Birthmarks, orphans? Could it be that Li Wanshan's apprentices regard me as the Lei family, so they follow me all the time? Then this misunderstanding is a bit big, and they are in the dark and I am in the light, and it is impossible to explain, so I can't make a big sign that says: "I'm not the Lei family", hang on my body and walk around the street, right?

And even the person who even Uncle Jiu's master wants to worship, how strong his apprentice is that I can't imagine at all, just with the ability of me and the second master, I'm afraid I don't know how to die. How feuding are the two of them? It's not enough to kill it once, but you still have to cut the grass and eradicate the roots.

But on second thought, would it be a good thing that the brand was stolen tonight? At first, the old blind man recognized me as the Lei family, so he gave me this brand, in fact, this brand is a mark, whoever wears it proves who is the Lei family, and then they followed for a long time and found out that it was wrong, I am not, so steal back the brand, so isn't this a loss of horses?

I let out a sigh, stood up and took a sip of water, calmed myself down, stood out the window and looked down the street, only to see a small black car parked downstairs, in the narrow streets of this town, such a car is particularly conspicuous, the curtain may be drawn in the car, I can't see if there is anyone inside, I always have a faint feeling that this car is for us, and there must be someone in the car.

In order to test this idea, I turned on the light, and then stood by the window again, deliberately so that people outside could see me, and sure enough, after a cigarette, the car suddenly started and drove away. It seems that this Lin Town is a place of mixed right and wrong, and it is the best policy to leave quickly tomorrow morning.

I slept very unsteadily this night, the locked door was pressed against the stool, the gun was loaded next to the pillow, I didn't dare to take off my clothes and shoes, so I finally stayed up until dawn, and as soon as the rooster crowed outside, I jumped up, washed my face, packed up my things, and went next door to call the second master.

After shooting the door for a long time, there was no movement, I was annoyed in my heart, I smashed it hard, the people in the next room were woken up by me, scolded and opened the door to see, the young man in the hotel came up with sleepy eyes, asked about the situation, helped me knock a few times, and still did not respond.

At this time, I had a sense of foreboding, so I asked the man to get a spare key and open the door, only to see that the room was empty.

As soon as I saw that the backpack was still there, and the quilt on the bed was neatly folded, I asked where there was a place to have breakfast near the guy, so I ran downstairs to look around, but I ran around the hotel for a long time, and I never saw the figure of the second master, and secretly screamed in my heart: "Not good." ”

I wandered around the street like a fly for a long time, and finally I had no choice but to return to the hotel, and the young man saw that I came back alone, and came up to persuade him: "Maybe the master went out to play last night?" The smoke and rain building in our town is famous far and wide, maybe the master will spend the night there on a whim. I nodded and didn't speak, asked him to make a pot of tea, and carried it back to the second master's room.

Back in the room, I took a sip of hot tea, lit a cigarette, tried to calm myself down, wanted to see if the second master had left any clues for me, rummaged for a long time, except for three oceans under the pillow, the rest of the nothing, there was nothing in the backpack, I didn't hear the sound of the fight next door, with his size, even if the other party was four or five masters, it was impossible not to make a sound at all, but in this case, why didn't you tell me? Could it be that he really went to Fireworks Willow Lane on a whim, and he didn't tell me because he was embarrassed? Would he be embarrassed about this kind of thing? I don't even believe it.

I stood in front of the window, staring at every passerby outside, hoping to find that familiar figure, at noon I simply withdrew from my room, sat at the door of the hotel and watched everyone passing, from the dawn of the day until the lights came on, a whole day, did not eat a mouthful of food, the hotel guy kindly persuaded me to eat something, said that if the second master came back, he would help tell me, saying that I was waiting for him. I squeezed out a smile and shook my head.

Until late at night, I really couldn't stay up, went back to the second master's room and lay on the bed, I jumped up at the slightest movement outside the door, went out to check, the next day before dawn, I sat outside the hotel again, but still empty waiting for a day.

Lying in bed at night, I know that if he doesn't come back tomorrow, I can only go on the road alone, first of all, it is not allowed to contact the base with the outside phone and telegram, and in my heart, the second master is not dead, he is just not seen for a while, and he will definitely appear beside me at an unexpected time, holding a gun and shouting: "Damn".

I fell asleep groggily, closed my eyes and had strange dreams, I dreamed that Lin Xiaoxiao and the second master were laughing at me together, and I dreamed that Zhao Xiaowu's coffin made a sound like knocking on the door, Uncle Nine was like a ghost, standing at the head of the coffin, holding a yellow charm in his hand, and walking towards me step by step with a strange smile, I wanted to run but my feet were firmly grasped, and I couldn't move, I looked down, many hands stretched out from the ground, and there was a human face buried in the soil, smiling at me, it turned out to be Zhang Changfa, He kept wincing at me, and black sticky juice flowed from his eyes.

Zhao Xiaowu's coffin is still ringing, I can't scream, I can't move, seeing that Uncle Jiu's yellow charm is about to stick to my head, I sat up suddenly, panting, sweating profusely, slowed down for a while, got up to find a cup of water to drink, and when I woke up, I thought back to this dream, and I always felt that the sound of Zhao Xiaowu's knocking on the coffin was the most real, could it be that someone really knocked on the door?

I touched the darkness, walked to the door, gently opened the door, and after a "squeak", "squeak"! Something fell at my feet.

Someone really has been here!

I was startled, looked left and right, the corridor under the dim light, empty, looked down, only to see the golden silk wrapped in a long strip of things, it seems to be very tightly wrapped, I was sure that there was no one in the corridor again, first kicked the long strip lightly with my foot, felt no danger, reached out to pick it up, and took it in my hand and my heart suddenly "chuckled".

It's like a knife!

Close the door, go directly to the window and look out, the street is empty, a few dead wind lamps are blown swaying, flickering and dark, and the whole street is eerie.

I turned on the light, sat on the stool by the window, trembling and untying the yellow silk layer by layer, when I saw the knife wrapped in it, my mind was full of questions, the second master's fish skin knife?

Because this task is simple, the two of them are bent on vacation, so the second master didn't take it, and deliberately put it in the cabinet in the dormitory, how could it suddenly appear here? Who sent it? It doesn't matter who it is, it must be someone from the base, so why not show up? Could it be that he just put down the knife, didn't even have time to speak, and went to the fireworks Willow Lane in a hurry like the second master?

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but smile bitterly, looking at this knife, I was even more thoughtful, and I pulled the knife out of the sheath casually, only to see a note stuck to the cold light on the knife: "Three days later, at 9 o'clock in the morning, No. 3 Xiangguo Hutong." ”

After reading these short lines, the blood on my body instantly coagulated, this, this is the second master's words.

Since the second master can write, it proves that he is indeed alive, but how did this knife come to Xialin Town? Could it be that the car I saw that day was Li Xiao and Zeng Weiguo? Is there any reason to just call the second master away, but not notify me at all? What's going on at the base? And if Zeng Weiguo and they really came and wanted to see me, how could they use this way? The only explanation is that the second master's life is threatened, and giving me the knife is in the hope that I will save him, no matter what the situation is, I can't take it lightly.

The next three days are the most difficult three days for me to grow up, in addition to asking the restaurant next door to send me some food regularly, is to wipe the knife and gun in the room, and I also asked the guy in the hotel to help me buy a short Tibetan knife tied to my calf, in case of emergency, at this time there is only one thought in my heart, no matter what, I have to rescue the second master.

I wanted to go to Xiangguo Hutong first, but the guy at the hotel told me that Xiangguo Hutong is in the center of Xialin Town, although it is the center, there are three families in the alley, and all of them are large households with independent courtyards, so few people go there.

Two of these three households have no one all year round, I heard that they are big officials in the capital, and even the mayor of the town passes by here, and many people don't even know what is in the alley.

The locals only know that one of the families is surnamed Luo, one is surnamed Liu, and the other family doesn't even know what the surname is.

After hearing this, I had to give up the plan to step on the point, an outsider like me rushed in, and he could be seen through at a glance, and the second master's life would be gone.

Finally, I got up before dawn, and after packing up my ropes, I sat on a chair and smoked a cigarette, forcing myself to put down all the ideas in my head for a while, try to be empty, calm myself, and consider every possible detail, so as not to make mistakes in my busyness.

After breakfast, I checked myself again, looked at my watch, just eight o'clock, put a knife on my back, stepped out of the hotel, looked in the direction of Xiangguo Hutong, and suddenly felt like I was going to the meeting alone, okay, I can't run away, second master, I'm here.