Chapter 16: The Eve of the Nanhai Guanyin Puja
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Speaking of "lepers", the first thing that comes to my mind is the leper boy Hu Che I met in rural Jiangzhou before, and his scabbed skin.
Because there is only one leper I know.
However, Hu Che had taken the demon pill of the guardian of the secret realm at the beginning, and he had been reborn and no longer looked like before, and later took advantage of the chaos to get the demon yuan of the tyrant, and he had no chance with leprosy.
And even so, I shudder a little when I think of the young man's ruthless scheming.
What kind of hardships did he have to go through to make him become such a deep and cold character?
Nobody knows.
Ma Xiaolong's friend did not reveal much information to him, but with the improvement of medical conditions, leprosy has gradually disappeared from people's sight, and such patients and virus carriers are very rare.
In this way, in fact, the scope of screening of the murderer has been greatly narrowed.
Ma Xiaolong told us that he was already looking for someone to go to the hospital to check, and when the time comes, he will tell us again.
I moved my muscles in the yard for a while, felt steaming, went back to the room to take a bath, and found that Suzaku had not yet gotten up, so I went to the door of her room and knocked on the door, wondering if I had a bad attitude towards her yesterday, and whether she was angry with me, but I didn't open the door for a long time.
I twisted the lock and pushed inside, only to see that the person was not in the room.
I was a little strange, when I came out, I happened to meet Ma Yiao who came over and called me to go to breakfast, I asked him, "Have you seen Suzaku?"
He shook his head and said he wasn't in the room?
I said yes.
Ma Yiao went back to the room, dialed the phone, and asked the front desk the card in our room, whether he went to the breakfast room to consume, and the other party checked for a while, told us, and said no.
I was a little anxious at this time, Ma Yiao comforted me and said that it was okay, maybe she would take a walk around the hotel by herself, or go to the beach?
I said that I told her twice yesterday, she was a little unhappy at that time, and when she came back, we were arguing in the living room, and she was also very unhappy, and went back to the room early, and there was no one to see early this morning, maybe she ran away from home......
Ma Yiao couldn't help but laugh, and said that you really think she is a child? Even if she goes out, so what? In terms of her strength, if one beats the three of us, who can still bully her?
Despite what he said, I was worried.
If it's Qin Liluo, then that's fine, after all, she has her own independent and mature thinking, and she won't do anything unexpected, but although Suzaku has lived long enough, she is a child's temperament, and she does things all by emotion, and she may cause some trouble.
Ma Yiao comforted me and went to the front desk to ask.
This is Ma Xiaolong's hotel, and the front desk also knows that we are all guests of their young owner, so we dare not slack off, because in 2000 there was no monitoring system, so we can only arrange two security guards to go around with us to find someone to ask, and then hurriedly called, informing Ma Xiaolong.
When Ma Xiaolong rushed over when he heard the news, we had already learned from the security guard at the gate that Suzaku had left the villa resort early in the morning.
As for where it went, this one is unknown.
However, the security guard said that the young lady's mood was quite normal, and when he saluted, he even responded with a smile, not as if he was preoccupied.
Hearing the news, my heart was a little comforted.
After Ma Xiaolong learned what happened, he said to me: "It may be that everyone has been with her for the past few days, and her pressure is a little great, so she may want to take a walk by herself, go for a walk, or go to find what you want, so don't worry about this matter for the time being, give her a little time and space; As for the hotel, I will explain to the front desk and security, and as soon as she returns, she will notify me and you immediately. ”
Ma Xiaolong was inconspicuous when he was in the senior research class, but in his own territory, he showed enough maturity and calmness.
His arrangement was very proper, and what he said was very reasonable, and I thought about it, and felt that it was indeed the case, so I did not get anxious anymore.
Then Ma Xiaolong followed us to the villa, and chatted with us in the living room about the progress of the case, as well as some of his own thoughts, and then he asked us, will you go to the Nanhai Guanyin Festival tomorrow?
Ma Yiao asked him, and Ma Xiaolong said that he was going to go.
The Nanhai Guanyin Festival is held once every four years, for three days, because there will be many masters in the industry, there will also be many precious materials and ritual weapons, and there are even people who openly auction the practice exercises, which are quite worth seeing, not to mention the gathering of so many practitioners, as well as industry exchanges, there will be many opportunities to come, and even the two murders this time, there are likely to find clues there.
Summing up many reasons, Bruce Ma is ready to go.
I see.
Listening to Ma Xiaolong's words, the Nanhai Guanyin Festival does have a lot to look forward to, but for me and Ma Yiao, we who are "entangled in lawsuits", to appear in such a public occasion, even if there is Ma Yiao's magical masquerade, there will still be many risks after all.
If you run into one or two enemies, things can go from simple to complicated.
So whether it's me or Ma Yiao, there are some hesitations.
We chatted for a while, and then we had dinner together at noon, and we also asked the head chef of the hotel to prepare the dishes and bring them to the villa.
Halfway through eating, Ma Xiaofeng also rushed over, she came in a hurry, she was hungry and panicked, and she didn't care, she swept the tail with the plate, she choked a little when she ate, and burped violently.
Ma Xiaolong raised his forehead and sighed, saying that you are like this, how can you marry in the future?
These two brothers and sisters have a good relationship, and when they get together, they quarrel, we are used to it, and Ma Xiaofeng waved his fist without care, saying Who said I want to get married, what's the matter? Are you trying to drive me away, afraid that I won't be able to share the property with you?
Ma Xiaolong choked on a word to her, and Ma Xiaofeng was so busy that she was about to leave after eating.
Before leaving, he said to us, "By the way, I forgot to tell you that an old acquaintance is coming over in the evening." ”
I was a little surprised, what old acquaintance?
Ma Xiaofeng winked at me, grinned, and said this, keep it secret for the time being, otherwise there will be no mystery.
After saying that, she left mysteriously, leaving us all dumbfounded, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know who she is talking about, but in the afternoon, Wong Tai Sin actually found our villa.
He, is the old acquaintance Ma Xiaofeng said?
It's just that how did Ma Xiaofeng know Wong Tai Sin?
After chatting, everyone realized that Wong Tai Sin was not the mysterious person in Ma Xiaofeng's mouth, and the reason why he came here was because he happened to stay in this resort hotel.
With him, there was also King Miao of the Southern Terrier, and a few entourages, but King Miao went with his men to visit a few friends in Yazhou, and he met Amu on the way, so he came to the door.
After chatting for a while, we learned that Wong Tai Sin also came in advance, so as not to be in time for tomorrow's Nanhai Guanyin Festival.
He graciously invited us to go with us tomorrow, and when he heard our scruples, he couldn't help laughing, took out two beeswax pills from his bag, unscrewed the pills, and pulled out a thin skin from it.
When it was unfolded, it was actually a human skin mask.
Wong Tai Sin told us that this is handed down by the Yang family of Qianxi, a thousand-faced person in the Republic of China, and this thing is put on after soaking in water, and it is simply handled, as if it has changed a face, so vivid and vivid, no one can see it.
The only pity is that there are not many such fine products in existence, and the craftsmanship has been lost.
Fortunately, he had exactly a few on hand.
Wong Tai Sin showed us on the spot, soaking the crumpled skin in the sink, and after two or three minutes, the thing began to swell like a soaked black fungus, and then he covered my face.
I felt a little uncomfortable at first, but then I found that the material was very transparent, and the sweat was able to drain out together, and after the initial discomfort period, I didn't feel anything.
Then when I looked in the mirror, I noticed a completely unfamiliar face.
The man had a small round face, thick and short eyebrows, and a very funny appearance, which was completely different from me - when Ma Yiao talked to me about this later, he said that he looked like a certain cross talk actor who became popular by performing "The Song of the Five Rings" more than ten years later.
There is no difference at the junction between the mask and the skin.
I reached for my face and found that it was like it had grown on my face, and I couldn't tear it off at all.
Wong Tai Sin told us that when we put this thing on, we only need to soak it in water, but after putting it on, if you want to get it off, you need to use some vegetable oil and apply it to the edge of your face for a few minutes, and then you can tear it off little by little, otherwise, it will be like growing on your face.
Such magical things are really eye-opening.
Ma Yiao knew that this was a good thing, so he hurriedly said humbly and said no, but Wong Tai Sin said that it was okay, my old face has nothing to hide, and it is just right for you to use it.
He couldn't refuse, and then showed us how to take off the mask, and when he was done, he hurriedly said goodbye and left.
Seeing the back of Wong Tai Sin leaving, Ma Yiao was a little moved, saying that this old-timer is really a good person, and he regards us as his own juniors.
When I heard this, I couldn't help but think of what Wong Tai Sin told me about a few days ago.
He asked me to raise my hand to the island of Parting and let it go.
Probably, that's why he's so generous, right?
With the human skin mask here, we were going to go to the Nanhai Guanyin Festival tomorrow to have a look, and in the evening, Ma Xiaolong and Ma Xiaofeng came.
We stepped forward to receive and chatted for a few words, and I suddenly patted someone on the shoulder, and then someone said: "Hou Mo, where is your Qin Liluo, where are you?" ”