Seven Evil Slips: →Happy Lantern Festival

The additional effect brought by the warmer weather is that more tourists come to Lijiang, and the business of the bar rises. Kiyo is almost every day asked by Uncle Zhang to help.

Yes, nominally she is the little proprietress of the bar, but Uncle Zhang still has the final say inside and out, using what ten thousand three whispered to Cao Yanhua in private: I really leave it to the little proprietress to manage things, we don’t have to eat and drink Northwest wind.

The so-called "help" is nothing more than serving dishes, ordering, ordering, and serving dishes.

This night, Kiyo withdrew his plate and sent it to the bar for the Nth time, feeling dejected and weak: "This is not the life I want."

Uncle Zhang was helping Yisan to work at the bar, and he smiled and said, "Then what kind of life do you want? You are the little proprietress, and we will support you with all the strength of the bar."

Kiyo was even more depressed: "The point is, I don't even know what kind of life I want. I'm not as fat as Cao Pangpang."

Every time Cao Yanhua finished practicing, he would solemnly take out his wallet from his bosom to open it, and pay attention to Jackie Chan's photo. No need to ask, he knew that he was quietly moving closer to his idol, whether it was whimsical or not , at least stronger than her.

Uncle Zhang sympathized with her: "How about finding someone to marry?"

Forget it, let's be more realistic.

When Kiyo filled the tray with wine and tremblingly picked it up, Uncle Zhang couldn't stand it: "If you are so lazy, what can you do if you go to the top order twice?"

What can I do? tired.

There are opened Baileys and mixed cocktails on the tray. There are tall and low-stem glasses. The wine swayed slightly with the steps, and occasionally the soft sound of wine glasses clinking could be heard.

Kiyo didn't take his eyes off the tray, didn't dare to breathe too much, and repeated mechanically in his mouth: "I'm sorry, please let me go."

Someone passed by and said with a smile: "Kiyo has gained weight."

Kiyo didn't react at first, and after walking forward for a step or two, he stopped suddenly.

Huh?

This is... Luo Ren?

When did he come back, why didn't he mention it to her?

Also, tell me clearly, what is long! fat! up!

***

Luo Ren just arrived. After Zheng Bo brought Pin Ting into the house, he boasted that the yard of this house was really clean.

If Cao Yanhua heard this, he would be very pleased.

Pin Ting settled down, thinking that the bar hadn't stopped yet, so she came over to say hello.

Sure enough, it was the busiest time when it was full of brilliance and variegated colors.

Wan San seemed a little uncomfortable when he saw him. He nodded slightly as a compliment. The bartender is the backbone of the bar, and Luo Ren didn't bother him. After looking around, he sat down opposite Cao Yanhua.

"Kiyo is so busy, why are you idle?"

Cao Yanhua flattened his arm and showed him, tearing every word: "Look at my hands shaking, it's like Parkinson's syndrome, what's on my hand, I'm falling."

Then I was able to say hello: "How is my sister Ping Ting? Is the operation going well? That thing..."

Speaking of this, his voice suddenly lowered, and he gave a knowing look.

Luo Ren knew what he meant: "Bring it."

Cao Yanhua took a breath: "Is it safe?"

It's hard to say, like a bomb with an uncertain time, it's hard to tell when, and it catches people off guard.

"Cao Yanhua, I want to ask you, is there anything... special these days?"

Cao Yanhua shook his head: "No, I'm just tired, tired from practicing. My younger sister Kishiro..."

At first I wanted to complain, but suddenly I saw her ordering orders for customers at a place across the table, and her voice suddenly rose an octave: "But what should I say, only a strict teacher can make a good student..."

The lingering sound lingered, circling the beam on the table, in exchange for Kiyo's annoyed rolling eyes.

Luo Ren frowned, as if he was a little disappointed, but he still asked, "Have you ever... seen any illusions?"

"No, how can there be... I will wipe it!"

Cao Yanhua suddenly came to his senses, and leaned forward: "Did you just say...an illusion?"

***

The bar closed, it was already midnight, Luo Ren, Kiyo and the others sat around a table, Uncle Zhang was not interested in young people's affairs, he was washing glasses behind the bar counter, with the sound of splashing water, occasionally knocking the glass between them There was a soft sound, and the topic became more and more weird and absurd.

"The picture Cao Yanhua saw should be the same as mine, what about 13,000, have you seen it?"

"What do you see? A villain?" Ten thousand and three spread their hands, "No, I drew everything I saw."

"I don't know if it's a villain, but it looks like it." Cao Yanhua tried hard to recall, "It's just that there are too many people. To be honest, if there were only four, I thought it was Tang Monk going to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures. The one at the beginning looks like It's riding a horse."

Thinking about it for a while, the color changed: "Why can we see hallucinations now? It can't be...infected."

It's obviously not a good thing, but Kiyo was disappointed like jealousy: "You can all see it, but I can't see it."

Luo Ren pondered: "It's not necessarily that you can't see it, maybe you didn't pay attention, because we all discovered it by accident."

Thirteen twisted his neck, and was able to see the shadow on the water from a strange angle.

Cao Yanhua was exhausted, and when he was about to fall, he saw a fleet of villains in the dust.

As for myself, I picked up the knife and played with it casually when I was on the phone with Kiyo, and caught a glimpse of the blurred image on the blade out of the corner of my eye.

It's all occasions that are so mundane that they're easy to ignore.

Luo Ren thought about it: "Have you noticed that 13,000 is seen from the water, Cao Yanhua saw from the dust, dust can also be counted as soil, as for me, it is the blade, straight blade A steel knife can barely be regarded as gold."

Cao Yanhua understood, and nodded excitedly, but he didn't know how to express it in words: "Yes, that's what it means."

According to the magic stick, the fierce Jane will only deliberately hide, and the reminder to them comes from the Phoenix Luan button, and the origin of the Phoenix Luan button is the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, earth...

Kiyo stared at the table subconsciously: Since her surname is Mu, she must have seen it from the wood, right? This table is made of wood, but give her some hints.

"Also, I want to ask Ten Thousand Thirteen for a favor." Luo Ren suddenly remembered something, "When we were in Xiaoshanghe, each of us saw water shadows more or less, but the magic stick came to look for it." In my time, we didn’t see anything—I was wondering if it was because Shisan was not there.”

***

It was very late, Zheng Bo and Pin Ting had all gone to bed, Luo Ren led Muyo and others into the room at the far end of the second floor, took out the key to open the padlock, and turned on the light.

The room was vacated, and a table was placed in the middle, with a big box on it.

It's not the same one as Xiaoshanghe's. Ten thousand three glanced at Luo Ren, and Luo Ren didn't deny it: "To be on the safe side, find someone to do it again."

The box is made of jujube wood struck by lightning, commonly known as "evil warding wood". "

Luo Ren admitted: "The Tao Te Ching was transcribed with gold powder."

Kiyo couldn't help but want to laugh, Luo Ren was also very hardworking, even brought out the "Tao Te Ching", turned to the other side, and suppressed his laughter even harder: he even drew a picture of Lao Tzu riding a cow .

Luo Ren doesn't care, just laugh whatever you want, it's not like a dead horse is a living horse doctor, he can't find any authentic handwriting of Lao Tzu, if he can find it, he will find it and stick it on the box.

Opening the lid of the box, at first glance I thought it was a box of dirt, but Luo Ren stretched out his hand to pick it up, and picked up a boxy bag of dirt.

The soil was covered with transparent gauze, with knots on it for easy lifting. In the middle of the soil was a transparent glass water tank with a cover.

Although it was not the first time we met face to face, suddenly seeing everyone's heart tightened, Kiyo subconsciously took a step back, and accidentally rubbed the back of Luo Ren's hand.

Luo Ren didn't look at her, but naturally put his hand over and took her hand.

Kiyo's mind buzzed, and the feeling of numbness and stiffness extended to his forearm: Luo Ren, what does this mean? Did he shake the wrong hand? What should Cao Yanhua and 13,000 do if they see it!

Luo Ren looked calm, as if there was no such thing, Mudai vaguely heard Cao Yanhua ask something, Luo Ren replied: "There is no fire, I don't know how to put the burning fire into the box, or tomorrow Put oil lamps around the box, I don't know if it will work."

Kiyo doesn't care about this: Luo Ren is holding her hand, does he know it?

Everything that happened next, Kiyo was a little bit out of his wits, as if the lights were turned off, everyone went to look at the water shadow on the water, this time it seemed that they could see it, but it was not as good as what Tenman could see Dense and many.

Is it because 13,000 is present, so they can all see it? But because he is the main "water", what others see is not as complete as him?

Until he was about to leave, Luo Ren relaxed his hand, Muyo didn't dare to look at him, and was the first to rush out of the room, the night wind was chilly, and only then did he realize that the back of his hand was burning.

On the way back, Yisan and Cao Yanhua kept muttering in low voices, and Kidai was suspicious, thinking they were talking about her, so he listened closely, and finally felt relieved.

It turned out not to be, what they cared about was whether the box was solid or not:

——Continuing like this is not a long-term solution, you can't rely on your own guesswork.

——We still have to find a permanent solution.

…

***

Finally went to bed, still tossing and turning, staring at the wood carving pattern on the headboard in a daze, Aunt Hong handled all the furniture and everything in the house, her taste is just like that purple and thick grasshopper gourd, exquisite and elegant Antique, it’s just a matter of laying out a headboard in other people’s homes. Here, it is carved with meticulous care and inexhaustible auspicious wishes.

The border is a continuous **** pattern, and there are bats flying around at intervals, which represent "blessings", and there are monkeys riding horses in the corner, which means "immediately seal the prince". In the middle is a vase, with two quails beside it , Not long after the accident happened, she had nightmares and couldn’t sleep every night. After moving here, Aunt Hong took her to see the room, pointed to the pattern and told her, Aquarius quail, be safe and sound, Aunt Hong hopes you can sleep peacefully every night Ann.

How can she sleep "peacefully" tonight?

At a loss, troubled and troubled, but deep in my heart seemed to be filled with thin joy, I anxiously wrote to Luo Ren to edit WeChat, six words.

—what do you mean?

After hesitating for a long time, he sent it out cruelly. At the same time, he turned off the light and pulled the quilt over his head.

I don't want to, go to sleep!

In the darkness, she turned over with a sigh for the nth time, and slowly opened her eyes.

Huh?

The monkey on the horse in the corner on the headboard suddenly blinked at her.

Is this the hell? Kiyo was stunned, he held his breath and took a closer look.

It's not a monkey, it's a fairy led by E Guanbo, riding a phoenix, as if he couldn't see her, Shi Shiran walked forward, followed by a long line of people one after another.

The first one is a little dragon shaking its head and tail, the second one is a phoenix with its head held high and its chest high, the third one looks like a lion, and the fourth one looks like a horse but not a horse...

She didn't know each other since the fourth one, and it felt like a strange beast, but she was deeply impressed by the one at the end, like a monkey with a serious expression, but a pair of wings grew on its back.

What kind of wings do you grow, do you think you are a little angel? Kiyo burst out laughing.

At this moment, from nowhere, a hand suddenly appeared, grabbed the monkey with a whoosh, and retracted into the boundless darkness in an instant.

Kiyo woke up with a start.

It's dark, the night is sinking, is it a dream?

After a pause of two seconds, she got up abruptly, turned on the light of the phone, and shone on the edge of the headboard.

The head-raised pony and the beaming monkey are like a picture of "Immediately become the Marquis".

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Chapter 3

At this point in time, it's inappropriate to disturb anyone, Kiyo went to bed full of worries, and reminded himself to do two things tomorrow morning.

The first thing is, you have to tell Luo Ren and the others what you saw. Sure enough, you saw it from the wood, but what are those rows of villain-like things?

It doesn't matter, you can let Shisan post to ask, just like the last "Bange", didn't you ask it as soon as you asked?

Secondly, she wants to talk to Luo Ren, whether she is humble or overbearing, polite and polite, ask him, what do you mean? To express your position, in matters such as feelings, black is black and white is white, and there is no room for ambiguity.

If Luo Ren hesitated and wanted to step on two boats, she would raise her face proudly and tell him that the previous touch is fine, and martial arts practitioners don't mind this. But if he dared to touch her again later, he would definitely chop off his dog's paw!

Yes, that's how it should be, what Master taught, you don't lose if you lose.

So I fell asleep again, and had a lot of messy dreams, the last one was especially weird, one second Luo Ren was still kissing her cheek tenderly, the next second, Luo Ren was excitedly building the Great Wall beside the mahjong table , she was in rags, holding a child and crying by the side: "It's been three days without rice, so you know how to gamble!"

He lowered his head sadly: "My son, our mother and son are really miserable..."

Xiao Maotou's chubby face came into view, hey! Just like Cao Yanhua.

Kiyo let go of his swaddling clothes and woke up in shock.

When the morning light first opened outside the window, Kiyo sat up with his heavy head on his back. After a long time, he sighed: She really thought too much.

***

After eating breakfast in two or three, Muyo reported to Uncle Zhang: "I'm going to find Luo Ren, he just moved here yesterday, you've seen him, I'll go see if there's anything I can help."

13,000 quickly followed up: "Last night, Uncle Zheng fell asleep. I'm going to say hello again. When we were in Xiaoshanghe, Uncle Zheng was very polite and invited me to eat leg of lamb. .”

Cao Yanhua said: "I want to follow my little master..."

In the middle of speaking, seeing Uncle Zhang's face was serious, he quickly changed his excuse: "I hired sister Ting to have an operation, I have to visit."

After Huo Zihong left, there was a shortage of staff in the bar. Uncle Zhang followed suit and left Cao Yanhua behind. Lack of confidence, unlike 13,000, a leg of lamb is like the grace of regeneration.

Uncle Zhang was angry: "Let's go, let's go, I might as well recruit people again, and support you ladies and uncles..."

There is no end to the conversation, the table is already empty.

Uncle Zhang yelled at the backs of the three of them: "I haven't finished talking, come back to me within an hour!"

***

When we arrived, Zheng Bo took Pin Ting to "exercise" in the yard. The doctor said that we should exercise properly and raise our spirits. won't turn anymore.

Cao Yanhua carried a bagful of apples and bananas bought on the road, a typical posture of visiting patients, but he also seemed polite, 13,000 was more casual, after greeting Zheng Bo, he looked at Pin Ting, Zheng Bo said : "The state is much better than before, I just don't know..."

Speaking of this, I couldn't help but sigh, is being crazy also a disease? When does madness end? Are you going to be this crazy for the rest of your life?

One thousand three looked at Pin Ting, there was a vase-shaped small fish pond in the yard, a stone-carved lotus protruding from the bottom, revealing a lifelike little lotus with sharp corners on the water surface, a few The small carp-red fish wobbled around Xiao He.

Pingting held a leafy bamboo branch and waited patiently, waiting for the little fish to chase it away with the bamboo branch, smiling from time to time, for her, this was considered a "sport".

Quiet and beautiful like a painting, ten thousand is not even willing to mention the word "crazy", how could she be crazy, maybe her spirit just got lost, and she couldn't find her body for a while direction.

He squatted down on the opposite side of the small fish pond, flicked the water with his hands, and drove the little fish towards Pin Ting, and the little fish ran away in panic.

Ping Ting giggled.

With a thought in his mind, Bo Zheng tentatively said, "You guys live nearby. If you have time, you can come here often. The doctor said that it would be better to have someone to accompany you..."

He didn't say the following words, Luo Ren is good to Pin Ting, but he won't play with her like a child.

13,000 responded casually: "Okay."

Kiyo looked left and right, but he couldn't see Luo Ren, so he hesitated and asked Zheng Bo: "Is Luo Ren not here?"

Zheng Bo pouted his mouth upwards: "That's it."

Looking at the past, Luo Ren is on the second floor. I don't know when he came out, leaning on the railing, condescending, looking at them with interest, holding a...

Mobile phone!

***

Luo Ren is actually replying to Muyo on WeChat, nine words.

——That's what you think.

But when he saw Kiyo looking up, he suddenly changed his mind, pressed and pressed the delete button, and deleted each word one by one.

It’s better to say this kind of confession in person, so don’t hand it over to the phone. The cold electronic components, the Chinese characters typed in Jiugongge, and the cold horizontal and vertical strokes, no matter how you look at it, it seems insincere. I will recall it later , nothing romantic.

He put away his mobile phone and looked like he was leaving the court without incident, watching how Kiyo would respond.

Kiyo stared at him bitterly, and suddenly shouted: "A meeting!"

***

The room where the boxes are placed is called a conference room.

Kiyozai carefully described what he saw in his dream last night.

Cao Yanhua couldn't hear it from ear to ear. This is too divorced from reality. Lao Tzu rides a bull. Anyway, there are legends in history. The monkey with wings is too incredible, right?

Thirteenth lowered his eyes, many complicated thoughts flashed past his eyes, his face was only impatient, as if saying: I don't understand, I don't understand.

Luo Ren was thoughtful: "I seem to have an impression of this kind."

"Remember?" Kiyo's eyes widened. Could it be that this is commonplace?

Luo Ren stretched out his hand and pointed: "Actually, I didn't pay attention to it before. After building this house, because the house is old and there are many old decorations, I paid attention to it. Have you ever noticed that on many eaves in Lijiang, there are I invited the tile cat who exorcises ghosts and suppresses evil spirits."

Kiyo nodded, the tile cats in the old house seemed as natural to her as leaves growing on trees.

"However, different places are different. In ancient Chinese buildings, the roofs are divided into different categories. Large temples or important buildings all use hipped roofs or gabled roofs..."

The audience looked around in a daze.

Well, Luo Ren put it in a simple way: "It is the corner of the eaves, the raised piece, commonly known as the corner ridge. Either for beauty or to show off, a series of three-dimensional sculptures are usually decorated on the corner ridge. "

He took out his mobile phone while talking, and after searching for a while, he clicked on a picture to enlarge it, and passed it on to Kiyo and the others.

It is the glazed tile beast on the corner ridge of the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City in Beijing.

There is an introduction in the picture, the first one is the fairy riding a phoenix, also known as "the fairy guiding the way", followed by a long list of beasts, in a fixed order, they are: dragon, phoenix, lion, celestial horse, seahorse, Suanni (sound sour mud), Yayu, Xiezhi (sound Xie system), bullfighting, Xingshi (sound hang ten).

And the last thing, the solemn and solemn appearance, is indeed the image of a monkey with wings.

Further down, there is a note: According to the building level and the size of the roof slope, the number of beasts varies, but usually it is odd numbers such as three, five, seven, nine, etc., and there is only one. There are only ten glazed tile beasts on the corner ridge of the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City, the highest level.

Cao Yanhua slapped the table excitedly: "Sure enough, knowledge is power! Clear the clouds and mist to see the blue sky, and point directly to the Palace of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City! This is serious, stealing and selling national treasures!"

Thirteen who had been leaning against the window made an extremely disdainful expression.

Luo Ren and Kiyo said "how do you say that?"

Cao Yanhua clicked his tongue: "Didn't my little sister Mushiro see that a hand snatched that monkey away? There must be criminals trying to steal our national treasure, the Forbidden City!"

I can't see that he is so concerned about the country and the people: "I suggest, call the Palace Museum quickly, just to remind you."

Three thousand and three yawned.

Luo Ren's intuition is that it is not the Forbidden City, the level is too high, and if the Forbidden City is really involved, it is beyond their control, and naturally more professional people will take care of it.

He pondered and shook his head: "It should not be the Forbidden City."

"In ancient society, the imperial power was strict, and the etiquette system was strictly regulated. For example, the emperor could only wear bright yellow dragon robes, and he was particular about how many scales, claws, and doors were opened, but after entering modern times..."

That's right, modern times emphasize unrestrained personality. If you want, it doesn't matter if the emperor is printed on the toilet paper. Many people think it's not hygienic.

"If it is a formal large-scale building, it will refer to expert opinions to some extent, and it is also in compliance with the rules. I am afraid that some places are built privately, so it is completely done according to the intention. Unless you have specific information, otherwise you It is impossible to know where the building with this ridge is."

Cao Yanhua is dying: "Is it really the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City?"

13,000 encouraged him with a relaxed tone: "You can call and ask, maybe the country will reward you."

***

Another deadlock.

Thirteenth shrugged, and opened the door first, Cao Yanhua followed up angrily, Luo Ren looked at the back of Tenthousand, a trace of doubt suddenly flashed in his heart.

13,000's current attitude is too detached, compared to when he was in Xiaoshanghe when he was murderous and fueled, he was a completely different person.

"Luo Ren!"

Kiyo's voice brought Luo Ren back to reality, hey, she hasn't left yet?

After thinking about it, she felt it was a matter of course: Of course she wouldn't leave.

Luo Ren was secretly amused, his face remained calm, and he coughed twice: "What's the matter?"

The more indifferent he was, the more nervous Kiyo became. He should be confident, but when he spoke, he didn't have the slightest confidence: "You... last night, why did you touch... hold my hand?"

Touching the word sounds frivolous, but Kiyo really took care of his face and replaced it with the word "hold".

"Hold...hand?" Luo Ren frowned, as if he couldn't remember, he was relieved for a moment, "Oh, you said hold your hand."

He seemed a little hesitant: "How should I say this..."

Kiyo said: "How to say... just say..."

Her heart was pounding, and her voice became smaller and smaller.

Luo Ren explained "sincerely": "The main reason is that I am timid, and I don't know if the arrangement can trap the fierce Jane. Hold it, be bold."

What... what?

Kiyo was stunned, even if she borrowed her three heads, she would never have thought of such an answer.

Luo Ren's voice is still in my ears: "No wonder I can't understand the message you sent, so the question is... Kiyo, don't you think too much?"