On the eighteenth day of the lunar month, the heavy snow in Muzhou closed the mountain.

The plank road connecting Muju and Dushi was buried by snow, and communication between the two cities was cut off, and the city of Muju was also peaceful.

After a while, there was a knock on the door of the inn, and the guy who was napping woke up, answered, and hurriedly opened the door, and the cold wind and snow rolled two black shadows in.

The wind was so strong that the guy was almost knocked to the ground, staggered back two steps, one of the black shadows helped him, and then closed the door with another person, skillfully carrying the door bolt, I don't know if it was his illusion, the two black shadows seemed to have drawn something on the door.

But they were moving too fast for the guy to see.

The wind and snow were knocking on the door outside, but it was peaceful in the inn, and the two took off their cloaks and hats, revealing their handsome and good-looking faces, and their eyes were amazingly bright.

It's two little Langjun.

The guy breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Are the two Langjun playing at the top or staying in the hotel?" ”

Shen Bai took out a piece of silver and handed it to the man, saying, "If you live in a hotel, you want a room, you can eat casually, and send some hot water." ”

It's a little late at this point, and it's troublesome to boil hot water.

The guy was about to excuse himself, but Shen Bai said in a deep voice: "You don't have to look for it." ”

Hearing these four words, the man's eyes lit up, he quickly took the silver, and said earnestly: "Don't worry, Lang Jun, the hot water will be delivered immediately, and I will take you to the room first." ”

The room was on the far left of the second floor, with a window facing the street, and there was only a table and a bed inside.

The guy went down to prepare hot water and food when he sent it to the door, Dongfang Ying flicked the door bolt, and when he turned around, Shen Bai had already taken off his cloak and sat on the edge of the bed, frowning at his twisted left hand.

Her left arm had been bitten off from her elbow, and the wound was quite hideous, but it was not bleeding, and it was slowly growing new flesh and bones.

Shen Bai was sweating in pain, his lips were pale, Dongfang Ying lit the lamp, turned his head and asked her, "Are you okay?" ”

"I'm like this, how good can I be?" Shen Bai asked angrily, thinking of yesterday's thrill, he couldn't help gritting his teeth and said: "That little ghost really has no conscience, I was good to him at the beginning, and I almost killed me several times along the way, if I hadn't run fast yesterday, I'm afraid that he would have eaten it up long ago." ”

"He is now controlled by evil spirits, and his behavior is involuntary." Dongfang Ying rarely comforted Shen Bai, took out a small piece of wood and said to Shen Bai, "With it, it may be able to relieve the pain." ”

Shen Bai took it and put it in his mouth, the light smell of wood spread in his mouth, Dongfang Ying dragged a stool and sat in front of her and said: "You have mastered most of the incense making techniques now, but the reaction is not fast enough, and the strength is not big enough, although you have grown fast enough, but this evil spirit has absorbed more souls than us along the way, and its strength has increased several times compared to when it was in Hanjing." ”

Shen Bai nodded and added: "But I feel that the closer I get to Dongheng, the more jealous it seems to be, from yesterday to now, it has only chased itself, and has not shown up to fight us head-on." ”

Dongfang Ying nodded, his expression was not relaxed, and said: "It has lived for two hundred years, and most of the souls it absorbs have become evil spirits, and it itself is also conscious, smarter than we imagined, and we can't take it lightly." ”

"Hmm."

Shen Bai responded, listening to the whistling sound of the wind and snow outside, and felt like he was suddenly separated from the world.

In the past, how could she have thought that one day she would leave behind the comfortable life of the princess and concubine to deal with evil spirits that normal people can't see?

The guy quickly knocked on the door to bring food and hot water, Shen Bai barely ate two bites and couldn't eat, Dongfang Ying helped her twist the handkerchief and wipe her face and hands.

The two of them led the evil spirit to drive for more than a month, and now, the relationship is much more harmonious than before, and Shen Bai is still injured, and Dongfang Ying is not so bad as to keep hurting her.

After helping Shen Bai wipe it, Dongfang Ying also wiped it briefly, both of them were very tired, Shen Bai said to Dongfang Ying: "It's still my vigil tonight, you can sleep." ”

"You didn't sleep last night."

"My hands hurt and I can't sleep." Shen Bai said in a hoarse voice that she also wanted to sleep, but the process of wound recovery was too painful, it was like an upside down process of peeling flesh and removing bones.

Shen Qi and her had a lot of connections before, after being bitten by Shen Qi, the wound recovered much slower than before, and it took more than an inch for the arm to recover after a day and a night.

Inconvenience is secondary, which means that Shen Bai has to endure the torture of having his hand amputated for half a month.

Shen Bai was afraid that he would die of pain.

Dongfang Ying also thought of a lot of ways to help her alleviate her pain, but it was useless, and when she heard Shen Bai say this, she asked, "I'll help you make a calming trick again." ”

Dongfang Ying used a calming trick on Shen Bai before, although Shen Bai fell asleep, he kept dreaming, and after waking up, he was even more tired, which was useless.

Shen Bai shook his head and said, "Let's talk about it tomorrow, I don't want to sleep tonight." ”

Dongfang Ying didn't force it, and lay down on the bed to sleep.

There are only two of them, Shen Bai is injured, and he has to keep his spirits up.

Shen Bai moved a stool and sat by the window, the wind outside was very loud, blowing the window crackling, as if a hand was constantly beating outside, but Shen Bai didn't feel scared at all.

In the past month or so, she feels that she has seen all the demons and monsters.

Sometimes spirits are driven to crawl out of mass graves, sometimes they suddenly emerge from the rooftops and seep in like water, and sometimes they suddenly reach out a hand from under the floor.

It's never easy to prevent.

Shen Bai would be frightened to scream at first, but now he is numb.

Although the soul is terrifying in appearance and its combat effectiveness is far beyond that of people, as long as you deal with it calmly, it is not difficult to destroy them.

Her arm hurt so badly that Shen Bai really didn't feel sleepy, and took out the mask that Hanchen left for her.

When she left Hanjing this time, she only brought this mask except for a little coiling.

Since that night, the mask flashed brightly, and there was no reaction later, and Shen Bai liked to take it out and look at it when he was fine.

Sitting until dawn, the rooster crowed three times, Dongfang Ying woke up, Shen Bai put away his mask and said, "Let's go after breakfast." ”

Dongfang Ying didn't have any opinions, the two put on their cloaks and went downstairs, and the guy asked early and brought breakfast.

After eating, the two went out directly, perhaps because Shen Bai made a generous move, and when he went out, the man reminded: "Two Langjun, the mountain has been closed by heavy snow in the past two days, if you want to go up the mountain, it is better to wait a few more days to set off, otherwise it will be very dangerous." ”

"Thank you for reminding us, we have urgent matters to deal with, and we can't delay." Shen Bai thanked him and went up to Zhaonan Mountain with Dongfang Ying.

After Zhao Che came back from Donghengguo, he deliberately allocated funds from the Ministry of War to let people repair the Nanheng plank road at any time to ensure the smooth flow between Dongheng and Zhaoling.

After Gu Hengzhou was appointed as the captain of Muzhou, he allocated troops to guard the plank road to prevent people with bad intentions from mixing in and causing a bad impact on the two countries.

Both Shen Bai and Dongfang Ying have forged customs clearance documents, which can easily pass the inspection.

The soldiers in charge of guarding were very different from the soldiers in the Muzhou Captain's camp before, worried that something would happen to the two, and one of the soldiers specially guided Shen Bai and Dongfang Ying, and the two of them safely crossed Zhaonan Mountain.

Crossing the ridge is the border of Dongheng, and Zhaonan Mountain has also become Hengrou Mountain, and the soldiers who led the way stopped here, and gave the wine bag they brought with them to Shen Bai, telling them to pay attention to safety.

Shen Bai thanked him and walked down the mountain with Dongfang Ying.

They set off early in the morning, and it was already past noon when they crossed Zhaonan Mountain, and when they arrived outside the city of Dusk, it was already dark, but fortunately, the curfew on the side of Dusk was not strict, and the two of them were allowed to enter after giving the customs clearance documents.

As soon as he entered the city, the bell in Shen Bai's hand rang, as if a soul had floated by, and he lightly hit the bell.

Shen Bai immediately remembered that he and Zhao Che came to Dongheng at that time, and as soon as they entered the city, the girl named Chunying boldly showed her love to them in front of everyone.

But later, the girl named Chunying died in the sacrifice, if Shen Bai's soul left the body before, if he was not mistaken, it was Gu Hengzhou who wore a sad and joyful face to execute Chunying.

Returning here, Shen Bai's mood was very complicated.

Dongfang Ying also heard the sound of the bell, and asked Shen Bai in a low voice: "Did you sense anything?" ”

Shen Bai shook his head, and went to the city with Dongfang Ying to find an inn to live in.

The New Year difference between Dongheng and Zhaoling was not two days, and there were not many merchants in the city of twilight, and the room was enough, so the two quickly found a place to stay.

After the death of Twilight, the new lord of the city took office, and it seems that there is no longer the bad custom of sacrifice here, and the people in the city are more hospitable than before.

After eating, Dongfang Ying carefully inspected the recovery of Shen Bai's arm, and his arm had grown more than an inch compared to yesterday, but there was still a big gap between it and its full growth.

Shen Bai hasn't closed his eyes for three days and nights, it's not okay to continue like this, Dongfang Ying used a calming trick for Shen Bai, Shen Bai lay on the bed, his consciousness was quickly stripped away, and he fell into a dark and dreary dream, Rao is so, Shen Bai still can't get rid of the pain on his arm.

Tick.

Tick, tick.

There was a faint sound of water drops in my ears, which was not loud, a little viscous, and sounded rather strange.

Shen Bai was still very conscious, knowing that he was dreaming now, but his eyelids were very heavy, and he couldn't see what was going on around him at all, a bit like he was pressed by a ghost.

She was not in a hurry, calmed down her breathing to calm herself, and waited for a long time, a weak sobbing sound came, and then a low shout: "Shen Lang, save me......"

At first, the voice was just a cry for help, but then it became louder, and it was dyed with demagogy and softness, not like a cry for help, but more like a temptation.

Spring.

The name popped up in Shen Bai's mind, and his vision suddenly became clear.

Chunying stood in front of her with a smile like a flower in Dongheng's unique bridal dress, and as in her memory, when the girl smiled, the corners of her eyes and eyebrows were warm, like a little sun, bright and moving.

Her eyebrows and eyes were crooked, she stretched out her hand towards Shen Bai, and called softly, "Shen Lang." ”

Shen Bai subconsciously took a step towards her, and the ethereal sound of bells came from far away, like a rope pulling Shen Bai and preventing her from taking another step.

Shen Bai stood in place, Chun Ying was still smiling, tilting her head and asking puzzledly, "Shen Lang, why can't you come?" ”

Shen Bai stood still, his throat choked badly, and asked in a hoarse voice, "How can you put it down?" ”

Chunying's expression froze, the smile on her face converged, the tails of her eyes were pressed down, the dark anger spread, and the skin on her face began to fall off piece by piece, revealing the flesh and bones that had been blackened and rotten, crying blood and tears, and began to accuse: "Shen Lang, you said you wanted to marry me, why didn't you come?!" You liar, liar! ”

Chunying's voice became sharp and harsh, and her jet-black hair fell out, sweeping towards Shen Bai like a sharp blade.

Shen Bai subconsciously raised his hand, shook the bell in his hand, silently recited his heart, condensed a protective cover in front of him, his hair was blocked, Chun Ying was more and more enraged, and let out an ugly roar in his throat, eager to tear Shen Bai apart directly.

Shen Bai felt guilty and didn't want to hurt her, and after a few rounds, he was careless and was twisted by Chunying's hair.

Those hairs seemed to have their own consciousness, and as soon as they wrapped around Shen Bai's neck, they desperately drilled into Shen Bai's flesh and skin, trying to suck Shen Bai's flesh and blood.

Shen Bai didn't have a knife in his hand, he couldn't break those hairs, he soon felt a little suffocated, he was uncomfortable, his neck was hot, those hairs were burned off, his neck was released, and Shen Bai immediately took a big breath.

The dream dissipated, Shen Bai opened her eyes, and Dongfang Ying was standing beside the bed, with a hand on her neck.

"I ......"

Dongfang Ying interrupted Shen Bai and said in a deep voice, "Don't be in a hurry to talk first, rest for a while." ”

Shen Bai pursed his lips and stopped talking, his throat was burning, and there was even a sweet smell of blood between his breaths.

After a while, Dongfang Ying withdrew his hand and said with a solemn expression: "That evil spirit's strength has increased again, and it can actually drive the evil spirit to cause chaos under my nose, I'm sorry, I didn't protect you well." ”

Shen Bai reluctantly pulled out a smile and signaled him not to care.

If Chunying really died at the hands of Brother Gu, it was indeed she and Brother Gu who owed Chunying in this matter, and this crime should also be borne by Shen Bai.

Her throat also hurt, and Shen Bai couldn't sleep anymore, but Dongfang Ying insisted that she lie down and rest.

The next day, the two didn't continue to hurry, repairing in the city, Dongfang Ying went out, and when he came back, his expression became more serious.

In a place that ordinary people couldn't see, the sky above the Dusk City was dark and gloomy, and countless resentful spirits gathered.

In the past two hundred years, the souls accumulated in this city because of sacrifices and various bloody battles, some of them are obsessed, some are revenge, and they have been hovering and wailing in the sky but no one has heard them.

These evil spirits usually cannot directly harm the people in the city, and will not have any impact on daily life, but for that evil spirit, they are the best natural nutrients.

However, Dongfang Ying was a little puzzled, since that evil spirit came here with them, why didn't he directly absorb these resentful spirits to enhance his strength?

Dongfang Ying couldn't figure it out, Shen Bai couldn't figure it out, but thinking of Chunying and the girls who were killed by Dusk Kesha at the beginning, Shen Bai didn't plan to leave Dusk Worship like this, she said to Dongfang Ying: "I want to calm the grievances of these resentful spirits and let them be free." ”

"I took a cursory look, there are thousands of resentful spirits hovering here, even if all the incense makers of the Dongfang family are here, it may not be able to calm their grievances, if you want to do this on your own, it is impossible."

Dongfang Ying unceremoniously poured cold water on Shen Bai, Shen Bai was not surprised, nodded and said: "My current ability is indeed not enough, I can't calm down all the grievances at once, then I will come one by one, there will always be a day when I can finish it." ”

Dongfang Ying asked: "Aren't you in a hurry to lift the curse of the sad and joyful side?" ”

Shen Bai's eyes were like torches, and he said calmly: "To lift the curse of the sad and happy side is not something that can be done in a day or two, and Dongfang Ling said when he gave me the bell, the curse of the sad and happy side is widely implicated, and if you want to lift the curse, you must first calm the grievances and appease the undead, if I can't even appease these resentful spirits, even if I go to Hengyang, the capital of Dongheng, I shouldn't be able to do anything." ”

Shen Bai thought very clearly, Dongfang Ying didn't persuade her again, he came to help Shen Bai on the order of the head of the family, and he couldn't make any decisions for Shen Bai, he only reminded Shen Bai: "You are injured now and have difficulty moving, even if you want to calm down the resentful spirit, you have to wait for your hand to recover." ”

In the next few days, Shen Bai was recuperating in the city, Dongfang Ying strengthened the formation of the room, and Chunying never entered Shen Bai's dream again, but Shen Bai probably guessed what Chunying's obsession was, so Dongfang Ying took the time to go to the city to buy a set of wedding clothes, and asked the people in the city about the nearest auspicious day of the zodiac.

On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, Shen Bai's hand was finally fully recovered, on this day she changed into the men's wedding dress that Dongfang Ying bought, dressed up carefully, and when night fell, she and Dongfang Ying went to the courtyard where Chunying lived with a women's wedding dress and a simple dowry.

For the past two years, there has been no one to live, and the yard has been eroded and dilapidated by wind and rain, and moss has grown everywhere.

The two of them performed light skills and entered the courtyard, Shen Bai found a table and moved it to the courtyard, lit incense and candles and waited patiently.

At one moment, the wind rose in the courtyard, and the candle flame was blown left and right, and after struggling for a while, it was finally extinguished, and a wisp of green smoke rose, and then the wedding dress on the table disappeared, and was replaced by a young girl wearing a wedding dress.

Shen Bai was not afraid, looked at Chunying, and said thoughtfully: "Shen Bai is as promised, come back to marry my sister." ”

Chunying's expression was a little wooden, looking at the things on the table, then at Shen Bai, and puzzled: "Marry me?" ”

Shen Bai said firmly: "Yes, as long as my sister and I worship heaven and earth, we will be husband and wife." ”

After speaking, Shen Bai took the first step to lift the hem of his clothes and knelt on the ground, Chunying walked to Shen Bai's side, and was about to kneel, when he noticed Dongfang Ying beside him, and asked vigilantly: "Who is he?" ”

"He's our officiant." Shen Bai explained, seeing Chunying's intact appearance, he couldn't help but be, "My sister is warm and beautiful, she is an excellent girl, Shen Bai's original words, there is no intention of teasing, I hope my sister will let go of her heart and have no pain and sorrow." ”

Chun Ying seemed to understand whether she understood or not, knelt down beside Shen Bai, and said quietly: "If Shen Lang marries me, I will be happy and worry-free." ”

Shen Bai didn't expect Chunying's obsession to marry him to be so deep, and he was quite sad in his heart, but he said with a gentle smile on his face: "It's good that my sister is happy." ”

Chunying seemed to be pleased, the corners of her lips raised slightly, and Shen Bai was about to breathe a sigh of relief, when a cold light suddenly flashed in front of him.

"Be careful!"

Dongfang Ying shouted, Shen Bai and Chunying were too close to each other, there was no way to avoid it, his abdomen was cold, and he was stabbed by Chunying.