The black skin retracted, and the gap disappeared immediately.

Liu Xiaohua was angry, but she couldn't take care of it now. The samurai outside knelt on the ground. She and Linglong were afraid that they would wake up suddenly. Immediately together they carried the floating life and walked out.

The hall was silent, and there was no one. There was so much movement upstairs, but it didn't seem to have any effect on the others.

"This way." The door of the room where Zhang Fengnian lived suddenly opened, and Zhou Qing's head stuck out from inside.

Of course, Zhang Fengnian was not in the house.

Cheng Zhengzhi and He Wen'er are still asleep.

Xu Sijiu cried breathlessly. Linglong was so annoyed that she couldn't cry, okay?" It didn't work. will cry and cry. ”

"What do we do now?" Xu Sijiu ignored her, sobbed and said to Liu Xiaohua, "We wanted to call someone to help just now, but no one's door could be opened." No one paid any attention to us. Trying to get out, the gate was locked again. ”

Linglong sneered while checking her own spirit, "If you hadn't locked it, you would have run away a long time ago, right?" ”

"What do you mean?" Xu Sijiu cried: "I didn't mean to. My mind went blank. Besides, we don't plan to run by ourselves at all, Zhou Qing plans to help you when we settle down. ”

"It's been so long, why haven't you been there yet?" Linglong immediately asked rhetorically.

Xu Sijiu sobbed and said, "We are also afraid that in case you have ...... Didn't we go to death! ”

"Fear of death is fear of death, why do you say it so well! Fortunately, I didn't count on you. If you were expected to save us, we would have died 800 times! Linglong said angrily.

Zhou Qing glanced at Xu Sijiu with a complicated expression.

Linglong sneered, "Do you have anything to say?" ”

Xu Sijiu immediately looked at Zhou Qing, a little timid. Very nervous.

Zhou Qing retracted his gaze and did not defend himself.

Although Linglong looked arrogant, she was unexpectedly sharp at this time, and said to Xu Sijiu: "It won't be that you won't let him go, right?" You have to make it clear, who wants to save people, who doesn't want to die? ”

Xu Sijiu's face turned red. My lips are about to break.

Linglong pushed her, "You say, you're dumb?" I heard that when you were in Xinyunfeng, weren't you very showy? When the teachers and teachers pick disciples, aren't you top-notch in everything, and you can talk about everything? I also let my brothers and sisters praise you one by one, I can't wait to grab my head and bleed, thinking that Xiao Penglai has won the treasure? You're so capable, why don't you speak now? It wasn't up to you, what was the situation at the time, you weren't blind, were you, talking so loudly, for fear that those things wouldn't find us? Afraid of harming people? ”

Xu Sijiu was pushed a few times by Linglong, almost fell off the chair, and couldn't help but breathe: "Do you know that they came here because they heard my voice?" You're the one who takes their money! Did Uncle Xiao stop you at that time? I don't know who swore that he couldn't look down on other people's things, even if he didn't want to pick them up for nothing! ”

Linglong was annoyed by the questioning, "How do I know that borrowing is also counted." Didn't you want to borrow it too? Don't think I can't see it, I took something by mistake, but it's better than yours. Abandon the same door, and you will do it. When I go back to the mountain, I will be the first to tell my master! Sue sù Master! ”

Liu Xiaohua was so annoyed by their quarrel that she said, "Okay! It's still a long time before dawn, and I don't know how long they will last. Now is not the time to talk about that. He asked Linglong, "How is your spirit?" ”

Linglong snorted, glared at Xu Sijiu, and sat back in his chair. When the spirit was summoned, it was only a very small point.

Liu Xiaohua's situation is not much better.

Zhou Qing's spirit has not been damaged yet, but his point is not very big......

As for Xu Sijiu......

Liu Xiaohua didn't know if she could be counted on.

The only hope now is that the samurai will stay until dawn.

The four of them suddenly felt heavy.

Linglong took out the golden piece and put it on the table, looking very irritable and restless. I regretted it in my heart for a long time, but in the end, I wanted to save face and didn't say anything.

I persevered for a while, but finally I didn't hold on, and asked the others, "What do you say, what's going on here?" ”

"I don't think it's this place that's the problem. Nor are they here. If they have a problem, Jade Pei won't move. I think it's money that is the problem. Zhou Qing said.

Linglong said angrily: "Who doesn't know that there is a problem with money now." Can you tell us something useful? ”

When Xu Sijiu heard this, he immediately shrank back. Try to stay away from the gold. But the chair she sat on, the water glass in front of her, and the wall behind her, none of them were not golden. Everywhere there is a glittering golden light, and the treasure is full of energy. There is simply nowhere to hide. Maybe in her life, she had never seen gold and gems like this and was not happy at all, but she was deeply frightened.

Liu Xiaohua sat there, her mind in a mess.

The old man I met at the gate of the city, the woman who sold bread, opened the door but no one took care of the storefront, which could be taken for nothing. These images are all crammed together, and the answer is about to come out, but she always feels that there is a lack of one of the most important things, which strings everything together.

When her eyes inadvertently swept over Cheng Zhengzhi, she was suddenly stunned.

Linglong noticed her strangeness and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"We met an old man when we went into town, do you remember?"

"I remember. What happened to him? ”

"I felt like something was wrong with what he said. But I never remembered. Something is wrong. ”

"What's wrong?" Linglong said, "He didn't say anything strange. ”

"He said, he's doing business here?"

"yes. Isn't that surprising? ”

Liu Xiaohua didn't speak again.

That night, a group of people didn't close their eyes for almost a minute. Just sit like that, always vigilant and listen to the noise outside.

Until there were voices outside. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Cheng Zhengzhi and He Wen'er woke up in a daze, and when they opened their eyes, they saw Liu Xiaohua and Linglong covered in blood, and they were startled.

Liu Xiaohua didn't have time to pay attention to them, and pushed the door open a crack to look outside.

By this time, the door of the inn had been opened, and several men were yawning and lazily entertaining guests. Like Cheng Zhengzhi and He Wen'er, they don't know anything about last night.

The streets outside are full of sunshine and people. As long as you ignore the glittering gold and the gems set everywhere, it is an extremely ordinary street scene.

Liu Xiaohua walked out, stood on the railing and looked down for a long time before turning around and walking towards the house where the female disciple lived.

The door is closed.

She paused at the door, not remembering if she had closed the door when she came out last night. I listened to it, and it was quiet inside. Carefully pushing open a crack and finding it empty, with nothing extra than a mess, he pushed open the door and walked in.

The blood on the ground is still there. The windows were also broken. There were also marks on the ground from the black skin. But that's about it.

Linglong saw that Liu Xiaohua's face was not good, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Liu Xiaohua didn't answer, but just asked: "Do you remember, the old man I met at the city gate." He said, "His son lives in the city, so let's go and spend the night with his son." ”

"I remember." Linglong said.

Xu Sijiu followed behind them, looking at the blood in that place, and his heart palpitated.

Liu Xiaohua asked Linglong rhetorically: "Since he is doing business in the city, his son's family is big enough for others to stay." Not without a place for him to sleep. Why didn't he stay with his son, and hurried out of the city? How can a son be separated from his parents? If he had many sons, it would not be surprising, perhaps he had been raised by other sons. But he had only one son. ”

"Why does he only have one son? He didn't say anything. Xu Sijiu whispered.

"If he had several sons, when he talked to us, he would say 'my eldest son' or 'my second son,' but he didn't."

Linglong said puzzledly: "It's indeed a little weird. So what? ”

"He didn't live in his son's house, but he invited us to live with him. Why? I didn't figure it out at the time. Why are the people here so nice and generous? ”

Linglong also felt that the old man's words and deeds were actually a bit strange and unreasonable. But she doesn't think it's a strange thing to be good and generous.

Liu Xiaohua looked back at her, "Have you ever heard of a ghost for the dead?" ”

"What's that?" Although Linglong didn't know what it was, she was already very bad from the name, and her face was very ugly.

"When I was a child, I used to hear stories about ghosts." Liu Xiaohua said, "Some people who died unjustly have become earthbound spirits and cannot be detached. Only by finding a person and taking its place can one be reincarnated. ”

Xu Sijiu interjected: "But they didn't die." There is nothing unusual about the jade pendant, and you also said that they are all human. ”

"Just try it. Walk. Liu Xiaohua pulled Linglong and walked out.

Although Linglong didn't know what she was going to do, she didn't ask much. She has already subconsciously felt that Liu Xiaohua is trustworthy, and if she wants to do something, there must be a reason.

As soon as the group left the room, they met Cheng Zhengzhi, He Wen'er, and Zhou Qing coming out of Zhang Fengnian's room. Several people's faces were not good, and it seemed that Cheng Zhengzhi and He Wen'er already knew what happened last night.

Strode over and asked, "How are you?" ”

Liu Xiaohua shook her head: "It's okay." Pulling Linglong and going downstairs.

The others didn't know what she was going to do and hurriedly followed.

They went out, and no one came to stop them.

Only one guy came towards him in a dejected spirit, and almost crashed into Liu Xiaohua. Liu Xiaohua hurriedly avoided it.

The guy squeezed out a smile and asked, "You still live here?" "This concern is not as natural as others. It looks a little weak.

Zhou Qing recognized him and asked in surprise, "Didn't you go home?" ”

The guy mumbled, "Yes." The family is short of money, and the wages here are good. "My hand kept touching my sleeve, trying to say something, but I didn't know how to speak.

Liu Xiaohua and the others all walked away, and he was still standing at the door looking at their backs.

Linglong glanced back at him and asked, "Who is that?" ”

"The lost scholar." Zhou Qing said.

After that, although everyone didn't say anything more, they didn't seem to be in the mood to speak. The pace is fast and urgent. It always felt like someone was going to stop them.

But they walked all the way through the streets and out of the city gates. The journey was incredibly smooth. There was no obstacle. A few people saw them dressed in rags and wanted to help them.

When they walked out of the city gate, everyone felt a sense of relief, although they were all frightened by those strange things, but now they knew that they could leave at any time, and they were really relieved.

Linglong followed Liu Xiaohua forward and asked puzzledly, "Are we going to leave like this?" What should we do if Uncle Master can't find us when he comes back? Fusheng is still in the inn. ”

"We're not leaving," Ms. Liu said.

"Then what are we going to do?" As she spoke, Linglong stopped suddenly, as if someone had choked her neck. Frozen in place, looking at his own hands.

The fingers, which were originally slender and beautiful, are now like air-dried bacon, black and hard, and the skin has lost its luster and become dry and thin. It doesn't look like the hand of a living person at all, but like a man who has been dead for a long time.

"Ahh She screamed.

The others noticed it and froze.

Liu Xiaohua immediately pulled her back.

When she got back to the city gates, she was back to her original state. The fingers were fleshy, as if they were just hallucinations.

"There's no way that guy can be found." confirmed her guess, and Liu Xiaohua's heart was also a little heavy.

Linglong had not yet recovered from the shock, and stood dumbfounded, staring at her own hands.

"When you take gold, you become a man of this city. I don't think the innkeepers intentionally drugged us either. "The rest of the city also eats this drugged food at night because they know what to expect at night. If not, you won't be able to sleep. People who can leave won't want to stay here at all, so the old man has to go out of town.

That's why the scholar came back. Because like Linglong, he took the gold that belonged to others.

Unless, like that fellow, there is the next person who is willing to take over her gold. Here to live instead of her. Otherwise, Linglong will never be able to leave!

Liu Xiaohua looked at the golden city trembling.

It looks prosperous and splendid.

The night is not closed, the road is not forgotten, and everyone is so helpful, generous and kind.

But they're just looking for the living dead who are looking for a stand-in.

The reason why these people are here may be deceived or greedy. Some of them, like the guys, are looking for a substitute for themselves. There are those who seek for themselves and their children, as a woman with a child does. There are also people like the old man, who coaxed strangers to save their trapped son.

Cheng Zhengzhi was stunned and said: "You say, those legendary people who strayed into the fairyland, is the place where they go is really the fairyland?" ”