After rebirth, I seduced the abstinent Marquis and became the white moonlight

Chapter 61: Haunted Rumors
Whether it was his words or his expression, Si Yan's reaction was somewhat weird.

After hearing this, Zhao Qingxun looked at Shen Ning who was still in a daze beside him, and Luo Baizhi who was following Si Yan like a tail, and suddenly smiled: "It's still not as interesting as General Si, who enjoys the blessing of having two wives."

This was obviously a mockery of him for having so many girls around. After all, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Luo Baizhi had special feelings for Si Yan.

Ever since he parted ways with Shen Ning on bad terms last time, Si Yan has been unfriendly towards Zhao Qingxun, and this time was no exception.

He ignored Zhao Qingxun's probing and walked straight over, looking down at Shen Ning, and said sternly, "Let's go."

Shen Ning hesitated and didn't move. He raised his head and blinked, and for the first time in half a month, he said something soft: "Can I not sleep inside?"

She really didn't want to go in, so she was wasting time outside.

It’s not because the place is dilapidated, but because this is the dilapidated temple where she was almost destroyed by the officials when she was exiled in her previous life.

Just by looking at it, she felt the past flooding into her head. The embarrassment and shame she had felt at that time were things she didn't want to recall.

Although a lifetime has passed, my hair still stands on end whenever I think about it.

Si Yan naturally only saw the surface and thought that she complained about the bad environment here, plus she had been sleeping in the open and not getting enough rest recently.

Looking at Shen Ning's thinner face, Si Yan simply made a suggestion: "If you don't want to sleep in the temple, go to the carriage with Bai Zhi."

When Shen Ning heard this, he stood up as if something had been triggered, and said with a pout, "I dare not sleep with her, for fear that she will poison me in the middle of the night."

As soon as they came out of the capital, Luo Baizhi occupied the carriage. It was not that Shen Ning couldn't snatch it away, but that she was unwilling to compete with her. With her vicious heart, who knew what she could do.

Although Si Yan didn't think Luo Baizhi could do anything against the law, since Shen Ning thought so, he might as well keep her by his side.

*
In the yard, everyone tidied up briefly and prepared to rest.

Si Chulin regretted leaving Beijing ever since he left. He had been pampered since childhood and had never lived a life like a savage.

After finishing his meal, he washed his face and asked the people he was traveling with: "Are we almost in Xiangyang?"

Because he remembered that when he set out, he said he could rest when he arrived in Xiangyang, and then he would go to Youzhou in one go.

The person next to him laughed after hearing what he said, "You are still looking forward to going to Xiangyang? I don't even want to go there. I heard that it's not peaceful there recently and it's haunted."

Si Chulin thought it was outrageous, and he curled his lips and said with disdain, "That's impossible."

People like them only believe in power, and believe in ghost retribution in the present life and cause and effect in the next life, which they think are all nonsense.

However, when others heard the word "haunted", they all echoed it.

"Yes, I heard that too. It seems that many people are missing."

"There are also crazy ones. One of my younger brothers is in the county government office, and I don't know how many of them are imprisoned there."

Si Chulin still didn't believe it and just thought it was a joke.

*
After Shen Ning entered the room, she saw that Si Yan had already spread out the straw mat and she took half of it without any hesitation. Si Yan lay down beside her with his clothes on, with an arm's width of space between them.

Although this place brought her bad memories, they were all in the past after all. Shen Ning had thought about gritting her teeth and getting through the night, but during the day she had heard rumors about Xiangyang being haunted.

So, in the middle of the night, the nightmare came quietly.

In the dream, a group of dark shadows were chasing her. She ran until she was exhausted and finally found a yard where she could hide.

After running into the yard, she quickly locked onto a room and found a little girl inside. She then took the girl into the closet and hid. "Shh, don't talk. There's a monster outside."

The little girl's eyes were clear, and she asked in a confused manner, "What kind of monster is that?"

Shen Ning held the closet door with one hand and wiped the sweat off his face with the other, explaining in a low voice: "You don't know how scary they are. They have no faces, their arms and legs are like tree roots, and they will wrap around people's necks and suck blood."

Hearing this, the little girl suddenly giggled and raised her hand to touch Shen Ning's face: "Is it like this?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the girl's eyes suddenly shrank into a dot, and then her facial features twisted and spun together until they disappeared, leaving only a face that looked like skin.

Shen Ning was so shocked that he dared not move. He felt as if the blood in his body had frozen.

The next second, she lowered her eyes and saw that there were vine-like objects in the girl's sleeves, extending all the way to her face, getting longer and longer until they covered her entire face.

In reality.

Shen Ning suddenly opened his eyes, his forehead was covered with sweat, and his heart was almost beating out of his throat.

She was breathing heavily and heard the breeze outside rustling the leaves. A piece of rag hanging on the door was fluttering in the wind. From Shen Ning's perspective, it seemed as if half of her body was shaking.

In fact, she had already woken up from the nightmare, but she was still frightened. In the empty and dilapidated temple, there was a dangerous atmosphere everywhere.

It was just a nightmare, it should be fine after a while, but the key point was that she drank too much water tonight, and now she wanted to go to the toilet but didn't dare to go alone.

Shen Ning covered his lower abdomen, forced himself to close his eyes, and said to himself: Sleep, sleep, it should be dawn after a good sleep.

However, it didn't take long.

Si Yan, who was sleeping soundly, was woken up by Shen Ning. He looked at Shen Ning with an irritated expression, with two words written in his eyes: Is there something wrong?

Shen Ning said with a stiff upper lip: "Do you want to go to the toilet? I can go with you."

Si Yan: ...

*
Shen Ning followed Si Yan and walked towards the toilet. When they were almost there, Si Yan stopped and raised his chin forward, saying impatiently, "Hold on tight."

Shen Ning looked at him, wanting to say something but stopping himself. The distance between them was still more than ten meters. What was the point of asking him to accompany her?

Seeing her hesitant, Si Yan said coldly, "Do you want me to watch you go up?"

Shen Ning: "You..."

shameless!
She didn't say the second half of the sentence, and just walked away in small steps.

After quickly finishing her work, Shen Ning glanced at the small river not far away. Last night, everyone came here to wash their hands and faces, but she was too embarrassed to come over. Now that it was right in front of her, she might as well go and wash her face instead of washing it tomorrow morning.

While thinking, Shen Ning had already walked to the river. She squatted down and just put her hand in when she suddenly caught a glimpse of something floating over from the corner of her eye.

Driven by instinctive curiosity, she looked up, and then her body froze instantly.

The object floating over was actually a man, his body was broken and visibly swollen.

The most important thing is that the man’s facial skin is gone, leaving only bright red flesh exposed.

(End of this chapter)