Chapter 8: Night Ghosts
In the early morning of the next day, when Ember was still asleep, Shangguan Chen was ordered to wake him up with a bunch of keys, and regardless of Ember's irritability, he dragged the person out. The group outside the inn had already been prepared, and when they saw the two of them coming out, they immediately swept in the direction of the mountain gate.
Ember looked at the long stone steps in front of him in front of the mountain gate, his eyes gradually dimmed, and then he was stunned, and his steps unconsciously slowed down, and finally stopped.
Shangguan Chen had been following him, and when he saw him like this, he suddenly said, "Why don't you leave again?"
Ember was summoned back to his senses by this sound, glanced sideways at him, and continued to walk the stairs as if nothing had happened, without saying a word.
Shangguanchen was not annoyed, and chased after him and said, "You don't have to worry, although my master has a cold temper, he will never careless of people's lives." If she wanted to hurt you, she would have done it in Jiangyin, and she wouldn't have brought you back. It's better for you to come here than to be taken away by Sect Master Xiao, you don't know, that Sect Master Xiao hates the Demon Dao demon the most, and none of the people in the Demon Dao who fell into his hands have a good end, that means ......" said and shuddered, "It's very cruel!"
"Your body will definitely not last a day before you are tortured to death by him!, so you are still glad to have been brought back by my master!"
When the words fell, Ember suddenly paused, and asked him sideways: "Is he really so hateful?" His voice was very low, and he didn't know whether he was asking Shangguanchen or himself.
Shangguan Chen didn't quite understand what he meant by "still", as if he knew it a long time ago, but his age was not very old. Just thought that he was arrogant and talked nonsense, and he didn't care about him, so he nodded perfunctorily: "Yes." ”
Just as he was about to say something more, Shangguan Rin slapped him on the head from behind and reprimanded, "What are you talking nonsense here? As he spoke, he glanced at Ember and said in a low voice: "How can you get close to him, do you know what his identity is, stay away from him." ”
Shangguan Chen was unconvinced: "What identity? Shangguan Yu? It doesn't matter if others believe it or not, I don't believe it anyway! Just like those people said, even if he is really reborn, he will definitely not be as frivolous as him, and Shangguan Yu has a vigorous posture and a high level of cultivation, how can he be as weak as him, and he was kicked out of the window at once, which is too insulting. Besides, he also helped me in the Imperial Fragrance Building, so I can't be as guarded and alienated from him as you are, so I should take care of him. ”
Shangguan Rin became even more angry after hearing this: "You are embarrassed to say Yuxianglou, how did you go to that kind of place for no reason?" You thought that this matter was settled, and you will go back in a while to see how the master interrogates you." ”
Shangguan Chen hurriedly said: "I went to find monsters." ”
Shangguan Rin said: "Keep these words and tell the master, if you can't pass the master's level, see how she punishes you, and then see if you still have the heart to meddle in other people's affairs." After speaking, he pulled Shangguan Chen and left quickly.
"Alas...... Slow down...... Slow down...... Hurt, hurt, hurt......"
Ember looked at Shangguan Chen's appearance of turning back step by step, smiled absently, and continued to ascend the stone steps.
Passing through the layers of wooden pavilions and water pavilions, walking through the mantle attics, and behind them are various courtyards, which are the residences of the Shangguan Mansion.
Since Ye Yuhua was in charge of the lintel, the Shangguan family's residence has never been inhabited by outsiders, even if there are colleagues who come to discuss matters, she will never allow them to step here, and no one knows the reason. Because this is too rude, other families are also dissatisfied, and there are many criticisms of her for not knowing the etiquette, but she has always been ignorant and still insisted.
Now that the first outsider in twenty years has come to the courtyard, the disciples are all curious and excited, and they all stretch their necks to see how the sect master will place him.
Shangguan Rin asked, "Master, where is this person going to be arranged?"
Ye Yuhua was silent for a moment and said, "Tang Yuan." ”
Shangguan Rin: "...... Huh?!"
As soon as these words came out, all the disciples present gasped.
Tang Yuan is Master's residence!
Not only those disciples, but also the embers shook their bodies, but his movements were deliberately suppressed by him, and outsiders could hardly see them.
Without waiting for Shangguan Rin to open his mouth to confirm, Ye Yuhua left first. So he had no choice but to suppress his incomprehension, and with a weak heart, he took the embers to Tangyuan.
Standing in front of the begonias in the garden, his eyes were complicated with a sea of flowers, and his eyes, which had always been unpredictable, were a little calm and serious at this time, and behind the calm, there was irrepressible resistance and dodging. His hand was clenched at his side, trembling slightly, and he refused to enter.
"You don't dare to enter?"
Ye Yuhua appeared behind him at some point, and seemed to have been looking at him for a long time, looking at him with a provocative gaze at this time.
She walked up to him, attached her ear to him, looked him in the eye, and whispered, "Why don't you dare to go in?" ”
Her eyes were sharp, with a perceptive light, as if she had seen his heart. Ember didn't panic in the face of her gaze, and looked at her calmly, the two eyes intertwined, as if they were in a silent confrontation.
After a while, Ember smiled slightly, walked in leisurely, and walked comfortably under the begonia branches, lined with his hunting red robe, and the spring color in the garden seemed to be stronger.
Ye Yihua looked at his back, his eyes gradually dimmed, and he was stunned for a moment, until the figure disappeared before he followed up.
Ember's room was next to the main house, next door to Ye Yuhua, which was arranged by Ye Yuhua. I guess she thinks it's easier for her to look at herself.
He was also stained with light, and he stood in front of the window to see the most abundant begonia flowers in the garden, and the green leaf pink lotus in the pond is also the best angle to see here. But he didn't seem to like it very much, and after looking at it for a while, he closed the window. Outside, there was a sea of warm sun and flowers, and the fragrance was full of gardens, but he only stayed in the room and never stepped out.
In this way, until the evening, he did not make any movement, and Ye Yihua did not bother him again.
I looked through the room for a while, all of them were ordinary things, not interesting at all, and he didn't want to go out, so he could only lie on the bed to sleep to pass the time, at first he couldn't sleep at all, but who knew that he was really sleepy while lying down, so he fell asleep unconsciously.
Just as he was in a trance, there was a sudden terrible cry in his ears, the cry was sometimes high and low, sometimes thick and sometimes fine, sometimes sad as a complaint, sometimes full of grievances, and sometimes tempting people's minds, it was simply indistinguishable between male and female, ghosts crying wolves! After the tragic cry, there was a low murmur, whimpering and inaudible clearly, only knowing that the sound was close to the ear but could not distinguish the direction, although the voice was low but long, so reciprocated, it made people very irritable. He gradually woke up in his sleep, thinking that it was just a hallucination in his sleep, but when he woke up, he realized that the sound was coming from outside.
How could there be a night ghost here? Even if there were evil spirits and resentful monsters nearby, they shouldn't have broken into Shangguan's house. The mountain barrier outside is not an ornament!
He rubbed his eyebrows rather unhappily, and secretly said that which imp who didn't know whether he was alive or dead dared to disturb his dreams. I got up and walked to the window to see what it was.
However, as soon as his hand touched the lattice, it suddenly stopped.
The voice...... He seemed to have heard it, as if it had been very familiar, but it might have been too long for him to remember.
He pushed open the door and walked out, followed the sound, turned left and right, walked for almost a stick of incense before walking through the courtyard to *. However, just as he was about to step over the threshold, there was a sudden sound of a search from the eaves not far away.
Ember immediately retracted his steps and turned invisible, and he heard the sound of someone landing through the wall. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart who was so bold that he dared to sneak into Shangguan's house.
He leaned over slightly, trying to see what kind of Divine was so bold. But as soon as he poked his head out, he was stunned.
This is dressed in green clothes, with a light luan on his waist, who else can he be if it is not Ye Yuhua!
Shangguan's house* has a curfew, and as soon as night comes, no more people are allowed to enter and leave at will, which is the old rule. The reason for this is that most of the rooms are quiet rooms, study pavilions and residences of the elders in the family who are high and intend to retire, and in addition, the ancestral hall of the Shangguan family is also here, so this place must be kept absolutely quiet, and you can't set foot at will on weekdays.
But why did Ye Yuhua come here secretly in the middle of the night? She was the head of the family, how could she ignore the family rules and knowingly break it? Besides, even if she really wanted to come, there was no need to come secretly in the middle of the night, would anyone here dare to stop her?
Ember hid his breath and followed her, to see where she was going.
Ember followed her through several pavilions and a water pavilion, following under the cover of night without pressure. But in a quarter of an hour, Ye Yuhua stopped in front of a red door.
However, when he saw the red door, he stopped. He stared at the red door, and the look in his eyes was the same as the look in the eyes of the daytime looking at the garden full of begonia flowers.
No! It's different! It seems to be more ...... than the daylight More grief and anger! His hands gradually clenched into fists at his sides, his joints clicked, and his eyes flushed with murderous intent slightly reddened, and at this time, even any ordinary person could see that he was trying his best to suppress himself.
Just as he was staring at Zhu Men, a "squeak" sound sounded, awakening his thoughts. He looked up and saw that Ye Yuhua had already pushed the door in.
Ember lowered his eyes and hesitated for a moment, but finally followed.
There was no palm light in the room, and it was dark all around, only a few rays of moonlight shining in through the thin window paper, which felt a little eerie. Ember looked around casually, the furnishings here are very simple, there is a wide desk in front of it, on both sides are weapons racks full of various long swords, each weapon on it is glowing with a cold light, even if lying quietly on the shelf, it can also make people clearly feel the surging killing intent, especially in such a dark night, they are more like bloodthirsty monsters that have not eaten for a long time, with a sharp cold light and restless killing intent to show their eager to move.
Ember didn't care about the eerie chill around him at all, and his eyes fell on the desk.
However, there are a lot of tablets on the desk!
This is the ancestral hall of the Shangguan family.
Above it are the tablets of the heads of the previous generations, and the weapons on both sides should also be the swords they used during their lifetimes. If you can achieve the position of the head of the family, your hands will never be clean, and anyone here must have a lot of lives on their hands, so even if their swords have been sheathed with them for many years, the resentment in them is still so strong.
Ember had calmed down by this time, and as if he was afraid that he would lose control, or more like he was afraid of the feeling of looking at them, he only stared at them twice before immediately turning around and walking towards the inner room.
As soon as he left the front hall, he couldn't see the tablets, and his mood gradually calmed down. He had just seen Ye Yuhua turn into the inner room in front of the door, so he also chased in, but he froze in place as soon as he came in, looking at the scene in front of him in surprise.
Ye Yuhua sat in the corner of the wall, one leg stretched out, one leg arched, his left hand placed Qingluan horizontally on his leg, and his right hand held a jar of wine. Her eyes were empty and unfocused, like an unconscious puppet, cold and cold, without a trace of emotion and warmth. is obviously such an emotionless look, but there is a trace of sadness for no reason, which makes people feel that she is sad for some reason, and I don't know if this is an illusion or a reality.
She seemed to be a little drunk, her cheeks were slightly crimson, and her eyes blinked slightly, and she couldn't tell whether she was drunk or awake. She drank wine with her head held high, and gently stroked the light luan with her left hand, the more she stroked, the tighter she held, and finally hugged her tightly in her arms.
I'm afraid no one will believe it, it has never been a lifetime, and the arrogant and unruly Ye Yuhua will actually have such a lonely and decadent appearance.
Of course, if this scene alone was not enough to surprise Ember so much. To his surprise, the big hole beside Ye Yuhua was sunk - under the pried open floor, there was a wine cellar the size of several rooms, which was full of wine jars of all kinds and sizes.
She actually secretly opened a wine cellar in the ancestral hall!
This is simply confusing, the head of the dignified family actually opened a wine cellar in his own ancestral hall, such a disrespectful behavior is really unheard of, what does she think?
Even Ember couldn't figure out why she did this, so he watched quietly from behind the curtain as she drank. The more Ye Yuhua drank, the more lonely she became, and the sword in her arms became tighter and tighter, as if she was afraid that someone would rob her. She now looks like a helpless child in the corner, confused and sad. He couldn't remember how long it had been since he had seen her look so weak, as if it had been a few lifetimes before.
"Why are you lying to me, why are you away for so long?"
"Do you know how much I miss you? You don't know...... You don't know ......"
"I said I would ......"
She whispered to the point that she didn't know what she was saying, or whether it was drunk or sober. Ember listened quietly and watched until she drank jar after jar.
It turns out that she also has injuries? Can someone like her who is above the top actually have someone who cares? Ember is really curious about what kind of person can make Ye Yuhua so depressed.
At this time, Ember only felt that Ye Yuhua was really different from twenty years ago. In the past, although she was also taciturn, she was not indifferent, although she was also over-visioned, she was not arrogant, and although she could also drink, she never took the initiative to contaminate half a drop. What's more, she never cares about anyone in particular, and she treats everyone with the same attitude. I didn't expect that after many years of not seeing her, she has changed so much, what has she experienced over the years?
Originally, I wanted to see if I could find any secrets, but Ye Yuhua didn't do anything except drink. Ember looked at it for a while, but found nothing unusual, and found it very boring, so he planned to move on to another place to see. However, just as he was about to turn away, he suddenly heard the terrible ghost cry from the beginning.
Ember stopped suddenly, quickly glanced around vigilantly, and thought that Ye Yuhua was still inside and couldn't be discovered by her, so his figure flashed and he wanted to leave quickly.
However, it was already too late.
Ye Yuhua had already rushed over with a light luan. At this time, she returned to her cold and arrogant posture, and she did not see the despondency just now, and the rapid transformation made people feel that what she had just done was just an illusion.
Ember felt that the person was behind him, and had to turn back to defend, and when he turned around, the light luan slashed past his sideburns, and the sword light flashed on his face.
Ye Yuhua stopped suddenly, and when he saw that the person who came was an ember, he was a little surprised, and then his face turned cold, and he scolded: "Why did you come here!"
Ember knew that he was caught, and he couldn't hide, and he was thinking about how to answer, but before he could speak, Ye Yuhua's eyes suddenly opened slightly, and he swung down a sword without warning.
Ember squinted at the blade advancing against his neck, but didn't dodge, still in his original position. At the same time, the sound of shelves splitting was heard behind him.
He turned around unhurriedly and saw that the entire row of weapon racks had fallen to the ground, and the long swords had been laid out on the ground. And above those long swords, a thick cloud of black smoke gathered.
Ye Yuhua put his left hand on the shoulder of the ember, and threw him behind him with a slight force, protecting himself in front, and crossing the sword on his chest, using the sword light to deter and resist the evil spirits in front of him.
Originally, killing a few evil spirits was a piece of cake for Ye Yuhua, and it was not a matter at all, but for some reason, this time the evil spirits were quite strange, with the increase in the number of Ye Yuhua's attacks, the number of evil spirits also began to increase rapidly, and the resentment became heavier and heavier, and in the end, the entire ancestral hall was wrapped in black smoke!
This is the best of the best!
Ye Yuhua's light luan can be regarded as a superb magic weapon, and there has never been a magic weapon that can match it in the Immortal Demon Dao today. But this time, Qingluan actually failed to hurt these resentful spirits in the slightest, but attracted more and more!
Ye Yuhua was busy with his hands, but Ember was very leisurely on the side. These resentful spirits seemed to sense something, and as soon as they reached his side, they immediately retreated on their own, not daring to approach him in the slightest, so in the entire ancestral hall, only a clearing was open next to him.
Anyway, these resentful spirits didn't haunt him, he was happy and relaxed, leaning lightly on the other row of unfallen shelves with his arms folded, and watched Ye Yuhua work hard to resist the enemy with great interest, he didn't mean to help at all, but he was a little gloating.
Ye Yuhua naturally noticed it, turned around and glanced at him, his beautiful eyes did not wave, and he only stayed for a moment before continuing to turn around and swing his sword. Not a word was said from beginning to end.
At this time, there was a sudden chaotic sound of footsteps outside, and Ember looked up to see that it was Shangguan Rin who led everyone to hurry over. It seems that the people in the vestibule were also alarmed by the movement here, and now everyone has gathered outside, rushing in one after another. However, the first group of people who broke in were slammed out before they even stepped into the threshold! Even those who had caught up with them fell down together, and waves of people fell to the ground one after another, spurting blood, and fainting, and they couldn't get up on the ground before they even entered the door!
"What the hell is this!
"This thing...... This thing...... It's terrible! So many of us don't even have a chance to make a move, what can we do!"
"This is an ancestral hall!
For a while, everyone was anxious to spin in place, like ants on a hot pot, anxious and helpless!
However, one of their words was fulfilled. When those evil spirits were attacked by the outside world, the power that rebounded hit the desk, shaking off a spirit card on it.
It doesn't matter if this spirit card drops, the original indifferent expression of the ember instantly turned iron-blue, and a fierce light appeared in his sharp eyes, staring closely at the spirit card on the ground. The resentful spirit that had just knocked out the spirit card was still grinning proudly provocatively, but at this time, it suddenly sensed the sudden change in the mood of the ember, and immediately a fierce spirit, with a smug expression frozen on his face, and fell to the ground with great respect and fear, honestly not daring to be presumptuous again. Ember glanced at it fiercely, and that look looked like it was looking at the enemy who killed his father. The wraith didn't know what it had done wrong, and it stared left and right in disbelief, and flinched. But Ember didn't seem to see its gesture of begging for mercy at all, and without saying a word, he angrily waved out his sleeve and shook it away on the spot! His palm came out, and the resentful spirits around him were also startled, and instantly retreated a few feet, as if they were afraid of being angered.
When Ye Yuhua saw this scene, he suddenly smiled, breathed a sigh of relief, and asked, "Now can you tell me what these things are?
Ember's face was still very bad, although he didn't want to tell her, but because these resentful spirits made him angry just now, even if Ye Yuhua didn't do it, he had the heart to get rid of them, so he still reluctantly said: "These are sword spirits, every sword here has gone through a hundred battles, absorbed the blood of countless dead, and accumulated a deep anger, any one is enough to overturn half of the Shangguan family, let alone so many." The spirits of those dead people have gone through a long time, and they have become one with these swords, plus they have been recuperating for so long, and their grievances have already doubled, and they themselves use swords as spirits, and you can't hurt them with a sword. ”
It turns out they came out of the sword!
Hearing that it was not possible to use a sword, Ye Yuhua decisively abandoned the sword, and used a seal on his hand to attack with a spell, although it worked, but the speed was extremely limited compared to using a sword, and the number of resentful spirits was extremely large, I am afraid that before she killed them, they would already be all over the entire Shangguan family!