There are more books, and there are fewer books. It's called time flies, and it's summer in a flash.

The weather is getting hotter day by day, and the body is also replaced with a short fight. The surrounding demolition is in full swing, in addition to the noisy during the day, what is even worse is that the water and electricity have been cut off. The water is good to say, there is water in the well, it is inexhaustible, and it is inexhaustible. On a hot day, the cool well water is flushed, and it is comfortable. But if the electricity is cut off, it will be really fatal. After living for decades, Li Bing once felt that electricity was more important than eating and drinking. Lin Xiaoqiang's specially installed air conditioner has now become a furnishing, and it is hot to death every day. Even charging a mobile phone every time is a troublesome thing, Lin Xiaoqiang has no choice but not to play with his mobile phone, and treats his mobile phone as a clock and landline, so that he can manage it for three days and five days when he goes to other people's stores to charge it once. Speaking of Wu Qiong, I called Lin Xiaoqiang a few times to ask Lin Xiaoqiang to go to the strings, but Lin Xiaoqiang doesn't drink, and on such a hot day, he is too lazy to run, and he doesn't like to go; Li Bing has passed for so long, probably because he doesn't often control his body, and he doesn't seem to have any appetite or sexual desire. When it comes to eating and drinking, it's also a lack of interest. So Wu Qiong called a few times, and when she asked her that she was not serious, she was drinking, so she politely refused.

In this hot and dry weather, people don't like to go out. The surrounding area was demolished into a large construction site, and it was inconvenient to enter and exit, and even Uncle Yang and Li Bing went farther and farther to buy vegetables. This, coupled with the lack of water and electricity, even the regular monthly fasting has stopped. The eldest aunt and grandmother didn't come, and there were only the three of them in the view all day long. Uncle Yang seems very lonely every time he breaks the fast, sits on the chair, does not doze off, but often looks out of the door, as if looking forward to the arrival of people. Uncle Yang is not afraid of the heat, and he has changed into a single clothes, but in his cabin, the lighting is not good, and the ventilation is not good, which is the most stuffy and hottest in the view. But Uncle Yang didn't seem to feel it, and he slept more steadily than anyone else every night. Lin Xiaoqiang and Li Bingxin said, this uncle is really, just this cold-resistant, heat-resistant, cold-resistant, and heatstroke-free, which is equivalent to telling us that you have kung fu and are still pretending, hey, no way.

Hot to hot, in fact, the night is fine. In the evening, Lin Xiaoqiang and Xiao Laodao carried buckets of water and poured them on the stone slabs in the patio, and at nine o'clock in the evening, the slate was also cool, and they were able to sleep. The two took a mat, spread it on the stone slab, lit mosquito coils, lay down and sit, looked at the stars, chatted until midnight, and fell asleep when they were sleepy. But this day is not easy, only when there is nothing to do, I can carry a bucket of water, wash my hands and face, and wash my feet, which can be exchanged for a burst of coldness.

Since the last time he caught a mouse demon, Xiao Lao Dao's confidence has obviously increased greatly. When Uncle Yang can't see, even if he is empty-handed, he has to make a comparison. It's a pity that the teacher is not in front of me, and I can only keep reviewing what I have already learned. Practice makes perfect, and according to him, the speed of practice is now faster than before, and the drawing of symbols is much smoother than before. Lin Xiaoqiang also asked the little old Taoist to teach himself, but people said that he could not pass it on without the permission of the teacher. Besides, as far as he knows, even if he wants to teach, I'm afraid he can't even tell where to start. This Ruotong has been a monk since he was a child, that is, he followed the master to chant scriptures, meditate, and learn to draw talismans, and he didn't know how to have some mana, and then the teacher taught a few small spells, and only a few years did he learn? Be a teacher for Lin Xiaoqiang, first teach meditation and chanting? Don't say that he has no bottom, Li Bing feels unreliable.

However, Lin Xiaoqiang asked Li Bing, can he write calligraphy? Li Bing said that he would make a few strokes, why did he ask this? Lin Xiaoqiang said, I see that people use brushes to draw talismans, this can be practiced first, and it will be absolutely useful in the future. Well, it's okay to be idle all day anyway, Li Bing took over the body and practiced the brush every day. I haven't written seriously for many years, and I can't write a few hands at the beginning and my hands are sore and shaky, practice for a few more days, and slowly feel a little bit, so I asked Xiao Lao Dao to take a look, and I painted it a hundred and ten times, and it really looked very similar. But the little old man said that the light image is useless, this is a piece of waste paper, there is no mana on it, as for why there is no mana, how to have mana, the little old man can't say clearly.

Early that morning, Li Bing went out to buy groceries. Speaking of this grocery shopping, when the surrounding area was not demolished before, the farmers' market was next to it, and it was only a seven or eight minute walk, and I didn't think it was a big deal to buy groceries. Now that the surrounding area is demolished, it will take at least half an hour to walk to the nearest vegetable market. There is not even a refrigerator in the key view, of course, even if there is a refrigerator now, it cannot be used because there is no electricity. In this hot weather, I don't dare to buy more things, and the meat is bought and put for a day, and it stinks; The dish was bought and put for a day, wilted. The leftover meals, after a night, were rancid. The only way to do it is to calculate it every day and buy fresh food every day. The shopping for vegetables is far away, Lin Xiaoqiang and Li Bing discussed, this performance must be earned, Uncle Yang is so old, it is too unreasonable to call him an old man to run away every day. Xiao Lao Dao can't count on it, people will only eat, let alone buy, even steamed rice can be steamed. So, every day, Li Bing limped out to buy it, and bought it back three times a day.

Buy good groceries and go back. Now this road is not called a road, after the demolition of each area, either build a brick wall, or blue steel tiles to enclose, each demarcating the site. The old public road, which was not good in the first place, was crushed by carts full of bricks and mud all day long, and one road surface was soon potholed like the surface of the moon. The road surface has been crushed into fine soil, usually the car as soon as the car passes, the miasma rolls up a dust storm, and last night it rained again, the ground is full of puddles, and the car is splashed with mud and water as soon as it passes. Li Bing walked very carefully, avoiding puddles on the ground, calculating the distance to avoid the rampaging truck, and paying attention to whether things could fall from the car.

Walking and walking, I came to a gate. Standing and waiting = a truck passed, and was about to continue walking, when I heard a lot of people shouting inside, I looked at it, and saw a bunch of people gathered around in the distance, and I couldn't see it clearly, but many people were pointing and talking. Go over and see the excitement? One is that this road is too difficult for Li Bing, and the other is that if you just go to other people's construction sites, will you be driven out?

was hesitating, two people came here, walking in a hurry, and one was talking on the phone while walking. Both of them wore hard hats and the same blue short sleeves, which looked like construction workers. Li Bing stopped the two and asked, "Big brother, what's going on inside?" So lively? ”

The caller acted as if he hadn't heard, and continued to walk inside. When the other person saw that it was a monk who was questioning, he slowed down and said as he walked, "I said that a grave was dug up." Let's go over and take a look, and the police will come in a moment. Little master, don't go over to join in the fun. ”

"Oh, dig up a grave. I don't know what age it is. Li Bing muttered to himself.

"Why don't we go in and have a look?" Lin Xiaoqiang is also a little interested in these now. "But it's better to go back and shout the little old way, we don't see anything. If there are really any demons and monsters, he still needs to see them. ”

"Forget it, it's not busy. This place is so close to Guanli, what is it, Uncle Yang will not know? Let's go, it's a choking road. ”

Just as he was about to raise his feet and walk back, Lin Xiaoqiang suddenly stopped Li Bing. Looking up, one of the people in the pile came out from under the excavator bucket, and it was so sneaky. Lin Xiaoqiang was a thief, and he knew that something was wrong with this person at a glance. Staring at him, I saw him look left and right, walked to the back of the steel shed, looked behind him and saw that there was no one, squatted down for a while, stood up again, pretended to be fine, turned around and stuck into the crowd again.

"This kid doesn't know what's hidden. Eighty percent came out of the tomb. Lin Xiaoqiang knew it at a glance.

"What then? You can't let him steal the artifacts. ”

"Just these two moments, still take things? Hehe, go, go over and see, what he's hiding. ”

Lin Xiaoqiang took over his body and walked towards the crowd. When they reached the edge of the crowd, they saw that everyone was only paying attention to the grave pit that had been dug, so they walked boldly in the direction of the steel shed. Lin Xiaoqiang is smarter than the worker, generous, and calm. When I got to that place, I glanced at it slightly, and saw that there were traces of movement on the ground, and I didn't squat, but pressed and picked it up, and the floating soil cracked, revealing a swarthy thing, the size of a duck's egg, with a slight metallic luster. Lin Xiaoqiang and Li Bing all know that this underground thing has been buried for a long time, and the gold will not be affected, and it is still golden; Iron rusts, and it will have a rusty yellow; Copper will also rust, that's patina. Silver oxidizes and therefore turns black. What kind of silverware is this? Lin Xiaoqiang squatted down, picked up the thing and put it in the plastic pocket containing the vegetables, and limped out of the door as if nothing happened.

"Eh, go back with someone!" Li Bing saw that Lin Xiaoqiang took his things and left, and hurriedly called.

"What's the hurry, go back and see what the strange thing is. Besides, how can you pay it back now, and arrest that person in the past? I'm not going to go for this trouble. Let's go, let's go back first. ”

Li Bing couldn't resist him, and when he thought about it, anyway, the thing was in his hands now, and it would be a lot of trouble to find out that person now. Sooner or later, the things will have to be returned, anyway, they are already out of place, and it is not too late to wait for the professional team to come. I didn't see what this was, so I might as well go back and open my eyes first. So he didn't stop deeply, and let Lin Xiaoqiang take things away. Back in the view, Lin Xiaoqiang was really calm, put the dishes away, hid the things in the house, and turned around and didn't care. On this day, cooking, watering, and cleaning were not mentioned again.

In the afternoon, Uncle Yang still sat on the chair and dozed off, and Xiao Lao Dao meditated and chanted in front of the statue. Seeing that they wouldn't come to disturb, Lin Xiaoqiang returned to the house and didn't close the door, just sat by the door and took out the thing.

It was a bottle-like thing, the size of a duck's egg, heavy in the hand, and indeed a silverware. I shook it, and there seemed to be nothing in it. I took a piece of paper and wiped the mud on it, and this wipe actually showed lines on the outside of the silverware. These days, he has been learning to draw talismans with the little old Tao, and at a glance, Li Bing looks like some kind of rune. Lin Xiaoqiang was about to twist the cap of the bottle, Li Bing thought to himself that there was a talisman drawn on the outside, could there be some ghosts inside? Hurriedly stopped.

"I think it's like some talisman on the outside, can't there be something in there? Don't be in a hurry to open it yet. ”

"Fu? These engraved on the outside of this bottle? Oh, don't say it, it's really like the ones painted by the little old way. Do you mean that this bottle is the same as the gourd that Xiao Lao Dao that day, and it is used to hold monsters? ”

"I can't tell. I look like a talisman, maybe it's weird. Let's just stay out and ask someone what it is. ”

"Ask? Who to ask? Little old way? Will he know? ”

"Of course I asked Uncle Yang. You and I know that Uncle Yang is very capable, don't you understand it by asking him? ”

"Forget it, it's useless to ask. He definitely said he didn't know. It's not that you don't know Uncle Yang, as long as we ask this, that face, hey, forget it, I don't want to be scolded again. I think we should call Xiao Lao Dao to take a look, if he doesn't know him, find a way to ask him to ask Uncle Yang. He knows how to do spells, looking at Mr. Er's face, at least the uncle won't scold him casually. ”

"Okay, let's ask Ruotong first. Wait for Uncle Yang to sleep at night. ”

The discussion has been decided, and in the evening, Uncle Yang fell asleep, Lin Xiaoqiang and Ruotong sat on the patio chatting, and when they saw that the sky was dark, Lin Xiaoqiang said to Ruotong: "Senior Brother Ruotong, when I went out to buy vegetables today, I got something, I looked a little strange, and there seemed to be a charm on it." ”

As soon as he heard that there was something strange, Ruotong also suddenly came to his senses: "Oh? Take it for me to see. ”

Lin Xiaoqiang pulled Ruotong into the house, lit the candles, saw that the light was not very good, and lit four in a row, and then took out the silver bottle he picked up during the day and handed it to Ruotong.

Xiao Laodao took the bottle, looked at it carefully under the light, turned it over and looked at it for a long time, put the bottle on the table, and bowed his head thoughtfully.

"Senior Brother Ruotong, Senior Brother Ruotong."

"Hmm."

"What the hell do you think this is?"

"Well, you're right, it's indeed a talisman engraved on it. I looked at it closely, and it looked like four symbols. As far as I know, the four runes together should form a magic circle. But I don't know these four, it seems that they are all demons, you see, here, here, hey, I can't understand it for you. ”

"I can't understand it, it's not that I can't understand it, so I asked you. You say, this is a demon smug, is there a monster in it? Like your little gourd with that mouse? ”

"It's hard to say. It's a magic weapon, that's for sure. As for what's in it, I really don't know. ”

"Can't you see any clues?"

"I don't know that. If my master was here, I would know about it. ”

"Your master is not here, and if you say it, you don't say it. Why don't you ask Uncle Yang? ”

"Hmm~~, don't go. This Uncle Yang can't say two words to me a day, and he ignores it, as if he is unhappy when I eat the food in the temple for nothing. Last time, I asked him how to use a talisman, and deliberately talked to me for a long time pretending to be deaf and dumb. Hmph, don't go. ”

"Oh, what now? If you don't know what's in it, it's harmful, it's not easy to do. I won't hide it from you now, this is the construction site opposite the door, an ancient tomb was dug up in the morning, and a worker secretly took it out and hid it in half, and I saw it, and I quietly took it back. Originally, I said that when the archaeological team came, I would return it to others, but now, oops, if there is really a demon inside, what do you say? Go back and open it and release the monster, that's good! ”

"Oh, it's from the tomb. You're right, if there's something in this, they won't be able to deal with it if they release it. You want to return it, that's true, but if you don't understand it, don't you send a disaster to others? ”

"Shall we take it? Wait for Mr. Two to come back and show him again? ”

As soon as he heard Lin Xiaoqiang say Mr. Er, Xiao Laodao's eyes rolled, and he seemed to have some ideas. After catching the rat demon, Xiao Lao Dao's confidence also increased greatly, and during this time, he practiced diligently, and he felt that his ability had increased greatly. Thinking about it left and right, this tomb is buried with people, and it is generally some auspicious things, even if there is a town thing, it is nothing more than some little demons and ghosts. For mortals, it is naturally a scourge, and for themselves, it is nothing more than a target for training. This thing was dug up from the tomb, it is a cultural relic, and the cultural relics were handed over to others for archaeology, which is the best. It's better to open it and take a look, deal with the things in it, and just show it off in front of Lin Xiaoqiang. The last time he caught the mouse, these three senior brothers admired themselves very much, and they spoke a lot politely. He will do whatever he is told to do in the future?

After making up his mind, Xiao Lao Dao said, "Eh, I don't think so." This is a funeral thing, and it is not expected that he is a stubborn thing. I prepared carefully, opened it carefully, whether it was a monster or a monster, I cleaned it up with another magic weapon, and you just happened to return this thing to someone's house. ”

"Okay, I don't understand anyway, you have the final say. Is this ready? ”

"This will do! I'll have everything ready tomorrow and I'll open it again tomorrow night. Come, Third Senior Brother, you put it away carefully, and we'll see what kind of sacred thing this is tomorrow night. ”

Lin Xiaoqiang put away the silver bottle, went out to chat again, and didn't mention it when he was tired. The next day, Lin Xiaoqiang and Li Bing still bought vegetables and cooked. On the way back from grocery shopping, I saw that the place where the tomb was dug up had been simply fenced, a shelf had been erected, and snakeskin plastic sheets had been torn on the top. Without further ado, hurry up and figure out the weirdness of this bottle, and hurry up and return the artifact.

Xiao Lao Dao also prepared for a day. Saying that Jin Wuxi fell, the oblique moon rose in the east, Uncle Yang still cleaned up and rested early, seeing that the time was almost up, Lin Xiaoqiang greeted Xiao Laodao, let's start.

Lin Xiaoqiang took out the silver bottle, and Xiao Lao Dao beckoned Lin Xiaoqiang into his room. After entering the door, I saw Xiao Lao Dao lighting seven or eight candles, and the room was bright, almost like turning on the lights. Beckoned Lin Xiaoqiang to put the bottle on the table, and then asked him to stand aside.

The little old man was full of interest. First he took out a bunch of talismans and piled them on the bed, and then took out the red thread and pulled it around the room, surrounding the table. He hung the talismans one by one on the red line, and said to Lin Xiaoqiang while hanging: "I have laid a formation that has laid a net of heaven and earth, no matter how powerful the monster is, he will never want to escape from this formation." ”

Lin Xiaoqiang and Li Bing didn't understand, what he said was what, he could only stand by and stare at it. Xiao Lao Dao was busy for a long time, hung up all the talismans, pulled two stools and set them up outside the red line net, and put the prepared incense burner on them. He also took out three small yellow flags, on which were painted various charms, all made of paper, and placed them on the left side of the incense burner. He put a handful of talismans next to the flag. Take out a small gourd similar to last time, put it on the right side of the incense burner, and then take out the peach wood sword and hold it in your hand. lit the three-pillar incense stick and inserted it in the incense burner with the candle flame, nodded to Lin Xiaoqiang, and said, "Look at it, I'll start it." ”