Seven Evil Slips:

For a while, no one spoke.

13,000 began to eat, one bun after another, as if the stomach was stuffed tightly, and the brain could start to function and think.

Ask Luo Ren: "Is this method...safe?"

"Of course it's not safe, I just opened another path from the two choices of 'death' and 'hopeless life', as if when there was no way out, I dug a hole in the ground—— No one knows whether it will work or not, and whether it is safe or not. Therefore, I will not help you make decisions, you make up your own mind, whether to fight or not to fight.”

If you want to fight, that is, in the past few days, if you wait until the fierce Jane is out of trouble before making a decision, and you have to spend a lot of effort to subdue it again, you may not know whether it will be so smooth next time.

Yan Hongsha frowned: "But, we will die in a few decades, what will happen to Ji Jian at that time?"

Luo Ren pointed to the wooden slips and the Phoenix Luan buckle on the table: "Isn't it just right? Old age and death is also death. It just happened to sacrifice your life to the Phoenix Luan buckle. When the time comes, the hostility will attach to the wooden slips. The two of them, continue to fight." Put it together and lock it."

Old and dead... can it be counted? Yan Hongsha thought about it for a while, and suddenly she felt a little confident: Forget it, aren't they all dead, why not.

Cao Yanhua panicked, worried about his black history: "No way, brother Luo, if you use the seven evil slips on your body, then a sage can hold it down, right? I... I have bad morals, I have done it Thief."

Adhering to the principle that a dead fellow Taoist will not be lonely, he also dragged 13,000 people into the water: "There is also my Sansan brother, who was cheated and kidnapped. If it is serious, he will have to be sentenced to two years."

What kind of friends did you make, ten thousand is really hot.

"What's more," Cao Yanhua thought more and more, the more he felt that there were a lot of problems, "Using the seven evil slips on our body, if it turns upside down inside, can we still live?"

Luo Ren nodded: "That makes sense, is there any problem?"

Yes, there are a lot of them. The fierce Janes are afraid of their blood. Will those six fierce Janes be obedient? Is it just a simple upper body and it's over, or what else will happen?

After listening quietly, Luo Ren said, "That's a good question. However, I can't answer any of them."

"Cao Fatty, I'm not the one who has the answer. I'm just like you, just trying to solve the problem. I hope the result is right, but if God wants to give me a fork, I can't help it."

"Try or not, let's make a statement."

Cao Yanhua looked at Mudai: "Brother Luo, you discussed it with my little master last night. Did you both agree? Let's make a statement. What do you mean? The minority obeys the majority?"

Luo Ren shook his head: "This is a gamble with your life. It's not good to wrong anyone to obey the majority. If you don't agree, you won't do it."

Cao Yanhua was a little hesitant: "Now...it is time to decide? Xiao Luo, can you give me two more days to think about it, this is...too sudden."

Before I finished talking, I suddenly heard the sound of chopsticks slapping on the table.

It's Yan Hongsha. She huffed and drank the soy milk in the bowl, with bean foam still on her lips, and said, "I'll do it!"

"Why don't you do it? In foreign casinos, you don't know the outcome at all. It's just luck, and there are people with big tickets to gamble--I think Luo Ren's words are quite reasonable. If you want to die, you will die. Isn't life more valuable than a pile of dead meat? I'll do it."

Cao Yanhua was taken aback: "Sister Hongsha, don't you think about it anymore?"

Yan Hongsha asked him back: "Can you consider making flowers?"

13000 thought for a while, and said: "At present, it seems that this method is worth a try when we can't think of a better way out. If you don't do it, you can only wait for death, and you will die sooner or later. I also...do it."

What? Why did you express your opinion so quickly?

Four to one, it doesn't feel good, like being isolated from the group, everyone does it, and it's boring to oppose it alone, Cao Yanhua decided to follow the crowd: "Then... I will join too ..."

Luo Ren said: "Don't, Cao Fatty, don't follow the crowd, it's meaningless to follow the crowd."

Why did you deprive him of the right to join? Cao Yanhua was in a hurry: "Brother Luo, I really do it."

"No, you think about it, don't be stressed."

"No pressure! I'm sincere, a heart really can't do it!"

Seeing him scratching his ears and cheeks in a hurry, and still saying "no way", Kiyo burst out laughing.

Luo Ren said: "Since this is the case, the wine is worth buying. Let's have a drink."

Cao Yanhua craned his neck to look: Wine? What wine?

Kiyo stood up and opened the large shiny cover at hand. He thought that the inside was covered with soup, but when he opened it, he found that it was the Luzhou Laojiao wine jar, sealed with mud, and tied with red hemp rope. Gabu, with a row of antique wine bowls with open and shallow belly beside it.

Luo Ren lifted the lid, poured bowls, everyone took it, the clear wine was swaying in the bowl, the strong smell of wine wafted from the nose, Yan Hongsha took it with both hands, two His cheeks were burning hot, and his heart was full of energy, a little excited.

I feel like being sworn in Taoyuan, sworn blood for an alliance, living and dying together, throwing the bowl to the ground after drinking it up, stepping on the debris mixed with the drink, walking forward with courage and heroism, fighting to the death.

Luo Ren seemed to see her thoughts, coughed twice, and said: "I borrowed the bowl from the hotel, and I have to return it."

Yan Hongsha quickly stabilized herself.

After clinking the cups, they agreed by coincidence, they didn't drink immediately, and looked at Luo Ren ten thousand three times: "Shouldn't you say a few words?"

Luo Ren smiled: "Everyone, let's say a few words, and say what comes to mind."

Yan Hongsha rushed to come first: "I'll talk first."

"I hope that Luo Ren's method is correct, and the follow-up will go smoothly. Everyone will be safe and live a long life."

After finishing speaking, he tilted his head up, gurgling, drank it all in one gulp, a burst of spicy energy burned into his stomach, and returned to his face, his cheeks flushed.

Cao Yanhua said: "Sister Hongsha's heroism is worthy of being from a family."

Aristocratic family? Does it mean that the Yan family has been collecting treasures for generations? Although the uncle died unexpectedly, and the old man Yan had done such disgraceful things, but he was suddenly praised, and he still felt a bit proud of his spine, not embarrassing the family.

13,000 is the second to speak: "Er Huo has finished talking, I don't ask much, alive, safe, not hurting arms or legs, and..."

He thought about it, and suddenly felt that all the "and" were quite empty: "That's it, let's do it."

As soon as he raised his head, he drank it too. He used to drink mixed foreign wine, and he was never used to drinking white wine, but it was strange. Hot and refreshing.

Cao Yanhua held back for a long time, and quit: "Brother Luo, whoever says first will take advantage of it, isn't it just for safety, I can't say anything else."

Luo Ren laughed, brought the wine bowl to his lips, and said, "Then don't talk nonsense, be safe."

Kiyo also said silently in his heart: "Peace."

There is life in peace, life in life, life in life, the kind of life she yearns for, for example... in the supermarket, she pushes the shopping cart, while he reaches out to take off the things she can't reach Diesel, rice, oil and salt.

***

Okay, let's get started.

Hangu Pass and Fengziling are places of special significance. The terrain of Fengziling itself is like a big phoenix clasp. To be on the safe side, it may be more suitable for the final seal there.

Think again and again, if you drive back, it will take time to go back and forth.

Luo Ren called Shengun and informed him that he can set off. He will take Lijiang on the way and bring the six fierce slips to Tongxian. A cover, after the cover is completed, the outside is tied tightly with leather tie bars, packed in a box, and a large number of plastic bubble films and foam boards are placed between the box and the fish tank.

At the same time, Muyo also contacted Zheng Mingshan - he has very close friends all over the place, can he arrange a car, pick up the magic stick from Wuwu to Lijiang, bring the "goods", and come all the way In Tong County, the price is acceptable as long as it is not outrageous.

Zheng Mingshan replied: "Money is a small matter, but a car runs the whole journey, people are tired, and the car is useless. I can contact a few more friends along the way, and one person will be responsible for delivering a section. It is the same as running a relay race."

This is even better, and it can arrive in two days at most.

Zheng Mingshan didn't ask her why, but only asked her for the number of the magic stick, so that local friends could contact her to pick it up. When she hung up the phone, she reminded her: "Master's cemetery has been chosen, and I will go back in a few days. Please bring Master's ashes over here. The funeral will wait for you, remember to contact me after you are done."

Kiyo's eye sockets were slightly wet: "Has the elder brother been in Baoding these days?"

"Yes. Master wants to come back here so much. I guess, Baoding may be the place where she was born. I stayed here for a long time. Once, passing by a street, an old man told me that there, It used to be a big crossroads, but in the early years, there was a wine shop, which has been passed down for several generations for hundreds of years, selling the most powerful burning knives, and when the Japanese occupied it, it was burned.”

"Can I find out about Master?"

"That's what I thought too, and I kept asking, but after so many years, the personnel situation has changed too much, and I don't have a clue. Maybe we are the only ones who can remember Master."

Hung up the phone, Kiyo held the phone and stood by the window for a long time.

There are many mountains in Tongxian County, and the blue-gray mountain lines have stood for thousands of years, longer than people, dynasties, and buildings. Now surrounded by mountains, it is a new city, so many The old era, the old clues, the people and things that used to be fresh, have all been covered up, and no one will remember them after a long time.

Unexpectedly, Mudai dialed Wan Fenghuo.

Say: "I want to ask someone."

Wan Fenghuo is always business-like: "The one who wants money."

She nodded: "I will give it, I will give it, as long as I live, I will definitely give it. If you charge too much, I can't pay for a while, can I pay in installments?"

Perhaps because of the sincerity in his tone, Wan Fenghuo didn't dislike him, nor raised his voice: "Who are you asking?"

"My master, Meihua Jiuniang."

"Youwu town, the plum blossom nine niangs watching the four archways?"

Kiyo's nervous heart was pounding: "You already know? You know my master?"

Wan Fenghuo explained: "Before, the magic stick asked me to inquire about a place called Guansi Pailou. I have known your master since then. Your own master, what are you asking about?"

Kiyo said: "Master is dead, I want to know more about Master's early years."

Well, Wan Fenghuo felt that the little girl respected the teacher and was very humane, so he also gave a very humane answer: "Then I will give you a 20% discount."

***

That night, the **** stick had already arrived in Lijiang, and he called to say that the size of the fish tank had been measured, and the master of the glass shop was rushing to make it overnight. If there were no major accidents, we could leave early the next morning.

Luo Ren told him: "You don't have to worry about anything, just deposit the goods and keep an eye on the box."

The magic stick replied: "It's as if I would take care of other things."

He said again: "Is Pin Ting your sister? Is your relationship with her not good? She asked me what you were up to. I said, you ask him yourself. She shook her head and left. Already."

Luo Ren froze for a moment.

He remembered a lot of things from his childhood. He remembered that when he first arrived at Luo Wenmiao's house, Pin Ting held a wooden red-tasseled sword and said to him: "Brother Xiaodao, Dad said that there are bad people who want to harm you. Don't be afraid, I have a sword , when the bad guy comes, I will kill him."

After putting down the phone, he said to Cao Yanhua and the others: "We have the best hope, but we have to prepare for the worst."

Cao Yanhua did not understand: "What do you mean?"

"In case I can't come back, is there anyone who wants to say goodbye, is there anyone who wants to explain?"

In a word, everyone who said it was silent.

***

Kiyo returned to the room, sat cross-legged on the bed, and called Huo Zihong.

It was connected, but the other end was very noisy, with the usual tone of the bar, Huo Zihong said, "Wait a minute."

Kiyo quietly listened to the changes in the voices coming from the other end, the sound of music and noise fading away, the sound of stomping up the stairs, the sound of closing the door, and then, it was quiet.

Aunt Hong probably returned to her room.

Said her: "The girl didn't stay in college, and she ran away with Luo Xiaodao before her injuries were fully healed."

Huo Zihong can be regarded as having seen the world, and just wanted to mention a few words, not really nagging, Kiyo hardly stayed at home for more than half a year, and she didn't ask too many questions. On this point, Kiyo Thank you very much.

"Aunt Hong, are you bored at home alone?"

"Why is it boring? There are people coming and going in the bar, I don't know how lively it is."

The kind of excitement is like water, flowing to and fro, after all, it is not always accompanied by cold and heat.

"Aunt Hong, if you feel bored, you can adopt another one."

Huo Zihong said: "Don't, use your master's words. At that time, adopting you was a kind of predestined method. Now I don't want to worry about that anymore—do you know that since you can be chased by boys, I will Worrying, no, no, I bought a lot of magazines for boys and girls, oh my god, when I saw the **** the top had an early pregnancy and abortion, I wondered what I should do if you sang this song to me one day, it’s up to you All the boys in the class think he is a bad boy."

Kiyo laughed, eyes wet.

Huo Zihong suddenly lowered his voice: "Let me ask you, have you ever had a relationship with Luo Ren?"

Kiyo's cheeks were a little hot, and he subconsciously shook his head: "Not yet."

Huo Zihong let out a sigh of relief: "I still want to remind you, I think it's quite common to have **** before marriage, but girls, you still have to take precautions, and if you get impulsive, remember to let him use it." Set, I think you are still a child, if you give birth to one so early, it will be quite embarrassing to carry."

Kiyo kept nodding, didn't say goodbye, and didn't say anything specious that would make Huo Zihong think too much.

If you really can't go back, when Aunt Hong thinks of her and the last phone call with her in the future, it will not be a life and death parting with tears, but a topic of intimacy, privacy and family, like a mother-daughter relationship A warm and caring secret that doesn't go unnoticed.

Not long after hanging up the phone, Zheng Mingshan suddenly called and said: "After I made the arrangements, I wanted to care about the progress, so I called Shengun——Muyo, are you going to marry Luo Ren? "

Married? Kiyo was taken aback, and realized in the next moment: It was their plan after sealing the fierce Jane in the car that they had imagined before. said.

"I also asked me to attend the wedding, saying that the venue has been booked, in the ancient city not far from Lijiang."

Kiyo didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and he replied vaguely: "Maybe, it's just temporarily... I have this plan."

Zheng Mingshan and Huo Zihong have completely different styles: "It's fine, it's okay, bold knot. If Luo Ren treats you badly, I'll help you deal with him."

Kiyo giggled.

Zheng Mingshan sighed: "No, really, Master told me. Master told me that you are a lonely little sister. You have been abandoned since you were a child, and you live in an adoptive family. You have always been careful. If you marry in the future, To be a senior brother is to be like a mother's family, to protect it as much as possible, and don't give up at all——I just didn't expect that this day will come."

"I set a date and tell me, I will definitely arrive."

After making a phone call, Kiyo opened the window in the bedroom to the maximum, leaned his back against the wall and slashed across the wall, then slowly leaned forward and lowered his waist, resting his chin on the back of his folded hands.

This is actually not the best time, the road ahead is unpredictable, the wind and waves are treacherous, but the mood is like standing on tiptoe, standing in the eye of the wind, unprecedented calm, like a silver bowl filled with crystal snow, and like a white horse gradually disappearing into the boundless of reed bushes.

I have always had knots in my heart, being abandoned since I was a child, having no blood relatives, being adopted, and living a restrained life forever, but now, standing here and looking back, I can suddenly smile and say, all those things that don’t go well It's the little things.

It's fine now.

The door rang, and Cao Yanhua didn't know why he came in. He glanced at her, snorted, and said, "My little master is showing off his ligaments again."

Kiyo laughed out loud, lowered his head, brushing his long eyelashes on the back of his hand, itching.

Yes, it's fine now.

***

Cao Yanhua plucked up his courage, made a strategic detour, and called Qingshan first.

Qingshan works part-time in a factory in the county seat. When he answers the phone, his voice is dull, and he doesn't seem to remember what happened when he was possessed.

Said: "Yafeng ran away. I knew that there was no such good thing. Such a good-looking girl, how could she fall in love with me? She was in a hurry to marry me, and she ran away after the marriage. I don’t know what to draw.”

"Did you find it?"

"I searched for it several times, but couldn't find it. Some people said that I ran away with foreigners, but I didn't know about it later."

Foreigner? It can't be about Cheetah's subordinates, Cao Yanhua changed the subject: "Are my parents okay?"

Qingshan said: "Cousin Daduner, you don't know that the village pulls the line, right? You just did it. If there is a phone call, you can call back."

According to the number given by Qingshan, click the number with one key, and when you finally dial the number, your palms are wet with sweat.

Succeeded, and there was a strong nasal dialect from the other end: "What are you talking about?"

"I, Da Duner..."

Kiyo and the others held back their laughter and watched as Cao Yanhua's face turned pale, blue, and almost black.

——"I went to the house and knocked the gong. How many years have passed, can't I get over it?"

——"I didn't call you to ask for money, I have money, and I have food!"

——"Who died outside? I'm fine. Baba, why are you holding grudges so much?"

——"Jinhua can't get married, blame me? She has been out to work for so many years, people have their own ideas, how many years have you still can't hold your head up, what about it?"

…

And then there is no more.

After pressing the phone, Cao Yanhua glared at all his people, suddenly became angry, jumped up and shouted: "Don't call me anymore, just treat me as a dead man, don't call me anymore!"

He went to the bathroom angrily, slammed the door, and there was a loud bang, which could probably be heard in the next room.

It seems that not all prodigal sons turn around and end happily.

***

13,000 thought about it for a long time, who should I call.

With no relatives, Wuzhu Village is deserted, calling those people who have cheated, it is too hypocritical.

In the end, he went outside the door, squatted in the corridor, and called Uncle Zhang.

Uncle Zhang said: "Hey, who is this? Isn't this Boss Jiang? He knows how to make a phone call. I'm so touched. Wait a minute. I'll be shocked after eating a piece of meat."

Half-aged old man, his speech is still so bad, and he has learned it from going to Tianya all the year round.

I don't know what to say, so I just asked a few words, how is the business in the store, and is the purchase price expensive? Some sellers offer extremely low prices, and there are 10% chances that they are fake. Don’t rush in. Tourist attractions are full of people. Those who enter the store for consumption, there are customers, and there are also those who pretend to be customers and cut their wallets. Be careful and pay attention.

Uncle Zhang felt something was wrong: "Why are you nagging about this? Have you changed your sex?"

One thousand three said: "It's nothing, uncle, if I... don't go back, you can throw away my things, next time, hire someone more reliable than me..."

Uncle Zhang said: "The more I listen, the more wrong I become. What's the matter if you don't come back? Little bastard, you have to make your words clear."

Thirteen felt a little uncomfortable, sniffed and said, "It's nothing, that's what I said."

With Uncle Zhang's vigilance and open-mindedness, he would never believe his excuse: "Thirteen thousand, you are... terminally ill, right?"

"Is it the root of the disease that fell outside in the early years? I said, your small body, you don't usually pay attention to it, and you are desperate to die. Cao Pangpang is stronger than you, and you get up and run laps every day. Legs, how about you, have you exercised?"

Ten thousand three did not say a word.

"You are silent, what's the situation? What did the doctor say? Ten thousand, son of a bitch, are you listening to me? Let me tell you, I have something to say, and the big guys are thinking about it method."

"Is the medical expenses expensive? It's okay. I still have some money. I told the proprietress that she paid back the 13,000 yuan for you. For your little life, I will subsidize more. , it is also possible."

Thirteen suddenly burst into tears, gritted his teeth, kept silent, raised his sleeves, and wiped away his tears.

Uncle Zhang was still asking questions over there, ten thousand three cleared his throat, and said, "No, uncle, there's nothing wrong with it, I'll just test your feelings for me..."

Thus, this once tender phone call ended with Uncle Zhang swearing and saying "If you dare to come back, I will break your leg".

Although he was scolded for being a **** sprayer, ten thousand was in a surprisingly good mood.

Going back to the room, I saw Yan Hongsha smoothing Cao Jiefang's hair with a small comb from the hotel.

10,031 sits on the edge of Yan Hongsha: "Er Huo, have you called and who is it for?"

"Nobody called."

"What about your family?"

Yan Hongsha said in a low voice, "There are no family members, they are all dead."

"There are no other relatives?"

"The kind of people who don't get in touch once in ten or eight years, why should I call? I have the skills, so why don't I give Jiefang Shunmao."

She was quite open-minded, and Ten Thousand suddenly admired her a little. Hong Sha had an almost rough chivalry, when she said "I'll do it", she said it most simply, and when she drank, she drank the most neatly.

***

Luo Ren called Pin Ting.

When Pin Ting received the call, she was overjoyed and said, "Brother Xiaodao, you haven't called me for a long, long, long time."

He said "a long time" three times in a row.

Luo Ren said: "It's been a long time, you have been ill for a long time."

Ping Ting was silent for a while, and said: "After the illness is cured, many things will be different."

Luo Ren smiled: "Are you still taking medicine?"

"I'm eating. Doctor He said, it's better to consolidate."

"The bedside table in my room, the lower drawer, at the bottom, there is a card with a password of 123456. There are probably more than one million in it. I can't remember clearly."

"You take it, plan for yourself, whether you want to go to school or buy real estate, plan yourself, from now on, establish your roots and foundations. Uncle is gone, Zheng Bo is getting old, you have to learn to take responsibility Responsibility."

Pin Ting was silent for a long time, and said: "I know."

She has always been a smart girl, reserved and shy, accustomed to hints and words, and can understand other people's hints and words.

She changed her tone to a more relaxed tone: "I want to open my own studio in the future, so I may find a better school abroad to study, Brother Xiaodao, will you come to see me then?"

"Go for it, I will call you if I can't go."

Ping Ting suddenly felt a little sentimental: "Brother Xiaodao, when we were young, we always played together, will we become more and more distant from now on?"

Luo Ren replied: "Everyone walks in the crowd. If you walk away from me, you will get closer to other people. This is a good thing."

***

On the evening of the third day, the setting sun was as red as blood, and there were still four days before the due date of Qi Qi.

The **** stick who escorted the car entered Tong County on the embers of the setting sun, got off the car at the entrance of the hotel, and turned a blind eye to the waiter in the lobby who came to meet him—of course, the waiter may think that this A person with a non-woven bag on his shoulder, glasses legs tied with thread, and a broken box of that size by his feet, he must be delivering goods to the construction site.

Shenzhu called Luo Ren and said, "Little Carrot, I'm here. The box is heavy, why don't you come down to meet me?"

While speaking, he raised his head and looked upstairs. The hotel floor is really high, and the glass of the outer window is shining brightly reflected by the setting sun.

Luo Ren opened the window, leaned over and looked down, and saw the magic stick at the bottom of the building, no longer than the palm of his hand, and the box that was packed, like a quiet matchbox.

He smiled, looked back at everyone in the room, and said, "Here we are."

The magic stick has arrived.

The other six evil spirits have arrived.

The unavoidable fate... has also arrived.