Well of Mystery

Shang Daxiong's two button-like black eyes can't see the expression and the direction of the line of sight, so for others, his emotions and thoughts are always a mysterious existence.

Fortunately, apart from his eyes, he can also speak.

It's a pity that, compared to his huge but cute appearance, his words sound neither skillful nor soft, and it can even be said that there is a little "poor words".

And the person who knows this best is Hua Yang.

Bai Xiuqi could clearly see that when Shang Douxing opened his mouth for the first time, Hua Yang's whole body obviously tensed up, which was a reaction of resistance.

But Shang Douxing didn't shut up because of his resistance.He said in a low voice: "You should also know that changing the body frequently will damage the soul. You have already changed five bodies, and how many more you can change in the future, you know better than me."

Like playing table tennis, everyone's eyes returned to Hua Yang.

Hua Yang chuckled: "If you can't change it, you can't change it. Just obediently go to reincarnation. Jumping off the wheel runner is another good man, and you don't have to remember such and such bad things."

"No, brother! What should I do if you leave?" Hua Yin yelled first: "I will never mention changing my body again, and you don't even need to talk about whether you will die or not!"

"What's the use of not mentioning it? Looking at the signs now, we still have to go there."

Hua Yang sneered, and looked at Shang Douxing again: "You have been unwilling to completely reshape your body according to my method, isn't it because of doubts in your heart? Now it turns out that I was indeed wrong and failed. I Still not as good as you...Master."

Master?Hua Yang calls Shang Dou Xing Master?Bai Xiuqi was naturally taken aback, and then saw that Jiang Chenglu's face was also very complicated.

However, the person who reacted the most to this title was Shang Dou Xing.

The next moment he heard the "Master", he had already stood up from the table with a "crack".The bowls and dishes on the table jingled with his fat body.

He looked at Huayang, and responded word by word: "Since you still remember that I am your master, then don't forget what you still owe me... Don't think lightly until you have paid off the debt in this life. Escape to the next life easily!"

The teacup in front of Huayang was also knocked down, he reached out to help it up, the tea flowing on the table reflected his wry smile.

"I want to pay it back, but you don't want what I gave you; and what you want is gone. It's not that I haven't looked for it. I went to the poor and fell to the underworld, and my two bodies were crippled, and I returned without success. I I want to make some similar ones and give them back to you, but you say those are fake and you don’t want them. What else can you ask me to do?”

"You destroyed that with your own hands, and you must take responsibility for it." Shang Douxing stared at Hua Yang, without any concession in his tone.

"...More than 800 years, isn't it enough?"

"Not enough." Shang Douxing shook his head: "Until you find them out and return them to me."

"..."

Hua Yang finally had nothing to say, he put the map, pen and paper in his hand on the table without getting wet, then got up and walked towards the door.The old and loose doorknob gave out a small tremor while being held tightly by him, which was caused by the trembling of his wrist.

He opened the door and went out, closing the door gently again.After that, a series of footsteps sounded slightly, and finally disappeared at the end of the stairs.

Huayin also stood up with a "crack", and ran to the door.

Shang Douxing shook his head sullenly and said, "There's no need to chase after him, he knows he can't just walk away."

"But he is my only brother!" After saying this, Huayin slammed the door loudly.

In the end, only Shang Douxing, Jiang and Bai were left in the room.Bai Xiuqi felt like she was sitting on pins and needles, she couldn't bear it, so she coughed lightly: "...I think I'd better go find them two."

"It's really unnecessary." Jiang Chenglu also smiled wryly: "It's not the first time that something similar has happened. The more people there are, the harder it is to coax them. Only you can figure out the matter of their brothers and sisters. But Shang Daxiong, you today It's a bit heavy to say, you know that Hua Yang might not be able to do it in her whole life."

"Just keep doing it if you can't do it." Shang Douxing replied: "I want him to always remember what he still owes me. This is also the reason why I am still alive in this way."

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An unhappy lunch finally ended with Bai Xiuqi and Jiang Chenglu saying goodbye.Helping to take the dishes downstairs and return them to the restaurant, Jiang Chenglu led Bai Xiuqi to the beach, saying it was a walk after dinner.

Along the way, Bai Xiuqi didn't even say a word, but her expression looked depressed.In the end, Jiang Chenglu couldn't bear it anymore, so he found a big tree, sat down on the steps, and waved for Bai Xiuqi to sit beside him.

"I said, you really want to know the story of Shang Daxiong and the brothers and sisters of the Hua family, right?"

"Yes, but that's his privacy, right?" Bai Xiuqi was confused.

"If everyone was like you, then the gossip in this world wouldn't have a second meaning." Jiang Chenglu put a hand on his shoulder: "No, anyway, I heard it from Huayin for the first time. Come on, I can't be a bad person alone, I will drag you into the water!"

Saying that, he cleared his throat.

"Did you know that Huayin and Huayang brothers and sisters once killed an emperor of the greatest empire in Chinese history?"

Huayin said that she was more than 100 years old, and she calculated that it happened to be the middle and late Tang Dynasty.Strictly speaking, she should have been born during the reign of Li Chan, the emperor of Tang Dynasty.And the one who killed her and her brother was, of course, Tang Yuzong Li Chan.

Li Chan's merits and demerits naturally have professional historians to comment.But for Huayin and Huayang, killing Li Chan is the only reason they were "created".

"Do you still remember the soul-reversing wood I mentioned to you before?" Jiang Chenglu suddenly mentioned the old things: "It's the kind of tree that Qin Shihuang wanted to use to make coffins."

Bai Xiuqi nodded, but she was a little unclear about the meaning of bringing up this issue now.But Jiang Chenglu soon revealed the answer.

"The two brothers and sisters, Huayin and Huayang, were originally carved out of rebellious wood, and the person who made them was Shang Douxing."

Shang Douxing was originally not called this name. It was just a pseudonym registered in his household registration when he was forced to return to vulgarity more than 1000 years ago. He was forcibly expelled from the temple by the religious movement of the Tang Dynasty.

At that time, the religious purge known as "destroying Buddha" by later generations was going on vigorously in the territory of Tang Dynasty.Not only Buddhism, but also many "barbarian religions" such as Nestorianism and Zoroastrianism have been implicated.Countless religious treasures were sealed underground and never saw the light of day again; local monks and nuns were forced to return to secular life, and temples were razed to the ground.

Shang Douxing was repatriated to the place where his registered permanent residence was located during this "legal difficulty".He originally wanted to live in seclusion here and live a life that doesn't care about world affairs, but he didn't expect that the tree wants to be quiet and the wind is restless.

Suddenly one day, the village began to recruit 15-year-old boys and girls.

According to the initial news, these young men and women were to be recruited to the capital to serve the dignitaries.Although I was a bit reluctant, it was a good job after all, and the applicants would have a small half of the money immediately. Many parents of poor families gave away their own flesh and blood for this reason.

These 15-year-old boys and girls have never been heard from since they left.But not long after that, the village began to recruit youngsters of the same age again, and people finally began to suspect.

The poorest families have lost their flesh and blood.The rest of the family will not sell their favorite jewels for the small half of copper coins.Soon, recruiting with money turned into forced snatching, and those families with school-age children closed their doors one after another, and some even dug deep cellars at home, trying to keep their flesh and blood safe.

Near the small courtyard where Shang Douxing lives in seclusion, there is such a well-to-do family.This family is usually honest and kind, and they have a good reputation among the neighbors. The twins are even more lively and lovely, and in a blink of an eye, they have reached the age for girls to marry.Because the wedding date was approaching, the family thought that once they became a monk, they would no longer worry about being recruited, but unexpectedly, the day before the girl came out of the cabinet, a disaster happened to the family.

Speaking of this, Jiang Chenglu sighed: "In order to take away this pair of teenagers, I lost [-] lives of the whole family."

Perhaps until today, Shang Dou Xing may not be able to forget that terrifying scene.He stood at the door of this family holding the vegetarian bowl for alms, and saw red overflowing from the closed door...

After that, almost every moonless night, Shang Douxing could hear ghosts crying from the deserted haunted house.Sometimes, he could still see the kidnapped young men and women standing at the door with pale faces, but unable to enter.

Finally one day, he couldn't bear the torment in his heart. He took out his old cassock and magic weapon from the secret compartment, dressed himself and opened the door to go out to perform ritual rituals for the dead family.But unexpectedly, it was discovered that someone had already entered the haunted house first.

It was an old Taoist priest with white beard and hair, wearing a bright yellow Taoist robe, standing in front of the temporary altar to perform rituals.The monk Shang Douxing didn't speak when he saw him, he just nodded his head as a greeting.

On the contrary, Shang Douxing felt a little worried—Among the difficulties of the law, Taoism is one of the few that has not been affected; not only that, some demons have taken the initiative to report and expose the monks and believers who are hiding among the people.Now that I barge in with a monk's attire all over my body, isn't this just throwing myself into a trap?

Just as he was thinking of this, suddenly a gust of wind blew in the yard.Shang Douxing suddenly heard behind him, a low-pitched cry from the small street outside the yard.He turned around in horror, and saw the ghosts of the boy and girl who had been kidnapped float in and stood still in front of the altar.