Hearing the movement outside, Situ Yan and Gu Nian in the room glanced at each other, and hurriedly went out to see what was happening.

Several people had gathered in the courtyard, whispering outside the door of a room. Old Madam Gu stood beside Master Gu with a frightened expression, and when she saw Gu Nian coming out, she hurriedly called: "Nian'er, there is nothing for you here, you go in first." ”

But Gu Nian didn't listen to her, and walked straight to the crowd, only to see the two subordinates just come out of the room, and when they saw Gu Nian, they said with palpitations: "Childe, Xiang'er is dead." ”

Gu Nian hurriedly walked into the room, and Situ Yan followed in, only to see a maid falling to the ground. As soon as Situ Yan wanted to step forward to check, he heard a cold voice behind him: "I'll take a look." ”

Situ Yan looked back in surprise, "Linghua?"

Ling Huayin ignored him, walked forward quickly, squatted down to probe the maid's snort, and checked whether there were any injuries, and found that there were obvious black marks on the maid's neck, and there were no other injuries.

Situ Yan saw Ling Huayin's solemn face, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"

Ling Huayin stood up and replied, "It's not human. ”

"Ahh

At this time, Master Gu hurriedly stepped forward and asked Ling Huayin: "Girl, what does it mean that it is not done by a human?"

Ling Huayin replied: "I don't know if it's the person who harmed the monster, but the black mark on this woman's neck was left by some long-term possession, if you don't mind, please hand this woman over to me for the time being, and then tell you when I find out." ”

Master Gu glanced at Mrs. Gu, and then said to Ling Huayin: "Okay, girl, please just check it out." ”

Ling Huayin nodded, "Then please stay away for a while." ”

Old Madam Gu was not at ease to hand it over to outsiders, so Gu Nian said on the side: "Mother, these two are from the immortal family, don't worry." ”

Old Madam Gu let everyone retreat.

As soon as the subordinates of the Gu Mansion closed the door, E Luo appeared from the gourd and floated to Ling Huayin's side.

"Situ Yan. I saw Ling Huayin glanced at Situ Yandao, who was standing aside, and put her hand on the buttons of the maid's clothes.

Situ Yan walked to the door with understanding, turned his back, and Ling Huayin took off the maid's clothes.

At this look, she found that the maid's body was full of black marks, as if she had black spots, and Ling Huayin raised her head and cast a confirmed gaze at Eluo.

After looking at it, Eluo said calmly: "That's right, it's the Nightmare Demon, all the spiritual power has been drained, and this girl was defiled by the Nightmare Demon before she died, so she will leave those traces." ”

Ling Huayin hurriedly helped the girl put on her clothes, and turned around to call Situ Yan, who turned around and asked, "Under what circumstances will the demon possess a person for a long time?"

"There is no other food, or I like her, I have a grudge against her for revenge, incomprehensible fetishes, mischief, ......" Ero listed one by one.

Ling Huayin helped her forehead and said with a headache: "Wait...... Can you narrow it down a bit?"

Situ Yan smiled, "I think what Miss Eluo said is quite meaningful, we can rule them out one by one." First of all, there is no other food, this is a little impractical, there are so many people in this town, this house alone can provide it with enough food; second, if this demon really likes this girl, he will not let her die like this; in order to take revenge, ordinary people can't hide from the demon, how can a little girl provoke a demon and have a grudge against this demon; as for the fetish and pranks, I can't say. Miss Oro, have you ever met a demon who changed his habits for the sake of a prank?"

Elo said: "No, none of the demons I know don't like to stay with the same person for more than three days, no matter how delicious the food is, it is enough for the demons once, and the second time it will be tasteless." The demon is an extremely difficult demon to change, even if it is a murderer, it will not use such a troublesome method, just start directly. ”

"That's right. Situ Yan once again confirmed his thoughts, "All speculations have been ruled out, but there is actually a possibility." If this demon really has no other food to choose this girl, then it means that it has no ability to hunt other food, so it can only attack this girl. ”

Ling Huayin thought about it, smiled slightly, and agreed: "What you said is indeed right. ”

Agreed, Situ Yan continued to speculate: "What kind of situation will make the demon only hunt a person's dreams?"

E Luo and Ling Huayin both looked at him, only to see Situ Yan raise his eyebrows, and said uncertainly: "Maybe someone locked it in the same place, and the only person who entered and exited this place was this girl, or maybe it used other methods that we don't know about, so that this nightmare can only feed on the girl's dreams." ”

After listening to Situ Yan's speculation, Ling Huayin's eyes lit up, and she looked at Situ Yan's eyes with more appreciation.

When she heard him say this, she looked around the room, but found nothing but the three of them.

"Did you find anything?" asked Ling Huayin.

Elo shook her head, "I didn't see it, I may have fled." ”

Situ Yan touched his chin and muttered, "Can Miss Eluo detect the demonic aura on Gu Nian?"

"No, what's the matter, you doubt him?"

"I just think he's a little weird, maybe I'm thinking too much. The blood on that bracelet was indeed human blood. Okay, let's go out first, don't keep them waiting. ”

Ling Huayin said: "Then I'll go back first." ”

Situ Yan advised: "If it's not too big, Linghua, you can leave it to us, and it's better to spend less effort." ”

"Hmm. ”

After Ling Huayin left, Eluo also became invisible. When Situ Yan opened the door, only the father and son of the Gu family and the two subordinates were left outside, and after Gu Nian instructed the subordinates to bury Xiang'er, he came over to listen to Situ Yan explain what he had just found.

Old Master Gu asked "Ling Huayin" directly, and Situ Yan said to them: "Master Gu, if you have any questions, ask me directly, Elder Ling Hua can't show up from time to time when she has something, it's just her distraction." ”

"Good...... Did you find anything? Xiang'er was killed by a monster?"

"It's the Nightmare Demon, that is, the kind of demon clan that keeps the residents of your town from sleeping, has anything strange happened to your family recently?" asked Situ Yan.

"Strange thing?" Old Master Gu thought for a while and said, "Nothing happened." ”

Situ Yan smiled and said: "There is no best, we will find out as soon as possible, it is not peaceful outside, you had better go out less in the near future." After telling him, he turned his head to look at Gu Nian and said, "Gu Gongzi, I still have something I want to ask you." ”

Gu Nian didn't have much expression, just nodded and said, "Okay, please speak inside." Then he turned to Master Gu and said, "Dad, you go back to the room first." I'll just entertain them. ”

"It's good, it's good. I'm going to see your mother. Master Gu said and left.

Gu Nian invited Situ Yan and "Ling Huayin" into the tea room, and after making tea for Situ Yan, he glanced at "Ling Huayin" again, Situ Yan shook his head and smiled, "She doesn't have to." Gu Nian put down the teapot in his hand and sat down.

Situ Yan took a sip of tea, glanced at Gu Nian's left hand unintentionally out of the corner of his eye, and then asked, "Gu Gongzi, is that girl a maid from your mansion?"

"No, it wasn't originally from our family. Xiang'er was my wife's personal maid brought back from her mother's house, and after my wife left, I saw that she had nowhere to go, so I took her in. Unexpectedly, not long after, she also went with my wife. ”

"Has she always lived in that room?"

"Yes. She was placed there because she was close to us and could take care of my wife, who was relatively weak. ”

"Then who has this maid usually come into contact with?"

"Xiang'er is not very familiar with our family, so she rarely interacts with people, and after my wife is gone, she is responsible for taking care of my diet and daily life. Gu Nian's tone was never salty, as if he didn't care much about Xiang'er's death.

Gu Nian didn't leave his wife for half a sentence, but he was indifferent to his wife's maid, which made Situ Yan a little surprised. "Has Gu Gongzi noticed anything suspicious about her recently?"

"Just like what you said about the situation outside, Xiang'er is often not in good spirits, I thought it was because of my wife's disappearance, she was as sad and sad as me, so I didn't care much. Gu Nian thought for a moment and asked, "Isn't it that Xiang'er's death has anything to do with my wife?"

Situ Yan shook his head and said, "I can't conclude this yet. By the way, the bracelet that Gu Gongzi asked me to show just now was made of blood lotus jade?"

"Exactly, is there anything wrong with the bracelet?"

"Oh, there's no problem, it's just that the Blood Lotus Jade is a rare and valuable thing in the world, Gu Gongzi gave it to Miss Fang, and it can be seen that Gu Gongzi and Miss Fang have a deep love affair. ”

Gu Nian lowered his head and muttered, "It's a pity that the person is no longer there, and the bracelet is no longer as intact as it was before." I hope that the two of you can find the murderer of my wife for me as soon as possible, so that Yingying can rest in peace. ”

"Gu Gongzi, please mourn. We must do everything in our power to eradicate this evil demon. Situ Yan replied without hesitation.

After asking a few more casually, Situ Yan said goodbye to Gu Nian and wanted to go to the inn, but Gu Nian kept it again and again, and insisted on letting Situ Yan and "Ling Huayin" stay at Gu's house.

At night, Situ Yan didn't sleep thinking about the day, he sat on the corridor outside the guest room, pretending to sleep while blowing a cool breeze. "Ling Huayin" stood next to Situ Yan without saying a word. At night, Gu's house was covered by thick clouds, and there was not a trace of moonlight, only one or two dim lights flickering in the corridor. This is the time when the Nightmare Demon likes to come out to forage for food, Situ Yan secretly laid a net around the house, if a Nightmare Demon comes out to act, he can immediately detect it. However, after meditating for a long time, nothing happened. After another half a pillar of incense, Oro finally returned.

"Did you find anything?" Situ Yan hurriedly stood up and asked.

"As you said, Gu Nian really has a problem, there is a secret passage in his room, and he is in it now. ”

"What's in there?" Situ Yan thought to himself, he seemed to have guessed half right.

Elo sold a pass, and smiled mysteriously: "You will know when you go to see it." ”