When it was time for dinner, Ke Jiajia still did not return to the Internal Affairs Department.

Song Yixue asked Lao Jitou, saying that he had called to ask for leave, and he asked for two days, but he didn't say the reason for the leave.

Ke Jiajia's mother has just passed away, according to the constitution of the unit, she has a maximum of three days of bereavement leave, although the current overtime system is implemented in the whole unit, but Ke Jiajia's position is currently surplus, so her leave application unit does not need to be reviewed and approved directly.

In the past, when I had lunch, Song Yixue made two servings in the cafeteria, and then brought it back to eat with Ke Jiajia in the rest area, Ke Jiajia didn't like to eat garlic, onions, and leeks, all of which Song Yixue helped to do.

When a thing is repeated in the same way countless times, it will naturally become a matter of course for the parties, and once there is a change one day, it will make people feel very uncomfortable, and this feeling is especially strong for the current Song Yixue.

I don't want to eat in the cafeteria, it's all garlic and onions, and I don't have a beautiful woman to eat together, who would like to eat those things that taste weird?

Song Yixue thought so, and unconsciously walked on the asphalt road outside the Internal Affairs Department,

Not far from the unit, there is a small restaurant called "Hui Hui Dulai", where the stir-fried and home-steamed plum wine taste very authentic.

Of course, these are all things that Song Yixue heard from his colleagues in the department, with his own iron rooster indefatigable character, he has never been in the restaurant on weekdays in the past two years since he went to work.

Song Yixue walked slowly to the door of the restaurant, although it was a meal at this time, but there were not many customers in the store, and there were a few people seated, Song Yixue was very fresh, and he should not be from the unit.

After looking at the menu, they are all home-style stir-fries, and I ordered a pot meat and a mapo tofu, both of which are the most common Shu dishes, although simple, but they can best study the chef's experience.

After thinking about it, Song Yixue still ordered a glass of plum wine, and then under the enthusiastic persuasion of the chubby proprietress, he added a plate of crispy peanuts and dried tofu with wine.

The restaurant was not big, the room was full of oil smoke, and it was a little stuffy, so Song Yixue found a table to sit down under the canopy outside.

Suddenly, Song Yixue, who had just sat down, was stunned and stood up.

He realized that there was an old man sitting at the table next to him, which was nothing to be shocked about, but strangely, he hadn't noticed that there was a person here, and when choosing a table, he had deliberately found a place where there was no one around.

The old man had a lot of wine and food on the table, obviously not after Song Yixue sat down, and even if it was, the time in between was too short.

Song Yixue was stunned for two or three seconds, and after being slightly stunned, he continued to flute.

Because he recognized this old man, it turned out to be the ninth elder of the unit.

Seeing the nine elders, Song Yixue couldn't help but remember that he had seen Linjiang Xianniu Qianzhu in the psychiatric hospital a few days ago.

Although the two of them are mysterious and unpredictable qi refiners, their temperaments are very different, compared to Niu Qianzhu's crane-haired and childish appearance of immortals, although the nine elders are also white, but if you put aside the preconceived identity of the qi refiner, in fact, it looks much different from ordinary retired old men.

The old man looked at Song Yixue, who was stunned at the moment, smiled at him kindly, beckoned, and motioned for Song Yixue to sit down.

It seemed that he saw Song Yixue's previous doubts, and the ninth elder chuckled: "It's just a little trick, I learned it from Niu Lao'er before, if ordinary people are not too focused, they will involuntarily ignore me, it's not as evil as you think." ”

Song Yixue nodded as if he didn't understand, what the Nine Elders said was naturally what it was, as for not understanding it, it didn't matter, it would be strange if he was an ordinary person who understood the means of a qi refiner.

Jiu Lao twisted a chopsticks and side dishes, and said casually: "Relax, don't be nervous, since you met here, then you can accompany the old man to drink two sips and swing the Longmen Array (southwest dialect, the meaning of chatting and bragging between friends)." ”

"Yes. ”

Song Yixue responded, still looking a little restrained, he himself didn't quite understand, he could talk eloquently in front of Niu Qianzhu, he was not much afraid when Ge Yuning used genetic modification methods against him, but when he came to Jiu Lao, he was so nervous.

The only explanation is that the first two are causally linked, seeing that Niu Qianzhu is to apply for regularization, driven by interests; when facing Ge Yuning, all he thinks about is Ke Jiajia, and he has no time to take care of anything else.

"Niu Lao'er, have you seen it!"

The voice of the ninth elder pulled Song Yixue's consciousness back, and he realized that he was actually distracted.

"I've seen it. Song Yixue replied in a proper manner.

Jiu Lao put down his chopsticks, looked in the direction of the west, and said slowly: "The old man cultivates the way of homeopathy, and Niu Lao'er cultivates the way of the heart, but this person, if you want everything to go well, then you have to get along with God, so he has had a hard time all these years, this time you let him out of the prison of his own painting, it is a great thing for him, the old man should give you a cup." ”

With that, the Nine Elders raised their wine glasses and drank them all.

Song Yixue was flattered, and quickly picked up his cup and poured it.

He is not a good drinker, but the plum wine steamed in this restaurant has a fruity flavor and mellow taste, although he is in a hurry to drink, but it still has a long aftertaste, but the temperament of this distilled liquor is a little strong, and a small glass goes down, I feel a little dizzy.

Song Yixue didn't dare to talk casually, and the ninth elder said to himself: "The old man cultivates the way of homeopathy, believes in fate, God let that little guy rely on you, which means that you have a fate with it; Tang Ming asked you to invite Niu Lao'er, this is also the fate of you and Niu Lao'er, today you and I bumped into each other here, this restaurant is called 'Come Back to the Come', and the old man does not come back to the bureau when he has to come over to drink two sips, but this is also the first time I have met you here, you say that this is not destined fate, it seems that the old man's eyes are still very good, this time I didn't look away. ”

Song Yixue saw that the Nine Elders would look to the west once or twice from time to time, and couldn't help but muster up the courage to ask: "Nine Elders, what's going on on Gongga Mountain, Niu Lao won't have anything to do, right?"

The Ninth Elder seemed a little surprised, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "I thought you would ask about the origin of that little guy." ”

At the beginning, Song Yixue seemed less restrained, and explained: "Xiaobai's life history file is not written, and I asked it several times on the side, but it didn't say, so I think that you shouldn't say it." ”

The nine old men laughed for a while, and said happily: "Your doll really has a bit of spirituality, the old man didn't see the wrong person, in fact, there is nothing to say, if you put Niu Lao'er on him, he will tell you thoroughly, but the old man can't say that he chose to take this road back then, and he is destined not to be able to come by temperament, but Niu Lao'er's old man can tell you about it." ”

Jiu Lao took a sip of wine and said: "Niu Lao'er can't make any big trips on this trip to the mountain, as long as he doesn't die on the mountain, it's a good thing for him." ”

"Twenty years ago, he killed all the way from Xuanhan City in the east of Shuzhou to Yandao City in the west, where he passed was really a river of blood, only one person made the Shuzhou Demon Spirit Mountain Alliance that was just emerging at that time collapsed, at that time, I really admired him, it is estimated that he was killing at that time, unable to hold his hand, and then he went all the way to Gongga Mountain, three days later, he went down the mountain, like a lost soul, returned to Yuzhou Chaotianmen, on the edge of the dock looking at the tide on the Lingjiang River and sat dry, one night white, this sitting is ten years, and then he went crazy, the Demon Spirit Bureau took him back, and he himself ran to the mental hospital in a madnessand no one until you go and call him out this time. ”

The ninth elder finished talking about Niu Qianzhu's experience in the past twenty years in one breath, and his tone was full of embarrassment.

Song Yixue never thought that Niu Qianzhu actually had such a legendary experience, trying to kill all the demons in Shuzhou with the power of one person, what kind of courage this is, although Song Yixue was unwilling to take the road of force, but still felt enthusiastic, and couldn't help but rise in his heart a heroic complex of "why don't men take Wu Hook and collect Guanshan Fifty Prefectures", although there are ten years of sitting in Chaotianmen and ten years of self-binding mental hospital, but now he has broken out of the cocoon, and the goal is still Gongga Mountain.

In the words of the nine elders, there are many unclear places, such as what happened to Niu Qianzhu on the mountain, why he went crazy, these nine elders did not explain, this mostly involves the homeopathic path cultivated by the nine elders, since it cannot be said, Song Yixue will naturally not be stupid enough to ask.

"After Elder Niu goes down the mountain this time, will he come back to the Demon Spirit Bureau?" Song Yixue suddenly asked.

He thought that if Niu Lao could come back, then the strength of the Demon Spirit Bureau would inevitably increase greatly, and then Ke Jiajia would be relatively safer after joining the Black Butler Group. Although the impact between the two will not be too obvious, as long as there is one more thing that can make Ke Jiajia more safe, Song Yixue will feel at ease.

The ninth elder didn't seem to notice the expectation on Song Yixue's face, and said heartily: "After he goes down the mountain this time, if the demon in his heart can be removed, then there will be no restraint, this is bright and clear, the world is vast, where can he go? How can he return to the Demon Spirit Bureau to be controlled everywhere, I still can't compare to him after all." ”

Song Yixue felt a sense of loss in his heart.

Seeing Song Yixue's appearance, Jiu Lao smiled and said kindly: " Doll, the old man is here to say a few more words to you, this is the same as making a sword, first of all, you have to straighten, the sword is straight, in order to stab far, people can stand straight to see far, just like Niu Lao'er, there are not so many flowery intestines, admit death, take the straight road, even if he was forcefully led, he did not go to the detour, stopped for 20 years, or returned to the right road, the old man hopes that you are the same as him, look ahead, don't go around like the old man several times back and forth, the result is still in the same place, now I think it's really not worth it。 ”

The wrinkled old face of the Nine Elders was full of helplessness, but in those somewhat cloudy eyes, there was brilliance.