The arms are pale and stiff, of different lengths and thicknesses, and the force is extremely uneven, so it looks quite strange to climb up, although the speed is not slow, but one foot is deep and one foot is shallow, swaying and leisurely, very ridiculous.
But even so, it followed the boy and crawled effortlessly along the rugged mountain path towards a candlelit courtyard in front of it.
"Tuk-tuk."
There was a knock on the door.
The people in the courtyard opened the door and saw the child, a little surprised, after all, the moon was dark and the wind was high, deep in the mountains and old forests, and a five or six-year-old child stood alone outside the door, which was really a bit unreasonable.
"Why did this kid come to the mountains and forests by himself?"
The child raised his head, and a weak and somewhat evil smile floated on his pale face, "It's a person now, and in a few days, it won't be anymore." ” The people in the courtyard were still savoring the meaning of his words, but as soon as the cool breeze moved, a dark shadow suddenly burst out from behind the child and rushed towards him.
After pulling the blood-stained hand out of the last corpse, the human-like and centipede-like thing shook its body twice, shook its head, and its eight arms pressed to the ground and did not move.
The child walked around the yard a few times, stopped at a coffin placed by the wall, kicked at the coffin, and sneered: "The old man of this family knows how to plan for a rainy day, and he prepared the coffin for himself so early, but he would never have thought that the coffin was there, but no one buried his body, which is really funny." ” The thing behind him emitted a series of strange screams of "woo woo wow", and the child turned his head and stared at it for a long time, with a sudden expression of realization on his face, "I understand, in this way, Shen Qing will never be able to escape again." ” When Shi Jin walked into the inner courtyard, Jiang Xixi was standing under an acacia tree, in a daze at a puff of red mist-like acacia flowers, and occasionally petals floated down and fell on top of her head, but she was unmoved, still standing in such a daze, like a woman in a painting.
"Adults are asleep?"
Shi Jin was afraid of startling her, so he lowered his voice and asked.
Jiang Xixi came back to his senses, "I slept, he and Miss Yan searched in the mountains for two days, and their bodies were extremely tired, so they fell asleep when they came back." ” Shi Jin let out an "oh", scratched his head and was about to leave, but as soon as he took two steps, he was stopped by Jiang Xixi.
"Brother Shi, has anything happened in the house during the time I was gone?"
Hearing her ask, Shi Jin walked back again, he stood in a comfortable position, ready to start his tirade, "In the days you have been gone, there have been a lot of things that have happened, the adults are running around for you Bianliang Xin'an, and our brothers are also anxious, on the one hand, we have to guard against those people sent by the imperial court, and on the other hand, we are worried that the son of the Yu family will really marry you, and ah" "Brother Shi," Jiang Xixi interrupted him, "What I want to ask is what happened between Miss Yan and the adults. ” Shi Jin was stunned for a moment, and blinked his eyes a few times, "The news of your trip to Shudi, the adults only told our brothers, let us not tell anyone to the outside world, I was strange at the time, because the people sent by the imperial court will come to the mansion from time to time, called to discuss marriage, but in fact, it is to spy on you, as soon as you leave like this, they are here, how should Xin'an Mansion explain?"
But when I told the adult his question, he only smiled faintly and said that he had his own plans.
I got up early the next morning, because you weren't there, so I thought that I would take Xun'er to the academy, but before I could get to the house, I saw a woman holding Xun'er's hand and walking down the stone steps, and the adult stood at the door, watching the two of them leave. ” "Who's that woman?"
"It's you."
Shi Jin said with a chicken thief's smile.
"Me?"
"She looks exactly like you, who is she if she is not you?"
"Brother Shi, you are more serious."
Jiang Xixi was a little anxious.
Shi Jin smiled and said, "I was also bluffed at the time, but Xun'er stuck out her tongue at me, pointed at the woman's arm with her finger, and said two words with her mouth: Yan Niang." ” Jiang Xixi suddenly realized, "It turns out that this past few days, Miss Yan has always pretended to be me" "It's strange to say, although the two of you are similar in shape, you look good," he stared at Jiang Xixi's face and looked at it carefully, and then solemnly came to a conclusion, "The appearance is still more beautiful than Miss Yan, but whether it is the officials in the palace or the people sent by the imperial court, they didn't even recognize her, and even I was reminded by Xun'er to identify her as Miss Yan."
He shook his head, "But it doesn't matter so much, anyway, she just pretended to be you and lived in Xin'an Mansion until the Yu family incident happened and the people from the court went back, and she didn't leave." ” Hearing that Shi Jin's praise for Yan Niang was more beautiful than herself, Jiang Xixi's heart trembled suddenly, and an indescribable feeling hit her heart, mixed with pain, which made her feel uncomfortable and couldn't calm down for a long time.
"Did anything happen to Miss Yan during the time she lived in Xin'an Mansion?"
Shi Jin frowned, looked at the sky and thought for a long time, and finally spread his hands, "No, it's just plain, it's just a big deal to be with the adult Xun'er day and night." ” "Plain, day and night."
She savored these eight words in her heart, thinking and thinking, her eyes suddenly became sore, and her eye circles turned red.
Shi Jin has never seen Jiang Xixi like this, the Jiang in his heart has always been resolute, coming and going like the wind, is a chic and self-indulgent person, and now she shows such a little daughter's demeanor in front of her, so that he was frightened, and he didn't leave for a while, nor did he stay, and he wondered which sentence he didn't say right, and forced her tears out.
Fortunately, at this time, someone broke his siege, the door was pushed open, Cheng Muyou came out of it, saw the two of them, and shouted in a hoarse voice, "It's just right, both of you are here, accompany me to Shen Qing, I have something to tell him." ” Hearing his voice, Jiang Xi hurriedly wiped the corners of his eyes, said "yes" with Shi Jin, and followed Cheng Muyou out of Xin'an Mansion.
The door of the Shen family was open, but there was no one in the courtyard, and the three of them searched inside and outside the house, but they still didn't see Shen Qing.
"Did he go to Qiao's house?"
Jiang Xixi looked at this deserted mansion and muttered to himself.
"Dad, Dad, please, please, don't send my sister to the iron and stone fence" "Uncle Jiao, I haven't passed the first seven years now, you give me some more time and let me think of a way."
"How?
In a few days, people will stink, and you might as well let me send her there now, at least she will be able to be decent. ”