I sat on the couch in the living room of my room with the swallow in my arms, and when the day came, we had the last few cheerful days. I want to see who has the guts to snatch the woman I love, and I want to do the last battle of the trapped beasts. The needle of the watch hanging on the wall of the living room pointed to twelve o'clock, and the swallow took my hand and said to me, "Let's not wait, sooner or later." "We slept, but I'm sure neither of us slept. The swallow was trembling, she could only pretend to be calm in the face of impending death, I hugged her tightly, not saying a word, but I did not close my eyes, just looked at all the disasters that could fall from the sky.

The next morning, I fell asleep in this tense atmosphere, and the swallow slept peacefully in my arms, her little white face snuggled in my arms, and her small nose covered by her hair rose and fell slightly. The hour had passed, but the swallow was still intact, and I cried out happily. Swallow was woken up by me, sleepy-eyed and stretched out her arms, and every morning whether I slept or not, she needed my bear hug.

I hugged her and cried with joy for a while, but then I was extremely confused and angry. Mr. Kwan took advantage of me? I trust Mr. Zang and can devote my life to his mission. But Mr. Guan, although he has done a lot for me, I don't dare to trust him completely, he is too profound. I stood up and walked back and forth, I didn't know what was going on, I wanted to call Mr. Zang, but I didn't know how to talk about it, how to get tangled in my heart.

Yanzi hugged me behind my back at this time, and then said in a somewhat trembling voice: "My parents said that they want to go back to Zhengzhou, it's time to go to the grave of grandma and grandpa, let's go back together, don't think about it, it's not a good thing, we can be happy together again, after this series of things, we have a firmer love." ”

"Okay." I replied, and I had already made up my mind to ask Mr. Zang about the whole story. The next day, we returned to Zhengzhou, and the atmosphere of the upcoming Chinese New Year enveloped this ancient city of Shangdu, and everything was so joyful. After going to the grave with the Yanzi family, we had dinner together, and I also ordered a few dishes that Teacher Zang liked to eat, and then left for Teacher Zang's house. On the way, I called Mr. Zang and told him that I wanted to go to him. Teacher Zang calmly told me on the other side of the phone that he also wanted to see me. There was no trace of ridicule and ridicule in his voice, and there was no bad laughter, I felt that everything was so contrary to common sense, and I was even more determined to go to Teacher Zang's house.

When I entered the door, I found that the nanny still hadn't returned, so it's no wonder that it's time for the New Year and the whole family has to be reunited. After I entered the door, I found that this old man was about to cook noodles, and he was busy stopping him and then heating up the dishes and putting them on the coffee table in the living room.

I took a hard puff of cigarette and said, "Teacher Zang, don't spend the Chinese New Year alone here this year, come with me to Jinan, and stay in Jinan to retire in the future." What do you see? Teacher Zang resumed his evil smile: "I'm not going, I'm fine alone." If I die, you kid won't be complacent, and you will leave a large inheritance. But then again, I made a will, the house was sold and donated to the society, and a part of the property was also donated, leaving you with more than half of it, but you can't touch the money. This is not money for business, it will be of great use in the future, and you will naturally know when the time comes, can you promise me this? I flicked the old man's bowl with my finger and said, "Eating can't stop your broken mouth, Yanzi is really right, we are really a broken mouth, and we are talking about this unlucky thing during the New Year." What is not dead, you see that you can still walk for more than two hours every day, eat two or three bowls of rice, and live for a long time, let me torture you. Teacher Zang smiled and didn't answer again.

I continued, "But, Mr. Zang. Yanzi is fine, what's going on, could it be that we were used by Mr. Guan because of this. Teacher Zang slapped me on the shoulder with his hand and said, "You can't be suspicious of Mr. Guan, you remember to be wary of other onmyoji and ghost seekers, it's all right, but you must have absolute trust in Mr. Guan." Having said that, I know you won't, but I want to ask you one last time, do you want to worship me as a teacher? ”

I put out the cigarette in the ashtray, was silent for a while, looked into Mr. Zang's expectant eyes and said, "Mr. Zang, you treat me like a master and a father, I know that you will be very happy when I promise you at this time, but please allow me to be selfish." You know the swallow is fine, I want to live the life of an ordinary person, the water in this circle is too deep, I really don't want to join in, I don't want to take any more risks, I just want to wait for my own woman. He has no ambitions in his life, and only seeks the company of his lover. So, I'm sorry Mr. Zang. Teacher Zang's eyes were a little disappointed, but he waved his hand, put a bad smile on his face and said, "It's okay, it's okay, if you agree, I will be nervous, then I have to suspect that you have some conspiracy." After the old man finished eating the last bit of rice and some dishes in the bowl, he said to me, "Don't talk about this, I'll show you something first, although I can't accept you as an apprentice, but I want to pass on what I know to you, you have no problem with this." I nodded, and Mr. Zang was overjoyed.

Teacher Zang looked at me and said, "First of all, you see, as the main studio for ghost seekers, we basically believe in everything as for the belief in self-protection, but we are from a branch of Taoism, so our ancestor is Sanqing. Teacher Zang stood up as he spoke, and opened the curtain made of the hanging cloth, and there were two shrines on the other side of the room. One of them is Yuqing, Shangqing Taiqing, and the three ancestors. Teacher Zang continued: "This is actually just a form, because the appearance of these images is much later than that of the Onmyoji and the Ghost Seeker, which is nothing more than the logo that has been passed down." You kneel down and kowtow three times. ”

I obeyed and knelt down and kowtowed three times. Teacher Zang said, "As for this one, it is what you really want to worship." Our saint, Lu Yunzhi. "I looked up and saw a golden statue of an old man in front of me, indeed made of pure gold, not the gold plating sold on the interface. And the carving skills are very superb, the old man looks ahead with endless years in his eyes, his beard fluttering on his chest, he is wearing inexpensive clothes, his left hand is behind his back, and his right hand is resting on his waist, as if he is saying something. I was just about to ask a question, but Teacher Zang said, "Don't talk, kowtow quickly, and kowtow three more." I kowtowed three more times, and Mr. Zang told me to stand up. Took me to open a large wooden box. It was filled with large and small bottles, and the bottles were filled with a green liquid, and it was impossible to see what was inside.

Teacher Zang said: "These are what I want you to see, you should pay special attention when you read them, and when you go into the books with sheepskin gloves, you must use sheepskin gloves, and you must not use empty hands or other materials to save trouble." When you look at it, you have to put it back in the liquid every 20 minutes, and then take it out again after half an hour. Do you remember? I nodded, wondering what the hell these things were. It took me almost three years to finish these books because they were so much trouble to read.

Teacher Zang breathed a long sigh of relief as if he had accomplished something important, and then closed the curtain. Sitting there, he said earnestly: "Remember, no matter how much you learn in the future, you can't use these techniques to harm others, if you don't understand anything, just ask Mr. Guan more, Mr. Du can also do it, but Mr. Du is too good-natured, you should move around more with Mr. Guan." Although you refuse to worship me as a teacher, after I pass on these things to you, I can be regarded as the right ancestor, and this vein has not been broken. Child, I understand your behavior of not wanting to join this circle, and I understand it, but you must promise me not to waste these long-passed cultures, and not to let these books cry in bottles, okay? I nodded, today Mr. Zang is very abnormal, many times serious and serious to me to say some inexplicable things, I said, "What's wrong with you today?" Stimulated by what? By the way, you haven't answered what the swallow is all about. Teacher Zang suddenly coughed twice, and then said, "I said so much, you don't know how to clean up the table and make me a pot of hot tea, brush the tea set for me, and let's talk slowly while drinking tea." ”

I knew I couldn't resist this stubborn old man, so I picked up the plates and bowls, and also picked up the tea tray and walked like the kitchen. I slowly brushed the plate, thinking about what Teacher Zang told me, and when I finished brushing the tea set and walked back with the tea tray. Teacher Zang may have been a little tired and fell asleep leaning on the sofa. At this moment, Mr. Zang's face is so peaceful, without a bad smile and a mouth full of hooliganism, he is an eighty-six-year-old old man.

I smiled slightly, but found a letter on the table, and I picked it up and the envelope read: "The old ghost opened it himself." I muttered, "This old man, if there is anything that must be written in the letter, hey, I may as well read it." So I opened the envelope and read it, but I didn't expect the content of the letter to shock me so much.

Old Ghost:

My child, you know what? When I first heard your story, I just felt that you were a good seedling to be cultivated, or that you were a good successor. But I also calculated that you will not worship me as a teacher, but one day you will learn one of my skills. But when I saw you, I saw myself, who I was back then.

We are also trapped by love and mad by love. The similarity of our personalities is obvious to all, but I think I know you, you are different from me in many ways, your personality is more changeable than mine, you are a scoundrel, insidious and evil, and you have a strong heart, these thick black things are beyond the reach of an old man. But you emphasize righteousness, affection and humanity, and let me put my mind at ease and teach each other. I don't think I chose the wrong person, and you won't let me down.

Once upon a time, I was also an ignorant teenager, and I was afraid of some things in this circle, but with ability comes responsibility, and when you have some ability, you will have more responsibilities, even if you don't take on it, it will come to you. I won't say much about this, you will slowly experience it later.

I see that you have been emaciated recently because of the swallow incident, in fact, some things are destined by God, and we cannot change them. We've tried, we've worked hard, and we've had no regrets. I could have bought you a little more time, but now I've only got a ten-day deadline, sorry forgive me for my selfishness, I'm just trying to find a legacy for my lineage. You don't have to wonder why I say that, read on. I had just turned 86 when I met you, and I had just one year left before the deadline was approaching. I've said it countless times before, and you think I'm joking, but it's not. I thought that if we tried harder, we would win the day, but we failed. I've also thought about renewing my life to the swallows, so that you can live for a few more months, because I don't want to live for love, and I don't want you to do the same. But I didn't succeed, and I didn't renew the life of the swallow early, that's why I haven't taught you the truth of being a human being and the way to do things. Now I have passed on to you everything I have learned and known, so that you have the ability to experience and understand for yourself. You can watch those books slowly learn on your own, and my last concern in this world is gone, it may be time to leave, it's time to go to my own lover, to be a ghost couple who doesn't know if she's still there.

You don't want to study these classics yourself to renew the life of the swallow, in just ten days, you can't learn and you can't succeed, you need to learn a few years or more than ten years, so give up the idea of opening the bottle now. Ten days is the most I can give you, because I only have four months left, forgive me for being a selfish old man, everyone has something to do. I don't think you should tell anyone about what is going to happen during these ten days, let everyone spend the last ten days happily, and you will have to bear this pain yourself, as a man standing between heaven and earth, you should learn to bear great pain. Remember, if you love her, don't tell her.

Child, I'm gone, and it's fate that we were able to meet a year before I was leaving. In the days to come, I can't guide you to accompany you, all the way will depend on you, take care of the old ghost, bless you and my children.

Zang's masterpiece

My hand holding the letter kept trembling, there were too many things hidden in Mr. Zang's ordinary letter that made me not calm, he was gone, my heart was full of gratitude and guilt, if I had known earlier, I would have stopped him, because life is fair to everyone, but Mr. Zang chose to pay for me. The only thing that gave me the slightest relief was that he had walked so peacefully, and the tea had not been drunk, but the man had gone. There was no pain, no torture, just silence as if asleep.

I kicked away the coffee table that was blocking the two of us, knelt down in front of Teacher Zang, kowtowed three times, and shouted, "Master." ”

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