If it were me, when I teased someone like this, I would open the door and leave as soon as possible. Otherwise, you will still get beaten easily. In other words, if Senior Qin doesn't turn around and walk away after saying this, I might beat him.
But he didn't do that. Instead, he laughed happily and reached out to stroke "Ganmu"'s snake neck. The stupid snake looked like it was enjoying itself. Shouldn't snakes be cold-blooded animals? ? Seeing that the other party was a master, brought a big snake, and was an old man, I tried my best to suppress my anger and said, Senior Qin, do you really feel good about teasing a junior like this? If you don't know, just tell me that you don't know. I'll spend more time looking for you, so I won't waste any more time on you. But what do you mean by that?
In fact, I think he still knows the whereabouts of the master. Because what he just said was "just" I won't tell you. This subtle modal particle made me feel that he must know something, but he just didn't tell me on purpose. Sure enough, after I asked this question, he gradually stopped laughing, and then said, "Little kid, don't blame me for not telling you. It's just you who is saying that you are Lin Qishan's apprentice. Do you have evidence?" How do I know if you are? What if you are his enemy and want to use me to get information to do bad things?
Although I think what he said is reasonable, but you want me to prove that I am my master's disciple, and you are just talking nonsense, how can I prove it? So I asked him, I can prove it to you, but I don't know the way. Just ask the question and I'll answer it.
Senior Qin patted his thigh and said, OK! readily! Young people are worthy of praise for being able to suppress their anger! Tomorrow at three quarters at noon, I will open the door and wait for you to come. Remember, you must come at the right time, not one minute early, not one second late, otherwise I promise you, you will never see me again in this life. , and you should never want to know the whereabouts of your master.
After a pause, he said again, remember, eat in advance, don't expect to come to my place to eat. I snorted in my heart and said, this is too disrespectful. Although I am not a rich man, I am afraid that eating a meal is not a problem. I am not familiar with you. Who wants to eat your bread? But I just thought about these words in my heart and didn't say them out loud. It's just that this person came from my heart. I'm afraid that my rolling eyes at that time was also seen by him.
After saying that, he stood up, walked to the curtain where he was hiding at first, and picked up a bamboo basket from the ground. Only then did I realize that there was such a thing on the ground. He put the bamboo basket on my bed, and then said "Tsk, tsk, tsk!" to "Ganmu" three times. After hearing the news, Ganmu climbed into the bamboo obediently. In the backpack. Only then did I understand that it was because Ganmu had been tamed so well by Senior Qin that he could fully understand his master's instructions. However, Senior Qin usually lived in seclusion and did not follow routines, which was very strange, so even if he would Gan Mu is raised at home and goes into the bamboo basket when going out. For so long, no one has ever discovered her.
Senior Qin's implication gave me a chance, but I needed to prove my identity. So the farce of his late-night visit finally paid off, even though I really couldn't like this weird old man.
After Gan Mu got into the bamboo basket, Senior Qin closed the lid of the basket and tied it with a rope. The bamboo basket is ventilated, so you don't have to worry about the snake suffocating. This is a good idea. If I weren't naturally afraid of snakes, this trick would look really cool.
I stepped aside to let Senior Qin pass me by. As he was passing by, I took a closer look at the character on his left temple. It was a black character about half an inch in size. Judging from the depth of the color and the degree of staining on the edges, it must have been a mark for a long time. . It was a character I didn't recognize, but it was somewhat different from the curse words or Sanskrit characters I often saw. It was more like a pictographic totem, both like a character and a painting, and I couldn't tell what it was at all. But I didn't ask him, because at this moment I felt that every time I said another word, I might humiliate myself.
When he walked to the door, he reached out to grab the door handle, but when he brought his hand closer, he suddenly stopped, then looked at me, with a look of triumph on his face, and then he stretched out his hand with three fingers. After clasping each other and snapping his fingers, the door opened with a creak, as if he was watching a magic trick. Then he winked at me, showed off, and left my room with a smile. Until he disappeared around the corner of the stairs, I was still stupid, wearing a pair of ugly boxer briefs, staring at the open door in a daze.
It took me a long time to come back to my senses. After closing the door, I stood next to the bed. When I saw the sticky stuff left by Xian Qian Ganmu on the bed, I felt sick and frightened for the whole night. I was afraid that I would not be able to continue. Fell asleep. So I got dressed, packed my bag that had been messed up by Senior Qin, and started sitting in the room in a daze.
He asked me to go at three quarters in the afternoon, no more time, no less time. I have to say, there is something weird about this person. It even makes me feel that this person likes to play pranks. It seems that he will be very happy when he sees others angry and unhappy. . But as for the craftsmanship, although it has not been revealed to me in a short period of time, I still admire it from the bottom of my heart from those few tricks. And the time of 3:00 noon also makes me feel a little uneasy. You know, in ancient times, 3:00 noon was the time for asking for beheading, and it was never an auspicious time. I was asked to go at this time. Could it be said that it was a sign of foreshadowing? What are you wearing?
I had been thinking wildly all night. After dawn, I went out to find something to eat. When I went downstairs, I passed by the entrance guard and found that the guest house staff on duty last night was getting up from the bed with a yawn. So I asked, where did you go last night? What happened? Why is it so noisy? Someone seems to have broken in, right? The man said in a daze that no one came in or out after closing the door at night, so how could anyone break in. Instead, he laughed at me, "Did you have a dream?" I stopped paying attention to him, thinking that if an expert like Senior Qin wanted to freely enter and leave a place that was not heavily guarded, he would have his own way.
Finally, it was almost noon, and it was not far from the time agreed upon by Senior Qin and I. It was a quarter past noon, which was almost 11:45 when converted, but I didn’t have lunch because I had a lot of things on my mind and had enough breakfast, so I wasn’t really hungry. I arrived at the entrance of the alley outside Senior Qin's house about 5 minutes early. From a distance, I saw his green wooden door already open, probably waiting for me. I traced the time it would take me to get to the door with my finger, and then waited.
I didn't miss my appointment. I showed up at the door of Senior Qin's house on time at three quarters to noon. He was also standing inside the door, waiting for me. Because the light outdoors was much brighter than indoors, when I was at the door, I couldn't see clearly what was going on inside the house. I only saw a shrine with candles lit at the end of the house, but the flames of the candles were too bright. But what is very strange is the red color.
Seeing me appearing at the door, Senior Qin smiled and said, "Young people are quite good. They are on time. You have already had lunch, right?" I didn't answer him, but clasped my fists and saluted, showing the courtesy of a junior. Then I asked, Senior Qin, since I am already here, you can come up with the questions. He nodded and said, yes, straightforward and open! Forget about those messy rules of the world. After saying that, he waved to me, meaning stop standing at the door and come in quickly. So I walked into the house. When I stepped into the house, he snapped his fingers again, and the door behind me closed automatically with a clang.
Although I knew he was deliberately showing off his skills in front of me, if I had ordered my troops and horses in advance, I could have done it, but it might not be as cool as his movements. If you want to show off to a junior, why don't you do magic tricks. After closing the door, the environment in the room became dark, but my eyes quickly got used to such an environment. I quickly looked around. The place where I was standing was probably the foyer. Like most families, there was no room here. There is nothing special, but there is a small door on the wall to my left, but there is no door panel. There is only a blue and white floral curtain. The furnishings inside can be seen through the gap. It should be the kitchen. , but the ground was covered with dust, and it seemed that no one had cooked in it for a long time. Right in front of me stood Senior Qin. Behind him was a darker room, and in that room was the shrine. Just when I wanted to take advantage of this short period of time to observe something, a thick and white thing suddenly jumped out slowly from his feet. It was Ganmu, the big snake.
Even though I had expected it, even though I had seen him last night, when I saw Gan Mu now, I couldn't help but feel my scalp tingling. In front of me, the bald old Qin and Gan Mu are together in a scene, which is very similar to a play I watched when I was a child, called "Water Floods the Golden Mountain", in which Fahai beat Bai Suzhen back to her original appearance.
Senior Qin walked up to me, and Gan Mu also swam over with him. I couldn't help but dodge a little. Senior Qin took out a folded red piece of paper from his arms, handed it to me, and then said to me, there is an address on it, which is not far from here. I won't tell you anything. You can find it yourself. Go ahead and dig it yourself. You have one day. At this time tomorrow, you can come back and tell me the results.
I asked, what address? Is it Master’s address? So I reached out and took it, opened it, and saw the No. of XX Road in Hankou written on it. He shook his head and said, this is the question for you. I, Lao Qin, know your master's abilities. If you are really your master's apprentice, come back and tell me the process, and I will know as soon as I hear it. I asked a little anxiously, can you tell me what you want me to do?
Senior Qin smiled coldly, turned around and walked towards the back room. Gan Mu, however, was just like last night, with his body crossed and his head raised high, looking at me as if he wanted me to leave quickly and stop talking nonsense. Just when Senior Qin stepped into the door of the inner room, he snapped his fingers again, and the door behind me opened again with a creak.
