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Chapter 148 The Key to the Mystery

Nangong Xizang drank the tea in one gulp, not worried at all about the insidiousness in the tea that she said before.

After Nangong Xiong finished drinking, he smiled and said, "Good tea!"

The woman smiled and said: "There is no such thing as good tea. This is all tea produced on the tea mountain of my own family. I am laughing at you."

As she said that, the woman asked me and Nangong Xiong's names, and where we were going when we passed by Beiyu Village.

Nangong Yuzhang really told the woman my name and hers, and then said: "We are just out for sightseeing, wandering around, there is no place we must go!"

After finishing speaking, Nangong Qiang paused for a moment, then asked the other party's name.

The woman said: "I, my name is Su Qi, and I am the owner of this house at present!"

I couldn't help but asked: "Just now we passed the back door of this house and saw two carpenters working. Is there any new furniture in the house?"

Su Qi smiled and said: "So you have already passed by the backyard. They are making birthday materials for me. It is the custom here that people who are over thirty have to prepare birthday materials and shrouds for themselves in case of emergencies."

coffin! ?
Elderly people in some places do have the habit of preparing coffins for themselves in advance, but that’s something they only do when they get older. Isn’t it too early to prepare at the age of 30?
Thinking of this, I couldn't help asking curiously: "Is it too early to be 30 years old?"

Su Qi smiled and said, "It's not too early or not. This is the custom of our Beiyu Village. It has been passed down from generation to generation. Are you prepared?"

Nangong and I looked at each other, and then Nangong said: "Is there any other way to prepare birthday materials at the age of 30, or is it that people in the village generally have short lives?"

I was taken aback by Nangong Xizang's sudden question. Her question was too straightforward and offended.

I hurried to see Su Qi's expression, she was not angry, but smiled and said: "People in our village are not short-lived, and there is no other way to prepare a coffin at the age of 30, you think too much."

When Su Qi said this, she pushed the cup of tea in front of me towards me and said, "Drink it while it's hot. The taste of this tea will change when it's cold."

I was a little bit embarrassed, but Nangong Xiong said: "The hospitality is so warm, how dare you refuse?"

Helpless, I had no choice but to pick up the teacup and drink that cup of tea in one gulp.

A cold feeling went down my throat and into my stomach, I couldn't help shivering, this tea tastes like ice water, so Su Qi actually told me to drink it while it's hot?
Seeing my appearance, Su Qi said: "You drank too fast, did you get burned?"

I said, okay.

Su Qi smiled again: "If the two of you have no plans to rush to other places, or stay in my house first, it will be my 30th birthday in three days. I hope you can stay and attend my birthday party."

Nangong Xiong directly nodded in agreement.

Su Qi also smiled, and then called the girl named Xiao He and asked her to arrange a room for us.

Then Xiao He led us to the second yard. When I passed the aisle leading to the second yard, I took a look into the kitchen. There were all the kitchen utensils in it, and there were two other people, a man and a woman. Old man, they are preparing food.

When passing by here, Xiao He introduced, "That's Uncle Su and Aunt Su!"

Nangong Xie and I nodded at those two people, and they also smiled at us.

Xiao He arranged Nangong Xie and I in a guest room in the second courtyard, and I quickly said that the two of us would sleep in separate rooms. Xiao He was stunned for a moment, and then arranged another room for us: " I thought you were married."

Nangong Xiong sneered and said, "I'm not blind yet, how could I fall in love with him."

After arranging the accommodation for us, Xiao He was going to help in the kitchen, so I stopped her directly and asked, "By the way, where is the master of the house?"

Hearing my question, Xiao He froze for a moment and said, "There is no male master in this village!"

When saying this, Xiao He's expression became serious.

I asked curiously, "Aren't the two children in the front yard the children of Miss Su Qi?"

Xiao He said: "Of course it is!"

Nangong Xiong said: "This is strange, how can there be a child without a male master?"

When Nangong asked, Xiao He's expression became a little angry. After all, Xiao He is also a ghost. I was afraid that she would lose her temper suddenly, so I quickly changed the subject and said, "Can we have lunch with you?"

Only then did Xiao He's expression turn slightly better and he said: "What lunch, I haven't had breakfast yet, I just want to have lunch, you are really interesting."

I just realized it was still early in the morning.

At this time, Su Qi also led the two to the second yard.

Suddenly, I thought about the Jade Emperor Temple, and I wanted to ask Su Qi, but before I could open my mouth, Nangong Yuzhang asked Su Qi directly: "Who is the biological father of your two children? Why is he not in the house?" meet him……"

This Nangong Xun is too reckless in her actions, sometimes she is thoughtful, and she can see many details that I don't see, but sometimes she is too reckless in her actions, and she doesn't seem to think about many details at all.

Just like now, Xiaohe's expression clearly tells us that this question is taboo, but she doesn't know to temporarily avoid the topic, insisting on which pot not to open and which pot to mention.

But this may be Nangong Yuzhang, although she can see through all the problems, but she can't play tricks, she can't play tricks, she can only go straight!
Hearing Nangong's question, Su Qi was startled for a moment, and then said: "The child's father is out, and he may come back on my birthday."

When I said this, I saw a glint of fierceness in Su Qi's eyes, and then I felt that Su Qi had been frightening the green ghost.

I couldn't help wondering whether the destruction of this village was related to this Su Qi.

I hurriedly asked again: "By the way, I forgot to ask, why is there no statue in the Jade Emperor Temple in the northeast of the village?"

When I asked this question, Su Qi's eyes became even more fierce, but she quickly controlled her anger, and then said in a soft voice: "There was a fire in the Jade Emperor Temple not long ago, The gods and figures inside were all carved out of wood, so they were all burned, but I have arranged for people from the village to rebuild the Jade Emperor Temple, and the surrounding walls and main temple have to be demolished and rebuilt.”

I asked again, where were the bluestones that had been dismantled gone?

Su Qi pointed to Cunnan and said: "There is a stage over there. All the bluestones removed from the Jade Emperor Temple were used to build the stage. There will be a big show on my birthday, and it will definitely be very lively."

The Jade Emperor Temple was demolished and the stage was repaired! ?
Also, there was a fire in the original Jade Emperor Temple, is it true?No, if there was a big fire that burned the statue, then the red silk cloth on the statue's body should not have been burned. What happened to the red silk cloth wrapped around the little girl's skeleton?

We have heard more and more information from these ghosts, but we still can't connect all the things together, and we can't find out how this village became a ghost village.

Seeing that Nangong and I didn't speak, Su Qi continued: "Okay, let's have breakfast together."

There is a room in the second yard that is specially used for dining. We entered the room and sat down. Uncle Su and Aunt Su came over with food, just some vegetables and porridge, and some steamed buns mixed with sorghum noodles. .

Nangong Xiong and I only ate a few mouthfuls. After all, these are yin foods eaten by ghosts. If we eat too much, it will definitely be bad for our health.

After dinner, Su Qi stopped entertaining us, but led the two children to the front yard, while Xiao He, Sub and Aunt Su stayed to clean up the dishes.

Nangong Xie and I didn't stay here any longer, so we walked out of the Su residence through the back door, and we were going to find Xiaojia's father first.

When we passed the backyard, the two carpenters looked at us a few more times.

When we got out of Su Zhai, Nangong Yuzhang suggested that we go to the stage to have a look first. When we got to the stage, we saw a little girl standing on the empty stage. She was twisting her body like an actress. .

That little girl was exactly the little girl who held the blue lantern with will-o'-the-wisps that night.

It was also the little girl who led us into Su's house, and then the blue monster appeared, which turned the village into what it is now.

Thinking of this, I suddenly understood that Su Qi should have nothing to do with this village becoming a ghost village. She is just an ordinary part of the life of the whole village, similar to those tables and chairs, just "furnishings".

And the person who really used and manipulated those displays was that little girl!
The whole village is under her control, she is an existence beyond the life of this village!

Thinking of this, I shared my thoughts with Nangong Xiong.

On the other hand, Nangong Xiong shook his head and said, "No, no, this little girl is different from the little girl who led us into Su's house just now."

I asked what was different, why did I look exactly the same.

Nangong Xiong said: "Strength, the little girl before was so strong that I was scared, like a blue monster in the sky, but the little girl in front of us is barely a green ghost, and her strength is the same as before. Totally wrong."

Nangong Xiong said no, but no matter how I looked at it, I felt like it.

Nangong Xiong said again: "It can be said that they are not alone. Except for their strength, they are exactly the same in other places, and their breaths are all the same. It's weird, weird!"

Nangong Xizang also confused me.

The little girl twisted her body, and stopped when she saw Nangong Yuzhang and me. She looked at us coldly, with a ferocious expression on her face, as if she was angry at us for disturbing her.

Looking at her ferocious face, I couldn't help but feel a chill in my heart, and suddenly felt a cloud of yin entangled in me.

I tried to resist, but Nangong Xiong held me back and said, "These yin qi can't hurt us. We are entangled with this yin qi, but it allows us to use the yin things here! Now we are with each other." 'Fake Ghost' is about the same."

"Fake ghost? What kind of fake ghost!" I curiously asked Nangong.

Nangong Xiong said: "This is what we are like now. Many ascetics will wrap themselves in a layer of yin energy to let themselves emit the breath of ghosts, and then mix in with ghosts because they want to get involved with ghosts. Listen to the news."

I wondered again if there was any harm in doing so.

Nangong Xiong said: "There is no harm in a short period of time, but if it takes a long time, the fake ghost will become a real ghost."

I asked how long is long.

Nangong Xiong said: "Three days, probably the day we finished participating in Su Qi's birthday. But the two of us may hold on for a little longer. You have Dragon Bug Gu, and I am a member of the God Eye Clan. We may It can last five or six days."

In other words, after five or six days, no matter whether we can solve this case or not, we must leave Beiyu Village, otherwise we will become members of this place!

That little girl is the key to unraveling the mystery here, but how to use this key?
(End of this chapter)