Xu Chu's face changed, and he hugged and coaxed the person into the bed, and then got up and looked at the half-page window on the side of the bed. But I saw that the window was not properly inserted, so that it was slightly upturned from time to time under the blowing of the cold wind.

She was just about to go to check, when she saw that her sleeves were tightly clenched by a pair of hands that were still trembling, "Sister Chu, don't go......"

Seeing Xiao Mingzhu like this, her heart softened, and she was just about to persuade when she heard a rapid knock on the door outside. Immediately afterwards, there were the eager cries of Xiao Qinglang, Wei Guang and others.

Seeing this, Xu Chu didn't force it to check, only wrapped it in a big coat, and then hugged Xiao Mingzhu and whispered: "Mingzhu, don't be afraid, Sister Chu won't leave, Sister Chu will only open the door first." ”

As soon as the door opened, Xiao Qinglang and Hua Wuxian entered the door one after another, and it could be seen that both of them got up in a hurry, so that the robes of the people who had always been elegant and handsome were wrinkled.

Xu Chu didn't dare to delay outside for too long, only explained a few words in a low voice, and then turned around and went to the inner room inside the screen. As soon as she entered, she saw Xiao Mingzhu languishing like a delicate flower beaten by wind and frost, with a terrifying look on her face.

Xu Chu saw that she was pouting and wanted to cry or not, so he hurriedly took the person into his arms again, and then whispered: "Mingzhu, since you are my apprentice, you have been in and out of the murder scene with me many times, and even the autopsy room, how have you ever seen a ghost?" ”

She slowly soothed Xiao Mingzhu's back with one hand, and persuaded softly and calmly: "If there are really ghosts in the world, how can there be so many wicked and murderers?" ”

Xiao Mingzhu is not a delicate person, although she is not as good as her own imperial aunt, but she is also much stronger than the average daughter's family. Otherwise, she would not have followed Xiao Qinglang all the way to investigate the case with Xu Chu, and she still regarded Xu Chu as a master.

It's just that the scene just now was too terrifying and too sudden, which made her subconsciously confused. Now listening to Xu Chu's gentle words, and seeing that her demeanor is calm and unflustered, just like the third uncle who encountered a difficult case, it made her heart slowly settle down.

At this time, the room was brightly lit, but because the door was open, there would occasionally be a hint of coolness. Fortunately, she hadn't undressed and rested yet, so when she had recovered her strength, she was able to get up and gather outside.

But after all, he had just been frightened, and although he came back to his senses now, his face was still a little pale and ugly. When she was about to go out of the room, she took a few peeks out the window, but saw only a few sparse bamboos, and no traces or ghosts.

It happened that a gust of wind blew, but I saw the red satin cloth hanging outside the window lattice fluttering in the wind, and the sound of brushing the branches and leaves of the emerald green bamboos was quite strange in this lonely and quiet night. Looking out, there are pavilions and pavilions shrouded in night, and strange rockeries in the distance......

She let out a long breath, a little suspicious and a little puzzled, could it be that she was really dazzled just now?

"Mingzhu, just ......" Although Hua Wuxian was sitting and waiting outside, he was a little restless when he thought of the scream he had just heard.

Xiao Mingzhu didn't wait for Hua Wuxian to finish asking, then shook his head with a small leather whip and said, "Probably I saw it wrong, and I saw the silk cloth hanging on the window lattice as a ghost." With that, she sat down with Xu Chu, took a cup of cold tea and poured two sips, until the trance in her heart dissipated, and then she looked at everyone embarrassedly.

"I was almost scared to death just now, when there was a sudden strange sound of ho-ho outside the half-hidden window, and when I looked over, I saw a strange woman in red suddenly floating in the air in the dark place." Xiao Mingzhu mentioned it now, and couldn't help but turn pale, "Maybe it's because of the light in the window, just shining on the face of the ghost, but the nose and eyes can't be seen clearly, anyway, it's very crazy......"

Xiao Qinglang and Xu Chu glanced at each other, and the two didn't say much, but they had a very tacit understanding. The two of them can be regarded as understanding Xiao Mingzhu's temperament, they are not bold but they are not people who can be easily frightened into such a gaffe, compared to what she really saw at that time.

Besides, if she can say it so carefully, it will never be explained by a piece of red silk.

Of course, the two of them didn't say this, but only gave each other a hint.

"Since Mingzhu is scared, it is better to let someone go and investigate." Xu Chu pondered for a moment, and then opened his mouth to propose, "If there is something abnormal, you can find it earlier, if you just see it wrong, you can also calm Mingzhu's heart and let her rest for a good night." ”

Hua Wuxian frowned, seeing that Xiao Qinglang was stunned, he thought that this was what he meant. Looking at Mingzhu again, it does seem to be too frightened, if you can't check it out, I'm afraid that even if you are relieved on your face, you will have to mumble in your heart.

Thinking about it this way, he naturally wouldn't disagree. And Xiao Mingzhu is even more, now that everyone is around, there is no reason for her to be afraid of a ghost that does not exist or not.

Because the few of them temporarily lived in four rooms in the villa, Xiao Mingzhu and Xu Chu were in the opposite room, and next door to Xiao Qinglang was the room where Hua was not sick. A little further west is home to a few guards who rest at night. So even if a strange shadow appeared behind Xu Chu's house, the rest of the people would not find out.

Out of the door, Xiao Qinglang and Hua Wuxian walked in front, Xu Chu and Xiao Mingzhu pulled each other to follow closely behind, while Wei Guang and the others took care of them cautiously in the back.

When she bypassed the front room and arrived at the bamboo forest behind the house, Xu Chu stared at the room where she and Xiao Mingzhu lived. But I saw that the window had not yet been inserted, and although it was not propped up, it was only half-hidden, and if the wind was strong, it would indeed blow some open.

Several people searched the neighborhood and found nothing. And Wei Guang, a few people with excellent internal strength, also said that they didn't notice anything wrong, and they didn't feel anyone making a mistake before.

It was as if the ghost was really just Xiao Mingzhu's illusion, or it really appeared out of thin air and disappeared out of thin air.

However, Xu Chu looked at the bamboo and was silent, only the whimper of the cold wind and the friction of the bamboo leaves in the quiet night.

As soon as the group arrived, they suddenly heard a "whoosh" sound suddenly from the top of the lonely and empty bamboo forest. It's like the sound of someone stepping on the top of a bamboo.

Xiao Qinglang's eyebrows moved, and then, a black shadow suddenly jumped up, but between the ups and downs, he saw that Wei Guang had already arched his hand and replied: "Childe, I didn't find any traces of ......."

In this way, the atmosphere becomes more and more solemn. Just after the wind, the leaves of the bamboo forest did not swish, only the "whoosh" was particularly abrupt. In this case, anyone who says that they have heard it wrong is a little unreasonable.

Xu Chu couldn't figure it out, so he looked up at the top of the black bamboo forest, and didn't make a sound for a long time.

However, when Xiao Qinglang walked into the bamboo forest and frowned at the bamboo leaves on the ground, her eyes couldn't help but narrow.

The trace......

She looked up at the window, and even stepped forward to grope for it a few times, but there was no sign of rope or wire. And on the bamboo that could be seen with the lantern in his hand, no suspicious strangulation marks were found.

It's so strange, if someone really plays a prank or has ulterior motives to scary, how can they suddenly appear and disappear, and how can they float in the air? She had seen many people who used ropes or wires to float up and float up, but in that way, they would inevitably leave scratches or strangulation marks that could not be concealed.

Her expression was unsettled, and she didn't say how the man did it, but what his purpose was. Is it for them?

While she was thinking, Xiao Qinglang's eyes gradually became sharp, he looked at the trivial bamboo leaves on the ground deeply, and said for a long time: "Since I didn't find anything wrong, let's go back and rest first." ”

Xiao Mingzhu also watched for a long time, and four or five lanterns illuminated the bamboo forest extremely brightly, but they didn't find anything. In this way, it made her feel more and more that she was scaring herself just now, and when she saw the third uncle speak, she also nodded and did not get entangled.

However, just in case, Xiao Qinglang still ordered a guard to hide and guard in the bamboo forest behind the house. This arrangement makes Xiao Mingzhu more at ease.

Just as a few people were about to return to the house, they heard a series of chaotic and rapid footsteps, and then saw Jin Fu bring a few small people over sweating profusely and asked, "I heard an exclamation just now, I don't know what happened?" ”

Seeing that someone was coming, Xu Chu naturally flashed to Xiao Qinglang's side and did not take the initiative to talk. Xiao Qinglang took a step forward and arched his hand: "My niece may have been dazzled, and when she saw a red figure outside the window, she was frightened. ”

When Jin Fu heard this, his fat body trembled a few times, and while he apologized repeatedly, he hurriedly waved his hand to let people search.

"There have been no outsiders in our villa, but tomorrow the owner of the village will celebrate his fiftieth birthday, and many people in Jinzhou City who are not rich or noble have been invited. For the sake of liveliness, the owner invited forty or fifty people from the juggling team to live in the courtyard of the lower room today, so it is inevitable that there will be some mixture. Xu was someone who took the wrong path and disturbed a few people. Jin Fu explained with a smile that Xu was eager to come, and his wide body and fat body made the sweat beads on his head more and more dense at this time.

While talking, a few little guys also came back, saying that they didn't find any clues behind the room. It was like an accident.

After returning to the house, Xu is Xiao Mingzhu really thought that he had a bad idea, but he didn't bother anymore, and said a few more words to Xu Chu, but he didn't see anything abnormal again, so he stopped. It was Xu Chu, after seeing that she was asleep, he got up and sat down at the table, and then slowly took out a very thin piece of bamboo from the big one......

The piece of bamboo had obviously been polished, and perhaps it had been stained with something, so that there was a blurry layer of dry batter on it. She looked at it over and over for a long time, but she couldn't figure out why this object appeared in the bamboo forest.

If only the bamboo pieces appear in the bamboo forest, there may be nothing abnormal, but if they are deliberately polished and smooth like this and the sides are neat, it is certainly impossible to fall from the bamboo.

And the bamboo leaves on the bamboo forest today obviously seem to have been deliberately paved into a road. If the wind blows down, the leaves should spread out in all directions, not thick in the middle and thin on the sides.

She thought about it, so she simply put on her clothes again, put on her big hat and quietly went out. At the moment when the door was opened, I saw that under the faint moonlight, in the sparse shadows of the light, a person in a moonlight brocade robe was standing in the courtyard.