Liu Yan'er's words made Xiao Xia suspicious, and she was a little more curious about her identity, but she was just curious, she didn't ask anything, and he nodded whatever Liu Yan'er explained.

Because that's not just what Liu Yan'er wants, it's also what she wants, if all other places can't be found, there are only a few places that haven't been found, and it's good to have the opportunity to go and eliminate them one by one in person, so as not to be preempted by others.

In the evening, someone in the big kitchen brought food, which was taken by Yu Niang, and the other rooms in the courtyard were not taken care of, Liu Yan'er asked Yu Niang to send the food directly to the room, and she and Xiao Xia ate together.

I have to say that after Liu Yan'er mentioned her identity, this meal is indeed very different from the past, looking at this straight three dishes and one soup, it is full of color, flavor and flavor, and it is very appetizing at a glance.

Xiao Xia served Liu Yan'er a meal first, handed her the chopsticks, and stood by herself, planning to wait for Liu Yan'er to finish eating before eating herself, because this is the rule of being a maid, and the maids around her used to do this.

Liu Yan'er looked at her funny: "What?" Why do you treat me as a second-room concubine? Sit down and eat together! ”

Xiao Xia hesitated slightly, Liu Yan'er called her twice before she sat down, picked up the chopsticks but didn't move, planning to wait for Liu Yan'er to eat before eating.

Liu Yan'er put the food in the bowl, it was originally fine, but when the bowl came to her mouth, she suddenly stopped and frowned and stared at the food without moving, Xiao Xia happened to notice her abnormal movement, and also stopped the chopsticks and looked at her suspiciously.

Liu Yan'er looked up and asked, "Xiao Xia, do you feel ...... Is this dish so fragrant? ”

Before Xiao Xia could react, she heard two knocks at the door. Then came Yu Niang's voice:

"Girl, tonight's meal is delicious, isn't it? It was a little maid beside the lady who delivered the meal, and she passed the word to the slave maid. This is the lady to the girl, are the chef's specialty dishes, and they are also made according to the taste of the capital, the second young grandmother likes to eat this the most, if the girl doesn't like it, say it. ”

Liu Yan'er's eyelids jumped, and her face immediately turned cold, but she responded in a calm and pleasant voice: "Really? I didn't expect Madame to hurt me like this. It's delicious, I like it, you go down. It's okay, don't bother us. ”

"Yes, slave and maid retire!"

Liu Yan'er moved to the window and watched Yu Niang's figure leave, went to the room diagonally opposite the corner, and whispered something to the gray-haired old woman she saw first at the door.

The two looked this way. Liu Yan'er quickly flashed and retracted. Then he moved to the door, and peeked through the crack in the door.

Xiao Xia has been sitting and staring at Liu Yan'er's movements, this girl is really different, look at her vigilant appearance, how can ordinary people have?

After a while, Liu Yan'er returned to the table, picked up chopsticks and poked them into a few bowls, stirred them for a while, and leaned over to sniff them carefully. Then throw the chopsticks:

"Hmph, I really didn't have a good heart. Dare to calculate me, I almost fell for them! Qiu'er, go find something, pour out these meals and wrap them up, and we'll find an excuse to go out later, and just throw this thing away. ”

Xiao Xia looked at her in surprise, Liu Yan'er said lightly: "There is a problem with this meal, there is a lot of medicine in it, and the material is quite sufficient, in addition to sterilizing the medicine and the incense, hum, if they didn't have a lot of weight, I really wouldn't be able to smell it." ”

Xiao Xia was startled, leaned over and sniffed hard, no problem, it's the aroma of the food, and it's extremely tempting, ordinary people will only salivate more when they smell it!

"Don't sniff, if you can smell it, is it necessary for her to drugged? Find something quickly. ”

Xiao Xia found a cloth bag, the food can be wrapped, but the oil and water can't wrap it, and there is a big bowl of soup, this thing is too fragrant, if you want to pour it elsewhere, it will be found sooner or later, it's really troublesome, if only there was a plastic bag.

The two of them went round and round, but could not find a proper store, so they could only pour the dry food into a cloth bag and bread a layer of oiled paper, and each person carried the bag into his arms, and left the bowl of soup untouched, and then the two sat and waited.

Sure enough, after a while, Yu Niang knocked on the door again: "Girl, are you done eating?" The slave came to fetch the dishes and chopsticks. ”

Liu Yan'er cleared her throat: "After eating, come in!" ”

Yu Niang entered the room to salute, then walked to the table and glanced at it, and saw that the dishes were all bare, but there was a big bowl of soup left, and she was suspicious: "Girl, isn't this soup delicious?" ”

"It's not that it's not delicious, it's that the taste is a little salty, not delicious enough, I like to drink something with a lighter taste, or you can take it and use it with that mother-in-law, it's quite good, or Mrs. reward, and don't waste a piece of her heart."

Yu Niang's eyes flashed, and she said embarrassedly: "How dare the slave?" ”

"What is given to you is yours, I am now half a master, and I have no power at all?"

Yu Niang was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect Liu Yan'er to suddenly turn her face, she smiled awkwardly: "No, no, the slave doesn't mean that, don't be angry, girl, then ...... The slave and maid thanked the girl! ”

Yu Niang put all the dishes, chopsticks, plates, and vegetable soup back into the food box, nodded to Liu Yan'er, and went out with the food box.

Liu Yan'er leaned to the window and watched Yu Niang walk straight out of the courtyard gate, how could she drink soup?

She sneered: "I know that she is not a good thing, most of them go to report to Mrs. Let's go, Qiu'er, let's go out for a walk. ”

Liu Yan'er took Xiao Xia out of the house, and when she was about to leave the hospital, the white-haired old woman who had been shrinking in the hut came out like a ghost, and said in a faint voice: "Where are you going?" ”

The old woman appeared too suddenly, startling Xiao Xia, but Liu Yan'er looked as usual, squinted at her, and said indifferently: "I'm used to going out for a walk when I'm full, and I'll come back before dark." ”

"Girl, it's not clean in the neighborhood, it's better not to go out."

It's that faint voice again, it feels like a dubbing in Liaozhai, and it makes Xiao Xia shiver when I hear it.

"Don't be afraid, I'm young, yang, there are no ghosts in my heart, if there are really unclean things, I want to see and know!" Liu Yan'er dropped this sentence and walked out with her head held high, and Xiao Xia walked a few steps quickly to follow.

The courtyard was very secluded, and it was nearly evening. The sky is getting dark, and there are many rockeries and forests around, and the scenery that looks quite unique during the day now feels very strange. It makes people feel scared.

Xiao Xia nervously grabbed Liu Yan'er's sleeve, Liu Yan'er looked back at her, and said with a smile: "You have such a small heart? Really scared by that old woman? Don't worry, I'm here, it's fine. ”

The two came to the back of the rockery by the lake, and when they saw that there was no one around, they dug a small pit and buried the food they had just brought out. When I went back, it was completely dark.

As soon as they entered the courtyard gate, Yu Niang ran over in a hurry: "Oh, girl." You're back, and you're scared of the slaves! ”

"What's wrong?"

"Girl, where have you been? You can't run around here, especially at night. ”

"I know. Isn't this coming back? Is there hot water? We're sleepy. Wash and go to sleep! ”

"Oh, yes, the girl will go back to the house first, and the slave will be sent immediately."

After returning to the house, Xiao Xia first removed Liu Yan'er's makeup and combed her hair, and when she was halfway through, Yu Niang knocked on the door to bring water in, and Liu Yan'er observed Yu Niang from the mirror. Seeing her standing behind her and staring at herself, Liu Yan'er said lightly:

"You get out. Leave the rest alone, we'll wash up and go to bed, and you guys will go to bed early. ”

Yu Niang hesitated: "Girl, there is something...... The slave doesn't know whether to say it or not? ”

"If you want to say it, just say it or not."

Yu Niang paused, lowered her eyebrows and said: "Girl, don't be too long-winded, please don't go out after nightfall, don't go out no matter what sound you hear, otherwise you ......"

"How else?"

"Girl, slave maid is not joking."

"I know, I'll just ask, what if I'm in a hurry in the middle of the night?"

"Oh, this girl rest assured, the slave maid has prepared a gong bucket for you, just in this corner, if the girl thinks the smell is not good, you can light the incense, by the way, I almost forgot, this incense must be lit, our yard is close to the lake, the mosquitoes are the most and the most poisonous, if you are not careful, you will get a big red envelope, and you can't disperse for several days!

Girl, slave and maid help you light it up! ”

"No need, we'll order it ourselves after we're done washing up later, you can go out!" Liu Yan'er's tone was unquestionable, Yu Niang stood at the door and hesitated, and finally went out three times.

At first, Liu Yan'er didn't say it, but now it seems that this Yu Niang feels weird, what she does seems to be good for us, but in fact it may not be? I don't know what she wants to do? Could it all be at the behest of Madame?

After Liu Yan'er walked away, Xiao Xia sat down in front of the dresser and began to comb her hair and remove her makeup, halfway through, she saw Liu Yan'er go out directly with hot water, and after a while, there was a sound of pouring water.

Xiao Xia was stunned for a moment, looked back, and wanted to say that she hadn't washed it yet, but Liu Yan'er had already put the wooden basin at the door, came in by herself, closed the door and latched it, took off her coat and climbed into bed to lie down.

Xiao Xia sat in front of the mirror in a daze for a long time, and seeing that Liu Yan'er had not explained, she sighed lightly in her heart, That's it, this girl is very alert, she must have her reasons for doing this, let's sleep!

Xiao Xia lay down on her side, saw that her eyes were closed and she was breathing evenly, and thought she was asleep, she had just closed her eyes, and listened to Liu Yan'er whisper: "Don't get up at night, no matter what sound you hear, don't move, don't open your eyes, pretend you don't know anything." ”

Time passed little by little, the night was late, Xiao Xia was also sleepy, if it weren't for the doubts in her heart that couldn't be solved, she would have fallen asleep a long time ago.

She listened carefully, and Liu Yan'er next to her seemed to be sleeping soundly, so let's sleep too!

I don't know how long it took, but in a hazy sense, she felt someone walking around her, the tip of her nose was a vague smell, and the sound of Suo Suo made her gradually sober up.

Xiao Xia wanted to open her eyes and see, but suddenly remembered Liu Yan'er's words, she was vigilant, closed her eyes and lay still, keeping her breathing steady and long in a deep sleep.

The more vigilant he is, the more obvious the sounds around him are, there are indeed people walking around the house, still turning over things, after a rustling sound, the footsteps gradually approached the bedside, after a long silence, someone's breath leaned towards his eyes, and then turned to his neck, Xiao Xia felt nervous, what person? What does she want to do? Do you want to strangle yourself?

When Xiao Xia clearly felt that the other party was touching him, a strong wind hit next to him, and the breath in front of him seemed to have been hit, and he quickly swept back, hitting something with a bang.

When Xiao Xia opened his eyes, he saw Liu Yan'er flying past him.

"Who?"

Xiao Xia turned her head and saw only a white swishing figure, I don't know how she moved, the oil lamp in the room went out instantly, and then clicked twice, and the white figure flew out of the window.

Liu Yan'er flew out of the window without hesitation, and disappeared after a vertical jump.

Xiao Xia sat up from the bed and looked at the shaking window in a daze.

Who is that man? She actually wanted to kill me? Why? Where did I offend her? Why did she enter the room quietly? Could it be that person is from the Hou Mansion?

Xiao Xia hugged the quilt and sat on the bed, holding the ** scattered by Yuanfang tightly in his hand.

Time passed minute by minute, and after a long time, there was finally a sound outside the door, Xiao Xia jumped out of bed, looked left and right, grabbed a hairpin and looked at the door vigilantly.

With a squeak, the door opened, and Xiao Xia was trembling in shock but couldn't make a sound?

The other party stood at the door and looked at him, "What's the use of a hairpin?" ”

Liu Yan'er's voice! Xiao Xia secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Liu Yan'er walked in unhurriedly, lit the oil lamp, sat on the chair in front of the window, looked out the window, Xiao Xia saw that she was only wearing a single coat, so she took a coat and put it on her, Liu Yan'er glanced at her, and suddenly said:

"Xiao Xia, do you say that there are really ghosts, gods and demons in this world?"

Xiao Xia looked at her stunned, I don't know why she has this question? Could it be that white shadow is really something unclean? No way! That thing is solid, it's clearly the shape of a young woman!

Liu Yan'er frowned and said: "I just chased her around the house, and finally lost her trace by the lake, no matter how I looked for it, I only saw the sparkling surface of the lake, as if something had fallen into it......"

Xiao Xia's eyes widened in surprise, what? The man jumped into the lake? What does Liu Yan'er mean, is that person a water monster? Xiao Xia suddenly remembered the legend circulating in the Hou Mansion, didn't Ling'er who jumped into the sea come back to find her lover?

But the eldest son Li Tai'an has been dead for two years, even if he wants to find it, he shouldn't find the Hou Mansion, let alone attack himself! It's weird!

Xiao Xia touched his neck, and the cold and piercing feeling that he had just been touched by that person is still fresh in his memory, it can't be true, right? No, no, no, impossible, absolutely impossible, I thought too much about it!

Liu Yan'er saw that Xiao Xia's face was extremely ugly, patted her hand and said, "Don't be afraid, with me, even if she is really a demon and monster, I am not afraid of her, I don't believe that I can't catch her!" ”

Since then, the two of them have not had the heart to sleep, so they have all three or four oil lamps in the house, and they have stared at the doors and windows all night long.

At dawn, there was movement in the courtyard, it should be Yu Niang who got up, and after a while, there were two knocks outside the door, and Yu Niang came in with hot water and said with a smile: "Two girls, how did you sleep last night?" (To be continued.) )