Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Side Notes in the Pot

The wind is sunny and the sun is shining brightly, which is a good time for cleaning. The members of 051 wore aprons, masks, and carried brooms, dustpans, etc., and were very busy. "Fuer, call Teacher Long and ask her why she hasn't come yet. There are not enough people here." Qu Siqi shouted at Ye Buer who was carrying water.Ye Buer said: "I have called, but I can't get through." "Damn it, we agreed to clean up together today, and she let us dove again." Qu Siqi slammed the broom and angrily said, "How many times is this the first time? It's either a hangover or a temporary emergency. I think it's all an excuse. ,Excuse!"

"Okay, it's not the first day you know her, accept your fate!" Bai Xiaozhou took a rag and wiped it all the way, and suddenly froze: "Which one of you opened the door of the storage room?" "The storage room?" Zhu Yikai said, "Mr. Long has been holding the key in his hand, and no one else is even allowed to touch it. Besides her, who else?" "Did Mr. Long open it when we left last night? Do you want us to clean it?" Fuji opened the door. The strange thing is that there is no stale smell inside, but a faint fragrance, which makes people feel nostalgic The feeling is like the smell when I was lying in my mother's arms when I was a child.

Both Qin Zheming and Qu Siqi felt a little strange. When they opened the door to take the Wuming Sword last time, they clearly felt a strong murderous aura.Today there is no murderous intent, but there is a sense of tenderness, and there seems to be a faint smell of alcohol. liquor?Qu Siqi was surprised: "Could it be that Teacher Long hid in the storage room last night and drank, and he still hasn't woken up?" The storage room is larger than expected, and there are some strange things in it.There is a door on the wall, and there is a lock on the door. I don't know what is locked inside.

"Wow, isn't this a bronze mirror with a pattern of sea beast grapes?" Qin Zheming stood in front of a big ancient shelf and picked up a bronze mirror. Yes, that is a national treasure!" "Hey, come and see, is this gold?" Qu Siqi picked up a gold bowl with a small tooth mark on it.There was a sudden pain in his fingertips, and a drop of blood came out, he said in surprise, "This bowl still bites!" "Don't mess with it." Zhu Yikai said, "Everything here has a history, it's better not to be obscene." Bai Xiaozhou went back and forth among the bookshelves that were neatly arranged on the shelves, the smell of wine was getting stronger and stronger, she raised her head and saw a cowhide wine jug hanging quietly on the shelf, the lid was open, The smell of wine is coming out of the jug.

She picked up the jug and shook it, but it was empty, as if there was no wine.She leaned over to the mouth of the jug and looked in, and saw clouds of white mist.The mist rushed straight into her eyes, she hurriedly dropped the flagon and stepped back, but suddenly found herself standing in a thick fog and lost her way. "I... where is this?" "Hey, where's Xiaozhou?" Qin Zheming looked around, "It was still behind that Bogu shelf just now." "Maybe you went out!" Qu Siqi put the mask on, "What are you doing in a daze, come and clean it up, or Teacher Long will go crazy again when he comes back."

"Siqi! Kaizi!" Bai Xiaozhou shouted while walking in the white mist, but no one answered, the world seemed to have returned to the beginning of chaos, leaving only blank silence. After walking for an unknown amount of time, a building suddenly appeared in the dense fog. She was overjoyed and hurried over.It was a small shop in the mountains, with a simple and simple storefront, and a pair of couplets hung on both sides of the door: a cup for tigers drunk in the mountains, and two cups for dragons to sleep under the sea.A dark plaque was hung on the lintel, and four large characters were engraved on the plaque: Dukang Restaurant.

restaurant?She was full of suspicion, how could there be a restaurant in this kind of place? She opened the door and went in, and a strong smell of wine came over her face. Just smelling it, she felt a little bit drunk. "Xiaozhou?" She suddenly heard a familiar voice say, "Why are you here?" Bai Xiaozhou turned his face to the side, and saw a woman in a black dress sitting by the window, holding a celadon wine glass with a look of astonishment. "Did the little girl also come here for Zhanlu Wine?" An old man with white beard and hair sat behind the counter with a pleasant smile.

"Forget it." Long Chuxia said, "This girl doesn't drink well, if she drank a glass of Zhanlu, she might die of drunkenness here." Bai Xiaozhou was not convinced: "Who said that? I can drink very well, boss, bring a big jar." The white-bearded old man smiled and said: "One pot is not enough, no matter how good your drinking capacity is, you will still be drunk for five or six years. Come on, little girl, you should drink this chrysanthemum bar!" The rough porcelain bowl is full of orange-yellow liquid, filled with the intoxicating aroma of wine and chrysanthemums.Bai Xiaozhou picked it up and took a sip, the wine melted into a thin wisp, flowing down the throat, and the whole chest cavity was filled with fragrance.

"This smell is so familiar." Bai Xiaozhou said in surprise, "You know my grandfather?" "Your grandfather?" "Wei Tianlei." "Oh, is that the boy who likes to drink chrysanthemum wine? I remember giving him the recipe for making chrysanthemum wine. He said he would come back to see me if he had the chance, but he never came back. Is he okay? ?” Bai Xiaozhou's eyes darkened: "He has passed away for many years." The old man twirled his beard and sighed: "Has he passed away? It's been so long, what a pity, what a pity."

"Shopkeeper." A voice came from outside the door. The three of them turned their heads together and saw a young man in armor covered in blood. There was a deep wound on his neck. The blood had dried up like a layer of mud. . This person... no one believes that he is alive, right? "Shopkeeper, I'm tired from the journey, so I'm here to ask for some water." The man said. "Please come in." The old man greeted him enthusiastically, and poured him a bowl of wine, "Guest officer, where are you going?" The man froze for a moment, his eyes were a little confused, and he muttered to himself, "Where are you going... Where am I going?"

"Where did the guest officer come from?" The man drank silently, got a little drunk while drinking, and whispered: "I made an unforgivable mistake." "How can a person not make mistakes in his life?" "You don't understand." The man shook his head, "I killed my wife." The old man comforted him a few words, and poured him another bowl: "Tell me your story! It might make you feel better if you tell it." The man drank the wine in one gulp, and leaned against the grand master's chair, as if he had fallen into a long memory. "It happened in the second year of Shenlong. At that time, I was a small military officer in Bingzhou. Because of my military exploits, I was promoted to an official in the capital, and I brought my newly married wife back to Beijing. There was heavy rain on the road, so I could only take shelter in a farmer's house. The heavy rain came strangely, and it fell for three days in a row. The farmer’s family is well-off. There is a son and a few maids, and they treat us very well, with good wine and meat for every meal. After the rain stopped, we planned to leave. The farmer said, The road to the capital is dangerous, why not leave my wife at his house and send someone to pick me up after I enter the capital." Bai Xiaozhou couldn't help interjecting: "You won't really leave your wife there, will you?" The man's hand holding the wine glass was trembling: "I didn't know why at that time, but I was so confused that I believed his words. I went to Beijing alone. I walked for half a month on the road, and when I arrived in the capital, I was busy with military affairs. I didn’t have time to pick it up. One day, I suddenly received a letter from Bingzhou in my wife’s handwriting, saying that she fell in love with the farmer’s only son and wanted to end her marriage with me (divorce in ancient times was justified). , I sent back the jade pendant that I gave her on the wedding night in my bridal chamber. I was so angry that I didn’t even become an official, and rode back to Bingzhou overnight, wishing I could kill the whole family of the farmer and that bitch.” Speaking of this, he With a face full of pain, he shouted, "Shopkeeper, serve me another drink." The white-bearded old man quickly poured him wine: "What happened next?" "I found the farmer's home, but found that it was not the seven or eight thatched cottages I remembered, but..." He took a big sip of wine, his eyes were cold, "it was a tomb." Bai Xiaozhou was stunned, this story was very familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere. "The farmer's surname was written on the tombstone. I was suddenly frightened. I dug up the grave and pried open the coffin. My wife was lying in the coffin with a hideous face. Her chest was scratched and bloody. her bloody scratches." "She was suffocated to death?" Bai Xiaozhou exclaimed, "I remembered, I read this story in an ancient book." "This is a story recorded in ancient ghost novels." Long Chuxia said in a low voice, "However, that story ends here." "The story is not over." The man said, "this story, and the following. I was sad and blamed myself, and passed out crying in front of the grave. I don't know how long it took. Appeared, I was lying in front of the house door. The farmer opened the door and warmly greeted me to go in. I was surprised and suspicious. After entering the door, I saw that the furnishings inside were the same as before. The farmer’s son was planting flowers in the backyard. Not like a ghost. I thought I had a terrible nightmare. I asked the farmer where my wife was. The farmer said strangely that my wife had been picked up by the person I sent. He said everything well, but I The more I listened, the angrier I became. I knew that I didn't send someone to pick it up. All of this was a lie, and it was a lie that these evil spirits lied to me. They killed my wife, and now they want to kill me. I was furious Then I pulled out the long sword that was in my waist, and killed their whole family. The blood stained the thatched hut, and I sat in the yard, holding the long sword, thinking that I had avenged my wife and killed the people. I didn't know that I had been tricked. The nearby villagers rushed in with all kinds of weapons, called me a villain, and wanted to send me to the police. At that time, I knew that this family was not a villain at all. He is a well-known benevolent man in Bingzhou, very prestigious. And that mountain is often haunted by foxes. When I was a military officer in Bingzhou, I often hunted in the mountains. I killed and injured countless foxes. They came to seek revenge on me. " "What happened next?" Bai Xiaozhou asked again. "There's no more, I've been on my way here, and I don't know where I'm going." The man drank the remaining wine in the bowl and stood up, "I'm on my way, thank you for the wine." His back disappeared into the thick fog, and the white-bearded old man said slowly while packing up the wine bowl: "My shop often has customers who have lost their way, so I can always hear some interesting stories. Chu Xia Girl, do you have any stories to tell me?" Long Chuxia was silent for a while, and poured himself a glass of wine: "There was once a girl, she was an orphan without father and mother, and she grew up in an orphanage. The children in the orphanage all have a common dream, hoping to have a A gentle and kind family came to adopt them and give them a complete home. The girl waited for a long time and finally got the day she dreamed of. It was a very gentle couple with kind eyes and kind eyes. They donated a lot of money to the orphanage and wanted to Adopt a girl. "The aunt in the orphanage dressed up all the girls of the right age, brought them in front of them, and let them choose. They took a fancy to her at a glance. At that time, the girl thought she was the luckiest child in the world. She came with a kind couple. We arrived at their villa. It was a newly developed villa area. It was located in a remote area and there were no residents yet, but the interior decoration was very luxurious, just like a medieval castle. "The old couple dressed her in the most beautiful dresses, put on exquisite makeup, fed her the most delicious food, prepared all kinds of toys for her, and she went from hell to heaven. But there is something strange, old The couple never allowed her to go to the room at the end of the corridor, and threatened to send her back to the orphanage if she opened the door. "Perhaps you would think that she couldn't match her curiosity and finally opened the door, but that's not the case. She cherishes this home very much and never steps beyond the threshold. But she found that the old couple looked at her more and more. It was getting weirder and weirder, like watching a monster. One night, when she got up to go to the toilet, she heard the old couple whispering about what to put in her meal. She didn't think much about it, but she gradually found that she was getting more and more She was getting weaker and weaker, with weakness in her hands and feet all day long, and sometimes her consciousness was blurred, and the old couple did not take her to see a doctor. One day she was lying in the yard in the sun, and the old woman brought her a glass of milk, and she accidentally knocked it over. The milk, she was afraid that the old woman would get angry, so she told her to drink it herself. The next day, she saw a dead mouse where the glass of milk was spilled. Bai Xiaozhou was surprised: "The old couple poisoned her food?" Long Chuxia took a sip of wine and continued: "The girl is very scared, and the faces of the old couple have become hideous in her heart. She dare not eat the food they gave her, so she quietly poured it out, and then caught birds to eat. She learned this skill when she was in the orphanage, but she didn't dare to start a fire, so she could only endure the nausea and eat raw meat. The attitude of the old couple towards her was also gradually changing, as if they were avoiding her or watching her. One night when she woke up, she saw the old couple peeping outside the door. "At this time, she finally began to wonder what was hidden in that room. Could it be full of children's corpses? This idea became more and more intense, and finally on a dark and windy night, the old couple While going to a birthday dinner, she opened the door. "Maybe you want to ask, isn't that door locked? In fact, the door was locked, but for some reason, the girl just opened it. She was already mentally prepared, but after the door opened she But she was stunned. Even if the room was full of corpses, she would not be surprised, but it was just an ordinary room, like a baby room, with all kinds of toys. She was surprised when she heard The roar of the old couple, they rushed over with fruit knives, pinned her to the ground, and wanted to kill her. They called her a devil and said they shouldn't bring her back. She was very sad and angry, and she didn't know what happened afterwards What happened, when she came to her senses, the fruit knife was stuck in the old man's chest, and the old woman fell to the ground, hit the corner of the table with her head, and died." Speaking of this, Long Chuxia raised the wine glass, and Bai Xiaozhou saw her hands trembling: "Mr. Long, what happened next?" "No one believed that a seven-year-old girl could kill someone. The police ruled that someone was burglarizing. The little girl was sent back to the orphanage. Since then, she has become taciturn. She still can't figure out why the old couple killed her." She. Until three years later, she was adopted by another person who told her that she was different from ordinary people. God's old couple thought that she was possessed by the devil, and added holy water from the church to her meals. The dead mouse died after eating rat poison, and it was just an accident that it died there." Drinking Long Chuxia Draining the wine in the glass, her eyes were a little blurred, "Sometimes, the truth is not what we see. This is the unforgivable sin committed by that girl, and she will atone for this murder all her life. " "Life is like this sometimes, and there will always be many mistakes and regrets." The old man with a white beard said, "People often say, 'I can't be as good as I want, but I want to be ashamed of my heart', but the words 'Be ashamed of my heart', It is already difficult. Well, the wine is over, and it is time for you to go back. " Long Chuxia stood up and bowed to him: "When the green frost is ready in the next year, I won't bother old grandfather again." "Haha, I knew you girl would not let go of fine wine." The old man smiled, "Remember to bring me interesting stories next time!" Coming out of the tavern, Bai Xiaozhou asked, "Teacher, who is he?" "Isn't his name already written on the doorplate?" House number?Bai Xiaozhou suddenly realized: "Could it be that he is..." "Hush - the Buddha said: Don't say it, don't say it." The white-bearded old man sat alone in the tavern and said loudly: "You have been here for so long, why don't you come in for a drink?" A young man walked into the tavern slowly, and sat down in front of him: "Grandpa, is there any Zhanlu left?" The old man squinted at him: "I haven't come to see me for so many years. Now that the wine is ready, you are here. Why didn't you come in just now? Those two girls are your old friends, why didn't you say hello?" "Well, it's a long story." The old man poured him a bowl of wine: "What's your name now?" "Liu Mingxuan." "It's not as nice as your previous name." "Grandfather, the older you get, the more noisy you become." "Brat, drink your bar!" "It's not as good as last time!" "Whether you like to drink or not." Long Chuxia and Bai Xiaozhou pushed open the door of the storage room, just as the cleaning was finished, Qu Siqi's face smelled so bad that it could smoke flies. "You might as well come back tomorrow." "Well said. I originally wanted to invite you to dinner. Since you said so, I'd better come back tomorrow." Long Chuxia stretched his waist and walked out leisurely. "Wait!" Qu Siqi said hastily, "Teacher Long treats you, the sun is coming out from the west, go, you must go!" "Where to eat?" Zhu Yikai asked. Long Chuxia yawned: "The noodle shop at the door is not bad." "Hey, Teacher Long, don't be so stingy!" "I like to eat or not."