Xu Heng shouted out, and Yu Qisi immediately changed his words: "No, Chai Xing is not dead!"

"Chai Xing is dead, the soil ...... entered late last month" Xu Heng sighed, "Qisi, do you want to hide it from me now?"

"No, Chai Xing is dead, but he is alive again!" Yu Qisi jumped out of bed, put on his boots, sat down on the edge of the bed, and said to Xu Heng seriously, "Really, Chai Xing is alive again." ”

Xu Heng's face became gloomy: "Yu Qisi, I just met Uncle Chai in the imperial city. ”

After the words were spoken, Yu Qisi's face still had that determined look, which made Xu Heng's sinking face turn into surprise: "Do you believe what Uncle Chai said?"

"Yes, I believe, Chai Xing is dead, but alive again. Yu Qisi said.

"But Master Gong clearly said that he saw Chai Xing into the ground with his own eyes, how could a person die and be resurrected?" Xu Heng was speechless, and suddenly thought of a possibility of death and resurrection, he looked at the man in front of him, and exclaimed, "Yudu Ghost City?!"

Yu Qisi was even more surprised than Xu Heng: "Well, you also know the ghost city of Xudu?!"

"I know, and I'm very familiar," Xu Heng said with murderous intent in his tone, "I've dealt with them a few times in the rivers and lakes, but I didn't expect them to reach out to the imperial capital......"

"No, Chai Xing's violent illness and death, I don't know if it was the hands and feet of the ghost city of Xudu, I just know that Chai Xing is now in the ghost city of Xudu. ”

Yu Qisi's words made Xu Heng a little surprised, after experiencing so many things on the rivers and lakes, in his opinion, nothing happened for no reason, Chai Xing suddenly died and then appeared in the ghost city of Xudu, and then it must be the hands and feet of the ghost city of Xudu.

But he didn't know about this matter after all, so he wanted to hear Yu Qisi say again: "Qisi, tell me everything you know about Chai Xing's violent death and resurrection." ”

"Good. Yu Qisi looked at his serious friend and recounted what he knew.

The previous things are much the same:

Chai Xing did not go to the Hanlin Academy on November 19 to make a visit, and after noon, the Chai family asked Chai Xing for leave from the Hanlin Academy, saying that Chai Xing had suddenly contracted a sudden illness and that it was difficult for him to take up his post in the court; Yu Qisi heard about this incident in the afternoon, and at that time he still wanted to go to see him in the evening, but before it was dark that day, the news of Chai Xing's violent death came out.

Wang Fengzhi took three imperial doctors to treat Chai Xing, but he returned in vain, verifying the fact that Chai Xing died of a sudden illness. In the next seven days, Chai's father called for famous doctors, but it had no effect, and he was buried at the end of last month.

This is something that Xu Heng already knew.

What I don't know is that Yu Qisi said that Chai Xing is not dead, and he is extremely convinced of this, but he can't give clear evidence as to why he believes it. Or what makes it difficult for him to speak, even when it's just the two of them.

But what could be the reason why friends who have always been like idle clouds and wild cranes are very scheming? Xu Heng buried a question deep in his heart.

Although he knew that his friend would not say it again, Xu Heng decided to ask again in another way, so that his friend could tell her some information without violating his principles: "Why do you believe that Chai Xing is not dead? Do you really believe what Uncle Chai said?" Xu Heng was puzzled by Yu Qisi's stubbornness, "Uncle Chai's appearance is obviously ......"

"I'm not crazy, Uncle Chai is not crazy," Yu Qisi looked at Xu Heng's eyes and repeated seriously, "Wang Fengzhi Gong, what they said is right, Chai Xing has died in Shen'an City, but he has come back to life in another place, do you believe that a place can bring people back to life?"

Xu Heng frowned and asked, "Xudu Ghost Town?"

Yu Qisi nodded.

"Chai Xing is not dead!" Xu Heng put down a big stone in his heart.

"Well, I trust you in this matter. The friend on the other side was obviously relieved, and Xu Heng said again: "But there are some other things that you have to give me an explanation." ”

"Well, there is no end to knowing everything. Yu Qisi had a hearty smile on his face, patted his chest and said, "Just like we used to." ”

"What do you know about the ghost town of Xudu?" When Xu Heng guessed the ghost town of Xudu before, his friend once showed obvious surprise, he must know something, he wanted to find out this.

Yu Qisi was pleased with his friend's acuity: "I have lived in the imperial capital for a long time, and I don't know much about the ghost city of Xudu, but there is a rumor that is widely spread in Shen'an City, so I will connect Chai Xing's death with that mysterious city." ”

Xu Heng's face remained unchanged, waiting for Yu Qisi to continue.

"Rumors say it," Yu Qisi looked at the empty room, leaned forward, showed an alert look, and said in a low voice, "The ghost city of Xudu is a place where souls gather after death, and everyone will reunite their souls there after death and open the world after death!"

Xu Heng frowned: "This kind of rumor...... Does anyone believe it?"

"Yes, there are still a lot of people, many people secretly go to the ghost city of Xudu to worship their ancestors, and some people take money to the ghost city of Xudu to bribe the spirit officials of the afterlife world to prolong their lives," Yu Qisi said noncommittally, "The most outrageous thing is that everyone who came back from where they said that they saw the soul of their ancestors!

"Nonsense. Xu Heng spit out two words, and then asked, "Do you believe it?"

"If you believe, you will have, but if you don't believe, you will not, and seeing is believing, and seeing may not be believing. Especially when the other person knows what you want to see. Yu Qisi's answer was as full of his style as ever, "And I, who am alone, have no one in the whole family who can breathe except me, and I can't even manage my own wine, so I can't visit the old men of my house for the time being." Isn't it too unfilial for me to disturb their peace again?"

Yu Qisi winked at Xu Heng after speaking, and the latter couldn't cry or laugh, not knowing what expression to use to deal with. This answer is a bit contrary to filial piety, and even rebellious, but it is this kind of Yu Qisi that makes Xu Heng feel familiar. But this remark gave him new inspiration.

"I'm going to take a look at the ghost city of Xudu to determine if Chai Xing is really resurrected in the ghost city of Xudu, and after the resurrection, whether it is him or not. ”

"Do you know the way?" asked Yu Qisi, a little strangely.

"Road?" Is the way to the ghost city of Xudu? Of course Xu Heng knows, how could he ask this? Xu Heng was stunned for a moment, and thought of another way, "I don't know, if you know, you might as well

"I know a little bit, but I have to ask for the specific route," Yu Qisi looked up at the dark roof and thought about it, and after a moment made a decision, "Well, after New Year's Day, on the night of the seventeenth, someone will come to ask for words, you can also come over, and I will tell you the way to the ghost town of Xudu." ”

Xu Heng's heart moved, and he understood his friend's hint, and while laughing in his heart, he couldn't help but start making fun of his friend: "Didn't you say that I never wrote again after I left?

Yu Qisi is young, but he is the number one calligrapher in Shen'an City, the family legend "Yu Ti" has been famous in Dayang for a long time, his ancestors and his father are Jinshi and first, and he has been rewarded by the contemporary emperor for Yu Qisi's generation, but he does not seek to be motivated, and he is at the end of the imperial examination list, relying on Zu Yin to get a doctor of calligraphy in Guozijian, barely surviving.

Although he is not motivated, his calligraphy is indeed unique, and he has won the essence of metaphorical characters.

People often come to ask for words.

"Yes, I really didn't write," Yu Qisi also smiled at the corner of his mouth, pointing to the countless papers on the ground on the table, "I always ask them to put down the wine and pick it from the inside, a pot of wine is three words, it's affordable enough!"

"No wonder there are so many wine bottles in the yard!" Xu Heng was stunned, and then thought of how lazy he was after writing thousands of fonts at a time, and scolded with a smile, "You really have to be lazy to death!"

"As soon as I thought of you leaving the imperial city, it would be difficult for our three brothers to reunite, and my heart was sad and unstoppable, and before I knew it, I wrote too much, and after writing too much, I was still sad in my heart, and I couldn't help it, so I started drinking and ......"

Yu Qisi's pretended explanation made Xu Heng laugh, he stood up and touched his stomach: "Are you hungry?"

"I'm not hungry, I want to drink!" Yu Qisi stood up and licked his lips, "You haven't picked up the wind and washed the dust since you came back!

"Okay!" Xu Heng happily agreed, then turned around and picked up a few words from the table.

Yu Qisi was surprised and asked, "What are you doing here?"

"Oh, I didn't bring any money, I'll pay for it with a few words!" Xu Heng's face remained unchanged.

"Don't! If you use my words for money, sooner or later they will become worthless!"

"At this point, you're starting to worry about the worthlessness of your words, and the people who come to them with wine to ask for words, do you care about what they do with your money?!"

"Forehead ......"

"Stop talking nonsense, let's go,"

Xu Heng walked over and pulled Yu Qisi's arm and dragged him out of the room.

Out of Yu Qisi's courtyard, it is in the Guozijian, and both of them have been in the Guozijian for a period of time and know the rules here. Xu Heng put down his arm, no longer pulling and pulling with Yu Qisi, and the two walked out of the book-filled Guozijian in an orderly manner, and turned into the Chunfeng Building on another street when they got out of the gate.

Just like back then, the two of them walked up to the private room on the third floor familiarly, and called Xiao Er to order the wine and dishes that they often eat, and the wine was served first, and the two of them made two pots of wine before the dishes came. The two of them were about the same level of madness at some point, especially when Chai Xing, the chronic son of the three, was absent.

Yu Qisi is a madman by nature, and he is very good at singing about wine and writing about drinking; Xu Heng doesn't like to drink when he is alone, but if his friends love to drink, he also has a lot of sacrifices to accompany the gentleman, and this is especially true for Yu Qisi.

In less than two hours, the two of them made three jars of wine, Yu Qisi could drink enough, but it was not as good as Xu Heng, who was now a little successful, and the rare first drunk fell on the table, and Xu Heng was almost drunk. After settling the wine money, he called Xiao Er to come and give him a small amount of money to send Yu Qisi back.

In the past five years, Xiao Er didn't know how many times he had encountered this kind of thing, and he had already mastered it, so he thanked Xu Heng for the errand fee, and ran to his residence after picking up the drunk Dr. Guozijian.

Xu Heng staggered towards the Qi Palace.

Although he drank a lot of wine, he could still think and his skills were still there. The internal function of the transport speed up the decanting, but Xu Heng did not do this. I went out for a trip to the rivers and lakes, and when I came back, it seemed that everything had changed.

The childhood sweethearts who grew up together since childhood fought openly and secretly around themselves, just to please themselves, the only two best friends didn't say a word, and they died violently, and they didn't even see the last face...... Xu Heng is deeply aware that the time of carefree has passed, and no matter what he does now, he must start thinking about the consequences and the situation.

It may be something I discovered from this trip to the rivers and lakes, or it may be something that I have known for a long time but have never wanted to know...... All kinds of things, after a trip to the rivers and lakes, were placed in front of him.

A trip in the rivers and lakes allowed him to really start to decide his own actions, and the consequences of his actions had to be borne by himself, which made him really grow up with another self in his heart, and unconsciously, he had learned to weigh the powerful, analyze the enemy and the enemy, and find the action to the extent that he could accept.

This made his vision of things change substantially, so after returning to Shen'an City, after experiencing so much, he was a little lost.

He remained drunk, as if he had sneaked to Chunfeng Tower with Chai Xing and Yu Qisi in the past to get drunk, and shuttled quickly through the streets and alleys of Shen'an City, walking the most unremarkable distance in the nearest and shortest time, and came to the back door of the Qi Palace.

This shuttle reminded Xu Heng of the sneaky time at the beginning, but the time was not there, he was no longer the young man who had no intention of studying in the Guozi Prison and just wanted to play around, and now he was only reprimanded by his father and brother, and he would no longer be punished for being drunk.

There's no going back. Xu Heng thought unconsciously.

Wine is not intoxicating, people are drunk.

When he arrived at the back door of the palace, he couldn't suppress his alcohol, and after opening the door, he fell drunk on the person who opened the door.

This wine was indeed a little too drunk, and when Xu Heng woke up, he found himself lying on the bed, naked, with a splitting headache.

The room was pitch black. It was clearly nightfall.

Xu Heng continued to lie on the bed for a while, while using his internal strength to drive away the strength of alcohol, while recalling what happened after knocking on the back door:

"I must have been discovered by someone in the house, and then I was sent back to my room and took off my clothes," Xu Heng raised his arm to his mouth and smelled his usual spices, "and then he was taken a bath and put on the bed to rest......

He looked out the window, "It's undoubtedly night, and I don't know how long I've been sleeping......"

"By the way, I don't know if my father has come back!"

Xu Heng suddenly sobered up when he thought of this, jumped up, picked up his clothes and quickly put them on.

At this time, footsteps and words came from outside the door: "I don't know if my brother is awake?"

(End of chapter)