With joy and excitement mixed in their hearts, without resting for a while, the two of them reached the end of the third floor and arrived at the door of the toilet using the light of the corridor.
At this moment, looking at the empty toilet, Zhu Yuandong, who was eager to leave, walked away without saying a word. He walked into the toilet first and walked towards the window. He was about to peek his head in and noticed that Zhao Ping did not come in together, but was still standing at the door of the toilet for a long time. Without making any move, the old man instinctively turned around and asked, "Hey, why don't you come over?"
It was obvious that the bespectacled man had been frequently giving advice to him while he was discussing the issue of escaping. But in fact, Zhu Yuandong had already concluded that the other party was actually as eager to escape as he was. What he called helping him earlier was nothing more than a matter of face. Right in front of you, but how could the other party...
(Huh? Does this person really not intend to leave?)
I thought so, but the reality was indeed like this. Listening to the old man’s doubts and looking at the other person in surprise, in front of the door, Zhao Ping shook his head and replied: "Professor Zhu, I think you misunderstood. I never said anything about it." I'm leaving with you, and the reason why I helped you was just because you were too scared, so if you want to leave, hurry up, no one knows what will happen if you are delayed for a long time."
After hearing the other party's answer and seeing the other party urging him frequently, finally, after confirming that the other party really did not want to leave, Zhu Yuandong sighed, and then said to Zhao Ping in a slightly apologetic tone: "Hey, it seems that I, Zhu, People really misunderstood you before. I thought you also wanted to... Forget it, let's not talk about it. Mr. Zhao and others, don't blame me for being timid. To be honest, I... I am really afraid of worms. , I have been frightened ever since I learned that there was a locust in the hotel during the day. Mr. Zhao, I am very grateful that you are willing to help me like this!"
Facing the old man's sincere explanation before leaving, Zhao Ping smiled slightly and said: "It's nothing. After all, you are just a newcomer. It is human nature to be afraid and it is understandable."
"Ah, really? It's good to understand, it's good to understand. In that case, then, I'll go. Mr. Zhao, take care, and say sorry to Captain He and everyone for me."
"Okay, I will."
This was the end of a sincere farewell. After saying this, Zhu Yuandong moved. Having been surrounded by fear for a long time, he immediately turned around and climbed out of the window. At the same time, he saw Zhu Yuandong move and saw that the other person was completely inside the toilet. For some reason, Beside the door, Zhao Ping's expression changed. It changed instantly. The smile just now disappeared, and the casualness just now disappeared. His whole face instantly became solemn, and his brows became knitted. His right hand reached into his pocket like lightning. The person even quietly stepped back a few steps, quickly retreating in the opposite direction to the toilet door. While retreating, he stared ahead, staring at the window, staring at Zhu Yuandong, who was facing the window with his back to the door!
No one understands what this means, and no one knows what it means. There is just silence, confusion, and the sudden alertness of the man with glasses.
At the same time, inside the toilet, because he was in a hurry to leave, after saying goodbye to Zhao Pinggao, Zhu Yuandong came to the window, stretched out his hand to push open the glass, and first cautiously stuck his head out of the window to look down. He saw that there were fruit pipes all over the bottom, and he felt a surge in his heart. He was so happy, and then he held the platform with both hands and jumped out of the window...
Can……
Just when the old man was about to climb to the window sill, or just when Zhu Yuandong was about half a meter away from the window and climbing down, something happened. A terrible change that was both sudden and completely unexpected happened:
An old woman walked out of the toilet.
He jumped out of the inner room in an instant and walked into the outer room at a terrifying speed that seemed like he was walking slowly but was actually an afterimage. The process was silent, and then he stood motionless.
However, it is precisely the temporary stasis of the old woman that allows her appearance to be fully revealed.
As far as the eye can see, the old woman's overall attire is old and unremarkable. She wears an old-fashioned white vest on her upper body and black pants and black shoes on her lower body. Her face is covered with wrinkles and her complexion is faintly blue. She lowers her head slightly and remains motionless. Currently, he is standing there quietly, in front of the window, behind Zhu Yuandong! ! !
And Zhu Yuandong...
Undiscovered, unnoticed, unaware of everything behind him, he was still climbing hard with the joy of escaping from his life.
Then, the old woman slowly turned her head and looked to the left, towards Zhu Yuandong.
The next moment, a surprising change occurred.
The old woman walked quickly towards Zhu Yuandong, who was jumping towards the window!
The next moment, something even weirder happened.
That is……
I don’t know if it was because my eyes were blurry or if I was in a trance, but in my field of vision, when the old woman rushed towards Zhu Yuandong’s back, the old woman faded in an instant, and her entire body became translucent in an instant. Finally, this translucent person appeared. The old woman entered Zhu Yuandong's body and disappeared after basically overlapping with Zhu Yuandong's body.
Gone, the old woman disappeared.
However, disappearing doesn't mean anything, because things are not over, not over yet, far from over.
In other words, when the bodies of the translucent old woman and Zhu Yuandong overlapped, for some reason, in front of the window, Zhu Yuandong, who had struggled to climb out of the window earlier, stopped moving instantly. His whole body suddenly stiffened and paused as if he had been shocked by electricity, like a sculpture. It seemed to freeze on the spot. .
After freezing for a few seconds, he retreated indoors, gave up climbing out of the window, and then slowly turned around. However, when he completely turned around, he saw that Zhu Yuandong's face was dull, his eyes were lifeless, and he was as confused as if he had lost his soul. , was stunned for a short time, and then, Zhu Yuandong made another move.
Da, da, da, da.
Shaking his body and swaying his head, he walked to the washstand on the left like a puppet, slowly stretched out his hand, first picked up the water plug and plugged the water outlet, and then turned on the faucet...
Bah, clatter, clatter.
Accompanied by the sound of rushing water, more than ten seconds later, the pool below was quickly filled with water pouring from the faucet.
then……
Plop!
Zhu Yuandong dived headlong.
He suddenly bent down and plunged his entire head into the sink! ! !
Gulu, gulu.
The blisters rose and fell one after another, and the body began to tremble.
………
This was an extremely weird scene, and it was also an extremely horrifying scene. At this moment, all of this was seen by Zhao Ping, and was completely imprinted on the vision of the man with glasses outside the toilet door.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Ping's pupils shrank! ! !
His body was shaking violently uncontrollably, and cold sweat instantly spread all over his body.
However, he did not run or escape. He still stood outside the door, watching the toilet and the room like a spectator. Only his right hand, which was deep in his pocket, was covered with veins, as if he would be quickened if there was any abnormal movement. Like taking out something.
As for Zhu Yuandong...
His head was still in the water, so he took the initiative to submerge his head in the water.
Time passed minute by minute, and as time passed, Zhu Yuandong began to struggle. After putting his head into the washbasin, he gradually began to struggle, began to tremble, began to twitch, and moved his hands wildly against the sink. He seemed to want to He broke free from the pool and raised his head. However, even though Zhu Yuandong struggled so hard, his head that was deeply immersed in the water never rose even half an inch and never left the pool.
Why?
Why is this happening?
There was obviously nothing around him, and he had obviously plunged his head in. No matter how you looked at it, it was suicide. Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuandong looked like he had been murdered and forced into the pool by pressing his head.
What about the facts?
The fact is that there is no, there is nothing. As far as the eye can see, there is only one person in the entire toilet, Zhu Yuandong. Only Zhu Yuandong committed suicide under extremely strong and crazy resistance! ! !
As time continued to pass, Zhu Yuandong struggled more and more fiercely, and the shaking gradually reached its peak.
After the peak, there is weakness, silence, the gradual disappearance of the struggle, and the increasingly paralyzed body.
Five minutes later, Zhu Yuandong stopped twitching, his hands dropped down, and his whole body remained motionless. He kept his weird posture of sticking his head into the pool, completely frozen, and fell into complete silence.
He died, lying in front of the pool. He died inexplicably and silently. Until he died... his head was still deep in the pool, and he never raised it even a little bit.
Finally, a corpse was left behind, a tragic corpse with a large amount of unknown liquid and yellow substance covering its crotch.
Then, the whole toilet fell silent and returned to silence.
Sand, sand, sand...
At the same time, outside the toilet, seeing that the other party was dead, and confirming that there was no more trouble, Zhao Ping also moved, slowly moving, and moved backwards along the corridor, without even trying to wipe away the cold sweat. Gradually recede in the opposite direction to the toilet.
During the process of retreating, the bespectacled man kept his breathing to a minimum and tried his best not to make a sound with his footsteps. Currently, his nerves were highly concentrated and he looked around while retreating.
Zhao Ping did not quickly turn around and return to the room until he retreated to a certain distance and was far away from the toilet. After confirming that he was far enough away from the toilet, he quickly turned around and returned to the room.
Snap.
"Hoo, ho, ho!"
The moment the door closed, in the living room, Zhao Ping's limbs went limp, and he leaned against the door and instinctively gasped for breath. Fortunately, he was not an ordinary person, and the strong calmness unique to senior people was not a fake. In just a few moments, he was afraid. Already gone, the fear has been suppressed.
What followed was contemplation, silence, and a pair of cold eyes behind the lenses.
The man seemed to be recalling something, thinking about something, his brain was working rapidly, and his eyes kept wandering.
With a certain idea in mind, mixed with a certain thought, the man with glasses pushed open the door and arrived at the bedroom.
However, something surprising is...
After entering the bedroom, the expected scene did not appear.
In the field of vision, the bright room is clearly visible, the surroundings are empty, and there is no one on the bed.
Chen Xiaoyao is missing!
………
At this moment, Chen Xiaoyao was in the toilet on the second floor. He looked up and then moved. He quickly climbed out of the window and entered the toilet on the third floor through the drainage pipe.
With quick movements and agility, the whole process from the 2nd floor to the 3rd floor only took a dozen seconds. Of course, the above is not the point. The point is that he could clearly see the environment and the current situation as soon as he arrived at the toilet on the 3rd floor. , saw Zhu Yuandong’s strangely dead body!
"Why……"
Seeing the old professor's corpse with his own eyes, Chen Xiaoyao's face showed solemnity. He observed for a moment, remained silent for a moment, and finally sighed without saying anything. He turned his eyes away and began to look at the environment.
After looking at it for a long time, the young Taoist priest made a move, raised his hands and quickly made a series of Taoist gestures that others could not understand. Finally, he took out a yellow talisman paper from his sleeve and put the "Order" written on it. Sun and Moon Wheel' Several talisman papers with traditional Chinese red characters were quickly pasted on the toilet wall.
but……
Wow.
When the third second passed when the talisman paper was attached to the wall, an accident happened. There was no reason, no reason. As the red light suddenly appeared, as the fire rose, in the blink of an eye, the talisman paper spontaneously ignited and burned into a ball of ashes. !
There is still no reason, there is still no reason. Seeing this scene, Chen Xiaoyao's originally calm face turned into a look of death in an instant. His eyes widened and his mouth opened wide, as if he was frightened by something. I stood up, my legs were shaking uncontrollably, I swallowed, and then...
Turn around and run!
He ran with the super speed that can only be achieved when escaping, and rushed straight out of the toilet like a sharp arrow.
The speed was even faster than when I was chased by a swarm of hawks on the highway.
………
Ten seconds later.
Bang, bump!
"call!"
"Hoo, ho, ho..."
The door was suddenly pushed open and then closed suddenly. At this moment, Chen Xiaoyao, who was still in shock, was leaning against the door, panting.
After breathing for a moment, I don't know if the panic subsided or if he made some discovery. Gradually, the young man returned to normal. He stopped sweating and panting. He turned to look forward, to the opposite side, and to the same place in the living room. Zhao Ping.
At present, the man with glasses is sitting on the sofa with a calm expression. In addition to his expressionless face, his seemingly indifferent eyes are also staring at Chen Xiaoyao.
As for the young Taoist priest...
In other words, when he found that the other party seemed to have been waiting for him, his expression changed, vaguely. The reason why he described it vaguely was because the young man did not react much. He neither showed surprise nor confusion, just just He looked at each other for a moment, and finally spoke with a slight frown, posing a question to the other party that was at least very important to him personally:
"Senior Zhao, why did you want to kill Zhu Yuandong?"
Many times when talking to others, it is not necessary to be too thorough, and it is better to go straight to the topic without paving the way in advance, especially for smart people.
Sure enough, seeing that the other party went straight to the topic without any ink, Xu was quite satisfied with the young man's move, adjusted the bridge of his nose and glasses, then, Zhao Ping stared at Chen Xiaoyao and said lightly: "It seems that you already know, okay, even if You really don’t know this and I don’t intend to hide it from you. After all, it’s hard to hide it when we live together. As for why you said I wanted to kill Zhu Yuandong... Haha, how is it possible? When did I kill him? What did I use to kill him? ?”
After hearing the other party's answer and seeing the other party deny it, although Chen Xiaoyao's expression did not change, his tone changed, and his questioning tone became more intense:
"I think Senior Zhao, you already knew about the bug in the toilet. Yes, you did not do it yourself, but Senior Zhao, isn't it the same if you killed it with the help of the bug?"
Zhao Ping couldn't help being stunned after hearing this, but the next moment he raised his head and laughed. While laughing, he replied in the tone he should have said: "Haha, it seems that I guessed right. I knew you through observation from the beginning. You are not an ordinary person, but I didn’t expect you to be truly extraordinary.”
Having said this, he paused and before waiting for the young man to answer, the man with glasses held his glasses as he returned to his normal state and continued: "You should be a Taoist priest worthy of the name, right? If you can, can you do it for me?" Tell me about you?"
The atmosphere in the room became strange, depressing, and silent at this moment. The only thing that existed was the two executors staring at each other.
Fortunately, the silence did not last long. After looking at the man in front of him with complex eyes, he hesitated for half a minute. Finally, Chen Xiaoyao nodded and admitted: "Well, I am indeed a Taoist priest, a Taoist priest in the true sense. , he is also a Maoshan Taoist priest, different from the sorcerers in the society who cheat on food and drink, I am different from that group of people, and about my identity..."
"Actually, I was just an ordinary young man at the beginning. I lost my memory for some reason three years ago and lived at the foot of Mount Lu. Finally, I was taken in by my master. From that time on, I became attached to my master, and the two of us lived together at the foot of Mount Lu. In a gym, it is undeniable that due to amnesia, I have forgotten my family, friends, and life in the past. However, amnesia does not mean that I am an idiot. I can clearly feel that Master takes good care of me. The old man also said that Train me to be a true Taoist priest."
Xu Shi was a little puzzled by the young man's frequent mention of the word 'real'. Zhao Ping couldn't help but interjected: "Huh? A real Taoist priest?"
Chen Xiaoyao nodded and continued: "Yes, my master said that he has lived for more than 100 years, and as you get older, you can see many things more clearly, such as Taoism. Don't look at the apparent appearance of recent years. The Zhua Taoist sect has developed very strongly, but my master said that all this is an illusion and belongs to the soulless Jinghua years. The reason is very simple. First of all, as a Taoist priest and a Taoist, the most basic thing is to know how to ward off evil spirits. If you don’t even know these things, you are not considered a Taoist priest; at most, you are just a bunch of fake people selling dog meat.”
"Of course, the Zhua Taoist sect did flourish in the past, and even during the Republic of China, the incense inheritance continued uninterrupted. Unfortunately, there were unforeseen circumstances. With the advent of those ten years, the Zhua Taoism suffered a devastating blow. The Taoism was destroyed. Knowing and expelling The Taoist priests who ward off evil are completely extinct, leaving only those fake Taoist priests with empty Taoist titles and some wandering warlocks who cheat on food and drink, and my master is the last Taoist priest I have, the last Maoshan Taoist priest."
"Hey, hey, hey, don't look at me with that suspicious look. I'm not bragging. My master is very powerful. When I was in Lushan, no matter what weird things happened in the villages hundreds of miles around, just come to him and everything would be solved easily. , not only that, he is also kind-hearted. Every time he helps people drive away evil spirits, he only charges half the price... Well, it's a bit off topic. Okay, let's get back to the topic. Due to the decline of Taoism and the increasing age, in recent years, My master began to worry and worry. He was worried that the Maoshan lineage would be cut off in his own hands. He was even more worried that the Maoshan alchemy that had been passed down to me for thousands of years would disappear. Although he wanted to find a successor to inherit the Taoism, unfortunately, it took a long time to find him. But no young man is willing to learn this kind of thing that is completely useless in their eyes. To say the least, even if these people are willing, my master will not accept them as disciples. There is only one reason, and that is that they are not qualified enough. Most people cannot meet the conditions for learning Maoshan techniques until..."
"It wasn't until 3 years ago that Master met me by chance. He met me, who he said was extremely talented in skeletal astonishment."
"My arrival was considered by Master to be God's arrangement, so after I became my Master, Master began to teach me with all his strength."
"Master said that if you want to learn academically, you must first practice physical training. If you don't have good kung fu, you are not qualified to be a Maoshan Taoist priest. I have been in a state of physical training and kung fu learning for two years before I became a master. During this period, master did teach me many Taoist boxing techniques that I had never heard of before. , I was not officially taught alchemy until my third year. But, who would have thought that I had only learned Taoism for a year, and I only learned at most one-tenth of my master's skills, but my master... It ended without any illness, and as for me, as I just said, during the three years of apprenticeship, I only learned some fists and some fur techniques to repel locusts and evil spirits."
What happened after that was simple. After my master passed away, I buried him, and then went down the mountain to start a new life. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any good job after I came down because I had no skills, and I didn’t want to do physical work... In desperation, in the end, I have no choice but to become a wandering Taoist priest, eating and drinking, hey. "
………
Let’s not talk about how the young Taoist priest misses his master or how he complains about the difficulty of living in society. At this moment, sitting across from the sofa, listening to Chen Xiaoyao’s narration, Zhao Ping can clearly feel the virtue of his master. At best, he is a great master, but in reality he is not. He was just an old master who was impatient because he couldn't find an apprentice. Of course, if you think about it, in fact he didn't say anything and just nodded. In addition, he now basically knows the origin of the other party, so...
After a moment of silence, the bespectacled man looked up at Chen Xiaoyao, then stared at Chen Xiaoyao with a thoughtful look and expression and asked, "According to what you said, your ability to ward off evil spirits..."
Chen Xiaoyao spread his hands without any hesitation and said: "I can handle two swords, so don't think that I am so powerful. In fact, I only learned Maoshan Technique from my master for one year. Well, how should I put it? If not, To describe my current abilities, I am confident in repelling evil spirits in general, and I am also proficient in making magic tricks. Even if I can deal with ordinary small insects, I can easily catch them. However, if the strength of the insect is too strong, there is actually nothing I can do. Okay, This is my past, don’t you think it’s miserable?”
After hearing Chen Xiaoyao's last words, Zhao Ping couldn't help but be speechless. He didn't expect that there would be someone in the world who said that his fate was tragic. In addition, he could also draw conclusions from Chen Xiaoyao's narration. If what the other party said was If true, then this is a typical abduction case:
That is, the story of an old master who was troubled all day long because he could not find an apprentice, but finally succeeded in luring a 2B young man to become his apprentice.
(Clues have been obtained and the identity is known.)
Then……
The man with glasses moved, ignored the young man's misfortune, ignored the other party's chat, stood up from the sofa without saying a word, and walked straight to the bedroom.
Seeing Zhao Ping's actions, Chen Xiaoyao was stunned and quickly called out: "Hey, hey, hey! I haven't finished speaking yet! You, what are you doing in the bedroom?"
Zhao Ping wrote three words without looking back as he walked:
"go to sleep."
Chen Xiaoyao was stunned again, and then continued to ask: "But you haven't told me why you want to use Qi's hand to get rid of Zhu Yuandong?"
The footsteps suddenly stopped.
In other words, when he heard the inquiry from behind, Zhao Ping, who had just ignored anyone and was about to enter the bedroom, stopped. The man stood still, motionless, and was silent for a long time, until Chen Xiaoyao looked suspicious, and finally, The man with glasses answered the young man in a calm tone:
"The cursed space is a place where the fittest survive, but people like Zhu Yuandong are not suitable here. If you continue to stay, it will do no harm to you, me or even the entire team. In order not to drag down the team, he can only die. What's more, What's more, before I died, I successfully used him to obtain a valuable clue. Yes, this deal is a good deal, so why not exchange a useless person's life for a clue?"
The whole sentence was spoken in a calm tone, but for some reason, Chen Xiaoyao couldn't help but shiver when he heard the glasses man's words.
