When Zhu Changxi returned home, he heard the little guy with a broom talking to the maid holding the flower pot.

The little man said mysteriously: "Last night, I heard someone talking under my bed. ”

"With your broken bed, who can hide underneath?" The maid asked jokingly.

The little guy said with a mysterious face: "It's not for you to play, it's true." Last night, I heard someone talking under my bed. Not only me, but also Tie Dan, who lived in the same room as me, heard it. ”

"What did you hear?" The maid lowered her voice: "Is it true?" Listen to what you say, it's weird and scary. ”

"I also find it scary." The little guy shuddered: "Just last night, I had just fallen asleep, and I heard someone talking, muttering, and I don't know what he was talking about." There are men, women, old people, and children. One moment I laughed, the next I cried, and the noise hurt my ears. I thought I was dreaming, but I rolled over, opened my eyes, and thought that when I woke up, those voices would be gone, right? As a result, and guess what, I heard better. ”

"What did they say?"

"They say that this new girl is really handsome, but her clothes are like snakeskin."

"Snakes?" The maid's hair was numb when she heard this, and she fled to the side with the flower pot: "Don't scare me, I'm the least daring." ”

"It's not to scare you, it's true, I really heard it. I thought it was strange at the time, thinking that someone was talking in the yard, so I got out of bed and looked into the yard. But the courtyard was dark and there was nothing. When I lay down, I felt that the sound was coming from under the bed, so I woke up the iron egg, lit the lamp and candle, lifted the sheets and looked down, but the bed was ...... Nothing, too. ”

"Maybe it's a dream?" The maid stroked her chest: "I remember when I was a child, I also heard the cry of a baby, the kind that was particularly scary, like crying outside the window of our house. I was so frightened that my face turned white, and I hid in my mother's arms and cried. Later, my mother called my father up and told him to go outside. And guess what, it's a cat, a wild cat that came out of nowhere. My father was so angry that he beat the wild cat away with a stick, and from then on I never heard such a scary sound again.

"I know what you're talking about. But I swear, what I heard with Tie Dan was really not a cat meowing or someone talking, and we heard it for real. The little servant raised his hand and swore, "I'll tell you, our house is haunted." I don't know, but the ghost has been found again. ”

"The more you talk about it, the more scary it gets." The maid stretched out her hand and slapped the little girl, and when she looked up, she happened to meet Zhu Changxi's gaze, and hurriedly hugged the flower pot and blessed her body: "Uncle." ”

"What are you two talking about?" Zhu Changxi asked, with a smile in his eyebrows.

"It's all Ah Fu, Ah Fu said that he told ghost stories to scare slaves." The maid said, glaring fiercely at the little girl with the broom.

"No...... It's not a ghost story, it's true. Ah Fu defended: "If you don't believe it, forget it." ”

"I believe that Ah Fu is not the kind of person who likes to be scary. I only heard one sentence just now, saying that there was a ghost in our house, what is going on? ”

"Uncle, don't listen to Ah Futa's nonsense."

"I'm not talking nonsense, it's true, and many people in the house know it." Ah Fu stretched his neck to defend himself: "Our Zhu Mansion was bought from a descendant of a Jinshi after the old man became rich, do you know about this?" ”

"I did." Zhu Changxi nodded.

"The owner of this courtyard was a jinshi of the previous dynasty, and this jinshi married a wife, took a concubine, and the two wives and concubines gave birth to two sons, one after the other. These two sons are just one year apart. When he reached the age of studying, the child born to this original partner read very well, and he was already motivated when he was a child, but the child born to this concubine did not grow up much, and every day he either walked cats and teased dogs, or caused trouble everywhere.

After a long time, there were rumors outside that the children born to this little concubine were not half like Jinshi. The speaker has a heart, and the listener has more intention. So the jinshi also began to pay attention to his youngest son. The child born by this father and mother, no matter how much it looks, there will always be a little bit of imitation of his father or mother, right? But this Jinshi's concubine was born with willow eyebrows and apricot eyes, and her skin was also fine and white.

This Jinshi, although he was not good-looking, but he also had a square face, but the child born to the concubine was a thief, whether it was his eyes and nose, or his mouth and chin, none of them were imitated from them. Compare the child born with the original match, that is the biological son of Jinshi. The more Jin Shi looked at it, the more he felt that the child born by this concubine was not his own.

Finally, on Chinese New Year's Eve, when the concubine's son knocked over the table at home and spilled soup on the original son, Jinshi broke out. He caught the concubine's son, beat him severely, and then forced the concubine to ask where the child came from and was born to the man outside. The concubine screamed that she was wronged, and she cried and cried for most of the night.

In the past, when this beautiful concubine cried, Jinshi's heart would have softened into the mud, but that night, the more he listened to the cry, the more upset he felt, and he killed the concubine and the concubine's children with the strength of wine.

Later, after a while, a fire broke out in the Jinshi's house. According to people in the know, it was the concubine who came back with her son's ghost, and cried day and night in this mansion, saying that she was wronged. Some people also say that although the son of this concubine does not look like a jinshi, he looks very much like the father of the concubine. As for the concubine's flower and moon appearance, it is an imitation of the concubine's mother.

Of course, this is just to hear, no one has seen what this concubine's father and mother look like. I only know that the fire killed many people, and only the original partner escaped with the child born to the original partner. After the fire, the house was abandoned. Until our lord bought this house. Our lord is a businessman, and he said that this house that was burned by fire is the most suitable for businessmen to live in, and the more he lives, the more prosperous it becomes. Not to mention, since our lord bought this house, our Zhu family's business has become bigger and bigger, and it is only now that we have today. ”

"Who are you listening to when you say that?"

"I forgot who said it, anyway, this is a real thing, if you don't believe it, uncle, you can also go out and inquire. The matter of this house is not uncommon in Luoyang City. The little maid continued to sweep the floor, leaving only a maid holding the flower pot, and asked Zhu Changxi cautiously: "Master, you said, is the disappearance of our young lady also related to the haunting of this house?" ”

"Don't talk nonsense." Zhu Changxi removed the smile at the corner of his mouth: "Madame is just bored in her heart, she went out for a walk, and she will be back in a few days." ”

"But Madame's relatives are all in Luoyang City, where can this young lady go to relax." The maid bit her lip: "Uncle, otherwise, let's go and report to the official." What if this young lady was given by some bad guy...... Bah, bah, look at the slave's broken mouth, what are you talking about? Miss is such a good person, she will definitely return safely. ”

"Madame will return safely." Zhu Changxi stared at the flower pot in the maid's arms: "What kind of flowers are you planting in this pot?" Why do they still have flower buds this season? ”

"The slave maid didn't know it, but she saw it on the street when she got up early this morning and went out to sell vegetables. There are two pots of this flower, and one pot is blooming, which is particularly fragrant. One pot is not flowering. The slave maid thought that the young lady loved flowers the most on weekdays, and if she could smell the fragrance of this flower when she came back, she would definitely be in a very good mood. The slave maid originally wanted to buy both pots, but the grandmother who sold vegetables next to her said that the pot had already opened, and it would not take long for the flowers to fall, so it was better to buy this pot alone. Uncle, look, this little flower is not particularly beautiful. ”

The maid brought the pot of flowers to Zhu Changxi, but Zhu Changxi took a few steps back.

"Uncle, what's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing, I just can't smell the flowers." Zhu Changxi covered his nose: "You should raise the flowers in your own room first, and then let her go to see them when the lady comes back." I don't have a good nose and can't smell such a heavy scent. ”

"The slave and maid know, then this flower, the slave and maid will raise it for the young lady first."

"It's rare that you have the heart, and use the money to buy yourself some beads to wear." Zhu Changxi handed a string of money to the maid, and the maid thanked her and accepted it happily.

Seeing the maid leave with the pot of flowers, the smile on Zhu Changxi's face disappeared instantly, and was replaced by a gloomy face. The flower, which he recognized, was called the snake and the grass, and it only bloomed next to the snake's den. I heard that wherever there are snakes and grasses, there will inevitably be big snakes nearby.

In the Ruyi rouge shop, Xing Ruyi took out a bottle of the same fragrant fir and handed it to Chang Tai: "Oh, that's what Zhu Changxi bought." ”

"This is a dew?" Chang Tai looked at the weird little bottle.

"It's kind of a perfume, but I prefer to call it a perfume because it has a richer flavor and stays longer than the dew. Brother Chang, the bottle you are holding in your hand is for men, and it is also very popular in Luoyang City. Do you want to buy a bottle? ”

"No need." Chang Tai put Xiangshan back on the table: "This thing, may hide the strange smell on people?" ”

"Weird? What kind of weird smell? Xing Ruyi fiddled with the bottle of fragrant cedar: "This strange smell should be able to be concealed." It is said that when this perfume or perfume was first developed, it was used to hide fox odor or body odor. This fox smell is rare in us Han people, but there are many in foreigners. ”

"What about the smell of blood? Can it be covered up too? Chang Tai followed up and asked, "Can the very strong smell of blood be covered?" ”