After rushing day and night, five days later, everyone arrived at Li'an, a small city on the border of Nanliang Homing, and it was night when only the watchman passed through the empty street.

Wandering around, I came across a light-up inn. After arranging the accommodation, they stayed in the second place during the mat period, and asked, "Little second brother, have you met this man recently?" "The painting in his hand is Xi Zhen.

Xiao Er vaguely remembered this person, pondered carefully for a while, and said, "This son seems to be a little familiar, ah, by the way, it's him!" He was kicked out of a street restaurant a few days ago. I heard that he put a person whose life and death were unknown in the carriage, and the boss was so angry that he scolded him during the day, and many people were watching it at that time. ”

"But where did he go?"

"Xu is out of the city, and if there is such a big incident, no one dares to stay in the inn."

"But the city gate in the direction of Jingling?"

Xiao Er thought for a long time, "It should be, the carriage is going in that direction." ”

"Is it just two?"

"It's not clear, I'm also having a fun in the back, and I didn't see it clearly."

"Thank you, little brother." The mat rewarded him with some broken silver, and then moved to find Gan Qingji.

"Let's chase it now?" Gan Qingji asked.

"I'm afraid that Senior Brother has already rushed to Jing Ling." Everyone was tired from the hard work all the way, and he was also worried that everyone's body would not be able to bear it.

Gan Qingsi suddenly remembered the things in the baggage, and searched left and right before finding a bamboo pipe from his clothes, "Wait for me to come back." ”

Xi Ruobai followed Gan Qingsi, and the two of them ran under the night sky until he was out of the city for half a moment before he pulled the signal flare, and the white light jumped into the air, shining in the darkness for a moment before gradually disappearing.

After a while, the same fireworks rose in the distance. The two glanced at each other and quickly rushed to the place where the signal was rising.

The moon and stars are sparse, the roads are reflected very clearly, and the autumn nights are even more bleak and cool. The wind was high on the night when a fire was supposed to be made to keep warm, but there was no fire at all. There was a man parked at the carriage, and his autumn clothes could not hide his emaciation, let alone his brighter outline.

"Big brother." Xi Ruobai saw Xi Zhen's sunken eyes, and sighed lightly.

"Wakahaku, Aoji." Xi Zhen smiled at the corner of his lips, and his eyes were very tired.

Xi Ruobai understood his thoughts, but he still couldn't help asking, "Why torture yourself?" ”

Xi Zhen lowered his eyes, "Ruobai, the love is too bitter." He said it softly, but the pain in his tone was gloomy for the two of them to hear.

Draping the robe on Xi Zhen's body, Xi Ruobai said with difficulty, "You know that he won't come back." ”

"Well, I know, but I'm hoping he'll come back." Xi Zhen tugged at his coat and looked at the carriage.

The ghost spirit is afraid of fire, and Xi Zhen is afraid that when the fire burns, the mountain ghost will never dare to come to him again.

Although he knew that the man would never come.

"Ruobai, do you have something to look for me?" Xi Zhen asked lightly.

Xi Ruo's white chin bowed, "Senior brother, where is Nan Gezi?" ”

Xi Zhen's eyes were gloomy and he turned around and lifted the curtain, there was a person and a wooden box lying in the car, he looked at the red lacquered wood, and said, "That's Nangezi." ”

After stepping out of the tracing valley, Xi Zhen didn't know how long he didn't stop. It's really hard to see that it's hard to attend, but this person doesn't let go, Nan Gezi is afraid that the mountain ghost ballad won't rot, so he will fall first, and after repeated unbearable, he still stopped Xi Zhen. "Where are you going?"

"Chonglian Xuan."

Nan Gezi sighed, "It's easy for you to say, don't you want to go back with him in your arms?" ”

"That's going too. I said that I would take him home, and he wanted me for thirteen years, and I would accompany him for thirteen years. ”

"And after that? How are you going to be? ”

Xi Zhen smiled lightly, "He said that he would wait for me, and I would go to find him." ”

"Really?" Nan Gezi was relieved, "It's not in vain that he has been stupid all his life, born for you, and died for you." Xi Lanqin, is it okay to promise me? ”

"Please."

"Bring him back to Chonglian Xuan." Nan Gezi said lightly.

"Won't you go back with me?" Xi Zhen knows that Nangezi and the mountain ghost ballad have always been indistinguishable, where can the mountain ghost ballad go if Nangezi is not there?

Nangeko smiled softly, "I may not be able to go." Xi Lanqin, my life was given by a mountain ghost ballad, but the good times didn't last long, but I lived for a year, and my life was still not kept. My life's wish is to be able to get out of Dansheng, and he helped me do it. He fulfilled his long-cherished wish for me, and I repaid the favor for him, but I never repaid this kindness. If you see him again, can you bring me a word? Seeing Xi Zhen nodded, he said slowly, "Mountain ghost ballad, Nangezi is fortunate to be the only one in this life, you can't be accompanied on the Huangquan Road, go well." ”

"Nange, you ——,"

"Have you forgotten that mountain ghosts are also human?" Nan Gezi's eyes were full of sorrow, and his hand broke into his abdomen, and he drew his bloody hand expressionlessly, and when he opened his palm, there was a round turquoise bead in the dark red blood, and the blood flowed everywhere, but there was no point on the bead, and the bead halo was faintly scattered and dazzling. "This is to return Yan Zhu, the ghost rumor did it to make me like an ordinary person, but the body will not be destroyed."

After Nan Gezi finished speaking, his skin began to fester, and the strange purple and red blood lines opened one by one to tear his face apart, the flesh turned out like a knife, the muscles of his whole body were slowly shrinking, and his withered face was difficult to recognize his expression.

He looked at the gray face of the mountain ghost, and a few lines of tears oozed from his eyes, and he raised his hand to touch his face in a daze, and Nangezi laughed stupidly, "It turns out that I will be so sad when you die." Raising his face to look at Xi Zhen, he said, "Please cremate me, Nan Gezi has no one to rely on in this life, and the only place to stay is Chonglian Xuan, that pool of hibiscus is raised by me, and I ask you to let me be a companion with them, and it is not in vain for me to come to the world." ”

Xi Zhen bowed his head, "Nange, before I don't shy away from it, I will bury the ghost rumor next to you, and I will not let you alone." ”

"Thank you." Nan Gezi's hand stopped on the face of the mountain ghost ballad, and in a trance, many images flashed in her mind.

He had been in the dark basement for as long as he could remember, occasionally eating by the faint light of a candle, he had no idea what he was eating, and he never knew what he looked like.

Nan Utako only knew that he was a person.

It took a long time for the wall to be carved with potholes, and he saw someone else, and for the first time he saw a person clearly, but he wasn't sure if that person was a person, and Nangeko was very afraid of him at the first time. Later, he overheard that the man was called a mountain ghost. He didn't know how to write it, but what seemed strange to others, Minami Utako thought it sounded good. After the ghost art is cultivated, he will always encounter mountain ghost ballads, and he is alone, and he treats others as nothing.

Later, he heard a lot of things, and there were two of the most curious ones, one was the scene outside Dansheng, and the other was the mountain ghost ballad.

The first time he spoke to the mountain ghost was because of the two corpses in front of him, and when he was told that they were his parents, he didn't know what they were. The mountain ghost ballad asked him why he didn't cry, but he didn't understand what crying was, and the mountain ghost said that people cry when they are sad.

Nan Gezi never shed a single tear before she died.

After meeting the mountain ghost ballad, he knew what joy and sorrow were, and it was not until the end that he understood what sadness was. Probably the pain of the left sternum being penetrated could not cover the injury. Kindness is more than ten years, but he is not too long.

The cold-blooded and ruthless mountain ghost ballad in people's mouths taught Nangezi the sophistication of the world, and also gave him a lifetime of longing.

If the mountain ghost is a wicked person, he Nan Gezi is willing to be an evil ghost.

Covering his heart with trembling hands, Nan Gezi seemed to want to soothe his irrepressible pain, and the affection in his eyes was scattered by tears, and he said softly, "Ghost ballad, Nan Gezi has no regrets." I'm not with you anymore. ”

The last glance was a gray sky, just like the day he met him many years ago. The autumn wind was blowing, and there was a person lying in the chaotic leaves, his face was wet with tears and blood, but his smile was calm and content.

Since then, there has been no more Nan Geko in the world.

The soul trapped in the Dansheng forbidden room has already had a home.

After listening to Xi Zhen's words, Xi Ruobai and Gan Qingsi were silent.

"He walked peacefully." Xi Zhen remembered Nan Gezi's last expression, so that was what he said had no regrets.

"I'll go back and say to Brother Wulang, listen to Huan, you can accompany Senior Brother Xi Zhen here." Before Gan Qingsi left, he turned around and asked, "Senior Brother Xi Zhen, have you been ambushed all the way?" ”

Xi Zhen locked his eyebrows, "There is no one all the way from Dongwu, but two days ago, I fought with a few people in Jinfu, and they didn't seem to have murderous intentions, so they fled after a while, and I don't pursue them anymore." ”

"Do you know if the other party is a ghost master or a spirit master?"

"Ghost Master."

Gan Qingsi nodded thoughtfully, and left after a few words.

After the galaxy was dark, the night gradually became typhoid fever, and Gan Qingsi didn't bother a few people to take Jin Yutang and Jin Chen to wander in the forest.

Jin Yutang's rare taciturn and gentle swallow followed behind Gan Qingsi, and Jin Chen was even more consistent in his character, cherishing words like gold.

"Xiao Yu'er, I'm not used to you like this, what's wrong? But tired? Gan Qingsi really found that something was wrong with Jin Yutang, and he was afraid that this child would be affected by running around this night.

"Big brother, I'm not tired at all, but I didn't speak when I saw that you were in a bad mood alone." Although Jin Yutang didn't read much, he also knew a little about people, and after he came out of the inn, he saw Gan Qingsi inexplicably sentimental, so he followed quietly for fear of disturbing his mood.

Gan Qingsi realized when he heard this, "Big brother is not in a bad mood. ”

He stared at his big eyes and pouted, "What's that?" ”

"You'll understand when you grow up."

Jin Yutang grinned, "Then I don't want to grow up, isn't it okay to be happy?" ”

Filled with emotion, Gan Qingsi suddenly lost his sorrow, "Of course it's good, it's not going to grow up." ”

People will always grow up, they will always experience sorrow, walk through the sea of suffering, and see peace.

Jin Chen saw that the two of them were giggling again, and then asked, "Master, where is the white pupil?" ”

Gan Qingsi frowned, "It's strange to say, I haven't seen him all the way." What's going on? ”

"Do you want me to send someone to find it?"

"Okay."

"Then I won't leave with you tomorrow, and you should be careful yourself."

"If there's any situation, remember to let me know."

"Hmm."

The three of them should have been quiet in the forest, but one Gan Qingsi has now added a golden jade hall, which disturbed Jin Chen and sealed his ear acupoints and went straight to the tree, and the two of them made a fuss under the tree, so Jin Yutang fell asleep by Gan Qingsi. The other end is still awake and sleepless for a long time.

At dawn, a carriage hit the road, and the sun reached the top of the mountain behind it, and the sound of horses' hooves in the distance was yellowed.

Xi Zhen glanced back at the few people who saw him off, and when he saw the newborn Chaoxi, his eyes were slightly red, obviously it was not the injury of the setting sun, but he was lonely for no reason. He never said goodbye, he looked at each separation as a later date, just like the person he had agreed with, just a reunion after a long absence.

Mountain ghost ballad, under the nine springs, Xi Zhen came to you, wait for me.

Siqing's eyes were full of tears, and Qing's sweetheart.

The way back is a bit long, so long that Jiang Yi can't remember the scenery that has gone through many years, and the mat period is also around him all the way, others are destined for life and death, and personal hearts are sad, they all see themselves in the life and death of others, and no one will be hurt.

After entering the Jing Order, the weather gradually turned colder, and Jin Yutang shrank next to Gan Qingsi along the way, "How do I feel so cold, Jinhua has never been so cold all year round." He shivered and complained, "Big brother, aren't you cold?" ”

"Fortunately, the spirit qi can keep out the cold a little, Xiao Yu'er, you really need to practice." Gan Qingsi said with a straight smile.

"And this benefit? Big brother, you have to teach me quickly, or I'll have to die of cold! ”

"If you let a diligent cultivator listen to your reason, I'm afraid I'll be scolded by others." He flipped Jin Yutang's wrist, "Xiao Yu'er, now you have to suffer some hardships if you want to learn, can you bear it?" ”

Jin Yutang slapped his chest, and shrunk into a ball of coldness, "My Jin Yutang has not suffered anything, so I can naturally bear it!" ”

"Well, there's only one way you have to learn now."

"What's the method?"

"Dual cultivation of spirits and ghosts."

"Big brother, you can be clear, I haven't heard this word."

Gan Qingsi's eyes wandered from side to side, "To be honest, I haven't heard of it either. ”

Jin Yutang glanced at him, "Big brother, can we be reliable?" ”

"Xiao Yu'er, I'm a reliable person, I don't believe you asked Brother Xi."

With his eyes rolling, Jin Yutang shrank next to Xi Ruobai, "Brother Xi, do you think my eldest brother is reliable?" ”

Xi Ruobai raised his lips and smiled, "Your eldest brother doesn't even know what reliability is, what do you say?" ”

"That's it, I won't learn anymore." Although Jin Yutang only had to get along for a few days, he believed Xi Ruobai and Xi Ziqi's words, Gan Qingsi and Jiang Yi wondered, but the person replied that his temperament was dictatory, so that the two of them lost their demeanor and caught Jin Yutang's lesson.

Gan Qingsi was not angry, and he was very depressed beside him.

"Yutang, you don't have to worry." Xi Ruobai spoke again.

"Why?"

"Because I proposed the dual cultivation of spirit and ghost, I will teach you together with Su Ye at that time."

"Brother Xi! I learn! ”

Seeing Jin Yutang's happy face, Gan Qingsi's eyes became even more angry, "You kid doesn't believe me like that? ”

"Brother Xi......,"

Gan Qingsi roared, "What's your name, Brother Xi!" ”

Xi Ruobai couldn't help but look at the two arguing.

"Master Xi......"

"What's your name, Master Xi?"

Jin Yutang was in trouble, "What's that called?" ”

Gan Qingsi smiled, "It's called Shiniang." ”

The next moment, Xi Ruobai kicked Gan Qingsi out of the carriage, and Jiang Yi laughed when he saw Xi Ziqi.

Jin Yutang began to be confused, should it be called or not? After thinking about this question, there is another one, if this is the case, then will it be called the eldest brother or the sister-in-law in the future? Seeing Xi Ruobai's face, Jin Yutang's little heart trembled twice, forget it, he chose to be silent.