It was late at night, and everyone rested.

Two little girls huddled together on a small bed, and an iron plate hung from the ceiling, in which stood a short candle. On the three walls next to the wall, there are large and small lattices, and there are many knick-knacks, but they all seem to be made of bamboo, leaves, and wood to pass the time.

Yuting told her one by one their origins and how to play. Many things are very strange, even Ah Luan has never seen them. Ah Luan also said some things she encountered along the way, which she had never heard of before and felt very novel.

Saying that she was tired, Dai Luan lay back and fell on the pillow. She screamed suddenly, and the back of her head was smacked against something hard. Yuting hurriedly helped her up and helped her rub her head. Then, she took out a small wooden box from the side of the pillow. Ah Luan stretched out his head and asked what it was. She hesitated, but slowly opened it, and inside was a small apricot-colored horn, not like a wooden one.

Dai Luan stared at it for a long time, and felt that it seemed to be covered with a faint glimmer of light, and she couldn't tell what color it was. Before she could see clearly, Yuting suddenly closed the lid.

"This is a whistle made of little sheep's horns," Yuting covered it and stuffed it into the corner of the bed, "It's a birthday gift from Young Master Zhang." So ......"

"It's okay, it's okay! I'm afraid I'll get you dirty...... You just have to put it away. But, your Young Master Zhang is so powerful, I thought those who were young masters and young masters would not know anything. ”

"Yes, he's amazing, he looks good, sings well, and is good at everything."

Yuting sat up, blew out the hanging candle, and slowly lay down.

The firewood room is a little dirty, and even if they have cleaned it for a long time, it is still difficult to avoid the small insects hidden in the firewood. So the girl of the Jade Pavilion went around their mattresses, sprinkled a circle of medicinal powder, and lit a fire. There was a faint fragrance in the room, like rain-washed green bamboo, not choking at all. In this way, the insects that crawl on the ground and fly in the sky will not be able to harass them. Outside the bedroom, Mu Wan slept on a chair put together, and the ground was also sprinkled with a circle of medicinal powder. I smell too much of this smell, and it's easy to get sleepy.

But there is no abandonment and still awake.

Qinglize has a lot of water, especially before autumn, there should be a noisy insect song. But it was so quiet that it was as if all the bugs were asleep. The quieter it is, the slightest movement seems noisy, and the even breathing sound of the mountains and seas is also very clear. He slapped his backhand twice, and slept very hard, probably because he was tired from his previous work.

Shi Wuqi heard a subtle sound, like human footsteps. Someone was walking around next door, but he didn't listen carefully, and he didn't pay attention to whether Qi was moving. But other than that, within a radius of ten zhang, he could only hear the heartbeats of five people, including himself—and the flock of sheep behind the firewood house. There are two kinds of footsteps, one of which is very slow, some dragging, as if wandering, not only no heartbeat, but also no breathing, just like another Qi girl walking. The other, like ordinary people, still has a young heartbeat.

He wasn't quite sure where the next two sounds were coming from, so he sat up, trying to hear clearly. But as soon as he sat up, his voice became weaker.

Shi Wuqi suddenly reacted, and the voice came from below.

Since it used to be a warehouse, having a cellar is not new. But the Yuting girl said that she lives alone, what will this thing be that is pacing underground? Could it be that something unclean has crept in, or is there a grave hidden underneath, and the corpse has been swindled?

He himself felt. He didn't know when this "thing" was moving. Maybe it was too lively when the previous friends were awake and covered up the footsteps.

Uneasy, he sat up, put on the long robe that covered his body, and quietly walked out of the firewood door. Standing outside the house, Miss Qi opened the door lightly, he quietly walked in, and saw Mu Wan sleeping very deeply, and he didn't dare to make a sound. He set his eyes again on the room where the two little girls were asleep, and the door was open.

Suddenly, footsteps were heard outside the gate. He jerked his head back and found that Yuting was walking into the house.

"Oh, scare me," she lowered her voice, "Why is Shi Gongzi here?" ”

“…… I'll take a look at Seven. It's so late, doesn't the Yuting girl sleep? ”

In the darkness, he stared at her face. Against the slight moonlight outside, her expression was blurred.

"Hey, I've eaten too much fruit, get up all night."

Before walking out of the door again, Shi Wuqi suddenly turned around and said to the jade pavilion who was about to go back to the house:

"Do you have a cellar here? Also, what are you holding in your hand? ”

Yuting's footsteps froze at the door, unconsciously clenching the things hidden in his hands. She turned her head and glanced at Mu Wan, who was sleeping, and then at Ah Qi beside him. Then, suddenly, she closed the bedroom door again and returned to the doorway.

Shi Wuqi seemed to understand what she meant, and beckoned Ah Qi to gently withdraw from the house.

The two came to the empty courtyard.

"I'm afraid you'll see some clues." Shi Wuqi said to her with a smile.

"Hmm. This Qi girl is not a living person, but a walking corpse. ”

"How can you tell?"

"It's not that you can see it," Yuting shook his head, "Originally, I was just suspicious. But in order to give you a good night's sleep, I added something soothing to the insect repellent powder. When I came out at night, I saw Miss Qi standing there upright, her eyes were big, and she ignored me no matter how I waved. I thought, maybe she's a corpse. ”

"What if it's a puppet? You haven't thought about it. ”

"I dared to touch it. Her face, her arms, were the only human sensations - just colder. ”

They didn't speak anymore. The two of them stood outside, the moonlight was so weak that it was not clear what illuminated their faces. Yuting looked up at the moon, and suddenly muttered in a low voice:

"I'm envious."

“…… Envy what? ”

She spread out her hand to Shi Wuqi, and inside was a delicate little sheep's horn whistle.

"It's ...... Why is there a spell on it? Shi Wuqi suspiciously moved his gaze up to her face. She's just an ordinary sheep herder, so she shouldn't have that much ability.

"Originally, it was an ordinary flute, and the nobles attached mana to it. It now drives corpses to move...... But it can only drive the original owner of this flute. ”

With that, she immediately clenched her hands and lowered them to her side.

She added, "Now it's your turn to tell me who you are." ”

The jade pavilion suddenly became serious, compared to the lively appearance before, it was like two people. She is a very smart girl, and it is estimated that he is the one who controls Qi from his previous performance.

"Well, me. I'm a businessman, so I'm naturally honest. Since you tell me, I will answer your question—have you ever heard the name of the Lord of the Hundred Bones? ”

Yuting was not surprised at all.

"I guess it's you."

"Huh? You know me. That's what I'm curious about. ”

Yuting shook his head: "To be exact, I don't know you, but I know you." It was the nobleman who told me. ”

"Courtesy is still exchanged. Tell me who that noble man you are, right? I don't know it. ”

"I don't know," she said truthfully, "he's the most famous corpse chaser in the area...... You should have heard that many people in Qinglize have such a craft. He didn't tell me much, he just taught me this method, and he also mentioned you, saying that he can serve a hundred bones, hence the name of the lord of a hundred bones. ”

"I'm really getting more and more curious about what you call nobles. Chasing out corpses is not a forbidden technique, but it is not easy to spread out, and it is really not easy to get a small object for you. What price can you make on your own? ”

“…… Probably because I found him thousands of miles away, came to beg him, and was moved. ”

Shi Wuqi has long understood that she may not come alone along the way. And the owner of this whistle must be the third young master of the Zhang family that she mentioned to them before going to bed.

"You are alone, with a rotten corpse, walking from north to south, I really don't know how much you have suffered. But listening to what you say, it's not a difficult task for your noble man to repair it. But what are you trying to do? Let him move, and that's all gone? I think you're a shrewd little girl, and that's not the only thing that's been bothered. ”

Yuting turned around and took two steps. Although she is not big, at this moment, she looks like a woman with a lot of worries.

"That's it......" he sighed, "if you don't mind, take me to meet your young master first." ”

She looked at Miss Qi again. Ah Qi was expressionless, standing behind him sluggishly, really like a stiff puppet at the moment. Even so, she could still be sure that the corpse service technique of the Hundred Skeleton Lord was far superior to this small spell. She nodded slightly, turned and walked away. Shi Wuqi followed her, bypassing the wooden house to the sheepfold.

The sheep slept, and their horses rested on their posts. Yuting took the lamp from the house, lifted the wooden lid under the earthen skin, and walked to the cellar.

"You just said forbidden arts," she said as she walked down, "Chasing out corpses is not a forbidden technique, serving corpses is not a forbidden technique, so is the technique of bringing corpses back to life a forbidden technique?" ”

The Hundred Skeleton Lords who followed her frowned.

"I guessed that you are really ambitious. I advise you, to dispel this thought. The reversal of life and death violates the principle of yin and yang, and Huangquan December will definitely not let you go. ”

Yama Demon will definitely not let you go.

"I don't care," she suddenly stopped and turned around, raising her voice, "I can run, I take him with us, we can go anywhere, escape to the ends of the earth, escape to the place where the six impermanences can't be found." ”

Even the six realms of impermanence are known clearly, and I am afraid that the noble person in her mouth is really not simple.

He looked at her, and only thought that the wish was ridiculously simple. The six realms of impermanence - outside the cycle of reincarnation, walking between the six realms. Escape? Where can you flee to? Not only do you have nowhere to hide in the Three Realms and Six Realms, but even if you are reincarnated, you can't escape their eyes.

But Shi Wuqi looked at her, watching her reflect the candle flame, and suddenly felt a little reluctant to break this candle-like wish, this moon-like wish.

It's close in front of you, but it's nothing, and if you try to reach out and touch it, you'll be burned.

Or, beautiful and distant.