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Zhong Fufeng remembered the unappetizing ghost king he had seen in Yangjiaopo last time, and the muscles on his face couldn't help trembling.

They had been out long enough, Zhong Ziyuan sacrificed his spirit sword and prepared to fly away with it.

Chi Xingqian suddenly pressed his hand, frowned and said, "Wait."

This strange feeling has been there since leaving the state capital.

something wrong.

"The people from the Zhou family just now are too strange."

They clearly hated the whole Zhong family, and they were extremely impatient with them.

But when they asked questions, they all answered them one by one and spoke in great detail.

This is so unreasonable.

Recalling the expressions on the faces of Mrs. Liu and the old woman just now, it was more nervous than impatient.

Nervous as if afraid of being exposed.

It was as tense as if someone grabbed his heart and would be crushed if he struggled a bit.

And they spoke in detail, could they be... asking for help?

They were threatened.

The three of them immediately turned around and returned to the merchant's house.

This time, without paying attention to the red tape, Chi Xingqian broke in directly.

The scene inside the house was finally clear. The old woman and Mrs. Liu who had talked with them just now had their feet bound with thick ropes and were jumping and walking.Not only them, but almost everyone in the house was tied up like zongzi in the inner hall.

Looking at Zhou Minfei next to him again, he is different from other corpses in that he is conscious.

And when he trapped those people, it seemed that there was a smile on his stiff face.

Weird and scary.

When she saw Chi Xingqian and his group break through the door, Liu's eyes lit up when she was tied up, and her trembling legs leaned against the wall due to exhaustion, she was obviously relieved.

Seeing this scene, Zhong Fufeng directly raised his sword to attack Zhou Minfei, but he obviously lost to his opponent due to his injuries.

Chi Xingqian saw that Zhong Ziyuan was about to go up to help, so he quickly pulled him away and put his arm in front of him, it was obvious that he didn't want him to make a move.He flew over to pick up Zhong Fufeng and threw him to Zhong Ziyuan.

The moment Chi Xing dived over, Zhou Minfei gradually retreated, and he murmured as he retreated: "In the past, I really didn't know you were like this..."

Chi Xingqian didn't give him a chance to continue to escape, he grabbed his arm, his body made a rattling sound, Zhou Minfei moved twice, seeing that he couldn't break free, he stopped struggling.

His eyes were the hideous white eyes of a corpse, mixed with chaos.

Zhong Ziyuan patted Zhong Fufeng's back. Just now Zhong Fufeng coughed violently and coughed up some blood.

When Zhou Minfei and the others entered the Zhong Mansion to participate in the assessment, he was thinking about his past at the Qingxin Terrace, so he had only met him a few times and was not familiar with him, but based on just a few days, Zhong Ziyuan could also conclude that this person was not There is a heart to do evil, what kind of hatred is it now?

Chi Xingqian said: "Tell me, dear family members, why is this so?"

Zhou Minfei was originally looking downcast, but now he was struggling to lift his heavy and stiff head.

He looked at Zhong Ziyuan and said: "They sent me to be someone else's plaything, I have to... find my own plaything."

At that moment, Zhong Ziyuan seemed to have a flash of illusion, he felt that there seemed to be some sadness in those white eyes.

The four generations of the Zhou family have been in business, protected by the blessings of their ancestors, and the business has been booming from generation to generation. They are quite dignified and wealthy in the city. In the generation of Mr. Zhou, the business has expanded a lot, the wealth has improved, and life has become smoother. When he was 40 years old, he had a son named Zhou Minfei.

At that time, he was the only son and was pampered to heaven.

When Zhou Minfei was four years old, his biological mother, Yang, got tuberculosis, which was disgraceful, and Yang couldn't bear to part with her son. Ai Ai couldn't make it through that winter, and finally let go.

This kind of disease is disgraceful, Yang seldom went out when she was alive, and few people outside have seen her, so as long as the state government doesn't mention her death, no one will pay attention to it. It's just to tell the servants to be stricter. That's all.

Old man Zhou was very sad for a while, and then, in the spring of the second year, a small sedan chair in the side hall was carried in by the ignorant Zhou Minfei with a stepmother.

Zhou Minfei confusedly called her mother. At that time, he thought that Mrs. Liu was really beautiful, such a good mother, gentle and considerate, and he was still that young master, who was loved in every possible way.

When he grew up, he realized that he wanted to inherit the family business, and secretly made up his mind that he would support this mother for the rest of his life.

Later, Mrs. Liu became pregnant with a child, and Zhou Minfei was almost nine years old. He rubbed against Mrs. Liu's stomach affectionately, lying there listening to his younger brother kicking his legs and stretching his arms. Woolen cloth.

He said proudly, "It's my brother! I'm going to teach him how to ride a pony in the future." Mrs. Liu was beside him with a bright smile on his face. Be careful not to catch a cold.

One day, Mrs. Liu, who was eight months pregnant, was walking slowly in the yard. The pear blossoms in the yard were in full bloom, as white as snow. The girl went to the room to get a soft pillow, trying to make her feel more comfortable.

Not long after walking away, the family cat suddenly jumped out from behind the pear tree. Liu was so startled that she took a step back, slipped on her feet, and fell solidly, blood accompanied by heart-piercing pain The quiet afternoon was broken.

premature birth.

It's just that no one expected that the seven-month-old baby next door was born prematurely, and Liu's eight-month-old child was stillborn at first sight.

That cat was raised by Zhou Minfei.

When Liu saw Zhou Minfei, she was crying so hard that she had no strength left. She held Zhou Minfei's hand lightly with trembling hands and said, "My good boy, I can't blame you for this."

Old man Zhou ordered the cat to be killed, but Zhou Minfei didn't say anything.

Life had to go on, Mrs. Liu was still as gentle as water, and cared for Zhou Minfei in every possible way, he felt as if nothing had changed.

Until Zhou Minfei died in Zhongfu, he felt that he owed this mother in this life.

But, unfortunately, he heard it.

In the dark, the soul will wake up, and it will be chaotic.

He heard the sobbing mother with tears hanging from the corners of her eyes say: As long as his soul is sacrificed, the stillborn fetus can return to the womb.

So the ritual was done as a matter of course, and the whole family sincerely wanted him to never be reborn.

Zhong Fufeng sighed when he heard that, "Do you know who did it? Also, why did you dig up the graveyard?"

Zhou Minfei seemed to be afraid of something, but he didn't say anything with his lips wide open. Finally, he just mentioned, "I'm very lonely, that place is too cold..."

Very cold very cold.

Zhong Ziyuan repeated Zhong Fufeng's first question, Zhou Minfei looked up at him, his lips moved as if he was about to speak.

Chi Xingqian was watching silently from the sidelines, but at this moment he felt something different, and immediately pulled Zhong Ziyuan to his side, and looked back, Zhou Minfei, who was still talking just now, had quickly melted into a puddle of black mud, gurgling The ground was steaming.

Chi Xingqian looked at Zhong Ziyuan and said, "How are you? Did he touch you just now?"

Zhong Ziyuan shook his head, looked at Zhou Minfei who had nothing left in the end, and clenched his sleeves calmly.

After going through this scene in Zhoufu, everyone was exhausted, Zhong Ziyuan untied the ropes for everyone when he left, and left without saying a word.