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Compared with the prosperous and prosperous Anping County that I visited last time, Wushan Town is very poor and remote, sparsely populated, palm-sized land, few large shops for business, and mostly small stalls along the street, or a piece of tarpaulin and bamboo poles. The restaurants that got up, at dawn, the sun suddenly appeared, and the quiet town gradually came to life, the hawking on the street was sparse, and pedestrians were in twos and threes.

The group of people in the inn will only act at night, and go out to investigate the situation separately during the day. Before leaving Fuyu Mountain, everyone has disguised themselves, completely changing their appearance to hide, so as not to expose their whereabouts.

By the time we stayed at the inn, the rising sun had already climbed into the air, so Mu Qing took Bai Shu out and walked around on the pretext of having breakfast.

Mu Qing's current appearance is a young man in his early twenties, with an ordinary appearance, while Bai Shu is an ordinary girl in Taoli Nianhua. The two of them quietly blended into the crowd at the market. Sit at the tea shop.

There were quite a few chattering customers in the tea shop, and there was one empty table left, and the two of them went in to occupy this table exclusively.

It was the first time for Hu Sheng to drink tea like this, and Bai Shu seemed very curious, looking around, wondering why everyone sat around a pot of tea.

Xiaoer smiled enthusiastically and quickly came over to greet the two of them.Mu Qing only ordered two bowls of tea and didn't ask for any other food, "Thank you, little brother."

Xiao Er responded, yelled at the back of the shop, and then wiped the table for them and replied, "It should be." He sneaked a careful look at Mu Qing and Bai Shu, seeing that both of them were empty-handed, he thought she was Both of them were locals who went to the town to go to the market, so they asked again: "Are you two going to the street to buy and buy, or to go around?"

"Come to buy something," Mu Qing said, "and take a walk around the street by the way."

"That's right. Not long after spring started, it snowed every two days. There's nothing to do. It's better to take the little lady out to get some fresh air." Xiaoer laughed, thinking that the two were husband and wife, so she said it outright.

Bai Shu didn't know the hidden meaning of this sentence, the tea was brought over quickly, and she quickly raised her hand to take it, not afraid of being hot.Mu Qing knew that it was a misunderstanding, but she didn't try to explain it, but replied kindly: "The snow has been lighter these days, and it was too heavy to go out before."

Xiao Er was quite chatty, and as soon as the chat box was opened, he babbled on for a long time, until another guest came, he smiled and went to meet him.

The tea shop is full of chattering people. In such a cold weather, everyone sits around a table, drinking steaming tea, chatting all over the world. Li’s parents and Wang’s family are short. Something strange happened recently. Where did it happen again? What... Sitting here for half a day can basically get a feel for the situation in the town.

This is also the purpose of Mu Qing coming here to drink tea, and listening to all directions, she can always find something unusual.

But Bai Shu didn't understand, she thought she was really here to drink tea, looking at the big white porcelain bowl with only a handful of tea leaves in front of her, she hesitated immediately, she couldn't figure out why the tea should be served in a bowl - Mu Qing had taught her, Bowls are used to hold rice and dishes, and cups are used to drink tea.

This evil obstacle is so stubborn that it will not be flexible.Ordinary people work hard to earn a few bucks a day, and drink tea for two pennies. How can it be possible for literati to slowly sip it in a small and exquisite teacup like a literati.

She struggled for a long time, but still held up the big bowl to drink tea.

The cheap tea was astringent and bitter in the mouth, without a strong fragrance, and it was very unpalatable. As soon as she drank the tea, she wrinkled her face from the bitterness and swallowed it with difficulty.

"It's not good..." The villain pushed the big bowl away with disgust, and glanced at Mu Qing, probably not understanding why this person came here to seek guilt.

Mu Qing took a sip of coarse tea in a leisurely manner, ignored Bai Shu, and quietly listened to the chatter of the people at the opposite table.

On the opposite side are all the old men who are big and three rough, each with a voice as loud as a bell, talking about a strange incident last month with great interest. It just so happened that this incident happened in the dilapidated house on Yashi Street.

On a snowy night, two watchmen from Wushan Town patrolled the night on Yashi Street. One held a gong and the other held a clapper. Together they shouted slowly: "The cold wave is coming, turn off the lights and close the doors!"

The bangzi beat the gong "Tuk-tuk-boom-boom". From knocking down to the third watch, everyone in the town went to bed early on a snowy night, and the lights everywhere were turned off. Because it was too cold, the two watchmen went to bed Huddled together and walked forward, complaining about the damn weather is really annoying, it's so cold to death.

After this shift, the two of them hid from the snow under the eaves of a house at the end of the street, chatting and drinking wine to warm up.At this moment, there was a faint and shrill scream not far away, and the two of them froze in unison. After listening carefully, they were silent and desolate, and there was nothing.

"Could it be an auditory hallucination?" One person wondered, very puzzled.

The other one was timid and waved his hand, "Forget it, forget about it, just leave after drinking."

This place is very close to the bamboo forest. The old house is beyond the bamboo forest. The house has been abandoned for a long time and is always gloomy. People in the town dare not go there, thinking it is an ominous place.It's late at night, and it's creepy to talk, so it's better to leave quickly.

Together, the two took a few sips of shochu, put away the gourd and were about to leave. At this moment, the screams came again, this time louder than last time, and more than one screamed.The watchmen looked at each other, knowing that someone was indeed screaming, they were all trembling with fright, the two were fighting, they didn't dare to go to the bamboo forest to find out, and ran away like shaking a sieve.

This matter spread in Wushan Town within a few days. The old house was already desolate and dilapidated. Everyone thought it was a snowy night hitting a ghost.

The town is such a big place, and almost everyone believes in the theory of ghosts. People who are closer to the old house are so afraid that they burn incense and light candles that night, and bow down piously to send the ghosts away, so as not to come to their house.

A brave man who was not afraid of death once sneaked into the old mansion during the day, but he fell ill after going there. He lay on the bed for three or four days before waking up. There are ghosts floating around.

After this experience, everyone in the town is convinced that there is a ghost in the old house. A few days ago, everyone was afraid and dared not say it. Now nothing happened, and some people gradually let down their vigilance and talked about it.

"Have you ever been to that house?" asked the man in the brown jacket on the opposite table.

Some people nodded, some shook their heads, and they talked fiercely. Those who have been there all said that there is indeed a problem with the house, and there is a chill in the hot summer.

"I don't know what happened, it's such a big place, it's a pity."

"Who knows, the house has been around for many years, and it seems to have always been there."

"Huh?" The man in the jacket was puzzled, "Which family's ancestors owned that place, I've never heard of it."

As soon as this remark came out, there was another discussion. No one could tell whose old house that house was. It seemed that it had existed for many years and had not changed. The owner of the house was named, or No one can tell why it was built, which is really strange.

Mu Qing drank tea silently, lowered her eyes, stared at the table thoughtfully, and glanced calmly at the street outside the door.

Later, she took Bai Shu to leave quietly, walked around the street twice, bought some things casually, and returned to the inn after the market was almost over.

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When it was dark, the people hiding in the inn went out silently, their whereabouts were secret, and they met at the end of Yashi Street.

Mu Qing still took Bai Shu with her, but because it took some time to make the talisman, she was a little late, and they were the last to arrive.Seeing that Bai Shu was also coming, Jiang Lin raised his eyebrows, walked over and asked in a low voice, "You brought someone here again, do you really want to accept disciples?"

He thought it was bringing Bai Shu out to practice, just like she would bring that boy A Liang with her wherever she went.

Mu Qing didn't explain and didn't respond.

Qingxu glanced sideways at this side, and said lightly: "Let's go."

Everyone is here, so it's not appropriate to delay any longer. Take the time to do things while it's dark, Wu Shuiyun will lead the way, and the rest will follow.

The end of the street is much colder than that of the inn, and the bamboo forest is very quiet, except for the sound of the wind and the sound of bamboo leaves rubbing against each other, there is no smell of fireworks inside, the moonlight is blocked by dense leaves, it is so dark, and it is almost impossible to see the direction.

The deeper you go, the colder the coldness becomes. The houses behind are far away from the lights, you can't see or feel it, and the coldness pervades the entire bamboo forest.

Bai Shu was naturally sensitive, and was much more vigilant than ordinary people. She instinctively didn't want to go in, so she suddenly grabbed Mu Qing's sleeve and stepped forward to touch her.Sensing her nervousness, Mu Qing paused for a moment, then pretended nothing happened and let her clenched her cuffs tightly.

Apart from them, there was no one else in the bamboo grove. When he walked through the bamboo grove and saw the old house, Jiang Linshuer, who was next to him, remembered what he found out in the afternoon, and asked softly, "Do you know the origin of this house?"

Ah Hao was curious, "Master, what did you find out?"

Jiang Lin nodded.

Qingxu stayed in the inn today and never went out, when he heard something happened, he squinted his eyes and said: "Don't play tricks, just talk about it."

Jiang Lin was such a cheap brat, he complained first, "Qingxu, why are you always so fierce, why don't you just say it right away."

As he said that, he smiled shamelessly at the side.

Qingxu didn't bother to talk to this thick-skinned man, and squinted coldly.

Only then did Jiang Lin get serious, and truthfully revealed the news he had inquired about.This house has a history of many years, so long ago that no one in the town knew when it existed, which family it belonged to, and who lived there.

But since it was built here, it is impossible to find out everything. This house is so spacious that it is definitely not affordable for small households. The origin must not be simple.Sure enough, she found clues on the stele outside the ancestral hall of Wushan Town. The stele had existed for many years, more than a hundred years, and had been eroded by wind and sand for more than half of it. It recorded some old history of the town in ancient characters.

People in Wushan Town couldn't understand what was written on the stele. Jiang Lin spent a long time identifying it carefully before he found a sentence or two of records about the old house.

——The old house used to be a place for worshiping gods.

However, what kind of gods were offered, why they were offered, and why they were defeated so far. The stone tablet could not find the answer, and it was all eroded by the wind and sand.

"Lin'an is under the management of Jiangdong Hall. Has Hall Master Wu heard of this?" Jiang Lin asked.

Although Wushan Town is a small place, it is not a trivial matter to be able to worship the gods. This kind of custom is usually caused by customs and has been formed for a long time.

Wu Shuiyun thought for a moment, "Never, never heard that Wushan Town enshrined gods."

"really?"

Wu Shuiyun replied with certainty: "Definitely not, we have thoroughly checked this place before coming here, and I am sure there is no such thing."

That's strange, a god of Lao Shizi appeared out of thin air, either it was a random inscription on the stone tablet, or it was... too old to be verified.

Jiang Lin groped, unable to figure out which one might be bigger.

The conversation had already reached the gate of the old house, and everyone was silent.In the endless silence of the night, the silver-white moonlight poured down, clearly illuminating the decadent mottled high wall and the white snow on the wall. The door of the house was half open, and at a glance, the inside was dark and dilapidated, and it had long been invisible. The old look.

A tattered plaque hangs slantingly from the gate of the old house. The words on it have all been worn away by wind and frost, and they look crumbling.

Behind the door is the house, and there is another door inside, and if it is deeper, it will be difficult to see clearly, it is gloomy, and there is no end in sight.

Mu Qing raised her eyes to look inside, then paced in first.Bai Shu hesitated for a while, but followed closely behind.

The remaining people left two disciples of the Fengling Sect lurking at the door, and the rest went in, and when they entered the courtyard, they divided into three teams to act independently.Jiang Lin and A Liang were together, Qing Xu followed Hall Master Wu and the others, and Mu Qing brought Bai Shu. The arrangements were made before they came, and they went to different places to check separately.

Mu Qing and the others went straight to the backyard.

The musty smell of rotting wood was strong and somewhat pungent.Bai Shu rejected this smell, and impatiently stood next to Mu Qing, following her every step of the way.

"Be careful, pay attention to your surroundings." Mu Qing reminded in a low voice.

Bai Shu hummed, thought for a while, and clenched her sleeves tighter.

For no reason, Bai Shu felt a little uneasy in her heart, subconsciously she didn't want to go any further, but Mu Qing didn't have any intention of stopping ahead, she pursed her lips and held back.

To get to the backyard, you need to go through a long winding corridor, but it has been too long, the corridor has long been weathered, the vermilion has faded, and the railings and the roof of the corridor have become rotten wood that will fall apart when pinched.The middle section of the promenade is built on the lake, and it should have been beautiful in the past, but now the lake has dried up, leaving only a snow-covered depression.

Walking on the promenade, you may step into the air at any time. The rotten wood seems to be unable to bear the weight. Bai Shu stepped down, stepped on it directly, and almost fell to the ground.

Fortunately, Mu Qing had quick eyes and quick hands, and held him firmly.

Bai Shu's heart tightened, and she firmly grasped Mu Qing's wrist.

Mu Qing didn't respond, and only said gently: "Watch the road, don't be distracted."

Bai Shu was really distracted just now, and she didn't dare to lose her mind on the next road.

At the end of the long corridor is a bow-shaped stone door. It is open to the air and illuminated by moonlight. It is slightly brighter than those places in the front yard, but it is still dead and quiet, and no sound can be heard.

Before entering the door, Mu Qing gave Bai Shu a protective formula to prevent unexpected situations when entering, and then went in first.

Behind the bow-shaped stone gate is a spacious world, covered with snow and overgrown with weeds. There is a pavilion in the middle, and weeds also grow in the pavilion.You can see everything here at a glance, there is nothing special about it, Mu Qing looked around, decided to go to the pavilion to take a look, turned around and told Bai Shu: "Wait here, don't move around, I'll go over."

Bai Shu didn't want to go there anymore, and she was really obedient after hearing what she said, but when she saw Mu Qing take two or three steps, she subconsciously passed this evil obstacle, and she didn't want to stay alone.

Mu Qing didn't stop him and let him follow.

The pavilion was surrounded by human-high grass, which had to be pushed through to get in. The two of them climbed up the stairs while pushing aside the grass.

After waiting in the pavilion, both of them were taken aback.

There is a pool here. They didn't see it when they were standing at the door, but they saw it when they came up.With the erosion of time, the original appearance of the pool can no longer be seen, the pool wall is dark, and the material is not clear, it is disgusting to look at, but no matter whether it is Mu Qing or Bai Shu, they can recognize this pool at a glance.

Ruo Shi believed what Bai Shu said a long time ago, believing that there was a square pool in the old house, Mu Qing still couldn't help being shocked.

Bai Shu couldn't help herself for a while, she didn't expect that there was a place that appeared in her dream. When she saw the old house outside, she didn't feel so deeply, until she saw this Fangchi with her own eyes, she didn't know whether it was a dream or something, and suddenly reappeared in her head.

He forced the woman in white to the wall of the pool, and firmly grasped her wrist. The woman in white's eyes were thin red, with shame in them, and the color of the water soaked by bone erosion thoughts, that kind of blaze.The lingering strong feeling of the hot breath almost melted the flesh and bones into a stream of water, which melted into the pool.

The woman in white closed her eyes unbearably, and said in a low voice, as if scolding but not scolding: "Bastard..."