death

Chapter 22

Hearing the name Li Guidao, Grandpa Mai, Mai Xiaorou and I didn't react at all. Instead, Zhang Rui stood up next to us with a whoosh. He stared blankly at the boy and said, "You Say, are you Li Guidao?"

The boy smiled, and continued to speak in a clear and sonorous voice: "Why, can't I speak clearly?"

Zhang Rui immediately walked over to salute respectfully, and then said: "I have seen Brother Li Dao, Xiaodao Zhang Rui is polite here."

Judging by Zhang Rui's reaction, Li Guidao seemed to have a lot of background.

I turned my head and took a look at Grandpa Mai. I didn't expect him to know such an old man. It seems that the Tang family's affairs are settled.

Li Guidao didn't answer Zhang Rui's words, because his backpack squirmed even more, as if something was about to jump out, he patted the backpack lightly, and then said in a very respectful voice: "Don't worry, aunt, We will let you out when we arrive at Tang's house in a while, and it's better for you to show your face in front of these people, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble."

Li Guidao called the thing in his backpack "aunt"?
Could it be that he was carrying a person in his backpack?

Seeing Li Guidao's actions, I couldn't help being even more surprised. Zhang Rui's expression changed again, and he couldn't help swallowing: "Which one of the five adults is here?"

Li Guidao did not answer Zhang Rui, but looked towards Grandpa Mai and said, "Senior Mai, I will tell the Tang family about your affairs. Don't worry, the Tang family will never seek you out again because of this matter." For the trouble, Master asked me to tell you a word."

Seeing Zhang Rui being so respectful, Grandpa Mai also knew that Li Guidao had a lot of background, so he hurriedly said, "All ears!"

Li Guidao stood up straight and said seriously: "You have a good granddaughter!"

Grandpa Mai froze for a moment, and I also looked at Li Guidao in a puzzled manner, while Mai Xiaorou smiled and said, "That's natural, I'm not bad at all!"

Grandpa Mai glared at Mai Xiaorou, and then quickly asked Li Gui, "Dare to ask this fellow Taoist, has my granddaughter offended Master Ling?"

Li Guidao looked at the teahouse and said: "Can you let me sit down and chat, I'm really thirsty after all the way."

Grandpa Mai and Zhang Rui stretched out their hands to ask Li Guidao to sit down almost at the same time, but they did not mean the same seat, but the seats next to each other.

Li Guidao sat down directly at the position pointed by Grandpa Mai, Zhang Rui didn't feel that he was being refuted, and instead sat down beside him with a smile.

Li Guidao drank a few sips of tea, and after we got to know each other, he said: "My master is entrusted by an old man to take care of this matter this time. Speaking of which, Senior Mai really has a lot of face, and he even recognized my master. that friend of mine."

Grandpa Mai said: "Your master's old friend is the old man surnamed Xu?"

When Grandpa Mai said this, Zhang Rui's eyes widened again, obviously he seemed to know who Li Guidao's master was, and who the master named Xu was that Grandpa Mai said.

Li Guidao nodded and said: "Exactly, Master Xu has long since retired, and suddenly came out to take care of trivial matters in this world, and even personally greeted my master and asked him to help, it is really rare."

Grandpa Mai said curiously: "I thought Mr. Xu Gao would come over in person."

Li Guidao shook his head: "This trivial matter is not enough for Master Xu, who is far away in western Hunan, to go there in person. My master happens to be in North China, so please entrust it to my master, and the master sent me here again. Come back, how did Senior Mai know my Master Xu?"

It seems that Li Guidao's master and Xu Gaoren, whom Senior Mai knew, might be brothers.

Grandpa Mai said: "Our Mai family has practiced Taoism for generations, leaving behind many unique Taoism and talismans. Xu Gaoren and I met because of a Tianji talisman from our Mai family, but the materials required for that talisman are extremely scarce. It is even more difficult, in my opinion, it is even contrary to the common sense of Taoism, so I always think that when the talisman was passed down by our Mai family, there was an error in the description."

Speaking of this, Grandpa Mai smiled and said: "I'll make a long story short. When Xu Gaoren is mentioned, I can't help but make a long story."

Li Guidao also politely replied with a smile: "Senior Mai was joking, you can speak freely."

Li Guidao's age seems to be about the same as mine, but his style of conversation and temperament are a few notches higher than mine. If I'm not mistaken, he should also be a descendant of a certain big Taoist sect.

Looking at Mai Xiaorou also looked at Li Guidao curiously, but when she looked at the backpack behind Li Guidao, she showed a face of fear. She leaned towards me subconsciously, and then put her hands together. caught my arm.

I asked Mai Xiaorou what was wrong, she shook her head and said, "I can't tell, I always feel like there is something powerful in that backpack staring at me."

Grandpa Mai continued: "One day when I went to Xiangxi, I stumbled into the stockade where Xu Gaoren practiced. When we were chatting, we talked about talismans. When I was surprised, there were many unique talismans in our Mai family. It can be drawn, and the quality is ridiculously high, so I asked him about the Tianji Talisman, but Xu Gaoren said that he had never seen such a Talisman, so he went to study it after I agreed. Who knew that he really drew the Heavenly Secret Talisman, and used the Heavenly Secret Talisman to spy on a person's catastrophe. For this person, my granddaughter took risks..."

At this point, Grandpa Mai stopped suddenly, because he was going to reveal the fact that Mai Xiaorou was a corpse.

After a pause, Grandpa Mai continued: "Because of that person, my granddaughter herself is in danger."

As he spoke, Grandpa Mai looked at me, and it was obvious that the catastrophe Xu Gao saw from the Tianji Talisman was mine.

Li Guidao also looked at me and said: "It should be this fellow Taoist, what kind of catastrophe is it?"

I shook my head, because Mai Xiaorou never told me about this matter in detail, but at this moment, I also knew in my heart that Mai Xiaorou lent my life to help me survive that disaster.

Grandpa Mai said for me: "Life is in danger!"

So far, these four words are enough to make me feel how much Mai Xiaorou has helped me.

Li Guidao didn't continue to ask any more questions, and after chatting for a while, Li Guidao said to us: "Senior Mai, I think it's better for you to have less connection with the Tang family, so you don't want to go to the Tang family. Just go there by yourself, but you can rest assured that after I've been there, this matter will basically be settled, what are you supposed to do, what are you doing, the Tang family will never trouble you again, if they don't , then I and my aunt will help you seek justice."

With that said, Li Guidao glanced at the backpack next to him again, and the backpack moved slightly.

After saying that, Li Guidao was about to get up and leave, and Zhang Rui also hurriedly followed. It seemed that he was going to the Tang family with Li Guidao.

When Li Guidao was about to leave, Mai Xiaorou asked: "How to deal with that evil in Maogou? If he is really released by people with bad intentions, then what should we do!"

Li Guidao was stunned for a moment, then the corner of his mouth twitched and he repeated two words slightly: "The seed of disaster!"

Just as Zhang Rui was about to say something, Li Guidao said coldly: "You don't need to worry about the matter of the hat ditch. My aunt and I will go there in person. Don't worry, the 'disaster' will not be a disaster for the common people."

After speaking, Li Guidao went directly downstairs.

Zhang Rui also called Shangguan Hong over, told her that we would be free today, and then left with Li Guidao.

I asked Grandpa Mai: "Don't you need to send it?"

Grandpa Mai shook his head and said, "No need."

We didn't waste that pot of spiritual tea, and the three of us left Tangfu Tea House after drinking the tea and went back to Cuidi Chunxiao.

Back at the residence, I asked Grandpa Mai carefully, who is the Xu Gaoren he was talking about, with such a big background, Grandpa Mai shook his head and said: "I don't know about this, I only know that he has a lot of knowledge in the spirit world. High status, I can't tell you the specific situation, anyway, the Tang family's troubles have been settled this time, you and Xiao Rou will settle down in the future and deal with your own affairs properly."

I know that what Grandpa Mai said was that Mai Xiaorou borrowed my life.

In the next few days, our lives were relatively stable, and we didn’t hear of anyone trying to trouble us. That Zhang Rui called me again, and he said that Li Guidao had settled everything for us, and That Li Guidao really went to Maogougou once to take away the "scourge".

After saying this, Zhang Rui once again sent us an invitation to join the Supernatural Bureau, but this time he did not represent the Tang family, but the Xiao family.

I asked Zhang Rui, which family is the Xiao family?
Zhang Rui said to me: "The Xiao family is the real owner of the North China Branch of the Supernatural Branch, and it is also the largest Taoist family in North China. It is more than a few blocks away from the Tang family."

I asked Zhang Rui if he belonged to the Xiao family or the Tang family.

Zhang Rui then said that neither of his two families belonged to the Supernatural Bureau.

I didn't answer clearly whether Zhang Rui wanted to join, but just said perfunctorily: "I will consider it."

Except for this phone call from Zhang Rui, our life has not been disturbed.

Time passed quickly, and it was only a week before we made an appointment with Mai Xiaorou to return my life, and I became more and more conflicted in my heart. These days, I heard Grandpa Mai say that if Mai Xiaorou returns my life If she is not destined, she will no longer be able to forcefully break through the confinement of her original soul and come out to activities. In that case, her original soul may really be broken, and thus she will really lose the chance of reincarnation.

In other words, after paying back my life, Mai Xiaorou will fall into a deep sleep for a long time.

Every time I think of this, I can't bear it. Although Mai Xiaorou borrowed my life and wasted my life at the same time as me, the days I was with her were really happy, and I couldn't bear her to fall into helplessness. In an endless slumber.

The closer the time came, the more conflicted I felt, and the more I feared that day would come!

(End of this chapter)