Seven Evil Slips Chapter 18:
The night was still deeper, and it was a town locked in fog again. The lights in the gatehouse were on, and an unremarkable van was parked at the door of the mansion, with an advertisement painted on the body: "Fresh vegetables, fresh at home".
The driver was wearing logistics uniforms and a brim hat, and was guarding the rear compartment. When he saw the cheetah coming out with Kiyo, he immediately opened the door of the compartment.
The smell of dampness and the smell of vegetables that have been stored for too long, Cheetah pushed Kiyo, whose hands were handcuffed by plastic handcuffs, into the car, and gave her an injection.
The cold liquid was poured into the blood vessel, and Kiyo opened his eyes wide to see the cheetah.
This is a beautiful evil woman, dressed in black, with long hair, a black leather eye patch covering one eye, and then slowly put on the sunglasses in front of her.
The effect of the medicine slowly appeared, and Kiyo's spirit began to be in a trance, thinking strangely: The appearance of this woman seems to be his previous dream.
When I was learning martial arts, I always thought about it. She gestured to Meihua Jiuniang: "Master, in the future, I will be that kind of cool heroine."
"You have to wear black, handsome boots, you can't show your face, and you wear a mask. In the dead of night, you appear in the dark corners of the city. If someone does something bad, I'll go up and beat him up."
Meihua Jiuniang lowered her head and sipped tea: "Look at the clothes you are wearing, whether it is a kitten or a puppy, do you look like a cool heroine?"
She smiled triumphantly: "Master, you don't understand this. Smart can't do it!"
Meihua Jiuniang choked on the tea.
…
The door of the carriage closed slowly, and the light was driven out inch by inch. At this moment, Kiyo didn't know where the strength came from, and suddenly struggled and rushed over, firmly resisting the door that was about to close.
Through that narrow gap, look into the eyes of the cheetah.
Ask her: "Where is my master?"
"Dead."
Suddenly, Kiyo's eyelids were too heavy to open, and he fell limply on the floor of the car, hearing the heavy locking sound, and the driver's courteous voice.
——"Enough for her to sleep for 24 hours."
The car drove up, bumping and bumping. It was a bluestone road unique to small towns. Kiyo was lying on his back, with a thin layer of clothes on his back, sticking to the cold.
She closed her eyes, her curled hands unconsciously twitched intermittently, thinking: I don't want to sleep for 24 hours.
***
Deep tiredness is like a hand, pulling Kiyo down, pulling him back to the previous night, the vast white mist, the impenetrable night, the silver-eyed bats that go up and down, and the voice of the master , Misty, like spread from all directions.
——Muyo, the silver-eyed bat only knows its way at night when it is invisible. You go in one night and come out the next night.
——Only silver-eyed bats can find this road. Some people say that the mountains, rivers and waters here have been manipulated by experts in the early years, forming a huge maze. Maybe it's true, your senior brother and I have tried it, the day is bright, it is easier to see things, but we always lose our direction suddenly, and we can't turn around.
——This Youwu Town is in the Yunling Mountains, where there is fog all year round. The master’s house is called Guansi Pailou. Together, it means "Under the Yunling, Guansi Pailou". Perhaps one day, someone will find this place and send seven keys.
——What do these seven keys look like, the master has never seen it, and neither has your grand master. If you haven't waited in this life, remember to take in a safe little apprentice and explain this matter.
——This silver-eyed bat will lead you to the real Guansi archway. Do you know what the archway looks like?
Kiyo knows what the archway looks like. Out of curiosity, he once searched. The archways in the picture are all tall, large and flat, and they are also divided into types according to the number of rooms. One room has double columns, three rooms have four columns, and five rooms have six columns. .
The road is still stretching, her breathing is a little short, the branches and leaves are rustling under her feet, her eyes are chasing the shadow flying in the mist, for fear that she will lose it if she is not careful.
I don't know how long it took before I stepped into the gurgling, knee-deep water, wading, the water flow gradually weakened, and the round and shiny stones at the bottom that had been washed by the water for a long time appeared.
This is the small river mentioned by Master Meihua Jiuniang, which will stop flowing at some time before dawn, and will resume its babbling after dawn.
The silver-eyed bat stopped and perched on a high rock, flapping its wings slightly, as if waiting for her.
Kiyo looked at the silver-eyed bat, at this moment, the bat suddenly flapped its wings and flew up, circled in mid-air, and then was caught off guard and crashed into the river in an instant.
What is this for? Kiyo quickly took out the pocket flashlight he carried with him, squatted down*, and turned it on to illuminate the river - such a weak light would not have much effect on the dense fog, but it could still see things at a close distance.
The bat, with its wings spread, was embedded in a green and slippery stone at the bottom of the river, perfectly fitting.
What do you mean, the surface of this stone happens to have a concave bat shape?
Suddenly there was a faint vibration from the soles of his feet, Kiyo stepped back a few steps, and suddenly understood.
This is a mechanism, the silver-eyed bat, is the first key to open the mechanism.
Accompanied by a bang, the bottom of the river split open on both sides. These were two square stones at the bottom, which slowly moved outward, revealing a space about two meters deep. Cubic miniature buildings.
Guan Si Pailou, this is the real Guan Si Pailou.
Kiyo held his breath, jumped down lightly, walked around the Kansi archway, and watched.
This is not an archway in the ordinary sense, this archway has five rooms and five pillars.
It is difficult to understand literally, but it is not mysterious, because the ordinary archway is a flat plane, but in this archway, the five pillars are arranged in a pentagonal shape, so the five sides drawn by the five pillars are just right. It is five rooms.
In the very center of the archway, in an awkward posture, there is a... wooden box, and at the bottom of the archway, there is a sunken Yin-Yang Bagua Pisces. Water, with a slight luster.
Stretched out his hand to take it, but suddenly blocked it, as if blocked by transparent glass, and knocked with his fingers, there was a muffled sound.
Understood, the inside of the archway is a whole piece of transparent solid, like crystal and glass, the wooden box is embedded in the center of this solid, how to get it out?
She looked carefully, and finally found that there were small holes on each of the five surfaces, which were unevenly distributed, and the positions were high and low. Standing at a specific angle, you could vaguely see the depth of the holes. Equally varied.
I counted them, seven in total.
Suddenly, my heart moved: Master mentioned seven keys. Could it be that the seven keys are not as simple as imagined, but round and wedge-shaped?
Like a silver-eyed bat, the seven keys also open a mechanism. Only when the seven keys are delivered, the archway will be opened and the box can be obtained.
Master said, in that box, there is a... big secret.
Muyo's eyes fell on the forehead of the archway, and there was a character on it, the word "wood" in compiled script.
…
The car suddenly shook suddenly, as if avoiding something, Kiyo's body rolled in the car, his nails pierced deeply into his palm.
Think: instead of sleeping for 24 hours, wake up, wake up.
Outside the carriage, the driver yelled angrily: "Will you read the road? Don't you have eyes?"
…
The car drove away.
Leave the man standing on the dirt road, with curly hair, a pair of black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of the nose, walking in the dark, carrying only a large non-woven bag with "Bi Lijiang" printed on the outward side More leisurely, more comfortable than Dali."
Being scolded by the driver for no reason obviously made him very unhappy. He was obviously walking in a good manner, but this car suddenly jumped out, okay? Is it still unreasonable? Could it be that the traffic rules are not respected in the backcountry?
He leaned over to pick up a small stone, took out the slingshot from the non-woven bag, wrapped the stone in the middle of the rubber band of the slingshot, and shot viciously in the direction the car was leaving.
Accompanied by the slight sound of the wind, the stone disappeared into the gradually brighter night.
He threatened with teeth and claws: "Try to meet me again next time! I will tell you to go around without eating!"
***
It was almost dawn, and Luo Ren walked to the faucet outside an inn. The faucet was turned on to the maximum, and the water was loud.
He buried his head in the water, a stream of force rushed straight to the top of his skull, and the small splashes of water on the side covered his face, and then dipped into his back from his collar.
Headache, the alcohol is still there, I remember fighting with Aoki, drank a lot of wine, didn't agree with each other, got up and left, this night, I'm afraid I walked all over the ancient city.
Turn off the faucet, sit down on the steps, the water drips on the side, wet the concrete platform.
Aoki's words are still in my ears.
——She is only important to you, not to me, you let me arrange everything, if she dies during the process, do you blame me?
——Luo, the cheetah has already destroyed your ambition, and you are already afraid of her before you make a move.
——Cheetah would have nothing in the first place, and it was the biggest bargaining chip you gave her.
At the end, Aoki asked him: "Why did you fall in love with her? If you didn't love her, you wouldn't be in trouble now."
Luo Ren laughed out loud, even crying.
Yes, no one can take care of others, Aoki really doesn't have the obligation to share his worries, the girl I fell in love with myself, I will take care of it myself.
The sun has risen.
The inn has opened, and gradually there are voices around, and the sound of mobile phones, one after another.
After a while, Luo Ren realized that the phone belonged to him.
He took out his cell phone and answered it.
The call is from Wan Fenghuo.
This is Wan Fenghuo's style, regardless of day or night, the delivery of news must be the first time, hot, lest it be left behind.
I explained to him on the phone: "It's not a big gain if you find a little bit. You can take a look first and send it to you. The ancestral home of the cheetah, the ancestral house has already been dug out, and I took a few pictures."
Cheetah's ancestral home is close to the sea, but unlike the general people who go to Nanyang from Fujian and Guangdong, her ancestral home is in a small town in Zhejiang.
Wan Fenghuo's so-called "take a few pictures" refers to the town's appearance.
After hanging up the phone, Luo Ren clicked on the picture.
The quaint town is in the process of semi-development, cramped and chaotic, with low houses, bicycles parked in rows, and stone bridges over the river...
A stone bridge over a river?
Luo Ren was startled, and very slowly, he slid the picture back to the previous one, then zoomed in and zoomed in again.
If I remember correctly, this should be the third time I have seen the picture of the stone bridge.
The small town in Zhejiang, the stone bridge, and the stone painting on the footsteps are exactly the same as the giant underwater painting in Wuzhu Village, and even more complete.
This is... the ancestral home of the cheetah?