Chapter 31: The Brass Bell Illusion
The Grand Lama told him that it was the last guest from the snow-capped mountains, and that he had also come here to look for Naruhito.
Zhang Menyu looked at the weeping stone statue, his eyes were silent, and after a long time, he seemed to remember something, and said to the great lama: "I have seen him." The great lama knew that the person in front of him must have his own story, so he didn't ask anything, just stood there quietly with him.
The goose feather snow fluttered and soon landed on the shoulders of the two of them. The Grand Lama originally thought that Zhang Menyu was recalling the story between him and the stone statuette, but after a while, he realized that the man was simply staring at the stone statue in a daze.
His eyes were empty, there was no sadness, no feelings, no emotions, his soul seemed to have run into the clouds of the sky, and all that remained on the ground was his empty shell.
The snow hazelnuts fell to the ground in a flutter, and soon drowned the ankles of the two, and the little lama came to the patio to find the big lama to give a lecture, and the big lama told the little lama to let him pay attention to the Zhang Men rain standing in the snow, and don't freeze for a while.
And when he came to this patio again at night, he saw two dark shadows sitting in the middle of the courtyard, and he knew that Zhang Menyu had not left.
The little lama stood under the porch with a lantern, pinching his cuffs and shivering with coldness, completely at a loss. The big lama took the lantern in his hand, walked over with snow, and saw that Zhang Menyu not only did not leave, but moved the stone bench on the side, holding a paper umbrella, and sat quietly on the edge of the stone statue, looking at the darkening sky with empty eyes, white face and white hair, and even the breathing was faint and almost invisible, looking like a dummy turned into snow.
The snow at the bottom of the statue was swept away, and after a while, a thin layer fell on it. When he got closer, the great lama found that the stone statue was covered with a large and thick white snow army coat, which blended in with the long snowy night, and the face of the stone statue was half hidden by a wide fur-rimmed hat, and at first glance it would have been thought that someone was sitting there motionless.
The Grand Lama didn't know what Zhang Menyu was thinking, probably thinking about something far, far away in the depths of the snow-capped mountains.
Zhang Menyu stayed in the lama temple for seven days, and every morning very early, when the great lama passed by the patio on his way to the chanting hall, he could see his thin figure sitting by the stone statue.
The little lama asked if the stone statue was a friend of the snowman, who came here to commemorate the stone statue. He didn't know exactly when the stone statue appeared here, only that the great lamas in the temple had a very subtle attitude towards this place, the lama's range of activities was not large, and there were many lamas in this area who might never enter.
But the great lama saw something, shook his head,
"That's the reason, it should be later, and they will come here in the future." The little lama didn't know what the master was talking about
"They" refer to whom, he is still now
"Seeing" the future, can only suppress curiosity. On the evening of the seventh day, Zhang Menyu came to say goodbye to the Great Lama.
He said
"It's almost time, and I need to go where I need to go." I don't know if it was because he had been freezing in the snow for seven days, but the great lama felt that the breath on this person's body seemed to be colder.
Zhang Menyu told the Great Lama a story about the relationship between the ancient family of the Zhang family and Naruren of the Motuo Lama Temple.
The Lama Temple was set up a long, long time ago by the Zhang family to monitor the mysterious events in the snow-capped mountains in this part of the Himalayas, one of the functions is to collect the information brought by each Zhang Qiling from the Bronze Gate, and it is also a kind of monitoring role for the Kangbalo people.
There was a very close communication between each Zhang Qiling and Naruhito Lama, that is, Naruren was an existence similar to Zhang Qiling's recorder.
However, since the collapse of the Zhang family and the death of the previous Naruhito, the Western Archives has basically existed in name only.
So Motuo needed a new Naruren to appear and perform this duty again, and the Grand Lama had seen Zhang Qiling and had recorded Zhang Qiling once twenty years ago, so the Great Lama was the most suitable candidate for Naruhito.
Zhang Menyu hopes that the Western Archives will be reopened, because as long as the last Zhang Qiling is alive, the responsibility of the Zhang family will never disappear.
The great lama thought again and again, agreed, and Zhang Menyu talked with him secretly in the house all night, and the next morning Zhang Menyu took his leave and left the temple.
The new Naruhito found the records of the Naruhito who had been hidden in the ice niches of the high cliffs behind the temple, and in the name of his practice, he would stay on the mountain for a long time every day, sort out all the records, copy some of them, hide them in his own house, and wait quietly for the visitors from the snow-capped mountains year after year.
Speaking of this, Naruhito motioned for Zhang Qixun to take something from the clay kang in the corner.
"Be careful not to get burned." Derendao,
"He left me two things that could save my life in a critical time, and I want to give you one of them." Zhang Qixun walked over, stretched out his hand and touched the brick on the kang, his hand felt something strange at the lower end of the corner, he pulled out the brick with his fingers, scraped off a layer of soil shell behind, and dug out a small stone box in the earthen wall below.
It is far from the center of the fire, close to the ground, and the surface temperature of the stone box is not too hot. Back at the table, Naruhito gently opened the lid of the box, and there were two octagonal copper bells inside, one the size of a ping-pong ball and the knuckle of the other index finger.
In addition, there was a translucent flat box with half a human skin mask soaked in the blue potion, and the crimson lines on the surface were similar to the tattoos that once appeared on Zhang Qixun's face.
Seeing this, Zhang Qixun was not very surprised, Zhang Menyu obviously also knew the connection between the divine bird tattoo and the phoenix tattoo, even if the Wang family wanted to do something to Naruhito, with this tattoo, they would definitely have scruples, and in any team, suspicion is a big taboo.
Naruhito took out the two bells and handed them to Zhang Qixun, and the inside of the bells was sealed with solidified rosin so that they would not make a sound during the movement.
He pointed to the large bell and said: "The function of these two bells is actually hallucination, but the big one is called the phantom bell, and the small one is called the drama bell, which is a pair of yin and yang bells." ”
"If the magic bell rings first, the bell rings later, and then the two bells make a sound at the same time, the bell can help enhance the effect of the magic bell."
"On the contrary, if the bell rings first and the bell rings later, the bell will suppress the bell, and you can keep your mind focused within five breaths when you encounter other illusions." As soon as he heard Naruhito say the names of the two bells, Zhang Qixun's heart jumped, and he reacted and wondered if the bell was just Zhang Menyu's own name to make it easier to distinguish.
Zhang Qixun is a little unclear, so,
"Why did the Guru give me this bell?" Naruhito smiled lightly,
"If it is a life-saving thing, its role cannot be wasted." Zhang Qixun suddenly realized that Naruhito may have seen that he would encounter some kind of trouble when he entered the snow mountain this time, so he gave him the illusion bell.
He put away the bell, got up, and bowed reverently.
"Thank you, Master, for your kindness." The Germans kept their promise and were on the third day at noon
The surveillance video of "Aning" came over. Zhang Qixun saw many flaws at a glance, but he did not debunk them.
However, he also confirmed the conjecture in his heart, the German has a person who is good at making human skin masks in a short period of time, although it is not detailed enough to hide from the world, but it is no problem to fool around the screen for a while.
Zhang Qixun was a little skeptical about the true identity of this guy who kept making human skin masks for the Germans, and there were really only a handful of people who would know this kind of craftsmanship that had long been hidden in the rivers and lakes.
If that guy is really related to the Wang family, then he should still maintain a wait-and-see attitude now, the more single his identity, the easier it is to hide.
Then in the expedition team that entered the snow-capped mountains with Li Ande this time, there must have been rats mixed in.
Who exactly is the mysterious leader of the Germans? Is he a pawn of the Wang family, or is it the Wang family itself?
"I've got to go down the mountain." Zhang Qixun told Li Ande. Li Ande disagreed a little, but did not show it, he asked very thoughtfully: "Is there anything else that Mr. Bai needs to add?" ”
"I need to prepare something extra." Zhang Qixun casually coped, and was about to go down the mountain with the crescent moon.
Li Ande watched him walk out of the temple gate and glanced at his subordinates on the side, and the two subordinates immediately hid their weapons at their waists and wanted to follow quickly.
As soon as Clinker stepped one foot out of the door frame, a bullet exploded on the gravel ground at his feet. The two men were startled, and they didn't stop for half a second, and immediately retreated to the temple gate and drew their guns to stand on guard.
Li Ande, who was behind, was also startled when he heard the gunshot, thinking that the person with long fingers had also come here, and the anger in his chest was greater than the horror in an instant, and he thought that Zhang Qixun had deceived him.
However, when he ran to the gate of the temple with a hum, he heard Zhang Qixun's voice with a smile.
"Oh yes, I forgot to tell Mr. Li Ande before, I'm a bit of an obsessive-compulsive person, and I hate it when I walk, and I hate having little bugs behind me when I walk, which really affects my mood." Then his tone turned cold,
"I can't help but shoot all those little bugs to death!"
"Don't worry, I'll be back in less than two days." Zhang Qixun waved his hand at Li Ande, who was hiding behind the crack in the door and watching him.
When his figure disappeared on the narrow mountain road steps, Li Ande walked out from behind the door, stared at the small hole that exploded in the ground, lifted his lips and smiled, revealing his cold teeth,
"Stinky boy, let you be arrogant for a few more days." Zhang Qixun didn't take the gritted teeth of Li Ande and the others to heart at all, and immediately went to the boiler room opposite the post office to find Chen Xuehan after going down the mountain.
"I'll leave it to you." Zhang Qixun smiled and put the crescent moon into Chen Xuehan's arms. The crescent moon was extremely resistant to human beings other than Zhang Qixun, and when he was in the temple, Naruhito could stroke its dog head when it was happy, but no one else refused, and Chen Xuehan felt hurt for a long time.
As soon as Zhang Qixun put it down, the crescent moon shook his whip-like tail unhappily, turned his head and jumped off Chen Xuehan's leg, leaning closely on Zhang Qixun's trouser leg, and let out a low roar in the direction of Chen Xuehan, like a wolf cub, very fierce.
Chen Xuehan also understood Zhang Qixun's intention, straightened the hat that was tilted by the crescent moon tail, and spread out his hands to make an expression of helplessness.
"You see, this little cub won't let me get near at all, so you might as well take it back and raise it yourself." Zhang Qixun sighed,
"You can be regarded as half of her uncle, take care of what's wrong, children are all to be coaxed, you have a sad face all day long, it's strange that the crescent moon can get close to you."
"Hey, what you're saying, this dog is disobedient, and it's become my problem?" Chen Xuehan was a little unhappy, mainly because the reaction of the crescent moon made him sad.
Obviously, he used to eat and drink well for half a month, and he didn't see this dog wagging his tail at him, so he turned his head and followed Zhang Qixun with a proud posture of licking the dog, how could Chen Xuehan not be angry, he almost vomited blood.
Zhang Qixun smiled and touched the dog's head on the crescent moon,
"Raising a dog is not to be funny and pleasing to make it obey herself, the crescent moon is very smart, her sensitivity to human emotions is enough to make her understand that you just want to tame her, the crescent moon has her own arrogance, I treat her as a child, as a girl, teach her to survive, she is naturally happy to be close to me." Chen Xuehan can't understand Zhang Qixun's brain circuit, how can anyone treat a dog as a girl, it is better to give birth to one yourself if you want to hurt your daughter.
He looked at the little disdainful eyes of the crescent moon when it looked at him, and he was speechless and almost wanted to roll his eyes, this dog was indeed too smart.
He simply spoke directly,
"If you want me to give this dog and this girl as an ancestor, you have to add money." Zhang Qixun took out a weighty envelope directly from his arms and threw it to him,
"Raise the crescent moon, and at the same time help me do one thing."
"What?" Chen Xuehan opened the envelope with his fingers, glanced inside, and suddenly blossomed, pretending to be flattering,
"Boss Bai has something you command, and the little one is duty-bound."
"You don't make trouble." Zhang Qixun rolled his eyes, and took out a sealed envelope from his arms,
"Give this to the third person who is destined for that painting." Chen Xuehan pinched the envelope and touched it, feeling that there was a circle of pimples inside, I don't know what it is,
"You're leaving Metuo?"
"It's not." Zhang Qixun shook his head,
"I'm going into the mountains."
"What?" Chen Xuehan was suddenly shocked, didn't care about counting the money, and said hurriedly,
"You kid don't want to die? At this time, you are looking for death when you enter the mountain, and the next heavy snow closure is coming soon. ”
"I know." Zhang Qixun didn't want to explain too much about this. The heavy snow covering the mountains is exactly what he wants to see, and the vast snow-capped mountains can buy him a lot of time, and at the same time, it can also block the eyes of those prying eyes.
As long as he entered the depths of the isolated snow-capped mountain, and the bait he left behind before took effect, the weight of the Wang family's computing department on him would increase.
As long as they sent a large number of elites to venture into the snow-capped mountains to find the location of the guidance on the star map, it would become a natural slaughter paradise for Zhang Qi.
Chen Xuehan only felt that the envelope in his hand was very hot, he threw it back again, and said depressedly: "You can find someone else for this errand, I can't do it." Zhang Qiyun said lightly,
"Then you just wait for me to die on the snowy mountain."