[Old Nine Gates] Homecoming

As soon as it was dawn, the black-throated babbler on the branch outside the window screamed louder than once.

Qi Tiezui covered his ears with his hands, closed his eyes and burst out a Changsha dialect: "Hey, where is this group of mountain Taoist priests, who are arguing so happily early in the morning." He didn't lift his head: "You don't mind Buddha Quarrel."

No one should.

Qi Tiezui pursed his lips: "He slept soundly."

Suddenly realized something was wrong, raised his head to look, and sure enough, the quilt was neatly folded, and the bed was already empty.Qi Tiezui jumped out of bed in a jerk, and patted his thigh: Yu Manli next door, the Buddha said last night that she was not simple, that she couldn't figure out the details, and that she had to be on guard against everything, and she left without a sound this morning !This makes him a powerless fortune teller how to be wary.

Don't go when you let him go, run faster than a rabbit when you don't let him go!

"If you don't walk, you will go backwards." Qi Tiezui made a simple concluding statement to Buddha with a common saying to describe a donkey.

"Are you talking about me?"

The door was pushed open with a creak, and Zhang Qishan's hair on his forehead was stained with well water, as if he had just returned from washing his face.

Oh, so I didn't leave.

Qi Tiezui glanced at the ceiling, turned around and opened the curtains: "No, Lord Buddha, why am I talking about you? I'm talking about a wolf I saw when I went to Changbai Mountain in the northeast. Oh Lord Buddha, you I don’t know about that wolf, it’s fierce, ruthless, and hard to tame..."

Zhang Qishan naturally heard that there was something in the words, but he was too lazy to be as childish as Qi Tiezui.He grabbed the towel on the bed, wiped his hair, and interrupted Qi Tiezui: "The neighbor is up, go downstairs and see what she's going to do next."

Qi Tiezui almost jumped over from the window: "Buddha, why is it me again, it was me last night, why should it be your turn today."

Zhang Qishan had a reasonable expression on his face: "You are the owner of the shop, of course you go." Qi Tiezui was noncommittal.Zhang Qishan said again: "Furthermore, they are here for you."

Aside from trying Manli last night and seeming to really not know the origin of the plum blossom nails, Zhang Qishan does have one more thing to clarify: If Yu Manli really came for their nine doors, then why couldn't she recognize him, the leader of the nine doors? What about Zhang Qishan?

Qi Tiezui rubbed his nose, as if he smelled vinegar...

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Yu Manli got up really quickly, and by the time Qi Tiezui wobbled downstairs, Yu Manli was already sitting on the wicker chair on the first floor waiting.

Qi Tiezui greeted him from a distance: "Good morning."

Yu Manli put down her book, and seeing that it was Qi Tiezui, she picked up the mountaineering bag on another chair, stood up and walked over: "Boss, can I store things here?" She usually goes to remote places, such as small hotels and small inns. , there are not many people living there, but there are many people coming and going, and things are often lost.It is impossible to carry all the things on her back when visiting the tomb, so she will add some money and ask the boss to help store it.

Holding the big tea mug, Qi Tiezui walked to the back of the front desk, rummaged through the drawers for a long time to find a bunch of rusty keys, and tried to open the cabinets at the back one by one, but none of them could be opened.

Qi Tiezui cursed, then threw the key away, and smiled while holding his glasses: "How about this, if you trust me, just put the backpack in my room and keep it." Yu Manli thought for a while, Anyway, she didn't have any valuables, she only had a few things in total, and she carried everything of value with her.Put the backpack on the front desk: "Anything is fine."

Qi Tiezui reached out to carry the bag, Yu Manli let out an "hey" and wanted to stop her, but saw that Qi Tiezui was wrapped in a fall, and he staggered forward, almost didn't fall, but the bag hit the ground firmly. on the ground.

Qi Tiezui said to himself halfway: "What's in it, why is it so heavy?" Yu Manli was a little embarrassed: "It's used on the road, tent sleeping bag and stove, they are not light." She was about to lift it up. Go up by yourself.

But before the hand touched the bag, the bag had already been picked up.

Yu Manli looked up - Zhang Qishan.The eyebrows frowned immediately.

She hated others touching her the most, but Zhang Qishan not only touched her, but also pinched her in his arms.It's really annoying that I haven't been able to beat him yet.

Yu Manli leaned sideways, halfway out her hand. "Give it back to me." The fight yesterday was just because she underestimated the enemy, but it is not certain who will win or lose today. "Can't you help me too?" Zhang Qishan was not gentle, he walked upstairs with the whole bag in one hand.

"No need." Yu Manli followed up and wanted to grab it.Zhang Qishan paused, turned around, and Manli was only one step away from him. With force on his wrist, he threw the backpack into Manli's arms.

Qi Tiezui covered his eyes in shock: Lord Buddha, you don't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, don't you, the mountaineering bag is extremely heavy.He sneaked a look at Yu Manli through his fingers, and saw that she was staggered by the sudden impact, and her expression was not very good-looking.

However, at the next moment, she saw Yu Manli tidying up her backpack and holding it in her arms.He said with a very indifferent look: "It's still quite obedient."

Still quite obedient... What you said was like taming a dog, no, taming a wolf.

Qi Tiezui snickered, although he couldn't figure out Yu Manli's details, he could tell that as long as Buddha and Yu Manli had some contact in the future, then Buddha would be crushed to death by Yu Manli for the rest of his life.

"Forget it, forget it," Qi Tiezui stepped up to smooth things over, "Let Yu Manli go up with me, just in time for her to see where her bag is placed."

Zhang Qishan's face immediately darkened, not because Yu Manli dared to choke him, but because Qi Tiezui dared to challenge him secretly.

Oh, this is not bad!

In the end, Qi Tiezui pretended not to see it, and swayed upstairs with his hands behind his back, taking advantage of Yu Manli's experience to experience the feeling of drying the Buddha.

cool!

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Yu Manli only carried a small light bag on her body, and after she came out of the inn, she walked all the way to the depths of the village.

The terrain of Changsha is different from other places.The streets are built according to the trend, without the rules and regulations of the northern cities, and they are often slanted up and down.People who are not sensitive to directions may not even know what north is, let alone feel north after turning around in Changsha city.

Yu Manli has a natural intuition for directions.In addition, in the past three years, she has visited more than ten tombs, large and small.Tomb hunters often have nothing to rely on in the dark underground, and the only thing they can rely on is themselves.So her ability to distinguish directions has improved to a new level.Therefore, although Yu Manli had a compass on her back, it was just in case.

This compass came in handy today.

The address of the tomb is at the east end of the tea village. The Xiangtang Inn faces north, and there is an east-west avenue in front of the gate, which is the main road of the tea village.When you come out of the inn, you should walk to the right.But according to the map, after four intersections, Yu Manli realized something was wrong. The sun was supposed to be in front of her, but when did she run behind her.

Yu Manli was a little flustered. Losing her way is definitely not a good sign for those who go to the grave.If it was another time, Yu Manli might choose to go another day, but today is different, the Ghost Festival, "Hundred Ghosts Chaoyin", once the opportunity is missed, you have to wait another year.

It has to be quick.Hurry up, she can get rid of it, and she can find herself again.

Yu Manli walked to a shady eaves, stood still at the corner of the intersection, and took out a compass that was hardly used in the past from her backpack: a bronze palm-sized compass, except for the Tianchi above it, which can be used to measure In addition to the direction, the entire compass can also determine the orientation and observe the terrain.

Yu Manli regained her composure, watched the pointer in Tianchi move, and quickly pointed out the direction.Look at the sun again, finally right.Yu Manli breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to leave, when suddenly a man came out from the alley, wearing a sportswear, with a SLR camera hanging around his neck.It looks touristy.

Although the alley was narrow, it was no problem for two people to pass by, so Yu Manli didn't intend to let it go, and still followed her own path.But that person deliberately turned in Yu Manli's direction, and directly met Yu Manli face to face.It was only then that Yu Manli realized that this man wanted to strike up a conversation with her.

When going out, lonely travelers always want to find a companion.

The man waved at her: "Hey, beauty, are you here to travel too?"

Yu Manli pretended not to hear, and continued walking.

Ordinary people would consider themselves bored when encountering this kind of situation, or feel that others may not have heard it, and the embarrassment will pass in a moment, but this little brother is quite persistent, chasing after Manli "unyieldingly": "You are alone!" People? It’s not easy, you, a little girl, can find this place. Let me tell you, I’ve been running outside for several years in order to take pictures of all the primitive villages and villages in the country. It’s not easy. Many of the original books have disappeared, and some have slowly moved to the original location, and there are no corresponding books to check. Hey, by the way, how did you know this place?”

If the other party pretends not to hear after chattering so much, then they can only pretend to be deaf.Yu Manli has made up her mind, deaf people are deaf, as long as she ignores her, can he still talk for a day?

Unexpectedly, as soon as she passed through this row of alleys, she heard someone stop her: "Yu Manli!"

Three black lines hung on Yu Manli's forehead: Bai has listened to such nonsense for so long, and pretended to be deaf for so long, it was a failure!Not wanting to reveal that she was not deaf, and not wanting to be disturbed by others, Yu Manli simply didn't turn her head.But out of the corner of her eye, she saw that the person calling her was Qi Tiezui, who was holding his white enamel jar to watch people play chess.

Seeing that Manli ignored him, Qi Tiezui thought she might not have heard him, so he stopped calling her.It's just a little strange: didn't she go to the village in the morning? Seeing that she was busy, why did she come back so soon?And the handsome 80 meter guy next to her, could it be that she has a boyfriend, and she went to pick him up?Hey, even such a beautiful little girl can't live without a partner.Originally, I wanted to help Buddha get a chance.Watching Yu Manli abuse the Buddha is definitely a great joy in life.Of course, it must be confirmed that Yu Manli is harmless to them.

Forget it, Qi Tiezui thought for a while, and felt a headache.He hates trouble the most.He adjusted his glasses and continued to watch chess.While watching, he muttered in a low voice: "Don't talk about it, it's better to play Xie Jiu's chess."