The bamboo forest is late, and the twilight wind is gradually rising.

The sound of the wind blowing the bamboo leaves is like a beautiful evening song.

Shen Mingyan sat on a stone bench in a corner, groping for the bamboo leaves in her hands, and looked at the path from time to time.

Cai Xiang ran back again and said, "Girl, I still haven't seen my son come back." ”

Followed by two mothers-in-law in brown dresses, they strode to the front of the ancestral hall. The two mothers-in-law who had been guarding before left with a smile.

Seeing that it was getting dark, and the fog gradually shrouded her, Shen Mingyan couldn't help but stand up.

The ancestral hall was even darker, and Shen Mingyan could hardly see Qin Qingyu and Shen Pengrun.

Shen Mingyan looked at one of the mothers-in-law and said, "Mama, isn't there a light in the ancestral hall at night?"

"Oops!" the mother-in-law pouted: "It's really not a good family, I don't know how expensive firewood and rice are." The old lady has always been diligent and thrifty, so when did the lamp be lit? Isn't it still dark?"

At this time, I saw the faint light in the bamboo forest getting closer and closer.

"Childe is back!" Cai Xiang had already walked up quickly.

The person who came was not Li Tianbao, but Shen Mingyan, and she also brought two little girls, who were carrying a big food box in their hands.

"Third sister!" Shen Mingyan went up and shook Shen Mingyan's hand: "It's time for dinner, I'll bring you some." ”

"Thank you, eldest sister!" Shen Mingyan raised her eyes and saw the obscurity in Shen Mingyan's eyes, and knew that she must have interceded, but it would not affect the strength of the old lady's punishment in the slightest.

"Third sister!" Shen Mingyan said again: "Daddy already knows, and he is also interceding for Aunt Qin!"

"Big sister. Can you send someone to the city? My brother and Uncle Fu have gone back, and it is time to come back. ”

"Okay!" Shen Mingyan hurriedly said, "Then you can eat some." Shen Mingyan said and came to her mother-in-law again and said with a smile: "Mama Wu, it's convenient for you to let me send some food to the second brother." My mother loves him the most, you know. ”

"Girl!" the mother-in-law also smiled: "Please don't embarrass the old slave, you know the rules of the family." ”

"But!" Shen Mingyan still begged, so she listened to Qin Qingyu inside: "Yan'er, you go back early, we ate a lot at lunch, and we don't want to eat at this time." ”

Shen Pengrun also said: "Sister." Take your third sister back! There are so many mosquitoes here!"

Shen Mingyan was slightly stunned and hurriedly said to a girl: "Hurry up and light the incense." ”

In order to send someone to inquire about Li Tianbao. Shen Mingyan only left a maid waiting to get the food box, and she returned first with a girl.

At this time, a man in a black shirt outside the bamboo forest, carrying a bamboo basket, quietly walked in from the corner gate.

He hid in the bamboo forest. Looking at this side from afar.

A translucent white tulle wind lamp on the stone table.

Six women sat around the stone table. Two are older. The other four are also in their teens.

It's all women!

The man couldn't help patting the bamboo basket, sighed deeply, and cautiously approached the stone table.

Look at the lights from the dark. It's much easier to see clearly.

You can see everyone's faces clearly when you get close, and the man slowly plucks the bamboo basket.

Undo the thread of the soft cloth seal with the bamboo basket mouth facing down. In the night, two feet long, brightly colored snakes slowly crawled out.

The man put away the bamboo basket and hurried away.

When night fell, a white forest wind lantern was hung on both sides of the ancestral hall gate, and it became more and more dark inside.

The little girl put away the lunch box that she barely ate, and slowly left with the wind lamp.

At the beginning of the month, there is not much moonlight in the bamboo forest.

After a while, a scream broke the silence of the bamboo forest.

"Snakes! Help!"

When Shen Mingyan and the others ran in front of the little girl.

The food box fell to the ground, the dishes were scattered all over the ground, and the little girl was sitting on the ground, holding her left foot with both hands and shouting in horror: "Snake!

Soon, a group of nurses also rushed over with lights.

The mother-in-law lifted the hem of the girl's skirt, looked at her ankles, which were already bruised and swollen, and said, "Ah! This snake is afraid that it is poisonous! Carry her to the inner courtyard and ask the doctor to come and take a look." ”

"Who was bitten?" Shen Pengrun pushed away the crowd and squeezed in.

He saw that it was a little girl, and only then did he relax slightly, and looked at Shen Mingyan who looked surprised on the side and said, "Didn't they all let you go back? Listen to me! It's also Aunt Qin's intention, you all go back! What if you accompany you? Just one more person will suffer! Don't worry, I will take care of Aunt Qin!"

"Second brother!" Shen Ming frowned and said, "There is a poisonous snake here! How can you continue to kneel again? The old lady will not take human life as a child's play if she is angry." Let's go, I'll pick up my mother!"

"Yes!" Mo Li, Mo forgot to pick green incense and echo together.

"Let's go!" Shen Pengrun took the lead and ran towards the ancestral hall.

The door of the ancestral hall is still open, but the mother-in-law guarding the door is gone, only the two wind lamps swaying in the wind glow miserably white.

"Mother, mother!" Shen Mingyan shouted and rushed into the ancestral hall.

The ancestral hall was empty except for the display of dark tablets.

"What about my mother?" Shen Mingyan grabbed Shen Pengrun's shirt: "Did my mother come out when you came out?"

"No!" Shen Pengrun shook his head again and again and gasped: "Aunt Qin was worried that something would happen to you, so she asked me to run out first to take a look, she didn't get up at the time, and then I didn't know." ”

"What about the doorkeeper, who was not there when you came out?"

"I was only worried about you, I didn't pay attention!"

"In addition to this gate in the ancestral hall, there are other small doors?There are snakes in the forest, what if my mother encounters a snake alone?" Shen Mingyan's voice couldn't help but tremble.

"Sister, don't be afraid! Let's go and find out, maybe the people are too flustered, and Aunt Qin may follow them!"

At this time, Qin Qingyu slowly opened his eyes.

It was pitch black, and there was a faint, sweet and greasy fragrance in the air.

A long, low male voice sounded: "Urging Wenxian, do you remember that your husband has a secret parchment diagram?"

Qin Qingyu only felt that his consciousness seemed to be controlled by something, and he couldn't help but say, "Remember." ”

"Really?" the man's voice said happily, "Then do you know where he hid the parchment?"

"It's burned!" Qin Qingyu replied with a wooden voice.

After a few moments, the male voice asked, "Is it really burning?"

"It's burned, it's burned!it's all burned!" Qin Qingyu replied repeatedly.

After a long silence, the male voice asked, "Have you seen that picture?"

"Remember!"

"Then you might be able to draw it?"

"Yes!"

With a "Okay!" Qin Qingyu only felt that her eyes lit up, and a young man was squinting into her eyes. (To be continued.) )