Chapter 17: Spiders
Entering the Zhu Mansion, the courtyard is deep, and there is a large luxuriant locust tree in the house, which directly shades the night sky, and through the thick branches, you can barely see the whole point of starlight.
Along the granite path into the atrium, you can hear the curling singing, the back garden is the fire tree silver flowers, only to see that the stage has already been set up, and now is singing a dragon and phoenix.
In the courtyard, only Uncle Zhu sat alone on the Huanghuali wooden Taishi chair, surrounded by servants on all sides, and there were a lot of blue-eyed orchids, with slightly dark complexions, and bewitching, I couldn't help but take a few more looks.
Uncle Zhu was busy greeting: "Miss Xiliu is here, it's okay to walk on the road, but tired?"
Miss Xiliu shook her head with a smile: "It's good, I'm not tired." turned to me again: "It's boring for the concubine to come alone, so I brought my familiar sister over to watch the play together."
Uncle Zhu hurriedly nodded to me, I returned the salute, the servant came to lead the seat, I sat on the right with the Xiliu girl, and the maid served fragrant tea, which was the famous frost and snow buds, the taste was frivolous, and the water must be very particular.
The young man who picked up Miss Xiliu whispered a few words to Uncle Zhu and offered taro cakes, Uncle Zhu pretended to look at me casually, and Miss Xiliu hurriedly said: "My sister is a good daughter, and this taro cake is the best product of her dim sum shop."
Uncle Zhu smiled: "It turned out to be a dim sum shop, which is rude."
I hurriedly replied: "Mei Cai is young, and there are places where the number of courtesies is not thorough, and I still look at Uncle Zhu Haihan, I am really grateful for this disturbance."
Uncle Zhu said: "The girl doesn't have to be polite, Miss Xiliu's friend is my friend, if you don't give up, I hope to come back next time to enjoy the light."
I was busy saying that I didn't dare to be, while looking at this back garden, the stage was singing lively, a few agate plates on the table of marble carved peony flowers were placed with all kinds of fresh fruits, and there were a few fine snacks, which was really extravagant.
While Uncle Zhu and Miss Xiliu were listening to the play, I lied about changing my clothes and went around the inner courtyard to see who else was in the Zhu Mansion.
Shaking off the servants who followed, I took a closer look at the mansion, which was luxurious, clean, and clean.
But it's quite deserted, except for the endless sound of the silk and bamboo orchestra in the back garden, I don't hear the anger of the world at all.
The living room is covered with extravagant Persian brocade carpets, red sandalwood tables and chairs, the walls are hung with mountains and rivers, and the eight treasure cabinets are full of precious porcelain. Outside the corridors on both sides of the house, the moon should be as bright as water, but in the shadow of the big locust tree that almost covered the entire house, there was only a black glow, which was very terrifying.
I looked behind me and there were several paths that led around the main house in all directions.
I'm a little strange, this Uncle Zhu is so rich, except for servants and orchids, there doesn't seem to be any relatives of Uncle Zhu, well, or is he living abroad, and his family is still staying in the Western Regions?
"Buzz...... Buzz ......"
What sound? It wasn't loud, but it could be heard in the silence of a room.
I followed the sound and found that it was coming from an inner room.
Naturally, it was very rude to break into someone's bedroom, I swallowed my saliva and looked around, I was going to open the door and take a look.
"Buzz...... Airplanes...... Buzz ......"
The door is paulownia wood, and the doorknob is copper, but it fits very tightly, it seems to be inserted inside, the closer to the door, the clearer the sound, I hesitated, what could it be inside?
Do you want to crash away? But I didn't have that much strength.
was hesitating, when suddenly a voice sounded coldly behind him: "Girl, what are you doing?"
I was startled, and when I turned around, I saw that it was a servant in Tsing Yi.
I hurriedly said: "Your house is too big, the little girl went to change her clothes, but she was separated from the one who led the way, and she didn't want to get lost, can't you wash here?"
The servant said, "The girl comes with me." You're going to lead me away.
I couldn't help but ask, "Forgive the little girl for talking too much, what is this voice?"
The servant didn't speak, but led me straight back to the back court. It seems that I really don't know what to do, but I'm still annoying. When this servant told Uncle Zhu, it seems that there will be no chance to investigate next time, I thought with annoyance.
Uncle Zhu and Miss Xiliu watched the play attentively, but there was no different color.
On the stage, Emperor Shengde and Sister Feng pulled and pulled, and Sister Feng's figure was really good.
Miss Xiliu praised the singer who sang Sister Feng for her good voice, and Uncle Zhu replied: "This is the most famous Danjiao here."
Miss Xiliu asked, "What is your name?"
"Her name is Liulichun."
The singing was so boring that I fell asleep while watching.
When I opened my eyes suddenly, the sun was shining, I was already at home, I hurriedly lifted the quilt and jumped up, and called my mother,
The mother pushed the door in violently: "I'm very busy!" You haven't freshened up yet, what are you yelling about? β
I hurriedly asked, "Mother! How did I get back? β
The mother said angrily: "I'm embarrassed to mention that you fell asleep in the Xiliu girl's house, or Mr. Mo sent you back!" You can fall asleep tired when you send a supper, I don't know what it looks like when you're tired every day! β
"When?"
"Half an hour after you delivered the supper!"
No way! I've been in Zhufu for more than an hour!
What the hell is going on?
What's out of the ordinary?
I pondered. Why don't you just ask Miss Xiliu?
After freshening up, I went downstairs and saw my father busy working, so I hurriedly asked, "Dad, has Miss Xiliu been here today?" Have you ordered taro crisp?"
Dad turned around: "Didn't come!" I think I'm tired of eating! Miss Xiliu comes to order every day, no matter how delicious it is, there will be no day without boredom. β
"That's right......" I thought about it, in that situation yesterday, was it really that I slept too heavily and was sent home without knowing it? But what about the dislocation of time? Even if I fell asleep, I should have gone out to deliver supper for an hour or two, but my mother clearly said that I was sent back by Mr. Mo half an hour after I went out.
Where is Miss Xiliu now?
"The poplar flower spike is almost ready, plum cabbage, go pick it quickly." Mother said.
"Oh!" I answered, grabbed the basket and went out.
When I arrived in the back garden, the melon slices were already waiting for me on a poplar tree, and when they saw me from afar, they shouted: "The dragon god is not happy!" The dragon god is not happy! β
I said, "Huh?" With a bang, a pat on the head, oops! Yesterday, I was busy investigating Miss Xiliu and forgot to send Yang Liuqing to Longjing.
I hurriedly hung the basket on the branches, gave me flower spikes, and hurried to the Dragon God Temple.
Long Jing lay on his back on the ground, motionless.
I hurriedly asked, "Dragon God, what's wrong with you?"
Long Jing rolled over and gave me a back.
"Don't make a fuss! Dragon God! I hurriedly ran to him: "Plum cabbage, me!" Yesterday I went to check the youkai! β
Long Jing still closed his eyes and did not speak.
"What do you want? Lord Longjing?" I asked helplessly: "I've come to pick flower spikes today!" Would you like to make an offering to you later? β
Long Jing sat up suddenly: "It's not for anything else."
"Not for food? Why would you be angry?" It's like a child who pesters an adult to buy candy and is refused. I often make awkward efforts like this to force my mother to buy me something I like, so I empathize. But an adult in Longjing, for such a trivial matter, it is simply a naked trick.
"It's you who don't keep your promise." Ryujing pouted and said, "It reminds me of some things from the past."
Oh, it's not bad for me! I breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "What's the matter?"
Long Jing lay down and rolled, lying on the ground, looking like he was being bullied: "It's useless to talk too much."
"It doesn't matter, that thing about Miss Xiliu, who is the monster? I look at that Zhu Mansion, everything is unusual. β
"Mmmm, selling silk is really interesting." Long Jing suddenly became more energetic, and the decadent appearance just now was swept away, and I really wondered if he was possessed.
"Let's go to Zhu's Mansion at night and disturb it! When are you going to offer Yang Liuqing and taro crisp?"
"Got it, got it!"
I finally survived until the evening, and I quietly came to the outside of Miss Xiliu's room with Longjing and melon slices to hide.
The shadow of Miss Xiliu was reflected on the window paper, still freshening up, and it was estimated that it was almost time yesterday, and maybe it would be out today.
After a while, the boy from yesterday came, still helping Miss Xiliu to go out.
As soon as Miss Xiliu went out, I raised my feet and was about to follow, but Longjing pulled me back with an impatient look: "Why are you going?"
I was puzzled and said, "Didn't you go to Zhu's mansion?" We don't have to go along, do we? β
Long Jing rolled his eyes and smacked me the head.
"Huh? Why are you hitting me? Not to be outdone, I kicked him.
Long Jing flashed easily, and then pointed at the Xiliu girls.
"Huh?" I was stunned.
Miss Xiliu is obviously sleeping in the house. I hurriedly looked at the boy again, and it turned out to be a gray mole cricket pulling a Xiliu girl who had become the size of a fly...... The soul?
"This, this, this γγγγγγ" I was speechless.
"Okay, now they can't see us, let's go, we'll see." Longjing's two eyes sparkled.
The mole cricket led the Xiliu girl onto a piece of eucalyptus leaves pulled by two big red ants, and two gray crickets accompanied her, although the scene was a little creepy, but it was very interesting.
They walked and walked and walked until they came to a large locust tree in the back garden.
Following the rough texture of the locust tree, they entered a hollow in the trunk.
"Let's go too!" Long Jing said, I felt that everything around me had become bigger, and in a blink of an eye, Long Jing and the melon slices on his shoulders had gone far away, and I was busy following them, this should be the part of the road I walked when I was in the car, right?
Sure enough, following the tree hole, it was the mansion, which was a large spider web, layered and dusty, and in the center of the spider webβpresumably the atrium, in which sat a huge yellow spider.
There are a lot of green-headed flies around the spider, which must be the real body of the blue-eyed orchid. I looked behind me and saw a bee wrapped in a spider's web, fluttering its wings and making a buzzing sound.
The truth turned out to be this.
I saw that the spider greeted the girl and invited her to sit on the web, and the mole cricket brought the pine needles with dew, and the girl took it and was slowly sipping.