Chapter 4: Crossing People and Ghosts (6)
"What about your son-in-law? How's it going? Xia Mu also asked, she had only heard ghost stories before, but it was the first time she participated in the immersive scene, and every cell of her felt stimulated and excited.
"Inuko, Inuko...... Alas, the two immortal masters, please come with me. With that, Sun Xianling stood up and led the way.
The two of them followed Sun Xian's order to a house in the east, only to see that the corridor and gate were denser than the previous courtyard with all kinds of items to ward off evil spirits. This also ...... It's too long!
The two housekeepers opened the door, the candlelight in the house was dim, Situ Lan and Xia Mu slowly entered, and saw a young man in his twenties tied to the bed. I saw that his face was pale and gray, his eyes were dark blue, and although his pupils were open, he was sloppy and did not have any focus. His hair was scattered, and his mouth was slightly open, like a drowning man, trying to breathe in the air but couldn't, and his lips were cracked. It's really - people don't look like people, ghosts don't look like ghosts.
Situ Lan walked into the bed, pinched out a trick with two fingers, and a golden glow emanated from his fingertips, and shone on the person who was tied to the bed. After a while, the glow dissipated, and Situ Lan said, "Lost soul." ”
"Alas! Please ask the immortal master to save the child! Sun Xian Ling suddenly knelt on the ground and cried.
Xia Mu was most afraid of such a scene, so he quickly moved silently to the side, thinking: Don't worship me, worship him if you want, he can afford it, I can't do it, I will lose my life.
Situ Lan still didn't speak, but he threw out a yellow talisman from his sleeve and pressed it on the man's forehead, and after a while, the man actually closed his eyes slowly, and his breathing, which had been rapidly floating, gradually stabilized, as if he was just asleep.
He ...... It's okay? Xia Mu asked incredulously, "Is that good?"
"Let's get out first." Situ Lan turned around and walked out of the room again, and Xia Mu followed closely behind.
"He won't survive tonight." Xia Mu suddenly heard Situ Lan's voice with his back to him.
"Huh?!" Almost fell again. Glancing back at Sun Xianling, who was still sorting out his son's clothes, Xia Mu hurriedly walked in front of Situ Lan: "Then what should I do?" Just let him die like this? I've always felt like there's a lot of problems with this whole thing. We haven't figured it out yet, so we're going to let him go? ”
"The king of Hades wants people to die in the third watch, who dares to keep people until the fifth watch." Situ Lan was still indifferent.
"In this way, it turns out that you can't turn life and death around."
"Life and death are determined, who can go against the sky."
"No, I thought you could go up to the Nine Heavens and go down to the underworld."
"The Ghost Domain does not belong to the Three Realms of Cultivation, how can we enter and leave at will."
"Oh, I see. So what do we do next? Is there really a ghost here? Those missing women, and what happened to the county commander's family, is it because there are ghosts? ”
"Yes." Situ Lan nodded.
"Really? So, that, are we going to catch this ghost? Otherwise, whether it is the end of his life or not, I am afraid that he will be killed by this evil ghost. Moreover, we also promised to find Zhang Dapeng's wife, now it's okay, I don't know what to do. His wife has been dead for so long, so he can't go to reincarnate earlier than him. Thinking of this, Xia Mu is also the first two big, and she can't imagine how to face the man whose soul is about to dissipate.
"Let's look at tonight." Situ Lan walked towards the atrium again.
According to Situ Lan's orders, Sun County ordered everyone to retreat, and no one was allowed to approach, leaving only the middle hall to two people.
In the deep darkness, there are only a few candles flickering, flickering and dimming, and the whole environment is even more secluded. Situ Lan was meditating with his eyes closed, while Xia Mu was sitting on a chair not far from him and wrapping himself tightly in his cloak. In fact, Situ Lan asked her to withdraw first just now, but she didn't agree. It's hard to come across such a thing, and you can see the master catching ghosts with your own eyes, so naturally you can't miss it, which is really too fresh and curious for Xia Mu. Another important reason is that Xia Mu doesn't feel safe to leave, in her opinion, maybe no matter where she retreats, it is better to feel more secure to stay by Situ Lan's side.
I don't know how long I've been waiting, but Xia Mu has gone from the initial excitement to the slow cooling down, and finally fell asleep in the chair in a daze.
Until a gust of cold wind and a strange aroma hit, Xia Mu was woken up by a sneeze, rubbed his nose and eyes, raised his head, and found that he was still in the middle hall of the county commander's house, but there was no one around, including Situ Lan.
This discovery made Xia Mu's heart stagnate suddenly, and the stinging sensation suddenly hit again. She quickly jumped up from her chair and looked around, looking around: "Situ Lan! Situ Lan! Where are you? But the only answer to himself was silence.
Xia Mu panicked now, and after turning around the middle hall, there was no trace of Situ Lan, so he had to run to the courtyard outside the hall. But all the furnishings in the whole courtyard have not changed, except for no one else, only a few lanterns illuminating the dark and intertwined courtyard.
"Situ Lan! Where are you? Come out! Don't tease me, I'm scared! Xia Mu wrapped himself tighter, and searched back and forth, still without a sound.
Am I dreaming? raised his hand and unceremoniously pinched his thigh, and instantly burst into tears. But when I looked up, everything was as usual, nothing had changed, and Situ Lan had not yet appeared. Isn't it - isn't this a dream?!
Xia Mu froze in place, constantly telling herself in her heart not to panic, there must be a reason for this, and she always believed that Situ Lan would definitely come to her and appear in front of her when she found something wrong. Thinking of his upright figure, the righteousness between his eyebrows, and his aura that has always been calm, Xia Mu's heart slowly settled down. Right! You can't mess with yourself, he's going to show up.
At this moment, from an unknown room, the voice of someone talking came out. Xia Mu was stunned for a moment, and listened sideways, as if there were two women talking, although he couldn't hear what they were talking about, but there were people at the moment, so he definitely wanted to go and see, and it was best to ask what was going on here.
I followed the sound and came to a room, and the voice inside became clearer and clearer. Xia Mu didn't knock on the door rashly, but stood quietly outside the door, trying to hear what was being said inside.
"Sister, that kid Sun Shangting has done evil again, do you know?" A woman said.
"I heard those subordinates say, it's not enough to spoil the big girl of Huanghua, not even a newly widowed widow, it's really." The other woman should be in harmony.
"Oh! Be quiet, don't let the master listen. Although our lord has many wives and concubines, he has given birth to such a lone seedling, which is naturally very pampered. How many unconscionable things the young master has done since he was a child, and he hasn't let our master suppress it. ”
"Also, that little widow can only admit that she is unlucky, she has just lost her husband and was taken away, and she can still live alone, I also admire her, if it were me, I would have to find a well a long time ago, how can I still have the face to live in this world. It's not a shame for my husband's family, and I was drowned by the spittle of this neighborhood. ”
"Yes. I also heard that the little widow is very beautiful, with snowy skin, a face like a peach blossom, and a pair of eyes, which are so charming. Who knows what's going on with her and our young master, maybe who's going to hook up with whom first. ”
Xia Mu had completely changed from fear to anger at this time, not to mention what this matter really looked like, but just listening to these two long-tongued poisonous women arranging a poor woman who had just died of her husband and was bullied behind her back was enough to make people angry. Listen to what they say, just because that little lady is beautiful, she deserves to be bullied like this? Really, where there are women, there is gossip and right and wrong, and it's the same everywhere!
"Hey, don't say it, maybe it's possible." The conversation continues.
But the news has spread and it has been known, and the little widow's life is not easy, for there are not many widows at the door. She was brought to that by our young master, and now many people know about it, I'm afraid that she won't even be able to get out of the door in the future. It's really like my sister said, I really should find a remote cliff and jump down to die. Suffer this living sin! ”
No way! Don't you know what it means to die better than to live? It's not her fault, why should she die! If you're going to die, you bastards! One is the person who directly does evil, and there are you, there are too many keyboard warriors in the world who bend the facts, reverse right and wrong, and spray to death how many innocent people who should have been sympathized and rescued with your mouth! Well, now, the victim died tragically, but you are at ease here, what kind of world is this!
"Do you really think so?" Suddenly, the voice of another woman behind Xia Mu rang out.
Obviously it was just a whisper, but it was like a thunderstorm here in the summer curtain, and it was completely stiff from the scalp to the toes, and it took a long time before he slowly turned around. Seeing a beautiful woman standing behind him, for some reason, Xia Mu's first reaction was that this person was the little widow they said - Li Yulan. Sure enough, his complexion was snow-white, his lips were red without dots, his eyes were really as bright and clear as if he could speak, his figure was slender but not bewitching, his long hair was pulled up, and he was obviously a wife. is such a beauty, but her expression is full of grief, and people only look at it, and I feel pity.
"Are you...... Li Yulan? "The summer curtain is straight to the point. There was no imaginary picture of fear and pulling back and running, just asked calmly.
"It's the little woman." Li Yulan lowered her head and bowed.
Xia Mu didn't think to return the gift to this polite female ghost, but asked again: "What they said, shouldn't it be true?" At least I don't think so. ”
Li Yulan said: "There are true and false." I was indeed ...... by that beast I lost my body, but I only have an enmity with him, and I have no melons and plums. ”
"Then you've turned into a ghost?" Xia Mu asked, "Those missing women, as well as the affairs of Sun County's family, are you responsible?" ”
“…… Be. Li Yulan confessed.
"Shhh Alas, I sympathize with you, really. But there is a debtor and a master, and it is the son of Sun County Ling who harms you, and others will not be guilty to death. You're a man...... Wouldn't it be too ruthless? "Xia Mu never thought that one day, he would reason with a ghost.