That night, there were people in both rooms who didn't sleep well. I don't know if Dai Luan really has a big heart, or if she has been used to it since she was a child, and she doesn't seem to be aware of the yin energy gathered in the house. Mu Wan was not easy to decide, and it was only her intuition that many years ago that told her that the Bai Gu clan was indeed entangled in something. The cracks in the bones are cold, and it hurts with a little force. The obvious impact on this proves that things are much more complicated than she imagined - and Shanhai will certainly not rest on her laurels. The thought of this gave her a headache even more.

Besides, on the other side of the mountains and seas, the situation is almost the same. He tossed and turned all night, fidgeting and fidgeting, and although he was full of yang, he could also sense that there was a subtle undercurrent in the courtyard and in the room. It may be that it is close to the Dragon Boat Festival, or it may be his visit, which makes the house much quieter, and no one hears the sound of home chirping all night. The family members who got up early to work saw him, and they were all polite, as if he had really become the mascot of the town house.

That being said, this is only a delaying tactic, not a long-term solution.

Shanhai woke up early and walked around the yard. At this time, he saw a maid in the cloister breaking something off the pillar. He went up and asked, and the maid said, "It was a branch from a pillar."

"Twigs? How can there be branches on the pillars? ”

"I don't know, it grows a lot every two days. I told the old lady and she said she just picked it. ”

"Let me see."

The maid spread out her other hand and grasped seven or eight tiny branches, which really looked like they were stretched out from the tree. It's just that although this house is old, it is not enough to give birth to spirits, so why do these pillars grow branches?

"What do you do with it?"

"Throw it in the flower bed."

As she spoke, she broke off another branch.

Yes.

“…… What the? Shanhai heard some voices.

"What's wrong?" The maid turned her head.

"Just you...... Did you say anything? ”

"Nope." Her eyes widened.

"Or is there someone nearby?"

"Oh, Daoist, don't scare me."

The maid's eyes became strange. It can be seen that she is not very bold, and she also seems to be resistant to the so-called ghosts. She plucked the branch, hurried away, and threw the one into the flower bed.

It's been a cold morning.

Shanhai stared up and down at the pillar just now. At this time, he found another twig. It's a little tall, maybe the girl just now didn't see it. He tiptoed slightly and pulled it off.

Yes.

Again, it was a small, short sound.

“……”

He descended the steps of the cloister and walked to the flowerbed where the maid had thrown the branches. He saw that in the dense grass, the branches were very coincidentally facing to one side, very neatly, and each branch was parallel to each other.

It's like pointing at something.

He walked to the flower bed and carefully picked up the branches one by one. Then, casually, he threw them away. Small branches were scattered on the ground in a random manner.

Is it too hearty?

Just thinking like this, Shan Hai suddenly noticed that the branches were trembling slightly. But, now there is no wind. He crouched down and looked at them carefully, and found that they had all turned in the same direction as Fang Cai.

There was a shadow hanging over him.

"Rin Dao Chang has Yaxing, you made a special trip to spoil the lawn so early?"

As soon as he looked up, Mu Wan and Dai Luan looked at him condescendingly on the side of the road. Dai Luan squatted down and poked Shanhai's face with a wooden stick.

"Nonsense" he pushed away the stick, "did you let you wash the sword?" ”

"Washed!" Her tone was quite stubborn.

"Just in time," he shoved the twig into her hand, "Aluan, you walk around the house more often, and pay attention to the pillars, some of which will have these twigs on them." If there is, unplug it. Look carefully, and be more mindful of both high and low places. If you see anything special or hear something, let me know right away. ”

"Oh-"

Dai Luan dragged a long note and reluctantly took the branch and left. Mu Wan felt strange when he heard this, so he asked him if he had found anything.

"Pillar, something isn't quite right. But...... The old lady didn't seem to take it seriously. Don't freak them out, ask them about any unusual experiences. The more the merrier. ”

“…… Good. ”

Seeing that he is so serious, Mu Wan is not easy to refuse. What's more, she was also curious about what Shanhai had discovered. So she turned away and did as he was told. Shanhai stood up, patted the soil, walked out of the flower bed, and thought about it seriously.

Think carefully about what happened earlier. There is no eye-catching abnormality in the Bai Gu family, and the old lady Bai Gu has absolute power. As for Nabaigu's wife, she does seem to be a collection of thousands of favors, she is passable, she also knows how to show off, and she is charming. And the young master of Kashiwaku, looking a little wooden, although he is not obedient to his mother and wife, he has no opinions of his own. And I don't know if it's because of the lack of money or what, the young master doesn't have more concubines.

He thought as he walked, slowly approaching the kitchen. When he saw that there was someone inside, he walked in. The cook squatted in front of the stove, as if looking at a piece of paper in the light of the fire, and he came closer, pretending to talk to the cook casually.

“…… Yo! Rinmichi, I'm scared. Something to eat? ”

Shanhai suddenly accosted her, and she was really scared. She hastily tucked the letter into her sleeve and asked him affectionately.

"No need, thank you so much. Looks like you've been working here for a long time, right? ”

"Hey, it's been decades. Don't look at us now, in the past, our family was very big. The houses on the other side of the street are all ours. ”

"Forgive me for being rude, but how did you end up like this?"

"Alas. The head of the house left early, and it was all supported by the old lady. Later, the government wanted to build roads, and the drawings were going to cross our house. said that it was a subsidy, but it was not fair enough, and everyone knew that that group of traders had coveted this land for a long time, and they all stuffed money to bring down the Baigu family! ”

"How's that going to work? Can...... It seems that it is indeed a loss. ”

"No, it's not okay if there is no man in the family. Later, he married a wife, and his mother's family brought a dowry, which solved his urgent need...... It's just that the family's expenses are still increasing unabated, and to this day, it is really beyond their means......"

"It may not be appropriate for me to say this, but hasn't the young master ever considered borrowing some money from his mother's family to do some business?"

"Her mother's family didn't ...... Ah, oops, I'll get some water, you're busy first......"

I don't know if it's an illusion, but he feels that the cook is a little vigilant, just like the maid before.

Shanhai returned to the room, and someone brought lunch. Not long after the meal, Mu Wan knocked on the door first and came in.

"I talked to the maids, there was nothing worth noting, but I heard a lot of gossip."

She stretched and sat down on the edge of the bed. Shanhai asked her what she had inquired about.

"This old lady is actually not the old man's main house, she is a concubine. First of all, the main house was inexplicably sick and died, and it didn't take long for the old man to also suffer from the plague, and this family naturally fell into her hands. And what about Baigu's wife, in fact, she is not the main house, but also a concubine, do you say it is a coincidence? The old lady didn't know what to do with her, and she loved her very much. ”

"Ah...... Could it be that the dowry that was given to the Baigu family back then was actually the main house. ”

"What kind of dowry" Mu Wan didn't know about it, "By the way, there is a family member who said that the carpenter who repaired the house before came and said something, teach the young master and they drove away." It was said that the carpenter had a dream, and in the dream a voice said to him, 'My head hurts, my head hurts.' No matter how much you ask, no one knows. ”

"Headache?"

A thought faintly appeared in Shanhai's heart. At this time, Dai Luan hurriedly ran in without knocking on the door.

"Mountains and seas, you ...... Let's go and see it! Over there - there are strange pillars over there! ”

She was out of breath. Shanhai and Mu Wan glanced at each other, hurriedly rushed out of the house, and ran out with her. It was a somewhat remote house, and it was a house that hadn't been built for a few years. Right here in the corner, around the corner, is the courtyard wall. But it's too far away, and no one usually comes up here, and I don't know that there is a last pillar here.

This pillar is almost densely covered with new shoots. It's just that...... They are washed down long. And this pillar, the texture on it is still a little strange, unlike other trees, it has a crooked sore twisted out of it. It is estimated that there is such a fast scar on the log, so I picked such a remote corner to use it.

Is it strange that all branches should not go up? Why do they grow downwards like eaves, like umbrellas?

"You...... How did you find here? Shanhai always felt that her attitude was not as careful as she was willing to find.

"Before I met you in the morning, I saw you throw them on the ground. I threw it too, and after a while, they all pointed in one direction. So, I followed it and found it. ”

Dai Luan casually threw the branch to the ground, and the goddess scattered flowers. By this time, the branches had not changed direction, but the frequency of their fluttering had increased significantly. Liang Qiu Muwan looked left and right beside the pillar, and also felt strange. These dense shoots make people's hearts hairy to watch.

"And I can't pull it out!" Dai Luan said, bending down to pick up the branches on the ground.

"Why?" In front of the mountains and seas, he stretched out his hand to pull one of the branches.

Yes.

His hand shook - again, again!

Mu Wan didn't seem to hear it, she looked at the master and apprentice with some inexplicable wonder, turned her face, and stared at the branches that the mountains and seas had not picked. She also reached out to pull it out, but when she tore it up against the branch, the pillar oozed red.

"This ...... This is, lacquer? Mu Wan's eyes widened.

"That's not right...... This ...... "the mountains and seas want to talk and stop."

"Ahh

There was another scream, much louder than before. But this time, it wasn't that inexplicable voice.

- It's Dai Luan.