Strange Tale

The sun is about to set, and the city of No Return is not far ahead.

Qilin and Huan'er were sleeping soundly in Si Ban's bag and in Si Ban's arms.Also often in the front has long been unconscious.Although Si Ren and Long Jiu were still awake, they were also tired from sitting.The two leaned against the windows next to each other and did not speak.

"Ah-heh-" Xu Hai, who was driving, yawned.

Long Jiu reached out to pat him from behind, "Find a place with water, stop and let's have a rest."

The car was quickly parked at the foot of a mountain.

Huan'er and Qilin didn't wake up, and those who were not yet able to move freely often offered to stay and take care of them.Xu Hai went to fetch water from the river.Long Jiu and Si Ren said they would go for a casual walk up the mountain together.

"Return to the mountain—formerly Mojiashan. In the 11th year of Sui Daye, it was renamed Guishan...Mojiashan?" I often lay on the window of the car and looked at the blurred writing on a stone tablet at the foot of the mountain, "Mojiashan, Mojiashan...why do I seem to have heard of it somewhere? Um──there is no return to the city ahead...'11 years of great cause'?"

I also often counted with my fingers, "Eh? According to the geographical location, isn't the city of Bugui the same as...Jeju? Ah! That's bad!"

"Dragon Nine!"

"Huh?" Long Jiu stopped and turned around.

"What are you doing so quickly?" Si Ren chased after him in a few steps, "Do you think this mountain is eerie?"

Long Jiu looked into the depths of the woods, "Not all the deep mountains and old forests are like this, the yin energy is more or less heavier than that at the bottom of the mountain."

Si Ren touched Long Jiu, "Aren't you afraid?"

Long Jiu couldn't laugh or cry, "Are you stupid?"

Si Ren hugged Long Jiu's arm, "I'm a little scared."

Long Jiu rolled his eyes, "I said why you want to go up the mountain with me, you know what I want to do, right?"

Si Ren smiled hippie, "Hey, can't you leave the water? Do you want to take a look at the scenery and find a place to take a bath?"

"Sure enough, you didn't make a good idea at all."

"Who said that? I just want to see the 'scenery' together."

"You count..."

"Let's take a break, beauties and demons, picking mulberries and crossing the road..."

Suddenly, there was an ethereal singing sound in the distance.Si Ren and Long Jiu raised their heads at the same time, a burst of mist drifted away, they couldn't dodge in time, and they were in it in a blink of an eye.

A woman in a red wedding dress slowly walked out from the dense forest, obviously a female ghost.Si Ren took a step to block Long Jiu.

The female ghost walked to a place not far from Si Ren, stood down and bowed, "The little girl has seen the master."

"I'm not a master, but since I'm called that, do you know what I do?"

"know."

"Why don't you avoid it quickly? Are you afraid that I will accept you?"

The female ghost smiled and bowed her head to the side, "I'm not harmful. Besides, if you want to accept, sir, you should also accept the son behind you first, right?"

"Since she dares to show up, she won't be afraid of you." Long Jiu pulled Si Ren aside, "I don't want to stay in a good house and don't want to reincarnate, but she just wants to run out to scare people. It's not good to scare anyone, but she bumped into the two of us again." A. Could it be that the girl is here for something?"

The female ghost bowed again, "I have seen you, young master."

Si Ren looked at her clothes, probably she had been dead for some years, and most likely she was a dead ghost.But looking closely at her appearance, she is not ugly, but her face is a little paler.

The one who died wearing the wedding dress was obviously a violent death, but the death was not tragic. Could it be suicide?Si Ren was thinking secretly, when the female ghost over there spoke.

"Young Master is right, Lanzhi does have something to ask for. How about..."

"Wait." Si Ren interrupted her, "Tell me how long have you been dead first?"

"More than a thousand years."

Si Ren and Long Jiu were very surprised: So ghosts can do this for so long, no wonder they are not afraid of us.

"Then why do you miss the human world and refuse to reincarnate?" Si Ren continued to ask.

"I have unfulfilled wishes."

"What wish?"

"It's not convenient to say now."

"Your name is Lanzhi?"

"Ah."

"Okay, then tell me what you want to ask for?"

The female ghost who claimed to be Lanzhi thought for a while, "Why don't you two go to the humble house with Lanzhi, and I have asked the servants to prepare some food and drinks before I come out."

Si Ren frowned: This ghost still has "servants"?

Lanzhi saw Si Ren's doubts, "They are all the people who took care of me during my lifetime."

"Yes...with you..."

"Yes, died with me."

"Have you been wiped out?" Long Jiu said suddenly.

Lanzhi's brows twitched, but she didn't answer directly, "The two of you should let Lanzhi be a landlord."

"Are you so sure we'll help?"

Lanzhi was about to turn around, when she heard Si Ren asking her this question, she stopped and said with a smile: "Sir, you are afraid of me, right? No matter how many years pass by, Lanzhi is still just a lonely ghost with no one to rely on. Mister has magic spells to protect his body, and Young Master has evil spirits around him, so what do you have to worry about?"

Si Ren looked at the completely dark sky, "But we have something urgent to go, and our companions are waiting for us to go back down the mountain."

"Um... is it a young man, a middle-aged man and two children?"

Si Ren immediately became nervous, "What did you do to them?!"

"Hmph, it's nothing. They're all doing their own thing. Those who fetch water are still fetching water, and those who watch the children are still watching the children. They won't be in a hurry to wait for you to go back. I said I don't harm anyone."

This time it was Si Ren who smiled, "Hmph, who said you are 'a helpless ghost', I think Miss Lanzhi is very capable."

After speaking, Si Ren stretched out his hand, "Come on, please lead the way."

What happened to the water bag?Why is it always dissatisfied?Don't miss it either!

Xu Hai by the river picked up the water bag countless times and shook it by his ear, but what he heard was always the splash of half a bag of water.

"Qilin, Qilin! Wake up! Huaner! Huaner..."

I often shake Qilin and Huan'er vigorously, but I can't wake them up.

Lanzhi walked in front of him, while Si Ren and Long Jiu followed silently.

Soon a large manor appeared in front of them.Si Ren and Long Jiu looked carefully: it was not an illusion, but a real garden.Although the appearance is dilapidated, the momentum is still magnificent.

The door was opened, and four green-faced ghosts in filial piety clothes came out with white paper lanterns and stood on both sides of the porch.

Lanzhi stopped, "Here we are. Our village is shabby, please don't dislike me."

Si Ren stood at the door and looked inside, "Is this shabby? Then my house is worse than a kennel. Ms. Lanzhi, how can there be such a big house in the remote mountains, forests and wilderness?"

"This is the villa of Lanzhi's husband's family before his death."

"Husband's family?" Si Ren looked at the wedding dress on her body with a puzzled expression.

Lanzhi lowered her head to look at her clothes, "Well, the day I got married...is the day of my husband's funeral."

"Uh...sorry."

Lanzhi smiled, "It's okay, it's been a long time. Let's go in quickly, my mother is still waiting for a distinguished guest to come to the door."

Si Ren and Long Jiu looked at each other: there is also "mother", it seems that the family is really extinct.

Lanzhi walked towards the door, Si Ren and Long Jiu continued to follow.Passing through the porch and bypassing the Xiao wall, the door behind him was closed, and a gust of cold wind rushed towards his face immediately.Long Jiu looked at Si Ren who kept looking around behind Lanzhi, stretched out his hand and sneered, "Hmph, why are you not afraid of entering the haunted house now?"