(Somehow there is a power outage for two days.,Seven o'clock in the evening before the call to hurry up the code.,Fortunately, there was a half-chapter written yesterday.,Strive for another two chapters tonight.,Try to do it tomorrow.。 )

Chapter 346: Madame's Smile

The General's Mansion was the residence of a prince of the Shang Kingdom, covering a huge area. Mrs. Chu and Luo Yao did not live together, she and her four dowry maids lived in an independent courtyard in the general's mansion. After bypassing the small lake, I walked for a while, only to find that the small courtyard with a fence wall in the shade of the bamboo forest, the locust tree in the yard that was already higher than the roof of the house looked particularly discordant in the bamboo forest.

"This is Madame's residence, Madame has been waiting for a long time."

Sun Zhi led Fang Xie to the door and stopped, and said with a smile: "Madame likes to be quiet, I can't go in at will, so I can only take you here." ”

Fang Xie nodded in thanks, and then saw the door being pushed open from the inside, and two women in plain dresses walked out slowly. The clothes on these two women were almost identical, and they walked in similar positions, as if they were floating forward without feet under their long skirts.

The faces of these two people were the same snow-white, but they were not much different from the Chu family.

"Slave maid Qiu Ju, slave maid Dongmei has seen Lord Xiaofang."

These two women should not be young, their figures have been out of shape, and the wrinkles on their foreheads and at the corners of their eyes are telling others that they are no longer young.

Fang Xie returned the salute, Qiu Ju said that Mrs. had been waiting for a long time, and then invited Fang Xie in.

Just walked into this courtyard, Fang Xie suddenly felt a chill on his back. It's like walking in an empty alley at night, and being targeted by something unclean behind you. The threat is like clinging to the back of the head, and at any moment a ghost will pounce on the person.

At this time, Fang Xie saw a doll hanging on the big locust tree.

The wind was blowing, and the dolls hanging from the trees swayed with the wind. The workmanship of each doll is exquisite, and it looks like the eyebrows and eyes are all lifelike. I don't know how long these dolls have been hanging on the tree, the wind and the sun and rain, and the small clothes on the dolls have been torn. Because of this, those dolls look particularly gloomy.

Swinging, it's like a bunch of imps looking at people grinning.

The dolls look as big as a three-year-old and as small as a newborn baby. The most incredible thing is the fineness of its workmanship, when he walked next to the locust tree, Fang Xie subconsciously glanced at the nearest doll, and found that this doll was so fine that even the eyeballs, eyelashes and even teeth were so realistic. After only a few glances, Fang Xie couldn't help but look away, and his heart became tighter and tighter, and when he looked at the doll, it was as if the doll was also looking at him, which made him feel uncomfortable.

There are no less than fifty or sixty dolls in this tree.

Seeing Fang Xie staring at the doll, Qiu Ju said apologetically: "Since the accident of the eldest young master, Madame likes to let people make some dolls, one or two every year, and there are already sixty or seventy of them. These dolls come from the famous Su Ji Immortal Shop in Jiangnan, and they are very exquisite, almost chaotic. ”

"What is the Shop of the Underworld?"

Fang Xie didn't understand, and subconsciously asked.

"That's it...... Specialized in making dead people's stuff. ”

Qiu Ju and Dong Mei didn't seem to be disgusted with this delicate little square adult, and they changed their habit of being cold to people in the past. Dongmei whispered as she walked: "Su Ji's business is all because there are relatives at home who have passed away but the family is reluctant, and when you ask for Su Ji, Su Ji will make a dummy that looks like a dead person, which is almost the same as the deceased." ”

When he heard this, Fang Jie's scalp almost exploded, and he said in his heart, how could Southwest still do such a business. He didn't know that because the people of the southwest had been in contact with the barbarians of the Su tribe for a long time, they would inevitably be affected by the living habits of the Su people. It is said that the Su people who live in the jungle do not bury their loved ones after they die. Instead, he invited a sorcerer to cut off the head of the deceased, brew it with a secret method, and hang it in front of his house. It is said that the skulls that have been treated by the wizard's secret method can guarantee that they will not decay for decades.

This kind of creepy thing that seems creepy to the people of the Central Plains is a habit that has remained unchanged for thousands of years in the Su people.

The way of thinking of the Su people is completely different from that of the Han people, for example: a long time ago, there was a poet from the Central Plains, because he was curious about the way of life of the Su people, he traveled thousands of miles to the southwest, and it took him a few years to finally integrate into the life of the Su people, and he became friends with an old hunter of the Su people. He lived in the old hunter's house, and every day he went out hunting with the hunter, drinking rice wine, eating barbecued meat, and when he saw the eggs of birds, he broke them open and ate them raw.

After living in the jungle tribe for five years, the poet became more and more homesick, and then took his leave to the old hunter. He said I'm going back, I miss my loved ones. The old hunter was very reluctant and kept it a few times, but the poet couldn't keep it. The poet made a table of meals with his own hands, poured rice wine for the old hunter and prepared to get drunk with his old friend at the end.

After three rounds of drinking, the old hunter said to the poet that you are leaving, and I know that you will not return. I will never see you again, you will miss it, can you leave something for me as a souvenir? The poet said, "Well, what do you want?" The hunter drew his knife and cut off the poet's head, brewed it in a secret method, and hung it next to the bed.

That's it.

Every night before going to bed, I will talk to people for a while, and there are still two pairs of dishes and chopsticks on the table every day.

Yongzhou is less than a thousand miles away from the jungle inhabited by the Su barbarians, and this place is better, closer to the Su people, and many Han people have also begun to get used to the things of the Su people.

Although Fang Xie had lived in Nanyan for a long time before, he did not understand the way of life of the Su people. Because the Southern Yan Emperor Murong Yan began to use troops against the Su people after the founding of the country, so that there was no longer a single Su people in the territory of Nanyan. After arriving in Yongzhou, I heard some people mention it, but Fang Xie was not very interested.

At this time, listening to Dongmei, he suddenly thought that this so-called Su Ji could make such a delicate thing, and this weird style seemed to have the shadow of the Su people.

The more he thought about it, the more chilled his heart became, and the more he felt that those dolls were staring at him.

"Lord Xiaofang is afraid of these dolls?"

Dongmei asked in surprise.

Fang Xie smiled wryly, and said in his heart that your lady is a pervert. You've been seeing each other all day, and you've been used to it for decades, but where are others not surprised when they see it?

"It's just...... Not adapting. ”

He replied, and walked quickly away from the big locust tree and inside.

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When he was about to reach the door of the house, Mrs. Chu came out of the door. It can be seen that Qiu Ju Dongmei is wearing plain clothes and is also influenced by her, and this lady is not wearing a brocade dress but a white cotton dress. Pure white clothes are filial piety and unlucky, so her clothes are embellished with some pale yellow flowers, and the color of the belt around her waist has also changed a little. But even so, it still looks as if he has just come out of the mourning hall.

Fang Xie hurriedly bowed and bowed, and said that he had seen his wife.

He met him as a junior, and the Chu family did not dodge, so he accepted it as a matter of course, and then said lightly, please come in. She spoke in a strange tone, as if she were a little stiff.

Fang Xie followed her into the house, and although he was ready, he was still startled.

In the room, the tables are arranged, the walls are hung, and even the beams are all the kind of dolls with exquisite workmanship.

Fang Xie took a deep breath, and then noticed that the smell in the room was a little strange.

"What does this smell like, it doesn't seem to be sandalwood."

Fang Xie asked subconsciously.

The eldest maid, Chunlan, asked Fang Xie to sit down while pointing to the incense burner not far away and said: "This is called phoenix tail incense, it is a unique thing on the Cangman Mountain in the south, it looks like a laurel tree, but the notes are coiled together and then separated, as if it is the tail of a phoenix, and because this thing tastes very fragrant, it is called phoenix tail incense." It has the effect of soothing the body, and many people are using it. ”

Fang Xie sighed, sat down on the chair and said to the Chu family: "I take the liberty to bother, please forgive me." ”

Chu's eyes kept staring at him, and that kind of flat and cold look made Fang Xie very uncomfortable. She seemed to sense Fang Jie's thoughts, but she waved her hand and said, "Lord Xiao Fang doesn't like these things, let's withdraw them." It's the first time I've come here as a guest, and I can't make Lord Xiaofang feel uncomfortable. ”

The faces of the four maids changed, and they looked at each other and then took all the dolls in the room away.

Without those things, the discomfort in Fang Jie's heart was indeed reduced.

"I invited Lord Xiaofang to be a guest, and I took the liberty to say that I was the first to be presumptuous."

The corners of Chu's mouth hooked up and smiled, and then pointed to the dishes on the table and said: "Knowing that Lord Xiao Fang is tired of eating greasy things in Yongzhou City, I spent a morning making a table of vegetarian dishes, I haven't cooked in person for many years, and my skills are a lot rusty. ”

Fang Xie looked at it and couldn't help but praise: "Don't say eating, just smell it and see that saliva is about to flow out." ”

When he raised his hand, he felt out a broken Gu Pill from his cuff, this thing was specially prepared by Fang Jie. Once the Gu poison technique is planted, it is difficult to eradicate it, unless the person who inflicted the Gu poison personally cracks it. However, it is not impossible to prevent Gu poison, in order to prevent themselves from being poisoned by the enemy, the Su people will take a pill of Broken Gu Pill before eating and drinking in a strange place. This medicine is just made with a taste of cocktail grass, and it is not difficult to make. And after eating the broken Gu pill made of cocktail grass first, even if you eat something with Gu poison, you will quickly spit it out.

It is said that all the insects used for poison are very disgusted with cocktails. In the jungle, where cocktail grass grows, there will never be any poison. Therefore, before the Su people go deep into the jungle, they must tie a bunch of sun-dried cocktail grass around their waists to repel insects.

Fang Xie was not worried that Luo Yao's wife would poison herself, but when she arrived in Yongzhou, she had to prevent being tricked.

In particular, Luo Yao's Mansion has the most powerful group of wizards.

Lu Ou's words have not been forgotten, Lu Ou said that the person who knows the most about the secret things in the General's Mansion is his wife Chu. He took the Broken Gu Pill out of his cuff and quietly threw it into his mouth before drinking. When eating, she waited for Chu Shi to pour wine for herself, so Chu Shi didn't notice Fang Jie's small movements.

"Lord Xiao Fang is only seventeen this year?"

Chu asked after saluting Fang Xie with a glass of wine.

Fang Xie nodded: "It's still a few months before you turn seventeen." ”

"Well, it's three years younger than Zixu."

Zi continued, is Luo Wen's table character.

"Twenty-three years younger than Hyun."

Xianchang is Luo Wu's cousin. Back then, Luo Yao killed his family to resist his life, and only his wife Chu was left in the family. More than 20 years ago, it seems that the Chu family still can't let go. When she mentioned Luo Wu, her flat eyes changed slightly.

Fang Xie was stunned, feeling that these words were a little awkward and he didn't know where the awkwardness was.

"Eat, taste the craftsmanship."

Chu Shi untied the dishes for Fang, and his face softened slightly: "There are very few guests in my small courtyard, and the four of them are lazy and haven't cleaned up, it's my fault for making Lord Xiaofang uncomfortable, I'm really sorry." ”

She looked at Fang Jie's eyes when she spoke, which made Fang Xie even more uncomfortable than those dolls.

"You're welcome, madam, this is the best vegetarian dish I've ever eaten in my life. I'm a soldier, so it's inevitable that I'm not happy with meat, and today is the first time I feel that vegetarian food can make me can't stop chopsticks. ”

Fang Xie changed the topic, he really felt that the five women in this small courtyard and this room were strange everywhere.

"If you like to eat, I'll make it for you when I have time in the future."

The corners of Chu's mouth picked up, and finally sketched a smile that looked quite normal. It's just that maybe I haven't laughed in a long time, and I still look a little stiff.