Linlang and Caiwei went home together, and Linlang didn't mention to her about being almost eaten by the evil ghost. And Xiao Lianzi didn't hear such a big movement just now, and Linlang thought that it was probably Hongyan who made some kind of trick. In short, she has nothing to do, saying it will only make them more worried, it is better not to mention it, and wait to see what happens later.

Back at the inn, Cai Wei sewed the peace charm she had asked for into a sachet. Although Linlang knew that it was useless, in order to make Cai Wei feel relieved, she still hung on her body reverently.

At night, Linlang lay in bed and had no intention of falling asleep. Thinking carefully about what happened in the evening, Red Aya said something inexplicable, she said that she was 'his' person, who was 'he' in Red Aya's mouth? Who is Zhong Jiu who suddenly appeared? Why did she always feel as if she knew him? And Zhong Jiu and Hong Aya do know each other, Hong Aya is a ghost, so is Zhong Jiu a human or a ghost? He seems to know a lot of things. What's the deal with that jade pendant? Zhong Jiu said that she didn't pick it up, someone gave it, so who gave it? Why could she see something strange? And this jade pendant will always play a key role at some point, and even save her life?

Zhong Jiu said that he would come to her again, is he good or bad? What was his purpose in looking for her? Her mind was full of questions, and she felt like her head was going to blow up. If she sees Zhong Jiu, she must find out well, otherwise she will have trouble sleeping.

Because Linlang dug up the bones, it caused great panic in the school. Since then, no one has gone wild in the fields. Linlang and Mu Qing took a while before going to study in the school as usual. Except for a few words of comfort from the old pedant at the beginning, no one mentioned it again.

Linlang never saw Hong Aya again, and even Zhong Jiu never appeared. Sometimes she thinks that maybe it's just a nightmare she's having. When I woke up from the dream, everything was still the same as before, as if nothing had happened.

The Quanzhen Taoist would also set up a divination stall not far from the inn, and he kept silent about the events of that night. Such an attitude made Linlang wonder, is this really just a dream? But his mental state was not very good, and he kept coughing with his hands on his chest. This was another telling her that the events of that day had really happened.

But no matter how she asked, the Quanzhen Daoist refused to confide half a word to her. Only that the heavenly opportunity cannot be revealed, and that she has the help of nobles, and her life is worry-free for the time being. Since she couldn't figure out the truth from the Dao Chief, she could only leave in a huff.

On this day and night, Linlang was just lying in bed and preparing to go to bed, when he suddenly heard a strange voice outside the window. She sat up from the bed abruptly, clutching the jade pendant on her chest tightly in her hand, and she instinctively thought that the red silk was coming again.

She looked out the window without blinking, and suddenly a black shadow flashed, and Zhong Jiu appeared in front of her. She was pounding and almost jumping out of her chest before she got back into place.

Zhong Jiu was still dressed as before, dressed in black and robe, and still holding the short knife in his hand. It seemed very happy to see that I was frightened and frightened. It is very different from his cold appearance in the past.

Linlang was originally annoyed, but there were too many things to ask him, so he had to suppress his anger and said, "You finally appeared, I have a lot of things I don't understand, and I was about to ask you." ”

Zhong Jiu seemed to have expected her to ask him, and said lightly: "I know what you want to ask, and I don't intend to hide it from you." It's just that we can't talk here, and if your mother finds out, it's bad. ”

"So where are we going?" Linlang asked.

"I'll take you somewhere, just come with me." After Zhong Jiu finished speaking, he walked out, but was pulled by Linlang.

"Shall I go with you? If you have bad intentions to harm me, how can you be good? She didn't know much about Zhong Jiu, and she didn't know his identity, whether he was a good guy or a bad guy, she didn't know anything about it. It was not a wise choice to follow him so rashly. Although she really wanted to understand something, she didn't want to trade her life for it.

Zhong Jiu suddenly smiled and said, "Little girl, if I want to harm you, I can kill you in the blink of an eye, and I will still deceive you?" ”

It's also true, it's really not difficult to take her life with his ability, but she still can't go with him. She said: "These days are not peaceful, and my mother will come to the room to see me from time to time at night. Wouldn't it be even worse if my mother came over at night and found me out I wasn't in the room? ”

Zhong Jiu smiled and didn't speak, and pointed to the bed behind her. Linlang glanced back and was startled. There was another her lying on the bed, exactly the same, sleeping soundly.

Linlang looked at Zhong Jiu curiously and asked him what was going on.

Zhong Jiu said that this was transformed with a wisp of geism, and as soon as the day dawned, the geist would automatically disappear, so she had to come back before the geist disappeared.

Linlang stretched out her hand and poked the so-called her, soft, no different from a real person.

A small forest outside Luoyang City is said to have been planted for windbreak sand. Zhong Jiu took her to the forest, it was already the third watch, and this was the moment when it was even deeper, and a layer of mist rose in the forest.

The autumn night was extremely cold, and Zhong Jiu had no intention of stopping. Linlang followed him step by step, wearing very little clothing when he went out, which would make him shiver from the cold.

Just as she was at the height of her pride, something suddenly flew in front of her. Linlang hurriedly took it and saw that it was Zhong Jiu's coat. I didn't expect him to care about people with a cold face and a warm heart.

She draped her clothes over her body and thanked Zhong Jiu in front of her, but did not respond.

Walking into the depths of the forest, there is actually a small two-story building. It's not very imposing, but it's clean and elegant. It's really strange, since I was a child, I've been to this forest many times, and I've never seen a building here.

With a lot of questions, Zhong Jiu entered the building, and as soon as he stepped into the door, there was a faint fragrance, like a kind of incense, as if he had smelled it somewhere. She thought carefully for a long time before she finally remembered that this fragrance was clearly the smell of Zhong Jiu's body. The first time he went to the inn, she smelled it. The room was very quaintly decorated, just like an ordinary house, simple and clean, and there was nothing special about it.

Zhong Jiu moved a stool and invited her to sit down, and before he could speak, Linlang asked, "I have never seen this building since I was a child in this forest, can you tell me when this appeared?" ”

Zhong Jiu clasped his hands on his chest, looked leisurely, and replied, "Of course you haven't seen it, this small building only appears at night." And even at night, it's not something anyone can see if they want to. ”

Linlang continued to ask: "Then who are you?" Or are you not human? ”

Zhong Jiu smiled and didn't speak, only nodded.

"So you're a ghost?" Linlang asked.

"You say yes." Zhong Jiu replied with a stroll.

Linlang was not satisfied with his answer, yes, no, no, what is said to be yes.

"I have a question that makes me wonder, are we old acquaintances? Or where have you seen it before? Linlang asked.

After listening to her question, Zhong Jiu did not rush to answer. Instead, he watched her be silent for a long time, as if she was caught in some unknown emotion. After a long time, he said expressionlessly: "I've never seen it, we've never seen it." ”

His expression was elusive, and Linlang didn't want to think about the veracity of his answers, because she also felt that they hadn't met.

Linlang continued her unfinished question: "Childe, since you are a ghost, will you be like that red silk and eat people's hearts and livers?" ”

Zhong Jiu suddenly put away his expressionless face, smiled inexplicably, his eyes also became a little evil, and said lightly: "Of course, this is the same as you humans eating." We need to suck your human soul and dig out your heart and liver to eat in order to maintain the energy we need on a daily basis. Otherwise, we will be lost forever in this world, and there will be no afterlife. ”

Zhong Jiu said it seriously, and Linlang felt a little nervous and panicked. Her hands were clasped tightly, and her eyes glared at Zhong Jiu fiercely, fearing that he would pounce on her, tearing her chest with his fingertips like a red silk, and taking out her bloody heart and liver to eat.

Zhong Jiu suddenly laughed, looked at her with a playful face, and said, "I'm joking with you, how can I take it seriously, I didn't know that you were so simple." Only some evil ghosts and powerful ghosts who want to quickly improve their Taoism and bring disaster to the world will suck the souls of human beings. There are also rules in the underworld, and with my current strength and status, how can I rely on sucking human souls? ”

was tricked by Zhong Jiu, Linlang was not angry, but breathed a long sigh of relief. And she had so many things she couldn't figure out, the most important question for the night had not yet been figured out. Zhong Jiu seemed to see her doubts, and finally put on a calm look, looked at her seriously and said, "The story I'm going to tell next, you just need to listen carefully, and it will solve all your confusion." ”

"Is this story about me?"

Zhong Jiu didn't answer her question, but got up and lit some incense, made a pot of tea, sat on a bamboo chair, and talked to her.