Linlang slept very restlessly at night, and the streets of Luoyang resounded with the sound of crackling firecrackers to celebrate the New Year. She was tossing and turning on the bed, her chest feeling unusually tight. It's like someone has choked your throat, and your breathing has become difficult.

It was just before dawn that she fell asleep in panic. Half-asleep and half-awake, she seemed to see a man standing in front of her, dressed in wrought iron armor, with a golden beast-faced belt tied around his waist, his hair tied up high, and a wicked smile on his lips. The eyebrows were slanted into the sideburns, and a pair of eyes as bright as cold stars stared at her tightly.

Linlang's heart sank, who is such a cold and majestic person? She didn't seem to have seen it. While he was in doubt, the man opened his mouth: "Good sister, do you remember me?" ”

Linlang shook her head and said, "I don't know you." ”

The man looked up to the sky and laughed a few times, and when he looked at her, he became extremely cold again, his cold eyes narrowed slightly, and said coldly: "I am your night brother, how can you forget me?" ”

Hearing the title of Brother Night, Linlang's chest suddenly ached like a pinprick. She clutched her chest and looked up at the man. But the man's face became more and more unclear, as if it was covered with a layer of mist. Linlang spread out on the bed and whimpered. There were vague fragments in her mind, but they were not at all the life she had experienced.

"Ning'er, how are you doing in the Underworld?"

"Good or bad, so what?"

"You don't like it here, I can take you away."

"How can that be? I just smashed Aunt Xuannu's glass cup for play, and she punished me for coming here for a while, and she would take me back to the heavenly realm in the future. If I run away with you, I'll be making a big mistake. ”

"But after all, you are the descendant of the Nine Heavens Xuannu, and if you are punished to be a little ghost in the underworld, and obey the dispatch of those things that do not enter the stream, isn't it humiliating to you?"

"Brother Night, you don't care about me. The Hades God has assigned me the Ghost King Zhong Wuji, and today he wants me to learn the rules of the Hades with him. I won't be able to see you often in the future, so go back quickly. ”

When Linlang woke up, it was already daytime. She only felt tired and limp. She stroked her chest and began to wonder if the pain she had been in last night's had been just a dream.

But if it was a dream, the feeling was too clear. The appearance of that night brother is really weird. She really didn't know that person, and she didn't feel familiar.

Linlang dressed and went downstairs, and downstairs Cai Wei was sitting at the table eating breakfast. Seeing Linlang going downstairs sluggishly, he said with a smile: "You went upstairs to sleep early last night, why did you sleep like this?" ”

Linlang sat down at the table, supported her cheeks with her hands, and said quietly: "The sound of firecrackers in the city doesn't stop in the middle of the night, and I haven't slept well." ”

Cai Wei finished eating the porridge in the bowl, went to the kitchen to add another bowl to Linlang, put it in front of her, touched her hair and said, "Then you eat some food, and then go upstairs to rest for a while, you can't be listless at the beginning of the new year." ”

Linlang scooped a spoonful of porridge into her mouth, about she was not in good spirits, and the porridge in her mouth did not taste good. She ate haphazardly and went upstairs. In the past few days, almost all the shops in Luoyang City have closed their doors to welcome customers, and the same is true for the inns, and Linlang has also fallen idle.

In other words, Zhong Jiu took Liangqing and Liangji, and sent them to the underworld overnight and handed them over to the judge for interrogation, but he didn't seem to ask anything famous. It's just some dispensable pawns, and they probably don't know the inside story.

Zhong Jiu was thinking about how to talk to Linlang when a little ghost came to report that the Hades God had an invitation.

Zhong Jiu cleaned up a little and went to see the leader of the underworld, Shen Di.

"Lord Hades, why do you want me to come here?" Zhong Jiu asked.

The god sat lazily behind the tent, and no one could see his appearance, nor did he know whether he was male or female. I only heard his lazy voice say: "I heard a report from a ghost in the human world, the Night Monarch has appeared?" ”

Zhong Jiu stood there with low eyebrows, and said lightly: "It's just that I heard that I haven't seen it yet." ”

Shen Tu smiled a few times and said, "Then you have to take care of that girl, Yejun will probably go to her as soon as possible." ”

Zhong Jiu snorted imperceptibly, and after a while, he said, "She has a jade pendant on her, and once the Night Monarch appears, I will know immediately." ”

Shen Tu suddenly sat up from the couch, lifted the curtain in front of him, slowly descended the steps, and walked to Zhong Jiu's side step by step.

Zhong Jiu immediately lowered his head, his eyes staring at the ground, not daring to look at the appearance of his eyes.

Shen Tu stretched out his fingers and pinched Zhong Jiu's chin, forcing him to raise his head, and smiled at him: "It's not that you haven't seen me, why don't you dare to look at me like this?" Can I still eat you? ”

Zhong Jiu looked ahead without changing his color, and said softly: "It's not that you don't dare, it's that you can't, this is the rule of the underworld." Even if you've seen it before, you can't break the rules at this moment. ”

Shen Tu snorted and let go of his fingers: "It's still so old-fashioned, I don't know why that girl likes you?" Shen Tu took the hem of his robe, slowly walked up the steps, and suddenly scratched his head to look at him, and said, "I ordered you to teach her the rules, but you taught a traitor, and I punished you at that time, right?" ”

Zhong Jiu was silent for a moment and replied respectfully, "No." ”

"Now that you are wearing a sinful body, you can't call the Night Monarch no matter what, and turn this underworld upside down. As for her, as long as she no longer joins the ranks of the Night Monarch and no longer commits troubles, she can continue to live a leisurely life in the world. After Shen Tu finally walked back to the tent, he continued to lie back on the couch and waved his sleeves at Zhong Jiu.

Zhong Jiufu saluted, turned around and was about to go out, when he suddenly remembered something again. He asked, "Did you see that little imp I brought with me a few days ago, Midnight?" Is there something wrong with him? ”

Shen Tu held his head in his hands, closed his eyes, and was not born for half a day. Zhong Jiu thought he was asleep for a while, only to hear Shen Di say, "There is something wrong, but I can't say it for a while." His resume is clean and cleanly suspicious. As for the fact that he said that he escaped from the underworld by taking advantage of the chaos, it is not entirely credible. He was not on the list of fugitives before, and there was no so-called mother of his name. ”

Zhong Jiu was silent, and after a long time, he asked, "Then according to the meaning of the adult, how should it be handled?" ”

"Lock it up for the time being, and then make another arrangement when I have a good look at it."

During the day, Linlang slept for a long time, but at night, she couldn't sleep. In desperation, she had to sit at her desk and read. The oil lamp was dim, and she only looked at it for a moment, and then her eyes felt sour. She took out a needle and flicked the wick. It was as if there was a gust of wind for no reason, and the bean-sized flame flickered and then went out.

The room was plunged into darkness, and she rubbed flint on the table. It's just that the flint didn't touch it, but felt a cold and piercing hand.

She screamed, threw that hand out, and took out the Soul Eater Knife from her bosom, and said with a trembling mouth, "Who are you?" Is it a human or a ghost? I warn you, I have the Soul Eater, if you are a ghost, flee quickly, or your soul will be scattered. ”

Linlang was panicking, only to hear a chuckle in front of him, and the oil lamp on the desk suddenly turned on again. Linlang raised his eyes and saw Zhong Jiu, he was standing in front of the table, looking at her with a smile.

Linlang threw the knife in his hand at Zhong Jiu, gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "It's really shameless to play such a despicable way to tease me. ”

Zhong Jiuyan quickly took the knife, played with it a few times in his hand, and said with a smile: "You have been following me for so long, why are you still so timid?" Even if a goblin appears in front of you, you can't catch it yet. ”

Linlang snorted coldly and said, "Grab it? That's you, I'm a mortal, where can I have the same courage as you? After speaking, he looked at Zhong Jiu coldly and asked, "You have been coming too often recently, what is the matter with coming today?" ”

Zhong Jiu was about to open his mouth to answer, but Lin Lang suddenly said again: "I know, you don't allow me to ask, because you only have one thing to do." ”

Linlang looked determined, Zhong Jiu couldn't help laughing, and after laughing, he said slowly: "It's a pity that I didn't come to let you go ghost hunting with me." ”

At this time, Linlang only had doubts left in her heart, and she asked, "Oh, is the sun coming out of the west today?" It's really rare that you even have a second reason for looking for me. ”

"Don't you want to know about good luck and good luck? Last night, someone had been thinking about the answer. Zhong Jiu looked very strange.

Linlang patted her head and said in annoyance: "I slept for too long today, I have to forget." Tell me, 'Why are they near me?' ”

Zhong Jiu sat on the chair and spoke casually: "They accidentally learned that you were different, so they wondered if they could improve their skills if they ate your heart and liver and sucked your three souls and seven spirits. I have seen them, and I have been deceived by them, thinking that they are just ordinary ghosts, and I have warned them not to come near you. I didn't expect them to have such vicious intentions, they just want to harm you. ”

After listening to Zhong Jiu's words, Linlang frowned and asked, "Just like this?" ”

"So what do you think?" Zhong Jiu asked rhetorically.

"If they want to harm me, how can they turn away from me because of your warning? Won't you look for another opportunity? ”

"Have you forgotten the jade pendant you picked up later? With their little three-legged cat skills, they don't dare to act so boldly. What's more, with me by your side, who would dare to hurt you. ”

"Why are they reappearing now?"

"I can't hurt you, can't I hurt others?"

Linlang was silent, she was so good to them at the beginning, but she didn't expect them to harm her. If Zhong Jiu hadn't appeared at that time, she probably wouldn't have known how she died. In this world, being kind to others will definitely be able to exchange for sincerity. What's more, she is facing a lonely ghost and has no heart.

Zhong Jiu knew that she was sad in her heart, so she persuaded her with kind words: "Don't break your heart for something that is not worth it." ”

Linlang sat there in a daze, raised her head to look at Zhong Jiu after a long time, and asked softly, "What about you?" Will you break my heart? Come to think of it, I don't know if what you said is true or not, I always have uneasiness in my heart. Have you ever lied to me, can you assure me that what you say is all true? ”

Zhong Jiu was suddenly stunned, he didn't expect Linlang to ask like this. He didn't know what to say, saying that he had never lied to her.

Linlang kept staring at him, waiting for his answer, Zhong Jiu couldn't, and said with difficulty: "No, I never lied to you." ”

She suddenly raised the corners of her mouth and smiled, and said, "That's fine, can I ask you another question?" ”

Zhong Jiu was a little nervous inexplicably, and didn't know what she would ask again, so he said, "It's too late, you can rest quickly, I'm going back too, if you have any questions, I'll ask next time." ”

Linlang was dissatisfied, pestered him and said, "It's just a small question, do you know who Brother Night is?" ”

Zhong Jiu's face changed suddenly, brushed away Linlang's hand that was tugging at his sleeve, and said coldly: "How do I know what Brother Ye, where did you hear that?" ”

Linlang sighed sadly: "I don't know what Brother Ye is, it's just that this title has been in my mind today, and I can't wave it, it's really strange." ”

"You must have had some strange dreams, the dreams are all fake, don't believe them. I'll go first, see you another day. Zhong Jiu got up from the chair in a panic, and Linlang was only a blink of an eye, and he was gone.