Chapter Twenty-Three: There's Something in the Tree

"Silk..."

The person in the sedan chair is actually Liu Sisi!

At this time, I suddenly remembered the figure that I followed with Ren Xue before, looking at her back, is it difficult to x, that is also her?

Suddenly, I felt an invisible chill spread throughout my body.

And at this time, the bride's welcoming team is about to get close to me and Ren Xue.

Ren Xue's eyes and I both flashed with panic.

"What to do? The grass is so small that if they go any further, we will be discovered. ”

Ren Xue whispered, her voice was extremely hurried.

At this time, we must not get up, otherwise, the movement will be too loud and it will be easier to disturb them.

There was no way, the two of us could only snuggle up tightly and try to hide.

"Bell bell bell ~~~"

At this time, I don't know where to come out of a ceremonial team, the leader of the group, wearing a flower face mask, wearing a clown costume ringing a bell in front, and the people behind, some blowing trumpets, some beating drums...

A moment later, they walked past me and Ren Xue, and to Ren Xue's surprise, they could spot us with just a side look. But they were as if they were blind and didn't see us.

They seem to treat us like air!

"Whew~~~"

After they left, Ren Xue and I were both heavily relieved. I didn't dare to stay here any longer, so I hurried back to the temple.

**Nothing to say, when I woke up on the second day, there was a sudden noise at the entrance of the village. Then, a classmate shouted outside: "Oh, there are dead people in this village!" ”

When I walked to the courtyard of the temple, there were already a lot of people around, Zhang Qingqing was standing in the center at this time, and a classmate asked her, "Teacher Zhang, should we go over and have a look..."

As soon as these words came out, a girl immediately screamed: "Don't! I don't want to go... What is so beautiful about the dead! I just want to end the demon game as soon as possible and go home right away... Woohoo......"

Zhang Qingqing sighed, and at this time, he saw me coming over.

Then, she said to me, "Yan Huohuo, you have lived in this village before, or you should go over and see what is going on as a representative of our class." Also, you ask the Ninth Master, when will you solve the demon matter for us..."

"Hmm."

I was about to go to the village to have a look, when I nodded and walked towards the temple gate.

Under the old locust tree at the head of the village, there were no less than dozens of people around at the moment, and when I walked to the entrance of the village, I saw a person lying straight under the old locust tree.

I know this person, and I call him 'Uncle Buddha' when I shout. Uncle Buddha is a strange person in the coffin village, his fingers are very thin, as thin as an unmarried girl. However, it is such a pair of hands that can clip a cotton needle out of the fire.

I remember when I was a child, when I was living in the Ninth Master's house, Uncle Buddha also took me to a small market nearby to catch a market.

It was that time that I saw Uncle Buddha's skills with my own eyes.

At that fair, a rich merchant came, and above the ears of the rich merchant was inlaid with a small sapphire, which was very beautiful.

At that time, the first time I saw it, I couldn't take my eyes off it.

Uncle Buddha asked me, "Huohuo, do you like that sapphire or not?" ”

My chick nodded like a peck.

Seeing me like this, Uncle Buddha smiled and asked, "Then do you want it?" ”

"Yes!"

"Okay, since Huohuo you want it, then Uncle Buddha will turn it around..."

As he spoke, Uncle Buddha bent over and approached the rich merchant.

The rich merchant and Uncle Buddha, at a certain moment, passed by.

Then, Uncle Buddha came to me and put a clenched fist beside my hands.

He grinned and said, "Huohuo, you open my fist and see what's inside?" ”

I spread Uncle Buddha's fist, and on his open five fingers, there was a sapphire, lying there gorgeously...

I opened my mouth wide and thought it was incredible.

Later, he gave me the sapphire, but when I showed him to the ninth master, the ninth master scolded me and told me not to accept Uncle Buddha's things in the future. Even, that sapphire was sent back to Uncle Buddha by the Ninth Master the next day...

Since then, the Ninth Master has also forbidden Uncle Buddha to take me out alone.

To be honest, after so many years, I haven't figured out how Uncle Buddha took the sapphire set in other people's ears the moment it passed by the shoulder...

But such a person, today, he actually died like this.

"The Ninth Master is here!!"

At this time, I don't know who shouted, there was a bang, and the crowd automatically gave way to a road. After that, the Ninth Master walked in from the crowd that got out of the way.

He walked over to Uncle Buddha's body and examined it. At first, he was still frowning, but after that, his face was expressionless. Then, without saying a word, he turned around and left...

Everyone is puzzled, what does Jiu Ye mean by this?

Someone asked, "Ninth Master, how did Uncle Buddha die?" ”

The Ninth Master didn't answer at all, just walked into the distance.

At this time, a respected clan uncle in the village walked out, coughed, and said hoarsely: "Lao Jiu, you have something to say!" Little Buddha, how did he die? Isn't that thing in the tree dry? ”

At this time, the ninth master turned his head and sighed, "Uncle Changsheng, I can't say it!" ”

"Bang!!"

Uncle Changsheng, with the cane in his hand, knocked on the ground, and said loudly: "Lao Jiu, no matter what, you have to give everyone an explanation!" I only ask one thing, is the death of the little Buddha the thing in the tree did it!! ”

As soon as he said this, everyone's eyes at the ninth master began to become nervous. It seems that the answer of the Ninth Master is very important to them.

The Ninth Master said loudly: "No!! ”

"Whew~~ Okay! Since Lao Jiu said that it is not, then it must not be!! Uncle Changshou let out a sigh of relief, and then, step by step, on crutches, walked into the distance.

The rest of the people also breathed a sigh of relief. The nervous gaze that looked at the Ninth Master just now all disappeared.

After the ninth master left, Uncle Buddha's mother-in-law lay on Uncle Buddha's body and cried.

A few farmers who had a good relationship with Uncle Buddha helped carry Uncle Buddha's body to the ancestral hall to prepare for the funeral...

As for me, after the ninth master left, I followed the ninth master to his residence.

The ninth master saw me, and then smiled at me kindly like when he was a child, and then asked: "Huohuo, you went to study in the city, have you forgotten the skills of cooking?" ”

I rolled up my sleeves and grinned, "Ninth Master, how can I be." Don't you often say that I'm good for nothing but cooking, and maybe I'll have to make a living from this in the future. I have to rely on it to ask for a wife and buy a house, how dare I forget..."

"Haha, you kid..." Jiu Ye tilted his head, laughed, and then kicked my ass, and said, "Then why don't you go to the kitchen and give Jiu Ye a few hands." Today, if you don't make seven or eight dishes, don't ask the ninth master for anything! ”

"Well, today, I'll make him seventeen or eighteen dishes, and we'll eat it for a day." Ah, by the way, Ninth Master, is there anything else with 'Bamboo Leaf Green'... Wait a minute, remember to have two cups!! ”

Jiu Ye glared at me, kicked me again, and snorted coldly: "You bastard boy, after so many years, you still remember my little 'bamboo leaf green', it's really the same as when I was a child, it hasn't changed at all..."

"Haha," I laughed, and ran to the kitchen.

After a few hours of busy work, I finally got the dish done.

At this time, I followed Jiu Ye to the wine embarrassment to get his treasured 'bamboo leaf green', to my surprise, in the past few years I left, he actually acted like he had not moved.

I was surprised: "Ninth Master, why is this wine still as much as when I left, not less at all!" ”

The Ninth Master shook his head and said with a smile: "It's not interesting to drink alone!" Especially drinking this good wine..."

When I heard this, my eyes suddenly wet.

At this time, the ninth master turned around and walked towards the vegetable table with the jar of 'bamboo leaf green', and the faint light shone on him, leaving only a mottled and desolate shadow, reflected on the ground...

Looking at the lonely shadow, my heart seemed to be blocked by a layer of water, and it was indescribably uncomfortable.

"Huohuo, why are you still stunned, come here!!"

"Hmm."

That meal, although Jiu Ye and I didn't eat him for a day, we ate it from morning to evening.

In the past, I wanted to drink half a cup of bamboo leaves from Jiuye's treasure, and I had to beg him for a long time, but this time, the two of us drank a big bowl directly. If it weren't for the end, we couldn't hold back and probably drank more.

By the time I woke up again, it was already the next morning. I was lying on the ** when I was a child, and the ninth master was making breakfast outside, this scene was very similar to before...

When we were having breakfast, I said, "Ninth Master, Uncle Buddha, how did he die?" Also, what does the thing in the tree mean when Uncle Changshou said about it? ”

These two questions held me back for a whole day, and I actually wanted to ask them for a long time, but I insisted on asking them until now.

Jiu Ye's face changed slightly, then he glanced at me and asked rhetorically, "Did you go under the old locust tree the night before yesterday?" ”

"Ah..." I was stunned, I didn't tell the Ninth Master about this, how did he know.

I bowed my head and fell silent.

The ninth master looked at my appearance, sighed, and then said slowly: "Alas, Huohuo, I didn't want you to get entangled in this, but now it seems that it is impossible. ”

I raised my head and realized that the Ninth Master was about to reveal something to me.

However, I have never forgotten one thing, that is, the demon game, so I told the ninth master about the demon again, but the ninth master waved his hand and asked me to listen to him first......