It's Not Easy Being a Master

The black cloud seemed to be full of ghosts and ghosts, with an ominous atmosphere, floating in the air, suddenly sank, as if being sucked down by something, and disappeared in an instant.

The sky returned to clear, calm as usual, as if nothing had happened, but Shen Zhixian's heart sank, and uneasy emotions surfaced, which made him stunned for a moment.

Separated by the bamboo forest, Shen Zhixian couldn't see what was there, but could only vaguely discern that it was the boundary of the mansion.

He beckoned Yan Jin to come over, Yan Jin took his coat, went over and put it on him: "What's wrong?"

"I think something is wrong there." Shen Zhixian frowned slightly, out of anxiety in his heart.He hadn't felt this kind of emotion for a long time, and the weird black cloud made him care inexplicably.

But Shen Zhixian couldn't tell where the black cloud was so weird, he could only instinctively feel that something was wrong.He pushed Yan Jin away, took a step back, put his hands on the window sill, and easily turned out of the window: "Want to take a look?"

Although it was a question sentence, when he finished speaking, he had already taken two steps towards that side, obviously he had to go there.Yan Jin followed him out the window without saying a word, and followed closely behind him.

Passing through the bamboo forest is a small garden, probably abandoned for a long time and neglected, so that the dead leaves are overgrown with weeds, and it is barren.

The two looked around while walking, but they didn't find anyone—it was so late, those patrolling guards would not come to this remote place.

The more he walked there, the more uneasy Shen Zhixian felt in his heart.The night was dark, the surroundings were silent, and the pale moonlight fell on the dusty rockery on both sides, which was unreasonably gloomy.

They were walking quietly when suddenly there was the sound of dead leaves being crushed, and the two of them stopped immediately—the sound came from around the corner, as if someone was about to turn the corner.

From the corner of Shen Zhixian's eyes, he caught a glimpse of a depression in the tall rockery beside him, and immediately pulled Yan Jin into it.

The small depression is very shallow, but it happens to be a place where the moonlight does not shine. If you don't look carefully, you really can't see someone inside.

The location was narrow, and the two had to be next to each other.Yan Jin was on the outside, and Shen Zhixian was afraid that he would be discovered if he could not hide well, so he hooked his waist and brought him in.

Now the two got closer, and the difference in height and shape made Shen Zhixian's behavior look like he was actively throwing himself into his arms, and it was still very enthusiastic.

However, one of the unresponsive parties didn't notice this. He only found that Yan Jin was too tall, blocking his view, so he had to grab the other party and lean over to stand on tiptoe to look out.

His eyes brushed Yan Jin's cheeks, and he accurately caught the person who turned the corner.

——It was Mrs. Meng who invited them into the mansion.

The owner of this mansion—that is, the young man who lingered on the boat, surnamed Meng, word cloud, was a wealthy businessman.

His parents were killed by bandits a few years ago. Meng Yun met a woman whose parents both died when he was running for their funeral. After several encounters, the two fell in love and married. Mrs. Meng.

Meng Yun's business skills are good, and he can be regarded as a good person. The only thing is that he loves to linger in the flowers, and he likes to run to the fireworks field when he is free. The beauties wrote lyrics and composed music... although the beauties in the boat never sang his works.

Shen Zhixian inquired about these things unintentionally from the steward of the Meng residence. He didn't comment on Meng Yun's behavior. What are you doing here alone?

She came in the direction where the black cloud appeared, Shen Zhixian quietly watched her walking back step by step, looking very tired, and narrowed her eyes slightly.

Mrs. Meng... seems to be hiding a little secret.

Mrs. Meng quickly disappeared, and Shen Zhixian waited for a while to make sure there was no other movement before pushing Yan Jin: "Go out."

Going out of the dark and narrow depression, under the light of the moonlight, Shen Zhixian realized that Yan Jin's ears had turned red at some point, as if he was about to bleed.

He stopped, stared at Yan Jin's ear in amazement, looked again and again, and let out a meaningful oops.

However, Yan Jin was very calm, with no expression on her face, she just looked over quietly, as if it wasn't him who had red ears.

It's just that slightly clenched fist leaked his nervousness.

Shen Zhixian couldn't help laughing, Yan Jin's reaction was too funny.He wanted to tease Yan Jin intentionally, but the timing was wrong. Hei Yun and Mrs. Meng hadn't figured out what was going on, so he could only temporarily suppress the evil taste in his heart, and took the initiative to grab Yan Jin's hand and move on. Walk.

Following the direction Mrs. Meng came out, the two walked for a while, and suddenly their eyes darkened, and the surrounding scene blurred for a moment and then returned to normal, but the moonlight seemed to be cut off by some invisible barrier.

The temperature dropped suddenly. Behind the grassy rockery, there was a small looking dilapidated courtyard. Shen Zhixian said softly, "There is a formation."

They broke into a formation.

However, this formation should only be used as a shield, not too advanced, it just prevents ordinary people from discovering the courtyard, and it will not be of much use to those who are cultivated.

There are several big trees planted around the yard, and Shen Zhixian recognized that they were pagoda trees, with luxuriant branches and leaves and many shadows.The door to the courtyard is a small wooden door that opens in two directions. It has been in disrepair for a long time, and it is dusty and a little crooked.

There was a rusty lock hanging on the door panel. Shen Zhixian picked up a branch and poked it. The seemingly fragile lock shook, but it didn't break. Instead, many fine pieces of rust fell off, faintly revealing the rust hidden under the rust. Not very clear texture.

Shen Zhixian's heart skipped a beat, the door lock is so old and dusty, obviously it hasn't been opened for a long time, so Mrs. Meng's coming here... can't be for a walk, right?

Suddenly a little dark yellow was caught in the corner of his eyes, Shen Zhixian bent down, and picked up half of the talisman paper with cinnabar patterns from the grass - the edge of the broken part of the talisman paper was scorched black, as if it had been burned.

The talisman paper looks very new, maybe it was brought here by Mrs. Meng just now.Shen Zhixian looked at the talisman paper, frowning more and more. After a while, he took the branch and gently scratched the rust on the lock.

When the rust on the lock was almost scratched, Shen Zhixian was finally sure that the rune pattern on the talisman paper was basically the same as the pattern on the lock.

"This is……"

It looked a little familiar, but Shen Zhixian didn't remember it for a while, so Yan Jin took a closer look at his hand, and said calmly: "Introduce the magic talisman."

Shen Zhixian took a breath of cool air, frowned and repeated: "Introduce the spirit talisman."

How can ordinary people make such a thing?Does Mrs. Meng know what this is?

Spirit-inducing talismans, as the name suggests, are talismans that can attract various "spirits".The so-called spirits, monsters are spirits, and wandering souls are also spirits. According to the level of the talisman maker, the "spirits" attracted are also different.

The higher the cultivation level of the talisman maker, the more powerful the "spirits" will be attracted. People like Shen Zhixian and Yan Jin draw spirit-inducing talismans that will summon ghosts and demons in all likelihood. It has no spiritual power, and is obviously only made by an ordinary human being. It can only summon some newly cultivated demons and little wandering souls.

However, there is still some aura in the lock, and I don't know who left it.

Shen Zhixian thought of the black cloud just now, and his heart sank slightly. He looked around for a while, and as expected, he saw many charred pieces among the roots of trees among the weeds.

It is the ashes fragments left after the talisman paper is burned out after excessive use.

What did Mrs. Meng do here just now?

No matter how weak the spirit-inducing talismans are used in large quantities, the summoned things should not be underestimated... The black cloud was probably summoned by these spirit-inducing talismans, so where did the summoned spirits go?

What secrets are hidden in the yard?

Countless questions surged up, and Shen Zhixian suddenly remembered the words of the painted skin demon, and was shocked to realize that he had unknowingly entered a misunderstanding-according to the words of the painted skin demon, those who can enter the undead city are all inhumans, and those who can enter the undead city should be treated as Forgetting to return the flower as a memory, and then leaving, there is a price to pay.

Mrs. Meng has an unbloomed Forgotten Flower on her wrist. She must have entered the Undead City, but she left for some reason and what price she paid.

But Shen Zhixian saw that she had no spiritual power, and subconsciously regarded her as an ordinary person!

Yan Jin obviously thought of this too, and with a slight movement of the hand holding the hilt, the sword was about to be unsheathed and broken, when suddenly a faint chirping sound came from his feet, interrupting his movement.

The two of them looked towards the sound at the same time, only to see that a small ball of hair was being squeezed out from the crack that was opened due to the crooked door.

The gap was very narrow, and the ball of hair squeezed hard and was covered in mud before it got out of it, sat down so tired, and whined softly.

——It was a small bird the size of a baby's palm, covered in mud, and the color of its feathers could not be discerned.

In such a desolate place, there are still living creatures, and they are so weak that they seem to be able to kill them on the spot with a pinch.

Shen Zhixian squatted down, and poked Xiao Maojiu's tiny claws that were trembling with exhaustion with the branch in his hand.

The little Maojiu, who was covered in mud and dirt, realized that there were two people beside him. He was so frightened that he was about to fly out of his wits. He only thought that he was going to hurt him, so he struggled to stand up.

Its wings didn't know whether it was injured or something, it flapped a few times, but it didn't fly, it could only roll and crawl to escape.

But it was a bird with short legs, so it couldn't be faster than Shen Zhixian's movements. After only two steps, Shen Zhixian drew a small circle around his body with a branch.

With a flash of faint light, Xiao Maojiu bumped headlong into the small invisible barrier, fell back and fell headlong.

"Chirp, chirp, chirp—!"

It probably hurt from the fall, but it didn't have the strength. The little claws kicked and kicked, but couldn't turn over. It screamed softly, and tears burst from Dou Da's eyes, feeling extremely wronged.

Shen Zhixian didn't expect it to be so delicate, and hastily turned it over with a branch: "Okay, don't cry."

Xiao Maojiu seemed to be worried about something, so he didn't dare to shout loudly. After standing up, he took two steps back aggrievedly, leaned against the barrier, looked at the two people defensively and vigilantly, and then spoke in a human language: "You, who are you!"

"It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is how you are here and what's inside?"

I don't know if that sentence touched Xiaomaojiu's fear, it shuddered, Douzi showed great fear in his eyes, shook his head frantically, and lowered his voice tremblingly: "You, don't talk nonsense. ...inside... Shhh, don't talk nonsense! It will wake it up!"

It was incoherent in panic, and Shen Zhixian didn't understand it, but judging from its reaction, he probably guessed that there might be a very powerful thing locked inside, which posed a great threat to the little guy's life, so that it even Don't even dare to chirp loudly.

Seeing Shen Zhixian standing up, as if he was going to touch the door lock, Xiao Maojiu was so panicked that he didn't care much, so he staggered and rushed over, his little claws caught Shen Zhixian's clothes, and pulled him back hard: "No way, Jiu!" ! Can't go in! Chirp! Terrible!"

Shen Zhixian's hand was about to touch the rusty lock, and he paused suddenly, with astonishment showing on his face.

After pausing for a moment, he flipped his wrist, and a long sword appeared in his hand.

The cold sword energy overflowed, the long sword trembled, as if it had encountered something that excited it, Shen Zhixian could even sense the long-sleeping Frost Returning Sword Spirit...

There was a hint of wanting to wake up.

Xiao Maojiu was so frightened that he fell silent, Yan Jin looked over and was also stunned for a moment: "This is?"

Shen Zhixian held the blade of the sword with one hand and the handle of the sword with the other. With a little force, he cut a small cut, and the sword shone coldly, shaking unceasingly.Shen Zhixian is the Lord of Frost Return, and he can clearly feel the restlessness of the sword spirit.

"There are demons..." Shen Zhixian murmured.His long sword, Shuang Hui, is the most sensitive to the existence of demons. When Yan Shen tried to frame Yan Jin with demonic energy in the past, just a little bit of magical energy could make Shuang Hui tremble.

But this time, not only the sword body trembled, but even the sword spirit who had been sleeping for a long time was startled—what is it inside? !

The sense of uneasiness that had just been suppressed emerged again, and it was getting stronger and stronger.Shen Zhixian retracted the sword swiftly, shook his head at Yan Jin, but never wanted to open the door again, bent down to grab Xiao Maojiu, and signaled Yan Jin to leave together.

Yan Jin hesitated for a moment, then looked back at the rusty lock, pursed her lips, did not speak, and left with Shen Zhixian.

The two walked back quietly just like when they came, the only difference was that this time Shen Zhixian was holding a little Maojiu in his hand.

Little Maojiu didn't know whether he was frightened or something, and he didn't speak all the way until Shen Zhixian and the two passed the rockery where they had just hidden for a while, the little guy suddenly struggled, and the small cry contained pain: "Jiujiujiu !"

Shen Zhixian stopped and looked down at it.

Little Maojiu is very small, not as big as half the palm of Shen Zhixian's hand, and Shen Zhixian's hand is spread flat, and he is not holding it.

But the little guy suddenly struggled, his wings fluttered, his head was raised desperately, his two little paws kicked wildly, and he made a painful and shrill chirping sound, as if his throat was being pinched by an invisible hand. Hearing a little hopelessness on the verge of death.

With a thought in mind, Shen Zhixian took a step back.

The effect was immediate, the little guy's struggles immediately weakened, and after a while he came to his senses, lying tiredly on Shen Zhixian's hands, the tips of his wings trembling slightly, his small chest undulating, his beak half-opened, tremblingly spitting out In words: "It hurts..."

—It can't be too far from the yard.

— something in the yard restricts its exit.

Shen Zhixian asked softly: "You can't leave, can you?"

"It hurts..." Xiao Maojiu looked over aggrievedly, and Mung Dou's eyes were full of tears, very sad: "Help me..."

It was still on guard against Shen Zhixian and the others, but the pain just now probably finally destroyed its will, it didn't care about much, and told the whole thing out.

"I've been caught inside for a long time, and I can't get out..." Xiao Maojiu twitched, "There are many others like me... who were eaten..."

The more he listened, the more serious Shen Zhixian's expression became.

According to the little guy, this yard has existed for a long time.After a period of time, many little demon wandering souls will be summoned here, and then be "eaten" by something inside, and none of them can escape.

Except for this little Maojiu.

This little guy doesn't know what's going on, it just wakes up one day and finds itself in a horrible purgatory, where a mass of black air that's so thick that it's almost substantive is creaking and devouring the little monster and wandering soul. His paws were shaking with fright, and he had nowhere to escape, so he could only curl up in the corner farthest from the black air, trembling.

Strange to say, all the summoned little demon wandering souls were swallowed up, except Xiao Maojiu, who hid tremblingly for a long time, was still safe and sound, until today it finally got out from that small crack.

"It hurts... as soon as I leave, it hurts..." Xiao Maojiu burst into tears, crying out in pain intermittently, "I can't walk, I will die if I leave... Help me..."

This little guy probably wanted to ask them to save it from leaving, but Shen Zhixian had no idea what was trapping it, and could only guess based on Shuanghui's reaction that it must be a pretty powerful monster.

Shen Zhixian put the little guy in the cave, Xiao Maojiu thumped, stood still, and looked at the two of them eagerly.

Shen Zhixian didn't intend to take it away, firstly, he couldn't take it away, and secondly, he didn't intend to explore the secrets in the yard immediately, and Shuanghui's restlessness and uneasiness in his heart made him inexplicably concerned.

Even if Mrs. Meng is not directly involved in these matters, she must be aware of them. Maybe he can find out from Mrs. Meng first...

After thinking for a moment, he and Yan Jin discussed in a low voice for a while, and decided not to startle the snake so quickly.

Coaxing Xiao Maojiu to hide here and not to run around, the two avoided the guards and went back to the house quietly.

It's getting late, and after all this tossing, an hour has passed.

This time Shen Zhixian was finally able to sleep peacefully. He yawned lazily and got into bed. Before falling asleep, he only remembered to tell Yan Jin to get up early and go back to his room quietly, and fell into a deep sleep. go.

Yan Jin hummed, she should have agreed, but she had no intention of obeying, so the next day Shen Zhixian put on a coat and pushed open the window with a paralyzed face, looked at a guard who just happened to be on patrol for a while, and snapped. Close the window with a bang.

A quarter of an hour later, Shen Zhixian pushed the door open with his usual expression, and walked out neatly dressed, followed by Yan Jin who was also neatly dressed.

The steward who happened to bring someone to deliver breakfast and was about to ask the two of them where they were going next: "..."

He looked suspiciously at the guest room that was originally arranged for Yan Jin, but now it was empty and no one slept all night. He looked at Yan Jin again, and asked politely and cautiously: "Is the room arranged by the mansion inappropriate?"

Shen Zhixian responded tactfully to the steward before Yan Jin said something that shouldn't be said, and then changed the topic as if nothing had happened, and continued to inquire about the Meng Mansion.

In the end, it was the innocent guests who were provoked by the jealousy of the two masters in the house. The steward was very polite to them. Although there was no answer to every question, he would still answer some innocuous questions.

It has to be said that Mrs. Meng is very skillful in imperial affairs. Although this mansion is the Meng Mansion, the servants all respect her very much. Said: "Madam is excellent, and the people who treat us are very friendly."

Shen Zhixian echoed a few words with a smile, and after deliberation, proposed to see Mrs. Meng and bid farewell to her.

The steward shook his head this time, and said apologetically, "Ma'am, this matter was caused by her impulsive impulsiveness and hurt the two young masters. She should have come here to apologize to the two young masters in person, but she didn't catch a cold last night and was ill this morning. Sorry, please forgive me.”

It's such a coincidence that you got sick at this time?

Shen Zhixian recalled the weary look on Madam Meng's face when she saw Mrs. Meng walking by in the middle of the night, and she responded thoughtfully. Just as she was about to answer, she heard a series of inquiries: "Where are the guests that Madam invited back yesterday? Please come out, I want to come out too." See you..."

A sour smell.

Shen Zhixian: "..."

The real master didn't see him, but he waited for someone who was jealous and settled accounts.

To be honest, after the boat painting incident last night, Shen Zhixian didn't really have a good impression of Meng Yun.

Mrs. Meng is knowledgeable, reasonable, gentle and considerate. She is a role model of a good wife that many people envy and dream of.

Although he only went to the painting boats without lanterns, his pleasure-seeking was limited to admiring the girls playing and singing a few songs on the painting boats, and making up a few nonsense poems.Occasionally drunk and staying overnight in the painting boat, and never let the girls serve, in the eyes of others, she is already very worthy of Mrs. Meng.

However, Shen Zhixian still felt uncomfortable.He has always believed that the giving of affection should be one-to-one equality and loyalty, Meng Yun's behavior really made him feel uncomfortable.

But these are all other people's family affairs, and he doesn't know the real situation of the relationship between husband and wife, so it's really hard to say anything, if it wasn't for the news of Undead City, he didn't intend to get involved at all.

Now that Mrs. Meng refuses to see them, there is no clue about the mysterious courtyard... Shen Zhixian saw Meng Yun striding forward with a slight frown, and knew what he wanted to say without much thought, so he asked to resign immediately.

Meng Yun originally wanted to persuade them to leave, but when he saw them taking the initiative, he immediately beamed with joy, and his defensive expression became less defensive. He hurriedly waved his hands and asked his servants to present a generous gift: "This is my husband and wife's recklessness, disturbing the two of you. Bo Li, please accept it with a smile."

The most important thing in the Meng family is money, and the most important thing for Shen Zhixian is money. In their eyes, this kind of thing is really a "little gift".

Shen Zhixian didn't accept it, he politely and distantly refused, didn't stay long, and left hand in hand with Yan Jin.

As soon as he walked out of Meng Mansion, Shen Zhixian turned back to Huafang without hesitation.

The boat is not open during the day, but Shen Zhixian didn't care about the obstacles of those boys. The high-spirited young man Suijian reappeared, and he summoned his summoned beast, Yan Jin: "Go and lock them all in the house!" .”

Yan Jin didn't say anything, just pulled the long brocade beside her, and tied up the boys who came to stop them in a way that wouldn't hurt them, but wouldn't allow them to break free easily, as Shen Zhixian said, All locked up in the house.

With the sound of closing the door with a squeak, the yelling of the servants became much quieter immediately.

Shen Zhixian nodded in satisfaction, and was about to go up to the second floor to find the demon. When passing by a private room, a faint fragrance suddenly entered his nose.

He reacted very quickly, pulling Yan Jin back a few steps.

As soon as he stood firmly, there was a chuckle from the private room, and the painted skin demon casually wearing a tulle coat came out gracefully, with a wink of peach blossom eyes, he gave Shen Zhixian a good look: "Both go to Meng It’s not enough for the government to spend a good night together, what are the people who bully me here doing?”

The author has something to say: Today's homework is very long! (Unreasonable and strong jpg)

It's been too difficult to update recently, I can't write anything, and sometimes I have to delete it after thinking about it.

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