Chapter 24 Jade Carving. Ling Cui
As soon as it was night, Shuitian Cave Mansion was completely shrouded in thick fog, if it weren't for the two strings of lanterns hanging in front of the door, and the four big characters of Shuitian Cave Mansion written on the horizontal plaque, I am afraid that people passing by would only be an ordinary deserted house.
Qingli walked in front, and Mu Ran walked slowly behind him with his hands behind him.
"Mother-in-law, these two evil ghosts are extremely vicious, why don't you just kill them."
"I am only responsible for recapturing them and giving them to the underworld, and the rest, that is the business of the underworld, and the judge should convict them, and that has nothing to do with me." She squeezed the two copper plates in her palm, the two evil ghosts injured the ghosts when they rushed out of the underworld, and the soul seducers who wanted them were driven back to the underworld in a gloomy way, fortunately, there was Mu Ran to help, the demon power of the Lin Jie beast was indeed extraordinary, if not, I was afraid that she would be the same as other soul seducers, and she would flee in a hurry.
When the two walked past a cemetery, Qingli suddenly heard a strange noise, she stopped, listened carefully, near the left is a large piece of wasteland, this area has become the place where the people in the city bury their relatives, near the right is the crop field, there are often wild boars in the field to eat, maybe the sound of those wild boars made by them.
"Mother-in-law, did you hear that?" Mu Ran grabbed her, and at this time, the movement was even louder, coming from the graveyard, a low moan, thin.
Qingli followed the intermittent moaning sound and strode into the cemetery, and Mu Ran immediately stood in front of her. Warmth flooded her heart, she gently pushed him away, and whispered, "It's here, the voice is coming from the coffin, it may be a ghoul." She took the Soul Collector Banner from her waist, "Take this, and when it comes out, immediately hit the Soul Collector Banner at it." ”
Mu Ran took the soul flag, and the coffin made a loud bang, as if someone was beating the coffin with a hammer, he was calm and relaxed, this kind of little demon and ghost, he didn't care about it at all.
After waiting for a long time, the things in the coffin seemed to be very weak, and there was no way to open the lid for a long time, Mu Ran was a little disdainful, and stood by the coffin with his arms crossed.
Finally, poking out a head, the ghoul breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to crawl out with its arms outstretched, when suddenly, with a very piercing scream, immediately fell into the coffin again.
Qingli groped her way to the coffin, stretched out her hand and tore off the soul flag, and suddenly, she felt her heart beating rapidly, and the one in the coffin should not be a ghoul.
"Let's see what's inside!"
When Mu Ran heard this, he immediately took out the things in the coffin, and it turned out to be a naked ** long-haired woman, with thick long hair all over her face. He picked up a twig, picked up the hair that had spread across her face, and was silent.
"What is it?"
Seeing that Mu Ran was silent for a long time, Qingli probably guessed something, she squatted down, reached out to touch the naked woman's cheek, and slowly withdrew her slightly trembling hand, her heart hurt, and there would be a sense between her heart and soul, and there was no doubt that it was Ling Cui who was lying on the ground.
"Let's go, it's not a ghoul, let's not waste time, there's still a lot to do." Her rough voice came into his ears, and after hesitating for a while, Mu Ran said in a low voice: "Mother-in-law, I want to take her back." ”
"No! This kind of monster, bringing it back to the Water Sky Cave Mansion will only cause me trouble. Qingli immediately refused, creating and making people, this Ling Cui is really in human form, if she wakes up and pesters Mu Ran, wouldn't it be a tiger for trouble? Now that she can be with Mu Ran, she no longer needs any stand-ins at all.
Mu Ran pondered for a while, and muttered: "Mother-in-law, don't worry, with me, I won't cause trouble." ”
After being silent for a long time, Qingli coldly left his words: "If you insist on taking her back, let it be!" With that, she turned and walked down the path, her thin body disappearing into the night.
Halfway through, Qingli picked up some scary little ghosts hiding on the side of the road, and she didn't see any trace of Mu Ran along the way, thinking that he probably took Ling Cui back to Shuitian Cave Mansion.
Youchen and Qu Sang sat opposite each other, Qu Sang always lowered his face and didn't dare to look at Youchen, if that bastard knew that he was secretly performing flattery, he would definitely have some bad ideas.
"Childe is back? What about the cave master? Why don't you see it? The ghost slave saw Mu Ran coming back with a woman in his arms, and was about to come forward to ask, but Mu Ran shouted at him: "Get out of the way, don't get in my way!" ”
Youchen and Qu Sang followed the prestige, the two of them got up suddenly, and immediately ran to Mu Ran's side, Youchen saw the woman he was holding in his arms with long hair covering her face, covered with Mu Ran's long gown, a pair of miserable white calves were exposed, and her legs were still stained with mud.
Qu Sang looked behind Mu Ran, Qingli was walking in slowly, and he hurriedly stepped forward, "Mother-in-law, who is Mu Ran holding?" ”
"I want to know for myself, I'm blind, how would I know!"
Qingli bumped into Qu Sang, and although she tried her best to suppress her anger, she still broke out unconsciously, ignoring the whispers behind everyone's back, and ran upstairs by herself.
Which tendon was wrong in the first place to make a doppelganger? How should it end now, continue to pretend that she doesn't know anything, be her Qingli Venerable Envoy, let Mu Ran and the jade carving fly together, or directly pierce the window paper and get back the other half of the soul? Her thoughts were confused, she couldn't calm down, and came to the door of Mu Ran's room with trepidation. He sat on the edge of the bed and stared at the unconscious Ling Cui, who was injured by the soul collecting flag, and she didn't wake up so quickly.
Mu Ran was a little distracted, the situation took a turn for the worse, and suddenly this one appeared, he was completely confused, if Qingli was Qiluo, then who was the person lying down? Compared with Qingli, it seems that the sleeping person is more like Qiluo.
"You go out first, I'll take a look at her."
Mu Ran turned his face, Qingli walked to the bed quietly, there was no emotion in her tone, he nodded, got up and walked out with a tangled expression.
Faced with this identical face, Qingli felt disgusted for no reason, she lifted the thin quilt, and Ling Cui was wearing Mu Ran's underwear. She reached out and pressed it to Ling Cui's chest, half of her heart and soul belonged to hers, and there was nothing wrong with taking back her own things.
Seeing that he was successful, the hateful stand-in suddenly woke up, and first saw Qingli's demon mask, her exclamation attracted Mu Ran, who broke in in panic, Ling Cui pointed at Qingli, and was speechless for a long time.
Seeing Mu Ran was like seeing a life-saving straw, Ling Cui jumped out of bed and threw herself into Mu Ran's arms, tears rippling, Chu Chu's pitiful appearance Even Qingli felt that this fake was more real than the deity.
Youchen stood at the door, Qu Sang poked his head and looked inside, Ling Cui wiped away his tears and looked at Youchen, "Brother Youchen." She walked towards him barefoot, Qu Sang was stunned, what kind of song is this? Does anyone explain what this is all about?
"Mother-in-law, do you know what happened?"
Qingli pushed Qu Sang away and replied coldly: "I said that I am blind and can't see anything, so if I want to know something, I can open my eyes and see clearly." ”
Qu Sang looked at Qing's distant back, this tone seemed to be full of vinegar, things were getting more and more confusing, and it seemed that he had to work hard.
"Qiluo, you just woke up, don't step on the ground barefoot." Mu Ran said softly, and Ling Cui lay back obediently, "Is it okay to call me Ling Cui?" ”
"Why is that?" Mu Ran asked puzzled, he caressed her bloodless cheeks, his heart ached slightly, he hadn't seen her for a hundred years, why did she crawl out of the coffin, "Qi Luo, do you know why she is in the coffin?" ”
"I said I would call me Ling Cui, and I don't like the name wolfberry." She frowned, even if she expressed unpleasantly, the corners of her mouth were smiling, and the tips of her eyebrows were slightly frowning and smiling, this awkward and disobedient expression seemed to have never been seen on Qi Luo's face.
"Okay, okay, Ling Cui, you should be reincarnated as a human, the third life as a human, how can you be trapped in a coffin?"
Ling Cui lowered her eyes and said timidly: "I don't know, I only heard someone call my name and say a lot of words, and then I fell asleep, and when I woke up, I found myself in a box, which turned out to be in a coffin, it was terrible." She patted her chest and muttered a few words.
He gently hugged her into his arms, his heart was so close to his heart, but he didn't feel thrilled, and even calmed as if he saw a stranger, "You must have suffered a lot." ”
"Not really." She shook her head and said in a low voice, "I saw you when I woke up, but what if you want to beat me?" ”
When he thought of the sight of him holding the soul collection banner and mercilessly hitting her in the cemetery, he felt regretful, "Ling Cui, do you remember the past? ”
He was still suspicious of her, yes or no, and if she was a monster pretending to be Qiluo, he wouldn't give her any chance to beg for mercy.
"Of course I remember, the time with Mu Ran was very short, but it was the most memorable and happiest ...... in my life" she said a lot slowly, he suddenly woke up from a nightmare while he was asleep, she tore his clothes while sleepwalking, she took out the dragon ball to break the number for him, she was forced to become Yin Jialuo's minion... There are many things that even he doesn't know, who else can she be if she is not Qi Luo, but why is that feeling that should be very deep so indifferent?
"Mu Ran?" Seeing that he was a little distracted, she looked at him with a disappointed expression, her eyes glistening with tears, "Has Mu Ran changed his mind?" ”
He chuckled and combed her messy long hair, she was close to his chest, this behavior seemed to be too obedient and well-behaved, like a weak little white rabbit, he had the impression that Qi Luo was not restrained, a woman who was free and easy, could it be that her memory would also be confused? A hundred years of time have even been tampered with?
In any case, as long as she is in front of her and by her side, what is going on in this, he doesn't want to know at all what will happen in the future, and he doesn't want to imagine it at all.
"Mu Ran, she ......" Ling Cui pointed to the door, she was very afraid of Qingli, as soon as she saw her, she felt that she had no good intentions, and subconsciously rejected and feared.
Mu Ran looked over, Qing Li put his hands behind his back, and stood silently by the door.
"Mother-in-law, is there something wrong?"
Qingli walked in and threw a cloth bag to him, "There are a few clothes in here, you let her try to see if it fits." ”
Exiting the door, just a few steps away, she heard Ling Cui and Mu Ran whispering, and her voice was very low: "I don't like her." ”
"Really? I don't like you either! Qingli turned her head, took out a wooden comb from her arms and threw it at Ling Cui, the wooden comb happened to hit her forehead impartially, she groaned, hid in Mu Ran's arms and cried aggrievedly.
originally thought that this doppelganger would also be a cute and pitiful little woman, but who knew that it would be so annoying and pretentious, and I felt more and more that she was like a pity. Qingli laughed at himself: It turns out that even he hates himself so much, no wonder he wanted to kill another self at the beginning, but he didn't do it thoroughly enough, which left trouble.
The two people behind him whispered ambiguously, Qingli's heart hurt again, the sourness came to him, and the Ten Thousand Gu Heart Devouring Mantra worked again, and the pain was not alleviated by separating half of his heart and soul, but worsened a lot.
She endured all the pain, sadness, unhappiness, and dark side alone, leaving the most haode side to Ling Cui, and now it seems that it is simply redundant, and the most haode is not necessarily likable, at least she doesn't like it at all, in fact, it is more out of jealousy. Forced back into the room, stumbling on the side of the bed, Mo Lian hurriedly rushed in when she passed by, picked her up and gently put her on the bed.
"Envoy ......"
"Don't say anything, you go out, I'm fine."
He sat on the edge of the bed, reaching out to remove her mask, her brows furrowed, her gray eyes glowing with moonlight, and her thin cheeks pale as corpses. He gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes for her, and the tips of his heart twitched slightly. "Venerable Envoy, if you feel uncomfortable, Mo Lian will help you sleep."
She closed her eyes tightly and nodded, his palm resting lightly on her eyelids, and in a short time she had fallen asleep, as he would whenever she was sad and insomnia.
After she fell asleep, he carefully removed the hairband for her, dismantled the bun, and "Qingli ......" stopped talking, he put the mask next to her pillow, got up and quietly withdrew.