"Huh?"

Li Daoxuan's sudden voice suddenly lifted Zhou Su and Fang Jie's spirits.

"What's wrong?"

Zhou Xu looked at the other building in the col, and also frowned and asked.

In her opinion, it is most likely a ghost house, otherwise, who will place their home in this deep mountain and old forest?

And it's a different business that looks so luxurious.

Li Daoxuan didn't believe in evil a little, and looked at it more with the technique of looking at qi, but the result was still the same, and he dissipated his "qi" suspiciously.

"It's a real business."

Li Daoxuan said the answer, and under his aura technique, this courtyard did not change in the slightest.

"What?"

"But there are ghosts in there......"

Li Daoxuan also saw the blood in the sky above this other industry, indicating that there was evil in it.

And as soon as he said this, Fang Jie breathed a sigh of relief, "That's normal, it's a normal thing, take a walk, go overnight." ”

As a veteran grain eater, the most feared thing is ghosts, but in the same way, the least feared are ghosts.

After sleeping in the open for a long time, Li Daoxuan also wanted to have a hot meal, so naturally he didn't refuse.

Besides, hell, it's nothing more than door-to-door delivery of materials.

The three of them were not in a hurry, passing by the paddy fields and ridges, and seeing countless loaches, they finally came to the door of this other industry.

Fang Jie sighed:

"This ironclad is definitely the rich man of the land, if you don't say anything else tonight, you have to slaughter it hard!"

The three eighth-rate grain eaters were all guests wherever they went.

The Zhu door was full of copper nails, and even the door buckle was two huge copper rings, Fang Jie walked up to him and knocked on the door knocker.

"Dangdangdang—"

Knock twice in succession, and there is a jumble of footsteps behind the door.

"Crunch—"

A crack opened in the door, and an old woman struggled to open it, but when she smelled the smell of death outside the door, she immediately froze in place.

"Food...... Lord Grain Eater, there are no ghosts in our family. The old woman stammered.

Fang Jie glanced at Li Daoxuan helplessly.

Then he turned around and said, "Don't worry, we're here to spend the night." ”

When the old woman heard this, she was even more frightened, and hurriedly said, "Then can you wait, I, I'll go and talk to the master." ”

After saying that, she didn't care whether Li Daoxuan and the three of them agreed or not, turned around and left, as if she was about to smoke with her crutches.

"This yard is really weird."

After Fang Jie finished speaking, he didn't rush into the door, just clasped his hands around his chest and waited at the door.

Li Daoxuan came to the edge of the paddy field at the door, stomped his foot lightly, and startled the loaches in the field to flee frantically.

Looking at this scene, the corners of his mouth curled slightly.

It's rare to have a smile.

In his previous life, when he was still young, when he lived in the village, no one paid attention, and Li Daoxuan also went to the ridge in the village to do this kind of thing.

He wanted to catch it, but there was water in the fields, and he didn't dare to go down.

Zhou Su saw this scene and quickly turned his face away.

This person still has a hint of human feeling. ’

After a while, footsteps came from behind the door again, and this time it was a middle-aged man with gray hair and wearing a splendid robe.

He opened the door and bowed deeply to the three of them with a sad face.

"The old servant in the family is ignorant, and he neglected the three distinguished guests, and I ask for forgiveness."

After speaking, he got up and said, "If the three of you spend the night, you should be very welcome, but it's just ...... It's just that there are ghosts in the house, but I don't want to bother the three grain eaters. ”

After hearing this, Li Daoxuan turned around and asked, "You mean, you know that you have a ghost in your house, but you don't want us to get rid of it?" ”

"Yes, exactly."

"It's strange, if there are ghosts in other people's homes, they all want us grain eaters to help solve it, but you are good, we don't want us to solve it when we come."

Fang Jie smiled, and suddenly changed his words, staring at the person in front of him.

"Could it be that ghost, is it your relative?!"

When the man in the fancy clothes heard this, his eyes panicked, and he subconsciously took a step back, "This ...... This ......"

He cowered and didn't dare to speak.

"Okay, we don't have to interfere with it, we don't bother to care, just spend the night." Fang Jie waved his hand casually.

Only then did the man in the fancy costume react, and hurriedly bent down, "Please inside, please inside." ”

The three of them entered the mountain one after another.

The talkative Fang Jie was always talking to this man.

After a while, Li Daoxuan knew about the situation of this man in fancy clothes, whose surname was Song Huaiyuan, and this other industry was built at his own expense.

The main reason why they chose to build another business in this mountain is that they are tired of the complexity of the city and the intrigues of business.

Seeing that the money was almost earned, he stopped and came to the mountain to build this other business.

Eight or nine years ago, I came here with my wife and children.

"The three adults live in this courtyard, and the servants will bring them together for food."

Song Huaiyuan led the three of them to a vacant courtyard gallery, saying that it was a side courtyard, but there was everything in between, and the courtyard was also clean and tidy.

"Brother Song is a big family."

Fang Jie sighed.

"No, no, it's just a good way to live, and now that there are so many evils, I'm afraid I'll have to move back to the city." Song Huaiyuan smiled bitterly and said goodbye.

Li Daoxuan stayed at the door, just watching his back disappear around the corner.

"What, he's weird?"

Zhou Xu didn't seem to know how to look at qi, so he had to ask Li Daoxuan.

Fang Jie replied: "Brother Li thinks that this person is guarding the ghosts in his own house, and he doesn't want others to get rid of them." ”

"It's not."

Li Daoxuan shook his head and entered the courtyard, "If the ghost is a relative in his family, it won't harm him, in this world where evil is everywhere now...... It's understandable to have a ghost at home. ”

"But if the evil doesn't completely break out, it makes sense for him to stay in this deep mountain. But now that this is the case in our Divine Witch City, he is still here and unwilling to leave, isn't this a proper death? ”

"Of course, unless this ghost in this other industry has enough strength to shelter all the people here, and the premise is that the ghost is willing to take shelter."

After chatting casually, the three of them came to the main hall and sat down for a while, and a maid brought tea and pastries.

Li Daoxuan and Zhou Su sat still, while Fang Jie followed the maid out.

It didn't take a while.

He came back with a frown, "Inquire clearly." ”

Li Daoxuan, who was eating water chestnut cake, also swallowed a few bites, not to say anything else, but this idle time has nothing to do, and it is good to listen to a story to relieve boredom.

"That ghost is Song Huaiyuan's daughter, named Song Yao."

"It was probably in May and June last year, Song Yao, who was originally fine, went crazy overnight, didn't say anything, and bit people when she saw them, and at first Song Huaiyuan thought she just had some strange disease."

"I invited a bunch of famous doctors from Hand Witch City, but the treatment didn't work for a long time, until a ninth-rate grain eater happened to pass by, and he told the truth, saying that his daughter had already died, and the one who was alive now was already a ghost."

"Later, I didn't know what Song Huaiyuan said to the grain eater, and after the grain eater left, Song Huaiyuan locked Song Yao, that is, his daughter, in the attic in her yard and personally delivered food every day."

"It's just that at night, I can hear the roar coming from that attic, and at first these maids were a little scared, but over time, that's it."

Fang Jie finished speaking in one breath, and his mouth was dry, so he picked up the tea and drank it all.

After listening to this, Li Daoxuan continued to eat the pastry, "It's a little interesting." ”

"I'm afraid this family is a little weird."

"Whatever, just don't provoke us."

Li Daoxuan got up and stretched, it was getting late, and the servants also came to remind him, saying that dinner had been prepared.

……

"Dad, are those three grain eaters really okay? In case they find out that something is wrong with their sister...... What about this? ”

Song Huaiyuan's face was calm, and he slowly shook his head and said, "Don't worry, you have been prepared, even if they go to see Yao'er, they won't find the problem." ”

"How's your brother doing?"

"Rest assured, it's all ready!"

The young man said, with a hint of excitement flashing in his eyes, "Dad, when can we become ...... Hair shaver? ”

Song Huaiyuan smiled and said, "Don't worry." ”

After saying that, he looked to the south, and his eyes seemed to penetrate the mountains, and he saw the great city that towered by the Shaking Shadow River.

"I heard that the head of the Gu family is gone, and the time for us to return to Hand Witch City is approaching."

After speaking, Song Huaiyuan got up and shook his sleeves.

"Okay, you sent someone to stare at those three grain eaters from afar, I'm going to deliver food to Yao'er now, she can't die yet."

"Hmm."

Song Huaiyuan came to the next door, picked up the covered tray, smelled the familiar smell of blood coming from inside, and slowly went to Song Yao's courtyard.

When he came to this door, he saw the red lantern lit in front of the attic, and he was relieved.

This is still a vulgar lantern that he got through various relationships, and it has the effect of suppressing evil spirits.

As long as it is close to an evil thing, if the light in the lantern is not extinguished, it means that the evil has been suppressed by it.

But wait until the candlelight goes out...... That means that the evil is too strong and the lantern is useless.

So every time before coming to deliver food, Song Huaiyuan would first see if the lantern had gone out.

But thankfully, it's been more than a year since it happened, and the lantern hasn't been extinguished once.

"W-"

"Whew-"

Song Huaiyuan's footsteps landed on the stairs, making a dull sound, and as he walked upstairs, he also shouted softly:

"Yao'er, it's time to eat."

"It's time to eat, Yao'er."

There was a familiar sound in the attic, like the sound of a man crawling on the ground.

Soon, when Song Huaiyuan stopped at the black wooden door covered with talismans, the sound in the house also stopped behind the door.

Song Huaiyuan, as usual, put the tray on the ground, and then pressed the message of the mechanism next to it, and the tray was automatically sent into the house.

But this time, there was no familiar sound of drinking water.

There was dead silence in the room.

"Yao'er?"

Song Huaiyuan asked with a frown.

"You...... Do you know why the lantern at the door is always on? ”

A hoarse voice sounded in the room, very strange, like a person struggling to suppress his ...... Excited?

"Why?"

Song Huaiyuan was already running downstairs with a roll.

But the voice was always in his ear, as if whispering, "That's because I want it to be on." ”

Song Huaiyuan, who came to the door, turned his head suddenly, and happened to meet a pale but bleeding woman's face.

The ghost, at some point, was already lying on top of him.

The lantern, which had been drifting in the night wind for a whole year, went out.

Falling to the ground, blood pouring out of it.

(End of chapter)