Spring River Flower Moon Night: Set of 2 Volumes

Chapter 10
When Wang Zijin heard this, he couldn't even swallow the food he was chewing in his mouth. He wondered if he was really so dangerous that he couldn't escape bad luck even taking part in a scientific examination?

"Brother Tai is older than younger brother, so let's call him by name. Xiaosheng's surname is Sun, and his name is Daoran. How dare you ask Brother Tai?" Dao Ran asked curiously.

"I'm ashamed to say that I've taken the exam a few times, but I've never passed the exam." The old man sighed, "The strange thing is that every autumn exam, some candidates commit suicide, whatever the reason, the worst One of them stabbed himself to death with a pen, more than ten times..."

"So what, isn't it too stressful?" Wang Zijin hurriedly explained.

"There's nothing wrong with a room facing the sun. The yang energy is stronger, so it's hard to say in a place facing the shade..." After speaking, the old man sighed again and again, picked up his bowl and continued to eat.

After listening to his words, Wang Zijin stood in the dining hall holding his rice bowl in a daze, feeling that his life was really dead.

"Brother, don't take it to heart. Every time you take the exam, there are people who are bluffing just to disturb other people's minds. You must not take it seriously." An examinee next to him quickly comforted him, "My brother and I are both shady compartments. , could it be that both of them commit suicide?"

Only then did Wang Zijin feel a little gap in his heart, and he saw that the scholar was about twenty years old, with a round baby face, eyes full of smiles, and a good-natured appearance.

"My surname is Wang and my name is Zijin. I don't know what to call this person?"

"Luo Zongzhi, just call me Zongzhi."

Halfway through the meal, there was a muffled sound not far away. It turned out to be a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy who fainted because of being too nervous.

His hands and feet twitched, and the food was scattered all over the floor, but after a while, two servants from the examination room carried him out, as if he was used to such things.

All candidates were infected by this tense atmosphere and became silent.

Only now did Wang Zijin realize that he had joined such a cruel game.In the examination room, some people climbed to the sky in one step, and some people had no possibility of turning over. Since then, the difference between clouds and mud has been opened, and it is not much better than that monstrous evildoer who tormented the world.

It was night, Wang Zijin slept in that small compartment with his clothes on, and saw that the night was like water, and the moon was slightly waning. When the moon was full, it would be the day of the scientific examination. He couldn't help feeling anxious, and immediately closed his eyes asleep.

Unexpectedly, this night was peaceful and peaceful, and the monster who took people's lives did not appear at all.Sitting in the morning light, he shook his head again and again, feeling that he was extremely stupid to believe the old man's words.

At noon, Wang Zijin sat down to eat with Dao Ran and Zong Zhi, only to see the alarmist old student from yesterday scaring other students again.

It was still a rumor that there was a monster in the examination room claiming his life. The three of them felt disgusted when they saw him, but they had nothing to do with him.

"It's such a wicked plan, no wonder it failed repeatedly." Dao Ran said angrily.

Luo Zongzhi kept staring at the old man's face, and scratched his head after a while, "I seem to have seen this person somewhere before, but I just can't remember."

"It's better not to think about this kind of villain." Wang Zijin said hastily.

In the afternoon of the same day, the tribute paper with the official seal was issued, which opened the prelude to the triennial autumn test.

Tomorrow will be the fierce battle for the examination, and all the students will rest early at night. Before Haishi, the examination room is completely silent.

That night Wang Zijin was sleeping soundly, but was awakened by a sudden noise.I saw a few yamen servants dragging a person out, who was still struggling to his death.

"You madman, you not only confuse people with your demonic words, but also dare to draw amulets on the wall."

"I'm drawing a talisman to ward off evildoers. There are ghosts here..." The dragged person raised his head, revealing an old face and pale hair.

At this time, Wang Zijin understood seven or eight points, most likely he was found out because he did something crazy, and now he has been disqualified.

However, at this moment, the old man suddenly looked in the direction of Wang Zijin, staring straight at his back.

"I saw it, I saw it..." He stretched out a hand, pointing tremblingly at where Wang Zijin was, "The monster is hiding under the bed board, look quickly! Another person is about to die!"

Seven

After Wang Zijin heard his words, he felt the autumn wind blowing, and shivered unconsciously.But the rest of the candidates were not as timid as he was, they laughed and laughed, and some cursed loudly.

Only then did he calm down, but he heard the old man's stern voice echoing in the night sky, getting farther and farther away: "Don't rub that talisman, it will save your lives..."

Everyone scoffed at his words, and went back to sleep one after another. Prince Jin tossed and turned, and fell asleep in the middle of the night, but it was a peaceful night, and there was no sight of the murderous monster.

The next day when the imperial examination started, Wang Zijin almost emptied the little ink in his stomach, and finally heaped up two sheets of paper.Someone delivered food at noon, he ate indiscriminately, and continued to answer questions.

Before you know it, the day flies by quickly, and it is night again in a blink of an eye.There are also candidates who are lighting up the lanterns at night. The glowing candlelight is like a will-o’-the-wisp in the night. Wang Zijin went to bed early, because he knew that he had no chance for fame, and after reading the answers during the day, he was even more convinced.

Unexpectedly, he slept until midnight, and was woken up by the small sound from the next door. It seemed that someone was whispering, and he couldn't hear it clearly, but it seemed that something important had happened.

He looked towards the courtyard curiously, but saw two yamen servants walking tiptoely with a straw mat. The straw mat was dilapidated and seemed to contain some heavy objects.

When Wang Zijin saw this, his heart skipped a beat. He had seen this kind of straw mat before, and it was when Bao Cai died, and an ominous premonition welled up in his heart.

At this moment, a blood-stained hand emerged from the straw mat, swaying with the bumps, and slowly disappeared into the night.

Wang Zijin was so frightened that he sat up immediately, feeling that the compartment was like a cage, where not only freedom was imprisoned, but also boundless fear.

Fei Xiao, Fei Xiao, if only Fei Xiao was still there, he sat in the corner with his knees hugged, but he didn't sleep all night, as long as he closed his eyes, he could see the bloody hands dangling in front of his eyes.

Whose hand is that, and who is under the straw mat?

The next day he dozed off all day, his answers to the papers were messed up, and his essays didn't make any sense.There was silence in the examination room, and every candidate was concentrating on answering, as if no one knew what happened last night.

He was in a trance when the old man's muddy face appeared in front of his eyes again, pointing at him and saying: "I saw it, he's down there, under the bed, you're the one who died tonight!"

Wang Zijin was startled: Under the bed, is there anything under the bed?Thinking about it, he slowly squatted down to look under the bed board, only to see a place one foot high, pitch black, and nothing.He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and just about to stand up, he saw a white thing in the corner, and when he looked closely, it was a human hand stained with blood.

"Ah!" He couldn't help exclaiming, and stood up immediately, but felt a pain in his knees, and his tears were about to flow out. He saw that the people around him were writing quickly, but his legs hit the ground firmly. on the corner of the table.

There is only daylight in front of us, the sun is shining brightly, where is there any manpower?
Although it was just a nightmare, it also made him terrified, and when the sun went down, he became even more terrified.Because the night is coming, who knows what kind of evil monsters are hidden in the incomparable darkness?
It was a night with a bright moon and few stars, Wang Zijin lit a white candle, curled up at the corner of the bed, and sat with his knees hugged.

After tonight, I don't need to stay in this ghost place anymore. As long as he doesn't sleep, what can demons and ghosts do to him?After making up his mind, he stared blankly at the flickering candlelight. In the dancing flames, there seemed to be the shadow of a boy in white clothes.

I don't know what the hell is going on?He must have forgotten himself and was drinking and eating chicken again, right?
Thinking of Fei Hong, Wang Zijin couldn't help but feel a little sour, but after a while, he found that the corner of the robe was hanging under the bed board at some point.

He hurriedly picked up the candle, bent down and looked under the bed, but only saw a piece of darkness. The strange thing was that the robe seemed to be tightly held by someone, and he couldn't pull it out no matter what.

He simply put the candlestick on the ground and got under the bed to see what happened.But when he looked at it, he saw a person lying on the ground in a long robe, with long hair covering his face, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was tightly grasping his robe, pulling it in little by little.

Wang Zijin was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder were torn apart, but he couldn't even utter a cry for help.

The robe was dragged under the bed one by one, and he struggled hard to no avail, the man stretched out a hand with a grinning grin, and grabbed his neck.

That hand had no flesh, it was cold and hard, like white bones.It became more and more difficult for Wang Zijin to breathe because of his choking, his eyes became darker and darker, and his consciousness seemed to disappear at any moment.

Just when he thought he was going to be strangled to death, the hand suddenly loosened, and Wang Zijin, with strength from nowhere, tore the robe, rolled his body, and finally escaped.

Unexpectedly, he pressed one hand on the white candle, the candle was so hot that he let out a loud cry.This cry brought him back to his senses, and only then did he realize that he was sitting on the bed, holding a piece of cloth in both hands, and twisting his neck.

Prince Jin broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly threw the strip of cloth on the ground, only to realize that it was the corner of his robe, and the surrounding night was filled with silence, where could there be another person?

Another nightmare.

"Zi Jin, are you alright?" At this moment, a familiar voice rang in his ear.

"Feixiao!" Wang Zijin was both surprised and delighted, but he saw a person leaning outside the cubicle, dressed in white snow, with a smile on his handsome face, who could it be?

"I just had a terrible nightmare, it will be fine if you come..." Wang Zijin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with lingering fear.

"I'm afraid it's not as simple as a dream, don't you want to know why I came here?" Fei Xiao walked up to Wang Zijin, and handed out a piece of talisman paper, which was exactly the talisman paper that the two of them had shared with each other two days ago. The one on the paper had already been torn in half, "A monster has attacked you, so I came here." After speaking, he reached into the prince's arms to get another talisman paper, but the talisman paper was torn. It was too difficult to take it out from the skirt, and scraps of paper fluttered all over the floor.

"Just now, it helped you drive away the monster."

"Could it be that it was not a dream just now, but real?"

"Exactly, you and I will go and find that thing out now." Fei Xiao raised her eyebrows and walked out determined to win.

"Hey, I can't go out, I will be discovered."

"Oh, you are such a trouble." Fei Xiao said impatiently, and as soon as she raised her hand, she put the folding fan on Prince Jin's head, "Let's go, no one will see you."

"Um...can you change it? It's smaller? It's inconvenient to turn your head..." The prince put the fan on his head, shook his head from side to side, and felt the wind blowing in his ears.

With an unhappy expression on her face, Fei Xiao pulled out her fan, grabbed a brush and inserted it into his bun, "Can we go now?"

The two walked out of the compartment, not to mention that no one noticed their existence, but under the moonlight, the two of them didn't even have a shadow.Wang Zijin couldn't help being taken aback by this strange sight, but there was a smug smile on Fei Rou's lips.

It seems that only the two of them can see each other, just like the invisibility technique mentioned in the scriptures.

This novel experience made Wang Zijin inexplicably excited, jumping up and down in the courtyard.Autumn is as cool as water, and the moon is as full as a plate. There is no one in the huge courtyard, only soft rustling sounds from the ground.

I don't know whose footsteps broke through the yellow leaves?

Eight

"Fei Xiao, do you know what that evildoer is?" Wang Zijin asked.

"No idea right now."

"Then where are we going to find it?" Seeing that it was the third watch, the surroundings were completely silent, and most of the examinees had already rested, so where could we find that ghost?

"It should be a spirit demon that can confuse people with illusions, so most of the candidates committed suicide. We just need to find out where it came out and seal the exit."

"Two days ago, an elderly candidate said that there was a ghost in the examination room, and that the ghost was changed by a previous candidate who committed suicide."

"Oh, it's great if someone knows! That kid, try to think about the person's voice and appearance. I used my power to draw my thoughts out, and we'll try to find him."

"Ah? Do you still want me to miss him?" Wang Zijin couldn't help feeling lingering fear when he thought of the old man's ugly face full of wrinkles and the scene when he was dragged away.

He was lost in thought when he heard Fei Xiao say: "It's done."

I saw Fei Xiao's hands covering his head, moving slowly outward, as if trying to pull something out of his mind.

Strangely, between his slender palms, a cloud of faint mist slowly emerged, and the white mist continued to flow and change until it turned into a human face.

Wang Zijin was very surprised when he saw it, and couldn't help shouting "Hello", but as his "Hello" sounded, the face disappeared suddenly, and Fei Xiao's palm was empty again.

"Strange..." Fei Xiao frowned slightly, and said to herself, "Can't be lured?!"

"Could it be that I was distracted by the applause just now, that's why I failed? Come on, come on! Let's do it again!" Wang Zijin said, holding his breath and thinking about the old man.

"It's none of your business. There is no memory to draw it out. Are you sure you saw a living person?"

"It's true, he was dragged out by the yamen servant in the end, and when he left, he screamed something desperately..."

"What did he say?"

"There are people under the bed, and there are monsters claiming their lives. There seems to be something else, but I just can't remember it." Wang Zijin said anxiously, the memory seemed to be hidden in layers of dense forest, surrounded by clouds and smoke, and there was nowhere to find it.

While the two were talking, they heard a few muffled bangs not far away, which were extremely ear-piercing in the silent night.

They ran over in a hurry, but saw a scholar hitting his head against the wall, causing blood to splash.The blood sprayed on the gray wall was shocking.But the scholar didn't seem to know the pain, he still bumped hard.

"Hurry up and stop." Seeing this, Wang Zijin hurried over to stop him, but was grabbed by Feixiao, he couldn't help but angrily said to Feixiao, "Why stop me? It's important to save people at this time!"

"If you save people like this, I'm afraid you won't be able to save him, and you'll even be involved." Fei Xiao unhurriedly picked up two yellow leaves, held them in her palm, opened her red lips slightly, and blew on the leaves.

Seeing that the yellow leaf flew out with two soft sounds of "嗖", "嗖", covering the scholar's open eyes impartially, he immediately stopped self-mutilation, and fell straight to the ground .

"Could it be that he's dead?" Wang Zijin pushed him carefully, only to feel that the muscles all over his body were extremely stiff, as if he was twitching.

"It's just that the soul is suppressed, and it will heal after a while." Fei Xiao also walked in front of the scholar, her phoenix eyes were full of light, and she slid around him, "There is no resentment left, and this time I was beaten by it again." It escaped. It is not an option for us to chase it like this, we must quickly find the door that connects the world and the dead."

"Why is there such a door?" Wang Zijin wondered.

"It's just a comparison. It can be called a bridge. This monster can survive for so long, and its range of activities is so narrow. It is estimated that someone deliberately summoned it here. It is like building a bridge between the world and the underworld. As long as that If the bridge is not broken, it can freely travel between life and death, but if it hides back, no matter how powerful a Taoist priest is, there is nothing he can do about it."

Door?bridge?what is itHe can understand the world and the dead, and all the strange things happened after the old man was kicked out. What did he say at that time?
"Fei Xiao, I seem to have forgotten a very important thing, can you help me remember it?" Wang Zijin scratched his head anxiously.

"Is it to help you remember? Or what?" Fei Xiao couldn't help being curious.

"Don't you have a lot of spells? Can you use one to get the memory out of my brain?"

"Memory is like soft silk, there are countless threads, I can try it." Fei Xiao put on a handsome face, tilted her head and said, "What kind of spell should I use?"

"Try to use a safer one..." Wang Zijin looked at his appearance, he seemed unsure, and couldn't help being a little timid.

"It's decided, let's use the Lihun Dafa!"

"Huh? This doesn't sound very safe?"

(End of this chapter)