"Do you think about it, did you encounter any strange things before your child became ill?"

The woman shook her head with red eyes: "My eyes have been dead for a long time, and I don't go out much on weekdays. ”

The woman said, pointing to the clothes in the yard that had not yet been washed: "My man left early, and I have a child with me, so I can't do anything normally, so I make a living by helping my neighbors wash their clothes." I stayed at home every day, and there was nothing particularly strange about it. ”

"Didn't you?" Xing Ruyi frowned and looked at the child's situation again.

"Madame, can you see what is wrong with my child?"

"It's supposed to be a soul disorder. This disease is more common in young children, and the causes of the disease are different, but your child seems to be more sick. ”

"Madame is talking about evil?" The woman turned sideways: "Before, a doctor also came to see it, and said that my child does not look sick, but seems to have been hooked by something. But he was a doctor, not a gentleman, so he asked me to invite a monk and Taoist priest to come and have a look. ”

"Are you invited?"

The woman nodded, "I've had two, but they're both liars." I was bullied into not being able to see, so I pretended that my husband came to my house and sang a song casually and recited a strange scripture. As a result, the child's illness did not improve, and they took the opportunity to abduct all the valuable things in my house. If it weren't for a kind reminder from a neighbor, I wouldn't know. ”

"It's hard for you." Xing Ruyi sighed: "This soul disease is easy to treat, and it is also easy to treat." It is said that it is difficult to treat, and it is also difficult to treat. ”

"Madame wants money?"

"Sister, you misunderstood, I don't need money. What I'm talking about is that this kind of thing has to find the root cause. But when I entered the door, I took a closer look, and it didn't look like there was anything dirty in your house. Supposedly, children should not suffer from this condition. ”

"What can I do? What can I do? The woman wept anxiously.

"In this way, I will prescribe a medicine for the child first and help him hang his life." Xing Ruyi opened the child's eyelids and looked at it, and said to the woman: "It's just that this medicine is a symptom but not a cure after all." If you want your child to recover, you have to find the cause of his illness. ”

"Thank you, ma'am! Thank you ma'am! ”

"The eldest sister doesn't have to thank her, just take care of the child."

"Is this medicine expensive?"

"Eldest sister, rest assured, they are all ordinary medicines." Xing Ruyi patted the woman's hand: "Seeing this child today, it is also fate, I gave the money for this medicine." It's just that this medicine needs to be boiled by your own hands to be effective. Therefore, later, it will be hard for you to boil three bowls of water into one bowl and pay for the child. ”

The woman was grateful, and was about to kneel down immediately, but was helped up by Xing Ruyi.

When she got up, the woman seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then said, "I just remembered something, and I don't know if this thing is unusual." ”

"Sister, let's hear it."

"That's right. Every once in a while, the housekeeper and wife of the old man's house in the city would bring some clothes and let me wash them. Just before my child became ill, the housekeeper's wife sent me two large bags of clothes, but one of them was much better than the other clothes in terms of fabric and texture. At the time, I didn't care. After the pulp was washed, the garment was dried on a rope over there.

It was customary for the housekeeper's wife to come and pick up the garments two days later. But for some reason, she came early. I didn't need to help clean up, so I hurriedly took my clothes and left. When the housekeeper had gone, I hung up my freshly washed clothes, only to find that there was still one piece left on the rope, the same one I had been comfortable with. ”

"What kind of clothes does this housekeeper's wife usually send over?"

"I can't see with my eyes, but when I wash it, I can roughly tell it. There were young women's clothes, some of our age's clothes, and some men's clothes. Earlier, I also asked the housekeeper's wife, saying that it was the maids and wives in the house, and the old clothes of the little maids. After I washed it, she would take it to her poor relatives in the country. So, I don't care if my pulp is clean or not. Oh, and the housekeeper gave me two clothes. I didn't even want to wear it, so I put it on the tablet at the head of the bed. ”

Xing Ruyi took a look, it was indeed the style often worn by the maids and wives of rich and noble families. The fabrics are also common ordinary fabrics in large households, but they are slightly better than the coarse linen clothes on the woman's body, and it is no wonder that she is reluctant to wear them, so they are neatly folded and placed there.

"What is that good garment?"

"The young woman was dressed and slippery with her hands. Although I can't see with my eyes, with my habit of washing clothes for many years, I also know that only my wife and lady can afford to wear that clothes. ”

"Where's the clothes?"

"It's in the cabinet over there. I was worried that I would get dirty if I left it outside, so I picked it up with a cloth and put it in that small wooden cabinet. After that, I waited for the housekeeper's wife to come again, so that I could give her back the garment. But until now, the housekeeper's wife has not come. ”

"Then have you ever gone to Master Wang's house to ask?"

"I've been there twice, but I haven't seen anyone. Later, when the child became ill, I put the matter on hold. ”

"Can I see the garment?"

"Yes! Absolutely! ”

As she spoke, the woman walked over to the wooden cabinet and fumbled for the removal of a blue cloth printed bag. When I opened it, it was a water-red dress, and I didn't need to study the fabric, just by the embroidery on the surface of the dress, I could see that this dress was not worn by ordinary maids, let alone the mother-in-law and the cooks could afford to wear it.

"Madame, this is it."

Xing Ruyi took the clothes. The tentacles were cold, and immediately after, they smelled a faint corpse gas. The corpse smell was stained on the clothes, indicating that the owner of the clothes was no longer there when the housekeeper's wife sent the clothes to be washed.

"Has this old man Wang's family done any funerals?"

"Madame doesn't ask, I haven't remembered yet. It seems to have been a funeral. The first time I went to Wang's house with my clothes, I was blocked by the little guy at the door. said that an aunt of the Wang family died, and the house was running errands, so it was inconvenient to let outsiders in. ”

"Auntie?"

"Hmm. That's what the guy at the door said. ”

"Then do you know this aunt of the Wang family?"

"When I listened to gossip, I heard a few words. It is said that it is a flower girl who was redeemed from a flower building when Mr. Wang was doing business abroad. It is said that the person is very good-looking, and when he came back with Master Wang, he already had the flesh and blood of Lord Wang in his belly. It's just that for some reason, all of a sudden, people are gone. ”

While the woman was narrating, Xing Ruyi casually looked through the clothes in her hand. At the front of the garment, a dark red patch was found. I lowered my head and sniffed, and there seemed to be some medicinal smell mixed in the smell of corpses.

"How many ladies are there in this old man's family?"

"If you count this aunt, there should be three. One is the eldest lady, and she is also the original wife of Lord Wang. It is said that the original wife was suffering from a strange disease, so she had not given birth for many years. Later, he gave his dowry maid to the master to make a partial room. ”

"The dowry maid is a partial house, but it is also like a common thing in a large family."

"That's what Madame said. This dowry maid was originally her own person, even if she was the master's partial house, she didn't dare to cause any trouble in the house. Even if the eldest lady does not have children, she will not be robbed of anything by a partial house. Speaking of which, this girl is quite competitive. Not long after marrying Master Wang, he gave birth to a son for the Wang family. It's a pity that this child was blessed and died when he was three years old. Later, the partial house successively added a son and two daughters to the Wang family. According to rumors outside, Master Wang was worried that he would not be able to keep the child, so he counted the child on Mrs. Wang's head. is regarded as the son-in-law of the Wang family. ”

"When I hear this, I think there are a lot of things in the Wang family."

"Not really." The woman sighed: "The poor have the troubles of the poor people. This big family also has the troubles of a big family. How can life be smooth, they are all stumbling. ”

"That's what the eldest sister said." Xing Ruyi pressed on the water-red garment, injecting a wisp of invisible breath into the garment. Then he put the garment into the woman's hand: "I have seen this garment, and there is nothing. Sister, you better put it away. Maybe, in two days, the Wang family will send someone to find this dress. ”

After speaking, he looked at the child lying on the bed again: "You take care of the child first, and I will go to the pharmacy to get the medicine back." ”

"How can this be good...... the woman grabbed Xing Ruyi's sleeve: "Madame is willing to come to help my child see a doctor, I am already grateful, how can I let Madame let you personally run errands to get medicine for the child." ”

"Since I said I would help you, I should help you to the end. It's okay, I'm just going out for a walk. ”

"Thank you Madame's great kindness, I and my children, I am afraid that there will be no retribution in this life, if there is an afterlife, I am willing to be a cow and a horse to serve Mrs. You."

Seeing that the woman knelt down again, Xing Ruyi could only reach out and help her up again.

Walking out of the courtyard, I found a passer-by to inquire about the pharmacy in the city and the house of Master Wang's family, and walked all the way over.

The gate of Wang's house was closed, and only two beggars who asked for money were lying at the door. Xing Ruyi took out a few pieces of broken silver from his waist and threw one of them into the beggar's bowl. The beggar, who had been sleeping soundly, heard the noise and immediately woke up. Seeing a well-dressed lady standing in front of him, he immediately folded his hands and shouted, "Thank you, madam!" God bless Mrs. Fortune in her life! ”

"Do you still want it?" Xing Ruyi shook the broken silver in his hand: "If you want, just answer me some questions, okay?" ”

"What does Madame want to ask?" The beggar's eyes narrowed: "As long as Madame wants to know, and we happen to know, we will tell Madame about you." ”

Xing Ruyi pointed to the closed door of the Wang family: "I heard that a lot of strange things have happened in this Wang family, I have always been interested in these strange things, if you know, tell me about it." ”