XVII (3)

Seeing that the year is approaching, there are many things going on in the Overseer's Palace. There is an endless stream of people giving gifts every day, and the big and small things that are ushered in are all on the two sons. It just so happened that the second aunt was too affected by the wind and cold in the past few days, and the women in the house had to settle down in the morning and dusk, and visit every day.

These days, Shen Qiang Rose and Fang Yuyan can be said to have coexisted peacefully, since Yun Qing's death, Fang Yuyan has restrained a lot, except for the rule to see the second aunt, she has been going deep and simple recently.

Shen Qiangrose was thinking about her second aunt's illness wholeheartedly, and now that her revenge had not been avenged, she was unwilling in her heart. It's just that every time I go to the second room, there are a lot of maids and women, and there is no way to do anything at all.

After visiting the second aunt several times in a row, it was the day of the death of the first lady, Shen Qiangrose, as the daughter-in-law of the first lady, naturally went to the ancestral hall early in the morning.

Because of such an occasion, Shen Qiangrose didn't dare to bring Mama Liu, so she only brought Xiaozhu, the maid in the house, over, Xiaozhu and these old mothers were very familiar with each other, and they chatted in one place.

Shen Qiangrose sat in the courtyard outside the ancestral hall, the early morning wind was very cold, and she only sat for a few minutes, and she felt unbearable. Fortunately, the old mother on the side brought a cushion over and laid it for her, saying, "Aunt Seventh relies on her youth, so if she doesn't pay attention to it, she will suffer when she is old." ”

Shen Qiangrose saw that her words were simple, so she casually talked to her, it turned out that this old mother's surname was Han, and she was an old person who was married to Mrs. Xian, and now Mrs. Xian is dying, and she is doing her best to deal with many matters.

The two chatted a few more words, and when Han Ma saw the dragon stone jade bracelet she was carrying, she said: "This pair of bracelets was originally an old thing for Mrs. to marry, and the young master has always kept it, and now I can't find a jade bracelet of such a color, I remember that the jade Ruyi that the young grandmother broke when she was a child, and the color is also very good." ”

Shen Qiangrose couldn't help but be embarrassed when she heard this, so she smiled. Han's mother said: "Speaking of which, the young master secretly cried when his wife died that year, and we people have never seen him cry so sadly when we watched him grow up." At that time, the fourth aunt in the house couldn't bear to see it, so she made snacks by herself in private and secretly asked me to take them to the young master. This was originally nothing, but later the handsome man found out, and he almost sent the fourth aunt down. You say, "How can there be such a thing?" ”

Shen Qiangrose heard Han's mother mention the late fourth aunt intentionally or unintentionally, it was originally just some old things, but now she feels that it is a coincidence, so she can't help but ask: "What happened later?" ”

Han's mother glanced at her and said, "Later, it was the third young master who interceded for the fourth aunt, and he was not very old at that time, so he knelt at the door of the handsome room for two whole days, and finally almost fainted." When the marshal saw that he was pitiful, he didn't mention it again. ”

sighed, and said: "Later, the fourth aunt died, and when the next person sorted out the old things, she found that there was one missing, and no one looked for it and didn't find it, but it was just lost somewhere, and in the end, my aunt guessed what?" ”

Shen Qiangrose shook her head, and heard Mother Han sigh again: "That kind of thing was taken away by the young master and kept, just because of this, the third young master also had a fight with the young master." ”

Shen Qiangrose vaguely felt that something was about to come out, but she didn't dare to think deeply, Mother Han had already gotten up, looked at her meaningfully, and said, "Actually, the young master is also a poor person, aunt, you must treat him well." ”

When it was dawn, everyone from the Su family rushed over. Because it is an old-fashioned family, it attaches great importance to the memorial ceremony. Except for the fifth lady who was far away in the United States, and the second young grandmother Cheng Jinyu, who was sick in bed, they couldn't come, and the family members of the rest of the rooms were present.

Shen Qiangrose turned her eyes to look, and saw that only the sixth aunt could not be found in the crowd, thinking about the maid's private discussion, saying that since the seventh aunt and wife entered the mansion, the mansion was equivalent to a change of heaven. She has only been through the door for a few days, and she has been confused by the handsome man, and she can't see anyone else in her eyes at all.

is the sixth aunt who is pregnant with an old son, and she has also touched a lot of mold recently, which has caused the maids and women in the house to discuss and ridicule. Shen Qiangrose raised her eyes to look, and saw Han Wan'er accompanying Su Qibai, although she was wearing a plain cheongsam, her eyebrows were also light.

It's just such a look of pink delicacy that has not been applied, just like the proud snow and cold plum that blooms on the branches, looking unstained with wind and dust, but it has experienced the invasion of wind and snow, and the flowers that bloom are delicate and dazzling.

Vaguely thinking about it, it seems that she is not familiar with her, obviously growing up together, but it turns out that this girl has put on a mask early in the morning, and she has taken away the eyes in her heart, and she is a girl who does not understand the world. Thinking about it this way, it turned out that she was the only one, living a relaxed and innocent life.

Led by Su Qibai, everyone in the Su family, regardless of age, had to pay homage to incense. Because of the different identities, Shen Qiangrose stood at the end, she was very close to the courtyard gate, and faintly heard the sound of musical instruments not far away, as if beating gongs and drums, the drum beat was urgent and light, like a big play, just waiting for the servants to appear.

Originally, Su Qibai picked up the incense, but for some reason, the incense was broken.

Everyone also heard the sound, and looked for the sound to look over, and vaguely heard the female voice singing, and it came in bursts, the female voice was sad and sad, but I couldn't hear what words were singing.

Su Qibai glanced impatiently at the messenger, and the man hurriedly walked out. Shen Qiangrose turned around to look, and saw that there were only pink walls and tiles outside, and there was no human figure in sight.

It's just that the female voice is ringing from afar, like a wronged woman singing with tears in her eyes.

Su Qibai took another stick of incense and lit it, but it was still broken, and it was repeated three times before the incense was ignited, and he made a salute, and everyone also bowed. The incense was put on in turn, but there was no more incense breakage.

Strangely, the abrupt female voice also stopped abruptly, and she didn't know where it came from and where it drifted away. Shen Qiangrose didn't believe in ghosts and gods, and she guessed that someone was deliberately using the memorial to scare Su Qibai.

It's just that Su Qibai was no different during the whole process, and after the end, he took Han Wan'er back to the room, and the people in each room looked at each other, and they were all absent-minded. Seeing that everyone in the Su family withdrew in turn, Shen Qiangrose looked for Fang Yuyan from the crowd and saw that she was chatting warmly with the fourth young lady Su Wanting.

That Su Wanting has always looked down on Mrs. Aunt, and she has always been good friends with Fang Yuyan, until Shen Qiangrose walked over, and listened to her sneer, "This aunt is Mrs. Auntie, let her use her means to be good, she is just a flower Xie Hongyan is old, and she has a hundred flowers to welcome the New Year!" So as the old saying goes, the most reasonable, how can a smile be like a flower, and a face like water? ”

Shen Qiangrose just pretended not to hear it, and walked out with her back straight. I heard Su Wanting say: "Only those little girls like to say some sour words with true love in the world, but since ancient times, aren't they all dewy and red-faced?" I'm afraid that I'm afraid that my face is not old! It's just a momentary scene. ”

Shen Qiangrose didn't feel a shock in her heart, and she couldn't tell what it was like in her heart, so she let Xiaozhu walk forward with her. Originally, there was only one shortcut way back to the yard, and she was already familiar with it, but the road was being resurfaced with gravel roads in the past few days, and it had been closed to traffic.

They can only take another detour road, that road is not far away, but there is an old courtyard that has been sealed on the way, and I don't know why, few people take that road on weekdays, it is inevitable that people will mumble.

When she went to the ancestral hall in the morning, Fan Zicheng sent a car to send her, she thought that it was already dawn when the memorial ceremony was over, so she didn't ask the driver to wait, but now thinking about the resentful female voice, she couldn't help but feel cold in her heart.

The two of them were silent all the way, and this kind of silence also made people a little flustered, but they seemed to be speechless in their hearts, and they just wanted to walk back quickly.

When I walked to the old house, I saw a long iron lock on the door of the vermilion lacquer, the door was not closed tightly, and the distance was wide for one person, and I saw that there was something in the courtyard that was blown by the wind, and there was a faint voice of a woman's complaining singing, and the voice was suddenly obvious and gloomy, as if it was singing in the ear.

Where has Shen Qiangrose seen such a thing, and she doesn't know whether it's true or not, but she doesn't know who is scaring her. Thinking about it like this, I couldn't help but hear Xiaozhu scream in horror, and this abrupt sound in the silence almost made Shen Qiangrose's heart almost scream out, and she fluttered wildly.

I looked at Xiaozhu and saw her pointing to the door in horror, as if she had seen something terrible. Shen Qiangrose was still calm, and when she turned her head to look, she saw a long white silk swasher swinging in the courtyard, and a crimson corner of her clothes was faintly visible.

Shen Qiangrose was also startled, only to feel that her legs and feet were weak, but fortunately, Xiaozhu had already reacted and grabbed her hand and ran away. The two of them ran briskly, as if they were frightened and unsafe anywhere, and they ran back to the courtyard in one breath.

Mother Liu saw that Shen Qiangrose's face was pale and she didn't say a word. Suddenly I was in a hurry, and I wanted to ask questions. Xiaozhu slowed down for a while before telling the beginning and the end.

Mother Liu knew that such a deep mansion would inevitably spread some ghosts and gods, and she didn't take it seriously, but said: "Miss, don't go again in the future." ”

Shen Qiangrose is a little more rational at the moment, but the girl's family is timid, she thinks that Yun Qing has just died, and she doesn't know if someone deliberately did it when she touched the "ghost" this time.

The day was spent in trepidation, and in the evening, Shen Qiang didn't eat roses, and sat in the hall reading a book. Until ten o'clock, she didn't feel sleepy, but she was so flustered that she couldn't settle down.

Mother Liu came over with a hot wine, and Shen Qiangrose drank two glasses on an empty stomach before she felt her head sink and went back to the bedroom to sleep. Originally, she was asleep, but in the middle of the night, she felt a chill down her spine, and the chill forced her to wake up, but she turned her head and caught a glimpse of a crimson cheongsam hanging by the cabinet.

She couldn't help but sigh, and the maid on duty hurried in, and saw Shen Qiangrose sitting on the ground with her knees crossed, and hurriedly turned on the light.

Shen Qiangrose had already been scared to sweat, sticky to her body, and an inexplicable fire came out, she said: "Who hung the clothes outside, why didn't you put them in the cabinet?!" ”

The little maid had never seen her like this, and couldn't help but panic, and said, "I've always hung like this before......"

Shen Qiangrose didn't mean to be embarrassed, so she waved her hand to signal the little girl to go out, she sat on the edge of the bed alone, only to feel that the night was stretched for no reason, and that cold and scared feeling hit her, making her feel chilled.