Needless to say, there are winding bridges and quiet paths in the manor, exotic flowers and plants. Zhan Zhan looked at it along the way, like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, seeing it dizzyingly, occasionally meeting a few passers-by on the road, all of them with their nostrils turned up to the sky.
Shui Chilian greeted them politely, and didn't care if they responded or not.
Zhan Zhan thought to himself: It seems that Shui Yao Huang is not doing well in Zhuangzi.
Those people were taken aback when they saw Zhan Zhan, all of them had strange expressions, and even the way they looked at Shui Chilian changed a little. A few people even showed the light of greed, looking like they can't wait to rush up to snatch people.
The old god Shui Chilian was there, walking non-stop, and even turning a blind eye to the wolf-like eyes around him.
Zhan Zhan suffered a lot. He finally understood Tang Seng's feeling of being stared at by monsters from all walks of life.
Fortunately, those people were afraid after all, and did not dare to do anything blatantly.
Shui Chilian didn't stop walking, and led him quickly through the gardens, to the gate of a secluded small courtyard. At this time, the sky was gray, and there was only a light orange cloud band in the western sky, which would disappear in a blink of an eye.
Shui Chilian first whispered to a little boy in the courtyard for a while, the little boy went in for a while, then came out and pointed at Zhan Zhan, "Master said it's fine for him to go in."
"Okay." Shui Chilian turned to Zhan Zhan and said, "You go in?"
Zhan Zhan nailed his feet firmly to the ground, "Am I alone? I'm afraid."
Shui Chilian said: "I'm waiting for you at the door as a teacher."
This makes him even more afraid. But Zhan Zhan saw Shui Chilian's determined face and knew that even if he didn't take the initiative to go in, he would definitely be thrown inhumanely by him. After thinking about it, it would be more decent to go in. He followed the boy inside.
The little boy secretly looked at him several times.
Zhan Zhan said, "What are you looking at?"
Xiaotong said with a blank face: "You look very similar to my little uncle."
Uncle
Zhan Zhan's heart skipped a beat, and he shouted, "It's a bad dish."
The masks were sold by the Shengmingtang. The rule of killing people in the Songmingtang is to wear a mask to kill people, and then sell them, and resolutely not waste any resources. Whether the buyer will take the blame is none of their business, anyway, it is a business that is willing to buy and sell. Looking at the current situation, it is clear that he has been blamed.
But he thought about it again, everyone in the world knows that the one who likes to wear a mask to kill people is the Songmingtang, and the one who wears the mask afterwards is the professional householder who buys the mask and is a scapegoat. Xiaotong and his master have no reason not to know.
So what do you call him alone
Wouldn't it be to inquire about the market and market price of masks
Zhan Zhan followed the boy to the door of the room with a nervous heart. The little boy respectfully said: "Master, someone brought it here."
"Come in." The shrill voice was shocking.
Zhan Zhan's heart beat faster, and at the urging of the boy, he pushed the door open and entered the house.
The room is full of medicinal fragrance, and walking into the room is like walking into a big pharmacy. The big pharmacy is divided into inner and outer rooms, and he only saw the screen and the looming arch behind the screen, but no one saw it.
"What's your name?" asked the shrill voice.
Zhan Zhan said: "Battle knife."
"Yeah." The man came out from behind the screen. He is a tall, tall, handsome middle-aged man. He sized Zhan Zhan's eyes, nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay."
Zhan Zhan was confused. What good
The middle-aged man didn't explain, so he called the little boy and told him to place it in the West Wing.
Zhan Zhan: "..." I was singing empty city tricks in my stomach, and I couldn't sing The Story of the West Chamber! His stomach also gurgled twice in coordination.
The little boy said strangely, "Come with me."
Zhan Zhan followed him slowly, went out, and said after making sure the middle-aged man couldn't hear him, "Where's my master?"
The little boy said: "After delivering it, you will leave."
Zhan Zhan: "..." Didn't you agree to wait for him outside? ! wipe! Shui Chilian, oh Shui Chilian, it was a waste of time. When he was reading the text, he was full of affection for the character of Yaohuang Shui Chilian. Ganqing is a decently packaged alternative human trafficker and a big liar full of nonsense!
The little boy took him into the west wing, "Stay here well, don't run around, I'll bring you food later."
Zhan Zhan grabbed him worriedly, "Are you coming back?"
The little boy asked strangely: "How can I bring you food if you don't come back?"
Zhan Zhan said: "You won't lie to me, will you?"
The little boy shook his hand away impatiently.
Seeing that he didn't lock the door, Zhan Zhan felt relieved, walked around the door, but didn't see anyone. I don't know if he will be stopped when he goes out now? Zhan Zhan was a little moved. Instead of lying on the chopping block as meat, it is better to dig holes like a mouse. He thought about it, and walked to the gate of the yard involuntarily.
The little boy ran towards him, saw him standing at the door, frowned and said, "Didn't I tell you not to run around?"
Zhan Zhan said: "I'm so hungry." How did you come back so quickly
The little boy said: "I know, so I ran to trot back."
Zhan Zhan: "..."
Xiao Tong sent him back to his room, put down the food, and was about to leave when Zhan Zhan grabbed him. Zhan Zhan said: "You can chat with me."
The little boy said: "Master took the medicine, I have to take it back. I don't have time."
Zhan Zhan pulled him and refused to let go, "You accompany me to eat, and I will accompany you to collect the medicinal materials after eating."
Xiaotong is very different from the other seniors in age, so few people talk to each other on weekdays, and it is rare that someone asks him to accompany him, and he has long been willing in his heart, and when he heard that he wanted to help me collect the medicinal materials, he said half-heartedly, "Eat faster. "
Zhan Zhan picked up the bowl and devoured it hungrily, sweeping away the food like a storm.
Xiao Tong: "..." The brothers are right, the world outside is really not very good.
Zhan Zhan followed the little boy to the medicine drying field, which was as big as a primary school playground, and the medicinal materials were densely sun-dried. Fortunately, there are lampposts standing around, otherwise it is so dark, I don't know how to receive the Year of the Monkey. He looked at the little boy's thin back, and his heart was full of sympathy. This group of inhumane, oppressive child laborers!
"What do you want to talk about?" The little boy pushed a cart out from the side, lowered his head, bundled the same type of medicinal materials into a bundle, and put them into the cart.
Zhan Zhan painted gourds in the same way, and said: "Tell me about your little uncle. Does he really look like me?"
The little boy said: "I've only seen the portrait, and the portrait is very similar. I heard from Master that he was murdered to death a few years ago."
"Where is the portrait hanging?"
"There is a picture in the room of every uncle and uncle, and incense is worshiped every day."
Zhan Zhan: "..." Are you sure it's the little uncle, isn't it the God of Wealth
Zhan Zhan asked some more questions, and the boy answered them very generally. Zhan Zhan saw that he was speechless, so he had to step up and help him collect the medicinal materials. The two were busy when they suddenly saw a middle-aged man walking towards here in a hurry.
The little boy stopped to say hello.
The middle-aged man said angrily: "What did you bring him here for!"
The boy was so trained that he dared not answer.
Zhan Zhan said: "I have nothing to do here, so I just want to help."
The middle-aged man glared at him, and said to the little boy, "Put the medicine first, and take the man back first."
Xiao Tong lowered his head and sent Zhan Zhan back to his room to sleep.
Zhan Zhan felt that he had caused him trouble, and he made amends all the way, but the boy refused to answer. Zhan Zhan had no choice but to enter the room alone, and was about to close the door when he saw Xiaotong also come in.
"you… "
The little boy said, "I live here too."
Zhan Zhan: "..." As expected of Yaohuangzhuang, the place where medicine sleeps is more spacious than the place where people sleep. He originally wanted to take advantage of the night to go out and wander around for a couple of times, but now it seemed that it was useless. He washed up casually with the boy, and lay down with his clothes on.
Although I was tired, I couldn't fall asleep with my head resting on the pillow. He closed his eyes and thought of Han Feixie for a while, wondering if he had succeeded, how he was doing now, whether he would be anxious when he woke up and found that he was gone, then thought of Master and the others, wondering if he was safe, and then remembered The mother who is far away in Tiandu and the father who guards the frontier don't know if they are doing well now.
After tossing and turning in the middle of the night, he finally felt a little drowsy, and was awakened by a series of rapid knocks on the door.
The little boy got up neatly and opened the door.
The middle-aged man walked in and said to Zhan Zhan who was still rubbing his eyes and laying on the bed, "Follow me."
Zhan Zhan said, "Where are you going?"
"Why do you ask so many questions!" The middle-aged man finished speaking impatiently, then turned his head and explained some things to the little boy.
Zhan Zhan doesn't sound right, why does it feel like middle-aged people are going to travel far away? He said, "I want to see my master."
The middle-aged man sneered twice and said, "Where did you get your master?"
Zhan Zhan was sure that he was betrayed by Shui Chilian, but he still yelled: "Shui Chilian Water Medicine Emperor is my master."
The middle-aged man said: "I just took you to see him."
Liar.
Zhan Zhan cursed in his heart and pretended to be puzzled, "Why do you have to go in the middle of the night?"
"Where are there so many problems!" The middle-aged man stretched out his hand and tugged at him.
Zhan Zhan couldn't move for half a minute! The strength of the middle-aged man is at least higher than that of the sword king! Knowing that struggling was useless, Zhan Zhan got off the bed cooperatively and followed him out.
As soon as he got to the door, he saw fires flickering outside the yard and the sound of fighting. Zhan Zhan's heart trembled, he looked at the middle-aged man, and found that he looked a little flustered, and led him to the back door of the yard.
Could it be that Shui Chilian brought someone to kill him
Just as Zhan Zhan was thinking, his hand was held by the middle-aged man. He seemed to notice that he was distracted, and said coldly: "Put your mind away, if you dare to take half a step away, I will tear off your arms and legs!"
Zhan Zhan said with a dry smile, "I just feel cold."
The middle-aged man snorted coldly.
The back door is narrow, and there is a quiet path through it. The green trees on both sides of the path are gloomy, the moonlight is not shining, and the lights are dark.
Zhan Zhan thought: This is a good place to kill people and bury their bodies.
After walking the quiet path, they came to another courtyard. This courtyard was so huge that the two of them walked for half a stick of incense before reaching the end. Then they went out again and walked up the mountain road.
Knowing that it was useless to ask him, Zhan Zhan couldn't help but said, "My master lives on the mountain?"
The middle-aged man suddenly turned around and grabbed his neck.
Zhan Zhan was shocked! Do you really want to do it here? He was about to resist, but the middle-aged man opened his mouth and dropped a pill, then lifted his chin, forcing him to swallow the pill.
"What is this..." Zhan Zhan found that his voice was very hoarse, coughed twice, and then spoke, but couldn't utter a word.
The middle-aged man said: "It's so annoying!"
Zhan Zhan: "..."
The middle-aged man walked forward, but Zhan Zhan didn't dare to lag behind even half a step. Who knows if he'll give him another pill to turn him into an RC car.
When the two reached the top of the mountain, the sky would be bright.
Zhan Zhan saw a huge stone cave on the top of the mountain, and the entrance of the cave was covered by mountains and haze, which was a vast expanse of whiteness.
The middle-aged man stood outside the mist, adjusted his clothes with relief, and respectfully said: "Unworthy disciple Wang Yuanqiu pays respects to Master."
It took a long time in the cave before a low and hoarse voice came out, "Didn't I tell you not to bother me if you have nothing to do?"
Wang Yuanqiu said: "I don't dare to disturb Master's meditation if I have nothing to do, but there is one person who wants to ask Master to take a look."
"Is there anyone in this world worthy of my attention?" The speaker revealed a strong sense of sadness.
Zhan Zhan noticed that Wang Yuanqiu had a strange expression, a bit disdainful and a little bit envious, but his tone of speech was as respectful as ever, "Five years ago, the master ordered us to find the murderer who killed the junior brother, and now the murderer has been found."
Zhan Zhan: That person will not be...
The people inside were silent for a while, and then said again: "Let him in!"
Wang Yuanqiu said anxiously: "Master agreed at the beginning..."
"Bastard, I'm afraid that I will renege on my debt?!"
Only then did Wang Yuanqiu beam with joy and said, "I dare not." He pushed Zhan Zhan, "Go in."
Zhan Zhan shyly refused to go in.
Wang Yuanqiu lifted his foot and kicked his ass.
Zhan Zhan jumped forward, and fell into the white mist. Before he got up, he felt his scalp tighten and his whole body was pulled up. He yelled in pain, and rushed forward seven or eight steps with both legs, but the strength suddenly disappeared. He fell to the ground again.
"Look up." A deep voice came from all directions.
Zhan Zhan rubbed his scalp and stood up slowly, only to find that there were holes in the hole, and there were three holes in the front, left, and right. He smelled a very strange smell in his nose, like a mixture of medicine, blood and fruit. Very uncomfortable.
"Where did you get this mask?" the man asked.
Zhan Zhan's heart tightened, and he wanted to speak but couldn't make a sound, so he could only gesture yellingly.
The man said: "Go to the cave on the right, open the messy drawer of the Tianzi cabinet, take the antidote inside and you will be able to speak."
Zhan Zhan went into the cave as he said, and saw four large cabinets lined up at a time, with the words "Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang" written on them, and the sky is the last. He opened the drawer, saw a few black pills randomly placed inside, took a look, hesitant.
The man said impatiently: "My patience is limited! If you don't want to die, hurry up."
Zhan Zhan sniffed the medicine, and thought to himself: I've already taken one anyway, so let's take one more if you take one more! He closed his eyes, swallowed the medicine, and hid a few more in his bosom before pulling the drawer and going out.
The man asked the question again impatiently.
Zhan Zhan thought: The problem really lies in this mask. He opened his mouth "ABCDEFG" and tried the sound, and then he explained the origin of the mask in detail, but Han Feixie was hidden.
The man said: "If you dare to use such a mask of unknown origin, you deserve it if you die."
Zhan Zhan smiled wryly and said, "There's no way, it's always good to have a mask next to you when you're traveling all over the world."
The man said: "If it was two years ago, I would definitely kill you. But you are lucky, two years later, my mood is very different."
Zhan Zhan's heart moved and he said, "Aren't you going to kill me?"
The man said: "Not killing you is temporary. I want you to do one thing. If you succeed, I will save your life. If you fail, I will kill you as well."
Zhan Zhan said, "What's the matter?"
"I want you to help me kill someone."
Zhan Zhan's heart trembled, and he tried to calm down and said, "Who is it?"
"It's the person who sent you up the mountain just now."
Zhan Zhan was stunned, "Isn't he your apprentice?"
The man sneered and said, "What apprentice! It's just a white-eyed wolf who covets the position of the owner."
"I've never killed anyone."
The man said contemptuously: "Idiot! In this world, if you don't kill others, you will be killed. Even if I don't kill you, Wang Yuanqiu will definitely kill you when he sees you again."
"why?"
The man said: "I once said that whoever catches the murderer who killed Ai Dong will inherit Yaohuangzhuang. Hmph, do you think he will let you fall into the hands of others?"
Zhan Zhan said: "But I'm not a murderer."
"They don't care so much. They only know that the murderer wore a mask and you wore a mask, so you are the murderer."
Zhan Zhan was dumbfounded and said, "This is simply unreasonable!"
The man said: "This is an unreasonable world. If you want to be reasonable, you must first make others listen to you. You have no other choice now. If you want to survive, you have to kill him."
Zhan Zhan said: "I'm afraid that I will be soft and be killed by him."
The man said angrily: "Coward! Does he have any compassion for sending you up the mountain? What's the difference between killing such a beast and killing chickens and dogs?"
Zhan Zhan felt that his worldview was slightly distorted. "You let me think about it."
"What are you thinking about!" The man was angrily silent for a while, and then said, "Forget it, think about it carefully!"
Zhan Zhan breathed a sigh of relief, leaning against the cave, and sat down facing a cloud of white mist. The man didn't stop him, as if he was sure that he would not leave.
Zhan Zhan held his right hand with his left hand and found that his hand was shaking a little. Although the man spoke radically, it was not unreasonable, if he didn't kill Wang Yuanqiu, Wang Yuanqiu might not be grateful to him, maybe he would preemptively kill him because of this possibility. It's one thing to know, but another to really make up your mind to kill someone. Maybe in an emergency, he killed and killed in a daze, but now it was premeditated murder.
This feeling is like knowing that it is useless to be nervous when the list is released, but I still feel nervous and pray involuntarily. This is how it is now, knowing that accepting that person's conditions is the only way out, but the thought of killing someone still makes my hands tremble uncontrollably.
He hugged his knees, silently in a daze.