Hearing this, I couldn't help questioning, "Although I agree with your statement... But, what you just said is aimed at human beings, right? Human brains are easily deceived, and I don't object to this. But this time we The thing to guard against is monsters, and it's Yu Ruyi who you describe as dangerous."
Zhu Xuan smiled, "It doesn't matter whether you are a human or a monster. They are all the same in essence. Didn't Wen Jiubai tell you? In this world, all the monsters are nothing but the dark cracks in the human heart. They can deceive Humans, monsters are no exception."
Although this theory is still a bit strange to me, at this moment I can only nod my head and choose to believe in Zhuxuan.
"The best proof is that I can get lost in this kind of barrier." Zhu Xuan spread his hands and said, "For example, which floor is this?"
I was taken aback, and Zhuxuan burst out laughing immediately.
"I teased you, you really believe it."
I looked at Zhuxuan helplessly. Whether it's Zhuxuan or Wen Jiubai, why are these two old monsters who have lived for hundreds of years, but sometimes they act as childishly as children
"Okay, this is perfect." Zhu Xuan took two steps back, staring up at the air, as if he was looking at some satisfactory work, "The next thing is to hold on to this enchantment, and then wait until—"
"What are you going to do after this?" I asked.
"What?" Zhu Xuan was suddenly interrupted by me, and looked at me in confusion.
"I mean, if it was Ruyi who found Liang Kaifeng's father, what are you going to do with it?" I asked.
Zhu Xuan's face was a little stiff for a moment, then he restrained his smile and looked at me seriously, "What do you mean by that?"
"It's not interesting." I said dryly, "It's just asking. You keep saying that you want to find this Yu Ruyi, and you even use your own power to help Liang Kaifeng, who you don't like, but you never mentioned it. But what will you do if you find this thing?"
"Should I still talk about it? Of course it was destroyed." Zhu Xuan said firmly, without wavering.
"Burn, destroy?" I was a little surprised.
"Yeah." Zhu Xuan nodded, "I just hid Yu Ruyi last time after I found it, but you saw it too, but somehow it escaped to harm the world. So if I find it this time , I will never show mercy again."
"But why didn't you destroy it the first time?" I asked, "From the first time you mentioned this thing to me, you said it was very, very dangerous."
Zhu Xuan fell silent, looked at me, sighed, and turned his head away as if he was ashamed, "...I know, it's my fault. But if our two situations were reversed, and it was you Once you get this legendary treasure, you may not be willing to destroy it with righteousness. After all, everyone has a wish that they want to realize."
"Even you?" I blurted out.
Zhu Xuan didn't answer my question, but gave me a meaningful look, and asked back: "Don't you?"
Before I could think deeply about the answer to this question, Zhuxuan left me and went downstairs. I clicked my tongue, thinking maybe my question just offended him.
But he's usually not so narrow-minded, is he
Soon, the time for the monster Liang Kaifeng said to arrive approached.
Twelve midnight is usually the time when ghosts and monsters appear most often in various ghost stories. According to Wen Jiubai, twelve o'clock in the middle of the night is the time when yin and yang alternate, in other words, it is the dividing line between the two days. Generally speaking, ghosts or monsters are most likely to become stronger at this time.
After Zhu Xuan arranged his enchantment, he arranged tasks for everyone. Liang Kaifeng and I were guarding in his father's room; Xu Yingchen was watching near the corridor on the first floor, and would inform us if we found anything; Zhu Xuan was guarding near the barrier to prevent any mistakes along the way.
"Listen up. Boss Xu, please monitor the entrance of the villa closely, and report to me in time even if you find any trouble." Zhu Xuan cast his eyes on me and Liang Kaifeng again, "Then Gu Yuhe, you."
From Zhu Xuan's tone, it could be heard that he still had a big opinion on Liang Kaifeng.
"The two of you stay in Liang Youhua's room. You'd better find a hidden corner to hide, especially you, Gu Yu. You are the last line of defense in our plan. Never leave the room. In case, I just said in case Once my enchantment fails to block Yu Ruyi's way, you should do everything you can to stop him."
"Uh, wait, me?" I stammered and pointed to myself, "But how can I stop the monster, you think too highly of me, don't you?"
"Don't you have that fan?" Zhu Xuan glanced at me from top to bottom, "Use it, you just need to find a way to keep him out of the door until I drive over. But trust me, I won't let you have a chance to make a move."
Although I don't know how Zhuxuan knew about my fan, but since he said so, I can only nod and agree to him.
"No matter what happens, you must not leave the room." Zhu Xuan warned me with a specially emphasized tone.
"Okay, okay, I see." I waved my hand, "It's not that I'm deaf, you can say this kind of thing once is enough."
Zhu Xuan seemed to want to chatter something, but he probably saw my impatient expression, so he didn't say anything, "That's it, now everyone take their places."
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"Sure, it's okay."
At 11:40, Liang Kaifeng became visibly disturbed. We hid together behind the screen in the bedroom. The space was already small, but now he kept twisting his body, almost pushing me out of the screen.
"You don't need to be so nervous." Although I still find Liang Kaifeng very annoying, I can only comfort him at this moment, "I have tried the enchantment of Zhuxuan, it is very powerful, and it should be foolproof. We stay here just to Just in case, maybe after twelve o'clock, Zhuxuan will tell us soon that the monster has been arrested."
Zhu Xuan nodded, but his brows were still furrowed, and he didn't seem to be relieved at all.
"...Sometimes I think, maybe it's better for him to die." During the silence, Liang Kaifeng suddenly said this.
I looked at him with some surprises, he glanced at me, and continued: "He caused our wife to be separated, and he almost killed my mother when he got angry, but my mother still cared about the previous friendship and didn't take care of her." He sued the court, I think if it was me, I might have found a chance to wipe the kitchen knife off his neck long ago, and I would never let him live until now."
"Uh..." Faced with this situation, I didn't even know how to comfort him, so I could only say dryly, "But at least your family has become very rich, which is at least something we people envy..."
Liang Kaifeng snorted coldly, "Money? Forget it, what I want is never money. Maybe you will say that my back hurts when I stand and talk, but when our family was very poor, I never felt It was so painful. I had a family back then, what about now?"
I looked at Liang Kaifeng, speechless.
Family, this word is also a luxury to me. So now I can understand him exceptionally well.
"I know you all think I'm annoying." Liang Kaifeng muttered suddenly, "You think I'm an arrogant dude, an idiot who has no brains and only knows how to show off."
"Uh..." I laughed dryly twice and tried to explain, "Actually, there is no—"
"You don't need to explain, I know that's who I am. I know I'm a nuisance." Liang Kaifeng interrupted me, "Because I want to be like this, I want to be a nuisance, I don't want to treat anyone Okay. Why do I have to be nice to others? Life is like this to me, why doesn’t it let others taste the pain? So I try to show off, anyway, all I have is money, since you guys love money If people are so jealous, then come to be jealous. Because even if you are jealous, you can’t get what you can’t get! It’s like no matter how hard I try, I can’t restore the previous family!”
"But you still came to me." I said softly, "Even if you are so arrogant and defiant, you still came to me to save your father's life, didn't you?"
"I didn't ask you!" Liang Kaifeng retorted immediately.
"Okay, okay, but you still come to ask me." I changed the phrase, "So, does this mean that your father still has some weight in your heart?"
"I don't know." Liang Kaifeng murmured, "It's just that even though he has done so many excessive things, in the end, he is still my only relative now. I don't think if he dies in front of me, I won't It’s good, it’s only going to be more sad.”
Hearing Liang Kaifeng's words, I actually felt a little comforted in my heart. No matter how annoying this person is in his daily relationship, he can understand these principles and choose to protect his father's life instead of ignoring him.
"Everything will be fine." I patted Liang Kaifeng on the shoulder and said, "After the culprit who caused all this is caught by Zhuxuan, you can have a good talk with your father, sit down and face to face. You may Being able to convince him to make some changes, life is not hopeless, okay?"
Liang Kaifeng nodded, and I saw his eyes were red with tears glistening in his eyes.
"Gu Yu, can you... go out for a while?" Liang Kaifeng touched his eyes with the back of his hand, and said in a sincere tone he had never used before, "It's still a while before twelve o'clock, I want to spend some time alone with him."
I remembered what Zhuxuan said to me, and I was a little embarrassed, "However, Zhuxuan said that I'd better not leave the room."