Qinhuai and I left Tianjin the next day, and when we found Brother Chengqing, it was in the afternoon, and Brother Chengqing came directly to pick me up and Qinhuai in a set of pajamas.

He no longer lives on the small second floor of the building where Uncle Li lived, because with Brother Chengqing's qualifications and skills, he is not qualified to receive that kind of treatment, although he inherited part of Uncle Li's work according to Uncle Li's wishes, but after all, he is only a young offspring in that special department.

He didn't like to live in part of the house assigned to him, so he simply took the money and bought a small courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing to live in, although it was a suburb, but there were a lot of people, so he came out in pajamas, Qin Huai and I were still quite surprised.

Brother Chengqing ignored our expressions, yawned and said, "Wearing it like this can help me sleep, don't make a fuss." ”

Brother Chengqing said that, I don't know what Qin Huai thinks, but I am a little sad, which can be regarded as a price.

A pot of tea, full of sunshine.

The three of us sat on the sofa and talked, Brother Chengqing didn't dare to drink tea, took a glass of boiled water, took a sip and said to us: "It's a circle, but it's actually divided into many parts, this is what I vaguely heard in the department, and the actual situation still needs you to contact." But no matter what, Chengyi, we can only be us, and we can only be people in the vein of Old Master Li. ”

I know what Brother Chengqing is worried about, or as Master Liu told me, there are quite a few people in the circle who are desperate for the means, and Brother Chengqing has heard some of them, and he is reminding me not to be affected.

I nodded and said, "Brother Chengqing, we all grew up with the master since we were children, and our hearts and natures are very difficult to change, so don't worry." ”

"I'm not at ease, I always feel like you've become a lot more indifferent." Brother Chengqing said lightly.

"Heh, I'm not indifferent, I'm a person who can't even save myself." I'm serious.

"Don't blame Uncle Jiang too much, even if you blame him, you can't match your love for him. Instead of this, why torture yourself? "Brother Chengqing obviously knows me very well, or only those of our vein can experience certain feelings.

My heart ached, but I didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, I just said: "Brother Chengqing, you can talk about the circle well." ”

Brother Chengqing sighed, put down the water glass, and then said: "This circle is roughly composed of some people who are different from ordinary people, well, to put it simply, it is composed of Taoist priests with real skills, monks, and even some people from the West, and some rich people. ”

"Rich?" I frowned, I didn't understand, why are there rich people in this kind of metaphysical circle? Just like Westerners come over, I can understand, after all, the West also has its own metaphysics, well, or theology or something.

"Yes, plutocracy! You can think of them as a group of people in need, who find someone who really has the ability by mistake, and then they enter the circle, and then the rich also have their own connections, and they will also inform some friends. That's it, there are some rich people in the circle. But they can't reach the core of the circle, and their existence is more like customers. Brother Chengqing patiently explained to me.

I understood this statement at once, and then asked, "Is the circle that simple?" ”

"Obviously not, in fact, this is just a whole big circle, there are many small circles in this big circle, simply put, people who belong to the state department are considered a small circle, this circle is on the edge of the whole circle, because there is a country behind it, so in general, it will not have too much intersection with other small circles. In other circles, there are high-level people in the orthodox big vein, people with scattered small veins, and some people who have inexplicably obtained some inheritances and have some abilities. But in any case, the threshold of this circle is very high, and people who can carve insects in general are absolutely untouchable, and those who come into contact with them have at least one or two unique skills. In addition" Speaking of this, Brother Chengqing was silent and paused.

"What else?" I asked curiously.

"There has always been a claim that I can't verify, which is the real core of this circle. I've heard that there are some real masters who are maintaining a certain order, just like you once heard my master say that the real people in the circle can't touch each other's families, that's one of the rules. It's like, people or forces that really have some ability have a certain record, just like Heiyan Miao Village is so arrogant, they don't dare to touch your family. I don't dare to move ordinary people with great fanfare, I can only use some means to get some ordinary people into the livestock village, if there is no such constraint, do you think that with the existence of Heiyan Miao Village, will it not be presumptuous? Or maybe they know that the country will deal with them after all, so the people in the inner circle should turn a blind eye. Brother Chengqing said this.

This shocked me incomparably, as if I had always thought I was free, but suddenly I learned that there was a pair of eyes behind you that had been watching you, making many rules that you didn't know, silently restraining you, as long as you were beyond the scope of the rules, maybe you wouldn't exist.

"What kind of people are they? What are the rules? I mean specific. I asked, frowning.

"I don't know what kind of group of people, Chengyi, you also understand, our vein is not mixed with the so-called circle at all, I have been in contact with some because I have been in the department, but the department itself is a marginal circle, and I am a marginal person in the marginal circle, how much do you think I can know? It's just a vague way to say that those people are a bunch of old monsters. As for the rules, I don't know, maybe no one in the inner circle knows, I only know that maybe there can be intersections and entanglements with ordinary people, but if it really makes something angry, it's hard to say. If not, do you think it can be so peaceful? Not every cultivator has a right heart, you think that you have to do something with the skills of insiders, it is not an exaggeration to say that killing dozens of people can definitely be done silently. Brother Chengqing said slowly.

I nodded, my mood was a little complicated, I always felt that what Brother Chengqing said, as he judged himself, he only knew some superficial things, too specific, he really didn't know much.

Perhaps, he doesn't know as much as Xiao Chengqian!

But I didn't plan to ask Xiao Chengqian, in my opinion, I was just going to a real ghost market, and it was inevitable that I would come into contact with some people in the circle, but I didn't want to go deep into the circle, and it was useless to know too much.

And with the education that the masters have taught us since childhood, even if there are no so-called rules, we probably won't do anything.

Isn't the fate of our vein only two words all along? - Kunlun!

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In Beijing and Qinhuai, Brother Chengqing got together for a few days, and by the way, I also went to see Jingyi's sister-in-law, her and Brother Sheng's children have grown up very big in a blink of an eye, and they are in the third grade of primary school.

When Jingyi's sister-in-law sent me to the airport, she said with emotion: "Sometimes when I think about it, it's like we were still in a deserted village last night, you talked to him, and I listened with a smile next to me." But last night was a real long way off. ”

After returning to my place, I immediately contacted Brother Chengxin, and we agreed to meet in Tianjin on the 5th of next month.

I don't know what the ghost market looks like, but since it's called the market, it's always inevitably linked to trading, and I have a strong urge to trade, and I hope to get some clues in the ghost market, although Master Liu told me that it's impossible, and I can't afford that price, but I just want to try.

The first time, I thought about using the things that Master left me, and I thought that I went back home, because the things that Master left me were basically stored in my hometown, and I didn't take much with me except for a few things.

When I go home, I will inevitably be read by my parents about getting married and having children, and now they can see me for a few days every month or two, and they don't miss me so much, so naturally they have more time to scold me.

I didn't dare to talk back, so I coped perfunctorily and rummaged through a few things that I thought were suitable to bring with me.

When I went back, my mother said to me: "Ruxue, this girl is good, but your result is like that, can't you live a good life?" ”

That makes my heart ache violently! Live well on your own? But in my heart, I never let go of Ruxue.