The earth-bound spirit has not returned, and everyone cannot give up just yet. Because the scope of activity is the entire old garden, the worst result is that if you wander around the entire old garden, you might still have a chance to encounter them.
There are some people who are open for business here in Jiuyuan, and their yards are a natural place to sell some specialties. People also barter with each other. For more important daily necessities, you can either go to a small supermarket near the reception station or drive to Dadong Road, which is not too far anyway. The people here still retain the kind of life attitude that adapts to the weather, and they have become more leisurely after winter. Compared with Xiaheshao, where every house is separated by a courtyard wall, the people here like to go up and down the mountain to visit each other.
"This place is indeed good." Lu Ping nodded slightly, "If it weren't for being sneaky, it could be called a spiritual place."
At this time, a bicycle came from the front. A postman wearing green overalls took out some envelopes and stuffed them into the mailbox in front of a house. Then he opened the mailbox behind the car and clicked on several more confirmation addresses. When Lu Ning and others saw that he had stopped, they quickened their steps and walked past. At this moment, the postman stopped everyone.
"Everyone, let me ask, is there a family named Li here?"
"Sorry brother, we are from out of town too." Qi Mei said with a smile, "Maybe it would be better to ask the people here. Is it because the address was not written down?"
"Yes, this is the first time I have received such a strange letter. Logically speaking, I shouldn't be able to send it." The postman showed the envelope to several people for a look.
The words "Li Wenyue respectfully" are clearly written on it, and at the same time, the address bar says "See the letter and ask questions, and it will be delivered to me."
"This...is this for me?" Lu Ning said in surprise.
"You? Are you Li Wenyue?"
Lu Ning took out her driver's license and gave it to the postman. He glanced at the envelope again with a strange look, then stuffed the letter into Lu Ning's hand, thanked her hurriedly, got in the car and left.
Lu Ning pinched the envelope and was a little stunned for a moment - who sent her the letter? Again, using such a method that seems to predict the future? She glanced at Lu Ping, and it turned out that Lu Ping's expression was also very serious.
"This kind of divination... is unheard of."
Whether it is asking about good or bad luck or predicting life and death, from family trivial matters to warning signs of misfortune, fortune-telling is never specific to a certain point. In other words, what you get are basically vague omens. Based on those people's previous calculations about Bai Shen and Bai Li, they still don't know where the secret treasure was born around Gengwu City. This is because different people have different interpretations of the hexagrams, and there is no unified conclusion.
This letter can be calculated accurately. When the postman took out the envelope, he happened to meet Lu Ning and asked to hand over the letter to her. If this was calculated, it would almost kick the world's traditional divination into the garbage. .
"Should I open it?" Lu Ning asked Lu Ping. She didn't know what was weird about the envelope, so it would be better to ask a professional.
"Let the poor man come." Lu Ping stretched out his hand. Lu Ning handed him the envelope, and her surprise was only for a moment. Although the sender calculated that Li Wenyue would pass by, he did not calculate that she had changed the core. This was compared to the ghost she met in a previous scene. For my mother-in-law, it seems to be a little bit worse.
Lu Ping took the envelope, inspected it carefully, tore it open from the seal, and took out the letter paper. The letter paper does not seem to be made of various types of paper commonly used in the market. Instead, it is more handmade. The color is slightly light yellow and has a faint floral fragrance. Lu Ping unfolded the letter paper. The paper was soft and soft, and the content of the letter was written on it in very beautiful fonts.
After reading it for two seconds, Lu Ping read the letter in a low voice.
[To the elegant guest Ms. Li Wenyue:
I sincerely hear that Yaxing, but I am originally a resident of Fangyuan. I have complaints in my body and cannot welcome guests in my dreams. I am disrespectful and disrespectful. The hometown of Zaoyuanzhuang is home to mountains and rivers, and the scenery is picturesque. However, due to unexpected events, it is not allowed to entertain guests in a perfect place. This is a breach of etiquette. Therefore, I sent you a letter of apology with this letter, so I hope you won’t be surprised.
The old garden is gone, the old is replaced with the new. Although the house is new, the people's hearts are still the same. There are not many people here who are eager to sleep peacefully day and night. For the sake of ancient sacrifices, your relatives and friends did not hesitate to travel long distances in order to change. This is a good move, but there is still some thoughtlessness. Bai Li's move started with the beginning and ended with the death of ten lives. He was afraid that the times would change and his desires would become more complicated than the ten lives could fill. Rumors are spreading everywhere, and chaos is pouring in from all over the world. If you want to win one or two here, you may lose one of ten lives.
If you get my word, just pack up your bags and leave today tomorrow morning. When the white ceremony is over, Zaoyuan Manor will also be peaceful. The lady's picture can be given as a gift when parting. Although this thing is heavy and not worth human life, it should form a good connection.
If you insist on walking in the chaos and don't want to leave, at sunset today, at the end of the old garden, there are some broken walls and tiles on the side.
Hope to cherish it.
Not well-known. 】
From the first sentence, Lu Ning knew who sent this letter. She didn't expect that if she had only seen it in a dream or just saw a letter, the young master could actually notice it and send her such a letter in the next day. The polite tone of voice almost completely betrays the feeling of showing one's own strength, but every sentence seems to say that he is very familiar with some changes in Zaoyuan Manor.
Even if not all of them, if this person is really as "hateful" as he said, then he must have some other means.
"Is this person the young master you dreamed about?" Yan Zidan also thought quickly and figured out the sender after thinking about it. "Can this person know that you are here? Does he also know what we are here to do?" Is this person a god?"
Even Lu Ping is not able to refute casually. After all, if all these are calculated, it is really no better than a god, at least in terms of hexagram skills.
In contrast, Lu Ning accepted it quickly: "It should be that young master. I didn't expect that I could disturb him even if I visited him in my dream. Although this man spoke modestly, there was a feeling that Zaoyuan Manor was still under his gaze. The implication is in it, but he may indeed be inconvenient to move. Now from what is said in the letter, it seems that Bai Li is not presided over by this young master. Considering our main target of suspicion now, I think this young master should be the one who was back then. The descendants of that old rich man."
"Indeed, if he is like this, he should know that he is suspected by us."
"If he really had the ability to reach the heavens and the earth, he wouldn't be so humble to us. Therefore, there must be constraints, perhaps due to his physical illness, or perhaps other issues. And what he proposed to us was two ways. , either leave or meet him, I don’t know why.” Lu Ning expressed her thoughts, “I think we should meet this young master. He sent a message to the ghost before. Xin, the ghost died unexpectedly after not complying with the instructions, and this matter has not been clarified yet. Since the situation in Zaoyuanzhuang has begun to become chaotic now, we need someone with a clearer understanding to explain it to us. What do you think?"
"But this means that this young master is living in the old garden? After all, he is not in good health and will meet us soon in the evening. If he comes from other places now, will he die from exhaustion?" Teng Xuan had an idea. , "How about we find a way to find him?"
"I don't think we can find the person." Lu Ning took the letter back from Lu Ping, "He has been able to live in seclusion in Zaoyuanzhuang until now. Only some people acted according to the letter. I suspect that even the way of sending the letter was different. I received it in the same inexplicable way today. This person does not have the strength to suppress the entire Zaoyuan Manor, but he is definitely quite capable of hiding himself."
"It's still early before dark now, it's only noon, right?" Qi Mei glanced at the time, "Are we going to stay here until night?"
"No, let's try to deal with a few monsters here. The map I received yesterday introduced some ghosts around here. Let's try to see if we can get one or two ghost weapons."
"It's so easy to get a ghost weapon." Qi Mei waved his hand, "Forget it, since you have this intention, let's give it a try."
Lu Ning's aim was not without purpose. Her main target was the ghosts and ghosts that overlapped with the map information sent by Yan Guan Liu Road. Just like the original Nine-faced Infant, they already had names.
When everyone was about to leave, Lu Ning poured the envelope into his hand, and a piece of talisman folded with the same material as the letter paper fell out. The talisman fell into the palm of his hand, and instantly Lu Ning felt an inexplicable sense of wakefulness. It rushes to the brain and the effect is immediate.
She took out her phone and checked it quickly. It was indeed a prop that met the mission requirements.
The most important thing is that this thing actually coexisted harmoniously with the white ring on his hand, and was not destroyed by the extremely yin power. Lu Ning thought about it, put the charm into his inner pocket, and planned to find a rope to string it up as a symbol in the future. Put on the necklace.
The ghosts living in the mountains of Jiuyuan are naturally not the type that would actively attack human gathering places, otherwise they would have been noticed long ago. The three selected by Lu Ning are the Lost Man, the Son of Moss and the Living Fungus. They are all monsters that lurk in the deeper woods to ambush some lonely people. People who are harmed by them are usually treated as accidents. Since these ghosts don't really need to eat people, they just need such legends to survive, so for a long time not many people really dealt with them.
"There is too much true and false information." Lu Ping pushed aside the grass and opened the way at the front of the team. "Stories told by parents to scare their children, stories left by the older generation due to superstition, and rumors spread among the people. To form stories, these will not really become ghosts. To be supported by these rumors, first there must be a real ghost, and then it will become stronger because of people's awe."
"That is to say, if you just tell a ghost story, it won't actually create a ghost." Teng Xuan nodded.
"Yes, you see, some people say that the pen fairy spirit is not effective, right? That's actually the reason." Qi Mei said in a very show off manner, "The ghosts in this mountain are probably in a similar situation. The ghosts come first, and then the reputation is built. .”
Even so, everyone spent a lot of effort to find these ghosts, and finally found the Son of Moss in a slightly lowered mountainous area, a ghost that exuded the miasma of the mountains and forests. The people killed by this ghost all showed symptoms of food poisoning, starvation, self-mutilation, etc. It only appeared once every three to five years, so it was impossible to attract any attention.
And this kind of kid who only knows how to trick people and can't even stir up some urban legends is actually not as powerful as the elusive guy like the Nine-faced Infant. After Lu Ping found out, he immediately stepped on the Yin Qi around him and used the Yang Fire to block his retreat. There was no look of fear even on Qi Mei's face.
"Aren't you afraid this time?" Teng Xuan had seen how timid he was when facing the Nine-faced Infant.
"This ghost has not become a mature person." He raised his eyebrows on his hips and said nonchalantly, "Even I can drive away most of the yin energy from it, making it unable to do evil. Compared with those big ghosts who dare to enter the city and cause trouble, This is no big deal!"
"But, if it's too weak, we won't be able to...get the ghost weapon, right?" Yan Zidan whispered.
Qi Mei stiffened.
Lu Ping had already burned the evil spirit to death. He raised the mahogany sword and the flames dissipated, leaving only some ashes that looked like plant ashes on the ground. Lu Ning walked over and squatted down and dug twice in the ashes. He held his phone in one hand to read the feedback, and sure enough, nothing was left.
Ghosts that are not powerful enough will really not be able to keep ghost weapons. This plan is not that easy.
The other two ghosts are more cunning. Looking at the six directions can only give the ghosts a range of activities. These guys don't need to sleep, and they have never squatted in one place without moving. After walking around in the forest for more than two hours, they still couldn't find another one. Everyone looked at the time and could only start to turn back. When the sun began to set in the west, they returned to the area of the old garden, had something to eat in a small restaurant, and it was almost time to meet the "young master".
Next to the remaining wall of the old rich man's manor, Lu Ning stood in the most obvious place holding the envelope, while the others were waiting a few meters away. The "young master" should know that there were others with Lu Ning.
When the sun began to set, footsteps were heard on the stone steps leading here. Lu Ning followed the sound and found that it was a middle-aged man wearing a leather jacket. His skin color was slightly dark, his face was honest, and his rough hands looked like It was a farmer or craftsman. In his hands, he held a mobile phone with a call connected on it.
"Stop here."
The phone was in hands-free mode, and a man's voice came from it. Lu Ning could hear the elegance, frailty and gentleness of this voice, but it was difficult to tell its age. The middle-aged man stopped where he was, smiled honestly at Lu Ning, and raised his phone higher.
"Everyone, it's a great honor to be here for this appointment. I'm not physically able to move around, so I can only meet you this way. If I'm rude, please forgive me."
"Are you the 'young master'?" Lu Ning asked.
"In those days, domestic servants were called by this name, but as you are visitors, it is not appropriate to use this kind of address. Just call me 'Xuanyou'."
