Chapter 27: A Strange Gamble
Oh? There is such a strange exquisiteness, You Fang stuffed the yellow silk bag into his backpack, and it seemed that he had to find a special time to settle down in a very quiet environment to see what was strange about this book. Liu Li had already stood up, wiped his mouth with a napkin and said, "It's eight forty now, you have two hours to find a way to escape, I'll leave first, don't forget to check out!" ”
After speaking, he pushed the door and left, You Fang wanted to ask a few more words, but he had to touch the back of his head to pack up his things and ask the waiter to settle the bill. Walking out of the door of this Lu restaurant, Liu Li was no longer visible under the street lamp, and the old man didn't know where the cat had gone. To run or not to escape, how can you escape? You Fang thought for a moment, and then he had a plan in his heart.
Escape, of course, and do as planned! If Liu Li was chasing the sword instead of the person, then the easiest way was to throw the ancient sword into the sewer and escape by himself, but this is not a good way, it would be a pity to throw it away like this, You Fang has never been a person who spoils things. Don't forget that Liu Li gave him another yellow silk bag that couldn't be easily opened, who knows what's weird in it, could it be that little bag also thrown into the trash? What if it's really a cheat, even if it's not a gamer, you can't do that.
He is a young man after all, and Liu Li's coming out of this scene has invisibly aroused his competitive spirit. According to the various magical or superstitious sayings in Feng Shui, is there any way to hide the aura on that ancient sword? You Fang's first thought came to mind three words - railway station.
In some ancient feng shui books, there is a kind of thing, called the evil blade, which once drank the blood of the killer, and was invisibly tempered by resentment, and it can ward off evil spirits. There should be a lot of this kind of thing on the battlefield in ancient times, but metal products, especially the most commonly used iron weapons in ancient times, are easily corroded in the air, and it is difficult to preserve them intact to modern times unless they happen by chance.
It seems that this short sword is a sinister blade, and it is not surprising that the yin qi is heavy, it was untied from the waist of a corpse, and the remains were buried next to an ancient tomb. This kind of thing is more "dazzling" in places where yang energy and vitality are more vigorous, and people with keen spiritual sense can detect it, as for Liu Li's "master", he even more exaggeratedly ridiculed You Fang walking with that sword like "a fish thrown into an oil pot".
However, if the yang and vitality in the environment are abnormally strong, the yin and evil qi in the utensils can be suppressed, just like the mind of the wandering party was once controlled by the iron lion of Cangzhou, although the details are different but the reason is similar. This kind of environment requires a lot of people in the first place, preferably in a crowded gathering in a certain space, and full of restless emotions.
In addition to the battlefield where thousands of troops and horses are fighting, where can you find such an environment? It's not easy to say, some countries may not be able to find a qualified place, but in China it is not too difficult, the first choice is the train station. You have to go to the waiting hall of the train station and prepare to leave Jinan on the most crowded train.
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Jinan Railway Station is crowded, people carrying all kinds of luggage on their shoulders, converging into a torrent into the waiting hall. It's August now, and it's the hottest weather after the beginning of autumn, and although the waiting hall is powered by central air conditioning, it still can't stop the heat wave brought by the rolling crowd. The smell of the human body wafted everywhere, the crowded aisles between the rows of seats were filled with large bags and small bags, and the air was filled with indescribable impetuousness.
You Fang was slightly surprised, it was not the Spring Festival period, how could there be so many people at the train station? It's not surprising that it's summer vacation, and it's the peak season for parents to travel with their children; At the same time, just before the harvest of the farmland, farmers who are not far from home doing odd jobs may also go home to help; Today is just in time for the weekend, and there are more people traveling.
He secretly rejoiced in his heart - such a heavy "popularity", just what I wanted! If someone next to you knows that you come to take the train, hoping that the more crowded people are, the heavier the "smell" of people, and the more restless everyone's mood is, I am afraid that even the nose will be crooked. You Fang looked at the train schedule, Jinan is the first station of the train he did not choose, the ticket window showed that there are empty seats of the train he did not choose, and finally selected from Yantai to Xi'an, through Jinan 1130 times of the express train, 22:41 to the train, at present even the no seat tickets have been sold out. He asked at the pick-up desk that the train was not delayed.
The queue in front of the ticket window was very long, and you Fang glanced around, and basically distinguished the various gangsters mixed in the crowd, which ones were professional beggars, which were professional thieves, and which were professional ticket sellers? He got into the crowd, and after a while, he had already increased the price to buy a ticket, because the time was too tight, he only got the most expensive soft sleeper ticket, the ticket price was 498, plus the money given to the ticket seller, it was almost time to catch up with the discounted ticket in the off-season.
In fact, taking a plane is also an option, no matter how big Liu Li's ability is, it is impossible to fly to chase the plane, but You Fang cannot guarantee that he will be able to hide his breath within two hours and get away in time. Although the old man said that he did not deliberately track him within an hour, he did not know whether this sentence was credible or not, because there was a problem with this bet itself.
The old man means that if he catches up with You Fang before lunch tomorrow, he will let him go and no longer accept him as an apprentice, this sentence itself leaves a threshold - if the old man just doesn't want to let You Fang go, he can deliberately release the water, pretend not to catch up tomorrow, and then reappear, You Fang has no temper at all, and the initiative is in Liu Li's hands.
As for the other situation, if you can get out smoothly, you are qualified to worship him as a teacher. The problem of this sentence is even greater, not to mention whether You Fang wants to apprentice or not, if he really escapes Liu Li's "divine claws", it will be like a fish entering the rivers and lakes, where will Liu Li go to find it when the world is so big?
Taking a step back, if Liu Li keeps his word and You Fang wants to be lazy, he can choose to deliberately stay where he is and not escape, and let Liu Li find it! But You Fang would not do this, on the one hand, he always wanted to get rid of Liu Li's entanglement, and on the other hand, this strange bet also aroused his competitiveness and curiosity. Liu Li has a sentence that makes sense, if a master really wants to be unfavorable to him, how can he escape? You Fang also wants to try whether he can do it with his own "ability".
When I came to the corresponding ticket gate in the hall with the ticket, the seats were already full, and many people stood there waiting for the train. You Fang drilled forward from the crowd down the aisle, and heard several familiar voices talking near the ticket gate. It's a coincidence, it was actually the group of students I met in front of the Cangzhou Iron Lion, and there were two more people than at that time, including the girl who had patted You Fang on the shoulder.
"There are nine of us, my second uncle only booked eight sleepers, and one is a hard seat, and it takes more than 17 hours to go to Xi'an!" "Tomorrow I can find a way to slip from the dining car into the sleeper car and stay, what should I do if I sleep tonight?" "Why don't you boys stay in a hard-seat car tonight?" ”
Several boys were frowning, not knowing who to choose to suffer, the girl who had "saved" You Fang once, took the only hard seat ticket, and said weakly: "Don't bother, I'll go, anyway, there is a seat, the year before last from Yanjing to my aunt's house in Guangzhou, I sat on a hard seat, one day and one night." ”
A round-faced girl with a Cangzhou accent next to her dissuaded: "Tu Su, you can't do it, the weather is so hot, and today is so tired, I am about to suffer from heat stroke in the afternoon, and I should have a good rest at night." Besides, it's so messy in the car, you're a girl, and you're still so beautiful......"
They are students who take advantage of the holiday to travel, and they have gone to a lot of places, they were still in Cangzhou two days ago, and they have arrived at Jinan Railway Station tonight, and it seems that they are going to take the train to Xi'an. At the age of seventeen or eighteen, high school graduates in big cities who have just received their university admission letters are mostly pampered only children at home, regardless of their family background. The feeling of letting these children squeeze alone for seventeen hours in a hard-seat car can be described as terrifying.
They were really lucky, just at this time the "savior" appeared, and someone on the side interjected and asked: "Classmate, do you have a hard seat ticket?" I exchanged a sleeper ticket, okay? Dozens of people in my group were in the hard-seat car, so I bought a sleeper ticket, and I wanted to get together with them, and the road was convenient and lively. ”
The round-faced girl's eyes lit up, and she said excitedly: "Okay, okay, let's change it, how much money will be made up for you!" ”
You Fang had already taken the hard-seat ticket and stuffed his ticket to the girl named "Tu Su". Tu Su glanced at it, looked up with some surprise and said, "Is it a soft sleeper ticket?" I'll forget it, which of you goes. …… Well, this classmate, I saw you in Cangzhou! She recognized You Fang, who had just taken a picture of her a few days ago.
You Fang smiled and waved his hand: "One ticket for one ticket, it is convenient for you and me, you don't have to look for money, I have to thank you!" Seeing that you are very tired, you should have a good night's rest, even if I dedicate my courtesy to the beautiful woman. Your name is Tu Su? Very special name, goodbye! With that, he turned around and disappeared into the crowd, and it was possible to slip so fast in such a crowded place.
A group of young boys and girls reacted after a while, surrounded Tu Su and chirped: "Beautiful women can take advantage of them everywhere, and you can meet the flower messenger by train!" …… That boy is pretty handsome, you know? …… Why don't you leave a contact information and just leave? …… No, I seem to have seen him in Cangzhou, and I honestly explain, what is your relationship? ”
You Fang heard it from afar, and only smiled secretly in his heart: "These children have no experience in guarding against people, and they are not afraid of others taking fake tickets to cheat?" Luckily, it was me. At the same time, I secretly wondered in my heart, the girl named Tu Su was willing to sit on the hard seat, but she didn't want to sleep softly to see the reaction, was it to save money?
I heard her own say that she went to Guangzhou from Yanjing the year before last and made a hard seat on the train for a day and a night, why didn't she buy a plane ticket, and she didn't even sit in a sleeper? It seems that the family is indeed not wealthy. If you want to save money, why do you spend money to travel to so many places, is it because your classmates invite you to lose face? In any case, of course, it is a good thing to come out and play, and there is nothing that young people don't like.
This train from Jinan to Xi'an, the hard seat ticket price is 132, the hard sleeper is about 250, and the soft sleeper ticket price is nearly 500, which is indeed a lot of money. You Fang didn't want to sleep in a soft sleeper, and planned to squeeze into the hard-seat compartment as soon as he got on the car, why not send a favor, not to mention that Tu Su had helped him inadvertently.
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People can be seen standing everywhere in the aisle, luggage racks and seats are piled up with large and small bags, although the air conditioning is turned on, but still feel inexplicably hot, the carriage exudes sweat, alcohol, smelly socks, women's skin care products mixed with a faint smell, the ears are heard from the monotonous noise of train operation, accompanied by the sound of eating melon seeds, playing poker, drinking and chatting, children crying and so on.
It's not a good environment for practicing the inner cultivation of the mind, but the yang energy and vitality are absolutely exuberant – with the exuberance of impetuousness and hustle and bustle, it can simply disturb people's souls. The train carriage is like a behemoth wrapped in steel, which can isolate a lot of breath inside and outside while speeding, and You Fang is very satisfied with this environment, which is even better than he expected.
He was seated next to the window, and he was sitting in a precarious position at the moment, and he did not practice the inner cultivation method, but converged his form and spirit to breathe into a state of concentration, trying to see if he could activate the so-called "spiritual awareness" like last night. The strange feeling is like clicking on a layer of window paper, once it is transparent, it can be clear, and as soon as you enter the country, you can naturally hear the sound from the backpack under the seat, like a woman moaning and sobbing.
You Fang really has an ability that he didn't have before, or trouble, that is, the "spiritual sense" that Liu Li said, although he doesn't know why, he can already enter the "state" at any time, and he is currently only used to listen to the "sound" emitted by the sword, and he doesn't know what other uses it has.
It was not just the sound that the spiritual sense felt, but as the soft moaning and low sobbing like a gossamer entered his mind, an indescribable sinister aura also invaded the whole body, not the cold of winter, but a chill from the heart. At the same time, the illusions that plagued the spirits in the meditation invaded again. When the spiritual sense was activated, it also touched his Yuan Shen injury, and You Fang's mind turned around, and he silently recited the small thunder sound mantra taught by Liu Li.
The echo in his mind was rolling, and he quickly dispelled the interference of all kinds of demonic illusions, and the strange sound of the sword was still in his ears, but as the internal energy flowed in his intestines and bones, the yin and evil qi that invaded his whole body gradually dissipated. He had already experienced a similar scene last night, but now he had two rather unexpected feelings on the train.
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