Luoxia and the dark gray night in the struggle, stubborn resistance, but still gradually eroded, the yellow afterglow lingering on the top of the mountain is the last footprint of its glorious past, taking advantage of the night, Gu Zi led Lu Caiyun in the last moment of the city gate confinement into Shuiyun City, and the desolation outside the city is different, the city is brightly lit, people come and go, the peddlers and pawns are selling all kinds of food and gadgets on the street, men, women and children play on the street together, but all this excitement has nothing to do with them, although Lu Caiyun is expressionless, but his forehead is already covered with beads of sweat, they came to an inn in an alley to stay, there are few people here, Gu Zi touched a few small gravels in his pocket, picked a piece and put it on the counterThe boss was a middle-aged woman, she touched the gravel with her hand, and then grinned.

"How many rooms do you want?"

"Two rooms"

"Okay, please come this way with me"

The proprietress smiled and led the two upstairs into one of the rooms,

"Come, look, we usually don't have any guests here, but we clean every day, it's quiet and clean, and there is no other home in the whole Shuiyun City"

The proprietress looked at Lu Caiyun, who was wearing a hat and did not miss half a point, and then looked at Gu Zi in plain clothes, thinking about which lady and guard who went out in a low-key manner, thought about it, and said:

"Presumably, which lady is going out to play, then don't blame me for being troublesome, this Shuiyun City has a curfew at night, it's better not to go out if there's nothing wrong, there's nothing abnormal on this part of the road you came over, right?"

"No, it's quite lively."

The proprietress was silent, her face changed suddenly, and then she smiled with her lips pulled her lips, and withdrew after leaving a sentence

"Don't go out at night, no matter what happens, no matter who can't get out"

After the proprietress left, Xiao Er came in with two dishes and one soup, closed the window for them, and said in a low voice:

"In the evening, the two guest officers should rest early, remember, don't open the window at night"

"What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I'm just afraid that unclean insects will fly in and disturb the two guest officers, so I don't have anything else to tell the little one to retreat first"

Xiao Er quickly exited and closed the door for them

Lu Caiyun stretched out her hand to the hot plate, Gu Zi immediately brushed her hand away, put down the hat, revealing Lu Caiyun's face, Gu Zi blew the hot meal cold, put it into Lu Caiyun's bowl, she knew that it was edible, grabbed the chopsticks and devoured it, walked for so long, it was indeed exhausting her, when Lu Caiyun stopped eating, Gu Zi knew that she was full, and she began to send the rest of the food to her mouth, after cleaning up the bed, Gu Zi arranged for Lu Caiyun to rest, and went to the next room by herself, just out of the door, she saw that the lights in the inn were extinguished。 Downstairs there was only a fire with dry wood, and the grain entered his room, Opened the parchment scroll, the dim candlelight reflected the figure painting in the parchment scroll, Gu Zi rubbed the figure in the first place with his fingers, it was a graceful woman, a snake coiled on the arm as smooth as a white lotus, spitting snake letters, red eyes and the woman looked at each other, she had a pair of smart eyes, as if she had no intentions, Gu Zi had never seen such a beautiful eye, as if she had seen it thousands of times, and felt that this face was so unfamiliar, with such a pair of beautiful eyes, it must be easy to recognize, Gu Zi rubbed the text below the character for a round, Shuiyun City:

Dance jumpsuits.

The deep night was finally dyed white, and a burst of ancient temple bells rang, far away and long, penetrating people's hearts. There were no early risers on the street, and when the bell stopped, a shop finally opened a crack in the door, and a female voice rang out.

"Changsheng, how is it?

Half a person's head sticking out of the crack in the door was the shopkeeper, who stretched out his head and glanced down the street.

"It's quiet, it seems to have dispersed, it's really okay, the boss, it's time to open"

"That's it, I really killed my mother last night!"

The door next to it opened wide, and a fiery red rooster flew out, and the proprietress shouted at the top of her voice

"It's open!"

The rooster that flew out landed on the wall, puffed its wings and flew up to the roof, and began to crow, causing the roosters in several parts of the city to start crowing in response. The morning sun slowly rose, and the people in the city opened their doors and walked around.

"Alright, Xiaohua, come down for breakfast"

The proprietress took out a bowl of fine rice and put it next to the door frame, the fiery red rooster Xiaohua quickly flew down and pecked, and Xiao Er Changsheng poured out a bowl of water and was slapped open by the proprietress .

"Get up, this is left over from last night, don't give us Xiaohua to drink"

Immortal was amazed

"Still drinking"

"Then you keep it for yourself to drink, you boil a new boiling water, remember to cool it for a while, don't burn our little flowers, go quickly!"

Changsheng couldn't cry or laugh, and went to the back kitchen with the kettle. A figure fell in front of the door, with the thin coolness of morning dew, the proprietress squinted at a pair of black shoes, and was so frightened that she collapsed on the ground and screamed, she raised her head and looked up, it was the grain that she had stayed in last night, and then she exhaled.

"Little boy, you're going to scare people to death if you don't say a word!"

"Excuse me"

"Where have you been early this morning, and you haven't encountered any danger, have you?"

Gu Zi looked at the proprietress very suspiciously

"I mean, we've had thieves in Shuiyun City recently, and I'm afraid it's not safe for you to go out early in the morning."

"I'm fine"

Gu Zi went upstairs with a leaf-wrapped thing in his hand, and the proprietress smiled and watched him go upstairs, immediately rubbing her stiff face, pulling out the purple handkerchief in her sleeve and flicking it.

"I'm really not afraid of death!"

In the room, after Lu Caiyun took a glass of water handed by Gu Zi and rinsed his mouth, Gu Zi opened a dumpling wrapped in leaves on the table, and a burst of aroma came to his face, it was a roast chicken, but Lu Caiyun did not move, but waited for Gu Zi to send a signal that she could eat, she couldn't smell any smell, and she couldn't forage for food, but as long as it was something that Gu Zi put on the table, it was definitely edible, but not everything on the table could be eaten. When she was young, Master Feng got a set of tea cups, and Gu Zi respectfully placed it on the table but was stuffed into her mouth by Lu Caiyun as food, knocking out a tooth, but she didn't cry or make a fuss, and she didn't have any expression, and let the fallen baby teeth turn around on the table, dotting out mottled bloodstains, not so much that she was a person, but a piece of elm that could grow up, she didn't know the world, and she didn't know the joys, sorrows, pains and pleasures, and the fireworks shaped her body and indifferent in the world.

Gu Zi tore off the roast chicken pieces to blow it and put it into Lu Caiyun's bowl, and then she picked it up and put it into her wrinkled mouth. The golden oil stains flowed to the gap between the five fingers that seemed to be soaked and swollen, her five fingers were different from ordinary people, although there were ordinary people with the same five finger forks, but they could hold objects, but they also looked different from ordinary people, her five fingers only had a lump of flesh, and there were no nails and joints, like an underdeveloped baby boxer. After Lu Caiyun finished eating, Gu Zi wiped her hands clean, and then picked up the remaining roast chicken to eat, and ate it after three times and five divided by two. Gu Zi took a bag from his waist, and inside the bag was a dark iron instrument glove with residual warmth.

When he was in Qingshan Village, Gu Zi was thinking about finding an opportunity to give Lu Caiyun a pair, but there were so many things behind him, and he put it on hold for a while, and there was no decent blacksmith shop along the way, and he finally had a chance to this Shuiyun City, Gu Zi braved the heavy morning dew early in the morning to find the blacksmith shop in the city, but the people in this city seemed to get up late and still lie in bed, Gu Zi knocked on the door several times and the blacksmith declared that he couldn't afford it, and in desperation, Gu Zi started a fire and struck iron, and left the silver two who rented the stove on the stove and left.

Gu Zi put the instrument gloves on Lu Caiyun's soaked hands, and the five fingers of the Xuantie instrument gloves moved, which was controlled by Lu Caiyun herself, and she could already use her ten fingers freely like a normal person. The fingers of the instrument in Lu Caiyun's hand kept turning up and down, but her eyes didn't have any mood fluctuations, but Gu Zi knew that she was very happy, Lu Caiyun kept turning her ten fingers, this thing was a little similar to Gu Zi's hand, but it was a little darker, she couldn't help but play with this new "toy", she didn't know why she kept turning her ten fingers, but subconsciously felt that she wanted to do it so she did it. Until there was a bowl of beans and an empty bowl in front of her, Gu Zi pinched a bean and shook it in front of her and put it in the empty bowl, and then pulled Lu Caiyun's hand into the bean bowl, Lu Caiyun roughly understood what he meant, so he learned his behavior and grabbed a bean, the index finger and thumb never matched and caused the beans to slip out between the fingers, Lu Caiyun continued to try, but still failed.

"It's okay, if you don't get used to it for the first time, just practice a few more times", Gu Zi touched Lu Caiyun's head.

Having said that, Lu Caiyun's spirit of not admitting defeat in his bones will not give up, in the afternoon when Gu Zi is away, Lu Caiyun has freely used this new pair of palms, and the ten-fingered teaknife with distinct knots cut off a piece of floating butcher wood, and put it into the steaming celadon teapot, which is one thing that Gu Zi often does, no matter where he is, as soon as he enters the house, he always has to make a pot of floating slaughter. There is a poignant legend about Futu Mu, a woman and the military general fell in love, the battle array was all around, the military general led the troops to the battle, the woman stayed at home for decades, and could not look forward to the return of her beloved, died of serious illness, turned into a demon spirit, persistently waited for thousands of years, the soul and the lonely tree that leaned on turned into one, and became a floating Tu wood with aura, cut wood to drink, can clear the mind and nourish the soul, prolong life, and use it as a herb to nourish the body, and there are more folk rumors, people eat the soul of the woman in fact!

Lu Caiyun learned the action of Guzi, stirred the water in the pot until the floating wood seeped pale yellow, after stirring well, Lu Caiyun pinched the lid of the pot, held the pot ear and poured a glass of water, although there was a slight tremble, but at least it did not fail, she lightly picked up the cup and sent the water to her mouth, drank it, there was no taste. The door opened suddenly, Gu Zi rushed in and slapped the water glass in her hand, the sound of porcelain cracking, the water stains exploded, infecting half of the corner, and steaming slightly.

"How's it going? Does it hurt?"

Gu Zi held Lu Caiyun's chin and carefully looked at the folded slit, Lu Caiyun was different from ordinary people, her skin was only a thin membrane, pink blood vessels were faintly visible, her red mouth quickly became swollen, and a few blisters filled with transparent liquid were also rising, Lu Caiyun felt no pain, and even pinched the water cup for Gu Zi to see.

Gu Zi took Lu Caiyun in his arms, "I'm sorry, I was careless, in the future, I will make you a few more pots every day and put them away, Yun'er won't burn herself, it's me who is not good, it is me who is not good." ”

Gu Zi blamed himself, muttering something in his mouth, Lu Caiyun was motionless, and his empty eyes like dead fish did not have any emotional fluctuations.

Outside the door, a figure flashed by.

In the backyard of the inn, Changsheng hid under the tree and gasped, running too quickly and his face was flushed, he recalled the scene he had just seen, the new male guest hugged the white body, his skin was uneven, his eyes were like dead fish, his mouth had already dried up and folded into a slit, even his nose had rotted out of shape, and the slightly raised nasal bone exposed two holes. Changsheng once heard the old man in the family say that there is a mysterious Nanyi clan who is good at raising corpses as slaves and servants, and even formed a corpse army, that male guest does not look like a Nanyi person, I am afraid that he is a crazy idiot who does not want to let his soul go back to the west to raise corpses, and his scalp is numb for a while, and Changsheng can't help retching.