It seemed to rain that night, but the wind kept blowing and showed no signs of stopping.

And the eighteen headbells hanging under the lanterns also seemed to be not tired, and they continued to "laugh" one after another.

It wasn't until about one o'clock in the morning that there was a knock on the door of the pharmacy.

There were three bangs in a row, and the force was very light, but it could be heard clearly.

"Who?" I walked over and asked.

"Is Master Shen here?" Someone outside asked me rhetorically.

I didn't speak, but I looked back, saw the old man nodding, and opened the door.

There were three people standing outside the door, all middle-aged men in their forties and fifties.

Looking at their dress, they really don't look like the aborigines of Lao Cai, all of them are similar to successful people in suits and leather shoes, and each of them wears a gold watch on their wrists, which is called a bright eye.

I said yes, then took a step to the side to make way for them.

The three men did not hesitate, and walked into the house with their feet raised.

When they saw the old man sitting on the Taishi's chair, their eyes lit up, and they all looked like the gang of people in the ancient costume film, and they gave a fist salute to the old man and said hello to him.

"Where are you?" The old man asked.

"Taiyuan's." The three of them replied in unison.

"Who?" The old man asked again.

Hearing this, a middle-aged man who seemed to be the leader replied in a low voice: "Relying on animals to eat, you can't get on the table." ”

"I learned from Chen Lao Bangzi?" The old man asked.

All three gentlemen nodded and said, yes.

"Lao Bangzi is good, he has never broken the rules in his life, you came to Sichuan this time, you don't want to smash his signboard, right?" The old man picked up the enamel jar and took a sip of tea.

Hearing the old man's words, the three of them seemed a little panicked, and shook their heads busily, not even daring to say anything, just to join in the fun.

"It's just to join in the fun." The old man nodded and waved at me: "Mi'er, bring three chairs over." ”

"It's okay! Master Shen! Let's just stand! One of the gentlemen, wearing a gold necklace, spoke.

"Standing?" The old man smiled: "There will be more people in a while, and you won't have a place to sit if you want to......."

"Let's just stand." The gentleman smiled awkwardly and said, "There will be a lot of people for a while, they are standing, we are sitting, isn't this looking for trouble!" ”

The old man snorted and said in a good way, okay, if you want to stand, then stand.

Within two minutes, there was another knock on the door.

This time I didn't ask any more questions, just walked over and opened the door.

I saw four women standing outside, also about thirty years old, all of them were quite beautiful, and they had a kind of young woman's amorous charm.

"Looking for Master Shen?" I asked.

"Little brother, are you Master Shen's apprentice?" The woman standing at the front opened her mouth and asked me curiously.

"I'm Master Shen's grandson." I replied.

"It turns out that you are the young master of the Shen family!" The woman smiled: "If it's convenient, can you let us go in and meet Master Shen?" ”

I nodded busily and said, convenient.

When I took them into the house, the expressions of the three gentlemen who had come at first changed in unison.

"Master Shen is auspicious! Our four sisters have a greetings to you! ”

Hearing this, the corners of the old man's mouth twitched, and when he saw that I almost didn't laugh, he glared at me viciously, as if to say, if you dare to laugh, I will kill you!

"I'm not an old eunuch, it's not appropriate for you to tell me that it's auspicious." The old man sighed.

"Our four sisters are all girls in the mountains, they don't know a single big word, and some don't know how to be polite, so please forgive me." The women explained with a hippie smile.

"You are the apprentices of Mrs. Zhou?" The old man asked.

The woman in the lead also put away her smile at this time, and bowed to the old man seriously: "Yes, Master Shen, our master said that if I meet you in Sichuan, I must help her thank you." ”

"Thank me, you don't have to, it's just a gesture." The old man waved his hand: "You guys rest first, and when the people are ready, I'll tell you something." ”

Maybe it's time to call the four women to the door, and every few minutes, someone has to knock on the door of the pharmacy.

Roughly counting, there are at least more than 20 gentlemen who came one after another, all of them are men, no women.

Listening to their accents, there are people everywhere in the world, but the majority of them are gentlemen from the Liangguang area.

At two o'clock in the evening, the old man motioned for me to close the door, saying that the people were almost there, and it was time to take off the lanterns.

By the time I picked up the lantern and went back to the house, the hall was already packed.

Originally, the area here was not large, and there were twenty or thirty people standing, basically it was crowded, and if I wanted to return to the position of the old man, I had to shout all the way "trouble let go" before I could walk in.

"Brother Shen, what is the purpose of gathering the big guys here this time?"

The person who asked him, I have heard the old man introduce him, and he should be regarded as the oldest and most qualified gentleman among the people present.

His surname is Wang, his name is Wang Shenghai, he is about 60 years old, and he is from Guangxi.

"I'm inviting you to come, I must have something to talk to you about."

As he spoke, the old man lit a cigarette and smoked, as if he was a little sleepy, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he glanced at everyone.

"But before I do that, I have to thank you all for your faces......"

"Brother Shen, you're polite." Wang Shenghai said with a smile: "Eighteen bells of ghost skin lanterns, this thing is hanging outside the gate, who dares not to come to the door?" ”

"That's your face." The old man smiled.

"Hey, it's not a matter of appreciating face, it's a rule." Wang Shenghai sighed: "Regardless of whether you have washed your hands in the golden basin or not, in our sect of the descending master, you Brother Shen will always be the old scoop handle." ”

The old man coughed and said, "Fart...... It's like a bandit......."

"If you have something, just say it." Wang Shenghai laughed: "Call us over at night, this matter shouldn't be small, right?" ”

"It's big." The old man said helplessly.

As soon as the words fell, the old man was silent for two seconds, and then said: "The reason why you will come to Sichuan is nothing more than because of Ma Lao Sanxiu's southern Xinjiang and legal gates. ”

As soon as the old man pointed out this, everyone looked at each other, and no one spoke.

"Are you interested in that?" Someone opened his mouth and asked.

"I'm not interested, to put it mildly, just Ma Laosan's little thing, I really don't like it." The old man smiled: "Besides, I'm this old, why do you learn that kind of crooked thing?" ”

"Then what do you mean ........"

"We have different teachers, and there are some things that the top thinks about more than us." The old man said, raised his hand, and pointed to the ceiling, the meaning of which was self-evident: "You are gathered here, and some people are not at ease." ”

"Are you trying to drive us away?" Wang Shenghai scratched his head, but he wasn't angry, but he looked a little helpless: "I can't figure it out either, it's just a book, we old things are just idle to watch the fun, what kind of fun are they coming to join in......"

"Brother Wang, what you said is a bit unreasonable." The old man laughed.

"I'll ask more, Brother Shen, Ma Laosan's book ......" Wang Shenghai glanced at the old man again and again, and didn't say the rest of the words.

The old man snorted, nodded, and said, "Here I am." ”

"I heard that there are seventy-two methods written in that book...... Wang Shenghai said in a loud voice: "Brother Shen, why don't you be generous, take out the seventy-two methods, divide them among the big guys, and let us run for nothing!" ”

"Nope." The old man didn't hesitate, smoked a cigarette, and said very simply: "That book is too evil, I don't feel at ease when I give it to you, besides, you also know that since this book is in the world, how many descending masters have been planted on it?" ”

Wang Shenghai frowned and didn't speak.

"To put it bluntly, everything in this book is unruly, and it is a curse to keep it."

The old man sighed, put his hand into the drawer, and took out the book that Ma Laosan gave him.

It is no exaggeration to say that the moment they saw this book, many people's eyes lit up.

"Scourge?" Wang Shenghai touched his beard, his smile seemed to be a little ill-intentioned, and asked the old man: "Brother Shen, why don't you dispose of the book?" Anyway, it's a scourge to keep it, so it's better to cut it off! ”

The old man glanced at him, nodded, and said, Okay.

Immediately, just listening to the snap, the old man lit a match, and without hesitation at all, he directly brought the flame to the bottom of the book.

"Didn't I say it, I really don't look down on this kind of thing......"