Between mountains and seas

Shopkeeper Zheng was very annoyed, seeing the woman still yelling loudly, as if wishing to attract everyone from the whole Antique Street.If this becomes a big problem, how can he still hang around in this business in the future?Who dares to use things to identify him?Is the business in this store still going on?

"Or call the police." Shopkeeper Zheng waited for the woman to finish shouting, and suddenly raised his voice, "You said this is a relic from abroad, right? Then from which country did you get it back? How much did you pay for it? Enter Did you register at the customs? Do you have a certificate of identification?"

The woman was taken aback by the question.How could she have any authentication certificate?This thing was just brought back by Xiao Zheng, and they didn't buy it with their own money at all.

"No?" Shopkeeper Zheng had already expected that she would not have it. "Is it smuggling? I think it's better to call the police and find out how this thing came from. I think you have been deceived, and I will not help you." Planting fakes is the scapegoat."

"You, you are talking nonsense, what smuggling!" The woman was so angry that her chest heaved, but she didn't dare to make any more trouble.She can also guess that the origin of this thing must be wrong, how dare she call the police?Xiao Zheng is dead, so should she be implicated?

While listening to the quarrel, Shao Jingxing carefully observed the bead in his hand.Counting carefully against the light, the holes inside are really curved, but whether it is artificially drilled or formed naturally, he can't tell.

"I have recognized you!" The things were transferred, and it was obvious that it was impossible to get them back. The woman stared at the owner Zheng with red eyes, "Just wait! Xiao Zheng will never let you go if he does a ghost !" After finishing speaking, she turned around and walked out of the shop, when she passed by Shao Jingxing and Hu Yuan, she bumped into them hard.

Shao Jingxing was unprepared, he took a step back after being hit by her, and bumped into another person, a faint smell of tobacco rushed into his nostrils.

"I'm sorry." Shao Jingxing turned around to apologize, but felt a slight pain in his scalp, as if a hair had been torn off.He raised his hand and rubbed it indifferently, and looked up at the person he hit.

It was a middle-aged man with ordinary facial features, the kind that can't be found after falling into the crowd.After being bumped by Shao Jingxing, he just shook his head casually to indicate that it was okay, and his eyes turned around in the shop.

Since he didn't care, Shao Jingxing certainly didn't care, so he casually handed the bead to Shopkeeper Zheng: "Actually, I think this thing is quite interesting."

Shopkeeper Zheng’s anger has not subsided yet, he took a few breaths before smiling wryly, “Young Master Jing, if you like it, you can take it. This time, I’m wrong, and I’ve made myself ashamed.”

"Why do I want this thing?" Shao Jingxing laughed, and put the beads on the counter, "I think it's better to return this thing to her. Whether it's real or not, I don't care about returning it to its original owner."

Shopkeeper Zheng complained bitterly: "I also want to do the same. When Xiao Zheng's accident happened, I just returned the things. I also saw the troubles in his house, and I was afraid that they would fight again when the things were returned. Thinking about giving it back to her in a few days... You said, good people can't do it these days! Just these few days when the weather gets hot, this stuff will fade..."

"Why don't you sell it to me?" The man who was bumped by Shao Jingxing just now said suddenly, "I think this thing should still be a relic, but it's just not so bright. It doesn't matter if it's used as an offering."

Shopkeeper Zheng hesitated for a moment, but still shook his head: "Forget it, I'll go back in a few days." In fact, he just said that out of anger.Shao Jingxing was right, whether it was true or not, even if the woman went back and threw it away, it was none of his business.But if it is sold from him, what is it?

The middle-aged man glanced at Shopkeeper Zheng, turned around and left without saying anything.When he turned around, he bumped into Hu Yuan, causing Hu Yuan to stagger and groan.But the middle-aged man immediately reached out and grabbed Hu Yuan: "I'm sorry."

"It's all right." Hu Yuan touched his temples and stood firm. He watched the middle-aged man go out, and then whispered to Shopkeeper Zheng, "Old Zheng, you didn't give him the things, so return them quickly."

"What's wrong?" Shopkeeper Zheng was stunned for a moment, "What's the matter?"

Hu Yuan still looked at the man's back: "The muscles on this man's body are strong enough. When he grabbed me just now, his hands were like iron pincers. I don't think he is an ordinary person."

"It's true..." Shao Jingxing felt the same when he bumped into this person just now.This middle-aged man looks inconspicuous, but his muscles are quite strong. It feels like hitting a cowhide sandbag. If the middle-aged man hadn't stepped back the moment the two collided, he might have been able to bounce him. return.

Shopkeeper Zheng's expression changed slightly, and he immediately picked up the beads on the counter: "Then I'll go and return them to her now, she shouldn't have gone far!" Antique Street is a pedestrian street, and you have to go to the street to get the bus. At the station, the woman probably hasn't gone out yet, so it's best to give this bead to her in full view, even if she throws it into the trash can, but don't leave it with him anymore.

As soon as the shop door was closed, Shopkeeper Zheng rushed to the entrance of the pedestrian street, and he caught up with Xiao Zheng's wife. This time, he directly stuffed the beads into the woman's hand: "I returned the things to you, what do you do with me?" It doesn't matter, it's none of my business anyway."

Shopkeeper Zheng turned around and left after finishing speaking.He was prepared to hear the woman scold him and probably throw beads on him.Sure enough, before he took two steps, he heard a woman screaming at him: "You bastard——"

But the voice suddenly disappeared as if it was cut off by something, and then someone shouted: "Hey, what's the matter?" Shopkeeper Zheng turned around in surprise, and saw the woman raised her hand above her head, and the corner of her mouth was crooked. , but the whole person slid down to the ground, the bead fell from her hand and rolled away all the way.

"This, this—" Shopkeeper Zheng was stunned, but it was Shao Jingxing who came to his senses first: "Call 120! This looks like a heart attack!"

120 came very quickly, but after a few minutes of busy work, the emergency personnel announced that the person was hopeless, and then - I don't know who called 110. A few minutes later, Shao Jingxing and Hu Yuan were also detained by the police...

It wasn't until it was dark that Shao Jingxing and Hu Yuan came out of the police station. Both of them had their eyes straightened. After all, a person who had been alive and kicking suddenly disappeared in front of his eyes. It's uncomfortable.

"Old Zheng is also very unlucky..." Hu Yuan wanted to find something to say, but he didn't know what to say, so he could only say this dryly in the end.

Xiao Zheng's wife has been confirmed to have a heart attack.Although this is because she has a bad heart, and was hit by her husband's sudden death, even fighting for property with her in-laws these days, she must have been exhausted.But who told her that she got sick when she was arguing with Shopkeeper Zheng?I'm afraid Shopkeeper Zheng will have this trouble.

"That's right—" Shao Jingxing didn't know what to say, "Just because of this bead..." Xiao Zheng's wife is very sympathetic, but the owner of Zheng's shop can be regarded as an unwarranted disaster.

Hu Yuan sighed, and was about to speak when he suddenly felt itchy on his temples. He stretched out his hand to scratch twice, and suddenly saw Shao Jingxing scratching the back of his head, "Is there a mosquito?"

"It's summer—" Hu Yuan also felt a swollen lump on his temple, "A place like the police station..." People come and go, even a mosquito coil is not lit, it is normal to have mosquitoes.

"That's true." Shao Jingxing scratched casually, feeling that the itch had eased a lot, so he didn't care, "Let's go."

"Hey——" Hu Yuan was full of regret, "Today is——it's such a disappointment, why don't you go have a cup of coffee, and I'll pay Jing Shao..." He managed to persuade people, but he met With such a thing, it seems that it is impossible to do business today.

Shao Jingxing was not in the mood to drink coffee with him anymore: "I'm tired, let's forget about it today." Seeing Xiao Zheng's wife suddenly fell ill and died, he couldn't help but think of his own illness—to listen to Huo Qing, go into the mountains and seas Should the world look for Ganoderma lucidum, or find a way to raise money for chemotherapy?

Shao Jingxing was full of worries, so he hurriedly ate dinner and then climbed into bed.But as soon as he closed his eyes, he felt a cool breeze blowing on the back of his head.

This is not right.He is lying facing the window now, the air outlet of the central air conditioner is directly above, and the door is closed, no matter what, there should be no wind blowing from behind...

In the past, Shao Jingxing definitely wouldn't have thought so much, but after being in the world of mountains and seas twice, plus the third brother who appeared in the real world, he is really a little startled now, thinking this way in his mind , turned back immediately.

"Damn!" Shao Jingxing yelled, and even rolled onto the bed with the quilt—at some point, the door of his room was opened, and an earth dragon poked its head in silently, with its jagged mouth Stretched out to his bedside!

Shao Jingxing threw off the quilt wrapped around his legs, and raising his hand was a fireball.With a bang, the fireball exploded in the earth dragon's mouth, and the inside of its mouth was burnt black, and it had to shrink its head.Shao Jingxing took this opportunity to get up and rushed to the balcony.

His room was on the second floor, but the floor height of the villa was more than four meters high. Normally, Shao Jingxing wouldn't dare to jump, but now he couldn't do it. Dilong's big mouth was right behind him!Although Huo Qing said lightly that the earth dragon was just a mutated earthworm, Shao Jingxing didn't want to try that meat grinder-like mouth.

puff!The landing is surprisingly soft.Shao Jingxing pulled his feet out from the thick pile of fallen leaves, only to realize that this was no longer the lawn of the villa—there were tall trees all around, blocking the light—he actually fell into the world of mountains and seas again!

What's going on?When did the door open into his villa?Shao Jingxing looked around in panic, and sure enough, he found that the villa behind him had disappeared. He seemed to be the only one in the vast forest, and the security guards in the villa were gone.

Why is he alone?Shao Jingxing was about to cry.Is he that unlucky?But what about the earth dragon just now?Also disappeared with the villa?If so—

Before Shao Jingxing could finish thinking, the ground under his feet shook.This shock seemed familiar to him, and he immediately jumped to the side, and he saw the fallen leaves flying on the ground, the soil swelled, and the head of the earth dragon poked out again.

Is this the one just now?Or is there another one?Shao Jingxing groaned in his heart, but he didn't dare to stop, and ran forward.Behind him, the earth dragon followed like a locomotive, knocking down countless branches and shrubs along the way, and the sound was astonishing.

Shao Jingxing was out of breath from running, and felt his chest hurt, but the earth dragon showed no sign of being tired.Suddenly he stumbled, and Shao Jingxing fell to the ground with a thump, and the huge shadow behind him immediately enveloped him...

"Ah!" Shao Jingxing opened his eyes suddenly, but what he saw was the soft light of the ground lamp. He was still lying on the bed, neither in the world of mountains and seas, nor any ground dragons beside him.But for some reason, the quilt was twisted into a ball by him, and it was all wrapped around his feet.

It turned out to be a dream... Shao Jingxing let out a long breath, only to realize that his clothes were soaked in cold sweat.Although it was a dream, he seemed so exhausted as if he had really run for several hours, and even the pain in his chest was very clear.

This is called thinking by day and dreaming at night?His body was sticky and uncomfortable, but Shao Jingxing was so tired that he didn't even want to move a finger, so he collapsed on the bed and stared at the ceiling.

Do you really want to follow Huo Qing into the world of mountains and seas?But can he really deal with those monsters?

"Don't you have any confidence in yourself?" Huo Qing's voice suddenly came from the balcony. Shao Jingxing sat up in a hurry, and saw Huo Qing standing there casually with a longbow in one hand.

"Why did you come here in the middle of the night?" Shao Jingxing subconsciously looked down at his wrist.The light was a bit dim, and he couldn't see whether the red mole on his wrist was still there, "Why didn't I feel you at all?" It was so close.

Huo Qing didn't answer, but just pointed forward: "The power separating the two worlds is getting weaker and weaker. If you let it go, sooner or later, the barrier will break, and those things will break into the real world. At that time, you Where are you going to hide?"

Shao Jingxing walked to him with a bitter face: "I, I'm just afraid..."

"Afraid?" Huo Qing glanced at him indifferently, "If you go a few times, you won't be afraid anymore." As he said that, he suddenly grabbed Shao Jingxing's hand and jumped down to the balcony.

"Ah!" Shao Jingxing was completely unprepared, and fell hard with a bang.However, there was still a pile of soft fallen leaves under his body. He struggled to raise his head, but Huo Qing had disappeared, only the surrounding towering trees remained.

"No, it's not—" Shao Jingxing really wanted to cry this time, "Huo Qing, Huo Qing! Brother Huo, Uncle Huo, Uncle Huo! Don't leave me here alone!"

He howled at the top of his voice for a long time, looking around, but Huo Qing seemed to have evaporated from the world, and there was no sign of him.

"No, it's impossible, he must still be nearby..." Shao Jingxing didn't find Huo Qing, but saw gray-brown shadows on the branches in the distance.He is too familiar with that stuff - mountain spiders!

"Huo Qing, don't be joking!" Shao Jingxing panicked.If it was a mountain spider, he could still fight with the fire power, but it looks like five or six of them dazzlingly, how could he beat it!

The mountain spiders moved very fast, and Shao Jingxing didn't dare to wait for them to come before him. He turned around and ran, begging as he ran, "Brother Huo, don't you really scare me, okay? Get me a mountain spider so I can kill it." It’s okay, this group, I, I can’t beat it no matter what!”

But there was no half-answer from Huo Qing, but the mountain spiders in the rear were getting closer and closer, and the one chasing the front had already bent its abdomen and sprayed out a strand of spider silk at him.

Soon, Shao Jingxing couldn't care less about calling Huo Qing anymore.He was touched by spider silk twice, and he had to set fire in time to burn the spider silk and continue running.But even so, during the few seconds when he set the fire, the mountain spiders behind him quickly caught up.The closer they were, the higher the hit rate of their spider silk, and the more dangerous he was.

"Huo——" Shao Jingxing just yelled a word, and something hit his back hard, and his body couldn't move immediately——the spider silk ejected by the mountain spider that was chasing the most closely hit the red heart, and he Sticks firmly.The spider silk not only stuck to his clothes, but also stuck to a little of his exposed skin.But now his palms and hearts are icy cold, and he can no longer ignite a little flame.

Huo Qing still didn't show up.Shao Jingxing didn't care about him at all, he took off his clothes suddenly, and rushed forward with all his strength.The few pieces of skin that were stuck by the spider silk were painful, as if they were forcibly torn off, but they were finally able to continue running.

But before he took a few steps, another strand of spider silk squirted onto his leg, enveloping his entire calf in it, pulling him heavily to the ground, as if all the bones in his body were about to be broken.

"Huo Qing!" Shao Jingxing shouted in despair.Even at this time, he still held the hope that Huo Qing would show up.But Huo Qing really didn't appear, but a mountain spider hung down from his head, with two hook-like claws sticking out, pinching his neck...

"Ah!" Shao Jingxing gasped and sat up abruptly, the soft light of the floor lamp was still in his eyes, and he was still in the bedroom.

Another dream?Shao Jingxing pressed his chest and felt that every breath he took now seemed to be on fire in his chest, the pain was so painful that he dared not take a big breath.There are still two legs, as if they have really run [-] meters, and they are too tired to drag.

No wonder when I saw Huo Qing just now, the bloody mole on his wrist didn't respond, it turned out to be a dream.He just said, Huo Qing himself would definitely not be so helpless...

Whispering in his heart, Shao Jingxing dragged his limp body and got up from the bed - now his clothes were soaked in sweat, and he couldn't sleep without washing them.

Turning on the faucet, Shao Jingxing casually splashed water on his face. He felt a stabbing pain in the back of his shoulder. He turned around and looked in the mirror and was startled. In his dream, a spider thread sprayed onto his back. It was partly stuck to his clothes, but a little bit was also stuck to his skin, which he tore away with all his might.Now the clothes are intact, but the few pieces of skin that were torn in the dream are now completely red, and blood beads even ooze from some places.