The sturdy man really thought about the question that Lin Suqing had just asked from the bottom of his heart, but when he spoke, he suddenly realized that the example he gave was not good, and he suddenly felt a little weak, and hurriedly reminded everyone.

"This is only for a few of us brothers to gossip about, not to anyone else. In case I am made by someone with a heart and I am accused of criticizing the emperor, I will be headed.

Lin Suqing nodded and responded: "Don't worry, never mention it to anyone." ”

The example given by the sturdy man is indeed a contradictory contradiction. He couldn't help but start thinking about the words of the strong man.

Opportunity, the core of the problem is the opportunity to perform, and opportunity is the answer.

In the case of the strong man, whether it is the emperor or the common people, they can only be positively recognized when their talents are displayed.

Lin Suqing thought of himself, he once described himself as a crocodile waiting for his prey, and when the prey approached, he would bite it to death. So, what he needs is also an opportunity, a chance to show his ability.

But when will this opportunity come, he really doesn't want to be seen as weak like this anymore.

Before you know it, Sitian County has arrived.

Sitian County is not as lively and prosperous as the floating jade city, and even the place name does not have such a magnificent archway. It's just that a big stone tablet was erected at the intersection, and the three big characters of "Sitian County" were inscribed with black lacquer, and even the handwriting was very sloppy, and the paint color was mottled and peeled off.

At this time, the thin man asked Lin Suqing, "Little brother, do you know where the family you want to send the letter is?"

This stumped him, he only knew that the family's surname was Xu, and there was a daughter-in-law who was going to be married by the Ye family, and he didn't know where it was.

"I don't know the truth, I don't know, I have to wait until dawn to find out. ”

"Oh...... I see......" The thin man thought for a moment and proposed, "It's pitch black in the middle of the night, and you can't find the inn." Those of us who run the business have some acquaintances with people from all over the world, so that we can find a place to live when we walk at night. If you don't mind, why don't you go with us?"

"Big brother is righteous!" Lin Suqing hurriedly hugged his fists and thanked him, such a timely rain would not be polite to him.

Since the three of them have been all the way, they may have been popular, and they have never encountered any demons and ghosts along the road, and now that the night is thick, it must be the best to have them as companions.

"Then let's do it. When we come out of the stall at dawn, I will also help you ask by the way. Let's go, let's go. ”

Saying that, they led him to the most prominent house in Sitian County, and the family seemed to have known that they were coming, and in the dark night, the player's lights were turned off, but their house was still on.

......

The accommodation is a courtyard house that covers a fairly wide area, and the blue brick and gray walls are very ordinary buildings. In front of the door, a white lantern is hung with the word "Lay" written in black ink. It turned out that it was not intentionally waiting for the lamp, but there was a reason for it.

Lin Suqing roughly counted the number of people hanging in front of the door, and calculated that the person who died in this family should be only about twenty-two years old. It's a pity to go so young.

"Uncle Xu. They knocked on the door very well.

Lin Suqing was surprised, this family's surname is Xu, could it be the one he was looking for?

Soon the door opened, and it was greeted by an old man dressed in white linen, who held a candlestick in his hand and looked at them with his sleepy eyes.

"Hey, it's you. He suddenly saw Lin Suqing's unfamiliar face, and said suspiciously, "But this is ......."

Everyone stood on the side, let Lin Suqing come, and the thin man introduced: "The one picked up on the road is from Sitian County to deliver the letter." ”

"Oh...... However, I'm afraid I can't let you stay overnight tonight. Several empty rooms were occupied by people from their own families. Uncle Xu gestured to the paper money scattered all over the ground, and the white lanterns hanging in front of the door and the number before his death, and said as if it were homely: "Alas, you have all seen it." ”

The thin man sighed and said sadly, "Uncle Xu, we really didn't come at the right time. ”

But the little man didn't give up and turned to find another door, but handed out a hanging copper coin and said, "Uncle Xu, you see this black light is blinding, and we have nowhere to go to the store, can you make a free time for our brothers to get together for one night?"

The sturdy man also said: "Yes, it doesn't have to be a room, we can rest for one night." ”

Uncle Xu only hesitated for a short time, and then the copper coin should be dropped. Who would not be happy with money, not to mention that they did not pay attention to the fact that they must have a room.

"If you don't mind, there is an empty room behind the mourning hall where you can live. ”

The big man said stupidly: "It's enough to rest and sleep, we don't mind where we live." ”

Lin Suqing was worried from the bottom of his heart, it turned out that the daughter-in-law who died in the family, and it looked like this had just passed away. The back of the mourning hall was originally a room prepared for his own people to take a rest at seven o'clock. If they, outsiders, go to live, aren't they neighbors with corpses?

Uncle Xu looked at the other people, the strong man and the thin man nodded in unison, and they all agreed to go to the back of the mourning hall to stay for a night, but Lin Suqing was a little hesitant, but Lin Suqing's opinion didn't seem to be in Uncle Xu's consideration.

When he saw that the three men agreed, he turned sideways and gave way to the door, led them in, and said, "Well, you can come with me." ”

Uncle Xu led the way tremblingly, and said as he walked: "My daughter-in-law died of a violent illness, and I can't let her use my coffin? The new coffin that someone made in a hurry has not yet been delivered, and her bones can only be parked in the mourning hall now." I hope you don't mind. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he led them into the hall, and saw that there was a straw mat on the ground in the middle of the hall, and a corpse was parked.

The corpse was covered with a white cloth, and the head and body were not visible, except for the feet facing the doorway.

The deceased was wearing a pair of embroidered shoes embroidered with green flowers on a pink background, such a pretty color, which was a good number with him, and it was a female corpse who was not very old.

The hall was full of wreaths on the left and right, and there were only candles and incense on the table in the middle of the room.

Old man Xu opened a cotton curtain on the side of the hall and said, "You can stay in the back room tonight, which was originally used for the wake of the spirit." It's not built yet, so let's get together for the night. ”

"Thank you, Uncle Xu. The three merchants thanked him one after another, and went into the house.

When Lin Suqing entered, he couldn't help but want to ask after thinking about it, so he opened the curtain and leaned out and stopped Uncle Xu: "Uncle Xu, there is something I want to ask you." ”

Old man Xu was about to step out of the mourning hall, so he turned around and walked back, and by the dim candlelight, he shone on Lin Suqing's appearance, and saw that whether he was dressed or accented, even his appearance was not what he could be born in a poor and remote country like Sitian County.

"Look, you're not a local, what's the matter, you ask. ”

Lin Suqing glanced at the female corpse placed on the straw mat, for fear that after asking, it was this family that she was looking for. So after thinking about it, he cautiously debuted: "Excuse me...... In addition to your family, is there a Xu family in Sitian County?"

When the old man Xu heard this, he immediately waved his hand: "It's impossible, most of our Sitian County is surnamed Tian, and my family is surnamed Xu." ”

After Old Man Xu finished speaking, he thought about it, could this kid have come to look for him? Then he asked, "What's the matter? Are you looking for me?"

Lin Suqing sighed in his heart, only this family surname Xu? He recalled that when the old lady and the young lady had a conversation, the content mentioned that the old Xu family in Sitian County forcibly married his daughter-in-law......

Could it be that he couldn't bear this evil breath and committed suicide?

Belch...... If you're not sure, let's ask.

However, he can't say that he is a person from Ye Mansion, if he mentions it like this, I am afraid that he will either be killed on the spot or driven out of the door.

Lin Suqing typed a draft in his heart, and then said: "I met a group of people on the road before, like a young master with a dozen servants, so I heard them say that they came to Sitian County to find the old Xu family to marry a daughter-in-law or something......

"Phew!" Old man Xu was furious when he heard this, there was no need to think about it, who else could do this kind of thing that lost his conscience except for the Ye family outside Fuyu City.

"Dream on!

Lin Suqing raised his hand to wipe the spittle off his face, it seems that it is indeed this family. However, is it really the daughter-in-law of the Xu family who is lying on the ground?

At this time, the sturdy man opened the curtain and asked, "Little brother, if you don't hurry up and rest, what are you rubbing?"

Old man Xu glanced at Lin Suqing sideways, and replied to the sturdy man: "This kid is inquiring about my daughter-in-law." ”

The hardcover man was stunned for a moment, very puzzled: "You ask what other people's daughters-in-law do." No matter how much you like it, you're a married man, aren't you provoking trouble. ”

"That's not what I mean. ”

It's really that the cat didn't catch the fish, but it was fishy, Lin Suqing hurriedly explained: "I saw people on the next road, saying that they were coming to marry the daughter-in-law of the Xu family, and I saw that they were too powerful to provoke, so I was kind enough to wake up, so that the Xu family could hide." ”

"Hide, hide, hide?" Old Man Xu pointed to the corpse lying on the ground, "Didn't you see it, it's dead!"

"Dead?" Lin Suqing was taken aback.

......

......

It was about to dawn, and it was the deepest time of the night. The night was so quiet that it seemed that it would never see the day again.

On the outskirts of the west of the Floating Jade City, the magnificent Ye Mansion is gone. The second prince and the dog are standing between a ruined wall. A vast expanse of land, all that was left was blackened broken tiles and collapsed walls.

The dog crooked his mouth and said disdainfully: "Hmph, this is the real Ye Mansion." After so many years, the burned brick walls have turned into black soil, and I don't know what the old woman is stubborn about. ”

It is naturally incomprehensible, the gods and Buddhas are pure, especially the natural immortals like it, who are born with an innocent body and an innocent heart.

But mortals are different, the mortal world is full of red dust, and there are many disturbances everywhere, mortals have seven emotions and six desires, and these seven emotions and six desires have drawn up many emotions. There are many things that can't be picked up and can't be put down, and there are many things that can be taken and can't be put down.

The reason why mortals are tired of living is because they are bound by these things. It is clear that he can't think through his own thinking, and his own blind stubbornness, but he often defines these ties as "fate", where is fate, this is just greed and obsession.

Of course, it's like a dog doesn't understand the seven emotions and six desires of mortals, and where can mortals understand what fate is. What true fate is is something that many mortals do not understand.

Beside the second prince and the dog, there was another figure, the pink-haired man who had taken away the young lady Ge Suniang with the soul chain.

The second prince faced the cool breeze of the night, looked at the inky mountains in the night, and did not say a word.

The pink-haired man spread the catalogue in his hand and said, "That lady of the Xu family died of illness yesterday, but her soul has not left. ”

The dog tilted his head and thought, "Hmm...... This kind of normal death, according to the rules, black and white impermanence goes to hook the soul, it has been nearly a day and a night, why don't the two of them go. ”

"Hmm...... It's mainly because of other tasks......" The pink-haired man said very vaguely, and the dog still heard it, but after all, it was caused by it, and it was not good to punish him for this, so he didn't care.

In contrast, there is another thing that makes it quite concerned.

"Lord...... Lin Suqing, that idiot...... Can you escape?"

The second prince walked forward without commenting. He didn't care if Lin Suqing could escape, what he cared about was what would happen if Lin Suqing couldn't escape.

That's what he cares about. Because this result is exactly the verification he is waiting for.

He knew that Lin Suqing was not an ordinary person, so what he wanted to know was whether Lin Suqing was as he guessed. Hopefully, hopefully, again.

And when the dog saw that the second prince was silent, he didn't ask any more, maybe the life of a mortal was not enough to make the lord care.

Instead, the pink-haired man answered, "If he can't escape even a female corpse, what a waste of life." It's better to go to samsara with me as soon as possible and fill my money bag. ”