C103 Apostle

Behind the curtain was actually a Buddhist shrine. It's just that the things in the shrine are very strange.

Although it was called an incense burner, it was actually a Buddha statue. It was said to be a Buddha statue, but the Buddha had his hands outstretched, holding a handful of fragrant ashes, and inside the fragrant dust were three fragrant incense sticks.

But I knew in my heart that this was neither a censer nor a Buddha, but a mirror.

For the smoke of incense wafted back and forth in the shrine, transforming into a constantly changing figure. That figure was me and Grandpa Gu. I even saw my reflection in it: a meditating Buddha with a coffin in his hand.

I stared at the smoke for a long time, then turned my head back and said to Grandpa Gu, "There is such a magical thing in the world. I've finally opened my eyes today."

Grandpa Gu smiled with a little pride. "In this old man's life, who knows how many ancient tombs he has been to. There are still a few good things."

I replied, then asked Grandpa Gu: "Then who exactly wants to kill me? It can't be this thing, right? "

Grandpa Gu took another piece of cloth and covered the Buddhist shrine. Then he pulled me into a chair.

He waited until I had settled down before he said, "It's not that I want to kill you, nor is it that it wants to kill you. It's A Chang that wants to kill you."

I was shocked, "A Chang wants to kill me? Why? I have no enmity with him. "

Grandpa Gu said, "There's no enmity now, but there's soon going to be enmity."

I looked at Grandpa Gu in surprise. "What do you mean?"

Grandpa Gu said, "Have you heard about the origin of my fan?"

I nodded.

Grandpa Gu said, "You know how I got that fan, right?"

I added, "You raised a little kid and used him to get past the second floor."

Grandpa Gu's eyes had a trace of schadenfreude. He asked me, "Who do you think is the little ghost that I raised?"

I was shocked and asked worriedly, "It can't be A Chang, right?"

Grandpa Gu laughed: "You guessed right, it's A Chang."

I looked at his smiling face and suddenly felt clogged. I felt like I was sitting with a pervert.

I couldn't help but ask Grandfather Gu: "Isn't A Chang your brother? How could you bear to torture him like that? "

Grandpa Gu coldly snorted. "Brother? If I treat others as brothers, others might not treat me as a brother. They had agreed to split the items underground evenly, yet they ended up stashing one for themselves. Was this considered a brother? Later on, don't think this is a big deal. He might not be able to buy a lot of things with his secret stash, but it meant that his brother had a bad intention. In the event of a life or death situation, he might very well take my life. "

I fell silent. I am unable to determine who is in the right and who is in the wrong for the grudge between Grandfather Gu and A Chang. In any case, neither of them spoke the same way. They spoke with common sense and reason.

I said to Grandpa Gu, "Let's get back to the main topic at hand. Why did A Chang want to kill me? "

Grandfather Gu said: "Since you know that A Chang is my little demon, don't you understand? Back then, in order to steal that fan, I brought A Chang to pass the second floor. Guess how A Chang got back from the tomb? "

I remember very clearly that Xia Xin told me that the second level of the tomb was meant for dealing with ghosts. The little ghost was able to pass the second floor because at a critical moment, Grandpa Gu voluntarily allowed the little ghost to possess him.

Logically speaking, since Grandpa Gu had already gotten the fan, there was no need to let the little ghost possess him again. After all, this was too dangerous.

Sure enough, Grandpa Gu said, "At that time, after I took the fan, I quickly left that tomb. As for A Chang, Heh heh, I'm not paying attention to him. "

I said, "So he was abandoned? Because he was blocked by the second layer, he would never be able to get out? "But how did he appear in the human world?"

Grandpa Gu just looked at me and didn't say anything. As for me, I suddenly understood.

I said to Grandpa Gu, "Did he become the tomb owner's emissary?"

Grandpa Gu slowly nodded. "That's right. This kind of envoy was called Ghosts. He could leave the cemetery and return to the world. But his every word and deed was in the hands of the tomb master. Even to the extent that his life can be taken away with just a thought from the owner of the grave. "

I took a deep breath and thought: Sure enough, what we saw in A Chang's dream wasn't fake. He really did kowtow three times and became the Ghosts of a tomb master.

Grandfather Gu said to me, "Since he became the tomb master's Ghosts, then the tomb master will let him come to the human world. Then the purpose was very obvious. It was to take the fan back and return it to the owner of the grave. So I said, you are not his enemy now, but you will be soon. "

I was silent.

Grandfather Gu was right. Now that the fan was in Grandpa Gu's hands, A Chang would kill Grandfather Gu wholeheartedly and bring the fan back to report. But when Mr. Zhao and I forced Grandpa Gu out and got the fan, A Chang's target became us. So it turned out that A Chang's so-called revenge was a secondary goal. He was also thinking about that fan.

At this moment, I suddenly had an idea. Can I negotiate with A Chang? Wait until our foster-grandpa is saved, then we can have him return to the owner of the grave.

But that thought was quickly abandoned by me. A Chang was only a puppet of the owner of the grave.

I said to Grandpa Gu, "Then what do you want?"

Grandpa Gu said, "You can't let A Chang see the fan. Once I'm trapped by you, and the fan is exposed, A Chang will immediately notify the owner of the grave. After the master of the tomb obtains my position, he will arrive within a quarter of an hour, and then we will all die. We have to kill A Chang. "

I didn't say anything. I didn't know if it was the right thing to do.

Grandpa Gu started to trick me again, "If you are merciful, A Chang won't die. Sooner or later, the tomb owner would come to him through him. Do you want to kill everyone? "

I said to Grandpa Gu, "I don't believe you. Perhaps you are trying to sow discord. "

Grandfather Gu's face was filled with anger, "If I want to kill you, do I need to sow discord? To tell you the truth, if it weren't for the fact that I was hiding from the owner of the tomb, I would have already shown myself. You think I'm hiding from A Chang these past few days? Is he even worthy of me hiding? "

I didn't say anything, but I believed it.

Grandpa Gu suddenly stood up and took down the buddhist shrine from the wall, putting it in my hands. "After you wake up in a while, you can secretly shine a reflection of A Chang and see if his shadow is that of a galloping soldier. If he was, then he was a accomplice of the owner of the tomb. His shadow may be camouflaged under the sun, but he will not be able to hide in this shrine. "

When I heard this, my head buzzed for a moment. I trembled and said, "What do you mean? His shadow is the owner of the tomb? "

Grandpa Gu said, "Yes."

I pressed on. "You mean, the shadow of the accomplice is his master?"

Grandpa Gu added, "Yes."

I was so anxious that I couldn't say anything as I kept pointing behind me. Grandpa Gu glanced at it and said indifferently, "That's right, you're also the accomplice."

My whole body gave out and I collapsed into a chair. I couldn't even sit still.

After a long while, I raised my head and said to Grandpa Gu, "Whose accomplice am I? Master Xue? " I heard my voice crack.

Grandfather Gu said, "Does the Master Xue look like this? I don't think so. However, even if he isn't from Master Xue, he should be related in a great way. You'll know when you meet Master Xue. "

I weakly asked, "Do you know where the Master Xue is?"

Grandpa Gu shook his head.

I whispered, "Since I'm the accomplice, does that mean the other party knows my every move?"

Grandpa Gu said with certainty, "I don't know."

Puzzled, I asked, "Why?"

Grandpa Gu said, "Because you're still alive. A living person can be an accomplice, but not as useful as a ghost. A living person's accomplice was like a time bomb. Before it exploded, there would be no harm. You don't have to worry, just wait. When the time comes, all the mysteries will be revealed. "

I smiled wryly and said, "Do you see how anxious I am?"

Grandpa Gu said, "Living people don't die in a hurry, but they do want to know when they die."

I nodded, holding the shrine.

Grandfather Gu patted my shoulder. "Wait until you understand A Chang's real body. Just tell them a lie and tell them that you saw in your imagination that your soul and body are unable to merge and that you told them to try again another day. "

I frowned and asked, "Why can't we fuse them?" I wonder too. "

Grandpa Gu said with a smile, "For example, what if that corpse is missing its heart and liver?"

"You were on guard against us?"

Grandpa Gu laughed: "This old man has lived for a lifetime, what have you not seen? "So I'm used to keeping a hand in everything."

ancient head laughed complacently for a while, then said to me: "You can tell me the reason directly. As long as A Chang believes it. Then, you will tell Xia Xin and Mr. Zhao in private to find an excuse and meet me at the noodle shop. "

I asked the ancient head: "Which noodle house?"

ancient head said, "Just tell them where the noodle house is."

After which, the old man left. At the door, he turned back to me and said, "Also, you wipe that pile of cinnabar directly south of you quietly, or I won't be able to get out."

With that, Mr. Gu disappeared. I shivered and jerked my head up.

I found myself back in the back of the kiosk.

A Chang and Xia Xin stood in the courtyard one on the left and one on the right, as if they were gate gods, staring fixedly at the door. The Mr. Zhao sat beside me and looked at me with a puzzled expression.

He said to me: "Eldest Nephew, you're in a good mood. You can even fall asleep like this? "

I shook my head and didn't say anything. I casually touched my bosom and found a bulging bag of cloth. I opened the cloth bag. Surprisingly, it was a buddhist shrine that Grandpa Gu had given me.

Mr. Zhao's eyes lit up, but he did not say anything.

I placed the buddhist shrine on the ground and slowly turned it so that he was facing A Chang's back.

A Chang didn't know about it at all, but I could already see his figure in the smoke of the Buddhist shrine.

There was no problem with A Chang's image. As for his shadow, it was a full circle larger. If one looked carefully, they would see that the shadow was glaring, its mouth was open, and its face was full of beard. It looked like a martial arts man who had killed countless people.