The old lady walked up to Niu, bowed her head slightly, and looked at her with a sinister gaze. The shriveled mouth is pulled into a straight line, and it seems to be smiling but not smiling. Niu lowered his head in horror, but found that a person's name was written on the cyan jar. She didn't know much and could barely make out that it was a "Chen" character.

The old lady let out a penetrating laugh, the sound of which was like frosted paper, and pierced into her ears. What she said was, "The hour has come, you should follow me!" ”

Niu woke up in shock, but the nightmare seemed to continue. Because just above her eyes, there were also a pair of eyes open, and there was a cold aura in them. As far as the eye could see, it was pitch black. Before she could fully wake up, she heard the man speak, and he said, "You're finally awake?" ”

The dream and reality overlapped and intersected at that moment, almost subconsciously, Niu reached out and touched the lamp and candle, then picked it up, and smashed it at that person indiscriminately. When she woke up again, she saw the silver-white moonlight, shining coldly on the ground, and in the moonlight lay a man dressed in black. At the man's neck, there is also a light candle. got up, looked carefully, and found that the man was holding a gauze lampshade in one hand and half a candle in the other, and the man's face was the most familiar face in her memory, Niu Fugui.

Niu Shi shouted Niu Fugui's name in a low voice, and then quickly climbed down from the bed and crawled to his side, only then did he see clearly that the candle on the original lamp had already burned out, and in her panic, she actually stabbed Niu Fugui's meridians with the lamp and candle. The blood flowed out and stained a large garment. Niu Fugui was not wearing black clothes at all, but blue coarse cloth clothes, which she sewed for him by herself after moving.

Looking at the lampshade in his hand and the half of the candle that he didn't know where to find it, as well as the portrait of the woman spread out on the table, Niu Shi instantly understood. This Niu Fugui should be looking at the portrait of the woman on the table, and when he saw half of it, the lamp went out, and he didn't know where to find half of the candle and wanted to replace it, but at this time he heard the cry of Niu in the dream.

Although he is a gambler, he is not usually very considerate to Niu, but in the end he is still a good man, and when he heard Niu's shouting, he leaned over and woke her up from her nightmare. Therefore, when Niu Fugui saw Niu wake up, he said: "You finally woke up?" Instead of: "Are you awake or awake?" ”

It's just a pity that it was too late. Although Niu is a woman, she also understands the truth of killing to pay for life. She is not afraid of death, but if she dies, what will happen to the young daughter of the family? After thinking about it, she gritted her teeth, dragged Niu Fugui's body to another room, and lit a fire. Originally, I wanted to create an accident, but I didn't expect it to be found out by the people in the yamen.

At this time, the case of Niu's murder of her husband and the destruction of the corpse was clear, but what was left for Chang Tai and Xing Ruyi was more questions. For example, why would Niu Fugui be obsessed with a portrait? If it was a picture of a beautiful woman who captivated the country and the city, it would still be understandable, but Niu Shi said that it was a woman with an unclear face in the painting. A gambler like Niu Fugui obviously won't be intoxicated by the style of that painting. Secondly, it is the nightmare that Niu had on the night he murdered his husband. It is often said that dreams are born from the heart, and that old lady is obviously not a person who Niu's daily acquaintance is, and there must be some reason for her sudden dream. In the end, it was the female ghost on Chang Tai's back, and the one that finally became a painting, I don't know if she and Niu Fugui were the same person on the scroll.

There were too many doubts in his heart, and Xing Ruyi felt that what was in front of him was a spider web, although the context was clear, but he couldn't find the source. But the center is nothing less than the old mansion of the Xie family.

"Where is Niu's daughter now?"

Xing Ruyi thought of the little daughter born to Niu and Niu Fugui. Now that his father has been killed and his mother has been arrested, such a young child does not know how to live in the future.

"Adopted by a neighbor nearby." Chang Tai obviously saw through the concerns in Xing Ruyi's heart, and pulled the corners of his mouth at her, but he couldn't laugh. "The man in that family is an ironworker, and the woman, like Niu, is an ordinary woman, but she is soft and very careful. Due to illness in her early years, the woman has never had children, but she is very eager to have a child. For the youngest daughter of the Niu family, life should not be a problem. Don't worry, when you have time, Xiao Shengzi and I will go over from time to time, and we won't let that child be wronged. ”

"Brother Chang does things, and he is relieved to come as he wants. If the child has a need for food and clothing, he can also tell Ruyi. Xing Ruyi smiled back and led the topic to the scroll again: "When Brother Chang went to do it, did he ever see the scroll mentioned in Niu's mouth?" Or when you were in Xie Zhai, what unusual things happened? ”

"Is there something wrong with me?" Chang Tai touched his cold neck with his hand: "I know Ruyi can see many things that ordinary people can't see, you tell me honestly, is there something on my body?" ”

"Brother Chang also feels it?"

Chang Tai nodded: "When I was investigating the scene of the crime that day, I always felt that someone was watching us. After Xiao Shengzi carried the body away, I searched around the burning chamber again. When I looked up, I suddenly saw a woman standing in the courtyard. In fact, it can't be said to be one, it can only be said to be half, half-covered under a flower tree in the courtyard. But when I looked closer, the woman was gone. ”

"Brother Chang, do you remember what that woman looked like?"

"It's strange to say, just like how Niu felt when he saw the person in that portrait. For that woman, I remember the clothes and accessories clearly, but it was her face, which was obviously glanced at, but I couldn't remember her appearance, and I didn't even remember what her eyebrows and eyes looked like. ”

"And after that? What else did Big Brother Chang meet? ”

Chang Tai shook his head: "No! After that, nothing strange happened. I just felt that the air around me was a little cold, and my neck was cold. When I got home, I felt that I was much more tired than usual, and in this weather, I couldn't help but want to cover the thick quilt when I slept at night. ”

"Brother Chang is a person who practices martial arts, don't say that the weather is only in November, and it is a cold winter, and he may not want to cover that thick quilt."

"Yes, I didn't use it in previous years. Even in heavy snowy weather, a thin quilt is enough. Chang Tai said, shaking his neck. Xing Ruyi noticed that something was wrong, so he opened his ghost eyes and looked carefully, only to find that those ghost qi had invaded Chang Tai's neck bone. I couldn't help but feel a trace of anger in my heart, that female ghost was completely angry with her.

"Brother Chang can be trusted more than wishful?"

"Is Ruyi suspicious of Brother Chang me when he asks this?" Chang Tai raised his eyes and looked at Xing Ruyi seriously: "You know, I treat you differently from others. ”

"Good! That wishful will tell you that you are indeed entangled by a female ghost. As for what the female ghost's body is, I don't know right now, but she wants to harm you. You feel tired all day long because you carry her on your back day and night. As the old saying goes, death sinks, and the dead weigh much more than the living. This ghost, although it is incarnated by a soul, can be controlled at will. You knead your neck because the female ghost always hangs her hands on the sides of your neck, and because her body is close to yours, the ghost is angry. You are mortal, you can't see, so you only feel tired and feel very cold. ”

"So, what now?" Chang Tai smiled bitterly, turned around and looked at his empty back: "Since entering this hall, I have felt lighter, is it that she saw Ruyi you and was scared, so she slipped away?" ”

"I don't know! Although my eyes are special and I can see things that ordinary people can't see, this kind of thing is not what Ruyi is good at. What I can tell Brother Chang is that she is indeed gone now. But whether he will come back or when he will come back, Ruyi is not sure. For the sake of your safety, Brother Chang, please come to my rouge shop for a few days. This matter of the female ghost, Yin Chensi can solve it. ”

"Young Master Yin? Could it be that he is a Taoist priest! Chang Tai thought of Yin Chensi's appearance, floating like an immortal, but also a little bit of a cultivator. It's just that a Taoist priest can marry a wife?

Xing Ruyi scratched his head and said: "Yin Chensi is not a Taoist, he is a cultivator." Has Brother Chang ever heard of Shushan? ”

After using this cultivator's excuse once, Xing Ruyi felt that it was very pleasant, and it could perfectly cover up the truth of the fox's spells, so he took it out and used it from time to time.

Chang Tai thought for a while and asked uncertainly: "But in the Sichuan and Shu area?" ”

"I guess so! Actually, I haven't been there either, I have heard from Yin Chensi. However, this Shushan faction, I have heard of it, is similar to those sects on the rivers and lakes, but it is a little different. This Shushan faction, located in the lofty mountains, the mountain peaks are in the sky, like floating clouds, and it is said that it is a place of attraction given to the world by the immortals. Since the opening of Shushan, the disciples of the past generations have practiced immortal arts, entered the world to subdue demons, and imprisoned demons in the lock demon tower, blessed the world from the nuisance of demons, won the love of the people, and were respected as immortals in Shu. Shushan does not have a deep relationship with the martial arts sects, and the Shushan immortal art it cultivates is also between internal strength and Taoist cultivation, but the cultivation of Shushan disciples is not to become immortals, but to save people from the world, which is different from ordinary Taoists. In addition, people in Shushan can become biological children. ”

Xing Ruyi talked eloquently, but what he was talking about was the record about Shushan that he saw when he wrote the article in his previous life. Here and now, to "fool" Chang Tai can be regarded as living up to the hard work of searching for information back then. It's just that the last sentence was said by herself, and it has nothing to do with the information.

Chang Tai has always believed in Xing Ruyi very much, and he naturally believes in what she says. Moreover, after experiencing all kinds of unbelievable things before, he also began to believe that there are ghosts and gods in this world, and if there are ghosts and gods, there will be the so-called immortal cultivation sect in the mouth of Xing Ruyi. It's just that I don't know if he will have the opportunity to go and have a look in the future.

Shaking his head slightly, he threw aside these chaotic thoughts in his mind for the time being. raised his head, looked into Xing Ruyi's eyes, and asked: "Since Gongzi Yin is the one who has entered the world and subdued demons, he will definitely encounter many dangers. If you wish, you should also be careful. ”

Xing Ruyi nodded, seeing that Chang Tai did not reject what he had just proposed, and his hanging heart finally let go. There are foxes and Yin Yuan in the Ruyi rouge shop, so she doesn't believe in the female ghost in this painting, and she has the courage to break through. As for the matter of the Xie family's old mansion, even if Chang Tai didn't mention it, she wanted to take the fox to take a look, in case there was really any demon, so that she could catch it and give Yin Yuan a tooth sacrifice.

(Education 123 Literature Network)