Shocked, trembling.

Peony's body was almost close to Xia Xun's back. The little hand that grabbed the corner of the clothes oozed some sweat.

She's scared...

However, even if a girl is afraid, there will always be times when she can't stand it and is teased by the curiosity in her heart.

The beautiful eyes with crow's feet tightly closed, can't help but squint a small slit, shrink their heads, and peek left and right.

"Ahh

It's just that the strange scenes on both sides of the alley, inside the doors and windows, can always scare her all over at the first time, exclaim in a low voice, quickly retract her neck, close her eyes...

"It's all right, it's just dead people. Xia Xun walked ahead and comforted softly.

"I think the wind is a little cold. ”

"If you close your eyes, it's not cold..."

“......”

The two figures were almost glued together. Walking alone in the village alleys full of horrors.

The swaying doors and windows, facing the moonlight, constantly beckoning to them...

The doors and windows of the village houses on both sides of this alley are almost open, and it seems that no one has lived in them for a long time. Along the way, there were several rooms with some figures. But...

It's all the figures of dead people.

or hanging on the beams of the roof, or lying on the teahouse, or falling to the ground, and dying.

The corpse was stiff, like the dead animals outside the village, all staring at the balls in the eyeballs, as if they had seen evil spirits, and fear. Judging from their unrotting flesh, these people have not been dead for long, at most it has been a matter of two days.

In addition, there are a few small rooms in the alley, with doors and windows closed. The strong smell of medicine came out of the house through the cracks, and even Xia Xun could smell it clearly. With his divine sense, Xia Xun vaguely felt that there was still a faint vitality inside.

Someone is alive...

However, death is not far away. Yes, they may not survive tomorrow's sunrise.

All the way straight ahead...

"Maybe this is it. ”

Two pairs of mud-stained cloth shoes walked to the middle of the alley and stopped in front of a house with closed doors and windows.

The closed wooden door is a little old, and two temporary New Year paintings of the door god are carefully pasted between the two door panels. A piece of red paper was crookedly written with the words "Exorcism Town" and pasted on the top of the door beam.

"Well, the medicinal fragrance is coming from inside, and it is mixed with some water, he should boil the medicine. Peony held back her fear, poked her little head out, sniffed her nose, and said with a faint confirmation.

"Click~"

Xia Xun didn't seem to plan to knock on the door. He gently pushed the wooden door and found that it couldn't be opened: "The door is locked." ”

He looked around thoughtfully, and after a moment...

"Borrow me the hairpin?"

Xia Xun's gaze finally fell on the green maple hairpin used to coil his hair on the top of the peony.

“......”

I don't know, Xia Xun really doesn't know or pretends not to know, how can this girl's belongings be casually wanted?

However, peony did not shirk. It's just that his face is slightly flushed, so he strokes the bun with one hand and takes the hairpin from the long green hair lightly with the other...

"Sasha..."

Green hairpin to solve green silk...

Like a waterfall, the long hair is scattered in an instant, straight and silky fluttering in the wind, and the jet black shine reflects the moonlight. A few wisps of emanating through Peony's fair and delicate face, coupled with that shy red, made her like a pure white lotus blooming in the night.

It's moving.

"Uh~"

In an instant, the fairy face is so beautiful.

has been hidden in the ravine for 14 years, Xia Xun once upon a time, he saw such a charming girl. Fanghua looked at Xun's eyes sluggishly for a moment, and his little heart was beating wildly...

It's almost a slightly open mouth, and there is no drool.

"Give. ”

The hairpin that was removed has been handed out for a long time. It's just that Xia Xun, who was stunned, didn't react yet. The peonies are a little embarrassed... She lowered her eyebrows shyly, smiled sheepishly and reminded softly.

"Uh~ah!"

Those who could see it were awakened by a soft groan. The body is shaking...

"Uh~this,Okay"

When he came back to his senses, Xia Xun suddenly blushed with shyness, and his speech was slurred. Hurriedly took the hairpin from Peony's hand.

Turn around and stick the hairpin into the door...

"Boom, boom~"

The door hole is not small, and it is the thickness of a thumb. However, the fluttering little heart, with trembling fingers, could not accurately insert the delicate hairpin into the door hole.

"Huh"

Looking at Xia Xun's clumsy and funny appearance, Peony's fear dissipated a lot for a while. She couldn't help but hide her small mouth with her hand, and Suzuki chuckled, "Am I terrible? ”

"Boom, boom~" "No, it's not..."

The hairpin stabbed around the door hole, and it couldn't fit into the small hole in the center.

"It's... It's..."The hands were shaking, the lips were trembling, and I couldn't say a word for a long time.

"Huh?" said Peony laughed playfully.

"Yes~ is beautiful. I... I haven't seen it..."

“......”

Nothing to say.

The wind is blowing, and the hairpin is poking.

The rustling sound is not stopped, but it always feels quiet.

A simple sentence came out of Xia Xun's mouth with difficulty.

It seemed to condense the air of one side, so that the two of them could no longer find it, and continued to extend the wording.

It's the speaker who is embarrassed, and the listener who is shy...

"Do~"

After poking back and forth, Qingfeng's hairpin was finally inserted into the door. Xia Xunqiang stopped his trembling fingers, and shook the hairpin lightly from side to side...

"Click. ”

The door opened.

"That's... Let's go inside. Xia Xun pulled out the hairpin, turned around and handed it back to the peony.

"En" Peony took the hairpin and replied shyly.

It's just that she didn't recoil the scattered green silk again, but put the hairpin in her waist bag... Let your hair continue to drift in the wind.

Continue to intoxicate...

Behind the wooden door is a small hall.

Rummaging through the boxes and cabinets, the things wrapped in clothes are messily discarded everywhere, as if they have been robbed by someone in the house.

There is a doorway on the left and right walls of the hall. The left side is pitch black, with a smell of charcoal, and it should be a kitchen. There was a flickering light on the right, and from time to time there were whispering sounds.

Xia Xun pointed to the right and motioned to follow the sound...

"Woo~"

The whisper is that someone is crying...

"Woo~"

"Mother, this medicine is not bitter. The uncle in the city gave me a lot of dates, and I put them in the medicine and cooked them together. Just take a sip... Woo~"

"Mother, can you just take a sip? Woo woo~ This is a recipe specially prescribed for you by the master of the Rejuvenation Hall in the city, as long as you drink it, you can be cured. ”

Inside the right room, the same mess.

A doll, a dilapidated wooden bed. On the bed lay a woman, her face purple and black, her lips and eyes closed, and a thick quilt over her body, unable to move.

The doll is the thief that Xia Xun and the two of them looked for in the middle of the night.

At this time, his two lines of tears continued to drip down his chin. With a bowl of decoction in one hand and a spoon in the other, he fed it into the woman's mouth one spoonful after another.

However, the woman's teeth were clenched, and all the decoction she had fed flowed out between her lips, soaking half of her silver hair and pillow.

"Woo~ If you don't drink it, you'll be like Daddy and them. Woo woo ~ mother, the dog baby, please, open your mouth......"

"Woo woo ~ mother, today there is a kind brother in the city who gave the dog baby a piece of gold, and asked the dog baby to take you to the city to see the doctor. Woo woo~ But the dog baby can't carry you, you can drink the medicine soon, and you can get up......"

"Woo~......"

Letting the doll plead, the lying woman stood still, like a dead corpse.

"Sasha..."

Peony gently tugged at Xia Xun's shirt, and at the same time shook her head lightly, casting a look of pity and inquiry.

Xia Xun turned his head to look at it, and immediately understood the meaning expressed in the peony's eyes.

Peony means, I hope Xia Xun won't be too embarrassed for this poor child.

Xia Xun nodded knowingly...

"Ahem. "Cough.

It wasn't loud, but it was enough for the crying doll to hear.

"Woo~huh?"

The crying doll was startled when she heard the strange noise, and turned her head suspiciously...

"Ahh

"Puff~"

When she saw two ghostly figures standing in front of the door, the doll was suddenly at a loss, and the bowl and spoon in her hand slipped from her hand and fell to the ground.

He never imagined that the two people he stole would chase all the way to his house.

Now, there's no way to escape...

"This sister asked you what your name was, and you left without answering. It's rude. Xia Xun pointed to the peony beside him and said with a soft smile.

The doll looked at the two of them in horror.

didn't answer, but the fear on his face was more resolute. It is somewhat similar to the scene when we met in Yueyang.

Seeing this, Xia Xun continued to ask, "Can you tell me what happened in your village?" This sister and I are both disciples of the city courtyard, so we should be able to help you think of ideas. ”

From the language of the doll crying with his mother just now, Xia Xun could hear that this doll had an inexplicable sense of admiration for the people in the city. Therefore, Xia Xun deliberately said the words "city courtyard" in his words very seriously.

“......”

But... The doll still doesn't speak.

Now Xia Xun is out of line. When he was in Yueyang, this doll was beaten so badly by that strong man that he didn't even say half a word. What else could he do?

Xia Xun shrugged, looked at Peony helplessly and said, "You try?"

Peony nodded.

Then she lifted the hem of her skirt and puffed up her little feet, looked through the doll, and looked at the woman on the bed. As if confirming something, he nodded silently and surely, and then said gently: "Little doll, you call it a dog baby, right..."

"Your mother's illness is very serious. The medicine you got back is not the right symptom, otherwise let my sister help your mother take the pulse, right?"

I don't know if the peony's words are in the doll's mind, or the girl's tenderness is easy to trust. After hearing this, the doll seemed a little hesitant, moving her lips slightly, as if she wanted to speak, but she couldn't.

It can be seen that he is really vigilant.

Peony smiled softly, walked a few steps forward to the doll, half-bent down and continued: "We are good people, otherwise you were caught, how could my brother save you?"

"If you drive us away now. Well, I'm afraid your mother will leave you soon..."

The doll suddenly panicked: "That~"

"That~ Then you can't take my mother away!"

“......”

"Huh?"