There is only crispy noodles in the circle [entertainment circle]

Cheng Lingyun couldn't believe it, the Sima family's ancestral house was so secret, how old would a girl know?

But she didn't show any surprise, but knelt down and touched the little girl's head.

"Do you know how to get there?"

The little girl nodded.

"A few years ago, a beautiful sister came to live in my house for a few days, and then she told me that if there is anything I can't solve at home, I can go to her house to find someone to help."

The little girl took out a small stone tablet from her pocket and handed it to Cheng Lingyun.

"My sister said, go west two kilometers from here to the ferry at Mouton Village, call a boat, throw this small stone tablet into the water, and then the boat will follow this small stone tablet."

Cheng Lingyun took the stone tablet and took a closer look. This stone tablet is not an ordinary stone tablet, but the earth dragon picture used by Yu Li.In ancient times, earth dragons were often used to pray for rain. However, apart from Yuli, earth dragons are not sacred objects. Ordinary warlocks like to use them to pretend to be experts. If it is a member of the Sima family, they are mostly used to divert water or develop some other things. way.

It is indeed the first time Cheng Lingyun has heard of it as a guide.

"What does that sister look like?"

There are many girls in Sima's family, but Cheng Lingyun's intuition told Cheng Lingyun that this stone tablet was left by Ming Rong, and somehow it seemed to tie the two of them together. under the traces.

"She is a very beautiful sister."

The little girl stood on tiptoe and made a comparison by the door: "You are a little shorter than my sister, you have long curly hair, and you are very temperamental. She said that she was too bored at home and wanted to go out for a walk. I asked my sister where she was going. , my sister said, I want to find a place where I can open a bookstore.”

"yes."

It really was Mingrong.

Cheng Lingyun held the stone tablet tightly in his palm: "Thank you."

Early the next morning, Cheng Lingyun entrusted Xiao Shengsheng to the old lady, and embarked on the journey to Sima's ancestral home alone.

Passing by the entrance of Mouton Village, I saw the women guarding the entrance of the village chatting idlely a few days ago. It seemed that they were far less vigilant than when they came.

It seems that Ghost Che's subordinates haven't returned yet.

Cheng Lingyun originally wanted to drop by the old lady's house that raised a dog, but he had Ming Rong and Xiao Shengsheng in his mind, so he had to endure the anger in his heart and hurried to the ferry.

There was an old man smoking a cigarette at the ferry, and when he saw Cheng Lingyun approaching, he asked, "Where are you going? There are only eight peaks and nine peaks here, and the nine peaks have land routes. I suggest you take a tourist bus. The water route is better." It's so inconvenient."

"I'm going to the final peak."

After Cheng Lingyun finished speaking, he stepped on the boat with his long legs.

The old man quickly stood up: "Hey, what's the matter with you girl, I told you to only go to the eight peaks and nine peaks."

Cheng Lingyun took out the earth dragon stone tablet given by the little girl from his pocket, and threw it into the water under the watchful eyes of the old man. , the stone plaque actually floated up from the water, and within the range visible to the naked eye, it shrank and deformed, gradually becoming transparent, leaving only a small snake-shaped pattern in the middle.

"Are you a guest of the host's house?"

This old man is the old servant of the Sima family. He has worked at this ferry all his life. He usually takes tourists on a boat to visit Lingshan. If the Sima family needs it, he will also transport some daily necessities up the mountain. It is a secret not to be passed on, the Sima family hides from the world, and generally does not contact outsiders except for necessary business and living needs.

If guests come, people from Sima will usually come down the mountain to pick them up. The old man rarely sees Sima welcoming guests with earth dragon cards. They are not a family that likes to show off their skills.

Cheng Lingyun didn't say yes or no: "This thing was given to me by a friend."

"oh, I see."

The old man saw the serpentine thread swimming in the water, and it was about to disappear, so he quickly called Cheng Lingyun to get on the boat.

"I'm at the helm. You look at the earth dragon in the water. I'm getting old, and the miasma is very heavy recently. Two people are better than one."

"Ah."

Cheng Lingyun sat down by the side of the boat, the earth dragon in the water seemed to feel her coming, the speed slowed down obviously, and slowly rowed forward around the boat, the old man untied the reins, the body of the boat shook, and the engine started Amidst the roar, the boat sailed towards the final peak.

"We have to take a 10-minute boat ride." The old man also sat down and took out a cigarette from the cigarette case.

"I haven't seen them go down the mountain these days." The old man muttered, "I don't know if something happened."

Cheng Lingyun's heart suddenly tugged.

"What happened?"

The old man pretended not to hear, pulled out the paper from the cigarette case, and knocked the ash on it.

"Girl, is the earth dragon watching? If it swims away, it won't be a matter of 10 minutes."

Cheng Lingyun followed the old man's topic and asked: "If there is no earth dragon, how long will it take?"

"If the weather is good, it will take an hour. If the weather is bad, it is possible to walk for a day or two."

Cheng Lingyun asked again: "You are the only one here? Are you going to pick up the master's house when they come out?"

The old man said: "Girl, don't ask anymore. The master's affairs are over. I'm just an errand runner. You can't find information from me."

Cheng Lingyun had no choice but to give up.

But she still remembered what the old man said just now, and she seemed a little anxious during the past 10 minutes.

The earth dragon was swimming slowly in the water, and the old man seemed to be smoking a cigarette leisurely. The smoke rings spread round and round, and gradually drifted among the green water and green mountains. Everything looked so peaceful and beautiful.

But what Cheng Lingyun faced next was probably the most unknown situation in her life.

The north-south dispute has lasted for thousands of years. Later, the Sima family was defeated and settled in a corner of this Lingshan Mountain, accumulating grievances in the hearts of generations.The Cheng family not only forced the Sima family out of the world, but also made the Sima family complain that the development company of the Cheng family actually developed the Lingshan Mountain as a tourist project - this is undoubtedly a splash of paint on their beliefs, those tourists, incense , footprints... Every inch carries the fireworks of the world, which the Sima family can't stand.

The Sima family is such a family, aggressive, feudal, stubborn, and with an old hatred for the Cheng family engraved in their bones.

Now this old hatred has added a new hatred.

The boat was about to berth, and Cheng Lingyun vaguely saw an archway on the stone steps not far away. On the plaque on the archway was written the four characters of Jedi Tongtian. Next to the archway, there were two shrines facing each other. The shrines were made of stone. It was made, about the size of half a person, and there was no incense in the shrine, so it stood alone under the archway.

Seeing Cheng Lingyun staring at the two shrines, the old boatman asked casually: "Girl, you said that this earth dragon was given by your friend, so you should know how to go up the mountain?"

Cheng Lingyun frowned: "Huh?"

Seeing those two shrines, Cheng Lingyun knew that something was wrong, but she still pretended to be untrue and walked to the bow. There was a fishing net on the bow. Cheng Lingyun took the net and scooped up the earth dragon , After leaving the water, the earth dragon gradually became stiff and motionless, until finally, it froze in the center of the stone tablet again.

There was a small pier by the river, and half a meter away from the small pier, the old man turned off the engine, picked up the reins and jumped onto the pier.

"Girl, come up."

Cheng Lingyun followed his footsteps and jumped onto the pier.

"Good skill."

The old man knelt down and tied the reins: "I won't see you off for the rest of the way, but girl, I still have to remind you that the door of the master's house is not close, and I really can't get in. I'll wait for you here, come back early, hard If you break through, no one can help you."

"Thank you."

Cheng Lingyun thanked the old man, turned around and walked towards the stairs.Lingshan is foggy, and it is past ten o'clock now, and the mist still covers the peak. Cheng Lingyun walked for about 5 minutes before he could see the situation behind the archway—there is a high wall that seals the house of Sima's house. It was surrounded by the wind, leaving only a small door for people to enter and exit.

With such a large family business, there is not even a janitor?

Cheng Lingyun looked at the shrine not far away again, faintly feeling something was wrong.

She quickened her pace again and climbed halfway up the mountain.

When she was one step away from the shrine, she stopped.

All the cells in her body were roaring, telling her to stop and go back to the old man's boat.

Cheng Lingyun tightly held the earth dragon card in his hand, and looked at the shrines on both sides from the corner of his eye.

These two shrines seem to be quite old. Due to weathering and rain erosion, the exterior of the entire shrine has become uneven. The inside is about two feet deep. If you don’t get close, you can’t see clearly what is inside, but outside the shrine, Each has a sunken stone nest, which is deep and shallow, with some dry red soil.

What exactly is offered here?

The Sima family was good at the art of hating victory, Cheng Lingyun didn't dare to move, but here is still quite a distance from the fence, shouting at the door is absolutely unworkable.

After thinking for a while, Cheng Lingyun suddenly took out a bottle of water from his bag and poured it into the stone nest in front of the shrine. The dragon card was thrown in, and the earth dragon card made a sharp neigh. The black earth dragon struggled in the boiling mud water, ups and downs, and finally floated on the stone nest, without any movement.

Then, like an earthquake, she felt the ground shake under her feet. This feeling came and went quickly, but it made her lose her balance and almost fell in front of another shrine.

At this moment of falling, she suddenly caught a glimpse of the things in the shrine where the earth dragon card was thrown, and she couldn't help but turn pale with shock——

"Who?"

A female voice came from the mountain.

Cheng Lingyun barely supported his figure, looked up at the mountain.

A woman suddenly appeared in front of the small door for people to enter and exit. She was wearing a velvet cheongsam and was walking slowly towards the archway.

when did she show up

Cheng Lingyun couldn't help being curious. When she got closer and closer, the nervousness and curiosity just now subsided into calm——

She saw a face that resembled Mingrong.

"who are you?"

The two of them looked calm across the archway, but secretly they were turbulent.

"I'm Mingrong's friend."

"friend?"

When Cheng Lingyun mentioned the word "Mingrong", there was a trace of heartache on the woman's face, but it disappeared soon after.Cheng Lingyun looked at her face and secretly guessed the identity of this woman.

Is it the aunt that Mingrong mentioned?Or sister, or—mother?

"Mingrong has no friends."

The woman didn't want to talk to Cheng Lingyun anymore, she turned her back and said to Cheng Lingyun, "Go back, this is not where you came from."

"Then can you please bring me a sentence? I can't get in touch with Ming Rong."

Cheng Lingyun picked up the earth dragon card from the stone nest and wiped it with a paper towel. The woman was obviously a little impatient. She turned around and scolded: "Do you have to pester me here?"

"Here? No—"

Cheng Lingyun took out a dagger from his boot, cut his finger, and blood dripped on the empty earth dragon tablet. The woman watched in amazement as she threw the earth dragon tablet into another stone nest. The ground shook twice again, and Cheng Lingyun felt a force encroaching along the wound on his finger, and flowing along the blood, transforming his whole body, until he touched the talisman on her back, he suddenly retracted and disappeared not see.

But Cheng Lingyun seems to have survived half a century for this in and out effort.She wiped the sweat from her forehead, took a step forward with a pale face, stepped over the archway, and walked in front of the woman.

The woman's face also turned pale.

"who are you?"

Cheng Lingyun said in a low voice: "My surname is Cheng, and I am a descendant of Huozheng Li's family. The ancestors of the two families in the north and the south have the blood of gods and demons. I think it should be possible to use it as a sacrifice for the town house beast.

The woman took a step back and looked at Cheng Lingyun warily.

These two shrines were built in imitation of the tomb beasts in the Wuxian tomb. It was the Sima family who exhausted a hundred years of hard work, captured and tamed the two beasts, and was able to guard the Sima family's house. Alien attack.The reason for using this almost unknown method is to minimize contact with outsiders and concentrate on cultivating witchcraft.

For them, the person surnamed Cheng is the one they don't want to see more than outsiders, flames of war, and evil spirits and beasts.

The Cheng family has already occupied more than half of Lingshan Mountain. If the last hill is also occupied, the Sima family will completely disappear in the long river of history.

"I'm sorry, I'm not here today for old grievances, let alone for the Cheng family. I just want to see Mingrong. Also, I hope you can help me save my friend."

The woman looked at Cheng Lingyun suspiciously.

Cheng Lingyun added: "Of course, this is not without cost, but I am personally willing to pay for these two things, and I hope you can help me."

The woman didn't speak, she stared at Cheng Lingyun, trying to catch a clue from Cheng Lingyun's face, but she failed, in the end, she could only ask.

"Do you have any older brothers or younger brothers?"

Cheng Lingyun shook his head: "No, I am the only child in my family."

"Then your father—"

Cheng Lingyun said: "My father is not in good health, and I will manage the family affairs."

The woman was a little annoyed: "I didn't ask you this question, Mingrong was injured outside this time when he came back - since you are her friend, you should know what happened to her outside!"

"it's me."

The woman looked at Cheng Lingyun in disbelief, the expression on her face changed from anger to shock, and then she flew into a rage——

"It turned out to be you!"

The woman raised her hand, wanting to slap her, but when she was a few centimeters away from Cheng Lingyun's face, she held back.

"Impossible, you are lying to me!" the woman roared, "You are all women! How is this possible!"

Cheng Lingyun said: "I like her, so there is nothing impossible. You should also know Mingrong's character. If I forced her, the person standing in front of you now should not be me, but my undead."

The woman's lips trembled, and her emotions broke down a little.

Compared with Ming Rong breaking the law of heaven and falling in love with a woman, even a woman from the Cheng family, it was even more unacceptable to her.

The reason why they say they are in love is because she found that in the luggage that Mingrong brought back, there was only a copy of "Baopuzi", which left the Cheng family's talisman pattern and a sentence——

"If you don't regret it in this life, you can wait for the next life."

"Get out! Get out! I don't want to see the person who killed my daughter!"

She was indeed Mingrong's mother.

Maybe it was too much blow, she staggered and ran backwards, Cheng Lingyun chased after her and supported her.

"When Mingrong came back, he brought a copy of "Baopuzi" with him. I wonder if you have read it?"

Mingrong's mother pushed her away: "Get out!!"

Cheng Lingyun's hand did not let go: "I left something on it. I don't know what will happen if I break the law of heaven, but I know that even if everything is at stake, I will save her."

Mingrong's mother's body suddenly froze.

"The Cheng family has nothing of value in the world, only a sword hidden in the talisman, going to heaven and earth, it's no problem."

Mingrong's mother didn't speak, but Cheng Lingyun knew that she was shaken.

"Give me five minutes."

Mingrong's mother trembled and said, "Let me think about it."

Time can't wait for anyone. After offering sacrifices to the beasts in the town house of the Sima family, all members of the Sima family will feel that if Ming Rong's mother can't take the guests back for a long time, then there must be foreign enemies. Cheng Lingyun will face it at that time. What would happen to the entire Sima family, even Mingrong's mother couldn't imagine.

But she wanted to save Mingrong, which was her only blood.

Mingrong is her pride, but also the source of her pain—Mingrong is smart, but too rebellious. Ever since she found out that Mingrong was secretly reading romance novels when she was a child, she was worried that Mingrong would leave Sima's house one day. Things that she shouldn't have to bear.The women of the Sima family, especially those who have worshiped the way of heaven, would rather be dull, but they must not be presumptuous.

"I trust you once, you come with me." Mingrong's mother collected her emotions and said, "After you go up the mountain, please forget that you are from the Cheng family."

Cheng Lingyun followed Mingrong's mother up the mountain.

"Have you heard of Yang Shiwu?"

"Yang Shiwu—the person who summoned the soul of Concubine Yang?"

"Yes, it's him."

Cheng Lingyun's heart twitched: "Ming Rong, what happened to her soul?"

Mingrong's mother said, "I've left my soul."

Out of soul?Same as Xiao Shengsheng?

Cheng Lingyun said: "Isn't the great witch of the Sima family the best at calling back souls and returning to form? Can't call back souls after leaving them?"

Mingrong's mother shook her head, with a worried expression on her face: "She is not an ordinary departed soul. Normally, a departed soul would wander between the heavens and the earth, as long as it is recalled, but the way of heaven binds past and present lives, and it is wandering in the memories of past and present lives, which cannot be returned to. Flesh body. If the way of heaven is broken, there will be seven layers of backlash. The first layer binds its body, and the second layer binds its soul. Mingrong is now the second layer. It's evil."

Cheng Lingyun suddenly remembered: "I have a leaf-covering golden hook on my body, and I heard that it has a miraculous effect of returning the soul—"

"It's useless." Mingrong's mother said, her eyes were red, "I heard that you want to save a friend who has left your soul?"

Cheng Lingyun nodded.

"Although summoning souls and returning to form is a housekeeping skill of great witches, I have learned some at least. If you can save Mingrong, I will help you recall your friend's soul."

Mingrong's mother said to Cheng Lingyun: "Go to Wuxian's tomb to find the soul-locking nail. If you find it, I will save your friend."

That night, Cheng Lingyun was resting in Sima's house.There are not many people in the outer house, only a few aunts who cook and clean, and a few gardeners who build flowers and trees.

People passing by called her Miss Yang—this was introduced by Mingrong's mother to the people in the outer house, saying that Cheng Lingyun was a descendant of the Yang family, and that she came to Sima's house to summon Mingrong's soul. Mingrong's mother also told Cheng Lingyun, someone will take her to Wuxian's tomb tomorrow, and she must remember to keep her identity a secret.

Cheng Lingyun asked: "Can I see Ming Rong?"

Mingrong's mother immediately refused: "No."

"why?"

Mingrong's mother said, "Mingrong won't want to see you now."

Cheng Lingyun pondered for a moment and said, "No matter what she becomes, I don't care."

Mingrong's mother said, "But she cares about—"

Speaking of this, Mingrong's mother's eyes turned red again: "She cares so much about a girl's appearance, how could she not care..."

Cheng Lingyun comforted Mingrong's mother: "I will save her."

She didn't mention the matter of seeing Mingrong again, but asked Mingrong's mother for the copy of "Baopuzi".

This is probably the only connection between her and Mingrong.

After taking a shower at night, she lay on the bed and opened the book. The warm light added a warm feeling to the slightly yellowed book.

Was she like this before?Falling asleep with a book in this place far from the city?

The book turned page after page, and I don't know how long it took. Cheng Lingyun was a little confused. In a trance, she saw a vague figure approaching herself——

Who?

The camera got closer and closer, and Cheng Lingyun took a closer look, only to find that it was a woman in a costume, standing on the city wall, looking into the distance worriedly, even in a dream, she could feel that she couldn't stop sadness.

Who is she?

Cheng Lingyun felt that this person was unfamiliar but familiar, so she couldn't help but walked forward a few steps with all her strength, and when she saw her face clearly, she was stunned.

This person turned out to be Ming Rong!

But the scene in front of her, and even the woman's clothes, were not the Ming Rong she had seen before. Cheng Lingyun walked up to her, stretched out his hand, and wanted to touch her face, but his whole hand touched a piece of air.

This Mingrong-like woman stepped over her body and walked behind.

"Is Xiaoyun back?"

"Your Majesty, no."

"Another year."

Cheng Lingyun choked up when he heard her voice.

"boom--"

Something hit the ground, causing Cheng Lingyun to wake up suddenly from the dream. She stood up and found that she fell asleep at some point, and the book in her hand fell to the ground.

She was immersed in the dream just now, unable to extricate herself for a long time.

Why do you have such a dream?Is that woman Mingrong?Who is Xiaoyun, is it her?

Cheng Lingyun always felt that she had seen that scene somewhere before, but she couldn't remember it, until she picked up the "Baopuzi" and saw the sentence in the book "No regrets in this life, but to wait in the next life", and remembered Mingrong's mother suddenly realized.

She could no longer sleep.

Countless things are churning in my mind, as if I want to fish out some memories of my previous life from my memory, is she that "Xiaoyun"?If so, what happened to her and Mingrong's previous life?

No sleep for one night.

Early the next morning, someone knocked on her door.

Cheng Lingyun got up early, and was waiting to go out after washing up.

Ming Rong's mother and a tall and thin man stood at the door.

"This is my nephew, Sima Wei."

"Miss Yang?"

Cheng Lingyun nodded.

Sima Wei smiled: "Miss Yang doesn't look like a Taoist priest, but a big star."

"How did you talk?" Mingrong's mother asked angrily.

Sima Wei said: "I'm telling the truth. I always thought that Yang Shiwu was a Taoist priest, but I didn't expect that he was really from a family...Has Ms. Yang ever played outdoors? How about long-distance running?"

Cheng Lingyun said: "I used to play outdoors a lot, and I ran half and half marathons."

Sima Wei said: "That's good. If you are in danger and I don't care about you, just run away—ah——"

Mingrong's mother twisted Sima Wei's arm hard, and he stopped talking.

"We've had breakfast, Miss Yang, let's go to the kitchen to eat first, and see you under the archway in half an hour."

Half an hour later, Cheng Lingyun came to the archway as scheduled, and waited almost half an hour before Sima Wei arrived.

Sima Wei's expression was a little serious.

"Miss Yang, can we change the date?"

"why?"

"Today is not a good day."

Sima Wei looked up at the sun, which was almost half covered by clouds: "I got up this morning to help the ghost, and found that today is the day when mountain ghosts appear."

"Mountain ghost?"

"Well, the mountain ghost likes cloudy weather and rain, and this weather is also the most suitable weather for the growth of the golden hook she raises."

Cheng Lingyun has read rumors about mountain ghosts in books, and also heard about mountain ghosts raising leaf golden hooks from the blind old lady. "—

"Is the mountain ghost difficult to deal with?"

"It's not difficult to deal with. In today's words, the brain circuit is different from that of people."

Sima Wei shrugged: "I haven't seen a mountain ghost either, but someone in our family has. The mountain ghost looks like a little girl who always likes to scare and harm people, but she doesn't know that it can kill people— —Also, mountain ghosts have some special hobbies.”

When Sima Wei said this, his expression looked a little serious, and a little bit like joking: "I told you this morning, if you find something wrong, just run away, don't worry about me, I can come out by myself."

There is fire in Sima Wei's name, not because of the lack of fire in the five elements, but because the lights in his life are full of lights. The three lights on his body are not infected by evil spirits, ghosts and gods, and can easily walk out even when ghosts hit the wall.

All these were told by Sima Wei to Cheng Lingyun on the road.Like Mingrong, he also spends less than half of the time in Sima's house every year, so his thinking and knowledge will not be as backward as others.

The two walked for about two hours, and the fog gradually thickened again. Cheng Lingyun looked up, just like the day she went up the mountain, the sun had been completely covered by clouds.

"Are we almost at the Triangle Bay?"

"do not know……"

Cheng Lingyun stopped: "You don't know??"

Sima Wei was also a little annoyed: "I have only entered the Triangle Bay a few times, and no one gave me directions, I just walked in and out by instinct, and I don't know where Wu Xian's tomb is—by the way, you are not Yang The descendants of the family, can go to heaven and earth? Should be able to find it?"

Cheng Lingyun was discouraged.

She looked around, dense forest, hills, miasma, there is no indication here, who would know where Wu Xian's tomb is?

"I have a question for you."

Cheng Lingyun suddenly asked Sima Wei: "Will the mountain ghost know where Wu Xian's tomb is?"

"Of course I know. Although the name of the mountain ghost is ghost, but it is a god of the same era as Qinshen Jinwu, so of course he knows where it is."

Cheng Lingyun said: "Then catch a mountain ghost and ask if you can."

"..."

Sima Wei felt that there was probably something wrong with Cheng Lingyun's brain circuit.After living for so many years, this was the first time he heard that someone wanted to catch mountain ghosts.

"Do you know how vicious the mountain ghost is? Just you, can you catch the mountain ghost by yourself?"

Cheng Lingyun listened carefully to the movement around him, and responded casually: "How will you know if you don't try?"

She listened carefully and suddenly asked, "Did you hear the sound of water?"

Hearing this, Sima Wei also became quiet: "What are you looking for?"

"Look for a water source. If there is no water source, it is also fine in extremely shaded land. The kind that can grow golden hooks that cover leaves."

"It's extremely cloudy and there is water... I know a place." Sima Wei hesitated, "But it's not a triangular bay, and to be honest, the atmosphere is not very good."

"Where?"

"The Coffin Cliff."