90. Chapter 10: Five people walking together
I had been stabbed by Jiang Bo before and took three days off. In those three days, Zhou Shun must have given the express delivery again, because Zhou Shun didn't dare to enter the purple bamboo forest at all. Otherwise, his wife's soul would have disappeared inexplicably.
By the same token, he would not find someone to replace me, because no matter who replaces the soul, it would disappear. It turns out that the person who delivered the express delivery in those three days was not my soul.
First, my soul was taken away by Wu Niang at that time.
Second, when I went to Zizhu Forest to investigate the situation, I found a faceless person.
In other words, the express delivery was always delivered by the faceless person during the three days I was not here, and Zhou Shun didn’t know all this!
What makes people wonder is who the faceless man is? Why did he help me deliver the express delivery? What does he have to do with the man in black robe in the purple bamboo forest?
I don't think this matter is that simple, maybe the curse behind the purple bamboo forest is not that simple either.
Thinking of the curse, I remembered Lan Xiaoqi again. I don’t know how she is now, and whether she has found the so-called ghost path.
Just thinking about it all, the three donkeys were gradually opened to the purple bamboo forest by me. The purple bamboo forest was as harmonious and peaceful as ever. There were vendors selling vegetables shouting at both ends of the gate. From time to time, several residents in the purple bamboo forest would ask the vendor how to sell vegetables. Not only that, they would bargain with the vendor. No matter where they looked, it was normal.
If I hadn't experienced it myself, I wouldn't have believed that there were ghosts or dead people living in the purple bamboo forest.
After retracting my thoughts, I sighed heavily and drove to the front of the gate with three donkeys. Old Liu, who was in the security room, saw me from afar. Before I could stop the car, he came out to help me raise the roadblock and let me pass.
I thanked Lao Liu, and then drove three donkeys into the purple bamboo forest.
There are not many couriers today, there are still only forty or fifty. I thought of what Zhou Shun said last night. He said that the existence of couriers in Zizhu Forest has another meaning, and this meaning is very simple. The existence of couriers in Zizhu Forest is just an illusion. The reason why there are couriers is just not wanting outsiders to notice the secrets in Zizhu Forest.
If Zhou Shun said the truth, then the curse about the courier is fake!
I took a courier and hesitated to open it to see what was inside.
It is definitely not possible to open a customer package privately. This is the industry's regulations. If the customer finds out, it is light for the customer to complain. If the customer asks for a complaint, it will be light. If the trouble comes, you will still have to pay for it.
But then I thought about it, the people living here may be dead or ghosts. It should be fine to dismantle their express delivery?
After a long time of struggle, I decided to just send a delivery and then open it to see what was inside.
There is a saying that curiosity can kill cats. I am a person with a strong sense of curiosity, which can be seen from the ash burning pot. I think I may not be killed by others in the future, but by my own curiosity.
There was tape in the front row of the Sandouzi. I thought I would wrap it around again after taking it apart, so that no one would find it.
Thinking of this, I immediately drove the Sandou to a remote place, looked around, and found that there was no one. Then I took out a courier from behind the Sandou.
The express delivery was a box, not too big, and it looked like a shoe box. I found the scissors and just wanted to use the scissors to cut the tape wrapped around the box, but someone patted the back.
I trembled all over and immediately threw away the scissors and turned to look.
Standing behind me was an old man. I don’t know that old man, and he looks a little strange. He should not be a resident in the purple bamboo forest.
"You...what are you doing?" I said guiltily. In fact, I felt even more strange. I didn't see anyone just now, so how could someone jump out of it?
The old man smiled at me and said: Do you want to take it apart?
I frowned and didn't say anything.
The old man continued: Don’t blame me for not reminding you that you will die if you disassemble it.
My heart sank, feeling that the old man was a little bit unsimple, so I asked him carefully: Who are you?
While talking, my hands couldn't help but reach into my pocket, with two darts in it.
"I'm just a minion. Here I'm here to remind you not to disassemble the package. After it is disassembled, you will die immediately." The old man said with a weird smile at me.
I frowned even harder, stared at the old man and said: Who are you? Do you know the secret here?
"Is it still a secret to let people know? My words have been sent. If you want to die, don't blame me for not reminding you." The old man turned around and left after saying this. Just as he took two steps, he stopped, turned around and continued to say to me: "Oh, by the way, I forgot one thing."
I am becoming more and more surprised by who this old man is, but seeing that he looks like he is obviously not ready to tell me, so I can only listen to him.
"It is best to have five people when you go to the underworld. One more person should not be more, and one less person should not be less. If there is too much, the more person will die. If there is too little, one more person will be added in your team, and the more person will kill you all."
After hearing the old man's words, I really couldn't calm down. I looked at the old man's back with horror.
How could he know that we were going to the underworld?
Only Fang Xiang and Zhou Shun, Lan Xiaoqi knew about going to the underworld, and even Changsheng didn’t know how he knew about it?
Fang Xiang would definitely not say it out, and Lan Xiaoqi would definitely not say it out when he went out to find a ghost road. And naturally I didn’t say it out, so there was only Zhou Shun left!
But this is not right. If Zhou Shun wanted to warn me, why didn’t he say that last night? But at this time, I came to find an old man to tell me this?
Then there is what the old man’s last sentence means?
It is best to have five people when going to the underworld, one should not have more, and the other should not have less. The more people will die, and if there are fewer people, there will be one more person in our team.
What does this mean?
I feel like I'm about to collapse and can't understand where these mysteries are pointing.
I raised my hand and looked at my watch. I found that it was only half past two and I was not in a hurry to allow it. I lit a cigarette and sat on the three donkeys and thought about it.
Who is the old man and how did he know about this? I won’t consider it first, because I don’t understand.
The most important thing now is the affairs of five people.
According to the agreed number of people, there were only three people going to the underworld to break the curse. Fang Xiang and Lan Xiaoqi, I and I. But after meeting Zhou Shun last night, I have to add another Changsheng, and there are only four people.
He said that it is best to ask for five people, but we only have four of us now, where can we find the fifth person?
And what are the real and false elements of the old man's words? I haven't figured it out until now.
I turned my head and looked at the package behind the three donkeys. I took a sip of cigarette and put the scissors back in, not going to see what was inside.
I don't know if it's broken, but I know it's at least much safer now than it is after breaking it apart.
After smoking a cigarette, I rode on the three donkeys again and delivered the express delivery.
It was not until after five o'clock in the afternoon that more than 40 express delivery were completed. Not long after I left the Zizhu Forest, the cell phone in my pocket rang.
I took it out and took a look, my whole body trembled, and answered it with a little excitement.
"Brother Alang, I will go back to the city in three days. Then, let's go!"
The person who called was Lan Xiaoqi. She told me that she must have found a ghost road after departure three days.
I said to Lan Xiaoqi: Come back first, and tell you something when you come back.
Lan Xiaoqi on the other end of the phone was a little stunned and asked me what was going on.
I said, I couldn't explain it clearly on the phone, so I'll talk about it when I meet.
Fortunately, Lan Xiaoqi didn't have the same curiosity as me, so she nodded and hung up the phone.
Putting my phone back in my pocket, I looked up at the sky and thought to myself, whether it is a blessing or a disaster, whether it is life or death, it will be three days later.
When I returned to the express delivery store, Changsheng was reading a book, and he was still enjoying it. Seeing this scene, I wondered whether I would find a school for Changsheng to go to school in the future?
As soon as I thought of this, I shook my head and said, "No, I can only live for five years. If I really want him to go to school, I will save him and then talk about it."
Qin Dayou said hello to me, then continued to bow his head and go busy. I walked to Changsheng, rubbed the little guy's head and asked him if he was happy today.
Changsheng pouted and said to me: I was not happy at all. My wife and sister didn't let me talk to Uncle Dayou, so Changsheng could only read books.
I remembered what Changsheng told me before. He said that his wife and sister asked him to tell me that Qin Dayou was a little unrighteous and had hatred in his eyes, so he asked me to be as careful as possible. Although I don’t understand why Qin Dayou hated me, it’s better to be careful no matter what.
After all, the nursery rhyme girl is a ghost, and ghosts are incomparable to humans.
I asked Changsheng to stay for a while, and after a while, I took him back. Changsheng nodded his head and continued to read the book.
When I was about to help Qin Dayou work, my cell phone in my pocket rang again.
When I saw the caller ID, I felt a little headache, but I still answered.
"Boy, how about it? Do you want to go to a small foreign building tonight?"
Jiang Bo's voice came from the opposite side. When I heard the old man's voice, I didn't know what to say.
When Jiang Bo asked me to cooperate with me again, I was afraid that he would harm me again, so I pushed him and stopped him. But later when I found something was wrong with Zizhulin, the old boy came to Zizhulin to find me without hesitation, and was finally injured.
His injury has healed now, but Zhou Shun is dead.
In other words, there is no hope for the essence and blood that Jiang Bo wants.
After thinking about it, I decided to tell the truth to Jiang Bo. Now we are not owed each other and say things out. If he insists on fighting with me, then we will be completely finished. If we meet directly in the future, we will be fine.
Thinking of this, I told Jiang Bo: There is something wrong now. You come to the Taoist teahouse at 8 o'clock, and I'm waiting for you there.
The Youdao Teahouse is open for business for 24 hours, which is very suitable for conversation. In addition, I have been there twice, and the terrain is relatively familiar. If Jiang Bo wants to start, I will definitely not be able to beat him, so he can only choose to escape.
There is a saying that goes: It’s not your fault if you can’t beat it, but if you can’t beat it and don’t know how to run away, then you can only blame yourself for being stupid.
I don't want to be that idiot.
Uncle Jiang didn't ask much, and said that he would hang up the phone after he arrived at 8 o'clock on time.
Put down my phone and I asked Qin Dayou to take care of the store. I just closed the store directly when the time comes. I want to take Changsheng out.
Qin Dayou didn't say much, clicked on it and continued to work hard.
The child Changsheng was resistant to Qin Dayou. I definitely couldn't put him here, so I had to take him to Fang Xiang's house.
In contrast, I feel more at ease when I hand over immortality to Fang Xiang.
When I arrived at Fang Xiang’s home, Fang Xiang happened to be at home. I handed over Changsheng to Fang Xiang. Fang Xiang asked me with some confusion what I was going to do.
I told Fang Yao that Uncle Jiang had contacted me, and I was not going to hide it from it, and wanted to tell him the truth.
"I'll reveal my feelings if I can't help you. But if you go there, it's really okay." Fang Xiang pondered for a moment, put on his coat and said to me: "I'll go with you. If you have something to do, I can still help you." ###############
Chapter completed!