Leizi and I said goodbye to Chen Xiucai. When I got home, I fell asleep as soon as I got stuck in bed. Today I was so tired. After drinking for a day, my head was full of alcohol, which was drowsy and disgusting.

In a daze, I had a dream. In the dream, I appeared at the gate of the charity village. I saw Shangguan Qing again. Shangguan Qing was wearing white mourning clothes and stood by a coffin, looking at me with a cold look, and her eyes made people feel scared.

I plucked up the courage to chase after her and asked her where she took Ma Fei's soul. Shangguan Qing didn't answer me and turned around and ran. I chased her from behind, Shangguan Qing ran in front, running, and chasing her. Her ghostly figure shuttled between the heavy spiritual tents. The wind was everywhere, and the spiritual tents were flying, and the sound of ghosts came from time to time in the room, which was creepy.

Finally, I grabbed Shangguan Qing, and Shangguan Qing turned around and her appearance changed immediately.

A layer of white fluff grew out of her face and quickly crawled over her face. Shangguan Qing changed her appearance in front of me, and white hair began to grow on her hands and body. It seemed that in a moment, Shangguan Qing turned into a weasel covered with white hair, with a resentful light flashing in her narrow eyes.

ah!

White skin?!

I let go of my hand in fright.

The white skin suddenly jumped up, opened its mouth, exposed its sharp fangs, and bit my neck mercilessly...

"ah--"

I screamed and woke up from my dream. I accidentally rolled from the bed to the ground, causing my butt to hurt.

Lei Zi was packing up his things and looked back at me strangely: "What are you doing?"

"It's okay! It's okay! I had a strange dream!" I touched my cheeks and found that my face was covered with cold sweat.

The dream just now was too real, and I didn't come back to my senses for a long time. I touched my neck with lingering fear. When I recalled the scene in the dream, I couldn't help but tremble.

"When is it now?" I looked up and looked out the window. There was a misty morning mist, and the sky seemed to be dark.

"It's early! It's only seven o'clock!" Lei Zi said.

I rubbed my dizzy head, probably because I drank too much wine, and my head was like I was filled with lead. I came back in the middle of the night and woke up in the morning. I had only slept for a few hours!

I stood up with my swollen eyes, poured a cup of cold white, and drank it upside down: "Why did you get up so early today?"

Lei Zi chuckled: "Have you been practicing qigong recently? You often get up early and get used to the biological clock!"

"I think you are so excited that you can't sleep, right?" I expose Lei Zi in one sentence.

I knew Leizi's little thoughts very well. Leizi failed to participate in the previous actions, so he was always worried. His biggest wish was to follow Chen Xiucai out to see the outside world and the treacherous world like me. This time, Chen Xiucai asked Leizi to travel together for the first time. Leizi was overjoyed and was so excited that he couldn't even sleep.

I put down the water cup: "Brother, I will tell you clearly, we are not going out to travel around the mountains and rivers, we will lose our lives if we accidentally do not, do you know?"

Lei Zi smiled and scratched his head and said, "Nonsense! Of course I know! If you don't work hard, you won't be thrilled!"

I rolled my eyes: "Yes! That's what you said. Anyway, don't be scared to pee your pants!"

Lei Zi thrust his chest: "What a joke, I, Lei Zi, will not be afraid of anything in my life!"

I yawned and wanted to sniff for a while, but as soon as I closed my eyes, the shadows of Shangguan Qing and Baisie always appeared in front of me, which made me unable to sleep anymore. I had to get up and exercise to refine my energy. Until ten o'clock, I was sweating all over, and then I felt much more comfortable.

I got up and took a shower, packed up my things, cooked a bowl of noodles with Leizi alone, then greeted my parents, and took Leizi to the mountain temple.

Chen Xiucai handed me and Leizi a bag each and asked us to carry it.

I carried it, and felt a little heavy, and it seemed like something was swaying.

I asked Chen Xiucai what was in her bag, and Chen Xiucai smiled slightly: "White wine!"

Leizi and I looked at each other: "What? Liquor? Master, why do you bring so much liquor for?"

Chen Xiucai blew his beard: "This mountain is high and the road is far away. It will take several days to go out. Of course, I have to bring some white wine to satisfy my cravings! Besides, if I am thirsty on the way, I can drink some white wine to quench my thirst!"

What?!

Drinking white wine to quench your thirst?!

Regarding drinking, I only obeyed Chen Xiucai in the world.

Really, other people who are drunk like Chen Xiucai are probably already over the age of time, but Chen Xiucai is drinking for three meals a day. His body is very strong, he has no problems at all, his mind is not confused, and his reaction is not slow. The more he drinks, the more he becomes, the more he is, he is like adding fuel to the car. He is such a strange person!

Chen Xiucai was really free and easy. He brought nothing except two packs of white wine. He walked in front with his hands on his back. Leizi and I walked behind with our bottles on our backs, with a loud bang in the bag.

Two days later, our master and disciple arrived at the charity village.

During this halfway journey, the bottles of white wine in my backpack have been completely drunk.

It was evening at this time, and the sun had not yet set. The afterglow of the sunset enveloped the charity village halfway up the mountain, reflecting strange shadows on the ancient brick wall. Even in broad daylight, the charity village gave people the feeling of being in awe.

"Jiujizi, are you talking about where?" Leizi pointed at the charity village in the distance and asked me.

I nodded and saw this charity village again, and felt a lot of emotion. When I left in a hurry a few days ago, I secretly swore in my heart that I would never come to this place again. Unexpectedly, after only a few days, I returned here again. Maybe this is fate and I can't hide it even if I want to.

If I had been hiding in another coffin when I was in the charity house that day, or if I did not find the black and white photo when I climbed out of the coffin, I would not have known about Shangguan Qing's existence and would not have been able to wade into this muddy water.

But, in other words, if I had not found the black and white photos of Shangguan Qing and no one knew Shangguan Qing’s secret, wouldn’t Ma Fei be dead?

In the dark, God is destined to arrange for us to do this kind of good deed.

Along the way, I actually had a lot of questions in my mind.

Why did Shangguan Qing take revenge on Ma Fei?

Ma Fei was a soldier outside and has never been here. Why did he know Shangguan Qing?

What kind of entanglement is there between Shangguan Qing and Ma Fei?

These problems may only be solved by truly meeting Shangguan Qing.

"Master, when will we go?" I asked Chen Xiucai.

Chen Xiucai narrowed his eyes and said, "Everyone is tired from rushing. Let's take a break first, eat something, replenish your energy, and wait until the sun sets before making plans!"

Following Chen Xiucai's instructions, we stopped to rest on the spot. We were lucky. Leizi and I went to pee in the grass and accidentally caught a hare. This hare was very fat, enough for us to have a full meal.

The afterglow of the setting sun gradually faded, and we raised a bonfire and roasted hares on the fire.

I remembered Ku Junwei's barbecue craftsmanship. The boy said last time that he had the opportunity to let me try his unique skills, wild honey roasted rabbit. And I also remembered the magic spice box in his backpack, and all kinds of spices. He shouldn't be a Taoist priest, he should be a chef.

We didn't bring any spices. Although they were salty and tasteless, we were already very satisfied with eating meat. With a little white wine, we admired the beautiful scenery of the sunset and mountains. The artistic conception was really intoxicating.

After dinner, we took a nap against the fire. When we woke up, we saw a crescent moon hanging obliquely on the top of the mountain. The cold moonlight penetrated the hazy clouds like a sharp arrow. Everything in the valley was silent, and occasionally one or two crisp birds cries came.

We put out the bonfire and headed towards the charity village. As midnight approached, we had already arrived at the gate of the charity village.

"I hope Ma Fei's soul is still alive, otherwise it would not be of much significance even if we catch Shangguan Qing!" Chen Xiucai said, stretching out his hand to push open the wooden door.

The thick wooden door creaked and opened to both sides. Chen Xiucai took the lead. Lei Zi and I followed behind, the moonlight fell on our shoulders, and our backs merged into the mottled shadows of the Yizhuang.

Chen Xiucai asked me: "Jiuyizi, do you still remember what coffin the coffin of Shangguan Qing's corpse?"

"Of course I remember!" I nodded, held the candle, and soon found the coffin with a gap.

"Master, it's this coffin!" I said to Chen Xiucai.

"Open it!" Chen Xiucai ordered.

I put the candle on the coffin lid next to it, and the candlelight was pounding. Leizi and I worked together to lift the coffin lid, and a smell of mold from the boss hit my face. Last time I hid in this coffin for a whole night.

I leaned my head and looked in. The black and white photo was still in the coffin. I took out the photo and handed it to Chen Xiucai and Leizi: "Look, are you the same person?"

Lei Zi stroked Shangguan Qing in the photo: "Well, she's quite beautiful!"

I gave him a blank look: "No matter how beautiful it is, it is still a pile of dead bones!"

"Jiujizi, find out her skull!" Chen Xiucai said to me.

I nodded, held my breath, and bent down to pick up a white skull from the coffin.

In the hollow eye sockets, there seemed to be endless resentment, which made me shudder suddenly.

I asked Chen Xiucai what the function of asking for this skull was. Chen Xiucai said lightly: "You will know in a while!"

Chen Xiucai used a coffin next to him as a desk, placed an incense burner in the center, and two white candles were lit on both sides.

Then he took out a few pieces of yellow paper from his arms, lit it, and threw it into the incense burner, and soon burned it into paper ashes.

Next, Chen Xiucai took the skull from me and buried it in the incense burner, revealing only the part above the eye socket outside.
Chapter completed!