CHAPTER XLII
Lin Yiyi looked at the pile of things under her feet, and then looked at the driver who unloaded the things and ran away like a desperate person, and suddenly felt very helpless, it seems that the rumors of the haunting here have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, if she hadn't doubled the price several times just now, I'm afraid she wouldn't be able to find a driver who is willing to pull the goods.
In fact, this can't be blamed on everyone for thinking so, Lin Yiyi turned around and looked at the legendary haunted place, where the desolate and dilapidated old mansion stood alone, and there was no one around. The red paint has peeled off on the gate, and above it is a half-hung plaque, the words on which are long legible. The weeds on the fence looked a little fluttering in the wind, and the rustling of the leaves next to it made the atmosphere even more eerie.
'Well~' looks like a haunted house here. Appreciate the pile of things on the ground and can't just leave them alone, but she can't move them in by herself. Just now she said that she couldn't even get the coachman to agree to help her send things in, remembering the hellish expression on the coachman's face when he heard that she was going to enter the house, Lin Yiyi laughed, a big man is still so timid.
Lin Yiyi stepped forward and pushed open the door of the old mansion, 'Squeak~' The rotten gate let out a faint gasp, and suddenly a white shadow flashed in front of Lin Yiyi. How would the average person react to such a situation? Cold sweat, hair handstand, and panic, Lin Yiyi did not have any of these symptoms. She just smiled and said in the direction where the white shadow disappeared: "Shuang'er's light skills are really getting more and more handsome, I can't imagine that this ghost can improve light skills, I will try it one day." ”
"Hehe~" With a pleasant chuckle, a delicate-looking girl appeared in front of Lin Yiyi, she smiled and grabbed Lin Yiyi's arm and said: "Ake, if you don't come back, Mrs. Shi will go out to look for you, this time you are two hours later than Mrs. Shi's time, see how she punishes you." ”
"Good you have no conscience! If you hadn't asked me to bring this and that, I would have come back so late! If I really get punished by Master, don't even plan to ask for your silk threads, fabrics, or whatever. Lin Yiyi hugged her shoulders and pretended to be angry.
Hearing this, Shuang'er hurriedly shook Lin Yiyi's arm and said, "Okay, Ake, I'm talking about playing." Don't say that Mrs. Shi, she is reluctant to punish you at all, even if she really wants to punish us, we will intercede for you. After saying that, he winked playfully.
Lin Yiyi pinched the white and tender face with a little baby fat and said, "You will say something nice, go find someone to bring things in, and I will go to see the master first." ”
Lin Yiyi instructed Shuang'er and them to move in the things that were placed at the door, and then went to find their master. When she found the Nine Tribulations, she was drinking tea and chatting with Grandma Zhuang Sanshao, and when she saw Lin Yiyi coming in, Grandma Zhuang Sanshao smiled and said, "Ah Ke is back, and Mrs. Shi was still talking about you just now!" After speaking, she stood up and gave up her seat to Lin Yiyi, "You master and apprentice talk, I'll go back first." Don't worry, I will do my best to do what you have to do. ”
"Hey, it's a pity that the third young grandmother and Shuang'er are inconvenient to go out, otherwise I wouldn't have to buy so many things by myself, I'm tired to death!" After speaking, Lin Yiyi slapped his shoulder in a fake way, and said with a tired face.
Jiu Yan looked at the pretending apprentice with amusement and said, "Okay, don't pretend, I don't blame you for coming back late." The three young grandmothers are now dead in the eyes of others, and it is inconvenient for them to appear in front of outsiders again. What's more, Ao Bai hasn't given up on searching for them yet, so I can only work hard for you. ”
"I'm not hard, but we can't live here forever, what if we leave them? I went out this time and found that the rumors of haunting here have become more and more intense, and they have been using light power to pretend to be ghosts in the house safely, but what should I do when I buy things? Lin Yiyi said worriedly.
"I have already discussed this matter with the third young grandmother, and I will send some more people over, these people are the families of the anti-Qing righteous people. It's just that their identities are kept secret, and the court doesn't know about them, so it's okay for them to carry out daily purchases. "Nine difficulties will tell Lin Yiyi the results of the discussion just now with the third young grandmother.
Lin Yiyi weighed the pros and cons of this matter and said: "This idea is not bad, but since it is rumored that this place is haunted, won't it arouse suspicion that they live here?" ”
"Didn't you just come back with a lot of stuff, I'm afraid people already know that there are people living here. It's just that this kind of thing is a matter of opinion, some people are afraid of nature, and some people are not afraid, and besides, I plan to let them pretend to be desperate, and living in this haunted house can also be said to be a helpless move. ”
Lin Yiyi nodded, poured a cup of tea for the master, and said with a smile: "The master is really scheming, and the apprentice admires and admires it." ”
Jiu Yan looked at Lin Yiyi's appearance and hooked the corners of her mouth rarely, she was already a beautiful and refined beauty, even if she is now middle-aged, her beauty is still the same as it was back then, and she even has more maturity and vicissitudes. However, she is too strict on weekdays to make people unreasonably approachable, and today she smiles like a blooming snow lotus. Although Lin Yiyi was not afraid of her, it was rare to see the master's smiling face, and when she saw Lin Yiyi today, she immediately exclaimed exaggeratedly: "Wow! Master smiled! Master, you should smile more, you look so good when you smile. ”
Hearing Lin Yiyi's words, Jiu Yan immediately regained his face and reprimanded: "Nonsense! Although there was no hint of reproach in the tone of reprimand, she was still very happy to be close to her apprentice.
"You go pack your things, and we'll leave the day after tomorrow." I was going to leave tomorrow, but I thought that the apprentice would probably want to say goodbye to my friends, so Jiu Yan unconsciously pushed back the day by one day.
"In such a hurry? Where are we going? Go home? Lin Yiyi asked.
"No, I'm going to go to the palace, so you can go home first!" Jiu Yan hesitated for a moment and said, she planned to enter the palace to get something this time. It was impossible to take things out in a heavily guarded palace and say that there was no danger, so the Nine Tribulations did not intend to let the apprentice take risks.
"Into the palace?" Lin Yiyi was sure that what her master said about entering the palace would never be an open and honest entry, so it would be even more impossible for her master to let her master go on an adventure alone.
"I'll go with Master!" Lin Yiyi said firmly.
Jiu Yan objected without thinking, "No, it's too dangerous!" ”
"It's because of the danger that I have to follow, what if Master is injured again! I followed and took care of it, and with my current light skills, if I ran for my life, few people could really catch up. Lin Yiyi said proudly.
"I'm embarrassed to say that with so many martial arts, you can practice the best, it turns out that you are trying to escape!" Jiu Yan said helplessly.
"Hehe, I want to defeat the enemy on the basis of saving my life, if I don't even have my life, what will I do." Lin Yiyi smiled and talked about her crooked reasoning.
Jiu Yan shook his head, with a helpless expression, "Just count your crooked reasoning the most, if you really want to go, you can go, but you must pay attention to safety." ”
Knowing that the master would definitely compromise in the end, Lin Yiyi was very satisfied with this result. In this way, Lin Yiyi left the old mansion under the reluctant gaze of Shuang'er and embarked on the road to the capital with Jiu Yan.
The Forbidden City under the moonlight looks solemn and mysterious, and the heavily guarded here can be said to be five steps and one post, and ten steps and one sentry. In fact, this is also very understandable, after all, the emperor who lives in this Forbidden City is high, and no one can afford to be able to afford it if there is a half-point difference. It's a pity that such a tight defense doesn't seem to have much effect, no, under the cover of night, there are two people lying quietly on the roof at this time, but they don't attract the slightest attention from the patrol soldiers below.
These two people are the master and apprentice of Jiu Yan and Lin Yiyi, Lin Yiyi followed Jiu Yan to the capital, and before she was in a hurry to appreciate the prosperity of the capital, she followed her master to explore the Forbidden City at night. In fact, the word "tan" is not accurate here, because her master is very familiar with this place, and she will not get lost even with her eyes closed, who let her live here for most of her life. It's a pity that Lin Yiyi doesn't know what her master is looking for until now, her master didn't say, she didn't ask, even the closest people should have their own secrets, not to mention that there are really a lot of secrets on her master.
"I have something to do these days, and it's inconvenient for you to follow me. It's safer for you to stay in the open. Here's an identity card for you to take, from now on you are the new little palace maid Ake of Shang Shan Division. If there is any danger, leave me alone, you leave first. Saying that, Jiu Yan handed over a waist card to Lin Yiyi's hand.
"I know, Master, you have to be careful!" Lin Yiyi looked at the name on the waist card and actually wrote her real name A Ke, it seems that her master still has a lot of power hidden in the palace, otherwise she would not have gotten such a waist card lightly.
After the Nine Tribulations left, Lin Yiyi took the waist card to the Shang Shan Division to report, and then she became an inconspicuous little palace maid in this palace, and no one in the entire palace doubted her, I have to say that the arrangements for the Nine Tribulations are still in place. Although Lin Yiyi also needs to work every day, she is not tired, even if she is occasionally lazy, most of the eunuchs in charge turn a blind eye and ignore it, which is due to her excellent appearance, after all, everyone has a love for beauty, and even eunuchs are not exempt from vulgarity. It's just that in this way, Lin Yiyi inevitably offended other little palace maids, and there is no appreciation between the same sex, and most of them are jealous. What's more, in this palace, which woman doesn't want to fly on the branches, and the only way for a sparrow to become a phoenix is to get the favor of the emperor. So Lin Yiyi was isolated like this, and she had to be found in some small trouble from time to time, Lin Yiyi was not interested in playing children's games with them, most of the time she could hide.
"Grandpa Gui, what are your boss's commands to come?" On this day, Lin Yiyi was concentrating on her work, and suddenly remembered the flattering voice of the steward eunuch, and the obscene voice made her goosebumps straighten up.
"Your grandfather's, Lao Tzu is the deputy head of the Shang Shan Division, come here to see what's wrong?" A slightly ruffian voice then sounded, and Lin Yiyi raised her head curiously to see who was so bold that she dared to call herself Lao Tzu in the palace.
The person was not far from her, and as soon as Lin Yiyi looked up, she could see the person who was speaking. It was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, not outstanding, but those eyes were really smart, and at a glance I knew that this person must be clever.
Just when Lin Yiyi looked at the person, the other party obviously noticed her, and saw that the other person's eyes lit up a few steps, and then came to Lin Yiyi and said excitedly: "Beauty, what's your name?" How come I never met you? ”
Before Lin Yiyi could speak, the steward eunuch next to him had already hurriedly said, "This is the new palace maid of Shangshan Division, called Ah Ke." Ah Ke, this is Father-in-law Gui, the deputy head of our Shang Shan Division, I see that you have almost cleaned up here, you go and go shopping with Grandpa Gui! ”
'Grandpa Gui' thought that this was the lucky Lord Wei, and Lin Yiyi took a good look at the idol with the mood of admiring the idol. Wei Xiaobao seems to be very interested in her, but there is no obscenity in his eyes, more appreciation and amazement, it seems that although Wei Xiaobao is flamboyant and loves beauty, he is not a hungry ghost.
"Ake, what are you doing! Snubbing Father-in-law Gui, I want you to look good! The eunuch in charge saw Lin Yiyi looking at Wei Xiaobao in a daze, how could someone who usually looks quite clever be stupid today, if they offend Gonggong Gui, they won't have good fruit to eat.
"It's okay, it's okay!" Wei Xiaobao said again and again, he didn't mind Ah Ke staring at him at all. I just don't know if Ah Ke is fascinated by his handsomeness, Wei Xiaobao thought narcissistically.
"Oh, Gonggong Gui, please!" Lin Yiyi motioned for Wei Xiaobao to go out with her.
Lin Yiyi was not familiar with the palace and didn't know where to take Wei Xiaobao, but fortunately, Wei Xiaobao was very familiar with the palace, so they wouldn't get lost. Along the way, Wei Xiaobao was currying favor with Lin Yiyi, Rao is Lin Yiyi has been prepared and often amused by him to laugh, it can only be said that if Wei Xiaobao really wants to please someone, it is difficult for someone not to have a good impression of him. This may be the reason why he can turn evil into good fortune every time and marry so many wives.
From that day on, Wei Xiaobao always came to Shangshan Si to find her, and later the steward eunuch directly dismissed her from her work so that she could follow the rumor. In this way, the group of little palace maids were even more jealous, but there was no way for Wei Xiaobao to protect the people, and they didn't dare to offend, so they could only blame why they didn't win the favor of Gonggong Gui.
Lin Yiyi is very satisfied with her current life, she doesn't have to work every day, she just wanders around the palace or waits for Wei Xiaobao to come to her with delicious food and fun, this kind of life is really comfortable.
"Ake, come with me!" Wei Xiaobao walked into the courtyard, picked up Lin Yiyi, who was drinking tea, and walked out.
"Alas, what are you pulling me for?" Lin Yiyi asked as soon as she left.
"I'll take you to a friend of mine." Wei Xiaobao walked forward without looking back, and replied casually.
Lin Yiyi skillfully broke away from Wei Xiaobao's hand holding her, turned her head and walked back, "I'm not going!" I don't know your friends. ”
Here, Wei Xiaobao was still wondering why he suddenly let go, and when he saw Lin Yiyi walking back, he hurriedly ran up and grabbed Lin Yiyi's sleeve and pleaded: "Okay, Ake, you can go with me!" I told him that I would take you there today, and if you don't go, I will lose face! In the evening, I will invite you to eat osmanthus cake and almond crisp. ”
"Don't take it as an example." Lin Yiyi said coldly, she would not admit that she was tempted by food.
"Okay, just this once." After speaking, Wei Xiaobao didn't dare to pull Lin Yiyi's hand again, but led the way in front.
They came to a hidden room in a hurry, and when Wei Xiaobao pushed the door open, Lin Yiyi saw that the room was full of things used for wrestling, and then she felt as if she had neglected something, and when Wei Xiaobao pulled another teenager sitting on the chair over and told her that this person's name was Xiao Xuanzi, she finally knew what she had forgotten.
'Hehe~'Who is Wei Xiaobao's only good friend in the palace? Emperor Kangxi! So she saw the juvenile version of Kangxi? God, who will sue her that this is not true! Lin Yiyi complained frantically in her heart.