Late at night in the cold winter, Gu Juan rushed in the wilderness, alerting to the strange situations that might suddenly appear around him, while constantly reviewing everything he had experienced since yesterday afternoon until now.

If the nightmare doesn't happen anymore, it means that as long as you don't get near the town, there will be no problem.

But if the nightmare continues to come at the fourth watch as scheduled......

Gu Juan frowned, then he had to go back to Youxie Town again, find a way to find the source of such a strange situation, and then ask for the Jungle Knife, wave the Flame Palm, and try to make it dissipate between heaven and earth.

The sky gradually brightened, and the warm sun shone on his body, and also dispelled all the chill he had accumulated in the middle of the night.

Gu Juan walked extremely fast, all the way to the west, and finally came to another town one hundred and fifty miles away from Youxie Town before lunch, Xilun Town.

At this time, it is time for the townspeople who have gone out to work to return to rest, and the streets of the whole town are bustling with activity, and some farmers wash and pick the radishes and cabbages that have just been stored in the cellar and prepare dinner.

Most of the others gathered at the town's only liquor shop to reward most of the day's work for two of the cheapest side dishes and a pot of old wine.

Gu Juan strolled into the wine shop and asked if there was a private room, so he had to sit on the side and wait.

The two peasants at the window table glanced at it, drank their wine in a few sips, and gave up their places.

After Gu Juan sat down, he ordered four cold, four hot and eight plates of dishes in one go, and asked for a whole jar of soju, which immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the wine shop.

However, seeing his dress, most of the people only dared to look at him from a distance, and only a young man in a silk robe walked over with a smile and a pot of wine.

"Meeting is fate, please take a seat. ”

Gu Juan glanced up and directly invited him to have a drink.

The young man didn't shirk it, but just lit up the money bag on his waist, sat down opposite Gu Ju, and poured a glass of wine for each of them.

After a while, Xiao Er came up with the food, spread the whole table, Gu Juan ate a few bites at random, and then clinked glasses with the young man and drank them all.

After three rounds of drinking, the two are already quite familiar with each other.

Gu Juan also knew that the young man in front of him was called Wang Ji, the son of the largest landlord in the town, and he was also famous and famous, and he was studying at home to prepare for the exam.

Today, Wang Jiwo felt bored at home, so he came out for a walk, and happened to meet Gu Juan in the wine shop.

After a while, when Wang Qi was drunk, Gu Juan asked him if he had seen a Taoist priest in the town.

Wang Ji was stunned for a moment, thought for a long time, and suddenly widened his eyes, "Brother Gu said this, I really remember one thing." ”

He immediately summoned the shopkeeper of the wine shop and asked a few questions.

A quarter of an hour later, Gu Juan and Wang Ji arrived at a dilapidated thatched hut on the edge of the town, and saw a scruffy Taoist priest slumped inside, unkempt and unkempt beggars.

"Wine, wine, ......" The Taoist priest was crazy, and when he saw the two of them, he didn't say anything, and it was just this one word over and over again.

Wang Ji snorted coldly, turned his head to look at Gu Ju, if he came by himself, I am afraid that he would have found someone to throw this old madman out of the town.

Gu Juan's face sank like water, and after a moment of silence, he first sealed the Taoist priest's mouth firmly with a cloth, and then asked Wang Ji to find someone to buy two jars of soju and a roast chicken from the wine shop.

After making an excuse to break Wang Qi, he closed the door of the house, reached out and took out the foul-smelling cloth ball, opened a jar of soju and placed it at the Taoist priest's feet.

The sloppy Taoist priest immediately pounced on it, and poured it into his mouth with a bang, and the wine flowed down his dirty beard, and soon soaked the placket of his chest.

Gu Juan silently stared at the middle-aged Taoist priest who was desperately pouring wine, a little surprised that this person still had kung fu in his body, looking at his action just now, it was difficult for a martial artist who had not cultivated to have this kind of skill.

When the man was biting the roast chicken, Gu Ju's voice without a trace of emotion sounded in his ears, "You are Daoist Li from Youxie Town?"

He stuffed his mouth full of chicken, and said indistinctly: "It's me, who are you, why do you know about me, and you came here to look for me?"

Gu Juan didn't answer his question, and asked straight to the point: "What did Hu Yuan say and do when he came to you?"

"After leaving the town, did you still have nightmares that you couldn't remember?"

Smack!

The half-eaten roast chicken fell to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Daoist Li raised his head, his cloudy eyes flashed with fear and depression, he slowly stood up from the ground, and the whole person seemed to suddenly regain his clarity at this moment.

"It turns out that you are the same as me. ”

He laughed, bent down to pick up the roast chicken from the ground, and ate it despite the fact that it was still covered with a layer of dirt and ash.

It's just that his eating appearance has become much more elegant this time.

"He just described to me in detail the situation of continuous nightmares, and didn't say anything else, and after spending the night in my Taoist temple, he went back to the house directly, as for what I did, it was just to take his money and do a set of rituals. ”

Then the nightmare came without warning...... I can't escape, no matter how far I run, it's a fear that seems to seep into the soul, and I've tried other methods, but it still doesn't work. ”

Gu Juan waited for him to finish the roast chicken little by little, and then said lightly: "Hu Yuanwai died last night." ”

"It's better to be dead, it's better to be dead. Daoist Li was stunned for a moment and sighed heavily.

Gu Juan said again, "Since I have found you and understood the situation I want to know, I will return to Youxie Town today to see if the second inference is correct." ”

"If my speculation is correct, tonight is the death date of Xiao Yun, the concubine of Hu Yuan, and then Zheng Huyuan, and you, everyone is no more, no less, from the beginning to the end is six days. ”

"I roughly calculated, if there is no accident, you still have three days of life, Li Daochang, what do you think, do you want to cut yourself off in advance, or wait until the end to fight to the death?"

Daoist Li didn't speak, just poured wine into his stomach one by one.

He didn't seem to have a small amount of alcohol, and he didn't feel drunk under the two jars of soju, but his eyes were getting cloudier and cloudier, and it looked like he was covered with a layer of mist.

Boom!

He swallowed the last sip of wine, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly asked, "Hu Yuan, is he still peaceful?"

Gu Juan said expressionlessly, "Looking at the look on the corpse's face, it should be very uneasy. ”

"Nervous?"

Daoist Li suddenly laughed, "You just said that you fought to the death? I don't even know what the enemy looks like, I can fight to the death, but how to fight, who to fight? Or break myself, at least, I can choose my own way of death." ”

Gu Juan nodded, "It's a matter of life and death, you decide for yourself, I won't get involved...... Also, have you ever told anyone about it?"

"Nope. ”

"That's good. ”

Gu Juan walked to the door, turned around again, his face was hidden in the shadows, and his voice was a little dark when he spoke again, "So, is Daochang Li going to go on the road now, or will he go back to Youxie Town with me first, and then choose an auspicious day to be in the dust?"

Daoist Li lowered his eyes and showed a smile, "I'm here, I don't want to go on the road, I don't want to go anywhere." ”

Gu Juan also chuckled lowly, "Oh? ”

Daoist Li exhaled a heavy mouthful of wine, "It seems that you still don't worry about me." ”

"Also, you know what happened during the four watches and the nightmare, right?"

"I don't know what's going on, but I know I can't let it spread anymore. Gu Juan put his hand behind his back, and when he took it out again, he already had a cold and shining axe.