I don't know where so many paths come from around Huangjiazhuang.

Along the way, Master walked very slowly, and from time to time he had to stop and look around vigilantly to make sure that no one noticed us before continuing to walk.

By the time we reached Baishuidu, it was already three poles in the sun.

Old lady Huang stood under an old locust tree near the ferry, looking forward to the path at our feet, and after seeing a few of us from afar, he waved at us.

Master hurriedly walked over, opened the black wooden box, and handed the human skin tambourine to Mrs. Huang, who hugged her fists at my master, turned around and jumped into a small boat parked next to the ferry, and then shook the oars and walked away without looking back.

Old lady Huang is also a nearly 100-year-old high-collared person, but when he shook the oars, he looked unexpectedly relaxed. A few minutes later, the boat disappeared at the end of the river.

After seeing Mrs. Huang leave, the master held the black wooden box and led the two of us back to the back mountain along the same road, and then returned to the ancestral hall of the old Huang family from the mountain road we walked this morning.

When he entered the back door of the ancestral hall, the master whispered to Liang Houzai and me, "You two remember, if someone asks about the whereabouts of the Yin-Yang Drum, you two will insist that the Yin-Yang Drum is in this black wooden box. ”

As Master spoke, he slapped the lid of the box twice, and Liang Houzai and I nodded at Master at the same time.

After that, the master sighed and said to us again: "I have inferred that the old Huang family not only has an internal ghost, but also other people have been involved in the theft of the Jinding monk. Old lady Huang has been famous for a long time, and she has rich experience in the rivers and lakes, and she has fallen for someone else's technique, so I'm afraid that it will not be an ordinary person who is eyeing the old Huang family this time. ”

While Master was speaking, we had already entered the backyard of the ancestral hall, the two doors of the back bedroom were still open, and Li Daochang, who could never see his face clearly, was sitting in the room, and there was a small coffee table next to his left hand, on which were placed a few dishes with meat and vegetable combinations.

I was four or five meters away, and I could smell the scent wafting from the house.

It was nearly dusk, and I hadn't eaten for almost the whole day, and my saliva almost flowed down the smell of the scent.

Not only me, but Master was also a little hungry, he suddenly quickened his pace, and after entering the house, he found a Mazha to sit down, and devoured it, before eating, my Master first placed the black wooden box on the floor on his left side, and Li Daochang was on my Master's right side.

Many of the dishes on the table have traces of passivity, Li Daochang has obviously eaten them, he saw my master put the black wooden box on the ground, and immediately reached out to take the box, and said: "This is the yin and yang drum of the old Huang family?" Come on, come on, let me open my eyes too. ”

But my master stretched out his hand to stop Li Daochang: "This drum is a secret treasure of the old Huang family, except for the previous family heads and supervisors, no one else can look at it." ”

Hearing Master say this, I suddenly felt a little wary of Daochang Li in my heart.

Only the heads of the family and the supervisors of the past generations can witness the appearance of the yin and yang drum? Master is obviously lying, when the master took this drum from the old locust tree before, Liang Houzai didn't also see the drum, not only saw it, but also touched the drum with his own hands.

I feel that Master obviously doesn't trust Daoist Li very much.

Not only Daochang Li, but when I think of the vigilance that my master showed when he went to Baishuidu, I think that everyone in the village, Master is wary.

The reason why Old Man Huang appeared at the Baishui Ferry should have been discussed before my master came to the Northeast, after all, they just said that the two of them had passed the letters in the previous month, but no one had read what was written in those letters.

And Senior Brother Feng also told the old lady a long time ago that the Huang family had an internal ghost, but when we came to the back bedroom for the first time, he told Huang Changsheng and Huang Changrong about Senior Brother Feng's inference, I remember that Old Brother Huang also said at the time that Changrong and Changsheng didn't know about the ghost in the family.

Why did Mrs. Huang and my master hide something from the two grandsons of the Huang family and Li Daochang, could it be that they think that the ghost of the old Huang family is one of Huang Changsheng and Huang Changrong, and Li Daochang may also be related to the theft of the Jinding monk.

But this doesn't seem to make sense, after all, it was my master who recommended Li Daochang to Mrs. Huang in the first place, otherwise Li Daochang would not have appeared in this place.

As I thought about this, I stared intently at Daochang Li, whose face had been hidden in the shadow of his hat, and I couldn't make out his face or distinguish the expression on his face.

The master freed one hand to hold the black wooden box on the ground, and only used the other hand to hold the chopsticks to pick up the vegetables.

Daochang Li was silent for a while, and then stood up silently and went out through the front door of the back bed.

Master watched Li Daochang walk away before he said to me, "There is a way, in recent times, the ancestral hall of the old Huang family has not been peaceful. During this time, the people in the village were not enough to trust. ”

I asked Master, "Does that also include Liu Shangang and Senior Brother Bao?" ”

Master ignored me and continued to eat his meal, and I didn't say anything more.

That night, Huang Changsheng asked people to carry four large beds, and I, Liang Houzai, Master, and Li Daochang stayed in the back bed of the Huang Family Ancestral Hall.

In the next few days, Li Daochang didn't ask about the Yin-Yang Drum again, and when my master had free time, he would either take me to the back mountain of Lao Huang's house to practice drawing talismans, or sit on the Taishi's chair, smoke alone, and rarely talk to Li Daochang.

During this time, the Huang family ancestral hall has been very calm, and Mrs. Huang is estimated to have been staying in Baishuidu, and Huang Changsheng and Huang Changrong have come to see us from time to time.

And during this time, I also didn't see Senior Brother Bao and Liu Shangang.

I remember that about the fifth day after I arrived in Tohoku, my dad mailed the textbooks to me.

In the first few months of high school, Master was still very concerned about my studies, and on the first day the textbooks arrived, Master found a relatively quiet hut in Huangjiazhuang for me and Liang Houzai to study.

The two of us are worried about the affairs of the old Huang family, and we are also worried about the evil tomb under the back mountain, and we have no intention of learning at all.

But the master forced us to read, and the two of us couldn't help it, so we pretended to be in the hut every day, opened a textbook casually, and then the two of us started chatting.

It was on a sunny afternoon after the rain that I opened my math textbook as usual, but I stumbled upon a note in the page.

There are only three words written on the whole note: Luo Zhongxing, and I have never seen the handwriting on it.

Luo Zhongxing, when I suddenly saw this name, I felt very familiar, but I couldn't remember where I had seen it for a while.

At this time, Xian'er got out of my shoulder, she stared at the note in my hand, and said with some confusion: "Luo Zhongxing? Isn't that the name on the Golden Book? ”

Hearing her say this, I immediately remembered that in the ghost market, my master gave He Lao Ghost a gold-lettered scroll, and the bamboo slip was empty, and only such a name was written.

I don't know who this Luo Zhongxing is, I only know that this person seems to be a very unwilling existence for my master and He Lao Ghost.

But who exactly put this note in my textbook?

It's impossible for me to figure out this kind of thing, so I directly took the note and pulled Liang Houzai to find my master together.

When I came to the old Huang family ancestral hall, Master and Senior Brother Bao were standing at the door, as if discussing something.

This is also the first time I have met Senior Brother Bao since I came to Lao Huang's house.

I don't know what Master said to Senior Brother Bao before I came, but I just think that Senior Brother Bao is submissive, as if he has just been reprimanded by my master.

When he saw me from afar, he breathed a sigh of relief as if he had been pardoned, and said a few words to my master in a hurry, and then hurried away.

When Senior Brother Bao came to me, he whispered to me: "Liu Shangang is in the house at the east end of the village. ”

As he spoke, people had already passed past me, I looked at his back, a little confused for a while, when Senior Brother Bao said this to me, I always felt that the look on his face was sneaky.

Master glanced at me at this time and asked me loudly, "You two don't study hard, what are you doing here?" ”

I hurriedly handed the note to my master: "Master, look. ”

After my master took the note, he first looked at me, and then his eyes fell on the note, and in just an instant, the expression on Master's face became solemn.

He shook the note in his hand and asked me, "Who gave this to you?" ”

I said, "I've never seen this handwriting in my math textbook before." ”

My master lit a dry cigarette, first exhaled a puff of smoke, and then said with a puzzled face: "This handwriting is indeed very unfamiliar, ordinary people don't write like this. ”

Indeed, the reason why I assume that the handwriting on the note has never been seen is because the way the man writes is so strange that he is accustomed to adding a tick at the end of the vertical line, like the vertical line in the middle of the "middle", and next to the double of the word "line", there is a small tick at the end of the vertical line that is biased to the right.

The master frowned, put the note in his pocket, and took a few more puffs of his cigarette, after which he turned around and entered the ancestral hall without saying a word.

I wanted to follow, but Liang Houzai grabbed me and shook his head at me.

Who is Luo Zhongxing, why is it that when my master or He Lao Ghost suddenly saw this name, they all looked so worried?

Xian'er sat on my shoulder, looked at the direction my master left and sighed: "Alas, it seems that there must be a lot of articles in Luo Zhongxing." ”

Nonsense, you think I can't think of it if you don't say it?

Liang Houzai said to me on the side: "Let's go find Liu Shangang, I think your senior brother Bao looked a little strange just now, it can't be something happened to Liu Shangang, right?" ”

Hearing him say this, I began to worry about Liu Shangang again.