I am a swordsman in a strange city

Chapter 2 Xiaoqiu
Mrs. Wen's name is Wen Jingshu. Her ancestors were from a wealthy family. Although her family fell into poverty later, she developed a good temperament when she was the eldest daughter and the eldest lady. Even now that she is old, people still think she is elegant and quiet, just like her name.

She was walking in the alley, wearing a black and blue floral cotton dress and a pair of black cloth shoes.

His hair with silver threads was tied up with a brown wooden hairpin. He was holding a young woman in his right hand. The woman looked to be in her twenties. It was Xiaoqiu. She was wearing a loose white round-necked shirt and cotton silk pants. She followed him closely.

The two people walked silently under the street lights. Their pace was surprisingly consistent, and they even had faint smiles on their faces, as if Xiaoqiu was imitating Mrs. Wen's smile. If someone saw her eyes, they would find that the young girl's head was not moving, but her eyes were moving abnormally.

She seemed to be getting to know the world.

She was very happy because three days ago, she met him again and he said, "Why haven't you broken out of your shell yet? Let me help you!"

So, she woke up from her ignorance, and when she saw this prosperous world, her heart was filled with joy and happiness.

In her eyes, every person is a beautiful flower with nectar waiting for her to pick.

However, he said that he now had a big trouble. There was an old executioner watching him, and it was he who beheaded him again and again when he was about to break out of the shell.

This time, she decided to take the honey of this old executioner and let him know what retribution is.

The two people walked through the alley and finally stopped at the gate of a small courtyard.

Pei's slew the Guijian Hall.

Mrs. Wen walked forward and knocked on the iron gate.

Pei Ju was still washing dishes when he heard a knock on the door.

Immediately afterwards, I heard my grandfather's heavy footsteps as he walked out of the door. When he reached the entrance of the yard, he opened the iron gate and a creaking sound was heard.

"Fourth Master, we are here to disturb you again." The voice of a woman was polite and gentle, but one could still tell she was old.

Pei Ju knew that this was Mrs. Wen.

"Sorry for disturbing you. It's our duty to cure illnesses and save lives. Come in." Master Pei said, but he didn't look at the young woman. The young woman's eyes were darting around, one eye looking at the room and the other eye staring at Master Pei.

Pei Ju was busy washing dishes inside, but his ears were perked up, listening to the voices outside.

Fourth Master Pei didn't even glance at Xiao Qiu. Instead, he carefully examined Madam Wen's complexion and the depths of her eyes. Then he asked, "How did she sleep tonight?"

"She's still the same as before, unable to sleep well and always startled. Oh, by the way, the night before last, she suddenly laughed." Mrs. Wen said anxiously.

"Laughing? Why are you laughing?" Mr. Pei asked as if he didn't care.

Mrs. Wen said with a hint of fear in her eyes, "I don't know. I asked her why she was laughing, and she said she was finally born and she was so happy."

On this side, Pei Ju had sped up. After washing, he walked out while wiping his hands.

The first people he saw were the two people beside his grandfather. The old woman had white hair and was wearing a black and blue floral cotton silk dress that looked a bit loose. Her skin was also sagging, and she had bags under her eyes. The bones and collarbone on her neck were clearly visible, but she looked quite clean overall.

"Xiao Juzi is also at home. What happened to the injuries on his body?" Mrs. Wen asked in surprise after seeing the injuries on Pei Ju's body.

Because Pei Ju was not wearing any clothes, the red marks on his body were clearly visible.

"It was your grandfather who hit you, Fourth Master. You hit him too hard. The child is still young. If he makes a mistake, you should focus on educating him."

Mr. Pei Si did not answer, but said: "Madam Wen, take Xiaoqiu into the cabin first." Although Pei Ju was beaten and cried, it was over now. He didn't care about the injuries anymore. He just looked at Xiaoqiu beside him.

Xiaoqiu had shoulder-length hair with bangs, her head slightly lowered, no makeup on her face, and no jewelry.

Her face was pale, the veins on her face and neck were almost visible, her eye sockets were sunken, and her eyes were blue, but there was an absurd sense of separation in her eyes.

This look in her eyes shouldn't appear on such a person.

Pei Ju thought of the book "Pei's Record of Killing Gui" at home, in which there was a passage that was written very clearly.

"If a person is delirious, has blue under his eyes, is afraid of cold and light, it is a case of a guest. If a guest enters a house and takes the main seat, and his spirit combs the floor, as if peeping at people from behind a curtain, it is a ghost inhabiting a human body."

This passage describes the situation after a person encounters a ghost.

Pei Ju had no intuitive understanding of this passage before, but now that he saw it, it immediately emerged in his mind.

Deep in Xiaoqiu's pupils, it seemed as if there was an eye observing the outside world through Xiaoqiu's eyes.

Pei Ju suddenly felt a creepy feeling.

"Don't look at the enemy." These words flashed through his mind: "Looking at them makes it easy to fall into their magic, and falling into their magic means the enemy will invade your mind and will. It's easy to startle the enemy, and a startled enemy is like a fish diving deep in the water, difficult to kill, and easy to fall into their magic."

Pei Ju had already looked away, as if he felt nothing, but a thin layer of sweat broke out on his back.

But he didn't look at Xiaoqiu, but Xiaoqiu stared at him with one eye, and her throat seemed to swallow, and her eyes were full of greed, as if she had seen delicious food.

Mr. Pei called Madam Wen in as if nothing had happened, and Madam Wen followed, holding Xiaoqiu in one hand.

Pei Ju was going in this time, so he followed. He walked beside Xiao Qiu and carefully peeked at her. When he turned his eyes, he found that although Xiao Qiu was facing forward, her eyes were looking at him at an abnormal angle.

Her black eyeballs were squeezed to the corners of her eyes, and the excitement in her eyes could be clearly seen.

His heart skipped a beat, and a strong chill surged over him.

"Mrs. Wen is waiting outside as usual. Ju'er and I will come in together."

"Little Juzi has started to learn some skills." Perhaps because they were in the training hall, Mrs. Wen looked more relaxed.

However, at this time, Pei Ju felt a little unwell. He wanted to speak, but found that he could not open his mouth. His consciousness seemed to be frozen, as if someone was holding his neck. Fear surged in his heart, goose bumps appeared all over his body, his scalp was numb, and his back was cold.

At this moment, Xiao Qiu suddenly said, "Grandma, I'm scared. I don't want to go into that room."

"Xiao Qiu, it's okay." Mrs. Wen immediately whispered to comfort her, but Xiao Qiu lowered her head and started to cry, "Grandma, I'm scared, I'm scared. It's so dark in there, there are ghosts in there, I don't want to go in."

Master Pei Si, who was walking in front and had already lifted the black curtain to enter the hut, seemed to freeze for a moment. He seemed to instinctively want to look back, but he held back. However, Pei Ju clearly saw that his grandfather's hand holding the curtain tightened.

At this time, Mrs. Wen seemed to be unable to bear to see her granddaughter crying, and said, "How about, Fourth Master, let's not go into the house. Xiaoqiu is scared."

When she said this, her eyes were staring at the back of Mr. Pei's head without blinking, as if she was waiting for him to turn around.

When I wrote "I am the Director of the Spirit Museum", I said that the latter part of the book was not well written and deviated from what I wanted to write, so the ending was rushed. At that time, I said that I would definitely rewrite a book if I had the chance, and this one is it.

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