldn't be hard, and it will never be hard again in a lifetime.
But quarrels are quarrels, and what needs to be done has to be done.
On the first day of going to Lin Zhushui's residence, Zhou Jiayu really went to take a bath and put on two incense sticks after thinking hard.
Shen Yiqiang nibbled chicken legs on the first floor and asked him to go back early.
Zhou Jiayu didn't speak, kept a serious expression, and stepped out of the room.
In August, summer has come. Knowing the tireless chirping of Chi in the treetops, the lush canopy casts dappled shadows.
Zhou Jiayu walked along the stone path, according to the map that Shen Yiqiong had drawn for him. A few minutes later, he saw Lin Zhushui's residence.
He was inexplicably nervous, entered the garden cautiously, wiped his sweaty palms, and then raised his hand to knock on the door.
"Come in." Lin Zhushui's voice came.
Zhou Jiayu took a deep breath and slowly pushed the door in.
In the living room, Lin Zhushui was sitting in the backlight. He seemed to be playing with something in his hand. He heard the footsteps of Zhou Jiayu entering, and said slowly, "Come on."
Zhou Jiayu walked over and sat down beside Lin Zhushui.
Lin Zhushui said: "From today onwards, I will personally teach you the basics of some Feng Shui matters, you should study hard."
Zhou Jiayu said sincerely: "Okay, sir."
Lin Zhushui said: "Fengshui has been passed down for thousands of years, and there are countless calculation methods. The compass is one of them, but with external force, it is not the right way." He took a compass next to him and handed it to Zhou Jiayu. "Especially for someone with a special physique like you."
Zhou Jiayu took the compass and was surprised to find that the pointer on the compass was spinning like crazy, as if he had encountered an unrecognizable magnetic field, and he could not stop for a moment, let alone use it.
"The method of flying stars in the nine palaces is the most basic and most important method in Feng Shui calculation." Lin Zhushui said, "Right hand."
Zhou Jiayu carefully gave birth to his right hand, but saw that Lin Zhushui held him gently. Lin Zhushui's skin was indeed much colder than ordinary people's, but in this hot summer day, it looked like a piece of cold jade with a hint of coolness. He gently squeezed Zhou Jiayu's palm, and placed his index finger, middle finger and ring finger side by side. together.
"Each finger has three knuckles, and they can form the nine palaces." Lin Zhushui said slowly, "The flying stars in the nine palaces have a fixed order, there are no rules, you can only memorize them, I will draw it again, you Try to remember."
As he said that, he gently gestured between Zhou Jiayu's fingers with his fingertips. Zhou Jiayu didn't dare to get distracted, and watched Lin Zhushui's movements with all his attention.
I don't know if it was his delusion or not. He always felt that there was a stream of heat, and along with Lin Zhushui's movements, it poured into his body along his arm. The heat was very soft, and Zhou Jiayu felt extra comfortable.
"Do you remember?" Lin Zhushui asked after drawing three times.
Zhou Jiayu nodded obediently: "Almost remembered."
Lin Zhushui said: "This is the way to calculate the good and bad luck of the stars..." He also talked about the nine stars and seven attributes of good fortune, what is the nine fortunes, and the twenty years they each control.
It has to be said that compared with Jiba's teaching, Lin Zhushui is obviously more experienced, and even many of Zhou Jiayu's ignorance points, he only used a half-word to solve Zhou Jiayu's confusion.
Before I knew it, an afternoon that Jiayu thought would be very difficult this week passed by like this.
When Lin Zhushui said that it was getting late, and when it was time to go back, Zhou Jiayu was still reluctant to part, he hesitated for a moment, and wanted to whisper, "Sir, come over for dinner, today they brought fresh fish over here. …”
Lin Zhushui smiled but not smiled: "Aren't you afraid of me anymore?"
Zhou Jiayu bit his head and lied: "Haha, I've never been afraid."
Lin Zhushui said, "It started shaking again."
Zhou Jiayu was broken by Lin Zhushui and looked embarrassed.
"Go." Lin Zhushui said, "I'll come later."
With Lin Zhushui's answer, Zhou Jiayu suppressed the excitement in his heart, and went out of the house humming a song and trotting back all the way.
Shen Yiqiong saw his eyes full of spring light when he came back, and said in horror: "What did Mr. give you again?"
Zhou Jiayu said, "No."
Shen Yiqian said, "Then why are you so happy?"
Zhou Jiayu said shamelessly, "Sir, take my hand and teach me the Nine Palaces Flying Star!"
Shen Yiqiong choked his breath when he heard the words, and his tears almost fell: "Do you know how Mr. taught me back then..."
Zhou Jiayu said, "How to teach?"
Shen Yiqiang howled: "Take a stick—one meter away from me—"
Zhou Jiayu said with pity: "Dear, stop crying, let's eat fish at night."
Shen Yiqiong still stared at Zhou Jiayu angrily, and muttered that he couldn't compare to Zhou Jiayu, and his skin was not as white as Zhou Jiayu? But his chocolate color is inherited from his father!
Zhou Jiayu patted him on the shoulder: "Don't think about it, sir, you can't see you in black and white, maybe it's my unique temperament, like a firefly in the dark night, that attracts your attention..."
Shen Yiqiong stared at Zhou Jiayu, his expression obviously saying that Zhou Jiayu is really shameless.
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