My monsters are going to heaven

Lu Yiming didn't plan to go home tonight.

For some reason, the house where he lived for half his life always made him feel depressed and flustered recently.

Sometimes, he even felt like a prisoner sitting in a cage.

Only by coming out to get some fresh air from time to time can he get some relief.

The book demon told him a dozen or so stories, which were clichés that were not even written in the one-dollar comic books he read as a child.

The book demon happily shut up.

The river bank suddenly fell silent.

The fishing rod at his feet never moved.

Lu Yiming fiddled with the pole boredly, feeling agitated for a while.

There was the sound of rushing water ahead.

It was the sound of the oars breaking the waves.

A small boat is slowly approaching the shore.

Lu Yiming was taken aback when he heard it: at this point, the night is getting late, why is there still a boat?

He secretly retracted the fishing rod, got up and sat up.

While hesitating, someone on the boat said melodiously, "Guest, do you want to swim on the river?"

This voice is honest and gentle.

Where did I hear it?

Lu Yiming squeezed the pole tightly in his hand, his eyebrows furrowed slightly.

The man said again unhurriedly: "Ten copper dollars will take you away for a night, and you can commemorate old friends and drink Jiangyue."

Hearing the phrase "You can pay a visit to an old friend", Lu Yiming's forehead was covered with a thin layer of sweat, he gritted his teeth secretly, and said in a deep voice, "Okay."

The man got off the boat, went ashore, took Lu Yiming's hand, and brought him to the boat step by step.

The boat is not big, and you can get into the cabin just by turning around.

Just as Lu Yiming sat firmly in the cabin, the oars sounded again, and the boat gently swung away from the shore.

The breeze on the river comes slowly, and the fragrance of lotus leaves in late spring rushes in.

"Long time no see, Yiming." The man said softly when the boat was far away from the shore.

Lu Yiming responded in a low voice: "Yes."

"It's been more than half a month since the last farewell." Chen Jinzhi sighed softly, "The situation is not very good recently, and I don't have a chance to come out. The moonlight is very good tonight, so I can come out for a walk."

Is it number one or number three?

Lu Yiming could not tell the difference just by listening to the voice.

After all, as an adult, he had only a handful of contacts with the real Chen Jinzhi.

Those Chen Jinzhi's voices were almost similar.

According to this behavior style, it should be number three.

If it was number three...how did he know about that?

"Why are you here?" he asked.

The man said lightly, "Today is Lin Sheng's death day."

... Lin Sheng.

Lu Yiming's heart skipped a beat, and he raised his head, cold sweat dripping down his back.

Since the last time, Lu Yiming has decided that number one is the real Chen Jinzhi, because he knows about Meng Linsheng.

But, how could this one know?

No one else knows about this matter.

Even Meng Linsheng's father thought that Linsheng had picked up a monster from somewhere, and that was the accident.

Is the one in front of you number one?

"you……"

Chen Jinzhi laughed, and his voice suddenly approached: "What happened to Lin Sheng...do you regret it?"

Lu Yiming lowered his head slightly and remained silent.

"Forget it, let's not talk about these unhappy things." Chen Jinzhi handed him an empty glass, and then filled him with half a glass of wine, "When we meet old friends, we should talk about some happy things."

"... Between us, are there any happy things these years?" Lu Yiming drank the wine in his glass, and he no longer smirked casually as usual, and expressed his heart uncommonly.

Anyway, the other party is someone who knows him well, so there is no need to be polite.

Chen Jinzhi was stunned, and then said after a while: "...In this way, it is true."

After a pause, I decided to reveal my heart: "I came to you this time to tell you about my family. If I don't talk about it, I'm afraid I won't have a chance in the future. I'm afraid this secret will be buried underground."

"No chance?" Lu Yiming raised his eyebrows hearing the bitterness in his words and the imminent deadline.

"...The matter of my family, I think it has something to do with a box." Chen Jinzhi obviously drank a few cups, his voice was a little drunk, and became more gentle, and he talked.

"This matter has to start from 30 years ago."

"30 years ago...?" Lu Yiming couldn't help being surprised.

This grudge must have been buried for too long and too deep.

As if guessing what he was thinking, Chen Jinzhi smiled lightly: "Our Chen family has been peaceful for generations and has no enemies."

The sound of pouring wine was heard, followed by the sound of swallowing wine.

"At that time, my grandfather was still in charge of my family. He just bought the house from your grandfather. I was not born at that time. Later, I heard from my grandmother that one day, someone knocked on the door of my house and wanted to use it as a box. This is a bit strange, because ordinary people will pawn in the shop and will not come to the house. According to the ancestor's precept, we can't pick up the things that are not pawned in the hall. But the moment I saw the box, my grandfather was disappointed Obsessed like crazy, I left those ancestral teachings behind."

Chen Jinzhi let out a barely audible sigh.

"It's a box made of pure gold, even the two handles are also pure gold. The box is carved with dragon and phoenix patterns, and it's inlaid with ice-species glazed jadeite... I can't tell what the shapes are, but it looks like it's worth it anyway." Even if you only pick out a small piece of emerald, you can buy a few more houses like this. And for such a box, the man only offered two catties of gold. Profit distribution, renewed every year."

"My grandfather told me later that the emeralds on it were worth more than this price, and any few of them were worth a lot. Besides, the current period is 20 years! How is it possible? He felt strange, but he fell in love with this box, and it was worth it. Resisting this temptation, I ignored my grandmother's obstruction, and quietly signed a pawn ticket with that person. My grandfather agreed to all the conditions set by that person."

Lu Yiming couldn't help but ask, "What conditions did he offer?"

"First, you can't open that box within the current period. He said that if you violate the first rule, the Chen family will suffer bad luck. Second, you can't reveal who he is to others." Chen Jinzhi said indifferently, "My grandfather is an honest man. I kept one of them firmly, and I could receive the interest money sent by that person every year. Twenty years later, my grandfather passed away a few years earlier, and the person did not come to redeem, so the news was cut off, and the interest money was naturally cut off. The box returned to our family. But my grandfather didn't know it until he died. He was an honest man, but my father was not."

"Has your father opened this box during the current period?"

"If you got such a box, would you want to know what's in it? Anyway, I can't help it if it's me. What's more, the box is not locked, only a snap button is installed." Chen Jinzhi calm.

"I also found out by accident that my father had secretly seen the box several times. I asked him what was in it, but he never told me, and he never let me see it. He hid the box very deeply."

"My mother once told me in private that since my father peeked at the box, he seemed to be a different person." Chen Jinzhi Xu said, "He became obsessed with Taoism and often made some weird pills."

"Until I was fourteen or fifteen years old, my mother died of a serious illness. Not long after, my father began to dislike me and beat and scolded me all day long. One day, he finally kicked me out of the house and sent someone to send me to the hospital. I went to live in my aunt's house in the capital. Since then, I rarely come back."

"Last month was the anniversary of my mother's death. When I came back, I wanted to put incense on her grave. Unexpectedly, something happened before I arrived in the town. As expected, the box was nowhere to be found."

Lu Yiming said: "So you think it's because you opened that box that...?"

Although he has experienced many supernatural things, this incident still makes him unbelievable. How can a box kill people?

Besides, it's just opening a box. As for what, what kind of grudge?

You can't destroy the whole family just to get back this box.

"I've searched in private for a long time, but I still don't have a clue. Instead..." Chen Jinzhi's voice suddenly paused and became extremely sincere, "So I want to ask you for help."

"Tell me." Lu Yiming sighed.

"My family's situation is roughly the same. I can't trust the police | I can only tell you. Also, please help me deliver this letter to my fiancee, Zhang Yanyun."

With that said, a letter was stuffed into Lu Yiming's hand.

Holding the letter, Lu Yiming asked strangely, "Where are you going?" Why did you look like you were going to the execution ground?

Thinking of something, he asked again: "The last time I sent you on the boat, why didn't you return to the provincial capital?" Now he was sure that the person in front of him was No. [-].

Chen Jinzhi smiled: "I told you, I'm afraid to scare you, you will know sooner or later. Anyway, thank you very much."

Back home, Lu Yiming lay on the couch tossing and turning.

He felt that Chen Jinzhi was weird today.

But I can't tell what's wrong.

After all, it's been too long since I haven't seen each other, and I feel alienated while being familiar.

——Do you regret what happened to Lin Sheng?

He didn't answer Chen Jinzhi's question just now.

Lu Yiming stroked his chest|chest, smiled coldly, and whispered softly.

Even if I do it all over again, I will still do it.

In the chest cavity, the heart throbbed violently.

Along with the heart throbbing at the same time, there were also eyes under the gauze.

Taking a deep breath, he sat up and patted the window: "Ajin, Kimporo!"

After a long time, there was a lazy reply from outside:

"Ah."