Chapter 2 It's not that they are not enemies
"Demon?!"
Compared with Fang Cai's thrilling scene, hearing the word demon from the old man's mouth deeply stimulated Ren Zhen.
It seems that masters are everywhere, and in front of the demon, he is actually the object of escape.
For the sake of self-esteem, which is as important as life, Ren Zhen picked up his clothes and wiped his face, and said duplicitously: "You think it's a movie? Painted Skin 3? After he finished speaking, he shook his head in feigned sympathy.
As he was about to go down the slope, he seemed to think of something, and he turned back.
The old man greeted him and said, "How did you think about what I told you last time?" ”
Ren Zhen glanced at the old man, but did not answer immediately, blindly concentrating on finding something on the ground.
It wasn't until he picked up the bird that he had just thrown away that he couldn't tell the color, that he tilted his head and sneered at the old man: "What's the matter? As far as you say, you want to take me as a disciple? Teach me to catch demons? ”
"First, I don't do anything without money! Second, I don't do dangerous things. Third, there are no demons in this world. Fourth, I don't want a master. ”
He said these four guidelines to the old man no less than three times, so he didn't miss this time.
If nothing else, just for his self-esteem, which he regards as life.
Want him to worship mortals as teachers? No way!
But...... How did this old man know that he was interested in demons? He never figured it out.
Ren Zhen found what he was looking for, and before leaving, he instructed: "I didn't see today's incident, you quickly hide, don't say anything about demons, otherwise the police will arrest you and sentence you to death, and you won't have time to regret it." ”
The old man squinted his eyes at Ren Zhen's distant back, licked his dry lips, and gradually revealed a weird smile.
Someone drove the mule to the dirt slope to find a shady place to rest, and luckily passed by the tragic woman and the pile of corpses. They only wanted to stop and take a sip of water and nibble on the dry food prepared by the mother-in-law at home, but no one realized that a person and ...... had just died here A demon.
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The story that happened today repeated itself over and over again in Ren Zhen's brain like a picture.
Who is that old man? Is it an ordinary demon hunter, or a fairy who visits here? These days the set is almost an old man who wants to test his identity? Or did he already know his identity, but he deliberately approached to test whether he could really keep his mouth shut?
If it's really an acquaintance, why don't you identify yourself early?
This person is eccentric, and he must adapt to all changes with the same!
Ren Zhen faced the dog-like exterior wall of his house, thought seriously for three minutes, and then pushed the door of the house with his hand.
Two single beds almost side by side, a round table of black lacquered wood covered with green-headed flies, a few rickety chairs, and the door of a cloth wardrobe that had been torn into a few strands of cloth, Liao Liao's clothes were in full view. A cooking stove, firewood, pots and pans are stacked in the corner, and this is both the kitchen and the bedroom.
This room, which Ren Zhen had long disliked, now gave him a sense of security, and Fang Cai's nervousness was also relieved at the moment he entered the house.
"Ren Zhen, are you back? Did you bring another bird back? Are animal carcasses really so delicious? ”
A thin girl didn't look at him when she spoke, but just shoved a stick into the belly of the stove with a quick ass.
"Mai Mai, how many times have I told you, don't call me Ren Zhen, call me brother." Although it was a blaming word, Ren Zhen said it extremely gently. He threw the bird into the corner and turned and fell onto the bed.
It's strange to say, for this sister who is not related by blood and is naturally stubborn, Ren Zhen rarely loses his temper. He has always been as tolerant as a father to his daughter, so it took ten years to change the title.
Mai Mai didn't pay any attention to Ren Zhen's meaning. She added enough firewood to the stove, got up, lifted the pot, looked inside contentedly, wiped her hands stained with paint, and turned to stack firewood again.
Ren Zhen slammed his head on the bed, what happened today, he needed to digest it.
I can't figure it out over and over again......
Mai Mai had been busy in front of the stove like a little adult, and it wasn't until the corn porridge in the pot was cooked to the point that she noticed that Ren Zhen was a little different from the past.
People who can't sit still actually lie in bed early and don't move for a long time.
Could it be that you are sick?
Mai Mai slowly walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, holding Ren Zhen's face with both hands, and the look in his eyes was ...... It's like going to a bazaar to see if an animal is healthy. Ren Zhen, who was originally powerless and at the mercy of Mai Mai, finally couldn't help but scold in a low voice: "Don't make trouble!" ”
This special way of caring has always made Ren Zhen feel awkward.
"Lie down for me!"
Mai Mai forcibly turned Ren Zhen's face, looked at the left cheek, looked at the right cheek, and finally raised his chin to look at the Adam's apple, and then said seriously: "I'm not sick, it seems that I have something on my mind!" What happened to you? ”
"Nothing! It's just a little unlucky, I ran into something unclean! ”
The so-called unclean things are tantamount to seeing ghosts. Mai Mai is not associated with demons.
She was stunned, pouted and took her hand away from Ren Zhen's face, then grabbed a few yellow hairs on her chest and circled them, and complained dissatisfiedly: "Didn't you ask you not to go out today, you didn't listen!" I told you that I didn't have a good premonition today. ”
"Do you really have a bad feeling again?" Ren Zhen got up with a grunt, staring thoughtfully at Mai Mai's young and old face.
He had never believed in the matter of the sixth sense before, but now it seems to be really mysterious.
The woman's sixth sense seems to be more effective than Taishang Laojun's stinky mouth!
Ren Zhen scratched his head in annoyance, and said to himself: "Alas, what a hell! No wonder I ran into that old man again, as long as I met that old man, it wouldn't be a good thing. ”
"The old man? That old man Wu who always comes to you? ”
"Who else but him?"
At the mention of that old man Wu, Mai Mai's brows furrowed unconsciously. Always loves to eat and drink, and loves to talk nonsense, her impression of Old Man Wu is not very good.
She bit her lip, got up and took out two bowls of corn porridge cooked in the pot, put them on the table, and muttered: "Ren Zhen, how many times have I told you, that old man Wu doesn't pay attention to him, I see that he is always nervous, and sometimes I get goosebumps." ”
This tone is like what a mother says to her son, but Ren Zhen is used to it.
"That person was accidentally bumped into by me, you don't know it's too dangerous today, and thanks to him......"
At this time, there was a knock at the door......
"Bang, bang, bang."
The man was visibly impatient, and his voice was heavy and hurried. Ren Zhen and Mai Mai glanced at each other, but they didn't move for a long time.
In a short moment of silence, time passed strangely and long.
The dog next door barked several times, and Ren Zhen finally decided to open the door to take a look - as soon as the door opened a crack, he immediately regretted it.
The old man in front of him was wearing a gray undershirt and big blue shorts, carrying a black plastic bag in his hand, short white hair, and the wrinkles on his face could trap a small fly, and he showed a mouth full of tetracycline teeth intentionally or unintentionally.
This old man is none other than the old man Wu who turned Zhao Papi into a pile of ashes today.
"Why are you again?"
Ren Zhen's eyebrows were raised high, and the complicated expression on his face was already in a posture of wanting to keep the old man out. Old man Wu was unimpressed, and under Ren Zhen's surprised gaze, he entered the door directly.
The expression on Mai Mai's face was the same as Ren Zhen's: "Hey, old man, why are you here again?" ”
She only shouted at Old Man Wu, and when she saw Old Man Wu squinting at her, she stopped talking. She couldn't describe how unsettling the look was, as sharp as an eagle seeing its prey, but also colder.
Old man Wu turned around and sat down at the dining table, taking a few fast food boxes from the plastic bag he was carrying, and inside the boxes were roast duck and braised pork that he had specially bought in the market.
Turned to look at the owner of the house......
None of them seemed to want to greet him.
Old man Wu easily found a pair of chopsticks from the basket on the ground, and the roast duck and braised pork were eaten on the porridge on the table, and the whole room only heard the sound of his teeth chewing food quickly.
Ren Zhen and Mai Mai couldn't help but look at each other.
At lunchtime, some people's chimneys rose with green smoke, and some people were already full and curled up in bed to take a nap, but they were going to watch an old man of unknown origin eat and drink, and they were so hungry that they could only swallow their saliva secretly. Moreover, the same scenario has already appeared several times.
It's clearly relying on them.
After drinking a bowl of porridge and gnawing on several pieces of meat, when the old man was about to pick up the second bowl of porridge, he squinted and saw Ren Zhen and Mai Mai sitting on the edge of the bed with disgusted expressions, and secretly pulled the corners of their mouths.
Lowered his head and took out a small black crockpot from his waist, raised it and shook it at Ren Zhen and said, "Come here, have a drink!" ”
This action is like teasing your own puppy!
Mai Mai muttered reluctantly: "It's like this every time, you go and have a drink, don't drink for nothing." ”
She knew that Ren Zhen was a wine worm, and as soon as she smelled the wine, she would crawl over regardless of it, just to be able to lick it.
Ren Zhen also knew about Old Man Wu's set. It's nothing more than wanting to use wine to seduce his stomach, and then use that set of nonsense to force his ears, but the helpless thing is that he can't resist the temptation of wine every time.
This time, it was no exception.
After Ren Zhen went over and sat down, Old Man Wu took out the wooden stopper of the crockpot, leaned in and sniffed it fiercely, and then handed it to Ren Zhen: "I used to bring you ordinary things, but this is a good thing, and I took a lot of effort to get it, so that's it." ”
Ren Zhen was not polite, and couldn't wait to pour a sip into his mouth.
As the fragrant liquor poured through his intestines, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and praised: "Good wine! ”
Old man Wu saw that Ren Zhen had drunk it, as if a stone had fallen to the ground, and laughed comfortably. "Hahaha, I knew you were hungry for this, I brought you wine every time I came, and I saved your life today, so I have to give me a good look."
"It's not that I don't give you a good look, you talk nonsense every time, either let me be your apprentice or let me be your son-in-law. I caused trouble again today, and I ...... everyone" Ren Zhen said this, glanced cautiously at the door, lowered his voice and continued: "I actually killed someone!" A big living person has turned into a pile of ashes, and I don't know what kind of crooked ways you are using. ”
"I didn't kill anyone, you were the one who did the crime!" Old man Wu replied calmly.;