The place where Nine was found was in a wooden hut in the forest, and Nine could no longer maintain his human form, but a gray fog that seemed to dissipate at any moment.

The soil in the forest is soaked, as if it is easy to step on it after heavy rain, and I am afraid that it will stick to the mud.

Many trees have fallen, some of them uprooted.

It was still raining, not too much.

It's like a ruined tomb.

Youye opened a black umbrella to shield Luo Qiu from the rain.

He and she then walked into the cabin, and he looked at the fog in front of him, as if trying to gather it with great effort, but it was like mud and sand that had dispersed in the water, and had lost its stickiness.

"His strength, even his physical strength, was almost exhausted. What's he doing. ”

She knew that the state of the Black Soul Emissary was like a lamp that had run out of oil - of course, even if the Black Soul Emissary died, he could return through the Life Lamp.

Luo Qiu built a map from the ground. It's just below the mist. The map opens, and there is a red marker.

This mark is moving, and every time it moves, it is Luo Qiu's instructions.

In a moment's time, the fog that is difficult to gather condenses little by little...... The boss's mind inadvertently gave the black soul messenger who should have dispersed, leaving only the life lamp and sealed in the chest of the covenant, a chance to reunite.

The rain was falling from the broken roof, and the chill was so strong that just one glance made one yearn for a stove, or a pile of firewood.

In fact, it didn't take much time to use up, and the ninth had already returned to its original state.

Gradually, he opened his eyes...... Not much different from Luo Qiu's memory, Nine seemed quite calm. Each Dark Soul Emissary has a different personality.

Taiyinzi is good at flattery, while the eighteenth is the type of observant and observant. Dazhe is the type who can be reckless to the end but has a rough and fine one, and Nero is actually a bit of a demon king of the world, but he cares more about his survival than anyone else.

Nine was one of the first black souls Luo Qiu came into contact with, and in total, he, like Yuye, could be counted as the legacy left by the previous one.

It's a bit wooden, but it's also obviously a pragmatic type...... Luo Qiu hadn't been in contact with Nine for long, and at first he just thought he would do his job in silence.

Through the details of the past ledgers, it will be found that the time that Nine has been an emissary is not long, and compared with the existing black souls who have been moving for hundreds of years, or even more than a thousand years, but are still on vacation or sleeping, or on long-term missions, they are obviously too 'young'.

But his track record is not small...... But as a black soul emissary, not only does he not appear strong, but he can also be described as weak, because since he became a black soul emissary, every time he has achieved achievements, he has been used elsewhere - according to a certain will before he became a black soul emissary.

......

"Let's make a fire. ”

Inside the dilapidated wooden house, after waking up from the reunion, Nine maintained a silent posture...... Luo Qiu could barely see anything like fear and panic in his eyes.

It was still raining outside, and the rain was like a curtain of water falling on the roof above the center of the house. The place where the fire was lit was in a corner of the house, and it was a complete place.

By the light of the fire, Luo Qiu looked at the red cursor on the map—obviously, if you proofread the location of the red cursor, you will find that the place where you are at this time is still some distance away.

Obviously, he just stopped here, and didn't do a good job of completing the 'mission' that Luo Qiu had ordered him to follow the red cursor past these places on the map.

In fact, it looks younger, about 30 years old...... It seems like that's what he was like before he became a Dark Soul Emissary.

Dressed in an old black tunic suit, it is the type that looks like washed white hair.

"Nine, why did you expend so much power. "Miss Maid, as the head of the position of the Black Soul Emissary, finally asked.

No. 9 looked at the firewood, raised his head at this time, and said quietly: "The river in front has risen, and the rainstorm has not stopped these days, and the embankment on top has jumped. I held back the flood. ”

The maid lady said indifferently: "But I have not received any reports of similar transactions...... Is this your private behavior?"

"Yes. Nine nodded calmly.

The maid lady subconsciously looked at her master, and then frowned slightly: "Nine, you should know that although the master will not ask the messenger about his actions, he also gives you a lot of freedom...... But you also have an obligation to keep yourself safe. Your strength is almost exhausted, and if you can't say it, you will return to the ark of the covenant and reshape your body, which will consume the power of your master...... As a black soul messenger, he didn't create value for his master, and even affected his master, do you know what you're doing? ”

The tone was a little heavy, this was the first time Luo Qiu had seen Youye a little angry...... Thinking about Nine's behavior, it has really touched the bottom line of her management - on the premise that it is not the purpose of the transaction, she almost exhausts her strength for private purposes, and then needs to consume the master's power to replenish.

Luo Qiu waved her hand and asked the maid to stop her next conversation...... He knew very well that most of the time, Yuya valued the consumption and increase of his own life span more than he did.

"The host ......"

Luo Qiu shook his head slightly, then broke a wooden branch and threw it into the firewood. The branches were wet, but the firewood was in full swing, and soon the water vapor was baked, and at the place of the cut, there was a squeaking sound.

"Actually, I haven't had a good chat with you all this time. Luo Qiu smiled and said, "If you want to be a boss like me, you probably won't pass." ”

Nine was stunned, a little surprised...... He shook his head, "No, in my opinion, you're better than your predecessor...... But I don't know how long you'll be able to hold it out. ”

"Nine, watch your tone. The maid's eyes were slightly cold, but Luo Qiu cast a slightly calm gaze.

Boss Luo said: "No matter how long it can last, I will try to maintain it...... Can you tell me why you should stop the flood at all costs? ”

No. 9 said indifferently: "If you don't block the flood, the fields downstream will be flooded, and there are more than a dozen villages nearby, and their livelihoods are here." ”

Luo Qiu nodded, and then asked, "If that's the case, I think it's a large number of transaction orders...... Based on your track record, you should be able to make a move, right? ”

"I... I do not know. "Nine was silent for a moment... His gaze looked somewhat dazed.

Luo Qiu saw a few old stainless steel cups in the wooden house, and saw some pine trees outside the house, so he took some pine leaves, put them in stainless steel cups, and took water to boil.

Boiling and boiling, Nine suddenly said, "I used to boil pine leaf tea like this. ”

Luo Qiu smiled slightly and said softly: "What did I see and hear during this journey. ”

Nine pondered, he had just started anew, his mind was still in chaos, and now he was starting to regain it little by little...... Thinking about the journey.

He said slowly: "I have been walking, passing through a lot of places. They are familiar to me...... I gradually realized that this journey may be related to my past memories. I know exactly what this route you gave me, boss...... Yes, I know. ”

Nine used a tone, as if freedom was not his own, "He should know, but he hasn't felt much about all this, or even at all, he doesn't feel anything." It was only this time, at the behest of his master, that he came to the beginning of the path, and he seemed to begin to feel something different. ”

"Did he remember something? Luo Qiu peeled some pine leaves with his own hands and threw them into the cup.

Nine shook his head: "He remembered everything, but he felt uneasy that he hadn't before. He kept walking, and then he came to a museum. He stayed in this museum for three days at a time. ”

Luo Qiu asked, "What did he see?" ”

No. 9 said: "Strong and unyielding, full of enthusiasm...... Inside, whether it's a painting, a kettle, or even just a cracked belt, he can stare at it for a long time, but at the same time, he sees loneliness. ”

"Lonely?"

"Yes, lonely. Nine slowly closed his eyes, as if it were all right in front of him, "He didn't know what kind of emotion it was, there were so many things recorded there, but he could hardly see anyone but himself." He went to the director's office, but saw that the director was a young man in his thirties, and he saw that the young curator was writing a plan to renovate the museum, perhaps to attract more visitors...... He suddenly felt angry. ”

"Why anger. ”

No. 9 said: "At that time, the bank outside was selling commemorative coins, and he saw that the bank was full of people...... He saw the enthusiasm of these people, but he couldn't hear them discuss the stories behind the commemorative coins. ”

"What kind of story. ”

Nine said: "The story of the war. ”

"A commemorative coin that might increase in value attracts people to queue up to buy it, and a museum that carries this history is not cared for...... So you're angry, right. ”

Nine didn't answer, he looked out the window stupidly, and his memory was clearer again, "He left that place, and he still walked the established route, and he saw a lot of things like this...... Such a place that no one cares about. Then he ran into another person. ”

"Who. ”

"An old man. Nine whispered: "A retired veteran, many people go to find this old man." ”

"Isn't it nice to finally have someone paying attention to him. ”

Nine shook his head: "He can't tell...... He saw the old man sitting in front of his house, at a loss for what to do with the reporters who came to his door, the government people, and the people who came to him for no reason. The old man's daughter-in-law helped him, put on a dress with many medals and took pictures with those who came, one by one, he saw the old man's smile, but he didn't see the old man's happy smile. He just looked at the old man, and under the request again and again, he told the old days again and again. ”

"You don't think it's good?"

At first the old man was happy to tell these stories, but gradually he felt bored, because the old man found that after a few days, others forgot about it. They started talking about something else. ”

"What kind of thing?"

"Scandals, especially celebrity scandals, are a lot of fun. ”

"You don't think they're paying attention to this veteran anymore, do you? ”

He saw the veteran's house and quickly snubbed. After that, someone else became popular on the Internet, it was a girl who looked good, so she said a word, and then it became popular all over the north and south. But she soon disappeared again, and people's enthusiasm began to turn to others again. ”

"And then?"

"He's going to leave this place again, because there's still a long way to go." Before leaving, he quietly went to the veteran's house. The old man's daughter-in-law and son were gone, leaving the old man sitting in front of the house by himself, with an old dog with him. He smoked his cigarette stick silently, looked at the front of the house, and dozed off. ”

He thinks the old man has been forgotten, right? ”

"Perhaps. Nine shook his head again: "But he actually knows that there will soon be another similar old man who will enter the public eye...... It's like a reincarnation. Because people like to find out these things every now and then. ”

"Does he know why?"

"He knows why. Nine nodded: "But he didn't find it interesting, so he continued on his way." ”

"He's a Black Soul Emissary, and he's actually seen a lot of these things. "The tea is boiled, and Luo Qiu separates the tea.

Nine naturally took it, holding it, like a person who wanted to keep warm, "Yes, he's seen a lot of it, but he's always been a cold bystander." ”

Luo Qiu smiled and said, "Where did he go next?" ”

"I went to a forest and met a mountain keeper. Nine looked at the floating pine leaves in the stainless steel cup, "He suddenly wanted to make contact with this mountain guard. So he turned into a fellow traveler and went into the mountain keeper's house. This mountain keeper is called Zhang Jinquan. ”

"He must have been very hospitable, and the barren mountains and mountains have come to have guests. Luo Qiu thought of that picture.

No. 9 had a smile, and the people of Mu Ne could also look so good when they laughed, "Zhang Jinquan raised chickens outside the forest ranger station, and Zhang Jinquan killed a chicken that night to greet him, which was very hospitable." ”

"I want to eat too. Luo Qiu said with some yearning.

"I don't think you like that environment too much, it's too shabby." There is not even enough electricity there, there is no signal at all. The only way to understand the outside world is to watch TV and listen to the radio. And it's only available for a few periods...... When watching the news broadcast, Zhang Jinquan was reluctant to use electricity at other times. ”

Luo Qiu smiled and did not speak.

No. 9 took a sip of the pine leaf tea, which was already at the right temperature, "The taste is still a little worse, if you boil it in snow water, it will taste better." ”

After Luo Qiu tasted it, he turned over and took a few pieces of snow from the snow peak thousands of miles away, stuffed them back into the cup, and put some pine leaves, which looked very ugly and not very clean.

"How long he was at the ranger station. Luo Qiu asked.

Number Nine said: "There are ten days. During those ten days, he and Zhang Jinquan patrolled the mountain once, which took four or five days. ”

"He seems to enjoy this time. Luo Qiu smiled.

Nine nodded: "Very quiet place, in those ten days, the unhappiness in front of him seems to have disappeared." Think of it as a vacation, he thought...... He still had to go, because his master's orders must be carried out. ”

Luo Qiu thought for a while and said, "His master, sometimes he doesn't do well enough. ”

No. 9 shook his head, but said quietly: "When he left, Zhang Jinquan slaughtered another chicken, which can be regarded as a practice for him." That night, when he saw the old man guarding the mountain drunk, he shed two handfuls of tears. Only then did he feel the reluctance of this old man guarding the mountain...... This old man has been in the mountains for forty years. ”

"What will happen to this ranger station in the future. Luo Qiu asked.

No. 9 thought for a while, "He doesn't know, Zhang Jinquan said that no one is willing to take his post, so he has already retired, and he can only stay temporarily...... The old man who guarded the mountain still hoped that someone would be able to replace him, and he had a strong desire. So before he left, he made a blank card of Zhang Jinquan's information, and planned to hand it over to his master after this journey was over. ”

Luo Qiu nodded, "I'll take a look when I have a chance." ”

"Thank you. ”

"You're welcome. ”

......

The rain outside the house gradually stopped, and it was night when Luo Qiu went out, and when he arrived here, after staying in the house for a while, it was almost dawn.

After finishing Zhang Jinquan's story, No. 9 suddenly sang a song, saying that Zhang Jinquan taught him the tone of Huayin's old tone.

- The bell of battle rang high on the mountain.

——The bell rings, the people rejoice, and the mountains and rivers listen to the mobilization

——Opened a happiness canal, diverted water to the mountains, and showed a bright future.

——Thousands of purples and thousands of reds......

He really enjoyed those 10 days at the ranger station.

......

"Remembered?"

After listening to the old words of the nineth, Luo Qiu suddenly asked.

Nine shook his head, "I don't have any impression at all, but I can vaguely guess it...... Originally, I was probably from that era. ”

"You don't seem to have the same urgency as the last time you looked for me, hoping to regain your memory. ”

Nine thought for a moment and said faintly, "Maybe it's because I'm afraid." ”

"What are you afraid of. ”

No. 9 looked at Luo Qiu and said, "Can I know what my performance has been spent on?" ”

Luo Qiu shook his head: "According to the agreement you signed at the beginning, you can't own the direction of your performance after each transaction is completed. ”

Nine nodded, the boss can't violate the agreement...... It doesn't matter if it's the previous or the current one: unless the boss is willing to tear it up at his own expense.

Nine sighed, "I don't know what I'm afraid of, I just feel bad...... Sometimes, I even suddenly regret asking for something like you...... Maybe if you don't mention it, you won't be afraid. On this journey, I don't look like me, I look more like him. ”

"Then why are you stopping this flash flood. ”

Nine was silent for a while, "You haven't seen the time of disaster fighting. ”

Luo Qiu shook his head: "I haven't seen it with my own eyes." ”

Number Nine said, "He saw it...... I saw the blushing faces that gritted their teeth, and saw that they had built a human wall to block the place where the embankment had burst. A lot of people couldn't hold on, and they fainted, and then someone immediately came to make up for it. Some jumped into the water to save people, and some were soaked and carried sandbags in relay succession, from day to night. When you're really tired, you'll see them one after another, falling asleep directly on the street. He looked at them like corpses lying on the battlefield, covered in mud, and couldn't even see anyone's face, but he knew that when the whistle blew, they would all stand up...... Suddenly, he realized that nothing seemed to matter. ”

Nine said in a deep voice, "He suddenly had an extremely strong feeling of heartache...... When this pain came, instead of feeling afraid, he felt that something was calling him. His actions had already preceded his thoughts, so he did not think. He knew that the flood was going to fail, and he knew that these young soldiers would be drowned in an endless flood...... But he didn't want to, he didn't want these young soldiers to sink silently under the water like this...... Along the way, he saw too many 'forgot' people, and he felt that he was not qualified to blame these people, because they had never experienced that era, they had not experienced it, and naturally they had no feelings. All feelings that are detached from the experience will not last long. So even if he sees something he disdains, some who feel that the times have changed and are no longer needed, and even those that young people ridicule without a lower limit in order to become famous, he just looks on coldly...... But at least, but at least, the lives of these young soldiers, he wanted to stay. They are like this pile of firewood. ”

He suddenly became less afraid...... Although he hasn't remembered it yet, he knows that some things have always been passed down from one person to another, just like a torch, there will always be someone to pick it up, someone to pass it on, and then someone to pick it up...... He can't let it be cut off. So he forgot who he was and stood in the way of the great power of nature. He thought that even if it was broken bones, it would be good...... Suddenly, he was happier than every day for decades. ”

"So, it doesn't matter if you want to get up or not. ”

......

......

It was a little brighter, but it was still overcast, and it was still going to rain the next day.

It had been a long time since the fire had added new branches, leaving only layers of white ash, but there was still temperature, and the sparks under the ashes had not been completely extinguished.

Luo Qiu stood up, and it didn't hurt him to stay awake all night.

He looked at Nine and held up the map in his hand, "Are you still going to continue this journey? ”

No. 9 shook his head, also stood up, looked at Luo Qiu and said, "No...... I've been out of the job for a long time, and it's time to go back to work. ”

Luo Qiu nodded, "The cost of reshaping for you this time will be deducted in your future performance...... Yes?"

Nine was silent for a while, and finally suddenly bowed and whispered, "I hope you...... Be kind to this country, master. ”

With that, Nine left, turning into a cloud of mist, merging into the forest that had not yet fully lit up, and vanished.

"How much, I still remember some ......"

......

When she returned to the club, the maid lady hurriedly went to prepare breakfast.

When she brought breakfast to the study, Luo Qiu was looking at the ledger and looking contemplative.

"The master is looking at Nine's record book?" the maid lady walked to Luo Qiu's side and began to lay out the breakfast.

"I wonder if he can increase his commission a little bit. Luo Qiu said casually: "Otherwise, with the performance he can keep according to the agreement, no matter how much he has ideas, he may not be able to stop the flash flood next time...... The Black Soul Emissary is too weak, and he has to be half-dead to even block a torrent, and the store is not good-looking. But I really can't find anything to adjust...... This agreement has been too good to be in office...... Well, I seem to be a loser again. ”

The maid didn't speak, and after carefully setting the breakfast, she took the performance book in Luo Qiu's hand and said softly, "Master, I'll adjust it." ”

Luo Qiu laughed at himself: "Then I'll continue to be my waste." ”

Just kidding, of course.

The maid smiled sweetly, picked up the hair from her ear, and opened the performance book, looking for a feasible adjustment plan.

——In 2015, 10,000 achievements were consumed to improve the energy of ten academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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——In 2008, 200,000 yuan was consumed, and the earthquake survival rate increased by 1.5 percent.

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——In 1969, he consumed 3,000 achievements and extended the life of the scientist surnamed Qian for 40 years.

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-- In 1962, all the remaining achievements were consumed, and rainfall was restored on a large scale in the new country.

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Many, many years ago, a man named Zhang Ziru walked into the club and made such a wish.

The mountains and rivers are still the same, and the country and the people are safe.