Gu Xuanwu picked up three sticks of incense in his hand and handed them to me.

I knelt before the grave, bowed three times, and then put the three sticks of incense in the dirt in front of the tombstone.

I stood up, Gu Xuanwu was squatting there, he had an extra piece of blood-red paper in his hand, nailed to the tombstone, holding the liquor in his hand, took a sip, and squirted it violently on the red paper.

I was dumbfounded, I don't know what the reason is, the ritual sense of the charm is very strong, and I saw a few words on the red paper.

The four words "safe in and out", and the two connected words "have", and the bottom row of small characters, I saw the three words Gu Changyan, I am afraid that it is the name of Master Gu Xuanwu.

As soon as Gu Xuanwu stood up, a cold wind poured over, and I saw something that grazed my eyes and shot quickly.

He stretched out his hand and pinched the knife that looked like a willow leaf between his fingers, and I saw a very shallow mark on his neck, Gu Xuanwu was injured, and his neck was bleeding.

"Master, on your neck" I reached out and was about to point to his wound.

But in exchange, Gu Xuanwu scolded: "Don't move!" ”

I was stunned for a moment. He pinched the knife and pulled it violently, and I realized that there was a very small piece of money hanging from the knife, which was difficult to see with the naked eye, but it was extremely sharp.

His eyes were clear, and he hooked his lips and said, "Since you are here, let's pay homage to Master and his family." ”

A white shadow came out from behind Gu Xuanwu, I was stunned for a moment, how did Xiao Yue find here, she wore heavy makeup, her eyes were like silk, but the corners of her mouth hooked up a disdainful smile: "Mr. Gu is afraid that he has forgotten, I have long been expelled from the master, what master is there?" ”

The hatred in Xiao Yue's eyes was quite deep, and she told me that the person who was still young at that time was locked up in that room and burned alive by her master.

If you are any other person, you can't get over such a hurdle.

"Xiao Yue, what do you want to do?" Gu Xuanwu was silent, he looked at Xiao Yue coldly, angry.

Xiao Yue stretched out his hand, and there were two more lines between his fingers, if it weren't for the sunlight leaking from the bamboo forest, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to see it really, I frowned and stared at Xiao Yue.

She controlled the two lancets to wipe Gu Xuanwu's face again, Xiao Yue was provoking Gu Xuanwu, she smiled softly: "Gu Xuanwu, I can take your life at any time, but I won't." ”

Xiao Yue's speed was too fast, and between her fingers, there were a few threads tied to each one, which was not real.

Gu Xuanwu frowned and stared at Xiao Yue.

"My purpose has been accomplished, thank you." Xiao Yue stared at me and said thank you to me inexplicably.

My face changed suddenly, and Gu Xuanwu stared at me, his eyes full of doubts, as if he was questioning me about any shady deal with Xiao Yue.

I hurriedly waved my hand and took a step back, only to know that I had fallen for Xiao Yue's scheme.

Xiao Yue hooked her lips: "You are really naïve." ”

"Master, I"

"You don't have to say more." Gu Xuanwu said coldly, his eyes became cold, and he looked at Xiao Yue again, "After so many years, you haven't forgotten it at all. ”

"Yes, how can you forget, you are the heir of the Gu family, and now you are standing on the opposite side of me, I will not attack you, but there is absolutely no guarantee that I will not attack this person!"

Xiao Yue pointed to the cemetery and said coldly, she is here for this cemetery.

Gu Xuanwu smiled: "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, this is just Master's mound of clothes." ”

Gu Xuanwu was at ease, as if he was playing Xiao Yue between applause, he said that how could Xiao Yue come back to Yangjia Village in a good manner, it turned out that he came to Gu Changyan's cemetery.

Xiao Yue's face changed suddenly: "What? Cenotaph? ”

"Hmm." Gu Xuanwu's voice was cold, but Xiao Yue laughed loudly.

"Sure enough, it seems to be his style, even a well-dressed mound has to arrange so many organs, he is timid and afraid of death, and he is afraid that he will not be able to sleep even underground." Xiao Yue sneered, her eyes full of disdain.

Gu Xuanwu's words, she would not believe it.

Her hand moved slightly, manipulating the silk threads, and I saw seven men in black burst out from the depths of the bamboo forest. Wrapping us in the middle.

The seven men dressed in black wrapped themselves tightly, and their skin was not exposed except for the two eyes.

"He is willing to give you the ability to take care of the house." Gu Xuanwu stared at Xiao Yue, his face changed slightly.

Xiao Yue suddenly retreated behind the man in black, only to see that those people were all holding silk threads behind them, like marionettes, controlled by Xiao Yue.

They had long knives in their hands, and they looked like they were about to attack.

Xiao Yue's hand was raised in mid-air: "I didn't plan to hide it from you, you better tell me where Gu Changyan's tomb is, otherwise, you and you will be buried together." ”

Xiao Yue's gloomy face pointed at Gu Xuanwu and then at me.

Gu Xuanwu was standing there, and he said that he was now the head of the Gu family, and it was absolutely impossible for him to turn his back on his master.

"What about Gu Xiaolou?"

In Xiao Yue's hand, there was another golden butterfly, and her eyes were full of smugness.

"If you want me to say, compared to Gu Changyan, you are a lot weaker, I found Gu Xiaolou's tomb on the first night I came, and I took some of her tokens out by the way." The corners of Xiao Yue's mouth hooked up with a smile.

Gu Xuanwu's expression changed: "Don't move Xiaolou!" ”

Xiao Yue's hand, with a little force, the golden butterfly arrived in Gu Xuanwu's hand.

Gu Xuanwu's eyes were full of love, and his anger slowly rose, this time Xiao Yue really stepped on his tail.

In his mind, Gu Xiaolou was really an indescribable character.

Xiao Yue used Gu Xiaolou to force him, asking him to tell him where Gu Changyan's grave was.

"A person as cautious as Master, even if he dies, will calculate his death date in advance, and then wait quietly in the cemetery to die." Gu Xuanwu said how could he know such a secret.

Gu Changyan may also be afraid that someone will seek revenge, after all, judging from Gu Xuanwu's description, he is not a good person.

I was standing there, Xiao Yue's cold eyes rolled slightly, she said it didn't matter, she dug up this mound first.

"Stand back!"

Xiao Yue said in a deep voice, she controlled the puppets, and surrounded the tomb, and I was so frightened that I took a few steps back.

Stumbled under his feet, and was cut again, Gu Xuanwu reached out and grabbed my waist, he frowned, and his already unhappy face became more and more gloomy: "Be careful, bump and bump, do you think the body is so good?" ”

I was so frightened that my heart trembled, but in exchange for Xiao Yue's sneer: "I don't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade." It's no wonder that naïve people like Gu Xiaolou choose to fall in love with demons. ”

"Shut up!" Gu Xuanwu was in a deep voice, the anger in his eyes was quite deep, and he felt that the whole person was shrouded in a strange aura.

It may erupt at any time, but Xiao Yue doesn't care at all, and has been stepping on the tip of Gu Xuanwu's heart.

Seeing that the soil was turned up little by little, and the pit dug was getting deeper and deeper, Xiao Yue's face slowly changed, but what was dug out was a jar.

When she didn't see the coffin, she already knew that it was indeed a well-dressed mound as Gu Xuanwu said.

She took the jar from the black-clad puppet and opened it. There was a sour smell in it, and there was only a piece of clothing inside, and a pile of ash and some brown water.

Xiao Yue let go suddenly, and the jar fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.

She had a hideous face: "Gu Changyan, you are really afraid of death." ”

Xiao Yue was not satisfied, and continued to want to ask Gu Xuanwu, but it was useless, Gu Xuanwu said that he didn't know this.

"You don't know?" Xiao Yue raised her eyebrows and stared at Gu Xuanwu, "This is the first paper man Gu Xiaolou?" You didn't tell her that you made the body of a paper figure for her. In fact, it is for "

"Xiao Yue!" Gu Xuanwu interrupted Xiao Yue's words, and Xiao Yue smiled proudly.

He opened his mouth coldly, pointed to this bamboo forest, and said in a deep voice: "The mound will not be too far from the cemetery, you can find it yourself, the night the master died, I calculated his whereabouts, and it was near here." ”

Xiao Yue's hand moved slightly, and the black-clothed puppets disappeared in place.

I didn't even see clearly what kind of technique this was, Xiao Yue climbed to the mountain behind the bamboo forest.

Gu Xuanwu turned around and took off the rune from the broken tombstone, his steps were very fast, and he walked on the way back.

I hurriedly stepped forward, feeling a little guilty in my heart, I want to say that I didn't bring Xiao Yue here, but looking at Gu Xuanwu's appearance, I'm afraid it doesn't matter what the answer is.

After coming down from the mountain, Gu Xuanwu seemed to be a different person, he said that he wanted to bring me medicine to apply the wound on his foot, but he forgot what he was going to do after going to the room several times.

Xiao Yue this time, I am afraid that he will disturb him in a big way.

When he came out of the room for the fifth time, he had more jade bracelets in his hands that he had taken from me before, and he said that the jade bracelets were different now, and he had aura.

He looked at me with a very serious look in his eyes: "Xiaolou." No, Ogawa, I'm sure I was selfish before. Xiao Yue's appearance, I may not be able to protect you. ”

I put the jade bracelet back on my hand, and Gu Xuanwu said that the jade bracelet has an aura, so you can hide your soul in it.

"For you, let Shen Yan protect you." Gu Xuanwu said in a shallow voice, it felt like he was explaining what was going on, he said that since the last time Yin Shuai fought with Shen Yan, he knew very well that only Shen Yan could protect me.

Gu Xuanwu said that he was selfish, and he knew that there could be a better way for Shen Yan to be by my side.

I don't know why he suddenly said this to me, as if when I was in the bamboo forest, Xiao Yue asked me why Gu Xuanwu would be a paper figure that looked exactly like Gu Xiaolou.

Perhaps Gu Xuanwu was trying to cover up my doubts, he knew very well how intimate my relationship with Shen Yan had been, so he took a step back and allowed Shen Yan to keep me.

The more he was like this, the more it made me doubt his purpose.

But at this moment, I didn't say anything, I nodded, and my hand touched the jade bracelet, which was cold and warm.

"Xiaochuan, after I send Lu Jinshen away tonight, I will help you recall Shen Yan."

Gu Xuanwu stared at me, and I couldn't tell what I was feeling at the bottom of my heart at the moment. Suddenly, there was a "dang bang" sound in the room, and I froze in place.

I don't know if Lu Jinshen heard our conversation, when I opened the door, I found Lu Jinshen looking at me in horror, and the bowl in his hand fell to the ground.

Lu Jinshen's panic was just for a moment, his pale face looked at me in a daze, he said sorry, his hand slipped and the bowl fell.

I shook my head: "It's okay, it's good that you're not hurt." ”

Lu Jinshen's eyes burned when he looked at me, I cleaned up the mess in the house, and soon came out again, the way he wanted to speak and stopped shocked me, I always thought that he knew the truth that I was Qi Xiaochuan.

But even if you know, so what?

After nightfall, I didn't go to that room again, I was afraid, it was the feeling of being a thief, I clearly knew that I had deceived Lu Jinshen, and I had no position to face him.

Several villagers entered the courtyard, with strange makeup painted on their faces and white clothes, and they thought that ghosts had entered the courtyard without looking closely.

A dilapidated sedan chair, surrounded by charms, I hid in the shadows, watching Gu Xuanwu ask Lu Jinshen to be lifted out of the house, only to find that Lu Jinshen was fainted by them.

Tonight was different from usual, early in the morning, the lights were turned off in the village, except for the lights that were still on in the ancestral hall.

Gu Xuanwu made a gesture, and the group of people put Lu Jinshen into the sedan chair, and I hurriedly followed.

"Xiao Chuan, you can give him a ride." Gu Xuanwu said in a deep voice, he didn't call me Xiaolou, but called my name Xiaochuan, very light, so light that only me and him could hear it.

We walked all the way out of the village, and they were dressed like this. The footsteps of carrying the sedan chair are light.

I stood at the entrance of the village, Gu Xuanwu didn't let me continue to walk forward, he said in a deep voice: "There is a yin gate in front of Yangjia Village, after nightfall, only ghosts can pass through the yin gate." ”

"That Ah Shen Ta"

"If you invite Master's pass charm, you can cover up the yang energy on your body, it's okay." Gu Xuanwu said softly, he asked me if I remembered that night, I hid in that place.

He pointed to a corner of the low hill and asked me.

I nodded, and Gu Xuanwu said that if he hadn't seen me at that time, I would have rashly gone out of that door. It's the end of being torn apart by a hundred ghosts, and there is not a single bone left.

I stood under the archway, didn't dare to go any further, looked at the sedan chair, and slowly walked out of Yangjia Village.

The stone in my heart was finally put down.

Gu Xuanwu said softly: "If you want to cry, cry, think about how to explain to him if you leave Yangjia Village and meet him again." ”

I shook my head, not going to see you again.

I sniffed, the night was as cold as water, the cold wind sprinkled on my face, I would not meet Lu Jinshen again.

Gu Xuanwu walked towards the front, he had no intention of returning to the village, but he went to the mass grave, he beckoned to me: "Come up quickly!" ”

I frowned, I didn't know what he wanted to do, there was a mass grave, the yin qi was too heavy, and as soon as I got closer, I felt a chill hit me.

"Shen Yan's soul is too scattered, and he was seriously injured by the Yemiao before, he brackarded his body to save your life, I'm afraid I don't know where to drift at the moment." Gu Xuanwu stared at me, surrounded by black trees, something flew over his head, and the birds fluttering their wings disappeared in an instant.

It's so quiet here, so quiet that I can hear Gu Xuanwu's heart.

Gu Xuanwu said that he had a faint feeling of unease, although I was his apprentice. But it has nothing to do with Gu Changyan's matter at the beginning, he doesn't want to involve me.

Gu Xuanwu seems to be explaining the future, but I don't think he is the one who will think of the future for me.

It's kind of weird.

Behind him, I saw a coffin, the black one was particularly dull, and he lifted the coffin board open, and it was empty.

"Come here, lie down in there." Gu Xuanwu was silent, I was stunned, I was not mistaken, it would be okay if I went to such a terrifying place as a mass grave, but he still wanted me to lie in that coffin. I'm afraid I'm going to die here.

Gu Xuanwu turned his head, and with a slap of the knife, I hurriedly stepped forward and climbed into the coffin.

He didn't say a word, and went to close the coffin lid.

I stretched out my hand sharply, "Wait, Master, what are you going to do here?" ”

Will you bury me right now? It's not that it's okay, if you send Ah Shen away, you have to find Shen Yan back in a ceremonial way, but I'm afraid that if I find Shen Yan in this way, I should die with a whimper.

"The last time Shen Yan appeared, it was also when you were most dangerous, and this time I used this coffin to repeat the same mistakes." Gu Xuanwu sighed, his eyes glancing slightly. He said that the hour is not early, and I will drag it out like this, I am afraid that it will not be possible tonight.

I was so anxious that I lay down and folded my hands into a cross and put it in my heart.

I was a little scared, after all, it was pitch black in this coffin, and I didn't know what Gu Xuanwu was going to do next.

When I lay down, the coffin board was covered.

After a while, I heard the sound of the coffin outside, and soon the coffin was off the ground, and there was a violent shaking sensation, and I grabbed my hands violently.

There was a faint glow in the coffin. Only then did I find that the jade bracelet was in the dark, flickering with a faint light.

This glimmer of light seemed to be relied on, and I clutched the jade bracelet tightly, not knowing what Gu Xuanwu was doing.

The coffin was very bumpy, and it took a long time, and when they finally stopped, I didn't have time to wait for the coffin lid to open, but I heard the sound of tuk tuk.

Someone took a hammer and hit a few nails to lock the coffin.

I was so frightened that I hurriedly reached out and knocked on the coffin.

What does Gu Xuanwu want to do, could it be that he really wants my life?

As soon as he thought of Xiao Yue's threat to him during the day, he immediately compromised, could it be that he wanted to solve me in advance before I knew the truth.

I thought about it, but I shuddered, I was afraid, and the hand holding the jade bracelet was trembling.

There was a sudden jolt, the whole coffin was reversed, the weightlessness became more and more obvious, I felt like I was continuing to fall, I don't know what I had experienced, my head was bumping and bumping inside the coffin.

It hurts to be hit on the head by those edges and corners, and in the dark, I reached out and touched my head, and it was very sticky. It seems to have opened a hole.

Blood ran down my cheeks, and the fear deepened in my heart.

The coffin turned around for a long time, and finally stopped, and fell to the ground very smoothly, there was silence all around, but there was no sound, and I became more and more frightened in my heart.

Reached out and knocked on the coffin.

By the time I heard the sounds around me, my body stiffened.

"Where to go."

"It looks like there's a living person inside."

Both voices were old, and the other reminded, "Don't be nosy, what is thrown from above is the same." ”

I wanted to knock on the coffin to show it, but when I heard the man say this, I despaired.

Where exactly is Gu Xuanwu going to send me?

I clutched the jade bracelet in fear. I felt that the coffin was light, as if it had entered the water, and I was even more scared, for fear that water would seep in, I was completely panicked, and I didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in Gu Xuanwu's gourd.

There was the sound of water flowing in my ears, and the coffin was very strange that it did not sink to the bottom, as if it was flowing around the water.

The water was very calm, and I slowly closed my eyes, and it was all the sound of the water, and my eyelids sank unconsciously, as if I was sleeping on the water.

I slept deeply for a long time, the feeling of being purified of my soul, and my body went down the water, and I looked completely at ease.

But when I opened my eyes, I found myself in a cave, and I slammed myself to my feet, only to find myself sleeping on the water.

I was startled, and there was only a thin piece of paper under my body, holding me up and watching the water soak through the paper.

I panicked, there were only rock walls around, and there was nowhere to stop.

I'm a paper person, so a piece of paper can lift me up, but if the paper under me gets soaked, I'm almost drowning.

I was so scared that my heart was beating faster. I tried to stand up, but with a little force, the paper began to tilt, and one piece began to dent.

The water is still flowing down, and there is a bottomless abyss in front of me, and I don't know where Gu Xuanwu put me.

I was so frightened that my palms were full of cold sweat, I was holding the jade bracelet, panicking, where I saw the shadow of Shen Yan, it was clearly my life.

I looked down and saw a huge black shadow slowly emerge from the water.

It's like a human hair, like a flower blooming, waiting for that grimace to slowly show itself. I was terrified.

I fell backwards, and the wizened hand pulled me out of the water.

Grimaces pressed against my body, giggles, seeped into my heart, and when I was submerged in water, I heard the sound of water gurgling.

She held me and slowly descended, and I felt like I was going to die.

Her hair was too long to grow, and it slowly wrapped my whole body.

The water in the cave was too cold, and the hair on her body, like a filament, slowly seeped into my skin.

I was suffocated by the ground, I think I can't wait for Shen Yan. I slowly closed my eyes, and just before I was about to die, a red figure appeared in front of me.

The paper is about to be soaked in water, Gu Xuanwu clearly knows that I am a paper person, but he chose the most dangerous way, when Shen Yan appeared, he hugged me tightly, he slammed the back of my head, and gave me a sigh of relief.

The hair was obedient and spread out automatically.

He picked me up and jerked me out of the water, and I gasped for breath as I felt like the paper was about to melt away.

Shen Yan's face. It clearly appeared in front of my eyes, he was holding my head and pressing it against my face, his eyes full of apologies.

He said I'm sorry Xiaochuan, I'm sorry, I'm sorry I'm late.

I don't know if it was the cold cave water on my face, or the tears that flowed from my panic, or if it was because I was too moved to see him.

Shen Yan picked me up and moved my whole body out of the water, this is a cave, the sound of tinkling water, I was wet, Shen Yan grabbed me in his arms, saw me stunned there, stretched out his hand and rubbed my frozen arms.

As if an embrace was not enough, his kiss fell on my forehead.

The moist lips turned into soft fingers and tapped on my heart.

At that moment, as if I had lost my mind, I grabbed his face violently, stood on tiptoe, and kissed him.

The shallow, soft kiss slowly became like a storm, and he grabbed my head as if I had been surrounded by flames.

Shen Yan whispered in my ear, the reassuring words: "I'm here, Xiaochuan, I'm here"