Chapter 42: The Man in Black
After comforting my mother, I went to my third uncle's house and checked the rattan box. Fortunately, Changsheng was quite particular about it, and he burned the corpse in my yard without stealing anything. I guess he doesn't know how powerful my third uncle is, and the box is full of treasures.
I put the box back together, stuffed it under the bed, and looked at the empty backyard, the scene of the unsinkable long cremation in my mind.
The more I think about it, the more I respond, Changsheng is really not a thing, is he looking at me and deliberately retaliating. Burning his master's body in my backyard is just disgusting.
I walked around the backyard, I don't know if it's psychological, and I feel cold and windy in the daytime. Whether the immortal life will not be exceeded at all, his master's unjust soul is still in the courtyard. If only the third uncle was here, he would definitely know what was going on.
I was turning, and the sunlight shifted to an angle, and suddenly the corner of the wall flashed. Well? What's that?
I hastened to inspect it, and there was a shiny stone beneath the corner. I picked it up, and the stone was yellowish all over, about the size of a thumb, and it was oval. It sways in the sunlight and reflects the light at a certain angle.
What is this? My heart is pounding, this thing must have something to do with the fighting method, who left it, is it Suban or Changsheng? If it was left by Su Ban, it wouldn't be poisonous.
I was so frightened that I almost threw the stone out, and I felt a little embarrassed, so I went back to the living room and found a few napkins, wrapped the stone, and put it in my pocket, and when I found my third uncle, I would ask him.
At dinner in the evening, my sister talked about social drama and asked me if I wanted to go to see it.
Our ten miles and eight villages are close to the Yangtze River, and there is an old tradition since ancient times, and a river festival will be held at the end of summer. Listen to the old people say, before this river festival was particularly lively, the legend is to make a birthday for the dragon king, during which there will be a grand ceremony, to invite Taoist priests, monks to chant three classes, but also to slaughter cattle and sheep to sacrifice the river. By now, these are basically gone, just ask the county team to set up a stage to sing on the river, even if it means so.
I told my sister that I wasn't going.
One is that I am not interested in this kind of folk opera at all, I watch it live, there is no subtitle, I can't understand what I sing, babbling, and there are only two people performing back and forth for a long time.
The second is that I am worried about the third uncle, now he is alive and dead, and no one knows where he is. What do you have to do to watch a play.
The relationship between my sister and the third uncle is not as close as mine, she is a girl, and she has a natural defense against strange men, plus she has no emotional foundation, and now that the third uncle is gone, she doesn't feel anything.
The younger sister pouted and said she would go by herself. I hurriedly told me to go, pay attention to safety, and no one is allowed to go with a man.
My sister rolled her eyes and said, "Can you handle it?"
My mother smiled and said that let's both brothers and sisters go, she will find a way to deal with the third uncle, and if it doesn't work, call the police.
While we were talking, someone outside said, "Call the police, I'm back." β
We followed the sound and looked over, and I was stunned, followed by ecstasy, and the third uncle returned!
The third uncle was buried all over his body, as if he hadn't taken a bath for 800 years, and walked in with a disgraced face. I hurried over: "Third uncle......" Before I finished speaking, I choked up.
The third uncle nodded: "You kid still has a conscience." β
"Third brother, where have you been these days?" Mom coughed.
The third uncle waved his hand: "If you have anything to say later, I haven't taken a bath for several days, and my body stinks." β
The mother hurriedly asked her sister to plug in the water heater, and the third uncle said: "No, I'll wash it now, just take a cold shower on a hot day." β
He went to the backyard to get a change of clothes, and my heart was pounding, for fear that he would know that the Fa book had been lost. But sooner or later he will find out about this, and instead of waiting for him to find out, I can say it myself, and I can get a leniency.
The third uncle came out of the backyard and went to the second floor to take a shower.
We looked at each other.
After waiting for about ten minutes, the third uncle changed into clean clothes and came down and said, "I'm worried about you, it's me who is not good." β
My sister served a bowl of rice: "Third uncle, haven't you eaten for a long time, hurry up and eat." β
"It's still thoughtful." The third uncle praised and picked up the rice and devoured it.
The three of us watched him eat.
It can be seen that the third uncle is really depressed these days, as if he has just come out of the coal kiln. After eating, he hiccuped and said, "That's what happened." I have a friend who runs a mine in a neighboring county, and I had to go over and help, and I watched the mine for a few days, and the place was so sinful that no one did it. β
My mother said: "Third brother, our family doesn't have to worry about eating and drinking now, it will be better when Qiangzi finds a job, you don't need to take that kind of work." β
The third uncle nodded yes, lit a cigarette and smoked beautifully.
After smoking, he stretched, "I got a job for Qiangzi." Qiangzi, come with me to the back, and I'll tell you about it in detail. β
My uncle called me to the house in the backyard.
There were no outsiders when the door was closed, and I immediately said, "Third uncle, I was wrong, I did something wrong." β
"What?" The third uncle said.
I hesitated and said, "I lost your Faben. β
As soon as the third uncle heard this, he hurriedly got under the bed and pulled out the rattan box. When I opened it, everything else was there, but the ancient Fa book was gone.
"What's going on?" He asked.
I told him everything that had happened in the past few days. There was a mad dog in the village, and there was a warning that it was forbidden to enter and exit, and Su Ban appeared and threatened me to take away the Faben, and he and the Unsinkable Dao Chang fought to death, and the Faben was lost...... Wait, I've talked about all of these things again.
The third uncle was stunned when he smoked.
It took him a long time before he said, "I really underestimate this kid Suban." I have long heard that this person is ruthless and scheming, but I didn't expect him to be able to do things so wonderfully and so brilliantly. β
My uncle told me why he disappeared. That day, he received a message from Chou Shishen and asked him to go to fight. When he arrived, he fell into a trap and was imprisoned in an iron cage.
He has been locked up in a dungeon for the past few days, and after thinking about it, he feels that the most likely person to do this trap is Su Ban.
At present, there are only three black-clothed wizards who have come to trouble him. Acting in an iron mask is not this style. When she is ugly, she is alone, she kills the enemy by herself, she will also design traps, but she will not be so fanfare, and when she is ugly, she will set traps to let the people who fall into it die! Definitely will not let him live.
So this ghost trick, there is only one person left who can do it, and that is Su Ban.
But there is still a problem here, and the third uncle has not been able to figure it out. Suban is an alien monk, and this dungeon has apparently been around for a long time.
Iron fences, deep underground space, it is not an overnight thing, how can Suban have such a place? It can only mean one thing, either this matter has nothing to do with these three head lowering masters, and someone else did it. Either this matter has something to do with Su Ban, which means that Su Ban still has an internal response in the mainland, he did not come alone, and there is a person here who helps him in the dark.
Things are getting more and more complicated.
The third uncle was locked up in a dungeon, and there was no one but himself.
He was locked up for three days, and the water and rice did not stick to his teeth. Fortunately, the third uncle had learned the art of asceticism from a monk when he was apprenticed before, and he could live for several days without eating or drinking.
On this day, he was meditating when suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside. He looked over and saw a strange man, dressed in a black robe with a bell. The so-called bell is the kind of sleeveless cloak with no slit on it, and the clothes on it cover the head, which looks similar to the monks of the European Middle Ages.
The strange man walked to the door, opened the lock with the key, and gestured with his fingers to signal him to come out.
The third uncle walked out suspiciously, and as soon as he arrived at the door, the strange man shot like lightning and hit him in the neck, and the third uncle fainted without humming.
Hearing this, I said, "Third uncle, is there anyone else who can stun you with one move?" β
The third uncle sighed: "There are people outside the world, and there are heavens outside the sky." I don't think I'm good at these two times, I used to follow the master, and it was also a hard practice to smell the chicken, but I couldn't go a round in the hands of others. β
"Who's that man?" I asked.
The third uncle shook his head: "When I woke up, I was thrown on a lonely dirt road. It took me a long time to stop the car and get home. Later, I pondered that this place was indeed a trap set by Su Ban, so this black-robed man must have something to do with Su Ban. But there's a problem here that doesn't make sense. β
"What?" I asked.
The third uncle said: "The black-robed man is very powerful, and he is definitely above Su Ban's ability. According to Suban's personality, it is impossible for him to cooperate with someone stronger than himself. Suban's philosophy is that everything must be under his control, as long as it is out of control, it is dangerous, and he would rather give up. So it doesn't make sense, what is the identity of the black-robed man, and how can Su Ban cooperate with him. β
I remembered one thing and told him that when Su Ban got the Faben, he used flying insects to notify him to kill his third uncle. I don't know why, this black-robed man didn't kill the third uncle, but let him go.
The third uncle was stunned for a while and did not speak.
I said, "It can be seen that this black-robed man is not necessarily a bad person, he didn't kill you." β