On that white piece of paper, it was clearly written: Prepare ingots, clothes, and women, and burn them to me at twelve o'clock tonight at the crossroads. It can be regarded as paying the care fee that Zong Sheng owes me.

No matter what, no matter who the other party is, and no matter whether Zong Sheng is dead or not, based on these two sentences, I am sure that he is not far from me. And he's already in touch with me.

I took the note and wanted to leave. Now, I'm going to prepare these things, and if it goes well, I'll be able to see Zong Sheng tonight!"

But as soon as I turned around, the poplar stopped me. "You Xuan, where are you going? If you say something, I'll get it for you. Look at you, pot-bellied woman, what if you fall when you run up and down? ”

"I, I." I see that there are all students talking and laughing over there, today is the thesis defense, and I can't ask for leave casually. I bit my lip, and I could only follow the poplar tree, find a place, put down my chair, and sit down.

I had the document and the paper in my hand, but I was anxious and didn't know what to do. It took me a few minutes to calm myself down. It's used to think about how to complete the 12 o'clock thing tonight. Yuanbao I know, this Halloween, there are people on the street who will fold. Clothes? Is this a real thing, or is it a paper garment? Who is he going to wear? Zong Sheng? And women? Woman, how to burn?

I looked at the poplar tree next to me, and the poplar tree was chatting with a few boys. Looking at the female classmates around me, those female classmates are all dressed up carefully today, and they are all beautiful. Learning our major needs to be decent and beautiful, and everyone is just trying to get extra points.

The question on my mind seems to be answered by no one here. After thinking about it for a while, I still chose to call Niu Lifan. Niu Lifan has left the city, and he opened a pawnshop in a small corner of a big city called Pawnshop Face Economic Company. It's the kind of mortgage that borrows money.

In the past few months, he has also contacted me twice, that is, during the festival, and he called and said that he didn't even have a friend there. But it's been more than a month lately, and I haven't called. I guess I've met some new friends over there for so long.

"Hey, Niu Lifan."

Niu Lifan said in his mobile phone: "What's wrong? I'm busy here, and if you talk to me, I won't be available. ”

I hurriedly said, "Zong Sheng has news. As soon as I said this, there was a loud voice from his side, and I heard a man next to him say, "What kind of phone, the phone has been dropped?" ”

Then there was an unstable sound, the surroundings fell silent, and Niu Lifan seemed to have changed places in the mobile phone, and then said: "He's still alive?" ”

"I don't know, just now I felt that someone hit me, and then I picked up a note, which told me to burn ingots, clothes, and women at twelve o'clock tonight, at the crossroads, which is regarded as paying Zong Sheng's expenses."

There was silence on the phone for a while, and then he said, "I didn't see who hit you clearly?" ”

"No, there are no figures."

"I'm here, and I won't be able to make it tonight."

"It's okay, I can do it myself, you just have to tell me, is the clothes worn by the living or the dead? How do women burn? I asked.

Niu Lifan said directly: "Do you remember Xuanwen Pavilion? You go to Xuanwen Pavilion to find Mr. Niu. Mr. Niu just returned to Xuanwen Pavilion a few days ago, you go and ask him, he will prepare what you need for you. ”

I nodded, "Okay, I'll go in a moment." ”

"How dare you? If you don't dare to go at night, give more money to Mr. Niu and let him go with you. He knows who you are, and he doesn't dare to do anything to you. ”

"I dare! This kind of thing, what don't you dare! You're busy, so hang up like that. I'll go to him first when I'm done with my defense. ”

After I hung up the phone, as soon as I looked up, I saw Yang Shu sitting next to me and several classmates looking at me in a daze. I sneered, "What do you think I'm doing?" ”

Yang Shu's eyes widened and said, "Zong Youxuan, you still dare to burn a woman?" ”

"I ......," I opened my mouth, but I couldn't answer. I could only keep my head down, pretending to be stupid and not talking.

The topic of the thesis defense was communicated with the supervisor before the class leader and sorted out and sent down. It's not that hard to answer. By the time I came out of the small classroom, it was already past two o'clock in the afternoon. I didn't call Xiaoliu, but went directly to Xuanwen Pavilion.

The last time I went to Xuanwen Pavilion was Zong Sheng's car, I can't remember the road at all, I only remember that it was on that road, and there was an open-air coffee house next to it. That path, not too lively, walked slowly, and by the time I found Xuanwen Pavilion, it was already past four o'clock. Let's hope it's still time. After all, there are many stores that close at 6 p.m., and sometimes, you may not be able to buy what you want.

The door of the Xuanwen Pavilion was open, and it was antique inside. A young apprentice was standing behind the counter receiving guests. I walked in, ignoring that the guest was still looking at a pen stand, and said, "Hello, I want to find your boss, Mr. Niu." ”

The little two looked up at me and said, "I'm sorry, our master said that if you come, they will say that he is not in the store." And after saying this, he looked towards the back of the store.

As soon as he said this, I was still stunned, and the guest was already laughing. I also reacted, Mr. Niu is in the store!

I didn't say anything more and just walked to the back of the shop. Xiao Er wanted to stop me, but when he saw my big belly, he didn't even dare to get close.

Walking inside, behind a large screen behind the left side of the store hall, Mr. Niu is making tea alone. When he saw me, his brows furrowed, and he glared at Xiao Er behind me, clearly hearing what Xiao Er said just now.

I walked directly to Mr. Niu, sat on the stump chair, and said, "Mr. Niu, I want to ask you for help." ”

He hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't, don't!" I don't want to get involved in those things. Now that this is the case, I advise you not to go and ask about it. So be it, so be it. ”

"Zong Sheng has news!"

"It doesn't matter to me whether he lives or dies, and it doesn't matter to me whether there is news or not. The last time I was willing to help you, I was already benevolent. I really don't want to get involved. ”

I have an indescribable feeling in my heart, Niu Lifan said that he would help me, but now it seems that ...... When the matter really came, although Mr. Niu did not stand on the side of the Shen family, he also did not help us, but chose to flee. I know that he just wants to protect himself, and he is not wrong. But......

I let out a long breath and said, "How much do you want?" After saying this, I thought about it again, and quickly changed my words: "I'll ask Mr., just take me to the intersection tonight to burn something." How big a red envelope do you want? ”

Mr. Niu's face was still ugly: "I won't do any of your things, no matter how big the red envelope!" It looks like a trivial matter, and you may get involved in it one day, and you won't be able to get out. ”

"Six thousand! Just teach me to give a designated ...... at the intersection Something, burning ingots, clothes and women. ”

"Tsk, look at what you said, I can still do it for 6,000 yuan. As soon as my store opens, you can have a small 10,000 yuan a day. ”

"Eight thousand!" I said.

Mr. Niu still hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Let's talk about what to do first." I'm looking to see if it's a good price. ”

I don't know if you should be glad that Mr. Niu is a money-greedy person, or whatever. I told him what had happened. I showed him the paper. Finally he instructed his apprentice to close the shop and help me prepare something. He earned the eight thousand.

Because it was twelve o'clock in the evening, I didn't dare to go back first. If I leave like this, who knows if Mr. Niu will help me. I'm just going to follow him, watch him, watch him help me prepare those things, not run away.

For this, I also called Xiaoliu and told him that it was a reunion between classmates, and I would go back later, so that he didn't have to come to pick me up.

Dinner was also made by Mr. Niu's apprentice, and his apprentice was very curious about what I was doing with his master. Why those things. At the dinner table, I was still smiling kindly, trying to pick up something inconsequential to tell him, but Mr. Niu's eyes quickly glared, and he said angrily, "He's younger than you." Don't tell him that. ”

Finally, at twelve o'clock, I got into Mr. Niu's car, and the little apprentice drove the car, pulling a lot of things. And the two big pockets in the back seat are going to burn in a while. There are also two paper figures of equal height, with red faces, which are scary to look at.

I sat in the back seat, the paper figure lying sideways, and the paper figure's head could only be pressed against my thigh. Mr. Niu also said in front of him: "You don't want to use any blood, tears or something, dripping on the eyes of the paper people." Otherwise, it will burn with anger for a while, and something will happen. ”

"If they burn it, will they go to Zong Sheng's side?" I asked, looking at the paper figure pressed against my lap, there were no eyeballs in my eye sockets, and I felt panicked.

Mr. Niu hurriedly turned around and said, "The paper people burned over, and they are the women who can come into contact with them." But if you bring your anger over, the child in your belly will be in danger. If you can't get out, you'll have to be in that paper figure forever. This kind of thing has happened before. You'd better not think about anything. ”

I quickly raised my two hands and signaled that I would not do anything to the two paper figures.

At half past eleven, the car drove to a suitable intersection and bought the car, and watched the little apprentice carry the paper figure down and put it on the roadbed. I'm still a little scared.

The little apprentice looked at my frightened look and said, "Don't be afraid, if you are angry, at most, you will look like you after burning it." ”