Chen Gulong was not lying. We rescued Shi Naiguang's child and put him in the car. After warming him up for a long time, we got him to speak. Then we learned that Xiaofan had used broken glass to cut the rope and escaped. We hurriedly split up and searched everywhere, but we didn't find any trace of the child until dawn.
I was so angry that I punched Chen Gulong unconscious, tied him up and threw him into this basement, then drove away. As for his life or death, that depends on fate. Anyway, I kept my promise. I didn't call the police, and I didn't tell anyone about this.
In the following days, we searched for Xiaofan all over the world, drew his portrait, posted missing person notices all over the streets and alleys, and published them in newspapers. After seven days, there was no news at all, and we were desperate. We handed this descendant of Shi Naiguang to the Lanzhou Charity Association and left Lanzhou with this despair.
On our way back, we went to Qinling Mountains, buried the Feng Shui secrets in Tian Lin'er's grave in Heilonggang, and then returned to our hometown.
My mother waited outside the door anxiously for us to come back every day, but what she waited for was Shen Bing's body. She didn't say anything at the time, and fainted as soon as she closed her eyes. After my mother was resuscitated, my grandfather and my father also came out. The couple met after six years and cried bitterly. My mother's sadness was not only the separation from her husband, but also the pain of losing Shen Bing. In her heart, Shen Bing was not only a future daughter-in-law, but more of a biological daughter.
The old ancestor sighed and told us that he was going back to the underworld to take a look. Great-grandfather had not returned for so many days. What had happened
Qu Mo, Lu Fei and Wang Zijun followed suit and said goodbye. They had been out for a long time and they all wanted to go home. Qu Mo and Wang Zijun still had a family, but Lu Fei looked more miserable. He used to have Ma Yunxi to accompany him in the store, but now he was left alone.
I held back my grief and tried not to cry in front of my mother, because my father and I had finally managed to calm her down. At night, I put Shen Bing's body in the store's refrigerator. Although I couldn't find Xiaofan, I still had hope for my great grandfather and Xiaoxue. I couldn't give up and buried Shen Bing.
We were all awake, waiting for news from our great grandfather. During this time, I went back to the house and called the dead rat out, but it couldn't do anything.
"Actually, I never dared to tell you that Shen Bing was in trouble. I always felt that she could escape danger if she was with you, but I didn't expect that she would still die!" The dead rat sniffed, his face full of sorrow.
I was furious when I heard this: "Why didn't you tell me? If I had known this, I wouldn't have let her take the risk with me!" I was so angry that I almost went crazy. I wanted to pluck out all the whiskers of the dead rat. Then I skinned it and fried it in a frying pan. I didn't know I could hate a person so deeply. Besides, it wasn't even a human!
"Alas, I, an old man, have revealed a lot of secrets for you. I have received orders from my superiors to do hard menial work for ten years. If you perform well, you may have a chance to become the Mirror God again. If you perform poorly, I'm afraid you will go to the underworld to clean toilets." The dead rat said with a sad face.
I was shocked and asked if this was true.
Si Haozi nodded, no longer showing the teasing expression he had in the past, but with a bitter look on his face. "So don't blame me for not telling you something. I really had no choice. I won't say anymore. My superiors are urging me to report, and I have to go to serve."
"Wait!" I called out to it hurriedly, "Ten years later, when you've been reinstated, come back to our home." A feeling of sadness suddenly welled up in my heart. In the past two years, it has helped me a lot. Although there was an episode with the little black chicken spirit that made me unhappy, I have long regarded it as a good friend in my heart.
"It's impossible, because there is a new mirror god who will take over from me. If we are destined to meet in the future, we may meet again..." The dead rat said this and suddenly disappeared, leaving me stunned.
I stayed for a long while, then sighed and walked out of the room. Dad and Mom looked up at me. The three of us just stared at each other for two minutes. I suddenly felt an indescribable sadness in my heart. The death of Shen Bing and Ma Yunxi, plus the death of the dead rat, seemed to make my heart unable to bear such a huge pressure and was about to collapse. I couldn't stay in the house, I had to walk outside.
I walked out of the house, stood in the dark night, and felt the still somewhat cold spring wind. I felt a little better than before.
At this time, a cold aura quietly approached. I sneered, looked up at the sky and said, "I'm in a bad mood. No matter who you are, you'd better get out of here as far as possible, otherwise I will kill you!"
"Ahem, I'm Old Yan!"
When I heard it was him, I got furious and immediately took out the copper coins from my pocket.
"Don't be angry first, I'm here to explain things to you." Old Yan's voice sounded guilty, unlike his arrogant style when he was alive.
I snorted coldly and said, "What is there to explain? You've done so many bad things, and you still have the nerve to explain to me?"
"I have killed Lao Qian." Lao Yan sighed and said, "I was bewitched by him when I was alive, and I was led by him after my death. Many things I did were against my conscience and I had no choice. I came here this time to explain this to you. If you are not satisfied, you can disperse my soul. I have no complaints."
His frank acceptance of death made me unable to kill him. I was so discouraged that I waved my hand and said, "Go away. Don't let me touch you again."
"I understand your feelings and I won't say much. I came to my senses in the Death Valley, killed Lao Qian, and helped the underworld to collect souls, so I got the chance to reincarnate. This time I came here specially to say goodbye to you. Even if you kill me and I lose the chance to reincarnate, I will have no regrets!" Old Yan said with a serious face.
"I hope that when you are reborn you will not learn magic anymore and become a good person." After I said that, I turned around and went home.
"Thanks!"
Just as I entered the house, Great-grandfather, Xiaoxue and the ancestor arrived!
Their faces looked heavy, and my heart immediately sank, knowing that they didn't bring good news.
My mother knelt on the ground to pay her respects to my great-grandfather and ancestors, but was stopped by them.
Grandpa Taizu looked at me with some sadness in his eyes: "Xiaofeng, these days, we actually went to several Woshi hells in a circle. After Shen Bing died, we met Ma Yunxi in Kunlongtan. The two of them were chased by ghost soldiers and accidentally entered the temple through a shortcut. They were punished for trespassing into the holy land of the underworld without permission. The chief executive considered that the two of them had made contributions in suppressing the three taboos this time and exiled them to Woshi in the southwest. But when we went to look for her soul and came back, we couldn't find it. It turned out that the ghost who sent her to Woshi was drunk at the time and didn't even remember where he sent her. So, we went around the ruins of Woshi and came back late."