Mu Zhixi was still feeling palpitations because of what happened just now, while Xuan Zhuyi took the opportunity to ask Shang Ling about the fox just now.

"Oh," Shang Ling said with a blank face, "It's a fox I saved before." ”

"Where did you save it?"

"It should be when I was in Xuancheng County before, that is, I picked it up in the woods on the night when Senior Yi turned into a snake."

"Xuancheng County?" Xuan Zhuyi understood a little, "Dongyang County is next to Xuancheng County, this meeting may be a coincidence." ”

"No, it's not a coincidence," Shang Ling also began to think about this matter, "After I picked it up from Xuancheng County, I basically saw it everywhere I went to it later, and I saw it almost five times before and after." It's just that the first few times it was just an ordinary bullied little fox, and it wasn't as fierce as Fang just now. ”

Xuan Zhuyi was a little surprised: "You mean it follows you all the way, starting from Xuancheng County and then to this Dongyang County?" ”

"Yes."

"Didn't this fox recognize you as its owner?"

"If it's the master, why don't you just follow me, why do you suddenly appear and leave every time?"

"You just said that there is still an hour before dawn, isn't this fox going to leave every morning?"

"Yes, and I feel like every time I see it, its abilities have improved dramatically. Like this time, I never expected it to turn out like this. ”

Xuan Zhuyi sighed and said, "This should be a fox with great spirituality. ”

"It's just," Shang Ling suddenly thought of something, "the time I see this fox every time I ......"

"What's wrong?" Xuan Zhuyi was a little confused.

"It's just a guess, but," Shang Ling hesitated a little, "every time I see this fox, it's fifteen. ”

"Fifteen?" Xuan Zhuyi frowned, "The night of the full moon." ”

"It's ......," Shang Ling felt a little unspeakable, "Could it have anything to do with Yu Cihe...... Wrong wrong! He patted his head, "It's impossible, the more I think about it, the more biased I get!" ”

Xuan Zhuyi: "It's really irrelevant, but then again, why did you leave Yu Cihe there alone?" ”

Shang Ling said helplessly: "She said to regulate her internal breath and let me go farther." ”

Xuan Zhuyi also looked incredulous: "And then you came here?" ”

Shang Ling shrugged his shoulders and asked Mu Jinggong, "How is it?" Is Senior Sister Xi okay? ”

"It's okay" Mu Jinggong hugged Mu Zhixi, "Sister is just too tired." She struggled desperately when she was on top, but she just hit the stone with an egg. ”

Xuan Zhuyi: "Why did this tree spirit suddenly attack you?" ”

Mu Jinggong: "My sister and I came here to collect firewood for fire, but we saw a lot of branches around the tree, so we wanted to go over and pick them up. But as soon as I walked over, the tree began to move, and the branches were coming at me, but my sister noticed that something was wrong and pushed me away, but she was swept away by the tree spirit. I found that the silver needle could not help it, so I thought that my sister's sword had fallen there, and I tried to get it, but it was opened by the branch of the tree spirit, thanks to a mother-in-law who saved me. As he spoke, Mu Jinggong looked behind her, and the old woman was still standing in that place, looking at her. Mu Jinggong stood up and walked towards the old woman, took her to Xuan Zhuyi and a few people and introduced: "It was this mother-in-law who saved me, mother-in-law, these people are all my friends." ”

"Mother-in-law" several people arched their hands, "Thank you for your life-saving grace." ”

The old woman looked at them, then at Mu Jinggong, and suddenly made a gesture to Mu Jinggong.

"Mother-in-law" Mu Jinggong helped her, "Mother-in-law, what are you doing here?" ”

"I haven't introduced myself to you yet," said the old woman, "the old woman's surname is Su, and she has a granddaughter with her, and she was separated here when there was a natural disaster a few years ago. It's been many years, my body has been destroyed, but my soul is still gone, and I still want to find my granddaughter. When I saw this girl today, she looked a little like my granddaughter, and I was a little distracted, and I frightened the girl, and I hope that the girl is not strange. ”

Mu Jinggong hurriedly said: "Mother-in-law, you saved me, how can you say such a thing?" ”

The ghost mother-in-law still smiled and said: "I also see that a few people are cultivators, and they should be people who punish evil and promote good, and they should also accept lonely souls and wild ghosts like me, right?" ”

A few people did not speak. The ghost mother-in-law smiled: "After so many years, I don't know where my granddaughter has gone, and it will be in vain for me to continue to be here. ”

Xuan Zhuyi: "Lonely souls and wild ghosts can't be reincarnated, are you willing to do it?" ”

"Not reincarnation?" The ghost mother-in-law smiled dismally, "That's it, if you don't see it, you'll be gone." It's my wife who is sorry for my Jin'er, and I don't have the face to see it. ”

"Jin'er?" Mu Jinggong suddenly asked, "Mother-in-law, is this your granddaughter's name?" ”

"Ah, yes. My granddaughter's name is Hibiscus. When she said this, there seemed to be something in the eyes of the ghost mother-in-law, as if she had already appeared in front of her.

"Mother-in-law" Mu Jinggong's eyes also flashed with something, "My name is Mu Hibiscus, why don't I replace her, be your granddaughter, and stay with you for a while." ”

"Your name is Hibiscus?!" The ghost mother-in-law was also surprised, "Your name is really Hibiscus?" ”

"Yes!" Mu Jinggong nodded, "My surname is Mu, my name is Jinggong, and the word hibiscus, I will be called Mu Hibiscus." ”

"Heaven's arrangement!" The ghost mother-in-law suddenly laughed, "God treats me well!" ”

Mu Jinggong cried and said: "When I was young, I had a mother-in-law who took care of me for a while, but then she was gone, but I couldn't personally send her on the last ride. Now that I have met you, you are like my mother-in-law. ”

The ghost mother-in-law gently touched Mu Jinggong's hair with teary eyes and said, "Hey! Good granddaughter, Jin'er, don't cry, mother-in-law is here. ”

"Mother-in-law!" Mu Jinggong and the ghost mother-in-law hugged each other like this.

Xuan Zhuyi stood aside and asked Mu Zhixi, "Zhixi, what's going on with Senior Sister Gong's mother-in-law?" ”

Mu Zhixi's eyes were also a little moist: "When my mother was young, she secretly followed my grandfather's caravan to Linchuan County, my father had just entered the court at that time, and I was only three or four years old at that time and often stayed in Nangong Mansion. Her mother gave birth to Jing Gong in Linchuan County, and it was a kind mother-in-law who was doing business with her grandfather's family in Linchuan County at that time. She was the only one living there, and her grandfather's caravan stayed at her mother-in-law's house, while her mother-in-law took care of her mother and the newborn Jinggong. Later, when my mother was better, she returned with the caravan. The mother was worried about her mother-in-law, so when Jing Gong was three or four years old, she took her to see the mother-in-law again, Jing Gong liked that mother-in-law very much, and her mother-in-law also liked Jing Gong very much, so she treated her as her granddaughter. Later, half a year after Jing Gong returned from her mother-in-law, her mother-in-law died. ”

Shang Ling: "Since that old woman lives alone, why didn't you bring her back with you at that time?" ”

Mu Zhixi: "I don't know the specifics, but my mother put forward such an idea at that time, but my mother-in-law rejected it." My mother-in-law seems to have said that she has been there for a long time and does not want to leave, and she is afraid that it will be inconvenient if she comes to our house. ”

Xuan Zhuyi: "Why does my mother-in-law live alone?" What about his son? ”

Mu Zhixi sighed and said, "Mother also asked at the time, but my mother-in-law only said that her son died very early, and she was the only one left in their family. ”

Shang Ling: "If you say that, Senior Sister Gong seemed to be all her mother-in-law at that time. ”

Mu Zhixi: "At that time, after her mother-in-law left, Jing Gong cried for a month, and then her mother gave Jing Gong a jade ring given to her mother by her mother-in-law, so she stopped crying. Jing Gong has always cherished that jade ring, but now, there is nothing. ”

The three of them stopped talking, Xuan Zhuyi suddenly remembered Ouyang Ruolin, and hurriedly looked around: "Have you seen Ruolin?" ”

Shang Ling: "Ruolin? Didn't you see, weren't you with her? ”

"Suffered!" Xuan Zhuyi hurriedly ran towards the tree spirit, but saw Ouyang Ruolin walking towards him intact, followed by two people in white clothes.

"Big brother!" Ouyang Ruolin waved his hand at Xuan Zhuyi with his sword, and Xuan Zhuyi hurriedly ran over.

At this moment, Xuan Zhuyi's eyes were full of anxiety: "Ruolin? Are you okay? Didn't get hurt, did you? ”

"It's okay," Ouyang Ruolin also smiled very generously, "Senior brother, you don't have to worry. How is Senior Sister Xi? Oh yes, this is your sword. Ouyang Ruolin handed the sword in her left hand to Mu Zhixi.

Mu Zhixi took the sword: "I'm fine, thank you, Ruolin." ”

Shang Ling noticed the two people behind Ouyang Ruolin who were dressed in white and bowed their heads and said nothing, so he asked, "I don't know, these two are ......?"

Ouyang Ruolin: "Oh! These two are old acquaintances. ”

"Old acquaintances?" Xuan Zhuyi was also stunned for a moment, "I don't know the two ......" As he was saying, the two white-clothed people behind Ouyang Ruolin raised their heads, arched their hands to Xuan Zhuyi and a few people, and said, "Xuan Gongzi, Shang Gongzi, Mu Girl, don't come to harm." ”

"José? Away from Chu Qian?! The three of them felt as if their jaws were about to fall in shock, and they couldn't say anything other than these two names.

The two of them bowed their heads and said, "Qiao Ze and Li Chuqian are dead, we are the disciples of Nanluo Pavilion, Ling Shuang and Wu Yue." ”

"Nanlu Pavilion?" Mu Zhixi felt that this was a bit informative, "That's not a wolf ...... Are you a disciple of the Chill Wolf? ”

"Exactly."

Shang Ling still couldn't react: "You guys, didn't you make a deal with the cold wolf, it's already ...... Is it dead? ”

Ling Shuang: "We're not human now, it's just that the Pavilion Master has sealed our souls and memories. ”

Wu Yue: "We have abandoned the past, and Qiao Ze and Li Chuqian of Xin'an County were already dead. And now standing here are Ling Shuang and Wu Yue, everything we have now has been given to us by the Pavilion Master. ”

Everyone was silent, and they all seemed to be a little surprised. Xuan Zhuyi asked, "Why are you all here?" ”

Ling Shuang: "The Pavilion Master ordered us to go to Huiji County to give Master Xuan a gift. ”

"Xuan Gongzi?" Xuan Zhuyi was also a little delirious now.

Wu Yue: "Master Xuan is a crow beside the pavilion master, and now he is in Huiji County. ”

"I see." Xuan Zhuyi suddenly realized, "I suddenly thought of one thing, the person Xu Bo talked to in the inn before and the person he saw in the woods was actually you, right?" ”

Ling Shuang smiled bitterly: "Yes." ”

Shang Ling: "It's a pity that his old man has been killed, you ...... Condolences change. ”

Ling Shuang nodded silently.

—— —— ——

It was finally dawn, and the group walked back to where they had set out in the evening. Shang Ling's gaze kept looking at the place where Yu Tzu He was before, but now it was empty. Shang Ling's heart instantly rose to her throat, and she was about to speak when she saw Yu Cihe coming out of the woods not far away, still holding the clothes that Shang Ling had put on her before, and her heart instantly fell to the ground again.

"Yu Tzu Hyuk!" Shang Ling walked over, "Where have you been?" ”

"Where have you been?" Yu Tzu-hyuk did not answer the rhetorical question.

"I ...... We had some trouble last night, so we're only back now. ”

"Dryads?"

"How do you know?!" Shang Ling was a little shocked.

"The sound I heard last night was like thunder and lightning." What Yu Tzu Hyuk said was light and light.

"No," Shang Ling grabbed Yu Cihe and asked with a frown, "How do you know it's a tree spirit?" ”

Yu Tzu Hyuk shrugged and said, "There must be spirits in the woods, and according to last night's sound, there must be tree spirits in this place with many trees." ”

Shang Ling slowly let go of his hand: "Really? ”

"Or else? With my physical condition last night, what else do you want me to do? Yu Tzu Hyuk stared at him and said, "You doubt me? ”

"No, no, no! What do I doubt of you? ”

"Suspicion...... I did the dryad. ”

"That's simply not possible." Shang Ling smiled, and Yu Tzu Hyuk ignored him anymore.

"But......" Shang Ling opened his mouth and didn't say anything, he stopped talking, he didn't have any evidence to prove that the fox had any direct relationship with Yu Cihe, and if he thought about it carefully, the two sides really had nothing to do with each other, maybe he really wanted to deviate.