treacherous world

That ghostly woman came and went, and in the blink of an eye, from appearing to disappearing without a sound, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were stunned on the spot, maybe they were dazzled...it's impossible for so many people to be dazzled at the same time!

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at the sea again. At this time, the sea was empty, except for the white waves in the night and the thin layer of mist, there was nothing. Where are people? !

Jiang Ping was in the front yard, and when he rushed out, he saw it, but then it was also because of the strong wind, he didn't understand it, and he disappeared!He asked the guard in charge of the island to check the situation of the bonfire in detail.

At this time, Zhao Pu and Gongsun also ran out.

"See a ghost?" Gongsun may have never seen a ghost in his life, a little excited, he ran in the front, and when he got there, he grabbed Zhan Zhao and asked, "Female ghost?"

Zhan Zhao opened his mouth, feeling that nodding was not shaking his head.

Xiao Sizi and Xiao Liang who ran out followed Gongsun and looked curiously at the sea, trying to find the figure of the female ghost.

Ziying and Zheying on the high tower could see it most clearly, they jumped down and said to Zhao Pu and the others, "Really, we also saw it from above!"

"Can you see it from above?" Gongsun wondered, isn't it a ghost?The ghost should be a virtual image...isn't it too strange that you can see it up, down, left, and right?

"Is it possible that it's not a ghost, but someone pretending to be it?" When Bai Yutang asked this question, he felt a little guilty, and saw that Zhan Zhao turned his head and looked at it with a pair of "sparkling" eyes that were not inferior to the fourth son. glanced at him.

The two of them were discouraged at the same time... and felt a headache. If it was really a fake, then the fake is too realistic.

"Home."

At this time, the servant who ran to check came back and reported that he had checked the entire Hollow Island, and found no phosphorous powder or sulfur, no trace of fire, and of course... no ghosts either.

Zhao Pu crossed his arms and looked at the sea. It was too late for him to come out when he heard the news, but unfortunately he didn't see the female ghost clearly... Logically speaking, it is impossible for someone to lie in front of Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, right? !Besides, even if it is fake, can it be possible to walk on the sea?This is too wicked.

At this time, there was a wind on the sea, and the weather seemed to be a little colder.

When Zhan Zhao walked to the shore near the sea, he saw that the mist on the sea was faintly dispersed, and the sound of a horse-drawn carriage seemed to be heard from the sky. Looking from afar, there seemed to be a black spot moving slowly in front of that weird island, heading towards far away……

Just about to take a closer look, Jiang Ping said behind him, "Oh no, there's going to be a strong wind!"

"Dafeng?" Everyone looked at him.

"Oh, if this kind of fog disperses, there will be strong winds. Nothing will happen tonight, and there will probably be heavy rain in a while." Jiang Ping said, calling everyone to hurry up the boat that was still parked outside. Enter the port, go back to the house to rest.

And as everyone moved, there were indeed lightning flashes and the faint sound of thunder in the sky. In the blink of an eye, there was already a strong wind on the sea.

Zhan Zhao couldn't tell if there was a boat in the distance, and seeing that everyone was calling to go back, he squatted down, patted the little four who was squatting on the shore and staring at the sea in a daze, "little four, let's go, get up It's windy."

"Huh?" The fourth son looked up, as if he had just recovered.

"Let's go." Zhan Zhao held out his hand to him.

"Oh." The fourth son nodded, took Zhan Zhao's hand, and entered the room with everyone.While walking back, the fourth son looked back from time to time, and gently waved his hands towards the sea.

Bai Yutang was walking aside, he caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eye, the fourth son seemed to be waving goodbye to someone, so he looked back.

But there was nothing behind him but the windy beach.

Before entering the room, the fourth son glanced at him again, and Bai Yutang stretched out his hand to pull him to his side and asked him, "Who are you saying hello to?"

The fourth son blinked, stretched out his hand and pointed to the sea, "Auntie."

……

The fourth son's words came out of his mouth, and everyone present was stunned.

"Little four, where is there an aunt?" Gongsun pulled him away and asked, "Don't talk nonsense."

But when Gongsun said it, he also felt that it was impossible. The fourth son never lied to anyone, even if he was asked to lie to him.

"There it is over there." The fourth son pointed to the surface of the sea.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked at each other, and they both looked into the distance at the same time, but who was there? !

"Oh." Jiang Ping approached suspiciously, "I heard that children's eyes are very clean, and they can see things that adults can't see. Could it be..."

"Liangzi." Zhao Pu asked Xiao Liang, "Did you see it?"

Xiao Liang rubbed his head, he was much smarter than the fourth son, but he didn't dare to lie to Zhao Pu... He looked up at Zhao Pu, and Zhao Pu knew——Xiao Liang saw it too!

"Well, I was in the sea just now." How could Xiao Liang catch a glance from Zhao Pu, so he hurriedly told the truth.

"Little Four, didn't you just say that?" Gongsun asked him with a frown.

The fourth son pouted, stretched out his finger and pressed his mouth, "She told me to shush, don't talk."

The more everyone listened, the more weird it became. People in the sea... can't breathe? !

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang went to the beach to watch again, and asked the fourth son, "Are you still here?"

The fourth son tilted his head to look left and right, then shook his head, "It's gone, maybe it's gone."

"Don't you know her?" Zhizi Mo Ruofu, Gongsun knew that the fourth son was a little dazed, but it was not possible to not say when he saw someone in the water, which was unreliable.

"Well... I don't know." The fourth son turned his face away.

After Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang heard this, they both looked down at the fourth son, and saw him with his hands behind his back, his toes grinding the ground, rolling back and forth.

Gongsun looked at the expression of the fourth son from a distance, clicked his tongue, and pulled Zhao Pu beside him, "That's bad."

"What?" Zhao Pu looked at Gongsun puzzled.

"What is the little thing hiding from us!" Gongsun frowned, "He must know that female ghost!"

Zhao Pu rubbed his chin and praised, "Hey, I knew this kid was loved by everyone, even a female ghost who dared to love..."

Before he finished speaking, Gongsun pinched him severely.

That night, when everyone went back to the house, Zhao Pu and Gongsun went to Zhan Zhao's room to have a discussion, only Xiao Si and Xiao Liang were left in the room, soaking their feet and preparing to go to bed.

In fact, the two of them were just playing sloppy eyes, and everyone was hiding around the room, eavesdropping on the two children talking before going to bed.

"Jin'er, is it cold in the quilt?" Xiao Liang helped Xiao Si cover the quilt, while reaching out to touch the inside of the quilt.

"It's not cold." The fourth son said, poking Xiao Liang, "Little Liangzi, look outside, is there anyone eavesdropping?"

Zhao Pu and Gongsun at the door were shocked... Aren't they dumbfounded?So smart? !

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were leaning on the roof, and they looked at each other, looking up at the sky, they really knew their father and son, and the fourth son had guessed the idea of ​​Gongsun in no time.

"No." Xiao Liang opened the window and looked out, then closed it again, "Nobody."

"Xiao Liangzi, did you see Auntie just now?" The fourth son pulled Xiao Liang's sleeve and asked, "Is she the same person we met yesterday?"

Everyone at the door was shocked... Little Si had seen that female ghost before? !After thinking about it, I looked at Gongsun and Zhao Pu with dissatisfaction—how did they take care of the children?I don't know such a big thing!

Gongsun and Zhao Pu sighed.

Xiao Liang nodded, "I said it looks familiar, I saw that weird aunt in the back mountain yesterday."

"Yeah!" Little Four nodded, "I told you the other day that Auntie is a ghost! You still don't believe me."

"Jin'er... don't talk so evil, it's late at night." Xiao Liang got into the quilt and whispered, "How can ghosts eat!"

"That's not necessarily true!" The fourth son pouted, "I heard that ghosts are very afraid of raising, let's not tell others, or she will go back to the Hall of Yama to suffer."

Everyone once again aimed at Gongsun and Zhao Pu, a serious failure in education!

The two continued to sigh.

"Jin'er, is this okay?" Xiao Liang was still a little concerned, "Could she really have something to do with the Hailong gang's arson? Then didn't she kill a lot of people, and we are helping the evildoers by helping her!"

"No!" Xiao Si said earnestly, "When we saw her yesterday, the Hailong gang hadn't caught fire yet! Also, when it was on fire yesterday, she was clearly in the back mountain, how could she run away Set fire!"

"She's a ghost! Ghosts can do that..." Xiao Liang gestured, "Otherwise why would she come to the empty island?"

"I know!" The fourth son said mysteriously, "She told me in a whisper, she said that she came here after a long journey, and she wanted to see Bai Bai!"

Zhan Zhao on the roof was stunned, looking at Bai Yutang, surrounded by a circle of shadow guards looking at him, the thunder in the sky was getting louder and louder.

Bai Yutang was also full of suspicion, he didn't know this woman... Aunt Mei?Is the last name Mei or the first name is Mei?And I just saw the woman's appearance, I don't remember seeing such a person "What is she looking for Big Brother Bai?" Xiao Liang was nervous, "Jin'er, when did you talk to her in private? Why don't I know !"

The fourth son whispered, "She looks so pitiful, it seems that the child has been snatched away, tortured and beaten!"

"Really?" Xiao Liang followed Zhao Pu and his group. They didn't learn anything else, but they were full of chivalrous hearts, and they felt so pitiful when they heard it.

Bai Yutang listened on the roof with his chin in one hand, thinking... have you ever known such a woman?

"Actually, Jin'er." Xiao Liang whispered, "I think she...is a little sick in her head."

"Is she sick?"

"Yeah, don't you think she's crazy?" Xiao Liang said, "If it weren't for being so pitiful, Aunt Lu wouldn't have taken her in to live in the back mountain."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang, and Bai Yutang also wondered—is it the one left by his sister-in-law?That's strange!

Zhan Zhao patted him on the shoulder, since he was left behind by his sister-in-law, it would be easy, so the two hurried to find Min Xiuxiu.

In the backyard, Min Xiuxiu had just returned from treating all the wounded and was about to take a rest. At this time, it was already raining heavily, and suddenly a maid ran in and said, Master Wu and Mr. Zhan are here.

Min Xiuxiu didn't avoid suspicion, she put on her coat and let the two of them enter the inner room. Anyway, Bai Yutang raised her up since she was a child and treated her like a half-son.

"Have you had dinner yet?" Min Xiuxiu took the pastry and asked the two to sit down, Bai Yutang hurriedly asked, "Sister-in-law, I heard you took in a woman?"

Min Xiuxiu smiled, "Our empty island takes in a lot of people every year, most of them are those who died at sea, or they are orphans and widows, which woman are you asking?"

Zhan Zhao said, "Oh, the fourth son calls her Aunt Mei."

"Aunt Mei?" Min Xiuxiu thought about it carefully, then clapped his hands, "Oh! Remembered, there is indeed a person named Xiaomei."

"Xiaomei?" Both of them were anxious, and asked Min Xiuxiu to explain this person in detail, and it would be best if they could meet each other.

"Yo...see you now?" Min Soo-soo looked at the two of them, "Shantang is both women, it's not appropriate for you two to go there at night. By the way, what do you two want her for?"

"What is her origin?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Oh." Min Soo-soo nodded, and started talking to the two of them in detail.

It turned out that Aunt Mei was rescued by Min Soo-soo at the seaside a month ago.

There are often shipwrecks in this water area, probably because of the current. Those corpses, survivors, and shipwrecks will all be washed to the shallows of the mountain behind Sunken Island.

Min Xiuxiu simply set up a philanthropic hall there, no matter where he came from or who he was, he took them in and gave them food for medical treatment.If there is a way to survive and a family, they can take the boat on the empty island and leave together after recovering from their illness. If they lose their home, they can also arrange for them.

This Aunt Mei, Min Xiuxiu remembers very clearly, she may have suffered a head injury, so she is a little delirious and sometimes speaks nonsense.

That day, Min Soo Soo went to see a doctor at Shantang as usual, and saw several servants carrying her back from the sea.At that time, she was wearing heavy shackles, she was dying, and there were still marks of beatings on her body. Looking at her figure, Min Xiuxiu was sure that she had given birth to a child.It took a lot of effort to take off the big shackles, and healed her illness, and she is slowly recovering these days.

Everyone thought that she might have been caught by the pirates, and after a lot of torture, she was delirious, so she was allowed to live on the island temporarily.She helps out in the back yard and occasionally walks around the front yard.Bai Yutang hasn't been back to Xingkong Island for nearly half a year, so naturally he doesn't know her... Plus she always keeps her head down, so many people on Xingkong Island don't know her existence.

"Then little four, how did you say that she came all the way from thousands of miles just to find Brother Bai?" Zhan Zhao was curious.

"Is there?" Min Xiuxiu was stunned for a while, "By the way, yesterday, that is, the day when the Hailong gang had an accident, there were not enough people on the island, so the little four and little Liangzi helped to go to the Shantang in the backyard to share meals and see patients, maybe At that time, I talked to Xiaomei!"

"Sister-in-law, we want to meet her." Bai Yutang asked.

"Well, good." Min Xiuxiu took an umbrella and took Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang to the Shantang in the back mountain to find Aunt Mei.

On the other side, Xiao Sizi and Xiao Liang were muttering in bed, the door was pushed open, Gongsun walked in with a straight face, pulled Xiao Sizi out of the quilt, slapped his buttocks, "How dare you lie to me!" father!"

The fourth son rubbed his butt, so he had no choice but to honestly explain how he met Aunt Mei.

Yesterday, he and Xiao Liang went to the Shantang in the back mountain to distribute food for Min Xiuxiu, and found an aunt looking around at the door, as if she was looking for someone.The fourth son and Xiao Liang went over and asked her who she was looking for.She said she was looking for her son, but she couldn't tell her name.The fourth son asked her what the person she was looking for looked like, and she said he was dressed in white, so handsome.

The fourth son and Xiao Liang thought they were looking for Bai Yutang.

The corners of Zhao Pu and Gongsun's mouths twitched, thinking that the little guy could stay well, how could it be Baiyu!

Later, the fourth son chatted with her a few words, and felt that although she was naughty, she was very pitiful, so he became good friends with her.

The fourth son also said that she is not a human, but a ghost who escaped from the Temple of Yama. It is very difficult to find her son, so she is afraid that Gongsun and the others will find her and treat her as a bad person.Just saw her in the water and asked himself to keep quiet, so he didn't speak.

……

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang arrived at the Shantang in the backyard, Min Xiuxiu went in, and after a while, she came out with a woman.

After taking a cold look, the two gasped - isn't it the woman just now!

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang and winked at him, as if asking—is it her?Isn't it my own dazzle?

Bai Yutang nodded with certainty, unless there are people who look exactly the same in this world.

And this so-called "Aunt Mei", only the fourth son calls her aunt, and she is not very old. Logically speaking, with the method of dividing people by the fourth son, this should be Sister Mei... Why is she called aunt? ?

Aunt Mei walked outside and saw Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao at a glance. Before Min Xiuxiu could introduce her, she walked quickly to Bai Yutang's side and grabbed his sleeve, "Xin'er!"

Bai Yutang blinked and looked behind him.

"Xin'er, it's your mother!"

"Ahem..." Bai Yutang almost choked on his saliva.

Min Xiuxiu suppressed a smile, stretched out his hand and said, "Xiaomei, you have mistaken the person!"

"No, no!" Aunt Mei shook her head again and again, holding on to Bai Yutang, "It's my mother's fault. I left you 20 years ago. Don't blame my mother!"

Zhan Zhao was standing next to the two of them, looking at the embarrassed Bai Yutang, he leaned over and asked Aunt Mei, "Well, Miss Mei...you are Geng this year?"

"Hmm... 27!" Aunt Mei said, "I got married when I was 17, and after taking medicine for ten years, I finally had a baby son. God is an eye opener."

Zhan Zhao roughly understood that Aunt Mei probably had a precious son before she fell into trouble, and later she missed her son like crazy, that's why she was so obsessed.

"That's right!" Min Xiuxiu pulled Aunt Mei and said, "Yutang is only a few years younger than you, how could it be your son?"

"Who said that!" Aunt Mei said seriously, "I lost him more than ten years ago, when he was one year old, he was right!"

Both Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked up to the sky to make the calculations. They lost it more than ten years ago. The baby was born at the age of 27, plus the baby was one year old... So she is 40 years old?Why is it so tender?

Everyone comforted themselves, they must be very sick, very sick!

"Ahem." Bai Yutang withdrew his arm from Aunt Mei's hand in embarrassment, and Min Xiuxiu also advised Aunt Mei, "Go back to sleep, we'll talk about it tomorrow, it's windy and rainy tonight."

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao nodded and wanted to leave, but Aunt Mei pulled Bai Yutang and said, "Mother came to see you before, did you learn art from a teacher when you were five years old! Also, when you were ten years old, you went down the mountain with your master." When I got a little white horse, I was so happy!"

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang and Min Xiuxiu again, and saw that their faces were a little pale.

Min Xiuxiu opened her mouth and asked Aunt Mei, "That... Xiaomei? How do you know?"

"I've visited Xiner before!" Aunt Mei said earnestly, "Also, you often drink in the cold wind at the beach...just like just now, be careful of catching a cold."

As Aunt Mei said, both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang took a step back subconsciously, feeling the chill behind their backs, was it really her just now? !

Min Xiuxiu was also looking at the ground at this time, she wanted to see if there was any shadow behind Aunt Mei.It's just that it's pitch black at this time, and there are thunderstorms in the sky.The light from the lightning flashed on Aunt Mei's face, and she was as white as paper, she didn't know if she hadn't slept well, her eyes were dark circles, and her eyes were dull.

Bai Yutang also felt that the hand she held on to him was icy cold.

Zhan Zhao moved closer to Bai Yutang's ear and whispered, "Her...hair is wet."

Bai Yutang is so big, it's the first time he feels creepy, is he really human? !

Min Xiuxiu was in a hurry, pulled Bai Yutang back, stood behind her and asked Aunt Mei angrily, "Who the hell are you? Are you a human or a ghost?!"

Aunt Mei looked at Min Soo-soo, and was a little at a loss.

"Come here!" Min Xiuxiu called the servant, "take her down for me and take her to the front hall! Also, hurry up to Huiling Temple and invite Master Abbot here! Daoist Wang of Tianmuguan also invites here !"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, seeing Aunt Mei being caught and struggling, Bai Yutang persuaded Min Xiuxiu, "Sister-in-law, she might just be a little crazy, maybe..."

"Not so?!" Min Xiuxiu stared, "This is not a big enough thing! I want to find out if it is really haunted, or your father went out to mess around because of his flirtatious nature."

"I was born to my mother!" Bai Yutang quickly defended.

Min Xiuxiu gave him a push, "Oh, don't worry about this matter, I'll deal with it with your elder brother!" After finishing speaking, he led the people away.

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao with a frown, and saw that he was massaging himself with great interest.

"What are you looking at?" Bai Yutang felt a headache and stretched out his hand to rest his forehead, why is there such a strange thing.

Zhan Zhao gently poked Bai Yutang at the side, "Speaking of which, is your father a flirtatious man?"

Bai Yutang looked up at the sky.

"By the way, do you look more like your father, or more like your mother?" Zhan Zhao became even more curious.

"Why do you ask that?" Bai Yutang was depressed.

"Oh!" Zhan Zhao said earnestly, "Think about it, what if you look like your mother... Wow, there is something wrong with your father, such a beautiful woman goes out for flirting at home! What if you look like your father? ...Hiss! Then your father must have caused many daughters' homes to suffer from lovesickness, maybe you still have brothers and sisters living among the people."

Bai Yutang gave him a hard look, shook his head and left.Zhan Zhao followed with a smile, thought it was quite interesting, and sighed, "Oh, it's a pity that Master Bao is not here, otherwise he will be able to interrogate this female ghost who appeared out of nowhere. Hey, Xiner Brother?"

Bai Yutang gave him a weak look, and he realized that ever since he got to know Zhan Zhao, he could run into anything!It's full of weird things!