Number Two said that the real business of the bar is to exchange memories for money.

One memory, half a fortune.

People who come here are not drunk for buying, but for forgetting.

Everyone has some bad memories, but for the vast majority of people, these memories full of negative emotions and even guilt will accompany them for the rest of their lives.

But there are also some people who, if they don't forget those ugly memories, will lose the courage to continue living, and they come to the must-quit bar and hand over half of their possessions to us, while we, from the depths of their hearts, take away the memories they don't want.

But we don't all receive anyone, our customers are all black and white people, in their lives there is very little gray area where good and evil are intertwined, and their memories are either pure white or extremely sinful black.

I only draw black memories, gray and white are not in our business.

And only one memory is taken at a time.

In fact, the method of extracting memories also comes from the Yin in the six ancient arts of the Human Sect, and the so-called extraction of memories is actually to send part of their souls to the Netherworld in advance on the premise of not hurting people's lives.

This part of the soul that was sucked away can be slowly recovered in the years to come, but the new soul has nothing to do with those souls that have been removed.

No. 2 said that he seems to have a bit of talent in this area, and it is impossible for my master to teach him the art of walking yin locally, so he only taught the technique of extracting memories and the basic principles of condensing mental power, even so, No. 2 can still master this technique at the age of thirteen, and his "master" Lao Du has not been able to master it so far.

He also told me that the bar has made a lot of money over the years, more than I could have imagined, but most of that money has been donated, leaving only a small part to keep the two bars running and his and Du's daily expenses.

After talking about the old business in the bar, No. 2 talked about the business he had handled over the years.

It has been five years since he officially entered the store at the age of thirteen, and the business handled by him has been from twenty to seventeen or eighteen, and these customers have stories that he thinks are very interesting.

Over the years, he has seen craftsmen performing on the rivers and lakes, leaders of underworld forces abroad, killers who have been wandering overseas all year round, and a few ordinary people who seem to be ordinary but full of sin in their hearts.

He said that everyone looks different, but in fact, there is no essential difference between them, and everyone living in this world is the same.

This piqued my interest, and I asked him, "Why do you think that?" ”

Number Two said with emotion: "Because everyone has **, whether it is those who claim to have completely let go of human desires, or those who walk in the dark world, everyone has **, and everyone's ** is extremely strong." ”

I nodded: "There is only one way for the living to completely eliminate their desires, and that is to die." ”

No. 2 was immediately happy: "I think so too, but I'm embarrassed to say it so directly." ”

"There's nothing to shy away from, that's just the way it is. And it's not a bad thing for people to have desires, such as me, my ** is to pursue the so-called Tao, this ** is very strong, but I don't think it's any harm. Isn't the value of desire for existence to urge people to move forward and grow? The question is whether you control your desires or let them control you, whether they become your motivation or your fate. ”

"Oh, I haven't really thought about this deeply, I always think ** is a bad thing anyway, and because it's not good, it's born sinful. But hearing you say that, I don't think it's all that bad. ”

"Your statement is very similar to the rhetoric of a certain sect."

"Hey, Shao Dongjia, do you believe that at the beginning of people, nature is good?"

"I believe, but the so-called goodness here is not goodness in the popular sense, it is a kind of chaotic goodness, like the chaos of heaven and earth when it first opened, this kind of goodness is completely different from the goodness in the popular sense in the adult world."

"I don't understand what you're saying."

"For example, in the adult world, it is a virtue to be considerate of other people's feelings and to be considerate of others. But when a newborn child is hungry, he will be fed, and if he can't eat milk, he will cry, and he will not care if his crying affects other people, but can you say that they are morally corrupt and that they are not kind? ”

"So...... Really. But that can't be said that newborn children cry because they are hungry, so they are very kind, right? ”

"They don't cry, how do you know they're hungry, if you don't feed them, they can't grow up healthy. It is precisely because human cubs learn to cry from birth that we can better raise those cubs, and only in this way can we ensure that our population can reproduce better. Keeping the population alive is the greatest virtue. ”

"Damn, that's it! I understand. ”

"Now that you understand, can you say what you haven't said now?"

Number Two stared at me with wide eyes, "How do you know I just finished a paragraph?" ”

I smiled: "Just now you mentioned a guest named Hu, when you mentioned him, I could feel that you were a little empty in your heart, and you really didn't go into detail about him." ”

Number Two sighed and gave me a thumbs up: "Yes." ”

"Let's talk about him, this man must be very special."

No. 2 breathed a sigh of relief again, and then spoke: "Actually, I can't say anything about him, but I've been in contact with so many customers over the years, and I can perfectly extract everyone's memory, only this old Hu, he has a ...... How to say it, there is something at work that I can't perceive, so I can't extract his memory, and I only suppressed part of his memory at the beginning, but I have a feeling that these suppressed memories will still emerge sooner or later, so I have been in touch with Lao Hu for the past two years. ”

At this point, Number Two suddenly paused, lost in thought.

I didn't want to interrupt his thoughts, so I propped my hand on the bar and waited quietly.

After a long time, No. 2 spoke: "When Lao Hu came, he told me that since he built the pavilion, there have often been strange sounds echoing in his ears, and the sound is like a dog squatting at the bottom of the well whimpering at him. ”

I don't know what the "Yun Pavilion" in No. 2's mouth is, but listening to his description, the sound Lao Hu heard may be very similar to the humming I heard in the Jingyun Mountain Treasure House.

I put down the goblet in my hand and said to No. 2, "I want to meet this old man." ”

"When?"

"As soon as possible."