Chapter 22: Xu Buyu
Wang Shi came out of the cave and groped his way in the direction of Xu's house. After about half a day's work, I saw a village surrounded by mountains, and dozens of peasant families built around a large lake. The end is a feng shui treasure land, gathering wind and absorbing qi. But the village looks a little abnormal, unpopular, without the quiet and peaceful feeling of seclusion, but rather a bit of a run-down, dark feeling.
Wang Shi walked into the village quickly, and found that there was really no one occupied, every house was empty, and some people's doors were directly open, Wang Shi wanted to find a villager to ask the address of Lao Xu's house, and he pushed open a few rooms and saw no one, and finally met a living creature, which was a skinny cat.
Seeing the living people coming in, he quickly jumped out of the window and fled. Wang Shi touched the furniture, and there was a thick layer of ash on it, it seemed that it had not been inhabited for a long time.
Wang Shi had no choice but to open the doors one by one to check, all the way to the depths of the village, fortunately, the village is not very big, and after a while, he found a courtyard with three entrances and three exits in the depths of the village, as well as two attics, which are big families at a glance.
Wang Shi walked up to him and saw that there was a plaque on the gate, which read: "Xu Mansion." Wang Shi is mixed, happy that this Xu family should be here, worried that there seems to be something wrong with the Xu family, it should be something wrong with the whole village, and there is no one in this Xu family. Where to get out of the marriage.
Wang Shi himself looked at the mansion, the bluestone paving at the door, because it had not been cleaned for a long time, the residual leaves were turning around on the stone slab at the door with the wind. The gate is vermilion, and the paint is drowning. The iron rings on the door were rusty, and the two stone lions were also mutilated.
Wang Shi walked to the door, grabbed the iron ring and buckled it a few times, and asked loudly, "Is there anyone?" Since the terrain here is in the middle of a mountain col, only his own echo was heard, and Wang Shi shouted a few more times, but it was still only an echo. Wang Shi tried to push the door. The door won't open.
Wang Shi walked to the wall next to the door and looked at it, the high wall was deep in the courtyard. The wall is a foot high. This point is not a matter for Wang Shi at all, Wang Shi took a few steps back, ran in advance, jumped up, and jumped onto the wall, at this time Wang Shi could already see the situation in the yard, the yard was overgrown with weeds. The dead wood is rotten, the original rockery and flowing water have not been taken care of for a long time, and the water presents a dirty green.
Wang Shi jumped into the courtyard and shouted loudly as he walked, "Is there anyone? No one answered, Wang Shi walked straight forward and walked to the last lobby, which is an attic, with a hollow design, and the lobby is very imposing, and you can see the glory of the owner of the house.
Wang Shi walked into the lobby, and there was a case in the lobby facing the door, and dozens of tablets were placed on the case. Wang Shi came to the front to take a look, the first tablet said Xu Xian's position, and the rest were some family members, nephews, and wives, etc., there was an incense burner in front of this tablet, and there was still ash in the incense burner, which was obviously often worshipped.
When Wang Shizheng was wondering, he didn't feel a figure standing silently behind him. As the light came in obliquely from the doorway, the shadow of this figure dragged for a long time, Wang Shi felt the change in the light, and suddenly turned around. I saw a figure standing in the backlight, and when I looked closely, it was the old woman I met in the cave. The old woman looked at Wang Shi with a little sadness in her eyes.
Wang Shi saw that he met the old woman here again, and his heart was overjoyed. Hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted, and said, "Thank you seniors for saving your life." The junior Wang Shi is polite. ”
The old woman looked at Wang Shi fixedly, sighed and said, "No need to thank me, just do it." Who is your Excellency and how did you find this compound? ”
Wang Shi still bent down and said respectfully: "The younger generation is the Wang family in southern Shaanxi, my father's name is Wang Quanquan, and he is a close friend of the head of the family. The younger generation came to ask Xu Bofu for peace, but he saw a great change in his uncle's family. It's really a trick. ”
The old woman still looked at Wang Shi and said, "Your name is Wang Shi, and you are Wang Quanquan's eldest son." ”
"It's despicable. Because I have had a marriage contract with the Xu family since I was a child, I have lost contact for a long time, and I already have a beloved in my younger generation, so I came to ask Uncle Xu to withdraw from the marriage contract. Wang Shi said respectfully.
"Although you are not righteous, you are also upright. Although you and the Xu family have a marriage contract, they have no marriage, and you are not to blame for this. You go," said the old woman coldly.
"The seniors can come to this courtyard, obviously they are also the old members of the Xu family, can you ask the seniors to go back to my hometown with me and present my father to face. Explain the reason, and now that the Xu family is no one, it is better for the seniors to live with us. Wang Shi said cautiously.
"Life, I don't have a life anymore? except for revenge, there is no nostalgia in this life, now I just charge some interest, the enemy is powerful, or don't affect you. The old woman said sadly.
"Isn't that Zhang Yu who killed last time an enemy?" asked Wang Shi anxiously.
"Zhang Yu is just a small character, the big enemy who killed my whole family and slaughtered my whole village is the Ghost Mist Sect, the power of the Ghost Mist Sect is not something that secular people can imagine, they have practiced evil skills for a long time, the eight ghost kings have all reached the foundation building period, and the four god kings have already built the foundation in the late stage.
An immortal king and a demon queen may have passed the Jindan period, which is already a behemoth in the world. Such a force is something that ordinary people like you can see through. The old woman said.
"Let's go. The old woman continued.
Wang Shi thought about it, he really couldn't help much, so he could only leave in a huff.
The old woman waited for Wang Shi to walk away, and bursts of green mist rose from her body, including her face, and her hair were all misty, as if the whole person was beginning to melt. After a while, a young woman appeared in the sun, with a cold face, full of white hair, a delicate face, and a slender figure.
With a body of loneliness and sadness. The woman looked at the direction where Wang Shi was gone, with tears in the corners of her eyes, and murmured softly: "Those lives that once belonged to me are gone." Ghost Mist Sect........... Since then, I have never met you. ”