CHAPTER XXIV
The sound of water droplets hitting tiles......
The body hidden in the quilt moved, and then quietly came out, Pomegranate rubbed her eyes and put on her coat lightly, because it was night, her hair did not spread out, but simply put on her coat and lit the lamp. Looking out of the aisle window, it was still late, and there was still some time before dawn, and she lowered her head slightly to look at the ground, for fear that she would accidentally step on something and make a noise.
Because of her girl's shallow sleep, Pomegranate could only sleep in the cubicle, and when she opened the door of her own girl and walked in, she found that the curtain inside had been opened. Pomegranate's heart suddenly rushed over, and when she reached out and touched the quilt, it was already cold.
The numb expression finally changed, she searched around the house and didn't find her own girl, her heart was pounding, but she was afraid that this was the girl's plan, and she would call someone to come and do bad things.
Helpless, the dead horse is regarded as a live horse doctor, and if the girl really has an accident, she won't be able to run away, so it's better to follow the girl's previous instructions and simply go out to have a look.
Carrying the lantern, Pomegranate quickly ran out of the reserved small door, she knew that she couldn't hide it from Mama Zhang for too long, but she couldn't be stable if she didn't have that heart, if the girl really didn't go, she would come back and die.
The night is always a little scary, I don't know what insects and birds are hiding in the dark and innobious places to make a seeping call, pomegranate tensed face, walked quickly on the gravel road until the most remote yard of the second room, she didn't dare to ask anything before, she didn't dare to say anything, what the girl said was what it was. She has a naΓ―ve temperament and a little dull brain, she only remembers that when the housekeeper sent her to the girl, she taught her to listen to the girl's words, never make an opinion, talk less and listen more, watch more, do more, she can't do it, just be obedient.
Walking to an old sunken flower bed, there were no flowers and jade trees in the flower bed, only weeds that had died prematurely.
"Gah-"
Pomegranate paused.
"Quackβquackβ"
Pomegranate lifted the lantern and walked to the back of the flower bed.
Suddenly, a dark shadow ran out and jumped in front of the pomegranate.
Pomegranate secretly breathed a sigh of relief, took a picture of the lantern and shone the man, and then said with a wooden face: "Dumb four? β
The man babbled and nodded, then saluted.
Pomegranate glanced at the mute from top to bottom suspiciously, with slightly messy hair, thin and short, and a short man dressed in old cloth patches, and he didn't know how the girl liked such a person.
"See the girl?" Pomegranate asked worriedly.
The mute man nodded at first, then shook his head, his mouth open for a long time with only inexplicable screams.
Pomegranate sighed and walked forward, "Let's go, maybe the girl is waiting for us in front." β
The sound of footsteps was getting farther and farther away on the gravel road, the flames of the lantern blown by the wind had weakened, and the surroundings became more and more chaotic and deserted as the two of them moved.
Pomegranate stopped and couldn't help but look around.
"Woo! Woo! Woo!!! The dumb four didn't know what he saw, so he suddenly desperately grabbed the pomegranate from behind, and the whole person was anxious.
The pomegranate seemed defenseless, and was almost pulled by him, and even the lantern fell to the ground.
"What are you doing?" Pomegranate staggered to pick up the lantern and carefully protect the light inside, for fear that it would go out.
The dumb four shrank behind her, his body trembling like chaff, and he just refused to take another step.
The pomegranate fox raised the lantern suspiciously and muttered, "What's the matter, scared ......"
As soon as the words fell, Pomegranate saw the group of people lying on the ground in the dim light of the lantern, not knowing whether they were dead or alive......
"Hmm!" The scream was completely stuck in her throat, Pomegranate wanted to shout but couldn't, her mouth was covered by the dumb four, and the lantern in her hand that was almost scared was also clenched by the dumb four.
Closing her eyes and opening them, Pomegranate felt that she was going crazy, she had never seen so many dead people in her life, nor had she seen a blood-stained murder scene under a lantern.
At this time, a gust of wind drifted by, and the pomegranate finally smelled a disgusting smell of blood.
Shaking off the dumb four's hand, Pomegranate stumbled forward, shouting in a suppressed voice as she ran: "Girl, girl! Girl, you're not there, you're not there! β
The dumb four didn't stop her at this time, but followed behind to prevent her from falling.
As they got closer, Pomegranate saw clearly, these people died in front of a dilapidated courtyard, the roof of the courtyard was broken, several walls had collapsed, and there were gravel bricks and rotten wood everywhere, and no one wanted to come here during the day.
There were a lot of dead people, some inward and some outward, all wearing black clothes and not seeing their faces, Pomegranate pushed open the door and walked in boldly, carefully avoiding the blood stains on the ground.
"Girl?"
Pomegranate is really anxious, this kind of murder happened in the house, if the girl is also found here, or even hijacked by someone in the future, what future will there be, but if she is not here, and not to say whether the people in the house will find out, just say that the girl's whereabouts at this time make her anxious.
"Alright, stop shouting." On a dilapidated wall, a pair of tender yellow embroidered shoes gently knocked on the wall, and the black thick cloak wrapped the whole person, if she didn't make a sound for a while, she would never find it.
Pomegranate's legs were so weak that she almost knelt down.
"Although I look honest on weekdays, I'm not stupid." A small face emerged from the black cloak, the little face was white and pure and seemed to reflect the halo even if there was no moonlight, the dark eyes were a little blurry in the night, she flicked her bangs, and leisurely swung her legs.
The pomegranate crawled over with a rolling belt, and did not forget her lantern.
"Girl, girl, are you alright?" Pomegranate was almost crying.
Acacia put down the hat on the cloak, her long inky hair was suddenly lifted by the wind, and the small female doll sat calmly on the brick wall of a dead man around her, and only the stupid and honest people like Pomegranate and Dumb Four did not feel the horror.
"Did anyone see you when you came out?" Acacia hooked a bunch of hair in his hand and played with it, and his eyes were calm and there were no waves.
Pomegranate hurriedly said: "No, but I'm afraid that after a long time, I will be discovered by Mama Zhang." β
Acacia turned his head to look at Meng Gaopeng's courtyard, and a smile loomed on the corner of his mouth.
"The dumb four is here too?" Acacia looked at it for a while and then lowered his head and said.
The dumb four bowed and kept nodding.
The black cloak opened a gap, the white obscene clothes were put on the white jade-like arm, Qianqianyu pointed out, and Acacia said with pleasure: "There is a car there, there are many boxes on it, and there are some that are not loaded next to it, dumb four, can you help me fix these boxes on the car, and then push them to the place we said was good?" β
After a pause, Acacia said in a demagogic tone: "I can send you ten buns a day, meaty." β
The dumb four immediately jumped up excitedly, dancing with his hands, and before Acacia could continue, he rushed out and went straight to the truck outside.
Pomegranate shrank down and trembled, "Girl, it's too cold this day, let's go back." β
Acacia tightened her cloak and said softly, "It's time to go back." β
Don't use the pomegranate to pick her up, Acacia flexibly climbed down from the dilapidated wall, the cloak is too big and falls straight to the ground, you can hold Acacia in it, it looks like an adult's cloak, Pomegranate looked at it several times and felt that it was raw, but he didn't dare to ask more.
Acacia walked out of the courtyard, and the boxes on the ground had been completely placed by the dumb four, and a mountain of boxes almost arched over the entire car.
Pomegranate looked at the dumb and thin figure, and said worriedly: "I'm afraid he can't push these things alone." β
Acacia was not worried at all, she said to the dumb four: "You go out from the door we said before, Pomegranate's cousin is waiting for you at the door, and when the time comes, you will come back directly after sending his carriage, don't worry about the rest." β
The dumb four nodded and bowed, and under the gaze of the pomegranate, he lifted the cart full of treasure chests without any effort, and ran quickly towards the corner door that seemed to have forgotten even the people in the second room with an extremely steady pace.
Pomegranate stood there and looked stupid.
"Let's go, let's go back." Acacia saw that the pomegranate was still a little stunned, so he was kind enough to explain: "His ancestor is the son of my grandfather who stayed to see the second room, don't look at him now as a mute, but his ancestor counts up, is the most powerful general in our Dingyuan Bofu, I heard that his ancestors are infinitely powerful, and there was a legend that one enemy is a hundred, but it's a pity...... The descendants of loyal ministers and good generals never ended well. β
Pomegranate lowered her head and just listened.
"Don't look at him as a mute, but the most reliable, and the old lady my father they have nothing to do with them, the parents of the dumb four have long been left without anyone to protect them, because of the infinite strength and dare not play with ordinary people, so he is often ostracized, not to mention that he eats too much, and the steward does not like him. In this house, only I can protect him and give him enough to eat, and his ancestors are loyal, and he will not be bad. β
After Acacia finished speaking, he walked into his yard.
Pomegranate glanced at the pile of corpses on the ground and ran after him.
The master and servant were not hypocritical, and hurriedly made a shortcut back to their courtyard.
As soon as Acacia stepped into the courtyard gate, he saw Mama Zhang standing on the stone steps with a lantern expressionless. Secretly stuck out her tongue, Acacia raised her face and her eyes were full of tears, she ran over quickly and threw herself into Mama Zhang's arms and cried: "Mama, Aunt Mei wants to find someone to kidnap me out, and it will ruin my reputation!" β
Pomegranate tripped over the threshold and almost fell.
This night was not peaceful after all, as the lights went out in the acacia room, Meng Gaopeng's yard became noisy, and then even the old lady and Aunt Mei couldn't sleep peacefully.
However, even if she didn't even see Acacia, the kidnapper who had abducted her before and looked like she had been killed under her nose, actually got up in the pile of dead people after she returned to the courtyard, and then jumped on the beam of the house and disappeared.