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Chapter 16
After being found out that it was not Lin Huaizhu, Li Gui disappeared, and when Shen Sui woke up again, it was not his own room, but a mass grave.
It was completely dark.
The moon is like a hook, and the wind is like a knife.
As far as the eye can see, there are loess tombs, paper money for the underworld, and one of them was blown onto Shen Sui's face by the wind. Coupled with the shrill cry of the night owl, the horror movie effect is full.
Calm down, it's all fake.
Shen Sui recited it silently several times in his heart to embolden himself.
In the last dream, Shen Sui found that the purse containing the Buddhist sarira was missing.
When the purse was stolen and where it went, Shen Sui didn't know at all, probably it was that ghost.
Although Li Gui was in a weak stage, this was his territory after all. Shen Sui didn't provoke him like before, and stood up from the ground.
While patting the dirt off his body, Shen Sui frowned when he realized that his shoes were dirty.
This time, Li Gui did not turn into Lin Huaizhu again. Shen Sui didn't know what kind of bad move he was holding back, and walked towards the outside of the mass grave while keeping an eye on his surroundings.
Li Gui didn't show up until he walked out of the mass grave.
Shen Sui is a little confused now whether this is a dream, or if the ghost manipulated his body by some means and ordered him to come here when he was unconscious.
If it was a dream, why was there so much dirt on the soles of his shoes?
Shen Sui thought for a moment, and was about to go down the mountain to see if the other party would make a move.
The mass grave is on a barren hill. It is said that the hill is actually similar to a slope, not steep, nor high. Unclaimed dead bodies are thrown here, and a road will be stepped out after a long time.
The moonlight is bleak, and the shadows of trees around are like the arms stretched out by mountain ghosts.
The front was pitch black, like a curtain, and visibility was extremely low.
Shen Sui gritted his teeth and followed the path that his predecessors walked out of, trying to avoid the grass to avoid disturbing the poisonous snakes.
The further he walked, the more flustered he became, and he always felt that there were a pair of vicious eyes staring at him in the dark.
After walking in fear for a long time, Shen Sui vaguely heard rustling footsteps, but he didn't know where they came from.
Shen Sui stopped, holding his breath and listening to the movement around him.
The footsteps were getting closer.
After a while, a tall and straight figure gradually gathered in the darkness.
Although he didn't see the other person's facial features clearly, Shen Sui knew it was Lin Huaizhu from his height.
I just don't know if this is real Lin Huaizhu or fake.
Before the other party came over, Shen Sui called him, "Stop, don't come over yet."
The figure on the other end really stopped.
Shen Sui looked at the blurry figure through the night like black mist, and asked the question againββ
"Who did Emperor Yongzheng bring back from the Ganlu Sect?"
"Zhen Huan."
"I said earlier that you are very similar to her, so are you?"
"... Niu Hulu Shen Huai."
"I gave Guan Daijun a nickname, which I only said once in front of you."
"Death to the street boy."
After the other party answered all three questions, Shen Sui paused and asked again, "What vegetables do I not like?"
The person over there replied: "Okra."
After confirming the other party's identity, Shen Sui flew over, "Well, you know I don't like okra, but you picked so much okra for me that day!"
The night wind in the mountains was cold, and Shen Sui's face was turned pale and blue, but his eyes were bright and clear like a crescent moon reflecting water.
Lin Huaizhu twitched his eyelashes, then looked away, and rarely replied, "You also picked vegetables that I don't like."
Shen Suili was also straightforward and strong, "I'm an older brother, I can do this, but you can't."
Lin Huaizhu ignored the words and said, "Let's go down the mountain."
Shen Sui was confused, "Is this a dream or reality? Like me, you came here out of nowhere?"
Lin Huaizhu didn't answer Shen Sui's words, but instead asked him, "How did you get here?"
Shen Sui frowned in distress, and half-truthfully said: "I don't know what happened, I just lay in the mass grave when I woke up."
After a pause, Shen Sui began to complain to Li Gui, "You don't know that I had several dreams tonight, and in every dream you would kill me with a knife. I think I might be haunted by something dirty, that dirty thing turned into your appearance to kill me."
Hearing Shen Sui's words, Lin Huaizhu looked gloomy.
Lin Huaizhu hid the emotion in his eyes, and said to Shen Sui: "Leave here first, and we can talk when we go back if we have anything to say."
Although Shen Sui still couldn't figure out if he was in a dream, he felt that Lin Huaizhu was right.
Lin Huaizhu didn't even bring a lantern when he came, so they could only go down the mountain by the bleak moonlight.
Shen Sui walked side by side with Lin Huaizhu, and within a few steps a strange voice sounded in his ear.
The reason why it was strange was that the voice was exactly the same as Shen Sui's, as if he was speaking by himself.
"Don't trust this person, he is not Lin Huaizhu, he will kill you."
The voice seemed to be whispered in Shen Sui's ear, and it also seemed to be a warning from his brain.
Shen Sui was startled and looked around.
In the barren mountains and wild ridges, with the lone moon hanging high, besides him and Lin Huaizhu, where are there other people?
Seeing Shen Sui slowing down, Lin Huaizhu looked back at him.
The moonlight like silver frost fell on Lin Huaizhu's body, making his face pale and indescribably creepy.
"You have to trust me, because I am you."
"I was also killed by this monster several times, you are not really awake now, we are still in this damned place."
"So don't go with him, he will kill you again."
The voice that was so familiar that it couldn't be more familiar kept ringing in Shen Sui's ears, reminding him that the person in front of him was not Lin Huaizhu, and he was not worthy of trust.
Shen Sui stopped completely and stared fixedly at 'Lin Huaizhu' in front of him.
Seemingly aware of Shen Sui's strangeness, 'Lin Huaizhu' asked, "What's wrong?"
Shen Sui only said one word, "Run."
After speaking, he took Lin Huaizhu's hand and began to run away.
The cold wind was howling in the mountains, miscellaneous trees were overgrown, and the black mist that permeated the forest became thicker and thicker.
Lin Huaizhu's right hand was held tightly by Shen Sui, which made him feel a little painful.
Shen Sui ran with Lin Huaizhu and explained, "That dirty thing told me just now that you are not the real Lin Huaizhu, and you will kill me."
"Only a fool would believe such instigated nonsense." Shen Sui took a deep breath, "We get along day and night, and I still need someone to tell me whether you are true or not? He underestimates me too much."
Now Shen Sui finally understood all of Li Gui's plans.
This was not a dream at all. The other party did not know how to bring him to the mass grave, trying to make him mistakenly believe that this was not reality, and then provoke him that Lin Huaizhu was a Xibei.
If Shen Sui decided that Lin Huaizhu in front of him was not real and planned to kill him again, then Shen Sui would definitely choose to fight back.
As long as Shen Sui attacks Lin Huaizhu, he will be tricked by Li Gui.
What the other party wanted was for Lin Huaizhu to be alone and helpless, so that he could control Lin Huaizhu.
This scheming!
It's a pity that this ghost made a miscalculation - Shen Sui would never fall out with Lin Huaizhu, let alone kill Lin Huaizhu easily.
And he could tell the real Lin Huaizhu.
It's not for nothing that Shen Sui stays by Lin Huaizhu's side these days, even Li Gui knows the answers to those questions, but from the small details such as his tone and demeanor when he answers, Shen Sui can still tell the difference.
The person in front of him is Lin Huaizhu, as if it were fake.
Shen Sui's words fell into Lin Huaizhu's ears, like a Buddhist bell ringing from a temple in the mountains, shaking his eardrums for a long time.
That usually calm and indifferent face was like a cracked mask, something was about to leak out of it.
Of the more than fifty members of the Lin family, except for Lin Huaizhu, all the others died tragically overnight.
But he never thought of revenge.
Lin Huaizhu even asked himself indifferently, why should he avenge them?
A person who can use the wife he is marrying into the door as a cauldron and share it with his brothers and sisters, wouldn't he deserve to die?
How many people in the Lin family know about this, are they really innocent?
Lin Huaizhu didn't shed a single tear that night, and Uncle Fu, who protected him and escaped from the house, thought he was frightened and was so stimulated that he didn't cry or make trouble, with a calm face.
Until now, Lin Huaizhu has never shed tears, let alone thought about revenge. He made a deal with the ghost in the mass grave just because he wanted to live.
As for why he wanted to live, Lin Huaizhu never thought about it, maybe it was simply because Shen Sui wanted him to die.
How could his life be controlled by others?
The more those people wanted him to die, the more he didn't want to do what they wanted. He not only wanted to live, but also lived well.
This was Lin Huaizhu's belief that he had always held on to, but then Shen Sui, who wanted him dead, suddenly changed his temper and showed his favor frequently.
Lin Huaizhu's thoughts changed from 'I will never do what he wants' to 'I want to see what he wants to do'.
Since his concept changed, he became more and more comfortable dealing with the hundred-year-old ghost in the mass grave.
It was probably because the other party felt that he couldn't handle him anymore, so he made what happened tonight, trying to drive a wedge between him and Shen Sui.
It's just that she never thought that Shen Sui was very smart, and he wasn't fooled by that ghost.
It was not in Lin Huaizhu's expectation that Shen Sui was not fooled, but Lin Huaizhu was not surprised that he had changed too much recently.
But Shen Sui said something that really hit Lin Huaizhu.
Shen Sui said, we get along day and night, I still need someone to tell me if you are real or not?
Yup.
He gets along with the 70 or so members of the Lin family day and night, even if they deceive him, he should clean up the family.
Lin Huaizhu's eyes seemed to hide a terrifying beast, releasing a cold light under the bleak moonlight.
Shen Sui woke him up. They don't need outsiders to tell him right or wrong about their Lin family's affairs, let alone intervene.
Those who came to his Lin family to slaughter that night counted as one, and he would never let it go.
The sky was too dark, and Lin Huaizhu's emotions were hidden too quickly, so that Shen Sui didn't notice his strangeness.
Shen Sui couldn't believe what he heard until he heard the reminder that the favorability value was increased by 1.
Did Lin Huaizhu add favorability to him?
Shen Sui staggered and almost didn't fall.
If the current situation didn't allow it, Shen Sui would really sing a song.
Because it's really not easy to increase the score, and the degree of twists and turns is comparable to the eighteen bends of a mountain road.
The author has something to say:
Sui Sui hit straight, and hit Xiao Huai's point, so a point was added.
It's not easy, hahahaha