Coming for me?
Thinking carefully about Qingzhu's initial posture, the more I thought about it, the more uneasy I felt.
With this incident, I couldn't do my job normally today. The three of us chased after my master and went all the way into the temple.
I asked several times, what does it mean that the Tianmeng came for me? I have lived for more than 20 years, and today is the first time I heard of such an organization in the world. How can I get involved with them inexplicably?
My master didn't say anything, but shook his sleeves, and a small bamboo tube appeared in his hand. He said that the Tianmeng had given us a task, and there was something that we had to do. He was at the critical time of retreat recently and couldn't leave, so this errand could only be done by a few of us. Let us make some preparations in the next two days, and we might have to go on a long journey.
"What? We have a mission right now?"
Zhang Xinya complained in a low voice: "This Tianmeng is taking itself too seriously. We just agreed to join them, and now we have a mission?"
Brother Yaozi said: "I guessed it. Let's see if it's a mule or a horse. Otherwise, how do they know what we mean by letting us do a job? To me, it's true that we are doing a job, and it's also true that we are joining the Tianmeng."
My master didn't react much to this. He just said that joining the Tianmeng was not contrary to our original purpose. Anyway, we still had to deal with that kind of thing.
Zhang Xinya asked if the coffin shop at the bottom of the mountain was still open.
"Open!"
My master's tone was very firm this time: "Moreover, as long as the matter comes to us, we will also accept it. Anyway, whether it is for the Tianmeng or we take the work ourselves, this is our Tao, and we must not forget this."
After saying that, he left, leaving only one sentence, and immediately called Lao Bai back. I am afraid that Lao Bai and I will have to go for this trip first. Lao Bai is the most sophisticated and smooth, and I also know how to adapt. This kind of thing is suitable for the two of us to do.
It was at this time that I finally knew that Lao Bai went out to inform other Taoist sects about the Yinren Inn, and on the other hand, to contact many shamans and witches from all over the country. These people specialize in dealing with that kind of thing. If they encounter something that cannot be solved, let them recommend it to us.
Originally, my master wanted to cast a wider net, but now it seems that it can only end in a hurry. After joining the Tianmeng, we are afraid that we will not have much energy in the future.
After the matter was settled, my master went into the house and there was no news.
The three of us looked at each other, brewed a pot of tea, and discussed for a long time in the yard. Unfortunately, apart from Brother Yaozi's gossip, there was nothing new to talk about. After chatting for a long time, we couldn't figure out the reason, and finally we could only disperse in disappointment.
Next, life seemed to return to calm, as if nothing had changed.
I still had to go to the back mountain to chop trees every day, and Brother Yaozi squatted in front of the mountain gate to supervise.
Zhang Xinya took the time to go down the mountain several times to make some preparations. She bought a lot of black donkey hooves, white glutinous rice, black dog blood, cinnabar, and red and yellow paper. I said I wanted to eat chestnuts and asked her to bring me a bag, but she didn't give me any, so I could only pinch my nose and accept it.
There is no way, because he is the butler now. All the income from the coffin shop is in his hands. With money in hand, he not only speaks toughly, but also breathes harder than before. Whether to add two dishes to dinner every night depends on his mood. I am poor and have low ambitions. I dare not fart loudly in front of him, otherwise I will be like Brother Yaozi. I acted arrogantly at first, but ended up with a hole as big as a fist in my underwear. Every day, I feel like swinging on a swing. When I wanted to buy a pair of underwear, Zhang Xinya bought me a roll of needle and thread and a piece of large flowered cloth, saying that I should do it myself, have enough food and clothing, and carry forward the revolutionary spirit of hard work and simplicity.
Three or five days passed in the blink of an eye.
One day, Lao Bai finally came back.
This grandson has been out for a long time, but he didn't lose weight. When he came back, he was rosy-cheeked and had a lot of bags. People who didn't know him thought he was traveling. Brother Yaozi and I had a rare chance to improve our lives. The table was full of good cigarettes and good wine. As a result, when we returned to the house, Zhang Xinya blocked the door and read out my master's spirit to him. He had to eat from a big pot and live a collective life in the future. All his belongings were confiscated.
When Lao Bai came out of the house, he was like an eggplant hit by frost, completely wilted. He said that we got a piece of good jade from the tomb last time, but that little harvest was gone. At noon, he ate like chewing wax, and he didn't even smile.
After noon, he was called by my master. After staying in the room for a while, this grandson came to me with a small bamboo tube.
I knew that he must be going to do something.
My master didn't tell us what the mission that Tianmeng had assigned to us was. We were all very curious these days. Even Brother Yaozi and Zhang Xinya came over and surrounded Lao Bai, staring at the small bamboo tube in his hand, like a Landlord.
"I say, I really don't know!"
Lao Bai was questioned by many people for a long time, and his head was big. Finally, he simply threw the small bamboo tube in front of us: "If you don't believe it, just look for yourself. There is nothing written on it. I say, what are you so anxious about? The mission of Tianmeng is a mission that will cost your life. Why are you all so anxious to go to Caishikou to die?"
Brother Yaozi and Zhang Xinya looked at each other, but in the end, Brother Yaozi reached out and grabbed the small bamboo tube, twisted it open, and pulled out a narrow little note from it.
There were only a few words on the note, not a word about what we were supposed to do, only an address, a teahouse in Taiyuan, and it told me to wait in Room 2 of the teahouse at six o'clock tonight!
"Why is this like a meeting with underground workers?"
Zhang Xinya didn't like Tianmeng in the first place, and she slammed the table in anger, saying: "Let us do something, but don't tell us what it is, and have to go through so much trouble, what's the meaning!"
"It's normal."
Lao Bai said: "Before Mr. Zhang asked me to come back, he told me the general situation. I have been keeping an eye on it these days. I have chatted with some old hands in the industry on the way. I heard that Tianmeng has a large network and has people everywhere. As long as there is something strange, they will take it over, and they are too lazy to understand it, and then directly throw the matter to us. In the final analysis, it is similar to a logistics center. They rarely come out to do things, unless something extraordinary appears, such as Hanba or something like that, they may take action!"
None of us understand the way Tianmeng does things, but now we are involved, we have to adapt to it even if we are not used to it.
I packed up simply, changed into a more normal set of clothes, and set off with Lao Bai.
By the time we got to the address on the note, it was already past five o'clock. Room 2 of the teahouse was empty, but it was booked, and the name of the booker was me.
Lao Bai and I went into the room, drinking tea and waiting.
As a result, we waited for two hours! !
Lao Bai drank a bellyful of tea and went to the toilet all the time. In the end, he cursed and said that these bastards had no sense of time.
We were so hungry that we were about to go out to eat something, but the door opened and a tall and burly man walked in.
I looked up at the man and immediately frowned. It was different from what I imagined. The man in front of me didn't look like a hermit. He was honest and didn't look like a rich man.
Lao Bai leaned over to my ear and cursed in a low voice: "You haven't figured it out yet, this is a fellow villager from the grassland, not from the Tianmeng at all. There are many strange things in the grassland. If you ask me, this fellow villager must have encountered something. The bastards of the Tianmeng didn't tell us themselves, but directly invited the victim to come. This hands-off shopkeeper is..."
I squinted my eyes and took a closer look. Don't say, this man's face is really a little different from ordinary people. His cheekbones are relatively high and his nose is a little flat. He doesn't look like a Han Chinese. The standard face of a Mongolian, and since he entered the store, the store has been filled with a faint smell of mutton, which clearly shows that he is not a Mongolian living in the city. It is consistent with what Lao Bai said, from the grassland.
This fellow villager was obviously not good at socializing. He looked around the room for a while, then came to me rather unnaturally and asked in a somewhat stiff Chinese: "Little brother, is there a Mr. Wei Jingzhe here?"
"Yes, I am. Sit down and talk."
I pointed to the chair opposite and asked him to sit down. Then I smiled and asked: "From your appearance, are you from NMG?"
"Little brother, you have good eyesight. I am indeed from that side. The grassland is a little north of the Xiliao River..."
The fellow villager nodded a little stiffly. Seeing that I agreed, his face suddenly became a little unnatural. He looked at me with a face that didn't quite believe it and confirmed with me again.
I lost my temper and told him the truth: "I am indeed Wei Jingzhe, and I came here because someone asked me to. I think you and I are the same. The place and the people are correct. If you don't believe me, go out and take a look at the house number. It's number 2, it's correct. If you are still worried after hearing this, then I have nothing to do. Turn right and go out. Please go."
"Hey, don't!"
The fellow villager was anxious all of a sudden, and his black face was flushed. It looked very interesting. He explained to me again and again, but his Chinese was not very good, so what he said was not very clear, but I understood 80% of it. It was nothing more than that he heard that Wei Jingzhe was a living immortal who saved people in danger and had boundless magic power. He thought he should be a respected old man, but he didn't expect him to be so young, so he didn't dare to believe it.
Anyway, I felt a little embarrassed when I heard the end.
Needless to say, this must be the work of Qingzhu. I only know her in the whole Tianmeng, and this is Tianmeng's business. She must have blown it for me.
But don't say it, after a few "bang bang" flatteries, I really feel comfortable, all the pores on my body are open, as if I am going to ascend to heaven.
I am not stupid. Seeing that this fellow villager probably doesn't understand the ins and outs of this business, I tentatively asked a few questions, how did he know about us, and wanted to take the opportunity to find out the details of Tianmeng.
The fellow villager couldn't explain it either, just said that a wandering Taoist priest went to their ranch, and after hearing about their story, he said that he would contact him with an extraordinary master, and then he came here.
I sighed, knowing that the wandering Taoist must be a member of the Tianmeng, but unfortunately the fellow villager didn't know his specific identity at all, so I stopped asking and simply said, "Okay, since you have come all the way here, we brothers can't let you make this trip in vain. Drink a glass of water to moisten your throat first, and we will talk about things slowly!"
As soon as I finished speaking, the fellow villager was excited and stood up from the chair, kneeling down to me, shouting, "Thank you, thank you so much, the lives of hundreds of people in our entire pastoral area are all depending on you."
The entire pastoral area... hundreds of people? !
I suddenly felt thunder rolling in the sky, and subconsciously turned my head to look at Lao Bai, and found that Lao Bai was also stunned, with dull eyes.
Damn it, this Tianmeng is too unkind, and the lives of hundreds of people are threatened. How big a deal is this?