monster study

Deep in the peach blossoms, the mist gradually thickens.

Lu Zhifei looked at the increasingly blurred scenery around him, looked up, and saw a bright moon shining in the sky.Suddenly, a petal passed by his cheek, he couldn't help but stop, his eyes followed the petal, and he slowly fell into the water.

On the small wooden bridge, he leaned on the railing and looked down, and saw the petals rolled up, like a small boat, slowly passing through the stream full of moonlight.

"Follow me, don't get lost." Shang Si's voice rang in his ears, Lu Zhifei came back to his senses, saw him walking slowly in front, and followed him up.

After walking a few steps, Lu Zhifei couldn't help but look back.Just now they just walked on an ordinary small bridge in the city, but the moment they stepped on the bridge, the surrounding scenery changed completely.At this moment, when he turned his head, the bridge had disappeared, leaving only a thousand peach trees, like a huge maze.

"Here we are." Shang Si stopped.

Lu Zhifei turned his head, and saw a small Jiangnan courtyard in front of him, with black tiles and white walls, and a vermilion gate.Shang Si pushed the door familiarly and walked in. The moment the door opened, two identical pretty faces came into view, with low brows and shyness, and standard Wu Nong's soft words, "Hello, Fourth Master."

Seeing Lu Zhifei behind Shangsi again, the two of them quickly blessed themselves again, "Hi, young master."

"Where's Nanying?" Shang Si stepped in.

"Sir, knowing that the fourth master is coming, he has already ordered us to prepare food and drinks, and we are waiting inside." The two walked side by side, one on the left and one on the right, with small steps, thin willow waists, and the light pink and lotus green Confucian skirts, which made people Lu Zhifei almost thought that he had traveled to ancient times.

Walking through the courtyard and into the house, the warmth is blowing over us.There was also a warm and soft voice from behind the bead curtain, "Is it Shang Si?"

"It's me." Shang Si opened the bead curtain and walked into the inner room, Lu Zhifei followed, and saw a man wrapped in a moon-white cloak sitting there in front of Sifang's table, with a peach wood hairpin tied with black hair, turned his head, But his eyes were covered by a white brocade belt, which was tied behind his head and tied in a knot.

It's just that although he was blindfolded, his eyesight seemed to be completely unaffected, "Who is there?"

"My little follower." Shang Si sat down cross-legged on his own, looked at the table full of vegetables, and tapped on the table, "Bring the fish."

Lu Zhifei remained calm, opened the magical food box, the boiled fish was still at the temperature just out of the pot, with a unique spicy aroma.Nan Ying smelled the fragrance and said with a smile: "My favorite fish."

"Let's eat." Shang Si picked up the chopsticks and put the fish into his bowl, and by the way, put aside the prickly ash stuck on it.

It was the first time Lu Zhifei saw Shang Si being so considerate, so he couldn't help but look at Nan Ying more.This life is white and clean, although his eyes are blindfolded, one can imagine his gentle appearance with delicate features.It's just that he seems to be in poor health. The weather has already passed the cold winter, but he is still wearing a fur cloak. His already delicate face is wrapped in the fluff on the collar, which makes him look even smaller. Go sick.

Nan Ying's movements of eating fish are also extremely delicate, taking one bite at a time, slowly.Two maidservants sat beside him, one served him vegetables, and the other warmed wine for Shang Si. No one spoke during the banquet, but there was a tacit understanding that was difficult for outsiders to penetrate.

Fortunately, just sitting like this, Lu Zhifei can become a world of his own.

After a while, Nan Ying finally finished eating the fish in the bowl, put down the bowl and chopsticks, "Tell me, what do you want me to do?"

"I came to look for you a few days ago, but they said you were on bed rest, so you didn't come in." Shang Si said, took out the letter from his cuff and handed it to Nan Ying, "Qingheng's letter, please read it for me Look, is he dead?"

"Qu Qingheng?" Nanying's face suddenly became serious, he took the envelope but did not open it to read, put his right hand on the envelope and gently brushed it, some fine spots of light that could not be seen unless he looked carefully came from between his fingers escape.

Soon, he came to a conclusion, "He is dead. I can no longer sense any aura belonging to Mr. Qu."

Shang Si frowned, "But now there is a person who looks exactly like him, even the handwriting is exactly the same."

"There is such a thing?" Nanying was surprised, and after a moment of thought, he said, "I'll go to Xingjun to find out tonight."

"Can the body hold it up?" Shang Si was worried.

"It's okay." Nanying shook her head, then looked at Lu Zhifei with a smile, her expression a little shy, "Are you still used to it? I'm really sorry, I didn't know he would bring guests, so the taste of this dish is a little bit stronger."

Not only is it a little heavy, but the whole table dish is full of slices of red pepper, which looks a little lighter, and it is either salty or spicy when eaten.But he glanced at Shang Si, such a person who cared so much for his appetite, but he ate without changing his expression, probably it was all to accommodate him.

Shang Si is like this, of course Lu Zhifei is more polite.However, the result of being polite was that Shang Si gave him a bowl full of vegetables, with a listless expression, and concern on his lips, "Eat more, look at how thin you are."

Lu Zhifei had to wonder, was it just for this moment that he brought himself here?

On the other hand, Nan Ying still sighed, "At first I was worried that Shang Si had just woken up, and the world was changing so fast that it was difficult to integrate into it, but now it seems that I am worrying too much."

As he spoke, he seemed to think of something, and said with a smile: "Whoever he likes, he serves food for. You must have a good relationship. Eat more, if you don't have enough."

However, Lu Zhifei looked at Shang Si's expression of "eat, eat, eat" with his chin propped up, and he deeply felt that this sentence is poisonous, this bowl of vegetables is poisonous, this monster is also poisonous, everything is poisonous!

Unexpectedly, more poisonous ones were yet to come.

After the two bid farewell to Nan Ying and returned to the study, Shang Si said that he was going to find Qu Qingheng, but Lu Zhifei thought he was going to dig a grave again.Ke Shang Si smiled mysteriously, took Lu Zhifei to an empty room on the second floor of the study, threw him a school uniform from the Republic of China period, and said, "Who said I'm going to find him, you are the one to find him."

"Me?" Lu Zhifei was stunned.

"Yes, change clothes quickly, and leave in 10 minutes." Shang Si said, took out a big wolf pen from his cuff, and slammed Fang Qiu wildly with one hand, covering the floor all over his body in an instant.And when his last stroke was made, Lu Zhifei saw many dark lines emerging on the floor, which were closely combined with those wild grasses to form a formation of words.

Lu Zhifei collected himself and asked, "Is this part of the work as a follower?"

"No," Shang Si picked up his pen and looked back, "Special tasks and special rewards. I just woke up, and my mana can't be retracted freely. Going into the book to find someone rashly may cause the collapse of the power, which is too dangerous. But you are a human being, you can The impact is minimal."

Lu Zhifei suddenly remembered the adventure that fell into the book that day, and couldn't help asking: "Your book, can you go back in time?"

"Do you think people can really travel back in time?" Shang Si asked back, with a smile that seemed to know everything, and his eyes were deep and unknowable, "What you fell into that day was just an ordinary world in the book. , it is very small, it can be easily destroyed, and it has almost no connection with the present world. What you are going to today is the past events recorded by me. Although it has been separated from the present world and becomes another world, it is still true. of."

As he said that, Shang Si took out a book from his arms, a book with yellowed pages, as if it had been turned over countless times, with four large characters on the cover—Shang Si tied it with his hands, and it looked like it was his own handwriting.

Lu Zhifei pondered for a moment, then made a decision, "Turn around."

"Ok?"

Lu Zhifei raised the clothes in his hand, "Are you going to watch me change my clothes?"

"Okay." Shang Si reluctantly turned his face away, and covered his face with a book.

Everyone is a man, and Lu Zhifei is not awkward, seeing him turn around, he started to change clothes openly.But he completely underestimated how shameless Shang Si was. Just as he tucked his white shirt into his trousers and fastened his belt, he caught a glimpse of Shang Si looking at him from the corner of his eye.

The book is still covered, but the lower half of the face is covered and only a pair of eyes are left outside, so what is the difference from not covering it?What's more, this guy was caught in the act, but he didn't even cover up the last bit. He put down the book generously, propped his chin, and said, "Tsk tsk, you're too thin."

"Shang, Si!" Lu Zhifei was so angry that he threw the coat in his hand.

Shang Si didn't stop when he was hit by his coat, and he swayed from side to side with a smile.Lu Zhifei told himself to be calm, just looked at him quietly and smiled.After Shang Si finished laughing, he realized that it was he who asked Lu Zhifei for help, so he stood up with the school uniform jacket that looked like a Chinese tunic suit, shook his head, and walked to Lu Zhifei, "stretch your hand."

"Why?" Lu Zhifei was alert.

"Help you get dressed."

Lu Zhifei snatched the clothes with his hands, "I, myself, come."

At this time, the door suddenly opened, Taibai Taihei rolled in, one bumped into the other, and braked automatically, "Master, master, there is a little demon outside, saying that it is your new little brother!"

"Little demon?" Shang Si raised his eyebrows, "What did he say?"

"Run away!" The two chubby guys danced and danced, "The one who sang ran away! Sitting in a big cart, uh~~~~ ran away!"

Ahhhhh singing?Qu Qi?Lu Zhifei couldn't help looking at Shang Si, and Shang Si spread his hands, "I haven't done anything to him yet, but he ran away first. But when he saw me, he obviously didn't respond, why is he enlightened now?"

"Are you going to chase it?" Lu Zhifei asked.

"Don't worry, where can he go in my territory. Let's ask Qing Heng first." Then, Shang Si turned around and put the book into Zhenxin. On the opened page, the first line was his The date it was written that year - March 1916, 3.

"Are you ready?" he asked over his shoulder.

Lu Zhifei clicked the last button of the number and nodded.

Shang Si's expression became serious, "Remember, what you are looking for is No. 76, North Fourth Lane, Qu Qingheng. He is a teacher by profession, and he just moved to Peiping from Shanghai not long ago."

After finishing speaking, Shang Si handed the letter to him, "Show him this letter, and he will understand."

"Got it." Lu Zhifei put it away, and the moment he raised his eyes, he saw Shang Si put his hand on his forehead, and at the same time gently pushed, "Go, don't worry, I'll be right here watching you."

The calm and calm words are reassuring for no reason.

Lu Zhifei stepped into the center of the formation, and the entire formation suddenly shone brightly, and countless words jumped up to wrap him, pulling him into the book.The moment he fell in, Lu Zhifei suddenly thought of a serious problem - he wouldn't, would he still fall from mid-air like last time?

In a flash, Lu Zhifei had already stood still.

"Let's go, let's go!" An urgent shout came from behind, Lu Zhifei took a step back subconsciously, and when he turned his head to look, a rickshaw passed by him quickly.The coachman in a felt hat was sweating, and the concubine, who sat in the car with jewels, looked haughty.It was still very cold in Beiping in March. A little girl on the side of the road was dressed like a New Year's doll and wore a cute tiger head cap. She was holding an adult's hand and looking up at the candied haws in the vendor's hand.

"The newspaper is sold! The newspaper is sold! Sir, do you want a newspaper?" The young man who sold the newspaper looked at him with a pair of bright eyes that had not been polluted, and handed over today's newspaper.

Lu Zhifei originally wanted to say that he had no money, but when he touched his pocket, he found dozens of dollars.I took it out and bought a newspaper, and asked by the way, "Excuse me, how can I get to North Fourth Lane?"

The young man showed him the way, then turned around and went busy shouting again.Lu Zhifei walked alone in Beiping a hundred years ago, and it would be a lie to say that he was not nervous, especially when officers and soldiers with guns ran by on the road, and who was escorting some important person in the black car.

Lu Zhifei carefully avoided making eye contact with them, inquired all the way, and finally arrived at Beisi Lane. No. 76 is hidden deep in the alley, and the door is closed.Lu Zhifei took a deep breath and knocked on the door, but no one answered for a long time.

Suddenly, a hoarse voice came from behind, "Young man, are you a student of Mr. Qu?"

Lu Zhifei suddenly turned around, and saw an old woman with a hunched back standing in the shadows, with a haggard face, a pair of cloudy eyes staring at him.Lu Zhifei calmed down secretly, not letting himself show his timidity, "Hi, sir, is he not at home?"

"He's not at home, but I know where he is." The old woman came out of the shadows and waved to Lu Zhifei, "Come with me, I'll take you to find him."

Lu Zhifei was vigilant, "No need, I'll just wait here for him to come back."

"You're welcome, just come with me. It's so cold today, you may wait here alone, you never know how long you'll be waiting." The old woman looked at him with loving eyes, stretched out her hand, and pulled Lu Zhifei, "I don't know whose child is so handsome. Come, go with grandma."

But the more this happened, the more Lu Zhifei felt something was wrong.From the corner of his eye, he had already glanced at the entrance of the alley, gathering strength with his feet, ready to escape at any time.But at this moment, the old woman's hand suddenly stopped, and a flash of sharp eyes flashed past, "Young man, is the cinnabar mole on your forehead natural?"

Cinnabar mole?Where did the cinnabar mole come from?Lu Zhifei was surprised when another person's footsteps suddenly sounded in the alley.The old woman lowered her face, turned around and left.

A gentle and elegant voice met her face to face, "Grandma Zhu."

The old woman snorted coldly, ignored him, and went into a house.The man shook his head helplessly, turned around and continued walking inside.It was only then that Lu Zhifei saw the appearance of the man clearly. He was wearing thin-rimmed glasses holding a book, and was wearing a plain gown that was washed a little white. His appearance was eight points similar to Qu Qi's, and the other two points were not similar. It is probably the time and frost in the eyes, and the calm temperament that can only be washed away in troubled times.

"Mr. Qu." Lu Zhifei took the initiative to say hello, and was about to explain the purpose of his visit, but Qu Qingheng's gaze had already swept across the cinnabar mole on his forehead, showing a clear smile, "He's from Shang Si, if you have something to say, go in and say it."