It is estimated that the old Taoist priest didn't expect Brother Long to be so tough, first stunned, then a complicated expression appeared on his face, and finally let out a long sigh, and waved his robe gently. I instantly felt that the sense of oppression disappeared, and Brother Long also dissipated his momentum.

"That's it, I don't want to bother with this. Dragon boy, I hope you don't regret it one day. The old Taoist priest said a little melancholy, and then glanced at me, meaningful.

"You don't have to bother, you just say whether I want to give me or not, right?"

The old Taoist priest nodded, and as soon as the wide sleeves of his coat were raised, I saw a black thing flying out, and it was firmly in Brother Long's hand.

"Don't take public transportation when you want to go out of Sichuan, there is an off-road vehicle behind the yard, and there is a pocket of money in it. Find a way to drive to the Northeast, as for the problem of identity, someone will naturally solve it when you get there. The old Taoist priest said one last word, and he ignored us and turned to prepare to enter the house.

Brother Long suddenly shouted at his back: "Old man, in fact, you have already calculated something, right?" So you have already prepared something for us? ”

The figure of the old man paused slightly, did not speak, and went straight into the house.

Brother Long was silent for a while, and led me towards the backyard, where is there a car and a bag of money that I have never sat in before, and what else is going to the northeast. I asked Brother Long what my background was and why everyone was so inexplicable to me.

Brother Long's eyes widened: "Why do you want so much for a little cub?" You are you, your name is Jiang Ming, and you are the old man Jiang and my apprentice. Now we are going to a place called Harbin and start a new life. Then you learn by yourself what Old Man Jiang left you, and at the same time learn what I taught you, you know? ”

After saying that, he once again performed his fierce behavior, reaching out to hook my neck. But by this time I had learned to be obedient, and I jumped away when he grabbed it with his big hand, and let him catch it empty. I looked at him with stubborn eyes: "I know to go!" ”

He was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Good boy, not bad, not bad." Let's go, let's have a feat of crossing China! Ha ha! ”

At that time, I didn't have any idea of China's geography, and I didn't know how far it was from Sichuan to Harbin in the northeast. In retrospect, that long journey of driving with Brother Long from Sichuan to Harbin was perhaps one of the most profound and nostalgic times in my life.

Brother Long drove, and I took the co-pilot, all the way north. Along the way, it passes through Hubei, Anhui, Shandong, Hebei, Liaoning, Jilin, and finally arrives in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. Brother Long always has a cigar in his mouth, and the miraculous thing is that the cigar is always unfinished, and when I asked him why, he didn't say anything, and asked me to smoke it too. I thought the cigar was too strong, so he made me smoke normally, and I became addicted to smoking.

And he also likes to drink, and when he is drunk, he drives very violently, and the whole car flies out with a bang on the accelerator. I drank and opened the window, stuck my head out and yelled, feeling more exhilarating than I had ever felt before. Compared with the warmth of being with the master, being with Brother Long is more wild. I later liked to drink, and it was also a habit that I developed at this time.

The long way was not pressed, so I stopped and stopped, and finally arrived in Harbin.

I still remember vividly that it was October 1993, and Harbin had already experienced its first heavy snowfall.

"It's so cold, Brother Long, why is this place so cold? It's only snowing in October? I haven't seen much snow since I was a kid in Sichuan, can you give me thicker clothes to wear? "I hugged my arms and sat in the car shivering.

Brother Long's eyes widened, and he said angrily: "How can you be such a mother? What are you afraid of the cold, and this is also one of the practices of my school, feel the cold first. ”

The off-road vehicle drove into Harbin, and it was already night. At the beginning of the lanterns, the surrounding high-rise buildings are lit up. After this actual journey, I am no longer the lonely and unheard teenager who lives in a small town in southern Sichuan, and I can be regarded as having a long knowledge and seeing a lot of the world. A provincial capital like Harbin doesn't feel so prosperous and amazing.

There were not many pedestrians on the road, all wearing thick coats and masks, and hurried away. It was just me and Brother Long sitting in the car, still wearing a jacket that was not too thick.

Eventually, Brother Long and I came to the bungalow area of Harbin, which is a suburb of Harbin and is already relatively sparsely populated, so we found a small courtyard. Brother Long stopped the car and said, this is where we will live for a long time in the next ten years, that is, our home.

Family?

This word made my heart warm inexplicably, and I suddenly remembered the banknote shop in Lianghe Town, Sichuan. I don't know how the master is doing now, and whether the Qin people have embarrassed them. There is also a fat baby, when Jiang Xuan attacked, my master and I asked their family to go to the county seat to hide, but I didn't expect that this time it was actually goodbye, and I don't know if there is a chance to see each other again......

In such a melancholy mood, I pushed open the door of the small courtyard in front of me with Brother Long, because no one has lived in it for too long, so the gate of this courtyard is a little rotten, Brother Long actually broke with a click, sawdust splashed, and fell into the snow.

"Brother Long, do you always have a hobby of destroying your own doors or walls?"

His eyes widened: "You know what, I'm called manly." The old ones don't go, the new ones don't come, anyway, we have to renovate this yard house if we live in it. ”

As soon as I walked in, I suddenly felt an eerie aura rushing over me. This cold breath is obviously not because of the cold natural climate of Harbin, but from yin and evil.

Something is wrong, there's something weird about this house!

Although it has been a while since I have been exposed to these netherworld-related things, as a designer of netherworlds, I will naturally be sensitive enough to such things. So I immediately showed a vigilant look, took a few steps back, and my hands were already subconsciously inserted into my pockets. There are some magic banknotes there that I can use at any time.

When Brother Long saw my performance like this, he grinned, and then slapped my shoulder with his big hand, grinning in pain. It's all become a habitual action for him.

"That's right, little cub, your spiritual sense is quite keen, you know that something is wrong with this house, right?"

"Isn't this your house? I don't know what kind of Taoist spell you're learning, but I guess it's very powerful. The place where we live is occupied by ghosts, haven't you noticed? "I complained with some dissatisfaction. As I got along with Brother Long, I found that although he was very rude and irritable, he was a good person and had no shelves, so there were no rules for our communication.

Brother Long pouted: "It's not a big thing, it's just a big mouse." Feeling this breath, I guess I have been eating dead corpses in a tomb for many years, so I gradually became enlightened and became a rat demon. ”

Rat...... Goblin? Monster!

Listening to Brother Long's words, I was stunned for a moment, feeling a little incredible. Because I have followed my master since I was a child, making paper money and selling paper money, I have a relatively good understanding of things like ghosts and ghosts, but I have never heard of such things as monsters. Youkai, shouldn't that be something in the story?

Brother Long was impatient: "Oh, are you stupid?" I don't know how to be flexible, I've seen a lot of ghosts, haven't you heard of youkai? Isn't that huge deadly yellow kudzu tree in the east of Lianghe Town a dryad? Does a youkai have to be able to change into a human form and speak human words before it is called a youkai? That's all a myth, it's a fake story! Monsters in real life are generally called monsters. In fact, it is just some non-human things, with a certain amount of weak wisdom and consciousness, and can rely on instinct to cultivate. It has nothing to do with what kind of change of human form and mouthful has nothing to do with half a dime! ”

I see, I feel that Brother Long's words have refreshed my cognition of such things as monsters.

While speaking, there was an inexplicable whirlpool of yin wind around, which blew a thin layer of snowflakes on the ground. It was in front of our eyes, and then through the fluttering snowflakes, I saw that there was suddenly a black thing on the snow not far ahead.