Daxue nodded: "My secret is only known to me and my mother." I'll tell you today, and you're the third insider. As the saying goes, I don't hide my illness from the doctor, but I don't hide it from the gods. You've done it better for me, but you can't do it, I hope you keep this secret for me! ”

Qi Xiaoting: "Keeping secrets for pilgrims is our duty as incense officials. You know, if we want to solve the problem, we have to get to the bottom of it, which one doesn't have a little secret? If Xiang Guan'er gossips casually, he will be punished by the fairy master. You can rest assured about this. But what does your mother think about your mother's reputation? ”

"My mother passed away last year. When she was alive, she was also willing to let me recognize my ancestors and return to my ancestors. She named me Daxue, which is to use 'snow' to conceal 'Xue', implying that I am a descendant of the Xue family. ”

Qi Xiaoting pondered for a while on the surface, but in fact, she told Long Yi about it with a sound transmission, and Long Yi encouraged: "Promise him and give him a glimmer of hope." Then act on the opportunity. ”

Qi Xiaoting immediately said to Daxue: "I won't tell you, I'm going to Xuejiazhuang today, and I have something to do with the old rich man Xue." I will go there for you to pray for (pray) for you, and tell the old rich man Xue the actual situation, if it has a spirit in heaven, I think it will bless his children and grandchildren with health and longevity. After all, it was the blood and blood of their Xue family. ”

Daxue made another move: "Then please ask the master to give a wish!" ”

"Suppose, if someone comes out to testify against you and proves that you are indeed a descendant of the Xue family, do you recognize your ancestors?"

Qi Xiaoting thought of what Yan Lanzhu said about Aunt Xue, in case Aunt Xue is the daughter-in-law of the Xue family, won't there be a witness?

Daxue said emotionally: "Recognize! Recognize! There is not a man who does not want to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors! ”

Qi Xiaoting: "In this way, the matter between you and your mother will be revealed to the world!" ”

Heavy snow: "This is natural. Once I recognize my ancestors, I have to live there, and I have to be recognized by people, this is not something that can be done secretly! ”

Qi Xiaoting: "What's your mother's name?" In case I use it, I'll be prepared. ”

Heavy snow: "She changed her name when she came here. I heard her say that she used to call 'peach' when she was a maid, I don't know if it's right? ”

Qi Xiaoting: "When is your birthday?" ”

Heavy snow: "I am three years old Chinese New Year's Eve this day, and my birthday is the eighth day of September. ”

Qi Xiaoting nodded: "I'll try my best to do it." But don't worry, I will only make a statement if I can do it, and if I can't do it, I will still follow the original statement and keep it secret for you! ”

Daxue arched his hand again and said excitedly, "Thank you!" ”

Qi Xiaoting was about to get up, and the middle-aged woman who was talking on the way to the funeral entered the house with two bowls of hot noodles and poached eggs, and said to Qi Xiaoting enthusiastically: "Master, it's cold, eat a bowl of hot noodles to warm up." ”

Qi Xiaoting looked at the sun outside the window, waved her hand, and said, "No, it's still early, we still have something to do, hurry up." ”

After being introduced by Daxue, it turned out that this was his aunt. The mother is gone, the daughter-in-law gives birth again, and the family affairs are handled by the aunt.

"Hey, how much time can a bowl of noodles delay? Besides, the midwives had to eat after the event, and they didn't let them go with their mouths empty. The middle-aged woman said cheerfully.

Qi Xiaoting smiled: "I'm not a midwife!" ”

The middle-aged woman stuffed the chopsticks into Qi Xiaoting's hand, and said with a smile: "You are more midwives than midwives, if it weren't for you, these two would have bought the grave by this time." ”

As he spoke, he handed the bowl to Qi Xiaoting again: "I know you have something, and you have to eat when you get there." I've already served them three, so I don't have to eat them for the night. ”

"Yes, it's cold on the road when there is no sun, and it's cold after eating." Heavy snow also persuaded.

Qi Xiaoting couldn't refuse, so she had to eat a bowl.

By the time Qi Xiaoting and the others hit the road, the sun was already orange and was about to set. Qi Xiaoting looked at the sky and said to Old Man Mei and Yan Lanzhu: "It's too long, are we going to go today?" ”

Old man Mei pondered for a while, and said slowly: "From here to Xuejiazhuang, it is only more than three miles, and when you go to the village, you will feel the dark." If you go back, you have to travel at night. The snow will freeze during the day, and the road must be slippery. Why don't we stay in the village for the night, finish our errands, and go back early tomorrow. He asked Yan Lanzhu again: "What do you say?" ”

"Stay, stay." Yan Lanzhu said with high confidence. She was already tormented by nightmares and was scared, and she couldn't solve the problem at once.

This arrangement is exactly what Qi Xiaoting wants, and some things are easier to do at night. But she is an "employed" person, and the residence should follow the customer's decision.

Seeing that everyone agreed to stay, Qi Xiaoting also said: "Okay, try to move forward." ”

The little donkey cart turned due east again.

When he came to the south of a village, Old Man Mei pointed and said:

"This is Xuejiazhuang. Now only the western half is intercepted. Shall we go from the village, or do we bypass it and go directly to the mansion of the old rich man Xue? ”

Yan Lanzhu: "Let's go and see the place first, I want to burn the paper there, and it would be nice to be able to sleep at night." ”

The little donkey cart went a little further east, turning into a north-south field road.

"To the north is right in the middle of the village." Old man Mei pointed to a dilapidated house and said: "Go west again, and there is a north-south road in the past, which is the original mansion of the old rich man Xue. ”

It was indeed very depressed, there were more than a dozen dilapidated houses, none of which had windows and doors, and there were no pedestrians on the streets.

Driven by Old Man Mei, the little donkey cart turned right for two turns and then stopped.

What caught Qi Xiaoting's eyes was a miscellaneous forest that could not be seen at a glance. Through the gaps in the trees, you can see the broken walls inside.

Qi Xiaoting opened her dark eyes - because of Ah Mei, she now has it open almost all day——, although it is daytime, she still sees a lot of ghosts in the woods, both male and female, and she can't see her face clearly, she only sees it like a shadow, floating among the trees. ，

"These are the places that were burned back then." Old man Mei pointed to the woods and said, "The Xue family's old house is still north, so we can't get there." However, this is probably also his family's territory. ”

"Let's not go over." Qi Xiaoting said. She already regretted bringing Jing Cuihua here, a twelve-year-old girl who had no ability to resist ghosts, let alone the offspring of the enemy's family!

Yan Lanzhu said that she instructed her daughter to wait in the carriage, and she got off the little donkey cart with the paper she brought from home, knelt on the snow and lit the paper, stirring it with a wooden stick while burning, and muttering words of apology and apology in her mouth.

Maybe it was because of the pyrotechnics, Qi Xiaoting saw that the ghosts in the woods were floating towards Yan Lanzhu. Because Yan Lanzhu came to make amends for the Jing family, Qi Xiaoting couldn't stop it, so she hurriedly took out a ghost suppression talisman and stood beside Yan Lanzhu. In case the ghosts act aggressively.

Soon, the ghosts that floated over surrounded Yan Lanzhu in a semicircle, and the big alkali white faces could be seen very clearly. Some stared at Yan Lanzhu angrily, while others looked greedily at the burning dark paper on the ground.

Afraid of something, when the paper burned to more than half and the fire was still very strong, the ghosts suddenly pounced on the burning paper and grabbed it.

A few male ghosts did not participate in the robbery, but poured the burning flames towards Yan Lanzhu, who was still stirring the dark paper with wooden sticks.

Immediately, the sparks scurried and flames flew. Yan Lanzhu's clothes and hair had a lot of flames.

said that it was too late, and Qi Xiaoting hurriedly threw the ghost suppression talisman in her hand to the male ghosts. Then he pulled up Yan Lanzhu, who was still kneeling on the ground.

The male ghost flashed to the side.

The ghosts are still looting the ashes.

Yan Lanzhu's clothes, scarves, and hair also burned.

In the eyes of Old Man Mei and Jing Cuihua, a gust of wind suddenly blew the flames onto Yan Lanzhu in front of the fire.

Qi Xiaoting hurriedly took out the fire extinguishing charm and slapped it on her. The fire was extinguished, but Yan Lanzhu's clothes had a few small holes burned, a large piece of hair was burned, and the smell of burnt hair floated in the air.

"Mom......" Jing Cuihua was so frightened that she cried in the little donkey cart.

"Get out of here." Qi Xiaoting saw that the male ghosts were still glaring angrily, and after hurriedly taking out the ghost suppression talisman again, she urged Yan Lanzhu and Old Man Mei to get into the car quickly.

The little donkey cart turned around and walked more than two hundred meters west on the decadent street before it came to an inhabited place.

Luckily, the ghosts didn't follow. Qi Xiaoting was relieved a lot. Xindao: I am sorry to open my eyes, otherwise, Yan Lanzhu will be burned at least and life-threatening. It seems that when encountering a similar situation again, the parties cannot be easily brought forward.

By this time, it was already dark, and some people's homes were shining with lights. The village is quiet.

"You old rabbit lamb, you owe more than 200 yuan, and you still have credit? When I'm a charity? ”

An angry shout came from the house facing the street in front of it, breaking the silence of the street.

"I ...... Just this one on credit. Tomorrow I will sell the rags and pay you back. ”

An old and hoarse voice said very weakly.

"You can't afford to lie in the coffin with the rags you picked up! Go, go, I don't send you to ask for food. ”

As he spoke, an old man was pushed out, "Boom", and fell to the snow.

The little donkey cart also arrived just in time. It turned out to be a small shop, and the old man was a middle-aged man, and it seemed that he was the owner here.

The old man who was pushed down was in his sixties, skinny as wood, and his shabby cotton clothes had several holes torn. I crawled a few times and didn't get up. Qi Xiaoting hurriedly stepped forward to hold his arm and slowly helped him up.

"He's so old, you shouldn't push him." Qi Xiaoting glared at the shopkeeper and said angrily.

"An old coffin, just here on credit, is it easy for me to do small business?" The shopkeeper's confidence is obviously insufficient.

Qi Xiaoting: "If you have an account, you are not afraid to calculate, if you have something to say, it is not right to do it." ”

"Who did it? The road is slippery, and he can't stand on his feet and blame me? What do you do? ”

Qi Xiaoting: "Passing." ”

Shopkeeper: "What the hell is going on with you?" Hungry? As he spoke, he closed the door of the store and ignored Qi Xiaoting.