What are you making a fuss about?

Yun looked out the door.

Xie Xiao carried the scroll back to the screen, and when he came out again, Jing Yun had already walked into the yard.

"There is a banquet in the palace tonight, do you want to stay in the palace?" Xie Xiao asked, turned around and closed the door.

"Ah."

Xie Xiao raised his hand and whistled, and a man in black came in from the door.

"See the owner." The man squatted down and saluted, "Bring that pot of wine back to the inn." Xie Xiao said.

The man in black made a series of movements smoothly, picked up the wine on the table, turned and disappeared into the alley.

Jing Yun turned around and asked, "Did you send someone to follow me?"

"Um……"

Jing Yun turned cold, turned and left.

Xie Xiao didn't know where to provoke him again, he sighed and quickly followed.

The wind chime of Yunxi Palace made a "dingling bell" sound again, and the two people lying on the wall immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Then two figures, one green and one white, jumped down from the wall.

"Didn't you say that this is the quietest place in the palace?" The woman stretched her waist and panted, "My waist almost broke when I lay down."

Jing Zhao also twisted his neck, "I never knew Xie Yushen would bring Xiu Ming here."

"What's the relationship between Xie Yushen and Xiu Ming?" Jing Zhao sat on the stone table and asked with his head tilted.

Xie Ling rubbed her temples, "I don't know, if someone sends someone to follow me, I will kill him."

"I always think they are weird. I can't say what's weird." Xie Ling looked confused.

Jing Zhao raised one leg, "I also think Xie Yushen's eyes are wrong when he looks at Xiu Ming."

"That's right, that's right, his eyes are malicious." Xie Ling nodded and said yes, "It's like... like rain after a long drought, or like a dog looking at a meat bun."

The corner of Jing Zhao's mouth twitched, and he thought: Is there such a thing to describe people?

"Xie Yushen, is it really your brother?" Jing Zhao asked.

Xie Ling scratched her hair, "My father said that Xie Yushen needs a little beating to become a talent."

Jing Zhao laughed loudly, "Your lord really told the truth with one word."

"Ham, Xie Yushen is just stubborn." Xie Ling shrugged.

Jing Zhao said: "That's over, Xiu Ming is also a person with obsession."

"Forget it, don't care what they do, do you still want to listen to the story?" Xie Ling sat on the swing, kicked on the ground with one foot, and slowly swayed.

Jing Zhao smiled, and said, "You said..."

Plum wine (water ghost)

"Have you heard of water ghosts?" Xie Ling asked.

"I've seen it in the story book." Jing Zhao looked at her sideways.

Xie Ling rolled her eyes twice, "It's a real water ghost, the kind that can tear people's ankles and kill them."

Jing Zhao didn't speak, Xie Ling said again: "I've seen it, in a rural stream in Minshan."

"The water in a rural stream is generally not deep, so how can there be water ghosts?" Jing Zhao frowned.

Xie Ling took out a piece of talisman paper from the cloth bag at his waist, lit it with his fingertips, and a wisp of green smoke rose in the air. "It's very deep, it's a natural danger."

A high mountain appeared in the green smoke. The southeast corner of the mountain seemed to be split by an axe.

"You call this... a rural stream?" Jing Zhao looked at the torrent on the screen and asked in surprise.

Xie Ling said: "Because there are water ghosts, it has become a village stream."

Jing Zhao was confused when he heard that, Xie Ling stretched out his hand to disturb Qingyan.

"About three years ago, my master and I went to collect demons in the Minshan area. The river was very calm. The master just took a look at it and said: 'There is something in the river, and the way is not shallow.' We had a mission at that time, and I just took a look and didn't stay too long." Xie Ling sighed in a low voice,

"There are two monsters living in that river, one is a water ghost and the other is a bone girl."

"Skeleton girl?" Jing Zhao felt a chill behind him, "Bone Demon?"

Xie Ling raised her eyebrows, "That's right, she's a bone girl."

"I was catching monsters at the time, and I stood by the river guarding a formation."

"Unfortunately, suddenly a child jumped out of the woods."

"At night?" Jing Zhao's face changed slightly.

"En." Xie Ling nodded, "If it wasn't for the night, the kid wouldn't be able to stumble into the river."

"Did you go down to rescue?" Jing Zhao asked, vaguely thinking of something bad.

"Of course I was saved, but I was so worried that I was dying. The master said there was something in the water, and I was afraid he would be eaten by that thing." Xie Ling stopped the swing.

"The child is probably five or six years old. He was a small person. He was beaten by a wave just after he fell into the water." Xie Ling jumped off the swing, "I have been looking for it for a long time, the water is rushing and cold..."

Jing Zhao's face became even uglier, "Are you good at swimming?"

"It's not good." Xie Ling spread her hands, "I grew up in the mountains, so I didn't learn how to water."

"Then you go down to die?" Jing Zhao felt extremely absurd.

"I have a spell, what are you afraid of." Xie Ling smiled.

"Oh, you are so brave." Jing Zhao said calmly.

Xie Ling ignored his white eyes, and said: "The little doll got stuck in the crevice of the stone, and I was still conscious when I picked him up."

"As soon as I stretched out my hand, he wrapped me around my waist. I can't even move." Xie Ling sighed.

Jing Zhao's face softened slightly, "You know you can't move." He was also hugged by her in the water just now and couldn't even breathe.

"Yes, I coaxed him to let go a little bit so that I could take him up slowly."

"Yes, it's the gesture you touched my head, and I did the same." Xie Ling walked to Jing Zhao's side.

"The little boy looked at me full of fear, and asked in a very low voice: 'Can I trust you', I was taken aback, and suddenly became suspicious."

"I really have a life tied to me..." Xie Ling said seriously.

Jing Zhao was also stunned. Is this what she said someone entrusted her with his life?

Xie Ling sat on the stone chair. "I hesitated for a while, and said 'yes' to the kid. Then, he was stunned for a while, and finally slowly let go."

"I reached out and grabbed his hand."

"But..." Xie Ling breathed a sigh of relief, "I didn't catch it."

Jing Zhao couldn't speak, "The water is too fast, no..." Blame you.

"The child was washed away by the water again, and I still remember the deep resentment in his last look to this day."

"Hey..." Xie Ling rested her arms on the edge of the stone table.

Jing Zhao jumped down and sat opposite her, "It's not your fault."

"If he hadn't let go, maybe he could still..."

"If he doesn't let go, you will be dragged down." Jing Zhao lightly tapped the table top, and the Nine Dragon Jade made a crisp sound.

"..." Xie Ling didn't speak, as if he was thinking about something.

"If you are not good at water, don't go down to save others."

"Watch him die?" Xie Ling's face turned pale.

"You should go and call someone, let someone who knows water come to save you." Jing Zhao frowned.

"But I'm the only one, and I'm not completely unable to go into the water." Xie Ling said in a low voice.

Jing Zhao was a little annoyed, shook his head and said, "Do you want to die with him?"

Xie Ling was stunned for a moment, "If I practice the formation better... nothing will happen."

"It's not a question of whether you practiced well or not." Jing Zhao patted the table, "This kind of situation is impossible for humans. You have nothing to do, and you don't have to blame yourself."

"A life is about to die in front of you, can you just watch?" Xie Ling looked up at him.

Xie Ling's hair was in a bun, and her snow-white face was slightly flushed from excitement.Jing Zhao was short of breath for a while, and couldn't say a word.

"Although I couldn't do it, I still have to try..." Xie Ling said hoarsely.

"His death has nothing to do with you." Jing Zhao softened his tone.

Xie Ling was taken aback for a moment, then stared at him blankly.

"He... is not dead." Xie Ling slowly spit out three words.

"He fell into a river of immortality."

"Not dead?" Jing Zhao was confused for a moment.

"It was said earlier that there was something in the water." Xie Ling said.

Jing Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, "Water ghost? Can water ghost save people?"

"Her name is Qiao Ji, and she is a good ghost. If she doesn't take anyone's life, her partner is the Bone Demon."

Jing Zhao was surprised: "Will the Bone Demon be harmless? Then how does she transform and survive?"

Xie Ling retorted: "You people always generalize. If you are a ghost, you must harm people? Superficial."

"I happened to see that skeleton girl that day."

"She was wrapped in a red dress, and her bones creaked. The flesh and blood grew slowly on the bones, and then grew a face and hair. She stood up with her waist shaking, not to mention, she looked pretty."

Jing Zhao: "..."

"Then the bone girl jumped down from the tree, went to the river and called Ah Qing a few times, and Qiao Ji called Ah Qing."

"There was a bunch of green things popping out of the river. I was standing in the river, and that thing was staring at me." Xie Ling smiled.

Jing Zhao looked at Xie Ling with weird eyes, "Aren't you afraid of this thing?"

"It was a little bit at the time, but after knowing that they are ghosts, I won't be afraid." Xie Ling smiled.

"Why?" Jing Zhao now realized that it was completely unnecessary to comfort her.

"I'm a monk. Have you ever seen a Taoist who is afraid of ghosts?" Xie Ling snorted, and said again: "The water ghost slowly stood up from the water. It was a girl. She twisted her wet hair and walked away. Come ashore."

"And then?" Jing Zhao asked, "Ji Qiao came ashore to drag you into the water?"

Xie Ling glared at him, "No, she put the little boy on the shore just now, Ah Qing never harmed anyone."

Jing Zhao asked suspiciously, "If she doesn't harm anyone, how could she be reincarnated?"

Xie Ling's expression froze, "She doesn't reincarnate."

"Ah Ching said she would never be reincarnated."

"Why? Forcing to stay in the world is against the law of heaven, and you will be punished."

Xie Ling was silent for a moment, "She wants to guard that river."

"It was only later that I heard that the river was originally called Jishuitan, but later it was called Undead River. Ever since Ah Qing drowned in the water and became a water ghost, no one has drowned in this river."

"Ah Qing said that she has been in this river for more than 300 years, and no god has ever come. People here offer sacrifices to them every year, but no one wants to care about this poor mountain and evil water.