Strange Tales: The Yin-Yang Celestial Master

It was already late at night when we arrived at the ancestral house, and there were no street lights in the mountains. Under the hazy moonlight, Qi Buyang got out of the car, looked up and saw the door with blue tiles and cornices in front of him. Part of the paint on the door had peeled off, and the old house was in the dark. Huhu looked particularly gloomy at night.

He hasn't been back to his ancestral house for many years, this old house looks like a haunted resort to outsiders, but at this moment, Qi Buyang feels very cordial.

Standing in front of the closed door, he was a little excited and took a deep breath.

The old servant in the courtyard came out to greet her with a lantern as before, and the light of the lantern flickered slightly on her face covered with grooves, like a ghost.

Qi Buyang smiled, "Grandma Gui, Buyang is back."

"Young master! You can count on seeing your mother-in-law." The old lady carrying the lantern happily opened her mouth with few teeth left, and the creases made by her smile made her face look even weirder.

Muttering "Little Master", the old lady passed Qi Buyang straight and stopped in front of the driver who came with him, startling the driver and standing stiffly on the spot, not daring to move.The old man stretched out his dead branch-like hand to touch his face and arms, "I haven't seen you in a few years, the young master has grown so tall, and he's become much stronger..."

Qi Buyang sighed with a smile, walked over to support her and said, "Grandma, I'm here."

"Ah—what?"

Qi Buyang raised his voice, "Mother-in-law! Buyang is here!"

"Oh, you said you're hungry? Come, come, let's go have dinner, my mother-in-law made your favorite dish." The old lady walked into the door as she said that, and Qi Buyang hurriedly followed to support her.

"Huh? Young master, why are you losing weight again? Hmm..." He raised his hand and patted his head, "You're still short..." Granny Gui shook her head angrily, "The servant over there must not have taken good care of you, How can you be so thin! It doesn't matter, after a few days of eating the dishes cooked by my mother-in-law, I will become fat for nothing."

"En!" Qi Buyang happily responded.

Grandma Gui is very old, and she stayed in this house to serve Qi's family when she was a little girl. I don't know how many generations she has gone through.She is the closest person to Qi Buyang here. Grandma Gui took care of him when he was a child, just like his own grandma.Seeing her now, the old man seems to be the same as ten years ago, but his hearing is even worse.

"When the young master returns, those people will ask you, why did you gain weight after not seeing you for a few days? Just tell them, it's because you ate Granny Gui's food."

"it is good."

"Wait a while and eat a few more bowls of rice. It's so late now, you must be starving."

"Ah."

An old man and a novel went to the dining room, Qi Buyang filled his stomach, Granny Gui told him that the old man had already gone to sleep, and told him to go to bed first, we will talk about things tomorrow, and then sent him back to the room.

Watching the flickering lantern getting farther and farther until it disappeared, Qi Buyang closed the door, climbed into bed and lay down.The surrounding was very quiet, only the faint chirping of insects could be heard, but he did not feel sleepy.

I looked around the room with my eyes open, and the vague outlines of the furniture were both strange and familiar.He stayed in this room for six years, and lived here since he was born. He didn't leave his ancestral house until he was six years old to live in the city, and he never came back.

Looking at it today, everything here seems to be the same as before, nothing has changed.

Thinking about it, he fell asleep.

Maybe it was back to his childhood home, this time Qi Buyang slept very soundly, didn't have a single dream, when he woke up it was already morning, and there was a crisp bird song outside the window.

After getting up, Qi Buyang sat cross-legged on the bed and began to adjust his breath.This is the method of self-cultivation that his grandfather taught him when he was three years old. It is said that it can calm the mind, and his grandfather asked him to take it as a daily compulsory course.

A quarter of an hour later, there was a knock on the door, "Master, the old man asked you to have breakfast."

"understood."

Qi Buyang got out of bed, got dressed, opened the door and went out, the morning air was very fresh, he took a deep breath with satisfaction, today was another refreshing day.

In the dining room, Old Freak Qi was already sitting at the main seat, drinking tea from a teacup, and a stranger was sitting beside him.

Probably the one that grandpa asked him to pick up.

Thinking this way, Qi Buyang greeted his grandfather and sat down opposite them.He lowered his head and drank the soup, while curiously glanced at the person next to Grandpa out of the corner of his eye, why did he look familiar?He suddenly thought of something, and the soup in his throat suddenly ran into the trachea.

"Cough, cough, cough...you...you are that shemale..."

His face flushed from being choked by the hot soup, Qi Buyang pointed at the man and was speechless in astonishment.

The man showed a playful smile, and asked calmly: "Young master, what did you just say I am?"

Qi Buyang suddenly sensed a dangerous signal from his eyes, and immediately stopped talking, held back for a long time before hesitatingly said: "I said...you are that person...the one with the demon, the waist, the very thin waist!"

"is it?"

The other party's smile remained the same, it was obvious that he didn't believe it, so Qi Buyang had no choice but to bite the bullet and nod.

Instead of asking further questions, he nodded and said, "Thank you for the compliment."

"..."

"Bu Yang." Old Freak Qi, who had been watching from the sidelines, finally spoke.

Qi Buyang knew that his behavior towards the guests just now was very impolite, and thought that his grandfather was going to blame him, so he quickly bowed his head and admitted his mistake: "I was wrong, Grandpa."

Old Monster Qi ignored this matter, and just introduced the man beside him: "This is Luo Lang, he is a very powerful master, and he came to our house for an exchange visit from today. During Mr. Luo's stay at Qi's house, he It is your sole responsibility to take care of him and make Mr. Luo feel at home."

"Yes."

Qi Buyang nodded in agreement.Maybe it was his delusion. Grandpa's attitude towards Mr. Luo seemed a little strange. He almost gritted his teeth when he spoke just now, and his face was also ugly.

"Grandpa, are you sick?" He asked worriedly.

Old Monster Qi glared at Luo Lang, and said in a strange tone: "Thanks to Mr. Luo, this old man is still in good health."

It wasn't that he was sick, but he seemed to hate that Luo Lang very much, but his grandfather spoke to him very respectfully, Qi Buyang scratched his head in doubt, really couldn't figure it out.

That Luo Lang didn't care about Old Monster Qi's attitude at all, he seemed to suddenly become interested in the string of beads on Qi Buyang's wrist, leaned forward and held his hand, and asked, "What is this?"

Qi Buyang was taken aback for a moment, and looked down at the things he had worn on his hands since he was a child.

It was a string of dark red sandalwood beads, each bead was engraved with strange runes, other than that, there was nothing eye-catching.

He replied honestly: "This is a prayer bead given by my grandfather, please keep me safe."

"Safety?" Luo Lang prolonged his voice inexplicably, twisting the beads with two slender fingers, but looking at Old Monster Qi: "You think you can cut off the spiritual sense with this thing, so that I can't find it?" him?"

Old Monster Qi seemed to have seen through his intentions, and stared at him without saying a word.

"Since I'm already sitting here, it means that this thing is useless." Luo Lang smiled proudly, brushed his fingers lightly, and the string suddenly broke, and the round wooden beads fell to the ground with a clatter, making a series of crisp sounds .

Qi Buyang was startled, and immediately bent down to pick it up, but was stopped by his grandfather.

Old Monster Qi waved his hand and said, "Mr. Luo is right, since it is useless, don't bother with it." He motioned for the servants to come and clean it up.

Qi Buyang secretly glanced at Grandpa's face - it can no longer be described as ugly, it is as black as the bottom of a pot.

Usually when grandpa shows this kind of face, everyone around will be in trouble. He shrinks his neck subconsciously, but finds that Mr. Luo looks as usual, as if he can't see the displeasure of Old Freak Qi at all, and even eats happily. The food on the table looked harmonious.

But Qi Buyang always felt that he did it on purpose, and he couldn't tell the reason. Maybe it was because when he smiled, the smile didn't reach his eyes at all, which made his whole face reveal an evil feeling...

Realizing that Qi Buyang was peeking at him, Luo Lang squinted his eyes and said, "It seems that the young master likes me very much~" He said and looked at Old Monster Qi meaningfully.

Qi Buyang's cheeks were flushed, and he didn't know how to respond awkwardly, so he could only stammer: "Luo, Mr. Luo, just call me by my name..."

Luo Lang nodded cooperatively, and called out "Qi Buyang". The deliberately low tone and inexplicably ambiguous tone made Qi Buyang feel uncomfortable, so he could only look at his grandfather for help.

With a "pop", Old Monster Qi suddenly put down his chopsticks heavily and stood up.

"Bu Yang, take Mr. Luo back tomorrow, it's not convenient for you to stay here all the time."

Qi Buyang quickly nodded in agreement.

Old Monster Qi took the dragon-head crutch leaning on the armrest, and before leaving, he suddenly said to Luo Lang: "Mr. Luo, the 17-year period has not yet come, I hope you will not break the contract."

"Of course, Qi Buyang will get along with me happily." Luo Lang smiled and glanced at Qi Buyang, which made his skin crawl.

Old Freak Qi snorted and left on crutches.Although the old man is on crutches, he still walks steadily when viewed from behind, and his back is always straight.

Luo Lang turned around and sighed: "Your grandpa hasn't changed at all, he's still the same as ten years ago, so stubborn."

"You knew my grandfather before?" Qi Buyang was surprised.

"Your grandfather and I have been old friends for many years." Luo Lang said proudly, shaking his finger.

Qi Buyang didn't believe it, this Luo Lang looked very young, at most in his twenties, wasn't he a child more than ten years ago?However, he remembered that even though his grandfather had a strange attitude towards Luo Lang just now, he kept using honorifics when he spoke. Could it be that this person is some kind of important person?

Hmm... the height is outstanding, but it looks too ostentatious and oppressive, and if you look closely, you will find that this person's eyes are too indifferent, coupled with the vicious expression that always seems to be a smile, it doesn't look like a good person .

Relying on his keen intuition, Qi Buyang immediately decided to keep a distance from this person, but he was a guest after all, so he couldn't lack the courtesy of the Qi family, so he asked politely: "Mr. Luo, shall I take you for a stroll in the yard?"

"Okay, I just want to go and see the previous room." Luo Lang stood up, and walked out without waiting for Qi Buyang to lead the way.

Qi Buyang felt strange following behind, this Luo Lang seemed to be very familiar with the Qi family's ancestral house, walking through the labyrinth-like courtyard as if in his own home.I heard him say that he wanted to see the "previous room". Could it be that he lived here before?

While guessing wildly, Luo Lang suddenly stopped in front of a room door, Qi Buyang couldn't hold back his feet and almost bumped into it, the other party quickly turned around to catch him, and he threw himself into Luo Lang's arms.

"You're still so enthusiastic." Luo Lang teased.

Qi Buyang blushed immediately, stood up in a hurry, didn't pay attention to what he said, and quickly changed the subject: "What is Mr. Luo doing here?"

"This is my room." Luo Lang said as a matter of course.

"Your room?" Only then did Qi Buyang realize that they had reached the largest courtyard in the old house. This is usually the place where the senior members of the Qi family lived. However, as the Qi family gradually declined, there was only Old Monster Qi alone. live here.

Grandpa actually arranged Luo Lang here?Qi Buyang was secretly surprised, just as he was about to ask, he saw Granny Gui coming out of the room, saw the two people at the door, and happily moved over to say hello.

"Xiao Luo is back? Have you seen our young master? He looks handsome now!"

Qi Buyang's head was full of black lines, and he reminded her: "Grandma, I'm here!"

Granny Gui turned her head and stared at him for a while, then suddenly realized: "Oh, oh, have you seen it? That's good, that's good..."

"Grandma, have you met Mr. Luo before?" Qi Buyang asked.

"What are you talking about? Of course I've seen it before, haven't you seen it too?" Granny Gui said, pulling Qi Buyang with one hand and Luo Lang with the other, "Come, come, mother-in-law will make delicious food for you. , I even specially prepared your favorite dishes!"

"..."

They stayed in the ancestral house for a day, and they were going back early the next morning, but Luo Lang enjoyed his breakfast very much, and it took a lot of time just to eat.

Qi Buyang waited by the side for a long time, and finally couldn't help but stepped forward and asked: "Mr. Luo, are you full? Let's go on the road when we are full."

"Young master's speech is really unlucky, hasn't your grandfather taught you?"

"..." Qi Buyang said with a serious face, "Buyang speaks like this, which made me laugh."

"I will forgive you." Luo Lang calmly wiped the corners of his mouth with a tissue and wiped his fingers before standing up slowly.

"The car is already waiting outside." After Qi Buyang finished speaking, he turned around and walked outside.

"The lychee trees in your yard are bearing fruit." Luo Lang suddenly said something irrelevant.

Qi Buyang turned around suspiciously, and heard him continue to say: "Remember to pick some more and take them home, I like to eat."

"..."