Guanqingzhai

Hu Yue also reported her family background, but her eyes were still looking at Chu Jue, and there was no need to hide the tentative intention between the two.Naturally, there is no need to expose the doubts in these words.Chu Jue looked at the woman behind him and said, "Who is this girl? What is her relationship with Mr.?"

Hu Yue shook her head and said: "This matter is strange to say, and I don't know her origin. In fact, I rescued this girl from a coffin in a mass grave. She looks like this now. It's all difficult."

Chu Jue snorted, but didn't ask further questions.He didn't seem to have much interest in this matter, and just continued to reach out to warm himself.

Hu Yue had doubts about this person's origin, so he placed the woman close to the fire so that she would not be burned by sparks, then still covered the woman with his robe, and said softly: "Miss Take a rest first, and I will take you back when the sun rises."

The woman sat up when she heard the word "go back", she grabbed Hu Yue's hand and said, "I don't want to go back, I don't want to go back...the ghost messenger, the ghost messenger will take me...next time, they will take me Sawed."

Seeing her talking nonsense, Hu Yue comforted her with a smile: "Ghost messengers only catch the dead, so they will attack the living?"

Chu Jue just listened silently at the side, the woman shook her head again and again, but refused to say more, so Hu Yue could only do less to comfort her, and poured a few mouthfuls of strong wine for her, and told her to lie down and rest.

Then he rubbed his arms and squatted by the fire to warm himself up. Chu Jue looked at Hu Yue's thin and shabby clothes, and gave the coat to the woman. How could the single clothes keep out the cold in the middle of the night? Looking at Hu Yue's profile, he was thin and stern , When I don’t laugh or talk, it reminds me of some past things.Hu Yue didn't care about the other party's scrutiny, rubbed her hands together, untied the jug, took a few sips of wine and it was gone.Only then did Chu Jue speak: "This girl's words seem to be nonsense, but they do have some meaning."

After speaking, he untied his cloak and handed it to Hu Yue, but Hu Yue didn't accept it, and asked instead: "What do you mean by your words?"

Seeing that he didn't take down his cloak, Chu Jue stood up carelessly, put the cloak on Hu Yue's shoulders, then sat down close to him, handed over the jug and said, "The living are naturally not afraid of ghosts, but if this Are women not alive?"

Hu Yue hesitated for a moment, but still took a sip of the wine, his eyes lit up, and he took another sip of the wine.He wiped his mouth and said, "But she is, I can still tell."

Seeing him like this, Chu Jue also had a smile in his cold eyes, and he said: "Indeed, she is a living person, but there is no living person in the place she mentioned. It can be seen that if she goes back, she will no longer be alive." It's alive."

Hu Yue scratched her hair and was lost in thought. She didn't notice that the man beside her was staring at him, Hu Yue shook her head and said, "This is a strange story. Only when living people enter the underworld do they suffer from those dead ghosts." punishment. And I did save her in the coffin, this is really..."

Hu Yue turned to look at Chu Jue, and met the other's eyes. He shrank back uncomfortably and asked, "Why are you looking at me like this?"

Chu Jue smiled softly, "I just want to take a closer look at you."

Hearing such an intimate answer from him, Hu Yue felt even more uncomfortable. She coughed, moved her butt outside, and asked, "I am a big man, what should I look at carefully?"

Chu Jue smiled deeper and said: "Although Mr. is in rough and shabby clothes, his appearance is very handsome. This makes me a little curious..."

Hu Yue immediately pressed her fan against Chu Jue's shoulder, and then said seriously: "I'm sorry, although masculinity prevails in this dynasty, but I'm not a person of Taoism, Your Excellency made the wrong partner."

Seeing how nervous he was, Chu Jue laughed out loud and said, "You mean I'm interested in you?"

Hu Yue squinted her eyes, and then said dryly: "I don't know if you are interested, but I am not interested in you." Chu Jue gave a muffled laugh, and the smile in his eyes became stronger, and he looked at the woman next to him .

Hu Yue quickly explained, "I didn't do anything frivolous or rude to this girl. She was so excited when she heard the sound of the iron chain."

Chu Jue said, "The sound of iron chains?"

Hu Yue finally saw that he got to the point, nodded slightly and said: "It's strange, didn't you hear the sound of the iron chain being dragged? During the day, a few people dressed as yamen servants came here to take this girl Buried. But seeing them panicked like they were terribly afraid of the girl in the coffin, then I opened the coffin and found that she was alive. I saved her. Then she cried out like this Yincao Difu, so the sound of iron chains was heard behind the temple, and then Your Excellency came in."

Chu Jue said, "So sir suspects that I'm the one pulling the chain?"

Hu Yue didn't expect him to ask a straightforward question. He blinked, but there was no wavering in his eyes. He smiled and said, "Such doubts are normal."

Chu Jue nodded and said, "It's normal, but it's not me, and I didn't hear any iron chains outside, but..."

He threw a piece of firewood into the fire, which scattered slight sparks. He continued: "I saw a man outside. He was standing outside the temple gate. He had disheveled hair, no chains in his hands, but A shackle."

Hu Yue looked up at Chu Jue, and the two looked at each other. Hu Yue said: "Your Excellency is a bold person. How can ordinary people be so calm when they see such a scene in the wilderness? Could it be that he is really a fox fairy? "

Chu Jue approached Hu Yue, slowly stretched out his hand, Hu Yue waited with bated breath, unexpectedly, Chu Jue just picked off the withered grass from Hu Yue's hair, and then approached him and said: "If I am a fox fairy, according to the development of miscellaneous books and unofficial history, your Excellency Should we throw ourselves into the arms and go to the cloud and rain together?"

The two were getting closer, and it seemed as if they could hear each other's heartbeat between their breaths. Hu Yue slightly avoided his gaze, and said with a smile: "I'm just kidding, the breath of the mountain fox spirit is very different from your Excellency. At least I can be sure that your Excellency And a great man."

Hu Yue moved away with a look like you stay away from me, I'm not the kind of person you imagined.Hu Yue thought that this person appeared after the sound of the iron chain disappeared, and what he said seemed to have a meaning.Now I don't know what is the purpose of this person appearing again, but there must be a deep meaning behind his frivolous words and deeds.

Hu Yue didn't dare to be careless, but she really didn't want him to keep staring at her like that.He simply hugged his head, bent his knees, and pretended to be asleep.

But after a long time, the other party didn't do anything strange, just occasionally adding some dry wood to the fire.

In this way, the night passed, and the east was white.Hu Yue shook her shoulders slightly, and found that she had fallen asleep unknowingly, and the most exaggerated thing was that she was actually lying in the arms of that man named Chu Jue, who fell asleep with his eyes closed.His long eyelashes fluttered and he seemed to be sleeping soundly, and the slight heat of his breath hit his neck, so frightened that Hu Yue quickly jumped away, Chu Jue lost the person in his arms, and suddenly fell to the ground , rubbed his eyes and looked at Hu Yue dissatisfied: "Why are you doing this, sir? I will give you my own cloak. The dew is heavy in the middle of the night. Can't the two of you share the cloak to keep out the wind and cold?"

Hu Yue patted his clothes, and saw that he was still speaking logically, so he retorted: "Your Excellency can wake me up, and I will return the cloak to you, why do you need to be like this..."

Chu Jue also adjusted her clothes at this time, sat up with a frank face and said, "There is only one cloak. If I take it away, won't my husband be frozen? Chu can't bear it in his heart, besides, he is thin and fit. You can hold me in your arms..."

Hu Yue stretched out her hand and called to stop: "Stop, I see, I'm being rude and abrupt, since that's the case. There is no need to mention this matter again. Yue thank you for your kindness here."

Only then did Hu Yue think of the woman beside him, but when he went there, he found that there was no woman, only his torn robe, and inside the robe was only a paper-cut of Yasha.

Hu Yue looked at Chu Jue, who frowned and said, "When I fell asleep, the woman was still there."

Hu Yue said, "Where is that person?"

Chu Jue shook his head and said, "I don't know, maybe he's already gone?"

Hu Yue looked at the clay sculpture and said, "Maybe he was taken away..."

Both of them had doubts in their hearts, but it was time to go back to the city at dawn, so during this journey, no matter how reluctant Hu Yue was, the two of them walked together.

Chu Jue made conversations from time to time, but Hu Yue responded lukewarmly.This was so leisurely that he finally entered the city, and then Hu Yue stopped and cupped his fists, thinking that he could finally bid farewell to this broken sleeve.

Just as he was about to speak, Chu Jue said, "Mr. and I hit it off right away. This strange incident in the deserted temple is also somewhat unpredictable. Why don't you have some breakfast and warm a pot of good wine. Let's talk again."

Hu Yue squinted her eyes and said with a dry smile: "Your Excellency has no interest in this matter at all. The drunkard's intention is not to drink. I am also very tired from the mountain road for a day. Let's say goodbye, and we will meet together if we are destined."

Chu Jue laughed: "It seems that Mr. has misunderstood me. How about this? I think there may be more to what Mr. encountered yesterday. I also have a calculation in my heart. If Mr. wants to know, then go to the corner of the East Alley The Guanqingzhai behind the Li family's silk shop is a small house, my private study, and no one will disturb you. If you have any questions, I will still burn incense and sell wine there tomorrow, waiting for you to come."

Hu Yue bowed indiscriminately, tossed her sleeves and went to the Taoist temple where she stayed overnight without looking back.Xiao Daotong happened to be cleaning.

Xiao Daotong saw that Hu Yue came back early in the morning, but he didn't ask. Hu Yue smiled at him and went into his room to pour himself a pot of tea, but in his heart, just as Chu Jue said, he was thinking about what happened yesterday.I always feel that there is something that he has neglected so carelessly.

At both ends of the conversation, after Chu Jue watched Hu Yue bid farewell as if fleeing, the smile on his face faded. He stood with his hands behind his back and walked to another place, but a voice sounded beside him: "Why is Chu Jun going to see him?" "

Chu Jue did not stop, but replied: "It seems that he has already seen through the promise of the remnant plum, and it was an accident to see him this time. I didn't expect him to be such an interesting person. He obviously has no emotions, but he insisted on letting him go." I am no different from the worldly people. Ha, interesting."

Laughter came from the dark: "How could there be an accident in front of the master?"

Chu Jue shook his head, and asked back, "What strange things have happened in the capital recently?"

"There is a strange thing. The concubine of Li Hubu suddenly died a few months ago. Later, the body of Li concubine was found in other places. No matter how long it was buried, the body would always appear without decay."

Chu Jue said: "If there is something sneaky, it should be burned. Why do you always choose to bury it?"

"It has been burned before, but it still appears suddenly. The corpse is as if it had just died. Everyone is afraid of being angered by the ghost, so they dare not burn it again."

Chu Jue stopped in his tracks and asked, "There were only corpses when they appeared? Can you see other people?"

"No, there is only one corpse, but it is wearing the white robe of the underworld."

Chu Jue said, "Do you know where Hu Yue lives now?"

"Shouyuan Guannei makes a living by writing calligraphy and selling paintings for others."

Chu Jue continued to walk forward slowly and said, "Ha, there is a good show to watch."

Chu Jue said slightly: "By the way, do you know... how to do things that are masculine in the world?"

The person in the dark seemed to have bumped into something, and then said in embarrassment, "Master asked why?"

Chu Jue said: "Maybe I can try this worldly thing..."

There was a sound of hitting the wall in the dark, louder than before...

That night, while Hu Yue was lying in bed, she suddenly heard the sound of chains dragging the floor.Hu Yue suddenly opened his eyes, the house was pitch black, he sat up and lit a candle, the candle was dim, and a gust of wind came from nowhere and blew it out.

Hu Yue didn't light it again, he waited intently, and simply sat on the bed.Suddenly the candle that had been extinguished was lit once, and a person could be vaguely seen standing outside the window.

The candle was also burning strangely, like a straight line, since then the sound of iron chains outside the house came from under the bed.Hu Yue looked down by the dim candlelight, and saw that there were countless iron chains twisted on the ground, making it impossible to get off the ground. Just as he looked down, a human face suddenly protruded from under the bed. appearance.But his eyes were as cold as ice.

Hu Yue was caught off guard, and hurriedly retreated to the head of the bed. The man's face got up from under the bed, and simply stood by the bed, looking at Hu Yue with his hands down, while the sound of the iron chains in the house was already too harsh for people to bear.

Hu Yue said: "Are you the woman in the coffin yesterday?"

The man remained silent, his body was straight, Hu Yue suddenly took a closer look that he was also wearing a set of sinister clothes, and the man's hands were hanging down, holding the iron chain.If the iron chain sensed it, it began to wind towards Hu Yue. Hu Yue's figure was swift, and after jumping away, he shouted: "Where is the wild ghost, go quickly!"

Hu Yue took the pen on the desk and wrote a few words, then the iron chain did not dare to get close to Hu Yue, and Hu Yue saw that the person did not move.With a heartbeat, he wrote two spells directly on the soles of his feet.Stepping on the iron chain and rushing to the door, when he stepped on the iron chain with bare feet, he felt like walking barefoot on ice in the cold winter of the twelfth lunar month.He could only move forward, not daring to stay.

At this moment, there was another hasty knock on the door, and a woman shouted in a low voice outside the house: "My lord, open the door quickly, it's me, my lord!"

When Hu Yue heard that it was the girl rescued in the coffin yesterday, then this person was the person who dragged the iron chain and hid outside the temple yesterday.Hu Yue hurriedly opened the door, but when the door opened, the woman did not appear.

Hu Yue looked down and saw that the woman's head was on the ground. Her eyes were wide open, her pores were bleeding, her face was horrific, and she begged bitterly: "Master, you must come and save me, you must save me! I am in the underworld, suffering The pain of skinning and cutting flesh. Young Master, you want to save me, you want to save me!"

When Hu Yue was hesitating, he suddenly jumped into a wild dog from outside the courtyard, snatched away its head, stared at Hu Yue viciously for a few times, and then disappeared in a flash.And the person behind him had already turned around towards the gate, the iron chain in his hand had already covered Hu Yue's bed, but he didn't have time to attack Hu Yue.

Hu Yue didn't care about the disheveled clothes on her body, and ran out of Shouyuan Temple barefoot.But even after he ran out, he still felt as if something was chasing after him.Suddenly thinking of what the surnamed Chu said yesterday, and feeling that he is inseparable from this matter, recalling the location of Guanqingzhai in his heart, he ran all the way to Guanqingzhai in the middle of the night when there was no one on the road.There seemed to be a constant sound of iron chains behind him, and he didn't dare to linger, so he ran for several blocks in one breath.

When he ran to the gate of Guanqingzhai, the cold and oppressive atmosphere behind him seemed to have completely disappeared, and Hu Yue began to hesitate. The man said tomorrow, but it is now midnight, what if there is no one?Could it be that if I wear this outfit, I will stand at the door until dawn, and if the watchman sees it, I will be a ghost.

Just when he was thinking about whether he should return to Yuanguan, the barking of wild dogs came from behind him. Hu Yue tried to push the door, but the door opened automatically without the latch.Hu Yue looked at the yard again, it wasn't luxurious, but there were two big gourds at the door, and a pair of curtains pasted on it, which wrote: Keep a ladle of sake in the gourd, and write a moment of sorrow and joy in the world.

After Hu Yue read a few words, she was in a trance for a while, and then she entered the house unknowingly, and the door was closed again. There were no famous flowers and plants in the courtyard, just some willows and some ancient plums.There are occasional weeds Shulan on the edge of the wall, which is fragrant by itself.There is a group of stone tables and chairs on the far side.There were no lights in the house, and there was no sound, and it seemed that there was no owner here.

Hu Yue came back to his senses, feeling a little abrupt in his heart, but the environment here gave him a sense of peace of mind. He has been wandering for an unknown number of years, and how many past events have disappeared like fragments. He has already forgotten who he is. Where, wandering for a lifetime, without relatives or reasons, it is impossible to stay in any place for a long time, and there is no home, let alone someone you care about.

He stood in the courtyard and looked up at the moon. The autumn scenery was like water, and he was stunned to see it alone in a strange place.

Hu Yue laughed at herself, turned her head again, and found a person standing at the door, dressed in white, pouring wine from the wine gourd at the door.Did not stop Hu Yue.It seems that he doesn't want to disturb Hu Yue's previous thoughts.