The ghost-catching princess, she always pretends to be weak

Chapter 12 There is a ghost in the dense forest
  Wen Jiu pushed open the courtyard door, and Zi Su just came out of the small kitchen to arrange meals for tomorrow morning.

She glanced at Wen Jiu at the door, then turned to look at the dark room.

"Girl, aren't you resting in there?" Zi Su rubbed her eyes, a little unbelievable.

"Ahem, I just couldn't sleep, so I went out for a walk."

Wen Jiu walked to the room as if nothing had happened, "Help me prepare for a bath."

"Yes." Although Zisu felt strange in her heart, she still responded and left.

At night, the mansion is lit with lights everywhere, and the quiet gravel road is bright.

"Girl, the incense has been lit. Do you want to bring the walnut cake?"

Zi Su remembered that the girl said during the day that she wanted to eat some walnut crisps to cushion her stomach at night.

Wen Jiu leaned on the lounge chair by the window feeling refreshed and casually replied: "I don't want to eat it anymore. You can take it and eat it with Pinellia ternata. It's good for your brain."

Is the girl saying that she and Banxia are stupid? So you keep sending yourself to buy walnut cakes? Zisu retreated hesitantly.

Lu Xu's horse stopped outside the Princess's Mansion. The door was dark, and a gold plaque hung on the top. The three words "Princess's Mansion" appeared clearly in front of him, showing his nobility everywhere.

The house was already quiet, and the only sound was his own footsteps on the bluestone ground.

He never expected anyone to wait for him to come back, and the door was gently closed.

"Sir, the woman in red that Liu Tian'er mentioned before she died should be Miss Wen."

When Zhou Si left Huajian Pavilion, he received an order from Lu Xu to find out who the woman in red was who Liu Tian'er said.

"Do they know each other?"

A trace of doubt flashed in Lu Xu's eyes.

"As far as I know, I met him by chance in the tea shop today."

"Tea shop?"

"It's the tea shop opposite Huajian Pavilion. The waiter in the shop said that Miss Wen seemed to have asked Liu Tian'er where she bought the jade pendant around her waist."

Lu Xu's fingertips pressed lightly on the table, and his brows wrinkled slightly.

"Go down."

It seems that my fiancée is not as simple as she seems on the surface.

Wen Jiu was frightened awake by a nightmare.

She opened her eyes suddenly and looked around blankly. She was stunned for a while before she recovered.

She dreamed that Lu Xu died and she died with him.

"No, I have to send a message to the master."

Wen Jiu hurriedly got out of bed, not even putting on his embroidered shoes. He couldn't wait any longer.

How could the life that I had finally saved be lost just because some unrelated people said no to me?

After the letter was sent away, she fell asleep peacefully.

After experiencing so many things in the past few days, Wen Jiu felt very tired, especially when he had to deal with people like Lu Xu who he couldn't avoid.

She stayed in the yard and did not go to greet Father Wen and Mother Wen for three or four days in a row.

Lu Xu did not have the opportunity to indulge himself like this. He was a close minister of the emperor and was in charge of the stability of the capital. Even if it took some time to handle the case, he still had to have regular rest and rest as usual.

"Girl, madam, please come over and have dinner with us." Zisu walked into the door and whispered.

"understood."

Wen Jiu called Banxia to freshen up and then left the courtyard.

When Wen Jiu arrived at the flower hall, he saw Wen's mother's eyes were red, as if she had just cried. “Mom, what’s wrong with you?”

In her memory, her father and mother had never had any disputes.

"It's nothing." Seeing Wen Jiu coming, Mother Wen quickly wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, put away her emotions, and ordered the maid beside her: "Bring up the warm bird's nest porridge."

Wen Jiu refused to say anything and asked no more questions.

"Did you go out again a few days ago?" Taifu Wen looked at Wen Jiu's tired face and knew that there were a lot of things going on during this period.

"Yeah, but it's all taken care of."

"You're not hurt, otherwise we won't be a ghost hunter anymore. We should be a good girl." Mrs. Wen held her daughter's hand distressedly. She was supposed to be a pampered lady from a famous family who would embroider and play the piano when she had nothing to do. But now she doesn't. From time to time you have to deal with those dirty things.

"Mom~ don't worry, no one can hurt me." Wen Jiu said coquettishly. She quickly took out her ghost hunting order and raised her lips: "See, there is no task that I can't complete!"

A sad look appeared on Mrs. Wen's face. If it hadn't been for that year.
  "Jiu'er, I heard that there is a strange phenomenon in the dense forest on the eastern outskirts of the city."

"Master!" Mrs. Wen said to stop him.

The warm bird's nest porridge was still in my mouth, and I didn't know whether I should swallow it.

The atmosphere in the flower hall was a little weird. They were probably arguing about this just now.

"What vision?" Wen Jiu asked anyway.

"There were strange changes in corpses in the dense forest to the east of the city. Some people saw people who had just been buried crawling out of their graves and walking around, muttering something. This incident shocked the palace official, but many people were sent back without success. The Jin Yiwei were all helpless. Either they didn't touch anyone, or they did, but it was just an ordinary corpse lying on the roadside and not in a grave."

If it weren't for the fact that his own daughter also knew the magic of ghosts and gods, Mr. Wen would definitely think it was absurd, but it was true.

Wen Jiu once read in the "Ghost Sutra" that ghosts can indeed possess corpses and achieve their goals by manipulating other people's corpses.

"Are you willing to take a look?" Mr. Wen looked a little solemn when he saw that she didn't speak.

"Yeah." Wen Jiu nodded obediently. It was better to go to the jungle to catch ghosts in the suburbs than to be here in Beijing.

Besides, Jin Yiwei was helpless, so he must not let Lu Xu take this risk, in case his life was lost.
  She went back to her room to pack a few things and went out. It was a sunny afternoon when she first left the capital, but when she arrived at the entrance to this dense forest, the sky turned gloomy.

Although it was early autumn, the place was already deserted, and the dead trees lying on the ground looked like shriveled corpses. Even though Wen Jiu had seen a lot, he didn't dare to step on them.

She touched the talisman around her waist and thought to herself that since there was no response to the ghost hunting order, it shouldn't be too powerful.

The further inside it became, the stranger it became. The thick fog made the surrounding scenery blurry, and there was a rustling sound not far away.

Wen Jiu looked forward intently and saw a strong man walking out of the thick fog. His expression was dull, his eyes were dull, and his face was pale and strange.
  No, this is not a human being! It's a corpse!

She took out a piece of talisman paper from her waist and murmured in her mouth. The talisman paper gradually ignited and flew towards the corpse quickly.

But the man just turned his body and easily dodged the blow of the talisman.

Upon seeing this, Wen Jiu quickly summoned three talisman papers, and the three talisman papers instantly turned into three fireballs and hit the man fiercely.

I saw the man turned over and stomped on the ground, and was hidden again!
  Wen Jiu was shocked, this person and this ghost were really not simple.
  The successive attacks obviously angered him. The corpse's fingers were already stiff, but they turned into claws and attacked Wen Jiu.

Wen Jiu even saw the exposed white bones on the man's hand. She was so frightened that she hurriedly used all her strength to hide in the tree behind, barely avoiding the palm.

She landed heavily, and the branch "crunched" and broke before Wen Jiu could react.

She fell straight from the tree. Just as she was trying to gather her inner strength to stabilize her body, her breath was disrupted by the corpse chasing her.

This evil thing is now possessed by a mortal corpse. In terms of martial arts, he is no match for him. If no one restrains him, I am afraid that I will not be able to hurt him even with the light talisman, and I will have to pay for it with my life.

She randomly grabbed a branch and used it to dodge, dodging another blow.

After seizing the opportunity, he quickly raised his energy and gathered his internal strength to kick the tree trunk hard, landing smoothly.

He almost lost control of his body shape when he landed. Although he was a little embarrassed, he was able to stand firm.

Wen Jiu raised his head in shock, his face turning pale instantly.
  (End of this chapter)