It's late at night.

The heavy rain outside gradually became much quieter, and the thunder gradually subsided in the second half of the night.

The rainy season in Jiangnan comes and goes quickly.

However, the temple was still extremely hot, like a steamer, wrapped in people who couldn't breathe.

Click.

The sound of a pair of feet on the wooden plank in the hallway was heard, very faint and cautious. But Chu Mo still opened his eyes all at once. During his time in the Heavenly Pivot Pavilion all year round, he was very sensitive to the environment, and would wake up from his sleep whenever the wind and grass moved.

He was still leaning against the wall, not moving, his eyes glancing at the crack in the door of his room.

The sound of footsteps approached seemingly out of nowhere, and in a few moments the shadows of two feet appeared in the crack of the door.

The visitor did not stop and continued to creep forward.

There is only one staircase in the cloister, in the center of the corridor on the west side. Chu Mo's room was on the north side, so the only person who wanted to pass down the stairs from his room as quickly as possible was the man who lived in the room above the temple gate.

When Chu Mo came, the man introduced himself to He Bai, named Yang Ye. Chu Mo looked at him, feeling that this person's words and deeds were a little loose and uninhibited, and coupled with his clothes, he looked a little like a gangster in the market. He claimed that he had come back from working in other places, his family lived in Hangzhou, and he came to the temple to take shelter from the rain. But Chu Mo had seen the stone tools he had been playing with in his hands, and the style was somewhat like an antiquity, this person was not as simple as a gangster, but probably like a tomb robber.

Chu Mo squinted his eyes, and the figure outside the crack in the door took three steps and made two steps, quietly walked past his room, and walked towards the stairs.

After Ouyang Mu came here, he noticed that Yang Ye's eyes were a little evil when he looked at her, and Ouyang Mu's skills he had tried, although he was a little clumsy, but a dozen ordinary people should be fine.

Thinking of this, he relaxed slightly, remained vigilant, and looked at the door with half-squinted eyes.

After a while, there was no movement downstairs.

Chu Mo frowned, could it be that there was someone else wandering in the corridor on the second floor late at night, or was someone else sneaking into the temple.

He stood up softly, without making a sound.

There is Ouyang Mu on the first floor, and if someone comes, they will inevitably ask. If Ouyang Mu had already left, it would be fine, there would be one less eyeliner.

Chu Mo controlled his steps and slowly walked to the door.

It may be that Ouyang Mu went upstairs, but the target is not himself.

He gently opened the door of his room carefully and looked through the crack to the first floor.

The kerosene lamp on the first floor was still on, and he could dimly see the faint light coming from the table. Ouyang Mu's figure was still the same as when he came, with his back to the door, sitting on the bench with his head down, his plain long skirt sticking to his body, clearly visible by the faint candlelight.

She didn't seem to hear anything, motionless and unresponsive.

At the table, a man was quietly approaching her, sneakily leaning down and walking around her from the staircase.

Judging from his movements, the man should be the Yang Ye that Chu Mo thought before.

Yang Ye was beside Ouyang Mu, leaned up and looked at her boldly for a while, and saw that she didn't notice it in the slightest as if she was asleep, so he straightened up with confidence, raised his arms high, and held the stone tool he had been playing with in his hand, wanting to smash it on her head.

It seems that he wants to knock her unconscious and molest her again?

Chu Mo quietly watched the scene happening on the first floor, Yang Ye raised the stone tool and slammed it towards her.

A faint white light streaked through, and a sharp short sword was inserted into Yang Ye's body.

Ouyang Mu didn't know when he woke up and raised his head to look at him.

Yang Ye's arms were still standing high in the air, his whole body was trembling stiffly, and he looked at Ouyang Mu with a hideous face, his eyes full of panic.

Ouyang Mu stretched out his hand and pulled out the short sword inserted in Yang Ye's body, bringing out a cluster of blood and splashing it on the wooden table.

Yang Ye fell to the ground with a thud, the stone tool in his hand rolled out, and his whole body trembled involuntarily.

Chu Mo hid behind the door, saw this scene, and silently closed the door tightly. He turned his head to look out the window, and the previous rainstorm had stopped, and the branches and leaves of a large tree were hanging in front of the window, and the dark outline was gently blown by the wind, and there were many raindrops dripping from the tips of the leaves.

The assassins of the Yan Kingdom were not afraid to come here, and they killed people casually, as if they were not afraid to make a move to attract the attention of the government.

Chu Mo thought about it, sat back on the wall again, and closed his eyes tiredly.

As soon as it was dawn, Chu Mo was awakened by a cry.

He stood up, and the sky outside the window had become brighter, the sky had just been washed away by the rainstorm and turned white, the water on the ground had not yet dried, and the chirping birds had climbed up the branches impatiently and chirped loudly.

Squeak. Chu Mo pushed the door open, and the cry came from the south side of the corridor, that is, the room where the young couple lived.

He came to the cloister and looked down, Ouyang Mu was gone, the kerosene lamp on the table had burned out, leaving the charred lamp holder there, and Yang Ye, who was killed by her last night, was not there, and there was only a blackened blood stain left on the table.

Chu Mo's heart was filled with doubts, but he didn't show it, and walked towards the place where the crying sounded.

The coachman was also awakened by this voice, he pushed open the door, dressed sleepily, saw Chu Mo, made a compilation and asked, "Boss, what's wrong?"

Chu Mo didn't stop and shook his head at him.

The coachman hurriedly walked with Chu Mo to the couple's room while getting dressed, and the tattered wooden planks under his feet let out a piercing moan.

When the two of them came to the door of the room, they saw He Bai holding his wife, squatting by the wall, crying hysterically, while his wife was leaning on his arms, her head bowed and motionless.

The coachman couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this scene, hurriedly stepped forward, leaned down, and asked, "Little brother, what happened?"

He Bai just shook his head, did not answer, and still hugged his wife's shoulders and wept bitterly.

Chu Mo hesitated a little, Ouyang Mu, who was the most threatening to him in this temple, was nowhere to be found, and the Yang Ye she killed last night was also missing. Early in the morning, He Bai hugged his wife and cried bitterly, and encountered so many troubles before he left Hangzhou.

The coachman in front of him looked at He Bai's wife, squatted down, carefully stroked her snort with his hand, and then trembled and muttered, "Dead...... Dead?"

With tears on his face, He Bai slowly turned his head to look at the two of them, and said with tears: "Yes...... It's a curse...... It's the curse here......"

The two of them were stunned, and they were confused from the words He Bai said, which made people confused.

Chu Mo sighed slightly, stepped forward, and said to He Bai: "Brother He, let me take a look, I studied medicine before." ”

He Bai just shook his head constantly and said sadly: "No...... It's too late...... It's a curse, useless ......"

However, Chu Mo ignored his words, stepped forward, and looked at his wife's face. The woman was about the age old, with pale cheeks, long hair and a shawl, and no hairpin. She wore the most ordinary dress, no extra accessories, and looked clean. She faced Chu Mo with her eyes closed peacefully, looking as if she was asleep.

Chu Mo looked at it for a while, but didn't find any signs of abnormality, so he turned his head to He Bai and asked, "Brother He, what did you mean by the curse you said earlier......?"

He Bai trembled, desperately trying to calm down. He let go of his wife's arms, leaned her against the wall, and then stood up, slowly.

He walked to the corner under the watchful eyes of the two of them, where there was a basket of scriptures he had brought. Then, he rummaged through it for a while and pulled out a piece of paper. Then, in a low voice, he said to the two, "To tell you the truth, my wife and I are not here to sell books...... Actually, I have more important things to do here, to find a master in Hangzhou. ”

"Master?" Chu Mo asked with a slight brow.

He Bai nodded and said, "My family...... In Minxiang, which is far away from here, it is the junction of Wu and Yan...... There are all kinds of Gu techniques circulating there...... I wonder if you've ever heard of it?"

Speaking of this, He Bai's state gradually recovered, and his eyes were full of confusion when he looked at the two, and he spoke very slowly.

"My hometown was originally a very quiet and peaceful place, surrounded by mountains and rivers, with thatched gardens, and everyone lived a self-sufficient life, very peaceful. I was the only one in my hometown who had ever taken the state exam, and when the war broke out, I came back from the city and became a teacher. He Bai then said to the two, "My hometown is not disturbed by the war because of its remote terrain and inconvenient transportation. I also lived there peacefully, and I met her, my inner relative, and married her. I thought I could go on like this, but it wasn't until later that a demon girl came to the village......"

"Enchantress?" the coachman exclaimed, his face suddenly pale.

He Bai nodded again, and continued: "That demon girl was originally the daughter of a couple in our village, and the man left the village when the forces of Chu had just invaded Wu State, and wanted to go to the front line to make meritorious contributions, but the woman was not at ease and also followed, she was pregnant at that time." ”

As he spoke, he raised his head, his eyes were empty, he looked at Chu Mo expressionlessly, and said, "Later, they never came back, but the couple's daughter has grown up and doesn't know how to get back to the village. The old people in the village took pity on her, and her father's surname was Qian, so he named her Qian Ayan. ”

Chu Mo asked him, "You mean, the girl who came back from your village is the demon girl you are talking about?"

"Exactly. He Bai said sluggishly.

Chu Mo was a little frightened when he saw him, so he comforted: "Brother He, there is no demon law in the world, it's just a few tricks made by many people, don't believe this kind of statement." ”

"Yes...... But......" said He Bai, with some weeping again, "since she came, our village has changed completely. She is a demon girl, obviously the people in the village have treated her well, but with her arrival, the village has died one after another, and they die exactly like my insider, just ...... It's like falling asleep. At first, I just thought it was strange, but later, when more people died, the village suspected her, and finally ...... Someone found out that she secretly tricked the people in the village and wanted to kill everyone. ”

After that, He Bai sat down on the spot and cried bitterly.

Chu Mo and the coachman glanced at each other and did not answer. The coachman was a little apprehensive, and looked at He Bai in disbelief.

After a while, He Baijun raised his head, stroked his face, and said, "I found that my inner people are also like those who died in the village, their skin began to become very white, they couldn't eat and couldn't sleep at night, and the whole person seemed to be about to collapse. I was very scared, I was the only one in the village who knew the way to the city, so I came overnight and entered Hangzhou City, wanting to find a master who went to Gu and save her...... I didn't expect ......."

"That'...... The enchantress was discovered, and then?" asked the coachman hurriedly.

He Bai shook his head and said, "It's useless, that demon girl was locked up by the men in the village, but she threatened us that within a month, the entire village would be buried under her Gu technique." ”

After hearing this, Chu Mo looked back at the woman who was leaning against the wall, she exuded a clean aura all over her body, leaning there quietly, and there was no trace to be seen. Then he asked He Bai, "You...... Who do you want to find in the city?"

He Bai said: "The old man in the village introduced it, and they said that the master had come to the village to do the Fa before, and his mana was strong, and he would definitely be able to break the demon girl's Gu technique...... The master...... Call...... It's called Zhang Renjie. ”