In the claustrophobic palace, it seems to rain every day. Although I knew that there were people living together, I was always silent, as if I had stayed for a long time, and the people had become ghosts, and there was no movement.

Ruyi and Xin Xin twisted the handkerchief and were busy cleaning, although they were pampered since they were children, and they didn't work hard, but they forced themselves to do it, and they could slowly do it well. She and Xinxin were busy going in and out, clearly feeling that there were eyes watching them, but when they turned back suddenly, there was no one to see.

He was a little scared: "Little Lord, is it a human or a ghost who lives here?" ”

Ruyi calmed down and said in a deep voice: "Of course it's a human, how can there be a ghost in this world?" ”

I was a little uneasy and rummaged through my baggage: "I should have prepared more candles if I knew it, it was dark here day and night, which made people scared." ”

At night, the two finally cleaned up and stayed. Because there were only two candles given every day, both of them were accumulating like treasures, and they were tired, so they fell asleep as soon as it was dark. Not long after lying down, I only felt that the quilt on my body was getting cooler and colder, as if it was windy. The wind freely passed through the beams and columns of the cloister, blowing the worn window paper, and some of the window lattices creaked and swayed, making a burst of piercing sounds that almost scratched the eardrums, snapping, and shutting, as if suddenly knocking on the already restless heart.

The light of lightning suddenly lit up, and outside the broken paper window, there was clearly a figure flickering. Frightened, he screamed repeatedly: "There are ghosts—there are ghosts—"

Ruyi didn't have time to put on her clothes, lit a candle and opened the door and rushed straight outside. The fragile light of the fire struggled weakly in the whirling wind for a few moments before extinguishing. It was pitch black all around, except for a few dilapidated palace lamps that flickered faintly with the faint glow of fire and the occasional flash of lightning across the sky, illuminating the dilapidated courtyard.

Ruyi simply threw the candlestick in his hand, and there was a screeching sound on the metal rolling ground. Ruyi said loudly: "No matter whether you are a human or a ghost, since I have come here and can't leave, whether I am a human being or a ghost, I have to stay with you." If you have the ability, you can come out and show me by yourself, pretending to be a ghost, can an abandoned woman only do such a thing? ”

Xin Xin then rushed out and put on a coat on her: "Little master, little master, it's windy, it's going to rain, you be careful of catching a cold!" ”

Ruyi tore off her clothes and threw them into her hands, and said sharply: "If you have the ability, come out, what is there to be afraid of!" If I die here instantly, I will be better than you who are pretending to be ghosts and only watching in secret! If you want to scare me, you are a ghost, and when you see me, you will only dodge and dodge, and you can't avoid it! ”

Where the lightning flashed, several old and broken faces loomed. Ruyi had a plan, turned around and went to the room to get the pastries in the baggage, and threw them away one by one in the appearance of her face. Soon, several of the older women came out from behind the pillars, snatched the pastries, laughed, and went away satisfied.

Ruyi was a little relieved, and said anxiously: "Little master......"

Ruyi said: "Even if it is a ghost, greedy for food, what is there to be afraid of?" ”

A terrible sneer slowly turned out from behind the pillars, and Ruyi looked through the dim palace lamp, but it was an elderly woman walking slowly. Her clothes were slightly cleaner and more stretched than the rest, except that her hair was gray, her face was wrinkled, and she looked old, and she looked to be sixty or seventy years old.

Ruyi saw her walk in calmly, not like others who were greedy for pastries, knowing that this person must be unusual, so she bowed down first and said: "Ruyi, the junior Wulanala clan, please say hello to the seniors?" ”

"Senpai?" The old woman touched her face and said, "Am I old?" ”

Ruyi saw that she was gloomy and compassionate, and she couldn't help but be a little afraid, so she had to say calmly: "Since you are here, what's the use of being young and beautiful?" On the contrary, you can live a long and old age to survive. ”

"Old age and longevity?" The woman sneered again and again, "It's better to live than die in such a place where you don't see the light of day." ”

A hint of rigidity flashed in Ruyi's heart: "That being said, the predecessors did not seek death, so they knew that the ants were still greedy for life." ”

Although the old woman was old, a glimmer of light flashed in her eyes: "Yes, there are few people who come to the cold palace who can stand it, and the few you just saw are already crazy, and those you can't see can't stand it and hang yourself." There are a lot of souls in the cold palace, aren't you afraid? ”

Ruyi said gloomily: "Sooner or later, I will become one of the dead souls, think about it like this, what else is there to be afraid of." ”

The woman smiled noncommittally: "This cold palace has finally come to an unusual number." She said goodbye and walked away.

Ruyi took a step back, only to feel that the pajamas of the vest were already soaked with cold sweat. Ruyi breathed a long sigh of relief, patted her hand and said, "I've seen it, I can sleep with peace of mind." ”

Sticking to Ruyi in fear, Ruyi smiled and said, "You can sleep with me." ”

The night was stormy, and it was a gloomy day. Xin Xin followed behind Ruyi, and asked cautiously: "Does the little master really want to go and see it?" ”

Ruyi changed into a simpler robe and deliberately dressed up in ashes: "They couldn't help but come to see me last night, don't I go to see them?" ”

In fact, the place where she lived was separated from the others by a courtyard, and the corridor turned around, but she could hear the sound of rustling in front of her, as if there were many people watching something there. She hurried over to take a look, and was so frightened that she couldn't help but take a step back, and it turned out that in an empty palace, a woman hung herself high on a beam, only a pair of feet staggered, and every movement, a little dust was scattered.

He screamed in fright, and pointed: "Little master, little master, someone hanged himself." ”

The onlookers only looked at the two of them indifferently, then at the hanged woman, and dispersed without surprise. Someone laughed enviously: "It's so good, she went to see the first emperor." When the first emperor saw her, he would definitely spoil her. How blessed you are. ”

The old woman, who was a little neat last night, came out after the crowd and glanced at her indifferently: "Don't make a fuss, there are people who can't stay up and commit suicide every day, and you will know when you stay for a long time in the future." ”

Xin Xin's face turned pale with fright, and he trembled and couldn't speak. The old woman said lightly, "What about you?" When will you not be able to stay up and hang yourself up? ”

Ruyi felt that her body was trembling a little uncontrollably, and she pointed to the woman on the beam and said, "Then what should she do?" ”

The old woman smiled strangely: "Later, there will be guards to drag her out, drag her to the incineration ground, burn her, and bury her." It's so good to be dead, melted, and finally left this ghost place. ”

Surprised: "There are guards here too?" ”

The old woman looked at her with disdain: "Of course. Otherwise, you can't push the door out of here anytime and anywhere? In a panic, he knocked on the door and exclaimed, "Is there anyone?" Anyone? Someone inside hanged himself! ”

After a long time, a guard who looked like a leader lazily probed in to take a look, waved his hand and said, "Ling Yunche, Zhao Jiuxiao, you two go and clean up." ”

is clearly a person, but it is like being treated as an object, and he does not even have dignity after death, but is just "cleaned up". Ruyi saw that the two big men were about to hold the woman's corpse down, and hurriedly said, "You are two men, how can you reach out and touch the body of the concubine of the former dynasty so offensively and disrespectfully?" ”

Ling Yunche saw Ruyi at this time, he narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he was slightly startled by her appearance, and after holding his breath for a moment, he immediately withdrew his hand and stopped touching it on the side.

Zhao Jiuxiao smiled lazily and said, "Don't touch it, it's so wow!" Then let's stop the brothers, and do it yourself. ”

Ruyi was provoked by him, thinking of his fate in the future, and he didn't feel sad that the rabbit died and the fox died, so he pulled out the long knife from his waist and threw it into Xinxin's hand: "Xinxin, you stand on the stool and cut the rope, and I will hold her below." ”

Her heart trembled a little, but seeing that Ruyi chose to hold the corpse, she couldn't think about it, so she had to stand on the stool and cut the rope hanging on the beam, the momentum of the corpse falling was extremely great, Ruyi couldn't hold it, and staggered and fell to the ground with the corpse. She was so close to the corpse that she could almost touch the cold breath of death on the corpse and the cold, completely lifeless skin.

She threw her hand away and couldn't help but lean over and retch a few times.

Zhao Jiuxiao seemed to look at an interesting and lively scene: "Since you are scared like this, what is strong?" Since you don't allow our brother to touch it, we won't carry this corpse! ”

Ruyi raised her face and looked at him coldly and said, "If I enter the cold palace, I can still go out half a step, and this corpse naturally doesn't need you to move." Besides, I just want you not to touch it directly with your hands, not to let you go out. ”

Ling Yunche glanced at her strangely: "Then what do you say?" ”

Ruyi turned around, trying to find a large cloth wrapped in the body, but there was no trace left and right, the old woman was coldly watching, seeing her like this, turned around and went to the next door to carry a huge white cloth: "This piece was originally kept by me for myself, now let's use it for her first." But before I go on the next day, you will have to sew a shroud of your clothes and send me away. ”

Ruyi said gratefully: "Yes." She and Xinxin wrapped the body in a cloth, leaving a place for two heads to lift, and said, "There are two of them." ”

Zhao Jiuxiao was already angry when he saw her being so troublesome, and he looked at the sky lazily and refused to do anything. Ling Yunche couldn't look at it, reached out and pushed him, and said, "Let's do it, there are other things when it's over." ”

Zhao Jiuxiao understood, and said with a smile: "Only you have other things, but I don't." ”

Ling Yunche didn't pay attention to it, stretched out his hand to lift the end of the corpse, and Zhao Jiuxiao also took a hand and went out together.

Ruyi breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly returned to the room and washed her face and hands desperately, and changed into clean clothes, so that the feeling of nausea was not so strong. The old woman walked into her room, as if in a no-man's land, and found a clean teacup and poured some white water and drank: "Since you are so afraid, don't touch it." ”