Little by little, the sun moved westward, adorning the sky with a layer of soft red brocade, and the warmth was restrictive.

In the small courtyard of the Zhou family, several people who were waiting for different news with their own thoughts were the same, but their hearts were the same, throwing high and low for a while.

Xie insisted on keeping a vigil for his daughter Manhua, because he wanted the body to stay for a few more days in the middle of summer, and the small building wrapped in plain white was filled with ice basins. In such an environment, not to mention children, even frail adults can't accompany them, so only the healthy Min family accompanies the eldest sister-in-law.

The two children in the fourth room were watched by Aunt Bai, while Gao and Du took Zhou Shen and Zhou Manyun, all gathered in Mrs. Zhou's upper room, copying scriptures and origami origami.

Doing her best for the deceased eldest sister Zhou Manhua is the obvious reason, but in fact, it is also the result of a few discussions between Du Xuanshuang and his concubine after seeing Du Xuanshuang, who went to the county government for a long time.

In the absence of guards, they all stayed in the upper room first, and Zhu's mother, who was recognized as having brute strength, took Bai Lu and Xiaoman to guard, which also made several women feel more comfortable.

Zhou Manyun pretended to be learning to fold ingots with Zhou Manyin, extremely clumsy, and his eyes kept drifting to the mother who was leaning on a beauty couch and talking to the second uncle.

Seeing that there seemed to be no sudden change in the short term, Zhou Manyun lowered his head and pursed his lips, covered his stomach, and gently beckoned to Yinxia, who was sitting with them.

A soft fragrance came to her nose, the girl lowered her head in front of Man Yun, her black hair gently swept the tip of Man Yun's nose, but the fresh and lovely appearance made the corners of Man Yun's mouth twitch.

She simply folded her hands and put them next to Yinxia's ear and roared loudly, "I'm going to!" ”

It's really very naïve to make such a meaningless move! When she was pulled out of Mrs. Zhou's upper room by Yinxia, Zhou Manyun lowered her head and reviewed it in her heart, with a slight crimson on her face.

Clean room, Mrs. Zhou's upper room is also available, but Mrs. Zhou is clean by nature, and others are not allowed to use it without permission, even if it is her own children and grandchildren.

Zhou Manyun is showing the picky nature inherited from her grandmother at this time, and she insists that Yinxia send her back to the west wing, and she is greeted by Mother Zhu, who has been running around the inner and outer courtyards after listening to Manyun's instructions.

One big and one small exchanged glances, and Zhu's mother thanked Yinxia loudly, sent her away, and then closed the door neatly.

"Sister, everything you want, it's all here!" , Mother Zhu lifted the cover on the table, although she didn't know what Sister Baiyun was going to do, she still prepared as much as possible.

Zhou Manyun counted the objects, cleaned his hands, and began to listen to the nonsense of the Taoist priest in the middle of the night.

Ten eggs were only made of egg whites, plus two taels of minced lean meat, and then mixed with two bowls of sweet peach juice. Taking advantage of the fact that Zhu's mother, who was guarding the door, didn't pay attention, Zhou Manyun picked up an embroidery needle and stabbed it on his finger, squeezing in two drops of his own blood.

The fine white flour was lightly sifted again and poured into the bowl, and now Manyun no longer held it up, but called back Mother Zhu and asked her to mix it well, and when the noodles woke up for a while, she and Mother Zhu kneaded them into small balls the size of pine nuts again.

Mother Zhu muttered in her mouth while working, but she didn't dare to make a sound. She has lived for nearly fifty years, saying that she is not afraid of life and death, but she is still in awe of the unknown gods, and through the events of the past few days, she said to Zhou Manyun's dream that she would rather believe in it, anyway, the things that Manyun asked her to do were all things that could have been done with a gesture, so why not do it if it can really eliminate the inevitable disaster.

Fifty or sixty small balls were quickly made and placed on the plate densely, and Zhou Manyun's small hand pulled them and divided them into two unequal portions.

One more was pushed to Zhu's mother, "Mom, although these balls are scattered in the lush vegetation behind the corner house, it is best to scatter them everywhere in the yard." ”

The other was wrapped in her handkerchief by Man Yun, and after telling Mother Zhu a few more words, she hurriedly ran to the upper room.

Zhou Manyun did not walk in a straight line, but zigzagged along the edge of the corridor, his feet were steady but his hands were shaking, and the small pills in his arms kept falling outward, falling to the ground, and being kicked into the shadows by a kick she followed.

When Zuihou was thrown at the threshold, Zhou Manyun reluctantly shook the empty handkerchief in his hand.

"Sixth sister, these are your folds!" , Zhou Manyun, who had just sat down, received a pile of gold paper ingots pushed by Zhou Manyin in front of her, and she smiled at Manyin gratefully.

The sky became darker and darker, and Zhou Manyun seemed to have heard the rustling from a distance several times, but when he stood up to check, he found nothing.

Zhou Manyun was inevitably a little lost, rubbed to Du Shi's side, and pressed his little head against his mother's chest......

"Brethren, this is it! Kill me! In the silent night, with a roaring shout, several torches were thrown in from outside the wall of the back garden of the Zhou family, and a piece of fire rose out of thin air.

The robbers are coming again!

It was different from the night before, when Du Xuanshuang was a few away, and the strong elastic pressure was scattered everywhere. When a few servants who had the courage to stop the thief were cut down, fear spread like a plague. In the courtyard of the Zhou family, cries and screams came and went.

"Bai Lu, protect the lady and the children!" With a shout, Du Shi had already stood up and opened the door.

"Mother! No! Zhou Manyun was stunned, and hurriedly ran forward and grabbed Du Shi's sleeve.

Du's wrist was heavy, and he only broke Man Yun's weak ten fingers at once, looked at her deeply, and rushed straight towards the center of the courtyard. The daughter is not timid, but she is just worried about herself, Zhou Manyun's behavior of tossing for a day, Du Shi sees it in his eyes and knows it. Without her acquiescence, Manyun's "nonsense" would not have been possible at all.

It's just that her daughter's protection is immature, and as a mother, she has to really protect her daughter without danger.

"Mother! Mother...... Sister Bailu, didn't you say that you all listened to me! Zhou Manyun, who was tightly clamped by Bai Lu, could only scream, and her little fist on Bai Lu's body was completely ignored.

"I only listen to grandma!" , Bai Lu stiffened his face, staring at Xiao Man's figure that jumped out behind Du Shi expressionlessly, and he couldn't wait to replace him......

"Listen to the turtle grandchildren of the Zhou family! Grandpa is the king from Liang Guanshan, he broke his brother in your yard yesterday, and he is here to ask for justice today! After a burst of knife and stick sounds quieted down for a while, a loud voice like a bell was very close to the hanging flower gate connected to the inner courtyard and the back garden, and the door was full of people.

The torch lit up half of the sky, and the thieves who blatantly came to the door were fearless.

The two noble ladies they had caught in the almost unattended back garden pressed the back of a large knife against the neck of Xie, who was almost collapsed, while Min had simply sat on the ground, letting her hair pull motionless.

Luan Da squinted his eyes and looked at the group of people who were confronting him in the courtyard, led by a woman in her twenties, but unlike the hostages they held, she stepped on the corpse under her feet, tilted her head, and her eyes were full of disdain.

The mountain bandits who reported their homes to make noise to their neighbors, Du Xuanshuang and others, who were taken away in the afternoon, have already gone through a bandit incident and let the thieves into Fengjin County...... A few things flipped through Du Shi's mind, and a trace of indignation passed through her heart, if she said that these things were unrelated, she didn't believe it.

Just understood that he understood, Du Shi still pretended to be confused and said, "Heroes! I want you to come to my Zhou family just to ask for money, the Zhou family's property is all in the backyard, please take it and leave, otherwise this is an example! ”

With the tail note of Du Shi's dragging, Zhu's mother's iron rod slammed in tacit understanding, and a thief's head was smashed.

"We also want to avenge our brother who died in vain! You mother-in-law put down your weapons first and hand over the man who killed our brother yesterday! Otherwise, I'll kill her first!" ”。 Luan shouted, and the knife in his hand pressed down three points towards Xie.

"Five brothers and sisters! Save me! Xie's screams soared wildly.

"Impossible! Lay down your weapons, and we'll be at your disposal. In the face of life and death, but everyone is in charge of their own people, if the two sisters-in-law are unfortunate, I can only ......", Du Shi said slowly, one hand behind his back shook at Xiao Man, Xiao Man quietly withdrew into the crowd behind him, and quietly climbed the beam to the room by the night, and touched the place where he hid his bow.

"Du Shanshan!" , Xie Shi shouted loudly, and two tears instantly flowed down her cheeks, but it also made her forget her fear, and as soon as she gritted her teeth, she hit the knife in Luan Da's hand, but begged for a quick death.

Luan Da's dodging figure stepped aside, just to avoid a feathered arrow that flew towards the door in front of him, and the arrow flashed, grazing his hair on the right side, leaving a deep blood groove.

"Boss! There are people in the room! The already sharp-eyed bandit pointed out Xiao Man, who was aiming with his bow in the dark on the roof, and immediately someone ran towards Xiao Man's hideout.

"Pig!" , Du Shi scolded, and the sword in his hand shook lightly with anger.

Luan Da came back from the stupor of escaping death, let out a string of wild laughs, and then pointed his finger at Du Shi, and said: "You lady is interesting, why don't you go back to the mountain with this king to be a lady of the village, I will protect you......"

Disgusting! Luan Da's crazy words were so loud that even Man Yun, who was staying in the room, could hear them clearly, and she grabbed her neckline tightly, feeling heartache for the insult her mother had received.

Die! Let him die! Stab him, poke him, bite him!

Zhou Manyun's anger rushed to his head unabashedly, and his eyes were dyed with a faint layer of blood red......

At this moment, Luan Da, who was laughing at Du Shi, suddenly became dumb. One arm was raised high, pointing stiffly ahead, and then fell to the ground with a thud, causing Xie and Min who were next to him to let out a series of screams at the same time.

"Yes...... There are ghosts!", a "bandit" who stepped forward to test Luan's big snort withdrew his finger and took a few steps back, his face full of horror.

Luan Da didn't die, but fainting for no reason was even more weird in this night.

A small silver snake quietly bounced from Luan's big neck, like a silver lightning, and jumped up to the ankle of the screaming bandit, aiming at the blood vessel.

Another unconscious body crashed to the ground.

There was a gradually loud sizzling sound from the small courtyard of the Zhou family, and more than a dozen long snakes slowly swam out of the grass on all sides, some of them were still swallowing the delicious meatballs they had just found in their mouths, but they had already pounced towards the live meat they were about to deal with under the guidance of the same kind of high-level creatures.

There are then bitten bandits, who are no longer as lucky as Luan Da, and there are a few snakes driven by silver, which are poisonous and highly poisonous.