Jiajing Spiritual Records

Early the next morning, Ning Huan woke up sleepily from the bed. He rubbed his eyes and stared at the carved mahogany bed curtain on the top for a long while in a daze.He turned his head, and the person lying beside him last night was gone.Ning Huan then hurriedly sat up, dragging a pair of boots to look for someone outside.Fang stepped out of the threshold of the back room, and saw the two talking outside.

Because Suxian was going to Yang's house early in the morning, he took advantage of this free time and carefully told Uncle Wang: "I'm going out with Ning Huan, and Mo Yue won't be back tonight. Zhao Wanniang is in good health. It's better, you can find a doctor for her later."

Uncle Wang nodded and replied, "I'll take care of it in a while."

"Yeah." Su Xian turned his head slightly, his eyes fell on the direction of Zhao Wanniang's guest room, a trace of complicated darkness flashed through his eyes, he said in a low voice, "If you find anything wrong, hold her down until I come back. "

Uncle Wang was taken aback, "You mean..." He raised his eyes to see the serious expression on Su Xian's face, and swallowed the second half of doubts that fell on his lips, and nodded cautiously: "I see." , Don't worry, my lord."

Ning Huan saw that Suxian was still in Sufu and did not abandon his plan, and his hanging heart fell to the ground.He yawned and was about to walk slowly back to the house, dragging a pair of boots.Hearing the sound, Su Xian glanced behind and noticed Ning Huan, and asked with a rather surprised expression: "Woke up so early."

Ning Huan was still in a daze and didn't wake up.He lowered his head and answered casually before entering the house, but the dragging boots were not easy to walk on, and he almost tripped over.

Su Xian frowned and stepped forward to support him: "Walk well." He glanced up and down at Ning Huan in disgust, and finally his eyes fell on his shoes, "Also, put on your shoes."

Ning Huan's head was bit by bit like a chicken pecking at rice.He Fang woke up from the bed, not to mention his disheveled clothes, even the soft and loose hair on his forehead was slightly tilted up by the night, and gently swayed with his head.

With a stupid look on his face, Su Xian said in his heart.

"Master Ning, what are you doing here in a daze, are you waiting for someone to do it for you?" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and carelessly pressed down the stumpy hair on Ning Huan's head, "It's really stupid." Su Xian said critically. commented.

Ning Huan narrowed his eyes and pursed his lips slightly, as if he was a little annoyed, he was still angry in bed right now!He squinted at Su Xian standing in front of him, his black eyeballs twitched maliciously where he couldn't see, he bent down and took off his boots, and the foot in white socks stepped on the ground. On the back of Su Xian's black boots. "What?" Su Xian frowned impatiently.

"Put on your shoes." Ning Huan raised his face, bared his teeth at him, showed a malicious smile, and crushed the foot that was on the back of Su Xian's boot.

Fool.

Su Xian snorted and turned his face away, folded his chest and watched Ning Huan struggling there without moving, and went with him.

"Hurry up - dawdling, did it on purpose, Ning Huan?" Su Xian said impatiently.He stared at the back of Ning Huan's head for a long while, then suddenly thought of something, raised one corner of his mouth, and asked triumphantly: "Come out without putting on your boots, can't you come out to find me? Tsk, so scared I am leaving?"

Ning Huan's movements froze slightly, he squinted at Su Xian, snorted lightly, and replied, "I'm just thinking about what Master Su promised last night!"

"What did I promise you?" Su Xian asked a little surprised.

"You forgot? Just...just the household department..." Ning Huan stared at Su Xian without blinking, carefully searching for the expression on his face, his eyes met, Ning Huan saw that Su Xian was really innocent Finally, I couldn't bear my temper, and complained loudly, "I waited until dawn, how could you forget!"

"Oh—" After a while, Suxian drew a long tone, showing a dazed expression.

"I remembered?"

"En." In Ning Huan's eyes full of expectations, Su Xian raised his eyebrows, lowered his eyes and looked meaningfully at Ning Huan's foot on the back of his boot, without saying a word.Ning Huan understood, smiled obsequiously, quickly retracted his feet, and put on his shoes.

"Tell me, who is it!" Ning Huan asked after Su Xian.

Su Xian stopped in his tracks, looked back at Ning Huan, a mocking smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Ning Huan, do you know why Mrs. Zhang in Wang Village can live to be a hundred years old?"

"Why is Wangcun Mrs. Zhang, why not Mrs. Zhang?" Ning Huan thought for a while, then asked.

"Because she never meddles in other people's business!"

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The two finished their breakfast in a hurry, and the little mute had already prepared the horse outside.Ning Huan got on his horse, looked back at Su Xian, and asked, "Where is the Yang family?"

"Just go straight to the south of the city." Su Xian's eyes were still on Zhao Wanniang's guest room behind him, and he only responded perfunctorily when he heard Ning Huan's question.On the other hand, Uncle Wang frowned, and carefully told Ning Huan beside him: "That place is weird, Mr. Ning, please follow your lord closely, and don't run around." Ning Huan was slightly surprised when he heard this, but Recalling the "weird" places that Suxian took him to, he nodded obediently.

The two left the city and walked south for about half a day.The surrounding people became less and less crowded, "Where are we going?" Ning Huan asked.

"Do you know the 'three nos'?" Su Xian turned his head.

"Three places?" Ning Huan shook his head and asked curiously, "What kind of place is that? I've never heard of it."

"There are a lot of things you don't know." Su Xian sneered, and he explained lightly, "The 'three no' lands are the so-called lands that officials don't care about, businessmen don't come to, and ordinary people don't stay. Those in the capital who can't get in People and things that are not visible on the stage are all gathered there."

"Here we are." Just as he was speaking, a dilapidated wooden house appeared in his sight, standing alone in this wilderness with few people.The wooden boards propped up the whole room indiscriminately, only the two closed doors were intact, dripping with bloody red paint.There is a locust tree planted in front of the house, and a few dusty lanterns are hung on the sparse branches, and the three characters "Sanbudi" can be vaguely seen on the faded lintel.The mountains are silent, occasionally the wind blows through the branches and makes a "rustling" sound, and the wails of animals are sounding one after another in the distance.

Ning Huan was a little surprised, and asked, "Is this 'three different lands'? Why is it such a simple dilapidated wooden house?"

Su Xian didn't make a sound, he got off his horse, stepped forward, stuffed a piece of paper money into the gap between the two doors, and then knocked on the door.A hoarse voice suddenly sounded in the wooden house, slowly like an old water wheel, making a harsh "creaking" sound. "Never refuse when you come, never stay when you go, what's the matter with passers-by?"

Ning Huan was slightly taken aback, he didn't expect that there were still people inside.At this time, Suxian replied: "Looking for people, doing business."

The people in the room were silent for a moment, then there was a strange rustling sound, and the door opened a crack with a "squeak".It was an old man who opened the door, his body curled up like an old monkey, his cloudy eyeballs showed a gloomy gaze, and he looked Su Xian up and down.His face was strangely long with a frightening blue color, his lips were slightly purple, and the wrinkles on his face were like a piece of shriveled old tree bark. He opened his mouth and said, "So it's Mr. Su!" .” As he spoke, he turned half of his body sideways.

There was still darkness behind the door, the two red-painted doors seemed to be the gaping mouths of a giant beast, and the light was swallowed up in a thick blackness that smelled of haze and decay. "Sanbu Town's rules must be understood by adults," said the old man.

Su Xian nodded silently, looked back at Ning Huan, and greeted softly: "Let's go." Ning Huan hurriedly got off his horse and followed.

With a creaking and trembling sound, the two doors behind him closed with a "bang", and the darkness rushed towards us, separating Yin and Yang.The overwhelming cold wind took away the surrounding temperature, and Ning Huanru shivered unknowingly in the ice cellar.The old man was holding a bright green lantern, and he was leading the way without slowing down, Ning Huan and Su Xian followed behind him.The ground under my feet gradually became firmer, and suddenly, my eyes became brighter.

The pavement is paved with bluestone slabs and bricks, and there are many shops scattered on both sides, and the bustling crowd is full of shouts.The old man who brought them in just now has disappeared, and now there is only a thin wooden sign behind the two of them. The surface of the black paint has been mottled and peeled off. How long has it been standing here.It was only noon, but the sky here was as dark as dusk.

"Get out of the way!" A big man yelled impatiently behind him, and Ning Huan hurriedly moved away.I saw the sound of a wooden cart covered with white cloth passing by, and the breeze lifted a corner of the white cloth, exposing the pale head of the female corpse underneath.

"Never mind, let's go find Yang Qi." Su Xian said softly.Ning Huan swallowed hard and nodded.

"Young master, do you want to buy something?" A delicate female voice sounded beside her, and Ning Huan raised his head upon hearing this.I saw a few bloody heads on the table, the eyelids were cut off, and a pair of big bloodshot eyes stared at Ning Huan, "This is a new human skin mask from my place, young master don't look at it." Look, the price is easy to negotiate."

The woman's hands were covered with blood, which dripped onto the cutting board below.The rotten smell around him made Ning Huan nauseous, "No...no need." Ning Huan stumbled back, retracted behind Su Xian, his eyes fell on his toes, and now he didn't dare to speak carelessly again. Looking around.

"Are they humans or ghosts?" Ning Huan asked in a low voice.

Su Xian glanced around, and his eyes fell on the "Human Butcher Shop" beside him.The strong man skillfully chopped off a human leg, and there were still several human corpses hanging on the wall behind him.Su Xian wrinkled his nose in disgust, and replied, "It's a human being."

"Then here..." Ning Huan slightly widened his eyes.Su Xian seemed to understand what Ning Huan meant, and he replied, "There are three no lands here. Officials don't care, business people don't come, and ordinary people don't stay. We can't manage things here, and we can't. It's a rule."

"Then what if the people here are doing evil outside?" Ning Huan asked worriedly, "We can't let them do evil."

"There is also a rule here, you can't touch people outside." Suxian raised the corners of his mouth, but the smile didn't reach his eyes, "It's black and white, who knows who will die in their hands one day." He frowned slightly Frowning, he continued, "Who are the Yang family hiding here all these years to avoid?"

"Then..." Ning Huan was startled suddenly, and suddenly thought of something, he raised his eyes and looked around vigilantly, and was shocked to realize that except for the few people just now, almost everyone on the street walked around the two of them.The narrow path actually diverged into two for the two of them. Seeing Ning Huan's gaze looking over, with a look of panic in their eyes, they walked away quickly.Ning Huan knew that he was absolutely incapable of that, he twitched the corners of his mouth and asked, "Su Xian, isn't this your first time here?"

Su Xian raised his eyebrows, and responded disapprovingly: "After all, you can find out information that outsiders don't know."

Su Xian led Ning Huan to a house with a tightly closed gate, he knocked lightly on the door, and a pale face appeared from the crack of the door, "Who are you looking for?" It turned out to be a child's voice.

"I'm looking for Yang Qi." Su Xian said in a deep voice.