Chapter 40: A Rainy Night
The night was deep and the drizzle was slightly cool.
The rustling sound of the rain makes this town even more secluded and silent. There was no sound except the sound of rain.
On the smooth and wet bluestone streets, the watchmen walking in the rain in their robes also seemed a little listless.
Perhaps because of the rain, he felt that this rainy night was much colder than the previous summer night.
The dampness and cold spread silently upwards from the trousers under his feet, and for a moment the whole body felt cold and uncomfortable.
The watchman subconsciously sighed on his hands, and then kept rubbing his hands, waiting for the hand to rub a little warmer, and then he hurriedly put his hand on his cheeks that were a little red from the cold, as if this was the only way he could keep warm.
He looked up at the sky. The night was low and the rain was weaving.
He shook his head helplessly, sighed, and paced two more steps, only to tap lightly on the drum a few times.
The sound of "bell-" appeared in an instant, but it was instantly drowned out by the sound of rain.
Then the distant voice echoed again in the rainy night: "The wind and rain are like obscurity, there is no trace of good deeds, in the middle of the night, the hour is ......"
The sound slowly dissipated through the silent rain of the night. The watchman shouted like this twice, perhaps finding it boring, and then buried his head in the depths of the side street.
It's just that he didn't know that the moment he lowered his head, on the dark sky above his head, a red light suddenly appeared, crossed the sky, and in an instant, it was cast deeper into the distance.
No one knows what that red mang is, except for the red mangs themselves.
The red glow floated in a dark corner, seemed to recognize its direction, and then re-vibrated and floated quickly towards a large mansion.
In an instant, it disappeared into the mansion, and the red light and shadow dissipated.
It's just that in front of the gate of this mansion, in the faint light of the tall red lantern in the rainy night, it seems that the two big characters on the plaque in the middle of the gate of this mansion can be faintly seen.
Xue Mansion.
Suddenly, the sound of the rain seemed to be louder......
The candle shadow swayed gently, and the light in the east wing was up and down. Suddenly, Lin Yizhi suddenly opened his eyes. Roll over and sit up.
He didn't know when he fell asleep. He even forgot to close the window and let the rain wet half of the mattress.
As he woke up, there was an inexplicable sensation in his consciousness.
There seems to be some strange fluctuations.
Lin Yi was puzzled in his heart, did not make a sound, and quietly looked up towards the courtyard of Daxue Mansion.
It was pitch black, quiet, without a glimmer of light.
But he clearly felt that there seemed to be some movement. And that kind of movement was not emitted from the Xue Mansion at all, but like a small pebble, gently thrown into this sleeping courtyard.
He suddenly became alert. The wind poured in through the window, blowing out the already dim candle without hesitation.
The east wing also blended into the darkness of the courtyard in an instant.
Lin Yi subconsciously touched the side.
Fortunately, the package of the Chixiao Fairy Sword is still there. He shook it vigorously with his hand, and his heart settled down slightly.
Getting out of bed in the dark, coming to the candlestick, Lin Yizhi took out the fire fold, and then gently stroked.
With a flash of fire, he relit the candle. Light filled the room again.
Lin Yizhi suddenly felt that the little strangeness in Fang Cai's divine consciousness should not be groundless.
Suddenly, he seemed to remember something that had frightened him.
Isn't that the ghost here?
Between the lightning and flint, Lin Yizhi made up his mind to go to the courtyard to take a look, after all, he had already promised Xue Xianzong, if a maid in the Xue Mansion disappeared tonight, I am afraid that he would lose face tomorrow.
He turned around, wanting to pull up the tube and go with him, after all, one more person has more strength. But under the light, Lin Yizhi suddenly found that the wide bed was empty.
He had already left the East Wing at some point.
In the middle of the night, there was no one, Guan Dekuan suddenly left by himself, and no one noticed, where did he go, and what was he going to do?
A cloud of doubts rose in Lin Yi's heart. But he didn't care about much, and if he delayed, I am afraid it would be too late.
He looked at Nangong Yijin again, the old Taoist was still holding the pot of seven-star dragon rouge, sleeping soundly.
Lin Yizhi smiled, it's still good to be an ordinary person, no matter how big the wind and waves are, there is no worry, and he sleeps soundly.
He couldn't bear to call him, and he also knew in his heart that Nangong Yijin couldn't lift his hands or shoulders, and if his feet told him to be in danger, he would have to protect his safety.
Just let him get a good night's sleep.
Thinking of this, Lin Yizhi quietly opened the door and left the east wing in a flash.
When he came to the courtyard, Lin Yizhi felt that the rain tonight was indeed much colder.
In the drizzle, Lin Yizhi mobilized the limit of his divine consciousness and spread it out violently. Every flower and tree, pavilion and corridor in this small courtyard is clear to the chest.
The divine consciousness has far exceeded his own cultivation realm. Lin Yizhi also knew about this, but he didn't know why. Maybe it's because my mind is tougher.
Carefully observed every corner of the small courtyard, but between three breaths, Lin Yizhi's brows furrowed, and he really found an abnormality.
The front yard, at the end of the corridor, seems to be unusual.
The figure flashed, and without delay, a black shadow shot towards the rain curtain in the sky, and Lin Yizhi rushed there quickly.
There was still a distance of dozens of zhang from the corridor, and Lin Yizhi felt an extremely bright light diffuse from the corridor.
Through the rain curtain, the light shone brightly, illuminating the radius.
Lin Yizhi knew that it seemed to be close, and suddenly, his figure flashed, and it seemed that his figure disappeared into the night out of thin air.
For the first time, Lin Yizhi used the technique of the Separation Sect - the Great Hidden Sword Qi without facing the enemy.
Only then did I know that this great hidden sword qi can not only hide its whereabouts when fighting the enemy, and then attack the enemy by surprise, but also can converge its whereabouts in peacetime without being exposed.
The enemy in front of him, whether the cultivation is higher or lower than himself, Lin Yizhi doesn't know, so with caution, Lin Yizhi slowly walked towards the light.
When he saw the situation clearly, he couldn't help but be surprised in his heart.
It turned out that the light did not come from somewhere else, but the abandoned firewood house where he stopped on the way back from the main hall at night.
Lin Yizhi was even more puzzled, he already felt that the firewood room had been abandoned for a long time, why was the light still on, and there was clearly a human-like ho-ho pant sound inside.
It's just that he was prevaricated by that little guy at that time, and he didn't believe it. Now it seems that there is something really wrong with this firewood house.
He was amazed to find that the door of the firewood room, which had been closed, was now open.
No wonder the light was much stronger than what he had seen before.
The yellow light permeated the rainy night, like a trembling ghost.
The ho-ho wheezing sound inside was still there, but it was obvious that this voice was much clearer and louder than when Lin Yizhi first heard it.
Lin Yizhi can be sure that this is definitely not the voice of a yellow dog. It's like the wheezing sound of some monster.
Steady his mind, he secretly warned himself not to act rashly.
Suddenly, there was a faint voice from the firewood room, which seemed to be two people, but the content of the speech, whether it was male or female, perhaps muffled by the sound of rain, some of which were not very real.
Lin Yizhi knew that it was not covered by the sound of rain, but by someone who set the enchantment. It's just that this enchantment is not very clever, and Lin Yizhi can still faintly hear a word.
"Ho ho ...... Ho...... Let's go...... You're here...... I'm not going with you......"
Then there was another heavy wheezing.
Lin Yizhi held his breath and listened attentively.
Another voice came out, seemingly a little sad and helpless.
"It's my business that I'm coming...... It's not about you...... Do you want to watch you fend for yourself?"
"No one believes me, and now that I'm like this, who will believe me......? Hugh will take care of me again...... While I'm ......"
The voice became weaker, and Lin Yizhi's consciousness revived, and he barely cleared the second half of the sentence: "Hurt you......"
Who hurts whom? This voice should be the ho-ho panting, not like the human voice says, is it the ghost?
So who does he say hurt you?
Lin Yizhi just wanted to listen carefully, and suddenly heard a shout in the firewood room: "You...... Don't!"
Huang Mang flashed twice.
All the sounds disappeared in an instant. Not even the originally clear ho-ho gasps came out.
Lin Yizhi knew that the situation had changed, and he was anxious, and he just wanted to rush in to see what was going on.
But at this moment, the light of the firewood house disappeared suddenly, and in an instant, the firewood house and the courtyard fell into darkness together.
Lin Yi was annoyed in his heart, knowing that it must be the ghost who did it, and he just wanted to show up. Suddenly, a red shadow flashed silently from the firewood room.
Lin Yizhi's figure that had just stepped out suddenly paused, and he retracted his breath again, staring straight at the red shadow.
Under the rain curtain, the red shadow was particularly eye-catching.
It's a person, dressed in a red gauze coat, covered with red gauze, I can't tell whether it's a man or a woman, but Lin Yizhi thinks that his night clothes are quite special, generally speaking, night walkers wear black clothes, which is consistent with this night, so that their whereabouts will not be easily exposed.
But the one in front of him was dressed in red, and the red clothes were as pure as blood, which seemed to flow slowly in the dark night and rain.
The figure of this man in red seems to be a little thin, and he is not too tall.
Lin Yizhi suddenly noticed that he was carrying something like a black sack on his shoulder.
The sack seemed to be heavy, even taller than himself.
He had some difficulty carrying it on his shoulders.
He seemed to grit his teeth, adjusted the sack on his shoulder again, and looked back and forth a few times.
Lin Yizhi suddenly noticed that his eyes seemed to stay in the direction of the depths of the corridor for a long time.
Lin Yizhi hurriedly held his breath, because the place he was looking at was the place where he was hiding.
He must not be found out.
Lin Yizhi clenched his fists tightly, and cold sweat flowed straight down.
Finally, he didn't see anything, so he withdrew his eyes, his body flickered, turned into a red light, and floated straight towards the back house.
After Lin Yizhi waited for him to leave, he quickly flashed into the firewood room. "Smack-" smacked the cracks.
The fire flickered, and the light quickly filled the entire firewood room.
Everything in front of him made him almost forget to breathe in horror.
In the firewood room, weeds are piling up. In the center there was a pillar made of iron. And the pillar has a thick iron chain.
It's just that the chain has long been broken into three, and other than that, there is no one.
Lin Yizhi's secret path is not good, and he suddenly understands in his heart, I'm afraid that person should be taken away, and the sack that is more than one person high should be filled with it!
Without any further delay, Lin Yizhi turned into a black light, and in the rainy night, he galloped towards the back house.
I hope I can catch up with him!
The figure was like the wind, sure enough, but between five or six breaths, he could see from a distance, in the rain curtain, the red light flashed.
It's just that what puzzled Lin Yizhi was that this figure didn't seem to be as fast as Fang Cai, and it was much slower intentionally or unintentionally.
Lin Yizhi secretly thought that maybe it was because he was carrying people on his shoulders, so his speed slowed down.
He was secretly embellished, and he was no longer in a hurry.
The red glow suddenly stopped at a side room, gently opened the window of the side room, and then watched quietly.
After looking at it for a long time, he shook up again, and a streamer shot straight into the sky.
Lin Yizhi waited for him to leave, and then this figure floated down to the window of this side room, and stopped where the man in red stopped just now.
Then look in through the window.
It was pitch black, and nothing could be seen.
Lin Yizhi suddenly felt that this room was familiar.
I suddenly remembered that this was the west wing opposite the place where I lived.
Where the aunt in the pale yellow gauze skirt and Ah Juan were.
Lin Yizhi was stunned for a moment, and thought, let's go quickly, that Ah Juan's strength is not bad, if he finds himself here, he will definitely not be able to tell.
It's just that as soon as this thought came to him, he felt a gentle tap on the shoulder.
Lin Yi's soul flew out of the sky.
He turned abruptly.
But I saw that the person behind me was the woman in the pale yellow gauze skirt tonight.
She stood there, still covered with light gauze, her gauze fluttering in the rain, yellow and shining.
Lin Yizhi just wanted to speak, but saw the woman in the pale yellow gauze skirt beckoning to him gently, and then her body was vertical, and the yellow light flashed, drifting towards the rain curtain sky.
Lin Yizhi was in a dilemma, not knowing whether to catch up with her and ask, or continue to look for the man in red.
There was no way, he had to grit his teeth and follow towards the yellow mang.
Leave it to fate......