In the evening, when the sky is dark, the maid in the Luo Mansion is running happily between the Xinrong Hall and the kitchen, the old lady is feasting for the guests today, Meng Ying, the third son of the Meng family, Feng Yang, the son of the Feng family, and Ning Yuan, the three handsome princes of the Feng family, are also guests, making the word Peng Sheng brilliant and vivid unprecedentedly. In addition, the smell of the New Year on the third day of the Lunar New Year, there is an occasional firecracker explosion on the street, and there is a smell of fire, boiling, frying, and sweet fragrance in the air.

The two maids walked over from far and near with fruit bowls in their hands. One comforted the other and said: "Under the New Year's Festival, even if you want to burn paper for licorice, wait until after the tenth day of the new year. "It was Dandelion who spoke, the first-class maid in the old lady's house.

The other is today's newly appointed tea steward, the maid lamp grass, she said depressedly: "The tenth day of the first month? Is that past the first seven? I heard that the soul of self-killing dissipated after seven days of inaction. ”

Dandelion frowned: "I will go into the hall to serve later, these words are not allowed to mention half a word, licorice can't think of it, who can complain, the second master is working on the corridor where someone passes, and I'm afraid that he won't be able to repay the account afterwards, licorice She didn't go to fight for an aunt, but chose a dead end, who can she rely on?" ”

The lamp grass hurt it: "You said it lightly, if it is spread on your head, are you willing to be an aunt under the second wife?" "The second wife's most confidant maid Runxiang is like that, don't say it's someone else.

Dandelion didn't have anything to say, the two of them brought a fruit bowl into the hall, and waited for the guests to eat, accompanied by the eldest young master Luo Baiqian, the second young master Luo Baiji, and the eldest lady Luo Baiying, and several other young ladies were also invited, but they had something to shirk, and the old lady also came to join in the fun when she saw the eldest grandson Luo Baiqian, who was easy not to leave the garden, and her complexion was much better, and she didn't care about the problem of incomplete seats.

The old lady talked very happily with Meng Ying, Feng Yang and Ning Yuan, and halfway through the banquet, the second wife Sun rushed into the hall on the hot wheels, and the second old man Luo Chuangu, who looked drunk, was still pulling behind, and the two rushed to the old lady, and the Sun family spoke: "Old ancestor, the big thing is not good, there is an accident in our yard, you go and take a look!" You have to come forward to do this! ”

The old lady was stirred up by someone in her head, and the person who came was still Sun, who was not very pleasing to the eye recently, so the old lady lowered her voice unhappily and said, "Don't you see who today's guest is?" Meng San Gongzi! People are willing to spend the New Year in our house, how much face, you don't make trouble early or late, but you just make trouble at this time, are you doing it on purpose! ”

Although Sun expected that from that day it was revealed that she had drunk medicine and had an abortion for stillbirths many times, the old lady was not very happy to see her, but compared to the enthusiasm of the previous half of her daughter, Sun still couldn't help but be frozen, but she deliberately brought Luo Chuangu, who was immersed in drinking, to come in handy at this time. Sure enough, Sun only swept it with his eyes, and Luo Chuangu, whose cheeks were red and spewing with wine, spoke: "Mother, something really happened to Baoqin Pavilion, you can't ignore it." ”

The old lady had used the tea for nearly ten years, and the licorice on the water was folded in Luo Chuangu's hand, if it weren't for the fact that she was her own son, she would have calculated this account with him. Right now, seeing her son Rabbit Boy shrinking behind Sun's father, the old lady was angry and scolded in a low voice: "Look at what you look like now!" The old man who is almost forty runs to the outer hall, and the hall is full of guests and juniors, and you just wear an old cotton coat and run out with a soft shoe, and even the little steward outside is dressed more formally than you! ”

When she raised her eyes and looked at Luo Chuangu's head, there were still three or four straws on the messy canopy, and the old lady remembered the girl licorice who hung on the southeast branch, and suddenly exploded her lungs and scolded him, "Which horn did you go to fool around again, and came back with a lot of grass, do you want to be a master and want to change your career to be a beggar?" I really don't understand what kind of sin has been created, and you are such an unsuccessful old boy! ”

This reprimand immediately reached the ears of everyone below, after all, although everyone ate and drank as usual, their attention was on this little episode.

It was Meng Ying who spoke: "Haha, don't be angry, the old lady is happy, it's good to be happy and smooth in the New Year, and there is no need to worry about the son if he doesn't succeed, as long as his daughter and granddaughter are angry." ”

This persuasion is said to be headless and brainless, and my daughter is angry? Luo Chuanxiong was born angry; Granddaughter fighting? Luo Baiqiong, who is the most competitive, still doesn't want to go out to meet people. However, the old lady immediately realized that he was talking about his granddaughter Sister Yi, and today Feng Yang came to the door to say that Sister Yi was going to tell Ning Yuan to be his side wife. Although they still unanimously said that Ning Yuan was a jewelry merchant, but the old lady only spent tea with the nineteen-year-old Ning Yuan, and she concluded that this Ning Gongzi was not simple, at least he had to be a seventh-grade official in the state capital.

As soon as the old lady thought that her granddaughter would be allowed to be a side wife to such an outstanding man, her anger really went down, and she waved her hand impatiently to drive away the Sun couple: "Don't take the affairs of the two of you here, go quickly!" Don't disturb our good spirits! "Everyone is waiting for Li Xiangshi to come over and start the marriage plate, and make a marriage fun for a few young people, which makes them excited.

It was the first time for Sun to eat such a row in public, his face was red, his neck was stalked, and he said the report that he should have avoided everyone before he could talk to the old lady in public: "Ancestor, it's amazing, something terrible has come out of our yard, and some people hate us in the second room, and they want us to die without a place to bury!" ”

The old lady's first reaction was to shoot the case: "Bah, bah! Oh, what taboo do you say, are you evil! "The word dead is the word that can pop out of the mouth during the New Year!

Unexpectedly, Sun and Luo Chuangu nodded together and said: "Tell the old ancestor truthfully, we are evil, not only we have fallen into evil, but even Sister Qiong and Sister Shao have fallen into evil, and someone has cursed us to death our whole family!" ”

Dead family? The old lady was so angry that she had an urge to look up to the sky and spurt blood, such words are usually taboo, and the two of them were not small in the scene, and they actually ran to such an occasion to say it. The old lady left the table decisively, and said to Luo Baiqian, who was the next head: "Brother, you chat and have fun with the guests, make sure everyone has fun, and there can be no dissatisfaction." ”

After that, the old lady took the Sun and the two out of the side door with a calm face, walked out more than a dozen steps, turned to face the two, and reluctantly suppressed the anger and asked, "Say, what's wrong?" What was dug up in the yard? When was this? ”

Sun took a step closer and folded his hands to count: "It's a lot, witch puppets, paper money, charms, human bones, corpses, and other things!" There are all kinds of witchcraft with nightmares! ”

The old lady glared, and her upper and lower teeth kept colliding: "Sun, what nonsense are you talking about, where did you come from, you are crazy!" You are a housewife, glamorous and decent, and you have something to do with these things! ”

Sun complained aggrievedly: "Ancestor Mingjian, whether I am a housewife or not, I am first and foremost a woman and a mother, how can I put those things in my own yard, even if I don't live myself, I can't use that thing to harm Sister Qiong and Sister Shao!" ”

There is a local saying among the people that witches have harmed three generations, and those unclean things have been collected or secretly stuffed, not only will he be unlucky, but even his children and elders will not be spared. In this area of Yangzhou, I especially believe in this statement, because a few years ago in the Zhizhou Wei Hong corruption case, when his family property was confiscated, a large amount of dark paper and talisman water were found, pasted all over the walls of his bedroom. Many people speculate that Wei Hong was taken into account, so he changed from a clean official with clean sleeves to a corrupt official who embezzled the court's disaster relief funds, killing his entire family, and when Wei Hong was found, there was only a headless corpse.

The old lady suddenly realized that if someone really hid the witch Gu in the Baoqin Pavilion, then the target of Nightmare Town also included herself! The old lady immediately didn't care about the New Year's taboo, and said in a lost voice: "What kind of black-eyed person stuffed those dirty things to you?" Plush toy! Human bones! Corpses, corpse pieces! Have we ever been short of people in our house? "Kill people and bury corpses!

Luo Chuangu saw that Sun's words were a little exaggerated, and hurriedly pulled it back in a timely manner: "Mei Niang, she is timid, she fainted after just looking at it when she dug it up just now, so she didn't see it clearly, those corpses were just the internal organs of some dead chickens and dead fish." However, the dark paper is a real witch thing, and every paper copper coin has a gap in the direction of the hexagram, buried in our yard, which is clearly the meaning, to let our yang energy be exhausted, and bad luck will be haunted! ”

Sun wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeves: "The daughter-in-law has always been strong, and the birth of Sister Qiong and Sister Peony was smooth and smooth, and she was born without any stumbles, but since Sister Peony was born, someone else lived in the family, and the daughter-in-law gradually felt numb in her lower body, and she couldn't see the problem when she looked for a doctor, and then she became pregnant three times, all of which were stillborn in the second month of pregnancy." Not only me, but all of the ten concubines of Xianggong are easy to give birth to, but none of them can continue the incense for the second room. ”

At this time, a light rain suddenly fell in the sky, coldly hitting the faces of the three people, Sun's haggard appearance with the rain, and it was very sad without squeezing tears. She continued to cry: "In the past, we didn't understand what this was, so we begged God to worship the Buddha, distributed money to beggars, and pulled a cart of steamed buns to the river all year round to release them, but it was useless for more than ten years, and now the truth is finally revealed. ”

The old lady asked hoarsely, "Who?" Who are you talking about? Who started cursing you ten years ago, so that the second room could not give birth to a son? ”

If you want to talk about dividing the family property, Sanfang has already carved away 40,000 taels of northern industry many years ago, so when the family is divided in the future, Sanfang will basically stay out of the matter, except for a few ancestral houses in Luodong Mansion, they have nothing. The old lady had hinted at the third son, and he had no objection to this, besides, the old Sanchuan Park and Chuan Gu were siblings born to the same mother, how could he harm his own brother's family.

The big house will divide the family property with the second room in the future, but the boss Chuan Bai is a big man, his own tickets are thrown around, and he rarely cares about how much he divides the dividends, and he takes as much as he wants, how can such a character have such a vicious heart? Could it be the eldest daughter-in-law Zhao? Or the eldest granddaughter-in-law, Dong? Or is it that a disgruntled subordinate does not share the money, but simply casts a curse on the master out of personal grudges?

"Old Ancestor," Sun approached, handing over a small note, "Please take a look at this!" What is it meant to be loyal on the surface and treacherous in the heart, the daughter-in-law only knows today! ”

The old lady took the note, and by the light of the red lantern in the distance, she squinted and read it out loud: "Wujia month in the year of Wuxu...... This is Kawatani's birthday...... This font is familiar...... This is the word of Chuanxiong! ”