2. Island of Desire Chapter 23 Discover the clues
They hid in the opposite room, which was somehow empty. They saw Shen's mother walking up with an irritated face, and gasped when they saw the woman's corpse: "It's broken, it's broken, it's really dead." β
She looked at the strong man beside her: "What about others?" Where did you go? β
"A puff of smoke is gone. Are we going to report to the police? β
Shen's mother slapped the strong man with a big mouth: "Are you full, we kidnapped the person, is the official going to send her family back?" In case we ask, we won't be able to eat and walk around! β
Her eyes rolled, and a poisonous plan came to her mind: "Quick, hang people up." β
"Huh?" The strong man didn't react.
"I said to the outside world that this girl couldn't stand receiving customers and hanged herself."
Linghua was surprised and indignant in his heart, it turned out that Chun Nuan Pavilion was haunted not because this girl was looking for death, but because Zhang Fu killed the woman! No wonder this ghost is quite resentful, it seems that it is all the sins created by Zhang Fu! But why do these things appear in the Void Realm?
Staying here for a long time is not a solution, Heng Gu opened the window and wanted to take Linghua back to Canglan Pavilion. Suddenly, the doors and windows in the house were closed, the candlelight that had just been lit was all extinguished, and the walls on both sides of the room kept squeezing inward, and the cramped space was so oppressive that they both fainted.
In the dream, it seemed that many people were having fun, and the man laughed with the prostitutes and said inarticulately, "What is the price of rice this year?" β
Another voice replied, "How much?" Lao Tzu said as much as he wanted! Earn a penny, people still think that you are a good person for the sake of the people, hahahaha...... Fools like that! β
The sound gradually faded in, and the human voice seemed to be separated by a window, and finally fell silent.
On the second day, someone knocked on their door early: "Son, girl, are you up?" β
As if he didn't hear an answer, he knocked again: "You haven't gotten up yet?" Today is the once-in-a-decade Cloud Chamber of Commerce, don't you come out to take a look? β
Heng Gu woke up when he heard the voice, he sat up from the ground, hurriedly went to confirm whether there was Linghua beside him, and saw that she was sitting up hard beside him, so he breathed a sigh of relief and went over to help her up.
Linghua rubbed her temples and opened her eyes, and found that the two of them had returned to the Canglan Pavilion, she and Heng Gu looked at each other in surprise, and they did not make a sound tacitly.
After a brief tidying up, he walked to open the door, and there was a flattering face between the two doors. She paid special attention to his cheek, and there were no wounds.
Zhang Fu stretched out his hand and turned it up and down: "Girl, I can take you to see the Yunzhong Chamber of Commerce today, it's still a piece of broken silver." β
Linghua looked tired: "I won't go out today, I was tired from walking yesterday." You go back. β
Zhang Fu was anxious when he heard this, broke open the door and squeezed in: "This is not good, I can't help but give money!" β
Linghua looked at Zhang Fu suspiciously: "Zhang Gongzi seems to care about money?" β
Zhang Fu smiled ashamedly when he heard this: "The contemptible person has lost his parents since he was a child, and his family is poor. Although there is 'rich' in the name, he is not rich at all, and now the failure of business is the time of lack of money, which makes the girl smile. β
Linghua was stunned for a moment: "When Zhang Gongzi was on the boat that day, he still shouted for the sky and grabbed the earth, saying that he couldn't honor his parents, it turned out to be us." β
Zhang Fu was not embarrassed: "If it can be done, it is also a good choice to lie appropriately, right?" β
Linghua nodded, determined to lie appropriately and succeed. She said without changing her face: "I don't know where Zhang Gongzi is doing business?" My father is a member of the Cloud Chamber of Commerce, and he wants to help Childe Yiyi. β
Zhang Fu was overjoyed when he heard this: "Thank you, girl." The contemptible people are doing business in Cloud City, distributing rice and grain, and asking the girl to help with it. β
Linghua nodded: "I'll try my best." β
She rolled her eyes, and suddenly looked at Zhang Fu very seriously, Zhang Fu's ears were hot when he was seen by such a straight look: "What ...... is the girl staring at me like this?"
"Where did Zhang Gongzi go last night?" Linghua put on the door frame.
Zhang Fu blushed: "Last night? Why did the girl ask? β
"Last night, I saw a person who looked very much like Gongzi, went to the Chunnuan Pavilion to drink and have fun, so happy!" Linghua deliberately looked him up and down, as if he was getting to know him again.
Zhang Fu slapped his thigh: "I don't have it!" Don't get me wrong, girl, I was at home last night, and I prepared something for Ling Zun. If you don't believe me, you can go to my house. β
Linghua withdrew his hand and looked sad: "Zhang Gongzi will go to the hall to rest for a while, and then we will set off after we are cleaned up." β
Zhang Fu said "hey", closed the door for Linghua, and stopped at the door for a while before leaving.
Linghua caressed her heart and took a few deep breaths, she walked to the window and frowned: "What we saw yesterday was not Zhang Fu, he didn't know about Chun Nuan Pavilion." β
Heng Gu was stunned and said, "It's not Zhang Fu, who is that?" Is there a second Zhang Fu who looks the same? β
"Of course, there is only one Zhang Fu, but ...... There are subtle changes in the appearance of people at different times. Linghua touched his face that had never changed, "People will get old." β
Heng Gu thought for a moment and slapped his palms when he understood something: "Then what we saw last night was Zhang Fu, who has become old?" β
Linghua opened the window and breathed: "It should be." Zhang Fu of Chunnuan Pavilion, his eyes are cloudy, his cheeks are drooping, he is smooth and lustful, he should have experienced a lot of things, and he is not young. β
Heng Gu was speechless for a long time, and suddenly shuddered as if he thought of something: "If it was Zhang Fu who was getting old who killed people, then when was Zhang Fu who knocked on the door just now?" β
"I specially tested it, he is not sophisticated enough, and he is relatively young about men and women, and his reaction is relatively real." She sat next to Heng Gu and looked at his face seriously, "And the flesh on Zhang Fu's face is tighter than yours, so he is naturally not very old." β
Henggu looked unconvinced: "Really? I'm so much better looking than him. β
He touched his face, and then picked up Linghua's hand to touch his cheek: "Besides, where is my flesh broken?" You touch it, it's easy to pinch. β
The young man's delicate skin touched her fingertips, and somehow, maybe it was the suffocation on her chest, and Linghua's heart suddenly beat a little fast.
She withdrew her hand and sat upright: "Now is not the time to make trouble. The Zhang Fu we met was much younger than the one in Chun Nuan Pavilion, and if I estimated it, what I saw was about twenty years ago. β
Heng Gu wondered, "Why twenty years ago?" β
Linghua looked at Chun Nuan Pavilion: "Ten years ago, I came to Cloud City alone, when Canglan Pavilion had just opened, and the haunting of Chun Nuan Pavilion was well known. β
"So what we saw yesterday was ten years ago?" Heng Gu said that he was also stunned, "How could what happened ten years ago happen now?" So, we're back in the old days? β
Linghua shook his head: "No, we weren't at that time, we just saw an illusion." β
"It's an illusion...... Did we see what happened ten years ago twenty years ago? Heng Gu rubbed his head, "Linghua, I can't think of it." β
Linghua rubbed his head: "It doesn't matter, whether it was ten years ago or twenty years, we are still in the Void Realm. Who do you think is the master of this void? β
Heng Gu looked at Linghua's fingers with his peripheral vision and poked his face: "I guess it's Zhang Fu whose skin is tighter than mine." The only normal person here is him, and what happened to us last night is also related to him, as long as we find the knot of his mind, we can leave, right? β
Linghua glanced at him approvingly: "Henggu, you have grown a lot. If you want to find a way to solve it, you must find a flaw in the master of the void. Therefore, in the past few days, we have to get close to Zhang Fu and make friends with him, so that it is possible to find a way to get out. β
"Now it seems that the young Zhang Fu has no other problems except greed for money and love to take advantage, do we want to impress him from this aspect?" Heng Gu was praised by Linghua and analyzed it confidently.
Linghua couldn't help but smile and replied, "It's okay." However, this void is always built by his thoughts, and its form will change with his thoughts, so it is better to be cautious. β
In the hall on the first floor, Zhang Fu was pacing anxiously, and when he saw that they were late, he strode up to greet them: "Son, girl, you can come down, the market of the Yunzhong Chamber of Commerce is in front, I can take you to have a look." β
After saying that, he stretched out his hand, turned up and down, and looked at Henggu with a flattering face: "Yesterday's money has been spent, and the son is doing well, so he should be happy to help others." β
Henggu naturally didn't bother with him here, so he generously gave him a silver ingot. Zhang Fu took the silver and checked it, happily closed his mouth, and became more enthusiastic about them.
He took the two of them to visit the empty market, and Zhang Fu bought some cheap things at random and put all the broken silver in his arms.
Not long after, Linghua excused himself and offered to go to his house to sit and rest.
He looked a little embarrassed, scratched his head and said, "The cold house is rough, I'm afraid it will dirty the eyes of the two nobles." β
Linghua waved his hand: "It's okay, as long as you can rest." Just look at what you have in store for my dad. β
Zhang Fu didn't hesitate to respond, and led them to the depths of the Void Realm.
When I found the drunk, many pedestrians suddenly appeared on the empty street, they were still hunched up, their expressions were dull, and they floated in groups on the street like wandering spirits, walking slowly towards Heng Gu and Linghua, muttering in a low voice.
Listening quietly, they seem to be saying, "I want to, I want to ......"
When they got closer, they suddenly raised their heads one by one, their insensitive faces turned into skeletons, and they came over to surround the two behind Zhang Fu.
Henggu heard those people calling the same person's name very clearlyβ
"Eternal ......"
"Eternal ......"
At this time, Linghua approached him and whispered, "Did you hear them calling my name?" β
Heng Gu's heart was cold: "What I heard was my own name. β
Linghua's face was dark when he heard this, and he clenched the remnant mirror in his hand and was ready to fight at any time. However, Zhang Fu next to him didn't seem to know the crisis at the moment, and said to them very shyly: "Son, girl, go further and it will be my house." β
As soon as Zhang Fu's words fell, the surrounding skeletons disappeared, and the thick fog gradually surrounded him, and the surrounding environment became blurred again.
The road underfoot was already a potholed dirt road, and there were a few sharp stones in the road, apparently a wilderness path that had not been repaired.
Zhang Fu led them to a dilapidated small wooden house, where there were several big holes in the roof, and there were no windows in the wall, but a huge hole was opened and filled with a few wooden strips.
Zhang Fu knew that his family couldn't handle it, so he still enthusiastically invited them into the house, rummaged through them several times, and finally saw two cups that were facing each other, and poured water for them to drink.
Linghua looked around and saw many character murals painted on the wall, red men and green women, chivalrous men and lakes, prefects catching fast, all kinds of people were as lifelike as real people on the wall, shapes, movements and the clothes they were wearing, just like the pedestrians on the road, as if they ran up directly, it was very real.
"I didn't expect Zhang Gongzi to be so good at painting." Linghua praised.
Zhang Fu grinned: "Because they are all alive." β