Third watch

It was the first time for Wang Xiaoming to observe the back alley carefully.

This alley is not narrow, but the street lamps have been in disrepair for a long time. Once the sun sets, it will be extremely dark, and there is a smell of overnight food.

Zhong Yi and Lu Xiaolu fiddled with each other for a day, and they didn't know what they got out. Wang Xiaoming saw Zhong Yi mysteriously wandering around in every corner of the alley, and couldn't help but look at the sky again.

When they came out, they didn't see that evil spirit, but he knew that as soon as it got dark, that thing would definitely appear.

"Where's Xiao Lu?" Wang Xiaoming asked Zhong Yi.

"I don't know." Zhong Yi finished wandering around, and stood in the corner with his pockets in his pocket.

"I don't know?" Wang Xiaoming's eyes widened: "You just let him go like this? Did you tell him why we are going out? What if he ran out when he was bored alone?"

This is no joke, tonight they squatted fiercely in the back alley, and the location was only a few hundred meters away from the front door of Guangming Stationery Store.

"Don't worry." Zhong Yi pulled out his right hand pocket, and a key that Wang Xiaoming looked familiar was hooked on his finger.

...the door lock of Guangming Stationery Store.

This lock is the second layer of insurance besides anti-locking when the grandparents and grandchildren are not at home. Recently, Wang Xiaoming was looking at the store and couldn't use it, so he kept throwing it under the counter. Unexpectedly, Zhong Yi took it.

"You... locked him at home alone?" Wang Xiaoming couldn't believe it.

"It's not alone." Zhong Yi said: "Master Bai is with him. I told him that we are going out on business, so he can go to bed early without waiting for the door."

Wang Xiaoming simply didn't know what to say.

"What if he wants to go out and finds that he can't?"

"He'd better not come out." Zhong Yi said in a deep voice.

Wang Xiaoming was taken aback for a moment, and his expression changed.

"You're right." Wang Xiaoming said in a low voice.

For a while, no one spoke in the back alley, and it was only past seven o'clock, the sky was not completely dark, and the evil spirit was nowhere to be seen, so the two of them just waited in silence.

Wang Xiaoming has never stayed in the back alley for such a long time. Wang Dazhuang mentioned to him that because he opened a yin and yang gate in the back alley, there are quite a lot of inhuman things passing through the back alley. It is best to avoid being in the back alley even during the day Lane for a long stay.

Wang Dazhuang also understands the principle that who pollutes should be treated. Every once in a while, he will regularly clean the back alleys and sprinkle peach wood ash to drive away evil spirits, so as not to affect the surrounding residents.

But Wang Dazhuang had never been out for such a long time like this time, no one cleaned the back alleys, and there were all kinds of living and dead spirits who came to look for Wang Dazhuang but found nothing, wandering around, so the Yin Qi gradually accumulated.As soon as it gets dark, there will be a cool breeze, which makes people get goosebumps.

"Your grandfather hung the seven-star lantern on the back door?" Zhong Yi glanced at the back door of Guangming Stationery Store.

Wang Xiaoming nodded.

"It's a bit deserted here." Zhong Yi said.

Knowing what he meant, Wang Xiaoming scratched his head: "My grandfather would clean it up regularly, and the leftovers are not very heavy, but it has been raining intermittently this month, and the sun hasn't come out a few times, so it's a bit humid. "

Even if Wang Dazhuang didn't clean it up, if it was exposed to the sun for two or three days, the things gathered here would disperse.

Who knew that Wang Dazhuang wouldn't come back when he went out, and it happened that it was raining almost all this month in City S?

Zhong Yi understood: "It's normal to have silt up. Your grandfather is also considered bold. He actually opened the store in a busy city. Most people will try to choose remote places to avoid accidents. You are indeed Wang Tianshi."

Wang Xiaoming couldn't help asking: "Is my grandfather famous?"

"Now when we talk about Maoshan, it's your grandfather first." Zhong Yi said, "You don't know. Wang Dazhuang has solved many incredible things, and his strength is quite deep and he is also very prestigious."

Wang Xiaoming was a little ashamed, he always felt that his grandfather was always dozing off while looking at the store, but he was just an ordinary old man, being said by Zhong Yi, it seemed that Wang Xiaoming didn't care enough about his grandfather.

Wang Dazhuang was already considered a master in the professional field, but his grandson knew nothing about it. He even secretly felt that Zhong Yi looked more like Wang Dazhuang's grandson than he did when he talked about Wang Dazhuang.

Zhong Yi also saw that Wang Xiaoming was dark and weird, so he snorted.

He still felt that Wang Xiaoming was useless—in this kind of situation where he needed to fight with ghosts.

"You said my grandfather's short... Is the canopy ruler a disposable product? What if it ran out of energy last night? It can't be charged..."

Zhong Yi's forehead jumped.

"Your grandfather's canopy ruler is made of peach wood, engraved with patterns of stars and the name of the master, which can ward off evil spirits."

Wang Xiaoming said: "I also think it is useful. It saved my life last night. It's just that I don't know how to use it at all."

"Didn't I tell you?" Zhong Yi said casually.

Wang Xiaoming was startled.

"You only said to use it as a brick...don't be serious, are you?!"

"Why not serious?" Zhong Yi looked at him strangely.

"Didn't you say that this is a magic weapon?" Wang Xiaoming said, "You also said that my grandpa's things are all genuine and rare... I thought you were joking by asking me to hit the evil spirit with this thing!"

"I'm not joking." Zhong Yi said, "I took a look and found that your grandpa didn't bring much with him when he went out this time. Many important magic tools were left at home."

"It's a pity you don't know how to use it." He quickly added.

Zhong Yi did find a lot of treasures in the Guangming stationery store. It seems that there must not be many people visiting the grandpa and grandson's house, otherwise they would not put many good things outside like this, which would make Wang Xiaoming feel anxious last night. I can also pick up a canopy ruler from the table.

Afterwards he went to have a look, and on the table in front of the back door there was an altar tree and a seal much older than Wang Xiaoming. Just digging out all the magic weapons in his house and throwing them at Xie Sha can kill Xie Sha.

But Wang Xiaoming doesn't know anything, let alone how to use it, he doesn't even know the names of these magic weapons.

Zhong Yi also felt very depressed as Kong guarded a bunch of rare instruments but couldn't use them.

"I'm afraid these things can't be used just by taking them out." Wang Xiaoming also put his hand into his pocket, and slowly touched the canopy ruler in his pocket: "I felt that this kind of thing is the same as a mobile phone last night, I'm afraid You have to activate it to use it."

"Most magic tools are needed." Zhong Yi said in a deep voice, "So I asked you to bring the canopy ruler."

"The canopy ruler doesn't need—well, is it activated?" Wang Xiaoming asked.

"Need." Zhong Yi said.

Wang Xiaoming: "..."

"But compared to other magic tools, the only thing you can hold is the canopy ruler. Don't think that you are not a celestial master, so the canopy ruler in your hand is really just a fire stick."

"Why do you think I asked you to use the canopy ruler to fight evil spirits?" Zhong Yi said, "You must not have read many books. There is a record in "Tao Shu Aids the Gods": The ancients got rid of the unknown and there were peach branches, and the later Yi died from a peach stick. This is the earliest prototype of the canopy ruler. Later, everyone followed suit. The canopy ruler in your hand has the power to exorcise evil spirits. On the ground, otherwise, as long as the fierce approach comes to you, just close your eyes and slam it."

Wang Xiaoming said, "Would it be useful for you to do this? Why do I always feel weird."

"And I'm swinging the stick with my eyes closed, what are you going to do?"

"Most Luban spells take time to chant." Zhong Yi said: "Didn't you see it last night? You just have to hold on and don't die while I'm preparing. Don't worry, I don't expect you to be able to deal with it , I just need someone to help me stall for time."

Wang Xiaoming said to Zhong Yi seriously: "What level is your Mandarin?"

Zhong Yi: "..."

"Last night, I was just running for my life. How could I care about what you were doing? It takes a few seconds for you to recite the spell, you'd better breathe with me first, or—"

"Of course I won't fully rely on you." Zhong Yi said: "I have already arranged the mechanism, but the time is short, I hope..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhong Yi abruptly stopped talking, and the two people in the back alley froze at the same time.

A gust of wind blew flatly, and Wang Xiaoming's goosebumps quickly covered his arms—the air suddenly became cold.

Zhong Yi and Wang Xiaoming looked at each other, turned around at the same time, leaned against each other's backs, and stared closely at the front.

They stood in the middle of the back alley, and no matter where the evil spirit appeared from, someone would spot it immediately.

Wang Xiaoming quickly grabbed the canopy ruler in his pocket, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

He still remembered the fierce and deadly look, when it quickly slid in front of him, he felt that it was the closest to death in his life...

Fierce didn't show up, but the tense Wang Xiaoming's knees were already weak.

"The Lubanmen mechanism is exquisite and unparalleled in the world." Zhong Yi, who seemed to have noticed something, suddenly said with his back against him: "I will stop it."

Wang Xiaoming nodded his head in a way too small to be seen, and felt a little bit of consciousness regained.

But the back alley was extremely quiet, except for their slightly rapid breathing, there was no movement, only gusts of dark wind swirling flatly, whistling non-stop.

Zhong Yi was staring at the entrance of the alley with all his attention, wondering that the evil spirit was missing, when he suddenly remembered something and raised his hand violently.

He pulled the thin thread in his hand, and several tough black threads immediately bounced in the alley, splitting the back alley into several horizontal and vertical paths in an instant.

Wang Xiaoming's eyelids trembled, only then did he realize that the fierce man appeared less than fifteen steps away from him, the face without facial features was facing him directly, and there was a terrifying red light in the two thin slits, which made him want to back up immediately , but was immediately resisted by Zhong Yi.

"Don't move!" Zhong Yi shouted.

Although he expected that the evil spirit among the two would probably attack Wang Xiaoming first, he didn't expect that the evil spirit had probably been formed for many years, had the ability to think, and was able to approach them invisible, planning to kill them by surprise.

Fierce Sha is originally invisible and invisible, and the black umbrella will only be manifested when the resentment gathers. At this moment, it actually abandoned the black umbrella, so that it can sneak over without sound.

Fortunately, Zhong Yi felt that something was wrong, so he picked up a tic-tac-toe path made of ink thread. The ink thread was also used to exorcise evil spirits among the people, and it had been soaked in rice washing water beforehand so that the evil spirits could not touch it.

If Zhong Yi's reaction was a bit later, they might not be able to realize until the fierce and cold face was pressed against Wang Xiaoming's nose without a sound. By that time, they would have already become lambs waiting to be slaughtered in the hands of evil things!

The author has something to say: Ahhh... Thank you everyone for helping me catch bugs.

The problem with the character name, at the beginning, because it was Zanwen, they named it randomly, Wang Xiaoming = Wang Xiaoming, Zhong Yi = Xie Changming, because the time span was too long, and later wrote Xie Changming as Xie Guangming...

The same is true for Master Bai, who originally wrote about a tabby cat, but later changed it to a black cat, and occasionally missed one or two when replacing it.

In fact, there are other supporting roles such as passerby A and passerby B, who scratched their heads and replaced them with a serious name when they were almost finished writing.

But I don't know how to come up with a name. Although I didn't plan to use a name like Wang Xiaoming and Wang Dazhuang at the beginning, I couldn't think of another name after I wrote it, so I still used it.

By the way, in fact, all the protagonists in my draft are named Wang Xiaoming.

Because if I have to wait until I think of a suitable protagonist name to start writing, it will be too far away.