Chapter 4: Legends
When I was in high school, I watched the old version of the Classic of Mountains and Seas that the old man bought.
The book is really interesting, and a lot of things that are almost mythical are recorded in a rather "scientific" description.
There are quite a few stories about "villains".
"There is Lilliputia, and the name is Jingren."
"There are villains, and the name is the country of Jiaoyu".
"There is a villain, called a fungus man."
"Zhou Raoguo is in the east, and he is short and small, with a crown belt."
"Lilliputian is in the East, and his people are small, nine inches long. Seagulls swallow it and dare not walk alone. ”
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This kind of account has always been regarded by me as a myth and legend, and it seems to me that there is at least ninety percent fiction in it.
Lilliputia? A living villain?
How could such a thing exist??
But Chen Qiuyan said seriously, and said that he had seen it.....
This really broke my previous beliefs...... Is there really one??
"When did you see that?" The old man was also curious, it is estimated that he had never heard such a lively gossip, and his eyes lit up: "Is it in Sijiu City??" ”
"Master Shen, this is not a ghost, do you still think it is?" Qibao said with a smile: "Sister Chen, before you saw the villain, did you eat the mushrooms exported from Yunnan?" I don't dare to eat too much of that thing, I have to hallucinate if I don't handle it properly, and there are villains everywhere, and I ...... back then."
"Shut up!" I pressed Qibao's shoulder and asked Chen Qiuyan with great interest, "Is there really a living villain?" ”
"In the middle of last year, I followed my mentor to three schools." Chen Qiuyan reminisced and told us: "That villain lived in Sanshuo, and lived a more comfortable life than a living person, but he was seriously ill in the next month, and it looked like pneumonia, but I don't know the specific situation, anyway, no one can cure it, and finally died." ”
Listening to what Chen Qiuyan said was very simple, he introduced the villain in a few words...... But this doesn't satisfy our curiosity at all!!
"Sister Chen, what is the place of those three institutes?" I asked curiously.
"The Chinese Academy of Sciences is nicknamed No. 1, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention is No. 2, and these three are ......." Chen Qiuyan looked at us very distressed, and said with some shame: "It's inconvenient for me to say more, anyway, it is a research institution, and its nickname is No. 3, which specializes in studying your business." ”
"Are you a top student from the three schools?" I asked her with a smile.
Chen Qiuyan nodded embarrassedly, saying that it came out of it, but he was not a high-achieving student.
"Just the Situ we met some time ago, he has also been studying in the three institutes recently, and I heard my mentor say that he studies harder than anyone else......." Chen Qiuyan sighed: "Obviously, you don't have to take this road, you have to learn to do scientific research, and this curiosity is too strong.......
"That life is not ordinary, the city government is deep and will come to things, and he is a person who does big things." The old man said coldly, and gave a high evaluation to outsiders: "It shouldn't be a hobby for him to learn these things, but he thinks these things are useful to him." ”
Chen Qiuyan nodded as if she didn't understand.
"What does that villain look like?"
"I said ah, like a living person, about twenty centimeters tall, the skin is very white, the facial features are similar to us Chinese, and the hair and eyes are black."
"Did you hear it?"
"Yes, it's a man, his voice is very hoarse, and he can't speak clearly, listen to my mentor ......" Chen Qiuyan recalled, and said slowly: "It seems that I only started to learn to speak in the past year, and I can only roar, just like a human roar." ”
"Hey! This is a strange one! Qibao said excitedly: "Sister Chen! Do you have a picture of that villain? Let's see! ”
"How can there be a photo......." Chen Qiuyan smiled helplessly: "Even if there is, do I dare to take it out?" ”
The old man snuffed out the cigarette butt and said confidently: "It's okay, I'll take you to Sijiu City when I have a chance in the future, and find a few acquaintances to take us to Sansho to have a look." ”
"Who are you looking for?" Chen Qiuyan asked with some curiosity: "My grandfather can't do it, you know his temper, as long as it is related to the country, it is not easy to say anything." ”
The old man smiled mysteriously and said that Chen Datou is a fart, and the person I am looking for has much more weight than him.
"It's a pity, the villain is dead, if he is still alive......."
Saying that, the old man also looked a little lost, and his interest was not so high.
"How did you find that villain?" The old man still couldn't help asking, "It can't be caught, right?" ”
"Impossible." Chen Qiuyan said with a smile: "Like this rare living creature, we would rather mark it and let it go, than catch it in the research institute to engage in scientific research, after all, this is a living creature, if we accidentally feed it to death, then the loss will be great." ”
Hearing Chen Qiuyan's words, we didn't react, only Chang Longxiang frowned, looking not very happy.
"What's wrong?" Qibao poked him with his hand: "What do you want?" ”
"Villains are also people, how do you feel like you are raising animals.......
"No, no, no! Don't get me wrong! Chen Qiuyan hurriedly explained: "Maybe I didn't make it clear!" It has the same status as a human being in the three institutes! It's just that it's treated as a sick number! ”
Chang Longxiang smiled, didn't say anything, and ate the bun with his head bored.
"I don't know where the villain came from, but I heard from my mentor that it was found by several farmers in the mountains, and it was seriously injured and a little dehydrated....... Chen Qiuyan said in a low voice: "After that, it was taken back to the three institutes to recuperate, and after recuperating from the injuries, it wanted to be released, but the villain was unwilling to leave, and threw it into the mountains and wanted to run out......"
"It's not promising!" Chang Longxiang scolded: "Why are you like a dog?" No spine! ”
Chen Qiuyan glanced at me and asked me tentatively, "The villain you watched today...... Could it be that this kind of villain sings? ”
"I don't know." I shook my head: "It may be a trick, after all, our traditional Chinese culture is broad and profound, who can tell the truth from the false in some things?" ”
"So be it!" Qibao smiled and said, "You can remember what the boss looks like, give me a detailed description, and I'll ask my uncle to find him......."
Qibao said as he squeezed his eyebrows at us: "As long as the boss doesn't run out of Chengdu, he can help you find people in two days at most." ”
"It's not appropriate, is it?" I glanced at the old man with some weakness.
"If this thing goes wrong, it won't sound good to spread out, after all, it's a smashing of people's jobs." The old man sighed.
"What are you afraid of?" Qibao hurriedly persuaded: "I can't make sure that boss is a bad person!" I don't know where to catch these villains to play monkeys! Even if we think about it too much, understand it a little bit, and don't publicize it, isn't that enough! ”
Chen Qiuyan also nodded, and said bluntly that this matter is not simple, it is better to understand, if it is really Qibao guessed like this......
"Let's save the pandas!"
"Okay......" The old man frowned: "Anyway, you better pay attention, if you can play the villain as a monkey, he is definitely not an ordinary person, and he is the gentleman of our business......"
Subsequently, Qibao asked the boss's physical characteristics in detail, and after asking this, he also asked me what the little three-wheeler he was riding looked like? What are the features?
When I finished telling him, Qibao didn't even hesitate, got up and left, saying that he was looking for his uncle.
"Mi'er, come with me."
The old man said coldly, and without waiting for me to ask more, he got up and took me back to the room.
"What's wrong?" I asked, my expression becoming serious.
In most cases, when the old man talks to me, he does not shy away from Chen Qiuyan, unless it involves some topics that cannot be heard by outsiders.......
"I studied it, and most of the Gu techniques in that Burial Sutra can't be cultivated." The old man said, frowning tightly: "Regarding the details of practicing these Gu techniques, it is very clearly recorded in the Burial Sutra, but there are no raw materials, and many things have been lost since the Song Dynasty......."
I nodded and listened patiently.
"Those Gu techniques that can be cultivated by us are not powerful, most of them are used to save people."
"Can't you fix it?" I asked.
"Yes, the most powerful ones can be cultivated, and the others may not be." The old man also laughed at this time, his expression was very proud: "It's just that I can't find the raw materials for this kind of flesh Gu, so I can only use our Shen family's descending technique to refine some of them......"
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