Nine Heavens

Qingshi Villa, the ancestral hall of the five surnames, facing the ancestors, two elders, Liu Yeqing and Yuwu, stood solemnly under the altar one after the other, offering incense with both hands, chanting words in their mouths.

Not far away, Dongfang Henxue held Piaoxing Hanjian in his arms and kept babbling non-stop. His face was very haggard and his clothes were messed up. He had long lost the chic and spirit of the past. Only Piaoxing Hanjian was still shining with stars .

Behind them stood a large group of clansmen with considerable status in the village. They all lowered their heads slightly and listened to the eulogy of the two elders in front of them, all with solemn expressions on their faces. The vicissitudes of Liu Yeqing's voice echoed in the ancestral hall: "My ancestors and ancestors, thanks to your protection, I was able to successfully complete the River Sacrifice Ceremony of the Jinghua Festival today... There is a sense of sadness in that voice.

In the eastern sky, there is a crescent moon, and a few slender clouds are floating slightly. The sky is full of cold stars, changing mysterious colors.

Under the silky clouds and the moonlight, two strange black figures suddenly appeared and floated towards the Qingtian River. After a while, they appeared above the river bank. After leaving the two figures, they entered the sky again. night sky.

Watching the two strange black shadows leave, Liu Juan and Cheng Yuanfang rubbed their sore bodies and looked blankly at Qing Tianhe. The huge waves on the river rushed to the sky, fiercely washing the rocks on the river bank, stirring up layers of waves, and the waves rushed towards the face with a cool breeze.

They couldn't help shivering a few times, but the two of them immediately felt relieved and became more sober. After moving around for a while, the two of them didn't speak a word, and ran home one after the other depressed.

Seeing Liu Juan, Cheng Yuanfang, Liu He Dong, Feng Yueer, Cheng Hua and his wife rushing out of the gate, Liu He Dong asked anxiously, "Feng Er, are you not with you?" With a look in his eyes, he immediately understood what was going on.

Liu Juan said calmly: "Father, uncle and aunt, don't worry. Yuanfang and I know where she is."

Fengyue'er said angrily: "This naughty ghost, since he picked up a kitten, he often sneaks out to play by himself. Your father, I, and your uncle and aunt Cheng are afraid that she will be like those children..." Liuhe East interjected, "Don't talk about that, just take us to find it."

Liu Juan and Cheng Yuanfang looked at each other and smiled, walking ahead, the group hurried into the darkness. As he walked, Cheng Hua couldn't help frowning, because he found that Liu Juan and her son were leading them towards the back of Longyun Mountain.

He is a hunter, and he knew where it was, so he couldn't help but stop and wonder: "Juan'er, Fang'er! You are not mistaken, the wind is so weak, how come you come here?"

Hearing this, Liu Hedong and the others also stopped their figures, and looked at them suspiciously.

Liu Juan and Cheng Yuanfang were walking ahead quickly, hoping to inform the little sister in advance before everyone else, so as not to scare everyone.

Liu Juan's eyes flashed, and she said with a smile: "Well, you guys wait here, and Yuan Fang and I will take care of it for a quarter of an hour and bring back my sister."

Cheng Hua looked at the dark forest and shook his head resolutely. Of course Liuhe Dong disagreed even more, Fengyue'er looked at her younger siblings with tears in her eyes, and said, "Hurry up, let's go together."

A group of people hurried to the alpine forest in the north of the mountain again, each of them was silent, keeping their heads down and just walking, only hearing the rustling footsteps.

After walking for about ten minutes, I have already penetrated into the dense forest, with towering trees looking up, and a few stars shining occasionally from among the secret leaves, and the mottled light falls on everyone's face. Pale, with anxiety flashing in his eyes.

When the people behind saw the relaxed appearance of the two children in front, their doubts eased a lot, but their hearts were still hanging high. After struggling in the forest for a while, Fengyue'er and Shifeng's mother couldn't bear it anymore, they couldn't keep up with their pace, their faces were covered with sweat, and they kept panting heavily, but regardless of these, they still moved with great effort .

Finally, Liu Juan shouted from the front: "Feng'er! Feng'er! We're here to find you! Hurry up, Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, Mommy are all here."

Liuhe Dong wondered why Juan'er's voice was so obedient, as if reminding Feng'er of something, he couldn't help speeding up, and jumped behind Liu Juan in a few steps, followed by Cheng Hua. After walking more than ten steps, the scene in front of them made Liuhe Dong and Cheng Hua dumbfounded.

In the dense forest, there is an open space with a radius of tens of feet, which is flat and clean, without even a trace of grass, revealing the unique color of the building stones of Qingshi Villa, and a faint halo under the moonlight on the blue ground. , there seemed to be clouds of smoke rising faintly.

Cheng Hua quickly searched his memory. He always hunted. He had been to this forest so many times. Why had he never found such an open space before? His mind was blank. Cheng Shifeng lay on the ground in the open space, and teased the tiger-striped cat in front of him, who was also lying on the ground with his hands on the ground. One person and one cat were frolicking in the open space.

Cheng Shifeng smiled grinningly: "Hee hee, come here, catch me, hehe." He muttered in his mouth, and his body imitated the movements of a tiger-striped cat, sometimes leaning forward, sometimes bowing back. Fengyue'er and Shifeng's mother also arrived one after another. Seeing the naughty ghost's appearance, they were both angry and funny.

And Cheng Shifeng didn't seem to care about their arrival, he turned his head and made a grimace at everyone, and said with big eyes, "Come and play together, it's interesting." When everyone saw that she was safe and sound, they were immediately relieved, with faces Suddenly there was a smile.

Liuhe Dong smiled and said: "This child, why are you so bold, and ran here in the dark night. Hehe, second brother, like you, must be a heroic huntress when he grows up." Cheng Hua also laughed: "This naughty Damn, I really can't do anything about him. When He Ji was in the main hall, he said he was looking for Juan'er and Fang'er, but they disappeared in no time, and they ran here." After speaking, he looked at his naughty daughter with a serious look on his face. have no choice.

Before everyone came forward, Liu Juan floated forward and picked up Cheng Shifeng, and then handed it to Shifengniang who was facing her. Shifengniang scolded: "Why are you so misbehaved? You scared my mother to death by not coming home so late!" As she spoke, she pretended to be angry and patted Cheng Shifeng a few times.

"Mother, I'm very good. I agreed with my brother and sister Juan. I'll wait for them to come to me after watching the river festival. They came late."

After speaking, he looked at Liu Juan and Cheng Yuanfang and said, "Isn't that right?" The two smiled wryly in their hearts, and they both said that children's words are innocent and children don't lie, but every time this naughty ghost makes a mistake, he blames others. Really depressed, but still nodded dumbly.

Seeing the two nodding, Cheng Shifeng lowered his head and teased the tiger cat in his arms again, with a sly look in his eyes.

Hearing what she said, Liu Hedong couldn't help blaming Liu Juan and Cheng Yuanfang and said: "Hehe, it's getting late, go back quickly. Juan'er, Fang'er, don't be too playful in the future, go home earlier at night, Take care of your sister."

Liu Juan and Cheng Yuanfang gave the little guy a blank look, nodded quickly, and said yes repeatedly. Then a group of people hurried back. On the way, Liu Juan took the opportunity to nod strangely to Cheng Yuanfang, Cheng Yuanfang understood and nodded in the same way.

At midnight, in the ancestral hall of Xianhou with five surnames, the primordial spirits of Liu Juan and Cheng Yuanfang floated in the air for a while, and then landed in front of the altar like ghosts. Liu Juan quietly stared at the four paintings above the altar of the ancestral hall, motionless. Cheng Yuanfang wondered why he was so interested in those paintings.

Looking at the old paper and the rusty picture, Cheng Yuanfang didn't see anything. Can't help but ask: "Sister Juan, are you going to show me this tonight?"

"Yes, and no." Liu Juan said lightly, her gaze still not leaving the paintings.

Cheng Yuanfang was a little confused, and said with a smile: "What is yes and no, yes is yes, no is no..."

"Hehe, that's enough, don't go around. Look carefully." Liu Juan pointed to the second of the four paintings from left to right and smiled.

Cheng Yuanfang looked again, stared at it for a while, and faintly felt that there was a faint layer of mist floating on the painting, hazy, and stared for a while, the color of the painting suddenly became much clearer, as if pulling his eyes to the painting Before, there was a harsh feeling.

In the picture, a young man in black clothes, Yuexia, stands under an ancient tree, staring at the front with piercing eyes, standing proudly, with his sleeves fluttering in the wind, looking smug, but there is another red eye on his forehead, looking at It looks a little scary.

There are two left and right hands, one of which holds a long emerald green fang. On the left side of the screen, this line of characters is inscribed from top to bottom in running script: a man with three eyes and black suit with teeth, signed by a seal carving, I don't know it. Looking at it, the picture became clearer and clearer, the color tone became thicker and thicker, and the people on the picture seemed to move.

Cheng Yuanfang was startled, suddenly looked away, closed his eyes a few times, couldn't help squinting his eyes and looked over again, wondering why the plot in this painting is so familiar, could it be... Cheng Yuanfang shook his head resolutely Shaking his head, he thought it was absolutely impossible.

Liu Juan looked at the stupid Cheng Yuanfang and smiled, "How? Do you feel anything? Hehe."

Cheng Yuanfang turned his head and looked at Liu Juan in amazement and said, "This painting is a bit evil, let's go."

Liu Juan said with a rare laugh: "That boy in black really looks like you, but unfortunately he has three eyes on his head, but you have a red mole. Hehe, hehe."

Hearing Liu Juan's teasing tone, Cheng Yuanfang touched his forehead subconsciously and felt the mole Liu Juan mentioned. Well, thanks to a mole. If it really looked like the eyes in the painting, wouldn't it be a monster.

After touching it like this, my heart suddenly became brighter, and I thought, isn't it just a painting! Cheng Yuanfang turned his attention to those paintings again, his expression more focused than before. The four paintings are scrolls about four feet in size and about one foot wide. The scrolls are made of pitch-black wood, shiny with oil.

In the first painting, there is a young man in white, with a handsome face and a slender figure, with a black jade skull on his chest. In the third painting, on the high mountains, a white tiger raised its head and raised its hooves, running on the clouds in the vast sea of ​​clouds. It held a six or seven-year-old little girl in a blue dress in its mouth. The little girl was terrified, and her hands and feet were desperate struggling.

The fourth painting depicts a gloomy night, under the crescent moon, a few willows swaying like smoke, behind the trees touches the emerald smoke, and in the smoke, a young girl in emerald clothes and emerald eyes floats, her eyes are cold and her face is pale.