Lin Mei lives alone in the mountains, she is an adult, but her thoughts and mentality are still a child. I used to be a qualified teacher, and what I was best at was communicating with children, "digging" children's ideas, talking to Lin Mei constantly, knocking on the side, and quickly asking for some information.

Lin Mei is the person of the Fierce Ghost Cottage, to be precise, a living person in the Fierce Ghost Cottage. About sixteen years ago, a group of masters suddenly attacked the Snake Intestine Valley, the pine forest formation was broken, most of the people in the valley were poisoned and weak, and they were all slaughtered, only a few old people with a few children escaped. The murderer left after a thorough search of the snake intestine valley, and the seven surviving people continued to live in the valley, but soon after the valley began to appear yin qi and ghosts, although the ghosts did not harm them, but the three old men and three boys all died one after another in the next few years, leaving only Lin Mei.

Lin Mei was only about six years old at the time, so it was not clear who attacked them, and the people in the Weishenme Valley would suddenly be poisoned, so I guess someone had defected. She has lived alone since she was nine years old, and a few years ago she picked up a "hairy child" outside the valley and brought it back as a companion, and when she grew up, she became the monster she is now, and it seems that she is still growing up, and she does not know whether it is a wild man or an orangutan.

Although the big monster was brought up by Lin Mei, it didn't completely listen to Lin Mei's words, and the corpse on the edge of the pine forest was made by it on its own initiative, maybe it was out of a warning to outsiders not to enter, and I don't know where it got the corpse from.

After knowing that it wasn't Lin Mei's idea, I secretly breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately she was not a vicious person, otherwise the three of us would definitely die.

There is a person of the same age and a lot of words to talk to, Lin Mei's interest is very high, she will answer most of the things I ask, but when asked who her ancestors are, Weishenme lives in seclusion here, she avoids answering.

There is another important reason why I entered the Snake Intestine Valley, looking for my great-master Zhou Tong, so I asked Lin Mei: "Except for those who attacked you, have no outsiders ever come in?" ”

Lin Mei shook her head, but she wasn't very sure, so I asked again: "Have you heard that more than forty years ago, a Mr. Yin and Yang named Zhou Tong came in?" ”

Lin Mei thought for a while: "I once heard that there was a Mr. Yin and Yang who came in, but I don't know what year or month it was, and I don't know what his surname is." ”

I nervously asked, "Where did he go after that, did he say anything and did anything?" ”

"I don't know where to go, but there is a prophecy, which says, 'The tiger bites the sheep's tail, the black fire and the candle sky, five people and two people, just down the mountain'. Over the years, there has been no tiger biting a sheep's tail on the mountain, and there is no black fire candle sky, and now I am the only one left, and it is impossible for seven people to go down the mountain at the same time......" Lin Mei said suspiciously, she spoke with a little Shandong accent, probably because she had read too many ancient books, and her speaking habits were slightly different from those of modern people.

"The tiger bites the tail of the sheep, the black fire candle is ......" I silently recited a few words, and shouted excitedly, "I know, the tiger bites the tail of the sheep refers to the end of June in the Year of the Tiger, which is the beginning; Black is 'Xuan', and Huo Candle Tian is 'Ming', which refers to my name; five people and two mouths are better understood, now there are five of us, but only two mouths can speak; The word 'good' is a woman, so instead of seven people going down the mountain, only one woman can go down the mountain......"

Lin Mei's eyes widened and she was stunned.

I hurriedly said: "The person who left this sentence must be my great-grandfather, he predicted that at the end of June this year, I will appear here and take you down the mountain, the time, place, and number of people are all right, don't you believe it?" ”

Before Lin Mei could answer, I suddenly felt a yin aura burrowing into the top of my head, and a rumbling voice sounded in my head: "I see, I see...... Take her down the mountain and take good care of her. ”

I was taken aback and hurriedly asked with my mind, "Who are you and where are you?" ”

The voice that couldn't tell the source said: "Don't ask too much, leave quickly, I am afraid of change." ”

Lin Mei also heard something, answered "yes" twice, turned around and knelt outward, kowtowed three times, stood up and quickly cut the ropes on me, Lao Lin and Wu Zhangya, and hurriedly cleaned up the things in the room. Although I couldn't see the expression on her face, I could see tears glistening in her eyes as she flashed by, and it was obvious that I was not in a calm mood.

Lao Lin quickly tore off the rope and the rag in his mouth, and opened his mouth to scold, but Wu Zhangya fell to the ground softly, whining in her mouth, but her body couldn't move. I hurriedly ran over, supported him, and took out the rag from his mouth: "Uncle Wu, are you okay?" ”

"Yo, cold, so cold...... My hands and feet are blocked by blood and numbness, so help me move my hands and feet. ”

When I heard it, I was relieved, it was just the sequelae of being tied up for too long. I finally got the whereabouts of my great-master, where would I give up like this, while turning Wu Zhangya's hand, I asked with my mind: "Who are you, where is my great-master?" ”

After asking several times without any response, I simply asked, "Are you my great-master?" Where is my great-grandfather? I have something very important to look for him! ”

Lao Lin asked in surprise, "Who are you talking to?" ”

Wu Zhangya asked: "You won't be crazy, she is a woman." Ah, I see, she's the reincarnation of your great-master......"

"Shut up!" I shouted angrily, "Miss Lin, who was talking to you and me just now?" ”

"Senior brother......" Lin Mei blurted out, and immediately shut up and stopped speaking after discovering that she had lost her words.

"Senior brother?" I can't touch my head like a second King Kong, does she have a big brother? I said eagerly, "Tell me quickly, where is your senior brother, and where is my great-master, this is a matter of life and death for me!" ”

Lin Mei was holding a few books and putting them in the baggage, and said with some hesitation: "Senior Brother is dead, Fang is his heroic spirit appearing, if he is willing to talk to you, he will naturally talk about it." ”

I rushed out of the house and shouted, "Senior brother, come out, come out, I have something to ask you!" ”

Another sinister aura rushed into my head, and the voice sounded again: "He is not here, but he should still be on the mountain." ”

I hurriedly asked, "Is he still alive?" ”

"Whether it seems to be dead or not, whether it seems to be alive or not, I can't be sure."

What is this called, death is death, life is life, where is the truth that death is not death and life is not alive? I wanted to ask again, but the voice was already impatient: "I have thought of the love of the old man, and I have opened up to you, and if I don't know how to advance or retreat, I will immediately take your life and limit you to leave within a quarter of an hour!" ”

I immediately broke out in a cold sweat, no wonder after passing through the pine forest, the wind was calm, and I didn't encounter any danger, it turned out that the "senior brother" knew my origin and let me in. Fortunately, I didn't do anything malicious to Lin Mei later, otherwise I wouldn't even know how I died.

At least knowing that Master Zeng is still on this mountain, and he has not yet died, it is already a very big gain, and I am also content, and I dare not anger the mysterious senior brother again.

The demon fox, who had been anxious, relaxed at this time and said to me: What good luck!

I gave Lao Lin and Wu Zhangya a wicked-evil talisman to remove the yin and evil cold qi in their bodies, and their spirits improved a lot, but they must leave here early and recuperate, otherwise they may leave sequelae.

Wu Zhangya whispered in my ear, "Can your great-master really calculate so accurately?" ”

As far as I know, by calculating the luck of this valley based on the "Divination Zhengzong", I can calculate how many people are left to go down the mountain in which year and month, but it is impossible to calculate my name. However, my name is indeed hidden in the proverbs of the great master, which is a bit incredible, and Wu Zhangya is also a person who understands some divination, so he has this question.

I said, "No hexagram can calculate a person's name, because there are only changes in number and quantity in the hexagram, plus the eight trigrams and the five elements and other images, and the things that are represented by the immortal tomb of the six relatives of the gods do not contain the names of people." But my great-master only said 'black fire candle day', and did not directly say my name, which may be from the hexagram or the outer should be concluded. For example, when someone walked by with a torch with a lot of black smoke, he was inspired, and he didn't know what it meant at the time, and he wouldn't know until it was fulfilled. Since ancient times, divination and divination can only be aimed at one thing, fortune is wealth, illness is disease, the use of God is different, there is no necessary connection, anyone who claims to be able to know more than one thing with a hexagram is a liar or a half-immortal. ”

"Half-immortal?" Wu Zhangya has question marks all over her head.

"Some people don't know how to tell fortunes at all, but they can send spirits to find out the situation of other people's families, so they can tell how many people there are in the family, which side the door is on, how many pigs they have, and so on. Ignorant and foolish people think that this is a master, but in fact they do not know fortune telling at all, and those who are weak in spirit ability only know the past and present, and do not know the future. ”

Wu Zhangya hooked my shoulder and nodded repeatedly: "Good boy, it seems that your level has surpassed your master, and your master likes to pretend to be a ghost and never tells me the truth......

"Can I go?" Lin Mei asked, carrying a cloth bag in each hand.

"Let's go, let's go!" Lao Lin and Wu Zhangya didn't want to stay longer for a second, Wu Zhangya relied on the old and sold the old, hooked my shoulders and didn't let go, treating me as a crutch.

I wanted to go everywhere, but all three of them were in a hurry to go, and I couldn't afford to rub it out any longer. I wondered what secrets were hidden here. What kind of existence is Senior Brother? Who killed the people here? There are too many questions, and some secrets may not even be known to Lin Mei, and it seems that they can only be hidden in the mountains forever.

When I passed by the spring, I put back the magic weapon of the array, and walked to the mouth of the valley, Lin Mei knelt down and kowtowed to the valley several times, she didn't say anything, but I could understand her feelings. She grew up here, although this is a ghost realm, it is her home, all her life and memories, and she will definitely be reluctant to leave all of a sudden. Shijie outside may be wonderful, but it is very strange to her, very frightened, without any relatives, like a small tree that is already fragile and lonely, and now it has to cut off its roots.

Lao Lin not only had no ill will towards Lin Mei, but also admired her very much, seeing her very lost look, he smiled: "I went from the city to the countryside at the age of eighteen, and for the first time I left my parents and familiar home, everything was unfamiliar, I didn't know what farm work I could do, I didn't understand any customs, I was very scared at that time, and I often had nightmares at night...... But then I slowly got used to it, the countryside has the benefits of the countryside, as long as the heart is settled, everywhere can be home. ”

This was the first time Lao Lin showed his vulnerable side, but no one made fun of him, Wu Zhangya patted him on the shoulder, and Lin Mei stood up and smiled at him reluctantly, with gratitude in her eyes.

Lao Lin asked, "Are you going to go down the mountain with this mask?" ”

Lin Mei looked at me, hesitated for two seconds, but still took off the mask, Lao Lin and Wu Zhangya both said "Huh", I didn't expect her to look so dignified and delicate, beautiful and graceful.

I didn't know that she was going to look at me as if she was asking for my opinion, and it occurred to me that there might be something special about removing her mask for the first time.

There was a sudden sour taste in my heart, but it wasn't mine.