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Le Zhengli and Yin Ranyi aside, Guo Xuan and the others walked to the foot of Xinglong Mountain after they left the museum, and Zhang Jiu received a call from the people left behind in the mountain, saying that water was coming from the valley.

Zhang Jiu was stunned. He didn't expect that the deployment of this formation would take effect so quickly, but because of the previous experience, he was not sure how long the water would last for a while, so it was not a shock. After all, people quickened their pace and prepared to go up the mountain faster.

However, when they reached the Yunlong Bridge, all three of them were surprised by what they saw. The tall old pagoda tree at the entrance of the mountain seemed to be lifeless at the moment. The branches at the intersection were also crumbling. Since Xinglong Mountain was dry, this old locust tree has never shown signs of excessive water shortage. Everyone thought it was because of the old tree's age and well-developed root system, but looking at it now, there may be something else in it. Mystery.

The three of them stared blankly at each other for a moment, then Zhang Jiu reached out and took out a piece of yellow talisman paper from his bosom, and tapped the tip of his left index finger on the talisman paper, only to hear a soft "pop", and the talisman paper automatically It started to burn, but if you observe carefully, you can find that the bright yellow flame was originally floating about half a centimeter above the talisman paper, and it was not caused by the burning of the talisman paper itself.He Zhao didn't speak, and walked one step ahead of him towards the old locust tree.

They had already almost reached the end of the bridge, but after walking a few steps, the dry branch of the old locust tree suddenly appeared in front of them.

The flame on the talisman paper seemed to be blown by the wind, and it shook for a moment before returning to normal, but when the flame started to ignite again, its color had changed from bright yellow to green, and the emerald green flame was burning more vigorously than before.

Zhang Jiuyi raised his eyebrows, and when he spoke, there was a slight smile on his face: "This guy is hiding deep enough. If he hadn't set up the formation today, he might die of old age in this mountain and he wouldn't be able to find out what happened." , extinguished the flame on the talisman paper with a flick of the wrist, folded the talisman paper into a small square and put it back in the jacket pocket with a twist of two fingers in the middle of the food, and turned to look at Guo Xuan, "Mr. I have to trouble you again."

Guo Xuan shook his head: "It's a matter of duty."

Le Zhengli was drowsy leaning on Yin Ranyi's shoulder when a ringtone suddenly sounded in his ears. He thought for a long time before realizing that it was his cell phone. Something came in, and Yin Ranyi's deep voice said, "Zhang Jiu."

Le Zhengli rubbed his eyes and swiped to answer. The other party said a few words before he came back to his senses: "Water is coming from the mountain? You won't be playing around like last time?"

Zhang Jiu on the other end of the phone chuckled, "No, I have invited a fairy tonight."

Le Zhengli supported Yin Ranyi's arm with one hand and slowly sat up straight. Hearing this, he was a little curious. Could it be that this god helped Xinglong Mountain to avoid this drought?Immediately asked: "What fairy?"

After hanging up the phone, Lezheng Li was stunned for a long time before turning his head to look at Yin Ranyi, "They...caught a drought..."

Yin Ranyi stroked his hair, passed his hand through his back and hugged him half-supported and half-hugged, and responded lightly.

"Zhang Jiu said that this thing is going to be sent away overnight, so let's rush to Xinglong Mountain to see something new." Having said that, Le Zhengli knew that the so-called "see something new" was just for them to have a look Can I get any useful information from Hanba? After finishing speaking, I couldn't help muttering softly: "This favor is too great."

Yin Ranyi glanced at him, and said, "Let's pay it back slowly."

His tone was normal, but Lezheng Li frowned when he heard that, "Yes, we will pay back slowly."

The two of them walked down the stairs while talking—they had been sitting and dozing off at the entrance of the museum before—when they got down to the last step, Le Zhengli felt a blur in front of his eyes, and then the scenery around him seemed to speed up dozens of times. It was played twice, but after a few steps, the two of them were already at the head of Yunlong Bridge.

When he stood still on the first day of the lunar new year, Lezheng Li heard the sound of water gurgling in his ears. His heart moved and he probed to look at the Daxia River under the bridge. , the water potential is even stronger than when we first saw it.

Lezheng Li was overjoyed, took Yin Ranyi's hand and hurried to the bridge. The pavilion in the bridge was brightly lit at the moment, and there were only Guo Xuan and Zhang Jiu in the pavilion. Zhang Jiu didn't seem surprised when the museum came to the Yunlong Bridge. He nodded to the two of them, and said, "He Zhao went up the mountain, and the drought mandarin was tied there."

Le Zhengli and the two looked in the direction of his fingers, and they saw a monkey-like thing tied to the pillars of the pavilion. It was full of hair, but it had only one hand and one foot. At this moment, this hand and foot were firmly bound by a golden rope. It looked a little pitiful.

I didn't notice it just now and I didn't think there was anything wrong. Now when I saw the dry cat, Lezheng Li felt a little bored. He turned his head and whispered something to Yin Ranyi, and those who didn't lag behind turned cold a few steps Stepping forward, strangling Hanba's neck with one hand, he lifted the thing that was curled up on the ground, and his voice was terribly cold: "Want to die?"

His actions were too quick, and the three people around him didn't have time to react. Lezheng Li glanced at Zhang Jiu apologetically: "He won't kill it."

Zhang Jiu shrugged: "Kids can do whatever they want, just leave a living."

This Hanba looks like an ape, but it has a human face, but although it has a population, it cannot speak. After being strangled by Yin Ranyi, it can only barely let out a beast-like scream. Lezheng Li held his breath and waited for a moment, feeling The feeling of boredom was gone, so he stepped forward and patted Yin Ranyi's shoulder. The latter understood, loosened his fingers, and the Hanji hit the wooden bridge with a "bang". My bones hurt all over.

He lowered his head and glanced, Han Yan was grinning at him, his voice was too hoarse, Le Zheng Li stared at him for a moment, then suddenly squatted down and asked, "Do you know me?"

"Hiss..." Han Yan showed his sharp canine teeth, if it wasn't for being immobilized by Yin Ranyi's shock at the moment, the posture seemed to be about to pounce on him and bite him.

Although the other party didn't answer, Lezhengli felt inexplicably that this monkey-like human being in front of him really recognized him... No, maybe what he recognized was not himself, but "the former self".

Ever since he dreamed of that strange rain-seeking activity, Lezheng Li couldn't restrain some weird thoughts that popped up suddenly, such as the "maybe this life is the next life" he once discussed with Yin Ranyi jokingly, but ...I was a stone sculpture in my previous life?Could it be a thoughtful stone sculpture?The two of them, Yin Ranyi and Yin Ranyi, looked at each other for thousands of years and finally turned into human form?

These thoughts are too absurd, but Le Zhengli can't argue but also can't refute. At this moment, he suppressed the sudden tension in his heart, and pointed at Yin Ranyi beside him: "What about him? Do you recognize him too?"

Han Yan was obviously very afraid of Yin Ranyi, and he didn't even dare to have substantive eye contact with the other party. This made Le Zhengli murmur again, if Yin Ranyi's previous life...was a stone pillar, how terrible could a pillar be?

However, Lezheng Li was sure of one thing, this Hanmao really recognized him.Although the other party cannot be called a "person" in the strict sense, apart from hatred, there is also a bit of fear in his eyes. This emotion is so humane that Lezheng Li almost wants to tear the other party away for a moment. Be human beings like yourself.

This kind of statement sounds a bit hypocritical, but Lezheng Li really thinks so——

This bird is looking at another person through itself.

Yin Ranyi saw that Hanba had been yelling at Lezheng Li, so he couldn't help frowning, stretched out a finger to press Hanba's throat, and said in his usually cold voice, "Shut up."

As expected, Hanba didn't dare to speak again, but Lezhengli smiled in a good mood, "You can stop children from crying at night."

Afterwards, no matter how the two interrogated Han Yan, the other party gritted his teeth and stopped speaking. Lezheng Li rubbed his brows with a little trouble, "Why are you so timid."

But time waits for no one. After all, this drought is going to be sent away overnight. No matter how patient Lezheng Li, Yin Ranyi and Yin Ranyi are, they can't let them keep asking. , but secretly made a note of Han Yan in his heart, and was thinking about how to ask for leave and how to ask his old man when he went back home, when a burst of extremely sharp and piercing laughter suddenly interrupted his thoughts.

He Zhaozheng and the visitor put Hanba into a copper box together, and he was taken aback when he heard the voice, but soon Hanba stopped screaming, as if he realized that his fate could not be changed, and being put into the box would not be easy. no struggle.

Different from the momentary astonishment of others, Lezheng Li only felt as if someone had poured a basin of ice water on him. He turned his head and glanced at Yin Ranyi. His face was a little pale, as if he had lost all the blood on his lips. "What does that mean?"

Yin Ranyi was also momentarily stunned when he heard the scream, he held Le Zhengli's hand hard, as if he wanted to rub him into his flesh and blood, and after a while, he whispered: "No, no .”

To Le Zhengli's ears, the Hanba wasn't laughing, the voice was clearly full of mockery and complacency—without his seven-inch scales, he wouldn't even survive half a year!

And in Yin Ran's widow's ear, this piercing laughter was also conveying a meaning to himself - you will kill him with your own hands!

At this moment, the two of them still didn't know that what they heard was completely different from the other, and the sense of powerlessness that they could not control their fate enveloped them almost instantly. They leaned on each other tightly, their eyes locked on the brass box that had been lifted away Now, the drought mango will not say anything more.Both are very clear.

The author has something to say:

[Remarks] There are many forms of dry 魃 in ancient Chinese texts. Here we borrow the description from "Drough 魃" in Volume [-] of "Zibuyu": "The shape of the scorpion is scattered, and it walks on one foot."