It was already autumn, and it was getting darker and earlier, so Linlang sat in the room and read a book. It didn't take long for the sun to set in the west, and it was dark in the house. Linlang got up and lit the lamp, it was so late, Cai Wei hadn't come back yet. Xiao Lianzi called her downstairs to eat, Linlang answered lazily, went downstairs to the well in the backyard to wash her hands, and went to the kitchen.

After eating, it was already night. Cai Wei was not there, and the inn was completely closed. Linlang returned to the room and continued to read, but she didn't have any thoughts at all. Since she didn't sleep well last night, she felt sleepy after watching it for a short time, and she couldn't open her eyes with sourness. Linlang extinguished the candle, lay down on the bed with kimono, and fell asleep after a while.

She didn't know how long she had been asleep, when there was a small sound outside. Linlang thought that Cai Wei was back, she got out of bed, put on her shoes, and lit the lamp and went out of the room. There are no lights downstairs, probably because Xiaorenzi went out before going to bed.

Linlang shouted at her downstairs, but no one responded. She shouted again, still without a response.

Fear suddenly rose in Linlang's heart, and cold sweat began to break out on her body. She wondered if Cai Wei hadn't come back yet, otherwise she wouldn't have failed to light the lamp in the room, and it would have been impossible not to respond to her. But how could it be so quiet now, when there was a sound just now? She listened carefully again, and after a long time, there seemed to be a ticking sound of water, which was especially clear in the silent night.

Suddenly, she seemed to hear breathing behind her, getting closer and closer to her. She held her breath, the voice became clearer and clearer, she didn't know if it was a human or a ghost, her body trembled nervously. The eye swept to the left, and it didn't matter if there was a woman standing there. The flaming red robe was particularly eye-catching at night, and the long hair was flying up and down, but there was obviously no wind at the moment. The white jade bracelet she wore on her wrist, and if you looked closely, it was the one that fell out of the cemetery that day. She almost forgot to breathe, thinking that she had been haunted by this female ghost.

She clutched the bottle of agarwood in her cuff and threw it at her when the female ghost approached. She warned herself in her heart to be calm, to be steady and ruthless. A cold wind hit behind her, and the sound of breathing seemed to be in her ears, she quickly took a step back, turned around suddenly, and said that the agarwood in her hand was too late, and when she saw it, she splashed at the female ghost in front of her. I saw her smile coldly, a shadow flashed over, her hand accurately held Linlang's hand, and the agarwood hula was sprinkled on the ground.

Linlang gritted her teeth, and before she could react, the charm in her other hand slapped at her face. I saw that the female ghost gently waved her sleeves, Linlang seemed to lose her strength at once, and the charm fell from her hand to the ground, instantly bursting into flames, and turned into ashes in a short time.

Linlang was at a loss for what to do in an instant, lost all her courage and strength, and could only stare at the female ghost to slaughter. The slender and pale hand of the female ghost touched her face, the hand was cold without a trace of temperature, the long nails scraped her cheeks, pinching her chin fiercely, she couldn't help but scream, the female ghost let go of her hand and laughed, at such a critical moment, she actually felt that this ghost laughed delicately and movingly, not like ordinary vulgar things.

The ghosts of legend are always pale and hideous. And this female ghost's skin is snow-white, delicate and ruddy, her black eyes are big and bright, and her red lips are lightly opened, but she has a bit of a posture. It's just that the smile is cold and cruel, and Linlang can't help but shudder.

The female ghost's hand reached out to her chest, and she said coldly: "You disturbed my cultivation that day, how about using your heart and liver to honor me today?" I can't blame it. ”

Without waiting for Linlang to answer, the female ghost laughed gloomily a few times: "Even if you are his person, but you were unkind and unrighteous back then, and you were alone in this world, I want to taste what it is like to have such a heart." ”

Linlang was shocked, took a step back and said: "I accidentally broke into your territory that day, I didn't mean to disturb you, I'm sorry, can you ......" Before she finished speaking, she only heard a bang, and the door of the inn was kicked open from the outside.

The Taoist chief held the peachwood sword in his hand, and shouted angrily in his mouth: "Demon, you have not come to suffer death. ”

When the female ghost heard this, she didn't look afraid, and opened her mouth and laughed: "Just with your old way in the countryside, those unpopular spells, dare to come and accept me?" Bite off more than one can chew. ”

The Taoist chief didn't speak, but slashed at the female ghost with his sword, and the female ghost dodged with a light dodge. The Dao Leader took out a few spirit runes from his waist and held them in his hand, and continued to swing his sword and slash over. The female ghost took a step back, waved her sleeve fiercely, and slapped the Taoist chief to the ground.

Linlang hurriedly ran over and helped the Taoist chief who was lying on the ground up. The Taoist chief took the opportunity to pour the agarwood into his mouth, struggled to get up, and rushed towards the female ghost with his sword, and the spirit talisman in his hand was close to the female ghost's face. The female ghost rose into the air, dodged lightly, and pounced on him with a sneer. Grabbing the Dao Chief's hand with both hands and breaking it gently, he only heard a click, and the sword in the Dao Chief's hand fell to the ground with a sound, and the few spirit runes also floated into the distance.

At this time, the Taoist took advantage of the female ghost's unpreparedness and sprayed the agarwood in his mouth towards her face, and the female ghost did not hide for a while, and dots of blood instantly appeared on her face. The female ghost was furious and slapped her palm on the chest of the Dao Chief, who flew out at once, and her body fell heavily to the ground. A mouthful of blood spurted out, and he lay on the ground panting, never to stand up again.

Linlang squatted beside the Taoist chief and asked him how he was, he clutched his chest, and he was already speechless in pain. Just when she didn't know what to do, the female ghost had already rushed to her side, grabbed her by the neck and lifted her more than half a meter high. Thin nails reached into my chest, and she could even feel the nails cutting through the flesh and slowly reaching into her body. But she didn't feel pain, as if she was holding someone else's body and had nothing to do with her.

Just as she was dying and dying, a strong green light suddenly flashed on her chest. The female ghost let go of her hand with a scream, and Linlang fell to the ground, the green light on her chest still did not disperse, forming a huge circle of light, protecting her inside.

She looked down and hurriedly took out the jade pendant she had been wearing for a long time from her clothes, and it was this thing that was glowing.

The female ghost was trapped outside the green light and did not dare to approach her again. She glared at Linlang viciously, and suddenly sneered: "He really has a deep affection for you, and even gave you this jade pendant, it's really not simple, I want to see, how long can he protect you?" ”

Linlang saw that she couldn't do anything to her, and she was much bolder, and yelled at her: "I don't understand what you're saying, you can't kill me, don't get out of here." ”

The female ghost didn't speak, and then she heard someone outside: "Red Aya, just your way, don't be embarrassed here." ”

I looked to the door and saw a man standing in the dark with his hands on his chest. He lowered his head, and Linlang couldn't see his face clearly. After a while, he lifted his legs and entered the house, slowly raised his head, leaned against the door, and looked at the female ghost whom he called Red Aya.

Linlang finally saw the appearance of the person who came, he was very tall, dressed in a black robe, with clean skin, sharp eyes, a high nose, and a blue stubble around his mouth, looking very handsome and very manly. That sense of familiarity came to her face, and Linlang fell into doubt again. Zhong Jiu, who are you?

When Hong Aya saw Zhong Jiu, she seemed to be taken aback, and was stunned for a while before saying, "You actually came, so I can't let her go." ”

Zhong Jiu shook the short knife in his hand and said with a smile: "What? I want to taste the knife. As he spoke, he pulled out his knife, which shone with a cold and dazzling silver light in the dark night, and Linlang had never seen a knife emit such a dazzling light.

Hong Aya's face changed suddenly, and she said fiercely: "Zhong Jiu, you ...... You even want this knife. Hmph, you will always stay by her side in the end, otherwise I will kill her sooner or later. With that, it turned into a cloud of black smoke and disappeared in an instant.

Zhong Jiu put away the knife, walked over to the Quanzhen Dao Chief, took out a pill from his pocket and stuffed it into the Dao Chief's mouth. After a while, the Taoist leader's expression was much better.

Linlang helped the Dao Chief to stand up and sit on the stool, Zhong Jiu said, "Dao Chief, thank you for your hard work." But you can't take this female ghost, don't worry about it in the future. ”

The Taoist chief covered his chest, gasped and said, "If you are poor, you don't care? What about Miss Linlang? You just heard it, and the female ghost didn't plan to let her go. ”

Zhong Jiu moved a stool and sat down, and said, "Dao Chief, Hong Aya, is the female ghost just now, who has been cultivating for thousands of years. Although you have learned some magic techniques to slay demons, it is not a problem to deal with some imps. But after all, you are just an ordinary man, this red silk road is too deep, you better leave it alone, otherwise not only will you not be able to accept her, but you will have to take your own life. In addition, you have also seen that she can't move Linlang, so you just have to rest assured. ”

The Taoist was silent for a moment and asked, "Dare to ask who you are?" ”

Zhong Jiu smiled: "You don't care who I am, as long as you understand, I will definitely take care of you." ”

Linlang and Zhong Jiu sent the Quanzhen Dao Elder to the gate of the city. On the way back to the inn, the feeling of familiarity and closeness made Linlang even more confused, and she couldn't help asking, "Who are you?" ”

Zhong Jiu glanced at her quietly, his eyes were calm and calm, and after a long time, he said, "I am Zhong Jiu, specializing in subduing demons and catching ghosts." ”

Linlang was puzzled: "Since you have subdued demons and caught ghosts, why didn't you catch the female ghost just now?" and let her run away. ”

Zhong Jiu was stunned for a moment by her question, and then said, "The time has not yet come." ”

Linlang felt that he was perfunctory, and said angrily: "Hmph, why don't you say it, you can't accept her at all." You seem to know each other, maybe you're still in this group. ”

Zhong Jiu sneered and said: "You girl is the most ungrateful, if I hadn't saved you, you would have been taken out by Hongya, and you would have dared to question me so presumptuously." ”

This son is really going to put gold on his face, and it was obviously that jade pendant that saved her. Even if he didn't show up after all, the red silk wouldn't be able to move her. Thinking of this, she blurted out: "Childe, don't you want to rob the merit, it's clear that the jade pendant saved me." How can you say that you saved me, and I don't know where you came out of nowhere? ”

Zhong Jiu sighed and said helplessly, "Who do you think gave you the jade pendant?" ”

"I picked it up in the field, not somebody." Linlang said.

Zhong Jiu finally smiled, this was the first time Linlang had seen his smile since he knew him, it was so gentle and good-looking, Linlang was stunned for a while.

It's just that for a moment, he looked like he didn't know anything, full of ridicule. She was very annoyed by his laughter, and said angrily: "What are you laughing at, what I said is true, I used to pick it up in the field." ”

Zhong Jiu saw that she was annoyed, and finally said with a straight face: "It's true that you picked it up, but someone deliberately let you pick it up." Let me ask you, did you see a hare before you picked up this jade pendant? ”

Linlang wondered how he knew that she had indeed seen a gray hare. She hurriedly asked, "How did you find out?" I didn't tell anyone, not even my mother. You're such a weirdo. ”

Zhong Jiu was just about to answer, when he saw a figure coming in the distance, it was too dark to see clearly. Linlang thought it was some kind of ghost, and hurriedly hid behind Zhong Jiu. Zhong Jiu said coldly: "It's your mother, who probably asked for a peace charm for you." ”

Linlang became more and more curious about Zhong Jiu: "How do you know?" It's so far away, it's so dark that I can't see it clearly. ”

Zhong Jiu replied to the question: "Later, I will come to you again, and I will answer your question when the time comes." You don't have to mention today's incident to your family, so as not to worry them, and you can rest assured that Hongya will not come to you for revenge for the time being. ”

"Then is the peace charm that my mother asked for me easy to use?" Linlang asked.

"You just think it's your mother's concern for you,"

"Okay, I see."

By the time her mother came to her side, Zhong Jiu had disappeared into the night.