"Mother! Gone, gone! We're leaving! Otherwise, Daddy will go hungry! Ritsuko kicked off the cotton shoes on her feet in the hallway, struggled to remove the door of the Japanese room, and ran into the back room with a dada, hugging her mother, who was picking up the food box with a bento cloth.

She was stumbled by Ritsuko, and it took half a step back to finally stabilize herself and Ritsuko, "The dim sum is eaten so quickly?" ”

"Hmm!" Ritsuko nodded vigorously, raised her big shining eyes, grabbed the hem of her mother's clothes expectantly, and shook it, "Mother, let's go, let's go!" ”

"Okay, let's go, let's go, I really can't help you." The mother held the food box in one hand and Ritsuko's hand in the other hand and walked to the entrance.

"Mother! Wait a minute, I want to get a new dress to meet Daddy! ”

"Change of clothes? Why do you suddenly want to change your clothes? Is it because you don't like the dress? Mother stopped at the hallway, which was one step lower than the board, and looked back at Ritsuko, who was trying to pull her hand back.

"Hmm......" Ritsuko let go of her mother's hand, picked up her skirt with both hands, and stared at the hem of the skirt, trying to find a place on it that would displease her, "Here! ”

The mother squatted down, put the food box on the ground on the side, carried her skirt for Ritsuko, and looked in the direction she was pointing, but no matter how she looked, she didn't see anything different from other places, "What's wrong here?" ”

"Mother, look carefully! I got it when I ate a snack! So get a new outfit! ”

It was almost necessary to narrow his eyes into a line before he could barely see a stain under Ritsuko's finger that was so small that it almost merged with the surroundings. The mother frowned and said, "So that's the case, then let's change into beautiful clothes and go to see Daddy, okay?" ”

"Good! Mother, I'm going to wear that pale pink one! Pretty! ”

"Okay, okay, Ritsuko can wear whatever she wants." The mother got up and put the food box to the side, took Ritsuko's hand again, and walked into the back room.

"Mother, did you say that Daddy would welcome us?" Ritsuko suddenly felt a little melancholy, and gently pulled the mother who knelt in front of her to tighten her belt for herself.

"Of course, your father likes you so much, it's too late to see you happy, how can he not welcome us?" The mother pinched Ritsuko's somewhat fleshy little face, "Okay, Ritsuko is also beautiful today." ”

"Really? Great, mother, let's go! I need to see Daddy sooner! This time, it was Ritsuko's turn to take her mother's hand and run vigorously in the direction of the entrance.

"Ritsuko, run slower, be careful of falling."

"No, mother, I won't fall!"

Ritsuko pushed the door open with all her might, and the light outside illuminated the somewhat dim hallway, and also illuminated Ritsuko's face, which instantly became frightened, and she kept taking a few steps back, bumping into her mother, who was still wearing shoes.

"What's wrong Ritsuko? Is there anything out there? ”

"Mother, look at it, it's ...... outside. There were strange people standing outside. Ritsuko hid behind her mother, her little hands clenching her sleeves trembling uncontrollably, and her face pressed tightly against her back.

"Strange people?" Niang held Ritsuko's hand, looked up at the outside of the room, and saw two men wearing white clothes and holding long swords in their hands, some of them looked old, so ordinary that people felt that they would forget their appearance in the next second, even so, Niang was still vigilant, and took Ritsuko to take a small step back, "Is there something wrong with you?" ”

"This is the mansion of Lord Nangong Wen of the county order?"

"Yes, what are you going to do?"

"Are you Mrs. Nangong? We're ghost hunters, let's move in. One of the taller men in white waved behind him and gave up his position with the man next to him.

Four people carrying a pair of wooden stretchers soon appeared in front of Mrs. Nangong and Ritsuko, they all had a white cloth tied to their heads, their dark skin was almost identical, they bent over and jumped left and right like clowns jumping off the beam, and then stood behind the two men in white.

The stretcher was covered with a white cloth, and there were still red blood stains on the white cloth, and a figure seemed to be protruding from the white cloth.

Mrs. Nangong stared at the blood stains on the white cloth, a chill ran behind her back, and a thought that she didn't dare to think about kept flooding her mind, "This...... Could this be ......?"

"Please mourn, Mrs. Nangong."

She covered Ritsuko's eyes, crouched down and reached for the white cloth with trembling hands, and pulled it several times, but she couldn't pull it off the man's face.

Because of her movements, it happened that the person under the white cloth leaked the jade pendant that was supposed to be hanging around her waist.

It's so familiar.

"Ah Wen...... Is it really Ah Wen? Mrs. Nangong's eyes blurred, and she didn't want to believe it when she saw that the eye-catching red on the white in front of her was gradually ghosted.

"I'm sorry, Mrs. Nangong."

"It's ...... What's going on...... "Mrs. Nangong couldn't help kneeling in front of the stretcher, took a deep breath and lifted the piercing white cloth, and an eye that had been blurred to the point of view couldn't see clearly, and she was still wearing the clothes she had put on for him when the county magistrate left home that day," Ah Wen ...... Ah Wen...... How did you end up like this, and who is it...... Who is so cruel......"

Mrs. Nangong covered her eyes with one hand, but tears still dripped down her fingers and fell on the face of the county magistrate, instantly melting in blood.

"I'm really sorry, Mrs. Nangong, no one thought that there would be a cloud ghost in the yamen that night, and it happened to be when Lord Nangong was working, and when we heard Lord Nangong's voice and rushed over, Lord Nangong was already ...... But Mrs. Nangong, don't worry, that cloud ghost has been corrected on the spot, and it can be regarded as revenge for Lord Nangong, and there should be no other cloud ghosts in the town anymore. The man in white who spoke was a little taller, and he didn't dare to look at Mrs. Nangong's face, because he could even imagine how desperate and disappointed she would look at him.

"Aren't you ghost hunters? Why can't even a single citizen be protected? Ah Wen...... Ah Wen is still so young, Ritsuko is still so young, why can you bear to let Ah Wen encounter such a cruel thing? What do you want Ritsuko to do in the future? ”

"I'm so sorry, we really didn't expect that Snow Town, which has never had a cloud ghost for a long time, would suddenly appear a cloud ghost and neglect to take precautions. When we go back, we will definitely give feedback to our superiors and send people to protect your mother and daughter. ”

"Mother...... Daddy ...... Isn't it...... Came back......"

Mrs. Nangong felt the warm liquid flowing down her other palm, and she turned her head to look at the side, Ritsuko stood quietly, but tears flowed down her chin and dripped down her clothes.

"Yes...... Your daddy, he's back. ”

"Great, Daddy is back, then we don't have to go down the mountain to find Daddy! Daddy, he doesn't speak...... Are you asleep......"

"Ritsuko, Daddy is tired, let's not disturb Daddy's rest, go back to the room, okay?"

"Good ......"

Mrs. Nangong covered Ritsuko's eyes, held her shoulders, and slowly walked towards the house.

All this was seen by the two men in white, they silently knelt down in front of the door of Nangong's house, put their swords aside, supported the ground with both hands, and kowtowed heavily to the dead Lord Nangong, as well as to Mrs. Nangong and Ritsuko, who had lost their loved ones overnight.

"I'm sorry, we didn't protect you."