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Tao Mo and Tantai Ying left the stilted building where they were temporarily staying, and Bai Wangyan didn't mean to leave this place. He just washed up as usual, put his snowy hair behind his shoulders, and sat leisurely. Sitting on a chair near the window, he stared at the misty forest.

It is still shrouded in the dense forest like a veil, and from a distance, those black shadows are still moving in it, which looks quite strange.The residence that Asha found for them was already on the edge of the village, with the river beach and forest just a few steps away, but it was far away from other buildings.

This is really a good place to hide.While thinking this way, Bai Wangyan straightened up slightly, took the water glass next to him in his hand, and pretended to drink it.

At this moment, there was a rustling sound of feathers from the roof, and a white shadow flew towards the distance like an arrow.Bai Wangyan raised his eyebrows slightly, knowing that Tantaiying's white eagle had flown away, he held the water glass, thought for a moment, and poured the clear water on the ground viciously.The clear water was just splashed on the ground, but white smoke came out, and several small insects wriggled and scattered.

Without even looking at the wriggling nematodes, Bai Wangyan snorted and laughed, "Don't hide." He added, "The two of them are not here now, so you can come out and talk to me later."

Those "silver threads" that were splashed on the ground twisted and fled on the ground, but in an instant, as if they were summoned by something, they swam towards the inner room one after another.At the same time, a stooped man tremblingly came out of the back room. The black robe completely covered his appearance, and his whole body was like a black cloud.

Bai Wangyan squinted his eyes. He guessed who this person was, but he never thought that he would look like this. He couldn't help but hold the white folding fan in his hand, stood up as if nothing had happened, and bowed to the black shadow. He cupped his hands: "Thank you, senior, for your mercy."

The old man spread out her hands and put those wriggling "silver threads" into her sleeves, but at the next moment, she raised her long sleeves, and several golden-ringed poisonous snakes rushed towards the white-clothed scholar in an instant.On the pavement of the fishy wind, those poisonous snakes bared their fangs and sprayed out deadly venom, but they were slightly blocked by the seemingly ordinary white fan, and all of them were blocked. Then, Bai Wangyan turned his wrist, and the folding fan turned out a strong wind, Immediately knocked those poisonous snakes to the ground.

Bai Wangyan withdrew his momentum. He smiled and said to the old man, "Old man, where did you go? I don't want to be your enemy. On the contrary, I have something to ask of you."

The poisonous snakes swam back to the old man's wide sleeves, and the old man hid his hands in the wide sleeves, staring closely at the white-haired young man in front of him with a pair of cloudy eyes.

"It really does." The dry voice sounded like it came from below.

Bai Wangyan just smiled and shook his head: "I'm not him."

"That's right...he died a long time ago," the old man was taken aback for a moment, then lamented, "He died long ago..."

While lamenting, the old man raised his head again, staring fixedly at Bai Wangyan's face, his voice trembling in vain: "You... who the hell are you! Why do you resemble him so much!"

Bai Wangyan's smile grew stronger, and he gently dipped a bit of the venom that the poisonous snake had sprayed on the fan just now: "Someone once said this, she said it was because I look like him, It didn't poison me to death. It's a pity that she didn't even survive that year." The white fingertips were touched by the snake venom, but there was no damage at all. I don't know if it is because of their special constitution or because they are very familiar with poison. , or both.

"What you said...could it be..." At the end of the sentence, she was already trembling badly.

"That's right, she fled from here to the Central Plains after the outbreak of the plague, but was unfortunately imprisoned... That poor woman, counting, should be a great witch of the previous generation." Bai Wangyan said slowly, his attitude Although he was a little careless, there was still a hint of sadness in his eyes.

"Yes, it's Yiduo..." The old man's body suddenly trembled like a sieve, and suddenly burst into crying like a ghost crying.Bai Wangyan didn't expect that although his body was haggard, the burst of crying was so frightening. He suddenly regretted telling the old man in front of him. If Tao Mo or Tantai Ying came back, he would have to completely exposed.

But the old man cried like this for a while, and then stopped suddenly. She stopped, as if the person who was overwhelmed with grief just now was not her, and the cold dry voice came from under the black robe again: "You tell me about this, after all? What do you want to know? I have nothing to say to the kind of traitor who flees and abandons his own daughter."

Bai Wangyan smiled slightly, "After all, she has always believed that you are not dead, and has always remembered you. As a disciple she randomly recruited, it is my duty to tell you about this."

"A disciple who was taken carelessly?" The old man laughed dryly, "Did she pass on the poison technique to you? What a waste..." She trembled like a convulsion again, and then asked slowly: "Since it is her Disciple, you should know everything back then, what do you want to ask me now?"

Hearing that the old man in front of him finally let go, a gleam of light suddenly flashed in Bai Wangyan's eyes, and he knew that he was right.The old man in front of him is the shadow that has been hiding here all this time, the person that the Miao girl was looking for in the morning, and the key person before the plague broke out 12 years ago.

If it was her, she must know...

"Where are the tears of the goddess?" Bai Wangyan asked.

"Why are you asking this?" The old man tensed up all of a sudden, looking at the white-haired young man in front of him warily.

Bai Wangyan just replied with a smile: "This thing has already caused trouble. If it is not preserved properly as soon as possible, I am afraid it will be taken away by others."

But the old man didn't answer, just stared at him quietly, a pair of cloudy eyes suddenly flashed a sharp light.

Tan Taiying fled from the stilted building, he was afraid that if he said something wrong, he would offend Bai Wangyan and the others.But when he walked out from there quickly and stood by the water, he felt more and more absurd in his heart.What is he afraid of?Could it be that he was really afraid that an upright person like Brother Tao would have something in mind for Bai Wangyan, or was he afraid that he would be caught in the middle and be a shameful laughing stock?Master Shaogu stared at the hazy white mist on the other side of the river, and for a moment he didn't know what he was thinking.

In the forest on the other side of the river, the white fog lurking with dark shadows never dared to approach the river outside the village.And a group of women doing laundry by the river seemed to have gotten used to the white mist for a long time. They were washing clothes by the river, their rosy faces were shining, and they chatted in local dialect from time to time. .But Tan Taiying was standing not far from them, still feeling uncomfortable in her heart.

There are very few people in this village, and many houses are empty and unoccupied. The meals on the table waiting for the owner to enjoy are already moldy. Those empty houses are all in the same state as before the person disappeared. Caught off guard.

Although they were asked to investigate this matter, Tan Taiying didn't want to just watch the people here gradually disappear out of his own thoughts.At this moment, he caught a glimpse of plain color from the corner of his eye.Dressed completely differently from the local women, the girl wearing a butterfly hairpin stood by the river, looking at the forest shrouded in white mist, with her hands folded on her chest.

In this village, the only one who can dress like a Central Plains girl can only be Asha.

Tan Taiying gently approached the girl who was meditating by the river, and greeted cautiously: "You are here."

Asha was taken aback, but realized that the person in front of her was Tantai Ying, she quickly put her hands on her chest and let out a long sigh of relief: "Oh, I was scared to death. I...haha, when I think about something It’s easy to get distracted.”

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Tantai Ying waved his hands embarrassingly, he paused, and suddenly asked curiously, "What is the girl thinking?"

"Ah, it's really nothing." Asha smiled a little embarrassedly, and stretched out her hand to wrap her temple hair.

Seeing her smile, Tan Taiying laughed too. He raised his eyes to look at the blue sky, and sighed with a smile: "You girls, the more you have something to do, the more you have to say it's nothing. Crying and swallowing things to my stomach. Sometimes it’s good to find someone to talk about casually?”

Asha blinked her eyes, but hesitated to speak.

Seeing that she seemed unwilling to speak out, Tan Taiying had no choice but to scratch her hair and said with a smile: "It's okay, if you don't want to say it, let it go."

"It's about the sacrificial offerings in the village."

Asha sighed and sat down by the river.