After I was resurrected from the dead, I turned from an old man to a peerless beauty

After some arrangements, Lin Mao and Chang Xiaoqing stepped out of the door together and walked towards the direction where the bell sounded.

As Lin Mao said before, even though most of this hot spring villa has been destroyed, the roads inside are still complicated and tortuous. Special efforts have been made in the formation and gossip.

However, with Lin Mao's guidance, Chang Xiaoqing was not trapped by the ruins and formation.Because there were many obstacles on the road at night, Chang Xiaoqing hugged Lin Mao in his arms, listened to the advice of the man close to his chest, raised his figure all the way, and walked quickly towards a certain place in the darkness.

It was strange to say that the more Chang Xiaoqing walked forward, the more Lin Mao seemed to know where the ringing sound was coming from.

In many cases, Chang Xiaoqing didn't even need to speak, Lin Mao had already pointed out the way ahead.

And the further you walk, the clearer the ringtone will be.

The voice that only Chang Xiaoqing could hear with his deep inner breath before, was immersed in the cold night wind at this time, and it was as clear as if it was ringing in people's ears.

Chang Xiaoqing heard the sound of jingling bells, and couldn't help but think of the fantasy she had glimpsed earlier, and her mind was slightly shaken.

"Ding--"

Just at this time, the sound of the bell suddenly stopped.

There was a dead silence all around.

Chang Xiaoqing raised his breath fiercely, stopped his figure, and stood on the spot.Lin Mao also broke free from his embrace, and stood there staring blankly at everything in front of him.

After regaining consciousness, Chang Xiaoqing realized that he and Lin Mao had unknowingly followed the sound to a deserted courtyard.

There was no moon this night, but there was still a thin shimmer of light in the courtyard, allowing people to see the surrounding situation clearly.There are dozens of tall and bright red trees standing in the garden. There are green leaves on the trees, and the leaves cover the white and flawless, crystal-clear fruits.The cold shimmer like the moonlight was revealed from the fruit.Chang Xiaoqing took a careful look at the weird tree, and then couldn't help but widen his eyes.

It turned out that the mangrove tree standing in the garden was not a real tree, but carved out of a whole tall red coral to look like a tree, and then carved into lifelike leaves with emerald, inlaid with gold thread.As for the "fruit" that can emit light, it is naturally the shark bead that was used for lighting in the room earlier.

It's just that the shark beads used in this courtyard are more round and flawless than before, so after so many years of wind and rain, they still shine brightly at night.

In addition, there are other verdant trees in the courtyard, which can vaguely distinguish the carving work of that year.

And among the coral trees and ordinary vegetation is an exquisite tea pavilion, with a soft and smokey curtain hanging on the pavilion, in the dim light, there seems to be a slender figure sitting in the curtain.

"Master, little..."

Seeing the strange figure suddenly, Chang Xiaoqing drew out the long sword from his waist with a "shua", and shielded it in front of Lin Mao.

But Lin Mao stretched out his hand and gently pushed away Chang Xiaoqing's sword, and said softly "It's nothing".

After the words fell, before Chang Xiaoqing could react, Lin Mao had already passed Chang Xiaoqing on his own, and walked straight towards the tea pavilion in the courtyard.And as if to make Chang Xiaoqing feel even more flustered, as soon as Lin Mao moved, the bell that had stopped before rang again.

It's just that this time the bell rang in Chang Xiaoqing's ears, but it didn't stir up any ripples at all, instead it made his spirit even more tense.

"Master, I don't know if the visitor is an enemy or a friend, it's better to be careful."

Chang Xiaoqing said.

Lin Mao turned slightly pale, and did not respond to Chang Xiaoqing.From beginning to end, his eyes only stayed on the figure behind the curtain of the tea pavilion.

At this time, even dull people like Chang Xiaoqing noticed Lin Mao's strangeness.

"Is it someone Master knows?"

he asked involuntarily.

Lin Mao's eyes were dazed, and it took a while before he said, "It's...not really."

At this time, he had already arrived in front of the tea pavilion. After saying this, he did not hesitate to pull up the curtain that was blowing like a cloud of smoke in the night wind.

"jingle--"

There was another crisp bell sound, flowing out from the shadow of the tea pavilion.

"Well--"

Chang Xiaoqing followed closely beside Lin Mao, just happened to see the figure behind the curtain, couldn't help gasping, and exclaimed out of composure: "This, this is—"

Who is this?

In the tea pavilion sat this young man.

A young man who is very young, but already has the beauty of the country, the appearance of the country and the city.

He was wearing a white shirt with wide sleeves that was popular in the old days, and he was kneeling upright behind the low coffee table.A head of black hair scattered on the slender shoulders, which further accentuated the young man's skin as crystal clear as snow, pupils as lacquered, and lips as vermilion...

And Lin Mao stood in front of the young man, looking at the young man with his eyes facing each other, as if he was looking in a mirror alone - the appearance and posture of the young man and Lin Mao were exactly the same.

Another gust of wind blew by, and the white clothes on the young man's body were layered on top of each other, but they were all tulle as light as clouds and mist. The wind moved instantly, revealing the young man's delicate white wrists under the sleeves.

On that wrist was hanging the gold bracelet and bell that Chang Xiaoqing had seen in the vision before.

"jingle……"

The bell rang, crisp and moving.

But when the wind stopped, the ringing of the bell also stopped.

Ever since Chang Xiaoqing and Lin Mao arrived, the boy had never said a word or moved at all.

Chang Xiaoqing finally noticed a trace of disobedience.

that boy...

The boy seemed a little too quiet.

"Senior Brother Chang...you really are fooling around."

Chang Xiaoqing's ears rang Lin Mao's unconscious muttering to himself.

Then, Lin Mao took a step forward and tapped the boy's forehead lightly.

"boom--"

There was a heavy muffled sound.

Suddenly, the young man fell backwards and landed on the fluffy and thick white fox fur that covered the entire floor of the tea pavilion.

When it fell down, that body made a heavy sound that was in no way commensurate with the lithe young man's figure—it sounded like the sound of jade and stone colliding.

At this time, Chang Xiaoqing finally realized belatedly that the "boy" who looked similar to Lin Mao was not a living person, but a life-sized puppet made of jade and other objects.

"Back then...someone told me my fortune, saying that my fate would be in great trouble, and it would never be possible for me to become an adult."

After a while, Lin Mao sat cross-legged beside the puppet, looking at the puppet's face, Yoyo explained to Chang Xiaoqing who still hadn't calmed down.

"Senior Brother Chang was so nervous when he heard this. He was afraid that the man's words would become a prophecy. Later, he kidnapped the craftsmen from Tianji Building and Baiqiao Pavilion... and made this puppet for me. Said it was to prevent disasters for me."

While Lin Mao was speaking, he couldn't help caressing the delicate face of the puppet.

Chang Xiaoqing's gaze also fell on Lin Mao's finger.

In fact, after the initial surprise passed and he calmed down, he could already see the difference between the puppet and Lin Mao.

Of course, the puppet was made extremely exquisitely.Tianji Tower and Baiqiao Pavilion were famous institutions that were not born in the Jianghu back then, even any small institutions that occasionally flowed out of the door can already attract bloody storms in the Jianghu.Who would have thought that many years ago someone would actually be so bold as to kidnap the craftsmen of those two schools and trap them in the small hot spring villa, just to make a substitute puppet for the lover in the heart of the owner of the villa? ?

The face of the puppet and the limbs exposed outside the clothing are all carefully carved from a whole piece of flesh-colored fat jade. Under the wide-sleeved white clothes are more delicate mechanical parts. The bell is precisely to cover up the intersection of the organs on the wrist.As for the delicate parts such as eyeballs and long hair, I don't know what skills the two people used, even if they are so close, they are still lifelike.

only……

It's just that no matter how delicately the puppet was made, it was still much inferior to Lin Mao himself.

The jade really couldn't show the delicate and smooth skin of Lin Mao, and the pupils and facial features were far from Lin Mao's charming and seductive.

"...Are you scared too? Although it looks like it, it's just a puppet after all."

Lin Mao's words continued.

"However, I thought that this puppet had already been destroyed during the chaos of Wangyou Valley. I didn't expect it to stay here quietly for so many years..."

Probably Brother Chang at that time put it here.

That person was always very worried that one day his weak junior brother would leave him, so even if it was the lies made by charlatans, he foolishly believed them.

This puppet can protect Lin Mao from disasters, so it must be kept carefully.

However, who would have imagined that after so many years, it was Senior Brother Chang who had unrivaled martial arts back then who died before him, and Lin Mao himself, who had survived to this day in safety?

"Actually, when you said that there was a bell, I vaguely felt that it might be this puppet. The bracelet on its wrist was specially made by Senior Brother Chang..." Lin Mao blushed suddenly when he said this, and then quickly Change the subject.

"Well, speaking of which, this puppet is really exquisitely made. Not only does it look very similar to a real person, but if you press the mechanism, it can also play the piano. When it was first made, my senior brother and I felt it was strange, so we often made it It's shipped here, let it play the piano..."

Lin Mao suddenly turned his head in embarrassment, and smiled at Chang Xiaoqing.

"It's just that the fingerings recorded in this puppet are my own fingerings back then... the piano played is terrible."