In the evening, the Zhang family's demon slayer branch, the lobby of Zhang's house.

At this moment, Zhang Haotian was looking intently at the two books he had borrowed from Wei Tianguan, while Zhang Lingmeng was pacing back and forth in the lobby with concern.

Suddenly, Zhang Lun walked into the lobby.

"Uncle Zhang Lun, are you finally back?" Zhang Lingmeng, who was pacing, saw Zhang Lun and hurriedly greeted him.

Zhang Yan looked puzzled: "Miss Zero Dream, is there something wrong with you waiting for me in such a hurry?"

At this time, Zhang Haotian had already put down the book, with an intriguing expression, quietly and woodenly looking up to listen to the conversation between Zhang Lingmeng and Zhang Yan.

"Well, there is indeed something urgent, I now suspect that the events that have happened in the past few days about the demon spirits and the Zhufang Pagoda have taken a turn for the better, but I need to further confirm my thoughts, so I need your help. ”

"Oh, really?" Zhang Yan rolled his eyes, "Can you tell me what you think?"

"My idea is sold first, Uncle Zhang, you can do me a favor first. ”

"Well, please. ”

"Can you trick the owner of the Zhufang Pagoda out of the Zhufang Pagoda now?" Zhang Lingmeng said.

"It's not easy to ask the Lord of the Tower to come out at night for no reason!" said Zhang, "but I have a way. ”

"Very good, drag him and don't let him go back to Zhufang Pagoda, I plan to sneak into Zhufang Pagoda tonight to collect some evidence. Zhang Lingmeng seems to be determined to win.

"This ......" Zhang Yan was a little dumbfounded.

"Uh, Zero Dream, sister, my own sister, I said you paced all night just for this?" Zhang Haotian, who was listening on the side, confronted Zhang Lingmeng with a disgusted tone and a blank expression.

"I have my own reasoning, you don't interject. Zhang Lingmeng didn't care about Zhang Haotian's dislike, and then turned to Zhang Lun and said, "Uncle Zhang Lun, please ask you, rest assured that my body is very good, and there will be no mistakes." ”

Zhang Haotian glanced at the two books borrowed from Wei Tianguan beside him, thought about it, and looked at Zhang Yan again. Suddenly, Zhang Haotian spoke: "Uncle Zhang, do you remember that I told you about Jing Lao?"

"Remember, what's wrong?"

"The last time you said that he was still in the Zhufang Pagoda when you first came to Duyunli, so you have a friendship with him, right?"

Zhang Lun thought for a while and said, "That's true, that's right. ”

"Oh, that's fine. ”

"Haotian, don't interrupt yet. Zhang Lingmeng complained.

"Uh, Zero Dream, I'm going to lure the tower master out of the Zhufang Pagoda, I just happened to have something to say to him, and I'm completely sure to lure the tower master out. Zhang Haotian said faintly, and his face was a little solemn.

Zhang Lingmeng and Zhang Yan looked at each other.

......

It was already completely dark, and a full moon hung high in the treetops. A ray of moonlight lazily sprinkled in front of the door of the Zhufang Pagoda, reflecting a tall and a short figure.

"What Haotian, you said someone was looking for me?" asked the tall figure in front of the door in surprise. It turned out that the short figure was Zhang Haotian.

"Yes, Tower Master. Zhang Haotian replied. It turns out that Gao's figure is the master of Zhufang Tower.

"Who could it be at such a late hour, and how about going again tomorrow?" said the tower master, puzzled.

"No, Tower Master, this man is your teacher. He said that he knew the whereabouts of 'Du'!" Zhang Haotian said.

Hearing the name 'Du', the tower lord's brows trembled slightly.

"How did you know about 'crossing'?

"Hmm!" Zhang Haotian said with a firm expression.

"Hehehe! Okay, Haotian, I'll go with you!" The tower master agreed to Zhang Haotian with a smile, and his expression seemed to be very relaxed.

So, Haotian and Zhongli Tower Master walked out by the moonlight. Before leaving, Zhang Haotian glanced at the corner of the wall of Zhufang Pagoda out of the corner of his eye, as if something had moved, probably Zhang Lingmeng was waiting for an opportunity to act.

Zhang Haotian and the tower owner walked like this. Who could be the teacher of the Zhongli Tower Master that Zhang Haotian said? Could it be a character that Zhang Haotian made up in order to trick the tower master into coming out? However, if it was a made-up character, would the Zhongli Tower Master go with Zhang Haotian so carelessly? Just when we were wondering, Zhang Haotian and the tower master unknowingly walked into the green bamboo forest.

"Oh, Haotian, isn't this the place where you and I first met?" Zhong Lixi obviously sensed that something was wrong.

"Yes, Tower Master. ”

"Then the teacher you said is ......"

Suddenly, the tower master stopped, because not far in front of him was Wei Tianguan. The tower master looked ahead, suddenly smiled, and said, "Hahaha, Haotian, you are really a clever young man! Okay, I should go and visit my teacher at night, after all, I haven't been there for a long time." ”

"But I'm worried that he'll not sleep, and it's my negligence to disturb him so late. Zhang Haotian muttered.

Although Zhang Haotian lowered his voice, the tower master still saw Zhang Haotian's thoughts, and said lightly: "Don't worry, it's only now, it's not too late, my teacher hasn't slept yet!"

"Well, I hope so!" Zhang Haotian walked forward after speaking.

Just when we thought that Zhang Haotian's destination was Wei Tianguan, we didn't think that he led the Zhongli Tower Lord to bypass Wei Tianguan and wade through a small stream. The sound of the deep stream, the sound of frogs, chatting about the idle summer, a wisp of wind among the pines stirring the moon shadow, the spotted bamboo, but it is moving.

"Jing Lao! I see that your house is still lit by candlelight, you shouldn't have slept?" Jing Lao......" Zhang Haotian barked loudly, not afraid of alarming the beasts in the deep forest, but he alarmed the dog tied next to the hut, and the dog was barking wildly.

Don't?

"Oh, who's so late. Jing Lao's voice came from inside the house.

Suddenly, with a creak, the wooden door of the hut opened. Standing inside the door was Jing Lao, whom Zhang Haotian visited yesterday.

"It's you, young man, why are you still ...... so late" After seeing Zhang Haotian, Jing Lao looked a little happy, and smiled with a wrinkled face.

"Teacher, don't come to harm!" At this time, Zhu Fangta took the first step to greet him, looking at Jing Lao with a smile.

Jing Lao was startled at first, and then squinted and laughed again, seeing that these two old-timers were laughing, Zhang Haotian also laughed inexplicably. When the dog saw that the atmosphere was harmonious, he stopped barking, but lay down lazily, as if to sleep.

After a while, the three of them came into the house. Outside the house, the summer insects sang desperately, and the summer night seemed so noisy and idle, and on the low eaves, the stars were sprinkled all over the sky. And the ignorant night has already been lying by the window, waiting for you to order a dream-like passing year.

The three of them sat and chatted around the candlelight. Make a pot of quiet years, take a sip of the reverse journey.

"Sure enough, Jing Lao is the tower master's teacher. Zhang Haotian said proudly.

"Huh, I didn't mention that the tower master was my student when you came yesterday, how did you know, young man?" asked Jing Lao.

"Uh, Jing Lao, don't call me a young man, you can call me Haotian. ”

"Well, Haotian. ”

"Actually, I saw it in that book "Characters in the Clouds", which wrote about your deeds of Jing Lao, so I knew that you were not only in an important position in Zhufang Tower, but also the teacher of the master of Zhongli Tower. ”

"Haha, I'll just say that Haotian is a clever little ghost. The tower master smiled and took a sip of tea.

"And it turns out that Jing Lao, you are still the teacher of 'Du', that is to say, 'Du' is not only the sister of the tower master, but also the younger sister of the tower master, it turns out that the mysterious woman that the tower master told me last time is 'Du'!" Zhang Haotian said.

"Hehe, young man...... Oh, no, Haotian, you know quite a lot!" Jing Lao said.

"Actually, I lied to you, tower master, I'm sorry, I don't know the whereabouts of 'Du', and Jing Lao doesn't know either, I'm talking nonsense. ”

"I knew you were lying to me right then, because only I knew about the appearance of 'Watari', and there could be no second person who knew before me. But since you mentioned 'Wataru' and the teacher, I might as well take a trip with you, after all, I haven't been here to visit the teacher for a long time. After speaking, the tower master looked at Jing Lao a little embarrassed.

I saw Jing Lao wave his hand and said, "It's me who wants to retreat to the mountains and forests, and I don't want anyone to disturb me, how can I blame you? ”

"Hehe, teacher, you have a hard mouth, if Xiaoyu doesn't come to you, you should be unhappy, right?"

"Hehe, you've seen through it, hahahaha!"

Zhang Haotian watched the two old-timers reminisce, and suddenly had a warm feeling. However, he brought the tower master here today for a purpose, so he interjected.

"Actually, I'm here tonight to find out something. 'Du' was not adopted by the old tower owner, because the date of birth of the old tower owner's daughter is not written in the character chronicle, and if it is biological, it will be like the tower owner, and the date of birth will be recorded. ”

Jing Lao looked at the tower master, and the tower master had an indifferent expression, so Jing Lao said: "Xiaodu was indeed taken in by the old tower master." ”

"Well, then the next question, thirty years ago, 'Du' disappeared in the clouds in the summer, is there any hidden meaning to this?"

At this time, Jing Lao and the tower master frowned slightly at the same time and did not respond.

"I looked through the event book of the Zhang family's demon slaying team again, and found that it was written in the second chapter that the demon spirit was first discovered in Duyun in the summer of thirty years ago, but I didn't find it. Could this have anything to do with the disappearance of 'Du'?" After that, Zhang Haotian's eyes were so sharp that they stabbed at the two of them like an awl.

Jing Lao and the tower master both avoided Zhang Haotian's gaze and continued to be silent.

"In the second chapter, it is also written that since the first trace of the demon spirit was found in the clouds, that is, after the disappearance of 'Watari'. The luck in Duyunli is getting worse and worse, and there are many large and small disasters one after another, including records of earthquakes, droughts, and locust plagues...... And the deadliest of all is the one recorded in Chapter 3, the Plague!"

"I once asked the Zhang family why he wanted to save the mountain demon, and he said that the demon spirit could not leave his hometown, otherwise it would bring disaster to his hometown. I didn't believe it at the time, because I thought he was making up a lie to save the demons. However, when I heard the stupid girl in my son say the same thing, I was a little skeptical that there was such a thing. Now, I look at the records in these books, and it's a surprising coincidence. ”

"Let's go back to the record in the book, speaking of the plague, the catastrophe of the plague has devastated the lives in the clouds, and even the demon exterminator of the Zhang family has to flee from the clouds. At this time, Xian Guyun appeared. Her arrival brought Toyunri back to life in an instant. It was also the improvement of the epidemic that the Zhang family's demon slayer returned to Duyun, but Xian Guyun mysteriously disappeared at this time. I think that's too much of a coincidence. ”

"Tower master, you once told me on the bank of the Yunshui River that the fault of your separation from 'Du' is not fate but the person who plays with fate, and in the above records, will it be the Zhang family demon exterminator who plays with fate?"

"Now, I think the tower master can clearly tell me, is Immortal Guyun 'crossing'?"

Zhang Haotian's question made Jing Lao's hand tremble suddenly, but the tower master still sat lightly.

"If 'crossing' is Xian Guyun, then all this coincidence can only be explained by one conclusion, that is, ......"

"That's right, Haotian, you reasoned very well, 'Du' and Immortal Guyun are indeed demon spirits, they are the same person. ”

The tower master said so calmly. And this sentence was undoubtedly a thunderclap for Zhang Haotian, which meant that all his speculations were confirmed, and he was surprised but not surprised to be there. Looking at Jing Lao again, he first suddenly realized, and then returned to a non-surprising appearance.

"I just said that 'Yun' is so magical and familiar, it turns out that she is Xiaodu. Jing Lao took another sip of tea.

After Jing Lao finished saying these painless words, the atmosphere in the cabin was solemn and gloomy for a long time, and the three of them continued to eat tea in silence. It is best for Zhang Haotian to break the deadlock.

"Since you Zhufang Pagoda have been secretly hiding demon spirits all along, then I can only tell you on behalf of the Zhang family's demon exterminator. Zhang Haotian's eyes suddenly sharpened.

And Jing Lao and the tower master were still calmly eating tea.

"I can only tell you—"

"I'm sorry!"

Zhang Haotian said something like this softly, and the tower master showed a faint smile while making tea, Jing Lao was stunned at first, but soon smiled slightly.

The night was still lying in front of the window, not leaving, and the three of them were still gathered in front of the candlelight, continuing to communicate......

When is the end of the long night?