He was lost in thought for a while, took out the letter from Luo Fanxi, and read it again and again.
In recent days, he has read this letter hundreds of times, and even today, he can even recite it by heart.
At a certain moment, he let out a long sigh and activated his internal energy to flow forward and backward in his meridians, forcing down the deepest uneasiness in his heart.
There was an itch in his arms, and Ye Wumian shook his head helplessly.
When he looked inside, the centipede in the box had already come out and was lying on his chest, fidgeting with its hands and feet to climb up!
Ye Wumian hissed and said to himself: "Seven days ago, you chewed through the sandalwood box with your little trick. I felt sorry for you because you had nowhere to sleep, so I made another small box for you. But within two days , you chew through the new box; then, the third and fourth boxes do the same.
This is the fifth box today, and it is not exempt from your bite. My brother Centipede, what is your purpose in doing this? You don't eat earthworms anymore, and you haven't eaten a grain of rice yet. What kind of trouble are you going to make? "
While he was talking, the centipede had already crawled along his chest and onto his face.
During the sleepless night, I felt itchy along the way and couldn't help but scratch it.
This scratching felt incredible.
"Below the neck, the route it crawls is actually the path of my internal energy!"
"Is this a coincidence?"
When the centipede crawled onto his face when he was in a irritable mood, he couldn't help but flick it away with his fingers.
But now that the centipede's crawling route was so mysterious, he remembered what the eight-step divine machine Qi Lianxiao said about "prisoning the dragon evil" and the serious tone of the other party's instructions.
After a while, he finally forced himself to hold back and allowed the centipede to pass through his face, climb up the top of his head, get into his turban, find a place with the thickest hair, and stop.
"Huh? Stopped?" Ye Wumian felt the movement above his head.
The centipede no longer crawled or moved around. It just shrank into an extremely small ball and clung to his hair obediently, as if sleeping.
"Is it going to hibernate? After all, it doesn't even eat earthworms."
If it is hibernating, it is normal for it to not want to stay if it is too cold in the box. The human scalp is warm and the hair is warm, which is just right for it to sleep.
After thinking about it for a while, this is the only explanation that makes the most sense.
Since the centipede was no longer crawling around, Ye Wumian simply didn't bother to care about it and just let it sleep in its hair.
As for what Qi Lianxiao said about "prisoning dragon evil", although it is too mysterious and difficult to accept, it is as the saying goes, "It is better to believe that it exists than to believe that it does not exist."
Moreover, there is a new popular saying in the market: "Listen to others' advice and eat enough."
So that's it for now.
He no longer dwelled on the matter, and threw the broken box that had been bitten by the centipede out of the window.
Afterwards, he walked out of Juyi Hall and walked to the foot of Black Elk Peak.
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September 26th is coming soon.
The first mountain rain after the beginning of winter started in the early morning and continued until after dinner at Chenshi, with no intention of stopping.
As thick as yesterday's clouds were, so cold is today's rain.
The wind blew silently, blowing the rain curtain sideways.
It's freezing cold in the mountains, and even though I'm wearing thick clothes, I still feel freezing.
The sleepless nights were tolerable despite the support of internal strength; the minions in the mountains, large and small, had no foundation of internal strength and were suffering from the cold. They had no choice but to light a fire to keep warm, wrapped themselves in tattered cotton clothes obtained during robbery, stamped their feet, and cursed the evil nature of the weather.
Outside the Juyi Hall, a sheet of rain and fog shrouded the mountains. The strange pines and rocks in the mountains were hidden in the rain, and they had very strange shapes, as if they were hiding a hundred thousand secret soldiers.
The feeling that every tree and plant is in danger is burning at this moment.
Looking at the scenery outside the window, I couldn't help but feel a little regretful. Thinking of the agreement in the letter, I thought: "It's raining like this today. How can Director Wu and others travel easily? Pushing military equipment, carriages and horses on this mountain road, especially It’s difficult to walk; the road is muddy and has potholes, making it even more difficult. Could it be that we won’t come in the end?”
Deep down in his heart, he secretly hoped that Director Wu and his party would not show up today.
Then he scolded himself for being confused: "If you don't show up today, when will you show up? There has to be a time when you show up, right? Only when it shows up can I ask things clearly and plan the next move.
We can't always wait in the mountains like this. If it is delayed for a long time, the master's past will inevitably become obsolete with the passage of time, which will only increase the difficulty of tracing and verifying. "
Thinking of this, he silently prayed that the rain would lighten down, or preferably stop, so that Director Wu and his party could arrive quickly.
But how could Na Yu listen to him? It rained continuously without a break. It's like his heart is always beating and he never feels tired.
"I have never been in such a state of mind as I am today, ups and downs, ups and downs." Ye Wumian sighed self-deprecatingly.
"When I think about it carefully, there is nothing sinister about my interaction with Director Wu. However, there is always some resistance in my heart, and I feel uneasy and unable to calm down.
I remember that day on the Xiangjiang River, I was plotted by that big ball and others, and was surrounded by dangers. I still believed that there was a way to break the situation, and I was confident and strong despite repeated defeats. The comparison before and after makes me look quite ridiculous now. "
Forcibly suppressing the doubts in his mind, he summoned the thirteen eunuchs at night to arrange the details for today.
When the number of people was counted, there were only twelve minions in the hall, one person missing.
When asked about his whereabouts, a Taibao explained: "It was wet and cold yesterday, and there was a shortage of dry firewood on the mountain. The man only said that he had to take the children down the mountain to buy firewood at the market, and he did not return all night. I must be back at noon today. ”
One person missing does not affect the layout much.
Ye Wumian said: "Today, a brother on the road sent us a lot of weapons and equipment in the name of a consignor to help our Black Elk Gang gain a foothold in Changsha. This matter is the most important thing in the gang at the moment. You must do your best. Once it is done, No, it’s the result of being beheaded!”
Seeing his serious tone, all the minions put away their blaming and bad temper, showed serious expressions on their faces, and listened to his instructions with their ears raised, for fear that if they missed any details, they would be blamed by him.
Seeing that the military spirit was available, Ye Wumian organized the twelve eunuchs in the hall into twelve heavenly officers, each with more than thirty minions.
Wu Mianye arranged the tasks in detail:
Zi and Chou Taibao led their men and set up sentries on both sides of the official road at the foot of the mountain. If there was any abnormal movement, they would fire cannons to warn. At this time, firecrackers were widely used among the people, and there were many stored in the mountains. Later, Zichou Taibao could go and get them on his own.
The Yin and Mao Taibao led their men and ambush at Fengshan Rock; the Chen and Si Taibao led their men and set up an ambush on Gaoyi Slope; the Wu and Wei Taibao led their troops to guard the Qingshan Col; the Shen and You Taibao guarded the area near the old nest of the Juyi Hall at the top of the peak. The two Taibao of Xu and Hai led people to follow Ye Wumian, following him around and listening to his orders.
He also gave all the Taibao guards the right to make emergency decisions and fully protected their freedom of command.
After the arrangement was completed, Ye Wumian taught the thieves to prepare their troops and horses, eat and drink enough, bring dry food, rain gear, and carry weapons and armed equipment. They set traps along the way to prevent officers and soldiers from following Wu Zhang and his party, and took advantage of the handover gap to attack the mountain. Come.
Every time he gave an order, a Taibao hurried out of the Juyi Hall, ordered his followers, and went to the corresponding position to perform activities.
In the end, Xu and Hai, the two eunuchs, were also sent out and were waiting for him outside the hall.
He was the only one left in the empty hall.
After a wry smile, Ye Wumian said to himself: "I'm really into the drama."
Whether it was the robbery of wealthy households a few days ago or the scheduling and arrangements today, although their ultimate purpose was just to investigate the cause of Luo Fanxi's death.
But every move, every line, every word, is like a thief, especially like a thief leader.
For a moment, Zhuang Zhou's dreamlike doubts lingered in his mind: "Am I playing the role of Zhang Daqiu, or has Zhang Daqiu borrowed my body to be reborn?"
