"Senior brother...... Although a bag of money was stolen today, it was also a mistake by the senior brother to believe in others, so he took it as a lesson, but now, ...... Now what are you doing with this big pile of lessons! This porcelain jar is also a good thing, the villain on it is quite cute to set off firecrackers, but this porcelain man ...... This green dress and blush, the shopkeeper estimates that it hasn't been sold for ten years, so let you pick it up, senior brother?"

Ning Xiaoling pointed to the things piled up on the table, with a sad and indignant expression, wanting to cry without tears, looking at the senior brother's eyes with a little annoyance, a little doubt, and a little ...... Sympathize.

Fang Cai Ning Chang suddenly said that he wanted to go out to buy some rare antiques, and appealed to her for a lot of money, Ning Xiaoling thought that his senior brother had always had a vicious eye, and it should be a business that would make money without losing money, so he agreed without thinking much and asking more.

Who knows......

Ning Xiaoling counted the pile of objects on the table one by one, and when she counted the statue of the dancing girl in a green shirt and red cheeks, she finally couldn't help it, and said, "This is also an antique......? This thing is still so big, isn't it embarrassing to put it at home?"

Ning Xiaoling couldn't bear it anymore, ran to Ning Changjiu angrily, ruffled his hair, touched his forehead, and said worriedly: "Senior brother, why have you been so bad lately?"

Ning Changjiu patted her head and said confidently: "These are old things, keep them well, they will be worth it in the future." ”

Ning Xiaoling sighed and said, "Yes, they will be old objects for another thousand years, but I don't know if I will have the life to wait for them by then." ”

"Senior brother......" Ning Xiaoling looked at him and said pitifully, "You don't want to use this to inspire me to practice hard and strive to live a thousand years old, right?"

Ning Chang said: "Originally, I wanted to prepare some gifts for my sister to take back, but I couldn't pick out a suitable one, so I bought some casually." ”

Ning Xiaoling smiled bitterly: "Senior brother is really casual. ”

Ning Chang said: "What do you think is appropriate?"

Ning Xiaoling stared at the extremely ugly dancing girl porcelain maid, and muttered unconfidently: "Senior brother, whatever you do has a deep meaning...... Right?"

Without waiting for Ning Chang to answer, there was a knock on the door.

Ning Chang went to open the door, and saw the old woman in the daytime again, in the twilight, her already wrinkled face was a little old, and her dry white hair was like a weed that broke in winter.

"What else is the matter with the old woman?" Ning Chang asked.

Outside the door, the old man was on crutches, it was already dark at the moment, she was carrying a lantern, the reddish light was hazy and reflected on her folded orange-like hands, the lamp was flickering, the old man's mouth was pinned down, and the night wind was cold.

The old woman looked at him for a while, as if she was a little forgetful, and then remembered him: "You are the apprentice of the old man......"

Ning Chang said: "It's me." ”

The old woman bent her other hand, looked at a fiery red lianzi between her arms, and the old voice sounded slowly: "Send the old gentleman a deputy lianzi, send Zhang Men Shen...... The family is doing this, and this year I deliberately left a few of them, and I forgot to send them during the day. ”

Ning Chang refused: "We and Master may not live here in the future, and it doesn't make much sense to post it or not." ”

The old woman paused for crutches and said, "No, this is not blessed by the door god, the house is easy to be charmed, with the door god, no matter how long you go, you can come back with confidence." ”

Ning Chang felt that this statement was reasonable, and accepted the couplet and door god sent by the old woman.

The red lantern in the old woman's hand shook in the night wind, leaned forward, and bent her elbow, allowing Ning Changjiu to take the things she was carrying.

Ning Chang thanked him: "Thank you mother-in-law, I will explain this matter when I see Master in the future." ”

The old woman nodded and said, "When my heart arrives, I will be at ease......"

As she spoke, she slowly turned back.

Ning Changjiu suddenly asked, "I don't know how old my mother-in-law's grandson is?"

The old woman replied, "My grandson is almost ten years old, and now he is learning the craft at home, and I hope that I will see the old man again in the future, and let him thank him in person." ”

Ning Changjiu nodded: "Yes." ”

After the old woman left, Ning Xiaoling walked behind him and said a little angrily: "That old thing has long since died, you can just accept other people's mother-in-law's things, and give her such an impossible promise, it's too much." ”

Ning Changjiu handed her the portrait of the lianzi and the door god, and said, "There are some things that can be concealed, and it will be over for a lifetime." ”

Ning Xiaoling took the couplet and the portrait, and snorted coldly: "Crooked!"

Ning Xiaoling unfolded the portrait, looked at it with a frown, his body was dignified, and said, "Is this to ward off evil spirits or to attract ghosts, how can you draw it so scary......

Ning Changchang said: "Fight poison with poison, is it possible to draw a kind old man? If the senior sister is a heavenly official, do you still have to assign the God of Wealth to exorcise ghosts?"

Ning Xiaoling felt that there was some reason, looking at the thick eyebrows and big eyes, with an exaggerated expression, wearing bone-like armor, stepping on a broken skull, holding a peachwood sword, and staring at the portrait of the sky with eyes the size of copper bells, as if he felt that it was more pleasing to the eye, so he said seriously: "Then I will send you on the expedition." ”

She picked up the couplet again and looked at it, which read, "The bright moon outside the sky and the green mountains are immortal" and "A pool of the city and the immortal gate are immortal".

"Put that pair first...... Ning Xiaoling silently calculated the order, but he didn't ask for help from his senior brother.

In the past, hanging a new link and sticking to the door god were things that only people with a wealthy family would do, and Ning Xiaoling's family changed every year when he was a child, until the sudden change......

Thinking about the sad things, she carried them to the door, posted them, and sighed: "Alas, senior brother, you see, the things that the old woman gave her are more practical than the ones you bought at a great price!"

Ning Changjiu fiddled with the "antiques" he bought on the table, and said with a smile: "Senior sister has learned a lesson." ”

Ning Xiaoling listened to his perfunctory, crossed his hands on his waist, and said angrily: "Senior brother is really getting more and more useless!"

When Ning Xiaoling finished her busy work, Ning Changjiu walked out and inspected her results, Ning Xiaoling was very satisfied with the door link that she had meticulously posted by herself, the sooner the more festive, very New Year's flavor.

And Ning Changjiu just smiled slightly, and then cast his eyes on the night, not knowing where to look.

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In the imperial city of Zhao Kingdom, in the study, Zhao Xiang'er sat alone in his clothes, his ink hair was scattered on his shoulders, and a pair of lacquered eyes looked at the books and picture scrolls placed on the long case, as if he was meditating.

The floor lamp had already been lit, and the light of the fire passed through the light veil of the curtain, and when it fell on her, it was already a little bleak.

The two palace maids stood on either side of her with their heads hanging down, quietly waiting for the young girl emperor in the pitch-black dragon robe to speak.

Zhao Xiang'er had read the piled books one by one, and she deduced and thought in her mind, the dragon robe was as black as thick, and the real dragon with fine gold thread embroidered on it was lying quietly, the girl's back was always straight, and the robe hung down like a cliff from the back of her neck.

Seeing that the master was so serious, the two palace maids naturally stood straight, their expressions were solemn, and even their breathing was much lighter.

After a long time, Zhao Xiang'er closed the scroll in his hand, closed his eyes and recuperated, and said, "Let's go back to the library." ”

The two palace maids hurriedly took the order to clean up her table.

Zhao Xiang'er looked at these materials, thinking back to what happened in the palace two months ago, and wondering if there were any details that she had missed.

"If the Imperial City was really haunted at that time, what was the source, and how did it disappear in the end?"

"Most of these Taoist priests invited are well-known ghost exorcists in the imperial city, and the rest are also Kangcheng, Yangzhou City and other places close to the imperial city, why is there another riverside city...... The farther away this riverside city is, it is all the Sand River, which almost touches the border with the Jin Kingdom, so far away, it is necessary to repair a book, and invite an old Taoist priest who is not very clever in Taoism?"

"And that person is rather ...... water"

"Also, why did Ning Baoshui come all the way again, what did he promise? The Taoist priest was invited back then, and it should be the Witch Master's lineage that was in charge, but now that the Witch Master's lineage has been destroyed, no one should know about this......"

"Rather capture the water...... Ning Changning Xiaoling, a remote town...... Is there such a coincidence in this world?"

Zhao Xiang'er suddenly opened her eyes and said, "Wait." ”

The two palace maids who had packed up the books and were about to store them in the library stopped their movements and looked at her respectfully.

Zhao Xiang'er said: "Go find the information about Linhe City and send it to me." ”

"Linhe City?" one of the palace maids was slightly startled and said, "Your Highness, the slave maid was born in Linhe City. ”

Zhao Xiang'er frowned again, wondering if there was such a coincidence in the world?

"Tell me a little bit about Riverside City. Zhao Xiang'er said.

The palace maid Lan touched her chin lightly, her eyes briefly lost focus and pondered for a while, and said, "I don't know what Your Highness wants to know, Linhe City is just an ordinary small city, and there is nothing special about it." ”

Zhao Xiang'er asked, "Are there any legends of strange people, or strange buildings?"

The palace maid thought for a while and said: "The most famous thing in Linhe City is the big river that runs through the city, the upper reaches of the big river are said to be the Shahe, when Zhao and Jin fought the country, the bones outside the Shahe River became a mountain, many were rushed into the city with a lot, buried under the river, the bloody breath is not dispersed, it is said that many water ghosts were born, and it took a lot of effort to be able to sail again. But that's what the elders said, more than ten years ago. ”

"Shahe......" Zhao Xiang'er nodded slightly, her thoughts moved slightly, and she asked, "What is the name of the river in your city?"

"Back to His Royal Highness, the river in my hometown does not seem to have a fixed name, some are called Shashui, and some are called Spring Bay because the river does not freeze in winter, but the wooden bridge that crosses the river is very famous, called Dingsoul Bridge, this name is said to have been taken more than ten years ago, in order to suppress the long-lasting ghost in the river. The palace maid slowly recalled.

Zhao Xiang'er listened calmly, with some uneasiness in her heart, and continued to ask, "Is there a strange thing?"

The palace maid was puzzled: "Your Highness, the slave maid left Linhe City when she was seven years old, where do you remember so much......?" However, if you really want to be famous, it is our lord of the castle. ”

"The city lord of Linhe City?" Zhao Xiang'er said, "It is said that he is a man of noble character and compassion for the people...... Old man?"

The palace maid nodded and said: "The prestige of the city lord is very high, it is said that he came to lord our city when he was young, when he first took office, he cracked down on many corrupt officials and people who were unkind to the rich, although he was called the iron-blooded Yama in private, but he won the hearts of the people. ”

Zhao Xiang'er nodded.

After a while, another palace maid sent the documents about Linhe City to Zhao Xiang'er's case.

Zhao Xiang'er took the paperwork, took out the atlas sandwiched in it, and began to read it.

"What kind of big ghosts have you made trouble in Linhe City, or is it a large-scale attack by mountain ghosts?" Zhao Xiang'er asked as she flipped through the pages.

The palace maid was full of apologies and said, "Your Highness, the slave maid really can't remember clearly, but I have the impression that the Lincheng River is quite peaceful, and I rarely hear of mountain ghosts and the like." ”

"That's ......" Zhao Xiang'er nodded lightly and said in a low voice: "There are so many high mountains around Linhe City, how can there be no mountain ghosts?"

The palace maid didn't hear clearly, and said softly: "What did His Highness ask......

Zhao Xiang'er closed the map and said, "Let Tang Yu come here." ”

......

"Your Highness hasn't slept so late, are you still thinking about what happened two months ago? In my opinion, it should be just an ordinary haunted haunt, and when the old fox comes out, how dare these little ghosts see the big ghosts, and they will disperse without us driving them away......

When Tang Yu saw Zhao Xiang'er, he looked at her porcelain white complexion and the sadness on her exquisite little face, and whispered a few words of relief.

Zhao Xiang'er shook her head and said, "I don't think things are so simple. ”

Tang Yu frowned and asked, "What new discoveries have Your Highness made?"

Zhao Xiang'er said: "I'm not sure...... But I have to go to Linhe City, and now I call you over to let you arrange the Chinese New Year's Eve, so as not to let the imperial city go into chaos. ”

Tang Yu was shocked and hurriedly said, "The state banquet is imminent, and many things are waiting for the announcement on Chinese New Year's Eve, how can Your Highness not be there?"

Zhao Xiang'er sighed: "I'm just afraid of a bigger mess." ”

Tang Yu was puzzled: "No matter how big the matter is, it can still be as big as the Chinese New Year's Eve state banquet, when the Lantern Festival arrives, everyone is still waiting for His Highness to cut the ceremony in person, then His Royal Highness Tiangao in Linhe City is far away, even if something happens, it will not hurt the general situation, and it is not too late to make amends afterwards." ”

Zhao Xiang'er still shook her head.

Tang Yu also refused to give up, and persuaded: "If there is really danger, what should Your Highness do?" Your Highness is the future of the Zhao Kingdom, and you must not make a dangerous accident, then Linhe City, just send someone to it, the newly promoted general is good, just let him hone and hone his temper." ”

Zhao Xiang'er said: "Only I can go." ”

When Tang Yu heard this, his heart jumped suddenly, and his words trembled slightly: "This...... What big things can happen to Riverside City, and now the major cities have also redeployed their armies, and there are many monks with good strength in the army. ”

Zhao Xiang'er said angrily: "What if someone wants to destroy the city?"

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(Thank you for the reward from the book friend Yunduan Jiansheng~ Thank you for your affirmation and support to the young author!)