It's not easy being a master

City H has not had a drop of rain for nearly half a month, and the whole city is shrouded in an unexplainable hotness. The trees on both sides of the road hang their heads listlessly, even though the sprinklers of the City Garden Bureau pass by here three times a day, Can't cheer them up.

Shi Yi'an stretched out his hand to adjust the air conditioner to 17 degrees, and then twisted and twisted on the sofa, as if he wanted to turn himself into a hemp rope, but in the end, he gave up because of his poor body flexibility.It’s really boring, if the rest of my life is so boring, or else I’ll find a rope to hang myself tonight, Shi Yi’an thinks so.

Lang Shu, who was sitting on the side playing with a tablet phone, suddenly sighed: "Oh."

Shi Yi'an stood up and asked in a lazy tone, "What happened?"

"I participated in a lottery on a website and won a lottery." In fact, since the last time Lang Shuo participated in a lottery on a certain website and found that he had won a prize, he has been fascinated by this event, although he has participated in hundreds of similar events, large and small. event, but it seems that apart from winning a pair of plush slippers for the first time, I have never won other prizes.

Shi Yi'an rolled his eyes, and lay back on the sofa silently. He didn't want to ask, but felt that he shouldn't be so indifferent, so he could only pretend to be very interested, tilting his head slightly, and asked, "What happened this time."

"A seven-day tour for two people in Ming and Qing towns in T City, Province S."

There are quite a lot of people who won the lottery this time. Shi Yi'an roughly estimated that there are at least 30 people.This group of people gathered in the small airport in T city, it was really noisy.

The person in charge of leading everyone to the ancient town was a very young girl who seemed to be unfamiliar with the business. She took the list and called it three times just for the roll call. In the end, she still didn’t know the number of people. As time went by, seeing the mood of the crowd It has begun to become unstable, so we can only call the people who have already arrived to wait on the bus outside.

Lang Shu and Shi Yi'an, who had few things to carry, got into the car first and chose a seat near the middle.The bus was quite clean, with blue seat covers, clean and tidy, and exuded a faint smell of detergent.The sunshade curtains hung on the windows were neatly tied together and hung on the gap between the windows.Anyway, it's pretty normal.

Lang Shu wore a pure white T-shirt today, with a relatively large neckline, which fully exposed his perfect neckline.While breathing, Lang Shu's chest rose and fell, and he could feel a ferocious and explosive beast wrapped under this thin layer of white cloth.

Shi Yi'an looked down at himself again, the gray T-shirt was hanging empty on his body, not to mention the pectoral and abdominal muscles, and he couldn't see the distinct ribs, so Shi Yi'an felt satisfied.

It's not fair to fall.

He is also an ancient god, why does he look like a poor and weak chick, Lang Shu, a foodie, can maintain this proud figure like an ancient Roman gladiator even if he eats Hesai.

Shi Yian glanced at the person across the aisle from the corner of his eye.

Sitting across the aisle is a pair of girlfriends, one with waist-length hair and the other with a cool and pretty bobo head. The two chattered with their heads down. The long-haired girl took out a box of chocolates from her pocket and grabbed them. He stuffed it to the bobo-headed girl, and then pretended to inadvertently push her on the arm, as if encouraging and urging her to do something.

The girl with the bobo head was holding the chocolate, and looked at Shi Yi'an and the others nervously, and found that Shi Yi'an was looking at herself.Nervously looking back at the long-haired girl for help.

Shi Yi'an has seen this kind of thing a lot.It must be that this little girl fell in love with Lang Shu and wanted to take the opportunity to hook up, and I have to say that she definitely used the most correct way.Although Shi Yi'an has taught Lang Shu many times not to eat things given by strangers, although Lang Shu will refuse invitations from some people, he never seems to refuse food.

Shi Yi'an touched his nose, lowered his head and took out the earphones, ready to give the other party a chance.

When the earphone was taken out of the pocket, the panel was twisted into a pimple, the left wire was pulled, the right wire was pulled dead, the right wire was pulled, and the left got stuck again.When Shi Yi'an was concentrating on unplugging the earphones, he heard someone whispering in his ear: "Well, I invite you to eat chocolate."

You guessed it.

Shi Yi'an's complacency hadn't lasted for three seconds before he suddenly realized that this sentence didn't seem to be said to Lang Shu, but to himself?

He looked up and saw the short-haired girl holding chocolates and handing them to him with both hands. Her fair face was a little blush, and she smiled shyly. The sun just came in from the window. In the backlight, everything changed so beautiful.For a moment, Shi Yi'an felt that he was a little stunned. He wanted to push Lang Shu away, and shouted: "Fucking coffin face, there are girls in this world who really like me, and I want to turn back into a straight man."

However, this situation did not last long, and Lang Shu suddenly asked, "Is it for us?"

The girl hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"Thank you." Lang thanked, accepted all the chocolates unceremoniously, then silently opened one of the packaging bags, broke the chocolate from the middle with his hands, ate half of the chocolate, and fed the other half. Shi Yi'an.

That's right, hello.

It's that kind of intimate, hand-to-mouth movement, that kind of ambiguous movement where fingertips and lips touch each other, and the tip of the tongue will lick each other's fingertips if you're not careful.Shi Yi'an took the chocolate in his mouth, put on the earphones, and silently turned to the window.Occasionally seeing this guy show off his affection with full of possessiveness seems to be quite good.

The tour guide finally came back. It seems that because of the heavy rain in N province, the plane that had already taken off turned back to the airport. Finally, the organizer arranged for everyone who had arrived to go to the place where they lived, and the remaining passengers arranged for others to stay at the station. waiting.

The bus did not enter the urban area, but went directly to the national highway along the airport expressway.

The national road should have been renovated recently, and the wide and flat green trees are pressed down towards the road, and the shade of the trees on the ground is mottled. It looks like a good place to escape the summer heat.Looking at the flickering bushes outside the window, Shi Yi'an felt his eyelids getting heavy. He took off his earphones and leaned against the car window. All the scenery in front of him seemed to turn into a slideshow, flashing before his eyes one by one.

Run fast, run fast.

Shi Yi'an felt his heart beating faster than ever, and the things behind him were about to catch up.He has no way to think about what is chasing him, and he has no way to think about where he is going to escape. He only knows that once he stops, he will die.In the depths of the darkness, a warm light stands there. Under the envelope of the light, the red checkered fabric sofa is comfortable and cozy.A man was sitting on the sofa, wearing pajamas and slippers. He rested one elbow on the armrest of the sofa, resting his cheek on the back of his hand, and was flipping through a book with the other hand.

"Lang Shu!"

"Lang Shu!"

No matter how much Shi Yi'an yelled, the other party did not respond.Seeing Lang Shu standing up suddenly, Shi Yi'an looked in his direction.Overjoyed Shi Yi'an waved his hands excitedly trying to get Lang Shu's attention.

Lang Shu didn't seem to see him, he closed the book and put it on the armrest, and raised his hand.

What is he going to do.

His movements looked like he was pulling a curtain, and the darkness was drawn shut like a curtain, and the few lights in the darkness were disappearing.

"Don't pull the curtains!" Shi Yi'an yelled, which not only woke him up, but also frightened Lang Shu.

Lang Shu stopped in mid-air with his arm holding the blackout curtain of the car window, then let go of the curtain, and looked at Shi Yi'an suspiciously.

The car had already changed direction, and the dazzling sunlight came in from the window, making Shi Yi'an dizzy.Shi Yi'an wiped the sweat from the back of his neck, and stretched out his hand to close the curtain.

"I had a nightmare." Shi Yi nestled into the seat, his face was a little pale, he reached out and touched his chin, thinking about what the dream meant.

Lang Shu raised his hand and wiped the moist corners of Shi Yi'an's eyes, and teased in a low voice: "What kind of nightmare did you dream, and it actually made you cry.

"No, maybe it's because the sun is too glaring." Shi Yi'an turned his head stiffly. The fact is, in the dream, Lang Shu ignored him and made him cry.Of course he won't tell the truth.

There was a sound of exclamation from everyone in the carriage, Shi Yian stood up and saw that people were looking out the window, so he also opened the curtains and looked out.The car was going down the mountain road at this time, and a small town with blue bricks and blue tiles loomed among the green vegetation.

"This place looks similar to Shi's mansion." Shi Yi'an frowned.

"Well, in terms of the area occupied, it's probably not as big as Shi's house." Lang Shu said.

"No way." Shi Yi'an made a calculation and said, "Can Shi's house be bigger than this place?"

Lang Shu leaned back on his seat and said: "The part you live in is just the main courtyard of the Shi family, and the Shi family also has courtyards where the side families live, but most of the side lines have moved out of the mansion now, and the remaining courtyards are only a few. Except for a few ghost servants, basically no one lives there."

Shi Yi'an curled his lips in dissatisfaction and said, "Why do you know more than I do?"

"After all, I have also sat at that door for thousands of years, watching the teacher's family grow from nothing, and then from prosperity to decline."

"Uh, is the Shi family in decline now?" Shi Yi'an remembered that when they forced themselves to read the financial statements before, the number of assets in the column was so large that it was dizzying.

Lang Shu smiled, noncommittal, and did not answer.

The car finally stopped in front of a small three-story building not far from the town. There was a plaque hanging in front of the door of the small building. On it was written the four big characters of Dragon Gate Inn, black background and gold paint, as tacky as it could be.

The hall on the first floor is not too big. The damp and moldy wooden floor has a sense of crisis that may collapse at any time. Near the door are two pots of green leafy plants, which are growing vigorously, as if they are full of the spiritual energy of the world.Behind the flower pots are two sets of wooden sofas, which are dusty and covered with a layer of dust. It can be seen that no one has cleaned them for a long time.On the left side of the wooden sofa is a floor-standing clock, painted with gold patterns, it looks very old, but unfortunately, it has already pointed to eleven o'clock, but the clock has not sounded for a long time, it must be broken.

The counter was placed in the innermost part of the hall. The wooden counter was greasy and black, making the whole inn look cheap.The tourists shook their heads and whispered to each other, it seemed that they were not very satisfied with this place.

The old man sitting behind the counter huddled there sluggishly. Behind him was a list of two beds, one black and one white, with the same room numbers on both sides. There were one or two vacancies on the white side, but not on the black side The few beds are gone.

The old man coughed twice, and with trembling hands, he opened a dilapidated book that seemed to have been used for a long time. The inside pages were made of kraft paper, and the name and room number were written in black pen. From a distance, it looked like an old book. A small black speck.

"Lu Yueyue 201." His voice was a little muddy, which sounded weird.Then he took a bunch of keys from the white display board at the back and handed them over.A young couple stepped forward and took the key from him.

"Zhao Jue 202."

This should be a couple, and they are still wearing couple shirts.

"..."

"Wen Qian 303."

It turned out that the short-haired girl sitting across the aisle was named Wen Qian, and she lived up to her name.

"Lang Shu 304." The moment the old man raised his head and handed the key to Lang Shu, he paused for a moment.Then he closed the notebook, coughed violently a few times, turned around, and hurriedly hid behind the secret door behind the counter.

"Tch, I didn't expect the place to live to be so bad. I saw the company bought a daytime ticket, and I thought the company was quite generous." The long-haired girl complained while dragging her luggage.

"Actually, it's okay. To visit this ancient town, you have to live in this kind of dilapidated inn." Wen Qian said in a low voice.

"I checked on the Internet, and the night air ticket here is nearly two-thirds cheaper than the daytime air ticket. He really might as well buy an evening air ticket and use the savings to stay in a better hotel. "Speaking of this, the long-haired girl suddenly sighed: "Forget it, maybe this is already the best hotel in this place."

Wen Qian smiled and pushed the other party upstairs.

Before Shi Yian went upstairs, he found a small door next to the stairwell. The wooden door looked like you just nailed some unprocessed wooden boards randomly, and then put a rusty door knocker on it.Shi Yi'an stretched out his hand and pushed it, but when it was locked, he withdrew his hand resentfully, and followed Lang Shu to the room.

The room is simply facing the sun, and the sunlight during the day is considered good. It is not as humid as imagined, and all kinds of electrical appliances are readily available, but it is really not as miserable as in the hall downstairs.

Shi Yi'an threw the luggage and fell on the bed.

Lang Shu carefully read the fire prevention and escape door notices pasted on the back of the door, and then put the luggage of the two into the closet.

"Xianhui." Shi Yi'an changed his posture and lay down on the bed, propping his chin with both hands, and said to Lang Shu.

Lang Shu walked over and stroked Shi Yi'an's hair with his hand, as if he was comforting his own little pet.

"Rest in the morning, have lunch, and prepare to visit the town in the afternoon. Tomorrow is the morning visit and performance, the afternoon is interactive time, teaching everyone handicraft performances, and the third day is to visit the local wedding..."

"There are still local people getting married? Do you need to follow the ceremony?" Shi Yi'an asked with a smile.Then he continued: "No, it should be a part of folk tourism. It seems that there are quite a few tour groups in this place. Maybe it should be a performance."

Lang Shu glanced at the back of the itinerary and said, "I don't seem to have any plans for the evening."

"It's tiring enough to play for a day, and an early rest is the best arrangement."

In the afternoon, the tour guide took everyone into the town for a free visit. The town was unexpectedly prosperous. Various shops on both sides of the street were selling local handmade trinkets. There were also several shops selling various antiques. The boss placed a The rattan chair, while fanning, greeted business lazily.

A kind of local red berry, reddish purple, the pulp in his stomach seemed to be bursting, Lang Shu bought a big bag, and while eating by himself, he fed it to Shi Yi'an who was playing with the compass.

"How much is the boss?" Shi Yi'an asked vaguely.

The boss lying on the rattan chair raised his eyelids and took a look, and said, "That's not for sale, it's my wife's dowry."

Shi Yi'an shrugged regretfully and put the things back. He turned around and found a string of copper bells. The patterns on the bells were very unique and looked old. Although they were not antiques, they were also interesting.

"How much is this?" Shi Yi'an asked.

The boss glanced at it and said, "Give it 35."

Shi Yi'an took out the money and put the string of bells into his arms.After that, Shi Yi'an didn't buy anything anymore, because handmade scarves, bead strings and the like are things that girls like.The red fruit in Lang Shu's hand was long gone, and now he was holding a bag of food made of dregs. Although he didn't know what the dregs were inside, it smelled delicious.

Wen Qian and her best friend just happened to see Shi Yi'an and Lang Shu from directly across from each other. Although they had witnessed the intimate behavior of Lang Shu and Shi Yi'an before, they still nodded with a smile.

Shi Yi'an touched his pocket and found that there was only a string of copper bells bought before, so he took it out of his pocket and handed it to Wen Qian.

"Thank you for treating us to chocolates before, this is a gift in return." Shi Yi'an said.

Wen Qian was not shy, and took it after thanking Shi Yi'an.She turned her head and saw that her best friend was also looking at the bells. She reached out and broke off a copper clasp on the string of bells, hung half of them on her bag, and handed the other half of the bells to the girl with long hair.

"The chocolate is yours, so, Bell, we are half of each other."

The long-haired girl took the bell with a smile, and hung it on the bag like Wen Qian.

After the two of them left, Shi Yi'an said with a smile: "Girls are like, when the relationship is good, you can't wait for the two of you to have short sleeves, but when the relationship is not good, you can't wait to kill the girl."

"Yeah." Lang said after a short pause, "There seems to be a little sexism in your sentence."

"Not bad, I even understand gender discrimination." Shi Yi'an bumped Lang Shu with his shoulder and said, "What I said is the truth."

After going back to the hotel at night and having dinner, it was almost dark. Shi Yi'an and Lang Shu walked out of the inn and wanted to go to the town to see the night view, but they never wanted to be stopped outside.

It is said to be a small town in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but it looks more like a small city, surrounded by high walls and gates inlaid with shiny copper nails.The sign in front of the gate states that the opening hours of the town are from 06:30 am to 06:30 pm, and the closing time of the city gate is [-]:[-] pm. Visitors who are not in the town are requested to leave before [-]:[-].

"Forget it, go back and rest, I think you are tired too." Lang Shu saw Shi Yi'an yawned and said.

Shi Yi'an nodded, rubbed his eyes, and didn't understand why he was so tired all of a sudden.Ordinarily, his current body should not be so easily tired.

By the time the two had walked back to the hotel, it was already completely dark, and some rooms had already turned on the lights, and the small warm yellow grids were illuminating the dark house, as if it was a game of Tetris, printing On the ground, don't be funny.

Lang Shu, who had been silent all this time, suddenly let out a doubtful voice.

"What's wrong?" Shi Yi'an asked casually.

After a long time, Lang Shu said: "It's nothing, it just feels a little strange, and I can't tell what is so strange."

After wandering around for a while, Shi Yi'an replied: "It's nothing strange, you are nervous, let's go back and take a bath and rest."

A night without dreams.

On the second day, after Shi Yi'an got up, he saw Lang Shu sitting by the window looking down. Even though the window was not open, Shi Yi'an could hear the bustling noise.

"What's the matter?" Shi Yi'an leaned over while rubbing his tense cheeks.

A lot of people gathered downstairs, and it seemed that there was a conflict with the tour guide because of some problem. Shi Yi'an, relying on his good hearing, seemed to be dissatisfied with the place where he lived. Last night, everyone had nightmares. People have already left early this morning on the first flight.

"Are you dreaming?" Shi Yi'an turned his head and asked Lang Shu.

"No, no dreams for a night." Lang Shu propped his chin and looked down thoughtfully.

"Speaking of which, I slept until midnight last night, and suddenly felt that this place was full of ghostly aura. Although the ghostly aura was very heavy, there was no sign of hurting anyone." Shi Yi'an thought that he woke up once when it was almost midnight.Although he felt the ghostly aura, he didn't feel the murderous aura, so he didn't care too much.

After all, this kind of town is located deep in the mountains, and it is normal for some ghosts to appear. If you really want to investigate carefully, it is their arrival that disturbed the other party.

After washing up, Shi Yi'an and Lang Shu were going to have breakfast, when they saw Wen Qian coming out of the room.Both of them looked sluggish, as if they hadn't rested all night.

"Are you two having nightmares too?" Shi Yi'an asked.

"It would be fine if I had a nightmare." Wen Qian sighed, hesitating as if she didn't know if it should be said, and finally said in a low voice: "Last night, as soon as we fell asleep, we heard the sound of copper bells , and then we were all woken up. I thought it was the bell you gave me that was ringing, so I blocked the bell with a tissue. I didn’t expect to be woken up by the bell in a half-dream, and then we were a little scared, I just watched a movie all night and didn't fall asleep until dawn, and I was woken up by the sound downstairs before I slept for a long time."

"Later we discussed it, this place is too strange, we told the tour guide today that we are going to leave, you--" Wen Qian's words stopped abruptly, and finally said in a low voice: "Forget it."

Shi Yi'an knew what she wanted to say, this kind girl just wanted to persuade them to leave together.However, Shi Yi'an and Lang Shu were not afraid of this, and instead aroused their interest in this place because of Wen Qian's words.

"I saw the tour guide downstairs." Shi Yi'an said.

"En. Thank you." Wen Qian responded and went downstairs.

Shi Yi'an walked to the first floor, passed the counter, and saw the old man behind the counter dozing on a chair. Many keys had already been hung on the key board behind him. It seems that he should have left this morning. people left behind.In stark contrast to this is the black key plate, which is no longer keyed.

"What is this black key board for?" Shi Yi'an asked while holding his chin.

Lang Shu shook his head to express his confusion.Shi Yi'an didn't study it carefully.

Today's atmosphere is not very good, not many people eat breakfast in the restaurant, Shi Yi'an ate some casually, and asked the tour guide when today's activities will start.

The tour guide looked embarrassed. She said that almost all the guests asked to leave today, and there was no way to carry out the following activities.Now they are all packed up and ready to leave, and they will leave when the bus comes. However, if the two of them want to, they can go around the town by themselves, and they will call the two of them when the bus comes.

Shi Yi'an also thought it was good, so he went for a stroll in the town with Lang Shu after dinner.

Although the members of their tour group were clamoring to leave, there were still a lot of people in the town today. Many people from nearby cities drove here, and drove back in the afternoon after shopping in the morning.

After visiting the commercial street yesterday, today Shi Yi'an and Lang Shu started to visit the alleys where there are few tourists.There are closed gates on both sides of the small alley on Qingzhuanpu Road, and ink lanterns are hung in front of the gate, which makes you feel like you have traveled back to ancient times.

"People at that time didn't have communication tools. Wouldn't it be very troublesome for two people to go on a date?" Shi Yi'an thought for a while, then pinched Lang Shu's chin and said, "Beauty, the red card on the commercial street tonight I'm waiting for you, see you soon."

"Master." I didn't expect Lang Shu to be so cooperative, and said to Shi Yi'an with a smile in his low voice: "If you don't go, be careful and I will break your leg."

"It's so fierce." Shi Yi'an exaggeratedly covered his chest, expressing fear.

At noon, the two ate two bowls of rice noodles in a small roadside shop. The taste was as bad as that provided by other tourist attractions. This kind of food is not for eating, but for filling the stomach.

The two walked around for a long time in the afternoon, and the venue was about to be cleared. There were very few tourists, so they realized that the tour guide hadn't called them until now. Could it be that people had already left?

When I returned to the inn, I realized that they hadn't left.

"Didn't the car come?" Shi Yi'an asked the tired-looking man next to him in a low voice.

The man wiped his face and said, "The car hasn't come yet. I just called again and I can't get through. I heard that the road has collapsed, so I won't be here until tomorrow."

It seems that we will stay here for one more night.

In the end, Shi Yi'an took out the cinnabar brush and talisman paper, drew a few talisman papers of the fixed house, and quietly pasted them in the hidden places on the second and third floors.

Shi Yi'an read this novel, and when he finished the novel, he realized that it was already past eleven o'clock, and he was about to take a bath and then rest. Unexpectedly, as soon as he came out of the bathroom, he saw Lang Shu sitting by the window, frowning tightly. Lock.

"Come and see." Lang Shu called Shi Yi'an to go over.

Shi Yi'an looked downstairs, but there was nothing, only the reflection of the inn quietly benefiting downstairs, other than that, it was so dark that he couldn't see anything.

"What's wrong?" Shi Yi'an asked.

"How many rooms are there in total on the third floor?" Lang Shu asked without answering.

"Four, 301 to 304." The second floor is basically full, and there are only a few people living on the third floor. At that time, Shi Yi'an was secretly happy, thinking that fewer people would be cleaner.

Lang Shu pointed to the reflection downstairs and asked, "Look at the reflection downstairs, how many windows are lit?"

Being reminded by Lang Shu like this, Shi Yi'an broke out in a cold sweat. That's right, many people who live on the second floor have already left. Why is the reflection downstairs, every light is on, and those rooms are still indistinct. It seems that someone is there.

"Let's go downstairs." Shi Yi'an turned over, grabbed the waist bag in his hand, and rushed outside.

Lang Shu opened the window slowly, jumped out with one hand supporting the window frame, and landed lightly on the ground like a cat.That's right, he felt a little strange yesterday, but after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't figure out what was strange. Today, sitting on the steps and thinking for a long time, he finally understood what the problem was.

Shi Yi'an arrived not too late, he took two steps back and saw that there were only a few lights on the second floor, but the reflections on the ground were strangely lit up in a row.

It seems to be grabbing something.Shi Yi'an rested his chin on one hand and stared at the shadowy reflection below, then walked slowly into the lobby of the inn.Trying to find something from this greasy and dirty room, I found that there was no one on the entire first floor, and even the old man in charge who usually hid behind the counter was gone.

"This." Lang Shu suddenly pointed to the key board and said, "This key board should be, the white board should be the room in the world, and the one on the black board should be the room in the underworld."

"It turned out to be a Yin Yang inn, but it's rare to see it in such a crowded tourist area." Shi Yi'an walked to the wooden door next to the stairs, held the iron ring and cast some spells on his hand, and then Pushed open the door.

Behind the door was a dark corridor. The dim light in the hall only illuminated seven inches from the door, before it was swallowed up by endless darkness.The filthy and ugly air gushes out from the inside along with the cold wind. The smell seems to come from the ground, as if there are some monsters living there.

"Go down and have a look?" Shi Yi'an raised the corner of his mouth slightly and asked with a smile.

Lang Shu didn't speak, but from the slightly raised corners of his mouth and raised eyebrows, it could be seen that he was also full of interest in this place.

"Don't go in!"