In the empty bedroom, three figures suddenly appeared.
An Zichun, Shu Guan, and Li Ya appeared one after another.
Li Ya looked around and found that she had finally returned to the normal world and the bridal chamber where she had been on her wedding night. Just as she was about to let out a cheer of surprise, An Zichun suddenly raised his hand and stuck a talisman on the On Li Ya's back.
Then Li Ya's body softened and she slowly fell down on the withered iron frame bed, her eyes closed tightly, as if she fell asleep.
Shu Guan glanced at An Zichun in confusion.
"Senior brother, what I put on her body just now was the God-forgetting Talisman."
An Zichun smiled slightly at Shu Guan and said:
"She will fall asleep, and when she wakes up tomorrow, she will have forgotten everything that happened in the past two days, including the fact that she got married."
Then An Zichun sighed and said:
"The main reason is that this forgetfulness talisman is too difficult to draw, especially because ordinary people cannot forget too many things and really become fools. Therefore, when drawing the talisman, one must control the spiritual power very carefully."
"And the consumption of these Talisman of Forgetfulness is too great. Junior brother, when you go on missions in the future, remember to come to Senior Brother to get some Talisman of Forgetfulness, but don't be like Sixth Junior Brother who makes a big splash at every turn. You can get more than a dozen of them at a time. open."
Shu Guan still looked at An Zichun with some confusion and said:
"Senior brother, do you think it would be better for her if she forgets this experience?"
An Zichun nodded and said:
"That's one of the reasons."
"As for the other reason, junior brother, think about it, what would happen if this woman didn't forget what she had experienced, and then told someone about it?"
"Then these people in Shopkeeper Wang's house, as well as those on patrol, will know the existence of practitioners like us. Coupled with word of mouth, even if many people don't believe it, as long as some people believe it, in this department If some people have their minds set on it, then they will come to Turtle Mountain all day long to search for immortals and visit Taoism. Junior Brother Ni thinks that if that is the case, can we still live a stable life?"
Shu Guan quickly shook his head.
"Although it cannot be said that things like today happen often, in a large city like Jingcheng with a population of millions, hundreds of incidents still happen every year. If we don't deal with it, then we practitioners Its existence has long been known to the world."
"You must know that immortals will return to immortals and mortals will return to the mortal world. This rule of law not only prevents practitioners from intervening in mortal affairs, but also means that mortals are not allowed to know the existence of our cultivation world."
Shu Guan was suddenly enlightened, and then remembered an old science fiction movie he had watched in his previous life. That movie was about a group of people wearing black suits and sunglasses, dealing with various abnormal events caused by aliens in the city. At the end of each action At that moment, those men in black suits and sunglasses took out something like a pen and coolly took a photo of all the witnesses to clear their memories.
And what the fifth senior brother is doing now is somewhat interesting.
It's just that we are wearing Taoist robes.
Shu Guan thought this, and then said with some confusion:
"Then if there is a B-level or A-level big event like what my senior brother said, and tens of thousands of people witness it, then how should we deal with it? Should we put talisman stickers on them one by one?"
An Zichun laughed, shook his head and said:
"If such a big event really happens, according to the master, a temple, a temple, and an academy can work together to activate a secret method to solve the aftermath of mortal affairs. However, the senior brother does not know what the secret method is, because the senior brother has practiced it for seven years. In more than ten years, I have never encountered a major incident above the second level."
Shu glanced at An Zichun's charming face of a middle-aged man and thought, I really can't tell that you are at least eighty years old.
Then Shuguan asked again:
"Is it true that no ordinary person has ever known that we exist?"
"No, even immortals always make mistakes when dealing with the aftermath. Otherwise, where do you think the legends about immortals and monsters in the mortal world for thousands of years come from? But as long as the legends remain legends, it will be fine ”
"Seventh Junior Brother, is there anything else you want to ask?"
"Well, how should we explain to Shopkeeper Wang and others later how he found his daughter-in-law?"
A smile appeared on the corner of An Zichun's mouth, which was quite cunning.
"We don't want to explain, we will leave directly now."
"ah!……"
Shu Guan was stunned.
"Why are we here this time? Isn't it just to find out why she disappeared?"
An Zichun pointed to the sleeping woman on the bed and said:
"Now that the person has been found and the reason is clear, then why do we still stay here and why do we need to explain anything to others?"
"Those who really value this woman, as long as she comes back, probably won't care too much about how she came back!"
"Haha, besides, I think Inspector Zhou is a shrewd man. He should be able to find a good truth about this disappearance and take the credit for himself."
Shu Guan was silent for a moment.
...So, if you don't take credit, you don't need others to be grateful, right...
Then, An Zichun picked up the celadon moon bottle on the bedside shelf.
"However, this bottle can no longer be placed here. Although the demon in the bottle is dead, there are still some mysteries in this bottle. Brother, I still can't understand it, so I have to take it back to the meeting hall for the master to take a look. In addition, this bottle It is an extraordinary thing, and we should try not to let it wander among mortals, otherwise we don’t know who will be the next victim.”
Shu Guan looked at the vase in An Zichun's hand and saw that the painting on the vase had changed. The garden was still there, but there was no yellow moon in the sky. Nine ladies in ancient clothes were lying quietly in the garden. The woman in the suit, thanks to his eyesight that is now different from ordinary people, Shu Guan can see where the yellow moon used to be, there is a hole the size of a pinhole.
Fifth Brother is right. The painting on the vase can still change with the changes in the world in the vase, which shows that this vase is still not a mortal thing.
Then Shu Guan's heart suddenly moved, and he remembered a certain sentence he heard in Wang Xie's dream, and then said to An Zichun with some uncertainty:
"Wang Qie seems to have said that this vase was given to him by someone a few days ago."
An Zichun raised his eyebrows and said:
"Why, seventh junior brother, what do you think is wrong with the person who sent the bottle?"
"Maybe the person who sent the vase didn't know that the vase was a foreign object, but it's also possible that he knew."
Shu Guan expressed his thoughts calmly.
"...Well, junior brother, you are still attentive, but senior brother didn't think of this part just now. If the person who sent the bottle did it intentionally, then I have to ask where the bottle came from."
An Zichun thought for a moment.
"Then when we leave later, we will wake up Wang Xie and ask him who gave him this vase, and then put a forgetfulness charm on him."
…
About ten minutes later, An Zichun and Shu Guan walked out of the courtyard wall behind the Wang family's mansion.
At this time, the long night is about to pass, and the morning star is still rising in the eastern sky. The world is in the darkest moment before dawn. There are no pedestrians on the street, only the two Taoist priests, standing on the lonely street.
Shu Guan held the vase in his hand and looked back at the deep mansion again.
Everyone in the house was still sleeping. No one knew that the missing woman had returned home, and no one knew that they had left.
Shu Guan couldn't help but think of a certain classic line in that science fiction movie again:
We are not heroes, and nothing we do can remain in people’s memory.
Yes, those who practice Taoism do not need other people’s gratitude and admiration, nor do they need other people’s flowers and applause.
We don’t need to slap in the face those mortals who once doubted us.
We practice, we slay demons, we eliminate demons, and we guard the laws of heaven, but we don’t need mortals to know all this.
It turns out that this is the guardian of heaven!
Shu Guan recalled another line of poetry from his previous life. Perhaps this line of poetry was more suitable to describe them, the guardians of heaven, than that line.
Then some pride suddenly rose in his heart, so Shu Guan read out the poem.
"Hello."
An Zichun looked at him in surprise and shock and said:
"What a poem. Senior brother, I have never heard of it before. Could it be that you wrote it yourself, junior brother?"
"yes!"
Shu Guan blinked and said.
"I didn't expect seventh junior brother to be able to compose poetry!"
"Know a little bit."
Thinking about the huge poetry library in his mind, even if he were to be a literary copywriter, he would not worry about running out of stock in his lifetime, so Shu Guan nodded shamelessly and then asked:
"Brother, how should we go back? Can we walk?"
"yes!"
An Zichun burst out laughing, then raised his hand and patted a piece of talisman paper on Shu Guan's back.
So Shuguan started running, running fast, running in the darkness before dawn.
The Thousand Miles Talisman!
…
When Shu Guan ran to the foot of Guishan Mountain, a glimmer of morning light finally appeared in the eastern sky. Beside the tidal flat in the distance, many Taoyuan villagers in the shanty town were already approaching the tidal flat with tools.
I haven't come back for a few days, and most of the reeds on the tidal flats have been cleared. It seems that it won't be long before the formal construction of houses can begin.
With houses, they, the homeless people in Taoyuan Village, can truly settle down.
Shu Guan felt a lot of joy in his heart.
"Fifth Senior Brother, you go up the mountain first, I will go back later."
After saying this to An Zichun, he strode towards the tidal flat.
He wanted to meet Wang Dahua and Zhang Yadan.
After a brief reunion with the Taoyuan villagers, I'm afraid I won't be back for a long time.
The last time I went up the mountain, I thought it would take me a long time to practice, but I didn't expect that I could successfully build the foundation in just one night.
But this time when we go up the mountain, we have to start practicing real Taoism. I'm afraid it will take a long time.
