When I woke up this time, something incredible happened again. The shopkeeper was fiddling with his abacus, and the waiters were very busy. The food and wine in the hall were fragrant, and more than a dozen tables were packed. The guests were chatting away, clinking glasses and shouting. It can be described as extremely lively.
A waiter was walking past Lin Zhongquan. He suddenly grabbed the collar of the waiter's chest and said loudly: "Master, if I ask you a question, you'd better answer honestly. Otherwise, I won't hit you if I punch you." If you lose a few teeth, you won’t have a long memory.”
The waiter was startled and trembled: "Uncle... uncle, you... you also saw it. This... this hall is full of guests, the little... the little one only has two legs and two arms. If there are Please forgive me for my neglect." Lin Zhongquan said with a straight face: "That's not what I'm talking about."
The waiter said: "Uncle, please show your respect. I really can't wait for you right now. Otherwise, the guests at other tables will inevitably be unhappy. You still have some dishes or wine that haven't been served. I'll go here." Urgent." Lin Zhongquan said: "Did you hear any noise last night?"
The waiter said with a sad face: "Uncle, I work so hard during the day that I am so tired that I almost have to crawl out of bed. At night, as long as my head touches the bed board, I can guarantee that I will sleep until dawn. As for the noise you keep talking about, I naturally listen to it. Not even there." Lin Zhongquan asked again: "Where did you sleep last night?" The waiter said: "Where can the little people sleep? Of course, we have to make a bunk on the floor in this hall."
Lin Zhongquan snorted coldly: "I see you really don't want those teeth in your mouth." When the guests at other tables saw Lin Zhongquan grabbing the waiter to provoke him, they all looked at him. When the shopkeeper saw this, he also put down his work, walked over with a smile and said: "Sir, calm down. The servants' clumsiness will inevitably make you angry. If there is any negligence, I will forgive you." He said and handed over to Lin Zhongquan. apologize.
Lin Zhongquan let go of the waiter, looked at the shopkeeper and said, "Shopkeeper, I have something I don't understand, and I'm just about to ask for advice. This little second brother doesn't have a bright mind, so I'd better ask the shopkeeper to tell me." The shopkeeper stroked his beard and said: " What does the unknown guest want to ask?" Lin Zhongquan asked: "Where did everyone in this inn go last night?"
The shopkeeper said: "I don't seem to have the right to interfere with the guests' affairs. But since the guests are staying in our hotel, no one will pay the room price and not go to bed."
Lin Zhongquan said loudly: "You are talking nonsense. After midnight last night, there was no one in this inn. Tell the truth, who are you and why are you teasing me? And where did you come from?" ” he said, pointing to the guests at the tables around him.
The shopkeeper sneered and said, "I'm afraid you may have had a few too many drinks, sir. Let the guys help you to rest." When Lin Zhongquan heard that he had had a few too many drinks, his ears started to buzz. The customers next to him were pointing at him, and the face of the shopkeeper in front of him gradually became blurry. It seemed that he was really drunk.
A voice in his ear said: "My guest, he is drunk, help him go back to his room to rest." Lin Zhongquan felt that his tongue became numb and he was speechless. Suddenly, a white light flashed in front of his eyes, and he lost consciousness.
When he woke up again, he was lying on a soft bed. Moonlight poured in through the window panes, and the ground was covered with a layer of silver frost. He was confused and said to himself: "Where am I? What's wrong with me?" He felt a splitting headache, and suddenly remembered that he was clearly talking to the shopkeeper in the lobby of the inn, why was he lying there? on the bed?
Everything he experienced in this inn seemed so bizarre that he began to wonder if he was dreaming or if those weird things really happened? Taking advantage of the moonlight, he jumped out of bed, strode to the wall, put his ear against it, and listened carefully. No one lived in the room next door, so he walked to the other wall to listen, which was also quiet.
Lin Zhongquan flickered the fire and lit the oil lamp on the table. The dead head on the table was gone, but the note was still there. His heart sank, and he thought to himself: "So, I am not dreaming again." He put on his gown and boots, and tied the long sword on his back. Holding the oil lamp, he opened the door and went out. The corridor was dark, with only his own room emitting light.
Lin Zhongquan walked along the corridor to the hall, which was empty. Those customers and the shopkeeper seemed to have disappeared again. Lin Zhongquan said to himself: "Impossible, impossible, how could such a weird thing happen in the world?" As he said that, he quickly jumped up the stairs and ran towards Feng Miaoqing's house.
When he walked into the house again, the headless body had disappeared without a trace. Lin Zhongquan walked straight to the window, pushed open the pane, and looked up at the moon in the sky. Judging from the position of the moon, midnight will be here soon. He remembered the note, held the oil lamp again, and hurried back to his room.
He walked to the door and saw a person standing in front of the window. The man's back was turned to him, and through the light, he could see clearly. He was wearing a white gauze dress, and his back was slender, much like Feng Miaoqing. Lin Zhongquan felt happy and blurted out: "Miss Feng."
The man looked back with a charming face. When Lin Zhongquan saw that the woman was none other than Feng Miaoqing, he was confused and said seriously: "Miss Feng, why are you here?" Feng Miaoqing in front of him spoke, but it was a man's voice. He only heard her say: "I'm not here, I should be Where?"
Lin Zhongquan's heart shivered: "You are not Miss Feng, who are you?" The man's voice changed to a woman again and said: "I am Feng Miaoqing." Lin Zhongquan pulled out the long sword with his backhand and shouted loudly: "Don't even think about lying to me. ? He is the legendary four-faced demon, right?"
The woman turned back to a man's rough voice and said: "You guessed wrong, I am the messenger of the devil, and I am here to give you a beautiful head." Lin Zhongquan took a step back and said in a trembling voice: "You...what will you do to Feng How is the girl?" The man ignored him and picked off his own head with both hands, just like picking a flower. Sister Literature Network
The headless body did not fall down, but still placed the head on the table. Lin Zhongquan's face was pale. He didn't dare to look at the head because the face was too familiar. Just as he covered his eyes with his hands, the body flew out the window. A moment later, a figure flew into the room again.
Lin Zhongquan pointed at the man in front of him and said, "You... aren't you dead?" The man chased his neck and said, "You mean I will die without my head? Without a head, death is inevitable for a mortal. , but it doesn’t harm the devil’s messenger at all.”
Lin Zhongquan's eyes caught a glimpse of a circle of fine stitches around his neck. It was obvious that someone had connected his head to it. He gasped: "You...what do you want?" The young man said: "I said you are my chosen one, and I want to take you to see the four-faced demon god. Could it be that the head of your beloved is broken, and you Don’t you want to renew it for her?”
Lin Zhongquan glanced at the head on the table and said, "You must have used a trick in front of me. The shopkeeper and the guests in this inn are all arranged by you. Where are they?" The scarred-faced young man smiled. Asked: "Do you really want to know?" Lin Zhongquan said: "Of course."
The young man nodded and said: "As long as you and I go to see the Demon God, whether it is the girl you love in your heart or the people you mentioned, I guarantee that you will see it." Lin Zhongquan was concerned about Feng Miaoqing's safety, and he plucked up Courage said loudly: "Okay, I'll go with you."
The young man pointed at the head on the table and said calmly: "Take this head and follow me. Let's go see the devil now." Lin Zhongquan took off his coat and wrapped the head in it. He glanced at the young man and said, "Please ask the envoy to lead the way."
The young man jumped up, put his toes on the window frame, and grabbed a straight rope outside the window. He glanced at Lin Zhongquan and climbed up like a monkey. Lin Zhongquan wrapped his coat behind him and jumped out. Grab the straight rope with both hands.
He raised his head and saw the young man hanging above him. The other party said loudly: "Keep climbing, and you will see the devil." Lin Zhongquan climbed up with his hands, and suddenly he felt as if he was being lifted up by a strong force, and he was suddenly standing on a strange ship.
The ship was ten feet long, and an olive-shaped thing hung above the ship. There were many people standing on the deck, all wearing masks made of white paper. They saw the young man with the scarred face approaching. They all bent down to worship him. The young man turned around, glanced at Lin Zhongquan and said, "The Demon God is right in front."
As he spoke, he knelt down in front of a huge statue and said loudly: "Master Demon God, the mortal you are looking for is here." Lin Zhongquan walked through the crowd with white paper masks and walked up a step. He saw a colorful statue two feet high. The colorful image seemed to have four faces, and the one facing him was a smiling face.
The smiling face was very strange, just like the white paper masks worn by the group of people on the ship. Two slender curved arcs are the eyes, and one arched arc is the mouth. The only difference is that the demon statue also has a scar on its cheek that is exactly the same as the messenger's.
The demon statue has a total of eight arms, stretching out in different directions like tree branches. Those huge hands hold eight kinds of magic weapons: hammer, umbrella, mirror, sword, tower, pestle, snake, and pen. Lin Zhongquan stood at the feet of the demon and said, "You are the demon?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the eyes of the demon statue burst out with red light. For a long time, a thunderous voice came: "I am the devil, and you are the mortal I chose. I can grant you three wishes, but you must leave something as a price."
Lin Zhongquan looked at the scar-faced young man and said: "When I came here, you told me that the Four-faced Demon God can grant three wishes to people, no matter what kind of wish they wish, but you never said that these wishes come with a price. "
The scar-faced young man said sadly: "I didn't say it, but the Demon God told you." The eyes of the Demon God statue glowed red, and the voice in mid-air said: "Mortal, have you thought about it? I am satisfied every time. If you wish, I will get something from you."
Lin Zhongquan took off the package on his shoulders, looked at the demon statue and said, "If you want my life, I'm afraid I'll be dead before I can make my second wish." The demon statue said, "I won't want you. Life, the life of a mortal is like an ant. I am immortal and your life has no value to me."
Lin Zhongquan thought for a moment and said, "If you want me to tell you, I only need you to grant me one wish." The Demon God Statue said, "Tell me about it." Lin Zhongquan said, "Please, Demon God Lord, you can grant me a hundred wishes. "The devil laughed like thunder, and the people on the boat couldn't help but cover their ears.
The sound was so deafening that Lin Zhongquan couldn't help but cover his ears. The demon statue said: "Okay. I can grant your wish. But the price of this wish is to take away your memory." Lin Zhongquan said loudly: "If my memory is taken away, what will happen to the hundred wishes I just made?" Doesn’t that mean the promise was made in vain?”
The demon statue said: "Yes. I have given you three chances, but you only need one. Wait until I collect your memory first, and then I will fulfill your wish."
