Master's professionalism

Hu Liting sighed, and reluctantly sat up from the bed, holding Xue Xiaoyan in his arms and listening to the voice outside the door with him.Other couples hugged each other in the middle of the night and listened to the sound of snow falling. It was as romantic as they wanted, but they were better off hugging each other and listening to the strange sound made by something unknown.

Hu Liting listened intently, resting his chin on Xue Xiaoyan's shoulder, and said lazily: "When the Yin servant collects the soul, he wears a soul-locking chain to lock the soul and prevent them from escaping. The chain is so long that it drags on the ground. It sounds a lot like this."

Xue Xiaoyan nodded: "I think so too, but why is there something wrong with a good person? Could it be that the soul of the person who died before is still here? But why is he walking around? Is he lost?"

"Then do you want to go out and say hello?" Hu Liting said as he lifted the quilt, a gust of cold wind rushed into the quilt, and he pushed the quilt back violently, "It's better to sleep, it's cold."

Xue Xiaoyan patted him amusedly, then lifted the quilt abruptly, both of them shivered from the cold at the same time.

Hu Liting got out of bed and took a coat to wrap Xue Xiaoyan up. He also put on the coat himself, and stood by the door with arms folded, ready to accompany him on "night spies".

Xue Xiaoyan twisted the doorknob gently, with a "click", pushed it open a crack and looked out the door.The sound was still ringing, it sounded a little far away, the corridor was dimly lit, and there was nothing but the shadows cast by the wall decorations.

He stood up, pointed to the door, and looked at Hu Liting tentatively.

Hu Liting pulled him away knowingly, stretched out his hand and opened the door directly, walked to the door and leaned on the door frame and said: "Wait, it's coming soon."

Knowing that he was talking about that voice, Xue Xiaoyan obediently stood aside and waited with him.

As the sound of the chains got closer and closer, the surrounding temperature became lower and lower. The originally cold air seemed to be freezing, making Xue Xiaoyan shiver.Xue Xiaoyan held him in front of him, wrapped him in his arms with clothes, and said softly: "I'll just let you sleep, you still don't believe it, you know it's cold?"

Xue Xiaoyan hummed twice, shrank into Hu Liting's arms, and continued to wait intently for the sound to approach.

Looking at the dim corridor, there is a darkness at the end, stretching out as if endless.In the darkness, a shadowy human figure slowly approached, and the originally somewhat vague sound of metal impact became very clear, echoing in the silent corridor.

The figure walked towards them unhurriedly, and the figure became more and more clear. It was a male ghost with a face as white as paper, and his head was downcast, making the whole ghost look even more lifeless. Every step he stepped on the ground felt like a heavy weight. The heavy, dim yellow light passed through his somewhat transparent body and fell to the ground leaving nothing behind.

Hu Liting looked at the slowly approaching figure, pinched his hands and muttered in a low voice: "...Mingtang sits and lies down, hides and hides, hurrying like a law!"

The figure gradually walked in front of them. Because of Hu Liting's spell, they couldn't be seen, and they still walked slowly with that lifeless appearance.Only then did Xue Xiaoyan see the source of the sound clearly. The male ghost was wearing a black neckcuff, locked from behind, and connected to two chains about three fingers thick, and the chains were connected to the shackles on his wrists. , hanging down again with the shackles, dragged on the ground together with the two outgrown joints, clasped him like a torture tool, and made him unable to straighten his waist.

Xue Xiaoyan followed him softly, bent down to pick up the chain to check, the male ghost felt the chain being pulled, stopped in his footsteps, turned around slowly and looked at the ground, but saw nothing , tilted his head, seemed very puzzled, after confirming that there was no one there, he turned back slowly, and continued to walk forward with strides.

As soon as the male ghost left, the chain started to move. Xue Xiaoyan was still holding it in his hand to watch, but he was pulled back and almost fell forward to the ground.He supported it with his hands, stabilized his body, squatted on the ground and followed the male ghost step by step with difficulty, looking a bit embarrassed.

Hu Liting sighed and walked over, patted him on the shoulder, but was stared back by Xue Xiaoyan, Xue Xiaoyan raised his index finger to press his lips to signal him to keep quiet, and pointed to the chain on the ground, telling him not to disturb him.

Hu Liting pursed his lips, with helplessness on his face, stretched out his hand and touched the bracelet on his right hand, and the bracelet turned into a silver sword in his hand. He stretched out his left hand to pull Xue Xiaoyan into his arms, and raised the sword with his right hand Slashing down suddenly, the blade of the sword collided with the chain and made a powerful crisp sound. The male ghost paused, then turned around slowly, and saw that the chain that was originally locked on his body was broken for no reason. .

The male grimace twitched, as if hesitating what to do, then turned around after a while, and continued walking, as if everything just now was just his illusion.

Xue Xiaoyan squatted on the ground, saw that the male ghost had finally left, he let out a long breath, and picked up the broken chain.

Xue Xiaoyan originally thought that this chain would be a femininity like the ghost-controlling pile that he encountered in Huamei before, but after he was mentally prepared to put it in his hand, he found that it didn't seem to be the case.The material of the chain should be just ordinary iron, but if you touch it with your hands, you will find that there are fine lines on the surface of the chain, which looks like someone carved it, but you can't see it if you just look at it.

Xue Xiaoyan handed the chain to Hu Liting, who took it and held it in his hand, looked at the dim light for a few times, and immediately gave up, shrugging to show that he didn't see anything.

Xue Xiaoyan glanced at Hu Liting helplessly, then turned to look in the direction the male ghost left, and said helplessly, "Then shall we follow to see?"

Hu Liting nodded: "Anyway, I'm sober, let's go and have a look."

After speaking, the two walked slowly towards the direction of the male ghost. The speed of the male ghost was really slow, and they caught up when they reached the stairs.He walked downstairs slowly, looking in the direction as if he was about to go out, Xue Xiaoyan thought a little strangely: "Is this the rhythm of going grocery shopping in the middle of the night?" However, no one would answer his question.

When the male ghost dragged his feet to the door, Xue Xiaoyan and Hu Liting had already run to the side and stood aside for a long time. They finally waited for him to finish the difficult journey, thinking that he should do something next Unexpectedly, he just raised his hand and knocked lightly on the door.

"Knock-tuck--"

A dull voice sounded in the silent darkness, but it was only a few times, and then the male ghost put down his hand and stood in front of the door in a daze.

Xue Xiaoyan was extremely puzzled by this behavior. He approached and looked at the male ghost, but he couldn't see anything. The male ghost stood there in a daze, motionless, like a toy whose battery was suddenly removed. .

After waiting for a while, when Xue Xiaoyan was starting to wonder whether to go back to sleep, the door suddenly made a dull sound. The male ghost heard the sound move, pulled the chain and made a "wow", and then the door was blocked. People pushed away from the outside.Xue Xiaoyan took two steps back in fright, and subconsciously put her hands in front of her in a defensive posture.

The bright moonlight pushed the door open with a cold wind, leaving a long shadow on the ground, and the person who pushed the door was actually a person.

The person outside the door had his back to the light, so he couldn't see his face clearly, but from his figure, it should be a woman. She turned her head with some difficulty, and looked at Xue Xiaoyan. Xue Xiaoyan was startled, did the spell fail?But the male ghost didn't respond?

"Crack-"

A flash of white light illuminated the room, but the woman didn't respond, she still looked straight at Xue Xiaoyan, but Xue Xiaoyan was taken aback, turned her head to look at the culprit in doubt - Hu Liting held the phone in his hand and handed it to Xue Xiaoyan. he.

Xue Xiaoyan took the phone and looked at it. On the screen was the photo of the door that Hu Liting had just taken, but there was no male ghost, only the figure of the woman was left behind. Does this mean to tell him that the woman is an entity?

Seeing Xue Xiaoyan's puzzled face, Hu Liting stretched out his hand to enlarge the picture, and whispered in his ear, "You look good."

Xue Xiaoyan: "..." So you want to get a concubine and come to ask for my opinion?

He stretched out his hand to pinch Hu Liting's waist, and continued to look at it with his mobile phone in the other hand. The woman in the photo was indeed beautiful, with crescent eyebrows and almond eyes. Although her skin was pale and blue, she had another kind of soul-stirring beauty.

"Yes." Xue Xiaoyan whispered, "If you want to bring it into the palace, then you can."

Hu Liting showed a somewhat aggrieved expression: "Don't dare, I'm afraid you will run away."

Xue Xiaoyan snorted twice, then turned her head to look at the woman, she really wanted to hear this tone.

None of the three people and one ghost made a sound. In the dead silence, Xue Xiaoyan felt that his body was about to be frozen. He moved his hand lightly, unconscious, and simply put his hand into Hu Liting's hand. Hu Liting was stunned for a moment, and responded. Come here and rub his hands obediently.

"Whoa-"

The sound of the chains sounded again. Xue Xiaoyan subconsciously glanced at the male ghost, and found that he was still the same. He was a little puzzled, and Hu Liting reminded softly beside him: "Female."

Xue Xiaoyan froze for a moment, squinted at the woman at the door, and found that she was indeed moving, but her movements were a little stiff, and she had to take a break every time she moved, like a critically ill patient who was dying frequently.That voice came from the woman. She was also wearing shackles on her feet. Every step she took, she dragged on the ground, making noises, like ugly decorations, telling everyone where she was.

"Go and have a look?" Xue Xiaoyan asked.

Hu Liting shook his head: "Probably not a person." He took off the bracelet and threw it on the ground, the bracelet turned into a white snake and ran over, the white snake circled around the woman's feet and came back, Hu Liting bent down and stretched out his hand, the white snake circled back out of his hands.

Hu Liting took Xue Xiaoyan by the waist and led him towards the room, listening to Suqu in his hand as he walked: "That person is no longer human, and there is a smell of herbs on his body, which prevents the body from rotting and suppresses the breath of corpses." ——It’s not dangerous, but it always feels weird.”

Hu Liting hummed, and Suqu changed back into a bracelet. He took off their coats, stuffed Xue Xiaoyan into the quilt, and sat by the bed with his mobile phone to fiddle with.Xue Xiaoyan waited for a long time wrapped in the quilt, and kicked Hu Liting impatiently through the quilt, the phone almost slipped out of his hand, so he obediently put down the phone, lifted the quilt and lay down, hugging him with a chill Xue Xiaoyan, Xue Xiaoyan also stretched out his arms to hug him, and pinched him dissatisfied, and the two embraced and fell asleep like this.

When Xue Xiaoyan got up the next day, Hu Liting was already awake, holding the chain he picked up last night and looking out the window, a little lost in thought.He got up from the bed, shrank from the cold when he stepped on the floor with bare feet, hesitated for two seconds before stepping on the ground again, and tiptoed to Hu Liting's side.

"Wow—you are—ah!"

Xue Xiaoyan opened his hand to scare Hu Liting, but unfortunately Hu Liting didn't cooperate at all. Hearing the voice, he turned his head and looked at him. Seeing his cute appearance, he couldn't help pulling him into his arms, kissed him on the face, and said : "Aren't you afraid of freezing if you come down like this?"

Xue Xiaoyan sat on Hu Liting's lap and wriggled restlessly, saying, "It's neither cold nor cold! I'm going to brush my teeth and wash my face, I want to have breakfast, let go!"

Hu Liting hummed, kissed him on the cheek again, and then let go.As soon as Hu Liting let go of his hand, Xue Xiaoyan immediately jumped out like a rabbit escaping from a wolf's mouth, and ran into the bathroom to wash up.

Xue Xiaoyan came out of the bathroom stretching after washing, and asked as he walked, "What is on that chain?"

"Some scriptures." Hu Liting said, "Carved on them can suppress evil, the effect of this thing is similar to the soul chain."

At this time, there was a knock on the door, Xue Xiaoyan walked over to open the door, the butler stood at the door, smiling and said: "Master asked me to invite the two masters to have breakfast together."

Xue Xiaoyan nodded: "I'll put on some clothes, wait a minute."

Sun Cheng said that he invited them to eat together, and it was really a meal. Except for a few polite words at the beginning, the three of them didn't talk anymore, and they ate quietly.

After the three of them finished eating, Sun Cheng revealed the purpose: "Did the two masters sleep well last night?"

Hu Liting didn't answer, took out the chain from his pocket and threw it on the table: "It's not very good, I can't sleep because of the noise."