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"Idiot! Wake up." He pinched her pink cheeks hard.

She opened her dazed eyes in shock. "Fire?"

"Not yet, but if you don't wake up, it will happen later." He didn't know that the ghost still needed such a long sleep, and even slept until noon before barely waking up.

"Oh..." She sat up, but her head was still hanging low and she couldn't get up.

He sighed, picked her up like a kitten and led her to groom.

Then he carried her half-opened eyes to the study room: "I will start teaching you how to read today." Seeing that she was not fully awake, he pinched her face again.

"Ah! I'm awake, I'm awake." She pouted, rubbing her flushed face from his pinching.

He held her hand and wrote the word "xiyan" on the white paper.

"What is this?" She looked confused and unknown.

He put his hand on his abdomen: "This is your name, the upper part is pronounced as Xi, and the lower part is pronounced as Yan." He explained clearly every word, fearing that she might not be able to hear clearly.

"Care words? Huh? What do you mean?" She lightly tapped her peach lips with her green and jade-white index finger.

Seeing her bewildered and innocent appearance, he couldn't help laughing: "It's a pity that we will never forget each other from generation to generation. It is said that we know each other and play together in the world of mortals." This feeling is not quite right.

"Then what about yours, master?" She stared at him with big bright eyes.

He ignored his stomach's protest, curled up his lips beautifully, held her lifeless and cold hand, and wrote the word "autumn sound".

"How do you pronounce these two words?"

Sweat dripped from his forehead, and his eyelids twitched: "The top...reads...autumn...the bottom reads...sound." Sure enough, he shouldn't eat her dark dishes because he thinks it's a waste of waste: "Unfortunately, I have to leave beforehand." Now, you can practice slowly here." As soon as the words fell, he ran away in a hurry.

They looked at the messy remains of the bones, some of which were not completely decomposed and were being eaten by corpse insects. The smell of corruption was blowing in the wind, and there were even crows hovering in the sky staring at tigers.

Jun Yi didn't even look at it, turned his back to the mass grave, pinched his nose with his hands: "You guys go."

"Remember to call us if you have anything to do." Xiyun stuffed the handkerchief into her nostrils and made a strong nasal sound.

Xiyun and Cuoying kept pushing away the corpses blocking their way with branches. The two dared not speak, fearing that the rotten smell in the air would be sucked into their lungs. The disgusting feeling could not be removed even after 100 years of cleaning.

Finally, they found the piled bodies of Nangong and his wife on a big rock.

Xiyun swept away the insects, ants and crows attached to the corpse, sniffed them, and only now did he truly believe that they had left him forever.He couldn't help the tears welling up in his eyes, but he didn't let the liquid brewing in his eyes drop.

Cuoying patted him on the shoulder, raised Master Nangong's body with one hand, and signaled him to take away Mrs. Nangong's body.

The two walked out of the mass grave side by side.

Cuoying and Xiyun put the two corpses on the ground in the center of the hall.

"I want to bury my father and mother in the yard of my house." Let them sleep in their own home so that they will not become ghosts without a master.

"Then wait until tonight, I'm afraid that the wall has ears, and it won't be good to be discovered." A seemingly whimsical idea sprouted in Cuoying's heart, thinking about the appropriate moment to say it, maybe tonight when the two of them are alone is the right time Bar.

"Okay." As long as they can be buried properly, Xiyun has no objections.

After burying the body.

"Xiyun, do you want to see them for the last time?" Cuoying asked cautiously. "I mean, talk to them."

At this time, Xiyun recalled the abnormality of Cuoying: "Cuoying, what are you?"

"You will know my true identity in the future." Wrong Shadow didn't want to reveal it, and asked him repeatedly: "Do you want to talk to them for the last time?"

"You mean?" Xi Yun's face was stained with hope.

"I can only let you meet each other, but if you want to bring them back to life, I'm afraid I can't do it." After all, returning to the sun is unethical. ability.

"It doesn't matter, as long as I can see them again, at least I need to know who is so cruel to kill them." His eyes suddenly became fierce, and a small flame was burning in his heart.

"Then let's go now, or it will be too late for them to cross the Naihe Bridge."

Zoying took off the hairpin on his head and swiped towards the air in front of him, a long and straight crack appeared in the air.The hair was tied up casually by him, and the hairpin was inserted back into the gorgeous long hair.

The slender arms moved towards the crack and parted sideways, and the crack also divided into two with his actions, opening a path through it, a path only illuminated by the faint candlelight.

Xiyun looked at all this in disbelief, and the wrong shadow had been quietly beautified into a god by his heart: "Where is this?"

"Where the dead souls go." Cuoying took his hand and stepped into the crack: "Come close to me." He said silently in his heart: Shenlong body protection.

After they walked in, many ghost claws stretched out towards them, but they did not approach them. The ghost claws were forced back by a burst of light when they approached them a foot away. The crying, the screaming of disappointment, and the sound of mourning hit his heart bit by bit.

"What are these sounds?"

"The wailing of the wronged souls. Some are nostalgic for the world and do not want to be reincarnated, and they are willing to suffer in dire straits. Some have done all kinds of bad things in their lives and are suffering from the torment of the knives and mountains of oil. There are too many stories about them. I can't finish it." The shadow subconsciously pulled him closer.

"It sounds pitiful." But, having never experienced it, I can't empathize with it: "Then where will my parents be?"

"They died unjustly. They have probably accepted the trial of Hades before, and now they are going to reincarnate at Naihe Bridge." As for how long the trial will take, he actually doesn't know much, so he can't guarantee where they are at the moment .

Walking and walking, a long and wide river appeared in front of my eyes, extending all the way to an invisible end, and along the river, there were many wandering souls, as if they were queuing up, waiting for something.

"This is the Wangchuan River, and the one in front is the Naihe Bridge." Cuoying pointed at the Wangchuan River and the Naihe Bridge. "Those queuing up are souls waiting for reincarnation."

There is also a wrinkled old woman on the bridge holding a bowl of soup to the passing souls. There is a cauldron beside her, and she mutters in her mouth: "Drink Meng Po soup and forget the past. How can you walk by?" Bridge, cut off the bond of friendship."

"If your parents are going to be reincarnated, they should be queuing up too. Look around."

Xiyun followed the wrong shadow, and looked at the ghosts one by one. They were all full of grief, and if they had seen through the world of mortals, they would appear indifferent.

It's just that their souls overlapped with the injuries they suffered when they were alive. Even Xiyun couldn't help feeling afraid of those who died in such a miserable state, and couldn't help leaning against Zouying's body.

"It turns out that you also have times of fear." Wrong Shadow showed a very surprised expression.

"Isn't this human nature?" Xi Yun glared at him, trying to eliminate her fear. "Who is as perverted as you."

"Nangong Yuanwai." Cuoying's call immediately caught Xiyun's attention.

"Father! Mother!" Seeing the people he hadn't seen for a long time, he was so moved that he wanted to hug them, but in vain.

Now they only have translucent souls, they have no entity and cannot be contacted.

"Xiyun, why are you here?" Mrs. Nangong was also very excited to see him.

"He brought me here." Xiyun looked at the wrong shadow, and saw the wrong shadow smiled at them: "I am the wrong shadow."

"It was you who came to see us that day." Master Nangong recalled the seductive voice he heard in prison.Sure enough, his voice was as good as his body, and his long bright red hair made him even more seductive, especially those purple pupils, which seemed to be able to charm all living beings.

"It's right here." Wrong Shadow didn't hide it.

"Father, mother, let me ask you." Xiyun worried that there was not enough time, so she directly talked about the business: "How did you die?"

"Shortly after you left, we were taken for interrogation." Master Nangong began to tell: "The county magistrate beat me into a trick, forced me to remand, and put us in prison."

"After a while, a man came with a plate and two cups on it." Mrs. Nangong said, also sad: "He said, if you want to save my son's life, you must put Drink those two glasses of wine."

"Of course we also know what's in there, but it's enough to live most of our lives, and you still have so many beautiful years, we can't bear you to leave, so we drank the wine." Master Nangong said with tears in his eyes.

"Those dog officials are really deceiving people too much." Xiyun cursed them angrily, and was ashamed of her own powerlessness, unable to save her dearest parents, and her only relative left with a grievance and died forever.

"Yun'er, we have nothing else to ask for, as long as you are safe." Master Nangong guessed his thoughts: "You must not avenge us."

"Father, I know what to do, you don't have to worry." Xiyun assured him.

"Xiyun, we should go." Wrong Shadow pulled him back.

"Wait a minute, I still have a lot to say." Xiyun resisted and wanted to break away from his hand.

Seeing that he was reluctant to leave, Cuoying had no choice but to hug him and take him away. "No!"

Back in the human world, Xiyun stood there in a daze, her eyes were misty, but her eyes were filled with water.

The person who raised him so hard is gone, the dearest person is gone, once the family is ruined, even a shoulder to rely on is far away.

There is no one who can give him warmth anymore, no one who can make him act like a baby anymore.

The water in his eyes became more intense, and he glanced at the person who had been standing in front of him since just now, as if he was asking for something.

Cuoying walked over and stretched out his arms to hold him in his arms.

As soon as she entered this slightly cold embrace, tears flowed out, from thin whimpers to loud wailing.

The arms that held him tightened again until he stopped crying.

Lifting his chin lightly, kissing his teardrop eyes, wiping away the tears left on his face.

"What are your plans now?" It's not difficult to guess what Xiyun is thinking.

"I want to take revenge and kill those dog officials. It's too much for the current emperor to indulge them in causing harm to the world." If it wasn't for the support of the emperor, they might not dare to do that. Xiyun clenched his fists tightly: "Will you help me?" he asked timidly.

"Of course." Wrong Shadow agreed without hesitation.

Xiyun couldn't understand it for a while, and didn't understand why he would say: "Why...you are so good to me." From the beginning when I met him with excuses, until now I have helped him unconditionally, and they still didn't know each other before. Acquainted strangers.

What's even more inconceivable is that his identity does not seem to be a mortal. He is an extraordinary man, but he helps him who is so ordinary, and is even willing to help him take revenge. For him, Xiyun is full of gratitude.

"Take it as... I owe you." Wrong Shadow turned around and said softly.