Chapter 098: The Haunted Bitter Bamboo Forest

"Speak to me again after panting, and make the words clear," Ning Yuan wrinkled his eyebrows together, his eyes locked tightly on Fengyan, and asked in a deep voice, "What is going on?" Is that the woman from the Luo family who saved people on the street just now? What did she pick the flowers for? ”

After the wind was answered, he nodded, and then took more than twenty deep breaths in a row.

Seeing that Ning Gongzi and the others showed great impatience, he stopped, and said like a bamboo tube pouring beans: "Here's the thing, I searched carefully along that street with Fengyu and really found a cluster of fragrant little white flowers, the flowers are more fragrant than the moon flowers, begonias, osmanthus chrysanthemums, and plum blossoms combined, we ran in and saw an eleven or twelve-year-old girl squatting there to pick flowers, one by one picked happily, and collected all the small white flowers into her own sachet. Recognizing her as the maid who jumped off the second Luo family's carriage, Fengyu and I went up to persuade her not to pick the flowers that our Ning Gongzi was scheduled to pick, who knew that she said that this was her young lady's half a pillar of incense before she opened her mouth to book, and everything has a first come, first come, first come, her young lady is scheduled first, and she came earlier than us, so these little white flowers are her young lady's, and also said that our two big men actually came to grab flowers with girls, it is really not ashamed. ”

After listening to Fengyan's narration, Ning Yuan's brows still did not spread, and after meditating for a moment, he asked again, "Did you ask her what she was doing with those flowers?" What did her young lady tell her? ”

"No, Childe, you didn't let us ask," Feng Yan said, "The girl's family picks flowers, Zuo is just to make a sachet and sachet incense ball, by the way, Childe, why did you let us pick those little white flowers?" Anyway, we haven't walked that street before, how do you know that there are little white flowers there, Childe? As he spoke, Feng Yan looked at Ning Yuan, who had changed his new face. He knew that the so-called Ning Gongzi was actually the seventeenth prince Zhu Quan, three years ago, he had a good relationship with his own son-in-law Chang Nuo, and the two gradually became like they were glued together, except for when they went to the east toilet, they were all in one place.

Until more than a year ago, his son-in-law Chang Nuo finally stopped sticking with the seventeenth prince, but left home in the name of a study tour, only brought himself and Chang Yu, and came straight to Yangzhou. After a few days of secret visits, Gongzi pretended to be Feng Yang, the young master of the Feng family, who had studied martial arts in Wudang Mountain for ten years and now returned from learning, swaggered into the Feng family, and changed his name and the common language from "common words" to "wind and words" - the next time the son goes to play a son of the purple family, will their names be changed to "talk to themselves" - just like that, they have lived in Yangzhou for more than a year, and they really miss the chicken Huang Huang at home, I don't know if he is doing well now. For more than a year, the seventeenth prince frequently came to meet with his son-in-law at night, and the two often dispersed everyone, and then closed the door of the house and did not turn off the lights all night.

Half a year ago, the seventeenth prince was named King Ning by the saint, and the fief was Daning, a military town in the northwest. I heard that the vassal king could not leave his fiefdom without a will, and King Ning was probably afraid that his whereabouts would be discovered, so every time he came to a private meeting with his son-in-law, he would change his face again, so he and Fengyu were used to only looking at clothes and not looking at his face to recognize King Ning...... In short, I feel that Ning Wang is really a very unfathomable and unpredictable person, I really don't know how such a person can become a relationship with a person with a temperament like his son-in-law who closes the door and does not turn off the lights all night.

At this time, the coachman of Luofu, Honeysuckle, drove the carriage into the corner gate, only to notice that the sick guest in the carriage behind had not yet entered the door, and hurriedly called the little maid Aristolochia on the door, asking him to lead the guest to the outer hall of the Listening Bamboo Courtyard first, and then to ask the old lady how to arrange this guest.

Ning Yuan looked up at the noon sun, and then no longer dwelled on the matter of the flamingo being picked by others, and instead instructed Feng Yan: "You go back and call Shangfengyu, and then ask him to go to Taibai's house to bring 'your son' here, and you go back to the Cao Gang General Hall to tell Master Feng that the young master was picked up by the old lady of the Luo Mansion, and the old lady of Luo and the aunt of the young master both kept him to stay in the Luo Mansion for a few days." With that, he turned and walked into the corner gate of Luofu.

"Oh," Feng Yan looked at Ning Yuan's departing back, suddenly remembered the incident on the street corner, and hurriedly shouted again, "By the way, Ning Gongzi, then a tall maid came, carrying a bag of salt in his hand, and sprinkled all the stems and leaves that had been removed from the flowers with salt, just like what you ordered before, Childe!" I saw the back of the man in the dark red cloak walking at the foot of the road and suddenly paused, but he didn't turn around and ask anything more, so he continued to follow the little guy in Luofu, and Feng Yan touched his nose and left boringly, ah, what an unpredictable weirdo.

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In the side room in the back hall of the Listening Bamboo Courtyard, Mama Tang helped the old lady sit on the soft couch and asked worriedly, "Old lady, how do you feel?" Are you still dizzy? ”

The old lady waved her hand, turned her head and asked He Angelica: "Sister Yi, I don't know if the old fairy's recipe works, has Brother Zhu come back from there like you...... Do we have to live in Tingzhu Courtyard for these two days and not be able to see our families? ”

"Don't worry, ancestors," He Angelica took off the veil on his face and persuaded him, "Whether those methods can successfully save the bamboo cousin and nephew, the results will definitely come out before sunset today." If the bamboo cousin really has such a creation, the house will definitely celebrate greatly, and it is indispensable to beat the gong and whip. Although we live in a remote area, separated by a few water pavilions and a few rockeries, if someone in the house fires a big cannon battle, we can also hear the movement here. ”

Mama Tang also persuaded: "Since the old fairy said that Brother Zhu died young, and also said that we encountered twists and turns on the road, there is no magic power that can save Brother Zhu, we can't do it with our hearts here, it is better to follow the old fairy's instructions to recuperate behind closed doors for two days." How are you feeling now, old lady, what do you want for lunch? I asked the small kitchen of Tingzhuyuan to go to Zhang Luo. ”

"Well, it's already noon, I'm really a little hungry," the old lady squinted and thought for a while, and said, "I still want to eat the spicy cat ears I saw on the road just now, I haven't smelled that fragrance for many years, let the kitchen be spicy, what do you want to eat?" Didn't you say you were hungry on the street just now? ”

He Angelica waved his hand and said: "I suddenly don't feel hungry again, I'm sleepy again now, so I want to go to the East Flower Hall to find a room to sleep in, uh, then I'll go first, ancestor, you use it slowly, eat more." Without waiting for the old lady to reply, she stood up, ran through the chamber and went up to the cloister, and then turned a corner and disappeared.

The old lady glanced at Mama Tang strangely, so Mama Tang thought about it and analyzed for her: "The third lady went down the mountain early in the morning to wait for us, maybe she is so sleepy that she can't open her eyes now." Then he continued to care about the old lady's meal, "Although the cat's ears are fragrant, they are just pasta, how can you eat such spicy things on an empty stomach, I think it is better to order a few serious ...... on the water card."

"Old lady, all the things you need for the next two days have been delivered!" A thirteen or fourteen-year-old little girl with a hanging bun ran in and said with a smile, "Just now, as soon as Uncle Turtle came to us and sent a message, saying that the old lady was going to live in Tingzhuyuan for two days, everyone was busy, and they exchanged two and a half truckloads of food items, and now the licorice and lamp grass sisters are unloading the car outside." Oh, by the way, as I passed by the outer hall, I saw Aristolochia leading a boy in blue in, and said let me ask the old lady how to arrange for him. ”

"Ah, I actually forgot about him," the old lady patted her leg and ordered, "Pomegranate, you first lead him to the side room of the West Flower Hall to rest, so that he can be entertained, and then go back and take the two doctors Ma and Wu to see him for treatment." ”

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Running out of the corridor, He Angelica only felt that the qi and blood in her whole body were churning violently, and there was a possibility of squirting another mouthful of blood at any time. When she tried to plug in the latch, she found that there was no latch behind the door, and she felt strange in her heart, and went out to inspect two or three more rooms, but found that none of the houses were equipped with latches, whether it was the main room with two entrances and two exits, or the utility room and pantry in the corner.

It is hard to imagine that the craftsmen who built the house would cut corners and not install latches on the door, it seems that this is the personal characteristic of the old lady's residence, just like the old lady does not like to use bed curtains and mosquito nets.

He Angelica was immediately distressed, her mental mantra had not been used for a long time, she could not be sure whether she had spiritual light or not, and the luck pranayama itself had a certain degree of danger, if she was disturbed at a critical moment, it was really more unlucky than being trampled on by a horse's hooves. Her prone, sideways, and upside-down postures seem strange to outsiders, what if someone sees them out the window? The old lady is having lunch right now, and it is hard to guarantee that the old lady will not be full for a while, so what if she walks into this room?

When he listened carefully, He Angelica vaguely heard something shouting noisily from the outer hall, "Licorice, the old lady uses a small bowl for dinner, put the medium one back first, and then slowly clean it up in the afternoon!" "Send this batch of clothes to the East Flower Hall first, and then put the box of ornaments at the end, and carefully knock it out!" "Aunt Li, Gong Bucket is going to be sent in through the side door, side door! I said it was the side door! You're walking through the main entrance right now! He Angelica stroked his forehead with a headache, and said in his heart, I thought that the old lady was uninhabited here all the year round, and it was the best place to recuperate, but I didn't expect the old lady to be lively wherever she went.

Secluded place, secluded place, she desperately needs a secluded place now...... Bitter bamboo forest?

That's right, when she lived in Luodong Mansion in her last life, she heard that there were often some haunted incidents in the bitter bamboo forest behind the bamboo courtyard, and no one would go to that kind of place.

He Angelica decided at the moment to go to the bitter bamboo forest to find a secluded corner and breathe until evening, and then sneak into the old lady's room after dark to find out if there are any needles for acupuncture. I believe that with the assistance of her Yunqi Needle Technique, the bad situation of her true qi rampaging this time can gradually improve.

So, after making the pillow into a human shape, carefully covering the quilt, and closing the door, He Angelica ran straight to the back porch of the Tingzhu Courtyard.

When she came to this bitter bamboo forest, which she had never been to before, she smiled with satisfaction, and looked at the darkness and mist in this forest, which clearly marked the words "the living stop", which was really an ideal holy place for pranayama and retreat. This kind of ghostly place, not to mention that humans are reluctant to approach, even among birds, only crows are willing to come......

"Quack-quack-quack-"

A huge crow rose from the depths of the bamboo forest, landed on a stationary dark red figure at the entrance of the bitter bamboo forest, and after bowing its head and pecking lightly, it was waved by the figure and let out a scream of "wow", and then fluttered a pair of huge black feather wings and flew into a wild forest in the east crookedly.

Bitter bamboo forest...... Are there humans? He Angelica's face fell, and he frowned and stared at the young man who was wearing a floor-length dark red and gold embroidered cloak and a blue robe that was blown by the forest wind, wasn't he the patient on the wind? What is he doing here?