Walk through several bustling streets, walk to a high platform and high wall in front of the palace gate, the lintel is hung with a large plaque with the words 'Xiyun Palace' written in various colors, the soldiers outside the door are majestic, climb the stairs and enter the palace, the soldiers and servants inside and outside the palace all bow their heads and salute when they see the flowing moon. Passing through the corridor and across the courtyard, the courtyard of Xiyun Palace is lingering, the flowers and trees are standing, and the fragrance is fragrant.

In a hurry, Liuyue led me into an open and quiet place, settled me in a study built by the water, and left immediately. This study is clean and elegant, with a small hall, bookshelves and cabinets full of books, bookcases, an inner room for rest, and a guqin placed near the window strip case. There are pillars outside the door, and there is a couplet engraved on the pillar, the upper couplet is: "Xishan has a cliff and thinks of the cold moon", and the lower couplet is: "Still water crosses the clouds without waves." There is a wooden plaque hanging under the eaves, engraved "wind and rain Zhai", not far from the door is a big piece of water, the water waves are vast, the aquatic plants and reeds at the water's edge are thick, there are all kinds of aquatic flowers blooming, but behind the study is a large piece of half-human high fiery red flowers that can not be seen at a glance, the flower head is like a flame fluttering with the wind, and it is breathtaking under the illumination of the sun's oblique light. I have heard that this flower on the other side can pass through the Yin and Yang worlds, and it is a convenient way for the ghost realm to come to the yang realm, is this the ghost realm road from Xiyun Palace to the yin realm? I am curious and frightened.

When night fell, the moon had not yet appeared, only a few maids lit lanterns and candles and brought some refreshments, and I woke up Qianyao, who was still sleeping in the bead egg, to satisfy her hunger.

It was late at night, I couldn't help but wait a little anxious, watching the moon gradually brighter and brighter, and suddenly hiding in the clouds to make the night dark again, thinking of the dusty face of the silk shop Aunt Zhou with a sad expression, I decided to go out of the city to check the situation of finding the shopkeeper Zhou.

After settling down and sleeping in the inner room, I turned over and walked out of the courtyard wall, looked up at the moon again, the sky was flowing with clouds tonight, and the drifting gray clouds covered the moon that half-covered the face, making the moonlight flicker, reflecting the restlessness of the night.

Flying over the high walls, the gates were closed, and the guards guarding the gates leaned against the corners and snoozed. I flew into the forest, and saw a fire with black smoke, but there was no one around, only the fire made a crackling sound, and the dark night was more silent and gloomy. After a look around, there was no unusual movement, so I wanted to go back to the fire to take off the warmth, the woods in the middle of the night were damp and cold, the dew was heavy and slippery, and the fog was shrouded, I walked slowly to the fire, but found a man in a black cloak sitting with his back to me, holding a black green sickle with a cold light in his hand standing on his lap, hearing my footsteps and slowly turning back, inside the cloak was a face full of deep wrinkles, with a pair of big green eyes that occupied half of the face like a raccoon cat, shooting a gloomy glow in the dark, and the shriveled mouth smiled at me faintly revealing a few long teeth that had not yet fallen。

"Hey, little girl, you're here!"

"Well, who are you? There was no one here just now, when did you come. "I have a chill on my back, this mother-in-law looks so weird.

"I'm Granny Numa, you can call me that. I made this fire, and I was afraid that you would be cold, so I gave it to you. Granny Numa smiled strangely and walked over slowly, hunched on her back.

"How do you know I'm coming?"

"Hmph, this is my territory, I live here, if I don't live here, where else can I go?"

"Does my mother-in-law live here alone? Why don't you move to the surrounding villages?" I asked tentatively.

"I want to go too, but unfortunately no one takes me in, I've been lonely for so many years, little girl, why don't you stay with me?" Granny Nush slowly approached, smiling bare gums revealing her few remaining fangs and trembling.

"My mother-in-law and I have never known each other in our lives, and it is inconvenient to disturb me, and I still have important things to do, so I can't accompany you, please forgive my mother-in-law. I stepped back, carefully watching the scythe slowly raised in Granny Numa's hand.

"What's your business? Tell me about it. Numa stopped and asked with a squinted look on her face.

"I'm here to find the shopkeeper of the silk village in Xiyun City, he suddenly fell ill today and was taken out of the city by the officers and soldiers in the city, his wife and a pair of young sons are very pitiful. ”

"Oh, he's so limp that he can't walk upright, can't speak, can't be a cannibal?" asked Granny Numa, looking at me with a smile tugging at the corners of her mouth.

"Yes, in the evening, Shopkeeper Zhou suddenly had this evil illness and was taken out of the city by the soldiers in the city, and I came to look for him. I said hurriedly.

"Well, this evening, the shopkeeper you said suddenly had no bones and a strange appearance, and was indeed thrown into this forest by the officers and soldiers of Xiyun City, I know where he is, would you like to follow him to him?"

When I retreated, I was blocked by a big tree, and I froze there: "Thank you mother-in-law for your kindness, I'd better find it myself." ”

"Hmph, you little girl is really nosy, this thing of turning into a worm in Xiyun City is not new today, it happened a few years ago, but after a long time, everyone no longer mentions it, and now the old thing is repeated. This is a troublesome matter, and if you want to meddle, you will only burn yourself and you will not be able to protect yourself. Granny Numa said to me with a sneer.

"But looking at Aunt Zhou, the three of them, mother and son, are really pitiful. I glanced at the scythe in Granny Numa's hand.

"Hmph, pitiful, there are more poor people in the world, can you manage it? Or do you think that you still have a chance to live?" Granny Nush suddenly raised her scythe and slashed at me, and I squatted down and hid behind the tree, and Granny Numa's scythe slashed deep into the tree. Taking advantage of the time when Granny Numa drew her scythe, I flew out of the forest.

"Little girl, you can't run away. "Suddenly my feet seemed to be entangled in something, and I couldn't move, and when I looked back, I saw that the marsh woman had stretched out her long tongue and wrapped her tongue around my calf and dragged me back.

I couldn't help it, I was dragged by my tongue and fell to the ground, the swamp woman retracted her tongue and rushed towards me at great speed, the raised sickle volleyed towards my back, a cold air exploded my snow clothes, I suddenly sweated and wet my clothes, and when I panicked, my body rolled to the side, showing the original form of a fox, and raised my head on the ground, ready to fight back. Suddenly, I felt that Granny Numa didn't attack me again, and the cold air of the sickle suddenly retracted. Not far away, I saw that Granny Nush was wrapped around her throat with a long white whip, and her raised scythe fell to the ground, making a dull hissing sound from her mouth, and her short and thin body was dropped to the ground with a loud "bang" in front of my eyes. The whip swooped back, and as she landed, Granny Nush suddenly leaned over and turned into a tanuki with all four legs to the ground, and ran wildly towards the depths of the forest.