Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Ghost Mask

More than ten years ago, Shangguan Mansion's wife Wang committed suicide by hanging a beam with white silk, no one knew the reason, maybe she couldn't stand what Shangguan Yunhui did, or she couldn't stand the condemnation of her conscience every day, she chose to end everything with white silk, she chose to abandon her two relatives and flesh, and the two innocent children should not bear such pain.

Madame Wang once learned from the pain, although Shangguan Yunhui was full of evil and would be punished in the future, but what did these two children do wrong? They did nothing wrong, it was all their own fault. She slowly took out a white silk and stepped on the wooden bench that had been moved over for some time, and she shook it off and wrapped it around the beam, moving gently and slowly, without any hesitation.

Tying the ends of the white silk, she put her head into the white silk that was wrapped around the beam, and the white of the white silk was no longer a beauty, but became a kind of sadness, a kind of pain, a chilling paleness, and so did her face.

Two tears fell to the ground in his eyes, and the bench fell together, so calmly.

Sun Qiao'er couldn't calm down, and the aunt in front of him, the former mother, who was so important to him, left him in the same way, leaving him. She cried heartbreakingly. In the past, the first person to find out that his mother committed suicide was himself, and the first person to find his aunt today is still himself, why does God always stab his heart in this way, why don't he just bring himself to his mother and aunt?

What Qi Ying'er can do is to take her downstairs and let her cry to her heart's content, although Qi Ying'er can't understand what Sun Qiao'er is crying in her mouth, but he can also deeply understand what it feels like when his relatives leave, which is far more painful than stabbing her heart with ten thousand knives.

Li Yuanchen volunteered to look at Shangguan Linglong's corpse upstairs, she died very peacefully, and the eyebrows on her face were as beautiful as before, but she couldn't smile anymore, and she could no longer see the dimples on her face. Li Yuanchen also couldn't calm down for a long time, and he unconsciously shed a few tears.

Seeing Sun Qiao'er crying so sadly, the shopkeeper had already blocked the door with a few wooden boards and closed the door for today's business. Everyone looked at it and whispered their thanks, and the shopkeeper sighed again and again, not for himself, but for the poor woman.

Even Fang Yunfei, who has never had the pain of losing his relatives, was all moved when he saw it, and he thought a lot in his heart. Except for Jiang Chuanhai, who never showed any expression on his face, the rest of the people all had sadness on their faces.

Sun Qiao'er was still sobbing in Qi Ying'er's arms, and after a while, she fell asleep, Qi Ying'er knew that Shangguan Linglong's death reminded her of the past, and she was heartbroken, so she fell asleep, which may be a good thing for her, and it won't hurt when she falls asleep. Qi Ying'er carried her upstairs and let her sleep on the bed, Sun Qiao'er was muttering: "Auntie, mother." ”

Qi Ying'er couldn't help but think of her childhood life with her grandfather and second uncle, and said to herself: "I don't know if the second uncle is okay?"

After Qi Ying'er went downstairs, everyone stood up, and Hong Hanming said, "Miss Sun, she ......."

Qi Ying'er nodded: "I'm asleep." The crowd sighed.

Hong Hanming said: "I really didn't expect this kind of change to happen today, which is sad." ”

Although Hong Hanming's words were well-intentioned, Qi Ying'er was always a little uncomfortable when she heard it. Qin Ping was babbling on weekdays, but he was also quiet at the moment, and said softly: "Shangguan girl's generation of heroines, I can't think about it like this. ”

Qi Ying'er felt that these people on the rivers and lakes were really incomprehensible, Shangguan Linglong called her a female demon when she was alive, but now that she is dead, she is called a heroine, isn't it sad and ridiculous?

At this time, Jiang Chuanhai said: "Third son, Qi Gongzi, I think this matter is a little strange, how could Shangguan Linglong's martial arts commit suicide for no reason?"

Everyone woke up at this time, and just now they were disturbed by Sun Qiaoer's sad voice and everyone had no time to think about it, so they naturally thought that Shangguan Linglong committed suicide and died, but they didn't think about why she died, everyone felt stupid, so they got up and went upstairs to take a second look at Shangguan Linglong's body. Just as they were about to walk up the stairs, they suddenly heard Li Yuanchen in Shangguan Linglong's room shouting, "Who are you! Before the words fell, billowing purple smoke was squeezed out of the house, and everyone noticed that something was wrong, Jiang Chuanhai turned over and broke the door first, and after a while, he turned over again, holding Li Yuanchen in his arms, and then saw that Li Yuanchen was unconscious.

Qi Ying'er wanted to go in again, but Jiang Chuanhai stopped and said: "Qi Gongzi, I have already looked for it, Shangguan Linglong is gone, this purple mist must have psychedelic use, if I didn't hold my breath, I would have fainted like Brother Li in the room, the windows in the room are open, and it is not too late to go in again when the purple mist dissipates." ”

Qi Ying'er stopped when she heard this, and came over to see how Li Yuanchen was doing, Jiang Chuanhai leaned Li Yuanchen on the stairs, and everyone was eager to know what was going on, so they asked Jiang Chuanhai what this purple mist was*, and what could be done to save it. Jiang Chuanhai just shook his head and said: "I have never seen this purple mist, looking at the thick and gloomy form of this purple mist, I am also afraid that it is poisonous, but when I see that Brother Li is not poisoned, I speculate that it may just be a hallucination." ”

As soon as everyone heard this, Feng Yu said, "Then what is the solution for Hall Master Jiang?"

Jiang Chuanhai sighed and said, "I can't help it, but I know that there is someone who can solve it." ”

Qi Ying'er asked, "Who?" Jiang Chuanhai said: "Meng Po!"

"Meng Po!" Everyone heard this person's name as if they had seen a ghost, and only heard Qin Ping say: "Everyone says that Meng Po soup can cure a hundred poisons, but that old witch has a quirky temperament, I'm afraid she doesn't want to solve it!"

Jiang Chuanhai said: "I think this purple mist seems to be the unique secret technique of the person who started it, I have never seen such a trick in the rivers and lakes for so many years, evil spirit, we are not experts in this area, what if we are not careful, let Brother Li die?"

Qin Ping stopped talking, and Hong Hanming said, "Then Uncle Jiang knows where Meng Po is now?"

Jiang Chuanhai said: "Meng Po's traces are erratic, and no one knows where she is. ”

Qin Ping suddenly patted his head and said to Fang Yunfei, who was standing aside and watching the excitement: "Brother Fang, Brother Fang, I have already seen your ability to find people, I don't know if you can find this Meng Po?"

Fang Yunfei took a look, they let themselves do this and that in less than a quarter of an hour, this trip the muddy water became deeper and deeper, and they also fell deeper and deeper, seeing that they couldn't get out at this moment, they sighed helplessly. He also said: "This, it's not difficult to find someone, but it takes time to find someone, I don't know if this fainted brother can be rescued by then, what if the time is delayed and the good day is missed?"

When everyone heard this, they felt that it made sense, and Hong Hanming asked, "Is there really no other way?"

Jiang Chuanhai thought about it, and at this time, the purple mist had already dispersed. Qi Ying'er walked up first, Fang Yunfei and Feng Yu stayed below to watch Li Yuanchen, and the others also rushed into the house.

Again, there was no change in the room, and the tables, chairs, and benches had not been moved. Qi Ying'er suddenly said, "Where is Bai Aya?" Hong, Jiang, and Qin looked again, and sure enough, there was no trace of Bai Aya in the room. Qin Ping said: "It's not good, it must be that person who took Bai Aya away." ”

Hong Hanming said: "Why did he take the white silk?"

Qin Ping said: "There must be something strange about the white silk, grandma's, just now I only cared about grief, and I didn't look at the white silk carefully, I didn't expect it to be a key thing, now we don't have a clue." ”

Qi Ying'er ignored the three of them, and looked left and right in the room, looking for some clues. But there is nothing unusual about this room except for the window that is open, and there is no white silk. When the three of them were worried, they heard someone stepping on the stairs to come up and "kick and kick", and when they came in, they saw that it was Feng Yu.

Hong Hanming was just about to ask questions, when he saw Feng Yu holding a scary thing in his hand, and when he looked closely, it turned out to be a ghost mask. Several people looked at each other, this mask is a red devil, the mouth is vermilion blood, there are four fangs, exposing the outside of the lips, two up and down, staggered up and down, the appearance is realistic, the chin is divided into two halves, the forehead is slightly convex corner, the nose is like a copper bell, and the four people have seen it all upside down.

Hong Hanming asked about the origin of this mask, and Feng Yucai said: "You go upstairs, the third son, and Brother Fang and I are downstairs to take care of Li Yuanchen and Brother Li." Although Brother Li has not woken up yet, the two of us can see that his face is getting worse and worse, and we think that it must be the purple mist that is wrong, so I discussed with Brother Fang and the two of us to help him into the guest room to rest first, so that you can see what is going on. As soon as we helped him, we touched a hard object on his chest, I felt strange, so I reached into Brother Li's arms and took out the hard object, and after a closer look, it turned out to be a ghost mask, Brother Fang and I were very frightened. This ghost mask is so realistic and full of evil spirits, I think it must have something to do with the person who put down the purple mist, and I don't recognize the origin of this mask, so I took it up and saw if you denied it?"

Hong Hanming took it in his hand, looked at the ghost mask again, and still felt very terrifying, but he didn't recognize the origin of this bad thing, so he asked Jiang Chuanhaidao: "Does uncle know about this mask?"

Jiang Chuanhai came over, looked at it again, and said: "This mask is full of evil, it doesn't look like something from our Central Plains, I know that there are many demons and demons in the Western Regions, could it be that they are from the Western Regions?"

Feng Yu said: "But why did the people from the Western Regions run to our Central Plains, and what does it have to do with Shangguan Linglong?"

Jiang Chuanhai didn't understand either, so he could only say: "Since this thing was found in Li Yuanchen's arms, it must have been deliberately left by that person." ”

Qi Ying'er only stared at the four fangs, fangs like beasts, and didn't speak for a long time. Hong Hanming saw what Qi Ying'er was thinking about, so he asked, "Brother Qi, does you know what this thing is?" Qi Ying'er shook his head and said, "I don't know." But if it was really that person who stayed, it can't be said that he is the enemy, he only took Shangguan Linglong's body, and also took away Bai Aya, who committed suicide by hanging a beam from Shangguan Linglong, and left this mask, I am afraid that he is a person closely related to Shangguan Linglong. In this case, I think Sun Qiaoer may know this mask, and she will know when Sun Qiaoer wakes up and asks. ”

Several others nodded, agreeing with the reason. Qi Ying'er said again: "The most important thing right now is Uncle Li, where is he now?"

Feng Yu said: "It's still downstairs, because Brother Fang is not a martial arts practitioner, and Brother Li has a huge physique, so Brother Fang didn't move him, so he continued to watch downstairs." ”

Hong Hanming looked at Jiang Chuanhai, Jiang Chuanhai read what Hong Hanming meant, and said: "The person who can solve the purple mist is not Meng Po, why don't I get up now and ask around where Meng Po is now." ”

Hong Hanming seemed to hesitate and thought: "It turns out that Tie Wuming's life and death are unknown, and he has found out his whereabouts, but he has broken two masters. Li Yuanchen is now at stake, and he can't act rashly to ignore Li Yuanchen's life and death. At the moment, we can only postpone the matter of Tie Wu's life, and Li Yuanchen is the most important. But how can Meng Po be found in a while and a half when she is gone, although there are many people in the Wanjun Gang, but in this way, the matter will be big, and it will inevitably make the Wanjun Gang and the White Crane Gang take over the grudge. If Uncle Jiang is the only one to look for it, his ability is also limited, not to mention the delay, in case something happens to him, and there is a lack of an expert like Uncle Jiang on his side, what should I do if I can't deal with it?"

When Hong Hanming was at a loss, Jiang Chuanhai said: "The third prince doesn't have to worry, I have a lot of friends in the rivers and lakes, and it is naturally more convenient to find someone, besides, Meng Po has been famous in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and it is much easier to find it than to find a nameless person, even if she is erratic and the person is also in this rivers and lakes, how can she not find it?

Hong Hanming said: "Then, Uncle Jiang should be careful in everything. ”

Jiang Chuanhai nodded and agreed: "I'll go." I saw him go out of the window, without procrastination, and disappeared in a blink of an eye. Qin Ping said: "Hall Master Jiang's kung fu is getting more and more sophisticated. ”

Qi Ying'er looked at the window, as if she was thinking about something, and when she walked over to take a look, she found that the window actually blocked the two windows from the inside, and couldn't help but wonder: "The window is buckled from the inside, which means that it is not the person who emits the purple mist who opened the window." It was opened by Shangguan Linglong. But why did a person who was about to commit suicide open the window? Could it be that he deliberately let that person in? Just then Sun Qiao'er gently pushed the door and opened, but the shopkeeper knocked on the door a few times before and there was no movement, was it also deliberate? Did he deliberately leave the door open for us to see?"

Qi Ying'er was thinking about it, when she was suddenly interrupted by a scream, it turned out to be Sun Qiao'er. I saw Sun Qiaoer's face like white paper, her hands lightly on the door, revealing half of her body, her eyes frightened, staring directly at the ghost mask in Hong Hanming's hand.

Seeing this, Qi Ying'er stepped forward and supported Sun Qiao'er, who put her hand on Qi Ying'er's chest, but her eyes were still staring at the mask. When Hong Hanming saw Sun Qiao'er like this, he gently lifted the ghost mask and said, "Can Miss Qiao'er recognize this thing?"

Qi Ying'er obviously felt that Sun Qiao'er's body trembled when she saw this mask brought in, so she hugged her and asked, "Where have you seen this mask?"

Sun Qiao'er nodded, she didn't dare to look directly at the mask, and shed two lines of tears. Seeing this, Hong Hanming didn't ask anymore considering that Sun Qiao'er was too stimulated today, and Qi Ying'er also thought so, so he helped Sun Qiao'er back to the guest room.

Qi Ying'er helped her to lie down on the bed, and the sword Sun Qiao'er was still shocked and knew that the mask must be something that Sun Qiao'er was familiar with, maybe Sun Qiao'er also knew the person who released the purple mist, but it was inconvenient for him to ask more at the moment, so he held Sun Qiao'er's hand and said softly: "It's okay, it's okay, don't be afraid." ”

Sun Qiao'er clasped his hand and muttered, "Don't go away, don't go away." Qi Ying'er said: "I won't go away." ”

When Sun Qiao'er fell asleep again, Qi Ying'er quietly left to see Li Yuanchen's situation.

Just now, Hong, Qin, and Feng went downstairs to take a look at Li Yuanchen's situation. After the three of them went downstairs, they couldn't help but be surprised, Li Yuanchen was already bloodless, his lips were pale, and he asked Fang Yunfei why he was still, but Fang Yunfei couldn't say why. Several people carried Li Yuanchen into the room and let him lie on the bed, but when they saw that Li Yuanchen's lips suddenly turned purple, it was obvious that he was poisoned, and they all became anxious.

Feng Yu said: "That purple mist is really poisonous, I don't know if there is anything wrong with Hall Master Jiang's body." ”

Qin Ping hurriedly said: "Don't talk nonsense, the Jiang Hall Master only went in after holding his breath, and he didn't inhale it a little, how could he be poisoned." ”

Seeing that Li Yuanchen was in a cold sweat, he suddenly muttered something in his mouth, at first a few people thought that Li Yuanchen had woken up, but after looking at it, they knew that it was a toxic attack. Hong Hanming said: "This poison is so evil that it makes people babble non-stop. What should I do?"

Qi Ying'er said: "At the moment, we can only wait for the news of Hall Master Jiang, so it is better to invite Lang Zhong first, and also take a good look at Uncle Li's situation." ”

Seeing that Li Yuanchen's life was on the verge and the toxicity was getting worse and heavier, everyone at the moment was in a cold sweat. At this time, Xiao Er came in, and when he saw Li Yuanchen like this, he said, "Sure enough!

Everyone was suspicious and asked, "Sure what?"

Xiao Er replied: "I was instructed by the boss to go out from the back door to buy some ingredients and come back, in the backyard suddenly saw a guest room on the second floor was actually purple fog, curious, I thought I was dazzled, suddenly saw a person in the air rushed in, heard a person in the house shouted twice, and then that person rushed out again, and when he came out, he was still holding the female guest officer, the more he thought about it, the more strange it became." Sure enough, something happened. ”

Hong Hanming asked, "You said you saw a person rushing in and out, can you see the person's appearance clearly?"

Xiao Er shrank his head and shook it, and said, "This, because the little one was also scared and didn't see it clearly, but I should have seen that person before, because that person also put down the purple smoke at that time." ”

When everyone heard this, they suddenly felt hope, and Qin Ping asked, "Where did you see that person?"

Xiao Er replied: "I am not satisfied with you for saying that I didn't live in Huang'an Town before, I am in Quxing Town." But it became more and more desolate, and gradually no one came, so I came to Huang'an Town to settle down. ”

When everyone heard Quxing Town, they were surprised, because Quxing Town was not far from the Wanjun Gang.

Feng Yu said: "It turns out that you are a junior and second in Quxing Town, hurry up and continue." ”

Xiao Er nodded and continued: "I dozed off in my own tavern in Quxing Town that day, and then a knight in white came, and he was holding a beautiful sword, looking at his dress, I think he must be a famous knight. But seeing that he didn't eat a glass of wine and just sat dry, I was also upset, but I didn't dare to catch up, so he casually said a few words and stood behind the counter. Then came the veiled woman, and now the white-clothed knight asked for wine, a jar of wine, and a plate of peanuts. After giving it to them, I saw that the white-clothed knight drank it himself, and then I saw that the veiled woman was so good-looking, I was stupid, and I couldn't describe it, that is, I had never seen such a good-looking woman. I couldn't hear what they were talking about, so I felt a little bored and sleepy, and then I heard a noise, and I saw that the tavern was full of smoke, which I thought was on fire at first, and then it was purple smoke. I couldn't see anything in the smoke, and I didn't know what was going on with the two guests, but I could hear the movement and knew that they must have run out. I thought it was a cigarette they put out, and I thought I had met a strong man, but there was a ghost floating in the purple smoke, and I fainted in fright. Somehow, when a big man came, he called me over, I just cried twice in shock, who knew that he gave me a slap and beat me so hard that I couldn't stand up. I really wanted to cry without tears. Then they all left, and the white knight was left, and he asked me what I had just seen, and I said that I had seen a ghost, and he still didn't believe it. Then he asked me if I knew martial arts, and I said that I had been instructed by a master before, but I hadn't practiced it for a long time, and I wanted to worship him as a teacher, so he smiled and left......"

Hong Hanming said: "You said you saw a ghost, what kind of ghost is it?"

Xiao Er said: "At first, I thought it was a ghost, but then I thought that although it was scary, it was not a ghost, it should be a person wearing a mask and pretending to be a ghost to scary." ”

Everyone was shocked, Hong Hanming picked up the mask and showed it to Xiao Er, Xiao Er didn't know when he saw it: "Yes, yes, yes! That's it, hey? However, why does this seem a little smaller." ”