Chapter Twenty-Four: Old Boy
Xu Dazhi pulled the iron door, and the lock on it couldn't be opened at all. At this time, there are more and more people in the square, all of whom come to walk and have fun at night. All kinds of voices sounded, twisting Yangge, dancing square, singing karaoke, the whole square was a mess, the noise was rampant, and the weather was hot, it was really dry and steaming, and people couldn't stand it.
The two walked down from the tower and walked around the square. This square is made up of three small squares, dancing, singing, and each with its own fixed territory, although there is some interference, but they get along quite harmoniously. The two of them visually inspected, and now there are thousands of people in the entire square, let alone a thousand. Among these people, it is really not easy to find Liu Yang.
Xu Dazhi took out his mobile phone and made a call, but the ringtone rang for a long time, but no one answered.
"This kid is really unreliable." Xu Dazhi complained.
Bai Shuang had an idea: "Do you think Liu Yang will be in that tower now?" ”
Xu Dazhi shook his head: "I don't know." As soon as he finished speaking, he glanced at it casually and saw a figure in the distance, it was Liu Yang.
It was a corner of the square. The loudspeaker played dance music, and a group of old ladies and gentlemen were dancing ballroom dances in pairs. There was a circle of idlers around, watching with relish. Liu Yang sat on a step, holding an ice cream in his hand, eating and watching, concentrating.
Xu Dazhi smiled: "This kid's taste is really heavy, and he doesn't look at little girls and prefers to look at old ladies." Go, go over to the detriment of him. ”
Bai Shuang didn't speak, after reading Liu Yang's manuscript in the mental ward, he had a mysterious fear of this person, feeling unfathomable and unfathomable. He followed behind Xu Dazhi and came to Liu Yang's side. Liu Yang sensed that someone was coming, raised his head to look, didn't feel surprised at all, patted the place next to him and said, "Sit." ”
Xu Dazhi squatted beside him and said, "What are you looking at?" Didn't you hear me when I called you? ”
Liu Yang took out his mobile phone from his trouser pocket and looked at it: "I really didn't hear it." I'm sorry it's so noisy here. ”
"What the hell are you looking at?"
Liu Yang pointed to the opposite side with his finger: "Do you see it?" ”
Bai Shuang and Xu Dazhi looked in the direction they pointed, passing through the open space of the dancing crowd, and there was a long wooden chair on the lawn opposite, on which a few people were sitting enjoying the cool and watching the excitement. The one sitting on the far left is blind. He wears round sunglasses, carries a blind stick in his hand, and wears a T-shirt and work pants, looking nondescript. He should not be able to see anything, listening to the music in the loudspeaker, tapping the ground with a blind stick to the rhythm, quite a bit of self-amusement.
Xu Dazhi recognized it at a glance: "This is ...... The one in the video? ”
"Yes." Liu Yang said: "The one called Lao Tong." ”
"Liu Yang." Bai Shuang said hello and sat next to him.
Liu Yang looked at him: "Wronged, right?" Didn't the hospital embarrass you? ”
Bai Shuang stared at him and said, "They asked me to take you to the hospital before the day after tomorrow, otherwise you will bear the consequences." ”
Liu Yang smiled and diverted the topic: "See my manuscript?" ”
Bai Shuang was taken aback, he thought that Liu Yang could avoid talking about it, who knew that he would bring up this topic first. Bai Shuang stared and said, "I was about to tell you that there is ...... in your manuscript."
Liu Yang waved his hand, signaled him not to speak, stood up and said to Xu Dazhi, "Let's visit Lao Tong first." ”
He walked around the dancing crowd and walked straight to the old boy on the bench. Xu Dazhi and Bai Shuang had no choice but to follow behind.
The three of them walked up to Lao Tong, and some of the idlers nearby didn't even look at the dance, and they all looked sideways. This old boy should be a celebrity in this area, and his every move involves the eyes of the people around him.
The old boy sensed that someone was coming, and he paddled on the ground with a blind stick, stopping at the feet of the three men very measuredly.
"Are you surnamed Tong?" Liu Yang asked.
Someone next to him gritted his teeth and smiled: "His surname is Wang, you have recognized the wrong person, not Tong." ”
The three of them looked at each other, and no one expected such a result. Xu Dazhi wondered, how could he recognize the wrong person, it was obviously him in the video.
This person who is suspected of being an old boy knocked a few times at Liu Yang's feet with a blind stick, and then said: "You admit that you are wrong, I am surnamed Wang." ”
Liu Yang was respectful: "I'm sorry, I admit my mistake." ”
The three of them had no choice but to walk away. Liu Yang touched his stomach: "I haven't eaten much for a day, and I'm just catching up with the meal." Brother Dazhi, editor Bai, any of you invited me to dinner. ”
Xu Dazhi had a question, took Liu Yang and Bai Shuang to find a restaurant nearby, and had a light meal together. At the dinner table, Bai Shuang hesitated for a while, always wanting to talk about the manuscript. Liu Yang saw his doubts and told him that he would explain when he had time. Bai Shuang didn't want to get too involved in these things, and wanted to leave after eating.
Xu Dazhi felt that he had no common language with Liu Yang, and it was too embarrassing to stay, so he begged Bai Lai to let Bai Shuang stay too, saying that the three of them had something to discuss together.
Xu Dazhi asked Liu Yang what to do next.
Liu Yang looked at the hazy and dark sky outside: "When the square ends in the evening, let's go to find Lao Tong again, and he will be able to recognize him." ”
"You still think he's an old boy?" Xu Dazhi asked.
"Of course." Liu Yang said: "He is the same person as in the video, I can be sure." And just now he hit me three times with his blind stick. ”
"What do you mean?"
"It's a hint." Liu Yang said: "Do you still remember when the Bodhi Ancestor ignited the Monkey King? I wonder if this old boy has something unspeakable and can't reveal his identity. When encountering a master, if he doesn't take the initiative, then don't take the liberty to break his identity, it's not good. We'll wait for the plaza to end in the evening, and then we'll go and meet him. ”
The three of them wandered around the square for a while after eating, and before they knew it, the time pointed to nine o'clock in the evening. The crowd gradually dissipated, and the huge street lights came on. In the grass at night, flies and insects fly, and the whole square has changed from extremely noisy and dry to quiet and cold, and the faint yellow light envelops the square in an indescribable atmosphere.
As they walked under the lamp, a voice sounded behind them: "What are you looking for?" ”
I turned around and saw that it was the blind man. He was very burly, with a blanket behind him and a blind stick in his hand.
"Tong ...... Big brother, why are you surnamed Wang again? Xu Dazhi asked curiously.
Lao Tong smiled: "Let's talk about what you are going to do first." I'll decide what my last name is, haha. ”
Xu Dazhi took out a cigarette and handed it over: "Brother, do you smoke?" ”
"Okay. Sensible. The old boy took the cigarette, sniffed it under his nose, and put it in his mouth. Xu Dazhi hurriedly lit the cigarette.
"Let's talk about it." The old boy spat out a puff of smoke rings.
Liu Yang said: "Let's come to find Li Damin. ”
Lao Tong stopped with a twitch, although the big sunglasses covered half of his face, he could still see that his expression was a little solemn: "Who are you?" ”
"We're his friends." Liu Yang said: "I have seen the video of hanging psychic you took in the attic. I found it on purpose. ”
Lao Tong nodded: "The person who can make Li Damin deliver that video must be his confidant." ”
"We can be trusted." Liu Yang said categorically.
The old boy explored and walked forward with a blind stick, and Bai Shuang wanted to go over to help. Lao Tong dodged away and said with a smile: "Don't be so polite. I'm used to walking like this alone. ”
They walked and walked until they came to the ruined red tower. Lao Tong stopped and said, "Actually, I don't know where he is now. ”
The three of them looked at each other and felt that this matter was tricky.
"What happened after you channeled?" Xu Dazhi asked.
Lao Tong's expression is difficult to describe: "Very, very strange, strange I have never seen." Li Damin was on the ghost at that time, but I couldn't see what the ghost was and how he got on it. Oh, by the way, do you believe what I say? What I'm going to say next is scary and bizarre, but it's all true. ”
"No problem. You just say that people are crickets, and I believe it. Bai Shuang, who had not spoken, said suddenly.
Lao Tong knew that he was ridiculing, so he didn't think so, and said with a smile: "Li Damin and I have been friends for many years, and these two brothers are very interesting. ”
"Two brothers?" Xu Dazhi was puzzled: "Li Damin still has a brother?" ”
"Well, it's Li Damin's cousin, named Li Yang. I was friends with him first, and Li Damin and I met through him. These two brothers are very interesting, if it weren't for my father's death telling me not to accept apprentices, I would have really wanted to take them as apprentices. ”
Hearing this, Liu Yang asked, "Do you still have a sect?" ”
"Our family is an ancestral view of the fall. Before the liberation, the heirs of our family were the masters of the first altar in this city, and it can be said that they were the ancestors of the city's view of the falling yin. Later, when it was liberated, my grandfather was escorted to the river and shot and ate. My dad died in the sixties, in a primary school fight, and people scalded to death with boiling water. It won't work to carry it home at night, and before he died, he told me that the view of the falling yin is not allowed to be passed down to your generation. ”
Bai Shuang and Xu Dazhi looked at each other, they really didn't expect this old guy to tell such a history. I heard it so mysteriously, and I didn't know whether it was true or not.
Lao Tong said: "I have arranged the word 'Tong' in the altar of the sect, which is my Dharma name. Therefore, the people who can call out my old boy are generally the ones who know my identity. And knowing who I am means that I can be trusted. ”