Episode 30: I hope people will last for a long time and live together for thousands of years 2

The little uncle is only my age, but he looks terribly calm. No matter whether I ask him whether he has eaten or not or where the palace owner is, he glanced at me with cold eyes and still bowed his head and is still in a daze at the ivory in his arms.

The ivory has not left his arms since the day he was brought back by his master, so that I can't even see what's strange. Occasionally, when I pass by the courtyard, I will see my uncle sitting on the steps and touching the ivory with his little hands over and over again. This makes me more curious.

I inherited all the flying eaves and walls that the master is good at. It's just that the palace owner didn't want me to be a killer, so he told the master to train me to be a flying thief - yes, if I really want to see the secret of the ivory, I can easily get it, even if my uncle sleeps at night.

Thinking so, I did the same. When the cicadas were singing in the middle of the night, I sneaked out of the room and stepped on the night to the outside of my uncle's room. Due to the hot weather, there was no hidden danger in the palace. The window of my uncle's room was wide open. I quietly turned in and did not disturb him.

The uncle fell asleep and held the ivory tightly as I expected, but kicked the quilt under the bed.

I replaced the ivory with a wooden stake prepared in the morning with lightning speed. My uncle slept so deeply that he naturally didn't know it at all. I came to the window and looked at the ivory in my hand in the moonlight.

The touch is rough. At first glance, I thought it was caused by the age. When I looked closely, I found that the ivory was densely carved with gullies, and the shadow was black and winding, which made people's whole body get goose bumps.

To wait to take a closer look, my uncle actually woke up with a hum. At this time, even the palace owner could not exchange the stakes and ivory back in an instant, so I had to watch my uncle throw away the stakes and stare at me in the dark room.

"Please punish me." I obediently returned to the original owner and knelt down on one knee to be punished.

Uncle didn't say anything. Without looking up, he could feel his eyes poking on my Tianling cover, and his scalp was cold.

For a long time, the uncle said, "Get up." This is the first time I have heard him speak since he entered the palace. His voice is still very young, but his tone is old-fashioned.

After I got up, he patted the bed and asked me to sit down. A series of actions made me feel that his mind was unpredictable and did not dare to disobey, so I had to sit down.

"Gun Cheng."

"Yes, uncle."

"Have you ever died?"

I didn't control my mouth and asked back with a husky. If I'm dead, can I still sit here? What's that?

Uncle ignored my puzzlement and asked, "Have you ever seen the dead?"

"I've seen it. Although my master warned me not to kill, but..." "I'm not talking about corpses, but dead people."

There was no expression on his face, and only a pair of bright eyes: "The person who has already died is still standing in front of you. Have you seen it? As he asked, he turned his head to look at me.

Please, please don't say such a terrible thing with a straight face!

"Do you believe that there are ghosts in this world?" Uncle ignored the twitching of my mouth and asked, "Thousands of ghosts will come out like a market at night. Some are missing arms and broken legs, some holding their heads in their arms, and some..."

"Disciples know what's wrong! Uncle, please stop talking!"

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"I am a ghost"

"Wow!"

"Ah ha ha ha ha..."

Gu Pingluan smiled so much that he couldn't even straighten his waist. He covered his stomach with one hand and pointed to Shucheng, who turned pale with fear: "Hahaha, it turns out that it's true that you are afraid of ghosts, alas!"

Shucheng's face turned from white to black, staring at this woman who was only one year older than him but always regarded herself as a little brother. As the quasi-three masters of Fuqin Palace, there are three pleasures in life: forcing Wei Tanyi to wear red, quarreling with Pei Shaoyin, and always playing tricks on himself when he has nothing to do.

"Sister Gu, please don't laugh," she laughed so hard that she couldn't breathe. Shucheng said seriously, "I don't think it's ridiculous."

Gu Pingluan smiled for a while, took a few deep breaths before calming down, and coughed a few times with his hands. Shu Cheng didn't know why, so he looked at her.

"I said, forgive Cheng, a thief can't be afraid of ghosts, otherwise how will you walk at night in the future? When it's dark, there are really ghosts everywhere. If you don't change it, I'm afraid you can escape from people's hands and ghosts claws.

There was a slight anger on Shucheng's face: "Sister Gu, just take care of your own affairs. How can I walk at night without worrying you?"

Gu Pingluan shrugged his shoulders indifferently and picked up his arm: "Sister is worried about you, you conscienceless guy." Seeing that he was not ungrateful, he said, "Actually, thanks to you, Tan Yi was finally willing to speak. The palace owner was very happy and was pulling him to ask questions in the warm jade hall."

Thinking of the terrible experience that night, Shucheng still looked unhappy. It's really inappropriate for me to be scared and run away by my uncle's words, but it's too reluctant to be bold to continue to listen. In the past, I never felt that I was afraid of ghosts. It seemed that the strange child Wei Tanyi was too scary.

"Sue Cheng, I have a question for you. Please answer me honestly." Gu Pingluan suddenly restrained his expression and said solemnly.

"Hmm." Absently.

"Did you find anything wrong when you sneaked into his room that night? For example, is there any strange phenomenon, or Tan Yi is doing strange things.

Strange phenomenon?

Shucheng glanced at her and made sure that she was not waiting for a joke. Then he said, "It's a little strange. Uncle slept quietly and didn't move, but later he woke up for no reason, but I promise, I didn't make any noise." This is the most puzzling thing for him, and it is indeed the most frightening point.

Gu Pingluan nodded slightly: "That's right..."

"What's right?"

"Actually, forgive Cheng," Gu Pingluan sat down next to him. "It's not only you, but even I think that the child Tan Yi is strange and young. Although he was killed, he did not respond to the warmth given by others. No matter how good I treat him, he took it for granted and didn't even give me a grateful look.

That's because you always force him to wear clothes he doesn't want to wear. Forgiveness said silently in his heart.

"Once again, the palace owner asked me to find him, saying that his homework was not finished. I searched the whole Fuqin Palace and didn't see his shadow. In the end, guess where he was?"

Shucheng shook his head. He didn't need to answer this kind of question at all, because Gu Pingluan didn't look at him and continued to say, "He ran to the Red Dragon Pool. When I found him with the mother bee, he was lying on the water - he was really lying on the water, and there was no sign of sinking at all. The clothes are all dry. The peach blossoms by the pool are blooming brightly and scattered on the water. The scenery is so beautiful that I almost doubt whether the child is human or not.

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On this day, a great event happened in the palace. Although it is said, it is only a big event for us at the upper level of the palace. The ivory that the little uncle always holds in his arms is inexplicably broken.

When it happened, Pei Shaoyin and I burned incense in front of the master's grave and hurried to tell us that it was Gu Pingluan. Looking at her appearance, I thought that something had happened to the palace owner, but she said, "The child in Tanyi doesn't look right. Come with me quickly."

The Lord of the Heavenly Palace had something to do and went down the mountain and told Gu Pingluan to take care of his uncle and aunt. Senior Gu has always been proud and domineering, and she never bows her head easily. This time she came to us in a panic. Without saying a word, Pei Shaoyin packed up and followed her back.

I finished the sacrifice and returned to the palace, and the palace owner had already returned. Everyone was in my uncle's room.

"What's going on?" The palace owner rarely got angry, but this time he unexpectedly looked very angry. "Who broke the ivory of the sandalwood coat?"