Ling Huayin walked outside the house and saw Situ Yan standing on the edge of the cliff of Rizhao Peak from a distance, still wearing a white dress, just like a person walking out of an ink painting, which made her suddenly think of the man in the dream scene.

"Morning, Miss Linghua. Situ Yan walked towards her and greeted Ling Huayin with a smile in his eyes.

In fact, it was already past the time for morning classes on weekdays, Ling Huayin lowered her head slightly, her face was slightly embarrassed, and said, "I've kept you waiting for a long time." ”

"I've just been here for a short time, so I didn't have to wait long. Linghua slept well last night?" Situ Yan asked Wenyan.

"Falling asleep faster than usual and sleeping well. "Except for having an unprecedented dream that made her wake up a little late, last night was the most soundly slept she had in years.

Situ Yan smiled with relief: "That's good, last night I estimated that Linghua couldn't sleep for the sake of Xianze Palace, so I deliberately played a song that helps you sleep, and it seems that the effect is good." ”

Ling Huayin was a little surprised in her heart, and then smiled: "Thank you for bothering." ”

"With a gesture, since they are already friends, Linghua doesn't need to say much thanks. Situ Yan pointed to the lotus pond in the distance and said, "If Linghua is ready, we will set up a formation there." ”

"Good. ”

The three of them walked to the lotus pond, and Situ Yan said to Eluo: "Please pay more attention to Miss Eluo later, I must not be disturbed during the spell casting, otherwise it is very likely to make Linghua delirious, and the consequences will be very troublesome." ”

E Luo nodded and said, "Don't worry, although my mana is limited, this little thing is still difficult for me." I'll lay an enchantment around you later, so that no one can interfere with you. ”

After the explanation, I saw Situ Yan sitting with the piano in his arms, quickly plucked a few tones, and a circular magic circle appeared in the lotus pond, and then Situ Yan's tone changed, and the water in the pool slowly gathered upwards into a transparent human shape, Situ Yan looked at Ling Huayin and said: "Linghua, you just need to stand in the magic circle and think about what you want to distract yourself from doing, don't have distracting thoughts." ”

Ling Huayin understood, and then walked towards the magic circle in the pool, although she stepped on the water, but because of the magic circle, Ling Huayin's shoes were not half wet. As soon as she stood still, the sound of Situ Yan's piano flowed slowly like flowing water, Ling Huayin closed her eyes and completely focused on the sound of the piano, with the flow of the piano, Ling Huayin only felt that her soul was taken away by the wonderful tune, and her body gradually became light and fluttering, as if floating in the air, and there was a spiritual power as clear as spring water around her.

E Luo looked into the magic circle, and saw that the transparent humanoid condensed by Situ Yan with spiritual power had gradually become a complete form, looking exactly like Ling Huayin, if you didn't distinguish carefully, you couldn't tell which was true and which was fake.

"This is a distraction made by me following the method of separating the gods and dragons back then, so the law is very complicated, I can only refer to one-twelfth of the tenths, so this distraction can only be regarded as a mental body, and can only rely on Linghua's thoughts to act, and cannot move and speak freely like ordinary people, but if necessary, you can possess the distraction for a short period of time, and talk to us through 'her', just need to consume a little mind. Situ Yan said slowly to Ling Huayin.

Ling Huayin looked curiously at the distraction in front of her, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's unbelievable that there are such wonderful spells in this world. ”

Situ Yan smiled, "The world is so big, there is no shortage of wonders. ”

E Luo looked at Situ Yan's gaze a little strange, and asked with doubts and speculations: "How old have you lived?"

With such a question, Ling Huayin couldn't help but be curious, Eluo, a demon who had lived for thousands of years, had a very vague memory of the ancient gods' mansion, and Situ Yan could actually know the method of separating the gods and spirits of the divine dragon.

Situ Yan saw that both of them were looking at him with questions, so he smiled slightly, "According to my calculations, I should be more than 100 years older than Linghua, as for the method of separation of the gods and spirits of the Divine Dragon, I saw it from an ancient scroll, and the scroll is still in my collection in Yunmengtai, if Linghua is interested in this method, you can come to Yunmengtai to borrow it from me another day." ”

"Okay, I'm really interested in this method, and when this happens, I'll go to you to borrow it. It's not too early, if you speed up your pace, I think you should be able to catch up with the people of Xianze Palace. Ling Huayin handed a spirit talisman to Situ Yan and said, "This is the transmission note of Xianze Palace, if you meet someone from Xianze Palace, this thing should be useful." ”

Situ Yan took it and said with a smile: "It's still Linghua's thoughtfulness, and it really saves some trouble with this." Then we'll go now. ”

"Hmm. ”

After noon, Situ Yan and the others came to a Three Emperors Town in the south of Zhonghuang Mountain. Not long ago, Situ Yan heard from the people of Xianze Palace that a strange thing happened in this town, the young lady of a large family in the town disappeared on the day of marriage, and then there were many nightmares in the town, and soon after, half of the people in the town fell into a coma, and the awake people invited many Taoist priests to come, but even the Taoist priests were unconscious, and the mayor had to turn to Xianze Palace for help.

Situ Yan looked around, and saw that the Three Emperors Town was shrouded in a dark cloud, but the sky outside was clear, and he knew that something must have happened here. There are very few pedestrians on the road, and it looks listless. Situ Yan found two small Taoists from Xianze Palace who were patrolling, and those two Taoists saw Ling Huayin's distraction, and they were so surprised that they hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and Situ Yan informed them of the cause and effect, and the two Taoists stared at Ling Huayin's distraction suspiciously for a long time, and confirmed that it was not the Sword Elder himself, and then pointed out the direction of the accident to Situ Yan.

The missing is the daughter of a Fang businessman, named Fang Ying, and she is married to a person named Gu Nian in the town, the two families have already set up a family affair when the child was young, Fang and Gu Nian are childhood sweethearts are very affectionate, it is a good marriage made in heaven, but the bride had an accident on the day the two got married, the Gu family son couldn't accept it for a while, and he got mad overnight, and everyone said that Fang was killed by a monster, but no one believed him. The Gu family invited several doctors, but they all said that they could not cure Gu Nian's illness.

Situ Yan and the others inquired about the whole story, and they always felt that things were not as simple as people said. At this time, they stood in front of the door of the Fang family, looking at the dark "Fang Mansion" door plaque under the eaves, and were turned away. Since the Fang family's accident, the master has been closed to customers, and at this moment, the door of the Fang house is closed, and they are also closed.

Elo suddenly appeared from the gourd and asked, "Do you feel the demonic energy?"

Situ Yan shook his head, "No, what about you?"

"I didn't feel anything unusual, I couldn't get in, what should I do next?"

"Miss Fang's family is missing, and her husband also fell ill on the night of the accident, I think we still have to ask the person concerned about the truth of the matter, and we will go to find Gu Nian. Situ Yan said.

After inquiring about Gu Nian's home, Situ Yan said that he was here to see Gu Gongzi, and the maid who opened the door hesitated for a while, saying that she wanted to ask the old lady, and they waited outside the door for a while before being invited in by the housekeeper.

"Do you really know how to see a doctor?" said Eluo secretly asked Situ Yan incognito.

Situ Yan smiled, "No, if you don't say that, I'm afraid they won't let us in, so let's adapt." And I don't think Gu Nian is really sick, maybe there is something hidden in it. ”

When they entered the hall, they were greeted by the old lady Gu and his wife, and after entertaining them for a while, the old lady went to call Gu Nian. It didn't take long for Old Madam Gu to come back, with a look of embarrassment, and said to Situ Yan and them: "I'm really sorry, Xiao'er doesn't want to see people, I'm afraid I'm going to make you run for nothing." ”

Situ Yan seemed to have guessed the result a long time ago, and smiled without minding: "Then Mrs. Lao bother to talk to Gu Gongzi again, we are not here to treat the disease today, but just to investigate the truth of Miss Fang's disappearance." ”

The old couple looked at each other, and the old lady said, "This ......"

"Let them stay. Suddenly, a young man's voice came from through the curtain of the door inside, startling both the couple in the hall.

The man's voice sounded again: "Mother, please let the two guests in." ”

Situ Yan glanced at Old Madam Gu with a smile on his face, and then entered the inner room with "Ling Huayin". When I turned into the curtain, I saw a man dressed in brown clothes, about 30 years old, with fair skin, thin cheeks, looking a little sickly, and the stubble on his chin seemed to have not been shaved for several days, which made his face even haggard.

"I'm Gu Nian, the two of you are here today to investigate my wife's affairs?" the man asked in disbelief as he faced Situ Yan.

Situ Yan didn't answer and asked, "Gu Gongzi, would you like to talk to us in detail?"

"If you really came to find out the truth, I would know everything, but I'm afraid that you, like those charlatans, are just looking at my jokes under the guise of seeing me. Gu Nian said expressionlessly, with a faint mockery in his tone.

"Gu Gongzi, don't get me wrong, we are indeed here to find out the truth, I am Situ Yan, this is the sword elder of Xianze Palace. Presumably, Childe already knew that Xianze Palace had intervened in this matter. In fact, we suspect that Ling's disappearance has something to do with the recent strange events in your town, and we are now looking for clues, can Gu Gongzi provide us with the ins and outs of what happened that day?" Situ Yan said politely.

Gu Nian glanced at Situ Yan with strange eyes, and asked tentatively, "Do you believe the words of a 'madman'?"

Situ Yan smiled slightly, "'Crazy' is a rumor from outsiders, Gu Gongzi suffers from heart disease, where does madness come from." ”

When Gu Nian heard this, he couldn't help but smile a little, and said slowly: "Since my wife's accident, they have been saying that I am crazy, and even my father and mother thought that I was hit by Yingying's departure, and invited many doctors to come, and those doctors were charlatans at all, and after getting the money, they told my father and mother that my illness was not cured." I told my father and mother several times that I didn't need to ask for a doctor, but they didn't listen, so I let them go. When the doctor comes, I'll just take a few dollars and send them away. Gradually, I may feel that it is really boring to face a sick person like me, and the town is getting stranger and stranger, and many people fall into a coma for some reason, and over time no doctor comes. ”

"Then does Gu Gongzi also have symptoms of drowsiness?" Situ Yan asked the doubts in his heart.

"Since my wife's accident, I have indeed been bedridden once, and since then life has been normal except for my poor appetite. Gu Nian said.

Situ Yan really couldn't see anything from his calm face, so he went directly to the topic and asked, "Gu Gongzi said to the outside world that Miss Fang was a monster who was killed, can you tell me about the situation that day?"

I saw Gu Nian's expression heavy, he closed his eyes as if recalling the scene of the day, and then exhaled deeply, and said in detail: "On the day I got married to Yingying, I drank a few more drinks with my friends in the evening, and after returning to the room, I found that Yingying was a little wrong, and the tone and demeanor of her speech were different from before, and she was like two people who were usually gentle and reserved. I asked her what was wrong, and she said that she was a little unwell, so I let her sleep first that night, but I couldn't sleep well, and I always felt that the room was much colder than usual. Just when I got up to drink tea, I happened to see a bracelet under the bed, which was a token of love I gave to Yingying. That bracelet is our family heirloom, with the effect of warding off evil spirits, Yingying she has always worn it, never leaving her body. I wondered how the bracelet could have fallen here, so I secretly picked it up, and found blood on the bracelet, I was terrified, and just as I was about to go to check whether Ying Ying was injured, Ying Ying suddenly woke up. ”

When Gu Nian said this, he suddenly paused, his face was full of fear, Situ Yan tried to calm his emotions, and said: "Gu Gongzi said that it doesn't matter, now the city is full of Taoist priests from Xianze Palace, if there are really demons, they will definitely find a way to get rid of them for you." ”

Gu Nian calmed down for a moment, nodded, and continued: "After she woke up, she looked at me and kept smiling, that smile was too weird. I was very frightened, so I asked her who she was, and where was Yingying? The woman didn't say a word, so she got out of bed and opened the cupboard, and ...... from the inside. Lifted Yingying's head out from within...... I was stunned on the spot. When I woke up, the woman was gone, the cupboard was empty, and I was lying on the floor. I told my family that no one believed me and thought I was crazy. ”

"The bride disappeared without a trace overnight, everyone thought the bride had run away, and there was no evidence that what you said was true...... What about the bracelet? Can I take a look at it?" Situ Yan thought for a while, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and then asked.

"Absolutely. After Gu Nian finished speaking, he turned around and went to the drawer on the side to find the bracelet, and when he handed it to Situ Yan, the bracelet was still wrapped in red cloth, and it could be seen that Gu Nian cherished it very much.

Situ Yan took the bracelet with both hands, only to feel that the touch was delicate and smooth, cold and round, and suddenly his fingertips swept a strange ** feeling, he raised the bracelet and took a closer look, and found that there were two obvious cracks on the bracelet, and blood oozed from the cracks, dyeing the originally clear green jade into blood. Situ Yan stared at it for a long time, and was just about to say something, when a commotion suddenly sounded outside the house.

"Dead man, dead man!"