The sound of the flute came faintly with the wind, low as a complaint, like a cry, as if the person who played the flute had no place to tell about the endless desolation and sorrow in his heart, and put his heart into this faint music, and it was inevitable to listen to it with sadness and gloom.

Su Gongzi threw down the scroll in his hand, pushed open the window and looked out, for several days and every night, he could hear this song full of sadness, whether it was true or not, and it seemed to be illusory.

Such a sad tune came from the empty night, and the eerie feeling was easily reminiscent of evil ghosts. Childe couldn't help but sigh, he had already seen the goblin, even if there was another ghost or something, he was no longer surprised.

The scholar Wen'er had just finished decoction and sent it in, and when she saw Childe standing in front of the window, she was stunned, so she had to remind again, "Childe, don't look at it, you have been sick for many days and have not recovered, and when you have taken the medicine, you should rest early, right?" ”。

"Silence!" Childe hurriedly turned around and signaled him to stop, the person who played the flute seemed to be disturbed, the sound of the flute had stopped, and Childe listened attentively, and there was only the sound of Xiao Xiao leaves falling in the valley with the wind blowing and shaking, which hurriedly crossed his ears.

"Childe, you... What are you doing? Isn't it... What do you hear? Childe..."The scholar had to remind again, "The medicine is cold!" ”。

"Huh? Alas, it would be nice if it were really you..."Childe sighed gloomily again, closed the window and picked up the scroll again, but his eyes couldn't help but fall on the dry bamboo branch of the desk, which he found from the edge of the cliff and was not burned out, and he made this dead branch into a bamboo flute and carried it with him.

"Lin Daochang said, it must be that bamboo spirit who is messing with ghosts!" The scholar himself was chattering, "Although she fell off the cliff and died, she turned into a ghost and came back to haunt you." If it weren't for Childe's extravagance on your body, and that thing didn't dare to enter the study, maybe Childe would have been by her...".

Childe was a little upset by the scholar's nagging, and put down the book and walked out of the study, he wanted to go outside to blow the night breeze and calm down the troubled mind.

"Childe, you haven't taken your medicine yet!" The scholar chased after him and stopped, "You can't go out so late, Lin Daochang said...".

The scholar saw that Su Gongzi had just turned a clump of cypresses and disappeared when he chased after him, and he couldn't help but muttered to himself in surprise, "Why is it gone?" It's been here just now, isn't it... Goblins again? ”。

Goblin... Essence?

The scholar thought of this and turned around and ran down the mountain, his son-in-law was captured by the goblin, and he had to go to Lin Daochang to subdue the demon and get rid of the spirit, and save Su Gongzi.

Childe hid in the woods just to be alone and quiet, since the girl in green and he hurriedly fell off the cliff, Childe has been sick, even sick for a few days, the decoction is not in, and he is not in the mood to read the sage book to seek fame.

When Su Wen entrusted the child to him, he also promised to take good care of it, but he killed her because of his stupidity and cowardice when he saw him once, and Su Gongzi sighed and regretted it every day in self-blame.

He even wanted to jump off the cliff to accompany her to death, to comfort the remorse and uneasiness in his heart, the man in white was right, he broke his promise to be sorry for his friend, it is better to be a beast with a human face and a beast's heart!

But he has a high hall that needs to be filial, and he has to take the test to get fame and return to his hometown to glorify his ancestors, and he can't be really selfish enough to escape with death. So during this time, Su Gongzi has been living in this extremely contradictory mood.

The night sky was cloudy, and the moonlight was a little blurry.

In the hazy night, there seemed to be a figure standing by the bamboo, soft and weak fluttering in the wind, although not very clear, but there was a sense of familiarity.

"You... You are? Be... She? Childe was surprised, if he had seen such a shadow in the middle of the night before, he would definitely be so frightened that he would have fled, after all, if he wanted to be a saint, he had to save his life first.

But at this time, he hoped that he was not mistaken, even if he knew that she had fallen off a cliff and died, he wanted to find her ghost and say a few words to her, and tell her what he really thought in his heart, even if he was scolded as an elm-headed fool and a fool, he was willing.

"Childe... Remember me? Thank you..."She had an emerald green bamboo flute in her hand, and it seemed that she had just played the flute to lure him out.

But in the middle of the night, in this remote and uninhabited bamboo forest, she was invited out to meet by a ghost, did she want to come back to him to ask for his life, in order to avenge the misunderstanding at that time?

"No thanks! At that time, I was so stupid, if I could have confessed your meaning earlier, you wouldn't..."Su Gongzi stepped forward and wanted to hold her hand, "Follow me!" Come back with me, I'll take good care of you...".

After the girl was grabbed by him, she didn't go back to the study with him, but stood in place and sighed sadly, and after the son held her hand, she exclaimed, "You... How so? ”。

His hand slid through the girl's body, his hand was empty, he didn't catch anything, and Su Gongzi fell to the ground and was stunned.

"Childe is frightened!" The girl consciously took a few steps back and explained, "Childe don't be afraid, even though I am already a soul, I will never harm you...".

"Hell... Soul? Su Gongzi did not express fear, but sighed, "I guessed, it's all my fault." You tell me, how can I help you? ”。

The girl shook her head, "Childe has already helped me a lot, if it wasn't for Childe picking up that piece of bamboo branch from the edge of the cliff to let me condense and form and get out of the valley, I might really have to suffer a lot of humiliation!" ”。

"Bamboo branches? You mean... That unburned dead bamboo? Su Gongzi asked in surprise, "Can it condense and form you and get out of that valley?" ”。

It was not an unintentional coincidence that he picked up the bamboo branch, but he was instructed by a master in a dream, and someone told him that if he wanted to see the girl, he would go to the edge of the cliff to find the bamboo branch, and sure enough, the dream came true.

"That's right! The bottom of the valley is eerie and terrifying, and it is a place where the ghosts and souls of the unjust here gather. If you fall into it, you will be harassed by powerful ghosts, and you will be helpless that day..."The girl sighed faintly, "Although some people are born as human beings, they are human-faced and beast-hearted. In order to spread rumors for his own selfish purposes, Childe should be careful himself...".

Su Gongzi was stunned for a moment and asked, "Do you want to say that Lin Dao Chief, he... Not a good guy? ”。

"I'm just a demon spirit, not even a ghost, and I don't dare to pray that Childe will believe me, but I ask Childe to be auspicious and take his leave..."

"Hey, hey... You... That flute girl..."Childe didn't know her name, and when he saw that she was holding a bamboo flute in his hand, he blurted out, "Don't go, I can protect you...".

She thought he would protect her, but she mistrusted him and pinned her hopes on him, but as a result, she was forced to fall into a deep valley and had no place to be buried.

"You... Don't believe me? Childe muttered to himself, "I don't blame you, it's all my fault!" If I hadn't been so pedantic and stupid, if I had believed in you, if I had understood your mind earlier, if I..."

At this point, no amount of assumptions is meaningful, and if this life is only lived in those 'ifs' that you don't know after the fact, you may have a painful life, right?

Su Gongzi may not know whether he has this kind of thought, but someone has already thought about it for him.

Under the hazy moonlight, a wisp of black light smoke slowly drifted towards the edge of the bamboo forest, and there was a wind in the mountains, blowing a swaying of the branches and leaves, and the dark clouds in the dark night sky covered the moon.

The wisp of black smoke kept going against the wind, passing through the pine bamboo branches until it went around Gongzi, and the black-brown smoke spread silently, like an invisible net, covering Su Gongzi in it.

Childe is still thinking about the possibilities of those 'ifs', and how he wants to try to save the situation and make some amends to the 'Xiao girl', but with his current ability, in addition to sighing here, even if he wants to break his head, it seems to be useless.

The black smoke shook illusory and illusory in the night, and suddenly tightened downwards and covered Su Gongzi's body. By the time Su Gongzi felt unwell and woke up from his thinking, he was already wrapped in a net and couldn't move.