i have three shadows

Chapter 39 The Old Yard

Xu Xingxing was writing papers at the table, stretched out his long legs, and kicked the person opposite: "Go back, why are you still staying at home after dinner?"

"Ah?" Jian Qingzhu held a magazine in her hand without looking up, "I finished my homework a long time ago."

"You fucking do your homework by flying?" Xu Xingxing lowered his head and turned his pen, looking at the questions on the paper.

Jian Qingzhu laughed: "Ah yes, it's as fast as you play/airplane."

"Did you see it?" Xu Xingxing glanced at him.

Jian Qingzhu smiled and said, "Maybe."

Xu Xingxing was taken aback, turned his head reflexively, and glanced at the window of his bedroom.

Jian Qingzhu couldn't stop laughing beside her, and her whole body trembled until Xu Xingxing grabbed the booklet and smashed it over.

He reached out to stop him, stopped laughing, rubbed his face and asked, "Did Zheng Yi call?"

Xu Xingxing bit his pen and glanced at him: "I sent a message, saying that I will see you tomorrow, tell us about Mr. Liu, and then remove the blood curse. I guess it will take some time to clean up those things? Besides, there is Mrs. Liu. Mental state needs to be taken care of, Liu Yu should be at the funeral home now, I just saw that Xu Chichi answered the phone, and he came from the funeral home."

Jian Qingzhu looked at him: "Is your sister on duty today?"

Xu Xingxing shrugged: "The museum often calls her over. Her master resigned last month, and the newcomer can't keep up with the scene. She is now the most powerful undertaker in ten miles and eight villages. It's amazing. It's amazing. Busy again."

Jian Qingzhu smiled, and Xu Xingxing kicked his leg again: "Get lost."

"Do you have a date?" he asked, "Why do you keep chasing me away? Am I bothering you?"

Xu Xingxing raised his head and looked at him with a smile: "That's right, my master is going out later, and he has dated a pretty little girl, and she looks pretty and smooth."

"Okay, I won't disturb your date." Jian Qingzhu nodded and stood up.

The tone sounded a little aggrieved.

But Xu Xingxing didn't care, he looked down at the English paper as usual, Jian Qingzhu stood beside him for a while, saw that he didn't respond, and was about to leave when his wrist was grabbed.

"Huh?" Jian Qingzhu turned around.

Xu Xingxing looked at him: "What is N/P?"

"Ah?" Jian Qingzhu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled, "Xiao Xingxing, are you really so innocent, or are you telling some hints? I didn't expect that you are this kind..."

"Fuck you, uncle!" Xu Xingxing interrupted him, "I'm fucking asking about the situation where your N/P phrases are used as adverbials, I'm going to fill in the form!"

He pushed the paper over and pointed with his finger: "Here."

Jian Qingzhu: "..."

The two looked at each other for a moment, and suddenly burst out laughing uncontrollably.

At the end of the laugh, Xu Xingxing lay down on the table and waved his hands: "Don't laugh, don't laugh, I can't stand it, it's over, it's over, it's completely crazy."

Jian Qingzhu: "I thought what would you do if you were asked out by a pretty girl?"

"Get out!" Xu Xingxing replied.

Jian Qingzhu stopped laughing, put away the magazine and put it on the table: "Then I'm leaving?"

"En." Xu Xingxing replied vaguely, and began to read the question again.

When someone walked to the door, he suddenly said, "See you tomorrow."

Jian Qingzhu nodded and went out.

With a click, Xu Xingxing raised his head in response, looked at the closed door, and felt a sense of sadness in his heart.If you have to give this Xinglan a name, maybe you are reluctant?

It's the kind of reluctance to go back to each house after a day of crazy fun with friends, and it's late in the end.

He looked at the calendar on the wall, and thought to himself that it was amazing that he was considered a friend after such a long time.

He only used the word "friend" for Chen Shuang, and even Ah Xiaosan, who grew up with him, he only thought of as close neighbors.

Of course, when it comes to friends, Chen Shuang is not the only one, there is also the old lemony brother who disappeared and never found again.

After staring blankly for a while, he stopped delving into his past, closed the book, and went out with his cell phone and keys.

When he was walking towards the street, he turned his head and glanced at Jian Qingzhu's house, but nothing happened.

Just after he looked away, the window opened quietly.

Jian Qingzhu leaned on the window frame, stretched out her hand to pinch a small paper crane, and recited a mantra.The paper crane disappeared, jumped up from his palm, and flew to the back of Xu Xingxing's neck.

He thought for a while, then took out another piece of talisman paper, folded it twice to form another paper crane, and recited the same mantra.The hidden paper crane passed through the crowd in the street lightly and slipped into Xu Xingxing's pocket.

Then he lay down on the window, seeing Xu Xingxing's back getting farther and farther away, he didn't know what he was thinking, and a smile hung on the corner of his mouth.

Xu Xingxing checked the map. There were three routes from Chengnan District to the address given by Zheng Yi. The shortest one took an hour and twenty minutes, so he arrived at the bus station an hour and a half earlier.

There was a small traffic jam on the road for a while, and I came down to sweep the shared bicycles, and it was exactly seven o'clock when I arrived at the address.

The exterior walls of the buildings in that area are gray and blue, which is a typical appearance of the old city. Eucommia trees are planted on both sides of the street. The road is wide, but there are not many pedestrians and cars.

It is hard to imagine the area between the first and second ring roads.

Enter along the street, and after a while, you will arrive at No. 37, which is a gate of a large courtyard. It seems that there are old-style houses inside, and it should be an old community.

Beside the faded vermilion courtyard gate, there is a small shop selling hand-brewed fruit wine. The tiled eaves of the courtyard are flying up, and the wine smells bursting, giving it an antique flavor.

Just as I took out my cell phone to make a call, a voice came from behind: "A classmate."

Xu Xingxing turned around, saw Zheng Yi, and smiled: "Uncle Zheng."

Zheng Yi seemed to have stayed up all night, and his eyes looked bloodshot, but he was in good spirits. When he saw him, he said, "Let's go."

After entering the yard, Xu Xingxing realized that the neighborhood was really dilapidated, but the buildings still looked solid.There is a wintersweet tree planted in the yard, the leaves are still green, and two old men are playing chess under the tree.

Zheng Yi led him to a side alley and said, "The people and ghosts involved have not been found out yet, so I take the liberty."

"What?" Xu Xingxing asked.

Zheng Yi didn't answer, but made an unfamiliar trick with his backhand, and started walking around him.

Xu Xingxing looked at him inexplicably.

Zheng Yi finished turning around, and finally stopped in front of him, and lightly reprimanded: "Come on!"

A piece of talisman rose up in response, and slowly landed in Zheng Yi's open palm.

It is a talisman.

Xu Xingxing was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's the situation?"

Zheng Yi looked at him: "You drew this?"

Xu Xingxing guessed that it must be Jian Qingzhu's handwriting. He wanted to answer "yes", but he made a detour when he opened his mouth: "no."

"Who gave it to you?" Zheng Yi asked.

Xu Xingxing shook his head: "I don't know."

"There is a tracking spell on it." Zheng Yi gave him a meaningful look.

"Who is this?" Xu Xingxing turned pale with shock, and gave his acting skills a thumbs up in his heart.

Zheng Yi shook his head: "Anyone has the possibility."

Xu Xingxing was really confused this time: "Why? Am I just a bad fortune teller? Why is it possible for anyone?"

Zheng Yi replied, "I don't know either."

Xu Xingxing: "..."

Zheng Yi fell silent, looked at him back and forth for a long time, and said, "Let's go."

Then the two of them passed through several buildings, walked around to a small side door, got out, and entered an alley.

The alley was also dilapidated, and it was still in September, but it looked like a scene in late autumn, with a decaying atmosphere.

Xu Yi walked a few steps, turned his head to look at the old community just now, and asked, "Uncle Zheng, let me ask, are you..."

"Yes." Zheng Yi replied, looking back at him, "You're not a twitchy person, so I'll just say it straight, I don't trust your little boyfriend very much."

Xu Xingxing choked for a while, said "oh" for a while, and said, "His name is Jian Qingzhu."

After a while, he said again: "Sometimes he is a little bit, and his words are not easy to understand."

Zheng Yi smiled: "Can't you figure it out?"

Xu Xingxing laughed twice, but did not answer.

Zheng Yi said again: "Even if you believe him, only the two of us know about this matter for the time being, so there is no need to let more people know about it."

"Why? Why do I need to know? If it's confidential." Xu Xingxing asked, his heart began to beat wildly, as if he had a premonition.

Zheng Yi looked back at him seriously: "Because it has something to do with you."

The beating heart stopped, and Xu Xingxing became less nervous when he heard this, and finally let out an "oh" and said, "I will keep it a secret."

He smiled: "Jane Qingzhu and my life, of course life is important."

Zheng Yi hooked the corners of his mouth noncommittally, and stopped talking.

Go to the end of the alley, turn another corner, and enter another alley.

Without waiting for Xu Xingxing to ask, Zheng Yi said by himself: "I saw this address in Gao Lingling's notebook. I didn't pay much attention to it at first, but I always felt that something was wrong. Thinking of her abnormal behavior, it is very likely that this place She came here when she was abnormal, and it was recorded by her when she was awake. She may have thought that this is a place where the truth can be found, but she hasn't had time to act yet."

This was a bit convoluted, but after thinking about it for a while, Xu Xingxing grasped the main point of Zheng Yi's words, but he still didn't understand what it had to do with him.

If it was said that the blood curse was cast by Gao Lingling, he could still understand, maybe he wanted to borrow his evil spirit and spiritual power, but the blood curse was cast by Mrs. Liu, which made people puzzled.

He had tossed and turned several times in his heart, but he still managed to remain calm, and followed him to the gate of a courtyard.

When he saw the eaves, he was stunned: "This, this, this!"

Zheng Yi nodded: "Strange, isn't it?"

He nodded hastily, isn't this place the gate of the courtyard that he just arrived at? !

The blue number plate No. 37 on the gate of the courtyard is exactly the same as the small wine shop next to it, but the outside is not a street.

"It's not the same place." Zheng Yi said, "There should usually be a barrier made of illusion, so people who don't know the route can't find it. Didn't you have this kind of experience when you were young? For example, in a place that shouldn't have Where there is space, a certain space is found.”

"Yes." Xu Xingxing nodded. He did have this experience, but he didn't expect others to have it too.

Zheng Yi smiled knowingly: "Some people who are born with psychics often encounter such things when they can't control themselves. It's okay."

Xu Xingxing said "hmm", smiled, and followed Zheng Yi into the yard.

The courtyard looked exactly the same as the one I passed by before, but the scenery looked more deserted, perhaps because there was no one there.

Enter through the door of the second building and the third unit, and walk to the fifth floor, Zheng Yi took out the key and opened the door of No. 2.

Xu Xingxing originally thought that when the door was opened, it would be full of dust, but he didn't expect that the inside was very, very clean, so clean that it made people feel a little frightened.

The furnishings in the house are very familiar.

He thought for a moment, then turned his gaze around.

The dark red shoe cabinet opposite the door, the thick bookshelf next to it, the granite TV wall, the Beijing opera embroidery on the wall, the gray thick sofa, the beige curtains, and the small double-entry staircase.

Xu Xingxing went in and took two steps, then suddenly turned his head and looked at Zheng Yi in shock: "Dean!"

Zheng Yi looked at him with great interest: "Be clear."

Xu Xingxing frowned, turned his head and took another two steps, went around behind the sofa, and saw an old guitar and a sheet of music.

If he read this thing correctly, it originally belonged to him.

"Dean," Xu Xingxing looked at Zheng Yi incredulously, and asked loudly, "Isn't this the dean's house? But the dean's house is in Jiliu Lane!"

The author has something to say:

Do you still remember Chicken Willow Lane?Ha ha

After handing in the form the day after tomorrow, I only have one last thing to worry about with the job at hand, which of course is—salary!

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