Chapter 31: Return to the Overseer's Palace
Xue Ying was stunned for a moment, and then slowly walked towards the tomb.
When Fang Cai stood at the edge of the bamboo forest, all she saw was the outline of the tomb and the tombstone, and when she got closer, she could see through the silver moonlight that the tomb in front of her was indeed old.
The tombstone was covered with a thick layer of dust, and the words on it were covered with cobwebs, and it was no longer possible to see what it was.
Xue Ying gently uncovered the cobweb, and the words on it appeared clearly in front of her.
The tomb of the Tong clan.
There are two rows of small characters below these big characters, which read: Tong Jiayuwan, the seventh day of March 1859 ~ the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month in 1911.
There is no doubt that this is the resting place of the old lady, but what Xue Ying didn't expect was that she was still a Gege, and the day she died happened to be the day of the fall of the Manchu Dynasty.
Xue Ying retracted her thoughts, took a few steps back, knelt in front of the tombstone, and buckled a few heads for the owner of the tomb.
Just as she was about to get up, she suddenly remembered a sound of rustling footsteps in her ears, as if someone was stepping on dead leaves all the way, getting closer and closer to her.
Xue Ying thought that Ah Luo was looking for her, so she couldn't help but be a little flustered, and suddenly got up and hid behind the tombstone.
She hadn't heard Arrow's voice for a long time, but the footsteps were getting closer and closer to her.
Xue Ying cautiously poked her head out, and saw a figure stop in front of the tombstone.
By the bright moonlight, she saw a woman in her fifties, who was staring at the tombstone with a hint of suspicion in her eyes.
Then the woman looked around again, and finally fixed her eyes on the tombstone, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Who's behind there?" ”
Her voice was strange, as if it had been sandpapered, and it was rough and frightening.
Xue Ying panicked even more.
She thought to herself, is this the ghost of the old lady?
While Xue Ying was afraid, she was also secretly glad that at least, she knew that the ghost of the old lady could exist in the world, so Nalan Moran could do the same!
Maybe the dream she had before was a hint to her from Nalan Moran, telling her to come to the old lady.
Thinking like this, Xue Ying was not so scared in her heart.
She walked out from behind the tombstone, knelt in front of the old woman in an instant, and said in a trembling voice: "Old lady, Xue Ying has no intention of offending, if it disturbs you, I hope you will forgive me." ”
Tong Jiayuwan was slightly stunned, not entirely because she had discovered her identity, but because of her name.
Snow Reflection ......
Tong Jiayuwan silently recited her name in her heart, and then continued to say in that hoarse and rough voice: "Since you know who I am, why don't you hurry up, aren't you afraid that I will take your house and make you a lonely ghost?" ”
Xue Ying was shocked, but she still pretended to be calm and said: "If Xue Ying really becomes a lonely ghost, it may not be a bad thing. ”
Tong Jiayuwan frowned and said, "You're not afraid of death?" ”
"It's death, it's life." Xue Ying said.
"At such a young age, he looks down on life and death like this." Tong Jiayu looked at the little girl kneeling in front of her with interest.
Xue Ying continued: "Without him, what is the difference between living and dying: if there is him, even if he dies, it is like a new life. ”
"Hey, it's another lover."
Tong Jiayuwan couldn't help but sigh, she forgot to suppress her voice for a while, and a gentle and kind woman's voice overflowed from her mouth.
Xue Ying was stunned for a moment.