Volume 1 The Land of Ashes Chapter 12 The Ghost Cry in the Deserted Courtyard

"I just heard you say in the tavern that she's your cousin?"

On the streets of Wuling City, Wang Che looked at Chu Zhaozhao, who was walking in front of him with his hands on his chest, with a solemn expression, and asked Chu Qingxiao beside him with a strange expression.

Chu Qingxiao didn't know how to explain Chu Zhaozhao's identity, so he could only nod perfunctorily.

But Wang Che, who got the response, seemed to have discovered something terrible, and he exclaimed: "Doesn't that mean that your family's disease can still be inherited?" ”

Chu Qingxiao rolled his eyes, and was about to refute, but he realized that something was wrong, he looked sideways at the other party: "What are you doing here?" ”

"You and Nianshuang are like brothers and sisters, that is my brother-in-law, you are sick now, our cousin is also sick, of course I have to watch you as a brother-in-law, otherwise I will meet with Nianshuang in the future, how can I explain to her?" Young Master Wang responded as a matter of course.

When Chu Qingxiao heard this, he didn't know for a while whether he should thank Wang Che for his thoughtfulness.

But there is one thing Chu Zhaozhao said very right, he knows very well that Nianshuang is a person.

Maybe they haven't seen each other for a long time, or the gap between the two identities is too big, so that the ignorant feelings between them will fade away.

But she would never favor a guy like Wang Che.

It's not that Wang Gongzi's character is bad, it's just that the two have very different personalities and preferences.

Wang Che has been stalking in Wuling City for so many years, and Zhao Nianshuang rarely pays attention to it, and he empathizes with him in just a few months, which is indeed a lot of weirdness.

Chu Qingxiao thought about this, and was a little distracted for a while.

Seeing that he couldn't get Chu Qingxiao's response, Wang Gongzi, who had been following the two of them in Wuling City for half an hour, was a little confused, and he looked at the girl who was leading the way in front of him.

Every now and then, she would stop at a certain intersection and spin in place in a stamped posture for a moment before determining the next direction.

It's like using some methods that are not memories to find something that Wang Che doesn't know.

"What the hell is she doing?" After all, he couldn't suppress the confusion in his heart, and asked at this time.

Chu Qingxiao shrugged his shoulders and said uncertainly: "Probably looking for someone." ”

"Looking for someone? How do I feel like she's not looking for someone? Wang Che muttered with some palpitations, Chu Zhaozhao's appearance is indeed very similar to the wizard's method or the posture of a goddess dancing a god.

"It's not human, indeed." Chu Qingxiao nodded in agreement.

"What!?" Wang Che was shocked, and his voice suddenly rose an octave.

"This is it." And at this moment, Chu Zhaozhao, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped.

Chu Qingxiao and Wang Che both put away their thoughts on talking and looked sideways.

And when they saw clearly what Zhao Zhao was pointing into, Wang Dagongzi still looked uncertain, but Chu Qingxiao's body trembled at this moment, and his pupils dilated suddenly.

The place Chu Zhaozhao found was not anywhere else, it was the place of the Xuandu Temple in his memory, and it was also the private residence of the Zhu family, a big family in Wuling City!

Chu Zhaozhao wanted to find the pseudo-god in the Xuandu Temple.

And although Chu Qingxiao told her about the situation of the old site of Xuandu Temple, he never mentioned where Xuandu Temple was.

But Chu Zhaozhao relied on her strange method and really found it all the way here.

Is there really such a coincidence in this world?

Chu Qingxiao's mind was turbulent, but Chu Zhaozhao stepped forward excitedly: "The breath of the pseudo-god is hidden in this mansion, but his breath is very weak, as weak as a candle in the wind. ”

"I'm not even sure if he's still alive......"

Chu Zhaozhao said this, but saw Chu Qingxiao standing still and did not respond to her.

She was suddenly a little annoyed and frowned: "What? You still don't believe me? ”

Chu Qingxiao was silent, just staring at the mansion.

At first glance, it seems to be just an ordinary private house, except that it is much larger, it does not seem to have anything special.

But Chu Qingxiao's heart was flooded with a strange feeling at this time, the huge mansion in front of him was like a wild beast crawling on the ground.

He looked at it.

And at the same time it was looking at him!

That feeling was so strong that it made Chu Qingxiao's body tremble.

"I'm going in." Chu Qingxiao said.

"Go in? How to get in? It's somebody's house. ”

"Let me tell you, the people of the Zhu family have a lot to do with that Lord Zhu, if you offend them, your father won't be able to protect you this time!" Wang Che on the side didn't understand most of the conversations between the two, but Chu Qingxiao's proposal surprised him and hurriedly persuaded him.

But Chu Qingxiao didn't seem to hear his words at all, and walked towards the private house in front of him.

Chu Zhaozhao on the side was naturally overjoyed when he saw this, and he followed quickly without hesitation.

Wang Che's face was bitter: "Are you two sick together?" ”

But although he complained, Wang Gongzi's body followed the two of them very honestly to the courtyard wall of the Zhu family's compound.

He looked at the one-person-high courtyard wall in front of him and muttered, "How can I get in here, I think it's better to forget it, I know that there is a medical hall where Lang's Chinese medicine skills are good, why don't we go there and show you first?" ”

"What's so hard about that? Aren't you a genius who is favored by Biyun City? Can't get in? I don't know if Wang Che was angry with Chu Zhaozhao, who had always regarded Zhao Nianshuang as his object of admiration, about the issue of letters.

The girl sneered at this moment, and as soon as the words fell, her toes touched the ground, and her body jumped to the wall like a swallow.

Although Chu Qingxiao on the side did not have the same ability as her, she also grabbed the eaves of the wall with both hands and turned it up neatly.

Then the two people who were squatting on the wall were at this time, looking down at Wang Che below.

Wang Che suddenly felt that his face was a little unbearable, and the young master Wang, who didn't want to lose face, gritted his teeth, took a few steps back, then aimed at the target, accelerated and ran, and jumped up close to the wall, and at the same time stretched out his hands, wanting to grab the edge of the wall.

I don't know if the height of the jump was too short, or the timing of the jump was wrongly calculated, the tips of the fingers that Young Master Wang struggled to raise passed by the edge of the high wall with a gap that was almost impossible to see with the naked eye.

Then just listen to a muffled "bang".

Wang Che slammed into the stone wall, the scene was so tragic that Chu Zhaozhao and Chu Qingxiao couldn't bear to look at it directly, and they all skimmed their heads.

……

In the end, with the generosity of Chu Zhaozhao and Chu Qingxiao, the two of them worked together to finally pull Young Master Wang up to the courtyard wall.

"With your body, can Biyun City take a fancy to you? Then he should have been demolished eight hundred years ago! Chu Zhaozhao looked at Wang Che, who was panting, and didn't forget to say sarcastically.

Wang Che looked embarrassed and didn't know how to refute.

Chu Qingxiao, who was on the side, said: "Brother Wang, this trip may be dangerous, you don't have to come with you." ”

But Wang Che, who was determined that Chu Qingxiao and Chu Zhaozhao were sick, said with a straight face: "How can it be done?" I promised Nianshuang to take care of you! ”

"Her brother is my brother, and her cousin is my cousin!"

Facing Wang Che, who was carried away by love, Chu Qingxiao was a little helpless, he knew that saying anything more would not help.

Chu Qingxiao was a little helpless, so he could only turn his head to look at Chu Zhaozhao, who was observing the situation in the courtyard at this time: "Did you find anything?" ”

Chu Zhaozhao frowned and shook his head: "That pseudo-god's qi must be in this courtyard, but that qi is too weak, and there are many other qi machines in this courtyard that are interfering with me, I can't determine his exact location." ”

Chu Qingxiao was skeptical of Chu Zhaozhao's words, and he also looked up at the courtyard at this time.

Soon he realized the strangeness of the Zhu family's compound.

It's a big house.

The front yard in front of me alone is more than three or four times larger than the yamen of Wuling City.

The person who can buy such a wealthy compound must be a person with a solid background, and when he buys it, he naturally has to use it for pleasure or to support the scene.

But this huge front yard is extremely empty, only a winding promenade leads to the inner courtyard, in addition, the whole courtyard is only sparsely planted with a few grass and trees, neither the standard rockery pool of large households, nor the water pavilion for enjoying the wind and moon.

This is not Chu Qingxiao's vulgar mentality.

It's just that the courtyard in front of me is really empty and looks a little depressed, as if this is not a place for people to live.

"This Zhu family is also thrifty enough? Such a big yard, just such furnishings? Wang Che on the side also felt weird, and sighed in his mouth.

"Have you been in contact with the Zhu family?" Chu Qingxiao looked sideways at the other party and asked.

He suddenly realized that a big family like the Zhu family should be as famous as the Wang family in Wuling City.

But he thought about it carefully, and it seemed that before this, he had almost never heard rumors about the Zhu family.

Wang Che shook his head: "I only heard my father mention that this Zhu family still wants to have something to do with the imperial court, and they have a deep background, so I can't say which general who returned from the court to live out his old age here in peace......"

"But I can't say exactly what their family does."

"But I think it has something to do with the imperial court, so we'd better not provoke it, if it really angers, it can't be solved by spending money."

"Coward." Wang Che's kind words and persuasion were exchanged for Chu Zhaozhao's contempt and ridicule.

When the girl said this, she was already a little impatient, and at this time she turned over and jumped directly into the Zhu family's compound.

Chu Qingxiao secretly felt that something was wrong when he saw this, he had already faintly sensed the strangeness of this courtyard, but seeing that Chu Zhaozhao was in the lead, he could only follow, Wang Che beside him had a bitter look on his face, and when he thought of the entrustment of the beautiful woman in the letter, he also gritted his teeth and jumped down.

The three of them landed back and forth, and Chu Zhaozhao was impatient to investigate around.

Chu Qingxiao was also about to follow, but as soon as he took a step, his body suddenly trembled, as if he sensed something.

He retracted his step, stopped where he was, and looked around.

"What's wrong? Are you scared too? Chu Zhaozhao, who was walking in front, noticed something strange and turned around and asked?

Wang Che also cast a concerned gaze.

Chu Qingxiao looked at the two strangely and asked, "Didn't you hear?" ”

Wang Che's face was confused, he listened carefully, except for the sound of wind and snow outside the courtyard, there was no other sound around.

"What do you hear? Nothing else, huh? Wang Che said.

Chu Zhaozhao also shook his head, and then asked, "What did you hear?" ”

Chu Qingxiao's brows tightened, and he listened carefully for a long time, and then he was sure that it was not his own delusion.

He looked up at the empty courtyard and said quietly.

"Cry!"

"Many, many cries ......"