18.Chapter 18: The Man Outside the Wall
Li Laosan quietly observed for a few minutes behind the "artifact", and the black shadow only flashed, and then there was no movement in the south wing. Li Laosan moved his body carefully, went to the entrance of the cave, jumped slightly, held the cat in one hand, and pulled the edge of the hole with the other hand. It's incredibly light and the arm strength is breathtaking.
Back on the surface, he leaned over and put the bluestone slab back on the hole, then moved the statue back to its place. At this time, the moonlight is brighter, and you can vaguely see the true face of this statue, it is actually a strange statue of a beast-faced human body, the origin of this thing Li Laosan is not very clear, I only remember that it was here when I was sensible, it was originally placed at the back of the house, and when the family was dead and Li Laosan became a loner, he moved it into the south wing.
Li Laosan looked at the ghost-faced fangs of the statue, although he couldn't see it clearly, but he still faintly felt eerie and terrifying, and he was uncomfortable, if it weren't for his dead ghost father repeatedly telling him to take care of it before he took a breath, Li Laosan would have been angry and split it and burned it, in fact, he always thought that this thing was a bad thing, not because it was ugly, but because the night his mother died, this thing opened his eyes, and Li Laosan, who was only five years old at the time, immediately fainted in fright. Later, when his father died, Li Laosan specially ran to see the statue again, and sure enough, it opened its eyes again and stared at Li Laosan, but its eyes were indeed extremely compassionate. At that time, Li Laosan was already in his twenties, and he had already made a name for himself on Zhejiang Road, so this time he was not afraid, but asked him a question very calmly. He asked about his future, of course, the statue did not answer him, Li Laosan left with a black face, and the statue grew a pair of fangs the moment he turned to leave.
"When I asked you, you didn't answer me, and I went further and further on this road of no return, hey. Li Laosan sighed softly, but did not look at the face of the statue. After a few moments, he turned and walked away.
Leaving the south wing, Li Laosan left the same way, and when he got to the base of the wall, he turned around and took a look at the house where he was born and raised himself, although since his mother died, he had no sense of home, but after so many years of being away from home, he inexplicably had a sense of belonging that was too strong in his own opinion, and a thought suddenly arose in his heart: "In the future, I will also die here, Sanqing." ”
Li Laosan has never been a sad person, even if he has the slightest emotion now, he was quickly interrupted by himself.
He glanced at the black cat of unknown origin in his hand, and the strange thing was that the stench it originally emitted disappeared unconsciously, Li Laosan didn't know whether to be happy or worried, this matter was too strange.
"Forget it, let's give you a ride!" Li Laosan muttered. He won't be too entangled in the problems that he can't figure out for a while, because sometimes the more you think about it, the more it will fall into a blind spot, so he chooses to pass it off.
He squatted down, put the black cat aside for the time being, and then freed his hands to dig a pit at the base of the wall, it had rained not long ago, and the soil was much softer, and after a while, he dug a small pit about half a meter deep at the base of the wall, and then gently threw the black cat into the pit.
He took the copper coin out of his pocket and spit it out of the black cat's mouth, considering whether it should be returned to its rightful owner. At this moment, by the moonlight, the words on the copper coin were revealed. "Xianfeng Year" is not an old thing, let alone a good thing. Under careful observation, Li Laosan found that this copper coin was well preserved, and it also exuded a faint aroma of wine, which was very familiar. But he couldn't remember where he had smelled it.
"Forget it, I'll keep it for you first, you can't use it over there, if you don't want to be a beast in the next life, remember to come to me, I'm Li Laosan is not a dead man!" When he said the word human, he paused for a moment, and he didn't know whether it was right or wrong to say this.
After putting the copper coin back in his pocket, Li Laosan bent down to push the earth, filled the small hole, and then stretched out his feet to stomp on the ground. Then he clapped his hands and climbed up the wall. He was about to jump down, but he found a person standing not far from the wall, and he was an extremely burly person from his figure. Li Laosan leaned on the wall with one hand, and quietly pressed the wooden box on his back with the other.
Li Laosan was about to jump back into the house, and the black shadow also happened to shout "Third Brother", this sound was neither high nor low, just enough for Li Laosan to hear, Li Laosan was stunned for a moment when he heard the sound, did not jump off the wall, and immediately identified the owner of the voice.
"Anzi!" he said with great certainty instead of asking, and then without waiting for the other party to reply, he jumped off the wall, landed lightly, and strode towards the figure. When the other party saw Li Laosan walking towards him, he also greeted him.
"I've waited for you, third brother!" The distance between the two was less than half a meter, Li Laosan stopped, and stretched out a hand to push forward, and the other side also stopped, and then said with a little loss.
"Finally?" asked Li Laosan suspiciously.
"Yes, it's been three months, and the soldiers and I take turns here every day to guard you, and if you don't show up again, we will have no way out!" The burly young man who was called Anzi by Li Laosan said helplessly.
"What are you waiting for me to do? I have long since stopped doing it, and I have given you all the shares that should be shared, and when I left, I said that I am no longer your master, and you don't want to look for me, forget?" Li Laosan said sternly.
"Third brother, I've been with you for so many years, you should know better than anyone else what kind of person I am, of course I remember what I promised you, but this time you must listen to me first."
"Say!" Anzi's words were just as he spoke, and Li Laosan interrupted him impatiently.
"This matter is actually Sister Xiao Yun's business! It was she who came here and waited for you, and said that she would definitely be able to wait for you here. Anzi said softly, looking a little weak.
"Huang Xiaoyun?" After Li Laosan heard this name, he immediately frowned, subconsciously narrowed his eyes, and his mind became a little chaotic. After a pause, he continued to ask, "She, what's wrong, where is she now, are you doing well?" Li Laosan threw out a series of questions, and this time his tone was much softer.
"She's not good! It's a bit urgent, why don't we talk as we go?" An Ziyan said.
"Not good. Li Laosan said softly, squinting at the wooden box behind him, and then at the tall and burly Anzi. Then he resolutely said: "Go to my place and put your things away first, and you have to explain things to me clearly on the way!"
"Hmm! After Anzi finished answering, he stood aside, Li Laosan walked to the front to lead the way, Anzi followed, and the two disappeared and maintained a distance of about half a meter, just like the tacit understanding that had been running in for many years.
Soon the two disappeared into the night.
The statue in the south wing suddenly opened its eyes, revealing a fierce light.