I closed my eyes in annoyance, and waved my hand again to stop: "Here again and again, and I want to say that the secret of heaven must not be revealed." You think you are an immortal, the left sentence is heavenly, and the right sentence is cause and effect. Annoying! ”

Seeing her embarrassed face, I can't be aggressive. sighed, and had to lower his requirements: "Then I'll ask a few questions, you only need to answer me what you can say, as for what you can't say, it's all up to me to guess, I don't need you to tell the reason, this is not what you have leaked." How? ”

She was still hesitating, but when she saw me doing the action of lifting the fire folding lid in my hand, she looked nervous, and after taking a deep breath, she finally gritted her teeth and agreed: "I also obeyed you." I can say, but you can only ask three questions, and you won't answer them if you have more. ”

"Okay, that's a deal."

I was overjoyed and cautious, and first picked her up and asked her simply, "Why are you here?"

"That's a long story."

It seems that this can be said.

She was silent, as if sorting out her thoughts, and paced a few steps in the room before she slowly replied to me: "There was originally a place in this world called Ji Chun, where only one surname lived alone, and it was the Montessori family who practiced witchcraft, and I was the descendant of the Montessori clan, and I was the only descendant left in the world. During the rebellion, Kyushu was divided into four regions, which were the four kingdoms of Qiang, Zheng, Yan and Jin. The monarchs of Qiang and Zheng were both warlike people, fighting in many ways, and frequently provoked wars in Kyushu, which displaced the people and made them miserable. My ancestor of the Mengshi clan was originally a nobleman of the Qiang Kingdom, and he once lived in the palace of Jixia to worship wine, and he was knowledgeable, world-minded, and respected. Because the ancestors could not bear the suffering of the people, they repeatedly advised the monarch to stop the war and feed the people, but he was disgusted by the monarch. In order to avoid the butcher's knife, the ancestor took the initiative to resign and go into hiding. When he left, he took out a book called "Pengshan Lu" from the school palace. This is a strange book, compiled by the ancestors. The book records a variety of strange secret techniques in ancient times, such as changing one's face, resurrecting the dead, changing one's life against the sky, changing yin and yang, increasing or decreasing longevity, and so on. In the early years, the secret technique of insects that circulated in the realm of Beiqiu was probably the technique of changing faces in "Pengshan Lu". Because of this book, the Montessori was robbed and ordered to be hunted down and killed by the king of Qiang. After years of round-up, in the end, only a dozen people from my Mengshi clan, including the ancestors, remained. Under the leadership of their ancestors, these people hid in Jichu, a deserted valley, and never went out again for the rest of their lives. After the fall of the Qiang Dynasty, the Meng people were able to see the light of day again. Later, Ji Chun was renamed Ling Yuan, and there is no place in the world, but the legend about this book has not stopped. When the book arrived at the beginning of Qi, it was still intact, but during the sixty years of Qi Taizong Wuhua, my family's library was robbed for no reason, and two pages of the book were stolen. The two lost pages happened to record the art of changing one's face and changing one's life against the sky. ”

After speaking, she exhaled lightly and rested for a while.

I concluded, "So you appeared just to retrieve those two pages so that you could make up for the Pengshan Lu?"

This is really a mythical rarity, and I listened to her brief introduction of her provenance as if I were listening to a book, and when I was dumbfounded, I did not forget to applaud twice.

"I still believe in the makeover, but come back to life? Changing your life against the sky? Also swap yin and yang, increase or decrease longevity? Hehe, nonsense. ”

Seeing that I was disdainful, Qiang Di was not annoyed, but said happily: "This book was mutilated in the hands of my great-great-great-grandfather, who felt ashamed of his ancestors, so he ordered my descendants to find those two pages. Even in my generation, I have not forgotten my mission and am still searching. I couldn't find it, but until you appeared, I saw hope. ”

I pointed to my nose and asked, "Me?" What does this have to do with me, I'm only eighteen years old, how can I have the ability to steal books from hundreds of years ago. And I'm going to steal, and I'm going to steal the whole book, who is so stupid to steal only two pages from you. ”

Qiang Di glared at me and said leisurely: "I didn't say that you stole it, but the clue did start with you."

"What does this have to do with me."

"You don't have to know."

Qiang Di kept silent, and I became more and more confused. But if I am right, she forced me to hand over the secret edict before, I should have thought that the secret edict was the posthumous manuscript of "Pengshan Lu" used to cover people's eyes, and it was the Beiqiu royal family who stole her book.

I suddenly thought of something, swallowed my saliva, quickly changed the topic, and said worriedly: "Why do you Mengshi clan sound so mysterious, you understand so much." The Montessori people have been cultivating immortals and witches all year round, will they all become essences, and they are still mortals? ”

Qiang Di held his forehead and replied with a sigh: "Of course it is a person, such as a fake person, but a special person who can know some special things."

I wondered, "What kind of special person?" What's so special about it? ”

"Writers, painters, fortune tellers."

"What's so special about this!"

Qiang Di raised his chin and said proudly: "Special in that we can live two more years than ordinary mortals, live forever, and stay young forever." Like me, I'm in my fifties, I look like I'm in my early twenties, and I have more than a hundred years to live. Special in us all have strange secret arts, know all kinds of things in the world, can measure people's lives, and calculate people's chances. ”

She paused, the corners of her mouth raised, revealing a grim smile: "What's more special is that I can know a person's past and present lives."

I said perfunctorily: "Ridiculous, I only believe that people have this life, and there is no talk of the chakra in the next life."

"Believe it or not, I don't want to force you to believe it."

I sneered, "Are you really in your fifties?"

"This is not important, as long as you have a good attitude, you will always be prosperous."

I sighed, "You're so old?"

Qiang Di was quite annoyed, and scolded him: "It's not important to say this."

I didn't bother to dwell on this issue with her, and said bluntly: "I don't care about this, I only care about my business."

Seeing that she was careless at the moment, I hurriedly asked while it was hot: "Qiang Di, I once heard a story about Princess Minghua and Monk Yuanmu of the Qi Dynasty, and the various paintings in your album are very similar to the storylines I heard before. You say that you can know the world and see people's past and present lives, but what you painted is that story? ”

"The first half of this story is indeed Minghua and Yuanmu. But not in the second half. ”

I was quite excited: "Is it about Minghua and her husband Yin Chao, the ninth prince of the Liang State?"

Qiang Di was silent.

I then asked, "I don't understand, why is what happened between them so similar to what I experienced with Changji, it's like saying that we are the same, why is that?"

Qiang Di became vigilant and said impatiently: "Didn't you say that I only answered what I could say, and I didn't know anything else, and I didn't reply at all."

I straightened my mind and turned a corner, "Okay, I'm not going to force you to answer." Then let me ask you, is the character in this painting related to me? ”

She hesitated slightly, then nodded yes.

Although I didn't want to say such a ridiculous idea, I clenched my teeth, but I couldn't help but ask, "Could that be my past life?"

Qiang Di was reluctant to express his position, but I already knew it.

There was a tingling pain in his fingertips, and when he looked down, he was burned by the fire that had lost the lid. My mind was in turmoil, and I didn't know what to say next. Confused, I put the fire fold back on the lampstand, then paced to the bookcase, and leisurely picked up the picture book on the table. I didn't have the courage to open it again, just stared at the partridge bird on the cover of the album in a daze.

I still didn't want to believe it, and I still thought to myself: "How is it possible, where can people have past lives, and even if they do, how can they be easily remembered." How can I explain that my past and present lives can be so similar, is it possible that everything in the past is repeated? What was the end of my previous life? ”

I turned my head to look at Qiangdi, hoping that she could solve my doubts for me, she knew what I was thinking, but did not respond, just looked at me calmly, her eyes empty.

After a long time, she said: "I have said everything I can say, I shouldn't say it, and I won't mention a word again."

She didn't say anything, and the fear for no reason made me tremble, and I bit the flesh on the back of my hand, hoping that the pain would keep me calm, but it didn't work very well, and I was still scared.

Qiang Di saw my fear, and whispered: "Don't think about it, there are some things, the more you think about it, the more you can't figure it out, but it will only increase your troubles."

"I'm going home!!"

At this moment, I don't think about anything, I only think about Changji, I really want to see him immediately. I don't mention the past, I don't want to delve into it.

I lost the album, trotted to Qiang Di, and cried in a thick voice: "Can you let me go, I want to go home." You can give me whatever you want in return, as long as you let me go. ”

Qiang Di laughed dumbly.

"Don't worry, I will let you go without you begging, what's the use of me keeping you in this trouble. As for the reward you said, it must be wanted, but you can't give it back what I want now, and when you can give it, I will naturally take it. ”

I was puzzled, "What do you want?" Could it be the two pages you said earlier about the secret arts? ”

She nodded, then raised her hand to pinch my cheek, smiled slyly, and spoke to me in a childlike tone: "We're so smart about our shortcomings, you guessed it."

My face was pinched by her, and although I was very impatient, I didn't dare to resist, so I only dared to say cowardly: "But I don't."

"You don't have to worry about this, sooner or later."

She took her hand off my face and smiled widely, not knowing what she was happy about.

"Can I leave now, then?"

She said, "Let's go, if you know how to go back."

I shook my head and asked worriedly, "You, can you give me a ride?"

"Absolutely."

As soon as the words fell, she took out a red handpa from her sleeve, moved slowly behind me, covered my eyes with the handkerchief, opened the door and led me out.

We didn't say anything along the way, I didn't ask, and she didn't say anything. After walking for a long time, she suddenly stopped and let go of my hand.

"Alright, I'll send you here. We'll see you again, but the next time we meet, I can't save you again. In addition, I would like to advise you, don't think about it anymore, and don't try to change anything, your destiny has been set since the day you stepped into the territory of Nanzhan, and it is exactly the same as in your previous life. ”

I hurriedly tore off the veil, slowly opened my eyes, and looked around the four fields, the Qiang flute was gone, and I was standing under the city gate......

I walked alone on Qingque Street, feeling uneasy in my heart, and repeatedly recalling what I had learned from Qiangdi. Until now, I still can't believe that people have a past life, who believes this kind of thing! If I were Minghua, wouldn't Changji be Yin Chao (chao)? Then who will be Yuanmu?

I meditated and thought about it, but I couldn't follow the rules.

Forget it, just as if this thing never happened, I haven't met the Qiang flute, and I haven't seen any picture albums, turn the page, I don't want to.

"Missing—"

In a trance, I heard someone calling my name, and I couldn't hide my joy in my hurry.

Changji must have come looking for me!

I turned around happily and waved my hands vigorously in response: "I'm here, I'm here, I'm here—"

After seeing the faces of the visitors, the smile gradually solidified on my face, and I put my hand down and turned to run.

But my two-legged man could not outrun a four-legged horse, and I was still overtaken. The man on the horse turned over and dismounted, and walked around me as fast as he could, and before I could react, he grabbed me.