The little ghost boy still sent Wu Xiu to the door of the inn and left.

It was late at night, and Wu Xiu tossed and turned. If you don't feel sleepy, you simply don't sleep. He crossed his two short guns in front of his lap and fell into deep thought. In this way, in the second half of the night, he began to follow the method written in the book, and tried to look into his body's air pockets again. He held his breath until he was sweating profusely, and then suddenly his eyes went dark and he began to be in a vast world. He was the only one here, and in front of him were dense roads, some wide and some narrow, and he seemed to be standing in front of a thousand roads and it was difficult to choose that person, a little confused.

He knew that the dense roads were the meridians and acupoints of his body, those that were unobstructed were the acupoints that had been opened, and those that looked blurry and foggy were the acupoints that had not been opened. The place where all the roads meet, like a lake and an ocean, is his dantian, but I can't really see it. He found a random path that he couldn't see, and tried to move forward, but he walked very slowly, and with each step, a rumbling echo was born in his heart.

Each sound shook his mind, and after each sound, he wanted to spurt out a mouthful of blood.

Chen Ding didn't know when he appeared in Wu Xiu's room, he sat alone at the table in the room, looking at Wu Xiu strangely and surprised. At this time, Wu Xiu's face was hideous, and in addition to sweat oozing from the skin of his whole body, there was also a slimy and smelly thing, and Chen Ding had to pinch his nose.

Chen Dingdu was surprised that Wu Xiu's situation was very similar to the appearance of their immortal family's 'refining gods'. He wondered why a Jianghu guest whose martial arts realm was only open to the cave could establish contact with the one in his heart so quickly. He didn't take the initiative to disturb or wake up Wu Xiu, he just pinched his nose and fell into deep thought in front of Wu Xiu, the more he thought about it, the more he didn't understand, so he still waited until he returned to the sect and asked the elders of the sect. When he was idle, he saw a pair of short guns placed next to Wu Xiu, so he quietly took them over and observed them carefully.

From the appearance, it is indeed extraordinary, without the slightest trace of the war, just like a freshly baked and waxed weapon, brand new and dusty, white as snow. Holding it in your hand, it's cold and biting, like holding a block of ice in your hand on a hot day. He combined the short spear into one, and then it became the cold snow in Wu Xiu's mouth, about seven feet, weighing about twenty or thirty catties, which was more convenient. He placed the spear on the table, again confined himself to contemplation.

Wu Xiu was still frowning, his face pale.

Chen Dingdu stroked his chin and looked at the quiet cold snow on the table, and decided to check it, so he pinched the trick with both hands, and pointed at the cold snow with his right hand, the cold snow trembled slightly, and began to slowly rise into the air, as Chen Dingdu put away his two fingers, the cold snow was in front of him in an instant, and then, with words in his mouth, the cold snow spear body in front of him emitted bursts of qi ripples, shaking the corners of Chen Dingdu's clothes to hunt.

Chen Dingdu grinned and said to himself: "Sure enough, there is a ban, see how long you can last!"

As Chen Dingdu continued to exert some kind of magical power, the power of the qi emitted by the cold snow became more and more intense, so much so that if a cultivator looked from a distance, he could see bursts of qi emanating from all over the room. This made Chen Dingdu more and more surprised, he was a cultivator of the Spirit Realm, and the general means of concealing the weather could not make it difficult for him, besides, the method of breaking the ban that he learned from his master could completely break the prohibition laid by the strong man in the state of mind.

In this way, until dawn, Wu Xiu had already opened his eyes, he woke up refreshed, but he was just a little tired, and the smell of sweat on his body was indeed not very good. Then he saw the scene in front of him, Chen Dingdu kept his eyes closed, the cold snow in front of him swirled and trembled, Wu Xiu couldn't see the ripples of the qi, he only felt that there was some kind of wrestling between Chen Dingdu and Han Xue, you came and went, not letting each other go, and even he felt that there was an inexplicable coercion in the whole room, which made him move forward a little heavier than usual. Wu Xiu didn't bother Chen Dingdu, taking advantage of this opportunity, he quietly went out, went to the courtyard downstairs to fetch a bucket of cold well water, and began to wash his body.

Back upstairs, Wu Xiu didn't open the door in a hurry, but listened carefully to the movement in the room. He stood in the corridor on the second floor, holding on to the railing, looking at the men downstairs who had woken up one after another, everyone greeted each other, and the kitchen not far away began to get busy, and the smoke began to rise in the chimney, and the cooking was still noodles, the kind of noodles that were thick and hard with their thumbs, some men held bowls like basins to serve noodles one after another, a bowl of noodles and a head of garlic, and even the white noodle soup was drunk clean, they began to go out to work, and they could even earn a few taels of silver one day if they were lucky, which was a generous treatment they couldn't think of in the countryside, and those who were unlucky could also balance one or two hundred wen a day, and it was also a considerable income in a yearAt the end of the year, they will go home, and their parents, wives and children are waiting for the money they earn to make New Year's goods, and have a good year.

As soon as the smoke rose from the cooking smoke elsewhere, they went out with different tools on their backs according to different types of work, laughing and noisy. Once, in order to eat noodles, the little ghost boy came to the inn early, and watched the men go out laughing and laughing, so he said disdainfully: "A bunch of bitter ghosts, laughing fart, laughing!" At that time, the shopkeeper who was settling accounts at the counter stopped and gave the little ghost boy a chestnut, and the shopkeeper was a rare and serious talker, and he said: "Do you know why they laugh? Because they are content!"

The little ghost boy didn't eat free noodles that day.

From that day on, the little ghost boy began to respect these coolie sellers.

But on the lips, there are still jokes that are neither big nor small.

No, the little ghost boy arrived early, and happened to meet a few men who went out, one of whom was a stonemason who specialized in laying the foundation for building houses. The little ghost boy smiled evilly: "Yo, you went out so early, don't be stoned to death, if you die, I will go to your house to propose, and I will say that you entrusted your daughter to me when you died!"

The man was not angry, and used a thick rope with a stone to lasso the little ghost boy like a horse, and then three or two big men rushed up and pulled out the little devil's pants, and bursts of laughter resounded in the morning inn, and one of the men scolded: "The hair has not grown, and there are no hanging eggs!"

The little ghost boy scolded and put on his pants, quietly touched the kitchen, and didn't know where to get a big bowl, filled a bowl of noodles, swallowed it in a big gulp, and grinned with his teeth burned. He inadvertently saw Wu Xiu on the railing on the second floor, grinned at Wu Xiu, and quietly turned his back to continue eating noodles.

When the coolies were all out, the whole inn became quiet, and the little ghost boy finished eating noodles and made a bucket of well water, and his head was stabbed in a head, and he blew boringly, making bursts of gurgling sounds. At this moment, the A-shaped room where Wu Xiu lived suddenly made a bang, the door and window seemed to be blown open by a strong wind, and a white figure swept out of the window, staggering a little. In mid-air, he stopped his backward form and suspended outside the railing on the second floor. Chen Dingdu looked at Wu Xiu with a somewhat pale face, shook his head, and then he gently floated to Wu Xiu's side and sighed, "It's really not an ordinary product, there is a powerful prohibition laid by the powerful one on it, and I can't break it." ”

He paused and said: "But it also gave me some clues, it must be a weapon on the mountain, it seems to be related to the Demon Dao, it is a bloodthirsty evil weapon." ”

He stretched out his right hand, only to see that there was a blood groove in the palm of his hand, which was very deep, and white bones could be seen, and he smiled helplessly: "If I don't remove the forbidden method, I will be sucked into a dry corpse by it." But it's okay, it's just some skin trauma. ”

Letting others get hurt for himself always made Wu Xiu feel uncomfortable, even if this person was his friend, but he didn't say anything, because he didn't need to. He laughed, "When did you come?"

Chen Dingdu also smiled: "When did you wake up?"

Both of them laughed, Chen Ding looked at Wu Xiu and nodded, "Yes, now I can really call you a martial arts master!"

Wu Xiu said modestly, "It's just that according to the method in the book given by Senior Hong, I learned the method of internal observation, isn't this a very ordinary thing." ”

Chen Dingdu shook his head, "The method of internal observation is only normal after the merging of the veins, and you can master it when you open the acupoint, this is the first." Second, did you try to communicate with the one you have in your head?"

Wu Xiu pondered and said: "The book didn't say that the inner vision must be after the conjunction? I saw a lot of roads, and the book said that it was the acupuncture path of the human body, so I just walked a path that I couldn't really see, and it was very slow and difficult, but I finally got through." ”

Chen Dingdu looked at Wu Xiu and said, "Think about it, how the person who walked had his reaction." ”

Wu Xiu paced back and forth, carefully recalling everything that happened last night, "It's just walking to that desert-like place, and the person you said smiled back at me." ”

He stopped, and suddenly realized, "But that person and I are not the same person, why can I see him smiling at me?"

Chen Dingdu patted Wu Xiu's shoulder, a little embarrassed, "So, that you are also you, you are also you, and it is all you." But he is another you, you in your body and in your mind, after a long time, you can talk to him, he can also take the initiative to talk to you, but he is only in a state of small refining now, and you can communicate after the middle refining, and I don't know what will happen after the big refining. Let's put it this way, you are only you in this world, and that world of you is who you are now. Got it?"

Wu Xiu shook his head in a daze.

Chen Dingdu smiled: "It's okay, I'll understand later." ”

Wu Xiu held back for a long time, and pointed at himself in a daze: "So, I, am a genius?"

Chen Dingdu rolled his eyes helplessly and sighed, "Do you think genius is so easy to define? You are in your thirties before you open the acupuncture, I just think that your understanding is high, and if others give you a little guidance, you can use it very well." ”

Wu Xiu was not disappointed, and asked, "Why did you come early?

Chen Dingdu nodded and said, "Yes, after you left yesterday, Qingliu Pavilion organized a meeting, saying that you had to leave this afternoon." Because the Shanmen sects of the eastern countries have already crossed the Yangyang Sea, and this time it should be a not very simple secret realm to seize the treasure, and the people who come are some big names in the sect and those so-called geniuses. ”

Chen Dingdu patted the railing, looking at the rising sun in the east, he seemed a little sad, he said: "I don't have anything, but I'm more worried about my junior brother and junior sister, the two of them have too low cultivation." At first, I thought it was just a small secret realm, and let them go down the mountain to try the trial, but now it seems that it is not so simple. Therefore, I have already sent a message to the sect and asked an elder from the sect to come over. I don't know if it will arrive before entering the secret realm. ”

Wu Xiu wanted to say something and wanted to help, but with his current ability and knowledge, even he felt that it was better not to speak. All he knew was that it must be dangerous.

So both men began to fall silent.

The little ghost boy broke the silence, he looked up and asked, "Why are you here?"

Chen Dingdu smiled and said, "What, I can't be here?"

The little ghost boy rolled his eyes, "You slept with our boss yesterday?"

Chen Dingdu's face was gloomy, and he said solemnly: "No, I just came." ”

The little ghost boy sighed, and said, "Boss, what are we going to do today?"

Wu Xiu patted his belly, which had been growling, "Eat! Let's eat all over Xu Capital today." ”

"Okay!" the little ghost boy almost jumped up.

Chen Dingdu said: "If you have the opportunity, bring your gun to our Cangshan Gate, and report my name, my third uncle has studied the method of breaking the ban quite deeply, and he should be able to help you." However, I don't know if breaking the ban will be a good thing or a bad thing for you, so you have to think about it yourself. ”

Wu Xiu nodded, "Well, I'll think about it." When I'm done, I'll go to Cangshan to find you, but it may take a long time. ”

Chen Dingdu propped his hands on the railing and leaned forward slightly, "It's okay, the rivers and lakes are very small, we will definitely meet again." ”

"Gone!"

"Let's eat and then leave. ”

"No, junior brother and sister are waiting for me. ”

After Chen Dingdu left, Wu Xiu returned to the room, Han Xue lay quietly on the table, there was no change, but the moment he touched Han Xue again, a cold and piercing chill made him shiver, and a faint fighting spirit quietly rose from the bottom of his heart, for a moment, he thought of Feng Shaobao, that damn Feng Shaobao, he couldn't wait to eat his flesh and drink his blood.

That feeling was fleeting, Wu Xiu began to collect the gun, and at the tip of the gun, he saw a change, the sharp tip of the gun turned red, but it was difficult to see it from a little distance. didn't think much about it, since it was a mountain weapon, it was normal for a little change, so he picked up the cowhide package, went out of the room, and then went out with the little ghost boy.

Wu Xiu was already hungry and had eaten a lot, and the little ghost boy had already eaten a big bowl of noodles, so he was struggling to eat, but he also tried his best to eat a lot, in his words, it was better to be a full ghost than a hungry ghost. At noon, they had to go to the inner city to have a look, and the little ghost boy had to find the palace handyman by the way.

In the remaining days, the little ghost boy led Wu Xiu to visit all the gates of Xu Capital, and on this day, the little ghost boy got the information of the palace miscellaneous servants. In a restaurant, the little ghost boy ate meat and said vaguely: "On April 20, the emperor left and went out from the east gate. Hu Cong three or four hundred people, in a few days will hold a Zen ceremony, then may know where the emperor is going, the first day of May is the enthronement ceremony. ”

Next, there was still more than half a month, Wu Xiu wanted to find a quiet place to stay, so he asked: "Is there an inn I know outside the city, I want to go outside the city for a few days." ”

The little ghost boy nodded, "If you want to go, go to Nanshan outside the city." But some are expensive. ”

Wu Xiu said: "It's okay, tomorrow you lead the way, let's go." When you get to the place, you come back first, and when I need you, I'll go to you. ”

Seeing that the good days of one or two silver a day were about to end, the little ghost boy was a little disappointed.

Wu Xiu drank a glass of wine and took out a silver ticket, "This is two hundred taels, go back and repair the house, isn't there a bricklayer in the inn who can repair the house." Find a full-time business and live a good life with your sister. ”

The little ghost boy was a little stunned, he didn't take the silver ticket for the first time, just lowered his head and was silent.

Wu Xiu sat opposite the little ghost boy, stretched out his hand and patted the little ghost boy's head, and said with a smile: "I know it all, you are very good, better than many people, so you should treat this as the reward for this time, and you deserve it." ”

The little ghost boy looked up at Wu Xiu, and said softly after a long time, "Thank you." ”

A thank you makes the strong little devil very embarrassed, over the years, he and his sister have eaten and clothed, all of which he earned, he did not rely on other people's charity to support his sister, so he never said thank you to others, but he began to hate and dislike this world, hated the kind of people who can have meat to eat and drink without doing anything, and hated those manure machines that waste food.

Wu Xiu reminded, "If you are full, pack these leftover meals, and then we will go to see your sister together, it's not too early, she should be in a hurry." ”

The dilapidated home of the little ghost.

Under the moonlight.

Wu Xiu, the only two stools in the family, sat on one, and he sat in the courtyard.

Inside the house, the little ghost boy's sister was eating the food softly, trying to suppress the sound she made, and eating very carefully.

The little ghost boy stood right in front of her, looking at her. Then he walked to the middle of the yard and said embarrassedly: "There is no hot water at home, if the boss is thirsty, I will draw well water for you to drink, my well water is very delicious." ”

Wu Xiu smiled, "Okay." ”

The little ghost boy moved quickly, hit a bucket in three clicks, washed and washed the old tea bowl, and then he carefully brought a bowl of water and handed it to Wu Xiu, Wu Xiu took it with a smile, and after taking a sip, he gave a thumbs up, and then drank it all.

The little ghost boy grinned happily.

The little ghost boy sat on the steps of the door, his hands on the ground, looking up at the stars in the sky boringly, he suddenly said softly: "When I was very young, there was a plague in Xudu, and my parents died. One evening when I was ten years old, I saw my sister in the corner of the south gate, she should have just learned to walk at that time, holding the city wall to move a little, moving westward, I thought it was someone else's child, deliberately put there to let her play, but it was dark and no one took her home, so I squatted not far away, until it was dark. Then she was probably hungry, and she began to sit on the ground and cry, and she was about to lose her breath, and she cried for a long time, and she was probably tired of crying, and she fell asleep. ”

The little ghost boy folded his arms on top of his knees, and rested his chin on his arms, curled up a little, and continued: "Seeing that curling is approaching curfew, the patrolmen see that she may throw her into a brothel and begin the tragic fate of her life, or be eaten by a wild dog or a wild cat. I had no choice but to walk up and pick her up and go back here. She woke up in the middle of the night and cried all the time, and there was nothing to eat at home, so I fed her well water, and she stopped crying after drinking, so as long as she cried, I fed her well water. Fortunately, at that time, I had already started to run errands for people, although the food was not very good, but it was not to starve her, and after having her, I began to save, so that I am now almost sixteen years old, and in the eyes of others, I may still be eleven or twelve years old, so I have the title of little ghost boy. ”

The little ghost boy stood up, walked into the house, comforted the little girl who was crying, led her outside the house and sat on the steps together, the little girl buried her head in the little ghost boy's chest, the little ghost boy gently patted the little girl's head one by one, he continued: "But I don't regret it at all, really, I have had a bell as my companion all these years, and I have lived a very fulfilling and very satisfying life." When I didn't have her, I would be scared at night, I would have nightmares when I slept, I wanted to cry when I was hungry, but after having her, I wouldn't, I began to be like others, with a home and a concern. ”

Wu Xiu sighed, "I actually admire you very much. I always thought she was my own sister, and if you could adopt her when you couldn't eat enough, you would be better than everyone else in this city. ”

The little ghost boy smiled, and Wu Xiu could see that this was not the same as his usual life. At this moment, he is mature like an adult.

Wu Xiu shifted the sad topic, "Your sister's name is Ling'er?"

The little ghost boy nodded, "Well, it's called Ling'er." Her cry was like the sound of a bell, so I called her a bell. ”

Wu Xiu nodded and said, "Qin Ling'er, a very nice name." ”

At this time, the little girl raised her head, wiped a handful of tears, and said childishly loudly: "No, I don't call Qin Ling'er, I call Zhang Ling'er, Wang Ling'er, and Li Ling'er are not called Qin Ling'er!"

Wu Xiu was surprised: "Oh? Why?"

"Because I want to marry Qin Feng when I grow up, I can't be surnamed Qin!" the little girl shouted with her head up.

The little ghost boy was a little embarrassed, and nodded Ling'er's head, "Dead girl, what are you shouting nonsense, don't be ashamed!"

Wu Xiu looked at this scene and laughed.

Wu Xiu said with a smile: "That's it, tomorrow I'll find the bricklayer in the inn, ask how much it costs to repair this house, and then bring someone over to have a look, and after discussing the price, I'll go to Nanshan again." ”

Ling'er was familiar with her thoughts, and her eyes widened and asked, "Is Boss Wu a great bodhisattva sent from heaven, why is he helping us so much?"

Wu Xiu pondered for a long time before saying, "Because I think that you are so good, you shouldn't live in such a shabby place." ”

The little ghost boy interjected: "Boss Wu is such an excellent person, why do you still live in that kind of cheap inn?"

Wu Xiu said with a smile: "Home and inn are two different places. When I come to Xudu in the future, I will definitely live here, and I won't go to the inn. ”

The little girl said happily: "Okay! Boss Wu will treat this as your home, my brother has not let me cook by myself, saying that he is afraid that I will burn myself, and I will learn to cook from tomorrow." Wait for the next time you come to Xudu, I'll cook for you!"

Wu Xiu stood up, looked at the boys and girls in the moonlight with a smile, and stretched out his little thumb, "Then it's a word!"

The little girl smiled and stretched out her immature little hand, the frostbite on her hand had recovered, she hooked her little thumb, and said happily: "Hang yourself with a hook, you will not change for a hundred years!"

The little ghost boy sighed on the side.

Wu Xiu went back to the inn alone, and saw that there were a few big men who had not yet slept, so he asked if there were any bricklayers, and after learning that the bricklayers had slept, he said: "Please inform him that I need a few bricklayers here to help repair the house, and I will wait for him here tomorrow morning and take them to see." ”

Of course, a few men who drank were very happy, and everyone lived together, and they had long become friends, and they would help each other whether they were looking for work or in life. They also have a good impression of Wu Xiu, they live in the same inn these days, and they feel that Wu Xiu is not a cold master, so they immediately invited Wu Xiu to drink together, Wu Xiu nodded and agreed, and bought some wine at his own expense. followed them until late at night, and everyone scattered in a crooked manner.

The next day, the two men waited in the yard early, looked up and saw Wu Xiu open the door and smiled and signaled, and when Wu Xiu went downstairs, the three began to negotiate the price, when they said that it was to repair the house for the little ghost boy, the two bricklayers pressed part of the price that had been brewed in their hearts, and they also thought that the little ghost boy was not bad, and even some pity and sympathy for him, and now there is a good person to help him, and they are also happy and grateful for the little ghost boy. However, Wu Xiu has always insisted on calculating according to the market price, and the materials needed to repair the house are entrusted to the bricklayers to help them buy. The little ghost boy came early, so several people went to the little ghost boy's house to inspect the scene, and half of the house that fell down needed to be rebuilt, and the rest was easy to say.

Wu Xiu said: "Two hundred taels of silver should be enough, the remaining selling furniture is back, the bell is getting bigger, I can't always sleep with you, a person who is about to become an adult, and also, build a stove, you can also cook and eat on weekdays, and it also looks like a little home." ”

Wu Xiu took out another two hundred taels, "Save this money, and use it when you encounter major events in the future." ”

The little ghost boy watched the two bricklayers put out the line, oriented, and muttered: "The boss does this, I don't know how to repay you." ”

Wu Xiu patted the little ghost boy on the shoulder, "Just live a good life." Take good care of Suzu. ”

The little ghost boy nodded vigorously.

In addition to the two bricklayers, two craftsmen of other types of work were invited, so today, with Wu Xiu and the three of them, a total of seven people began to get busy, helping to clean up the site and clean up the wreckage of some collapsed houses. Wu Xiu is like a person without a home, full of joy waiting to build a new house for himself, this feeling makes him satisfied and happy, in the evening, by Wu Xiu as the east, a group of several people to the restaurant where they first ate with the little ghost boy, there are a lot of dishes, and the wine is not less. During the banquet, Wu Xiu asked a few craftsmen not to cut corners, not to be perfunctory, and asked them to take care of the little ghost boy in the future, just like a parent who is going out of the house asks his neighbors.

Things are arranged.,The next day, Ling'er will help at home alone.,Said to be a helper.,It's just that occasionally a bucket of water comes up for a few people who contribute to drink.,Everyone has a blue eye for Ling'er.,Where is there such a young and so sensible little girl.,But six years old.,Speaking can be more mature and stable than a little ghost.。 The little ghost boy has been on the streets since he was a child, and the people he interacts with are also mixed, and he is deeper than the average adult from the countryside, and he has developed the habit of talking to people and talking about ghosts since he was a child, and he can't say how bad it is, but in the eyes of some people, especially in the eyes of these authentic country men, he is like an old fritter at a young age, and it is definitely not better there. On the other hand, the little girl, she is like a gentle and considerate young lady next door, Xiao Budian's age, she is not deeply involved in the world, but she can always speak to other people's hearts.

Perhaps, after experiencing hardship, girls who are already more sensible than boys are more sensible.

Ling'er has been very excited these days, which is different from the feeling that the little ghost boy brought back the food when she was hungry, in her words, it was like a dream, and she planned more than once in private how to arrange the room, how to plan in the yard, and so on. At night, she always chatters in the little ghost's ear, which makes the little ghost boy have a headache.