Chapter 16: Juggling
It is said that going up the mountain is easy, but going down the mountain is hard.
Into the valley when, Meng Fan all the way to walk is also difficult, now this downhill well, is not difficult.
A figure with a very fast speed to the mountains traveling down, as if the hero in the novels like, rabbit up and down, the figure just fell down, blink of an eye and in another position, in the light morning fog through, startled a lot of resting birds.
Meng Fan also did not expect, this line will have so much harvest, just the physical changes, is enough to let him satisfied, have this body to do what can not.
I did not expect this to go is a night, beforehand also did not give the parents greetings, in Meng Fan all night when not return, the family is a piece of anxiety of the light ……
"So late, in the end where to go?"
It was night, Meng Fan's father, also known as Meng Qingshan, disheveled, pacing in the courtyard, looking at the night sky from time to time, his mouth kept chanting, the look on his face was a little angry at first, but later on, it was all worry.
He had just searched the entire village and found no sign of Meng Fan.
Meng mother sat at the dining table in the house, looking at the piece of clock hanging on the wall, ticking, the look was also extraordinarily uneasy, a few moments lowering her eyebrows, looking at the table left Meng Fan's meal, holding a clean rag, uneasily wiping around ……
"You wait at home." Meng Qingshan paced into the house, grabbed the flashlight, and headed out, "I'll go look for it again, and if it doesn't come back in the morning either, I'll go look for the village chief, and mobilize the whole village to look for it!"
Saying this, the person has long run out, Meng mother saw Meng Qingshan go far away, got up and found a pot cover, covered the leftover rice, also went out the door, only there was no flashlight to take.
And Meng Fan here, all the way to the road is very smooth, the road also saw the broken paper horse, but the view of the Zhang granny is very different from before, after all, he was used, if not his head is still good, I guess I will not see the sun today.
Soon ran to the foot of the mountain, and saw the earth house of Granny Zhang, his expression finally complicated.
Touching the scythe on his waist, hesitating again and again, he still quietly spared the past, did not take any action, perhaps it is still not time to move the Zhang granny. Even though Granny Zhang had lured him to the Taoist temple step by step, for which he had almost given his life, Granny Zhang could have many explanations to explain that this matter was beyond her expectations, for example, her Immortal Master's corpse had mutated.
Moreover, Meng Fan didn't die, and he also got his creation, which just confirmed what Granny Zhang had said – you can get your creation there, and even if you don't get your creation, you can't die.
The current situation was that, knowing that Zhang Maozi had evil intentions, she was unable to directly confront her and point out her faults.
This society was about evidence after all.
"If only that dry corpse could testify."
Meng Fan laughed helplessly and just took this thought as a joke, the dried corpse's body had also been put away into the space of the Qiankun Pendant by him, perhaps at some point, it would be used.
Of course there are other reasons, and let Meng Fan worry about is that he is not dead, with that old lady Zhang's calculations, may not sit back and watch, I am afraid that at this moment has already made preparations, thinking of that paper man's killer, he had a headache. Really want to showdown with the Zhang granny, his cultivation of the Heavenly Dipper extermination of God Taoist scripture also need to be initiated, otherwise it is really grasp it.
Also, if he was to go and expose Granny Zhang so openly, or even finish her off, he would still need to give a good explanation to one more person, and that would be Liu Xiaoxi.
Xiao Xi was brought up by Mrs. Zhang, and is considered to be dependent on each other. If she targets her grandmother so openly, I'm afraid that she won't be able to face her again in the future.
At this moment, the safest way is, first a little bit of penetration, influence Liu Xiaoxi, at the same time, keep an eye on the tense granny, so as not to make her whole again, honestly the best, in case of dishonest, he can only take the risk.
"Trouble ah!"
"Troublesome indeed!"
Meng Fan shook his head and smiled bitterly, not only Granny Zhang, even that ghostly shadow hadn't been resolved yet, this time it was waiting until dawn, I'm afraid that ghostly shadow would still come tonight.
The early sun finally slowly climbed up the hill, soft sunlight into the village, chickens and dogs first leaped out, running around happily, followed by the villagers who got up early, pushed open the door of their own firewood, began to clean the yard, the sound of rustling ……
Almost to the home, Meng Fan was surprised to find a familiar figure, is a woman, is in a hurry to the direction of the village chief's home, the figure looks very tired, hurried, while walking also wiped his eyes, seems to be crying.
"Mother, what are you …… doing?"
"Xiao Fan?"
The woman was stunned, then rejoiced, quickly ran over, pulling Meng Fan's sleeve, up and down half a day, see him well, the expression only relaxed, just about to speak, but the eyes are wet again, pause before choking, "Why are you not good ah, where did you go ah, anxious!"
"That ……"
For tonight's events, Meng Fan fell really bad to explain, the heart has also been guilty and worried about, pretending to be relaxed opened his mouth and said: "Want to eat rabbit meat, the mountain to catch rabbits to go, the results of the darkness of the day to get lost, do not dare to run around, to the dawn only dared to come back to the!"
"Hi!" Meng mother sighed, again looked up and down, see Meng Fan is indeed a good end, just dirty clothes, then put down his heart, pulling Meng Fan on the way home, "also left you rice, this is good, directly eat breakfast!"
Finished suddenly stopped again, look and panic: "Your father has not come back, looking for you all night, you quickly go to find him, the village is not peaceful ……"
"Bad!"
An ominous premonition surged to the heart, the matter of the Double Fury Hook Soul Lamp threatens the lives of the villagers, and the ghost shadow is unknown, in case something happens ……
This is his father ah!
Meng Fan anxious, and let his mother go home first, but he was in the village to find up ……
Meng family main hundred or so families, the place is not big, looking for a person is too easy, coupled with Meng Fan's speed exaggerated, dodging the early rise of the villagers, and soon looked all over the village, the vicinity is again looking for, but pressed to find the shadow of his father.
"It's hard not to ……"
Meng Fan thoughts fly around, but where to find people can not find, will certainly go to that most dangerous place to find, this is common sense, after all, the safe place generally can not lose people, at present the most dangerous Meng family home, down there ……
The whole sun showed up, dispersed the ground on the mist, Meng Fan out of the village, expand the fastest speed, along the pig's hoof mountain mountain road, all the way to gallop, speed than columns of the van, can be too much too fast.
A wild dog saw Meng Fan running by, tilted his head, some curious look, a smoke chased up, the results of the chase not a moment, can no longer catch up.
At the same time ……
There is a person, standing dumbly on the mountain road away from Meng's house, alone, motionless, the bright sunlight shines on him, dragging a long shadow, a flashlight fell to the ground, the glass piece on it is sticky with dew, wet ……
"The light …… I see the stoplight ……"
He kept repeating a sentence in his mouth, and his look was extremely bad.
"Father ……"
Seeing that person, Meng Fan's heart relaxed slightly, slowed down, and slowly walked over.
"Let's go home."
The words were soft and gentle, sounding warm on this lonely mountain road.
"Father ……"
"Oh ……"
The man finally came back to his senses, the look is still dull, lost in thought, he turned around, saw Meng Fan well, stretched out his arm, subconsciously made to embrace the appearance, seems to think that men do so between some inappropriate, and put it down, but had to pull Meng Fan's hand, so holding back, walked two steps, and then backed away, picked up the flashlight on the ground, on the body to rub the top of the dew.
"Father, is everything alright."
Seeing his father's appearance, Meng Fan's heart has sunk, but also roughly know what's going on, put on a relaxed look, but his eyebrows can not help but wrinkle up, afraid that his father also ……
saw that thing!
This is already the worst thing.
"I …… what can I have!" Meng Qingshan also seemed to feel that he was a bit out of sorts, which feigned a serious look and glared at Meng Fan, "Where did it go, causing the old man to look for it all night."
The tone was full of reproach, the reproach was true.
"Hey." Meng Fan grinned, showing his white and neat teeth, and told the lie about wanting to eat rabbit meat again.
"Didn't say so earlier, but father is the best at catching rabbits, so I'll give you a pot of fragrant rabbit meat stew in the next two or three days!" Meng Qingshan said, surprisingly did not pursue the truth or falsehood, but clutched Meng Fan's hand more tightly, fearing that Meng Fan would be lost again as if.
"Two or three days ……"
Seal the idea just now like, red light two days to die, green light live three days.
Meng Fan also gripped his father's hand tightly, looking at the shadow of the two people on the ground, long, tightly together, he touched his chest, the Qiankun pendant came from the warmth of the feeling, grinned: "Two or three days can not, it is best to have a meal of rabbit meat every day."
"Net thinking good things!" Meng Qingshan also laughed, "How can there be so many rabbits for you to eat!"
"Father, let me do a trick for you." Meng Fan changed the topic, his hand reached forward and an extra bell came out in his hand, "Is it powerful?"
"Sculpture." Meng Qingshan snorted, "Taking advantage of me not paying attention."
"What about this." Meng Fan put away the bell and raised his hand, and out of thin air, a three-foot-long mahogany sword appeared, "Is it powerful?"
"Uh ……" Meng Qingshan was instantly subdued this time, that peach wood sword can not be short ah, from where to get out of this? Froze for a moment, and then a glare, "Look at you in school did not study properly, net learning crooked ways, spend my money, no wonder you can not find work!"
"Ha ……"
So a hilarious, the atmosphere is relaxed down.
Father and son shoulder to shoulder hand in hand, to the Meng family home to go, chatting up some past events, inside who all know what happened, but no one said …… and change to do before, the hand is not going to hold, after all, Meng Fan is also not small, inevitably there will be some embarrassment, but this time it is not the same.
The sun has risen very high, bright and brilliant, but there is a trace of dark clouds are rising in the sky, buried in the pig's hoof mountain crack below that black coffin, issued a heartbeat, more and more violent ……
"Thud!"
"Knock knock!"
Like the call of death ……