Zhou Xuanqing didn't have time to think about it for too long, and Wu Xue had already called his subordinates to carry General Wu on his back and hurriedly returned to the main house of the inner garden.

The second daughter-in-law of the Wu family, who was left behind, bit her carmine lip, and a look of disgust passed from her eyes. He turned his face and said with an apologetic expression, "This happened suddenly, and I really can't help you." If you want to, you can stay and eat some water and wine, and you can't be told to come for nothing on an empty stomach. ”

Those people had different faces, either sighing and regretting, or embarrassed and afraid. After all, looking at Wu Lao's appearance, he was already out of breath, so he just hung up the white silk in the house and lit the white lantern. In such a mourning atmosphere, who still has the heart to eat with peace of mind?

The bolder ones quickly pulled a few mouthfuls of rice to fill their stomachs, while the less timid ones raised their eyes to look at the inner garden from time to time, and they couldn't swallow a meal with chopsticks.

Zhou Xuanqing's table is much calmer.

She is a Taoist aunt who cultivates the Dao and the Dharma, and she has dealt with demons and ghosts a lot, and a table of meat and soup is 'slipping' down her stomach, and she drinks loudly and happily. Liu Yan is very well-informed for the Hou Ye, not to mention that there are many people killed under his hands, and he does not pay attention to bad luck. That Mo Huaigu and Lu Shiyi, not to mention the goblin itself, can be afraid of a ball.

The only one with an unnatural look is Sun Deren, the magistrate. He raised his chopsticks and sighed shortly, and when he put down his chopsticks, he was sad and gloomy. Zhou Xuanqing, who was on the other side, looked at him with slanted eyebrows and asked, "Sun Zhixian, what's wrong?"

Sun Deren cautiously looked at Liu Yanshu's face, took a breath and said, "Old Wu just left, and the lower officials are very sad. He is a veteran general in the DPRK who has discharged his armor and returned to his hometown, so he has to write to the court to inform the court. The lower officials were afraid, afraid that the officials above would blame them, and they did not treat the loyal generals well. ”

"Birth, old age, sickness and death, what do you have to do with it?" Liu Yanshu didn't care, paused, heard a slight footstep in his ears, and raised his eyelids to look at the stone road into the garden.

Sure enough, a figure was walking in step by step from the darkness. When I didn't see my face clearly, I only thought it was a handsome young man when I looked at my face, but when I came in and saw my face clearly, I realized that it was a middle-aged man, with an ordinary appearance but a bookish charm.

"Hey, why is he here too?" Sun Deren also followed Liu Yanshu's gaze, and was stunned for a moment—he found that the person who came here knew him.

"Cai Youzhi?" he got up and shouted, although he confirmed the person, he always felt that it was good to say hello. "I heard that the prefect's mansion has important things to do, so I sent you here to celebrate your birthday?"

Cai Youzhi is a subordinate of the deputy of the prefect of Fuzhou County. On weekdays, the idle chores of the entire county are assisted by him under the control of the prefect. That's why Sun Deren was a little respectful to him.

However, Sun Deren couldn't see that the 'Cai Youzhi' at this moment was actually pretended by the demon king Yanqingjun. Don't talk about him, it's Zhou Xuanqing's nose that can distinguish demons and ghosts within ten zhang, as if he has lost his soul at this moment.

The stomach was already seven or eight points full, Zhou Xuanqing wiped the oily corners of his mouth, and glanced at the 'Cai Youzhi' twice. Another official, tsk.

When the other party looked over, Zhou Xuanqing suddenly was in a trance for a while.

Although Yan Qingjun changed her appearance, the cold smile on the corner of her lips and the silence in her eyes made her feel familiar for no reason.

No one noticed, and a spotted cat sprang out from the feet of 'Cai Youzhi', and his approaching footsteps were so fast that he hurriedly stopped and stopped in place.

After the spotted cat came over, it stuck to Zhou Xuanqing's foot and neck, kept rubbing his head, and swirled along his heels, "Meow, meow." "Two calls are docile and abrasive.

Liu Yanshu saw this little beast and pulled his face slightly, and then frowned and said. "Where did you go for most of the day?"

The spotted cat pretended not to listen, Lu Shiyi on the other end raised his arms and said nothing, but Mo Huaigu showed an envious gaze at Zhou Xuanqing.

"It really likes you. ”

As the night deepened, the lamps in the garden added a little more oil. At this time, the guests left the garden one after another, and the spotted cat licked its tail to itself, raising its blue eyes and staring at 'Cai Youzhi' casually.

Zhou Xuanqing looked around and had a plan in his heart. He pinched the back of the neck of the spotted cat, stood up and said solemnly, "Master Hou, we are going to stay overnight tonight." ”

Her meaning is very simple, either to see if what Wu Xue said can come true, or if people really go, they will do a Dharma by the way and earn a little entanglement.

Sun Deren just introduced 'Cai Youzhi' to Liu Yanshu, 'Cai Youzhi' was arrogant, and he didn't kowtow to Hou Ye, but just hooked his lips slightly and nodded shallowly.

Liu Yanshu blinked slightly, he didn't care about these false courtesies, and it was difficult for Sun Deren to be in a hurry when he was still frowning his eyebrows.

His eyes flickered, and he replied to Zhou Xuanqing, "Then disturb the Wu family for one night." ”

At this moment, the guests in the garden were finally gone, and they were left with deserted and cold square tables.

In the room, a few candles by the bed are bright, the fire core crackles from time to time, and a cold wind blows in through the gap in the window, and the candle flame sways for a while, and falls on the ground is a circle of dim halo.

Wu Lao closed his eyes tightly, and although he didn't snort, his face gradually returned to normal. It's really weird.

Wu Xue's expression was slightly gloomy after waiting for a while, but there was still a little sadness in his eyebrows.

"Sister-in-law, don't you really put your father in the coffin? Those shrouds and shoes, in fact, I have prepared ...... for a long time."

"Is it appropriate for you to say this?" The second child of the Wu family hurriedly interrupted his daughter-in-law's words, and said with anger: "Sister-in-law knows her father's body and bones best, since she said that she wants to wait, she will wait for one night to see." ”

The servant happened to rush back with the doctor he had invited. Seeing the situation in the house, he hesitated at the door and said, "The doctor is here, do you want to come in and see?"

"No need, just send some silver taels back. As soon as Wu Xue spoke, the second daughter-in-law of the Wu family hurriedly interrupted, "Why don't you read it?" Sister-in-law, you said that your father has not yet broken his breath, so it is better to let the doctor diagnose it clearly, and he will not talk nonsense. ”

Wu Xue didn't want to argue with her too much, so he hesitated for a moment before opening his mouth to compromise, "Okay, doctor, let's take a look." ”

The doctor was in such a hurry that he didn't even hold the medicine box. He rolled up his cuffs, first carefully looked at Wu Lao's skin according to the custom, rolled his eyelids again, and then probed the pulse of his hand and neck, and finally muttered, "Wu Lao has been suffering from a long-term illness, and he has no skills to return to heaven." Let's prepare for the funeral tomorrow morning before the corpse smells. ”

The doctor's words fell into the ears of the second daughter-in-law of the Wu family, like a stone falling from the bottom of her heart, but she quickly restrained her joy, and said with a smile: "Look, you all heard it, right? ”

The second child of the Wu family immediately hugged Wu Yuzhu and cried bitterly, completely out of the mood to say anything.

Only Wu Xue still half-hung his eyelids, as if he didn't want to believe it, and said persistently: "Let's send the doctor away first." As for Dad, just wait another night. ”