Guo Gong Zhuang Feng in the east of Linquan County. 【Reading.com】

Residential buildings overlook the vast fertile fields and rivers flowing quietly outside the city.

It has been swallowed up by the greedy maw of urban sprawl in recent years, and has lost its former rural image and has become part of the city.

In the eastern section of Guhe Street in Guogongzhuang Town, at the junction of Fulin Community and Mingfang Villa District on the edge of the county, there is a slightly old exclusive courtyard, the low courtyard wall built of red bricks is crawled with dark green vine plants, interspersed with flowers or blooming or withering: the courtyard gate is not big, about one meter five wide, less than two meters high, painted dark red on the two wooden courtyard doors are still the old deadbolt iron lock: the blue bricks and green tiles build up a low gatehouse, similar to the shape of the ancient cornices, Below are two low staircases paved with bluestone, and there is a one-foot-high wooden threshold between the courtyard gates......

Compared to the surrounding environment and buildings, this old courtyard seems to be very incongruous, standing abruptly there. But it remains, quietly, unaffected by the reinforced concrete buildings.

A few years ago, when the pace of urban demolition and expansion stepped here, Shengsheng avoided this courtyard and did not disturb it.

Because, they don't know whether the owner of the compound agrees to relocate or not, and no one asks or talks...... To put it mildly, no one dares.

The courtyard is a small two-story building, the outer walls are glued with bright white tiles, blue edges are decorated, the doors and windows are wooden, painted brown and yellow, ordinary architectural style; There are several pomegranate trees planted in the large courtyard, which are full of red and bright pomegranates at this time, and the green leaves against the backdrop make people can't help but salivate.

Inside the small building, "the living room on the first floor looks very empty, and on the left side are two single brown solid wood sofas without upholstery, and there is a small coffee table in the middle of the sofa; On the right side, there is a large table similar to a hall table, on which is placed an old-fashioned bronze incense burner candlestick, very old but very clean, and there is a Taishi chair on each side: on the wall behind the table hangs a picture of the Heavenly Master catching ghosts, although the image of the bell in it is hideous and fierce, and the appearance of the little ghost is weird, but the overall appearance does not seem so terrible, but there is a feeling of quiet and comfortable mind.

The layout of this kind of house is very strange......

Normally, a wall chart with an incense burner and candlesticks "should be placed directly opposite the door." underneath the walls.

But in this living room, under the wall facing the door, there is a long case with a length of more than three meters, more than one meter high, and a small black clay pot with a small belly and small mouth is placed on the case, similar to the clay pot of pickles in the countryside, but the volume is much smaller, about two fist-sized clay pots are all covered with thick yellow paper and tied with red head rope. On each crockpot, there is also a small talisman pasted on it.

On the wall behind these clay pots and long cases, there is a huge painting that covers almost the entire wall, on top of which is a huge crooked-necked willow tree, with lush branches, and under the tree are all kinds of bright huā flowers and grasses, but I really can't see what kind of huā grass is, and it seems that peony chrysanthemum huā has everything, and if you look closely, it is a little messy.

In addition, the whole living room has no other furniture and objects, and it looks very empty.

Lu Xiangan was sitting on the single wooden sofa on the left side of the living room at this time, with a peaceful smile on his face, sipping tea slowly.

On the other couch "sat an old man who seemed to be more than ten years older than Lu Xiangan, wearing a black suit, shaved head, wrinkled face, a pair of sunken eye sockets with a faint blue-green glow, and a jet-black pipe in his mouth."

On the chair to the right of the table across from them sat a smiling old lady who looked to be in her sixties, with white hair, a white face covered with fine wrinkles, and a pair of bright eyes that shone with a gentle and kind color: she wore a thick gold necklace around her neck, a turquoise bracelet on both wrists, and a blood-red bracelet on both wrists; Wearing a simple light huā plaid shirt on the upper body, a pair of black trousers on the lower body, and a pair of handmade black women's cloth shoes with mille-feuille soles on the feet, the upper is also embroidered with two red and bright huā flowers, which is a bit playful and lively.

What is remarkable is that the old lady's feet are very small, although they are not three-inch golden lotus, but they are not very big.

This makes it easy to be worried: an old lady, can she walk steadily when walking?

In fact, the old lady walked not only steadily, but also more steadily than many young people, and it is no exaggeration to say that the old lady walked like a fly.

She is the famous little foot lady Huang Ergu in the Qimen rivers and lakes.

"I said that there were magpies climbing the branches early this morning, and it turned out that there were really distinguished guests." , Huang Ergu said with a smile: "Master Lu and Master Sanuti, are you here as an appointment?" Lu Xiangan smiled and waved his hand, and said, "It's pure coincidence, I went to Zhuoyang to do some business, and I came to visit my old friends in Xia Qimen by the way." ”

"I'm here to see Mu people in the [Middle] country, and by the way, I will visit the warlock masters in the Qimen rivers and lakes of the [Middle] country." Sanuti's voice is extremely hoarse, and he doesn't seem to be used to and good at speaking Mandarin, so he says that Ao Lai is very slow, and his pronunciation is really inaccurate. ”

Although the words were polite, Sanuti didn't even glance at Lu Xiangan.

Huang Ergu said with a smile: "Zhengzhou has been farewell for more than ten years............ I'm really a little curious, I don't know what mountains Master Sannuti is coming to my country this time."

"I don't know." Only then did Sanuti turn his head to look at Lu Xiang'an and said, "Master Lu knows that that person is now in Beijing. ”

"Oh?" Huang Ergu looked at Lu Xiangan with a smile.

"Yes, a warlock master who doesn't want to reveal his identity......,..." Lu Xiangan didn't mind Sanuti's attitude towards him at all, and smiled: "Moreover, he is very busy on weekdays, and it is rare to have leisure time. ”

Sanuti nodded, his expression did not seem very stiff, but said very calmly: "I want to meet him, his magic is very skillful, I have never seen it." "If you want to talk," I'm afraid he wouldn't agree. Lu Xiangan said with a smile.

"Why?"

Lu Xiangan said seriously: "He doesn't want to be the same person as us......

"Master Lu, you are different from us" You only know divination, how can you understand the mystery of the magic exchange. Sanuti shook his head, and between his words, it was obvious that he distinguished the art of divination and prediction from the fighting technique, and said, "I think he will agree to have a conversation with me, he seriously injured my grandson, I just want to communicate with him, he has no reason to refuse." ”

Huang Ergu frowned slightly, and then said with a smile: "Master Sanuti, the country of China is rich in land and resources, with a long history of culture for thousands of years, and there are many kinds of strange sects and techniques, you haven't seen many of them, do you want to visit and exchange ideas one by one when you come to China this time?" ”

Nuti said, "I am only willing to compete with warlocks who are skilled in magic. ”

This makes people sound a little arrogant.

Huang Ergu said dishappily: "Then you should go to the [Ri] book, I heard that you were defeated by the onmyoji and ninja masters of the [Ri] book back then, and their spells should be very clever in your eyes." ”

Lu Xiangan shook his head with a smile and thought that he didn't know which second-rate warlock in the domestic Qimen rivers and lakes was back then, and he was full of contacts and organized a warlock exchange conference in Zhengzhou.

But in fact, "...... There are not many real Qimen masters in China.

This is related to the traditional habits and concepts of the Chinese people, and the real masters often don't like the lively scenes that are in the limelight.

Therefore, at the competition conference that year, the Thai head descender Sanuti and the Indian wizard Karaam and the onmyoji Tian Mu Ming of the "Japan" Ben were in the limelight.

And Huang Ergu was careless and failed to subdue one of Sannuti's poisonous cup worms and was defeated.

So today, Sanuti said that sentence, which made Huang Ergu quite unhappy.

It's not that Huang Ergu is small-minded, she has lived for such an age, and she already has a cultivation realm, so she naturally doesn't care about any false things such as fame and face of victory or defeat. But the problem is that Sanuti's words are easily misunderstood, raising the scope of his disdain to the level of the whole country, that is, the Qimen rivers and lakes of the entire "China" country......

Therefore, "Huang Ergu is naturally resentful, so she will speak out and expose Sanuti's shortcomings."

"I'm sorry, but maybe my words may be misleading to you." Sanuti said in stiff Chinese, "The expression on his face was slightly apologetic, but not very sincere" and said: "I just want to exchange techniques and improve my state of mind and knowledge, and it won't hurt anyone." ”

"Did you come to me to say this?" Huang Ergu sneered.

"By the way," ......," Sanuti said.

Maybe Sannuti really doesn't know how to communicate in Chinese, right? Anyway, although his expression is gentle, the words he says are not so pleasant to hear~ You know how to communicate and improve your understanding, and it won't hurt people? Are you so sure you're awesome, not hurt?

Lu Xiangan couldn't help but smile, the frog at the bottom of the well!

Huang Ergu sneered: "Then I'll ask Master Sanuti for the head lowering technique today......

"It's not convenient now, I'm going to wait until my grandson comes." Sanuti said earnestly: "On the way here, he has to do something, and he will come later." ”

"Always with you!" Huang Ergu sneered.

"Second Aunt Huang, forget it......", Lu Xiangan opened his mouth and smiled and comforted, thinking that Huang Ergu was in such a state of mind now, she had already lost first, even if it was a competition, it was the result of defeat. Moreover, Sanuti just said that his cutter was on the way to come, and he was going to do something, which made Lu Xiangan suddenly feel something.! ~！