nonexistent garden

non-existent garden 4

I woke up the next day and it was broad daylight.I can't tell the passage of time here, I left the house, and Zheng Xuan was waiting outside.see me out and say

"Go, let's take you out."

With Zheng Xuan leading the way, I don’t have to worry about getting lost. I passed some houses along the way and turned to the gravel path. I vaguely remember passing by when I came in. Not long after I saw the locust tree, Zheng Xuan stopped and asked me, “Did you come from Come in through the door here?"

I answered yes.But according to what Song Zhi said, the exit is in the real world, so I can't just go out.

Zheng Xuan: "How did you get in, tell me in detail again"

I recalled, "I heard people say that there is a garden here, and someone has seen it. It is quite mysterious, and no one has ever entered it. I wanted to find out. I saw the garden first, went up and knocked on the door, and someone opened the door, and I came in. .”

Zheng Xuan murmured, "Knock on the door, open it, and come in... You shouldn't, otherwise someone should have come in long ago."

Zheng Xuan quickly took me to the door. The gatekeeper was drowsy on the chair. He looked up and saw Zheng Xuan, and stood up immediately, "Is the owner going out? This is, you are the guest who came in yesterday."

Zheng Xuan said that he was going to open the door, but the gatekeeper did so, and the gate remained motionless.The gatekeeper was sweating profusely. "Owner, maybe the gate is broken. I'll find someone to fix it."

Zheng Xuan said, "No need." The gatekeeper had already run away.

I asked, "Really ask him to repair the door?"

Zheng Xuan didn't answer, but looked not far away, where a corpse lying in a pool of blood appeared. Judging from the figure and clothing, it was the gatekeeper just now.

I followed Zheng Xuan, Zheng Xuan watched me touch the corpse, and said with certainty, "You can indeed cross the virtual world and reach the real world."

"Let's go, the woman who led you into the garden will come later."

Zheng Xuan carefully avoided people, led me to an empty room, and said after entering the door, "I went to check on the three people you met last night. They are still there, but I don't remember any outsiders coming."

"Everyone here is not dead. As long as you don't see your body before you were alive, you are no different from ordinary people."

"What would the gatekeeper do if he couldn't open the door just now? If he told other people about my existence, wouldn't more people know that there is a person like me."

Zheng Xuanchang sighed, "You are quite smart."

...should I say thanks for the compliment -_-

"They are not complete living people in the strict sense. They will think and act partly according to the way they were alive, but they can't remember and have no memory. It's like you and I came to the door today and talked to the gatekeeper. We will come back tomorrow. He still responds to us with similar words, for him, today's things don't exist, every day is a new day."

He has no memory, and can only move around the place where he died... Even if he looks like a normal person from the outside, he is not.

Zheng Xuan said, "Do you want to know what happened here?"

To tell the truth, I was really curious, "Think about it, I'm afraid it will remind you of your sadness."

"It's already happened. If you don't know how to talk about it before, you probably haven't seen anyone for a long time. It's okay to say a few more words."

"Do you think the garden is big?"

I nodded, I got lost several times.

"This garden is the foundation of my ancestors. When it was the most prosperous, the house we just passed was occupied by people. This is only the periphery of the garden. Walking inside, the Jinghu Lake is always brightly lit at night. But after the heyday, it has gone downhill from generation to generation. , Some accidents happened when it was passed on to me, and a large number of servants were dismissed, only a dozen people remained in the whole garden, and the garden in front was deserted."

"There is a treasure in my family. It is packed in a long and narrow box. When I open it, there is a small box inside. It is said that it is related to the secret of immortality. Tried to open that little box, but it didn't work, and I didn't take it to heart."

"Until a group of five people broke in," he said in a heavy voice, "kill the gatekeeper first, and the Xiaoqin who led you in was killed second by the mirror lake and sank to the bottom of the lake. No one spread any news, they Walking into my residence, Song Zhi was with me at the time. I asked who they were, and they asked for family heirlooms, and I said why should I give them to you, and one of them said that it would be the same if they killed you and then found them slowly."

"Azhi was restrained first, and they threatened me that if they couldn't get the items, they would kill him first. I gave them the family heirloom box, and they regretted trying to get rid of me. Azhi...blocked the trick for me , died on the spot. I know that I am invincible, and I will fight them desperately in anger."

"But I didn't die, and another man in black came in outside. I didn't see him make a move, and all five of them fell to the ground. He claimed to be a warlock, and those five people were also warlocks. He wanted the same goal as theirs. A family heirloom. I said you can never think about it, and I will destroy it at worst.

"However, he made me surrender with just one sentence. He said that I could bring him back to life. I was overjoyed and asked him to revive Ah Zhi. He said that the resurrection of the dead is a taboo in magic, and he couldn't do it. Azhi is alive, as if he is alive."

Zheng Xuan fell into memory, as if returning to the situation back then. Strangely, my eyes went dark, and Zheng Xuan somehow stood beside me, "Don't be afraid, this is the scene from that year reappeared." "In my memory. "

Then the scene after the fight appeared in front of him. Zheng Xuan knelt helplessly and hugged Song Zhi tightly. Not far away were five corpses. A man in black stood in front of him and said calmly: "There is no way to bring people back from the dead." Few people can penetrate the way of life and death. But I can let you see him and stay with him forever. There is a price for the method."

In the memory, Zheng Xuan hurriedly said: "I am willing"

Zheng Xuan, who was standing beside me, added, "It was also the first time I knew that there was an array hidden underground in my house. The array is wonderful and can bring back the dead inside, but it can only walk around in the array."

In the memory, the man in black took out the blood-red stone from the small box, "Your ancestors were warlocks, this is the treasure of your family, and now I use it to help you, and it will be the cause and effect."

"When the formation is activated, the entire courtyard will be closed, and the dead inside will look like living people. Even though they are dead, they are still alive. If you want to see him, you have to die. Then you will control the formation."

"The garden recognizes the owner. From now on, only you will be the owner of the garden. Only the dead can be accommodated in the garden. Outsiders will not be able to enter even if they see it by chance...you should think about it."

Zheng Xuan immediately said, "Don't think about it, I promise you." "You won't help me for no reason. Now I will use up the family heirloom. What do you want?"

"You don't know, I took the box that Hongyu left you. Immortality, hehe, it seems to be true."

"You have strong spells, do you still want to pursue immortality?" Zheng Xuan asked

"Immortality is the pursuit of all warlocks. The formation of your ancestors guarantees the immortality of the souls in the formation. Isn't it another form of longevity." The man in black said, "It's getting late. If you drag it on, the soul will dissipate faster. Do you kill yourself or I will kill you, and then I will activate the formation. Hurry up and choose."

Zheng Xuan said beside me, "At that time, I only had one thought in my mind. No matter what, I want to see Song Zhi. If he is dead, what's the point of my life?"

Zheng Xuan committed suicide, and then the scene in front of him changed again, still in the same place as before, the five corpses disappeared, Song Zhihao stood aside with a dazed expression, Zheng Xuan couldn't wait to hug him, Song Zhi suddenly appeared like yesterday, and attacked Zheng Xuan .The man in black made a move and used the rope.

The memory came to an abrupt end, "Okay, no more." Zheng Xuan continued to talk about what happened later. "The warlock left me a book with formation usage."

"Those people's spells attack the soul, and those who have resentment towards them in life may become evil, vicious, and deny people. Ah Zhi's soul has half become evil, and it happens once in a while."

Zheng Xuan spread his hands, and the red jade that appeared in his memory lay quietly in his palm. "This object has the ability to touch the past." I reached out to touch it curiously. As soon as I touched it, my eyes flashed again. It was the same feeling as entering a memory scene.