Spring River Flower Moon Night: Set of 2 Volumes

Chapter 59
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When the two returned to the inn, it was already dark, and the prince sat by the window in a daze, looking at the newly lit lanterns outside, feeling oppressed and sad in his heart.

Fei Xiao knew that he was unhappy, so she ignored him and sat alone by candlelight drinking wine.

"Fei Xiao, what happened to Brother Wen Qi? Why didn't his family save him?"

Fei Xiao raised her head and said: "Things are not as simple as you think, there seems to be something powerful in the mansion, so I let you leave as soon as possible."

"What would that be?"

After hearing this, Fei Xiao lowered her eyes, meditated for a while, then shook her head and said: "Too many people today, too angry, I can't see what it is, we can wait for a few days, and we will go to investigate again."

"Ah?" Wang Zijin yelled after hearing this, "How many more days will it take? Brother Wen Qi will suffer for a few more days?"

"Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles." Fei Xiao laughed softly, "If you make a rash move, it will give the opponent a chance to win."

Wang Zijin heard what he was saying, so he stopped urging and asked the boy to buy rice wine, and the two drank heartily in the night.

The moonlight is like water, illuminating the Song family mansion, and also illuminating the peach tree in the backyard. The branches dance with the wind, graceful and graceful, like a girl stretching her limbs in the night.

Standing under the tree was a young man with unkempt hair and ragged clothes. He stroked the trunk of the peach tree with his hand, as if he remembered something.

This is a tree he planted himself since he was a child. Over the years, he has carefully cultivated it. Now even if he loses consciousness, he still follows the habit of visiting under the tree every day.

At this time, in the hut next to the study, there was a soft creaking sound from the door, and it slowly opened.In the cool night, the grass is covered with dew, but it seems to be trampled to the side.

It seems that someone came out of the door and was walking on the grass, but in this silvery sky, the courtyard was empty, so how could there be anyone?

It was night, Wang Zijin drank a few cups of rice wine, and was sleeping soundly on the table, only to feel that someone was shaking him gently.He opened his sleepy eyes, and saw Feixiao, dressed in white as snow, with eyes like lacquer, looking at him with a smile.

"It's so late, what do you want me to do?"

"Someone just called the door, you go and have a look."

Wang Zijin listened carefully, and sure enough, there was a polite knock on the door echoing in the dark night.

He hurriedly ran to open the door, opened the door to look, but saw a pink sleeve and a face so white that it was bleeding.

He couldn't help feeling tense, this person looked like he was hiding in the hut in the afternoon and peeping at his own shadow.

The young girl was generous, she smiled at him and said: "The little girl Chuntao is a maidservant of the Song family, and now she is here to ask two young masters to help my eldest son recover."

She is well-mannered, with two small buns on her head, she is indeed dressed as a maidservant.

"But didn't uncle say that there is no need for medical treatment?" Wang Zijin felt relieved and opened the door completely.

"Your Majesty doesn't know about it. Only a few people know about the Eldest Young Master's illness. In the public eye, no one admits to the hidden disease, so Madam specially sent me to invite the two young masters."

"Going tonight?" Fei Xiao frowned slightly, as if she didn't want to go out at night.

"It's not too late." Chuntao bowed deeply to him, "I hope the young master will go with the little maid, otherwise the little maid will be punished by the master."

Wang Zijin didn't want to shirk at all, so he immediately pulled up Feixiao and set off.

"Did I meet you somewhere?" The city of Hangzhou was empty at midnight, and Wang Zijin was still worried about his experience in the afternoon.

"I am the maid serving the young master. The young master loves peach blossoms very much, so he gave me this name." Chuntao continued, "I was cleaning the thatched hut in the afternoon, and it is probably at that time that I met the prince."

Hearing what she said was reasonable, Wang Zijin felt relieved secretly, and went straight to the Song family mansion with her.

But Feixiao, who was following them, was wearing white clothes, looking at Chuntao's graceful back, full of doubts in her heart.

It was Haishi at this time, and even the tiles were closed. Which house's maids could walk out of the courtyard at will and travel to the outside world?

五

The three came to the Song family's mansion by moonlight, and Chuntao led them straight to the backyard.

She was very familiar with the roads in the house, turning east and west, but after a while, she came to the courtyard where Song Wenqi lived, with a moon gate.

The green trees in the courtyard were lush and luxuriant, and it looked very scary in the dark. A house stood in the courtyard, a piece of black paint, like a huge coffin. It was Song Wenqi's residence that he had entered during the day.

Wang Zijin only felt chills all over his body, why didn't he realize that this place is so scary during the day?
Fei Xiao's beautiful eyes didn't look at the house at all, but stared at the dilapidated thatched hut. The wooden door of the hut was wide open at the moment, as if someone forgot to close the door when they came out, and it was obvious that it was full of sundries.

"Where is this place?" He asked with a stare.

Chuntao's face changed, and after a while, she slowly said: "It is said that it is a Buddhist shrine, which used to enshrine Bodhisattvas, but it was abandoned later."

Fei Xiao stopped asking, "I'll go see your young master."

"Young master is treating the young master. I will wait outside the door. If you need anything, just call me." Chuntao stood outside the door with her hands down, obediently and obediently.

Wang Zijin looked at the coffin-like house, his heart came to his throat again, and he tremblingly said: "Fei Xiao, do we really want to go in?"

Fei Xiao glared at him, "You pretend to be a hero and make a fuss to save your friend, why are you so timid now?"

When Wang Zijin was provoked by him, he immediately became full of pride, and pushed open the door with his hand.

Inside the door is the darkness where you can't reach your fingers, which is more terrifying than the daytime, and the sour smell of corruption is pervasive.Feixiao stretched out her palm, and a cluster of cyan flames jumped out with a bang, lighting up most of the room.

"What's this smell? Is it so bad?" He covered his nose with his sleeve, as if he couldn't bear the sour smell.

Unexpectedly, before the words were finished, a black figure jumped out from the side, pushed the two people away at once, rushed to the door, and closed the door with both hands.

The man turned his head and smiled sinisterly at the two of them: "The door, remember to close the door."

"Wow!" Wang Zijin yelled, and hid behind Fei Xiao.

Under the reflection of the blue flame, the man was unkempt, his eyes were blurred, he seemed not sober, it was the crazy Song Wenqi.

Feixiao was not afraid, she squinted her wonderful eyes, and looked at Song Wenqi fixedly, as if she had seen some tricks, he whispered to the prince, "Zi Jin, this man's soul is probably taken by something powerful. .”

"Huh? Then what shall we do?"

"Go and ask him, what's behind the door?"

"Why me?" Wang Zijin cried.

"You have been with him before, let's try it!"

Seeing that Wang Zijin couldn't evade, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go into battle, tremblingly said: "Brother Wen Qi, do you still remember me? I am Zijin!"

"Is it Fu'er?"

Why do people in this family say Fu'er?Wang Zijin only felt that he was exactly the same as the old lady, but now he couldn't care less, he said softly: "I'm Zijin, do you remember me? We used to play together when we were young."

Song Wenqi's eyes were even more blurred, as if he was recalling something.

"Wen Qi, I want to ask you..." Wang Zijin swallowed in fright, "Behind the door, what did you see behind the door?"

After hearing this, Song Wenqi looked around, as if afraid of being heard by others, he whispered: "I, I saw that night..."

"What did you see?"

"I saw someone coming out from behind the door..."

Wang Zijin was confused when he heard these words, isn't it normal for people to walk out of the door?
But I heard him continue: "It was so dark that night, a person just walked out of the hut with no one there!"

Hearing what he said, Wang Zijin felt cold sweat dripping from his back, and the appearance of the dilapidated hut with the slightly open door appeared before his eyes again.

Just when she was afraid, suddenly her eyes went dark, and she couldn't see anything, but she saw that behind her, Fei Xiao closed her palms and extinguished the blue flame.

"Fei Xiao, don't you want to scare me." Wang Zijin shouted hastily.

Who would have thought that Feixiao stretched out a cold palm, pressed his mouth, and softly leaned into his ear and said, "Zi Jin, don't talk, someone is coming."

The prince didn't dare to breathe, he saw a shadow of a person reflected in a trance on the only carved door that could see through the moonlight.

六

Who is this man?Visiting a madman in the middle of the night like this?Both of them were confused, so they had to hide in a dark corner, not daring to make a sound.

There was only the sound of a man's suppressed crying coming from outside the door. His voice was hoarse and sad, which sounded very scary in the dark night.

The man cried for a while and then patted the door panel with his hands, as if he was very sad in his heart, only to hear him cry: "Qi'er, Qi'er, I'm sorry..." After speaking, he sighed and said, "Father can't help it either. That's why, who told you not to concentrate on studying, and failed to pass the exam many times..."

Uncle?After hearing his cry, Wang Zijin was even more puzzled, what does this have to do with the imperial examination?This family is really weird.

But my uncle continued: "Wait a little longer, anyway, the house is still there, we have a magic weapon to control it, and then Daddy will restore your sanity! I won't let you be so confused again!"

The thatched hut was mentioned again, and Wang Zijin's heart tightened when he heard it. Isn't that an abandoned shrine?
But I heard my uncle crying outside for a while, very sad, after a long time, there was no sound, and he seemed to have left.

Feixiao sacrificed the green fire again, and the two of them seemed to be really crazy when they saw that Song Wenqi had fallen asleep in the corner of the room for half an hour.

Looking at his sweet sleeping face, Wang Zijin couldn't help shaking his head, probably there was nothing to ask about him.

Fei Xiao pushed open the door, and a gust of cool night wind rushed in, blowing away the stale air in the room, making people feel refreshed.

"Hey, where is Miss Chuntao?" Prince Wang couldn't help being surprised when he saw that there was no one outside the door.

"I guess I'm leaving." Fei Xiao said and looked at the sky, "It's almost dawn today, you and I will go back to the inn first, and come back tomorrow night."

"But we didn't find anything!" Wang Zijin was really unwilling to see that the sky was only a little dim.

"Zi Jin, don't startle the snake."

"What clues did you see?" Wang Zijin asked.

"It's only a little bit, so we'll come back tomorrow night." With a smile on her lips, she looked at the peach tree in the courtyard. The peach tree has luxuriant branches and leaves, and it grows very densely. "I'll take care of this matter, you can rest assured .”

Hearing what he said, Wang Zijin felt relieved, but his eyes slipped to the dilapidated thatched hut. The open wooden door was closed tightly at some point, as if someone walked in and closed the door behind him.

He shuddered out of thin air, and hurriedly followed Fei Xiao away.

The two of them went back to sleep until the sun was three poles before waking up. What they saw yesterday, like a nightmare, disappeared under the bright sunshine.

"Zijin, think carefully about what's weird about the Song family."

"Weird?" Wang Zijin tilted his head and thought desperately, "It's just that Wen Qi is crazy. My aunt is old, so she is naturally confused, nothing else."

Fei Xiao was sitting by the window, her white clothes fluttering in the smoky wind, as if she was thinking about something.

"Is there anything wrong?" Wang Zijin asked hurriedly when he saw his ugly face.

"There is one thing I don't understand." Fei Xiaofeng looked at him and said, "Song Wenqi is crazy, and his soul was taken away by someone. Who did it? Why did that person want his soul?"

Wang Zijin looked at Feixiao's impeccably handsome face, and heard his cold voice, and felt that the truth of the matter was about to come to light, but there was only one link missing.

"I'm afraid that the monster who took away the Yuanshen came out of the thatched hut, but why did your uncle know about it?" Fei Xiao said, seeming to be facing a problem again, looking out the window and saying, "Zi Jin, you didn't find their house?" Are all of you familiar with a person?"

When Wang Zijin heard a simple, like a newborn baby's name, he couldn't help blurting out: "Fu'er!"

When I heard it at first, I thought it was the old lady who was confused and talking nonsense, but after hearing it again from Wen Qi's mouth, he didn't notice the name.

"That's right," Fei Xiao laughed and drank a cup of tea after hearing this, "It seems that everyone knows about this person, and he seems to have a very high status, but I haven't seen him before."

"Then he is the key to these strange things?"

"Zi Jin," Fei Xiao said with a smile, "it's too early to judge whether such a person really exists, don't jump to conclusions!"

The prince listened and had no choice but to nod.Seeing the sun was hanging high above his head, he couldn't help feeling extremely anxious, hoping that the sun would go down earlier so that he could go to the Song family mansion again.

Who is the person hiding behind the door, the person who came out in the middle of the night, and scared Song Wenqi crazy?
Wang Zijin blew away the mist covering the hot tea, but the mist covering his heart, how to dispel it?

Seven

After finally getting dark, the two went to the Song family's mansion again, but today Chuntao is nowhere to be found.

At this time, the night was filled with mist, the air was low, and the moon was hidden behind thick clouds. It was a gloomy night, different from the cloudless and breezy night of the previous day.

Wang Zijin was in a heavy mood, and the fog was on his clothes again, which seemed to be a little heavier than usual, but the white clothes in front of him were still dancing gracefully, it seemed that the night fog didn't get on him at all.

"Here we are." Fei Xiao stopped walking as she said, and the red door in front of her was the back door of the Song family.

"Let's go in." He stretched out his hand and pushed, and the door opened in response. The wooden pin inside the door was broken in two, and he walked in as soon as he lifted the corner of his robe.

Wang Zijin knew that he was the best at doing such sneaky things, seeing his proud appearance, he could only shake his head and chuckle, and followed him in.

"Feixiao, do you think you can find out something tonight?" Wang Zijin looked at the shadows of the trees and began to get scared again.

"I don't know." Fei Xiao walked ahead with ease, "Go to that hut first, and see what's weird inside."

"Ah?" Wang Zijin couldn't help wailing, "Are you really going in? Can't you come back during the day?"

Fei Xiao glared at him coldly, "Generally monsters appear at night, what else can you find besides removing a pile of dust during the day?"

Wang Zijin didn't dare to say anything more, so he could only bite the bullet and let him go.

The two walked for another quarter of an hour, and then came to the small courtyard where Song Wenqi lived again. At this time, the shadows of the trees were dancing in the courtyard, and it was pitch black. There was no moonlight tonight, and the darkness seemed to be thicker than last night.

Fei Xiao took the lead and walked towards the dilapidated thatched hut in the shadows. The small wooden door of the hut was half closed again, leaving a narrow black gap, as if someone was watching the vast world inside.

The prince's heart was beating like a drum, and he was terrified. He walked and looked around, for fear that something terrible would jump out of the grass.

The night grass was covered with dew, wet and cool, he couldn't help thinking: Prince Jin, Prince Jin, this is just a dream, don't be afraid, when you wake up later, you will be on the bed in the inn again, nothing happened.

Before he could finish comforting himself, he saw the white shadow of Scarlet flashing, pushed open the wooden door and walked in.

"Fei, Feixiao, wait for me..." He never expected that Feixiao would go in so recklessly, leaving himself alone in the dark and gloomy courtyard.

He was going to pull the wooden door of the thatched hut, but he didn't expect that there was no handle on the door, it was bare and bare, and after Fei Xiao entered, there was not even a crack in the door.

"Fei Xiao, Fei Xiao, open the door quickly, I can't get in!" Wang Zijin slapped on the wooden door desperately, but there was still no sound from inside.

He was even more afraid in his heart, and hurriedly put his ear on the door, wanting to hear the movement inside.

There seemed to be a rustling sound, getting closer and closer, and he just realized that the sound came from behind him, and someone was walking towards the courtyard through the moon gate.

It's so late, is it my uncle who came to cry and confess again?Thinking of this, he hurriedly hid himself in the dense grass.

In the dark night, I saw a figure walking over leisurely. The figure was thin and not very tall. He was wearing a golden crown. He was a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old.

Who is this person?Wang Zijin felt that this family was full of weirdness. His wife ordered a weird maid to invite them. The master ran to his crazy son in the middle of the night and cried. I don't know what to do in this courtyard?
I saw the young man looked around, touched the room where Song Wenqi lived, pushed the door and walked in.

Wang Zijin only felt curious, he didn't care about Fei Xiao who was still in the hut, and tiptoed over.

The wooden door of the thatched hut behind him suddenly clicked, and a crack was opened, revealing a handsome face with lacquered eyes, looking anxiously at Wang Zijin who was drifting away among the weeds.

The moon was still hidden behind the dark clouds, and in the dark sky, there was not even a little bit of starlight.

(End of this chapter)