"Shanhai, did you call someone to beat you in your dream?"

Ah Luan looked at the circles under Rin's eyes, and held back such a sentence for a long time.

"Say less, and you'll know that your dog can't spit ivory out of his mouth." As soon as he finished yelling, Rin Shanhai felt that the bones in his body were aching faintly, and he might have had a cold last night. But watching Ah Luan jumping around, there should be no problem. I don't know who is too weak, he muttered in his heart.

I didn't see the shadow girl all night, but I pulled out other problems. If this matter is not resolved, he will pat his ass and leave, and he will tarnish the reputation of Rin Xiaoguan, and I am afraid that he will not have the face to come back to see the owner of the door in the future.

"Rinse your mouth and eat it! I didn't cover it all night, and I don't know how much ash it fell, so you can eat it. ”

Seeing Ah Luan quickly stuffing a few snacks, he scolded like this.

"No problem, no problem, the outer layer is peeled off, and the inside is still clean."

“…… Go rinse your mouth first. ”

Ah Luan reluctantly ran out again, trampling the floor with small steps. Shanhai suddenly thought of something, and thought about Fang Cai's words.

It's still clean inside.

The outer floor.

…… Maybe the shadow girl thing is not the real monster itself, but the shadow thrown in from the outside?

It's not impossible.

The outdoor demon time is the unitary time and the yin time, that is, the two periods of dusk and dawn. In addition to the people working in the courtyard one afternoon, the mountains and seas were also very busy. It's not so sunny anymore, and the mountains and seas are sitting on the verandah, writing Taoist talismans one by one. Ah Luan's medicine box was set aside, grinding ink.

At this moment, a kind old woman came forward with two cups of tea. Shanhai raised his head and recognized that it was Granny Qi who had been introduced by the steward. He looked at it slightly, and Grandma was nearly a year old, and her gray hair was carefully pulled up. Although he is a descendant of the family, the fabric he wears is quite exquisite, with a cracked jade pendant on his neck and two silver and black rings on his fingers.

Seeing that Rin Daochang was looking at this, she showed a warm smile:

"These are all given to me by Madame. The jade pendant she often wears was accidentally cracked one day, and she was reluctant to throw it away. The lady said that if I do not dislike it, give it to me. Madame has taken me seriously, and I am too late to be happy. After that, she stuffed all the old jewelry into my hands. ”

When she said this, the folds on her mother-in-law's face were squeezed into the corners of her eyes, and her eyebrows and eyes were crooked. Luan was silent, staring at her exposed wrist. She saw it and pulled her sleeve outward.

"By the way, what are you writing about?"

"Manifesto. It will be burned in water for a while, and it will be used later. ”

"It's really ...... in the house So, is there anything else I can ask you for? ”

"You're welcome, just ask."

"I want to ask you to write two peace charms, I want to stick them in my wife's room, ask for peace of mind......"

"That's easy to say."

Daoist Rin asked the apprentice to grind some more cinnabar, but Ah Luan didn't move for a long time. She looked up and asked, as if to confirm something:

"Two?"

"Ah, I have a little grandson......"

Granny Qi knew that she was begging for a loss, and she smiled a little embarrassedly.

Ah Luan took out the cinnabar from the box, and Rin Dao turned over, took out the needle and thread from the small drawer, and pierced his middle finger, letting the blood drip into the small dish. Shanhai quickly drew two peace charms, Granny Qi was very happy, when Ah Luan set off to burn the talisman water, Granny Qi took the initiative to stop the work on herself, and left with a stack of talismans.

"It's just a peace charm, why do you want to fold your own yang shou for them?"

Ah Luan was puzzled, she was referring to the fact that Shanhai pierced her finger. But her master just smiled and shook her head, as if she had a certain number. Ah Luan felt bored, put down the box and turned to leave.

"Where are you going?"

"Let's play with Xiaohe."

Before leaving, I heard her muttering dissatisfiedly, it's not my life, I don't care about you.

"Don't forget to go to the back kitchen and ask for some salt—" he shouted.

Ah Luan shouted, I know, I know.

The mountains and seas blew the tea and looked in the direction of the courtyard. It was the end of spring and the beginning of summer, and the yard was full of flowers, but there was not a single bee butterfly among the flowers. As a result, the scenery becomes very stereotypical, like a dry painting of flowers and plants, lacking a little bit of vitality.

At this time, the steward came over, Shanhai put down the teacup, and the two of them saluted briefly.

Daikoku brought it back early in the morning, but Rin Shanhai could tell at a glance that its coat color was not pure, and there were a few yellow hairs in the roots of its tail. He said it couldn't see things, it couldn't borrow them. The steward wanted to send it back, but when a boy heard the dog barking, he ran over excitedly and made a mess with the big black in his arms. When Shanhai asked, he found out that this was the grandson of Granny Qi, named Qiaosheng. They all worked in Mrs. Qi's mother's house at first, and when Qiao's mother gave birth, he had a difficult birth and left. A few years later, Qiaosheng's father planted it when he was repairing the house tiles, and he fell to his death.

So Xiao Qiaosheng and his grandmother were left, and Mrs. Qi took pity on them, and took them all over after asking the master's consent.

Qiao Sheng liked to play with Da Hei the most since he was a child, and he cried all day after he was sent away. I was still angry for the past two days, and the food was not delicious, but I was in a hurry. The steward thought about it, and left it for a while to play with him today.

"The backyard is full of pits, and the master knows about it, but he has to count me down, hahahaha."

"Excuse me."

"Where's the matter?" The steward didn't care.

When it was time for dinner, Xiaohe took Ah Luan around in the house. In the morning, the steward saw that the two of them were chatting very happily, and specially granted Xiaohe a day off, and the little girl was very happy. At this point, they walked to the location of the east wing. Xiaohe saw Qiao Sheng and Da Hei fighting from a distance, and her pace became slow.

"What's wrong?" Luan asked her.

"I'm kind of ...... Fear of dogs. When the young master and I came, this dog recognized life, but it was fierce. ”

"That's it."

In response, Ah Luan did not speed up his pace. She remembered that this was the place where she heard the beads last night. She jumped down the steps and rummaged through them. Xiaohe clamed at the door in fear, urging her to come back quickly.

Beneath the planks of the verandah, she did pick up two beads.

But not glazed - she sniffed, like a small leaf of red sandalwood.

"Where's Hashio's room?"

"I live with my mother-in-law, in the inverted room. I'm in a bigger room with a few other maids, do you want to go and see it? Let's go, let's stop watching the big black......"

"Let's see."

In the evening, the lord spent more time entertaining Rin. The old man has just entered middle age, but the hair on his head has turned a lot grayer, which is comparable to that of Granny Qi. It can be seen that he is very worried about his wife and these trivial matters. At the dinner table, he was still a little sorry to say to Shanhai that he was not well received, and when the matter was resolved, he would be thanked.

The mountains and seas were bottomless, until Ah Luan quietly stuffed something into his hand and whispered something, he knew it in his heart.

"It's not necessary to thank you, but tonight, although it may not be possible to solve the ghost matter, it can give the master an explanation."

Tonight, it's time for Chief Rin to do it!

The people who were eavesdropping outside the door spread the news, and everyone talked about it. Some people are happy, and some people are suspicious.

Others frowned.

It was already late at night, but the people gathered together, and no matter how much the steward bombarded, they could not drive away. They all gathered behind the door, watching Rin Dao Chang and his little apprentice busy in the room. At intervals, Rin Michicho placed a dish of fine salt. A few housekeepers followed them with lamps. This battle is something that everyone has never seen before, but so far there is nothing more unusual, it is nothing more than people looking at people.

When everything was ready, Rin Michicho walked as he spoke, reciting words in his mouth. His voice was very soft and light, and the people who were silent could only hear words such as "Heaven has permanence" and "Breaking Yin and Yang", and no one dared to talk about it. Ah Luan held a large wooden basin in her hand, and she followed behind the master while sprinkling water on the ground with a scoop. This basin of water must be the spiritual water that has been transformed into a manifestation in the afternoon.

At first, people only felt quiet, and the Taoist chief raised two fingers, holding the compass with his other hand behind his back for the time being. His murmur was especially evident in the silence of the night. But soon, small voices slowly emerged from all directions. When these inconsistencies first appeared, people only thought it was strange, but they couldn't say anything. After a while, someone exclaimed, he had heard this voice. Then, more and more people began to echo this statement.

By the end, no matter who was present, they could clearly hear what a familiar sound it was.

but the cry of a child.