Two days later, we returned to Beijing.

After going out to play for so many days, my parents are very happy, and I am also very relieved, now that I am back, it is time for Ye Huan to continue the retreat. I've been working hard these days, but I know that no matter how hard I try, she won't be able to get pregnant, and I can't help but feel a little disappointed when I think about it. When you are in good health, you don't feel like you cherish it much, but now you understand that the meaning of health is more important than anything else.

"Let's go into retreat starting tomorrow," I said, "You're tired after so many days of being tossed by me." I won't bother you for a month, practice well! ”

Ye Huan shook his head, "I want to postpone the retreat for a while, and finish the matter of Old Lady Tong with you first." ”

"I'll just do that by myself," I said, "nothing is as important as your practice, so hurry up and raise your body and bones and give me a baby." ”

She smiled faintly, "My body can't be raised overnight, so I'm in a hurry." Master said that there are thirteen gates of spirit dogs, and there are ambushes everywhere, and you must be cautious and cautious in dealing with them. Zhou Yan is good, but after all, she doesn't know much about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, so it's appropriate for me to follow you. ”

"Is it that complicated?" I looked at her.

"Of course," she said, "for more than two months, I spent the rest of my time studying them, except for the retreat exercises. This sect is famous for its many rules, outsiders deal with them, and the slightest carelessness will violate their taboos, and these people are more stubborn, once provoked, they are very unreasonable, and the rivers and lakes say that they are more troublesome, and it is for this reason. ”

"So that's ......" I nodded, "the thirteen gates of the greyhound, there are ambushes everywhere, and you see what this means is a group of dead-eyed people who love to talk about words?" ”

"Yes", she pulled me to sit down, "Let's use an analogy, for example, when you see someone who sees the Greyhound Gate, and they ask if you want to make friends, how would you answer?" ”

"Of course it's going to be handed over," I said, "Isn't it possible to make enemies?" ”

Ye Huan smiled, "Then you will be in trouble, the rules of the Spirit Dog Gate, making friends is to get started, if you say to make friends, they will start to test you according to their own rules, if you don't do it, they will think you are playing with them, and then attack them in groups." ”

I was speechless, "Isn't that?" Ordinary people don't understand this rule, and they will definitely fall for it! ”

"That's right, but they don't ask when they meet ordinary people," she said, "but if a master comes to the door, eighty percent of them will ask." ”

"How do you answer that?"

"You have to say, whether you are a fellow believer or not, God knows, you don't have to force it," she said, "so that they won't force you." ”

"Damn, how can it be like black talk", I was helpless.

"The Jianghu sect uses black words", she looked at me, "The real rivers and lakes, outsiders can't get in, and those who come in can't get out, right and wrong, it's incredible." Just like this Spirit Dog Gate, Mrs. Tong is the descendant of the White Dog Gate, and there are also indescribable enmities between the other twelve gates. In the words of the world, these people are very true, and even extreme, because there are too many examples of saying a wrong sentence, not noticing a thing and scheming people. ”

I've heard what she said, and in the old society, it could be said that this was a very common phenomenon. Taking Tianjin as an example, during the Qing Dynasty, it was an important land and water wharf in the north, and there were many guilds of all kinds, and these people more or less had to mess with some things on the underworld. In the past, the martial arts sects united with each other to maintain their power, and the workers of the guild would have some relationship with the martial arts world in order not to be bullied.

After liberation, many things from the past no longer existed, but in people's habits, there were still some remnants left. For example, when outsiders first arrive in Tianjin, they will not be accustomed to listening to the local dialect of Tianjin, because those people have a lot of condiments in their mouths, which can easily be misunderstood as the underworld. In fact, they are not necessarily bad, but the language habits of the past have been inherited unconsciously.

To say that in the past, these are not unusual, but now after all, it is a new society, and in such an environment, it is really rare that the thirteen gates of the greyhounds can still strictly abide by these rules of the rivers and lakes and survive.

I pondered for a moment, "According to you, it's quite troublesome to deal with them, what if we only have contact with Old Lady Tong?" ”

"It's basically impossible," Ye Huan said, "unless her wife doesn't offend other people from the Spirit Dog Sect, but it's not realistic." ”

I nodded, "So, you've studied the rules and code words of the Greyhound Gate pretty much the same?" ”

She smiled, "I don't dare to say that it's about the same, I should say that there won't be any big mistakes." This thing can be big or small, if you do it for her sincerely, it will definitely be dragged into the water, on the other hand, if you try it and stop it, it may be much simpler. ”

"What exactly?" I asked.

"Three points," she said, "first, don't give her any promises; Second, most of the things she entrusts you will reject, no matter how pitiful she may be. Third, you can save her wife, but you have to wait for the greyhound door to be approved, and you can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause. ”

"What does it mean to be inspected?" I don't understand.

"The rules of the Spirit Dog Gate, the person who saves the enemy is also the enemy", she said, "Mrs. Tong should ask you to save her wife, if you really can't push it off, just say think about it for three days." In the past three days, if her wife has a fellow enemy, she will definitely come to you and compete with you. Don't take your shot too hard, save enough face for them, and you can't lose to them. As soon as the three days are over, if you go to save people again, the people from the Greyhound Gate will not say anything. Generally speaking, the shorter the period of the examination, the higher the person's cultivation, but at least three days. The disciples of the Greyhound Gate are all over the place, so you have to leave enough time for those who challenge to come to Beijing. ”

I smiled helplessly, "It's really troublesome, you still have to win, you can't hurt them, you have to save face...... What the do I owe them? ”

"That's right, so no one wants to care about the affairs of the civet dogs", she also smiled, "It is said that if there is a problem in the same door, it is a matter of gratitude for others to save each other." But they don't, and whoever helps them will be enemies of whomever they want. In the final analysis, it is because the temperament is too simple, these people have been with dogs all their lives, and regard the greyhound as their own, and after a long time, their personalities have become simple and naïve. Most people raise dogs as pets, at most friends, but the master of the greyhounds door regards the dog as their own incarnation. Dogs are an animal that is equivalent to the IQ of a six-year-old child, and it is considered to be smart, but compared to people, is it still called smart? ”

"No wonder their faces change so fast," I paused, "Dad told me that Mrs. Tong's wife was my grandfather's friend back then, and asked me to do a favor." I wanted to save his life, but I didn't expect there to be so much attention to it. ”

Ye Huan glanced at me, "Dad really said that?" Then you have to be more careful, don't talk about friendship with the people of the Spirit Dog Gate, otherwise you will be surrounded by them, and then catch a certain sentence of yours and deduct you from a great responsibility. By the way, Uncle Shi said that there is no surname Tong among the disciples of the White Dog Sect, so this old lady should have another surname. About her life experience, we must not ask, if we ask, it will be trouble. In short, if you want to deal with it simply, then do what I just said, save people, and stay away from them. ”

"Understood," I nodded, "It seems that I can only work hard for you, and you can go into retreat when this is done." ”

"Well", she looked at me, "I will have a long retreat next time, probably more than a few months, and I will be able to feel more at ease when this matter is resolved." ”

"Okay", I smiled, "Then you can go to live with me today, I guess, Mrs. Tong should also have a move, this time we don't have to hide." ”

"Even if you want to hide, you can't hide if you're afraid," she smiled slightly, "Let's do it quickly." ”

That night, Ye Huan returned to Shuangjing with me, but she didn't sleep with me, but went to sleep with Zhou Yan. She said that the world in this house belonged to Xue Jing, and she didn't want to destroy my memories. I was quite helpless, and in the end I couldn't help it, I replaced Zhou Yan in the middle of the night, and I quietly slipped over and got into Ye Huan's bed.

The next day, the two of us got up early in the morning, went downstairs to the small park to practice and walk, and waited for Mrs. Tong by the way. After a set of back punches, I walked around the park a few times, and more than an hour passed after looking at my watch, but Aunt Tong did not appear.

"I calculated a hexagram when I went out, the Tong family will move today, why hasn't she come yet", I looked at Ye Huan, "It can't be that something is wrong, right?" ”

Ye Huan shook his head, "Look at the door." ”

I turned my head and saw a young girl at the entrance of the park, holding a white Samoyed in her hand, looking around.

"I remember Mrs. Tong said that she has a daughter who lives here", and I said, "It can't be this girl, right?" ”

"It should be her, don't look at her, pretend not to know, if she doesn't speak, we won't talk."

"She shouldn't be from the Greyhound Gate, right?" I paused, "Does it need to be like this?" ”

Ye Huan smiled slightly, "You listen to me." ”

"Okay", I nodded, took her hand casually, and walked over slowly.

The girl had already seen us, and with the puppy in her hand, she hurried towards us.

"If that dog is close to you, don't be soft-hearted", Ye Huan whispered.

As she spoke, the girl had already walked up to her, "Hello sir, do you know this puppy?" ”

As she spoke, the puppy had come over enthusiastically, and I was tired of my feet, so I dodged away gently, "I don't know." ”

The girl was stunned, "Huh? But...... No way? Does it know you? ”

"I'm sorry, I don't know", I glanced at her indifferently, and pulled Ye Huan past her.

The puppy suddenly barked at me, and I frowned, what's the matter, seeing that I don't recognize him, he wants to play with me? I'm not a spirit, I'm afraid of you?

We continued to walk forward without looking back, Ye Huan looked at me, "Don't pay attention to that puppy, it's fine." ”

The girl was in a hurry, and hurried a few steps to catch up, "Sir, do you know an old man surnamed Tong?" ”

I frowned, "No, miss, please don't let your dog get in my way." ”

The girl looked at me anxiously, "Sir, you don't have to pretend not to know, this dog won't recognize the wrong person, my dad had an accident, my mother asked me to come to you, saying that only you can save them, please help us!" ”