"Is this it?"

Eryan Gu raised his head and moved his gaze from the map in his hand to the theater in front of him, thinking that he was mistaken, it didn't look like there was any powerful talisman here, could it be that the master was hiding in the city?

To be honest, this is not far from Zouma Village, it is a village called General Village, right next door to Zouma Village, and it is hard for Eryan Valley to believe that there would be a master from outside the world living so close to him.

Since it was explained by the teacher, there shouldn't be anything wrong, and Eryangu still walked into the theater head-on.

It's still morning, and it's not yet time to act, but the troupe is already busy, probably doing their daily practice.

Eryangu lifted the curtain of the backstage of the theater, and a head with a cloak suddenly appeared in front of him, so frightened that he sat on the ground and screamed strangely.

"Ah, I'm sorry, did it scare you?"

The head was removed, and behind it was a boyish little face, which looked very simple. Eryangu took a closer look and found that the child was not holding a head, just a puppet with a strange shape, and many puppets could be seen faintly on the shelves behind the curtain, which probably showed that it was a puppet show here.

"Are you alright?" Seeing that Yangu didn't react, the child shouted again.

"Huh? Yan Gu quickly got up from the ground, and was frightened by a puppet, Yan Yan Gu felt embarrassed to think about it, but fortunately, the child in front of him didn't seem to laugh at him at all.

"This is the backstage, you have to go to the front to watch the play, little brother. And we don't do it now, we only start at the beginning of each month, so you can come back at that time. ”

"No, I'm not here to see the play, I'm here to find someone. Eryangu hurriedly explained his intentions, but when he said that he was not coming to see the play, the smile on the child's face disappeared suddenly, and he seemed to care about whether he was a spectator or not.

"Who are you looking for?" asked the child.

"Wait. Eryangu hurriedly looked at the envelope, and then read out the name on it: "May I ask if Hong Yu is really here?"

I saw the boy turn around and shout inside: "Master Hong, someone is looking for you." ”

Hearing the boy's name, Eryangu was a little surprised, no matter how the boy looked, he was an apprentice of the opera troupe, and he called Hong Yuzhen a master, which means that this Hong Yuzhen should be from this puppet troupe......

Hong Yuzhen walked out of the shed: "Who?"

This Hong Yu is really a twilight old man, although he looks old, his body looks very tough.

"Master Hong, I am a student of Wang Miao in Zouma Village, and the teacher asked me to come over and learn from you. Hong Yuzhen stared at Eryan Valley, which made him a little nervous.

"Wang Miao, oh, is that the talisman master at the grocery store at the foot of Tiandao Mountain? What can a student of a talismanist learn from me as a puppeteer?"

Hong Yuzhen's tone sounded a little mocking, but Eryangu didn't dare to talk much, after all, he had to learn the Eight Tricks here, and he couldn't offend people, but the rune master in the grocery store really didn't sound so good, didn't the teacher care? Eryangu was a little confused.

"Here is a letter from the teacher, he said that you will know after reading it. ”

Yan Gu carefully handed the letter to Hong Yuzhen, and in front of him, he did not dare to show the arrogance that he was used to as a child of a big family.

Hong Yuzhen opened the envelope, the content of the letter should be very short, Hong Yuzhen glanced at it a few times, then took away the letter and looked at Eryangu: "Do you want to stay here and learn art with me?"

"Well, since the teacher said something, then I will stay here and learn from Master Hong. Master Hong, what you just said about learning art?" Only then did Yan Gu react, as if the teacher said the same thing yesterday.

"Then come in. Hong Xinzhen turned around and walked into the shed.

"Master Hong, can you make it clear?" Seeing that Hong Yu really didn't answer, Eryan Gu hurriedly chased after him, but the child held his shoulder, and a bright smile appeared on that boyish face again.

"I'll give me a lot of advice in the future, my name is Xiangrui. ”

"Ah, I, Yan Gu. Yan Gu hesitated for a moment, not saying his last name, he didn't want to give the impression that he was one of the eight families.

......

It was late at night, and Wang Miao and the others had already settled dinner, but there was still a meal left on the dining table, which was reserved for Eryangu. When Xu Zifeng came out of the kitchen after cleaning up the tableware, he asked Wang Miao, who was lying on the chair and resting.

"Teacher, when will Yangu come back?"

"Come on, I told him when I'll be back. ”

As soon as Wang Miao's words fell, the door was pushed open, and the person who came in was Eryan Valley. He looked very depressed, kept his head down, and held a string puppet in his hand.

"You're back, Yangu, I'll keep dinner for you, it's on the table. When Xu Zifeng saw Eryan Gu enter the door, he immediately greeted him.

But Eryangu didn't pay attention to Xu Zifeng, but walked straight to Wang Miao.

Wang Zhao and Zhang Haotian on the side felt that the atmosphere was wrong when they saw this scene, and looked at the teacher and student with some nervousness, Wang Miao looked relaxed, looked up at Eryangu, and had a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Come back, I originally expected you to come back at noon to complain to me, but I didn't expect you to hold on to the end, I'm satisfied. ”

"Teacher, what do you want to do? Didn't you say that I should go over there to practice the Eight Trick Talismans? But Master Hong can only teach me the technique of string puppets, are you making fun of me?" Er Yangu's tone was very aggrieved, and the whole person looked very tired, which made him look even more haggard, but he didn't cry out because of the grievance, but looked at Wang Miao, hoping to get his answer.

"If you really think I'm making fun of you, how can you spend all day studying in the theater troupe? Although I didn't tell you that I wanted to joke with you, my response made me feel satisfied, and being able to study for a day is the beginning of the transformation. Yan Gu, do you think it's difficult to manipulate the string to pull the puppet?" asked Wang Miao.

"This is not difficult, I should be able to learn it in a few days. Yan Gu said after lifting the puppet and looking at it.

Wang Miao shook her head with a smile, obviously feeling that Yan Gu's answer was still too superficial: "The puppet you are holding in your hand is still only four lines, think about it, what if you change it to eight lines, or even thirty-two lines?"

"This ...... I do not know. Yan Gu was asked, he looked at the puppet, unable to imagine what it would be like to manipulate the puppet with thirty-two threads.

"Yan Gu, I have a friend, he has a puppet show father, he has been practicing the technique of string puppets since he was a child, and at the age of twelve or thirteen, he can perform puppet shows superbly, and those puppets seem to come to life in his hands, just like a person. When Wang Miao said this, the puppet seemed to be right in front of him.

But he didn't continue to live on puppet shows, in addition to puppets, he could also use talismans, although his talent was average, but it was already good at home, so his family still let him try his luck at a sect. He was lucky enough to enter the sect and become a talisman master. ”

"And then?" said Eryangu, apparently interested.

Wang Miao continued: "Then his miraculous puppet trick should have been buried, but he met a strange old man in the mountains behind the sect, and that strange old man ran out of your family. ”

"What, our family?" Yan Gu obviously felt incredulous, after all, he had never heard of any strange old man who had run away from his family. ”

"If that old man is not from your family, there is no way to explain how he knows your family's Eight Fu Technique. Yan Gu, don't worry, listen to me finish this story first. ”

"The strange old man asked my friend to do something to please him before he left the deep mountains and forests, and in desperation, my friend played him a puppet show that he was good at. The strange old man saw his puppet show, and fell in love with him, so he had to accept him as an apprentice.

"Originally, my friend just wanted to coax the old man, so he agreed. I didn't expect the old gentleman to teach him your son's eight-rune technique, and you also know that once you use the eight-rune technique, there is no turning back, but my friend did not regret it and began to practice the eight-rune technique, but the old gentleman did not teach the eight-rune technique for long, after all, my friend did it effortlessly for the first time with the eight-way talisman. ”

"Just once?" asked Yan Gu repeatedly, wondering if he had heard it wrong. But Wang Miao nodded slightly in affirmation. Isn't this just like his sister? This is another unborn genius?