After joining Hades

"Did you call me just now?" The white-clothed ghost confirmed it again, and then remembered the name he heard before, "Zhong Shining?"

"He...doesn't know his identity?" Seeing that Zhong Shining looked a little unfamiliar with the name, Zhou Wei whispered in his ear.

That's right, after all, she was stolen when she was just a baby, so it's normal not to know her life experience.

Wen Bai responded lightly, spread out his palms, and revealed the seal: "Is this yours?"

Zhong Shining stared at it for a long time, nodded cautiously, and then slowly moved out from behind the locust tree: "Why are you here?"

When he lost it, he searched for it for a while, but finally gave up.

Seeing Wen Bai bring the other half to find him now, he is still a little dazed.

He also remembered that Uncle Li, who lived under the pine tree next door, had said that the seal was broken into two pieces, maybe it could be used when getting married, just as a keepsake.

Zhong Shining also knew it was a joke and didn't take it seriously, but after thinking about it, his face slowly turned red.

Zhou Wei saw that one head was two big, why did the young master of the Zhong family stare at Xiao Bai at every turn, and blushed at every turn.

Is this going to play some kind of ghost?

Wen Bai felt that Zhong Shining was staring at the seal in his hand, his expression was a little nervous, his face was flushed again, and he asked in puzzlement, "What's wrong?"

Zhong Shining lowered his eyes: "Are you here to find me with this token?"

"A token?"

Zhou Wei felt that something was wrong when he heard this "token", and immediately said: "We were entrusted by someone to come to you."

Zhong Shining: "?"

"Is this yours?" Wen Bai confirmed again.

Zhong Shining nodded: "My father gave it to me."

"Your father?" Zhou Wei was stunned, "So you know you are a child of the Zhong family?"

"The Zhong family?" Zhong Shining felt that the person in front of him was strange and kept saying things he couldn't understand, "Then you may have found the wrong person. My surname is not Zhong, but Jin, and my name is Jin Ning."

Hmm... Ning is the Ning on the seal.

Zhou Wei was even more confused.

One sentence from left to right, neither of them knew what the other was talking about, so Wen Bai had no choice but to interrupt the conversation first.

Three people and one ghost were standing beside the locust tree. Although the tree had little shade, it was all shade-born things. Plus there was a ghost beside him that had been dead for many years, Zhou Wei shuddered.

Zhong Shining noticed it, and hurriedly said, "It's too cold here, why don't you go to my house for a while."

Although the other side of his small grave is not much warmer, it can still get some sunlight.

Moreover, he hadn't met a stranger on Fragrant Hills for many years, and even if he did, those people couldn't see him. Only these three people could not only see him, but were not afraid of him, and even talked to him.

He hasn't spoken to anyone for a long time.

Zhou Wei: "... at home?"

Isn't that what he meant?

Wen Bai patted him, motioned him to stop talking, looked at Zhong Shining and said, "Okay, excuse me."

"No, no," Zhong Shining smiled shyly, "It's just that the humble house is simple, so just don't dislike it."

So, Wen Bai and the others followed Zhong Shining to his humble "shabby house", that is, the small graveyard.

Zhong Shining sat on the top of his small grave for a while, then turned his head back, moved some delicate-looking, smooth and smooth stones over, and said happily: "These are the cleanest and most beautiful stones on Xiangshan Mountain." There are no stones, you can sit on whatever you want."

Then, he paused: "It's been a long time since no one came to my house, and I'm not prepared."

Wen Bai and Zhou Wei were still in a complicated mood for a while.

Especially Zhou Wei, I was afraid that the young master of the Zhong family would give them a handful of incense ashes and invite them to eat.

Just as I was about to speak, I suddenly heard a creaking sound.

Zhou Wei turned his head stiffly: "..."

"This voice, it can't come from...your house."

Out of politeness, he even bit the bullet and called the grave "home".

Wen Bai followed suit.

The sound seemed to really come from the grave.

Zhong Shining: "Maybe it happened when I moved the chair just now."

"Don't worry, I, my coffin board is covered."

Zhou Wei: "..."

Wen Bai: "..."

Xie Jiuzhang: "..."

Zhou Wei sat tremblingly on the "stone chair" brought by Zhong Shining, terrified.

Wen Bai, on the other hand, glanced at the stone, touched it with his hands, and frowned.

He originally thought that this stone should not be a real thing, just like those paper money and paper figurines, it looks fake, but it is real after burning.

These stones should also be some small incinerators that were burned away, and were picked up by Zhong Shining.

But when I sat down, I realized that the touch was very real.

"It's true." Xie Jiuzhang saw Wen Bai's doubts and said directly.

This stone was moved by Zhong Shining, that is to say, Zhong Shining could touch the real thing?

It is too strange that a ghost can touch the real thing.

Xie Jiuzhang couldn't tell why, so he simply asked directly.

After hearing this, Zhong Shining said, "I don't know why, I just discovered it recently, but I can only touch some stones and branches on the ground, and nothing else."

"Could it be related to that locust tree?" Wen Bai said.

Xie Jiuzhang: "It's possible if he has the air of the earth on his body."

Wen Bai looked at Zhong Shining: "Have you always lived here?"

Zhong Shining shook his head: "I usually live in trees, it's cooler there, and it's not easy for others to find me."

Wen Bai and Xie Jiuzhang looked at each other.

This should be the crux of the matter.

Zhong Shining lived in the locust tree all year round, and the locust tree absorbed enough earth and yin energy, and then flowed to him.

Speaking of the locust tree, Zhong Shining remembered the scary thing about him hanging on the tree before, so he explained: "I didn't intend to scare you before, but I saw you walking towards the locust tree, thinking you were here to arrest me. "

"Catch you?" Zhou Wei asked.

"It has disappeared in recent years. In the past, when there were many ghosts on Xiangshan Mountain, some people would often come up to catch ghosts. We can only unite and scare them away."

"What happened later?" Zhou Wei asked.

Zhong Shining: "They were all taken away later."

Zhou Wei: "..."

United a lonely.

They were all taken away, Wen Bai was a little puzzled: "What does it mean that they were all taken away?"

Speaking of this, Zhong Shining's mood fell instantly, and Zhou Wei obviously felt that the surroundings were a little colder.

"I don't know," Zhong Shining sighed, "I slept in a locust tree that day, and when I woke up, I was the only one left on this Fragrant Mountain."

He looked at a pine tree not far away and said, "I've lived on Fragrant Hills for many years. Although the ghosts who live here come from different places and have different accents, everyone has a very good temperament and we have a good time." Also very happy."

"But slowly, they don't seem to remember much."

At that time, he only felt that he was the only one left in Xiangshan.

Later, he was really the only one left in Xiangshan.

He searched for a long time, but he couldn't leave Fragrant Mountain.

Since then, there has never been any ghost-catching warlock on the mountain.

A lot of Taoist priests and monks came, and they also burned a lot of food and clothing for them, and even chanted scriptures for them. people.

Zhong Shining always felt that it was he who failed to protect everyone.

He is the only one who remembers things on Xiangshan Mountain, he should protect everyone well.

Wen Bai probably guessed who the ghost catcher was, and after asking carefully, he said: "It's not that I was caught, it was taken away by the underworld."

Zhong Shining raised his head all of a sudden: "Yin Division?"

"Well, reincarnated and reincarnated," Wen Bai replied, "They don't remember things, and it's because the wandering soul spends longer in the world, and their consciousness will become more and more chaotic."

The burden on Zhong Shining's heart was lifted heavily, and the sockets of his eyes instantly turned red.

Before, I just thought this person was very good-looking, and I was not afraid of him, so I talked to him.

Listening to him tell himself the news now, Zhong Shining regards Wen Bai as a benefactor.

He cannot cry in front of his benefactor.

Zhong Shining sat on the grave, lowered his head, and tried hard not to let tears fall.

"That, that's good."

Wen Bai and the others remained silent, waiting for him to recover by himself.

When he looked up again, Zhong Shining had calmed down, thinking about what his benefactor had said before, he was a little puzzled: "Then why didn't Yin Division take me away?"

And he didn't have his own consciousness like everyone else.

Wen Bai smiled: "I may have to ask you this."

Zhong Shining: "?"

"You said your name was Jin Ning, so where did you get this seal?" Wen Bai asked.

Zhong Shining looked at the seal: "My father gave it to me."

"Maybe I used to be called Zhong Shining," Zhong Shining said in a low voice, "but that's all in the past."

"My name is Jin Ning now."

"Xiaobai," Zhou Wei approached cautiously, "Why do I feel that this Zhong Shining seems to be against the name 'Zhong Shining'?"

Wen Bai also vaguely noticed it: "Do you know the Zhong family?"

"Which Zhong family?"

Obviously don't know.

This time, it was Zhong Shining who spoke first: "My father picked me up. He treated me very well, taught me how to read and write, and gave me a name. He is my real father."

"Maybe my name was Zhong Shining before, but since they have already thrown me away, there is no need to recognize each other."

Zhou Wei let out an "ah", the Zhong family has been looking for him for most of his life, why did he become thrown away?

Zhou Wei couldn't hold back anymore, just as he was about to speak, Wen Bai held him down.

Wen Bai: "Did your father tell you these words?"

Zhong Shining didn't know why Wen Bai asked such a question, but he still answered honestly: "No."

Wen Bai: "?"

"Everyone in the alley says so." Zhong Shining hugged his knees and spoke softly.

"I was thrown into our alley. It was not my father who picked me up at the beginning, but the owner of the teahouse at the entrance of the alley. It was winter. Seeing how pitiful I was, he took me back. This seal, after half a month, a person came to the teahouse and wanted to keep this seal no matter what."

"The owner of the teahouse originally thought that the man was from my family and wanted to take me back, but the man kept hemming and refusing to say anything. After asking, he said that he was just paid to run errands. The teahouse owner looked flustered when he saw him. , obviously there is still something to hide, so I won’t let him go, and ask him to take me away, but the man refuses, and he slipped his mouth.”

"He said he didn't dare to take me back. The reason why my family threw me away was because I was hard-nosed and I was against my parents."

"Hearing this, the owner of the teahouse didn't dare to support me anymore. My father couldn't bear it, so he took me back."

There must be something wrong with it, without investigation, Wen Bai can't guess at will, but one thing is certain: "You are the youngest son of the Zhong family, you were not thrown away, but stolen."

Zhou Wei sighed for a while, and when he thought that several generations of the Zhong family were looking for this youngest son, he couldn't bear it: "Your mother has always blamed herself for losing you, and she even erected a tomb of your clothes next to her mausoleum." .”

"They've been looking for you for years."

Zhong Shining was a little confused for a moment.

He always thought that since his father passed away, there were no relatives in this world.

Now someone suddenly told him that he has parents and relatives who have been looking for him for many years. Zhong Shining said in a daze, "Could you make a mistake?"

He looked at the seal: "Although it's true that I carried this seal since I was a child, it doesn't necessarily belong to me. I..."

Zhong Shining was speechless all of a sudden, because Wen Bai showed him a photo.

The person in the photo is five points similar to him.

"His name is Zhong Ting, and he is your brother," Wen Bai said, "This is a photo of him when he was young, about the same age as you are now."

"When he was young, what about him now?"

"...has passed away."

Zhong Shining was in a trance for a while, yes, it's been so many years.

Wen Bai continued to flip through the photos backwards.

Zhong Shining looked at the "nephew" who was probably a round older than his father in the photo, and couldn't tell what it was like in his heart.

Very complicated.

Sadness, joy, regret, everything, but those emotions are also very light.

Not to mention these family members who have never met, even when thinking of his father, I still miss him, but when I think about it, I don't want to cry as much as before.

"Then how did you come to this Fragrant Mountain?" Zhou Wei stretched out his hand and patted the grave lightly.

He said it very tactfully, but Zhong Shining knew what he meant: "I'm sick."

"The illness came on in a hurry, and I didn't make it through. At that time, my father had already left, and there was no one in the house. Those people didn't know where I lived, so they were buried here on Xiangshan."

Zhou Wei secretly blamed himself for talking too much.

Zhong Shining didn't care too much: "This small tomb is actually pretty good. It looks small, and it doesn't leak wind or rain, and this Xiangshan is also lively. I'm very happy to live here."

Wen Bai smiled: "Your father treats you very well."

Otherwise, he would not develop such a personality.

Zhong Shining rolled his eyes: "My father is a schoolteacher. He was not young when he picked me up, but he was still in a state where one person was full and the whole family was not hungry. He came from another place, and there were no relatives at home. Originally, He had no intention of marrying a wife and having children, but later he picked me up, and he said he got a son for nothing, so he was quite happy."

"I was not in good health when I was a child. Apart from subsidizing the family, all the money my father earned was used to support my health. Although the family was poor, they lived comfortably."

Wen Bai was infected by the warmth of Zhong Shining's words, fortunately, luckily among misfortunes, the person who took Zhong Shining away was a teacher, and at that time, he was able to raise him so well and so well , has been very difficult.

If the old grandmother of the Zhong family knew about it, she should be happy too.

Wen Bai told the story of the seal from beginning to end, Zhong Shining listened carefully, but it didn't feel real, as if someone told him a story, but someone used his name in this story.

"By the way, is the other half here with you?" Wen Bai pointed to the broken section.

"Yes," Zhong Shining nodded, "but I can't take it out."

Zhong Shining pointed out, "It's buried under that locust tree."

Zhou Wei: "You buried it yourself?"

"No, this seal was broken later. When I was buried, it fell from my body and fell on the side of the locust tree, breaking in two."

"At that time, the pagoda tree had just been transplanted, and the soil was still loose, half of it was sunk in it, and it grew strong."

"The half in your hands was picked up after I found out that I could touch the real thing, and then I lost it somehow."

Zhong Shining lost it, was picked up by the nearby villagers, and was dumped as something to the supplier, and then circulated to the antique stall, and the source was complete.

Wen Bai looked at Xie Jiuzhang: "The earth atmosphere on the locust tree may have something to do with this seal."

Xie Jiuzhang nodded.

The matter has not been completely resolved, and there are still many problems in it, such as why Zhong Shining was not taken away by the Yin Division, why he still retains his own consciousness, and the most important thing is that just now, Xie Jiuzhang said that if Zhong Shining was not checked, Before the information, Zhong Shining was a "little black householder", temporarily unable to go to the Yin Division, and unable to have a baby.

But these things are all things that the Yin Division needs to investigate, and Zhong Shining's identity is basically known.

After confirming his identity, the first thing to do was to notify the Zhong family.

Wen Bai looked at the little Heihu in front of him: "Tomorrow we will bring people from the Zhong family to see you."

Zhong Shining scratched his chin: "It's so fast."

Zhou Wei smiled: "I don't want to soon."

"The Zhong family has a cemetery, and I will give you a big house with three entrances and three exits."

Zhong Shining blushed: "This house is actually pretty good."

As he said that, he glanced at Wen Bai: "Then Xiaobai, will you, will you come tomorrow?"

When he called "Xiaobai", Zhong Shining's ears were about to turn red and bleed.

Zhou Wei knew that Xiaobai was good-looking, and that there were many people who liked Xiaobai, but Xie Jiuzhang was not bad at all in terms of appearance, but this young master of the Zhong family would not blush when facing Xie Jiuzhang.

Zhou Wei didn't know that when Zhong Shining died, he was only 20 years old, a few years younger than them, and he had never been to any place except the alley where he had been living all his life. After his death, he came to Xiangshan again. For so many years, there is not even a person who can speak.

Seeing Wen Bai all of a sudden, it's easy to let go of your guard.

It is warm and moist like an ancient jade, and has a clear sense of proportion.

Liking is liking, but this kind of liking is also very childish and does not mix with anything else.

Zhou Wei didn't notice it, but Wen Bai could see it clearly, so he responded with a smile: "Yes."

Zhong Shining joyfully sent the three of them down the mountain, and didn't stop until they reached a boundary that he couldn't step out of.

Wen Bai turned his head, but he was still standing there, not moving.

Maybe for so many years, I have stood there and watched many people come and go, come and go, and I am used to it.

He seemed to be enjoying himself without saying anything, but it was always a little hard to bear.

We have to pick him up sooner, Wen Bai thought to himself.

After going down the mountain, Xie Jiuzhang returned to Dongtai immediately, while Wen Bai asked for the contact information of Zhong's house through Professor Li.

It's not easy to talk about Yin Division directly, so Wen Bai used the name of Zhengtian Temple to talk about the seal, and that they had found Zhong Shining's tomb in advance, and asked the Zhong family to confirm it.

There was no movement on the other end of the phone for a long time.

When he spoke again, the person who answered the phone was no longer Zhong Yun, but Zhong Yun's father, the old chairman of the Zhong family.

Since Zhong Yun took over, the old chairman of the Zhong family has never appeared in front of people. It is said that he is not in good health and has been recuperating. This is the first time Wen Bai heard his voice.

The old chairman of the Zhong family is already very old, and his entire voice is trembling.

If it wasn't for Wen Bai's constant persuasion, the Zhong family might have to rush to Xiangshan tonight.

On the other hand, Xie Jiuzhang, who went back to Dongtai, told Di about Zhong Shining first.

When he was going out, he suddenly remembered Zhou Wei's instructions, and stopped in his tracks.

Di Ting looked straight at it, and asked quietly: "What's wrong?"

Xie Jiuzhang hesitated for a moment: "Chenghuang has a word, ask me to pass it on to the boss."

"Pass it to Lu Zheng?" Di Ting became interested.

Zhou Wei knew how much he was afraid of Lu Zheng.

It must be strange to say that you want to send a message to Lu Zheng for no reason.

"What?"

"It's just that I don't have much to say. I'm surprised. He just asked the boss if he wants to go with Xiaobai tomorrow."

Xie Jiuzhang didn't understand, but Di Ting soon understood.

Di Ting waved his hand: "Understood."

Lu Zheng didn't live up to it, but the people around Wen Bai worried about him.

Good.

Diting turned on the phone, and slowly sent a long message to Lu Zheng.

"Wen Bai and the young master of the Zhong family get along very well, and he is very concerned about his affairs. Tomorrow, I am going to take the Zhong family members up the mountain. If you are not free, I will let Jiu Zhang go again. For the past two days, Wen Bai I should have contacted you, and you should know about Zhong Shining, so I won't say more."

Di Ting is very clear, Wen Bai must have not contacted Lu Zheng in the past two days, that's why he sent such a message.

To deal with Lu Zheng, it's not good to be too blunt, so that's fine.

Sure enough, Lu Zheng on the other end turned dark when he received the news.

Just like Di Ting knew Lu Zheng's temperament, Lu Zheng couldn't be more clear about Di Ting's virtue.

Obviously, you can just say "Wen Bai is going to take the Zhong family up the mountain tomorrow, if you don't have time, let Jiu Zhang follow", but you have to add the previous two sentences.

Wen Bai got on well with the young master of the Zhong family, and was very concerned about his affairs.

And the last three sentences.

Lu Zheng is sure that Di Ting said this because he knew that Wen Bai hadn't contacted him for the past two days.

Do you think he will follow his will and go back right away?

ridiculous.

……

……

Ten minutes later, Lu Zheng appeared in Dongtai with a sullen face.