Chapter 21: Got the first step?
I made an appointment with Gege and went to rest.
The next day, when it came to the appointed time, I waited left and right in the courtyard, but I didn't wait for Gege, only for Liu Wenxuan, who came to report the news. He gasped in a panic, "Qiao Ying, Gege was taken back by her father, saying that she had caused a big disaster this time and harmed her grandfather, and she wanted to take her back to be grounded." ”
I was stunned and stupid on the spot. "Grounded? Did Uncle Wang really say that? ”
"Yes! Uncle lost his temper this time, and her mother didn't persuade her all night last night, and was taken back early in the morning. ”
I was anxious, "Why don't you help me say a few words?" What about Uncle Wang? I'll go find him. ”
I was about to leave as I spoke, but I was stopped by Liu Wenxuan. "Qiao Ying, don't go, now your uncle even hates you, saying that grandpa has an accident, and you also have a share. Gege agreed to go back with him in order to stop her father. When I left, she asked me to send you a message, saying that she would be fine, and that there was a second grandmother at home who would protect her. She told you to leave her alone and go find her grandfather's codex first. ”
"How can it not be ignored? What if Uncle Wang gets angry and beats her? ”
"I think it's better for you to listen to Gege. I've also seen her second grandmother, she is very protective of her, and she has a very high status at home, so I think Gege will be fine. But you are not the Wang family after all, if you go to his house, not only will you not be able to save Gege, but you will also be put in it. It's too much time to waste this back and forth, and you're running out of time. ”
I walked back and forth in the yard irritably, this incident started because of me, to say that I was scolded and beaten by Uncle Wang, it is not too much! I originally owed Grandpa Wang a life, but I deeply understood that what Liu Wenxuan said was very reasonable, and at this time, for the sake of the overall situation, I should indeed obey Gege's arrangement.
After thinking about it, he could only put his worried heart back in his stomach and drove with Liu Wenxuan to the deep mountains where his grandfather was.
With the map drawn by Gege, I first found the village, and then the villagers took me to find the boundary monument into the mountain, which is not difficult to find along the map. At noon, I found Grandpa Wang's house.
It was a wooden house, which looked extremely simple, and Liu Wenxuan took out the key given by Gege and opened the door. But as soon as I opened the door, I was stunned.
The whole house looked like it had been ransacked, everything was scattered on the ground, and the teacups were broken. I was shocked, it's hard to walk in this deep mountain, it's hard to find, who will come here to steal things?
After Liu Wenxuan looked around, he walked over with a frown. "Qiao Ying, I just found a lot of cash in the drawer, this shouldn't be a thief's ......"
Not a thief?
I wandered around the room in confusion, but I couldn't find any useful information, much less the codex that Gege described. Does anyone know that I want this codex book to get ahead of the curve? My scalp is numb, is it ...... Zhang Tianfan found it?
I hurriedly rummaged around the house again, and suddenly found something under the shrine where Grandpa Wang served.
It seems like...... It's like there's something pressed there.
I said a few words of non-reproach to the shrine before moving it down. When I took out the paper, I found that most of the notes on it had been stained with water, and many of them had turned into ink balls, which I couldn't see clearly. I took it to the sunlight and carefully identified it for a long time, and found that there were three words "Simen Mountain" in the ink ball!
As soon as a string tightened in my head, I immediately paid attention to it. Together with Liu Wenxuan, he extracted all the vaguely identifiable ones, and got a piece of information......
Sichuan Emei!
"Emei? Isn't that a Buddhist resort? Liu Wenxuan looked at me in wonder, I was also a little confused by the second monk, and repeatedly took the paper and looked at it, but there were only these four words that were useful.
"Didn't grandpa say that he wanted you to find a Taoist temple? This Emei is a Buddhist resort, will there be Taoist monks there to grab incense? Moreover, when I went to Emei a few years ago, I had never heard of any place called Simen Mountain. ”
I don't understand either.,This piece of paper,Obviously torn from some kind of book.。 Not to mention where this paper was torn from, just being placed in such an obvious place makes me feel a little suspicious!
Would Grandpa Wang deliberately tear up an address and put it under the shrine, and then wait for me to pick it up? Obviously unlikely, but who would do it? Is it the one who got here before us?
I thought about it for a long time and didn't figure it out, so I carefully folded the paper and put it in my pocket, walked to the village with Liu Wenxuan, and asked the locals. After all, this is a small village, and there is only one way to enter the village, and if there are any people, there will definitely be villagers who will find out.
When I asked a peasant woman at the foot of the mountain, she told me that she had seen a man. With a flat head, he looked serious and fierce, and walked into the mountain.
With a flat head, very serious and fierce? I was shocked, is it really Zhang Tianfan?
Did he go to Grandpa Wang's house before me, take Grandpa Wang's codex, and then deliberately leave this piece of paper for me?
Liu Wenxuan was more nervous than me, "Qiao Ying, could this Emei be a trap?" Maybe Zhang Tianfan deliberately misled us and then set up an ambush over there? I said, "It is impossible for the monk to cultivate the Tao in the place where he is." ”
I frowned, thinking about his words. The peasant woman listened, and suddenly interrupted me in confusion, "Emei? Do you mean the land of Sichuan? ”
I'm happy, does she know anything? "Well, it's Sichuan Emei."
"Oh! You said that, every time the uncle of the Wang family went to that place, he would come to me to buy something, saying that he was going to visit an old friend. ”
"Shopping?"
I asked suspiciously, and saw her look down and take out a pack of very old-fashioned cigarettes.
"The world show? Isn't this the smoke of Sichuan many years ago, taken from the 'Emei World Show'. ”
I looked at Liu Wenxuan, "Do you know this cigarette?" ”
"Hmmm! My grandfather is from Sichuan, and I often watch him smoke this, but now it has been discontinued, and it is almost impossible to buy it. ”
The peasant woman nodded her head again and again, "Yes! I still looked for a long time before I found this cigarette for Uncle Wang! Are you going to Emei to find Uncle Wang's old friends? Then be sure to bring this cigarette, it is said that his old friend is cute to smoke this! Girl, two? ”
Under her eager gaze, I paid for three. Walking out of the shop, Liu Wenxuan asked me with a cigarette, "Do you really want to go to Emei?" ”
"Don't rush yet. Let's go back today, you go to Gege's house in the evening to see how she is doing, and by the way, take this paper and ask Gege to see if it is Grandpa Wang's notes. If so, then Simen Mountain should be possible to really be in Emei! ”
After telling him, we drove back to the capital, and when discussing the matter of Emei with Liu Wenxuan on the way, I suddenly felt a hot pain in my back, which made me cry out coldly. Liu Wenxuan was stunned, "Qiao Ying, what's wrong with you?" ”
I wiped my forehead, and after a while, it hurt so much that I was dripping with cold sweat. "My back is starting to hurt again."
"Didn't the Heavenly Spirit Dao Master say that it could last for a week?"
"I don't know...... You can help me see if the blood is starting to bleed again. ”
Liu Wenxuan hurriedly parked the car to the side, I gritted my teeth and gasped several times before I had the strength to lean sideways. He reached out and lifted the corner of my clothes a little, I don't know if it was an illusion, at that moment I felt a cold wind blowing in my back, this wind was like a knife to scrape my back, and I almost fainted in pain.
Liu Wenxuan was still puzzled and said that there was no blood, I was so hurt here that I couldn't speak. Liu Wenxuan was frightened when he saw me like this, "Where is your medicine?" ”
It took almost all my strength to point to my bag. After pointing out, my strength was hollowed out.
Liu Wenxuan took out the medicine and looked at me, "I'll help you apply the medicine, you bear with it." ”
I nodded weakly, and he lifted my clothes up a little more, but this time, the cold wind came again, and the layers of pain increased several times again, sweeping away all my perceptions!
This pain, the pain is indescribable!
It hurts so much that I can't hum it, even when I was tattooed by that man, it never hurt so much! My whole body was convulsive, and I sat in my seat, scared Liu Wenxuan half to death, and hurriedly opened my clothes to apply medicine.
At that moment, my back burned violently, and then a coercion came over. This feeling is too familiar! I shook hard, endured the pain and looked up, and suddenly I was dumbfounded......