Miss Ji said: "There are dozens of graves on the outskirts of the city, most of which are the ancestral tombs of large local families, among which the tomb of our Luo family is the largest and covers the widest area. A few hours after the earth moved last night, I went with my grandmother to inspect the damage, and it turned out that except for a dozen or so graves of our Luo family, which were intact, all the graves of other families had collapsed, and almost none of them were intact. ”

He Angelica blinked his eyes twice and asked, "How much is the ground moving, last night we didn't feel the ground moving at all." ”

"No, everyone feels that the ground is moving," Miss Ji told her, "Third Miss, you are locked up in the Jing Pavilion, so I don't know, who is not talking about yesterday's earth movement now." Seeing that the other party's eyes were still "confused", Miss Ji took her hand, sat down beside the case, and said in a low voice, "In fact, there was a small ground movement in the whole Yangzhou last night, and I didn't hear about casualties or anything, but the tombs outside the city collapsed a lot." There are only two places that are fine, one is our ancestral tomb on the outskirts of the city, and the other is the ancestral shrine in the house. The most incredible thing is that the people in the ancestral shrine didn't even know that there had been a ground movement, and even the old lady only listened to me this morning. Therefore the old lady is curious, and wants me to come and find out what you are talking about. ”

He Angelica tried his best to make his eyes look surprised, and whispered: "There is such a miracle! I always knew that Miss Ji was an honest person, so I only believed this when it came out of your mouth, and if someone else said it, I would definitely think that this was a frame person's words. The ancestral tomb and ancestral shrine are so lucky to avoid the ground movement, it may be that the ancestors of the Luo family have appeared, and Endeze has been descended, what does it have to do with me, how could the old ancestor think of my head. ”

Miss Ji took out a stack of white silk from her sleeve, handed it to He Angelica, motioned her to open it and take a look, and explained: "This is the handwriting from the first tablet of the ancestral tomb, please see it, third miss." ”

Word? He Angelica is really a little curious now, she hasn't asked Xiaoyou to write anything. So unfold the white silk and look closely, the font that catches your eye is very familiar, and the handwriting is not clear and complete, you can only vaguely read, it reads, "Yingmen Zhao, the daughter of a family daughter was born, save my Luo family in fire and water, this ancestor hereby commends his merits......"

Seeing the three words "ancestor", He Angelica almost didn't laugh out loud, Bai Yangbai, why did he go to the ancestral grave on the outskirts of the city to make trouble? It's really where it's lively, there's him, and I thought he had left Yangzhou.

"The daughter of a family girl," Miss Ji was afraid that He Angelica would not understand, so she explained to her, "Our Yangzhou East and West Mansions, the daughter of this family, except for the second aunt and wife Luo Chuanjiao in Xifu, is the aunt and wife in our house." Ma Baoqian, the daughter of the second aunt's wife, is twenty this year, and she was originally scheduled to marry last year, but she later counted the offense Tai Sui, and she has not yet decided on the family matter, so the old lady thinks that she is not a blessed person, and the proverb on this tombstone will not be her-since it is not her, isn't it you, Miss San! ”

He Angelica couldn't help but smile and asked: "But, how can I, a little girl with a deep boudoir, wear such a big hat and save the Luo family from fire and water?" Our Luo family is blessed by heaven, full of gold and jade, and water and fire have nothing to do with us. Besides, is the word on the tombstone really left by the apparition of the ancestors? It can't be the ink treasure that the scholar passed by and left behind on a whim, right? Even if she doesn't raise this question, when this matter reaches the ears of others, Sun and others will be the first to raise it, so it is better to be the first to say the questioning words from her mouth.

Miss Ji said with a mysterious face: "This thing is even more amazing, the words on the tombstone were not written early in the morning, but in front of me, my grandmother and a few other people, 'on the spot', so it must be the ancestors who left a book." ”

"Write it on the spot?" He Angelica was surprised, "Ancestor is an old man...... Came out? ”

"That's right." Miss Ji nodded.

He Angelica opened his eyes wide and asked, "What does the ancestor of the Luo family look like?" ”

"Of course, it is impossible for the ancestor to show his true face in front of our class," Miss Ji said suspiciously, "However, at that time, a few of us really saw it, and there seemed to be an invisible hand on the tombstone, writing these words stroke by stroke. Afraid that He Angelica would not believe it, she accentuated her tone, "This is the fact that we saw it with more than a dozen eyes, and the third lady does not need to doubt it, and then, Mama stepped forward to check it and found that those words were written with gold powder, and hurriedly asked all of us to kneel down and pay respects." ”

He Angelica folded the white silk and returned it to Miss Ji, and exclaimed: "The earth has moved, and the ancestral tomb and ancestral hall of our Luo family are safe and sound, which is really gratifying." Moreover, once this matter is folded in the capital by the prefect Lord Han, maybe the Luo family will have a bigger happy event to be happy about, and if such a good thing happens at the beginning of spring this year, the ancestor is afraid that he will be so happy that he can't keep his mouth shut. ”

"Oh?" Miss Ji didn't know much about things outside the house, and when she heard this, she hurriedly asked, "Why is this matter spread to the capital, and our Luo family will have a greater happy event?" ”

He Angelica said conservatively: "Actually, I can't say for sure, but uncle, they are all well-educated people, if they hear about this, they will definitely be able to figure out the joints, let's listen to what they have to say when the time comes." Then she sighed and said, "Alas, I am still accused of witchcraft and murder, and there is a young lady dressed as a beggar, saying that I yearn for the He family in the capital, and I am dissatisfied with the Ancestor Luo family, which makes the ancestor angry with me, and I am still very worried." Miss Ji, you are a busy person, I won't delay you, maybe there will be a banquet in the house to celebrate, and I will continue to think about repentance in the Jing Pavilion. With that, he got up and hid his face and left.

"No," Miss Ji grabbed her, "you haven't told me the ins and outs of this matter, how can I talk back to the old lady?" ”

"Alas, I'm a child, I can know anything, in fact, I have heard it," He Angelica held his forehead and said, "I have been drowsy in my illness these days, I have dreamed of my grandfather a few times, and I have heard him say a lot of things, some of which are related to the fortune of the Luo family, but last night I was so frightened by my second aunt, my condition became more and more serious, and now I can't remember anything in my dream, I'm afraid I can't help you, Miss Ji." ”

Miss Ji looked at the weak third lady, the other party's forehead exposed outside the veil was pale, and there were a few small beads of sweat, so Miss Ji immediately believed her words and asked worriedly: "What kind of illness do you have, have you ever seen a doctor?" ”

He Angelica turned around and walked into the inner hall, fell on his stomach in a chair, and said weakly: "Sickness, one is a disease on the body, the other is a disease on the heart, I think my illness may be the latter, but I will slowly raise it...... Then, I'll continue to recuperate, Miss Ji, go and get busy with you...... Woo, I'm so hungry, alas, I can't sleep in bed, I'm so sleepy......" said and closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.

Miss Ji had no choice but to leave first, and when she saw that the gatekeeper was locked, she couldn't understand how to close a young lady so tightly, and asked the gatekeeper a few words before she figured out the situation. The gatekeeper was selected by the second wife Sun to do this errand, of course, he said to the second room, and told the last night's events in a few words, and said that now the crime of the fourth room is already a certainty, and even the old lady can not continue to connive, and immediately detained the third lady, and only when the aunt is escorted back from the Taoist temple can the third miss be released, and the people in the fourth room will be punished.

As soon as Miss Ji heard this, she secretly believed in her heart that Mrs. Luo Chuanxiong and Miss San would not do anything about the second room of Weizhen, and felt that Miss San's current situation was miserable, which must have been persecuted by Mrs. II. The old lady asked her to ask, what is the meaning of the golden mink hanging in the grove next to the ancestral grave, and the sweeping Qingniang hanging under the corridor of the ancestral hall, and asked him to ask the third lady what the other party said when she dreamed of the old man. But now she didn't ask half a sentence, and Miss Ji couldn't make a difference, so she lowered her head and meditated for a moment, and went to Fushouyuan to talk back to the old lady.

The old lady in Fushou Garden was talking to Li Xiangshi, asking what the sky that suddenly brightened and cleared, could not maintain the time of tea, and suddenly darkened the sky last night.

Li Xiangshi has been immersed in Taoism for many years, although he relies on fortune-telling to eat mixed rice, and sometimes he has to take care of deceiving people, but he still has a bit of real knowledge in his stomach, so he began to tell the old lady in detail about the direction of the Zhou star in the dome, as well as what kind of star is auspicious, and what kind of star is a great omen. Under normal circumstances, the basic saying of stargazing is that the brighter the star is in the main house, the stronger the fortune of the world, which is usually a sign of good weather and peace in the world. The color and trajectory of the stars also speak for themselves, as brightly colored stars, such as red, purple, and blue, usually do not bode well.

When the old lady heard this, she asked, "Is last night's star, which shines brighter than the noonday sun, and whose color is white, a sign of prosperity in the world?" ”

Li Xiangshi shook his head and said in a deep voice: "No, on the contrary, that star is the great omen of the great evil. ”

"What?" The old lady asked in a trembling voice, "Is that a bad omen?" ”

"Yes, it's a bad omen," Li Xiangshi nodded, "Last night I looked at it by the railing, and estimated that although this star was bright, it could only illuminate the ground in Yangzhou, and this kind of star that suddenly jumped out and suddenly disappeared has only two names, one is a thorn star, and the other is a comet, which is commonly known as a broom star, although the trail can't say which kind of star in the sky last night it belongs to, but no matter which one it is, it is not a good star." And last night there was a earth movement that followed the star, wasn't it the fulfillment of the bad omen? ”

The old lady frowned and said to herself: "Is it only our Yangzhou that has a bad omen...... How could such a thing happen under the jubilant New Year......"

Li Xiangshi told her again: "Xiaodao asked people this morning, not only the star only shines above Yangzhou, but even the ground moves, and only the Yangzhou boundary is shaken, and there is nothing wrong with the place where the Yangzhou boundary monument is out." ”

"Could it be that we are going to have some bad omen in Yangzhou?" The old lady was worried, and sighed, "It's really a bad year." ”

"Yes," Li Xiangshi also sighed, "Not to mention anything else, today's saint attaches the most importance to celestial phenomena, and believes in the theory of bad luck, Yangzhou has such a vision, and the saint will inevitably convene all the bachelors who have studied astrological divination to discuss how to deal with this matter. ”

"Why did you condemn Yangzhou?!" The old lady turned scorched and cried out, "We are the victims of the disaster!" ”

Li Xiangshi spread his hands and sighed: "However, this natural disaster is too strange, it is not an ordinary drought and flood, and it is only in Yangzhou, will it make some people think like this, the people of Yangzhou do not obey the education and anger the heavens, which caused this natural disaster?" ”

The old lady hung her head with a sad face, will the Holy Lord be angry with Yangzhou because of a natural disaster? The law does not blame the public, and it is impossible for the saint to be angry with the people of Yangzhou, so who will he be angry with?

At this moment, Miss Ji hurriedly walked in the door and hurriedly said to the old lady: "Old lady, forgive me, I didn't finish what you explained, the third lady is seriously ill and can't answer, I look very worried." The pavilion is cloudy and damp, it is really not the place where the young lady lives, and now she is cut off from water and rice, and she is sick again, how can she last so long? ”