My worries were dispelled when I saw Mr. Zhou Jing the next day, although the old man in front of me looked old and wrinkled, he didn't look like a centenarian, his hair was still gray, his face was ruddy, and he looked like he was in his seventies at most.

Zhou Tong is indeed powerful, and I don't know what he made up, so he insisted that his surname Zhou was related to the Zhou family in this ancient town, and he had the momentum to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors. The innkeeper who brought us over was convinced, and then he knew that he was also surnamed Zhou, although he was not from Zhou Jing's lineage, but his ancestors were in this Jinsha Ancient Town, and Zhou Jing had a side kinship.

The boss's name is Zhou Ming, and after he came forward to greet Mr. Zhou, he introduced the three of us. Liu Yue and his six sons remained in the hotel and did not follow. After listening to Zhou Ming's introduction, Zhou Jing looked at us, his eyes moved from Zhou Tong little by little, fixed on me for five or six seconds, and then stayed at Sheng Shiyao, his eyes full of inquiry.

I'm not used to being noticed like this, but if no one is standing next to Sheng Shiyao, let the other party look at me. Zhou Jing squinted, suddenly turned around and walked towards the door, the pace was not brisk, but it was much more steady than the average old man, when he arrived at the door, a dark voice came: "Zhou Ming, send off guests." ”

The innkeeper Zhou Ming was stunned, and didn't understand why Zhou Jing was suddenly unhappy, seeing that the figure was about to disappear behind the door, Sheng Shiyao beside him suddenly said four words: "The bat folds its wings." ”

Seeing the figure that was almost gone, he walked back at a speed that was impossible for a hundred-year-old man, and asked with a pale face, "What did you say?" The corners of Sheng Shiyao's lips raised a very shallow arc, as if he was smiling, but he was silent.

Zhou Jing became more and more anxious, took a few steps closer to us, and asked, "Who are you?" What do you mean by bat folding wings? "At such a close distance, I actually saw the light in the eyes of this old man, Sheng Shiyao's words just now were obviously a temptation, but when he mentioned bats, he reacted so much, it can be seen that he really knows something.

I saw Sheng Shiyao slowly take out the bead from his arms, exposed half of it and stuffed it into his clothes, and after seeing Zhou Jing's complexion change greatly, he said: "Mr. Zhou, I don't know if I can find a secluded place to talk?" ”

Zhou Jing was stunned, and finally his face darkened, nodded, pointed to the inside of the house, and said, "Let's talk inside." Zhou Ming, you go to Chen Bing's side and ask him to come over to talk about things. Zhou Ming left in response, and he didn't bother to say hello to Zhou Tong again, which shows that he has great respect for this Zhou Jing.

We entered Zhou Jing's house, and saw that the furnishings and decorations were still the kind of fifties and sixties, and on the way to Zhou Ming had said that Zhou Jing was an old man who lived alone, and his children and grandchildren were also in the town, but they did not live with him. Look at the loneliness and withering inside, it should be true. After leading us all the way to the back room, he pointed to a table of eight immortals in the center, "That's it." ”

We, along with him, were just four of us, and one of us chose one side to sit around the Eight Immortals table. Looking at Zhou Jing's posture, he should not be in the mood to greet us, and when his butt was next to the stool, he asked Sheng Shiyao: "Have you been to that ancient castle?" ”

This surprised me, but based on that bead alone, Zhou Jing had already concluded that we had been to the castle, so it seems that there is a lot of article in this bead.

Sheng Shiyao smiled lightly, didn't answer his words, but took the bead to the table, the light in the room itself was not bright, and the green light of the bead could be seen very clearly. Zhou Tong was surprised because he hadn't seen it, if I hadn't seen it last night, I would definitely behave like him. At this time, I only fixed my eyes on Zhou Jing's face and observed his expression, obviously he is also a person who is used to seeing the market, after the initial anxiety, he has controlled his emotions and no longer acts eagerly.

"What is the purpose of your coming?" After pondering for a long time, Zhou Jing asked a question.

Sheng Shiyao turned his eyes to me and said, "Xiaoxiao, you can tell him." I hesitated to ask with my eyes, and when I saw him nod slightly, I let go of my courage to speak: "Mr. Zhou, we have no malicious intentions on this trip, we came to the ancient town to find Huang Xingyuan and the people of the Huang clan, and I want to ask for help with something." ”

After a pause to see Zhou Jing's reaction, I saw that he lowered his eyes to listen, and there was no discoloration of Huang Xingyuan's three words, could it be that I was wrong? He actually has nothing to do with the Huang family? Just when I was wondering, Sheng Shiyao reminded lightly: "Tell me about your grandmother's symptoms, this is the key to your coming." ”

As soon as I heard this, I immediately woke up, and indeed I did not come here to explore the secrets, but to find a way to cure my grandmother. The black-winged bat carved in the huge mural in the castle is the same as the Jinpa in my grandmother's private collection, which may be a clue. So I briefly described my grandmother's illness and asked, "I wonder if Mr. Zhou can save this disease?" ”

Zhou Jing raised his eyes, his dark eyes were obscure, and he asked rhetorically: "I'm not a doctor, how do I know how to save people?" The girl seems to have found the wrong place and the wrong person, why did she come to our backward remote town to seek medical treatment? ”

Sheng Shiyao snorted lightly, and said with mockery: "Mr. Zhou, in the process of telling just now, you may not even notice yourself, your hands are clenched into fists three times, your eyes are turned twice, and your feet are still trembling, which is enough to show that you are not only nervous but also weak-hearted." The three fist clenches are to mention Huang Xingyuan, the strange illness of the little grandmother, and finally you pretend to be calm and ask back, as for the two times when your eyes rolled, it was precisely at that time. Do you think you can keep it hidden? ”

Suddenly, Zhou Jing's entire face was decadent and dark, his original ruddy was gone, and even his entire body was trembling. I can't bear to look at it, after all, it's a centenarian, wouldn't it be inappropriate for us to persecute like this? But when I thought about my grandmother, I had to harden my heart, and the micro-expressions and subtle movements that Sheng Shiyao had just put forward just showed that there were ghosts in Zhou Jing's heart this time.

Finally, Zhou Jingzhong sighed and muttered indifferently: "Providence, when I watched the sky at night, I knew that disaster was coming, but I didn't expect it to come so quickly." Is it really heaven that is going to kill my people? ”

"Ah Gong? Are you in there? Suddenly, a voice came from outside the door, interrupting Zhou Jing's mourning. Immediately afterwards, Zhou Ming called outside: "Grandpa, I invited Uncle Chen." Zhou Jing paused and said, "Ah Bing, come in, Zhou Ming go back to your store." ”

After answering outside the door, a person walked in, with an ordinary appearance, nearly forty years old, but just now Zhou Ming called him uncle, and Zhou Ming was at least in his forties, so this person should be not young. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, and I suddenly found that from Zhou Jing to Chen Bing in front of me, and then to Wong Tai Sin, they all seemed to be much younger than their actual age, is this a coincidence?

Chen Bing entered the door and looked at us, walked to Zhou Jing's side and asked respectfully: "Grandpa, is there something wrong with you asking Zhou Ming to call me?" Zhou Jing looked at me, said with a heavy face: "Little girl, give up a seat." I was said to be red-faced, and I was about to get up with a reflex, but Zhou Tong next to me stopped with a smile: "Little sister, I don't need you to let me, my old Zhou will just let me." After speaking, he straightened up and said to Sheng Shiyao: "Brother Yao, it's too dull here, I'll smoke a cigarette outside." ”

Sheng Shiyao nodded lightly, and Zhou Tong walked out, and then his place was sat down by Chen Bing. I secretly understood in my heart that it should be Sheng Shiyao who hinted that Zhou Tong went to guard outside, afraid that Zhou Ming had secretly done something when he went to inform Chen Binglai just now.

After Chen Bing sat down, he didn't look at us, but only fixed his eyes on Zhou Jing's face, as if waiting for his instructions. Zhou Jing pointed to the bead on the table in front of Sheng Shiyao and said, "Ah Bing, look at this green glass bead." Chen Bing's body shook when he heard this, turned his eyes to the beads that glowed with blue light, and shouted: "It's really a green glass bead!" How did it come to be here? It's not ......" The words stopped abruptly, looking at us in disbelief, obviously afraid of what we would hear.

Zhou Jing sighed and said, "Ah Bing, don't be afraid to leak your mouth, a few of them have entered the ancient castle, and this green glass bead was taken out by this man." Even...... They even saw the mural of the dark god. ”

"Ahh Chen Bing exclaimed, "How is it possible? There are spirit snakes guarding the ancient castle, how can they get out alive when they go in? ”

Zhou Jing shook his head speechlessly, "In fact, they just came out, and they also took out the green glass beads used to suppress the red spirit snake, now the red spirit snake king came out of the ancient castle, I don't know where it will swim, if it swims to our town, it will be a disaster." ”

Hearing this, I couldn't help but interject: "You mean this bead is guarding those red flower snakes?" Take the beads and they will swim out of the castle? Aren't those vine-like creatures at the gate of the castle the nemesis of those snakes? ”

"The vines are called Guyero, and they are animals that resemble plants, and they guard the innumerable number of flower snakes. But the red spirit snake can't be suppressed, it must rely on this kind of green glass bead to suppress, don't look at this little bead, the ghost light in it is gathered in the yin soul, which can shock the king of poisonous snakes, the red spirit snake. ”

I looked at Sheng Shiyao in a daze, and only three words appeared in my mind: Trouble! No wonder the red flower snake wanted to lure Sheng Shiyao to pay attention to the beads, it turned out that he used trickery to trick him into taking them, and then escaped from the castle, these snakes really became sperm.

Sheng Shiyao was not very moved, but said: "The matter has come to this point, please don't hide it from us anymore, tell us about the matter with Huang Xingyuan and the black-winged bat Xiangguang, maybe you can think of a comprehensive way to deal with it." Mr. Zhou, Mr. Chen, are you right? Or, the two should be called the patriarchs of the Huang family. ”

Zhou Jing and Chen Bing glanced at each other when they heard this, their faces showed different colors, and then Chen Bing snorted coldly: "I don't know who gave you the wrong idea, thinking that Huang Xingyuan's surname is Huang?" Why can't we have other surnames? ”

These words directly stunned me and Sheng Shiyao.