"What's wrong?" I asked dully.
"No, it's nothing." Zhu Xuan changed the subject with a smile, but still did not leave Wen Jiubai, "Speaking of which, I'm curious about how Nine-Tailed Fox plans to investigate Ling Xiao."
I froze for a moment, "He said he wanted to investigate, so he must have his own method."
Zhu Xuan shook his head, "This matter is not that simple. I admit that Nine-Tails has great strength, but if Ling Xiao is really in collusion with the Nian Beast as you said, the matter is not so simple Easy."
"Is that Nian beast really that powerful?"
"Rather than saying it's powerful, it's better to say - 'impossible'." Zhu Xuan said slowly, "Nian is an impossible creature. From gods to beasts, to monsters, there is no one who is not afraid of him. You humans used to be too Those who are afraid of Nian Beast are just that as time goes by, you gradually forget his horror. This is the forgetfulness of human beings."
I listened suspiciously, "If Nian Beast is really so powerful, why did it join hands with that Taoist priest to harm people?"
Zhu Xuan thought about it, "That's right. The Nian beast has always been very mysterious, even I have never seen his real body, and the guy with nine tails should be the same. From my experience, Nian seldom cares about these things in the world. I would not cooperate with a small human Taoist priest. But the dream you mentioned, connected by time and spirit, is indeed only Nian Beast can do."
I was silent for a while, then looked at Zhu Xuan's face, "So, that means it's true?"
Zhu Xuan didn't react for a while, "What's true?"
"Will Wen Jiubai be killed someday in the future? Is his death a decided fact?" I asked.
Zhu Xuan looked at me with some embarrassment, "This...probably. Since you have seen it, it means that the future has been determined. Although the future may change, but only under certain circumstances... "
"But I don't even know when this happened." I interrupted Zhuxuan, "I just know that one day Wen Jiubai will be found by that Taoist priest, but I don't even know when exactly."
Zhu Xuan looked at me without saying a word, his expression became even more troubled.
I remembered that dream again, and the Taoist Ling Xiao who had been hiding behind the scenes and had never seen his true face.
There are too many things that I don't understand, but I have to wait for the death that will come when I don't know anything.
This feeling is really bad.
That bizarre dream is still vivid in my mind, the dilapidated school, the destroyed old house...
By the way, speaking of which, why did the abandoned school appear in that dream? In the dream, I disappeared for six years inexplicably. If it is said that I traveled through the past through dreams. So where did Gu Yu, who was supposed to be there in the future, go
Maybe Zhuxuan, who is the divine beast Bai Ze, can know something
"Zhuxuan, by the way, that..." I was about to ask Zhuxuan, but at this moment, a strange voice interrupted me.
The sound came from the direction of the side room where the old woman rested, a cry somewhere between a scream and a moan.
"Yeah—"
The owner who made the sound must be in great pain, otherwise it would be impossible to make such a bleak sound.
Zhuxuan and I stood up from the stool with a "shua", looked at each other, and rushed towards the side room without hesitation.
"What's going on, the voice just now was..." Not long after, the old man also ran out of the house.
We hurried into the bedroom of the side room, only to see that the old woman who was lying on the bed in good condition climbed out of the bed at this time, and was crawling on the ground with a very painful expression.
"My wife! What's the matter!" The old man exclaimed, and rushed to help the old woman up. But the old woman struggled with a ferocious expression, and even bit the old man's arm.
"Be careful! Get out of the way!" Zhu Xuan immediately rushed forward and separated the old man from the mad old woman. However, the two of them had just separated, and before they could make any further movements, the old woman suddenly convulsed, fell to the side and stopped breathing.
I was taken aback, and the old man yelled even more, and stepped forward to hug his wife's body.
"What's wrong? What's wrong with you? Why did it suddenly happen! Hey, Yuxiang, wake up! Hey!"
Zhu Xuan squatted down, poked his finger in the middle of the old woman, tested his breath, and frowned tightly.
Zhu Xuan shook his head, "No, he's already passed away."
I watched this scene in amazement, and couldn't even close my mouth.
"But, why... all of a sudden? Wasn't it fine this afternoon? Didn't the situation get better after taking the medicine?"
"I don't know." Zhu Xuan interrupted me, stood up, and his face became very ugly.
After comforting Mr. Yang, Zhuxuan and I put the old woman's body away. Zhu Xuan stepped forward and closed the old woman's eyes, but even so, the old woman's expression still looked very ferocious, with a look of unwillingness to die.
In the silent atmosphere, no one spoke. I couldn't stand this dead breath, so I coughed dryly.
"Well... do you want to call the police?"
After the words came out of my mouth, I realized that I might have asked a stupid question.
"What's the use of calling the police!" the old man said with snot and tears, "is this something that the police can solve? It's useless! This is a ghost! I have never done anything wrong in my life How could you be punished like this, what a crime, what a crime!"
"I also don't think it will be of any use to call the police." Zhu Xuan also shook his head, "Aside from causing more commotion, it won't solve any problems."
"But, the old lady... can she just leave it alone?" I was a little at a loss, "No matter how people die, it is always necessary to call the police."
"I'll keep watch for her tonight. I'll notify the relevant personnel tomorrow morning." Zhu Xuan sighed, his brows were full of exhaustion.
I'm afraid Zhuxuan is also blaming himself. The client who was clearly to be protected died under our noses. This is too incredible and frightening.
"Bamboo Pavilion..."
I just started calling him, but he stopped me with gestures.
"Gu Yu, go and close the door tightly, preferably with the latch. Then check the room inside and out, don't miss any place. If there is something wrong, write it down immediately. And , Paste spells on the four directions of the main house, east, west, north, south, and write 'Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku, Xuanwu'."
"I see." Without any hesitation, I nodded immediately and was about to act.
"Wait." Zhuxuan called me again, and motioned to the old gentleman standing by with his eyes, "Set Mr. Yang in place, and light two red candlesticks in his resting room, and place them in the north and west respectively. The bigger the candle, the better."
I nodded, "OK."
In this way, I followed what Zhuxuan said and kept busy until midnight. Mr. Yang fell asleep shortly after leaning on the armchair, while Zhu Xuan kept guarding beside the old woman's body, frowning, not sure if he was guarding the spirit according to what he said, or thinking about something.
"Why did the old woman die suddenly?"
Zhu Xuan seemed to be taken aback by me, and breathed a sigh of relief, "You, don't stand behind me all of a sudden, scaring people to death. Have you done everything you have been told?"
I nodded, "Besides, I also helped the sleeping old gentleman to the bed."
"Not bad. Did you find anything?" Zhuxuan asked, "For example, a strange intuition, or something wrong..."
I shook my head, "I still don't have this one. I don't have the feeling of monsters appearing before, and I can't detect anything wrong."
"I see..." Zhu Xuan lowered his eyes and nodded, "I'm sorry to trouble you."
"Didn't you notice that too?" I asked.
"It's not possible to say that there is no, but it's not considered to be a discovery." Zhu Xuan stood up, and pulled off the white cloth covering the old woman's body, revealing the face of the corpse.
I have to say that the moment I saw the old woman's face, I was taken aback. She had died not long ago, but her facial muscles were already stiff. Not only that, but her face was also black and purple. Coupled with her unrepentant expression, she looked like a zombie walking out of a horror movie.
"How could this be?" I murmured.
"I just did a quick check. At first I thought the cause of death was a heart attack caused by excessive shock. Because what we saw when we broke into the house was very similar to that. I know that the vast majority of human beings are haunted and killed by ghosts. It's because of excessive fright. Many ghosts can create illusions and provoke people's nerves, especially for some timid or sensitive people, that kind of 'fright' is undoubtedly fatal, let alone such an old lady " Zhu Xuan analyzed, "But I soon discovered that the old woman was not overly frightened, but poisoned."
"Poisoned?" I forced myself to turn my gaze to the old woman again. Indeed, the unnatural cyan skin is not overly frightened, "But where did the poison come from?"
"It's miasma." Zhu Xuan said with certainty.
"miasma?"
"You must have smelled miasma, right?" Zhu Xuan looked at me, "When evil spirits come and go, there will be a very strong stench nearby. It's a smell between feces and corpses. The smell. The more evil things gather, the stronger this smell will be."
When Zhuxuan said this, I immediately recalled the experience of being in the Night Walk of the Hundred Ghosts by mistake in the school grove. The memory of that smell is so deep that I subconsciously frowned and covered my nose.
"I will never forget it... that smell is simply a nightmare." I shook my head vigorously.
Zhu Xuan nodded, "However, although the smell of miasma is strong, it is unbearable for human beings. However, it is very rare to be completely poisoned to death by miasma. You are also a person who has experienced the night walk of ghosts, so you should know, With so many evil ghosts and monsters gathered together at the same time, the smell they emit can at most make people feel dizzy and nauseated. But the old woman in front of us was really poisoned to death by the miasma."