death gap

Chapter 19
After leaving the hospital, he took a taxi back home, filled the cat's food bowl with enough cat food, and replaced it with a bowl of water.

Even though the orange cat had learned to hunt, Su Chen was still worried that it would be hungry.

It was raised from the size of a palm, so there was nothing we could do about it.

Before leaving, Su Chen found some wooden boards from the warehouse and temporarily sealed the scrapped door, planning to find someone to repair it when he came back.

During this period, some neighbors came over to ask what was going on. They all thought that the previous cries of ghosts and wolves were caused by evil forces coming to cause trouble. In order to avoid causing panic, Su Chen could only nod and acquiesce and let it go.

……

When he arrived in front of the boxing gym on his bicycle, Hong Shisan was ready to go, and the transportation he prepared was actually a pickup truck.

And it was obviously a truck going to the countryside to collect oranges. There were also full bamboo baskets hanging on the back!
Although Master Hong had always claimed that the driver had strongly invited him and that he had no choice but to accept the invitation, Su Chen knew that this old guy was just stingy.

You are obviously so stingy, but you agreed to exempt yourself from one month's tuition... This is so abnormal. Could it be that you will need to work as a coolie next time?

Feeling anxious, Su Chen climbed onto the trailer filled with diabolo baskets and found a clean place to sit down.

Hong Shisan quickly climbed onto the back of the pickup truck. Along with him were two direct disciples, Senior Brother Lu Feng and Second Senior Brother Xu Yucheng.

This second senior brother can be said to be Master Hong's most beloved disciple. He is one of the most talented among the direct disciples. Therefore, he is rather arrogant and always treats his registered disciples with an indifferent attitude.

After Xu Yucheng climbed up the rear hook, he looked around with a frown on his face and never sat down like others.

Seeing his beloved disciple standing there rigidly and motionless, Hong Shisan, who knew him best, stood up and wiped his original seat with his sleeve:

"Yucheng, sit here with me."

"Ah."

Xu Yucheng relaxed his brows, walked over and sat down slowly.

Hong Shisan then found another place to sit, narrowed his eyes, lit a cigarette and started puffing away.

Senior brother Lu Feng seemed to have been used to this for a long time, and didn't pay attention to the two of them at all. Instead, he looked at Su Chen beside him, and then his eyes lit up:
"Okay, young man! I see that your breath is even and long, and you have obviously mastered the breathing method. How did you do this?"

"I had a fight with the evil forces, and after the fight I found that I had adapted to the breathing method." Su Chen answered half-truthfully.

"Okay, okay." Lu Feng said with some envy: "It's good to be young! As long as there is appropriate external stimulation, you can often make rapid progress."

"Really, this talent is pretty good." Hong Shisan held the cigarette in his mouth, stopped puffing, and his eyes gradually lit up:

"Elaborate on where the evil forces are?"

"The leader called himself Kuisan. He had many younger brothers with him at the time, which put a lot of pressure on me." Because it was inconvenient to disclose the relationship between the corpses, Su Chen could only let Kuisan take the blame.

"Oh, it turns out it's this kid." Hong Shisan nodded lightly in relief:
"This guy's backstage is Tieding. I'll say hello to him when he comes back and help you resolve the situation."

"I'm afraid it won't be easy." Su Chen had no hope because he had offended someone so harshly.

"Don't worry." Lu Feng agreed and said:

"Things like the Iron Tripod are like a piece of shit to Master. Just make a phone call and everything will be settled."

Xu Yucheng also snorted with disdain at this moment, as if he didn't take Kuisan and Tieding seriously.

……

The pickup truck bumped along the gravel road in the countryside, crossed a cement bridge with boundary markers, and suddenly broke into a sea of ​​emerald green.

Looking from afar, the farmland is connected with each other, as if it can stretch to the end of the horizon. The breeze blows, and the fields are surging with waves.The accumulated water in the rice fields reflects the setting sun, like golden scales rippling on the lush leaves, creating an exceptionally harmonious blend of light and shadow.

In the trailer behind, a group of people were chatting without saying a word, and the sky gradually turned gloomy in the process.

The sound of frogs gradually became louder.

When the waning moon swallowed up the last ray of sunshine, the pickup truck finally drove into Orange Country.

Since the two parties had different destinations and the truck driver had to rush to collect the oranges, Hong Shisan took everyone out of the car and walked towards the location of the ancient tomb.

Under the dense darkness, the group walked for half an hour and found that the journey was farther than they thought, so they planned to find a place to have dinner first.

However, the villagers rested early, there were few people on the road, and they didn’t know where to eat in restaurants.

While hesitating, Hong Shisan suddenly shook his nose and smelled the strong aroma of vegetables at the corner at the end of the road.

I quickly listened carefully and heard the sound of cooking, but the sound of cooking was mixed with the melody of sorrow and music.

It seemed like someone was having a funeral.

He immediately had an idea and said to the disciples:
"There's a funeral in front of us. Let's pretend to be guests and go to the banquet together. We'll pretend to be more realistic later so we don't reveal our secrets."

"Isn't this a bit inappropriate?" Lu Feng couldn't hold himself tight.

"..."

Su Chen was speechless and had a new understanding of how stingy this martial artist was.

"Don't talk nonsense. Why don't you eat for free? Besides, they don't want us. Remember! You are only allowed to eat but not talk for a while, except for Xiaochen!"

Hong Shisan waved his hand, ignored his apprentice's protest, and took the lead to walk towards the place where the mournful music was.

Everyone had no choice but to follow him forward.

Walking to the end of the country road, turning right, a small brick courtyard suddenly appeared in view.

The courtyard wall is made of regular bluestone pieces, and a pair of white lanterns hang on the courtyard door, which is now open to the outside.

A tungsten filament lamp connected by a wire was hung in front of the main room. The light was bright enough to illuminate the entire courtyard.

There are seven round tables on the left and right sides of the yard, and on each table there are eight large blue and white bowls. Each of the large bowls is filled with chicken, duck, and fish meat, which is fragrant and full of portions.

A small stage was set up in the middle, and two actors in old costumes were singing a big opera on it.

The stage is facing a black coffin surrounded by wreaths, with a black-and-white photo of the deceased standing on it. She is an old woman with a stooped body and wrinkles on her face.

Because the deceased was an old woman, and because the host's mourning body could not be seen, Hong Shisan concluded that it was a happy funeral.

Without saying a word, he walked into the courtyard with a normal expression.

As expected, no one stopped me, and no one came forward to ask.

Hong Shisan was overjoyed, found a table with few people and sat down, and then invited his disciples to sit down and eat together.

Su Chen was still a little guilty at first, but soon found that the other guests were talking quietly, and no one cared about them at all.

(End of this chapter)