Chapter 80: Hope, Despair
"Heavenly Master...... Meet the Celestial Master. ”
In the salute that sounded from time to time on his side, Lian Ge stepped out of the Exit and Entry Administration Office of the prefecture.
At the entrance of the Exit and Entry Administration of the prefecture, the No. 444 bus that carried Lian Ge to the prefecture was still waiting in place, and the ghosts on it had already been taken away by the ghosts.
At the same time, next to the No. 444 bus, there is also a business car.
At the moment when Lian Ge walked down the Exit and Entry Administration, the business car was quickly opened from the inside.
A public servant of the underworld, who was also dressed in a black suit, but was obviously different from an ordinary ghost, greeted Lian Ge.
"Meet the Celestial Master. The official of the prefecture bowed slightly towards Lian Ge and saluted.
"Are you?" Lian Ge looked at the man and nodded.
"Heavenly Master, under the jurisdiction of the Exit and Entry Administration Department of the Prefecture Government, the person in charge of the Xudu Bus Station, Fan Ba, is specifically responsible for managing some things that usher in and send them to and receive the souls. Fan Ba said a little respectfully,
Listening to this name, Lian Ge couldn't help but take a closer look at this Fan Ba,
Wearing a black suit, slightly chubby, surnamed Fan, the key is at the neckline of the black suit, and there are four small words vaguely engraved - 'The world is peaceful'
"Eighth Master?"
"Don't dare to let the Heavenly Master call me Master, just call me Fan Ba. Fan Ba replied more respectfully.
However, he did not deny Lian Ge's judgment of his identity.
Looking at this black impermanence, Lian Ge nodded slightly,
"I'll call you Brother Fan. ”
"Please also ask the Heavenly Master to take back his fate, you really dare not respond to this title. Fan Ba said again to Lian Ge with some helplessness.
"Okay, Fan Ba,"
Hearing this, Lian Ge nodded, and didn't bother too much about the title.
"You're ......"
"Heavenly Master, you should be going back from the underworld, I'll come and send you down. Saying that, maybe Lian Ge didn't agree, Fan Ba then added,
"I didn't be able to send you to the Heavenly Master last time, and this time I hope that the Heavenly Master will not refuse, and if the Heavenly Master is in a hurry, this car will be faster. ”
Hearing this, Lian Ge looked at the dungeon that was already nearby, and did not refuse again, and nodded towards Fan Ba,
"That's trouble. ”
"No trouble, no trouble, the Heavenly Master is polite. Fan Ba's face showed joy, and then he turned sideways and opened the rear door for Lian Ge.
Seeing this scene, Lian Ge didn't talk nonsense anymore, and went straight to the business car of the underworld.
"Bang. ”
Fan Ba then closed the rear door and returned to the front driver's seat.
"Heavenly Master, you sit tight, let's go. ”
Hearing this, Lian Ge nodded.
Immediately afterwards, the business car of the prefecture started smoothly and began to drive quickly along the road to the outside of the city.
......
Looking out the car window, the scenery of the underworld that kept passing by, Lian Ge retracted his gaze and chatted with Fan Ba somewhat casually,
“...... Actually, I'm curious, can this kind of hearse really be used in the underworld? The speed of the ghost itself can meet the requirements, right?"
"Heavenly Master, you are actually right, the large hearse of bus No. 444 is mainly for the convenience of receiving souls, and the hearse we are taking now is more for a sense of ritual. ”
When Fan Ba heard this, he explained to Lian Ge in more detail,
"In fact, the heads of the main institutions in the capital city can appear anywhere in the underworld in an instant, and even the lower ones can barely do this. ”
Hearing this, Lian Ge nodded and turned to chat with Fan Ba about other things.
......
Time passes slowly.
As Fan Ba said, the speed of this business car in Difu is much faster than that of the 444 Difu hearse.
As the scene outside the car window continues to change,
In a very short time, the underworld car carrying Lian Ge drove out of the capital city, passed through the Guimenguan toll station, and returned to the yang world.
"Heavenly Master, I have already arrived at the Chenghuang Temple in the west of Xugou City. ”
The Difu car stopped smoothly again, and Fan Ba turned around and said to Lian Ge.
"Trouble. Lian Ge glanced out of the car window, squatting under the bus plate, Chen Houde, who was looking left and right, turned his head and said something to Fan Ba.
"The Heavenly Master is polite. ”
Fan Ba said a word, and then saw that Lian Ge was about to get out of the car, and instantly flashed from the driver's seat and appeared outside the car.
"Heavenly Master, please. ”
After opening the rear door for Lian Ge, Fan Ba turned on his side.
Seeing this, Lian Ge couldn't help but glance at Fan Ba, and then didn't say anything, and after saying thank you, he walked straight out of the car.
"Click. ”
The car door was closed again with his backhand, and Lian Ge was about to leave, but Fan Ba took out a palm-sized token from his pocket and handed it to Lian Ge.
"Heavenly Master, this is the standard communicator of the Exit and Entry Administration of the Prefecture, if you need to go to the Underground Prefecture next time, you don't have to rush to the bus stop. All you need to do is infuse the communicator with mana, and the people around you will be able to receive the command. Fan Ba looked at Lian Ge and said.
Hearing this, Lian Ge reached out and took the communicator in Fan Ba's hand, took it in his hand and looked at it carefully,
At first glance, it looked like a token, but when I held it in my hand, I found that it was more like a miniature tombstone, with the only difference being that it was engraved with a complex seal-like pattern.
"Thanks, bother. Putting the communicator of the underworld into his pocket, Lian Ge looked at Fan Ba and thanked him.
"Heavenly Master, you're polite. ”
Fan Ba responded, then glanced at Chen Houde on the side of the road, turned his head to look at Lian Ge and bowed,
"You were busy that day, so I will leave. ”
Hearing this, Lian Ge nodded and said a simple goodbye to Fan Ba.
Fan Ba didn't talk nonsense anymore, and after turning around and returning to the hearse, he quickly disappeared from Lian Ge's sight.
......
Retracting his gaze, Lian Ge turned around and walked towards the side of the road.
Then, Chen Houde also saw Lian Ge's figure in an instant, and immediately got up and greeted Lian Ge.
"Little Master...... Master, I have already done everything you asked me to do, this is rice, I am afraid of the cold, so I put it in the insulated box. ”
Chen Houde walked in front of Lian Ge, carried the thermos box and said,
"And the high-speed rail ticket you asked me to buy, Master, I also bought it on my mobile phone. ”
Hearing this, Lian Ge nodded, and then took Chen Houde to the side of the roadside bus stop again.
Pausing his pace again, Lian Ge turned to look at Chen Houde,
"I already have the answer to what you wanted me to calculate, but I want to ask you again, are you sure you want to calculate this hexagram?"
Lian Ge looked at Chen Houde and asked in a calm tone,
"Master...... I still want to know where my daughter is," Chen Houde listened to Lian Ge's words, faintly feeling a little uneasy, but he still gritted his teeth and nodded in affirmation.
Hearing this, Lian Ge looked at Chen Houde again, looking at the anxiety on his face, and a hint of expectation in his nervousness,
Retracting his gaze, Lian Ge looked at the empty, dead and deserted street, paused, and said:
"Your daughter is no longer alive. ”
As soon as the words fell, the whole street seemed to become more and more silent, and Chen Houde was stunned.
Although he couldn't help but think of this possibility countless times in the past ten years, he heard this sentence when he was most looking forward to it, when his hope was the strongest.
In his eyes, the light that had supported him for ten years and represented hope was dying and dimming.
"Just August 29, 2010. ”
Lian Ge didn't look back, just looked at the deserted street, feeling the evening breeze from the end of the street from time to time.
"Master, how did she die?" Chen Houde's tone was unusually calm.
"Do you remember Li Bo, the doorman of the factory where you worked at the time? Your neighbor's children and your daughter Chen Yue were all killed by him. ”
"Why...... Why did he kill my daughter, who was only five years old at the time, five years old!"