Compared with the well-cleaned courtyard flowers and trees in the long house, Cheng Yu's yard is not only remote, but also particularly messy, this kind of chaos is not a mess with fireworks, but a mess where no one takes care of it and allows the vines and grass to grow wildly.

Cheng Yu is an embarrassing existence in the house, obviously she is a concubine, but her mother died, her stepmother didn't like it, and her father didn't care, her personality became more and more gloomy and weird, and naturally she couldn't get the favor of Mrs. Cheng, and everyone in the house ignored her, not to mention Cheng Jin, who was still stupid back then, but compared with those concubines, she was inferior.

Qingping and Hongxuan rarely come to Cheng Yu's yard, and they shivered involuntarily as soon as they came in, it was really too cold here, this kind of cold was not the cold of the ice and snow, but like a cold air that drilled into the cracks of human bones.

Qingping hurriedly put the cloak on Cheng Jin, "The room facing north is cold, and the girl is cold." ”

"The five girls are coming to talk to your girls, go in and say hello." Hongxuan said to the little maid who was squatting on the side and playing with stones.

The little maid raised her head in confusion and looked at Cheng Jin for a while before staggering back to the house.

Hongxuan's brows were twisted into a knot, "The maids and servants in the courtyard of the six girls are also out of order, and they don't know how to come out to greet the guests." ”

Cheng Jin's face was not angry, looking at this small courtyard slowly, under the appearance of decadence and messiness, there was a crazy power, just like this wanton vine, as long as he seized the opportunity, he desperately entwined and grown, and entangled the big tree in the center of the courtyard.

"Who planted this locust tree?" Cheng Jin pointed to the locust tree in the courtyard and asked with interest.

Qingping and Hongjuan looked at each other, and after a closer look, they found that this tree turned out to be a locust tree, but the locust tree is psychic to attract ghosts, who will plant a locust tree in her yard, even if Mrs. Cheng doesn't like this niece, she will not deliberately plant a locust tree to respond to her.

"I don't know, but I remember that there should have been no tree here a few years ago." Hongxuan seriously recalled, "At that time, the girl was still young, and once she was playing in the house, and accidentally broke into here, and several aunts of the third master lived in this courtyard, and they did not have good intentions at that time, and deliberately teased the girl, causing the girl to fall, and the slave maid was also present at that time...... At that time, there was absolutely no such tree here, and this should have been the place where they dried their bedding. ”

Hongxuan walked to the bottom of the tree with a determined face, and pointed to a place, "Girl, you fell here back then. ”

was mentioned by Hongxuan, Qingping's memory gradually became clear, "I remember, the girl fell that day, and the eldest girl hurried over when she got the news, and she picked up the girl here, and there was indeed no tree in the yard, not even a small sapling." ”

"And when did this tree appear?" Cheng Jin looked up at this tree, this tree grew very thick, standing under the tree, the dense canopy could almost cover the sky and the sun, this courtyard was originally cloudy when facing north, plus such a big tree that shaded the sun, it was naturally even more cold.

"Later, the third master sent those aunts away, and the courtyard was empty, until the first third lady passed away, and the sixth girl moved here, the slave maid never came again, and I don't know when this tree appeared, but it was not a few years."

It has only been ten years since the Chengenhou Mansion was opened in the capital, and Mrs. Cheng San died less than three years ago......

As she spoke, she became afraid, and when she looked up at the trunk and branches, she felt like a devil with teeth and claws, and hurriedly lowered her head, not daring to look again.

"This tree has been looking at least ten years old, how can it not be a few years?" Cheng Jin said with a smile, such a big tree grows quietly in the yard, and it has grown into a towering tree, but hundreds of people in the house are accustomed to it, as if it should have grown there, isn't this a very strange thing in itself?

"Five girls," on the steps at the door of Cheng Yu's room, there was an ordinary-looking woman looking at Cheng Jin quietly, she was wearing a blue cloth jacket, her hair was neatly combed, and a plain silver hairpin was inserted on it, she looked like an ordinary servant woman on the street, "Our girl has not come back from going to the school, can the fifth girl come in for a cup of tea?" ”

Having said that, she blocked the door, clearly revealing her attitude of rejecting people from thousands of miles away.

It's a pity that Cheng Jin has never been a sensible person, so he looked up at her and smiled, "Okay, Mama Qin, I'm thirsty, but I'm going to bother you about a cup of tea." ”

Mama Qin was not surprised by her decision, and there was no emotional fluctuation on her face, she just made a gesture and let her into the house.

Although Qingping and Hongxuan didn't like this damp and dark room, Cheng Jin had already taken the lead into the house, and they had to grit their teeth to keep up, this room was darker than ordinary rooms, Rao was incense, and there was still a musty smell.

"The sixth sister's house is clean and tidy, which is quite elegant." Cheng Jin looked at the calligraphy and paintings on the wall with interest, these calligraphy and paintings are not very clever, and if you look closely, the payment is actually made by Cheng Yu's biological mother, and there are a few brushstrokes that are jerky, but they are Cheng Yu's own handwriting, "I can't see that the sixth sister is a talented girl." ”

The corners of the red silk lips are slightly upturned, Cheng Yu is quite serious about reading in the family every day, but unfortunately her talent is limited, and she can't compare with their girls at all, she is naturally lonely and nameless in the house, these paintings are very ordinary in her opinion, and they are not as good as their girls' useless words.

"I don't dare to compare with the five girls." Mama Qin said expressionlessly, unable to tell if it was sincere or sarcastic.

"It's cold in this house, why don't you burn charcoal? What if it's cold and the sixth sister is good? ”

"There is not enough silver frost charcoal in the house, and when the girl is not in the house, the charcoal fire is extinguished, and the slaves and maids can bear it, and the left and right sides will not freeze the girl." Mama Qin personally served tea, but her face was still lukewarm.

The face of the red silk was angry, the master had a lonely temperament, and the subordinates were extremely unpleasant, so they dared to talk to their girl like this.

"It's hard for you guys to be so faithful." Cheng Jin smiled slightly, but he didn't say anything to send charcoal over, "I don't know, I think that you like to make this house cold and cold, not because you are frost-resistant, but because some things are afraid of heat." ”

Cheng Jin's words were completely confusing, Qingping and Hongxuan didn't know why, but Mama Qin's eyes suddenly sharpened, staring at her directly, and Qingping and Hongxuan were a little panicked.

Why didn't they find this inconspicuous Mama Qin so terrifying in the past, could it be that some kind of ghost has changed, Hongxuan unconsciously pulled the corners of Cheng Jin's clothes, and Qingping subconsciously blocked Cheng Jin slightly, and the two maids were ready to escape at any time.