"My guest is joking. As soon as I see you, I know that you are either rich or noble. You must be serious people passing by. I set up a shop here just to facilitate passers-by."
The Taoist can speak eloquently, but some of the truth is unclear.
Knowing that he couldn't ask anything real here, Bailiheng simply gave the money, "Two upper rooms, and our carriage is at the entrance of the town, go and bring it in."
The Taoist looked at Yinzi and smiled, "Okay!"
Bailiheng gave Zhang Yue a look, and Zhang Yue nodded, "I'll go with you."
The Taoist shouted back, "Bainiang, send the guests upstairs!"
After that, he walked out.
Shi Qinghuan looked around, "Where is there anyone?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a cold air came from behind, "Girl..."
When Shi Qinghuan turned around, she saw the oil lamp rising from low to high, illuminating a pale human face before her eyes.
The gray hair was messy and scattered, and the eyes on the wrinkled face were actually gray.
Shi Qinghuan was startled, but Bailiheng pulled him into his arms and stabilized his mind.
"I am Bai Niang, you two, come with me!"
Bainiang said, half-hunched over, and walked upstairs with unsteady steps.
Shi Qinghuan and Bailiheng looked at each other and followed.
I passed many rooms along the way, but they were all dead silent and uninhabited.
"These are our two best rooms. You two guests can go and rest first. I will bring food to you later."
Bainiang said and handed the key to Shi Qinghuan.
"Thank you."
With a thank you, Bai Niang stopped leaving and turned back. The gray eyes that she saw sent shivers down Shi Qinghuan's spine.
"Girl, don't believe him, get out of here!"
As soon as these words came out, Shi Qinghuan frowned, "Don't believe it...that Taoist priest?"
"Leave at dawn."
After Bainiang finished speaking, she turned around and went downstairs. Shi Qinghuan hurriedly stepped forward, "Auntie, do you know something?"
It was bone-chillingly cold, as if there was no temperature at all. Bai Niang's body trembled suddenly, and she grabbed Shi Qinghuan's wrist with her backhand.
Her hair covered her entire face, leaving only her eyes exposed.
Bailiheng quickly stepped forward and pulled Shi Qinghuan behind him.
Bainiang was shaking excitedly, "Don't believe him, this is a ghost town, there is a curse here, a curse..."
"No one will live past forty...not live past forty..."
"Anyone who has entered the town will not be able to get out!"
"I'm almost forty, almost forty!"
Bainiang said to herself, like crazy, and walked down the stairs talking to herself.
Shi Qinghuan's heartbeat was very fast, and his hand couldn't help but hold Bailiheng's hand tightly.
Upon seeing this, Bailiheng quickly took Shi Qinghuan back to the room.
After making sure there was no one around, he looked at Shi Qinghuan and said, "Are you okay? Are you scared?"
"It's okay, I just thought there might be something weird here."
"Do you really believe in curses?"
"Of course I don't believe it, but if the whole town can believe it, then the man behind the scenes is not a simple person."
“It does require a long-term approach.”
Bailiheng said, looking around.
It was a simple room, but it was clean. The window on one side was open, facing the lake behind.
The night and fog made it impossible to see anything.
"It's getting dark. We'll just stay here for the night and make plans for tomorrow."
"good."
Shi Qinghuan was not a pretentious person. He and Bailiheng checked everywhere in the room to make sure there was nothing wrong, and then they felt relieved.
After a while, Zhang Yue also came back, bringing food and charcoal fire.
The room gradually became warmer. After a brief dinner, Shi Qinghuan and Bailiheng stood in the room and looked at each other.
"The night is getting dark, it's time to take a rest!"
"Well, it's time to take a rest!"
The words fell, but Bailiheng made no move. Shi Qinghuan looked at him with some doubts, and then at himself.
"Aren't you going to Zhang Yue's place?"
"You and I pretended to be husband and wife, but I went to sleep with the guard. Isn't it a little abnormal? And this place is so weird, are you sure you want to live alone?"
As soon as he finished speaking, there were bursts of weird screams coming from outside the house.
Shi Qinghuan felt hairy in his heart and looked at this gloomy room again...
"I'm afraid, but I'm not afraid. It's just to protect my identity. Living with Zhang Yue is indeed against the rules."
Shi Qinghuan pretended to be arrogant, which made Bailiheng smile fondly, but he didn't expose it.
"My lady is right."
This sentence made Shi Qinghuan's heart instantly ripple and his cheeks heat up.
Baili Gang didn't notice it, he glanced around, pulled out the table and put it together casually, took the bedding from the cabinet on one side, and laid it on directly.
Shi Qinghuan looked at it and felt a little calmer in his heart. Fortunately, he didn't have to sleep on the same bed.
When Bailiheng lay down not far away, Shi Qinghuan lay down.
In the side room, the light of the candle flickered between the two people, dim and unclear.
It made Bailiheng's face appear gentler.
While Shi Qinghuan was watching, Baili Gang suddenly turned his head, and their eyes intertwined in mid-air. For a moment, it seemed as if the temperature in the room became even hotter.
"Can't sleep?"
Bailiheng's words brought Shi Qinghuan back to his senses, he quickly avoided direct gaze and nodded.
"Do you think there's something wrong with that Taoist priest?"
"Did you see it too?"
"In a unified environment, a person who is out of tune with everyone is very likely to be either a leader or a perpetrator."
"There is another possibility..."
Shi Qinghuan and Bailiheng looked at each other and understood instantly.
"running dog!"
"That's right."
"So it seems that in order to solve the mystery, we need to catch the ghost first?"
"It's hard to catch ghosts in the middle of the night," Bailiheng chuckled, "So, it's time for you to rest. You've been running around all night for the past few days and you haven't been able to get a good night's sleep. If you continue like this and you still can't catch ghosts, you'll have to I can’t hold it anymore.”
"I'm fine..."
"Be good, sleep, otherwise, I will pass."
"Um?"
"Go over and sleep with you!"
One sentence made Shi Qinghuan's heart tremble, and he quickly pulled the quilt to cover himself tightly.
"Sleep, I'll sleep right away!"
After saying that, Shi Qinghuan deliberately turned over and left his back to Bailiheng.
Bailiheng looked at her with a gentle smile.
Shi Qinghuan secretly put one hand on his cheek and the other on his heart.
It's over, every good place is gone.
Somehow, when facing Bailiheng recently, she was getting more and more out of control.
Maybe he was really tired from running around all night, Shi Qinghuan thought about it and fell asleep.
The night was getting darker, and the starry sky was suddenly filled with wind and clouds.
The strong wind whimpered and tore at the windows, and under the lightning, thunder roared.
"Rumble..."
Shi Qinghuan suddenly woke up from his dream. As soon as he stood up, the window on one side was suddenly blown open by the wind. When the candlelight was extinguished, a black shadow flashed past.
"who?"
The moment Shi Qinghuan spoke, Bailiheng's figure had already flashed to the window. However, he was worried about Shi Qinghuan's safety and did not chase him out. He also stopped Zhang Yue from the window next door.
"The situation is unknown, so don't act without permission."
After that, he closed the window again, then walked back to the table and prepared to light the candle.
Shi Qinghuan grabbed the quilt and felt something strange in the palm of his hand.
He tore open the corner of the quilt with one hand and took out a cold hard object from inside.
At this moment, lightning and candlelight illuminated the things in Shi Qinghuan's hands.
It turned out to be a piece of human bone.
Shi Qinghuan was startled, turned over and got off the bed. The moment he rolled down, his waist tightened and Bailiheng pulled him into his arms.
