It's winter now, and it just rained a few days ago, and the cold wind in the morning carries some moisture, and when it blows into the neck, it seems to blow the whole body through. Lu Li sniffed, he was not very old and not strong, standing in the pile of people, there was only a small lump left, Lu Li had been waiting in front of this stall selling osmanthus sugar paste for many hours.

"Wicked woman, you will call me!" he scolded in a low voice: "Next time, let you buy it yourself!"

said so, but every time Su Jue still came early.

"Big brother, ten boxes!"

The man wiped his sweat, took out a pack of pastries that had been packed long ago from behind him, and said with a smile: "It's ready for a long time, you can send it to Miss Jiang quickly." ”

Seeing that he looked courteous, Lu Li stuck out his tongue badly, took the pastry and ran away, and only after his body was hot did Lu Li take out the sugar paste and swallow several of them.

"Have you heard? The Pei family in the west of the city, something big has happened. ”

"How can I not know, that Master Pei has been sick for a few days, and he actually passed away the night before. It's a pity that such a big family with a good heart and good virtue didn't even keep the last single seedling, God really didn't open his eyes. ”

"This Pei Dagongzi is really a living Bodhisattva-like person, which farmer in the west of our city has not received his help, why do you say that this good person is suddenly gone?"

"I heard that this Pei Gongzi has an epidemic, and I wanted to go and see it, but my mother was stunned and didn't let me go, she was afraid that I would also get sick. ”

"I also heard that several servants who were serving Pei Dagongzi that night all had red dots, and they were so itchy and unbearable that they finally scratched all the flesh and blood, so scared that the others no longer dared to go to Pei's mansion. ”

"But how did I hear that this Pei Gongzi was killed by his sister?"

"How?"

"I don't know, that's what I said. ”

"Forget it, outsiders can't tell other people's family affairs, but this Pei Gongzi died at such a young age, it's really a sin!"

......

Pei Dagongzi in the west of the city? Could it be that they are talking about Pei Yanxiu? They said, that person is dead!

Lu Li's pace slowed down, and even the osmanthus candy paste chewed in his mouth lost its taste, how could that person die? The monk in the temple had clearly said that he was very good and could live for another forty or fifty years.

When he arrived outside Pei's mansion, Lu Li really saw a few big white lanterns with the word 'lay' written on them at the door, but it was deserted here, and there was no mourner. Could it really be like what those people said in the morning, everyone was afraid of getting sick and didn't dare to come to Pei's mansion?

Lu Li rushed over and knocked on the door, but no one answered, he shouted again and continued to shoot for a while before he heard a little movement behind the door, and it was a little girl who poked her head out of the crack in the door. Her eyes widened, and she looked like a ghost.

"Girl, I heard that Pei Gongzi died?"

The man didn't answer, just nodded.

"My name is Lu Li, I am his friend before his death, and I am here to mourn today. ”

"Condolence?"

"yes, can you open the door and let me in. ”

"Our young lady said that there will be no funeral, you can go back. ”

Lu Li was anxious when he heard this: "Don't do a funeral, then it's okay for me to go in and put incense." ”

The little girl actually showed some smiles and said: "Our master is suffering from a vicious disease, not to mention the horror of death, it may be passed on to others, even the slaves and maids in the house are almost gone, are you sure you want to come in?"

"I'm not afraid!"

The little girl frowned incomprehensibly, and the others were scared away when they heard this, why didn't this kid believe in evil? And he said that he was a friend of the master, but he had never seen it.

So, the little girl shook her head very vigilantly: "You better go back, our young lady said no, it just can't!"

"You miss, you let her out, I want to ......"

Before Lu Li could finish speaking, the door was slammed shut, no matter how much he slapped and called, no one answered, and in desperation, Lu Li had no choice but to sit on the steps.

In fact, he and Pei Yanxiu are not friends, but a few years ago, when Lu Li first arrived in Mirage City, that person often received help when he saw that he was begging on the street when he was young, and if it wasn't for Pei Yanxiu, he would have starved to death and froze to death.

"No," thinking of this, Lu Li stood up suddenly, looked at the high wall and said silently: "I must go in!"

It took a long time to wander around the neighborhood until nightfall, and it was not easy to move during the day just now, but now the moonlight left a flying body and stood on the courtyard wall. The Pei family is worthy of being a big family in the city, not only has such a big house, but also has a small hill in the backyard.

The lights in the porch were freaked, but not very popular. Lu Li didn't jump off the wall, but sneaked all the way along the wall to a small courtyard in the back hall. The white flags here are all over the place, and it should be where the mourning hall is located.

Strange, why don't you see the people who keep the spirits? Is everyone so afraid of this epidemic?

After getting off the ground, Lu Li, who approached the mourning hall, felt even more strange, these spirit flags were blood-red and blood-red, and some words were written in cinnabar. When he looked closer, Lu Li realized that this was not a text at all, but more similar to symbols, and he seemed to have seen these things in Yan Niang's collection.

The further he walked in, the more he could smell a strange smell of burning, and the burning outside the door was not charcoal, but white bones, but the shape was not human bones, but more like cattle and sheep.

"What the hell is going on with the Pei family?"

The coffin Lu Li was looking for was in the main room of the back hall, and the coffin was covered with candles all around, one by one for seven layers, and the red wax tears flowed down and accumulated on the candlestick, which made people feel a little frightened. Because it was not good to alarm the deceased, Lu Li only stood next to him and glanced at it from a distance.

"No......," he couldn't help but mutter, "Didn't you say that you had a bad disease? ”

The eyes of the person in the coffin were closed, and the slight redness on his face looked the same as before, and it was too far from the rumors outside. Lu Li thought of something, and just as he wanted to get closer, he heard footsteps behind him. He looked around for a while, and then jumped onto the beam.

"Miss, why don't you let others come in to offer condolences?"

The person who spoke was the little girl in the daytime, and the person who followed her was Pei Yanxiu's sister - Pei Yuejuan. She didn't look much older than the little girl, and she didn't wear sackcloth, only a white silk flower on her head. The people in the west of the city all say that the brother and sister have been dependent on each other for many years and have a deep friendship, but at this time, it seems that this person is dressed as usual, and there is not much sadness on his face.

"Miss, now that the mansion is deserted, why do you deliberately spread that kind of rumor? Why did the eldest prince die of an epidemic, so that the servants in the family left, and even the people in the city did not dare to approach Pei's mansion, Chaoyun ...... Chaoyun really can't look at it! Our eldest prince was good at accumulating virtue in his lifetime, and now that he has passed away, he really shouldn't be pointed at like this, Miss, why are you doing this?"

Pei Yuewan opened her mouth, her voice cold without a trace of emotion: "Everyone is dead, what do you need to do with reputation? The master of the family is gone, what do you need so many servants to do." Chaoyun, you can also return to your hometown in a few days. ”

"I won't go, I won't go, miss, I know that I am wrong, don't be angry and don't drive me away!"

Pei Yuewan glanced at her and asked, "Then, are all the things I want ready?"

"Yes, it's ready, it will be shipped to the house in two hours. But miss, what do you want so much lead water for? That thing is highly poisonous, isn't it ......?"

"What?" the woman's voice suddenly turned cold, "You think I'm going to die?"

"I know Mademoiselle is not that kind of person, but I'm worried. ”

"I'm not going to do such a stupid thing, I'm not a stubborn person like my brother. ”

Although he didn't agree, Chaoyun still replied with a low 'yes'.

"Go down. ”

"Miss, let's let Chaoyun stay with you, it's eerie and frightening here. ”

"Huh. Pei Yuewan sneered faintly: "This person was like that when he was born, what is there to be afraid of when he dies now, you can go, let me stay alone." ”

"Miss, you've been kneeling for a day and a night, so let's rest tonight. ”

"We've been together for more than ten years, and it's nothing for me to spend a day and a night with him. ”

"Then, Chaoyun went down first. ”

Pei Yuewan was the only one left in the huge mourning hall, she knelt respectfully in front of the spirit, her eyes staring straight ahead, like a walking corpse that had lost her soul.

After half an hour, she leaned over and picked out the candle flame in front of her.

Lu Li couldn't help but move his legs, he squatted on it and didn't dare to move, and even his whole body began to go numb, what if Pei Yuewan wanted to kneel here all night?

"I told you I wouldn't let you die like that. She had already stood up and walked to the coffin, the seven rows of red candles were about to burn out, and the wax oil that flowed down her skirt stained the floor-length skirt, and for a moment it looked extremely strange. Pei Yuewan took out a letter from his sleeve, and there was a hint of showing off in his cruel voice: "He will rush back to Mirage City in a few days, but it's a pity, Brother Yanxiu can't see it with his own eyes on such a good day, but at least Yue'er will still do her best to fulfill your last wish." ”

Lu Li faintly heard the 'hissing' sound of his fingers scraping the wood, and when he looked closely, he realized that it was Pei Yuewan who crossed the candle flame and propped his hands on the edge of the coffin.

"Pei Yanxiu, in the end, don't you just want to get rid of me and leave me? I'll just let you not get what you want, and let you be a ghost and not be at peace! What I said, I will definitely do it, not like you. ”

The cold wind around blew the candle flame from time to time, and Lu Li looked down at the man's back, and suddenly shivered.

"Miss. Chaoyun's voice sounded outside the house: "Everything you want has been delivered." ”

"Good. ”

Lu Li saw that Pei Yuewan had left before getting down from the beam, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Pei Gongzi ......" Lu Li looked at the coffin and swore in a low voice: "Don't worry, I will definitely help you! I will never let you die an unknown death like this." ”

By the time Qianxue was in the middle of the day, Lu Li didn't dare to knock on the door, so he flew up to the roof and climbed into his room through the small window on the second floor. He was so tired from the day that he fell asleep when he touched the bed.