That night, there was a sudden wind and sand, and everyone came back early, hiding in the room and not going out.

I looked out the window and sighed, "I probably won't be able to leave tomorrow." ”

Chu Nantang didn't care and said, "It doesn't matter if you stay for one more day." ”

"Hmm." I replied softly.

At noon the next day, the sandstorm stopped, and the original plan to get up tomorrow was changed to afternoon.

The luggage had been packed, Chu Nantang and I went to Long Jianyue's room to take a look, who knew that just after stepping in, I saw him walking out of the room.

Dressed in a clean and neat modern outfit, this Yishan is Chu Nantang's, he has a thicker body and looks a little tight, but it does not hinder his handsomeness.

His long hair had been trimmed into a short one, and when he saw us, he scratched his head a little uncomfortably.

"Wouldn't it be strange for me to be like this?" He asked uneasily.

I laughed: "No, we all wear it like this, but it's what you wore before, and you will feel strange when you go out." ”

Hearing me say this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and replied softly: "That's good." ”

Chu Nantang thought for a while and said, "It seems that you have already figured out that you want to go with us?" ”

Long Jianyue replied softly: "I want to see the outside world." What is the situation now, and ...... It's really lonely to be alone here, so I'm willing to leave with you. ”

"Welcome." Chu Nantang handed him his hand, Long Jianyue looked at him suspiciously, Chu Nantang stepped forward and shook his hand: "Like this, it means friendly." ”

Long Jianyue thought thoughtfully, nodded, and signaled that he understood.

He didn't have anything to pack, and when everyone was ready, he got into the car with us.

Xiaobai and Li Qingran are still sitting in Lisheng's car, Chu Nantang's car, sitting me, Professor Zhang, and Long Jianyue.

Long Jianyue was curious about the car, touched the seat, and looked at the steering wheel in front of him: "This...... It's an iron horse, and it can move. ”

After hearing this, even Professor Zhang couldn't help laughing: "Young man, this is not an iron horse, this is called a car, it can move with refueling, and it can drive far, far away, but it is much more reliable than your horse at that time." ”

"Reliable?"

"Reliable means reliable." I explained it for him.

Long Jianyue suddenly realized: "This is very interesting, it seems that the world is changing with each passing day, and I still have a lot to learn." ”

"When you get to town, you'll find more interesting things, so you can take your time."

Chu Nantang said with a smile, the car sped up, and before eleven o'clock, he hoped to rush to the city in front of him to book a hotel for the night.

I arrived in the city half an hour later than expected, but fortunately it is a time when there are fewer tourists, so there are more rooms.

We booked a few double rooms, although Bai Yiqing did not deal with Lisheng, but for Long Jianyue, he seemed to have a worse impression, and would rather share a room with Lisheng.

Qing Dye is alone, Professor Zhang and Long Jianyue are in one room, and Chu Nantang and I are in one room.

As soon as he entered the room, Chu Nantang took off his coat and said worriedly: "Madam, you said that it would be inappropriate to arrange Long Jianyue and Professor Zhang in the same room?" ”

I looked at him suspiciously, "What's wrong?" ”

Chu Nantang said with a serious face: "In Professor Zhang's eyes, Long Jianyue is a living fossil. ”

"Poof...... Hahaha...... "After hearing this, I couldn't help laughing out loud: "As long as Professor Zhang doesn't take a magnifying glass to observe him while he sleeps." ”

Chu Nantang pursed his lips and nodded vigorously: "It's really possible." ”

"I'll go put water in the water and bathe you."

"Okay, hard work ma'am."

When the water was ready, I called him: "Nantang, the water is ready." ”

I put the soap away and was about to go out, when he suddenly came in and held me in his arms with a rare scoundrel.

"Ma'am, wash together."

"It's too cramped, it's too crowded, the tub is small."

He chuckled and whispered in a whispered voice with an ascetic hoarseness: "It's good to be small." ”

My face was hot, and he raised his slender ten fingers. Unbuttoned my clothes for me: "I'll loosen my clothes for my wife." ”

It wasn't until I was stripped naked that he picked me up and soaked in the bathtub, which held two people with just water, and two-thirds of the water overflowed at once.

He's always been gentle, but tonight he's wild, he's domineering, and has a fanaticism that I can't resist.

The sound of water stirring in my ears, accompanied by an ever-faster rhythm, climbed to the top.

The water was already half cold, and I was so tired that I collapsed on his chest and didn't want to move anymore.

His light lifted my lower abdomen, full of anticipation: "You say, will I conceive a second baby here because of this?" ”

I didn't laugh, he felt a little childish like that.

"The water is cold, I'll take my wife to rest."

He took me out of the bathtub, opened the sprinkler and rinsed the water, took the big bath towel and wrapped it in Yan Chu and went back to the room.

I was very sleepy, but lying in bed like this with him, I didn't feel sleepy for a while.

He gently hugged me from behind: "Seeing Long Jianyue reminded me of what I looked like at that time, I guess it was similar to him." ”

"You're still much better than Long Jianyue, Nantang, is it better to be a ghost, or is it better to be a person?"

He really thought about it seriously for a long time before he said: "It's all good, being a ghost is more free and unconstrained." The only advantage of being a man is to be able to take better care of his wife, accompany his wife, and protect his wife. ”

"Isn't there anything else?"

"Yes, but compared to those that have nothing to do with Madame, those benefits are insignificant and not worth mentioning."

I yawned, and seeing me like this, Chu Nantang coaxed me lightly: "Go to sleep, it's late." ”

"Well, good night Nantang."

"Good night, ma'am."

……

Half-asleep, I suddenly heard someone crying, and in a trance I walked to a secret room, a woman wearing a red dress and long hair, squatting in a dim corner and crying lowly.

"Who are you? Why are you crying here? Is there something going on? ”

I reached out and tapped her on the shoulder, and she suddenly turned to look at me, a face so rotten that all I could do was a skeleton that scared me back. Then he woke up from a nightmare.

This big action woke Chu Nantang up, and immediately turned over and asked, "Madam, what's wrong?" ”

I gasped a few times and wiped the cold sweat on my forehead: "No, it's nothing, I just had a nightmare." ”

As soon as the words fell, a scream suddenly came from outside, which was Li Qingran.

Chu Nantang didn't think much about turning over and got up, and advised: "I'll go and see, don't go out, madam." ”

"Okay, you have to be careful." I watched him leave the room with trepidation. It always feels like something is going to happen.

He went for about ten minutes and did not come back, and at this time at four o'clock in the morning, his head was a little dizzy, and he slept for three hours.

Suddenly, there was a sound of the door opening outside, and I subconsciously asked: "Is it Nantang?" ”

The people outside didn't answer me, and with a 'squeak', the door opened, and I asked again in horror: "Who?!" ”

Still no one answered, so I pulled out the dagger from my bag and held it tightly in my hand, and watched with wide eyes as the man walked in through the hallway.

The man was dressed in a black cloak with a very low hat. He was still wearing a black iron mask on his face, which was so tightly wrapped that it was impossible to see what he looked like.

"Who are you? Don't come here......"

"Hand over the bronze ancient box, and I won't kill you."

He stretched out his hand to me, a layer of cold sweat oozed from my back, and I retreated to the corner of the wall again and again: "I don't know what bronze ancient box is!" ”

He didn't believe it at all, it seemed that someone in the know had already determined the existence of this bronze ancient box, or he knew better than any of us, the usefulness of the ancient box.

"Hand it over!"

"Who are you?"

He slammed his grip around my neck, with so much force that I couldn't resist. My desperate struggle didn't help.

"I'll give you one last chance, where is the bronze ancient box?"

I wanted to delay a little longer and wait for Chu Nantang to come back, but at this time, he was holding his neck and couldn't speak, so he could only nod at him.

He threw me away, and I was immediately gasping for breath and coughing a few times.

"If you dare to scream, I'll kill you with one sword."

His voice was completely inaudible, and seemed to have been processed by a voice changer.

"No, not with me, with Professor Zhang."

"Huh?" The question was extremely cold, and I swallowed quietly: "I didn't lie to you. If you believe me, I'll go and fetch it for you now. ”

He suddenly pulled out a pistol and put it behind my waist: "Go get it." ”

I walked slowly out of the room, and there was no one in the hallway, and the lamps were not in good contact and were swaying badly.

"Hurry up, I don't have time to rub shoulders with you."

"Just, just ahead." Strangely, the whole hotel was lifeless, and I didn't feel the slightest bit of anger at all.

Finally walking to Professor Zhang's room, I glanced back at him: "I don't have a card, I can't open the door." ”

He sneered: "Do you really think this little cleverness can deal with me?" Do you believe that if I press the board machine, you will die? ”

I secretly gasped: "I'll try it with spiritual power." ”

With a certain degree of strong ideas, you can control everything, so unlocking is actually not a difficult task for me.

But in order to stall for time, I slowed down as much as I could. But after all, it can't be put off forever.

Hearing a 'click', the door to Professor Zhang's room opened.

He carried me into the room, only to see them lying motionless on the bed as if they were dead.

It stands to reason that it is impossible for them not to hear such a big movement, and the only possibility is that they were hypnotized by a force.

"Where? I don't have the patience to go on with you! ”

"I don't know where Professor Zhang put his things, you let me find them."

"I'll give you three more minutes, and if you can't find it in three minutes, I'll shoot you with one shot."

I know he will definitely do what he says, and Professor Zhang usually has very important things that are placed close to his pillow.

I searched for his pillow, and sure enough, I found the bronze box.

When this person saw the bronze box, he seemed to be very emotional, and threw me aside, no longer caring about me, took the bronze box, and couldn't wait to look left and right.

At this moment, a familiar figure flashed at the door, the man felt the aura of danger, and turned back suddenly, but it was too late, he was knocked to the ground by a powerful force, and the bronze ancient box was recaptured by Chu Nantang.

The man seemed to be very afraid of Chu Nantang's strength, and fled from the window.

He glanced in the direction the man had fled, and did not chase after him. After checking the bronze ancient box, he walked to Professor Zhang's bed and checked it.

Take out a small round jade paste. Put it under the tip of their noses, and after a while they came to their senses.

"Wake up!"

Professor Zhang stared at us with a surprised expression: "Why are you in our room?" What happened? ”

And Long Jianyue immediately noticed that something was abnormal, and said in a deep voice: "We were hypnotized." ”

"Hypnosis?" Professor Zhang was puzzled: "What's going on?" ”

Chu Nantang twisted his eyebrows and said, "Someone wanted to grab the bronze ancient box, but fortunately, I rushed back in time." ”

"Did the man get caught?"

I shook my head: "Run, that person is very good, I can't tell which passer-by it is, he wrapped himself very tightly, Nantang, could it be an acquaintance?" ”

Chu Nantang replied lightly: "Very likely." ”

I was silent for a while, and asked helplessly, "Could it be Shen Qiushui and them?" ”

He shook his head: "Instead of guessing here, let's wait and see." It's a man or a ghost, and one day he'll show his feet. ”

Long Jianyue jumped up from the bed: "Are you all okay?" ”

"It's fine, but one person is missing."

"Who?" Long Jianyue and I asked in unison.

Chu Nantang was silent for a while before replying, "Bai Yiqing." ”

At this time, Lisheng walked to the door and knocked on the door: "Big boss, Bai Yiqing is back." ”

We walked out together, only to see that Li Qingran had already stopped Bai Yiqing.

"I'm asking where you've been?"

Bai Yiqing looked depressed: "Are you asking me, or are you questioning me?" If you ask me, I should have a questioning attitude and be humble. ”

Li Qingran's face turned crimson with anger: "Everyone, only you are not there." We were almost attacked by a mysterious man just now, where have you been at such an important time?! ”

"What do you mean?" Bai Yiqing was so angry that he put his hands on his waist and gasped twice, and when he saw us coming, he stepped forward and said, "Grandpa Zu, you have to make the decision for me, when do I have to go out with the consent of this girl?" ”

Chu Nantang's grim expression stared at him for a moment, making Bai Yiqing stunned for a while.

Glancing over our faces one by one, he smiled mockingly: "I know, it's not just Li Qingran who doubts me, you all doubt me?" Scold...... Deler. So what else do we have to say? You walk on your sunny path, and I cross my one-plank bridge. ”

I stepped forward and pulled his arm: "Xiaobai, don't be impulsive. In this case, no matter who it is, it's the same, as long as you explain clearly, where you have been, we will naturally have a judgment and choose not to believe you. ”

He shook my hand away: "No need, believe it or not, I'm leaving." ”

He turned back and smiled mockingly at us. I turned around and went back to my room, packed up my things and was about to leave.

Chu Nantang pulled me over: "Let him go." ”

"Nantang?!"

"Don't worry, if he is still Bai Yiqing whom we know, he will naturally come back. If he wasn't the Bai Yiqing we knew, he would come back for the bronze ancient box, so there was no need to chase, the sky was almost dawn, everyone went back to the room, slept for a while, and set off after eating at noon. ”

Listen to Chu Nantang say this. So they all dispersed.

Thinking that Bai Yiqing might have nothing to do with this matter, I never felt sleepy, and Chu Nantang kept coaxing me to sleep.

I turned over irritably: "Nantang, Xiaobai and we have known each other for so many years, why can't we trust him?" Why doubt each other? I feel very uncomfortable. ”

"Maybe this is life and growth, the banquet that is not scattered in the world is the best friend, if it is scattered, it will be scattered, if it is light, it will be light, and if it is changed, it will change...... This is also a helpless thing. ”

"Do you really doubt Xiaobai?"

"I told you before. There are too many doubts and flaws in Xiaobai. I had to doubt him. ”

My eyes gradually reddened, and I buried it in Chu Nantang's chest and gently closed my eyes: "Nantang, if Xiaobai is not trustworthy, who else is worthy of trust?" ”

At noon, when we were eating in the hotel lobby, we heard a few girls talking about supernatural events.

"I've heard that there are ghosts here. In the second half of last night, I seemed to hear a woman crying. ”

"I heard it too, it's terrifying, it seems that the legend is true."

This reminded me of the female ghost in red who Chu arrived last night, and thought about it and looked up to Chu Nantang: "I also dreamed, but it doesn't seem to be a simple dream." The spirit that lingers here seems to be trying to tell me something. ”

Li Qingran shuddered: "Don't scare me, it's too scary." ”

Professor Zhang was also stunned: "Although there are many things in this world that cannot be explained by science, we still don't have superstition, where are there ghosts in this world?" ”

Chu Nantang smiled: "Yes, don't be superstitious, eat quickly, we have to hurry after eating." ”

At this moment, a beautiful little girl wearing a local Miao costume walked in and asked the service lady at the front desk.

"Excuse me, is there a man named Bai Yiqing here?"

"Wait a minute." Soon the front desk waiter said with a professional smile: "Yes, yes, yes...... I came with those guests. ”

We all looked over, and the little girl walked in with a little shyness.

From her embroidered cloth bag, she took out a purse, which I recognized as Xiaobai's.

"This, he dropped it last night, and I'm back, I don't know where the others are? See if there's anything missing? ”

Chu Nantang accepted Bai Yiqing's wallet and asked, "Excuse me, why is his wallet here with you?" ”

The little girl thought for a while and said, "Last night, I came home late from work, and met a group of thugs from other places on the road, and they pulled me away, and he rescued me and kindly sent me home." ”

Chu Nantang took the wallet and pondered for a while, before smiling at the little girl and saying, "Thank you, when he comes back, I will return the wallet to him." ”

"That's good, I still have to go to work, so I'll go first, and then say thank you to him for me."

"Hmm." Chu Nantang nodded, until she left, and the atmosphere was solemn.

"Since it was a misunderstanding, what did he do last night without explaining? Do you want us to die of guilt? Lisheng pouted and said.

Li Qingran got up from his seat violently: "I went to find him, in fact, I knew that he was not such a person, and along the way, he had no bad intentions except for two." ”

I got up and said, "I'll go too, he doesn't have any money with him now, so he won't be able to leave." It should be around here. ”

Chu Nantang nodded: "Yes, everyone will also go separately to find out, that ...... Professor Zhang, you and Jianyue should stay in the hotel, there are dragons and snakes mixed here, and you can't lose things. ”

"Okay, you guys should be careful when you go out."

We went separately to look for it, and we didn't see Bai Yiqing's figure when we searched all around, thinking that he was so impulsive yesterday, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he went straight to the train station.

I saw him alone. Sure enough, he squatted pitifully outside the train station, looking loveless.

I thought about it, walked over slowly, and stood still in front of him.

He looked up and saw me, still angry, and turned around and left.

"Xiaobai!" I caught up and pulled him over: "Xiaobai, listen to me." ”

"Nothing to say! Don't you doubt me? If you doubt me, why do you come to me? ”

"We just want to hear your explanation......" I sighed lightly, "yes, we doubt you, but don't you really have anything to doubt?" From the start, you're riddled with holes. But there is no explanation! ”

"What's full of loopholes? I don't understand what you're talking about?! ”

"You said that your parents divorced and went abroad, and that house was left to you by them. But Nantang and I both found that there was no trace of anyone else living in that house for a long time except for your breath.

You didn't jump out of a crack in the rock, did you? Then tell me, why don't you have a photo of your parents in your house except for yourself?

On two other occasions, you released powerful energy from your body due to the ancient box, how do you explain it? You say you have nothing to do with the bronze box, who believes it? ”

"That's why you doubt me?" Bai Yiqing sneered: "You want to hear an explanation?" Why didn't you come and ask me early in the morning? And yesterday. Do you want to hear me explain? It's clearly questioning, and I feel like I've committed some big crime and I've been caught! ”

"We did go overboard yesterday, because the man almost killed me to grab the box. They led Nantang and Lisheng away, and divided two groups of talents to start. ”

"What?" Bai Yiqing turned around and asked with a concerned face, "Then are you injured?" ”

"I'm fine, where would they hurt so easily, don't worry."

Bai Yiqing breathed a sigh of relief, and her mood calmed down a lot: "My parents are indeed divorced, when I was very young. and abandoned me. I don't even know what they look like, where are the pictures? ”

He spoke of these things with a sadness he had never seen before, his eyes were red, and his voice trembled.

"That house was the only property they left me, and I grew up in the homes of various relatives, and at the age of twelve, I was bullied so badly that I didn't want to live, so I ...... Committed suicide by jumping into the river. didn't die, when he was rescued, his brain was starved of oxygen, fortunately he didn't become a vegetative person, but he forgot about the past. ”

I let out a deep sigh, feeling very heavy, and for the first time I was overwhelmed in front of him.

"I'm sorry, Xiaobai, really...... Don't be sad, I won't doubt you anymore in the future, we are your relatives. Come back with us, shall you? ”