[Chen Qingling] I don't know why

Wen Miaomiao grabbed the half-awakened Jin Ling, the group set off before dawn, Lan Wangji Yujian slowed down, and said to Wei Wuxian and Wen Miaomiao: "Someone is following, stop and look ahead. "

The crowd stopped in an open space, and within a short while, several disciples in red braked unstable and fell down from above.

Wei Wuxian asked in surprise, "Master Ouyang? Why are you following us?"

Ouyang Zizhen ignored him at all, and ran to Wen Miaomiao to salute: "Miss Wen, we belong to the Ouyang family, not far from the south of Qishan Mountain, my father worships the Wen family very much, you...can you bring us Night hunting together..."

The Ouyang family is an aristocratic family that has sprung up in recent years, and they really love to imitate the Qishan Wen family, even the clothes must be made to be the same as the Wen family.

Jin Ling was a little displeased, why would someone always rob him of his uncle and aunt?

Wen Miaomiao came up immediately, is she a fan of Miss Ben again?So he helped Ouyang Zizhen up, "It's easy to say, then follow me."

Lan Wangji said: "It's not far from here, let's walk over there, there is an enchantment above the city, don't use magic lightly, it will backfire."

After walking all the way, except for a group of them, there was not even a ghost. Jin Ling felt nervous and asked Wei Wuxian, "Is this really the road? I don't think this place looks like a town."

Wei WuXian put his arm around Jin Ling's shoulders, and reasoned with him in a low voice: "If there are people coming and going, like Lan Ling, what trouble do we have to get rid of, right?"

"Well, uncle, what you said makes sense."

Someone suddenly said: "Hey, look quickly, is that person over there?"

Everyone looked around, and there was indeed a moving figure in the haystack, which was half a person's height, but they could not be seen clearly.

Wei Wuxian patted Jin Ling, "Go and have a look, and ask for directions by the way."

Holding the sword, Jin Ling hesitated.

"Don't you dare? Na Si chases you."

Jin Ling suddenly ran away one step ahead.

Wei Wuxian took a few steps forward, getting closer, just in case, Jin Ling is usually curious about night hunting, but has little experience, if he wants to come out on his own in the future, he should take the opportunity to practice more.

Standing behind Wei Wuxian, Wen Miaomiao was suddenly moved when he saw how worried Jin Ling was. If they also had a child, it would be the same. They let go of their mouths, but they were always staring behind their backs.

It seemed that he was an ordinary person, Jin Ling ran back after asking, "The man said that there is indeed a city in front of this place, but the number of people going there has been decreasing over the years, and it seems that they can't get in..."

Sure enough, it is here.

Lan Wangji asked, "What's the name of that city?"

"Yi City."

Wen Miaomiao suddenly said: "The righteousness of Yicheng is the righteousness of Yizhuang."

Jin Ling said: "It means Yizhuang, because the people in that city do more funeral business, and there are many unclaimed corpses stored there, so it is called Yicheng. The man just wanted to pick up some corpses here. The money that was dropped during the burial."

The other children were a little creepy when they heard this. In such a city, some evil spirits are almost inevitable.

But at this time, the little boy Jin Ling was completely chatterboxed, and he even took out a wooden seal talisman from his collar, and said to them: "Look, my uncle made this for me, you can To exorcise evil spirits, ordinary evil spirits can't get close to you, my uncle is the ancestor of Yiling..."

Everyone ignored him. The Yiling patriarch had a good reputation, but it was only among the common people. To the aristocratic family, it was a bit scary. After all, the horror stories of his extermination of aristocratic families were mentioned by the elders every day, and he was disobedient when he was young. , the elders threatened and said: If you don't recite the book well, be careful that the Yiling ancestor will catch you and stew your cramps and skin.

"Okay, okay, I know your big uncle is amazing." Wei Wuxian pulled Jin Ling aside, "Let's continue walking."

Wen Miaomiao walked without saying a word, Wei Wuxian held her hand, "What's wrong Miaomiao?"

Wen Miaomiao raised her head, her face full of worry, "Little brother, you said...Xue Yang...he won't do bad things..."

"You think he's in there?"

Wen Miaomiao shook her head, "I don't know, guess..."

Wei Wuxian groped for her hand, "Don't worry, it won't happen."

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The two big red lacquered characters in Yicheng have faded a bit. Because of the enchantment, although the city gate is wide open, the scene inside cannot be seen clearly.

Wen Miaomiao slightly stretched out her hand to touch it, and instantly a strong white light gathered, like countless soft needles pricking her palm.

"Be careful." Wei Wuxian fended her off with a statement, "It really is the town formed by the Yinhu Talisman, hmph, but this is too weak."

Some disciples began to tremble, "Yin Tiger Talisman? Is it true that Yiling Patriarch has returned, I... shall we go in? I heard from the elders that any family that offends him will be wiped out."

Lan Wangji glanced back, and the man immediately shut up.

Jin Ling pulled out Sui Hua and slashed twice, but the barrier didn't budge, "Weak? This one isn't weak at all..."

Wei Wuxian smiled with his hands behind his back: "You guys practice the way of swordsmanship, even if you know the five elements, most of them are too masculine, too strong, this time is very dark, when you encounter your skills, of course you will absorb as much as you like. Come on, come on, boys, stand back."

Wei Wuxian pulled out Wen Miaomiao's hand, drew a stroke on his fingertip, swiped the blood on the barrier, and burned a small gash in an instant.He immediately took out the petition, and the low and melodious sound of the flute penetrated through the small opening, surrounded it, and tore apart the barrier bit by bit.

The process was a bit slow, and the random thing in Wen Miaomiao's hand was about to move, she concentrated her internal energy on the sword, swung it hard, and the entire barrier was immediately broken.

Wei WuXian put down the statement, "It's amazing, it's Miao Miao."

Wen Miaomiao said happily: "I also feel that I have become better recently."

Yicheng is very normal, it can even be said that it is an ordinary small town.

Holding the sword in her arms, Jingyi complained, "Is it necessary to put a barrier on such a town? It's nothing unusual, Jin Ling, didn't you ask clearly?"

Jin Ling choked back, "Tch, how did I know, why didn't you ask yourself back then, but now you talk a lot more."

Lan Wangji glanced sideways, and the two immediately stopped talking.

Wei Wuxian asked, "Sizhui, what do you think? Let's hear it."

"Yes, Senior Mo. From the time when a group of us entered the city until now, although there are many people coming and going in the city, few people look at us. In this small city where strangers are not allowed to enter, it is very abnormal."

Wei Wuxian praised: "Well, that's not bad. Did you all hear that? From now on, you can ask questions at any time. This is also part of your study at Jinlintai, and it will be included in the final exam score."

A group of juniors immediately cheered up, watching all directions and listening to all directions.

Wen Miaomiao tugged at Wei Wuxian's sleeve, pointed to the side of the road, and whispered, "Little brother, I want to eat that."

"Yeah, yeah." Wei Wuxian cleared his throat, and everyone immediately looked nervous. He pointed to the small stall on the side of the road, "What's that?"

Jin Ling hurriedly answered: "Candied haws!"

"Not bad, not bad, Jin Ling, go and buy some."

"Oh." Jin Ling ran over in a hurry, and then came back, "I...my money was confiscated at Jinlin Terrace, do I have to buy it? I'm optimistic about it, that uncle is fine, and the candied haws are also fresh. ..”

Wei Wuxian touched his nose, a little embarrassed, and Wen Miaomiao was also very embarrassed: "That...Jin Ling...it's not important...the main thing is...wanting to eat..."

Jin Ling felt a bolt of lightning strike, burning his heart with anger, and tilted his head: "I won't go, I don't have money!"

Lan Wangji took out a purse from his sleeve, and handed it to SiZhui: "SiZhui, you go."

Jin Ling let out a "hum", grabbed the purse before Si Zhui, and ran to buy candied haws.

Wen Miaomiao gnawed on the candied haws and walked around the street. The children all went to the city to inquire about the news, and they went to the inn by the way.

Yicheng is not big, and there is a small river running through the city.

"Rabbit lamps! So beautiful!" There was a cart stall on the river bank, which was selling lanterns, and the small wooden carts were hung in colorful colors.

Wen Miaomiao took down the little rabbit's and looked at it in her hand, "Boss, why do you come out to sell lanterns in broad daylight?"

The boss hesitated for a long time, scratched his head and didn't say anything, Wen Miaomiao didn't pay attention to the question, just thought he didn't want to say, "Then I want this." After groping for a long time, he didn't find any money.

"Boss, here." Lan Wangji handed over a broken piece of silver in his hand, and bought a rabbit lamp for Wen Miaomiao, "Don't wander around, this city hasn't been explored yet, so don't be careless."

"Miaomiao!" Wei Wuxian ran over, "Where did you go? Running around again."

"I'm just strolling around, hey, wait, did you hear anything?"

When Wen Miaomiao turned her head, there was a five or six-year-old girl in pink on the bank of the river, covering her face and crying.

Wen Miaomiao walked over, "What's the matter, little sister, why are you crying? If you have anything to tell my sister, I will help you decide."

The little girl pointed at the empty river, "Sister, sister! Just now my lamp fell into the river and floated away."

Wen Miaomiao helped her wipe away her tears, and comforted her: "Okay, okay, stop crying, sister will buy you another one."

Lan Wangji had already bought another bright yellow lotus lantern and handed it over, "Is this color okay?"

The little girl took the lamp, stopped crying, and said sweetly: "Thank you brother and sister." Then she ran away happily.

Wei Wuxian came over, squatted down and put his hand into the bottom of the water, his expression was not at all relaxed.

Wen Miaomiao asked: "Little brother, what's the matter?"

Wei Wuxian shook the water off his hand, shaking his head, "This water has accumulated silt, and no one has cleaned it for a long time. It's obviously stagnant water. How could the lamp float away if it fell on it?"

Holding the sword, Lan Wangji looked around. Although there was no noise here, there were people coming and going, and the atmosphere was full of life. "Wei Ying, in your opinion, is there a puppet here?"

Wei Wuxian shook his head, "It's hard to tell for a while, it seems that we can only stay here for one night."

*******

At dusk, everyone gathered in Yicheng Inn, and the tables in the lobby were full.

Jin Ling propped his chin and finally waited for his uncle, "Is this really a night hunt? Did you take this opportunity to visit the mountains and rivers?"

Wen Miaomiao sat down and knocked him on the head, "Don't take it lightly, hold your sword well, you can't act alone, remember."

"Oh."

Sizhui sat opposite Jin Ling and asked, "Auntie, what abnormalities did you find?"

Wen Miaomiao: "Nothing special, how about you?"

"Everything is normal, but when we asked where there is a funeral shop in Uprising City, they didn't seem to know very well."

Jing Yi on the side said disdainfully: "I see, this is not a righteousness of Yizhuang at all. A certain person was too timid to ask, so he made it up by himself."

Jin Ling patted the table, "Lan Jingyi, are you finding fault on purpose! If you don't believe me, go out of town and ask yourself now!"

Jing Yi also said: "Just go, you have seen it too, we have worked hard for a day to check, this Yicheng is different from what you said!"

Wei Wuxian: "Don't talk."

Jin Ling: "I don't know what's going on! I...ummmmmmm..."

Jingyi: "Hmmmmmm?"

They were muted... When they turned their heads, they were glared at by Lan Wangji, and they both quickly lowered their heads.

"Hush..." Wei Wuxian stood up and looked outside the inn's gate.

The last ray of the setting sun burned out, and the sky darkened in an instant. A gust of wind blew past, making the door of the inn creak.

There were occasional rustling noises outside, like stalls in a night market, but there was no sound of people, not even lights, and slowly, a white mist filled the air.

Everyone in the inn sensed something was wrong, put down the food in their hands, and held up their sabers.