23. Chapter XXII
But I couldn't say this to Xuanling, so I followed her to the market with me.
The market at Peony Lodge is extremely simple, with four or five thatched huts at the end, most of which sell bits and pieces of daily necessities and herbs. I searched all the way, and I only bought some at the owner's house, and I could hold a roll in my hand.
Seeing the situation, Xuanling kept sighing in my ear on the way to the "ghostless" mountain, what troubled times and ghosts are poor, what a thousand years of catastrophe, the big guys are going to end up together.
I was worried at first, but then I didn't feel anything, and I plucked my ears, I really wanted to be finished, can I think of it like this?
found a dirt pit with no grass around, squatted down and prepared to burn money for her, and when she thought about it, she said: "Lord ghost, you can be ready, if you rob it for the ghost next to you, it will be in vain." β
She immediately stopped talking, not knowing where she was staying, and she didn't even reply to me.
I diligently began to burn one by one, and I felt a little emotional, fortunately I was reborn, otherwise I would have been gone if I didn't say this in my previous life, and no one burned some paper money for me, and I don't know how long I have to be a wandering soul to catch up with the next reincarnation.
There was just a roll of paper in his hand, and as soon as Spark popped out of the pit, it burned out. I watched as the sparks in the pit dimmed and eventually turned into a handful of ashes, and when I had nothing else to do, I raised my head and looked around: "Oni-sama, have you received it?" β
Before I knew it, I walked for a while, and the time gradually passed, and it was almost dusk.
The glow poured down softly, and I vaguely saw a shadow swinging in the woods, and the lines were so empty that I could easily see them without looking closely.
"Oh, you can't burn paper! It's all over the place, it's going to exhaust me. She floated and muttered on the other hand, and after collecting it, she seemed to wave her hand, "Then you should go back early, the sky is about to get dark, and the mountain road is not easy to walk." β
I was stunned, I didn't expect her to leave me alone: "Where are you going, then Lord ghost?" Can't you go back the next day? β
"I have to go to the ghost market to buy something, and when the people above come, the prices in this ghost market should rise......" As he spoke, his voice was so far away that he couldn't hear clearly, and he vaguely knew that she was talking, but he couldn't distinguish the content.
I was so troubled by her, the whole person was still in the clouds, I couldn't say why, I turned the fire on the spot, sprinkled some soil to cover it, and went down the mountain a little faster.
But not to mention, on the way back, I did hear something unusual.
On the pile of rocks more than a kilometer away from me, there were two ghosts chattering and not knowing what they were chewing, and there was a rustling sound crawling on the ground with dead branches and leaves.
I was even more nervous when I could hear and see, and waited until it was dark before I walked to the gate of the villa. I thought there would be at least some people in the market, but when I got there, I realized that the lights were dark, and everyone had closed their stalls and gone home.
The last glow in the sky was full of convergence, and I was a little scared, if it was near my home, it would be better, after all, it was familiar. But this is in the mountains outside, in case you meet some bad guys, or you can't see the wrong way......
I clasped my hands and walked away, my heart beating faster.
Not long after I walked through the market, I saw a white gauze lamp in the wooded path in front of me, and the orange and weak light was enough to make me happy. Where there's a lamp, there's someone.
Then I was worried, what if it was a bad person?
Thinking about it, I leaned into the shade of the tree for the sake of prudence, intending to walk around. But when I got closer, I realized that the lamp was stationary, and it was left hanging by the bushes, as if it had been abandoned.
I was a little surprised, the lamp looked so distinctly new, and it was just getting dark, so there was no reason why anyone would leave the lamp here and walk in the dark.
Strangely enough, there was a sound of horses' hooves on the other side of the road, and I hurried to the grass beside me and squatted, but the ride stopped in front of me with unmistakable accuracy.
I was stunned and looked up at a pair of starry eyes.
The dim light in the woods came over, and he stared at me with solemn eyes, a rare hint of condescending coldness, and a bit like a hero who stepped on auspicious clouds to save me, with a scorching aura in my field of vision. Ji Yunqing's thin hand grabbed the reins of the horse, her posture was tall and beautiful, and the other one was handed to me, succinctly: "Get on the horse." β
I finally switched to the state of meeting a shy little girl in front of him, and remembered that His Majesty said a lot, and said reservedly: "Men and women don't kiss, and it's not like a ride together." His next sentence completely crushed those twisted feelings.
"Li Xuan's body was found."
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There were few people in the front yard of Peony Villa as usual, and a few guards let us go. I don't know how I got into the house, but I can only hear the crying inside the villa, which makes people's hearts tense.
As soon as I arrived, the curtain of the inner room was lifted, and someone was released. His majesty's expression was no different from the usual, and when he saw me at a loss, the first thing he said was: "Eighty percent is not true." β
My heart in my throat throbbed: "Really? Can my brother see it clearly? β
"When I was dragged down the mountain road, I bumped into it, not all corpses, a few pieces of blood-soaked clothes, and some pieces of meat, hair and shoes, etc., saying that they were for the tigers in the mountains to be taken into the hole, and when I found them, these were left."
"How is this possible?" I couldn't find it a few days ago, and as soon as I said that the person was alive, I immediately found the body, and it wasn't all yet, who to bluff!
His Majesty poured a cup of tea and pushed it in front of me, "So, eighty percent is not true." β
From the very beginning when I heard the news, I was afraid, afraid that I would change other people's lives by meddling in my own affairs, and as a result, I would kill people. Stuffy poured a cup of herbal tea: "What did the people at the other end of Peony Mountain Villa say?" β
"Naturally, you can't blame it. Everyone has seen it, and said that the blood is still fresh, and the children are afraid that they will 'die' this evening, but they are only to blame for their own slow movements, where can they blame the heavenly master. β
I couldn't speak, and poured a few sips of herbal tea: "She coped very quickly." After a while, Fang Zhi didn't look back when he said it, and I actually scolded his future fiancΓ©e in front of His Majesty, and couldn't help but sneak a glance at him from the corner of my eye.
His majesty's expression was not unnatural at all, and he pursed his lips in displeasure: "They have worked so hard to cover up, and Si Cheng is afraid that in addition to leaving people behind, he has also done something that is not on the table." β