Deep in the mountains and old forests, in front of the ancient house.

The ground is covered with snow and dotted with red plums.

The moonlight is sprinkled, and the roads are white, like the white sun.

Ning Xiu stood in front of the door, raised his hand to pick up the knocker, and knocked on it very rhythmically.

Knock knock~

After a while, a similar sound came from inside the house, like an echo.

The sound is getting louder and clearer.

Each sound seemed to knock directly on Ning Xiu's heart, and in the end, the sound stopped abruptly.

Squeak~~

The wooden door slowly opened, and an old face slowly appeared in front of him.

"Young people want to stay overnight?"

A hoarse voice sounded, Ning Xiu came back to his senses, he bowed to the old woman in front of him, and said: "I came to visit relatives, but I unconsciously got lost in the mountains, it is late at this time, if the old man doesn't mind, I hope I can disturb for a night." ”

The old woman's ears didn't seem to be very good, so Ning Xiu had to repeat it again.

"What's your relative's surname? The old woman asked.

Seeing Ning Xiu shaking his head, the old woman chuckled and said, "What a strange young man, he doesn't even know the name of the other party, what relatives are he visiting? Why don't you come in with me, eat some coarse rice, and have a small bed to sleep in. Wait until tomorrow morning to go back and ask for the name, and then it's not too late to visit. ”

So saying, the old woman turned and walked into the house.

It's not that Ning Xiu doesn't want to answer, but the identity he inherits, and he doesn't have this information in his mind. Even Ning Xiu himself felt strange, how could anyone in this world go to find someone, but he didn't know the name of the other party.

The sound of "dong dong dong" sounded again, Ning Xiu raised his head, and then realized that this strange sound was actually made by the crutches in the old woman's hand.

The old woman was wearing a pitch-black robe, and her silver-white hair was combed high, looking very energetic.

Ning Xiu looked carefully, only to feel that the old man had a kind face and a modest face, and he also suffered from the common deafness of the old man. No matter how you look at it, she is a kind old lady in Cixi, if Ning Xiu didn't see that the other party had no shadow.

Two people, but there was only a shadow on the snow.

......

Ning Xiu followed behind as usual, as if he hadn't seen anything just now.

The house is big and luxuriously decorated.

The road inside the gate is paved with white stones, and the two sides are planted with plum blossoms, and petals are scattered on the stone steps.

Twisting corridors, doors that are opened one after another.

Ning Xiu finally came to a courtyard, which was full of bean shed flower stands, but at this time it was bare and looked a little ugly.

The old woman politely invited Ning Xiu into a room in the courtyard.

"Young man, take a rest here first, warm up your body, and the old man will cook for you." Without waiting for Ning Xiu to respond, the old woman got up and left directly.

It wasn't until the old man's slender figure completely disappeared that Ning Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, the evil exorcism talisman on the sleeve of his right hand had already been pinched into a ball by it, and his back had already been soaked with sweat, fortunately, it was the middle of winter at this time, and it was done quickly.

He made up his mind and began to examine the room carefully.

I saw that the windows of the whole room were bright and clean, and the mattresses, tables, chairs, and beds were not unclean and smooth, and it was obvious that this room was often cleaned. Although it is not excluded that the owner of the house itself loves to be clean, the possibility of this house being occupied by people from time to time greatly increases.

Ning Xiu opened the window, looked out, and found that there were no plum blossoms in this small courtyard.

Along the way, what he saw the most was plum blossoms, but there was no such thing as this small courtyard, and if there was nothing strange in it, Ning Xiu would not believe it.

Ning Xiu sat down in his seat and began to think.

This time the Xuanguang Illusion came so suddenly that he didn't have time to react. Isn't it said that Xuanguang Illusion is very rare, and it needs to meet certain conditions to trigger the opening, how did you get to yourself It's like a cabbage, and I actually encountered two illusions in two days.

And the task given by this illusion is also a little inexplicable, it turned out to be that he came to this mountain to find relatives. What kind of ghost setting is this, the most nonsense is what I said before, Ning Xiu doesn't even know what the other party's surname is and what it looks like, if you can find someone like this, then it's really a hell.

Speaking of ghosts, Ning Xiu thought of the old woman from before.

All kinds of signs showed that she was not human, but the exorcism talisman in Ning Xiu's hand did not react. This can only show one point, that is, the other party's Taoism is too profound, so deep that it is not something that Ning Xiu, a half-hung Maoshan Taoist, can solve at all.

Hehehe~

At this moment, a burst of laughter like silver bells suddenly sounded from a distance.

The laughter is sometimes far away and sometimes close, making people unable to find their way.

Alone, in this haunted house in the deep mountains and old forests, anyone who hears this laughter will be terrified, no matter how nice the laughter is.

Ning Xiu stood up and was about to go out of the house to check, when a maid happened to come over and inform him to go to the living room.

The moment the maid appeared, the laughter disappeared.

Ning Xiu followed the maid and came to the living room.

Before he could enter the house, he smelled a tempting aroma, and when he looked up, he saw that the old woman was cooking something, and the aroma came from the casserole in front of her.

"It's cold, I'll boil you a pot of broth to keep you warm. ”

"Come, I'll serve you a bowl. ”

The old woman opened the lid, and the whole room was immediately filled with the smell of meat. Ning Xiu looked up and found that it was stewed with radish and pork rib soup.

The heat kept coming out of it, and in the hot soup, the delicate white radish pieces floated and fell, just like Ning Xiu's mood at this time.

"Drink it hot. ”

The old woman enthusiastically put the porcelain bowl full of broth in her hand in front of Ning Xiu, and even carefully prepared a spoon for him to drink the soup.

Ning Xiu looked at the bowl of fragrant broth in front of him, and suddenly fell silent.

And the old woman didn't seem to be in a hurry, just stood quietly aside, looking at Ning Xiu, waiting for him to make a decision.

To drink, or not to drink?

This is a problem, obviously only a second or two has passed, but Ning Xiu feels as if half a century has passed.

At this moment, there was a sudden knock at the door.

The old woman got up and opened the door, but strangely there was no one at the door.

"There's another guest coming, I'll go out and pick up the guest. So saying, the old woman got up and left.

When the old woman completely disappeared from his sight, Ning Xiu did not dare to delay in the slightest, and immediately stood up and took off the lampshade outside the candlestick in front of him, and lit the exorcism talisman in his hand.

He placed the burning amulet in a porcelain bowl until it burned to ashes.

In the light of the fire, his face was bright and uncertain.