Chapter Twenty-Three: The Frightened Youth
I remember the day I first entered Su's house, I 'touched' my mother's hand, which was plump and smooth, but now I hold it in my hand, dry and thin, and it is obviously a lack of qi and blood. Fastest update access: щщщ.79XS.сОΜ. Please search to see the most complete! The fastest update
"There is no news from my father and eldest brother, which means that they are at least safe, and my mother does not have to worry about it, and she can recuperate with peace of mind." I sat on the edge of my mother's bed and whispered comfort.
"What can you do when you come back? In addition to being dragged down by the current Su family. The mother coughed lightly twice, and said weakly: "The Su family is now gone, your father and Qingbo have suffered a great disaster, the Su family is now in danger, and the building will collapse." Unless your father can come back safely, I am afraid that it will be difficult to turn the tide. ”
"Mother is too worried, my Su family has been prosperous for a hundred years and has a solid foundation, how could it fall like this? Besides, isn't there still me and Qingming? ”
My mother held my hand with her backhand, her eyes widened and she said eagerly: "Qingwen, you listen to me, don't believe Qingming!" Since the death of the sixth aunt, although Qing Ming has been respectful to me on the surface, he has only promised me, but secretly he hates me the most, Qingbo was arrested, and he praised his heart the most, he will never rescue your eldest brother, I am afraid that he will fall into the well. You must keep your eyes open, be careful, and don't be deceived by him. ”
After saying that, there was a sharp cough, and I couldn't breathe.
I quickly helped my mother to lie down, but she was too weak to support her almost immediately, and closed her eyes and fell into a stupor. I sat on the side of the bed and quietly cut her pulse. Then he called Xuan'er to take the pen and paper, pick up the pen and write, and "hand" the "medicine" prescription to her, let her take it to the crazy stone, and instructed the "waiter" to go out of the house and grab a few "medicine" for her mother. According to the skills of the 'guards', it should be easy to avoid the people outside the courtyard, and it should be easy to climb over the wall and get out of the house.
Xuan'er immediately took the 'medicine' prescription and trotted away excitedly.
I heard that my grandmother's and Tenth Aunt's coffins were still parked in the ancestral hall, so I came out of my mother's courtyard and went to the ancestral hall on purpose.
In this disaster, the ancestral hall of the Su family was not spared, and traces of cleaning and restoration can be seen everywhere. But compared to the poison outside, people are always afraid of the deceased.
The coffins of my grandmother and my tenth aunt were temporarily parked in the main hall of the ancestral hall, and they had not yet been mourned. It's just deserted, there are no melons and fruit cakes, three animal sacrifices, no spirit flags, gold and silver paper foils, only a broken bronze incense burner with a few leftover incense sticks, the paper foil in the brazier in front of the coffin is burned out, and with the wind blowing in from outside the 'door', it swirls and falls on the ground of the ancestral hall.
Now that the Su family has suffered a great change, they are blocked outside, and everyone is worried, who is still in the mood to come here to hang.
I 'draw' a few sticks of incense from the offering table in front of the coffin, but I accidentally touched the fire fold on it to the ground and bent down to pick it up. Seeing a pair of feet wearing pink and red embroidered shoes flashed by, I was so shocked that I almost sat on the ground.
"Who?" I shouted.
There was silence in the ancestral hall, only the wind blew in, bringing with it a smell of decay.
"Come out, don't be sneaky." I tried to muster up my courage, looked around, and asked in a loud voice, unconsciously trilling.
Although I have never believed in ghosts and gods, but when it was dark on this day, in the ancestral hall, facing the unjustly killed grandmother and ten aunts, as well as many ancestral tablets, I couldn't help but feel a little 'hairy'.
There was a rustling sound under the table. I turned around abruptly and lit the candle on the offering table with the fire fold in my hand, and the shadow of the candle flickered, adding a touch of terror.
"Who's hiding there? I've seen you, I'll count to three, and if you don't come out, I'm welcome. I clasped the silver needle in the palm of my hand and approached the altar table step by step.
The half-hidden 'door' behind me "squeaked" open, I suddenly turned around, and Tutu ran in from outside the 'door', holding a wad of paper money in his hand, and asked in surprise: "Miss, what's wrong?" ”
The silver needle in my hand almost 'shot' at her, I patted my heart, and said angrily: "Where have you gone, why did you disappear in a blink of an eye." ”
Tutu was a little aggrieved: "I saw that Miss was going to come to the ancestral hall to worship, so I went to the side and took a little paper money, thinking that Miss might use it." ”
I knew that I was a little anxious, and hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, it was a figure that flashed by just now, and when I was frightened, you scared me." ”
"Figures?" Tutu asked suspiciously, and then seemed to suddenly realize: "I forgot to tell Miss, it should be Miss Qinglian here." ”
"Qing Lian?" I looked at the coffin of the tenth aunt in the house, and a trace of distress welled up in my heart, thinking of the soft, weak, shy and timid little girl, who is now helpless, and I don't know what it feels like in my heart.
The rabbit glanced around the ancestral hall, then walked straight to the altar table, bent down, and lifted the yellow cloth on the altar.
In the shadows, it was Qing Lian who was trembling and huddled under the sacrificial table, staring at me timidly with a pair of frightened eyes, and seeing that I had noticed her, she shrunk inward even tighter, shaking like chaff.
Tutu whispered: "Miss Qinglian, come out, the bad guys are gone." ”
Qing Lian shook her head again and again, but did not speak.
Tutu couldn't help but reddened his eyes: "Miss Qinglian is actually the most pitiful." It was just angry among the few ladies in the house, but now they were frightened into this appearance, and no one felt distressed. ”
"Qing Lian, Qing Lian, I'm my sister." I whispered, "It's okay to come out, it's too dark under the table, let's go out to eat." ”
Qing Lian looked at me timidly, still shaking her head in a panic.
"Has she always been like this?" I asked Bunny.
Tutu nodded: "These days, she has been staying in the ancestral hall and not going anywhere." As long as anyone comes, they hide under the sacrificial table, and they can't be coaxed out. Grandpa asked me to bring her some food every day and put it at the 'door' of the ancestral hall. ”
"I heard that when the robbers committed the murder, they only looted the Su family's property, and all the people of the Su family were safe and sound, why did they only kill the tenth aunt? What frightened Qing Lian again? I couldn't help but ask.
Tutu shook his head: "We don't know, it was too 'chaotic' that night, everyone fled in panic and didn't care about anything." After the robbers left, when we counted the manpower, we found that there was no trace of Aunt Ten and Qing Lian, and we searched everywhere to find the body of Aunt Ten in the 'flower' garden in the backyard.
Later, we simply buried the old lady and the tenth aunt, and she secretly followed the ancestral hall by herself, guarded the coffin of the tenth aunt, and sat stupidly, without saying a word or crying. Then, she was suddenly afraid to see people, and she always hid in the corner, trembling, and looked scared. ”
Qinglian has always been timid and cowardly, but now the sudden death of Aunt Ten must have caused her a big blow. I squatted down, stretched out my hand to Qing Lian, and slowed down my voice: "Qing Lian, be good, listen to my sister, shall we come out?" ”
Qing Lian's thin body curled up tighter, burying her face in the crook of her arm, leaving only a pair of frightened eyes 'exposed' outside, and let out "Ah! Ahh
"Why doesn't she speak?" I asked Bunny.
"Miss Qinglian has never opened her mouth, as if she has lost her voice."
It seems that Qing Lian is not only overly sad, she should have been frightened, resulting in a temporary loss of voice. I sighed and said helplessly to Tutu, "You go and help me find a 'squire' guard to come over and carry Qing Lian back to the room." ”
Tutu looked at me hesitantly: "But? ”
"It's okay, you did as I told you. Qing Lian should have been frightened, I prescribed her some calming 'medicine', and used a silver needle to clear her blood, and her 'spirit' will be better. ”
Hearing this, Bunny happily turned around and ran out. I respectfully offered incense to my grandmother and Aunt Ten, and then had no choice but to use 'medicine' and 'daze' to faint Qing Lian, and instructed the 'waiter' who followed Tutu to move the sacrificial table and carry her to the room of Splendid Garden.
When I used a silver needle to evacuate the blood in her body, and saw her fall asleep grogily, it was not too early. Mad Stone sent the 'squire' guard to come and ask me to eat in the dining room.
Uncle He smiled at me embarrassedly: "Miss, I'm sorry, the house has been besieged for many days, and the vegetables are not very rich, and I have wronged several officials." ”
I looked at the table, although it was only a few vegetarian dishes, it was obvious that I had put my heart into it, and it was very 'fine'. I believe that this must be the best meal in the house: "It's okay, they're not guests, so there's no need to be so polite." Tomorrow, I'll send someone outside to buy some grain, rice, vegetables and vegetables. ”
I cleaned my hands, sat down, and beckoned to Uncle Ho, "Sit down and eat together." ”
He Bo waved his hand again and again: "Don't dare, don't dare, where is the old man's seat here." ”
Crazy Stone got up and helped Uncle He over: "It just so happens that we have something to ask you for advice, so you don't have to be polite." ”
He Bo was a little flattered: "Speaking of old man, even the old man has never enjoyed this kind of treatment." Miss can be said to be glorious, but it's a pity that it's not the right time to come back, if it is before, the lord will definitely beat the gongs and drums, and the scenery is beautiful......"
As he spoke, his eyes turned red, and he couldn't help choking, and he was afraid that I would be sad, so he hurriedly turned his back and wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve.
I whispered a few words of comfort, shoved the chopsticks into Uncle Ho's hand, and turned around to beckon Tutu to sit down in front of me.
"What about the tenth brother? Why haven't I seen him since I returned home? I couldn't help but ask curiously. Supposedly, he should have heard the news after I had been back home for a long time.
He Bo hurriedly put down the chopsticks in his hand and said respectfully: "The tenth young master has been under too much pressure recently, so he locks himself in the account room in the mansion every day, counts and verifies the previous accounts, and stays up until midnight before returning to the courtyard to rest, so as not to let us disturb him." I have ordered food to be left for him. ”
"What counts the accounts? It's just a disguise, he's clearly looking for a place to go for the master's money! Tutu was unconvinced.
"Tutu, don't talk nonsense!" He Bo glanced at us and rebuked in a low voice.
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