The broken map was always in front of Xuanyin, fluttering in the wind, approaching constantly, but it seemed that she would never be able to touch it.
"No... no... no!"
At this moment, Xuanyin made a hoarse voice, and rushed straight towards the map in front of her!
finally…
She grabbed the map tightly into her hands, and then rolled on the ground!
After grabbing the map, she held the map firmly in her arms.
After a long time, she finally stood up.
There were some abrasions on her face, and the place where she was injured before also made her feel pain. However, at this moment, she only remembered the broken map.
"Finally... got it... map... map..."
In the dark night, she grabbed the map, and then got up.
In the moonlight, she looked at the map in her hand and looked at the route indicated by the map above.
"Go... there... go..."
After holding the map, she stood up again as if possessed by a demon. It seems that there is no injury on the body.
Her eyes were firmly fixed on the map in front of her, and then her feet began to walk mechanically. It seems to be entangled with some invisible silk threads, moving forward like a puppet on a string.
She is now walking towards the deeper part of Minshan Mountain.
darkness... moonlight... and...
die…
Minshan... is bigger than expected.
This mountain is located in the northernmost part of China. Because of this, it will become even colder and bone-chilling at night. Relatively speaking, Xuanyin, who was dressed in thin clothes, didn't feel much. She just walked mechanically, following the route indicated by the map.
She even lost her sense of time and space, and was simply drawn by the map. However, once she lost the map, she couldn't move forward again.
I don't know how long it took... She stopped suddenly.
Ahead, a flame ignited.
"Who are you?"
Xuanyin immediately put the map behind her and looked ahead. Standing not far in front of her was a man in red with a lantern.
The man in red looked at Xuanyin, focused his eyes on her clothes, and said after a long time, "I'll ask you again, who are you...?"
Xuanyin looked at the man in red, her eyes focused on his red dress.
"This is Renshui Yizhuang of Xiahou's family. You look unfamiliar. Anyway, please leave."
"I... am from Xiahou's family." Xuanyin finally clenched her teeth and said, "In the tombstone of Xiahou's family, there is mine!"
"I don't remember you being in Xiahou's family. Besides, if you are really from Xiahou's family, why don't you wear red clothes?" The man in red said coldly, "Who are you!"
"My name is Xiahou Xuanyin." Xuanyin straightened her body at this moment and said, "It's the blood of Xiahou's family!"
"Xiahou... Xuanyin?" The man in red trembled while holding the lantern, suddenly thought of something, and said, "Could it be that you are..."
Afterwards, he walked towards Xuanyin, shone a lantern on her face, and said, "So, it seems a bit similar."
"Really? I..."
"Have you decided to return to the family?"
"I… "
"Okay. It's a busy time, so it's good to have one more person to help. Since you are from Xiahou's family, I will take you to meet the person in charge of Renshui Yizhuang later."
"okay, I get it."
The Yizhuang here is a place where unburied coffins are placed. It's like a funeral home.
It is also because of this that this place also looks ghostly.
Not long after entering Yizhuang, Xuanyin saw that the people working here were all dressed in red and walking around holding lanterns. The whole Yizhuang was shrouded in the breath of death.
Renshui Yizhuang…
In this way, when my grandmother passed away, before she was buried, she also stayed in such a Yizhuang named after Tiangan for a while.
"Do you... know my grandmother? Her name is..."
"I know. There are almost no people in Xiahou's house who don't know your grandmother. Even servants like us. Maybe you don't remember... I saw you when your grandmother passed away. But it's been too long, So I didn't recognize you just now."
"Yes... that's it..."
"With all due respect... your grandmother, did you ever mention the 'map' to you?"
"map?"
After a long time, Xuanyin shook her head and said, "Sorry, grandma didn't mention it to me..."
"Really... no?"
The man in red carefully looked at her face, and deliberately held up the lantern to shine it on, as if he wanted to see her expression clearly.
"I don't know anything about the map."
"Is it really not there? That was a long time ago. Normally, shouldn't you recall it carefully to make sure there is or isn't it?"
"No. I don't remember."
Grandma never mentioned this to Xuanyin. Totally… never mentioned.
"Really?" The man in red didn't ask any more questions, then he turned his head and continued walking towards the Yizhuang.
In a dazed state, Xuanyin walked for an unknown amount of time. When she entered the room, she was walked through coffins by the man in red and walked into the room.
When she walked past those coffins, she felt vaguely uneasy.
"The coffin here can only stay for seven days at most. After seven days, it must be buried."
"It's... the cemetery at the foot of the mountain, right?"
"Yes. Anyone born in Minshan will be buried there."
"Why must it be buried there?"
"Those tombstones were all made by members of Xiahou's family. Only in there... can the souls of the dead reach the underworld smoothly."
Hearing this kind of words can't help but make one's hair stand on end.
Successfully reached the underworld? What the hell does this mean
Finally, after entering the inner room, the man in red brought Xuanyin to meet the person in charge of the charity village.
That is…
An incomparably handsome man, the man's eyes seem to be full of magic, making it unforgettable once you see it.
This is an antique room, that handsome man is also dressed in red.
The handsome man watched the man in red come in with Xuanyin, put down the brush he was writing on rice paper, and said, "Thirty-two, who is she?"
Thirty-two
This is a person's name
"She is Xiahou Qinglian's granddaughter."
After hearing these words, the handsome man immediately stood up and stared at her.
"What? Did she come back with her father?"
"No. I came back by myself. Father doesn't know."
The man in red was silent for a long time, and said, "What is your purpose when you come back?"
"Why... my tombstone is also standing there?" Xuanyin answered the question, "Answer me... why?"
The man in red stared carefully into her eyes, and then said: "You go. Since you chose to leave Xiahou's house, you shouldn't come back. You should come back after you die."
"After I die? No, my father and I will not be buried here when we die in the future!"
"No." However, the man in red said a very creepy sentence in a very strange tone.
"You, or your father, after death... will return to this mountain and enter your tombstone."