Chapter 23: The Sorcerer
Half an hour later, Jiang Hao arrived at the door of the studio, and when he saw the drum in Qiqi's hand, his face sank: "Where did you get this thing?" ”
"It was sent by the owner of a supply store next to the temple." Seeing that the master's face was dark, Lu Jia knew that something was wrong, and answered honestly the origin of the drum.
"Where's that store? Take me tomorrow to see what the boss is all about! ”
"Little Nizi, there is a problem with this drum, can you leave it to me for safekeeping? No problem, Uncle will return it to you tomorrow. Jiang Hao cautiously looked at Qiqi, who was holding the drum tightly in his arms, hoping to bring the drum down.
"Nope! No way! This is Sister's, I won't give it to anyone! Qiqi suddenly lost control of his emotions for some reason, grabbed the drum and ran out of the door.
"Master, Qiqi is a little emotional at this late hour, don't anything happen?" Lu Jia chased him out as he spoke, but when Lu Jia went out, Qiqi was already gone, and then the phone was turned off when he called Qiqi again.
The two of them were worried about Qiqi's safety, so they went to the place where Qiqi lived to take a look. When they arrived at the community where Qiqi lived, the power went out again, and the master and apprentice climbed the stairs to the door of Qiqi's rented house in the dark, the door was open, and the door of the black rumbling was like a giant beast with a big mouth open.
"Seventy-seven?" Lu Jia whispered Qiqi's name while feeling dark in the room, only to hear the sound of "Ding Dong", Lu Jia seemed to hit the stool, and then someone seemed to run out of her quickly.
"Seventy-seven?" Lu Jia shouted, and just as he was about to chase out, he heard a slight cry in the house. Lu Jia stopped and asked softly, "Qiqi?" The cries grew louder and louder. Lu Jia followed the sound to find the location where Qiqi was hiding, and at this time the lights came on.
Lu Jia saw Qiqi's whole person cowering in the corner, and his arms holding his knees tightly were still trembling slightly. She whispered, "Qiqi is not afraid, I am Jia Jia." After Lu Jia said this, Qiqi pounced on Lu Jia and cried loudly.
"Jiajia, wizard! It's a wizard! ”
Lu Jia coaxed, hugged and comforted, and almost didn't say, "Qibao doesn't cry, I'll buy you candy to eat". It was easy to soothe Qiqi's emotions, and she began to say something intermittently.
Qiqi said that the drum was made by the wizard from her sister's skull. When others listen to the drum, it is the sound of the drum, but Qiqi listens to the drum and it is her sister who is talking to her. But I've never heard Qiqi mention that she also has a sister.
Qiqi said that she has a sister, a sister in her previous life.
When Lu Jia heard this, he turned his head to the master who was standing behind him and had not spoken: "Master, is this also the memory of reincarnation?" ”
Jiang Hao was silent for a while and said, "I'm not sure either, it could also be a soul mark." It is also possible that you have fallen for someone else's trick. I'll go to the store you mentioned tomorrow. ”
The next day, they went to the shop next to the temple again, but today's boss was a middle-aged man with a plateau red face, Lu Jia asked about the female proprietress last time, and the middle-aged man shook his head, there has never been a woman like that in this shop.
"How could it not be? She's so tall, about the same age as me, and about the same size as me, so she's beautiful. The boss thought for a moment and said, "Still not." ”
"How is that possible? She also sold us a [Sister Drum]. Lu Jia was anxious, grabbed the boss's clothes and said, "I remember very clearly, the last time I came, your painter was still painting thangka......
"The painters are here, I don't believe you ask them." The boss paused and said, "Besides, our family has never sold drums." Girl, are you sure you bought it at our house? "Seeing the boss doesn't look like he's lying, and the painter also says that there is really no woman like her in the store. Lu Jia was a little confused: Did she hallucinate? It's a person's hallucination that is easy to explain, but she went with Qiqi, and the drum was really in Qiqi's arms.
Jiang Hao rarely didn't say much, stared at the male boss in front of him for a long time, and finally couldn't ask anything to thank the boss and went out, Lu Jia behind him reluctantly followed while looking back at the man, "Master, it's really this shop, it's really." ”
Jiang Hao on the side of the road glanced at Lu Jia: "Girl, I know what you said is right." People insist that there is no such person, what can you do? ”
Lu Jia didn't quite understand what the master meant, and asked stupidly: "Then let's leave like this?" ”
"Go back first, I'll talk to you slowly." On the way back, the two of them looked at the slow queue in front of them in the car, Jiang Hao stuffed a cigarette into his mouth and lit it and spit it out, Lu Jia opened the car window when he saw this.
Jiang Hao laughed dryly: "Girl, do you know the legend of the [Sister Drum]? But what is uploaded on the Internet is not necessarily right, and it does not necessarily make sense. Throughout history, many countries and nations have used skulls to make drums, and I heard that there is one in Wutai Mountain. ”
"If nothing else, in modern history, there was an emperor in the Manchu/Qing Dynasty who punished corrupt officials, and in anger he skinned the corrupt officials to set an example. Behind civilization, there is always a pile of dry bones. ”
Jiang Hao was silent for a while, and snuffed out the cigarette butt in the ashtray. After thinking about it, he said, "I know what you're going to ask." The drum in Long Qiqi's hand was indeed a real human skin drum. I don't know what the purpose of the person who gave you drums is, as for whether it is for the Long family or Long Qiqi himself, it's hard to say. It stands to reason that she is a little girl, and she will not provoke anyone. ”
"Is that store really okay?" Lu Jia still didn't understand how a woman could come out of thin air in that store.
"That store might be fine. Many people in the world can deceive people with tricks, also known as illusions. Not only spirits can use illusions, but people can also use them. After speaking, Jiang Hao's hand in the car stall flicked in the cigarette box, took out a cigarette, and the smoke spontaneously combusted, and then the flames of the smoke jumped up, burning the hair on his forehead.
Jiang Hao hurriedly patted his hair, smelled the smell of burning hair in the car room, and laughed at himself: "If you want to talk about fire control, you still have to come to Wu Xing." ”
"Master, is this technique an illusion or a fire control technique?" Lu Jia asked seriously, and Jiang Hao replied weakly: "Yes, all of them." ”
"Then the female shopkeeper we saw, who was the illusion between me, Qiqi and the clerk? Or are they simply colluding? "Lu Jia is just this problem, and he can't get over the problem if he doesn't think about it.
"I said, girl, your strength has come up again. Regardless of whether there is a problem with that store or not, eighty percent of the people behind the drum have something to do with this store. Waiting for the traffic light, Jiang Hao took out another cigarette and lit it, this time it was not big, and honestly took out a lighter and lit it.
"Master, you remember when we found Qiqi at her house last night. Did she say "Wizard"? Are there really wizards now? Hearing Lu Jia say this, Jiang Hao frowned and spat out a puff of cigarette, thinking to himself: What are the wizards in Tibet doing here?
"Master, in fact, Qiqi also mentioned the wizard once before, and she said, "Why Sister A? It's the wizard, the wizard from Shudi]. Seeing that the master didn't react, Lu Jia added another sentence.
"Shudi." Jiang Hao took another puff of cigarette and didn't speak again after saying two words. "In the past few days, I have taken the time to go to Shudi."