Chapter 4 Night Tour
I saw Lei Yuhao followed by more than a dozen people, they just held the lantern and walked silently, the whole team didn't make a sound at all, like a ghost, fluttering towards me, at this time the town was already pitch black, every household closed their doors and windows, it looked like they should have rested a long time ago.
Because it is a temporary modification of the warehouse, so there is no curtain, I flashed my body in, hidden in the dark, holding my breath and observing their every move, Lei Yuhao at this time has led people to the stone road, step by step slowly moving forward, the people behind him follow his footsteps and movements, neatly and uniformly, when passing by the first house, more strange things happened, the people who had already closed the door, suddenly came out a few people, consciously walked to the back of the team, followed by a silent forward.
At this time, people also walked out of the surrounding alleys one after another, and people seemed to have rehearsed many times, and automatically walked to the back of the team without saying a word, following Lei Yuhao's movements, moving forward slowly, during which there was no communication, no greeting to each other, no eye contact, as if they were sleepwalking collectively, but their eyes were obviously open, looking straight ahead.
I saw the true face of the white lantern clearly, because it was hung on a long pole, so on the second floor it was very clear, it was a plain white lantern, roughly the size of a small basin, if there was any difference, that is, round, very round, more round than the common oval red lantern, I found that the lantern was not used for lighting, the light point did not move at all, except for the lantern itself shaking, the light point inside was like a flashlight bulb, steady on.
Although there is no strong wind tonight, it is also a breeze gusting, and the ceiling is so high, if it is a candle inside, it will definitely be swaying, from the brightness of the light, it is not like the unique yellow light of the flashlight, but the yellow is red, I don't know what is burning inside.
Seeing the team slowly marching downstairs, I heard the creaking of the wooden door on the first floor, although I couldn't see who it was from this angle, but nine times out of ten it was Haruka, sure enough, after a while, I saw Haruka and a few guys join the team, at the back of the line, all the way to the center of the town.
Not only her, but also Da Tian and his wife Lotus in the wine shop also followed, and it seems that at the end, the whole town will come out and follow, what's going on? Don't sleep in the middle of the night, group night tour?
I think of Chunxiang saying that the center of the town is a desolate vacant land, it seems that their target should be there, will it really be as Yuanmei thought, the remaining half of the ancient jade is there?
Thinking of this, I poked my head out, looked around at the empty street, cleaned up, carried the sword on my back, walked out of the house gently, and tiptoed on Yuanmei's door, there was a slight snoring sound from inside, it seemed that she had drunk too much.
I had no choice but to bite the bullet and cautiously go downstairs, the door of the store was still open, and I quietly walked to the door and looked out, at this time the crowd could not see clearly, but the white lantern was still hanging in the air.
Tonight's moon is as big as a silver plate, everything outside seems to be sprinkled with a layer of silver powder, bright and clean, I bent my waist, one step at a time to hide far behind, the whole street is silent, although I know that people are in front, but my heart is still hairy, there is always a feeling of being watched.
I don't know if they walked too slowly, or if the town was originally bigger than average, and it took me a long time to walk a stick of incense, so I followed them to the middle of the town, and I squatted on the corner of a house not far away, and secretly looked at this place, as Haruka said, this is a large wasteland, in fact, it is a wasteland just because there is no grass on it, but it can be clearly seen that there are traces of man-made trimming in this land, but I can't see the well she said for the whole village to drink.
At this time, everyone centered on Lei Yuhao and the white lantern, the inner and outer three layers formed a circle, standing quietly, hundreds of people, dressed in the silver of the moonlight, standing there motionless, no matter who saw it, they couldn't help but be frightened.
I squatted on the ground, looking quietly, there was about a cigarette, there was a very small murmur in the middle of the circle, it sounded like Lei Yuhao was whispering, I wanted to hear what he was talking about, ready to move forward, but the squatting time was too long, the legs were already numb, just moved, my legs were numb, I instinctively leaned to the side, who knew that one hand happened to press on a bundle of bamboo poles leaning against the wall, making a loud noise.
This voice was particularly harsh in the silent night, and it spread far away in an instant, and I was instantly stunned on the spot, staring directly at the crowd, holding on to the bamboo pole, not daring to move.
After people heard the voice, they slowly turned their heads one by one, stared at the confused eyes, and looked at me, at this time I was rapidly making up 10,000 excuses for how to deal with it in my head, and the crowd slowly moved to both sides, dodging a road, Lei Yuhao stood in the middle, holding a long pole, staring at me expressionlessly, without saying a word.
I smiled at him awkwardly, he ignored me, I was wondering if I should take the initiative to walk over and apologize or something, but before I could leave, Lei Yuhao raised his hand and pointed in my direction, and all the people turned around as if they had received an order, and walked towards me slowly.
Hundreds of menacing people, don't think about it, you know that once you are caught, there will definitely be no good fruit to eat, now if you don't run, when to wait, thinking of this, I gently shook my numb legs, and was about to turn back, when I suddenly received a slap on the back of the head, and in an instant, a white light flashed, and I fainted to the ground.
The strong light pierced the eyelids, the person who illuminated it was sleepy, I slowly opened my eyes, I was the only one left in the room, the windows opposite were wide open, blowing a breeze, but there was no refreshing feeling, but wrapped in a smell of wine, the clothes and pants of me and the second master were hung outside the window, fluttering, downstairs came the lively sound of dishes colliding, it seemed that it was lunch time.
Holding on to the edge of the bed, I got up slowly, I found that I didn't know when I changed into a new pair of clothes and pants, there was a sharp pain in the back of my head, and I saw a teapot and a tea bowl on the table next to me, for me at this time, like a life-saving straw, I hurriedly stood up tremblingly, and the things in front of me shook a little, I closed my eyes, opened them again, and moved towards the table step by step, although there was only a two-step distance, but I walked crookedly step by step for a long time, and finally pounced directly on the table, held down the teapot that kept moving, and simply poured it into my mouth.
The cold tea slowly flowed into the body like a jade liquid, and the whole person instantly sobered up a lot, and his brain began to slowly turn: What did I do last night? Why does my head hurt so much?
There was a sound of footsteps going upstairs outside, like a pile, it seemed that the second master came up, sure enough, as soon as the door opened, the second master held two bowls, stood opposite, and looked at me lying on the table with a wicked smile: "Get up?" If you can't drink it, don't hold it up, come, drink a bowl of porridge. ”
As he spoke, he put a bowl of porridge and a bowl of cold salad in front of me, and I asked softly, "What did I do last night?" Why does your head hurt so much? ”
"Ah, you still have the face to ask, you couldn't stop the wine you drank last night, and you finally drank the circle, right?" When I went upstairs, I didn't look at it, and I planted it directly from above, and I was behind you, otherwise it would be strange if such a long staircase rolled down and didn't break my neck.
You say that you are stunned, forget it, and vomit everywhere, you see, my clothes, all of them, washed and smelled, you smell this house, just your clothes, or people Chunxiang ran to buy them for you early this morning, you talk about you, how embarrassing. ”
I pulled out a square stool from under the table, sat on it, covered my head with my hands, closed my eyes tightly, I always felt that something was wrong, but my mind was empty, I couldn't think of anything, the second master stood up and said, "Eat quickly, I'll come up and collect the bowl later." ”
After saying that, I got up and left, I closed my eyes and still tried to recall everything that happened last night, but except for the sporadic fragments of the initial drinking, I couldn't remember anything, and a big white ball jumped out of front of me from time to time, every time it flashed, but it kept appearing, I waved my hand irritably, trying to pull the ball away, but it was still back and forth, jumping in and out.
Eventually, I gave up, opened my eyes, took the porridge and drank it all, ate a few bites of side dishes, tried to stand up on the table, moved my legs and feet, and went downstairs with the empty bowl.
There were only two people downstairs, the second master and Chunxiang, and when they saw me coming down, Chunxiang hurriedly walked over, asked for the empty bowl in my hand, and said, "Awake?" We have a lot of stamina for drinking, you are a good drinker, if the average person drinks like you, he will only be blamed for three or four days if he is not drunk, how about it? Does it matter if you want your head? Do you want to find Lang Zhong? ”
I barely managed to squeeze out a smile and waved my hand, and she helped me to sit down at the table, and I said, "Thank you for this dress, how much is it?" "Saying that, I reached out to take out the money, only to find out where did I get the money for the clothes?
Chunxiang smiled and said, "No, no" and stood up, turned around and went back to the back kitchen, the second master poured me tea, and I asked him, "Where is Yuanmei?" ”
Before he could speak, Chunxiang came out of the back kitchen with a large sea bowl, and said as she walked: "She, she came to Mr. Li's school early in the morning to help, come, drink it, this is my homemade hangover soup, it is guaranteed to be effective." ”
Saying that, I put a bowl of something like miso soup in front of me, and in an instant a wave of acetic acid pounced up, faintly there was a fragrance similar to beef, I picked it up and looked at it, and smelled it again, Chunxiang urged on the side and said, "Drink it, while it's hot, quickly." ”
Brought the bowl to his mouth, blew it a little and drank it in a big gulp, a sour and spicy taste accompanied by the aroma of beef, opened every pore on the body, and gradually felt in the stomach, and even felt that the wine in the body was forced out, radiating from the pores, a bowl of dry, the body was already sweating, and the head instantly felt a lot refreshed, although there was still a little numbness, but it was much better than before.
The second master looked at the drooling on the side, and hurriedly asked after seeing that I had finished drinking, "What's the matter?" Isn't it delicious? ”
I wiped my mouth and nodded, and the second master hurriedly asked Chunxiang: "Big sister, is there anything else?" You see, I drank a lot last night, and my head was dizzy in the morning. ”
Haruka stood up with a smile, said, "Yes", and went back to the kitchen.
I took the opportunity to ask the second master: "Who is this Mr. Li?" ”
The second master was stunned for a moment, and then said with a sneer: "I said big brother, you will quit drinking in the future, take a look, what have you drunk?" Then Mr. Li drank wine with us all night last night, and you still dragged people to death and didn't let people go, why would you forget people again?
If you see it later, I'll show it to you first, so that you don't know people and make jokes. ”
When he said this, I seemed to vaguely remember a vague figure, but I couldn't see his face clearly, so I asked him, "What did Yuanmei do?" ”
He shook his head with a wry smile and said, "You gave people a job, did you forget?" Yesterday, Mr. Li drank half of it and said that there is something to do tomorrow, and he wants to go back early to rest, you don't let him live or die, he has to ask what's going on, people said, it's to print books for the children, saying that there are no ready-made books here, all the books have to be printed by themselves, what three-character scripture is finished, it's time to learn a thousand words, more than a dozen books have to be printed for a day, you were in order not to let people go, patted your chest and said you go, Mr. Li saw you like that and knew that you drank too much, and said that you don't need you, you are still in a hurry, and finally noisily let Yuanmei go, this is not Yuanmei went. ”
I listened to him finish talking as if listening to a book from heaven, and the second master glanced at the back kitchen again, and after confirming that Chunxiang did not come out, he whispered: "Your kid's eyes are also poisonous enough, yesterday Yuanmei and the surnamed Li eyebrows, you can see it, hey, did you arrange it on purpose?" ”
I smiled wryly and shook my head, I still don't know what happened last night, the second master thought I was denying it, and said: "Not yet, it must be, you kid don't usually hum or ha, this eye strength is okay at a critical time." ”
As he was talking, a girl came in at the gate, carrying two wine jars in her hands, and as soon as she entered the door, she called out crisply: "Brother Cui"