By the time a few people dispersed, it was already snowing outside, and the light and shadow were mottled, but it was a little warmer under the snow scene. When Xu Chu and Xiao Mingzhu sent people to the door, they each sneezed because of the sudden cold wind.

Behind her was a charming and warm atmosphere, and in front of her was a thick and tall figure that shielded her from the cold wind, which made Xu Chu's heart softer and softer.

Xiao Qinglang looked back, looked at Xu Chu and said with a smile: "Go back quickly, don't suffer from the cold." ”

This performance caused Xiao Mingzhu to roll her eyes several times at Hua Wuxi, poke his arm and pouted, and said, "Learn a little faster, you will bully me every day." ”

Hua Wuxi glanced at Xiao Qinglang's side, then raised his arm to block the sight of others with a big coat, directly pulled Xiao Mingzhu into his arms and took a sip on her cheek, and said, "I don't dare to bully you, so you won't have to run away without saying a word one day." ”

Xiao Mingzhu has always been helpless about Hua Wuxi's behavior of playing hooligans, she blushed, stomped her feet and said, "I left you a note." ”

"Yes, yes, I only wrote one sentence that you are out of Beijing, and you can't find anyone." He almost had his heart beating out at the time, and he thought that this girl was going to run away from marriage. Thinking of this, he felt helpless, and then lowered his head against her forehead and pretended to say viciously, "This son said that he should find enough dowry within two months, and marry you home as soon as possible, so as not to be ......afraid all day long."

"Hmph, then we'll have to see if you can do it." Xiao Mingzhu sneered coquettishly, and when she looked up, she saw that her third uncle had already walked out of the door, so she hurriedly pushed Hua Wuxi twice and asked him to go back to rest quickly.

Xiao Qinglang and Hua Wuzhi were sympathetic and reluctant to leave, and Xiao Mingzhu was entangled with Xu Chu again, and whispered about her and her third uncle.

Xu Chu was entangled and had no choice, so he nodded her head, and then said: "Just let it be, neither you nor your third uncle have done anything deliberately." ”

That's what he said, but as long as he thought of the damage he had blocked for himself, Xu Chu's heart swelled with sweetness. At that time, she just avoided and didn't dare to admit anything, so she was full of trepidation, but now that she thinks about it, it really warms her heart.

The two talked for a while, and it was not until late in the evening that they fell asleep sleepily.

At this time, in the lonely and vast snowy night, a bright red figure crossed over the snow. From a distance, it was as terrifying as a ghost, causing the night watchman to scream in fear again.

When Xu Chu, Xiao Qinglang and others hurried to the Splendid Garden, they saw that there was a woman standing in the water pavilion at the rockery, and she was holding the pipa and playing with her face half-covered.

The sound of the pipa started, and the grievances lingered/lingered, which was obviously a beautiful sound, but at this time, it was particularly weird. And what is even more bizarre is that behind the woman who bowed her head and was covered by her hair and pipa on her cheeks, there was a red-clothed paper piercing man.

There is a charcoal fire burning in the water pavilion, perhaps to illuminate it, and a glass lamp is hung in the corner of the pavilion. The glass lamp happened to be on the side of the paper man, so the paper man with strange facial features was very conspicuous.

The cold wind swept by, making the paper piercing man keep spinning, just like the scene when Xie Niang died. And in the silent water pavilion with only the intermittent sound of the pipa, the paper prickly man suddenly made a "ho-ho" sound.

"It's the second sister...... Yin Niang and Yu Niang were also woken up by the sound outside, and after the two of them came over in a hurry, they exclaimed and were about to step forward.

And at this moment, the paper piercing man suddenly "poofed" a faint blue light, and then the pavilion was suddenly burned. And the woman in the pavilion also burned all over, like a huge fireball, but what was even more surprising was that the person sat still as if he didn't know the pain, only faintly showing a strange smile between his head.

But after a while, a peculiar smell dispersed, and the obvious smell of burnt barbecue poured out, causing the stomachs of the panicked people not far away to suddenly roll. The lady who had eaten roast suckling pig at the dinner party couldn't help the smell of wine and meat, and directly covered her mouth and hung her head and retched repeatedly, directly vomiting and weak.

All of a sudden, the sour smell of the small Splendid Garden made people feel more and more disgusting.

The subordinates of the villa came to put out the fire in a hurry, but they didn't want to when the water was splashed on the water pavilion, the flames in the water pavilion became more and more intense, and there was no sign of being extinguished.

"It's a ghost fire...... It's a ghost ......" In the crowd, everyone turned pale and retreated again and again.

Except for the ghost fire, they really couldn't explain why the fire was not only not extinguished when it encountered water, but it became more and more vigorous.

Only Xu Chu and Xiao Qinglang frowned, their expressions gloomy and uncertain.

That fire is definitely not an ordinary ghost fire. Although the fire also glowed with a faint blue light, and moved with the wind in the pavilion, it would disappear when it touched the water, and it would never be so hot. But what else can spontaneously combust other than ghost fire?

What is it that can make fire burn in water, and enough to burn the hall to ashes?

Obviously, the movement in the Splendid Garden also disturbed Jin Manshan, who had already rested, and the guests who stayed overnight. Because a human life had already occurred before the break, and it was also related to ghosts, so when everyone saw the situation in the water pavilion again, their hearts became even more uneasy.

Such a terrifying thing happened again in front of everyone's eyes, which made many people present, even Boss Yu and others, who often traveled from south to north, shout with pale faces: "It's terrible, I want to go, I want to go back...... If you stay in this hellish place any longer, you won't be able to save who will die next......"

As soon as he opened his mouth to make a noise like this, it naturally caused everyone to become more and more panicked, and they all started to make noise.

"But the mountain road is blocked, how can we get down the mountain?"

Just this sentence knocked everyone's minds to the bottom. Boss Yu and the others were extremely frightened and angry in their hearts, and in a blink of an eye, they saw Jin Manshan, whose face was pale and crumbling, and couldn't help but gritted his teeth and stepped forward to strangle his collar, and asked with hideous eyes: "Jin Manshan, what do you have in mind?" Invite us here, it is difficult to kill them all! Say, did you raise some unsavory ghost and deliberately trap us here? ”

Jin Manshan was already frightened at this time, his legs and feet were weak, and he shook his head again and again with anxiety without tears, "I really don't know about this matter, Brother Yu, you should know that today is my birthday, and I have no harmful thoughts when I invite everyone to the villa." ”

In the end, he just wants to take advantage of the festivities and want to wash away the evil spirits. After all, for so many years, he has used all the methods he can use, whether it is a charm or a cinnabar demon mirror, but he is willing to spend a huge amount of money to buy anything that others say is useful. It's a pity that all the methods have not scared the ghost for half a point.

This time, it was also the housekeeper who said that the croppers had a saying that they were happy. He just thought about simply following the cat and the tiger, and using some people who had prosperous business and even official fortunes. One is for the birthday banquet, and the other is to use those people's luck to suppress the ghost.

But who knew that it backfired, and the ghost was not only not suppressed, but became more and more arrogant. Even, in just one night, two lives have been taken in a row.

"Master Yu, let go of my master, my lord is really a victim." Jin Fu saw that his master's expression was getting paler and paler, and hurriedly stepped forward and said.

Boss Yu saw that Jin Manshan's expression didn't seem to be fake, and there were Song Derong and Tang Rucai on the side, so he didn't want to make too much trouble. Immediately, he pushed Jin Manshan aside and stood aside with his sleeves brushed aside. It's just that look in his eyes, but he hates Jin Manshan very much.

The people who were still clamoring to leave the villa just now were also deflated at this time, looking up at the water pavilion that was still burning in front of them, and then thinking about the blocked mountain road, everyone became more and more frightened. As long as they think that there are evil spirits in this mountain villa, who can even bewitch people's hearts, they feel terrible.

"What the hell is it, can't that Chu girl who can catch ghosts even see it?"

"I'm afraid that the ghost path is too deep, and the delicate little lady is helpless."

"What then? Are we just sitting back and waiting to be killed by that kind of laborer? If it goes on like this, even if you don't get killed by the ghost, you'll be scared crazy......"

Dozens of people on the side were huddled together, not daring to look at the water pavilion more, so they could only mutter. But even so, it was difficult for them to get rid of the scene of the strange smile of the jade lady in the water pavilion just now.

All of a sudden, the strange atmosphere of the Splendid Garden suddenly got out of control. Even Song Derong's face changed a little, and he looked at Xu Chu with many doubts. It's just that he also knows in his heart that at this time, there is no official to follow him, and there is no effective guard. So he had no choice but to trust Zhou Yunlang in front of him and the maid beside him.

"My lord, I still bother to let everyone go to the hall and wait, I need to carefully examine the origin of this nameless fire." Xu Chu didn't mean to discuss this, and Song Derong didn't care about her attitude, just took a deep look at the burned unrecognizable water pavilion, as well as the jade lady who couldn't see the human form raised at the stone table, and waved everyone to leave for the time being.

When everyone left, the Splendid Garden returned to silence again, and only the glass lanterns in the hands of Xiao Mingzhu stretched the shadows of a few people.

Because the snow has never slowed down, and several people have been fighting in the open air while waiting for the fire in the pavilion to stop, so at this time, a lot of snow has fallen on the top of several people.

Xu Chu and Xiao Qinglang were full of doubts in their hearts, and they glanced at each other tacitly, and then walked towards the water pavilion one after the other.

"The footprints on the nearby snow were messy, and it was difficult to find the footprints of the murderer. And the water pavilion was also burned down, even if there were traces left, I am afraid it would be burned clean. Xiao Qinglang did not enter the water pavilion directly, but stood outside and took a closer look. However, in order to fight the fire, people went back and forth to fetch water, so the snow was already messy, not to mention the complete footprints, even a clean snow field is difficult to see. "Whether it is Xie Niang's or Yu Niang's case, except for the paper piercing people, the murderer seems to have left no traces."