Chapter 13: Diary
"What is this?" I looked at Miao Chun suspiciously.
"Don't worry about it so much, take it!" Miao Chun directly stuffed the thin book into my arms, and said with a solemn face: "Don't remember, don't be known by the master, burn it after reading it, don't leave any records or anything like that, by the way, in front of the master in the future, don't mention anything in it, remember!" ”
Seeing his nervous and solemn appearance, I said with some caution: "Senior brother, this can't be what you stole from Master, right?" What if Master finds out......"
"No, don't think about it, it's not Master's thing, and it's not mine!" Miao Chun looked at me and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry about it so much, remember what I said before, I won't harm you, if you believe me, do what I say!" ”
With all that said, what else could I say, I could only nod and carefully put the book away.
Compared to Master, I have a better impression of Miao Chun, this is an intuition, I can feel that he will not harm me.
In the dead of night, I secretly took out the book hidden under the bed and began to look through it with full curiosity. What is recorded in this that makes Miao Chun so nervous.
When I opened the book, I paused the first page.
This is not a book, rather a person's diary.
The handwriting is neat, the iron is painted with silver hooks, and the pen walks the dragon, which looks very comfortable.
What is recorded above is some of someone's experience in learning the talisman technique, and there are some of their own understandings, and there are also some methods of making talismans, which are very mysterious, and I can't understand them at all.
But if I can't read it, I can't understand it, but my memory is good, and rote memorization can still do it.
During this period of time, I have learned a lot of simple talisman making from Miao Chun, and I barely have a foundation, so even if I memorize the above things, it is not too difficult for me.
The diary, which only has a dozen pages, quickly made me go through it, and I memorized the methods of making the talismans and some things in it, but when I saw the last page, I was completely stunned.
[Today, the master has accepted another disciple, a little guy named Miao Chun, who is very clever. In the future, he will be my junior brother, Master asked me to teach him first, I am very happy, really happy, after following Master for so many years, there is finally a little guy who can let me bully, hahahaha......]
It can be seen that the owner of this diary is really happy and excited, but I have set off quite a wave in my heart now.
Miao Chun's senior brother, isn't that my senior brother?
Where's that brother now? Why haven't you heard Miao Chun mention it to Master?
Could it be that the man who appeared in Lijia Village that night was really ......
My head was a little confused, and I looked at the last paragraph of the last page in a daze, and it took me a long time to come back to my senses.
What happened next? Why isn't this written?
This diary is only recorded here, and the back seems to have been torn off, as for who tore it up, I don't know! But I have a feeling that there must be something extraordinary in this diary.
According to Miao Chun's instructions, after I wrote down some of the things in this diary, I burned the diary with a fire.
The next day, I wanted to ask Miao Chun about some of the things in the diary, but this guy seemed to have amnesia, pretended to be deaf and dumb with me, and didn't say anything about the diary.
In the days that followed, I followed Miao Chun to walk in many villages and towns around the county, and he taught me a lot of things, and he was very good to me, just like the feeling of his own brother treating his younger brother, and I could clearly feel this kind of love from him.
During this time, I also saw some things that I didn't know before, and my understanding of ghosts is no longer in that hazy state, although I am still afraid of such things beyond common sense, but I am no longer as afraid as before.
Every once in a while, Miao Chun would secretly give me a part of the diary that I had read before, and the method of talisman recorded on it was becoming more and more complicated, I didn't understand it at all, and Miao Chun didn't explain it to me, so he asked me to memorize it by rote, saying that I would understand it in the future.
In this way, more than half a year later, when Miao Chun handed over the remaining part of the diary to me for the last time, I obviously felt that his expression was wrong, and there was a faint sadness in his eyes.
"Xiao Ye, this is the last part of that diary, promise me, no matter what happens in the future, you must remember that I will never harm you!" Miao Chun said such a sentence solemnly again, and there was a faint sense of parting between life and death in his tone.
"Senior brother, can you explain what you said to me!" I couldn't help myself and asked, "What are you hiding from me?" Or what are you afraid of me knowing? ”
Miao Chun and I have been getting along day and night for most of the past six months, Master doesn't care about us, to be honest, I really regard Miao Chun as my big brother in my heart.
During this time, I have seen some problems from the old diaries that Miao Chun secretly handed me over.
The owner of this diary is indeed Miao Chun's senior brother, and the method of talismans and some experiences recorded in the diary are very detailed, indicating that that person is a careful person. And in the diary, that person did not hide his love for Miao Chun, a junior brother, and was an existence of a brother and a father, which felt like Miao Chun did to me.
Regarding my question, Miao Chun just smiled helplessly, and said in a somewhat bitter voice: "You will understand later!" ”
He didn't want to say it, and I couldn't force him, so I had no choice but to give up.
Maybe he has something unspeakable! Anyway, the days ahead are still long, and I will know these questions sooner or later.
That's what I think, but reality is often pretty fucked up.
When Miao Chun handed me the last part of the diary, before I could read it, Master summoned us.
Maybe it's because I'm learning very quickly, I've learned all the things in Miao Chunhui, and then it's time for Master to teach me personally, which makes me inevitably a little excited.
That night, Master personally cooked a table of good dishes, made two bottles of high-strength liquor, and the three of us sat together.
Knowing that it took me more than half a year to learn the things taught by Miao Chun, Master was very happy, and he was very excited to talk and laugh at us at the wine table. I was also very excited about Master's words of encouragement at the wine table, and drank a few more glasses. But I couldn't drink enough, and when my stamina came up, I lay down on the table.
I didn't get dizzy, I was just dazed, in that half-asleep state.
I heard Master call out to me and nudge my arm, but I really didn't want to move, so I snorted casually twice.
After a while, I heard Miao Chun's voice in a daze, "Master, the little junior brother has drunk too much, I'll send him back to the house!" ”
"Wait a minute!" Master's voice was a little cold, completely devoid of his previous kindness and heartiness, and said coldly: "During this time, you didn't tell him anything else, did you?" ”
Miao Chun pondered for a moment, and did not respond to Master's question, but asked rhetorically: "Master, I have a question that has been hidden in my heart for many years, and I want to ask it today......
"You want to ask why your senior brother deceived his master and betrayed his master?" Master directly interrupted Miao Chun's words, and said coldly: "I know you have been suspicious, but the truth is what I said, he stole some forbidden techniques from me, and you also saw what happened back then, it was he who suddenly attacked me......"
"No, Master, you misunderstood, I didn't want to ask this!" Miao Chun interrupted Master's words, and said in a somewhat bitter voice: "I want to ask, if Senior Brother didn't betray the master back then, would I have died......
"Bang~" The master slammed the table and roared, "Fart, who are you listening to?" ”
Miao Chun was silent, and I could only hear Master's heavy gasps, which seemed to suppress the anger in my heart.
After a while, Master suddenly let out a long sigh and said in a gentle voice, "No matter who you listen to, can't you see how Master has treated you all these years?" ”
"Master is as kind to me as a mountain, the disciple is wrong, I shouldn't make Master angry!" Miao Chun responded respectfully.
"Well, okay, the things of the year are indeed a little hidden, and it is not right to be a teacher if I didn't make it clear to you, I drank a lot of wine today, and I am a little tired, and I will tell you in detail about the things of the year tomorrow, and it will save you from having a pimple in your heart!" Master's tone was very gentle, and he said: "There are only three masters and apprentices left in our sect now, your junior brother has just started, and if the master is old in the future, it will all depend on you to take the lead." Haven't you always wanted to learn the secret methods of our sect? Starting tomorrow, Master will pass on the mantle in the door to you, so don't let down Master's expectations of you! ”
"Master Xie, the disciple will definitely not let Master down!" Miao Chun's voice sounded excited.
"Okay, send your junior brother back to the room to sleep, you can go to sleep quickly!" Master said with concern.
Then, Miao Chun set me up in a daze and returned to my room.
After he put me on the bed, he pinched me hard, and the pain made me open my eyes in a daze, and looked at Miao Chun a little sluggishly.
"Senior brother, don't talk, listen to me!" Miao Chun fell in my ear, and said in a trembling voice: "Senior brother is leaving, remember what I told you before, don't trust anyone easily, if I can survive tonight, we will meet again in the future......"
After speaking, before I could react, Miao Chun directly slashed at the back of my neck with a hand knife, my eyes turned black, and I completely fainted.