Seven Evil Slips Chapter 7:

Yan Hongsha remembered what she said when she first saw the second water shadow.

——This is not a domestic dog. If I have such a dog in my family, I might as well kill it.

It was so strange at the time: the owner's family encountered a catastrophe, and it was fine if the domestic dog didn't go forward to rescue him desperately, but sat peacefully like a mountain, calm and relaxed.

Now I understand: What if the dog set the fire?

Yan Hongsha shivered.

Luo Ren paused for a moment, as if he was considering what to say: "Before you came, Kiyo and I also discussed that it is difficult for you to demand this dog with everyday human nature, "Zi Bu Yu" It is also mentioned in the story in the book, the county magistrate asked the singing dog whether it was a human or a dog, and it replied that it did not know.”

Yan Hongsha said in a low voice: "If you are really three years old... you don't understand anything yet, how can you expect to have a normal worldview."

It’s fine if it’s just a simple animal. If the master gives you a bite of food, you will do your best for the master, but it is not. It has a heart, but it doesn’t understand human nature. , has no particular meaning. It has a distorted wish for the girl, which cannot be resolved, and uses the law of brutality of beasts to solve everything, but uses fire in an absurd and ironic way.

It is mentioned in many history books that the discovery and use of fire was the greatest achievement of humans in the Paleolithic Age. Since then, humans have walked from trees to the ground, basically breaking away from animal attributes.

Perhaps, history writers are too optimistic.

In silence, Cao Yanhua looked at this and then at that: "Well... and then?"

The order of water shadows is flashback, the first water shadow is the ending of the whole story.

Cao Yanhua clearly remembered that there was a dog on the screen, and beside it was a scroll of fierce letters sealed by the buckle of the Phoenix Luan.

"Does this mean that the last thorn is on that dog?"

Luo Ren shook his head slowly: "Looking at the age, it has been more than a hundred years. Whether it is a human or a dog, they are probably dead. I tend to think..."

He pondered for a while: "We guessed before that after Lao Tzu sealed it, the seven fierce slips have been opened one after another, so I tend to think that the latest round of Phoenix Luan buckle was opened by the word-reading dog." It was opened. Do you still remember, Yin Xi asked Lao Tzu, what if one day the Phoenix Luan buckle is opened again?"

Remember.

It was mentioned in the legend that Lao Tzu laughed, flung the floating dust, and walked straight away astride the green bull, saying, don't worry, in this world, no one can open the Phoenix Luan buckle.

Luo Ren's voice is very low: "Now, looking back at this sentence, I feel that there is something in it."

What is Lao Tzu's definition of "human"?

Is it a "person" who has a human heart, humanity, and the most basic morality, and can be called a human being, or is it just a human body?

As for all the above, the word recognition dog does not meet the requirements.

It is neither a human nor a dog. It was born as a human, but it lives as a dog. It has a human heart, but it assumes the shape of a beast, endures inhuman suffering, and turns to commit heinous crimes.

——In this world, no one can open the phoenix clasp.

The word-recognition dog is precisely the unexpected and perfect key.

The six water shadows, from the faint glint of water in the basin of the Xiaoshang River at the beginning, to the bright and clear sky in Caojiatun, tell such a story.

The truth of the problem that has been bothering me for a long time is finally revealed. Cao Yanhua feels relieved, but at the same time feels overwhelmed. After thinking about it again, he is somewhat dull: "I thought it was a reminder to us where the next evil letter is."

He muttered: "I still can't do anything."

"This is not necessarily the case, but I think it may remind us of another thing."

Speaking of this, Luo Ren deliberately paused for a moment, 13,000 thoughts moved, and he yelled "Ah", the second guess was the magic stick, his face flushed with excitement, Yan Hongsha was unknown So, I urged Luo Ren: "What, tell me quickly."

Only Cao Yanhua was sour in his heart, thinking: My third brother was the first to guess it again, hum.

Luo Ren replied: "Phoenix luan buckle."

"For a long time, our focus has been on finding the seven evil slips. In fact, we have overlooked one point. The seven evil slips must be sealed with the Phoenix Luan buckle. Even if we collect all seven, we still have to find the three Things, that is, phoenix buttons, phoenix buttons, and luan buttons."

"The word recognition dog lived in that town, and that was the last place where it appeared. After the fire, it opened the Phoenix Luan buckle. We might as well make a bold guess: the place where the seven evil slips were found is the distance from that The town is not far."

"The Phoenix Luan buckle is actually a lock. The person who steals the treasure will pry open the door and take away the treasure, but no one will take all the locks away..."

The magic stick was a little excited: "You mean, the Phoenix Luankou is probably still there?"

Luo Ren smiled lightly: "Didn't you say that we have the power of the Phoenix Luankou on our bodies? The fierce Jane can wander around with his body. If the Phoenix Luankou could also do it, he should have come to us a long time ago. If it has appeared, there is an 80% chance that it is still there—at least not far away.”

Cao Yanhua suddenly thought of something: "I remembered, in that juggling water shadow, someone said something, 'Let the old master Wei from our private school in Long Town write it'. There is a lot of information in this sentence."

Yan Hongsha also reacted: "The town is called Long Town, the girl's surname is Wei, and her father is a private school teacher. Wan Fenghuo can even find out the ancestors of Cheetah. If there is more information, we might be able to find out to the details of the year."

Needless to her to say, the first 13,000 people have already taken out their mobile phones and searched for "Long Town".

After looking at it for a while, I shook my head and said, "No, there is no such town."

Luo Ren is not worried: "Many towns have been renamed after the founding of the People's Republic of China. I will discuss with Aoki after he comes back and try to be discharged from the hospital within today. I think if I join, I should be able to get more clues."

After thinking about it, he added: "Because I was injured, the time has been delayed for a long time, and I am afraid that I will miss it by seven or seven. You will go back later and pack your luggage by the way. There is Fog Town, let's go there as soon as possible. "

Most of the breakfast was left untouched, I couldn’t eat it anymore, and it’s not easy to waste it, so Yan Hongsha withheld a portion and saved some for Luo Ren, and took the rest back as they were, and greeted Kiyo when they went out: “Let’s go together Go back?"

Kiyo was not very interested and said: "I will sit down again."

People suddenly left, the ward was empty, Kiyo sat for a while, then looked up at Luo Ren.

From last night to now, she has been in a trance, even when she is speaking normally, she will suddenly shiver unconsciously.

She looked up at Luo Ren.

Luo Ren said: "Come here."

She got up and went over, slowly fell into Luo Ren's arms, wrapped her arms around his waist, buried her face deeply in his arms, on him, there was the smell of clean starched sheets, soda water, and familiar Yes, the taste of Luo Xiaodao.

Luo Ren stroked her hair and said in a low voice: "I used to hate cheetahs. After Tasha's accident, after Uris's accident, I wish she would die. But it's strange, now, suddenly, unexpectedly I am a little grateful to her."

Kiyo smiled and said softly: "Me too."

—Here, choose one.

—What does this mean?

——Represents your destiny.

——I have more novel and fun methods, but they are a little cruel.

…

Kiyo closed his eyes tightly.

She didn't want to think about what the other "option" was at the beginning, but she couldn't control the chills on her back. Sometimes, she felt that she was strong enough, but at the same time, she felt that all the strength had a Something like the gate of life can be broken with one poke.

Ask yourself, if she doesn't even exist in human form, can she survive?

If Cheetah takes her to show in front of Luo Ren again, Luo Ren will be finished.

How strange, to suddenly feel grateful to a vicious person, just because she showed mercy.

Kiyo's arms tightened, and his fingers tightly grasped Luo Ren's body. For a moment, he didn't want to look up, and didn't want to see anyone, so he wanted to dig into his arms desperately, as if he could find some way out.

The door rang, and the sound of the magic stick sounded.

"That... Excuse me, can I take that book? Study it."

Thank you for his coming, Mudai's energy suddenly let out, exhaustion hit, and Luo Ren stretched out his hand to hold her face.

God's footsteps came, and the sound of book pages rattled in his ears. Kiyo didn't want to move, so he just lay on his stomach, and God's stick didn't seem to think that she was abnormal.

All his thoughts are on that book.

I said to myself: Why does the cheetah have this book? Does she also know the story of the singing dog?

Kiyo thinks, maybe he knows it.

The phoenix Luankou knows, and the fierce Jane must also know. Since the murderous Jane was subdued, the cheetah is the most terrifying one to combine with the fierce Jane. Yafeng can sense the fierce Jane, and the cheetah must have detected a lot.

Shen stick suddenly said "huh": "do you still have English?"

He stuttered and read: "Ai Qu, Ah Yi, Di, uh, what kind of English is this?"

Luo Ren said: "Let me see."

Kiyo raised her head, supported her body with her arms, her hair looked messy due to the rubbing just now, Luo Ren picked up the book with one hand, and smoothed her hair naturally with the other hand.

That's the inside back cover of the book, very scribbled, h-i-d-e, meaning hidden, hidden. I really don't know how Shengun learned English. He pronounced the last e as "uh". Did he think it was a pinyin?

***

In the evening, Luo Ren was discharged from the hospital. In fact, he was not in good health. The doctors and nurses were all dumbfounded, discussing in private: "This man is dead."

Aoki felt that it was nothing. In his opinion, as long as the bullet didn't penetrate the heart or the skull, it was just a "slight gunshot wound".

Uncle Zheng was very nervous. He took a break from business in the Phoenix Tower early and went home to prepare. As soon as Luo Ren lay down on the bed in the bedroom, Uncle Zheng served chicken soup that had been simmering for a long time, thinking that Luo Xiaodao would be moved. , and said a few thoughtful words such as "the family is the closest", who knew that Luo Ren frowned, picked up the soup bowl and smelled it, and said, "Do men also drink this? This is not when women are in confinement. Do you drink?"

Zheng Bo was full of anger, but Pinting next to him burst out laughing.

When Luo Ren was hospitalized, Pin Ting and Zheng Bo often visited him. He had chatted with Pin Ting a few times. Although she is still taking medicine, her speech and behavior are no different from ordinary people.

He asked Pin Ting: "Do you have any plans in the future?"

Pin Ting was stunned for a moment.

"At that time, Xiaoshanghe brought you here because you were sick. I was really worried—I never asked your opinion, and I don't know if you like it or not."

Ping Ting said in a low voice: "I really like this place."

Luo Ren smiled: "It's not enough if you like it. You are an art major. I think it would be better to continue to study after recovery. Is there a school you fancy? Domestic or foreign?"

Ping Ting was silent for a while, and suddenly said: "Brother Xiaodao, do you want to drive me away?"

Luo Ren frowned, glanced at Zheng Bo, and signaled him to avoid it.

Uncle Zheng hesitated for a moment, and went out anyway: Although he would speak ill of Luo Ren on weekdays, he knew very well that Luo Ren was the head of the family when it came to important matters.

Luo Ren took Pin Ting's hand and motioned her to sit down beside the bed: "Uncle has passed away, although he left a little legacy, but I calculated it carefully, it's not enough to make you live comfortably for the rest of your life."

"Uncle Zheng will take care of you, but he is old and his income is limited. Therefore, Pin Ting, you have to set yourself up as soon as possible, learn more, and make yourself more valuable. It is always good."

Pin Ting's eyes were red, and she knew that he was doing it for her own good: "Brother Xiaodao, don't you still have you?"

Luo Ren smiled: "Of course I will take care of you, but I can't take care of you for the rest of my life. Brothers will live in separate families. I don't know how to eat three meals a day. I will check whether there is rice in your pot."

Ping Ting didn't speak, and after a long pause, she said, "Brother Xiaodao, it's better than before."

Luo Ren said: "People only have one pair of eyes. If you keep staring at the past, you will not be able to see the present."

***

In the evening, after the bar closed, Kiyo and the others came over together and tried Mizukage again.

This trip, there are no more blank fragments, and the scene is clearer. Not to mention the sound and smell, even walking in the market, and occasionally touching people, it feels very real.

Luo Ren told a few people: Don't keep staring at the jugglers, pay attention to the surroundings, any prominent terrain features, any clues worth paying attention to, may be the key to follow-up searches.

Five people scattered in the street market.

Tongluo thought about it when the play started, Ten Thousand and the others were still curious, and they scrambled to pass by. With the story of "Singing Dog" as the basis, they watched it more carefully this time, and whispered to each other: " Really, look carefully at that dog's face, it looks a bit human."

Kiyo didn't want to watch it, because of the cheetah, she was instinctively disgusted and disgusted with this scene.

She wandered outside the crowd.

Seeing a fortune-telling booth, the fortune-teller wears a goatee beard, a small black-rimmed goat glasses on the bridge of his nose, and a sign behind him reads: fortune-telling, fortune-telling, family letters, auspicious names.

This business is quite diverse.

There was a middle-aged man, sitting on a horse tie in front of the stall, with his trousers tied up, talking to the fortune teller in a simple and honest manner.

Kiyo heard him say: "My daughter-in-law has a strong stomach, and a big fat boy just landed. I can't read much, and I want to ask my husband to give me an auspicious name. It would be even better if I can establish a pedigree la la."

"What's your last name?"

"The surname is Yin."

The fortune teller flipped through the name book on the side, pretending: "If you want to establish a genealogy, you have to start from the beginning. "Tao Te Ching" says that Tao begets one, one begets two, two begets three, three begets all things, and so on. , The genealogy is endless. Jiazi changes, Zichou Yinmao, rat, cow, tiger and rabbit, and the passing years change, and the melons are endless."

"This year is... the Year of the Tiger, this son is named Yin Daohu..."

The man nodded again and again, looking like "Mr. is right".

Kiyo just thinks it’s funny, this fortune teller, isn’t he fooling people casually, how can he name people blindly with the twelve zodiac signs, you know, one of the twelve zodiac signs is a pig, which generation is it’s turn” Doesn't the word "pig" make you vomit and want to hit the wall?

Holding back a smile, she figured out the **** name the fortune teller had chosen.

The first generation is Yin Daohu, the second generation is Yin Yitu, and the third generation is...

Suddenly Kiyo's heart skipped a beat.

Yin Erma, the third generation is called Yin Erma!