Twilight Boundary

"It's really started..."

It was late at night, and everyone in the village had already fallen asleep. However, Hu Ma quietly left the village with Xiao Hongtang, borrowing the power of Tianshou, and arrived at a place on the edge of Laoyin Mountain more than a hundred miles away. Among the mass burials that are now neglected.

He sat cross-legged among the barren tombs, listening carefully to the sounds of the wind and the cries of ghosts around him, and seemed to be very fascinated.

Sometimes, in order to listen carefully, he would lean his head on the grave.

Xiao Hongtang squatted next to him, holding her cheeks with her two little hands. She didn't know that he had returned to the village and didn't work in the fields or sleep in the house. He had to run here every two days. Come to the graveyard and listen to it.

I just saw him sometimes frowning, sometimes solemnly, sitting upright for a long time, then slowly stood up, with an expression on his face that he had found the answer, and led Xiao Hongtang outside the grave.

"What is Brother Huma doing?"

It wasn't until she was far away from those graves that Xiao Hongtang tilted her head and asked curiously.

"Listen to the grave."

Hu Ma explained to her: "This is the law in our family, but you can listen to ghosts crying from the graves. These graves are where the people of Mingzhou go to after death. If you listen carefully to their voices, you can hear the current situation in Mingzhou. In the past two days, I have heard the complaints in the wind getting louder."

Xiao Hongtang clearly didn't understand: "Then what?"

"The more complaints there are, it means that people from outside are not following the rules and have gone too far. Not to mention the living people, the dead people in Mingzhou can hardly stand them anymore..."

Knowing that Xiao Hongtang didn't understand, Hu Ma still explained patiently: "And as soon as this resentment becomes stronger, their murderous intent will soon..."

Thinking of the ghost cries he heard from the grave that night, even though he rarely used the skills in the Zhensui book, he could still clearly detect the obvious difference between the sounds he heard tonight and the past few days. different.

I sighed in a low voice, knowing that the time was almost up.

When they got to a secluded place, they invited Meitian Shoes again, and quickly took Xiao Hongtang back to the village. They burned a special incense in their small thatched house, and then drank tea by themselves. While waiting patiently.

Sure enough, in the second half of the night, a dark wind blew in from outside the house, and a little devil wearing a red official robe that was cut too small and with two wings on its head walked in from the house.

It took a square step and carried two small hands behind its back. When it saw Hu Ma sitting on the chair, it immediately stepped forward to salute respectfully.

"Oh, Guangji Douguan, please pay homage to Master."

"I have been listening to my aunt talk about it for a long time. When I saw him today, he was really handsome and majestic. When Dou Guan saw him, he felt refreshed and his head was a little smarter. It was the first time he met him and he couldn't repay him. , I’ll give you a big kowtow first, Master..."

"..."

"...What is this?"

Hearing this, Hu Ma was stunned for a moment. The incense she burned was given by Fairy Miaoshan. After burning it, she could call Fairy Miaoshan's little envoy to come and make things easier.

But why is this kid raised by Fairy Miaoshan so weird?

After calming down slightly, he said, "It's been a while since I came back from Shima Town. How is her place now?"

"not so good."

The official Xiaodou said: "The lantern festival has been completed. After waiting for a while, no one came to take revenge. Aunt Miaoshan felt that she could rest assured. She had made great achievements and didn't want to keep guarding there."

"The great uncle also advised her that things were off to a good start and she should continue to work there. The aunt asked the great uncle if there was anything else, and the great uncle patiently told her that there was this and that..."

"...You talked a lot, but I couldn't quite understand it. I just found it annoying."

"Aunt Miaoshan couldn't understand it even more, and she felt even more annoyed. She also said that the master would say some weird things that people couldn't understand. Unlike our leader, the master, what he said was easy to understand, and he didn't like to instruct others. , I can take care of anything by myself..."

"Unfortunately, the great uncle couldn't stand her, so he ran away. He just sighed and said that everything is fate. Fortunately, he learned to make multiple bets from the beginning, otherwise he would not have succeeded."

"..."

'Sure enough, such a professional thing as rebellion cannot tolerate a bastard like Miaoshan...'

Hearing this, Hu Ma couldn't help but shake her head, and just said to the kid: "I called you here today because I have something for you to pass on."

"I know the situation in Shima Town. There is no need to be so scared. No one will go there to cause trouble in a short time. If they want to do big things, they have to find a good time. Now, Mingzhou is very lively. …”

"Ask her to deliver a letter. Disciple who doesn't eat cows, if you still have time, come over and join in the fun. Besides..."

As he spoke, he pondered for a moment, weighing it in his hands, and whispered: "By the way, I also told her to take the head that I left in Shima Town. It should be returned to its original owner." ”

"..."

"It's OK, it's OK!"

The grown-up kid bowed hurriedly and said, "Master, I don't know how happy Aunt Miaoshan will be if I pass these words over to you."

"She has long been looking forward to coming to serve Master, and she can learn something. There is a saying that, as a ghost, I shouldn't say it, but Master is not a heretic, so he won't blame me..."

"...Our Aunt Miaoshan, although she is nearly thirty years old and has never married, her dowry has been prepared long ago. It is three loads of gold and ten loads of silver, which is quite generous..."

"..."

"No, is this something you, a little angel, should worry about?"

Hu Ma felt that this was outrageous. She raised her Yu eyes and saw Xiao Hongtang also sticking out her head. Watching the little angel talk eloquently, it was obviously eye-opening. She hurriedly waved her hand and said: "It's unnecessary." If so, don’t pass it on, I’m afraid you won’t remember it properly…”

After saying that, he took a piece of paper with the contents already written on it, and took out a seal from his arms.

It was the wordless seal that fell from the old elm tree when he left Shima Town. There were leftover mulberries on the table next to him. He pressed the seal on the mulberries and landed on the paper. He handed it to the little angel.

Then he stretched out his hand, and Xiao Hongtang reluctantly handed over the jar. Hu Ma took out a piece of blood food from the jar and handed it to the little angel. This was a reward.

But the little messenger actually didn't answer. Instead, he tilted his head and looked at it and said, "Master, how much is this?"

"?"

The little angel wants a reward, but also asks about the portion?

Hu Ma felt it was strange. He weighed it and said, "About one tael? Do you think it's too little?"

"No no……"

The official Xiaodou was so moved that he immediately knelt down and said, "Master, please give me a reward. I will give you a big kowtow to Master."

"But I won't accept the reward. When I go back and tell my aunt, my master gave me one tael of blood food, but I didn't even take it. It's a good honor for my aunt. When my aunt saw that I was so obedient, she had to give me two taels." , or even more, that would be more cost-effective..."

"..."

After finishing speaking, he took the piece of paper stamped with no words, opened his mouth wide, swallowed it in his stomach, and saluted again: "Master, I'm leaving!"

As he spoke, a gust of wind blew directly out of the house, and in another trance, he disappeared into the night.

"no……"

Hu Ma was a little confused when she saw this kid leaving: "Xiangu Miaoshan is so clear..."

"...Why did you raise such a smart little angel?"

"..."

I couldn't help but glance at Xiao Hongtang on the beam, and I reviewed Xiao Hongtang secretly. It's a pity...

When it comes to intelligence, our little Hongtang has lost another spot.

After handing over this letter, Hu Ma felt a little more relaxed and walked out the door slowly, thinking about how lively it would be to summon the non-eating cow disciples for the first time. What she was going to do would be unpredictable. The expected results cannot be achieved, and we are not completely sure...

How should I put it? When it comes to matters, if you calculate it over and over again, it’s only 98% at most...

"Why aren't you sleeping yet?"

Just as I was thinking about it, suddenly, a head stuck out from behind the low wall next to me.

But it happened that the second master had drunk too much at night and came out to drain the water. He saw Hu Ma wandering in the yard in a daze.

He smiled quickly and said: "I slept too much, get up and move around..."

"Okay, you don't do farm work, but you must have slept too much?"

The second master put the water on the table and said, "But you've been back for so long, why don't we leave?"

"?"

Hu Ma was surprised. When he first came back, the second master was extremely happy, as if he was looking forward to being in the village every day.

But it had only been seven days, and he was beginning to urge himself to leave, and he didn't look good everywhere.

"I finally came back to rest for a few days, but the second master dislikes me?"

"..."

"It's not that I dislike you. You are young and capable, but you stay in the village and don't go out. People are gossiping!"

The second master said: "I told people that you are now the manager of the Blood Food Mine. They almost don't believe it. They just see you staying in the village every day, as if you were kicked out of the Blood Food Mine."

"That's okay..."

Hu Ma sighed helplessly and said: "It's time to leave in the past two days, but there are still some difficult things that I haven't figured out yet. Second Master, a distant relative came to visit and wanted to take advantage. What do you think should be done about this matter?" "

"Such a thing?"

The second master was caught off guard by the question. He thought about it and said, "What should we do without first seeing what they brought?"

"Eh?"

Hu Ma didn't expect this answer and hurriedly asked: "How to say it?"

The second master said: "You said you are a distant relative and don't usually move around much. So since this relative comes to visit so easily, how can he be embarrassed to see us without bringing something?"

"..."

Hearing these words, Hu Ma felt suddenly enlightened and sincerely praised: "Second Master is so smart..."

As he was talking, in the dark night, suddenly, a fierce wind blew vaguely outside the village. The wind came suddenly, as if it was blowing directly in from the other side of the mountain, and there was even a little blood in the wind. Anger, and sounds of shouting, beating, and killing.

The second master, who had just finished draining the water, was all excited and looked at it in surprise. He didn't know where such a strange wind came from.

"coming?"

Hu Ma, on the other hand, suddenly raised his head, looked at the gloomy night sky, and whispered: "It's a day or two earlier than I thought. Brother Yang Gong, you really didn't disappoint me..."