Chapter 64: "The Next Me"
In the middle of the night, the full moon was absent, and then gradually disappeared into the clouds.
The backyard of the You family was pitch black, and only Gu Huai's room was left, and the lights were still on.
Dressed in an old skin, the black boy sat on the edge of the bed, recovering from the pain he had just had.
"I stole your dog flute," he said to Gu Huai first, first breaking the deadlock, "because I need it." ”
Gu Huai didn't feel the slightest apology from the tone of the black boy, and he was still a little angry, but he realized the plea and longing from his words, just like the feeling he felt when he climbed out from under the car for the first time, and somehow half of his anger disappeared.
After thinking about it calmly, I had reminded myself that the one who used the Inugui Flute would inevitably establish some connections with the city mansion - in fact, he didn't need them himself.
However, he knew that Black Box needed.
"Don't forget, you still have a divine contract with You's family, don't ......," Gu Huai said to Black Boy.
"I know. Black Box interrupted, showing a rare impatience, "The two sides are not contradictory, and they are ......"
After a pause, he continued:
"Although Shakuncheng can be regarded as free trade, it is often subject to the control of the yamen. In particular, there are some rare resources that are also in their hands. ”
"You want power, but you also want profit, right?" Gu Huai was already calm.
Because he vaguely felt that this former colleague would not go too far with him in the future.
"I just want power," Blackboy took a deep breath, lay down, and held his head in his hands, as if because someone heard him say these words, his mood was released a lot, "Baby, silver or something, relative to power, is a movable thing, come when you want, go when you want it." ”
Gu Huai was slightly surprised in his heart. He didn't expect that this person, who was not much older than himself, could see the truth much more profound than what he saw.
"You lurked here before, but you didn't just want to run for your life, and you didn't want to find a job to do, am I right?" Gu Huai asked, looking at the brother on the bed opposite with burning eyes.
Heizai smiled lightly, didn't answer directly, just turned his head to look at Gu Huai, and continued:
"With power, are you afraid that you won't be able to help this little shop?"
Gu Huai was shocked in his heart. You's shop is not small, but in the mouth of this black boy, it seems so small. This man's ambitions are great.
Moreover, Gu Huai can also see that the relationship between You Qiu and the government is not ordinary. Otherwise, this is a business, so why should Liu Changgui have any fear of him?
"But," Gu Huai thought for a moment and said, "Since ancient times, the practice of both officials and businessmen has to take more risks!"
"Hmph, where is there no risk!?" Black Boy turned his head again, looked at the ceiling and said stupidly, "Doing a deal in this You clan is not a life of death many times?"
"You said that ghost-eyed civet cat?" Gu Huai asked.
When he came to this Sand Kun City, the closest thing to life and death was to compete with people on Quicksand Island, and to fight with the ghost thing in the You Clan's treasury.
However, he remembered that in the time on Quicksand Island, he was the target of everyone, not the black boy.
Heizai glanced at Gu Huai, sneered and said:
"Hmph, sure enough, it's just been here, and I don't know anything yet. Compared to what I did for Boss You before, fighting with that kitten is really a small thing!"
"Then you might as well tell me about it?" Gu Huai was of course curious. Because Blackboy hadn't worked with him in the warehouse for several days, and he didn't know where he went.
He only remembered that this little black sometimes returned earlier than him, and sometimes he returned late.
Another time, Xiao Hei came back, lying on the bed for a long time without moving, except for the sound of breathing, the whole person was like a dead corpse. And that night was the night of the full moon.
"This boss you, hmph," said the black boy, "there is still some material." ”
After speaking, he glanced at Gu Huai, sat up suddenly, and said:
"Let me tell you this, do you know where I went to gather information about the auction?"
"Isn't that just to run around the city, take a look, and ask everyone you meet?" Gu Huai also lay down just now, but he didn't sit up, leaning on the head of the bed and chatting with the black boy.
Regarding the collection of business intelligence, Gu Huai had also participated in it before, but most of them wandered around the imperial city and surrounding cities, and there were also many clever people leading the team. So he answered Black Box as a matter of course.
"Hehehe," Black Boy sneered, "you're imagining things too simply. Where is this? There are no simple men, no simple women, no simple bosses and shops, and no simple business in Shakun City!"
Gu Huai stared at the black boy, concentrated, and waited for him to continue.
"Go directly to the city to inquire, and you will be found in the blink of an eye, so ......" Heizai paused, looked at Gu Huai, and said in a low voice, "I can only go to another place?"
"Where?"
"Hey...... To be honest, this is my first time going, and I have heard about it before. The boy lay down again, put his head on his hands, and said leisurely, "But when you go over there, you will know what it means to be sinister." ”
Ghost Realm? Gu Huai's heart moved, thinking that this shopkeeper really had a lot of doorways.
"Doesn't it mean that only the Silver Mark store can do cross-border business?" he asked Black Boy.
"There are a few who do business and follow the rules. Heizai said, "Moyangfang, You's store, this and that, all the same." ”
"Besides, you can't do cross-border trading, it's always okay to wander a few times. ”
Yes, Gu Huai thought to himself, when he got over there, what exactly did he do, isn't that only he You Qiu and Heizai himself know?
"What happened over there?" he asked Blackboy.
Gu Huai has lived for more than 20 years, if it weren't for the change of family and coming to the other world, I am afraid that he would have to wander around the imperial city and the surrounding cities forever. He had never experienced the so-called cross-border before.
Now, there was a person lying next to him who had been to the Hades realm, so no matter how dangerous the facts were, he must be very curious.
"Poverty. Black Boy thought for a moment and replied.
"What?" Gu Huai was puzzled.
"There are two kinds of poor," continued Blackbox, "one is self-contained, and the other is not good for others." ”
Gu Huai let out a "hmm" and agreed.
The problem often lies with the latter.
"Of course, when your survival becomes a problem, you will inevitably become a second person. "In short, it's still one word, poor." ”
"Since the ghost world is poor, how can there be a comparison?" Gu Huai asked.
"Isn't that because of us?" said the black boy with a shrug of his shoulders, "those who have been confirmed and those who have not been confirmed have all gone with a large amount of dark coins, so it's strange that they don't attract attention!"
"You know," he turned his head again and asked Gu Huai, "Do you know what the ghosts call Qian?"
Ghost Weizi, it can be regarded as a contemptuous name, Gu Huai pondered this word in his heart.
"Silver dollars?" he shook his head, and asked the black boy, "Is there anything else?"
"Four-legged monsters. Black Box said.
"Four-legged...... of monsters. Gu Huai said carefully. At first glance, he didn't know what the word meant, but he could feel that it must mean.
"Four-legged, that means it walks fast. Black Box said.
Gu Huai nodded, as long as it is currency, it will go fast, because everyone needs it.
"Call it a monster," continued Blackboy, "well, I think it's just tarnishing the reputation of the monster." ”
There was some anger in his tone, but he remembered his past in the human world, the girl named Wei Ru who betrayed him.
"The so-called monsters will eat you at most, but money will not eat you, but it will bewitch your heart and make your life worse than death. ”
Gu Huai chuckled, he felt that this was the truth, but he only half agreed.
Money can make life worse than death, but it can also make people flutter.
"Why are you telling me this?" Gu Huai asked Black Boy.
He remembered that before the black boy acted on his own, and he didn't have any intention of taking the initiative to tell him, but today it was different.
"Two reasons," said Darkboy slowly, holding out two fingers, "First, you helped me today." ”
Gu Huai said "um" again, knowing which one the black boy was talking about.
Today, if he hadn't helped Black Boy cover up and stopped You Ji from playing indiscriminately on the scene, Black Boy, a wanted criminal, would have been punished on the spot by the Chisha guards.
"What about the second reason?" asked Gu Huai.
"Second," Black Box first stared at Gu Huai for a moment, as if trying to find something on his face, and then said, "Because you are likely to be the next me." ”
When Gu Huai heard this, he sat up suddenly, looked at the black boy with wide eyes, and asked:
"I'm going there, too, to the ghost world?"
He just thought that Black Box had experience and wanted to get some news from it, but he didn't expect that he might still go to the other world. And, listening to the tone of the black boy, that day is not far away.
"Because of this flute, I have some connection with the city mansion," Heizai took out the crimson dog flute from the bedside, put it in front of his eyes and turned around and said, "So You Qiu will not know about this matter." ”
"So, after he finds out, he won't reuse you, right?" Gu Huai asked. At this moment, his eyes also moved with the flute in the hand of the black boy, and he sighed that the other party was still more careful than himself, and slept directly with the flute.
But on the other hand, I wasn't very interested in being an errand in the city hall, otherwise I wouldn't have let someone steal the flute lightly.
But when I think of this, how to deal with that Liu Zhutou when the time comes, is still a problem.
"The power of the city mansion building, after all, is still much greater than a small shop. Blackboy sighed, his eyes staring straight at the ceiling, but as if he were looking into the distance.
Gu Huai saw ambition in his eyes, naked.
"Then you are ...... skin" Gu Huai thought of the nine-tailed fox pill and asked.
"Hmm...... It's a real nuisance. The black boy pondered for a moment and said, "But bear with it and it will pass." ”
"I remember one night before, it was also a full moon night, why are you okay?" Gu Huai asked.
Black Boy rolled his eyes, thought for a moment, and said:
"Oh, you said that. That time there was an emergency in the ghost world, and You Qiu also knew the side effects of this silver fox pill, so he simply asked someone to lock my soul in the ghost world, and then put it back after the full moon hour. ”
"It can still be done. Gu Huai muttered in his mouth, remembering the strange reaction of the black boy that night, and his heart was shocked.
"But," said Black Boy again, "the separation of spirits is another feeling......
"Is it comfortable?" asked Gu Huai.
"Hehe, what do you say?" asked the black boy with a wry smile.
Looking at that expression, this kind of process is not much better than the pain caused by the Silver Fox Pill.
"When are you leaving?" Gu Huai asked Heizai.
He knew that this colleague would not be here for long.
"This ......," Black Box thought for a moment and said, "It should be soon......"
"Having said so much about me, what about yourself?" he asked Gu Huai again, his voice seemed a little weak when he spoke, perhaps because he was sleepy, or because he was not interested in the future of others.
"I," Gu Huai also lay down and said, "Make some money first and pay off the debt......
"Hey, pay off the debt," the black boy's voice was already weak, "some people, all their lives have been paying off their debts......"
After saying that, he fell asleep.
Early the next morning, Gu Huai finished doing the things in the store and hurriedly got into the car.
Before driving, Yu Ji also came over and said:
"Where are you going? I'm with you!"
Gu Huai was asked like this, his face flushed, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said:
"Ah, this place is not for the eldest lady!"