The serious river has two lives, this sentence is intriguing, I don't doubt the old ghost's words, some things have invisibly shown that he is not talking nonsense.

"Where did the two lives of the river come from?"

"That's the compensation that the old grandfather of the Seven Gates received." The old ghost said: "Without them, the descendants of the river would not have this life-saving thing." "

The old grandfather of the seven gates of the river died in vain, and they all lost a hand, and the old man with the long beard said that he would leave the seven river gods to the locals, and the river gods definitely did not exist, in fact, they alluded to the seven old grandfathers. I don't know what happened back then, but the bearded old man left them a picture, and that picture is called the Life Continuation Map.

When I said this, I suddenly remembered that I had a nightmare in the middle of the night a few days ago, and I dreamed that I was covered by a white shadow, and the other party once vaguely asked me where the life continuation map was.

In the past, the Qimen River patrolled the river and the town, was born and died, and dealt with all kinds of strange things on the Yellow River every day, they could not have any fear, and the picture of life continuation was the final guarantee. This is definitely a secret that cannot be revealed, no matter what kind of changes and chaos have happened in the history of the Seven Gates, this secret has always been strictly hidden, if it is spread, it will definitely bring disaster to the Seven Gates.

The ancestral teachings of Heyanzi are basically passed down from the seven old grandfathers, and the most important one is not to harm others and benefit yourself. In the past, most of the people who traveled in the rivers and lakes took the word "righteousness" as the basic criterion for coming out and mingling, which is a kind of self-flaunting. Anyone can say it, but whether it can be done is unknown. But my subsequent experience made me understand that people who harm others and benefit themselves can't be a river squirrel, and they definitely can't do it.

The secret of the life continuation diagram has been passed down from generation to generation in the Seven Gates, and I don't deny that the Seven Gates may have had some iron-blooded men who were willing to live and die together in the past, but people, how to say it, since they have a heart, they will have selfish intentions. There were too many twists and turns in the Seven Gates, and even infighting, although they all subsided in the end, but once many things changed, it was completely impossible to go back to the past. Probably in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, a lot of rules had to be added to the Seven Gates, so that the big palm lamp could be used to restrain the people who controlled the door.

By the time the old ghost's father arrived, the life continuation diagram had been withdrawn by the Seven Gates, which was the most effective means to control the people, and if you wanted a second life, you had to listen to the dispatch of the big palm. But the old ghost father's generation is destined to be the era when the Seven Gates are about to fall. The old ghost himself took the Tang family's class and was sent to Zhenhe, while his father went away and was never heard from, according to Song Baiyi's conjecture, the elder Dazhang Lantern must have died outside.

"Life continuation diagram, the son will not pass on the daughter, and the baby will not pass on when the child is an adult."

The children and grandchildren of the river family did not pass on the life continuation plan when they were young, for fear that the little baby would not be strict in his mouth and leak the secret.

"To tell you the truth, no matter what Lao Liu has done over the years, back then, Lao Tzu admired him very much." The old ghost sighed slowly, when the locust forest was righteous, they were all young, they were all strong-blooded, and they had ambitions, they might have many ideals and a lot of futures. Among the seven brothers with different surnames, the old ghost has the best friendship with my grandfather.

"Without the permission of the big palm lamp, the life continuation chart must not be passed on privately." The old ghost continued: "I can't help but say that the sixth person has never understood Lao Tzu in his life." "

My grandfather and the old ghost walked closer, and once, my grandfather asked the old ghost alone about the life continuation chart. The old ghost doesn't have such complicated scheming, grandpa asked, and he said. After that, Grandpa tentatively asked if he could pass on the life continuation map to him. The old ghost was very embarrassed, because his father had specifically told him that no matter who asked about the life continuation diagram in the Seven Gates, he should not talk nonsense. The life continuation diagram is the only advantage of the seven gates, and if there is no such advantage anymore, then the seven gates will soon disperse.

"The sixth man saw that I was embarrassed at the time, so he smiled and said that it was okay, just asked casually, but Lao Tzu could see his disappointment."

The old ghost attaches great importance to love, and attaches great importance to righteousness, and always feels that he can't help but kowtow to the brother who drinks blood and wine together, he hesitated for a long time, and finally passed the life continuation map to his grandfather. After that, the old ghost went to Zhenhe, and the big palm lamp went away, and the grandfather was the only one in the Seven Gates who knew the life-continuation map.

"The sixth didn't keep his promise back then." The old ghost looked at me and said, "At least, when you were not sensible, he had already given you the life continuation map." "

"Give it to me?" I was shocked, and I shook my head at the time and retorted, I won't deceive the old ghost, because since I was a child, my grandfather has never given me anything like a life extension map.

"Come on, drink!" The old ghost took out the wine jug that he put close to him, half a pot of spirits, the smell of wine went straight to his nose, I rarely drink, I don't know what the old ghost means, but he said he wanted me to drink, I drank it. I held the pot, pinched my nose and poured a few sips, choking and coughing.

The wine was strong, and it was fast, and my face soon turned red. At this time, the old ghost asked me to take off my coat, and he slowly stood up and held up the mottled bronze mirror behind my back. Only the bronze mirror is smooth and illuminated in the center of the mirror, and the firelight reflects the mirror, and the moment I look back, I immediately see the scene reflected in the mirror.

On my back, I don't know when a blood-red pattern appeared, red and dazzling.

"What is this?"

"It's the life continuation chart that your father gave you." The old ghost put down the mirror, slowly sat back in his place, and said: "If the steel needle is dipped in pigeon blood, the skin and flesh will be swollen, and the tattoo will not be visible, unless you drink alcohol, it will be revealed." "

The life continuation chart is the second life of the river family, but the old grandfather had heavy training back then, and the life continuation chart cannot be used lightly. Everything in the world has a fixed number, and if there is one more life in the river, then some people will have one less life, and their second life will be exchanged for someone else's life. The ancestral precepts are not allowed to harm others and benefit themselves, and he can't just take other people's lives to continue his second life.

"That's why your grandmother died." The old ghost sighed: "The women of the Hezi family are all miserable. "

With that ancestral teaching, the river is carrying a life continuation map, and it is not necessarily a second life, a long time ago, there were seven gates of the river to guard the life continuation map and be willing to die, because they did not want to abuse other people's lives at will.

When my grandfather was killed, there were only my grandmother and the seventh grandmother in the same village, if according to the distance of relatives, grandpa could take the life of the seventh grandmother to continue his life, but he still remembered the ancestral training in his heart, there was no other way, he could only take his grandmother's life.

Is this cruel? I don't know, at that time, I didn't understand the love between men and women, but if I had to take Qiqi's life to continue my life, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to do it. In the past, if the river girl died outside, after being carried back by his family, if he really wanted to continue his life, he had to ask for it from the closest people.

I listened to the old ghost's narration, and then looked at the dried blood stains on his body, my heart suddenly jumped, and after thinking for a long time, I asked him, "Is your life continuation chart already used?" "

"No one can not die, fifty years is death, a hundred years is death, that's nothing, Lao Tzu has lived enough." The old ghost didn't seem to take life and death to heart at all, touched the cotton cloth wrapped around his neck, and said: "Baby, your father gave you the life continuation map, but he didn't tell you, Lao Tzu told you clearly today, you have a second life." "

I didn't get excited about this, I was young, I didn't understand the importance of life and death, I just simply felt that if the other party was a heinous person, then forget it, if it was really an innocent person, then how should I choose?

"Baby, Lao Tzu is really going to leave this time, but he will definitely come back, things are a bit tricky, if Lao Tzu doesn't come back, the stall will be completely messed up." The old ghost thought for a while and said, "The woman in red who did it with Lao Tzu today can't live and will definitely die, but you have to be careful in the future, things are obviously wrong, and some things are obviously coming towards Qimen." "

"You, really want to go" The old ghost hasn't gotten yet, I already feel lonely, if he really leaves, what should I do with Qiqi and the two?

"Baby, those bastards left in the seven gates, this time they have been taught a lesson, they don't dare to do anything to you again, you two take care of each other."

"What are you doing with my big palm lamp?" I hung my head and said, "Just this false name? "

"No, Lao Tzu has important things, and so do you." The old ghost said: "After Lao Tzu is gone, you go to your master, Wang Zhong of the Seven Gates can no longer recruit him, you are his only grandson, only you can shout to move him, let him come back, don't Zhenhe anymore, if you see him, you tell him, remember the little friendship with Lao Tzu back then, let him wait for Lao Tzu here." "

The old ghost didn't say it so carefully, but when I listened, I felt very uncomfortable. Grandpa, what the hell is wrong with him? What exactly did he do? Let the old ghost be so taboo.

The old ghost was seriously injured, and we stayed up until dawn, and then moved the place again, hid in Tibet for several days, and finally returned to Baoliu Village. There is a spiritual shed at the entrance of Baoliu Village, Song Dawu is dead, and Song Xiaowu only has half a life left, and he is still recuperating from his injuries. I feel a little uncomfortable in my heart, after all, there is a fatality.

But when Song Baiyi and the others saw the old ghost, their faces were like ashes, and they knelt down. The seven gates are scattered, but the power of the old ghost is still there, and the Song family has done something wrong, and they are afraid that the old ghost will come back to liquidate. Song Baiyi knelt down and didn't dare to get up, he trembled when he spoke, he probably knew the temper of the old ghost.

"If you practice the big palm lamp, your family can't make up for this sin when they go to fill the river." The old ghost glanced at the people below lightly and said, "This account, keep it in mind for the time being." "

I was reluctant to live here, but the old ghost wanted me to get used to it. We lived in the village for more than ten days, and the old ghost's injury could not heal so quickly, but his foundation was very good, and he could move on his own after raising it for so long. During this period, he told me some things, most of which were the secrets of the river, but the most important thing was that he still didn't mention it, and he probably still didn't feel at ease. After almost twenty days, the old ghost was leaving.

"Baby, you take this thing with you, don't leave it." The old ghost took off the bronze mirror, solemnly hung it around my neck, touched my head, and said, "It's been too long, and it may not be as good as my grandfather back then, but it's better to have than not to have." "

All I got was a mirror, but the old ghost was gone.

Even though he said and tried to get back as quickly as possible, although I believed his words, as I silently watched his back disappear from sight once more, I knew that he was really gone.