When Si Nian returned to the mansion, Wu Susu had already woken up for a while.

At that time, the maid who delivered the breakfast was not yet here, leaving Wu Susu alone.

Si Nian yelled a few times but no one responded, and after running in in a panic, he found Wu Susu curled up at the foot of the bed, a small ball motionless.

Si Nian took a deep breath, but guilt and heartache surged up at the same time.

He walked over quickly, but he was afraid of scaring Wu Susu, so he had to sit down slowly beside him.

Called softly: "Susu, brother is back."

Wu Susu's shoulders began to tremble slightly, and the fingers encircling her calves were tightly pinched together.

He heard Si Nian's voice, but refused to look up at him.

"Susu? Can my brother apologize to you? Don't ignore my brother."

Wu Susu's furry head moved up and down.

It took a long time to reveal a pair of red rabbit eyes from his knees.

He was extremely wronged: "Susu didn't ignore my brother, it was my brother who ignored Susu!"

As I talked, I couldn't hold back the tears that were about to come out.

He wiped his eyes bitterly, so as not to cry!

Si Nian's chest was so soft that he coaxed: "Okay, okay, Susu doesn't want to ignore my brother, but my brother will definitely not ignore Susu."

"You lied! My brother clearly said that he would never leave Susu alone..."

"Today, Susu woke up alone again. Susu didn't see her brother, nor her sister Yingchun. It was just me!"

Si Nian was at a loss for words for a while, and he really broke his promise.

He sighed, stretched out his arms to hug Wu Susu, and patted him on the back.

"My brother just went out for a while, and he will come back, Susu, don't be afraid."

Wu Susu likes someone to hold him, it makes him feel safe.

So he took the initiative to dig into Si Nian's arms again, and said sullenly: "Really?"

"Of course it's true. Susu is a boy, so be brave. My brother won't lie to Susu. My brother will definitely accompany Susu after finishing his work."

"Susu is a boy, very brave..." After thinking for a while, he said, "I shouldn't lose my temper with my brother, I'm sorry."

Si Nian was delighted when he heard it: "We Susu are not angry anymore? Forgive brother?"

Hearing Sinian's smile, Wu Susu also laughed through tears: "Well, I believe my brother will not abandon me."

Wu Susu buried her face in Si Nian's chest, the tears from the corners of her eyes soaked Si Nian's clothes.

From an angle that Si Nian could not see, Wu Susu's originally clear and immature eyes seemed to be filled with wind and frost.

Brother, if you abandon me, then Susu will die...

Si Nian didn't eat the bowl of wontons, so he and Wu Susu had breakfast together.

The child's temper seemed to come and go quickly. After the meal, Wu Susu went fishing in the backyard by herself.

Si Nian touched the slightly bulging porcelain vase in his sleeve, thinking about what Wuweizi had said to him before he left.

"There is a mountain of binding teeth outside the city of Yijun. The mountain range is located at the six breaks of Kun in the yin and yang gossip. I set up a formation of binding the spirit and leaving the soul at the crooked neck tree along the mountain."

"Jieshi, you can just lure him here, even if he has the ability to reach the sky, he can't bear the pressure of the whole mountain range, so he can only be captured without a fight."

Si Nian: "Liuhun? Why have I never heard of such a formation?"

Wuweizi: "You haven't heard too much about it. It doesn't matter what kind of formation it is, as long as it is useful or not."

Si Nian: "Just attract them? No other requirements?"

Wuweizi: "But I still need some sacrificial offerings. I will bring them myself, so you don't need to worry about them."

"Remember it must be on the night of the lunar eclipse, when the Yin Qi is under pressure to attract people!"

The night of the lunar eclipse... Si Nian knocked on the table, it was less than ten days away.

…………

It would take seven or eight days for a group of people to return from Chijun to the Taishou's mansion even if they were in a hurry.

In the past few days, Jian Yun has not been idle, and received the shops Zhang gave to Jian Xin one by one, and put the account book into his pocket.

When Jian Zhizhang and Mrs. Zhang arrived at the mansion, Jian Yun knelt down to welcome them.

Mrs. Zhang, who was obviously thinner and older, got off the carriage.

After seeing the white striped and white lanterns hanging in the gate, he sobbed again.

The female relatives who followed her also cried, looking pitiful with pear blossoms and rain.

Jian Zhizhang's complexion is also not good, but his mood is still stable.

He looked down at Jian Yun's lowered back, with indistinguishable expressions in his eyes.

Jian Yun yelled, his voice choked with sobs: "Father, mother! My son is not filial!"

"One is unfilial, not taking good care of the second brother! There is two unfilial, which makes parents suffer! There is three unfilial, the son has not caught the murderer yet!"

This touching and sincere analysis blocked all the questions that Jian Zhizhang had prepared.

Seeing him kowtowing all the time, Mrs. Zhang felt very distressed.

"Get up quickly, Yun'er!"

Jian Yun stared at Jian Zhizhang's boots in front of him and said, "My son dare not."

Only then did Jian Zhizhang say in a deep voice, "Get up."

Jian Yun stood up flattered, and took a few steps back with trembling legs.

Mrs. Zhang pushed away the maid who was supporting her, and stepped forward to support Jian Yun's forearm.

"Yun'er, how long have you been kneeling? Are you servants just watching like this!"

The servants who were still kneeling on the ground did not dare to answer, but Jian Yun held Zhang's hand instead.

"Soon, I didn't come out until I heard that you had entered the city gate. Mother, don't worry."

From entering the city to entering the mansion, it took about half an hour.

Zhang's heart was both moved and painful, her two good sons, why did God want to torture them like this! ?

Jian Zhizhang snorted, and walked in: "A loving mother has many failures!"

After Jian Zhizhang and Mrs. Zhang rested for a while to catch their breath.

Only then did Jian Yun call the housekeeper and the only witness to the hall.

The witness was a boy sweeping the floor, and his spirit was not normal at this time.

At this moment, he knelt on the ground timidly, his lips trembled in a panic, and his eyeballs kept rolling.

Jian Yun snorted at him: "Li Er, tell me exactly what you saw in Zizhu Forest that day!"

The servant named Li Er immediately trembled and began to narrate intermittently:

"That day, that morning, just after dawn, I, I carried a bucket and a broom and went to the road in the purple bamboo forest to sweep and sweep the floor."

"I didn't, I didn't enter the bamboo forest, but I smelled a strong smell of blood, so I, I put down the broom and walked into the bamboo forest..."

At this time, Li Er's expression became very funny, his eyes were full of fear and fright, he wanted to cry but didn't dare to cry.

Mrs. Zhang has been clutching the brocade handkerchief tightly, not wanting to miss every word of Li Er's words.

"Then, I saw that the leaves in the bamboo forest had fallen to the ground, and the branches were bare, as if they had been chopped with a knife."

"I was taken aback, but I still walked in, the smell of blood became stronger the further I walked." Li Erwu wiped the corners of his eyes twice, "F-, and then, I saw the young master's body."

Zhang's heart palpitated for a while, it was a cruel torture to hear his son's appearance when he died from other people's mouth!

Jian Zhizhang never let go of his frown, motioning for him to continue talking.

Li Er's voice suddenly raised a bit: "Actually, I really didn't know it was the Second Young Master at the time, because there was really no way to tell!"

Mrs. Zhang: "You, what do you mean? Hurry up and say it!"

No, he didn't dare to say it!Li Er shook his head vigorously, and he peed just like that!

The crotch was soaked immediately, and the excess liquid dripped on the ground, emitting a foul smell.

The housekeeper kowtowed to the superior, and waved for Li Er to be dragged down.

He continued: "Ma'am, the second young master was murdered and died, and his bones are not complete... He has been buried at the ancestral grave in the western suburbs."

Zhang was so angry that she was trembling all over, and tears could not be restrained from falling down.

He cried out heartbroken: "Who the hell is it! You want to hurt my Xin'er like this!"

Jian Yun immediately stroked Zhang Shi's back to comfort her.

"Actually, my son doesn't think this incident was man-made. Does mother still remember what happened to the second brother ten years ago?"

Mrs. Zhang nodded, of course she remembered, not a single bit of it.

At that time, Xin'er was critically ill, and she had nowhere to ask for help, so she thought of the ghost causing trouble.

It took her a lot of effort to find the old Taoist priest, who was capable.

Xin'er was rescued only after the spell was cast. At first, he thought that Xin'er's life would be safe.

But ten years later, she is still the one with white hair sending off the black hair.

Could it be that some kind of evil spirit came to retaliate this time! ?

"What's going on in the purple bamboo forest, what clues can be left behind?"

"The purple bamboo forest has been destroyed by a fire, and my son suspects that the murderer did it."

The more Mrs. Zhang thought about it, the more she hated it. She wished that the murderer who killed her son would cramp and skin her skin, so that she would never be reborn forever!

She put back her tears, "Then how do you plan to investigate this matter?"

Jian Yun was surprised for a moment that his mother recovered so quickly.

With a different expression and a different tone, she is still the original Jane's mother who was fierce and fierce.

"Mother, I have invited Wu Weizi down the mountain, he will definitely help us find the murderer!"

Wuweizi?Jian Zhizhang coughed, but did not express any objection.

He stood up from the chair with a slightly tired expression: "I will leave the matter to you, don't let me down."

"Yes! Dad."

Mrs. Zhang watched Jian Zhizhang return to the room, and looked away coldly from his back.

"I'll go to the western suburbs later, so Yun'er doesn't have to follow me."

She got up: "The few shops in the city, you can keep them as you please."

.........

Although Si Nian accepted Wuweizi's deal, he didn't fully trust him.

He is still exploring the terrain and corners of the prefect's mansion every night.

Almost every other courtyard in the prefect's mansion is beautifully built.

But there is one room that is different, the location is much more remote than Bie Zhi, the space is small and the layout is oppressive.

And every day, there are two fixed guards standing outside the forever locked door.

Is there someone inside, or something?It needs to be guarded like this.

Si Nian made up his mind, and when night fell, the guards at the gate were changing shifts.

He lit a blinding incense and stick it in the corner of the wall, then turned into the courtyard with all his hands and feet.

As soon as you enter, you will be greeted by a stale smell, and all you can see is the attic covered with dust and nets.

The doors and windows of the attic are all locked, and there is no trace of use, so it is impossible for living people to live in it.

Si Nian went around the small attic twice, but found nothing in the end, and was thinking about breaking the window to enter.

A tiny shrill laugh drew his attention away, but when he listened carefully, there was no movement again.

But Si Nian didn't think it was his hallucination, he started to walk around the base of the wall, trying to find a flaw.

There was another series of indistinct laughter, but they couldn't find the source, and it became more and more strange in the silent night.

Perhaps a ghost?Si Nian took out a piece of talisman paper and sent it in mid-air.

But the talisman paper was spinning around in the air like a headless fly. Obviously, there were no monsters or ghosts here.

Si Nian was very unwilling, he obviously heard the voice, so is he going to leave like this?

"Boom, boom, boom..."

This time it was not a shrill laugh, but a faint sound of rocks hitting, as if echoing in an open space.

An empty place... Si Nian raised his eyebrows and looked straight at the well!

It was an abandoned dry well. The diamond-shaped well was covered with spreading moss, and a thick stone slab was built on the well.

Si Nian walked over quickly, grabbed the slate with both hands and pushed it away vigorously!

The well was pitch black and nothing could be seen, so Si Nian had no choice but to take out a fire pocket and explore the bottom of the well.

The bottom of the well has dried out, and weeds are overgrown inside. There is a circular passage on the right side, and the situation inside cannot be seen clearly.

Si Nian tapped the well wall lightly, but there was an echo but no answer.

After thinking about it for a while, Si Nian turned over and jumped down, landing firmly at the bottom of the well.

The circular passage in front of him was unfathomable, and the fire fold could only illuminate the place in front of him.

Si Nian walked in step by step, putting his finger on the hilt of the sword at his waist.

Then he heard a thin whimper, and the fire in front of him also illuminated a group of figures.

Yes, Yomo can only be described as a ball, the man hugged his limbs tightly together and wrapped himself into a ball.

The clothes on her body were already so black that she didn't know what color they were originally, and they were even rotten into strands.

The arms exposed under the clothes were horribly thin, and only the thin skin hung crumpled on the skeleton.

Looking at this thin figure, Si Nian thought she was a child at first.

But seeing the faint grayness on the knotted hair, Si Nian barely recognized her as an adult, perhaps not too young.

There were also some moldy food beside her, which seemed to have been delivered a long time ago.

It was obvious that someone kept her here on purpose, and provided food once in a while to prevent her from starving to death.

But why keep her here?Who is the person who locked her up?

Si Nian squatted down in front of her and asked tentatively, "Can you talk?"

After being locked up for such a long time, maybe the spirit has already collapsed.

Sure enough, the man didn't respond at all, and laughed on his own.

The strange laughter echoed in the deep well, shrill and piercing.

Si Nian still didn't give up: "Why are you locked up here? Who are you?"

He seduced: "Are you hungry? If you answer my question, I will bring you something to eat next time."

It's true that Si Nian didn't have much sympathy when he saw someone in such a miserable state.

She never thought of rescuing people, and even promised to give food to her in exchange for her answers.

Hearing the food, the person finally reacted, she raised her head, and Si Nian was able to see her face.

Still skinny, with a protruding chin, and scary eyes.

When I looked at you quietly, it seemed that I was being targeted by some kind of monster that lived in the dark night.

If you want to be more detailed, it is that you were targeted by the rats in the gutter.

Si Nian repeated again: "You answer my question, and I will bring you something to eat next time! Who are you? Why are you locked up here?"

The woman suddenly grinned, and her smile became mysterious: "I've seen it all, I've seen it all, I've seen it all..."

I saw it all, and she repeated this sentence over and over again.

Si Nian guessed that she should have seen something she shouldn't have seen, and she ended up like this after being discovered.

So he asked, "What did you see?"

The woman still stared at him but stopped smiling and tilted her head.

She seemed to be talking to herself or answering Si Nian's words.

"I can't say..."

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