Gu Wenyu turned around and asked in confusion: "If you come to rescue me...can you be promoted to the fifth rank?" She really didn't understand the inevitable connection between the two things.
"Well, I have a secret treasure passed down from my family, which can increase my soul power in a short time, but the conditions for opening it are also very strict." After He Xi finished speaking, he looked deeply at Gu Wenyu, his eyes seemed to say: Do you see it?
You hide it from me, but I won’t hide it from you.
Gu Wenyu avoided He Xi's gaze with some panic and guilty conscience. She felt her heart suddenly skipped a beat. She didn't know the specific reason, but she felt very uncomfortable. "Uh... what are the conditions? Will there be any?"
Side effects?"
"No." He Xi looked away with some disappointment. Even he himself didn't know what was wrong with him, why he suddenly felt so emotional, and why Gu Wenyu was so unhappy when he hid it from him.
"Oh..." Gu Wenyu suddenly became mute. Her mind was buzzing and she couldn't say a complete sentence.
Now the atmosphere became even more awkward. The two of them were silent all the way, and just rushed to Guyin Village one after another.
By the time we arrived at Guyin Village, the warning cordon at the entrance of the village had been withdrawn.
Only then did Gu Wenyu realize that almost every household here had hung up white lanterns. There was a strong smell of incense in the air, and faint cries could be heard coming from the courtyard wall. Plus, it was late at night, and the atmosphere was full.
If it were Gu Wenyu a month ago, he would never want to step into a village like this.
But now, Gu Wenyu, apart from feeling a little gloomy, only feels guilty and sad, not much fear.
After all, the people who died in this village were quite innocent, and they were implicated by the Gu family.
Gu Wenyu passed by every house, and in every yard where white lanterns were hung and candles were lit, people were keeping vigil. Even in the middle of the night, there were still people burning paper money in the yard.
Seeing Gu Wenyu and He Xi passing by, the villagers glanced at the two of them unconsciously. Especially when they saw He Xi, the villagers were obviously on guard. Some villagers even had a look in their eyes.
Although they concealed their hostility, most of them just frowned slightly and did not react too aggressively.
Gu Wenyu was not too surprised by the attitude of the villagers. After all, the memories of these people had been tampered with by the white-faced fox. In their eyes, Gu Wenyu was just a relative brought back by Gu Wenyue. Everyone in the village had memories of Gu Wenyu killing the old Taoist priest.
Don't remember.
He Xi was wearing a hat and a mask and barely showed his face. Most of the hostility of the villagers was directed at He Xi. After the old Taoist priest killed people indiscriminately, the villagers were still somewhat unwelcoming to outsiders, let alone
People like He Xi who cover their faces.
Although He Xi had been to Guyin Village a day ago and knew the policemen handling the case here, this was not enough to dispel the concerns of the villagers.
So many people died in Guyin Village all at once. It was unlucky that no one in the family survived. The villagers are now in a state where the slightest disturbance can cause them to go into trouble.
Gu Wenyu whispered to He Xi: "Go to my grandpa's house first. If they are all asleep, then go to my grandpa's house to have a rest and wait until tomorrow morning."
"Yeah." He Xi naturally had no objection to this. After all, Guyin Village is Gu Wenyu's hometown.
"By the way, where's Yang Li?" Only now did Gu Wenyu think of the mushroom-headed investigator.
"I left, saying I was going back to find someone to rebuild my memory."
The white-faced fox heard this and said disdainfully: "Oh, I still want to find someone to reshape my memory that has been tampered with by the old man, so don't waste your efforts."
Gu Wenyu rarely agreed with the white-faced fox's statement. She simply repeated the white-faced fox's words to He Xi, "I'm afraid her efforts will be in vain..."
He Xida shrugged indifferently, "Maybe, but don't underestimate their abilities."
"I don't dare to look down on anyone. The main reason is that Xiaobai is too confident."
He Xi felt a little uncomfortable when he heard Gu Wenyu mention the white-faced fox, but he was wearing a mask now. Gu Wenyu couldn't see the change in He Xi's expression, and could only read a hint of worry in his eyes.
However, He Xi did not pursue the question any further and just said to Gu Wenyu: "Since there is nothing going on here, I will go back to the set early tomorrow morning. I will be talked about a lot when I come out this time."
Gu Wenyu suddenly remembered that He Xi had asked for leave specifically to help, "I'm so sorry that your trip was in vain."
He Xi shook his head, "Evil cultivators harm people, and our Tianshi Mansion is also responsible. If I could have come one step earlier, you wouldn't have..."
He Xi paused again in the middle of his words. He wanted to say: You won't have your body taken away by a white-faced fox, and you will almost never come back.
But He Xi never said this. Since Gu Wenyu didn't want to tell him the truth, he didn't want to mention it again.
"I'm fine." Gu Wenyu smiled softly. Although He Xi didn't finish the second half of his sentence, Gu Wenyu could roughly guess what he was going to say next.
The two walked in the dark and gloomy village for a long time, receiving many unfriendly looks, and finally arrived at Gu Wenyue's house.
There was a faint firelight in the courtyard. Gu Wenyu stood outside the far door and looked in, and found that Gu Wenyue was burning paper money alone in the courtyard.
"Yueyue..." Gu Wenyu called softly outside the hospital.
"Sister Wenyu..." Gu Wenyue raised her head with tears in her eyes. She was paying homage to her mother Qian who died unexpectedly.
Gu Wenyu and He Xi walked into the courtyard together. There was a coffin parked in the main room. In front of the coffin was the portrait of Gu Wenyue's mother.
Gu Wenyu stepped forward and bowed three times to the portrait, then knelt beside Gu Wenyue and burned a few pieces of paper money together, and then introduced to Gu Wenyue: "This is my friend..."
"Hello, my name is Abu." He Xi said first.
"Yes, his name is Abu." Gu Wenyu knew that He Xi didn't want to reveal his identity, so he nodded in agreement.
"Hello." Although Gu Wenyue was sad about her mother's death, she still nodded politely.
He Xi also bowed to Gu Wenyue's mother, but instead of kneeling down to burn paper money, he just stood aside.
"Sister Wenyu, where have you been these two days? Grandpa is very worried about you." Gu Wenyue asked while burning paper money.
"Nothing, just something happened suddenly..." Gu Wenyu's answer can be said to be very perfunctory.
But Gu Wenyue didn't care. She said with some pain: "Sister Wenyu, I have been hallucinating for the past two days, and I always see some terrifying pictures..."
Gu Wenyu frowned and asked, "What kind of terrifying scene?"
Even He Xi couldn't help but cast his eyes on Gu Wenyue, and he became curious about what Gu Wenyue said next.