The tooth-sore footsteps of "bang, bang, bang......" sounded again, and the three Japanese walked out of the east room, staggered to the left, right, and tail of the ice coffin, pressed their hands on the edge of the ice coffin, and gradually stabilized their bodies.

"Brother Xia, Brother Fool must beg you to do one thing now-" Zhang Quanzhong's voice came from outside the roof skylight. However, he did not show up, because as long as his face appeared in the skylight, it would block the rays of moonlight that fell on Jingguan Xiaowu's chest.

"Hmph, do you still have the face to beg someone......? Condescendingly, is this what it looks like to ask for someone? The surname is Zhang, there is no way you play like this in Jinan City. If you beg me to try it like this, Lao Tzu won't hang you first, go to your grandmother's, love can't save it, you can't save it, you can't pull ......it down," Wang Yu's muttering became louder and louder, and finally it directly turned into a shouting in the air.

I threw my hand upwards and replied calmly: "Mr. Zhang, please have something to say, but if you are sent, you must do your best." ”

At this time, no nonsense or strange words are allowed. Big things are not informal, and big gifts are not informal. At the critical moment, I had to stand up and shoulder all the responsibilities.

I am not Wang Yu, I must be compared; I am not Lianchengbi, I think of the exchange of interests and the balance of the pattern in everything I do; I am not Zhang Quanzhong, who overcalculates everything, lest I not be able to control the overall situation. I am no one, but "Xia Shi", a Jinan man who is tasked with revitalizing the Xia clan and avenging his brother.

Therefore, whenever I do things, I only ask the words "should I do it", and I will never drag the mud and water, let alone scold Huai.

"Thank you, Brother Xia. Zhang Quanzhong thanked him first.

"Haha, haha!" Wang Yu laughed, his laughter full of emotion. Probably in his values, it is impossible to calmly repay grievances with virtue in such a situation.

"Good, good, good!" Lian Chengbi approached me from the northwest corner, raised his right hand, raised his thumb, and praised three "good" words in a row.

"The death poison has been resolved, and now, only Wang Yu needs to wake up Jingguan Xiaowu with the power of 'Arhat Divine Fighting', but her vitality is extremely weak, like a candle in the wind, someone must act as a buffer medium, so that the power of divine fighting can be transmitted to her in the way of beating cattle across the mountain. Brother Xia, please bother. Zhang Quanzhong said.

This kind of request is both complicated and excessive, and Lianchengbi raised his arms and wanted to open his mouth to refute it, but I raised my hand to stop it.

"Hmph, why don't you come down and take on the power of my divine attack by yourself? You probably know very well that ordinary people who are hit by gods will instantly damage their hearts, livers, spleens, stomachs, and kidneys, which is equivalent to receiving more than 4,000 times the chest X-ray radiation. Lao Zhang, there must be a limit to bullying people, right? You play like this, this little brother doesn't know how to die!" Wang Yu was indignant.

"Good. "I didn't hesitate to argue, I only replied with one word.

"Brother Xia, you stand in the head of the ice coffin, cover her temples with both palms, and focus on the human acupoint under her nose. Then, the mind is as still as water. Zhang Quanzhong commanded.

I followed as he said, strode to the head of the ice coffin, took a deep breath, and covered Jingguan Xiaowu's left and right temples with both palms.

The temperature in the ice coffin was low, but her skin seemed to glow slightly warm where my palm touched.

Wang Yu stopped being verbose, followed me over, and stood behind me.

"There's only one chance—" Mr. Zhang said.

"Enough is enough, of course I know that. You deceived this little brother into being a sheep, if I don't do my best, will I be worthy of him? Lao Zhang, you are known as the 'No. 1 God Operator in Jiangbei', and you are also the Taishan Beidou in the arithmetic world, but you play this way, my old king is not convinced. On the contrary, if the little brother does not die this time, I will make up this friend!" Wang Yu refuted loudly.

I adjusted my breathing, my eyes focused, and the focus fell on Jingguan Xiaowu's human acupoint.

If everyone can be resurrected by removing the "poison of death", then there may not be so many heart-rending partings of life and death in the world. Any kind of decent and gorgeous death is better than living well and never leaving your family.

The skin under Jingguan Xiaowu's nose was very pale, and in a trance, I seemed to see her nose trembling slightly.

"Save her, it's better to build a seventh-level floating slaughter. I laughed silently.

"Little brother, within three seconds, I will hit the six major acupoints in the middle of your back, and then hit the top of the head Baihui, the jade pillow behind the head, the large vertebrae behind the neck, and the tail vertebrae under the waist, forward and backward, so that the back of your body is evenly forced, and then the brute force of the physical nature will be turned into an ethereal power of thought, and through the line of sight, it will be delivered to the vital point of the patient's middle acupoint...... You don't move, you don't think, you stay in a state of 'fake sleep' that is half asleep and half awake. Don't worry, I will be merciful and stop in moderation......," Wang Yu whispered.

In fact, I have fallen into a state of false sleep, and I can only hear his words intermittently.

"Please...... Eighteen Arhats in the West, Ananda Sangha, Ka Ye Sangha, Dragon Descending Sangha, Fuhu Sang...... Please protect the body of the gods of the eight directions, ask the gods of the eight directions to open the way, and ask the eight-faced divine beasts to hold back...... The power of God to fight, overcoming thorns and thorns, going to the sky and entering the sea, everything cannot be ......"

Wang Yu is doing mantras, but I have entered the realm of unity of mind and mind, and forgetting things and me.

With a "snap", his palms had already slammed into the Baihui acupoint above my head, and a fierce force poured into my body like Mount Tai.

I didn't have time to exhale the pain - of course, I couldn't scream in the fake sleep, and then he hit a dozen parts in succession, and a dozen huge forces entered my body one after another, entangled and swirled between the chest and abdomen, and finally twisted into a huge "force ball".

"I want to save her, she has to wake up...... "My vision was blurred, but with my body standing still, my eyes and neck were absolutely still, the focus of my gaze must still be on Jingguan Xiaowu's person.

"If she doesn't live, Zhang Quanzhong will also die, and all his efforts will come to naught. I saved people this time, I didn't care about right and wrong, just for Zhang Quanzhong's hard work. Whether he lied to me or calculated me, I only look at his sincere heart of stubbornly pursuing true love...... Jingguan Xiaowu, finding such a person is the biggest harvest in life, in order to protect this achievement, no matter how difficult it is, you have to wake up, you must wake up......" I can't speak, but I use the power of my mind to transmit these words into Jingguan Xiaowu's body.

With a click, I felt that where my palms touched, it seemed as if one or two invisible portals were opening in an instant.

My body suddenly lightened, unable to stand up, and I fell straight into the ice coffin.

"Not good!" I screamed, sliding my hands and pressing them to the sides of Jingguan Xiaowu's body so as not to hurt her.

Unexpectedly, instead of reaching for the ground, my hand plunged into the warm, majestic, dark water.

Subconsciously, I paddled with both hands to stabilize my body.

At that moment, Jingguan Xiaowu opened her eyes. What's even more amazing is that the skin on her face peels off inch by inch, revealing her radiant true face.

This is the one I have ever seen, the young woman who is still beautiful even in troubled times. In this way, she is worthy of Zhang Quanzhong to sacrifice his life and forget his death and do everything possible to rescue her.

I wanted to speak, but Jingguan Xiaowu shook her head lightly to stop me.

The sea surrounds me, and although I can't see the real "water", the feeling of extreme buoyancy and turmoil can only be brought by the sea.

"Thank you for saving me again. I believe that there are certain people in the dark who meet for a great purpose. Just like at this moment, I feel that I am just a piece of wood on the Shushan plank road, stopping here, just to ferry someone. You saved me to continue the ferry process. Life is so complicated, and if it weren't for this great goal, I might have lost the courage to live long ago. You also know that some people are born with a tragic fate that has long been doomed-" Jingguan Xiaowu stretched out his right hand, bent his four fingers, and only had a slender index finger.

She waved her fingers and made a few strokes in the air. Immediately, a beautiful image of a merman was left in the void.

I can't speak, what I can say and be comforted is only small pain, and those who are in pain before I open my mouth are big pain.

She only painted a merman, and she vividly expressed the helplessness of life.

It's like the old days of slavery in the United States, where those blacks were born as slaves. No matter how hard they tried, they were commodities to be bought, traded, and gifted, and existed on the American continent in the form of commodities.

The unfair phenomenon of racial superiority and racial discrimination still exists today, and the ethnic sequence of white, yellow, brown and black has become a ubiquitous unspoken rule in the wave of globalization.

As a merman, it is the biggest tragedy that Jingguan Xiaowu has faced.

No matter whether her apparent identity is a Japanese royal princess or a Central Plains ranger, she can't get rid of the label of "shark".

As long as this label exists, she will always be a slave of the master of the merman, and even if there is only a drop of water left on the earth, this deformed and terrible relationship will always exist.

The real pain is knowing that the end is irresistible, but having to watch the tragic end come.

"Is there no other way?" I asked.

Jingguan Xiaowu's fingers continued to wave, and he drew one merman after another in the air, some old, some young, some with rickety shoulders, and some with incomplete limbs. Her fingers seemed to have some kind of magic, and every shadow of the merman was filled with deep sadness.

"How can I help you?" I asked.

"Maybe ......" Jingguan Xiaowu hesitated, only said two words, and then shook her head, "Forget it, it's too complicated and too dangerous, I really can't let my friends take risks, especially those who are kind to me." ”

Her eyes were full of sorrow, and that sadness and despair touched my heart deeply.

On the night of the Iron Ancestral Hall, the eldest brother was bound and couldn't break free, and his eyes were full of sorrow, like Jingguan Xiaowu.

That night, I couldn't save my eldest brother, but now as long as there is a glimmer of hope, I am willing to do anything for Jingguan Xiaowu.

"You say, as long as I can do it. I replied resolutely.

Jingguan Xiaowu pondered for a while before answering four words: "Shark ghost market." ”

I nodded, "I know that place." ”

It has been recorded in the classics that the so-called "ghost market" is the "sea market" described by Pu Songling in "Strange Tales from Liao Zhai". It was a place where strange people and strangers who begged for a living on the seas gathered, traded, and bought and sold, full of opportunities to get rich overnight, but at the same time there was a great risk of never returning.

"Only there can you find the treasure that redeems you for the Lord of the Sharks. Mr. Zhang and I are both fugitives, and we don't dare to approach there at all, so if you can go on our behalf, then I have hope of freedom. Jingguan Xiaowu said.

I nodded without hesitation: "That's not a problem, as long as you tell me the path, I will definitely take this trip for you." ”

Jingguan Xiaowu took a step back and bowed to me: "Mr. Xia, I really don't know how to express my gratitude, but as long as you do this for us, then it will really be my reborn parents, great kindness, unforgettable." ”

I ducked to the side and didn't accept her big gift.

People with ideals and pursuits are always worthy of respect, she and Zhang Quanzhong met in troubled times, lived in the cracks of life and death, and went through hardships, but still refused to give up. If measured by the standard of love alone, they are definitely a model for contemporary young people to learn.

Based on this, it is my duty to help them.

Jingguan Xiaowu waved his hand, and the shadow of the merman in the air was completely erased, leaving no trace.

"Mr. Xia, Mr. Xia......"

"Little brother, wake up, little brother, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up......"

"Tianshi, Tianshi, are you okay?

I heard the cries of three people, and suddenly I was startled, and strode back, away from Jingguan Xiaowu. In a trance, my feet went limp, and I fell on my back.

Lian Chengbi grabbed me, shook my hand, and called my name with concern.

It turned out that everything was an illusion. The ice coffin was just an ice coffin, and Jingguan Xiaowu was still lying quietly, while the moonlight, the visitors to Mt. Fuji, and the quadrangular skylight on the roof all remained the same as before, without any changes.

"She's awake, she's alive. I whispered.

"Tianshi, are you okay?Did you fall asleep just now?" Lian Chengbi shook his head again and again, not believing my words.

I sat up, turned my back and shouted, "Mr. Zhang, Jingguan Xiaowu is awake, you can open the door." ”

The moonlight suddenly dimmed, and Zhang Quanzhong's face appeared in the skylight.

Wang Yu snorted coldly, obviously unable to hide his dissatisfaction with Zhang Quanzhong.

"Help me up!" I grabbed Lian Chengbi's wrist with my backhand, flicked my knees, and jumped up with a whoosh.

Almost at the same moment, Jingguan Xiaowu also sat up from the ice coffin.

"Huh?" Lian Chengbi was taken aback, and couldn't help but take five steps back and lean against the wall.

Just as in the hallucination, the old skin on Jingguan Xiaowu's face quickly peeled off, and she regained her radiant and good-looking young face. Then she rolled over and jumped out of the ice coffin and bowed to me on one knee.

"Xiao Wu, you're awake, you're awake!" Zhang Quanzhong was overjoyed, and he didn't have time to open the main door, but shrank down from the skylight and landed beside Jingguan Xiaowu.

She is alive, and this is a happy thing for all, proving that everyone's efforts have not been in vain.

"Mr. Xia, the grace of saving your life will be reported later. Jingguan Xiaowu propped up the ground with one hand, leaned down, and pressed her forehead against the ground, giving me the supreme gift of the Japanese ninja family.

This time, instead of dodging, I stepped forward and reached out.

Zhang Quanzhong has a very high status in the field of thaumaturgy, and he belongs to the predecessors of the rivers and lakes, so naturally he can't bow down to us.

He only clenched his fists and arched his hands: "Brother Xia, thank you." ”

I shook my head: "It's a matter of effort, you two are serious." Just now, Jingguan Xiaowu mentioned the matter of the 'Shark Ghost Market', and I should do my best to help the two of you get through the difficulties. ”

Everything seemed to have been resolved satisfactorily, and when Lian Chengbi and I walked out of the gate of the eighteenth courtyard, eight people in cleaner's uniforms quietly passed us and walked into the courtyard.

On the street corner to the left of the gate, a garbage truck with a sign off has already been parked, ready to be cleared and cleaned.

"Early tomorrow morning, the eighteenth is just the eighteenth, and the back street of the Tongyuan Bureau is just a breezy old street, no one knows what happened tonight, black and white will not be investigated, and the people ignore the changes in the rivers and lakes...... This is very good, everyone's life is moving forward calmly, and Jinan City is developing vigorously and healthily...... "Lianchengbi is quite touching."

Life is like a tide, the morning and evening change, back and forth, how many wonderful, painful, melancholy, dark past, all in the big waves and sand into legends, people talk about.

At this moment, the sentence "This is good" gently turns all the helplessness over.

"Forgetting life and death, helping others so much, this matter is over, right?" asked Lian Chengbi uneasily.

I said bluntly: "There is one last little thing, Jingguan Xiaowu implored me to go to the merman ghost market, buy treasures for them, and redeem myself to the lord of the merman. ”

For a moment, Lian Chengbi was dumbfounded, and only after a while did he mutter: "You agreed......?" You even agreed to this?"

I nodded, not wanting to explain more.

Even Chengbi fell silent, rubbing his hands incessantly, obviously very uneasy.

"Help people to the end, send the Buddha to the west. I can do as much as I can help them, and if there is an accident, I will take care of it myself. I said lightly.

Lian Chengbi smiled bitterly, spun in place, paused again and again, but couldn't say a word.