Guanqingzhai

"Shuowen" ghost custom also.According to Huainan legend: Wu people are ghosts, Yue people are ghosts.

During the three days, Hu Yue stayed at home, except for drinking every day, he stared at the life and death talisman, sometimes his eyes were empty, and sometimes his eyes seemed to be full of thoughts.But no matter what, even if Chu Jue's spells outside Guanqingzhai were resolved, he would not go out again.It was as if everything outside had nothing to do with him.

On the first day, Chu Jue did not come to visit, and Hu Yue sat in the seat where he once had a drink with him and did not move for a day.Like a statue.

On this day, there was a sudden storm during the day, and in the midst of the wind and rain, two people stood silently, holding lanterns in their hands. The heavy rain was heavy, but it couldn't hit them at all.

The two were erratic, but at this moment they were standing still on both sides of a pavilion, like two stone men.There is no one in the pavilion, but there is a box in it, the box is guarded by the two women, the box has been opened, and there is nothing inside.

Under the dense clouds, suddenly a thunderbolt illuminated the sky, Liu'er looked at the sky and showed a strange smile, her voice sounded like a decades-old woman: "The game has moved again, we can finally get rid of it."

At this moment, a woman came out of the rain and fog. She was wearing a red dress and was wet by the rain, like blood.She was holding a black paper umbrella, only seeing her white jade chin, she said: "You two are still the same as a hundred years ago, stupid and loyal."

Another woman named Yan, with a voice like a knife cutting through a hard stone, she said: "What right do you have to say that we are just a dead flower blooming in Santu."

The woman in red said: "I just came to tell you one thing. What your master can do, we can do it too. What your master can't do, we can do it too. In fact, our purpose is the same. "

The two maids raised the lanterns in their hands, and suddenly a huge fish-shaped shadow flashed across the ground. The woman in red stepped back slightly, looked at the ground vigilantly, and then said, "Let's just watch, the game has begun. A hundred years The previous unfinished game will definitely end this time. Whether it is your way or mine."

After finishing speaking, only the cold and fishy sweet floral fragrance remains.There is no longer any woman in red.

There was still no expression on the faces of the maids. They continued to guard the pavilion with lanterns in their hands.There is no other action at all.

But a figure of a person appeared not far from the pavilion. He stared at the pavilion and said with a sneer: "The mantis catches the cicada, the oriole is behind!" Then he left with his hands.

The heavy rain caused the water level of the moat to rise, and Hongqiao couldn't continue to stay on the boat. She came to the small building she bought to escape the heat.Xiaoying accompanies him, holding a palace fan, fanning the wind every now and then, Hongqiao looks at the heavy rain outside, and fiddles with the pipa in her hand.

Hongqiao raised her head and glanced at Xiaoying. Xiaoying seemed to want to say something, but in the end she held the palace fan in her hand, tightened her lips, and forced a comforting and perfunctory smile.His eyes were full of hesitation and fear, but there was a firm belief in his heart.She has always been by Hongqiao's side, hoping to protect her.Although she understands how insignificant her power is.

Hongqiao raised the curtain, looked at the heavy rain outside, frowned, and said, "I always feel... something big is about to happen. My heart is always in a mess."

Just as Xiaoying was about to speak, suddenly there was a flash of lightning and a loud bang.Xiaoying turned her head in shock and found nothing unusual, so she turned her head to Hongqiao and said absently, "It's just bad weather. Miss, we can cool off when we go back to the boat after the rainy season." After finishing speaking, he She closed the window and shrank aside, as if she wanted to hide herself in the darkness in the corner. This kind of silent fear was just because she didn't know what would happen during these days.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, Hongqiao turned to look at Xiaoying and said, "Why don't you open the door?"

Xiaoying nodded immediately, and then hurried to open the door. As soon as the door opened, wind and rain rushed in.There was an old man standing at the door. The old man was unkempt. He was holding a white sail in his hand, on which were written the words "measurement and fortune-telling".He muttered at the door: "I see what I think is not what I think, and I see old people who are not old friends. People are my own and not my own, old people are not old people."

Hongqiao looked out the door and said, "What's the matter, old man?"

The old man looked at Xiaoying who frowned slightly, and then looked at Hongqiao who had stood up in the room. He squinted his eyes for a long time, and finally said: "It looks...too similar..."

Xiaoying was wary of this person, she held a paper man secretly in her hand, and attached it behind her back, the old man glanced at her, and said to Hongqiao: "It's raining heavily outside, and I want to take shelter from the rain here, since there is a destiny, the old man Make a divination for the girl, and let the girl kindly shelter the old man to avoid the rain of despair."

Hongqiao rubbed her forehead, and for some reason suddenly felt a pain. He couldn't refuse the old man's words, and she said in a strange way: "Then... I will thank you, old man."

After speaking, he personally made tea for him. The old man was very polite and thoughtful, and bowed to him. Then Xiaoying handed over the towel, and he dried himself before stepping in.After entering the room, he said with a smile: "Then, does the girl want to test characters or do fortune-telling?"

Hongqiao covered her forehead and said, "Let's test the characters."

The old man stroked his beard, and he continued: "What word does the girl want to calculate?"

Hongqiao shook her head and said, "I... I don't know why my head suddenly hurts so badly, so let's test a random word. Just test my Hongqiao's Hong character."

The old man didn't care about Hongqiao's headache, he said as usual: "Hong character, the left side is a word worm, and the right side is a word gong. A worm is a dark thing, it can only live in the dark, it is dead but not stiff." , can be transformed between life and death, so girls, be careful of those bright things."

Hongqiao shook her head and said, "What do you mean?"

The old man looked at Xiaoying who was standing behind him, and said with a smile: "As long as you stay in the dark, you will be safe and sound. But as long as you are exposed to the sun, how can the power of moths protect itself?"

Hongqiao glanced at Xiaoying behind her, Xiaoying forced a smile, but Hongqiao still didn't understand.But the old man continued: "There is also a Chinese character "I" on the side. The upper horizontal line is the sky, the lower horizontal line is the earth, and the middle horizontal line connects the meaning of heaven and earth."

Hong Qiao leaned forward and frowned and asked, "What's the meaning of this?"

The old man showed a strange smile. He drew a Chinese character "H" with his hand, then looked at Hongqiao and said, "This is a secret that cannot be revealed. An old man cannot tell the secret, but I can give the girl a suggestion."

He said: "If you need a girl, when you make a choice, girl, remember the old saying, forget one love, forget one person, and forget the whole life. These three forgets can keep the girl safe."

Then he stood up and looked down at Hongqiao. Hongqiao felt nervous when he saw him, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions. The old man sighed, picked up the white sail, and walked towards the door, ignoring the situation outside the house. It was still raining heavily.Xiaoying watched the crazy old man go away, heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "Where did the crazy old man come from? I really don't know why."

Hongqiao still had a headache. After listening to the three forgetting words, she bit her lip and repeated: "Forget one love, forget one person, forget one life..." After shaking twice, she passed out, Xiaoying She was so frightened that she quickly hugged Hongqiao, and the paper figurine in her hand fell to the ground. She was so panic-stricken that she didn't notice that the paper figurine was already on fire.

Just when Hongqiao's face became more and more ugly, Xiaoying was holding something in her hand, but she couldn't let go of her hand. Suddenly, Hongqiao opened her eyes and pulled Xiaoying, who was already frightened, and murmured Said: "Young Master Hu...Young Master..."

After speaking, he fainted again.Xiaoying looked down at Hongqiao.But she didn't leave, she said dully: "Miss... It's useless, he won't help us, because he didn't choose you, because he didn't choose you."

A tear fell on Hongqiao's face, Xiaoying's empty eyes were filled with tears, and she hugged Hongqiao very tightly in her arms.It seemed as if whenever she relaxed, her young lady would disappear.

Xiaoying helped Hongqiao back to the bedroom. She put the charm on Hongqiao's pillow, then stroked Hongqiao's temple hair, and said, "Miss, why did you suddenly faint? This old man's origin is unknown. The national teacher...has he made a move? Or is someone else targeting the lady? It is not known whether Hu Yue’s memory has recovered or not, but the lady is exposed to danger. No, I have to ask the national teacher, at least let the national teacher release Miss Guo, and then tricked Miss into leaving the capital temporarily."

After she finished speaking, she wiped away her tears, turned around, looked back at the sister who treated her best, and then smiled slightly, as if it was the usual smile when she was mischievous, as long as she smiled like that, Hongqiao would forgive her mistakes .But the smile at this time caused another tear to flow across the playful cheeks. She smiled and said: "Miss, you always say that I don't know anything. In fact, I am the person who understands best. I understand your suffering, your Thoughts, but Hu Yue is really not someone you can entrust for life, forget about him, as long as you leave the capital, you can avoid all the wind and rain here, even... without me, you can still live well, right? "

Xiaoying held up an umbrella and walked towards the distance.Not long after walking, she met a person, she nodded slightly, and said respectfully: "National Teacher."

Xuan Mingzi looked at her, seemed to understand her thoughts, and said, "Did you cast a curse?"

Xiaoying suddenly knelt in the rain, and the umbrella in her hand fell beside her. She said, "Master, our plan is still going on. Hongqiao has no value at all. As long as..."

Before she could finish her sentence, she felt a sharp pain in her heart as if it was bound by a wire, and she fell to the ground in an instant. She opened her mouth, unable to cry out in pain, and could only gasp for breath.Xuan Mingzi sighed and shook his head, he squatted down, patted Xiaoying on the shoulder and said, "What did I tell you? Stay by her side, she is a very, very important chess piece. But now when I want to make a chess piece, you tell me that this chess piece is useless? Are you playing chess, or me?"

Xiaoying could only breathe, she clenched her fists, and then supported her body with the remaining strength, she looked up at Xuan Mingzi, and said with difficulty: "National... National teacher... Hongqiao, Hongqiao doesn't have us It's so heavy in imagination... Hu Yue doesn't have any place for Hong Qiao in his heart, and now that the Life and Death Talisman is by Hu Yue's side, why do he want to attack Hong Qiao..."

Xuan Mingzi stood up, and said with anger in his eyes: "If he didn't show affection to Chu Jue, I wouldn't have to take action against Hongqiao, but the three-day period is really unnecessary! I thought sending you to her side would be the best thing to do." A suitable candidate. But I regret it now, but... since you didn't cast a curse, you can still make the best use of it."

Xuan Mingzi glanced at her, shook his head and said, "I leave her to you."

Xiaoying's last consciousness was only the fiery red clothes, the color was like blood, as if flowing down the rain like fresh blood.She closed her eyes, she knew the ending a long time ago, but...

Xiaoying finally only shouted: "Miss... let's go."

Xuan Mingzi looked at the people behind him and said, "How much time do we have now?"

The woman in red grabbed Xiaoying's arm, as if Xiaoying was just a layer of skin.She said: "Time? Hu Yue hasn't left Guanqingzhai yet? And Chu Jue is nowhere to be found. These two are the most important people, and there is no movement on this matter. How much time do you ask me?"

Xuan Mingzi lowered his head, he stretched out a hand and said, "Are you sure that he recovered all his memories?"

The woman in red said: "I can't be sure, but that person left the life and death talisman... This is the only way. Just like his guess at the beginning, it is time to start the game. Although it is a full ten years late, but if you The chances of attacking you were even slimmer years ago. This has to be said to be your chance."

Xuan Mingzi clenched his fist with one hand, he turned around, his original ruffian smile was gone, his eyes were as cold as a sword, he said: "We only have this one chance, if you fail, you know the consequences better than me. "

The red-clothed woman lowered her eyebrows and said with a slight smile: "Yes... I just crawled out of hell. The life and death talisman is my trump card. If I fail again, I will go back to hell. Have you ever seen the scene of hell? Teacher?"

Xuan Mingzi ignored her crazy words, he shook his hands, and then said: "This time, nothing will go wrong. As long as we make good use of Hongqiao, we are not afraid that we will have no way out. Although Hu Yue will not fall in love with this girl, but after ten years She was the one with Hu Yue the longest. And Chu Jue..."

The woman in red snorted coldly: "He must be eradicated. Otherwise, as long as he is there, Hu Yue will not be able to fully recover his memory. The cloud curse in your hand is only part of it, and the life and death talisman in my hand is only part of it." Part of it, and the key lies in Hu Yue. Don't forget that it is only him..."

Xuan Mingzi interrupted her, and he looked in the direction of Guanqingzhai: "There will be me soon, I can do what the old fox did. He is heartless, so why not me?"

The woman in red looked at Hongqiao's residence and said, "How are you going to use your subordinate?"

Xuan Mingzi glanced at Xiaoying, and then said: "Down the Cloud Curse, since she refuses to cast it, then let her replace Hongqiao, and then..." His eyes flickered with a hint of evil.

Hongqiao fell asleep until late at night, and the heavy rain had stopped, but the ensuing sweltering heat made her even more uncomfortable. She clutched her head and woke up, only to find that Xiaoying was not there.She propped herself up with one hand and called a few times, but still no one responded, the room was dark, and Xiaoying did not turn on the lamp, and Hongqiao couldn't see her surroundings clearly. She rubbed her eyes, got up and got out of bed, when suddenly a blow came from the door. There was a gust of wind, this wind was not like the summer wind, it made her shiver from the cold, then she got up to touch the candle by the table, gradually Hongqiao got used to the dim sight, she came carefully to the table, picked up the candle by the side flint and steel.But after trying several times without success, she only felt that there seemed to be something that frightened her in the dark in this room, so she was inexplicably very nervous, and finally she lit the candle, and the faint light shone around her. He picked up the candlestick, protected the candlelight in his hand, and looked around, but there was still no sign of Xiaoying.

Hongqiao didn't dare to shout anymore, she vaguely heard a strange voice behind the screen, although it was very subtle, but it made people feel uneasy, Hongqiao frowned, she was afraid but couldn't let go, she suddenly thought of The protective jade pendant that Hu Yue had given her back then, she immediately went back to the bed, opened the box under the pillow, and suddenly the two talismans fell on the ground, and they ignited as they fell, but Hongqiao couldn't see it at all. For these two talismans, she took out the treasured jade in the box, and then pinched it in her palm.Bai Yu was warm and cool, holding it in the palm of her hand gave her a lot of peace of mind.

She glanced at the screen, there was her piano room.She held a candle in one hand, and pinched the jade pendant Hu Yue gave her in the other.Walking towards the screen step by step, when she opened the curtain beside the screen, she found that there was no one in the piano room, but the windows were not closed and were blown loudly by the wind.

Hongqiao breathed a sigh of relief, and shook her head mockingly, she put the candlestick on the table, and there was still tea in the thermos pot pressed on the table, she said to herself: "Where did Xiaoying go, it's so late I haven’t come back yet, if my mother visits at night, she will be scolded again.” After she finished speaking, she wanted to close the window, but she found that he couldn’t open the window, then she picked up the candle on the table, lowered her head and lit it on the window. There is a person hanging down, this person is none other than Xiaoying, Xiaoying raised her head, looked at the window, with a strange smile on her face, there were cloud-like textures on both sides of her eyes, blood flowed along the texture It was dry, with a pale face, dark red blood, and a weird smile.Hongqiao gasped in fright, she screamed and took a step back, suddenly her hand was caught, Xiaoying pulled Hongqiao's arm from the window, she opened her mouth, but she could no longer speak, Hongqiao I can only understand her meaning by looking at her mouth shape, what Xiaoying said is "Run..."