In the midst of a broken bark stump, Zhong Xianhai stood alone in it.

His two legs could not support the weight of his whole body, and he was almost half-squatting and half-sitting, his face was calm, as if everything that happened around him had nothing to do with him.

Ma Jian shook his head, tears in his eyes: "Teacher, why are you doing this?" ”

A smile appeared on Zhong Xianhai's face, and this smile was obviously from the heart. Because we saw his smiling face and almost forgot the horror of the past. This kind of laughter can only appear on the faces of people who are affectionate and righteous.

Zhong Xianhai held up two things with both hands, and Ma Jian took the thing with trembling hands, and handed it over to the third uncle without even looking at it.

I noticed that one of the two things, one of which was an old book, was almost the same color as the bark. The other is a fruit, which is also blood-red in color, and looks a bit like dragon fruit.

The third uncle's eyes lit up, and he carefully put away the two things.

At this time, Zhong Xianhai's face was relaxed, as if he had gotten rid of a shackle that had imprisoned his body for many years. This kind of relaxation is his performance from the inside out, and it is a relaxation that can be felt.

He let out a string of laughs. The third uncle's flashlight shone on his face, and we could clearly see that his face was changing.

At this time, his face turned yellow, and that color was like a withered and yellow leaf in autumn.

Ma Jian was in tears, and his hands tightly grasped Zhong Xianhai's hand.

Zhong Xianhai always kept smiling, and it didn't take long for him to slowly close his eyes, and his head sank and tilted down.

"Teacher......" Ma Tan screamed, knelt down on his knees, and helped Zhong Xianhai's head.

Zhong Xianhai's eyes were closed, apparently dead.

Although I didn't have any actual contact with Zhong Xianhai, I was attacked by him several times in this place. But at this time, I didn't even have any hatred for him. Judging by Ma Tan's reaction, this should be a person worthy of respect. What he did before he died says it all.

The third uncle looked at the ruins in front of him and sighed: "Why do you always end up this way?" ”

As the bloody mulberry was destroyed, the vines on the tree withered. The vines that grew on Zhong Xianhai's body have also been broken. Ma Tan went over and wanted to pick up Zhong Xianhai, but he tried several times, but he couldn't succeed.

Because Zhong Xianhai's body is no different from the trunk of a tree, the weight should not be light. In addition, Ma Jian himself is also too old and lacks strength. Ma Jian was sweating profusely.

I hurried over and patted Ma Yan's shoulder: "Old horse, I'll come......"

Ma Yan glanced at me and said thank you.

I nodded, leaned down and hugged Zhong Xianhai. Although Zhong Xianhai's body is deformed, his weight is very heavy, completely exceeding the weight of a normal person. With the help of Ma Tan and the third uncle, I finally moved Zhong Xianhai to my back, and I carried him on my back and left the room with staggering steps.

I asked Ma Jian where to send Zhong Xianhai, and Ma Jian did not hesitate to send him back to his office.

So my third uncle and I sent Zhong Xianhai's body to Ma Yan's office again. For Ma Tan's mood at this time

, It's not good for us to ask him what he wants to do with Zhong Xianhai, let alone ask him about Zhong Xianhai and the blood mulberry tree, everything has to wait until he is emotionally stable.

When my third uncle and I were about to leave, Ma Tan told us that the hotel could take care of the aftermath, and no one should come to ask about the tree.

The third uncle nodded and took me out of Ma Yan's place. On the way back, I asked the third uncle, "Is this really the end of the matter?" So a strange tree, as well as Zhong Xianhai, a strange person, just disappeared, will no one really care? ”

The third uncle said: "It should be like this. The people who know Blood Mulberry Tree and Zhong Xianhai are nothing more than two groups of people, one is the so-called upper-class people, that is, people who we tried our best to find out but no one dared to say it. I guess Zhong Xianhai must know the inside story, and he also told Ma Tan, so since Ma Jian said that no one would come to ask, he should be sure. And the other group of people is the Fire Soul Group. But their goal should be the two things that Zhong Xianhai gave us. If they want to come to us, they should be looking for us. Therefore they no longer cared about the tree. So from a comprehensive analysis, the matter of the hotel, on the surface, should be solved. ”

After listening to the third uncle's analysis, I breathed a sigh of relief, although many things are still in the dark, but after all, the matter of the hotel is solved. A stone that weighed on my heart was removed.

We left from Ma Tan and went back to the hotel.

The first thing he did when he returned to the hotel, the third uncle took out the two things that Zhong Xianhai gave us.

These two things have a lot to do with each other. The people of the Fire Soul Group came to grab it several times, and they did not hesitate to take stuffy purple. And Zhong Xianhai tried his best to protect it, so that after the things were taken out, he himself died. Around these two things, many lives have been lost.

My intuition tells me that these two things are closely related to Zhong Xianhai's life. In other words, once this thing is taken out, Zhong Xianhai will definitely die. Otherwise, Ma Jian would not have had such a big reaction at that time.

A book, a fruit.

It's on the table in the hotel.

The third uncle first opened the book, which looked antique, but perhaps because of the relationship between age and preservation, the book had seriously faded, the cover was dyed the color of bark, and the middle page had also turned yellow, and there were many broken pages.

This is not surprising to us, because this kind of ancient books, except for those that have been discovered in time and collected by museums, those that have been circulated among the people will generally look like this. But to our surprise, when we opened the book, we found that there were no words or pictures in it, and it was a blank book.

We flipped through the book several times, and still didn't find anything important in it. It's a completely wordless book, and I really don't understand why the people of the Fire Soul Group went to such lengths to get it.

The third uncle threw the book on the table and said, "This book is useless, isn't that what those people like is this book, but this fruit?" ”

We took a closer look at the one that looked like dragon fruit

fruit, it seems that there is nothing out of the ordinary.

I took a fruit knife and asked the third uncle if he wanted to cut the fruit and take a look. The third uncle glared: "Don't mess around, put these two things away first, and then ask the old horse head when the time comes." ”

I nodded, Zhong Xianhai should have explained these two things to Ma Tan, it seems that the answer can only be obtained from Ma Tan.

We slept in the hotel for a day and a night, and on the third day, the third uncle went to the monastery to invite a group of monks, and went to the hotel to do a relatively large ritual to overspend the wandering spirits and wild ghosts in the hotel.

Among these ghosts, there are Jiang Wenxue and Ah Ying.

I found that since the third uncle went to the temple to bathe the scriptures, he has a firm belief in some things in Buddhism.

And after the incident, the third uncle donated a lot of incense money to the temple, after all, there was no less trouble for the people in the temple.

(End of chapter)

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