Night was enveloping, and the land was dark.

Because it was in a period of war, although Lingzhou Mansion was only brushed by the southwest, now as the war dragged on for longer and longer, there was an overall depression here in the north.

Especially ordinary people, they just want to be safe every day they live, and when it gets dark, everyone will go to bed early.

In the courtyard of the Liu family tonight, candles were lit from the gate to the front and back of the courtyard. The candle flame is not ostentatious, but there is not much sadness either. It is not a red candle, but a white wax purchased in a unified manner, lit in each room, and replaced with white candles in the lanterns hanging at the door, eaves, and corridors.

Qian'er hugged the dumb aunt, stepped on this thin white light, and walked all the way to the mourning hall.

The mourning hall is located in an empty room next to Liu Dingmao's study.

A housekeeper has long bought all the items used in white affairs, and hung them up, put them on the table, and burn them on the ground. This was ordered by the dumb aunt, and it must have been these old servants who regretted the Chen family in their hearts after all, so they were all dressed up in a neat and orderly manner.

In the distance, you can see a fire burning in front of the spirit. Two figures wrapped in wide white cloth filial piety shirts knelt in the dust, crying and burning paper.

"One is Xue'er, and the other is her!" Qian'er's body trembled, not daring to move forward.

The dumb aunt kept walking, and her tone was very normal, "Let's go, even if this person doesn't trouble us, I plan to settle an old account with her after I'm done." ”

She was already close as she spoke, Liu Xue, who was kneeling on the left, raised her head, the candle flame was dim, and the smoke was smoking, she rubbed her eyes to see clearly, her eyes were red, and she was a little hesitant, it seemed that she wanted to call her sister-in-law, but she didn't dare. Suddenly lowered his head, ignored it anymore, and slowly burned the paper.

"Don't cry! Don't cry in front of her!" Liu Ying roared.

Liu Xue cried even more.

The dumb aunt stretched out her hand and hugged Liu Xue's small shoulder, "If you want to cry, cry, the loss of my mother's heart hurts, and it is natural to cry." ”

Next to him, Liu Ying snorted coldly.

Liu Xue hesitated, but after all, she couldn't help but plunge into the arms of her dumb aunt and burst into tears.

While crying, he stood up and gave way for the dumb aunt to kneel down to pay respects.

Liu Ying suddenly pulled out the futon mat that Liu Xue had just given up, "Our mother, we don't need others to pay tribute! It's not uncommon! The partnership forced her to death, and this son will come to pretend to show it to whom!"

Qian'er was angry, "How did the eldest lady die, what did you see at the time, how did you rely on my little grandmother? She committed suicide! This is what everyone in the family has witnessed!"

"Qian'er!" the dumb aunt suddenly spoke, her voice was sharp, very cold, and there was a chill.

Not only was Qian'er stopped, but Liu Ying couldn't help but keep her mouth shut.

The dumb aunt walked half a circle around the place where Liu Ying and Liu Xue knelt, and did not look at the Chen coffin facing in front of her, but continued to go backwards, stopping in front of another coffin later, but did not light the fire to burn the paper, nor did she cry, but just looked ahead and slowly knelt down.

"Little grandma, the ground is too cold...... "Qian'er exclaimed, and hurriedly took the spare mat in the front row.

The dumb aunt spread out one after another and knelt down again, but she did not kowtow, did not burn incense and light paper, not like she came to pay tribute to the dead, but came to visit an old person. You're not welcome to come, sit on the ground, face each other, and look at each other like this.

"I'm wondering, what kind of person are you. The dumb aunt said, staring at the dark coffin in front of her.

Qian'er knelt behind the dumb aunt.

Next to it are the Liu sisters.

Further to the door, guarding the servants of the Liufu Mansion.

The dumb girl's voice is not hidden, but it can't be reached outside. The sisters of the Liu family next to them could hear it clearly.

"This time last year, on the first day after I woke up, I was dragged into the bench room by you and beaten half to death. And then I never saw you again. Now I know that you are not an ordinary servant woman, but have a background. You are the maid of the Chen family, and you married here with the eldest lady as a companion. You have a strange temper, you are withdrawn, you are not willing to participate in any trivial matters around the eldest wife, and you do not associate with anyone, you only hide in a dark place and live a quiet life. The eldest lady set up a bench room to house you. In the eyes of everyone, you are just a vicious and vicious mother-in-law with a bad temper, why did you stand up today? You are the first to take the lead, and the evidence is ironclad, and you and your master can no longer quibble. But I never understood why you did this? What is the relationship between you and Xie Yulin? Why did his handwritten letter end up in your hands? Does he believe in you so much? Could it be that there is a connection between him and you that no one else knows?"

It was dark and heavy outside, the lights in the room were dim, and two black coffins were lying on the ground, and the atmosphere was extremely gloomy.

Only the slightly muffled voice of the dumb aunt knocked on her heart one by one.

Liu Xue was not afraid of the little sister-in-law, but last year she pestered her to comb her beautiful hair and wear her new clothes. When she came back this winter, Liu Xue was so happy that she ran to visit early, and her sister-in-law was still so polite and affectionate, and gave her a bag of delicious food brought out from the palace before leaving. But today Liu Xue saw her mother die, although she committed suicide, she also had an inseparable relationship with her sister-in-law who was forced step by step. In addition, her sister Liu Ying seriously warned her not long ago that if she dared to have intimate relations with her mother-killing enemy again, she would ignore Liu Xue for the rest of her life. So when the sister-in-law came just now, she didn't dare to say anything.

Now the little sister-in-law's voice is in her ears, and she wants to pretend not to hear it, but this voice wants to drill into her ears. She saw that her sister was the same, and she was listening blankly.

"Between you, a pair of master and servant, is the relationship between the young lady and the maid, and at the same time, it also forms a situation of a man and two women, I don't know what secrets are between you, this is difficult to know, and there is no need. I'm here tonight just to tell you a word, thank you. Thank you. I was lucky to survive this time, because you gave me a chance to live. ”

Slowly stood up and bowed to the coffin, "Thank you, please rest assured that you will ......"

Then he didn't look at Liu Ying and Liu Xue, bypassed them, and walked out of the mourning hall.