Guanqingzhai

The little girl opened her eyes wide and said, "Mother, I have never eaten those dishes! That little bun looks like a little rabbit."

The woman was holding her daughter, and she had been hungry all day.But seeing this scene, I dare not take my seat first.

Hu Yue knocked on the stone stool, then on the stone vase and incense burner.He said, "These things are all made of high-quality white marble. These dishes, tsk tsk, let alone a little girl, even I have never eaten them."

Hu Yue thought to herself, if Chu Jue was here, maybe he would be able to make a name for him, but it's a pity, it's a pity that the person here is Hu Yue, a poor scholar.

The little girl was so hungry that she couldn't stand it, so she shook her mother's hand and said, "Mom, I'm hungry, let's eat first."

The woman wondered: "But the owner of this house has not been found yet, what if it wasn't prepared for us?"

The young man said: "But there are seven servings of bowls and chopsticks, and there are exactly seven of us. How can there be such a coincidence? Besides, along the way, the surrounding layout is also very elegant. Compared with the owner here, it is definitely an elegant person." People, you won’t be harsh on the few of us who are in trouble.”

Hu Yue sat on the stool, knocked on the dishes with chopsticks and said: "That's it, it's even more weird. Although this meal is delicious and tempting, how many of us are blessed to eat it? Why can he guess that we will come here?" Don’t forget that there is also the floating corpse that is suspected to be the boatman.”

The woman hugged the girl tightly, for fear that the child could not resist running to eat.The young man looked at Hu Yue with a calm expression, and he clasped his fists and said, "Who is the young master? Judging by the young master's expression, he should not be an ordinary person."

Hu Yue returned the courtesy and said, "It's just a literati who has been in the rivers and lakes in the lower district. His surname is Hu, his name is Yue, and his style name is Mu Zhi."

The young man bowed his crown and said: "My surname is Fang, my name is Yan, I... hey, why can't I remember who I am?"

The young man was stunned, and the woman was also stunned. She looked at Hu Yue and said, "No, I can't remember either. I only remember that my husband's family name is He, and my maiden name is Chen. She is my daughter. The name is Yu'er."

You'er raised her big eyes, looked at her mother and looked at everyone and said, "You don't remember? I remember it very clearly. My name is He You'er, and I live in West Street, Lijiaxiang. Mother, you forgot What? Our family sells tea."

The lady of the He family covered her head and said, "Yes, yes, yes. Why can't I remember, why do you remember, You'er?"

Hu Yue was looking at the other three, their faces were pale and expressionless.They didn't participate in the conversation between the four, Hu Yue looked at them and waved his hands: "Where are the three from? Can you remember the past?"

The three looked at each other, and then one of them said: "The three of us are foreigners, and we originally wanted to go to the capital to do business."

Hu Yue snorted and said, "Then that means, the three of you remember the past, but only Mr. Fang and Mrs. He's can't remember?"

The lady of the He family and Fang Yan looked at each other, but couldn't find a clue.The older of the three said to the four, "There should be no one else in this room."

But the shortest of the three said, "The meal should be for us."

Hu Yue said: "But there is a courtyard here, so there must be a master. Since there is a master, let's wait until the master comes, and then make plans."

You'er pulled Hu Yue's hand and said, "But there's really no one here."

Hu Yue patted her on the head, took out half a pancake from his pocket and said, "Eat this if you're really hungry, don't touch anything on the table, you know?"

You'er quietly put away the pancakes, Madam nodded gratefully, but was stopped by Hu Yue.He Yue blinked at Yu'er, and Yu'er tilted his head to put the cake away.

Hu Yue said to the three of them: "Since we're here and the master hasn't arrived yet, why don't we have a chat? It's also a good way to kill time, so as not to stare at these meals and get hungrier."

When those three people heard what Hu Yue said, they didn't pay attention to him, but sat down on the stool majestically.He started to eat on his own, gorging on the meat, and unceremoniously opened a jar of wine.

In an instant, the aroma of wine wafted out, and now Hu Yue couldn't sit still.He subconsciously reached out to pick up his wine jug, and after shaking it, he found that there was no more wine. He closed his eyes in pain and took a deep breath. The other three also looked like they couldn't bear it anymore.

Some chatted for a while, and the three ignored Hu Yue and the others, eating and drinking, and didn't even look at the three of them.Don't persuade them to come to eat.

The lady of the He family frowned and said, "Since the three elder brothers have already eaten, it doesn't matter whether we eat or not. Why don't we eat something first?"

Fang Yan hurriedly nodded, and said in a low voice, "And if it's poisonous, they should too... I mean, I think the food is fine."

Hu Yue looked at the jar of wine, frowned and said, "Eat it...it will be difficult."

Fang Yan sighed, looked at the food and said: "If you don't eat any more, we won't even be able to share the leftovers at the speed of those three. When the time comes, we will be scolded by the owner when we are hungry. Why don't we eat it first?" If you eat it, you won't be wronged at that time."

Hu Yue glanced at the dining table waveringly, and then looked at the other three people, all of them had expressions of, if you don't want to stay here alone, we will ignore you.

Hu Yue wiped her mouth, stood up and said: "That's why I said that the bet proposed by the surname Chu is not a cheap thing, eat, eat, and think of a way after eating!"

The four of them rushed to the dining table like starved ghosts reincarnated, and joined the three who were mopping up. Hu Yue poured himself a full bowl of wine fiercely.After drinking it in one gulp, he felt as if his stomach had been filled with a bowl of ice water. He sighed helplessly and looked at the other people who kept eating and drinking.It's also worth shaking his head. When he saw the little girl was eating, he deliberately knocked down the rice bowl in her hand. You'er looked at him with grievances, and said angrily: "Why don't you always let us eat? , You drank too much yourself. It's too annoying! Mother, this big brother is too bad!"

The lady of the He family looked at Hu Yue, she felt that the scholar had no malice, but why did she insist on not letting her child eat?

Hu Yue grinned, and he approached Yu'er and said, "Hey, big brother, didn't I give you a cake? I got this from a rich big brother. It is said that it is something from the palace. It can only be eaten by the ladies in the store. It contains pine nuts, sweet dates, sesame seeds, walnuts, and spices of perilla. It is said that the ladies are not usually able to eat it, only the favored ladies can eat it. You promise If Big Brother only eats pancakes, Big Brother will bring you fried cherry next time. How about it? If you secretly eat the food here, Big Brother won’t take you to eat good things in the future.”

You'er pouted while holding the cake in her hand, and then looked at Hu Yue, who smiled coaxingly.But their eyes were on the other people, and the three of them didn't react much when they saw Hu Yue's actions, and they continued to eat on their own.It's just that vigilant eyes showed from the corners of his eyes.

Yu'er finally nodded, and ran to the corner to eat pancakes alone.But the pancakes are indeed very crispy, so they are not very miserable...

After eating and drinking, all the pots on the table were empty, and Hu Yue also breathed a sigh of relief, the outside of the house was already pitch black, and the exquisite courtyard from before could not be seen.

After Hu Yue lit the candlesticks in the room, the lights of the candlesticks emitted a string of strange green lights at first, and then slowly turned into a warm yellow-red.But even with this light there was still no heat.Hu Yue reached out to touch the flames, but there was no burning sensation in her fingers.

After eating and drinking enough, Hu Yue and the others felt very tired, and the incense also had a hypnotic effect.You'er was the first to fall asleep. She lay comfortably on the lap of Mrs. He's family. Fang Yan let out a breath, looked outside and said, "I don't know what time it is. I'm really tired. Let's go first." Pay attention to beating the floor, and see if there are any boats tomorrow. We have to go back and report to the officials, the boatman died for no apparent reason."

Hu Yue only drank some wine, not as much as he usually drank with Chu Jue. He felt that the wine tasted very mellow, and he knew it was a rare wine in the world when he smelled it, but it was like drinking ice water in his mouth It seems tasteless.After drinking it, my stomach didn't warm up, but my body was terribly cold.

Fang Yan looked at Hu Yue, and said, "Young Master Hu, why do you look so pale?"

He pulled the skirt of his clothes and said, "It's okay, it's just a little cold in the middle of the night." At this time, the three people sitting across from him had also fallen asleep at this time, and he closed his eyes and meditated silently on the fire scripture against the cold in the body of the opponent.But when he seriously fought against the coldness in his abdominal cavity, the coldness became more intense, and soon Hu Yue felt that his hands and feet began to go numb.The fingertips seemed to feel the faint chill.

He looked at the others, and there was nothing unusual. Everyone was asleep, and he was the only one who kept awake by relying on formulas.But the cold feeling in his body made him feel like he was under icy water.

He let out a breath, and simply leaned on the table, tilting his head and pretending to fall asleep. Slowly, he felt the sound of footsteps coming from the door, the sound was very thin, and there was more than one person.But only someone's voice was heard, but no one entered the house.The door was open, but it was pitch black outside.

Hu Yue opened her eyes slightly, and found that You'er had squatted beside him at some time.It's just that the eyes are very confused.She suddenly said, "How did you get in here?"

Hu Yue propped himself up, and said flatly, "I've been discovered."

With a dull face on Yu'er's face, she made a tone that didn't match her original voice, and the tone was very cold.

Hu Yue sat up and said, "I am entrusted by someone."

Yu'er continued to ask: "Purpose."

Hu Yue shook her finger and said, "I can't say it yet, you haven't met me head-on."

Yu'er said: "No one here can go back, including you. But why don't you let this little girl eat?"

Hu Yue touched her nose, curled the corner of her mouth and said, "Of course I have my reasons."

You'er shook her body, then fell into Hu Yue's arms.Hu Yue pushed her, but everyone fell asleep as if they were dead.Hu Yue walked to the side of the three people, he bent down and found that the three people had died.And dead for a long time.There was an unpleasant smell of corpses all over his body.

He hurried to see Mrs. He and Fang Yan.They didn't die, they slept very deeply like Yu'er.

Suddenly Hu Yue looked out the door, and a human head appeared out of the window, staring at Hu Yue.

Hu Yue didn't dare to act rashly, the man shook his head a few times, and then rolled to the door.Hu Yue found that head very similar to that of the short man among the three.He turned his head and found that the short man's body was headless.

Hu Yue had checked everyone before, but when he was distracted, the head of this corpse appeared outside the door.

Hu Yue didn't dare to be careless, he dragged the three people who were still alive together, and let them lean on each other, then bit his finger and sprayed blood in a circle, surrounded the three people, suddenly Yu'er raised his head again, She looked towards Hu Yue and said, "You want to save these three people? It's useless. It's just a waste of time. Soon you will be like those three people."

Hu Yue grinned, and tapped a charm on Yu'er's forehead, and Yu'er tilted her head and fell asleep.

When Hu Yue finished settling the three of them, and then turned around, the three of them had disappeared.All the food on the table also disappeared.Here there was only cold stone furniture, reminiscent of those found in burial chambers.

Hu Yue breathed a sigh of relief, he felt that his body was about to freeze.I don't know if it's because of the alcohol.The more tired he was, the colder he felt. He stretched out his hand and found that his fingers were already purple.One can imagine what he is like now, if he continues like this, he will freeze to death soon.Thinking of death, he froze for a moment, and said with a wry smile, "What's there to be afraid of?"

He glanced at the three of them, sighed and said, "Sorry, I can only do this. Next, let's look at the good luck."

He dragged the table next to him and staggered towards the door. Before he took a few steps, he clearly felt a gust of cold wind coming from the door, pushing him into the room.

Hu Yue could only grit her teeth and walk against the wind.

Just as he rushed out the door, the wind stopped for a moment, followed by heavy rain, and the rain dripped down Hu Yue's cheeks. He looked back and found that it was a house, but a tomb .The writing on the tomb was a bit blurry and unclear, as if it had been a few years old.

And the three people Hu Yue wanted to protect were gone. Hu Yue crouched down, wanting to examine the grave carefully. Suddenly, he felt a person standing behind him. He turned around quickly, but there was no one behind him. .

Under the washing of such heavy rain, Hu Yue's already cold body became even heavier. Even if he silently recited the Golden Light Mantra, he could no longer resist this feeling.

He slowly fell on the edge of the tomb, and whispered self-deprecatingly: "I never thought that it would be ruined by a glass of wine in the end, hey, retribution?"

He slowly closed his eyes, and fell to the ground sideways. At this time, a figure came from a distance, holding a lamp in his hand.Since such heavy rain did not wet the lantern.

Then there was a sigh, and under the light, there was a pair of deep eyes.

Just as the man stared at Hu Yue for a long time, he slowly reached out and touched Hu Yue's cheek, along his cheek, and touched his lips. Hu Yue grabbed it.

The rain has washed away Hu Yue's hair, and Hu Yue with loose hair reveals an indescribable charm under the weak light.He smiled at the man and said, "I finally caught you."

Finally, the person's appearance was clearly seen under the light. It was a thin man with a pale face.Without a trace of blood, the white and purple lips indicated that he might not be a living person.

Just when Hu Yue was about to get the lamp, that person suddenly broke away from his hand.He shook his head violently and said, "You are not that person, who are you!"

After speaking, the chill in Hu Yue's body surged up again, and he said, "It doesn't matter who I am, but you can tell me how you got this?"

That person's appearance is very handsome, but it's a pity that he has a lifeless look.He looked at Hu Yue coldly and said, "This has nothing to do with you, how did you get in?"

Reluctantly leaning on the tombstone, Hu Yue pointed to the lamp in the man's hand and said, "It doesn't matter how I got here, what matters is that I want the lamp in your hand."

The man looked a bit puzzled, and he said, "This lamp? What's so special about it?"

Hu Yue was taken aback by his question. He looked at the man, but the man suddenly covered his head, and he staggered against the tombstone.The man began to become blurred, his appearance changed, the original handsome appearance slowly distorted, and his figure became more and more stooped.

The last thing that appeared in front of Hu Yue was an old man dressed in rags. His eyeballs had turned gray and his face was like a wax figure. He said hoarsely, "But you have already eaten the things inside, so it is impossible." Or leave. Just stay here? You can stay with him..."

Hu Yue leaned against the tombstone and said, "Do you think you can keep me here? Or are you afraid to show your true colors?"

Hu Yue supported the tombstone and wanted to stand up straight, but the old man had disappeared at that moment.Hu Yue clutched his stomach, looked at the grave, and murmured: "Oops, time is running out..."

But now he was able to stay awake with all his might. He wiped his forehead, knowing that he would not sweat, but he gave himself such a boost.Finally maintaining his consciousness, he started to walk deeper into the trail. The deeper the trail got, the more muddy it became, and the originally elegant courtyard became like a wilderness.Hu Yue stopped and walked alone, and with his eyes accustomed to a little darkness, he could probably feel that this place should be a wild forest.Hu Yue really didn't have the strength to continue walking, he fell to the ground weakly, the rain washed his body, he opened his eyes slightly.A pair of feet appeared before his eyes.

Hu Yue clutched his stomach, trying to get up, he sat up with difficulty, saw a thin man in white in front of him, this man did not hold a lantern in his hand, Hu Yue moved back vigilantly , the man said: "I didn't expect you to be able to survive until now. But now you really have no way to leave here."

Hu Yue smiled and said: "I didn't expect it to be a man. I thought it was a cool and beautiful woman. But I didn't expect you to let me come here. If you stop me on the way, I might not be able to." gone."

The man said, "Have you ever been here?"

Hu Yue shook his head and said, "I haven't been here before."

The man said: "This is not a place where the living can come. Although you are not a dead person, you are not an ordinary living person either. I have been watching you all the time. Are you trying to save that girl?"

Hu Yue forced a smile: "It's not so much to save her, but to find you."