"Tell me, third child, after all, how many times have you been there to keep vigil. Pen, fun, and pavilion www.biquge.info," said the man surnamed Liu.

Zhang Laosan didn't answer, but asked Xie Lan: "Do you believe that there are ghosts in this world?" ”

"The world is so big that there are no wonders, and I think ghosts still exist in this world." Xie Lan thought for a moment and replied.

"At this point, I am not as good as you and Lao Liu, if I hadn't personally gone to Li Yuanwai's house to keep watch for a few nights, I guess I still don't believe in the existence of ghosts in this world." After a pause, Zhang Laosan continued:

"This starts from three months ago, for some reason, Mrs. Li suddenly contracted a strange disease, invited countless Langzhong, even the doctor in the county town did not please, but just can't find out the specific cause, expensive drugs have eaten a lot, but the condition is getting worse and worse, the couple is in deep love, Mrs. Li is afraid that no one will take care of the staff after she leaves, so she lied to the staff and said that Chongxi may have some effect, and she endured the pain and gave her personal maid to the staff, inside and outside are all handled by Mrs. And the lady went away because of illness. ”

Xie Lan also sighed in his heart, looked at the two men who wiped his tears, and didn't know how to comfort him, but fortunately, the third brother quickly continued: "Since Mrs. went, the staff outside the staff has changed like a different person, no longer taking care of business all day long, guarding Mrs.'s mourning hall in a daze all day long, fortunately, there is Qingqing to take care of it, oh, I forgot to say, this Qingqing is Mrs. Lady's personal maid before her death." In addition to three meals a day, he also boiled some medicinal herbs for employees regularly. At first, the staff was unwilling to eat, and then it seemed that Qingqing persuaded for a long time, and the staff only ate something, but the medicine was personally ordered by the staff to boil, and we have seen the medicine list, which is some Chinese medicine that replenishes the body. ”

After drinking another bowl of wine, Zhang Laosan sighed, "Strange things happened ten days after the death of Mrs., it was Qingqing who discovered it first, during that time, listening to the maids, she seemed to be in a trance, always making mistakes, either overturning the medicine altar, or shouting at night, at first everyone didn't pay too much attention, until things got worse and worse, one night Qingqing simply called all the maids to her room, and then dared to sleep with peace of mind, it was that night that everyone found out that there were indeed unclean things pestering Qingqing, Because everyone obviously felt a sudden chill around them at midnight, which is not normal on a summer night. So the housekeeper of the Li Mansion invited a few monks and Taoists, and we answered them outside the room, and as you should have guessed, without exception, they were all scared away, and some even got sick directly. Alas, in fact, it was okay for us to stay outside the door, that is, we suddenly felt a creepy chill, and our hearts tightened, and we forgot to breathe for the time being. ”

"What about the current situation?" Xie Lan then asked.

"It's strange to say, Qingqing was in a very bad state for a while, but now she has calmed down. However, strange things still happen from time to time, and the medicine world is always thrown inexplicably, but the food is fine, only those tonic medicines will have an accident. We watched the whole process of boiling the medicine, the medicine was fine, but it just couldn't be boiled normally. ”

"What is the performance of the staff during this time?"

"There is no strange behavior outside the staff, just going to the places where he and his wife used to go over and over again, it should be reminiscing about the bits and pieces of his wife."

Xie Lan let out an "oh" and thought to himself.

"Brother Xie is from the south?" But it was Zhang Laosan who couldn't help but interrupt Xie Lan's contemplation.

"Exactly." Xie Lan replied.

"As far as I know, the south is the Qingxuan Mountain Range, endless, there are only a few villages, I went around when I was hunting with a few friends, which village does Brother Xie come from?

"Oh, I'm coming from the mountains. Not in the village. ”

"On the mountain, the people in the rivers and lakes near us have heard some legends that there are immortals in the depths of this Qingxuan Mountain. I don't know what Brother Xie thinks? ”

Xie Lan came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Aren't you two suspecting that I am an immortal?" ”

The two of them had a hot face, and then felt very disappointed: "Where, where, we just hope you are." ”

Looking at the expressions of the two, Xie Lan thought for a while and then said: "Although I am not an immortal, my master has also passed on my martial arts, the most important thing is that my master entered the mountain to find immortals and asked, his old man Bo Gu Tongjin, left me some yellow talismans when he went down the mountain, but I don't know if it is useful?" If you two agree, I'd like to give it a try. ”

The two glanced at each other, and they didn't seem to have much hope, but they couldn't bear to brush off Xie Lan's kindness, so they said, "So Brother Lao Xie will give it a try." ”

"But it's up to the two brothers to arrange."

"Seeing that Brother Xie also has a martial arts, why don't you come with me to protect those monks and Taoists these few nights." The man surnamed Liu said, he turned his head to Zhang Laosan and said: "Third brother, you brothers have to work hard to find those monks and monks who have Taoism." ”

"I know this, you take care of the outsider, brother, I'm gone." After saying that, he didn't say anything long-winded, got up and greeted his friends at the table, and went out of the inn and headed straight south.

"Brother Xie to see if there is anything to prepare, although I told the shopkeeper to take you to Li Yuanwai's mansion at the second watch in the evening, I will greet you there, you might as well bring your package when you go, you may have to stay for a few days."

"Brother Liu is bothered." Xie Lan hugged his fists and saluted, and the two exchanged pleasantries for a while before leaving.

Xie Lan was walking on the street, admiring the street scenery on both sides, and suddenly seemed to feel something, looked back, but found that it was the inn junior who ran over in a panic, Xie Lan stopped and asked curiously, "Is there anything wrong with the second brother?" ”

The little second ran to the front, panting, "The guest officer is so fast, our shopkeeper has explained, there is nothing to do in the afternoon anyway, and since it is a favor for Li Yuanwai, send me to be a guide for you, take things or something." When our shopkeeper opened this inn earlier, he also received help from Li Yuanwai. ”

"Since that's the case, I'm not welcome, I'm new to it, and I'm really not familiar with it, so there's the second brother Lao." Xie Lan hugged his fists.

"The guest officer is polite." The little two scratched his head and laughed.

"Is there anything special about this Big Stone Town?"

The little second understood in his heart, and without waiting for Xie Lan to finish speaking, he immediately continued: "Yes, I know a place that you definitely need to visit." ”

"Oh." Xie Lan immediately showed an interested expression, "Then the second brother will lead the way." ”

"If I didn't blow it to you, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't be able to find this place." Xie Lan walked with Xiao Er for more than half an hour, and after turning around, he stopped in front of an inconspicuous shop. Xie Lan looked at the dilapidated shop a little speechlessly, and then asked in an uncertain whisper, "This is the special place you are talking about?" Are you sure you made a mistake? ”

"Look at what you said, how could I be wrong. This big stone town is not small, but it is not big, I listened to you just now, isn't it to catch ghosts? I see that the guest officer didn't bring any luggage, and he definitely needed some clothes and utensils, but this is the only one in Dashi Town, and it's not easy to find. ”

"You said there are magic weapons here?" Xie Lan immediately asked, "Take me to have a look." ”

"Okay, don't worry, I'll call the owner out."

"Uncle Wang, there are guests coming, come out and have a look."

Not long after, an old man about fifty years old walked out of the small room next to him, with a thin body and a rickety body, as if he fell down when the wind touched it, "Hehe, it's Xiao Lizi, this lord, please inside, what do you need, just say it, it's all things handed down from the ancestors, and now few people want it, and the price is easy to say." ”

Xie Lan followed him into the dark hut, the room was not big, although it was dark, but it could be seen that it was very clean, obviously it was cleaned often, and some items were neatly placed on the cabinet inside, Xie Lan leaned forward, "Uncle Wang, can I touch these things, I will be very careful." ”

"Yes, you can." Xie Lan stretched out his hand and gently touched a folded apricot yellow clothes, carefully input a trace of spiritual power, seeing that there was no reaction, he increased the spiritual power output a little, and there was no movement like a stone sinking into the sea, at this moment, suddenly a burst of suction came from behind, Xie Lan was surprised at first, and then suddenly, and then panicked, and it was the Broken Sword Heavenly Punishment again, and the result was the same as last time, and the spiritual power in the body was sucked clean.

Seeing Xie Lan's wonderful expression change, Shopkeeper and Uncle Wang naturally thought that these things were really useful to Xie Lan, and their faces couldn't help but show joy. And Xie Lan was silent for a long time, looked back at the faces of the shopkeeper and the old man full of hope, and finally fixed on the thin body of the old man, and then said:

"Then I'll take it all, but I don't have too much silver, I don't know if it's enough?"

"Twenty taels is fine, this apricot yellow robe is ten taels, and everything else is ten taels, do you think it's okay?" Uncle Wang said.

Xie Lan looked at it for a long time, and couldn't understand why the price of the apricot yellow robe accounted for half, but everything added up to a total of twenty taels, which was not very expensive, so he didn't say anything more and nodded. He took out some silver from his sleeve, no less than twenty taels, handed it to Uncle Wang, and said, "This is silver." ”

Then he gave the shopkeeper a little broken silver, and said: "Little second brother, please wrap these things and send them to the inn first, I still have something to do, and I'll go back later." ”

"Okay, no problem, you are busy first, this matter is on me."

Xie Lan nodded and walked towards the outside of the town.