Trafford Buyers Club

Chapter 1258
The place where No. [-] was found was in a wooden house in a forest. No. [-] could no longer maintain a human form, it was just a cloud of gray mist that seemed to dissipate at any time.

The soil in the forest is soaked, it seems that after the heavy rain, if you step on it easily, you may get muddy on your feet.

Many trees fell, some uprooted.

It was still raining, moderate rain.

It's like a dilapidated tomb here.

You Ye opened a black umbrella to shield Luo Qiu from the moderate rain.

He and she then walked into the wooden house. He looked at the fog in front of him, and seemed to be trying to gather it together, but it was like the dispersed sand in the water, which had lost its stickiness.

"His strength, even stamina, is almost exhausted. What is he doing."

She knew that the state of the black soul messenger was like a lamp that had run out of oil—of course, even if the black soul messenger died, he could return through the lamp of life.

Luo Qiu built a map from the ground.It's just below this cloud of mist.The opened map has a red marker.

This mark can move, every movement is inspired by Luo Qiu.

While thinking about it, the mist that was difficult to gather gathered up little by little... The boss's thought, inadvertently dissipated what should have been, leaving only the lamp of life, and the black soul envoy who was sealed in the ark of the covenant got a chance to reunite. Chance.

The rain was beating off the broken roof, the chill was so strong that just looking at it made one want a stove, or a pile of firewood.

In fact, it didn't take much time for Number [-] to return to its original state.

He gradually opened his eyes... Not much different from Luo Qiu's memory, Number Nine looked quite calm.Each black soul messenger has a different personality.

Taiyinzi is good at flattery, while NO.18 is the type who observes words and looks.Da Zhe is the type who can be reckless to the end but has roughness and finesse. Nero is actually a bit like a devil in the world, but he cherishes his own survival more than anyone else.

No. [-] was one of the first black souls that Luo Qiu came into contact with, and he, like You Ye, could be counted as the legacy of his predecessor.

It's a bit dull, but it's obviously a pragmatic type...Luo Qiu hasn't been in contact with No. [-] for a long time. At first, he just thought that he would silently fulfill his duties.

Through the past account books, you will find that No. [-] has not been an envoy for a long time, compared with the existing black souls who have been active for hundreds or even thousands of years, but are still on vacation or sleeping, or on long-term missions. , obviously too 'young'.

But he has a lot of achievements... But as a black soul messenger, not only does he not appear to be strong, but he can be described as weak, because since he became a black soul messenger, every achievement he has obtained has been used in to another place—according to a certain wish he had made before he became the Dark Soul Emissary.

……

"Light a fire."

In the dilapidated wooden house, after reuniting and waking up, No. [-] maintained a silent posture... In Luo Qiu's eyes, he could hardly see anything like fear and panic.

It was still raining outside the house, and the rain was like a water curtain, falling on the roof above the center of the house.The place where the fire was made was in a corner of the house, and it was still a complete place.

With the light of the fire, Luo Qiu looked at the red cursor on the map—obviously, if he checked the position of the red cursor on the map, he would find that there was still a distance between the place he was at this time.

Apparently it just stopped here, and didn't complete the 'task' that Luo Qiu ordered before - let him follow the red cursor and pass through these places on the map.

In fact, it seems to be younger, about 30 years old... It seems that this is what he looked like before he became the black soul messenger.

Wearing a black old Chinese tunic suit, it is the type that looks like it has washed white hair.

"Number Nine, why did you consume so much power?" the maid finally asked out loud as she was the head of the Black Soul Envoy.

No. [-] looked at the firewood, raised his head at this moment, and said quietly: "The river in front has swelled. The rain has been raining non-stop these days, and some dams have jumped. I blocked the flood."

The maid said indifferently: "But I haven't received any reports of similar transactions... Is this your private behavior?"

"Yes." No. [-] nodded calmly.

The maid looked at her master subconsciously, and then frowned slightly: "No. [-], you should know that although the master will not interfere with the messenger's actions, he also gives you a lot of freedom...but you are also obliged to maintain your own safety. .Your strength is almost exhausted. If you can’t say it, you will go back to the ark to reshape your body. You need to consume the master’s power... As the black soul messenger, you have not created value for the master, and even hurt the master, you know What are you doing?"

The tone was a bit heavy, and this was the first time Luo Qiu saw You Ye getting angry... I think Lai No. [-]'s behavior had really touched the bottom line of her management - under the premise that it was not for the purpose of trading, for private The power is almost exhausted due to the purpose, and then needs to consume the master's power to replenish.

But Luo Qiu waved his hand, telling the maid to stop her next words... He knew very well that most of the time, You Ye valued the consumption and increase of his own lifespan more than himself.

"Owner……"

Luo Qiu shook his head slightly, then broke a wooden branch and threw it into the firewood.The wooden branch was wet, but the firewood was burning, and soon there was steam, and there was a creaking sound at the cut.

"Actually, I haven't had a good chat with you all this time." Luo Qiu smiled and said, "If you want to be a boss like me, you probably won't pass the exam."

No. [-] was startled, a little surprised... He shook his head, "No, in my opinion, you are better than your predecessor... But I don't know how long you can last."

"Number Nine, watch your tone." The maid's gaze turned slightly cold, but Luo Qiu cast a calm gaze.

Boss Luo said: "No matter how long it lasts, I will try my best to keep it going... Can you tell me why you want to stop the flood at any cost."

No. [-] said indifferently: "If the flood is not blocked, the fields downstream will be flooded. There are more than a dozen villages nearby, and their livelihoods are here."

Luo Qiu nodded, and immediately asked: "If this is the case, it must be a large-scale transaction order... Judging from your past performance, you should be able to make a sale, right?"

"I...I don't know." No. [-] was silent for a moment... His eyes looked somewhat dazed.

Luo Qiu saw several old stainless steel cups inside the wooden house, and saw some pine trees outside, so he took some pine leaves, put them into stainless steel cups, and brought water to boil.

While cooking, No. [-] suddenly said, "I seem to have cooked loose leaf tea like this before."

Luo Qiu smiled slightly, and said softly: "During this journey, what did I see and what did I hear?"

No. [-] pondered, he had just restarted, his thoughts were still in chaos, but now he began to regain his thoughts a little bit... thinking about this journey.

He said slowly: "I have been walking, and I have passed many places. They seem familiar to me... I gradually realized that this journey may be related to my past memories. I clearly know that the boss What is this route you gave me... yes, I know."

No. [-] used a tone as if freedom was not his own, "He should know, but he has never felt much about all this, and it can even be said that he has no feeling at all. Until this time, he At the behest of the master, he came to the starting point of this road, and he seemed to start to feel something different."

"Did he remember anything?" Luo Qiu peeled off some pine leaves with his own hands, and threw them into the cup again.

No. [-] shook his head: "He didn't think of anything, but he felt uneasiness that he didn't have before. He kept walking like this, and then he came to a museum. He stayed in this museum for three days. .”

Luo Qiu asked: "What did he see?"

No. [-] said: "Strong and unyielding, full of passion... the contents inside, whether it's a painting, a kettle, or even just a cracked belt, he can stare at it for a long time, but at the same time, he I also saw loneliness."

"lonely?"

"Yes, lonely." Nine slowly closed his eyes, as if all this was right in front of his eyes, "He doesn't know what kind of feeling it is, there are too many things recorded there, but besides himself , there was almost no one in sight. He went to the curator's office, but saw that the curator was a young man in his thirties, and the curator who looked at this young man was writing a plan to renovate the museum. Maybe it can attract more tourists... He suddenly felt angry."

"Why are you angry?"

No. [-] said: "At that time, the bank outside was selling commemorative coins, and he saw a queue of people inside and outside the bank... He saw the enthusiasm of these people, but he couldn't hear these people discuss the stories behind the commemorative coins. "

"What kind of story."

No. [-] said: "The story of the flames of war."

"A commemorative coin that may increase in value attracts people to line up to buy it, but a museum that carries these histories is neglected... so you are angry, right?"

No. [-] didn't answer, just stared out the window, and his memory became clearer again, "He left that place, and still walked according to the established route, he saw many things like this... such a place that no one cares about. . Then he met someone else."

"Who."

"An old man." No. [-] whispered: "A retired veteran, many people go to this old man."

"Finally someone pays attention to him, isn't it great?"

No. [-] shook his head: "He couldn't explain clearly... He saw this old man sitting in front of his house, facing the reporters, government officials, and inexplicable people who came to the house at a loss. The old man's daughter-in-law supported him, put on the clothes with many medals and took photos with those who came. He saw the old man's smile, but he didn't see the old man's happy smile. He just looked at this The old man, under the request again and again, told the past years again and again."

"You feel bad?"

"At first, the old man was very happy to tell these stories, but gradually he found it boring, because the old man found that after a few days, others forgot about it again. They started discussing other things."

"What kind of thing?"

"Scandals, especially scandals of celebrities, we never get tired of it."

"You think they don't pay attention to the veteran anymore, do you?"

"He saw that the old soldier's house quickly fell into the cold. After that, someone else became popular on the Internet. It was a girl who looked good. She said a word, and then became popular all over the north and south. But she quickly disappeared again, and people's enthusiasm started to turn to other people."

"Then?"

No. [-] said: "He intends to leave this place again, because there is still a long way ahead of him. Before leaving, he quietly went to the home of the veteran. The old man's daughter-in-law and son are gone again. The old man was left sitting in front of the house by himself, accompanied by an old dog. He just silently smoked his cigarette, looked at the front of the house, and dozed off."

"He thinks the old man has been forgotten, right?"

"Maybe." Number Nine shook his head again: "But he actually knows that soon another similar old man will enter the public eye... This is like a reincarnation. Because people like to find out these things from time to time Come."

"He knows why?"

"He knows why." No. [-] nodded: "But he found it boring, so he continued on the road."

"He is the messenger of the black soul, he has actually seen many of these things." After the tea was brewed, Luo Qiu separated the tea.

No. [-] took it naturally and held it, like a person who wanted to keep warm, "Yes, he has seen it a lot, but he has always been on the sidelines."

Luo Qiu smiled and said, "Where did he go next?"

"I went to a forest and met a mountain guard." No. [-] looked at the floating pine leaves in the stainless steel cup, "he suddenly wanted to get in touch with this mountain guard. So he became a donkey friend and walked into the mountain guard Inside a man's house. This mountain guard is called Zhang Jinquan."

"He must be very hospitable, there are guests from the barren mountains and wild mountains." Luo Qiu thought of that scene. .

No. [-] had a smile on his face, and even a dull person could have such a good-looking smile, "Zhang Jinquan raised chickens outside the forest ranger station, and that night Zhang Jinquan killed a chicken for greeting, it was very hospitable."

"I want to eat too." Luo Qiu said with some yearning.

No. [-] smiled, "I don't think you would like that environment too much, it's too simple. There's not even enough electricity there, and there's no signal at all. The only way to understand the outside world is to watch TV and listen to the radio. And there are only a few It can be used during this time period... When watching the news broadcast, Zhang Jinquan is reluctant to use electricity at other times."

Luo Qiu smiled, but did not speak.

No. [-] took a small sip of the loose-leaf tea, which was already at a suitable temperature. "The taste is still a little bit bad. If it is boiled with snow water, it will taste better."

After Luo Qiu took a sip, he turned over and fetched a few snow balls from the snow peak thousands of miles away, stuffed them back into the cup, and put some pine leaves. It looked extremely ugly and not very clean. .

"How long has he been at the forest ranger station?" Luo Qiu asked.

No. [-] said: "There are ten days. During those ten days, he and Zhang Jinquan toured the mountains together, and it took four or five days."

"He seems to like this time very much." Luo Qiu smiled.

No. [-] nodded: "It's a very quiet place. During those ten days, the unhappiness in front of him seemed to have disappeared. Let's treat it as a vacation, that's how he thinks...he still has to leave, because his master The order must be carried out.”

Luo Qiu thought for a while and said, "His master, sometimes he doesn't do well enough."

No. 40 shook his head, and said quietly: "When he was leaving, Zhang Jinquan slaughtered another chicken as a practice for him. That night when he saw the old man guarding the mountain drunk, he shed two tears He just felt the reluctance of this old man guarding the mountain... This old man has stayed in the mountain for [-] years."

"What will happen to this forest ranger station in the future?" Luo Qiu asked.

No. [-] thought for a while, "He doesn't know either. Zhang Jinquan said that no one is willing to take his place, so he has already retired and can only stay temporarily... This old man who guards the mountain still hopes that someone can replace him. A strong desire. So before he left, he made a white card with Zhang Jinquan's information, and planned to give it to his master after the journey was over."

Luo Qiu nodded, "I'll take a look when I have a chance."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

……

The rain outside the house gradually stopped. It was night when Luo Qiu went out, but when he got here and stayed in the house for a while, it was almost dawn.

After telling Zhang Jinquan's story, No. [-] suddenly sang a song, saying that Zhang Jinquan taught him the tune in Huayin's old tune.

— High on the mountain, the bell of battle is ringing.

——The bell rings, the people rejoice, and the mountains and rivers listen to the mobilization
——Opened the Canal of Happiness, led the water to the mountains, and showed a bright future.

——Very purple and red...

He really enjoyed the ten days at the ranger station.

……

"I remembered?"

After listening to No. [-]'s old tune, Luo Qiu asked suddenly.

No. [-] shook his head, "I don't have any impression at all, but I can vaguely guess... I was, maybe, a person from that era."

"You don't seem to have the urgency to restore your memory when you were looking for me last time."

No. [-] thought for a while, then quietly said: "Maybe it's because I'm afraid."

"What are you afraid of."

No. [-] looked at Luo Qiu and said, "May I know where my achievements are spent?"

Luo Qiu shook his head: "According to the agreement you signed at the beginning, you cannot have the direction of using your performance after each transaction is completed."

No. [-] nodded, the boss can't violate the content of the agreement... no matter if it's the previous or the current one: unless the boss is willing to pay the price to tear up the content of the agreement.

Number [-] sighed, "I don't know what I'm afraid of, I just feel uncomfortable...Sometimes, I even suddenly regret making the previous request like you...Maybe if I don't mention it, I won't be afraid. This journey , I'm not like me, more like him."

"Then why do you want to stop this flash flood?"

No. [-] was silent for a while, "You haven't seen the time of disaster relief."

Luo Qiu shook his head: "I haven't seen it with my own eyes."

No. [-] said: "He saw... he saw the blushes gritted his teeth, he saw that they built a human wall to block the place where the embankment broke. Many people couldn't hold on anymore, and fainted from exhaustion , and then someone came to make up for it right away. Someone jumped into the water to save people, someone soaked and carried sandbags in a relay relay, from day to night. When you are really tired, you will see them one by one, The scene of falling asleep directly on the street. He looked at them, like corpses fallen on the battlefield, covered in mud, and he couldn't even see anyone's face clearly, but he knew that as soon as the whistle When the sound is blown, they will all stand up...He suddenly found that nothing seemed to matter."

No. [-] said in a deep voice: "He suddenly felt a very strong heartache... When this pain came, instead of feeling afraid, he felt that something was calling him. His actions had already preceded He didn't think about it, so he didn't think about it. He knew that the fight against the flood would fail in the end, and he knew that these young soldiers would be submerged in the endless flood... But he didn't want to, he didn't want these young soldiers to be like this Sinking silently at the bottom of the water... Along the way, he saw too many people who 'forgotten'. He felt that he was not qualified to blame these people, because they had never experienced that era, and naturally they had no feelings. Everything was separated The feelings he experienced will not last long. So even if he sees those who are disdainful, those who feel that the times have changed and are no longer needed, and even young people ridicule without limit in order to become famous, he just looks on coldly... But At least, but at least, the lives of these young soldiers, he wants to keep. They are like this pile of firewood."

"He suddenly became less afraid...Although he hasn't remembered it yet, he knows that some things have been passed down from generation to generation, just like torches. To pick him up... He can't let it break the inheritance. So he forgot his identity and stood in front of the mighty power of nature. He thought, it would be good even if his body was broken into pieces... He suddenly, compared to the past few decades Every day, be happy."

"So, it doesn't matter whether you think about it or not."

……

……

The sky is brighter again, but it is still gloomy, and it will still rain here the next day.

The fire has not added new branches for a long time, leaving only layers of white ashes, but there is still warmth, and the sparks under the ashes have not been completely extinguished.

Luo Qiu stood up, staying up all night would not hurt him.

He looked at No. [-], and at the same time raised the map in his hand, "Are you still planning to continue this journey? There are still two or three places before its end."

Number [-] shook his head, stood up as well, looked at Luo Qiu and said, "No... I haven't been on the job for a long time, it's time to go back to work."

Luo Qiu nodded, "The cost of remodeling for you this time will be deducted step by step from your future performance... is that okay?"

No. [-] was silent for a while, and finally bowed suddenly, and said in a low voice: "I hope you... can treat this country well, master."

After finishing speaking, No. [-] left, turned into a cloud of mist, merged into the forest that hadn't fully lit up, and disappeared.

"How much, I still think of some..."

……

When returning to the club, the maid hurriedly prepared breakfast.

When she delivered breakfast to the study, Luo Qiu was looking at the account book, looking pensive.

"The master is looking at No. [-]'s performance book?" The maid lady walked to Luo Qiu's side and began to arrange breakfast.

"I'm wondering if it's possible for him to increase his commission." Luo Qiu said casually, "Otherwise, as far as the performance he can keep according to the agreement, no matter how thoughtful he is, he may not be able to stop the flash flood next time... Black The Soul Envoy is too weak, even to block a mountain torrent, and the store is not good looking. But I really can't find a place to adjust it... This agreement was done too hard... Well, I think Lost again."

The maid did not speak, and after carefully setting up the breakfast, she took the performance book from Luo Qiu's hand and said softly, "Master, let me adjust it."

Luo Qiu laughed at himself: "Then I'll continue to be my useless person."

Just joking of course.

The maid smiled sweetly, brushed the hair beside her ears casually, and opened the performance book, looking for a feasible adjustment plan.

——In 2015, consuming [-] performances to boost energy for ten academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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——In 2008, 20 sales were consumed, and the earthquake survival rate was increased by [-]%.

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——In 1969, he spent 40 achievements to extend the life of a scientist surnamed Qian for [-] years.

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——In 1962, all the performance was retained, and rainfall resumed on a large scale in New China.

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Many, many years ago, a man named Zhang Ziru walked into the club and made such a wish.

The mountains and rivers are still the same, the country is peaceful and the people are safe.

　PS1: I originally planned to write the story of No. [-] in more detail...in fact, I didn't forget it, but I planned to write it long before I started, but I kept pressing it... I knew that I really didn't write it It's a chance, after all, the restrictions are much looser now than in the past few years (the plot of Luo's father has been sealed for several chapters, wry smile).So, I ended up terrified of trying to hang on to this book for a little longer... excuse me.

PS2: Hope, don't forget those, unknown people.

PS3: By the way, I looked through the rewards, and saw that there are cute hosts... Let's count tomorrow, anonymous...

　
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