For some reason, although Xiaoxia couldn't see the face of the man named Anan, she felt that he was very familiar with him. She wanted to identify it carefully, but at this moment she felt the picture in her mind suddenly blurred, and with the sound of footsteps coming from the building, the hallucination completely disappeared.

It was Ruan Zhan who was back.

Xiaoxia judged who the owner of the footsteps was when she heard it. This made her not afraid, but she felt a little panic. She hurriedly took off her shoes and stuffed the bag of wedding dress back behind the bamboo curtain under the altar. When she stood up, she saw Ruan Zhan walking down the stairs quickly.

"Is there anything wrong?" he asked, with a look of concern.

"Well--no." Xiao Xia hesitated for a moment, but decided not to tell him what the water man said. Because the water man's warning kept wandering in her mind - "Don't tell the man named Ruan about this! He will do something bad! Remember, remember!"

"Then why did you run downstairs? And it's very messy." Ruan Zhan glanced at Xiao Xia in confusion. He knew she didn't want to cause trouble to him, but he didn't want her to hide anything from him.

"I heard something moving downstairs, so I came to take a look. Look--" Xiao Xia raised her hand, "I'm carrying the Blood Wood Sword! And, the talisman you left for me is also in my pocket, and nothing will happen."

Ruan Zhan nodded. Although he still felt something was wrong, he didn't want to ask more questions, "Okay, let's go upstairs first. I want to listen to you what happened just now."

He knew that her feet were inconvenient, so he came over and hugged her upstairs. Xiao Xia snuggled in his arms, and actually thanked her foot injury in his heart. If it weren't for this injury, she wouldn't have been treated like this as being hugged.

"I think, if it's not too urgent, don't use your time and space distortion technique, right?" At such a close distance, you can even feel the breathing. Xiao Xia clearly saw that Ruan Zhan's face was a little pale, and couldn't help but suggest.

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"Because it's something that goes against the laws of nature after all, I heard Wanli say that it is also a kind of spell casting. If it's too frequent, you'll be hurt."

"Okay, after this incident, I won't need it in the future. Now tell me what happened tonight." Ruan Zhan agreed, gently putting Xiao Xia on the bed, and he sat on the bamboo chair aside. After listening to Xiao Xia's detailed talk about what happened tonight, he breathed a sigh of relief and fell into deep thought.

He is too tired!

On this side of the river valley, in the hill, there are two other villages besides Naman Village. Through the uninterrupted investigation over the past two days and nights, the suspicion of one of the villages has been basically eliminated. In other words, that village has nothing to do with the matter he investigated. That is because that village is far away from Naman, and the other village called "Najin" has a close connection with Naman.

These two villages are Dazhai built after liberation. They do not divide their residences according to their ethnic groups, but they live in a mixed place, including Zhuang, Miao, Bai, Lisu, Pumi and Yi. Although the villagers have some differences in religious customs, they have been integrated quite well because of their mutual respect. Moreover, intermarriage among different ethnic groups has begun to be long ago.

In this incident, the first thing that caught his attention was the straw raincoat ghost. Although she seemed to be a small character, because of the beautiful pair of embroidered shoes, it was shown that she was the first thread exposed in the clues of messy clues, so the first thing he investigated was her origin.

According to the old man in the village, only during the Cultural Revolution did a bride die in a nearby village. Because she fell in love with an educated youth, her parents insisted that she marry a local young man of the same race, so the beautiful Miao girl jumped into the river and committed suicide on the day of her wedding.

This sounds like an ordinary and tragic love story, but after Ruan Zhan ran to Najin Village to inquire about the situation of Miao Girl, he found out that the sad groom back then was actually from Naman Village!

The clue pointed back to the vine again!

That man! That man! The only clue left by Guan Zheng before his death is also Huang Boheng's hometown, or the real Yang Muyou transits from Myanmar. It is more likely that the "necrotary Yang Muyou" is attached to the person and begins to harm the world. In addition to the situation he has learned in the past few days, he is very sure that all the secrets will be revealed here!

When he learned that the groom was from Naman Village and came back here to inquire about the situation, he found that the villagers who had always been cheerful and simple were very secretive about it and never mentioned the groom's family. He was forced to ask him so much that he said that the groom's family had moved to later.

This reminded him of two other situations: First, an old man in the village had aroused his conversation with him, and after telling him about the incident where the bride jumped into the river, he was immediately pulled back by other old men, and it seemed that he was blaming him for talking too much; Second, the bride's parents also died one after another shortly after the tragedy, and the cause of death was unknown.

What strange thing did the villagers not want to talk about the groom's family? Ruan Zhan did not ask again. First, he came here as a traveler, and collected stories because he was interested in the anecdotes in the mountain village, and did not want to act too much; second, he was unwilling to force others for his own affairs.

The people here are kind and honest, with their own unique religious worship, that is, worshipping ancestors and believing in all living things, and the consciousness of witchcraft is also very popular here. Therefore, since they have an unspeakable horror about this matter, whoever believes that whoever says it will be retribution, how can he force them to tell the truth? That will make them feel very uncomfortable. If they solve the problem themselves and pat their butts and leave, those who leak these things may be uneasy for life and will always be in the shadow of being retaliated by witchcraft.

It’s better to try it yourself first, he will definitely come up with a solution. He has always been unwilling to bother others about his own affairs. Whether it’s difficult or difficult, it’s all his own affairs, and he has to solve it himself!

As for the current dilemma they are in, he decided to focus on the marriage that year, and on the groom. Because what stopped them in the wild shop and hurt Wanli were related to the bride's straw raincoat ghost turned into and the so-called master behind her. When he and Xiaoxia tracked the strange woman like that of the savage, she also said that there was a person who was very powerful and repeatedly mentioned the bride.

Assuming that all this was done by the groom back then, why did he hurt them?

There are only two possibilities: one is because he is evil and likes to kill innocent people; the other is that he was bribed by Huang Boheng or fake Yang Muyou, which is a "professional" behavior; the third is that the groom himself is one of Huang Boheng and Yang Muyou!

He prefers the third of these three possibilities.

But if the groom is Huang Boheng, it is not in line with age. Because Huang Boheng is only 35 years old this year, he came to their city ten years ago and developed rapidly. And the tragedy happened that year was 69 years old. Even if ethnic minorities get married early, he will still be in his fifties.

As for Yang Muyou, it is even more unlikely that he was a groom, because in the Japanese ghost case in City A, there is evidence that he existed during the Japanese invasion of China, and he was already in his forties back then. In addition, the chance of he being a minority is not high. Although he is not known why he has something to do with this simple mountain village, he cannot become a young ethnic minority with a family and a career in the past six years, and he still has to marry and have children. The most important thing is that he is a necromancer because he can only walk around because he is attached to the real Yang Muyou. He has been deceiving with the Japanese, and he has not learned the technique of resurrection of the necromancer. He must have practiced for a long time, even if he can change more than a fairy, he has no energy.

Unless - this groom has any magic to ensure that his appearance is young, as for his identity and appearance, it can be completely fake.

From this point of view, the groom has a great chance of being Huang Boheng!

They came to investigate him and "Yang Muyou", but they were attacked halfway; he was interested in Xiao Xia, but he used to pretend to be Xiao Xia's boyfriend, Wanli Gu; he was born here, but no one knew him; the groom's family in that tragedy that year was missing, and he appeared so bizarrely. Combining these clues, the inevitable result was him.

And - his senior secretary Bai Jingjing is dead!

Ruan Zhan got the news in the evening, because he had gone to the county town tonight and sneaked into the relevant departments to check the written information of Huang Boheng and the groom's family that year, but found nothing. Huang Boheng had no such person at all. It was probably a pseudonym. As for the groom's family, there were only two words and they were missing. However, the family's surname was Huang, Huang's husband and wife and son Huang Shitou.

After finishing this, he ran to the post office and called and asked Liu Tie and Niyang if there was anything unusual in the store. As a result, they told him that Bai Jingjing, a regular customer in the store, died in a car accident a day ago. The news is currently the only topic of conversation in the bar.

Ruan Zhan’s guilt in his heart was indescribable. He didn’t believe that Bai Jingjing would have a car accident, and must have been retaliated by Huang Boheng. Why didn’t he think of this and take protective measures against her? Although she pestered him first, he temporarily accepted her to get information.

Naman is a small village, and the map enlarged in the local area is just a small black dot. On the national map, together with the entire mountain and the entire river valley, it will not attract the attention of others. Of course, Huang Boheng's fake file will not mention it. How could anyone know his origin? It was just because Bai Jingjing had been his mistress for many years that he accidentally learned about it among his bed brothers.

Bai Jingjing is a woman who is strict, knows how to behave and knows how to advance and retreat. This is why she has been able to sleep with wolves for many years but is safe. However, because of his "heart" and his spy, she revealed Huang Boheng's little-known secret after drinking. Then he came here with the clues provided by Guan Zheng before his death and Bai Jingjing's information.

Huang Boheng was caught in his old nest, of course, it was easy to find out who was leaking. With his cruel personality, of course he would not let anyone who betrayed him go, so Bai Jingjing was killed! Why did he neglect before? It was his indifference that caused her death!

Since he learned the news, he has been condemning himself, and the guilt in his heart has made him breathless. Although he knows that nothing can be made up for, he just can't let it go!

The women who have had a relationship with him have no good ending. Nana, Gu and Fang, Bai Jingjing, are Xiao Xia now. However, he will never let Xiao Xia have another accident, even if he sacrifices everything, he will protect her!

Thinking of this, he looked at Xiaoxia and saw Xiaoxia in a daze, full of thoughts.

"What are you thinking?" he asked.

"I'm thinking about that water basin."

“Is it really just scaring you?”

"Yes. It didn't say anything - it just scared me." Xiao Xia stammered for a moment.

Ruan Zhan shook his head secretly.

Xiao Xia really doesn't hide herself. She is the kind of person who puts any worries on her face. She is simple, but she is easily hurt.

"Don't be afraid, it's just witchcraft." He said softly.

"But it feels very real." Xiao Xia subconsciously touched her neck, "I thought about it later, too. I heard that many divination techniques are watched with water basins, just like the crystal ball of a Western witch."

"Well, that's an illusion. As long as you ignore it, and you have the blood wood sword to protect you, you won't hurt you." Ruan Zhan said as he picked up a petal on the table, "It is this that falls into the basin that will make the witchcraft work. You should know that the people who are against us are very good at controlling plants and animals, and his Gu is also refined with this."

"Have we met a boss-level figure again?" Xiao Xia asked worriedly.

"Don't worry about him. No matter who it is, you can't take my friend's life away in front of me! Do you believe me?"

Ruan Zhan's question reminded Xiao Xia again what the man in the water said, and then the hallucinations that appeared on the altar on the second floor.

"Believe, I believe in you!" She nodded vigorously, indicating her determination.

"You won't believe it wrong."

"Are you leaving again?" Xiao Xia asked hurriedly when he saw Ruan Zhan stand up.

"I'm going to keep looking for that weird woman. I think there's a high chance that she will appear again nearby."

"But you also need to take a break, sit for another ten minutes!" Xiao Xia looked at Ruan Zhan longingly.

"Don't worry, I'm right here nearby, I can hear you shouting. Moreover, I believe that the ghost will not come again, otherwise it will be the same as the free-handed. If he controls the plants, you can use **. Haven't you taught you to use it?" I thought Xiao Xia was afraid, Ruan Zhan comforted her.

Xiaoxia didn't say anything, but reached out to touch the bed. There was a ** that Ruan Zhan borrowed from the village. When he left in the morning, he had already made careful defense skills.

When ghosts come, there are broken banners and spells, and when there are physical things, there are ** to serve them.

"Then five minutes." She almost begged.

Ruan Zhan hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded in agreement. Unexpectedly, Xiaoxia made further requests, asking him to sit next to her and hold his hand with both hands.

He still didn't reject her, but it was a little strange. He knew that Xiaoxia had a good impression of him, but she had never stuck to him like this. This was the first time, but it made him feel the last time.
Chapter completed!