He was shaking, his arms tightening.

"Nantang, I'm fine."

I tried to find some words to comfort him, but in the end, I couldn't say a word.

"Why are you so stupid? It was just a drunken remark from me, but you took it seriously. ”

I pursed my lips and smiled lightly, and said, "Drinking and spitting out the truth, I think that should be what you really want in your heart, so I want to give it to you." ”

Grandma Sun hurriedly walked in, and when she saw that I was fine, she breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good to come back, the young master is worried, and I have to go to the mountains to find you in person, if I don't forcibly persuade me to come down, I'm afraid I will really go." ”

Shen Qiushui said jokingly: "Young master, don't you two be so numb, okay?" The relationship is like a young couple who have been separated for many years. ”

Mama Sun reprimanded him: "Phew, you kid is becoming more and more disagreeable, and you don't choose what to say!" ”

I only felt a heat on my face, and retreated from his embrace, but I heard Shen Qiushui say cheekily: "Anyway, I brought it back to Wu Xian, and it didn't matter to me, so I went back to sleep first." Master, you should also rest early. ”

Chu Nantang glanced at him and said sincerely: "Thank you, Qiushui." ”

Grandma Sun thought of something and said, "You haven't had dinner yet, have you?" I'm going to get some food for the Zen girl now. ”

"Thank you, Grandma Sun." Originally, I wanted to do something for Chu Nantang, but it turned out to trouble them, and I was a little unhappy in my heart.

After eating the dinner sent by Grandma Sun, it was not early, and Chu Nantang went back to the room after washing.

I stepped forward to close the door and window, and suddenly a white figure floated in front of the window, and I almost screamed in fright.

Holding his chest and gasping twice: "You...... Why did you come along? ”

"You promised me that you would help me find Shaohua."

I turned my head to look at the people in the room, and whispered to Ah Piao outside the window: "There is a mage sleeping inside, who specializes in you kind of wandering spirits, you better leave quickly." ”

Ah Piao thought I was bluffing her, and the spirit entered the house through the windowsill: "Do you want to talk without words?" ”

"I don't have a clue yet, and when I have a clue tomorrow, I'll help you find Shaohua?"

She stared at me in disbelief: "Don't lie, if you lie, I will pestering you for the rest of my life, so that you will not have a peaceful day." ”

I blinked: "Your threat is useless, the mana of the person in the middle is really strong." ”

Ah Piao snorted coldly, and broke into the inner room without believing in evil, and sure enough, Chu Nantang sensed Ah Piao's existence, turned over from the bed, quickly recited a spell and drew a talisman, and pasted it on Ah Piao's forehead.

Ah Piao was fixed, I could only move my eyes, I chased in, walked up to Ah Piao and raised my hand, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Chu Nantang was puzzled: "Can you see her?" ”

I smiled awkwardly at the corners of my mouth and confessed, "Actually...... She came back with me. ”

Chu Nantang's gaze turned back and forth between me and Ah Piao: "What's the matter?" ”

"When I went to the mountains to pick wild hawthorns, I met them head-on, and she asked me to help her find a person named An Shaohua, and I asked her to take me to pick wild hawthorns, and that's ......."

Chu Nantang stroked his forehead and withdrew the spell, Ah Piao was able to move, and his courage seemed to be very small, so he hid behind me and quietly aimed at Chu Nantang.

It's the first time I've seen this kind of timid and lethal female ghost, and I can't help but feel a little puzzled, what she looked like when she was alive.

"Since you helped Zen Mind, then I'll help you once." Chu Nantang readily agreed.

It turns out that Ah Piao's name is Du Xiaoyue, and he has been living in the town before, and the love between the two is a bit cliché, and there are inextricable grievances between the elders of both men and women, but the two are in love.

The relationship between the two was strongly disturbed and opposed by the elders of both sides, so Du Xiaoyue agreed to elope with An Shaohua.

On a rainy night ten years ago, Du Xiaoyue waited for An Shaohua at the entrance of the town for a day and a night, but he did not go to the appointment.

She ran back to find him, but was locked in the firewood room by her family and did not allow her to go out, Du Xiaoyue was disheartened. I didn't think about it for a while, so I hanged myself.

However, Du Xiaoyue stayed in the world and refused to leave, just to wait until An Shaohua asked him why he didn't come that night.

Du Xiaoyue had been crying miserably that night, and my hairs stood on end when I heard it. Chu Nantang couldn't help but say: "Don't cry anymore, let me sleep first, and Ming'er will help you find An Shaohua." ”

Du Xiaoyue choked carefully, shrunk into the corner, and stopped making a sound, Chu Nantang pulled down the mosquito net, and I also turned around and went out to sleep.

Early the next morning, Chu Nantang had a leisurely breakfast, as if he was planning to do something today, met the resentful eyes in the corner, sighed lightly, and resigned himself to his fate: "Help you find An Shaohua." ”

Du Xiaoyue laughed, she didn't practice enough, so she could only hide under the umbrella, Chu Nantang said: "The spiritual energy in that mountain is very abundant, and it is a spiritual land, so Du Xiaoyue's spiritual body can stay in the world for a long time and not disappear." ”

The town is just such a big place, and I inquired all the way, and finally found out some clues about the An family and the Du family.

The old grandmother in the town said: "The little brother of the An family is also quite pitiful, and he made an appointment to elope with the sister of the Du family, but I saw the sister of the Du family come back, and the little brother of the An family never came back." ”

I glanced at Du Xiaoyue and wondered, "Haven't you ever come back?" How so? ”

Du Xiaoyue looked incredulous: "You must have lied to me!" They lied to me, you take me to Anjia, I'm going to find Du Shaohua! ”

"Thank you, Grandma." Chu Nantang smiled lightly, turned to Du Xiaoyue and said, "You lead the way, maybe go to Du's house, and you can find some clues." ”

Du Xiaoyue doesn't remember very clearly, I have been around this town for a long time, and the day at the end of May began to be hot, I glanced at Chu Nantang, who was sweating profusely, and pulled Du Xiaoyue over.

"Miss Du, if you really can't remember, let's ask the people in the town."

"How could I not remember? I live in this town. ”

Chu Nantang said: "Some spirits, it is true that they will forget many things before their deaths, and some things that they remember are also relatively vague, you are because of the aura in the mountain, so that the spirits are immortal, if it is an ordinary spirit, it will become an unconscious wandering soul after seven days." Led into the underworld by black and white impermanence, into the six realms of reincarnation. ”

Du Xiaoyue looked frightened: "No, I haven't seen Shaohua yet, I don't want to enter the six realms of reincarnation." ”

"I'll help you fulfill this long-cherished wish, and then cross you into the underworld, how about it?"

"Hmm." Du Xiaoyue nodded vigorously.

We inquired all the way and finally found Anjia, but An's house was already empty, and I heard from nearby neighbors that after An Shaohua disappeared, Anjia blocked things and thought about people. Unable to bear such sadness, the four of them left the town sadly.

Gently pushed the door, the dilapidated door 'creaked' open, and entered the abandoned house, gloomy and covered with cobwebs.

In the yard, there were a few freshly woven dustpans, and some bamboo strips were scattered on the ground, and before they could be weaved, a thick layer of ash fell.

I shuddered, and asked Chu Nantang puzzled: "Why is the yin qi so heavy?" ”

Chu Nantang frowned: "Can you feel that the yin qi is very heavy?" ”

"Hmm."

He was silent for a while before he said, "Houses that have not been lived in for a long time generally have a heavier yin qi. Many lonely ghosts will occupy these uninhabited houses and become their shelters. ”

"I see."

He suddenly shook my hand: "Don't be afraid, follow me, no ghost can hurt you." ”

The warmth coming from the palm of my hand made me feel reassured, and I silently followed him into the back room.

The room was still very complete, and there were four pairs of dishes and chopsticks on the wooden table, as if they were about to prepare for dinner.

Chu Nantang turned around and found a little boy hiding behind the cabinet, of course. It is also a lonely ghost who hides in this house.

The little boy seemed to be very afraid of us, Chu Nantang glanced at the little ghost, ignored it, and walked out again.

Du Xiaoyue seemed to be very sad and stayed in the house and did not come out.

Chu Nantang was contemplating something, I didn't dare to step forward to disturb him, and after a while he said, "Things are a little strange. ”

"What?"

"Don't you think it's weird?"

I thought about it for a moment and shook my head: "What's strange? ”

Chu Nantang sighed lightly: "Even if it is sad to leave, but I looked inside the house, and almost nothing was taken away." If the whole family is really moving out of town, it's always time to take some essentials with you. ”

As soon as he said this, it dawned on me: "Yes, if you really want to leave, there shouldn't be dishes and chopsticks on the table for eating." ”

Chu Nantang said: "Four pairs of chopsticks, four people, counting An Shaohua's five people, proves that An Shaohua did not come back that day." ”

After a while, Du Xiaoyue walked out of the house with an oily paper on her face.

I stepped forward and comforted her: "Don't be sad first, I looked at Young Master Chu just now, except for that little ghost, there was no breath of An Shaohua in the house." Young Master Chu said that he really didn't come back. ”

"How so?!" Du Xiaoyue was anxious: "Even if he hasn't come back, he hasn't come to the appointment, so where will he go?" ”

Chu Nantang said: "Let's go to Du's house again." ”

We came to Du Xiaoyue's house, it was her mother who came to open the door, the fifty-year-old woman was full of white hair, seeing the expression on our faces, she just asked curiously, "Who are you looking for?" ”

Chu Nantang smiled gently: "We are here to inquire about some things about Du Xiaoyue, can we go into the house and talk about it?" ”

The woman seemed to be very disgusted: "Our family Xiaoyue has been dead for ten years, what do you want to do now to inquire about Xiaoyue?" ”

Chu Nantang glanced at me, made a look, I immediately understood, stepped forward and said: "Auntie, let's put it this way, I had a dream two days ago, I dreamed of a person named Du Xiaoyue, she said that she lives in this town, misses her family, let me come to see the people at home for her." ”

The woman was suddenly very emotional, tears welled up in her eyes, her figure staggered, and she choked up and asked, "Why did Xiaoyue give you a dream?" Why don't you give me your dreams? ”

"This, maybe I'm afraid that you will be sad in your dream, auntie, don't be hurt."

The woman wiped away her tears before she went out and said, "Come in and talk." ”

Walked into the yard with Du's mother, although the house was dilapidated, it was also well organized and spotless, which showed that he was a person who loved to clean up.

The room was deserted, and there were two spiritual tablets in the lobby, and incense was incense in the morning, and incense ashes were fallen.

Du Mu took the rag and wiped the incense ash. Tears welled up again. He turned around and beckoned us: "Sit down first, I'll make you a cup of bean tea." ”

Du Xiaoyue saw her mother separated by yin and yang, and began to shed blood and tears again, and followed Du Mu into the kitchen while wiping.

"That, when Du Xiaoyue cried, why did she shed blood and tears?"

Chu Nantang took out a folding fan to drive away the heat, and said: "If there is a monstrous resentment in my heart, I will shed blood and tears." ”

I nodded thoughtfully, and after a while, Du Mu came over with two cups of bean tea on a wooden tray.

Stir-fried soybeans and sesame, and a few other things. It smells with a faint fragrance, and when you drink it in your mouth, the mountains and rivers are sweet and a little salty, and the taste is not annoying.

But Chu Nantang didn't seem to like to drink much, and he casually held the jade fan, and a pair of inky eyes wandered around.

He is meticulous in his observations and often finds things that we don't care about.

After Du Yue sat down, Du Xiaoyue also sat down next to her, but Du Mu couldn't see her.

When Du's mother mentioned this daughter, she was sad and sad again: "We are really miserable, just a girl in Xiaoyue, but this life is gone, not yet twenty years old." ”

Chu Nantang lowered his eyes and listened quietly, and the fan in his hand shook without answering.

I thought for a moment and asked, "The ...... I heard that Xiaoyue and An Shaohua love each other very much, and they made an appointment to elope, but An Shaohua has never come back, Aunt Du, do you know the hidden secret? ”

Du Mu snorted coldly, full of resentment: "Our Xiaoyue is really pitiful, kind and innocent, she was all deceived by that kid surnamed An!" Where is the kid surnamed Ann who really wants to marry her? Actually, long before. The surname An has already hooked up with other girls, and everyone is pregnant with his three-month-old child!! ”

This news was simply a bombshell, Chu Nantang's hand shook the fan and paused, and subconsciously looked at Du Xiaoyue.

Du Xiaoyue seems to know about this matter, could it be that the Du family knew about it before, but they hid Du Xiaoyue in their bones?

Then Du Mu said: "If this An family kid is sincere to my family Xiaoyue, it's okay, the past grievances and grievances are actually not a big deal, for Xiaoyue's happiness, we will not be so rigid and open-minded." But who knows...... Scold! The old man of my family also fell ill because of this incident and passed away. ”

Chu Nantang shook the folding fan and asked, "Do you know when the An family moved out of the town?" It was after Xiaoyue and An Shaohua had an accident. ”

Asked this, Du Mu's expression was a little flustered, and her eyes fluttered: "No, I don't know, their family left in a hurry, and they didn't greet anyone, I don't know." ”

Chu Nantang's eyes sank: "Really?" That's a bit of a strange disappearance. ”

He used the word 'missing' instead of 'moved out', and it seemed that something had been established.

Du Mu also sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere. got up and said, "I still have some things to do, if there is nothing else to do, please do it." ”

After Chu Nantang got up and thanked for the hospitality, he left the Du family with me. Du Xiaoyue reluctantly looked back at her mother frequently and followed.

"Nantang, what are you thinking?"

"I think it's getting a little complicated." He said.

"Is it complicated?"

"It's easy to say it's complicated, but let's see." He smiled mysteriously, and suddenly a young man ran up to me, hit me, and almost knocked me to the ground.

Chu Nantang quickly helped me with his eyes, and the man hurriedly turned around and apologized. Chu Nantang asked him: "Why is he in such a hurry?" ”

The man said, "Bad thing, another man drowned in the river, and everyone is now rushing over." ”

"Again?" Chu Nantang whispered, I didn't want to see it, but I heard him say, "Let's go and see." ”

"Huh??"

Chu Nantang smiled: "Go and see what's going on." ”

We rushed to the only river bank in town, where we saw a young woman kneeling on the embankment and weeping.

The townsfolk looked at the woman sympathetically and whispered.

"This river is so weird, people drown at this time of year."

"yes, it's been almost ten years, I've lived in this town for decades, and I haven't seen people drown all the time before?"

"Someone has seen a water ghost in this river, pretending to fall into the water to lure people over."

"Don't be scary, how can there be these things in this world?"

……

The boat that retrieved the body was on the river for a long time but did not find the body, and they went to the river several times until it was dark.

Suddenly, I saw a little boy of seven or eight years old, soaking wet, just out of thin air, standing next to the weeping woman.

just looked at her blankly, her face was pale and pale.

"Is it the drowned child?!"

Chu Nantang frowned and nodded: "The corpse can't float, it is estimated that something is imprisoned." ”

"What's that?"

Chu Nantang stepped forward, drew a few charms out of thin air, and floated on the surface of the river, he untied the soul bead, and silently recited the incantation, and after a while, the river began to bubble.

Everyone looked at each other curiously, and discussed privately, and the water around the bubbles became more and more muddy, and there was a foul smell.

After a while, suddenly a black thing gradually floated up, and the thing slowly emerged from the water, and it was the drowned child.

I saw that the eyes of the drowned child were swollen and bloodshot, and the townspeople who were collecting the corpse shouted: "There, hurry! Fish people up!! ”

The townsfolk on the boat cast their nets out, and the corpse was surprisingly heavy, and it took a lot of effort for several big men to drag the corpse ashore.

Then the imp standing beside the woman disappeared, and when the woman saw the child that had been fished up, she began to weep again.

The crowd gradually dispersed, but Chu Nantang stood on the embankment and had no intention of leaving.

When the crowd dispersed, Chu Nantang laid out the formation, and the river turned blood-red under the faint moonlight.

Suddenly, a figure slowly appeared from the water, it was a tall man, there was a bloody hole in his chest, it was too hazy under the moonlit night to see his appearance clearly.

The man gradually moved towards us, and I was so frightened that my heart almost stopped, and I cried out: "Nantang, he's coming!" ”

He seemed to be very afraid of Chu Nantang, so he didn't approach a few steps away, but just stared at us with resentment in his eyes.

Chu Nantang said: "You have created so many grievances in the past ten years, it's time to leave, right?" ”

The resentful spirit said unwillingly: "I'm looking for Satsuki!" I'm looking for Satsuki!! ”

I subconsciously looked back at Du Xiaoyue, but she didn't seem to see the person in front of her at all, and when I looked back at her, she looked puzzled: "Who are you talking to?" ”

"Can't you see him?"

Du Xiaoyue was stunned for a while: "Who do you see?" ”

Chu Nantang threw a talisman. The ghost screamed, hid under the water, and never came out again.

Du Xiaoyue said that she wanted to go home at night to accompany her mother, and finally gave me some space to talk to Chu Nantang in private.

"Nantang, the water ghost in the river, isn't it...... An Shaohua? ”

Chu Nantang nodded: "It is very likely that An Shaohua." ”

"How can they not see each other?"

Chu Nantang said: "Du Xiaoyue may be cremated, and An Shaohua is buried by water, and there is an invisible spiritual thread between people who hold each other, even if they die, they will not be broken." But if it is a cremation, a water burial. The spiritual thread will be disconnected, and it will not be on the same path, even if it passes by, it will not be able to meet it. ”

After hearing this, I couldn't help but sigh melancholy: "Isn't it true that you can't be together in life and together in death?" It's so pathetic. ”

Chu Nantang smiled indifferently: "Poor people, there must be something hateful." You remember that I said that the An family disappeared strangely, and An Shaohua also died strangely, obviously unjustly killed. All this is estimated to be inseparable from the Du family. ”

"Do you already have a preliminary guess in mind?"

"Wait until tomorrow."

Tomorrow, we didn't go to Du Xiaoyue. Instead, he asked Shen Qiushui to bring some family members to the courtyard of Anjia.

Chu Nantang looked around and said, "Dig it, don't let go of a place." ”

"Dig what?" I asked him, confused.

"Digging people, of course."

I shuddered: "How can you be sure that the people of the An family are buried in this big courtyard?" ”

Chu Nantang said confidently: "It must be in this big courtyard, you want a family of four to disappear without knowing it, but it is not an easy thing, how can the corpse be carried out, it will attract attention." Burying it in the yard saves a lot of trouble. ”

Jiading dug for a morning, almost half of the yard, and suddenly someone shouted: "Young Master Chu, dig ...... Something has been dug up! ”

When we stepped forward to take a look, we really dug up a person, but it had already rotted so much that only a white bone remained, looking at this dress, it should be the mistress of the An family.

Subsequently, three corpses were found one after another, and a foul smell came from the yard, Chu Nantang took me out of the courtyard, and Shen Qiushui also came out.

"Young Master Chu. Someone has been sent to tell the patrol room, and someone will come to deal with it in about half an hour. ”

"Hmm." Chu Nantang said: "We have almost done this today, and the following ones will be handed over to those people in the patrol room." Let's go back and wait for news. ”

I just stepped into the Chu family's compound, and I bumped into Mrs. Chu head-on, Mrs. Chu had a stern face, and her eyes gently swept over me and settled on Chu Nantang.

"You haven't seen anyone in the past two days, and you've been hanging out with a maid all day long, like what?!"

My heart tightened, and I hid back with some unease. Chu Nantang stepped forward, just covered my figure tightly, and said with a smile: "Mother, what are you looking for me?" ”

"I can't look for you if I'm fine?" Mrs. Chu sighed lightly: "Rong Wan has also come to our house for so long, you have time to accompany this maid, why don't you have time to accompany Rong Wan?" Anyway, she is also the daughter-in-law you want to marry in the future. ”