At noon the next day, Kang Changshou called and asked Lu Banxin to go to the mountains, saying that there was something good.

As soon as he hung up the phone, Gu Yan was already standing at the door of the grocery store.

It's still the paint-splattered overalls, a big white mask, the brim of the hat is pressed very low, only a pair of eyes can be seen, I can't see his appearance clearly, and I don't know if he is used to it or deliberate.

"Let's go."

Gu Yan doesn't talk much, and his voice is also very flat.

Lu Banxin locked the shop and took a taxi with him to Zimu Mountain in the suburbs.

There are two peaks of the size of Zimu Mountain, which are snuggled and embraced, there are mountain springs flowing slowly between the two peaks, the high mountains are flowing water, surrounded by green shade, and the scenery is very good.

In the early years, a real estate development company took a fancy to a piece of land under the mountain and was ready to build a high-rise white-collar apartment, but half of the house was shelved, and the scaffolding just blocked the road into the mountain, and this piece was gradually abandoned.

Lu Banxin guessed that it was Qianfu Mountain secretly operating behind the scenes, an organization that had lasted for thousands of years, and how deep the background was could be guessed with your toes. Just like the renovation project of Sifang Lane, no matter what Yuan Junhao's family background is, even if he is the richest man in the world, he will never get that piece of land.

The taxi stopped near the abandoned real estate, and after Gu Yan got out of the car, the driver pulled Lu and whispered a few words, asking her to pay attention to safety, and her eyes kept glancing out of the car when she spoke, after all, a person who wrapped himself in the airtight air in broad daylight could easily arouse people's alertness.

Lu Banxin smiled and nodded in agreement, and Gu Yan followed the mountain spring and walked into Zimu Mountain.

The last time I came was five days ago, I was in a hurry, I didn't have time to observe, this time just passed through those abandoned buildings, Lu Banxin felt a few dangerous breaths quickly locked on herself, she felt like a prey being targeted by a poisonous snake, the kind of chill that went straight into the bone marrow, made her goosebumps.

"It's our secret guard."

Gu Yan still explained without being salty.

"Hmm."

Lu Banxin nodded and gradually relaxed his body.

Qianfu Mountain carries the task of guarding the fierce beast enchantment, and if it does not enter the WTO, of course, it cannot be discovered by the world, especially those with ulterior motives, so naturally there will be people guarding Qianfu Mountain. These secret guards should only serve the organization and obey the organization's orders, even if Lu Banxin intends to cause trouble now, they will not hesitate to raise their weapons.

The sheep intestine path into the mountain was winding, and after Gu Yan didn't know how many turns he made, he crossed a few waters, and finally got into a dense forest, and through the transparent barrier, the familiar road appeared in front of him.

Walking into the Ten Thousand Caves, Kang Changshou was sitting on the ground facing the wall, looking down and not knowing what he was fiddling with, Lu Banxin shouted: "Uncle Kang? ”

Kang Changshou didn't raise his head, pointed to the two chairs beside him and said, "Sit." ”

Gu Yan didn't say anything, but nodded at the back of Kang Changshou's head, even if he had said hello, it didn't matter whether Kang Dashen saw it or not.

When he walked to Kang Changshou's side, Lu Banxin found that he was tinkering with his broken straw hat. The hat had been removed, dozens of slender bamboo strips were placed aside, and a palm-sized piece of jade on the top of the hat was taken out.

Looking at the jade piece, Gu Yan's eyes under the brim of his hat suddenly had some unknown light.

This seemingly shabby straw hat, Kang Changshou has worn it all his life, and now that it has been dismantled at this juncture, there must be his intentions.

Gu Yan tilted his head slightly, glanced at Lu Banxin beside him, and the light in his eyes gradually fainted.

"The words of that little ghost...... It's true. ”

Kang Changshou put the jade piece in the palm of his hand, and his voice was a little helpless.

Lu Banxin and Gu Yan's hearts shook at the same time, and after glancing at each other, they looked at Kang Changshou again, waiting for his next step.

Kang Changshou didn't continue the topic, he took out two bamboo strips and asked Lu Banxin: "Girl, Uncle Kang gave you a small gift, what do you like?" How about the bag? Girls don't all like bags. ”

"Uh...... Uncle Kang, in fact, you don't have to be so polite. ”

Lu Banxin hurriedly excused herself, firstly, she really had no interest in the bag, and secondly, she had no confidence in the vision of Kang Dashen.

Kang Changshou laughed, as if he had guessed Lu Banxin's thoughts, he pinched a few bamboo strips and flipped his fingers for a while, but in five minutes, a small bamboo crossbody bag was knitted.

The style is really not very good, but it is rare to see bamboo backpacks, but it is somewhat novel.

Without giving Lu Banxin time to refuse, Kang Changshou hung the bag directly around her neck.

"Keep it well, and don't leave it behind wherever you go in the future."

Lu Banxin held the small bag and did not recover from the shock for a long time. She thought that Uncle Kang was going to give her a backpack that girls like, but she didn't expect that this bag was woven with a straw hat, and even the situation of shooting the cat slave last night is still clearly engraved in her mind.

Lu Banxin understood that the hat was actually not a hat, it was Uncle Kang's armor, his weapon, the symbol of his walk in the world, and a treasure that could not be changed. Now he gave it to himself, not a relative but a relative, this love can't bear it at all.

She choked up a little: "Uncle Kang, I ......"

Kang Changshou interrupted Lu Banxin's words in time, dusted off his clothes, got up and said, "Girl, this thing was given to you for your grandfather, just keep it with peace of mind." ”

Lu Banxin wanted to say something, but Gu Yan beside her grabbed her in time.

"Keep it for everyone's peace of mind."

Looking at the undoubted expressions of the two, Lu Banxin finally nodded slowly.

"I understand, Uncle Kang, don't worry."

She didn't say what was in her heart, but she believed that Uncle Kang would definitely know.

"That's right."

Kang Changshou lit a cigarette, took a few puffs, and took the two of them through the holes, talking about the magical stories that were submerged by the long river of history, and only after a long time did he talk about the secret of the shallow floating mountain that Tu Jiang said.

The whole thing goes back thousands of years.

The group of people who founded Qianfu Mountain back then, because they were dissatisfied with the tyranny of the emperor, released the fierce beast Han Zhu sealed in an ancient book. They originally wanted to use the sacred beast bead control to make the fierce beast deal with the ruling emperor, but the fierce beast was uncontrollable and wantonly destroyed regardless of the enemy and me, causing the entire human world to be devastated, and there were mountains of corpses and blood everywhere.

In order to make up for their mistakes, the ancestors had to seal the beast again, but the ancient book could no longer be found.

There was no way, people could only gather all the strength of the shallow floating mountain, force the fierce beast into the abyss, use the power of the void moon to trap it, extract its soul, and cut its body into eight sections, which were sealed in nine places.

Born from heaven and earth, it can devour the power of heaven and earth, and although its body is beheaded, it can recover its demonic power and break through the seal.

In order to prevent it from causing trouble to the world again, Qianfu Mountain had to establish nine passages in the human world, which is now the Nine Paths, and let the gatekeepers use the holy relics to suppress the seal until now.

However, Qianfu Mountain is not united, and there are some people who try to use the power of fierce beasts to control the world and claim their own king.

They secretly unlocked the first eight seals, controlled the body of the fierce beast with the Hundred Beast Beads, and after countless battles for thousands of years, the Shallow Floating Mountain had no choice but to hide the sealing passage and expel those people from the mountain gate.

And they are still looking for the Nine Paths until now.

Perhaps for them, the real reason for the release of Hanqi is no longer important, what is important is a sense of mission that has been integrated into their blood.

Kang Changshou snuffed out the cigarette butt, pointed to the eyes full of holes and sighed: "For thousands of years, tens of thousands of gatekeepers and thousands of surnames have disappeared, and they haven't stopped, and I don't know when it will be the end." ”

The story is not long, nor complicated, in the final analysis, it is the dissatisfaction of the human heart with power and desire, which is in response to the old saying 'It is born from the same root, why is it too anxious to fry each other'.

After chatting about this past, Gu Yan left Qianfu Mountain, and said to Lu Banxin before leaving: "Liudao is in Zizhuyuan in the neighboring city, I have time to go for a walk, someone wants to see you." ”

"Okay."

Lu Banxin agreed without asking who it was.

……

After the cat slave incident, Sifang Lane finally ushered in a long-lost tranquility.

The weather has entered autumn, the wind is blowing cold, and even the mood is a little gloomy.

Zhu Heng didn't have any news yet, and those people didn't appear again, Bai Yi and Niu Datong returned to Sidao, and the old people in Sifang Lane began to pack up.

"Half a heart, I have to go back to my hometown in a few days, you pack up your things and go to the mountains with Xinran, here the Kang Lao will send someone to guard, you can rest assured."

Uncle Ge, who was opposite the door, said to Lu Banxin on the bamboo chair while tidying up the shop at the door.

"Hmm."

Lu Banxin touched the bamboo bag on his waist, a little absent-minded.

"Oh, yes." Uncle Ge suddenly put down the work in his hand, went back to the house and took a small box, and stuffed it into Lu Banxin's hand.

"This is what your grandfather left for you, let me give it to you after you wake up, I forgot about too many things a few days ago, you take it quickly."

"Grandpa left it for me?"

Lu Banxin opened the box suspiciously, and inside was a passbook, the numbers on it surprised Lu Banxin, and she counted a full eight figures.

The surprise had not yet subsided, and a photo came into view, and suddenly an indescribable touch made Lu Banxin tremble.

This is a photo with three words in the lower right corner - Wen Ruyun.

It's a picture of her mother.

In an instant, countless messages poured in, filling Lu Banxin's entire head.

She remembered the strange dream in which her mother was wearing the same trench coat as in the photo, the same red curls and the same red lips.

This coincidence made Lu Banxin sure that the dream actually existed.

The difference is only the appearance of her mother, in the photo, she has a shallow smile on her eyebrows, very gentle and beautiful.

Lu Banxin slowly stood up from the bamboo chair, trying to control her emotions and not let her emotions affect her judgment.

"Grandpa Ge, isn't my mother ...... Not dead? ”

Uncle Ge's originally smiling expression suddenly froze, he glanced at the photo, turned around and went back to the shop, and began to get busy again.

After a long time, he said: "Banxin, forget your mother, you just need to remember that everything your grandfather did was for you, for our Nine Realms, and for the entire human world." ”

"So, my mom really isn't dead, is she?"

Lu Banxin continued to ask without giving up.

Uncle Ge didn't speak again, turned around and went back to the shop, and closed the door.