In the middle of the night, in a border town in Nanxiangguo, a cloud of black gas swept by, and the dogs in the farmer's yard barked in shock.

A dark shadow then fell into the courtyard, and the people in the house were awakened by the barking of dogs, and they lit the lamp and were about to go out to investigate, when the black shadow raised his hand and waved, the candles in the house were extinguished, and a faint fragrance spread, and the people in the house fell asleep again.

The black gas had long since disappeared, and the black shadow looked down at the compass in his hand, but the pointer did not respond.

Can't catch up.

The shadow pursed his lips and turned to leave.

Three days later, Yiling City, Dongfang Home.

A man dressed in lilac embroidered spirit leaves stood in the pavilion and said respectfully: "Pavilion master, the subordinates are incompetent and let the evil spirit escape from Nanxiang, and now it is gone." ”

"So many people can't stop it, so be it."

The people in the pavilion said that their voices were very lazy and careless, and they didn't take it seriously at all.

Another voice said, "It has a bad temper, and if it goes out and does something to kill people and set fires, it will be a great sin." ”

"Knowing it's bad-tempered, why don't you take it a little harder?"

"It's that the cell's thousand-machine lock is not doing well, and it needs to be improved, and I didn't know it would escape."

"Then you're not going to chase it?"

"Murong Qi's recent state is not very good, I want to go to Nanxi, I don't have the time to chase it."

The people outside the pavilion heard sweat on their foreheads, Dongfang Ying waved his hand, signaling that he could retreat, and when he left, he turned his head and kicked Shen Bai's foot and said, "It's been three years, you still don't move your nest, do you really plan to paralyze to death in Dongfang's house?" ”

Shen Bai turned over on the recliner and said lazily: "I still breathe when I walk, and my heart hurts when I stand for a long time, where can I go like this?" ”

Three years have passed, she is eighteen, her eyebrows and eyes have grown a lot, her appearance is beautiful and square, her skin is a little sickly, and there are two more points of pitiful weakness between her eyebrows and eyes.

However, Dongfang Ying has always stayed with her, and knows better than anyone how meticulous and ruthless this beauty's mind is.

Dongfang Ying sat down in front of her, looked her up and down for a while, and said, "Most of those evil spirits have been sent away, you won't be so weak, right?" ”

Shen Bai rolled his eyes and said quietly: "If you don't think it's enough, then try it yourself." ”

Dongfang Ying will try it when he is full, he looked at Shen Bai faintly and asked, "You are not afraid of seeing that person, are you?" ”

Who is that person?

Shen Bai wanted to refute, but the words came to his lips but he didn't say them.

She wasn't afraid of seeing Gu Hengzhou, on the contrary, she really wanted to see him.

I want to see if he has been doing well in the past three years and whether he has been injured, but she really can't count on her body, and she really wants to go back to Zhaoling, but she is afraid that she is already a cold dead corpse.

Shen Bai was lying on the recliner and didn't speak, Dongfang Ying wanted to say something, and the next person came over and said, "Pavilion master, it's time to go to the medicinal bath." ”

"Okay."

Shen Bai answered, and someone immediately came in and lifted her up on a deck chair.

When she came back from Dongheng, her muscles and veins were broken, and even her heart was dug out, if it weren't for the soul attraction bell to protect her soul, I am afraid that she would have lost her breath long ago.

After coming back, Yunshang made a medicinal bath with the best medicinal herbs and soaked her, she raised like a living dead for a year before she woke up, and there was no wound on the surface of her body, but in fact, her left arm could not be lifted at all, and she had a very serious heart disease.

In the first few months after waking up, she couldn't even say a few words, otherwise her heart would be wrenching.

To this day, Shen Bai barely looks like a normal person.

In order to let Shen Bai take a medicinal bath, Dongfang Qing specially sent someone to dig a soup pool in the courtyard where she lived, regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, the water temperature of the soup pool was kept at a constant temperature.

The subordinates carried Shen Bai to the edge of the pool and retreated, Yunshang helped Shen Bai take off her clothes and carry her into the soup pool, and skillfully helped her pinch her body to dredge the meridians.

In the past three years, Shen Bai has basically not moved much, and it is all thanks to Yunshang to help her massage her every day, so that her muscles will not atrophy.

"I can walk around on my own for the past two days, and my aunt doesn't have to take care of me so hard." Shen Bai said softly, dyed by the medicinal fragrance of the soup pool, a little sleepy, Yunshang moved gently, still helped her pinch, and said, "This is what I should do, it's not hard." ”

Since Shen Bai came back, the Dongfang family has offered her up like a little ancestor, changing the law to coax her to be happy, and trying to make her better, but Shen Bai doesn't care so much about his body.

It doesn't matter if she just lies dead or stands up and jumps around, and she doesn't care if she dies for a few days.

In the battle of the underground palace of Dongheng Kingdom, the sad and joyful side disappeared, Shen Bai only had one breath left, and the evil spirit was scattered in all directions, which could be regarded as a heavy blow.

The Dongfang family quickly organized the Zhaoling Pavilion, recruiting strange people and strange people to look for evil spirits everywhere, three years passed, the evil spirit was basically eliminated, only the last bit of soul remained, and it was expected to be full of merit, but at this time it was allowed to escape.

However, the current soul power of this evil spirit is not strong, as long as it is found, any incense maker in the Dongfang family can subdue it.

Shen Bai pondered for a while after running the medicinal bath, and wanted someone to go to His Excellency Zhaoling to get a wanted warrant, Yun Sheng said softly: "I heard that an evil spirit escaped two days ago?" ”

"Hmm." Shen Bai responded and said, "Something similar happened before, it's not a big problem, just get it back." ”

"Miss, in the past three years, the best medicinal materials of the Oriental family have been soaked into your body as a medicinal bath, and it stands to reason that you should have been cured a long time ago, but today, your heart disease is still not cured, have you ever thought about the reason?"

Yun Sheng asked with concern, Shen Bai opened his eyes and said jokingly: "Auntie doesn't think that this heart disease is actually my heart knot, right?" ”

Yunshang didn't speak, acquiescing to Shen Bai's guess, Shen Bai turned around and lay on the edge of the pool, and said faintly: "My aunt guessed wrong, when I came back from Dongheng, I didn't have any knots." ”

She saw Brother Gu disappear with her own eyes.

Brother Gu is no longer in this world, and all her obsessions naturally no longer exist.

It's just that a thought occasionally flashes through my mind, I want to take a look at Gu Hengzhou before everything is over.

Yunshang continued to help Shen Bai rub his shoulders, and said worriedly: "Your heart disease has not healed for three years, and if it continues like this, I am worried about ......."

Yunshang couldn't speak, Shen Bai turned around, and saw that her eyes were red, and her face was full of grief that she couldn't hide.

Shen Bai probably guessed what Yunshang wanted to say, the soul-attracting bell on her wrist already had several cracks, and it was not caused by external forces, but after she woke up, she suddenly appeared on the bell every once in a while.

The soul bell protects her heart, so she can live until now, if the soul bell is broken one day, she probably won't live long.

Shen Bai thought about it clearly, and said lightly: "It's okay, life and death are in the sky, isn't my aunt more aware of these things than me?" ”

Shen Bai's tone was indifferent, as if the person who was going to die was not her at all.

Yunshang sighed and asked, "Miss, don't you really plan to go back to Zhaoling to have a look?" It's your hometown, after all. ”

"No, I don't think so."

Shen Bai said faintly, closing his eyes and pretending to sleep.

She's been gone for three years, and everyone should be used to dying without her, and it's boring to go back suddenly.

Anyway, it's not like she hasn't been without a corpse.

Whether Gu Hengzhou is doing well or not is actually none of her business, after all, she chose to let go in the first place, and no matter how much she cares about these, she is quite shameless.

Seeing Shen Bai like this, Yunshang didn't persuade again, and quietly let her continue soaking.

The medicinal bath has a calming effect, Shen Bai fell asleep after soaking for a while, and when he opened his eyes again, his body was shaking, and what caught his eye was the red tassels dangling from the canopy of the carriage.

How could she be in the carriage?

Shen Bai was secretly frightened, turned his head, and looked at Dongfang Ying's face for watching the show.

Shen Bai was speechless, frowned and asked Dongfang Ying: "Aren't you going to Nanxi?" What are you doing with getting me out, trying to find a place where no one is there and bury me, so that I can inherit the position of pavilion master? ”

"I watched the stars at night and found that I couldn't solve the problem by going to Nanxi, I had to go to Zhaoling, and it happened that the evil spirit also went to Zhaoling, you go with me, surrender it and send it away, and get rid of the aftermath forever."

Dongfang Ying was arrogant, Shen Bai's brows furrowed even tighter, and he pointed out the loophole: "That evil spirit's soul power is very weak now, you can just bring it back, why do you have to go with me, and your skill has regressed to such a point?" ”

Shen Bai deliberately provoked Dongfang Ying, Dongfang Ying looked at her and said, "The soul attraction bell is about to break, I'm afraid you won't last until that time, so it's safer to go with me." ”

"You ......"

Shen Bai still wanted to say something, Dongfang Ying said lazily: "Okay, it's been two days since you set off, no matter what you say now, I won't send you back, it's better to save some effort and lie down." ”

After saying this for a while, Shen Bai's chest was a little stuffy.

Dongfang Ying was able to bring her out, which means that Dongfang Qing and Yunshang both acquiesced.

It was useless for Shen Bai to say more, so he simply shut up and rested.

Worried about his body, the carriage walked very slowly all the way, but Shen Bai's body was too weak, and after a few days of bumps, Shen Bai began to have a fever and cough.

It's okay to have a fever, but a cough will affect the muscles in the body, and all the internal organs will hurt, and after two days of fever, Shen Bai will lose a lot of weight, and his face will be very pale.

Dongfang Ying gave her some medicine and didn't get better, and her brows were twisted.

He was also afraid that Shen Bai would die on the road.

But it is so far away from Yiling, and if you send Shen Bai back, the road will be in vain.

Dongfang Ying stayed in the town for three days, and then took Shen Bai to Zhaoling by water.

On the boat, you don't have to get in the car and get off the car every day, Shen Bai's state is barely better, she hasn't been out for too long, and finally has the opportunity to see the scenery, so she sits outside the cabin every day to blow the wind and watch the scenery on both sides of the strait.

It's also quite amazing, Shen Bai couldn't sit still before, and when he was studying in Tai Academy, he always had to go out over the wall to play, and he couldn't walk or jump when he was coming.

Nanxiang is very hot, the changes of the four seasons throughout the year are not obvious, entering Zhaoling Shen Bai immediately felt the autumn cold, before he arrived at the inn, he was so cold that he coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Dongfang Ying hurriedly placed her in the inn and bought several sturdy winter clothes for her to change into.

After coughing up blood, Shen Bai fell into a coma, and Dongfang Ying didn't dare to continue his journey, so he stayed at the inn.

Zhaoling is rainy in autumn, and the autumn rain will continue to fall on the second day, Dongfang Ying is generous, Xiao Er lit a brazier in the room, Shen Bai fell asleep for two days before waking up, he was so cold that he couldn't do it, and sat on the bed wrapped in a quilt all day long and chatted with Dongfang Ying.

Dongfang Ying was not in a hurry to chase the evil spirit, when Shen Bai was awake, he talked to Shen Bai, Shen Bai was unconscious, and he went out to hang out by himself.

In a blink of an eye, it is the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The Mid-Autumn Festival in the city is very grand, this year's Zhaoling wind and rain are smooth, the harvest is good, after the new emperor ascended the throne, he has done a lot of measures to improve the people's livelihood, this year's taxes have been reduced a lot, and the people in the city are happy on their faces.

The weather was good on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the autumn was high and cool, and Shen Bai's spirit was also okay, when he heard the excitement outside, he couldn't help but mention his interest and went out for a walk with Dongfang Ying.

There was nothing fun during the day, Shen Bai slept in the inn all day, and only went out in the evening.

There is no curfew tonight, and there are lanterns hanging everywhere and red silk pulling, which is full of joy.

Shen Bai had never been out of Nanxiang, and when he suddenly saw such a lively scene, he felt like he was suddenly separated from the world.

She was a little happier, and she was introducing the folk customs of Zhaoling to Dongfang Ying all the way, and when she saw anything delicious and fun, she recommended Dongfang Ying to try it, but in the end, Dongfang Ying paid for it and bought it into her mouth.

Shen Bai didn't have much appetite now, and he only ate a few things to survive, so he only mixed in the crowd to watch the excitement.

Halfway through the stroll, the soul-attracting bell rang, the evil spirit was nearby, Shen Bai was not yet happy, and said to Dongfang Ying: "I'm waiting for you here, you go and catch it and come back to me." ”

There are too many people here, Dongfang Ying is not at ease, Shen Bai lazily urged: "Go, don't let it escape again for a while, it's hard to find." ”

Dongfang Ying left, Shen Bai found a corner that was not easy to be squeezed, and leaned against the wall to watch an old man pinching noodles.

She doesn't really like to eat these things, but she likes the process very much, and thinks it's quite magical, the dough can be kneaded in her hand like this, and it can be turned into all kinds of strange shapes.

These things are all liked by children, and there were seven or eight children standing next to Shen Bai, each of these children holding a noodle figure in their hands, but they still looked at it without blinking.

I don't know how long I watched it, the crowd suddenly burst into a commotion, Shen Bai thought that Dongfang Ying was making too much noise, and followed the reputation, but saw a ragged child rushing straight towards her.

If this is bumped into, I'm afraid that the master's life will have to be explained here.

Shen Bai gave way to the side, and the alley behind him was vacant, and the child scurried into the alley as flexibly as a cat, and disappeared in an instant.

The popularity of the people who chased after him was ruined, and then he grabbed Shen Bai's collar and said angrily: "You are that kid's accomplice, don't want to run!" ”

"I'm not." Shen Bai defended himself, feeling that the collar was too tight, and he couldn't breathe, patted the man's hand and said, "You let go of me first." ”

Where was that person willing to let go, grabbed Shen Bai's collar and dragged her to the official.

The man's movements were very rude, and Shen Bai felt a tingling pain in his chest after being dragged a few steps, and before he could speak, his eyes were dark, and he went straight forward, not knowing anything.

When she woke up again, she was not locked up in the prison, with a large and soft bed under her, a smoky blue bed tent above her head, and a brazier burning in the room, which was very warm.

Shen Bai moved his fingers, his body was very weak, he couldn't get up, he turned his head with difficulty, and saw a person wearing a navy blue embroidered colorful flying fish official uniform sitting in the room.

The man's eyebrows and eyes are handsome, two points more stable and bookish than when he was a teenager, and his official uniform is added, and he is a little more majestic than when he was young.

Shen Bai felt familiar, and his mind was dull for a long time before he remembered this person's name.

It's Brother Wu.

Goodbye old man, Shen Bai was a little moved, Wu Shouxin also noticed her sight, turned his head to look over, saw that she was awake, and immediately walked to the side of the bed and asked, "Are you awake, is there anything uncomfortable?" ”

Shen Bai was not polite, and said truthfully: "A little thirsty." ”

Wu Shouxin immediately poured a cup of hot water for her to feed, and added two more pillows behind her back to let her sit on the bed.

Wu Shouxin obviously didn't expect Shen Bai to suddenly appear here, sitting next to him several times and wanting to speak, but finally couldn't say a word, Shen Bai quickly calmed down and asked, "Brother Wu is the state capital here now?" ”

"Well, I just took up my post a few years ago." Wu Shouxin nodded, and finally asked the question he was most concerned about, "Why are you here?" ”

"It's a very lively festival, so I went to join in for a while." Shen Bai said flatly, thought about it and added, "The one who stole the money is a child, and I am not his accomplice." ”

Of course, Wu Shouxin knew that she was not the child's accomplice, looked Shen Bai up and down for a while, and was about to speak, when a maid's voice came from outside the door: "Master, Madam said that she has a headache and is uncomfortable, please come over and take a look." ”

Madam? He got married.

Thinking about it, Wu Shouxin should be crowned, and it is not like to come so far to be the state capital, and it is not like to be married.

Shen Bai was a little curious and asked, "Is it Miss Su Er?" ”

When she left Hanjing, she heard that he was going to be engaged to Su Ying.

Wu Shouxin shook his head and said, "It's Miss Lu Qingqing of the Lu family." ”

Shen Bai was surprised, it turned out to be Lu Qingqing, this person is the niece of the Queen Mother, although he and Wu Shouxin are also a good match, but how did the two get together? What about Su Ying?

Shen Bai was puzzled, and the maid saw that Wu Shouxin didn't move, and said, "Madame's body is heavy, and her appetite is not good these days, so I'd better go and see Madame." ”

It's pregnant.

Shen Bai hurriedly said, "Brother Wu, let's go see Madame first, I can't run away like this." ”

Wu Shouxin called the doctor to check Shen Bai's pulse, and naturally knew that she was not in good health now, so he hesitated and got up to leave.

In the evening, the maid came to invite Shen Bai to the front hall for a banquet, saying that their wife had specially prepared a dinner to entertain her.

As soon as Shen Bai heard it, he knew that Lu Qingqing was eating, and he didn't want to destroy the relationship between husband and wife, so Shen Bai asked the maid to help him clean up and go to the front hall for the banquet.

Lu Qingqing's belly was high and bulging, she should be six or seven months pregnant, she was still putting up a shelf to see what kind of fox her husband picked up from the street, but after seeing Shen Bai, the whole person was stunned, pointed at Shen Bai and asked the same words as Wu Shouxin: "Why are you here?" ”

The expressions of the two are similar, not to mention that they are really husband and wife.

Shen Bai smiled slightly and said, "I happened to be passing by, I didn't bring any gifts, and I asked Mrs. Wu not to be surprised." ”