Forbidden City

Chapter 20
I came to the wasteland where Ling Zhi knocked me out last night, and searched carefully for a while, but I didn't find the key. I was disheartened, and it seemed that I had to go back and pry the door.

When I came to the door of the house, I looked at the big lock. This is an old-fashioned iron lock. It can be opened, but it can't be done without tools.I searched at the door of the house, and was about to find an ax to break it open. I casually glanced at the window sill, and suddenly found a bunch of keys on the window sill. My heart moved, I grabbed it, and I was secretly surprised. This is not mine. key?

Why is the key here?I'm baffled.

Someone must have put it here, but who could it be?

Since the key was put here, could the person who put the key have entered my house?

I was in a hurry to open the door with the key, and as soon as I opened it, we couldn't wait to open the door and jumped in, and ran straight to the bedroom. As I expected, the bed was empty, and Ling Ziyao was gone!I was in a hurry, and called twice, how could anyone respond?I hurriedly went to other rooms and searched the whole room, even the bathroom and the closet, but there was still no sign of Ling Ziyao.

Where has she gone?Did she leave by herself, or was someone forcibly taken away?She's still pregnant with a baby, and it's about to be born!I was flustered and confused for a while, I should listen to her, I have to stay at the door of the house all the time, why do I have to hang Wu Banxian's body?There are so many people in the village, they can all do it... Where should I find her now?
I tried my best to calm myself down. Ling Ziyao's departure must be related to the person who took my key, and that person must have entered my house.After he (she) went in, he (she) found Ling Ziyao, then he (she) came out, locked the door, and put the key on the windowsill.In fact, this person did this for my own sake in a certain way. He closed the door to prevent theft; he put the key on the window sill to prevent me from looking for it again.If it is someone who is not related to me, let alone lock the door for me, I am afraid that the key has already been thrown away.

And who would be such a thoughtful person for me?I racked my brains and could only think of one person, and that was the second uncle.The second uncle has a special liking for the amber coffin, and I'm afraid he treats Ling Ziyao in the coffin as a treasure.Could it be that he hid Ling Ziyao?He told me to go home and pry the door, which also hinted to me that I don't need to look for the key elsewhere, the key is on the door of my house!
The more I thought about it, the more I felt that my second uncle did this, so I came to Wu Banxian's house angrily, saw my second uncle sitting on a stone slab in front of his house, smoking a cigarette, saw me coming, and asked, "Have you found the key? "I asked straight to the point: "Did you go to my house?"

"What?" The second uncle exhaled a puff of smoke, half-closed his eyes and asked, "I don't have a key, how can I get in?"

The play was really good.I really want to punch him and torture him, but he's my uncle and I can't do that.I suppressed the anger in my heart and said as gently as possible: "Second uncle, if you go to my house, please tell me, it is very important to me." The implication is, if you know where Ling Ziyao is, you must tell me.But the second uncle was still pretending to be crazy, staring and saying: "You, why can't you understand people's language? Did I tell you that I entered your house? Why, did you find the key? Or was the door broken? The house was lost. something?"

Seeing Uncle Er like this, my confidence was shaken again. Could it be that Uncle Er really didn't do it?I told the story about the key on the window sill of my house. The second uncle was dubious, looked at me and asked: "What you said is true? How did the key get on the window sill of your house?" I said I also felt strange, this matter Didn't you do it?The second uncle cursed, slapped his head and said angrily: "If I did it, why would I want you to pry open the door?"

"That's not you, who could it be?" I touched my head and asked.

The second uncle took a puff of his cigarette, frowned and thought for a while before saying, "I really can't find another person who did this." Then he asked, "Is there anything missing in your house?"

I want to say that nothing was lost, but a person was lost—a ghost, to be exact.But I didn't say it, I just shook my head mechanically.

The second uncle smiled and said, "You are so nervous that you didn't lose anything. I thought you lost several million at home? I think someone in the village picked up your key and left it at your door."

I thought about it and thought it was the only possibility.

The second uncle stood up, threw away the cigarette butt, stretched out his left foot and stepped on it vigorously, slapped his buttocks twice and said: "Okay, I'm leaving, you stay here and guard." I was anxious, and said quickly: "You ...You stay here, I have something else to do." The second uncle asked: "What's the matter with you?" I...Of course I want to go to Ling Ziyao, but I can't tell him about it, so I have to lie: " I have a classmate who heard that I am back and wants to see me, maybe tonight, so I will wait for him at home." The second uncle asked: "Male or female?" When I said it was a man, the second uncle scoffed , Cut to the ground: "Man, why wait? Tell him not to come, even if he wants to come, come tomorrow." He waved his hand and walked away quickly.

I sighed helplessly, and had no choice but to shout to my second uncle's back: "She's a woman!"

The second uncle stopped when he heard the sound, turned around and said, "It's a woman...you call me when she comes."

I'm depressed, my classmate is here, why call you?You have to stay here and let me receive my female classmate!And the second uncle left after saying that, turned a corner in front of him, and disappeared immediately.

In fact, I didn't have any female classmates here at all. I lied to my second uncle just now, and the purpose was to keep him here to guard Wu Banxian. I went to find Ling Ziyao, but my second uncle, an old ghost, obviously didn't like me.I had no choice but to take out my mobile phone and dial Ling Ziyao's mobile number, but after calling twice in a row, it was reported that it was an empty number.

I sat on the slate and thought about the matter carefully. If Ling Ziyao wasn't taken away by my second uncle, who would it be?
If they were people from the village, even if they found my key, they would not easily enter my house. Even if they entered my house, they would not take Ling Ziyao away. Girlfriend only.Therefore, Ling Ziyao's departure basically has nothing to do with the people in the village.

Then, only Lexus and Muyi are left.

If it's Lexus, after he gets my key, he can't put the key on the window sill so well and kindly.

Could it be Muyi?
She is an onmyoji and Ling Ziyao is a ghost, so she has a higher chance of taking Ling Ziyao away.

Of course, it is also possible that Ling Ziyao left by herself.

After thinking about it for a while, I became dizzy.It was gradually getting dark, and I turned my head to look at Wu Banxian's house. It was gray and gloomy with a gust of cold wind blowing.Moreover, in the dark wind, there was also a strange corpse aura, and I couldn't help shivering.But I have even touched Wu Banxian's corpse, so I don't care about the smell of the corpse anymore. Besides, it is lying in the coffin, and there is another door, so I don't have to worry about it jumping out and scaring me.

Maybe it was after the incident under the cave that I also practiced my courage.

I didn’t sleep last night, and today I’ve been busy all day. I’m sleepy and tired. I thought that since Ling Ziyao is gone, she’s a ghost. After a while, he simply lay down on the stone, with his head in his hands as a pillow, and after a while, he fell asleep half-drowsily.

Suddenly, a soft calling came from my ear, the voice was ethereal, as if it came from the wind, and it echoed softly in my ear: "Yu Feng, Yu Feng..." I sat up from the stone slab in anger , listening carefully, the call still came intermittently, it seemed very far away, but it seemed to be close in front of me, and this voice was very similar to Ling Ziyao's voice, as if she was whispering in my ear, and It's like whispering.

"Zi Yao..." I read softly.

"Yu Feng, Yu Feng..." She was still calling, I stood up slowly, closed my eyes, and listened attentively. Finally, I recognized that the voice came from the direction of my home.With a heartbeat, I lifted my legs and ran in that direction without thinking.But after running for less than four or five steps, suddenly, "Bang!" A dull crash came from Wu Banxian's main room, my heart sank, and I hurriedly stopped.

(End of this chapter)