Jiajing Spiritual Records

Under the pale moonlight, a long black shadow slowly appeared on the brick surface paved with bluestone slabs, walking from behind Ning Huan step by step.The sound of the silent footsteps did not seem to be made by a living person. Ning Huan's breath was suffocated, and he did not move. The hand holding the handle of the knife exerted a little force, and the black shadow on the ground overlapped with the heel of his boot. At this moment, he suddenly turned around and swung his knife towards the shadow behind him.

"Su Xian?" Ning Huan's hand suddenly stopped in the air, he put away the knife in surprise and looked at Su Xian, "Why are you here?" In the dark corner, Su Xian lowered his eyes, The loose hair from his temples almost covered most of his cheeks, and he couldn't tell the expression on his face, but he shook his head without making a sound.

The crowd is like the set in a puppet show, moving back and forth along a fixed trajectory in a strange and quiet way under the mist of blue and white.Ning Huan cautiously glanced behind him, and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter with these things?" Su Xian kept silent, he quietly raised his eyes, they swept over Ning Huan, turned his back to the corner and turned into darkness walk in the shadows.

"What's wrong with you?" Ning Huan frowned, followed Su Xian and asked in a low voice, "Why are you ignoring me?"

"Su Xian?" Ning Huanfu whispered Su Xian's name again, but Su Xian remained silent.Ning Huan stepped forward and grabbed Su Xian's arm, and suddenly found that the official uniform he put on before going out had turned into a set of casual clothes at some point, the wet clothes seemed to have just been fished out of the water, and the corners of the clothes kept facing down dripping water.There was a smell of water all over his body, Ning Huan couldn't help but frowned, and wanted to ask him what's wrong, when his eyes fell on his muddy clothes, Ning Huan's body suddenly trembled, if he I remember correctly, this suit is not exactly the one Suxian wore when he came out of the ghost town.

At this moment Su Xian stopped in his tracks, the water droplets from the corner of his clothes slowly condensed into a puddle under his feet, he turned around slowly, his face was pale, his eyes were empty and lifeless, like a ghost crawling out of the water.He lowered his head slowly, his eyes fell on Ning Huan's slightly stiff face, and he asked in a calm tone, "What's wrong?"

Ning Huan shook his head violently, and let go of the hand that was holding Su Xian.Ning Huan took a step back without changing his expression, twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "I'll follow behind you." Su Xian nodded and turned around.

Ning Huan stared at the back of "Su Xian", feeling something was wrong, and was about to take the opportunity to escape, but he hurriedly glanced at the street full of people outside, but his body froze suddenly.The footsteps of the paper figurines froze for an instant and Qiqi looked at Ning Huan. A strange smile slowly appeared on the face of "Su Xian", and the footsteps that had stopped then stepped out again.

Ning Huan raised his head slightly, and happened to catch a glimpse of the imperial palace in the distance.Bright yellow bricks and bright red pillars, under the coquettish red moonlight, there seems to be a shadow over the majestic building, like another palace that has been reproduced.Ning Huan narrowed his eyes, stared at the back of the person in front of him and took a deep breath, it seemed that this thing would not let him go.He clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and followed...

There is a small piece of light in the depths of the shadow, and the hazy mist is smudged around. At the end of the depth is a small door. Most of the bright red paint on the door has peeled off, leaving only a black shell. "Su Xian" quietly raised his eyes, his eyes looking here looked empty and sad, his right hand slowly closed the door, and the door "squeaked" halfway open.

"Su Xian" stepped over the low threshold and entered the house.This place is like a courtyard of a wealthy family. The dense sycamore leaves cover most of the courtyard. The Warm Pavilion by warm yellow candlelight.

Carved window lattices, sandalwood wood case, several Buddhist scriptures are placed on the case table, and the incense of sweet pine is faintly scattered in the gilt copper aromatherapy stove.Ning Huan looked around in bewilderment, thinking to himself why this person pretended to be Su Xian and lured him here?

There was a bronze mirror in the middle of the room, "Su Xian" walked behind Ning Huan, under Ning Huan's cautious gaze, asked hoarsely, "Did you see it?"

What do you see?Ning Huan turned around abruptly, his eyes fell on the round mirror, only a blurry white shadow appeared in the mirror.Ning Huan was surprised to find that he couldn't see himself in this round mirror.

Ning Huan turned his head and looked at "Su Xian", "I... what did I see?"

"Did you see it?" The man didn't answer, but asked again.His facial features gradually began to melt in front of Ning Huan's eyes, and the skin on his face gradually became swollen, like a floating corpse after being drowned. Water droplets kept falling from under the corner of the clothes, "Did you see it?"

The vase on the table fell to the ground with a "snap" and broke into several petals.The candlelight flickered on and off, and the exquisite furnishings in the Warm Pavilion suddenly became dilapidated, the sandalwood case was cracked, a thick layer of dust covered the carved window lattice, and dense cobwebs were knotted all over the ceiling. beams on the roof.

"Did you see it?" The sound of water dripping "tick-tock-tick", the man in white walked towards Ning Huan step by step while asking.Ning Huan staggered back in panic.The whole person seemed to be submerged in water, and there was a suffocating pain in the chest cavity.

"Ning Huan."

At this moment, a familiar shout came from Ning Huan's ear.When Ning Huan came back to his senses, he found himself submerged in water.The clothes were soaked in water, and in this early spring night, there was a bone-chilling chill.The cold white moonlight scattered over the water, with a few dead leaves of sycamore trees floating, and there was a smell of water in the air.

"What are you doing in the pond!" Su Xian was standing on the bank a few feet away from Ning Huan, frowned and shouted.

Ning Huan slowly floated up, looking at his hazy reflection in the water under the moonlight. "What did you see?" Ning Huan's spine felt a chill, and a strange question suddenly appeared in his mind.

He suddenly looked at Su Xian, only to see that he was wearing an official uniform with an embroidered machete hanging from his waist.It was probably cold at night, and there was a black fox fur cape on his shoulders.Seeing Ning Huan's blank face, Su Xian said angrily, "Ning Huan, I don't care what you do, come up to me quickly?"

Ning Huan nodded in a daze when he heard the words, and swam to the shore.Under the pale moonlight, dizzy ripples swayed the reflection in the water, and at the moment Ning Huan turned around, the broken water surface once again condensed into another person's appearance.

"What are you doing in the palace?" Su Xian asked.He was planning to leave the palace, but unexpectedly saw a familiar figure far away.

"This is the imperial palace?" Ning Huan's face showed a trace of bewilderment, "Why did I come to the imperial palace?"

"Ask me! Why did you come here?" He looked at Ning Huan's dripping clothes with disgust, wrinkled his nose, "And what were you doing just now?"

Ning Huan wrung out the clothes on his body, pursed his lips, and told the story just now.Suxian asked, frowning and said: "Don't go home these few days, stay with me first, then the Buddha of Joy is probably already eyeing you."

Ning Huan looked at Su Xian, and said in surprise: "Then you don't have to go to Beijing for a rotation?"

Su Xian's eyes flickered, and he curled his lips and said, "Well, I'm taking a break."

"Is something wrong with you?" Seeing Su Xian's unnatural expression, Ning Huan asked.

"You really care too much." Su Xian snorted impatiently, and he gave Ning Huan a squint and explained, "The Emperor is going to withdraw the governor's yamen, and Dongchang will take over everything in the future."

"Then you..." Then you are an official?

Suxian took off his cloak, sat on his knees by the lotus pond, looked up at Ning Huan and snorted mockingly: "Yes. Mr. Ning, you see, I have saved you so many times, why don't I save you so many times in the future? I depend on you to support me." Then, he threw the cloak in his hand at Ning Huan, and said angrily, "Put it on!"

Ning Huan puffed his cheeks, and murmured unconvinced: "It's not impossible for me to support you." While talking, he slowly put on Su Xian's cloak, and Su Xian's body temperature remained on the fox fur cloak And that cold scent that is so familiar.

"This is the palace, let's go out quickly." Ning Huan put on his cloak, the cold wind finally made him stop shivering, he looked around anxiously and said.

Su Xian smiled, looking at the barren courtyard in front of him, he seemed thoughtful.He slightly hooked the corners of his mouth: "Don't worry, this is the forbidden area of ​​the palace, no one dares to come." He raised his eyebrows, looked at Ning Huan and asked, "Do you know why?"

Ning Huan looked at Su Xian in surprise, Su Xian said coldly: "Because the emperor's younger brother drowned here."