Since that New Year, Qinghe County sells more firecrackers every year than other counties until today, because people in the town say that the Ying family was beset by the Nian beast.

Some adults would scare children by saying "If you don't listen, the Nian beast will come to eat you."

Zou Yongfeng was obviously frightened. He looked around and said in a low voice:

"A few months ago, I passed by the Ying family's old house and saw a very big black shadow."

"It's a bit like the Nian monster that adults used to scare us with when we were little. Seeing that the New Year was approaching, my family quickly moved."

"Nian Beast?"

Li Mo frowned, feeling the little hand in his palm getting colder and colder. He rubbed it gently, but it couldn't be warmed up.

Li Mo shivered from the cold.

He glanced over and found that Ying Bing's eyes were a little vague and out of focus, and there was no trace of blood on his fair face.

Long-forgotten memories suddenly began to attack Li Mo.

It's a small piece of ice.

When she first came to the Li Mansion as a child, she locked herself in her room all day long, only coming out occasionally to eat. Occasionally, when she heard a loud noise, there would be some fear in her eyes. Her expression at that time was the same as it is now.

It's not just cold, but also a bit empty.

It was exceptionally cold in the Li Mansion during that period, and even the snow melted later than in other places.

"Bingtuozi, let's go home."

"Yeah... OK."

Li Mo greeted Zou Yongfeng, said goodbye to the family of three with a smile, and said that he would come to their house for a full-month banquet after the baby was born. Then he turned around and went home with Bingtuozi.

Looking back, I saw a lifeless ruin on the bank of Qinghe River, which was so cold and desolate that it was out of place in the New Year.

......

As soon as she got home, Ying Bing went back to her room after dinner and never came out again, although she whispered to Li Mo that she was fine and just needed to have a good rest.

But while eating, Li Mo couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

What exactly happened to the Ying family back then?

She was silent and he didn't say much.

This scene made Gu Xueqin feel a little strange:

"Son, what happened to you two?"

Li Mo shook his head: "No, she and I went out today and ran into Fengzi."

"Did he say that he saw something in the winner's old house?" Li Dalong asked.

"Dad, do you know?"

"What does your father do? He came to the county government office to report a case that day. He reeked of alcohol. He must have been drunk."

Li Dalong was annoyed: "Fengzi is like a madman. I took people to check, and there was not even a ghost there."

Was Fengzi drunk and saw it wrong? But that wouldn't mean he had to move...

In fact, in the afternoon, Li Mo had already used the Divine Eyes to check and found that there was nothing special in Fengzi's recent experience.

He didn't ask his father whether he saw anything that day. Li Dalong had talked about what happened that day several times at home after dinner. Besides, it was too late when his father took people there.

The one who has truly seen everything is Bingtuozi.

Li Mo looked up and saw that in the room opposite, not only was there no candlelight, there was not even a faint light tonight.

Bingtuozi is not practicing?

.....

midnight.

The door of the dark room was gently opened.

Student Li, who had been a thief for many days, quietly entered the room.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw Ying Bing lying on the bed. Her sleeping face was not peaceful and her brows were tightly furrowed.

There was a thin layer of sweat on her forehead and her hair stuck to her snow-white neck.

She...had a nightmare?

The Eye of Destiny is activated.

[Name: Ying Bing]

Age: 17

【Root bone: Taiyin Moon Phoenix body. 】

【Realm: Observe the five orifices of the spirit.】

[Destiny: Red (with the Emperor's bones, Xuanbing as his destiny, Qiushui as his spirit, and the appearance of a phoenix)]

[Evaluation: Fate has many calamities, but it can always turn misfortune into fortune. At this moment, its feathers are not yet fully grown, but when the wind and clouds change, it will surely hang high in the nine heavens and ten earths, and descend upon the six directions and eight wastelands.]

[Recent experience: haunted by nightmares. ]

Li Mo tried to release the moonlight that could calm the mind, but it couldn't smooth the girl's frown.

“What should I do?”

Little Li Tiancai frowned and suddenly thought of the second level of Fenghuang Ming Tianze, where the gods and wills were in harmony and the spirits were blended.

Bingtuozi once used this method to help him break through.

What if we use it now?

Can he enter Bingtuozi's dream?

But this also means that the two of them have to bear the nightmare together. If Bingtuozi can't wake up, he will also...

"All causes and effects, life and death are interdependent..."

Li Mo murmured to himself and held her cold little hand.

Phoenix sings in Tianze, start!

The next moment, he fell asleep in an instant and fell into Bingtuozi's arms. However, he had no intention of enjoying the soft fragrance as he was already breathing evenly.

Li Mo regained consciousness and smelled the smell of firecrackers in the air.

He opened his eyes, looked around, and was slightly stunned.

The ancestral hall is spacious. Walking down the bluestone steps from the hall, you can see the gurgling Qingshui River, with many people coming and going.

But the sky seemed to be filled with ashes, covering everything with a layer of gray snowflakes.

This is the place that has long been burned down and no longer exists - the Winner Manor Ancestral Hall.

"Little kid, who are you?"

The doorman asked.

"I am....."

Li Mo looked at his tender little hands and murmured.

"I am Li Mo, the son of Li County Magistrate..."

"So what are you doing here?"

"I'm coming...I'm coming to find...to find Bingtuo...to find Yingbing!"

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