Gu Wanxi's face was surprised, and she was about to speak, but Lin Yi raised her hand to stop her, and replied first: "We are wanderers in the rivers and lakes, passing through your land, and we happened to see the temple fair lively, so we came up to play." ”

Farmer Xie nodded again and again after hearing this, and then saw that the two of them were wearing swords, like rangers, and his doubts were suddenly solved, and he recommended himself: "The two of you have just come to the town, and you are not familiar with the place, and let me lead the way, and introduce the customs of the town by the way." In the evening, I went to my house to eat wine and taste the wild game in the mountains. Then boil water and wait for the two of you to wash, warm up and sleep, that's called Shu Tanli!"

Lin Yi was happy, thinking that he was so able to say this, and then said: "It's good, it's up to you." ”

The crowd was crowded, and even the curtain was formed, Farmer Xie stretched out his arms to stretch out half a square circle, escorted them out, stood on the side of the road and gasped, and said: "The villagers are still preparing, the temple fair will start later, I will take you to the town for a walk." ”

Lin Yi hugged his fists and said, "Hard brother." "Childe is polite!" Farmer Xie hurriedly waved his hand, but his eyes secretly looked at Gu Wanxi, feeling that this girl was very good-looking, beautiful and delicious, far from being comparable to a village woman.

Gu Wanxi was wearing a green shirt and walking in style, Ben was walking quietly, and suddenly noticed her gaze and frowned slightly. After thinking about it carefully, he raised his hand to comb the dark clouds, picked a wild flower and inserted it in his ear, and deliberately stuck to Lin Yi's side, causing everyone to stop and watch, and they were all jealous.

Lin Yi turned around and asked her softly, "Miss Gu wants to earn face for me?"

Gu Wanxi's face turned red when she heard this, and she was silent. Lin Yi shook his head and smiled. The black eagle hovered above the heads of the two, and muttered when he saw this: "Childe, hold on, don't be fooled by the goblins." ”

Lin Yi seemed to hear the voice, the corners of his mouth twitched, and then he sighed. The two followed the farmer to walk down the mountain, the spring breeze blows, the trees bloom, and the scenery along the way does not need to be detailed.

Farmer Xie took them around the gambling house, ate a few snacks, and when they returned home, the woman shouted in the house, "Xie Lang, when did you buy the book?"

Before the words fell, the peasant woman went out with a bookcase, and the chickens in the yard were frightened and flew around in fright. When the peasant woman bumped into Lin Yi and the others, she was stunned for a while, and said, "You two?"

She was holding Lin Yi's luggage in her hand, Gu Wanxi wanted to get it back, but was stopped by Lin Yi, coughing to signal her to be restless.

The farmer surnamed Xie stepped forward to explain the reason, and the woman smiled after hearing this, and greeted warmly: "Two talented women, they will teach people to like it when they look at it, come in quickly, and I will cook you a meal of wine and food." ”

Gu Wanxi leaned into Lin Yi's ear, lowered her voice and asked, "My lord, what should I do with my luggage?" There is also your guide inside. ”

Things were strange, Lin Yi did not act rashly, walked into the house peacefully, and saw the farmer surnamed Xie looking at him with a blank eye, so he opened his purse, took a penny of silver to reward him, and went to the backyard to rest.

As soon as he arrived in the courtyard, Lin Yi sat down at the stone table, counted the money in his purse, and said suspiciously: "Half a tael of silver is missing, I remember that it was handed over to Brother Xie yesterday." ”

Black Eagle said inexplicably: "Is there anything wrong with this?"

"Here's the weirdness. Lin Yi touched his chin and said, "I counted the poultry before I came in, and there were sixteen hens in total, the same as yesterday." In other words, the one we ate last night is back today. ”

"Childe, do you remember this?" Black Hawk exclaimed. Gu Wanxi clutched her stomach and said, "No wonder I always feel that I haven't eaten enough." ”

"When I was bored, I counted a few times. Lin Yi leaned back, leaned on the edge of the table, tapped his knee with the back of his hand, and thought: "But the money given to Brother Xie has not returned, it seems that only us in this town are not affected." ”

Gu Wanxi and Black Eagle understood the key, and at the same time fell silent, their faces confused. Lin Yi muttered: "The resentment is surging, and time is going backwards...... Why?"

"Interesting!" he suddenly cheered up, clapped his legs and stood up, his face was radiant for a moment, his eyes were bright, he looked around, and said with a smile: "Two, let's go to the town to find the reason and try to break this game." ”

Gu Wanxi smiled softly, nodded and said, "My lord, I listen to you." ”

Lin Yi left Xie's house and walked out along the winding road, the town was close to the mountain on one side, and the deep valley was close to the other, and the stream flowed through. Traveling about a few miles, the archway appears in front of it, which is where it comes from.

Gu Wanxi's face was overjoyed and she shouted, "My lord, we can go back!"

"It's hard to say. Lin Yi poured a basin of cold water and looked ahead worriedly, only to see the smoke and the fog at the foot of the mountain faint, like a fantasy.

"What then?" the Black Eagle anxiously spread its wings and flew into the air to watch, but it never exceeded the height of five feet, as if an invisible wall was blocking it.

The two stepped back, and the boy went to explore the way. Lin Yi pressed the handle of the knife with his hand and cautiously burrowed into the white mist.

......

After he left, Gu Wanxi and Black Eagle stayed in place and waited, and after a while, they still didn't see Lin Yi return, and they were all restless. Gu Wanxi wandered around the archway, an impulse surged into her chest, and there were words in her mouth: "I am an adult protector of the Dharma, I have to keep him safe, how can I stand here stupidly?"

After speaking, she raised her head suddenly, and was about to walk outside, but Black Eagle hurriedly dissuaded: "Sister Gu, let's wait a while! What if Lin Gongzi suddenly comes back and can't find you?"

Gu Wanxi stopped when she heard this, stomped her feet, and was annoyed when a sloppy young man slowly walked out of the fog, swaying. They said happily: "Childe-" The voice stopped abruptly, revealing a look of horror.

Lin Yi's eyes were sunken, his face was tired, his trouser legs were full of mud, and he was dirty, and asked weakly, "How long have I been away?"

Gu Wanxi hurriedly stepped forward to hold him up and carried him to the side of the road to rest. Black Hawk estimated: "About a quarter of an hour...... Childe, why are you so tired?"

Lin Yi took a breath, shook his head and said, "I walked for three days and three nights, and I wanted to turn back during this period, but I was trapped by the fog and couldn't tell the direction. Fang finally saw a bright light in front of him, thinking that he had reached the border, but he didn't want to return to the starting point. ”

"Three days?" Black Hawk was shocked, "it's clear that we're only separated for a moment!"

Gu Wanxi comforted softly: "Don't worry, adults, go back to rest first, and think about it tomorrow." ”

"Alas-" Lin Yi sighed, suppressed his anxiety, and said helplessly: "Now it can only be like this." ”

Everyone returned to Xie's house, hastily had lunch, and lay down in the house, sad and sleepless. At night, Gu Wanxi quietly sneaked into the master bedroom and stole Lin Yi's luggage, feeling a little relieved.

The next day, when I woke up, sure enough, the Xie family and his wife forgot about them again, and they screamed in fright to catch the thief. The two were chased into the mountains by the villagers, and their stomachs were so hungry that they had to disassemble the dry food and camp for the night.

It wasn't until the third day that the two walked into the town again, and the villagers forgot about yesterday's situation and came forward to ask about the origin, and the old thing repeated itself.

Lin Yi got rid of them, borrowed a farmer's house to wash and change clothes, and waited for a while before Gu Wanxi walked out of the bath room and said embarrassedly: "Sorry for making adults wait for a long time, I have a peculiar smell on my body, and I can't wash it clean." ”

Lin Yi nodded, he was also contaminated with the smell, the same as the villagers, and a sense of foreboding was in his heart. If you delay any longer, you may be in danger of losing your memory, and it is imminent to solve this game.

The two took the black eagle and followed the villagers up the mountain, and as soon as they arrived at the Chenghuang Temple, they saw the gongs and drums in the square, and several men wearing sacrificial clothes and holding firewood knives in their hands, dancing around the brazier.

As the night fell, the bonfires grew brighter and brighter, and the villagers became more and more excited, babbling and screaming in their voices. A farmer stood in the center, dragged a few village girls, dragged them to the fire, tore their clothes, and exposed their white arms, trying to do something unscrupulous.

Lin Yi frowned, and was about to step forward to stop him, but the farmer surnamed Xie slipped up to him at some point and explained, "Don't worry, Gongzi, they're singing." ”

"Singing?" Lin Yi stood stunned, turned his head to look, and saw more than a dozen villagers holding firewood knives, surrounding the perpetrator and slashing his head. The man screamed, his body fell, and he was buried in the crowd, blood gurgling down the cracks.

Farmer Xie gave them a fiery gaze and applauded them. Lin Yi's expression was frightened, and he shouted angrily: "Which one is this singing!" After that, he hurriedly rushed into the crowd and pushed away the spectators, only to see the man curled up by the brazier, his whole body covered with knife marks, his muscles turned out, and his lips were spurting and breathing.

"What are you doing!" Lin Yi roared, and the roof tiles shook. The villagers turned their heads one after another, stared at him suspiciously, and asked in unison, "Who are you?"

Lin Yi pressed his hand on Hanguang, glared at each other, and said sharply: "In the spirit officer of the Lower Heaven Book Mansion, you dare to kill people in public, are you lawless?"

One of the villagers screamed, "He's an accomplice of evil spirits, everyone get rid of him!"

"What kind of evil ghost?" Lin Yi's face was dazed, and hundreds of villagers raised their firewood knives and pounced frantically, roaring and slashing indiscriminately.

"Be careful, my lord!" Gu Wanxi rushed in front of him, pulled out a double hook, blocked a firewood knife, and gritted her teeth to resist the crowd.

The riot broke out suddenly, Lin Yikan came back to his senses, waved his hand and pulled out the light, and warned: "Don't force me, give me a retreat!"

The villagers looked extremely hideous, they couldn't listen to the advice at all, they squeezed forward with all their might, and raised their knives to slash at Gu Wanxi.

Lin Yi's eyes turned cold, and his left hand put on Gu Wanxi's shoulder, pulling her back, and she fell into the sea of people alone. Gu Wanxi retreated several feet before she stopped, and when she saw Lin Yi surrounded by villagers, she let out a scream: "My lord!"

"Let go of my son-in-law!" the black hawk flew down from the sky, scratching with its claws.

"Wow-" A hazy knife light appeared in an instant, accompanied by blood splattering, seven or eight broken arms were thrown into the air, and the crowd dispersed.

The bright moon was slanting in the west, the blood was pouring down, Lin Yi was standing with a knife, and several farmers were lying at his feet, covering his wounds and crying. Seeing that she was fine, Gu Wanxi relieved her heart, raised her hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead, and her heart was pounding.

The villagers saw the tragic death of their companions, but they were not afraid, but instead sprinkled their anger on Lin Yi's head, and roared with their teeth and claws: "The evil ghost has killed someone, everyone quickly hack him to death!"

"Miss Gu, stand back. Lin Yi looked solemn, stepped forward to meet the attack, and as the knife fell in his hand, a group of thugs fell one after another like straw, fell to the ground and rolled and screamed, blood flowing.

The villagers followed one after another, although Lin Yi was fierce with his knife skills, he was also outnumbered, and after cutting down dozens of thugs, he was forced by them to retreat to the main hall, sweating profusely.

"Are you okay?" Gu Wanxi looked at him worriedly, anxious, and said decisively: "My lord, you go first, I'll try to stop them!"

Lin Yi shook his head, clenched the handle of the knife with both hands, and stood at the door to confront the villagers, wrinkling his eyebrows and saying nothing. Several men bypassed the temple gate, ready to jump in through the side windows and launch a sneak attack.

Just as everyone was at a stalemate, a voice suddenly sounded in the empty hall......