I took the opportunity to ask Uncle Nine about the woods, and Uncle Nine nodded and said: "This forest is a maze laid by my master according to the Qi Gate in Qimen Dunjia, and anyone who enters the woods, if there is no person from this village to lead the way, and he is not a master who is proficient in Qimen Dunjia, he will definitely not be able to get out." ”

The second master said with a look of adoration: "It's too godly, go back and get such a thing for Little Japan, and don't trap them." ”

Uncle Nine smiled and said: "In the final analysis, this Qimen array is aimed at people's hearts, and people have the consciousness of seeking good fortune and avoiding disasters, this array is actually arranged at some important forks in the road, and the real life road is deliberately planted with some ugly and strange plants, or put some angular boulders, etc., and the dead road is a flat avenue, people often naturally move along the avenue, thinking that the straight line they are walking in is actually going around in situ, and those who are regarded as obstacles behind it is the real willow and flower. People are often only separated from the real way out, only to end up trapped alive by self-righteousness.

Uncle Jiu's words sounded like he was talking about arranging the formation, but I was really touched by the last two sentences, and the second master also bowed his head thoughtfully and said nothing.

Uncle Nine stood up and said, "Okay, it's not too early, hurry up and rest, and follow me to the town to find Ah Wei early tomorrow morning." ”

When I heard this, I couldn't help but feel nauseous, but after all, in other people's territory, the bad performance was too obvious, and the two of them were unhappy, and they were too lazy to wash, lie down and sleep.

Early the next morning, Uncle Nine called us to get up, after eating, followed him straight to the town, before going out, I deliberately looked at the latch of the gate, it turned out that there was a charm engraved on it, Uncle Nine told me that this latch is made of a hundred years of peach wood, the best quality to drive away ghosts and evil spirits, to be able to live peacefully in Yizhuang in this wilderness, this latch is indispensable.

I always felt that there was something in the words, but time was pressing, and I thought that I would have the opportunity to ask again.

Ah Wei was lying on the stool in the town office with his chest open, his feet dozed off on the bookcase, he didn't hear it at all when we went in, Uncle Nine saw him like this, he couldn't help but be a little annoyed, strode over, hooked his leg with his toes, and lifted it up gently, Ah Wei leaned back and fell on his back to the sky.

Ah Wei was lying on the ground, unable to see who was coming, he shouted and scolded in a panic and took out the gun while crawling up, stood up and saw Uncle Jiu, quickly put away the gun, nodded and shouted in a proper manner: "Uncle Jiu", saw the two of us who had been laughing behind him, glared at us fiercely, picked up the chair and asked Uncle Jiu to sit.

Ah Wei asked respectfully, "Uncle Jiu, what are you looking for me?" ”

"Of course it's Zhao Xiaowu's business. ”

"Got eyebrows? Oh, I just said, this case has to be brought out by Uncle Jiu, and he will be caught. ”

"I haven't seen it yet, but I'd like you to check it out for me." ”

"What to look for?" You say, "Hey, wait a minute, someone's coming!" ”

Hearing the sound, two young men ran in from outside, still holding dice in their hands, nodded and asked Ah Wei: "Captain, what's the matter?" ”

"Uncle Nine asked us to check." ”

"What to look for?" ”

"Ah yes, Uncle Nine, what are you looking for?" ”

Uncle Nine stood up and said, "Check if anyone has been to the town in the past half month, and who is more in and out of the town." ”

"Ah, yes, do you hear me? ”

"I hear you"

"Go quickly".

The two young men turned around and ran out of the town office, and Uncle Nine also walked out with his hands behind his back, and we followed, and Ah Wei sent us out of the gate of the town hall step by step.

Uncle Nine took us, roundabout to a family, this is building a house, it seems that it is close to the end, a man about 50 years old, short and fat man is directing the workers in and out, as soon as he sees us coming, he comes up to greet him from afar, Uncle Nine introduced one by one, this person is called Zhang Changfa, and he is building a new house for his son to get married this year.

This person saw Uncle Nine and thanked him repeatedly, saying that thanks to listening to Uncle Nine's words, the bricks and tiles were all done at one time, otherwise the road would be broken now, and the construction period would definitely be delayed.

After his house, not far ahead, and came to a house, Uncle Nine stepped forward to knock on the door, and after a while, there was a coughing sound in the door, and as soon as the door opened, a middle-aged man about forty years old came out, this person had a white head, two big dark circles, a dull face, pulling on his shoes, rickety, looking very unenergetic, seeing that Uncle Nine was not as enthusiastic as others, he just nodded, and said to the house: "Uncle Nine is here", and turned around and coughed and walked back.

We followed closely and entered the main hall of the house through a small courtyard, where there was a woman of his age, and two girls of seventeen or eighteen, who saw us, and who hid shyly behind the main hall. There are a lot of things in the main hall, which is very messy, and you can see ingots and candles everywhere, but there is no spiritual position. After Uncle Jiu's introduction, we learned that this was Zhao Xiaowu's home, this man named Zhao Baogen was Zhao Xiaowu's father, the woman was Zhao Xiaowu's mother, and the two girls who went in just now were Zhao Xiaowu's fourth sister and third sister, the second sister had just gone out to buy something, and the eldest sister had left the cabinet a few years earlier.

Zhao Baogen heard that Uncle Jiu hadn't found the murderer yet, so he sat there coughing even more, and the woman was sobbing quietly on the side, the second master and I couldn't see this kind of scene the most, so we pretended to smoke and quickly hid in the yard.

The courtyard of the Zhao family is not as messy as in the house, probably because there are many girls, there are pots and pots of all kinds of flowers that cannot be named, we are standing in the yard and smoking, I said: "This Zhao Xiaowu family doesn't look rich." ”

The second master sighed and said, "Definitely, with Zhao Baogen's physique, to feed so many mouths, he is already a fortune teller if he is not tired to death." ”

I thought about it, took out three pieces of ocean from my arms and glanced at the second master, and the second master also took out three pieces in understanding, and then said a little worriedly: "I said, it's not me who picks, we can only do this good thing, the main road below is still long, who knows what else will happen, no money on the body, besides, the ninth uncle left us to eat and live for nothing, and he can't express himself before leaving?" ”

I nodded, and the two of them pondered how to give the money for a while, when the door behind me creaked open and someone entered.

Someone in the room said, "Fudi is back." ”

As soon as I heard that it was the second daughter of the Zhao family, I didn't look back, the second master glanced at it curiously, and suddenly I was stunned, let me talk to myself there alone, I saw him staring at the girl in a daze, so I stabbed him with my hand, which means to take a look, don't scare people, but he is good, there is no reaction at all, and he actually walked towards the girl slowly, I looked down on him a little in my heart, I didn't find out that he was this kind of person before, and this is still in someone's house, it's too unusual.

I turned around and called him, his body shook, and I saw the second daughter of the Zhao family who was carrying a medicine bag with a panicked and shy face, and her heart jumped directly to her throat, her hands and feet were numb like electricity, and a name blurted out: Lin Xiaoxiao.

The people in the house all walked out when they heard the movement, and Zhao Baogen asked his daughter: "Fudi, what's wrong?" Fu Di glanced at the two of us, stuffed the medicine bag into his hand, and ran into the house in two steps, we stared at her every move, our eyes never left, and the ninth uncle on the side coughed embarrassedly, hurriedly said goodbye to Zhao Baogen, and pulled us out of Zhao's house.

Along the way, except for Lin Xiaoxiao's familiar face, the rest of my mind was blank, and when I regained consciousness a little, I was already sitting in the courtyard of Yizhuang, and the second master next to me also looked at me stupidly and asked, "Is it her?" ”

I shook my head and said I didn't know how to answer, Uncle Nine coughed, took two bowls from the house and put them in front of us, and said, "Drink it."

The second master picked it up, didn't think about it, raised his neck and cooed a few mouthfuls of dryness, I also took it like a puppet and poured it into my mouth, a spicy and stimulating mouth, like a fire snake drilled into the mouth, from the throat to the stomach, instantly woke up, the second master took the bowl and said: "Good wine!" ”

Uncle Nine nodded and said, "Good boy, the 70-degree puree will be dried in one bite, what the hell is going on with you two?" How can you lose your soul when you look at a big girl? ”

The second master and Uncle Nine roughly said that there was a female officer, who died unexpectedly when performing a mission with us, and looked exactly the same as Fudi, after finishing speaking, he looked at me and winked at Uncle Jiu, Uncle Nine nodded and said: "Fudi is something I grew up watching, I have never left Hongjia Town since I was a child, the child is very honest, and the person is also kind, and Zhang Changfa's son Zhang Youcheng has been married, and the new house I went to see today was built for the two of them."

After hearing these words, I stood up silently, walked out of the yard alone, stood outside the door, my heart was like a mess, and the second master followed closely behind, stood beside me, handed me a cigarette, and silently accompanied me.

After smoking, I looked up and asked him, "Do you think she would like to live a plain life if she was really Lin Xiaoxiao?" ”

The second master asked me rhetorically: "Then she will like our life of tying our head to the belt every day?" What right do we have to decide how people live? I don't even understand myself. ”

After saying that, he snorted angrily and turned back, I knew that he was not angry at me, so he stood for a while, turned around and went back to Uncle Nine and said, "Uncle Jiu, I want to go and apologize to the Zhao family, do you accompany me, and can you do me a favor?" ”

Uncle Nine looked at me and nodded, I said, "I want to give Fudi a bride price, but I don't know anything about it, and that happened in the morning, I rushed to give it, I'm afraid it will cause more misunderstandings, so I want you to do it for you, in your name, okay?" ”

Uncle Nine looked at me with some hesitation, then turned his head to look at the second master, nodded, I reached out and took out all the money on my body, counted exactly ten oceans, and handed it all to Uncle Nine, Uncle Nine was startled, stood up and hid straight back, the second master just wanted to step forward to stop it, but I stopped it with my eyes.

Uncle Nine stared at my eyes for a while, sighed and said, "Okay, let's go together, I'll help you give it to her." ”

After accepting the money, we went out again and went straight to Zhao's house, along the way I followed them with my head down, and arrived at the construction site of Zhang Changfa's house, looking at the house that had been built, I felt very ugly.

Now should be the time for the workers to rest, everyone is outside, more than a dozen people are sitting or standing, holding bamboo tubes and carrying cigarette bags, chatting in the clouds.

Uncle Nine stood and glanced at them, and found that Zhang Changfa was not there, so he continued to walk to Zhao's house, when Zhao Baogen took the money, he was really startled, and he let it tremble for a long time before accepting it, and his wife thanked him for a thousand thanks, and strongly stayed to have dinner together, Uncle Nine looked back at what I meant, I turned around and walked out of the door without hesitation, the second master and they followed, Zhao Baogen and his family sent us to Zhang Changfa's house before turning back, and Fudi did not come out from beginning to end.

The three of them unconsciously walked to the only tavern in Hongjia Town, sat down and asked for some wine and food, they hadn't eaten for a day, the two of them asked for a big bowl of noodles, I had no appetite, silently drank the stuffy wine, and after eating the noodles, Uncle Nine looked around mysteriously and whispered: "I found the murderer." ”