Sheng Shiyao pondered for a moment before he said: "Judging from your pulse, it is stable and moderate, without any abnormalities, which is completely different from your previous situation. And the demonic nature in my body has indeed weakened, otherwise it would be impossible for my body to start the second half of the metamorphosis again. ”

I was amazed and asked, "Are you saying you're going to slowly change back to your old self?" ”

Sheng Shiyao nodded lightly, "The time span will take half a month, and the transformation will be completed at the end of the month." ”

His mouth moved, and when the words came to his mouth, he glanced at me lightly, and asked lightly: "I want to ask why I have a physical transformation every month?" I nodded, it was true that this question had been stuck in my mind, and I wanted to ask but I was afraid that he would not want to answer.

He was silent for a few seconds before speaking: "This is a strange disease, the earliest time is more than a month, the transformation will take up to half a year, and then with the improvement of my ability, the time will be slowly shortened, and finally set at one month." And every time the transformation is over, there will be a potential in my body that will be stimulated, just like you see some of my mystical arts, which will naturally exist. ”

"You mean...... You didn't learn, and then you will? "What's it called? Talented? I thought for a moment and asked, "When did this transformation begin, was it when you were a child?" Because Zhou Tong said that he was still a teenager when he met him, he was January every year at that time, and since he said that it would be half a year at the earliest, it was before he met Zhou Tong.

He suddenly looked at me, his eyes were clear, I was a little uneasy to look at, what's wrong? When he turned his gaze, a faint voice floated: "I didn't have a child. ”

I was stunned, how could there not be a child? Doesn't everyone have a childhood?

"Don't mention this, it's not too early, don't look for it, wait until tomorrow dawn and you have a day to search slowly." He suddenly lost his patience and cut off the conversation, and I could only nod my head silently, and then think about the problem of sleeping. The sleeper of the wooden bed has accumulated a thick layer of dust, and if you want to lie down, you have to tidy it up.

There were two rooms, and I asked, "Which room are you going to sleep in?" Help you tidy up first. ”

The gloomy eyes turned back to my face, and after three or four seconds, he suddenly pulled me into his arms, clasped his hand on the back of my head, and made me look up at him, "Xiaoxiao, since you have to find me, and you broke in without warning, everything that shouldn't have happened has happened, then be mentally prepared, don't try to escape from me again." His dark eyes were fixed on my face as he said this, and his tone and eyes were very serious.

It turned out that he saw my resistance to him, he was already cautious and observant, how could I escape his eyes. But...... But I really don't know how to resolve the depression and discomfort in my heart, it's a taste that can't be explained.

In the end, Sheng Shiyao decided to tidy up his grandmother's room, and the two of them stayed here for one night. Because it was too late, he didn't clean up much, so he took the newspaper and put it on the wooden bed, and the two of them lay down, and couldn't help but want to keep a distance from him, but the next moment he was hugged tightly in his arms, his head pressed against his chest, and a light voice was above his head: "Xiaoxiao, don't be afraid of me." If you're afraid of last night's incident, don't worry, I have self-control now and won't hurt you again. ”

There were fluctuations in the heart, and there were water marks. Only then did he find that his body was trembling slightly, and after being surrounded by his breath, the trembling gradually stopped, and his heart calmed down. I closed my eyes and slept peacefully, dreamless all night.

When I woke up, the room was bright, and I saw that there was no figure beside me, so I sat up in shock, what about Sheng Shiyao? No...... Take me to fall asleep and leave, right? Hurriedly climbed out of bed, rushed to the door, "bang" at the door frame, hit the unknown object, one hand held my waist, and the low magnetic voice above my head asked: "What are you doing recklessly early in the morning?" ”

My heart was relieved, he was still there. Rubbing his sore nose, he looked up and asked, "Where have you been?" ”

"I've walked around the house, and when I wake up, come with me." He let go of me and took the lead. My heart moved slightly, did I find something? Hurry up and catch up with him.

He led me to the back of the house, and when he opened the door, there was a bright hall, which is what we often call the courtyard. The pattern of this old house is a little different, if the average person builds a Ming Hall, it will only be between the front and back rooms, but our house is built in the back.

There were some debris piled up in the Ming Hall, and a few trees were planted, but they were basically withered, only one of them still had green leaves, and they didn't die for more than ten years. Sheng Shiyao walked up to the tree, turned around and asked me, "Do you think this tree is any different?" ”

I was asked inexplicably, what's the difference, isn't it that it has a strong vitality, is it born with a natural nourishment, and it is not dead yet?

He added, "If you look closely, do you feel familiar with the bark and the leaves on it?" ”

Hearing him say this, I couldn't help but look closer, and even plucked a leaf to look at it carefully, and my mind flashed, "This tree is of the same family as the big tree in front of me." ”

"That's right, it's the same kind of tree, and if nothing else, the species of this tree should be taken from the cemetery."

"Oh." I was stunned, I didn't understand why he was interested in this kind of tree, could my grandmother still hide things in this tree? When I looked up, I saw that the tree was three meters high, and the branches and leaves were not luxuriant, so I could see at a glance that there was no hiding on the tree, not even a bird's nest.

This man's mind is usually difficult to reason, just like he likes to study stone tablets and murals, but it turns out that he has discovered many hidden secrets under the surface. Thinking of this, I was patient again, and waited for him to solve my doubts. But after waiting for a long time, I didn't see him speak again, so I couldn't help but ask, "Is there anything wrong with this tree?" ”

"No problem."

"Then why are we coming to see this tree?"

He gave me an answer that made me vomit blood: "Wake up in the morning and kill time." With that, he turned and walked into the back room, leaving me alone to stare at him on the back like a fool.

With a small amount of mineral water, I rinsed my mouth casually, and wiped my face with wet wipes, as if it was simply freshened. Then I went to collect the newspapers on the bed, and planned to take the quilts under the bed to the yard to pat the ashes, and then bask in the sun, or there would be a musty smell of dust. But when I rolled up the cover, I suddenly remembered that I had searched all over the room last night, but this bed board was not carefully inspected. It's safest to sleep underneath.

After thinking about it, he temporarily rolled the quilt to the ground, and the board of the wooden bed was exposed. This kind of ancient wooden bed is not like the hardboard bed we sleep on now on a few wooden planks flat, its workmanship is very fine, not only the bed edge and lintel are carved, even the bed board is carved with fine lines, I knocked on the bed board, solid.

When I knocked the whole bed board, I didn't find any mystery, and I couldn't help but sit on the edge of the bed in frustration, it seemed that I was suspicious again. At this time, Sheng Shiyao walked over, his eyes passed over my face, turned to the side, I followed his line of sight, and found that it was fixed on the bedpost, and my heart moved, yes, the bedpost!

Hurriedly climbed into the inside and said, "You check the outer two, and I'll check the inner two." ”

For the sake of beauty, this bedpost has a round cylinder in the middle, but I know that it is actually the interface between the upper and lower bedposts, because I remember a mischievous time when I unscrewed it, and then my grandmother's bed collapsed in half. If you remember correctly, part of this interface is hollow.

I thought that maybe one of the bedposts was hiding something, but I didn't think that all four bedposts had hidden things, and they were wrapped in cotton linen. But because of the dampness of the earth, the cotton linen cloth is a little rotten, after uncovering the cloth, I found that there is also a layer of oil paper inside, I can't help but breathe a sigh of relief, now I don't have to worry about the things inside will be damp and damaged.

When the first oil-paper bag opened, I couldn't help but be stunned that it was empty. Open the other three, the same way, how can it be empty? Is it the contents that have been taken away? Or are we mistaken, this oil paper is just a hollow position on the bedpost to maintain balance? But why do you have to wrap two layers and make it so tight?

"Look." Sheng Shiyao suddenly spoke, pointing to one of the pieces of oiled paper, I saw that there were a few blue lines on it, very similar to the current ballpoint pen strokes, but grandma should not have a ballpoint pen in that era, at most it was a fountain pen, but the surface of the oiled paper is attached to a layer of grease, and the molecular structure is different, making the surface smooth, and the fountain pen is written in ink, so it is difficult to write on it. It is a fact that water cannot diffuse in oil.

Gather your mind, this is not the time to analyze what pen, is Sheng Shiyao asking me to see these lines? It looks like a few lines scribbled on it. But the next moment, when Sheng Shiyao pieced together four incomplete pieces of oil paper, I understood his intentions and was amazed by what was shown on the oil paper.

It was a simple map, to be more specific, an aerial view of a house. And I am no stranger to this house, it is the old house I am in now, and I can see the key point almost at a glance, and at a certain point, the blue oil pen may have paused because of the pause, making that point particularly obvious.

I cried out in disbelief: "Ah! Isn't that where that tree is in the backyard? "If it weren't for the fact that I had just studied with Sheng Shiyao there before, I wouldn't have been able to see it for a while, which is really too coincidental.

The two of them walked quickly into the backyard and stood in front of the tree again, and I couldn't help but ask, "Why did you pay attention to this tree before, did you guess the mystery in it?" But Sheng Shiyao shook his head, "No, but I walked into a room, used to looking at the direction of feng shui, the whole trend of this old house from the front door to the back door has been cleverly arranged, which proves that your grandmother or the ancestors of the family know feng shui, but this tree seems out of place, like a stroke of genius, and also like a snake painting." Not to mention that it will hinder the fortune, but there is indeed a strange thing, and if you look at this tree, do you know what kind of tree it is? ”

I shook my head, I didn't know anything about trees, except for regular trees.

"This is Wushen sandalwood, a kind of sandalwood tree. It is much cheaper than red sandalwood, ebony tree, etc., and its growth cycle is faster than them, but it follows one of the characteristics of sandalwood, that is, the heart of the tree will be hollow, commonly known as the hollow tree. ”