Xiaolan looked suspiciously into the depths of the passage. It was completely dark inside and she couldn't see anything.
"Is there really someone inside?" Xiaolan's tone was full of distrust, "Could you have prepared an ambush inside?"
Qiao tilted his head helplessly, "After our conversation just now, you should know that I am a trustworthy person."
"It's because of the conversation just now that I feel that the amount of truth in your mouth is limited," Xiaolan said. "It's so dark inside, is Lu Yueyi's father really going to be inside?"
Qiao didn't say another word. He flicked his sleeves and walked directly into the darkness.
The few people behind looked at each other.
Qin Yin asked with her eyes, "Are we going to follow?"
Xiaolan shrugged.
The fool is also hesitating.
Within a few seconds, Qiao Mo unexpectedly poked his head out of the darkness again, startling everyone.
"Hey, you really didn't follow me," Qiao Mei said in a tone that was like talking in a cross talk, "Oh, come on in, there's no ambush inside."
"Wen Ling, look into his eyes, is he lying?" Qin Yin said to Wen Ling.
Qiao didn't resist at all and tried his best to put on a sincere expression.
Wen Lingzhen stared at Qiao Bui's eyes for a long time, then slowly shook his head and said, "I don't understand."
"Don't worry," Qiao didn't say. "If I want to deal with you, I don't need to ambush you at all. Don't forget, this is my territory."
This makes sense.
The fool stepped forward and said, "Let's go."
A few people carefully groped their way into the dark passage. There was a strange fragrance permeating the passage. The fragrance was somewhat like the smell of incense ash formed after the incense candles burned out. It was unclear whether it was the smell coming in from outside the courtyard or coming from the passage.
The smell comes out.
"Why is it so dark," Qin Yin muttered, "it gives me an unknown premonition..."
Xiaolan also feels the same way.
Gradually, everyone could hardly see the figure of their companion next to them, and they could only judge the presence of the other party by the sound of their clothes rubbing against each other.
Suddenly, the bridge at the front stopped talking.
"Almost there."
"Almost there?" Qin Yin quickly pricked up his ears, trying to hear something, "Then if we call him now, can he hear us?"
Qiao didn't laugh lightly, and his laughter was a little helpless.
"You can try it."
"I... let it go," Qin Yin tugged at the fool next to her, "Fool, can you hear me?"
"It's hard for me not to hear," the fool's voice was also helpless, "I'm not deaf."
"Then call him and see if he can hear you?" Qin Yin said, "Lu Shoucai should know you."
"He should...have forgotten it a long time ago," the fool said, "Xiaoyin, please be normal. Why do I think you are so nervous?"
"Did I?"
"Yes," Xiaolan couldn't hold back and said, "Sister Xiaoyin, your words suddenly became so broken."
"I always talk a lot."
"There are...especially many now," Xiaolan said, "Sister Xiaoyin, what's wrong with you?"
"There's nothing wrong with me."
"Is your menstrual period coming soon?" the fool asked.
"What...what did you say?!" Qin Yin was so angry that she punched the fool, "I think your menstrual period is coming soon."
"But Sister Xiaoyin, your state is indeed strange," Xiaolan said. "Not only do you talk a lot and speak fast, but your voice is also a little trembling, as if you are very... very excited."
"Yes." The fool agreed loudly.
"How can I?!" Qin Yin protested excitedly.
"Aren't you excited enough?" Xiaolan said, "Sister Xiaoyin, Lu Shoucai almost heard it."
Qin Yin immediately deflated the eggplant.
"Sister Xiaoyin, we are going to see Lu Shoucai, why are you so excited?" Xiaolan asked, "It is Brother Fool who should be excited."
"I don't know either..." Qin Yin himself was puzzled, "Do you really think I'm excited?"
The three of them said together, "Really!"
"Look, even Wen Ling thinks so." said the fool.
"Didn't I tell you that I have an unknown premonition," Qin Yin muttered unhappily, "Maybe it's because of that premonition."
"What's the premonition? It scares you like this." Xiaolan asked.
"If I knew, it wouldn't be called a premonition," Qin Yin said, "Oh, okay, don't ask me anymore, I'm annoying you, I think you talk too much."
Everyone shut their mouths obediently, but not because of Qin Yin's words, but because the sound of opening the door came from in front of them.
"We're here." Qiao didn't say.
Then, there was a creaking sound, and a beam of light shone into everyone's eyes.
We are about to meet Lu Yueyi’s father.
Xiaolan also became inexplicably nervous.
Qiao opened the door little by little, and the light on the other side of the door was not dazzling. Soon, everyone could clearly see what was on the other side of the door.
Inside the door is a simple and closed basement room. The room is not big. There is a faint orange light shining inside, and the light outlines the few items in the room.
There was an old wooden table placed against the wall. There were two lit candles on the wooden table. There seemed to be something between the two candles. Everyone could not see clearly, and their attention was not there.
on things.
Everyone's eyes were attracted to the figure in front of the table.
There was a futon-like cushion placed on the ground in front of the table. On the futon, a black figure was kneeling.
Other than that, there was no one else in the room.
This is... Lu Shoucai?
Besides the smell of incense ash, there is something else in the air...
A not so good idea appeared in Xiaolan's mind.
"That's..." Qin Yin pointed at the black shadow and quietly asked Xiang Qiao if he was there.
Qiao nodded, "Go in."
The fool walked in first. When he reached Lu Shoucai's side, the fool's expression suddenly stiffened.
Xiaolan followed at the end, but the moment she saw the fool's expression, Xiaolan understood that her idea was right.
Everyone was silent and gathered around Lu Shoucai.
The stout adult man was curled up on the futon, with his hands clasped together and his forehead deeply bent on his fingertips.
His skin had dried up to the bone joints, and glowed brown under the candlelight. Lu Shoucai's entire body was as dry as an old tree stump.
He is already dead.
He became a mummy.
"This..." Qin Yin's face looked like Lu Shoucai's corpse, "This is..."
Qiao Bui nodded slowly and said, "Yes, Lu Shoucai is dead."
Everyone present was a little stunned.
"No...that's not right," the fool said incoherently, "Lu Qieyi said that her father is still alive. She said that she had not seen him in Mingting. He has not..."
By the time this was said, everyone already knew the answer.
"Boundary monument..." Xiaolan murmured, "She didn't see her father because her father went to a different place than her."
With regret and obsession, Lu Shoucai did not enter the court after his death, but went to the world behind the boundary monument.
Xiaolan felt her heart being tugged hard.
The same thing happened again.
She thought of maple syrup and pineapple, and how they looked when they parted.
Even at the last second before leaving, Lu Yueyi thought her father was living somewhere in this world.
But they can never see each other again.
"Why did he become like this?" Qin Yin's voice was low, "Why did you bring us to see him?"
"The reason why I brought you here is to answer the last confusion in your mind," Qiao Mei said, "that is - how did all this happen."
Everyone looked at him with confusion.
Qiao Mei slightly tilted the corner of his mouth. He walked to the wooden table and pointed to the thing between the two candles, "That's why."
The thing was covered under a piece of black cloth, showing a square shape with sharp edges. Without saying anything, Qiao grabbed the corner of the black cloth and pulled it off.
A crystal clear square crystal appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
Qin Yin and Wen Ling immediately widened their eyes.
"This is it!..."
Qiao didn't look at Qin Yin and Wenling, "Why, have you seen him before?"
"This is... the container that holds the child!" Qin Yin pointed at the square object and said to Wen Ling, "That's it!..."
Wen Ling did not disappoint her and nodded her head in agreement.
"You have actually seen it," Qiao Mei's eyes were filled with surprise, "You saw it in... the courtyard?"
"right!"
Qin Yin recounted the grievances and grievances between the two of them and the naked baby. After she finished speaking, she patted her thigh hard and said, "I'm so curious, who is that kid?"
Who is he?"
Qiao Mei narrowed his eyes and laughed happily.
"Curious?"
"I'm curious!" Qin Yin and Wen Ling nodded, "I believe he is a monster."
"What a pity, he is not a monster," Qiao said without crossing his arms, "That little baby is me."
The air froze for a few seconds.
Qin Yin and Wen Ling's four eyes were wide open. Those four eyes covered the bridge from head to feet, and from feet to head.
"Are you that kid?"
"That's right," Qiao Mei still wore that cheerful and comfortable smile, as if seeing an old friend, "That kid is Qiao Mei's god, who was me when I was little."
Qin Yin put a hand on her temple. She opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but she felt something was wrong. After repeating this for a long time, she frowned and asked, "That's not right. Six years ago, you were just a few people."
A month old baby?”
Qiao nodded casually, "That's right."
"Then you are only six years old?!" Qin Yin made a sign of six with his hand, "You... you are six years old now? Ah? You call this six years old? Who can grow to 1.8 meters at the age of six?"
"Although I was only in the form of a baby six years ago, I am not only six years old," Qiao said impatiently. "In fact, before Lu Yueyi's incident happened, I had lived in the form of a baby for many, many years."
Xiaolan thought of the inexplicable conversation between Qiao Mei and her.
"Well, let me explain it differently," Qiao said when he saw that several people were still confused, "The new man-god is your friend, right?"
"Well... you are talking about Luo Jiutian, right?" Qin Yin suddenly became stunned, "Isn't he only six years old?!"
"No... I'm different from him," Qiao Mei waved his hands in confusion, "and I'm not only six years old, in fact, I'm older than you."
"That's not necessarily true." Qin Yin curled his lips.
"What's wrong with Jiutian?" the fool asked, "What's the difference between you and him?"
"Human gods and gods are living gods selected by rules. Before they became gods, they were just ordinary living people." When Qiao didn't speak, his eyes swept over everyone in turn, but Xiaolan always felt that his remaining
The light has always been focused on myself, "and I was born because of the power outside the rules."
"Power outside the rules?" Qin Yin said, "The rules are..."
"Rules are rules," Qiao Mei said, "you just need to know this."
The direction of the story seems to be gradually becoming bizarre.
"I have been sleeping in it since I was born," Qiao Mei put his hand on the square crystal. "In a sense, it is my first hometown in life, equivalent to the womb of a human mother.
…”
This strange metaphor made everyone present feel a little embarrassed.
"I have been sleeping for many years. If Lu Shoucai hadn't accidentally got me, I might have been sleeping forever..."
"Wait a minute," Qin Yin raised his hand to interrupt Qiao Mei's words, "You are a majestic... hatching god, Lu... how did he get you?"
Qiao didn't shrug his shoulders, "He didn't tell me either, how could I know?"
"How come you don't know?"
"I was sleeping all the time." Qiao didn't look like a child at this moment. "When you were asleep, would you know what was happening around you?"
The logic is impeccable.
"You keep going," the fool said, "Uncle Lu gets you, what happens next?"
"He didn't know what method he used to wake me up. After that, I started to grow." Qiao didn't look at Lu Shoucai's body, with a soft light flashing in his eyes. "I gradually gained intelligence, and I understood what he was thinking.
Lu Shoucai seems to think that I am an extraterrestrial creature with special abilities, which is what you think of as...a mascot."
Good guy.
Xiaolan looked at Lu Shoucai from sympathy to admiration.
This man took a god home and offered it as a mascot.
I have to say, it is also a legend.
"After gradually developing my adult wisdom, I became attached to Lu Shou's property. Although I knew that his purpose was to seek wealth, I was still willing to do something for him..."
"I know this," Qin Yin said, "I hugged you when you were a child. At that time, you were super clingy. You looked like a child who longed for love."
"Yes, that's true," Qiao Mei said with a very magnanimous smile, "The me you saw must be a few months old, right?"
Qin Yin gestured with his hand, "It's about this big...it looks like it's less than a year old."
"At that time, I had actually started to grow," Qiao Mei said. "When Lu Shoucai got me, I was just like a newborn baby. When you saw me, I had already been growing for several weeks."
He has grown into the appearance of a one-year-old baby in a few weeks, and it seems that he is six years old and 1.8 meters tall.
"By the way, how long have you been in the court?" Qiao Mei suddenly asked.
Qin Yin thought for a while and said, "I stayed in Wenling for about...a week or so. I have been there for a long time. I have been there for more than a month."
"Then how many times have you seen me?" Qiao asked with great interest.
"I haven't seen him since then," Qin Yin said, "I only saw him in the first week."
"If you see me later, you will find that I have grown bigger again," Qiao Mei joked, "I grow up very fast."
The fool already understood Qiao Mei's meaning, "So after Lu Jieyi's death..."
"After Lu Jieyi died, he begged me in despair," Qiao Mei said.
"Bring her back to life?" Qin Yin narrowed his eyes.
"He tried this, but after knowing that I really couldn't do anything, he gave up," Qiao did not say. "So he changed his wish. He hoped that Lu Yueyi could become a god like me."
The crowd was in an uproar.
Is this wish simpler than coming back to life?
After a long while, Qin Yincai stuttered and said, "You...you fulfilled his wish?"
"Of course not," Qiao didn't smile and sighed, put his hands behind his back, and started walking slowly in the small room, "I said, I can't think of a way for the time being, but I can reduce the cost for Lu Jieyi."
Some rules apply."
It's a rule again.
"then……"
"So Lu Jieyi became the key tenant in Ming Ting," Qiao Mei said. "At that time, I firmly believed that this approach was right. My thought was that Lu Shoucai would die eventually. After the two of them reunited in Ming Ting,
That will end this."
"But you didn't expect that Lu Shoucai didn't arrive at Mingting." Xiaolan said.
Qiao Bu nodded slightly, "From then on, I knew that I was still too naive."
"That's why you sent the fool to the court," Qin Yin understood everything, "because the fool was the last person who could send Lu Yueyi away."
Qiao didn't nod.
All this is finally clear.
"But I still have a question," Qin Yin raised his hand and said, "In that case, why did you send me and Wen Ling to the court? If we really stopped the fool, the fool would not go to see Lu Jieyi.
what to do?"
"You... naturally have your role," Qiao did not say, "After all, I don't know Xu Zishan. I'm worried that he will be impulsive and jump directly into crossing the bridge. In this case, I will add too much trouble to Lao Mu, but you
As the person he cares about most, it will definitely shake his mind."
"You are wrong," the fool said decisively, "I don't care about her at all."
"Indeed," Qin Yin said expressionlessly, "I almost pushed him directly across the bridge."
"Eh?" Qiao was stunned for a moment, "Is that so?"
"They are joking," Xiaolan pulled away from the two naive adults and said to Qiao Mi, "keep talking."
Qiao smiled fondly and said, "That's it, you two have completed their mission."
"It's still not right," Qin Yin said with an expression that caught Qiao Bu's little tail, "In that case, you can just send me in alone, why did you bring Wen Ling in?"
"Miss Wen Ling... also has her mission," Qiao said without looking at Wen Ling, his pupils turning back to the mysterious dark color before, "You can ask her."
Wen Ling lowered his eyes to avoid everyone's gaze.
I shouldn’t talk big words (*) I’ll make up the remaining 1,000 words tomorrow