Strange Tale

"It's here." The nun pointed to the tombstone on the ground.

The young man next to him nodded, "Thank you. Can I stay here alone for a while?"

The nun turned her head to look at him, with a hint of doubt in her eyes, "Father Martin has passed away for 70 years, and I have never seen him. At your age, it is even more impossible. Why did the young master come to worship the priest?"

The young man smiled, "Well, a friend of mine when I was young was a mage and knew the priest very well."

"Mage? What name? Maybe I've heard of it."

"He is no longer alive, and his name will not be mentioned."

"What about the son's name?"

"My name is Qilin, you can call me Xiaolin."

As the nun walked away, Qilin's eyes fell on the tombstone with only one line of Chinese characters: All doubts and confusions will be known by the Lord.

Leaving the church, Qilin stopped for a while at the stone workshop that had been demolished and now only a pair of pedestals remained, and then entered a bookstore where the Buji Pavilion was originally located.

"Yancheng Wuzhi"── Qilin stopped in front of a bookshelf and pulled out a book from it.

"My lord, the book in your hand is an old book you received when the general's mansion was demolished not long ago. It is considered an antique. It is not for sale, and the records are not complete. It is the young man who misplaced it. If you want to understand carefully what happened in Yancheng If you read any anecdotes, you have to read the latest edition. Here, this is it. But this is the last one, and I don’t know why two pages are missing at the end. It’s not important, so I won’t delay reading it. I think you’re cheaper .”

It seemed that the shop owner was thinking about it brokenly, and he walked up to Qilin holding another brand-new "Yancheng Wuzhi" that was much thicker than the old and yellowed "Yancheng Wuzhi" in Qilin's hand.Qilin took the book, said "thank you", and put the old book into the other party's hands.

After buying the book, Qilin found a teahouse and sat down to read it carefully. He couldn't help laughing secretly when he saw a few things he had personally experienced.

As long as this kind of documentary books are either too much or not enough, anyway, there are always deviations to some extent.Those who have witnessed it will inevitably laugh.When he saw what happened after he left, Qilin stopped laughing because there was nothing funny about it.In the end, just as he was about to close the book and didn't intend to read any more, he discovered such a title——Heavenly boy Lang Shijing was reincarnated and met an expert to save the Qin family from fire and water.

It is even more interesting to look at the content carefully:

Qin Mansion in the west of the city.Mr. Qin is more than sixty years old and has four generations living under the same roof. Unexpectedly, the old lady is pregnant in her sixties.Fearing the ridicule of the neighbors, shut the door for October.A full day gave birth to a son with fleshy horns on his head, and he would cry when touched, and there must be something strange in the family...

For example, there have been several inexplicable fires in the Qin Mansion's quarters, and the water in the pond in the garden has suddenly overflowed or dried up to the bottom.Although he never hurt anyone, the whole family felt unlucky.Master Qin didn't like this child who seemed to have fallen from the sky, so he named him Ning Wu.

Qin Ning did not grow to ten

Year-old has never been able to speak, but he can go to heaven and earth.One day, when no one was paying attention, he climbed onto the house and fell headfirst, breaking the corner of his head, and a stone fell out of the corner.Qin Ningwu suffered from a serious illness. Later, the wound gradually healed, and no trace of the horns could be seen. He also started talking, and gradually turned into a seemingly normal child.The only thing that was strange was that from then on, no matter what he was eating, sleeping or bathing, no matter what he did, he would always carry that stone close to his body and would not let others move it.

But no matter what, the child was able to talk, became obedient and handsome, Master Qin was very happy, thinking that there would be no more weird things happening in the family from now on, and even found a teacher for his son.Unexpectedly, the good times didn't last long, one day in the middle of the night, Qin Ningwu's book boy got up at night, passing by the young master's room, he heard voices talking in his room.The book boy felt puzzled, so he ran to the window to eavesdrop...

The story suddenly disappeared here.Qilin flipped through the book several times, remembering that the bookstore owner said that the book was missing two pages, so he threw down his tea money and ran out of the teahouse to the bookstore.

When Qilin rushed into the bookstore, the store owner was settling accounts.

"Here..." Qilin turned the book to the missing page and held it in front of the boss, shaking, "What is the missing part?! Have you read this book? What did the book boy hear?"

The store owner smiled, "Huh? You're so interested in this story?"

Qilin didn't want to explain and couldn't explain, so he asked anxiously, "Have you read this book? Do you know what the book boy heard?"

"Of course I know." The boss took the book over, glanced at it and raised his head confidently, "The book boy heard the voices of two children talking."

"Two children?"

"Well, one is the young master, and the other is something he has never heard of. The book boy didn't hear what the young master said before, but the voice that he had never heard said: Where am I nagging? It's your fault. Take care of yourself If you don’t do it, it doesn’t count if you don’t do it, and dragged me to follow you to save people and eliminate disasters. Besides, can you save people like that? Rescuing one city after another has caused me to almost exhaust my spiritual power for thousands of years. Now I can only become Spending time here with you like a child.

"The young master replied: What do you mean I drag you down? You have committed too many crimes. If I hadn't sacrificed myself and spent half my life leading you to accumulate virtue and do good deeds, I'm afraid you would have been taken away by people. You can still follow me Let's reincarnate together to live a carefree life like this now?

"A voice I've never heard before said again: Free and easy? Where is the freedom? You don't let me hurt people and animals, and now you don't even let me move the spirits of flowers, plants and trees, so when will I be able to recover? look like?

"The young master replied again: Why are you in a hurry? You have endless time. Don't you just grow up with me? If you are so anxious, then you can go, I don't care about you, and don't let me see you again .

"The voice was silent for a while: Well, I'll just listen to you.

"At this time, the book boy wants to read

Who was the speaker? He was found secretly playing with the window. When he saw the situation inside the house clearly, the young master had already stood by the window and looked out.There was no one else in the room, only the stone that fell out of the young master's head on the table seemed to be shaking slightly. "

Speaking of this shop owner stopped.

Qilin stared at him blankly, "These... are written in a book?"

"No. I heard it with my own ears. I was the book boy who served the young master in the Qin Mansion back then."

Qilin stared wide-eyed and sized up the shop owner, "So... how long ago did this happen?"

The store owner nodded, "Well, it's been 20 years."

"Then what happened later? Is the young master still in the Qin family?"

"Young master?" The shop owner smiled and shook his head, "The Qin family is no longer in Yancheng. If I didn't have an old mother at home who couldn't leave, I would have moved to other places with the Qin family."

"what?"

"At that time, I knew something was wrong, so I told the master what happened that night the next day. Unexpectedly, the master became furious immediately, and ran to snatch the stone from the young master himself. As a result, the young master fell ill , the high fever persisted and nearly killed him. The Qin family was in dire straits and there was no peace. The fires continued one after another, and the well also gushed endlessly, flooding the yard and then pouring into the house.

"Just when the whole family was at a loss, a wandering sorcerer happened to pass by. The sorcerer first helped solve the water and fire problems, and after hearing about the young master, he asked the master to fetch stones, and then looked at the young master. The sorcerer It is said that the young master is not the reincarnation of a mortal, and there is some relationship between them. They want to take the young master away. The old lady refused at first, but the mage said that if the child is not allowed to be taken away, there will be more and more strange things in the Qin family. And sooner or later they will Can't keep the kids.

"Finally returned the stone to the young master, and he recovered quickly. Then he said goodbye to everyone as if he knew he was going to leave. I remember he kowtowed to the master and the old lady and said that he could not repay them For the kindness of nurturing, I can only wish them a long life and a long life.

"After the young master left, the old lady missed her a lot and often cried. The Qin family moved out of Yancheng not long after. But I heard that the two elders are now nearly ninety years old, and they are still in good health. Probably It must be the wish of the young master."

"Well. Finished." The shop owner spread his hands, "This is all I know, and the book doesn't have such details. Seeing that you are interested in the affairs of the Qin family, I think we are destined to come here, so I told you. "

"Thank you, shopkeeper." Qi Lin saluted, "So, Qin Ningwu left the Qin family 20 years ago and disappeared?"

"Of course, a wandering mage, who knows where the young master will be taken."

"Then...do you know the name of that mage?"

The shop owner shook his head, "I don't know. But..."

"what?"

"I take

The mages I met before and after were all men, except for that one, who turned out to be an old woman. "

"Old woman?!" Qilin stared.

The shop owner was a little surprised by his reaction, "Yes... yes. What's wrong?"

Qilin calculated and slapped his thigh, "I know! 20 years ago... just over 60 years ago, she didn't live for almost her whole life and became an old woman again!"

"What are you talking about, son?"

"It's nothing. We'll meet later, the shopkeeper. I'm in a hurry to take a step ahead."

After Qilin finished speaking, he ran out of the house, and the shop owner chased after him.

"Hey! Your book!"

"No more!"

"Then refund your money!"

"no need!"

Wuming Mountain.

When he came to the place where Si Ren, Long Jiu and Dudu Wan fought against Hunduo back then, Qi Lin couldn't help but feel emotional when he looked at the trees, mountains and rocks where no traces could be seen at all.Thinking of the souls of Yechang, Mr. Ji, and Long Chen who just passed by...everything is vivid in my memory as if it happened yesterday.

As I walked and recalled all the way, Qilin felt something was wrong.After walking for a while, he turned around abruptly and pulled out the dagger from his sleeve.

A thin young man behind him was startled and fell to the ground.Qilin squinted to see that it was a little snake spirit.

"Why are you stealthily following me?"

The little snake spirit pouted and rubbed his arm that hurt from the fall, and stood up slowly, "Is your name Qilin?"

Qilin was taken aback, "Huh? How do you know?"

The little snake spirit was happy, and stretched her hand into her bosom, "Ah! Great, I finally found the right one this time. Here, someone asked me to bring you a letter. He asked me to wait here for a yellow fairy named Qilin. Then It must be you."

Qilin took the letter from Snake Jing and opened it to read: it was Si Ren—or Yi, who had become Qin Ningwu, left it to him.

Xiaolin, reading this letter means that you have found the place where Xiaojiu and I stayed before, and you know that it is Dududiwan who took me and Xiaojiu away, and you also guessed that she will come back here.However, after rejuvenation, she is no longer immortal, and she is lucky to live to an age that is considered a long life for ordinary people, probably because the rest of her life, like my pseudonym Chong Jiuhou, has been treating diseases and saving people. God takes care of her soul. Also all perfectly.It's just that we can't forget the pain that Ye Chang and his sister left behind, so we buried her here.

So when you read this letter, Dudu is no longer alive, and we have also left Wuming Mountain.I don't know when you will come, we can't wait forever, we can only tell you that Xiaojiu and I are fine, don't worry about it.Fortunately, Kyushu 36 City is actually not that big, and we will definitely meet again.

Don't read the words, take care.

small blade

Seeing the word "small blade" at the foothold, Qilin's heart twitched: since

After falling out with Xiao Ren at the master's place, he couldn't talk properly again.Why is it so difficult to catch up with old friends?

Closing the letter paper, Qilin found that tears were dripping from the corner of his eyes.He stretched out his hand and wiped it: Yes, Kyushu 36 City is actually not that big, and we will definitely meet again...

"Are you sad?" The little snake spirit asked suddenly.

Qilin looked at him, "It's not sad, it's just a little bit sad. That's fine. Thank you for sending me the letter. I'm leaving if there's nothing else to do."

After speaking, Qilin walked down the mountain, and after walking a few steps, he found that the little snake spirit was still following him.He stopped and turned around, "Anything else?"

The little snake spirit avoided his gaze and shook her head timidly, "It's okay."

"Then why follow me?"

"I... If I hadn't been here waiting for you, I would have left Wuming Mountain long ago. Now my friends are not here, and I am bored by myself."

"Then you can't follow me either."

"Well... don't you feel lonely by yourself?"

"No. Not long after I was allowed by Master to leave him, I just want to be alone and clean."

"Oh, all right. You go."

"Stop following me. You'll have new friends, or you can find your own."

"Well, I see."

Qilin continued to walk, and the little snake spirit was still behind him after walking for a while.He had to stop again.

"Stop following me."

"Oh well."

After a while, Qilin helplessly stopped and turned around again.

"Hey! I can still see you in your original form!"

The little snake turned back into a human form, "Then what do you want from me?"

"I... what do I want from you? I want you to stop following me!"

"I didn't follow you."

"Then what are you doing?"

"I also want to go down the mountain, just go the same way."

"you……"

"Aren't you going?" The little snake spirit caught up with Qilin in a few steps, "Then I'll go first."

This is the shortest way down the mountain, so why don't I follow him?no!

Qilin quickened his pace and shouted, "Hello!"

"Ok?"

"Okay, let's go down the mountain together."

"Okay, okay!" The little snake spirit looked excited.

Qilin gave him a white look, "But you can no longer follow me when you get down the mountain."

The little snake spirit showed a disappointed look, "Oh, okay."

Qilin looked at him secretly, "You still want to follow in your heart?!"

"No." The little snake spirit was obviously guilty.

"Look at your expression, who are you lying to?"

"That's how I look."

"You... well, forget it."

The two walked quietly for a while, and the little snake was restless.

live.

"Um……"

"What else?"

"What's your name?"

"When we get down the mountain, we will be separated, and we don't need to know each other's names."

"My name is Xiaobai."

"You...my name is Xiao Lin."

"How old are you?"

"I said we'll separate when we get down the mountain, no need..."

"I am 410 two years old."

"..."

"Huh? Why don't you talk anymore?"

"..."

"Hey, don't do this."

"..."

"It doesn't matter how old you are, are you married?"

"..."

"Do you have a master?"

……

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I know that there is too little meat in this text, and I will definitely add a meat stamp when it comes out in the future.

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