It was noon at this time, and the Cuiyan Building had not yet opened to welcome guests.
With the collision of cultures, some towns outside Fengcheng opened song and dance halls, gradually replacing these buildings, and the buildings gradually declined.
But Fengcheng has some exceptions. Fengcheng is a city of antiques, and there are few traditions left by the ancestors. Compared with those imported Western gadgets, they are not interested.
People who love antiques call themselves elegant, and Hualiu Lane in Fengcheng is also a must in the Republic of China.
It's just because the Hualiu Lane here is slightly different from the ones outside the city. The women here have their own talents, such as piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, playing and singing. Not all the people who came here were pleasure-seekers, some people were overwhelmed by the girl's demeanor, and they came here just to share good stories with the girl.
When the knock on the door rang, the mother in the Cuiyan Building had just stretched her waist and got up to eat. Hearing the fierce knock on the door, my mother yawned and said impatiently: "Here, come, it hasn't opened yet, what's the hurry, sir!"
As soon as the door opened, my mother saw Wen Xuyao standing in front of her. Wen Xuyao was a frequent visitor to the Cuiyan Building. Good relationship. But that was in the past, and now the Wen family is no better than before, and all the family businesses collapsed almost overnight. Mother looked at Bai Lixin's plain blue gown, and unconsciously showed disgust in her eyes, "Oh, who am I to know? It turns out to be Young Master Wen. You haven't been here for a while. .”
Mother flicked the handkerchief in her hand, pinched her throat and said with a coquettish smile: "But it's not yet time to open the door to welcome guests, Niaoyou, Shuilian, Qingchi, Yunxian'er, Hongyu and the others played a ditty all night last night Hey, you haven't gotten up yet, why don't you come back at night?"
Bailixin: "..."
After my mother finished speaking, she was about to close the door, but when her hand touched the door, an arm suddenly stretched out from the side, and directly pressed against the door to prevent it from moving. Mother put her jacket on and turned her head sideways to look outside the door: "Who is it? I told you it's not time to open the door to welcome guests."
"Then should I wait here and come in with a pair of officers and soldiers with great fanfare when you open the door?" Liao Sufan came out from the side and came into her mother's sight.
"Oh, oh, it turns out to be the admiral. Ah, and Director Huang, hurry up, please, look at the cold weather, what kind of wind brought you here."
Liao Sufan glanced at Bai Lixin, and entered the building with the corners of his lips slightly hooked. Seeing this, Huang Hongyuan dragged Bai Lixin into the building.
"Buddhist, is this thing from your Cuiyan building?" Liao Sufan didn't talk nonsense, and threw a bag over with his leather gloved hand. Mother hurriedly opened the blood-stained sachets and carefully identified some of the blood-stained sachets, finally nodded and said: "Every girl in our Cuiyan Building is equipped with a sachet with their names written on it. This Moon Fairy It was indeed a girl from my Cuiyan Building before, but she has been away for a while."
"Leaving?" Director Huang frowned, "How did you leave?"
"There was a man who spent a lot of money to redeem her body. The man was good-looking and personable. Yuexian'er had a smile on his face the day he left, but he envied the other girls in the building."
"Do you know the identity of that man?" Liao Sufan asked.
"That man is not a local. I only heard that he is from Lincheng not far from here. He usually runs a jade business. Because Fengcheng is a city of antiques, he also rented a house here." Mom saw The blood-stained purse had already guessed that Yue Xian'er might be in danger, so he couldn't help asking: "This Yue Xian'er... but something happened?"
Huang Hongyuan took a look at Liao Sufan, nodded and said: "Yesterday, a female corpse floated up in the moat, but the corpse was so festered that I couldn't make out its appearance. After searching all over the body, there was only one thing for identification."
Mother covered her mouth and said in horror, "Dead?!"
As soon as Bai Lixin entered the building, he felt a strong evil atmosphere somewhere in the building. This building looked clean and bright, but in Baili Xinkai, it was covered with a thin layer of white mist.
Bai Lixin looked around, and came to the backyard in a familiar way.
In the backyard, the evil aura became even more intense.
Guided by this aura, Baili Xin stopped in front of a peach tree with only dry branches left. That strong evil spirit emanated from under the peach tree.
Peach wood is a thing to suppress evil, but even peach trees can't suppress this evil spirit, what is buried under it
As early as Bai Lixin went to the backyard on his own initiative, Liao Sufan and Huang Hongyuan hurriedly followed. Seeing this, her mother naturally couldn't stay here alone. She gritted her teeth, so she had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow.
When she saw Bai Lixin standing in front of the peach tree and thinking, her mother was shocked and her face turned pale.
Liao Sufan noticed his mother's expression out of the corner of his eye, and his heart moved slightly, so he asked, "What's in this backyard?"
Bai Lixin's expression was condensed, he bit his finger and drew a spell on the dry tree, "Wandering souls, why live and keep them. When the soul is possessed, the six souls can be seen. He Xiesong is under the tree, and he appeared quickly. Urgent Urgent as a law, now!"
The incantation was difficult to understand, but Bailixin recited it with style. As soon as his words fell, in front of everyone, a cloud of black mist slowly emerged from the ground at a speed visible to the naked eye and condensed in front of Baili Xin. The black mist became thicker and thicker, and finally gradually condensed into a human shape, with facial features also appearing out.
Bai Lixin saw the appearance of this soul clearly, and frowned. This person is Mudan, a girl Wen Xuyao often finds, she is a Qing servant, she is only responsible for singing a little song, and does not serve men. Two years ago, Wen Xuyao continued to look for her according to his usual habits, but got the news that she had been redeemed. For this reason, Wen Xuyao was happy for her for a while. Unexpectedly, the Peony girl was already dead.
Peony should not die with peace in her eyes, so her mother used peach wood to calm down her wronged soul and prevent revenge.
It's just that she only knows that peach wood can drive away ghosts and evil spirits, but she doesn't know that peach wood is a thing to ward off evil spirits, but the root of peach wood is a thing to nourish yin. During the two years, the hostility of Peony's soul became more and more serious, and she was about to become an evil spirit.
Mother saw Peony's appearance clearly, screamed in fright, rolled the whites of her eyes and passed out.
Liao Sufan and Huang Hongyuan, who never believed in ghosts and gods, were shocked and dumbfounded when they saw this scene.
Bai Lixin has no time to take care of them now, the peony girl is trapped under the peach tree, and the ghosts can't find her, and she also lost the chance of reincarnation. If Bai Lixin came a few days later and Peony completely turned into an evil spirit, she would be wiped out in ashes.
Without further ado, Bai Lixin's fingers were flying, and his non-bleeding fingers were pinched into a lotus shape and placed in front of his mouth to mutter, while the other hand was drawing spells in the air. Following the movement of Baili Xin's fingers, a curse mark shining with golden light appeared in midair.
"The heavens and the earth are natural, the filth is scattered, the cave is mysterious, the swaying Taiyuan, the majesty of the eight directions make me natural, the spirit treasure amulets life, and the general height is nine days. The demon king binds his hands and guards me. The filth dissipates, and the Dao energy lasts forever. Hurry up It's like a law, clear!" Bai Lixin patted the written mantra on the peony's soul, which had a fierce face and was wrapped in black mist, and a sharp female voice let out a long cry, and Peony's soul covered her head with a painful expression, And the filth attached to its outside has been dispersed.
The black mist cleared completely, and Baili Xin breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a low voice, "Miss Peony, do you still recognize me?"
Peony is purifying her soul at this moment, and she is already awake. She raised her eyes to look at the person, and her translucent eyes were filled with joy: "Master Wen, it's you, it's you."
Baili laughed hard: "I thought you were redeemed by someone. If I had known you were here, I would not have let you suffer for so long."
Miss Peony covered her face and wept bitterly, "I was originally a noble lady, and I never wanted to serve men. That day I was waiting for you in the room, but a man broke in with red eyes and evil eyes. I refused to serve you." I gave in, and I didn’t want to commit myself to him, so I took out the hairpin and stabbed him. But this time he got worse, I was really no match for him, and I called for help, but no one came to help. Finally, I gritted my teeth, bit my tongue and killed myself. "
"Young Master Wen, I'm sorry, Young Master Wen, I promised to sing you a new little song... I shouldn't be so overwhelmed." The tears of Miss Peony fell from her eyes and dripped on the ground, but there was nothing trace.
Bai Lixin sighed, "Why do you have to apologize, I just wanted to make you happy so I went to you every day, if I became your burden, it would be my fault instead." I think Wen Xuyao admired this very much at the beginning. Peony girl. After Miss Peony left, Wen Xuyao found a few more girls as companions, but there was always a bit of Miss Peony in his words, deeds, and appearance, "I didn't know you were killed, but I was still happy for you to be free. I couldn't Help you, fortunately, you were discovered in time today, and the most dangerous consequences were not caused. You have been a dead soul for two years, and you can no longer stay in this world of the sun for a long time. Some reincarnation, next life into a good family."
Miss Mudan looked at Wen Xuyao, her tearful pupils filled with affection, "Thank you Mr. Wen for saving me today, but you and I have no destiny in this life, so we have to say goodbye. Before that, can you fulfill Mudan's little wish. "
Baili Xin nodded, her voice filled with endless desolation, "Say it."
"That day I wrote a little song for the young master and filled it in the song you composed for me. But I didn't have the chance to sing it to the young master. I only hope that young master Wen can fulfill my wish. "
Bai Lixin sighed: "But the pipa music?"
Peony girl nodded, "Exactly."
"Wait a moment." Bai Lixin said, and went into the inner hall. Not long after, he came out with a half moon pipa in his arms. Finding a chair and sitting down, Bai Lixin put the pipa on his lap and said, "You sing, I will play."
Miss Mudan's face was filled with joy, and she smiled through tears: "Thank you, Young Master Wen."
Gently gather and slowly twist, fingers twitch and hook on the strings, and five fingers fly.
As the elegant sound of the pipa sounded, Peony opened her mouth, and a soft and low voice echoed in the quiet backyard.
Liao Sufan kept the posture of entering the backyard and didn't even move.
His deep eyes stared deeply at Baili Xin who bowed his head and played the pipa. He saw that Bai Lixin had a sad face, sometimes melancholy and sometimes regretful, and his fingertips were dancing and walking on the pipa, which was indescribably beautiful.
At that moment, Liao Sufan seemed to hear the sound of his heart being pierced.