Wanlan went to Yangzhou to attend her son's funeral, and when it was cold in autumn, Xie Huaian and Xie Huaichang stayed in the capital and did not return, and Wu Xinyi accompanied her as her mother's family.

She wore a white robe, her face was not powdered, and she did not have beaded flowers, revealing her original pale and haggard complexion unabashedly. Wu Xinyi held her arm, and when she entered the mansion gate, Wanlan suddenly brushed her hand and stepped in with her head held high.

There was mourning in the cold air, the girls were all dressed in white, and the infant who died should not have a mourning hall, but Mrs. Chen did, just like an adult in a family who died of illness.

Wanlan paused in the courtyard outside the mourning hall, Chen Ji was beside her, thoughtfully gathered the cloak for her, and pulled out the fur collar that had been put into her mouth, and said in a low voice: "Go in." ”

Wanlan smiled at him: "Okay." ”

Mrs. Chen was also a lot haggard when she sat in the mourning hall, and her previous shrewd calculation was swept away, showing her tired and old age. Across the entire courtyard, she saw her daughter-in-law who had lost her son in the mourning hall, and a strange look appeared on her face, as if she wanted to meet her, and as if she wanted to put up a shelf again.

Wanlan's gaze only turned around her face before moving away, because there was something in the yard that caught her eye more.

A small Shouki.

Wanlan took two steps forward, her steps were so rapid that she almost tripped over herself, but when she stumbled a step, she suddenly stopped again, her face changed suddenly as if she had seen a ghost, and then she turned around and tried to escape.

Chen Ji was shocked, grabbed her, and hugged her into his arms in public: "Alan, what's wrong?"

Wan Lan trembled in the crook of his arm, and timidity and weakness poured out of her eyes and expression unabashedly, which made Chen Ji feel frightened, and he couldn't help but hug his wife tighter.

Wanlan seemed to be difficult to stay in this courtyard for even a second, she was hugged by Chen Ji, but her body was struggling to escape, even Mrs. Chen rushed to see her abnormality, and said worriedly: "Don't hit the evil spirit, carry her out quickly." ”

Chen Ji didn't believe this, but Wanlan's god really scared him, today's weather was gloomy, and against the backdrop of sadness and sorrow, it looked like a weather infested with a hundred ghosts.

"Ask someone to boil ginger soup for her. Chen Ji restrained Wanlan's struggle, picked her up, and walked quickly to her residence, Mrs. Chen followed behind step by step, Yin Yin said: "I think it's better to ask someone who knows how to come and see, I'll send someone to invite Master." ”

Chen Ji frowned, and before he could speak, a charming female voice next to him interjected: "Aunt is right, let's call the master to come and show the wife, don't bump into something." ”

Chen Ji was taken aback, turned his head to look, and exclaimed, "Su Man, why are you here?"

The woman who was called Su Man smiled at him lightly, and then changed to a worried face: "I was looking for you for something, but I couldn't find it everywhere, and I inquired with Mr. Zhang to find out that something happened to your family, so I rushed over on my own initiative to see if there was anything I could do to help." ”

As she spoke, she curled her skirt and bowed to Chen Ji: "If there is rudeness, please don't blame me." ”

Chen Ji was about to open his mouth, and Mrs. Chen spoke again: "Okay! Now is not the time to talk, besides, Aman is a good heart, Yuji, you must not blame her." ”

Chen Ji looked at the two of them in turn, didn't say anything, just nodded, said "I know", and hurriedly walked away.

Wanlan seemed to have really hit the evil spirit, and when Chen Ji and the three of them were entangled in front of the moon gate, she didn't say a word, just leaned on Chen Ji's chest and trembled. Her hands and feet were cold, and a layer of cold sweat was on her forehead, Chen Ji reached in from her back collar and found that the cold sweat on her body had soaked her heavy clothes.

Only then did he start to panic, and in an anxious tone, he sent the little maid to boil hot water, and called the girl to come in to wipe the sweat of Wanlan's wide clothes and prepare dry clothes. Originally, he watched the girls when they were busy, but he felt that they were all clumsy, so in a hurry, he actually drove them out, untied her clothes layer by layer, hugged people into the brocade quilt to warm them, and rubbed her cold hands and feet.

Su Man may have gone to accompany Mrs. Chen to invite Master, but the mourning music in the mourning hall in the front yard also stopped, and the world suddenly fell silent, and only the whining wind could be heard knocking on the window lattice, as if it was the last goodbye of a distant traveler.

No, it's not!

Chen Ji suddenly shook his spirit, and found that what filled his ears was not the sound of the wind, but extremely clear, as if it was a more poignant mourning music playing in his ears, which was played by the dumb erhu and suona. He sat stiffly on the edge of the bed, on which lay his confused wife, and the plain tent hung over their heads, like a ......

Mourning Hall.

Another mourning hall.

Someone was knocking on the door, neither lightly nor heavily, not in a hurry, and the mourning music melted into his ear canal, and it became a strange drumbeat, as if the messengers of hell who had come to greet the dead souls, waiting for them outside the door to say goodbye had been impatient and had to be reminded out loud.

He subconsciously tightened his palms, not knowing who the messenger was going to take, his son or his wife, he couldn't even tell whether the emotions in his heart were sad or fearful, he didn't even know...... Do you want to go out with a gun, and fight to the death with the thing outside the door that is going to take his family.

The knocking on the door continued, and the people outside the door were really impatient, shouting at the top of their voices: "Master, the hot water is here." ”

Chen Ji shuddered again, the strange illusion that haunted him disappeared all at once, and he heard the voice of the world again, noisy, noisy, with the smell of red dust, this voice was so pleasant that he couldn't help but cry.

The four of them worked together to carry into a steaming wooden barrel, sprinkled with soothing wormwood to ward off evil spirits, rippling the fragrance of Chinese medicine in a room, Chen Ji sent them all out, carefully carried Wanlan into the bathtub, helped her sit down, scooped hot water with a scoop, and slowly poured it from her head.

Wanlan's tears poured down her face as the water flowed down her face, and she seemed to be called back to her soul by this scoop of hot water, and then she felt sadness, and she fell on the edge of the barrel and wailed and cried.

Mrs. Chen rushed in from outside in a panic: "Yuji, I found a master and said that our family has a ghost, and Ah Lan is probably ...... by a ghost."

"Mother!" Chen Ji interrupted her with a snort, "Mother go out first, Ah Lan is fine." ”

Only then did Mrs. Chen see Wanlan in the bathtub, who had already scooped water to wipe away her tears, and looked at her with red eyes: "Mother is worried." ”

Mrs. Chen's face was stunned, and she looked at her and then at Chen Ji: "Oh...... Oooh, it's okay...... It's okay......"

She closed the door and went out, leaving Chen Ji in the house to accompany Wanlan. He picked up the ladle again and poured hot water on her, and whispered, "Are you alright? ”

Wanlan didn't answer, she sat in the tub for a while, and suddenly her body sank, submerging herself completely under the water, and a few restless strands of black hair ran out of her coiled bun, floating on the water.

Chen Ji stretched out his hand in the bathtub to catch the few strands of green silk, but Wanlan suddenly came out again, and made a "bang", which startled Chen Ji.

"Do you know where I went. She looked up at Chen Ji, with water droplets hanging on her eyelashes, with an ethereal expression, "I went down to the underworld, and I saw Pingkang." ”

Chen Ji remembered his own strange experience, his heart skipped a beat, and he didn't speak.

Wanlan grinned, as if she was laughing, and as if she was about to cry: "I saw my son, and he said that I had harmed him, and that I had no children or grandchildren in my life." ”

Chen Ji finally spoke: "What nonsense." ”

He noticed that his voice was also hoarse, as if he had a mouthful of thick phlegm in his throat.

Wanlan grinned again: "Don't you think it's right? I think it's right, I didn't save my two children, I really am...... There are no children and grandchildren. ”

Chen Ji held her shoulder: "If you don't have children and grandchildren, then won't my family have to cut off the incense?" ”

Wanlan frowned slightly, as if it was difficult to understand his words, and tilted her head to look at him suspiciously: "Yes?

Before Chen Ji could say anything, she suddenly laughed to herself, shaking her head while laughing: "You just said that you were obedient and coaxed me, Chen Yuji, I want to thank you, and you are willing to coax me at this time." ”

She lowered her head again, scooped up water to wash her face, and after a while, she got up from the bathtub: "Tell my mother to remove the mourning hall, it's useless." ”

Chen Ji wrapped her in a flannel bath towel and hugged her in the crook of his arm: "Ah Lan, if you feel that you can't stay here and want to go back to Zhenjiang, it's okay." ”

Wanlan leaned quietly in his arms for a while, and snorted: "No, I'm going to stay here for two days, and you have to be here too, and my mother still has something to say to me." ”

She spoke firmly, as if she had seen that scene happening, and knew in advance what Mrs. Chen was going to say.

Chen Ji accompanied Wanlan to live in Yangzhou and lived in a simple place. Mrs. Chen never came to see her once, I don't know if she was shameless or unintentional, but Su Man sometimes came over and sent Wanlan some soup to replenish her body.

Wu Xinyi, who accompanied Wanlan, became an idler, she wanted to take care of Wanlan, but Wanlan had a Chen Ji by her side who was guarding every inch, go and talk to Mrs. Chen, there was another Su Man in the long room.

Su Man was very kind to her, and treated her like the master of the Chen family. Wu Xinyi was curious because of this, and asked her in a roundabout way, "Why haven't I seen you before?"

Su Man smiled at her generously: "I've only been here for a short time. ”

Wu Xinyi nodded thoughtfully: "Are you from the in-laws' wife's mother's family?"

Su Man covered his mouth and laughed, and his tone was brisk: "No, Mrs. Chen is my godmother." ”

Wu Xinyi's expression froze: "What is she you?"

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