I never expected Tu Yu to give me such a big gift.

But will pie fall from the sky?

Falling traps is pretty much the same.

I looked at Tu Yu in surprise, "Can I refuse?" ”

Tu Yu smiled a little hideously, "You're very smart." Who wouldn't want to say no? I also want to refuse, the innkeepers of all previous inns want to get rid of this fate. But only to think about it. ”

His words made me despair.

This boss is really not so easy to be.

"Boss, aren't you just going to get rid of it!"

"Didn't you find the date on the tablet when you put on the incense just now?" Tu Yu asked me.

As I saw just now, the last date of death of every innkeeper was on the day of the Midyear Festival.

Is there anything special about this day?

Hearing his question, I looked carefully at the tablet again, and cold sweat welled up on my forehead.

The tablets of the owners of these inns are all connected, and regardless of the time of birth or night, the time of death is ten years apart.

Thinking of Tu Yu's expression just now, could it be that the owner of the inn can only live for ten years?

Every time the previous innkeeper dies, can the next innkeeper take over?

Ten years later, it's another one.

Thinking of this, I can barely stand on my feet.

Is Tu Yu going to die?

But why choose me?

"Why? Why me? Boss...... Aren't you hurting me? ”

Tu Yu lowered his head, "It's not that I chose you, but the inn chose it." Every year, there will be a lot of employees in the inn to come and go, because of the special yin qi of the inn, there must be special people to live in. And one of these people will be chosen by the inn to become the next owner. Do you understand? That's your life! ”

For the first time, I had heard the word fate come to me.

I'm still young, just graduating from college. I have a good life, I haven't married and I have no offspring. Now I'm told that I can only live until the midyear festival in ten years.

Because it's my life!

I felt a sense of extreme absurdity.

Many of the former innkeepers in front of us seemed to have heard our conversation, and the cigarettes that were lit went straight up for a long time.

It took me a moment to break free from the shock and a question came to my mind. "You're going to die too?"

"yes." Tu Yu stared at his tablet and laughed at himself, "I already knew about it ten years ago. ”

These ten years have been like a curse.

How painful it would be to know the time of death in advance.

Every day is like a countdown. If God is innocent and short-lived, I also hope that death will happen suddenly, not as it is now.

"Do you want to accept your fate?"

Tu Yu asked me suddenly.

There was a strange emotion in his voice.

"Of course not!" I don't want to accept my fate!

Tu Yu took off his scabbard and placed it on the table.

"You know there's a zombie downstairs, right?"

I nodded. "He's also the former owner of the inn."

Tu Yu pointed to the place in the back two rows.

"You don't see the time, because the senior lived seventy years in the position of the innkeeper, and did not die until he was ninety-five years old. According to the notation of the sexagenary branches, it is not visible. ”

"How long did he live? How did you do that? "I lost my voice.

Tu Yu said: "Do you know why the owner of the inn can only live for ten years? The yin qi of the inn is extremely heavy, which has great harm to the human body. In the past ten years, the water drops have been worn, and by the time the door of Lechuan was opened in the past ten years, the innkeeper's body had already been hollowed out, and he suddenly impacted, and he couldn't stand it. ”

I see.

The inn is such a mysterious place, and it can indeed have an impact on the body.

"How did that man do that before?"

"I don't know." Tu Yu said calmly.

“……”

But the answer is definitely in Lethe. I found one of the man's previous notes, and learned that he was in the same situation as you, and he came to the inn because of the special character of Bazi, and at the same time was chosen to be the innkeeper. Do you know how many inns have been selected as the innkeeper for so many years? ”

"It won't be just the two of us, right?"

"That's right."

I was taken aback.

I thought the innkeepers were all special people!

"I found a notebook among the relics of the old-timers. It records his entry into Lethe, and clearly states that he had an adventure under Lethe, perhaps because of this, and did not die at the inn. That's why I'm going to go into Lethe this time. ”

"What's the deal with the scabbard?"

"I'll start with that senior. The old-timer lived until he was ninety-five years old, but he was very young. In his time, he was worshiped as an old god by the local people and had a high status. At the age of ninety-five, he selected two special offspring of the Eight Characters and asked him to put his body into Lethe. One day, eight years ago, not long after I became the innkeeper, he walked out of the door on the third floor. He was extremely weak and dangerous. I was very surprised at the time, and I couldn't handle these things yet, so I could only ask Song Lao for help. ”

"Old Song, it's the ferryman outside the inn. They sent the lonely ghosts of the yang world to the underworld and guarded the inn for generations. Song Lao was taken aback when he saw the man, because when he was still the ferryman's apprentice, he had seen the man once, knew the stakes, and took advantage of the weakness of the old man to seal him in the coffin. ”

Over the years, the man became more and more dangerous. In the beginning, he was able to hear what we were thinking. Able to see through our desires and thoughts, and to lure the person who walks into him to let him out. It was then that I learned that the innkeeper did not necessarily live only ten years, he could live longer. ”

"Following the guidance of the old-timers, I found his relics, including the notebook. I was very impressed by the things recorded in the notes. I've struggled all these years, both to seal him away forever and to release him so that he can tell me the secret of survival. ”

Tu Yu's face was full of struggle.

I was thrilled to hear it.

Who doesn't want to live?

Who wants to die?

"And then?" I hurriedly asked.

"Song Lao used all his connections to find a way to seal him. You know the knife under Lethe. Stick a knife into his chest and seal it forever. But the knife is too fierce and too dangerous to bring out. I found a shark in the deep sea that was almost full, and skinned it to make this scabbard. He also found himself as a high monk, and before his death, he was willing to pay attention to the merits of his life in the scabbard. In this way, the scabbard sealed the murderous knife, and it could be brought out of Lethe River safely. ”

"And we can also go to Lethe to see what happened to the old man back then, so that he can break free from the curse."