Partial courtyard warm pavilion.

This place, originally the main family to come to the yard next to play and rest when they are free, because it is said to be close to the Phoenix Pavilion, the old lady and called not to let the worship of ghosts and gods and fairies, in recent years, the county lord and others are not willing to walk around here, this warm pavilion has become a meeting place for the girls to hold a meeting. The place where the girls live is next to the warm pavilion, and the house of the jewel should be nearby.

Before Yu Qi came, the county lord was outside the house where Baozhu used to live, waiting for the girls to check inside, so as to give a result. Because someone just came to report that there was black smoke in the jewel house again, and the legend of the jewel is not gone, which makes people panic. The county lord is afraid that this strange thing will spread, and he will frighten everyone in the mansion with false rumors, and he is afraid that the old lady will blame him, besides, the death and funeral of the nuns in the Nanfu will be done, and he doesn't want to make some turmoil at this moment to dislike people, after all, he is unlucky.

When he heard that Yu Qi was in Shizhai, the county lord was very surprised, and hurriedly called for him to bring it back. You must know that Yu Qi is gone, and the county lord almost ordered someone to turn Xifu over the sky to look for it, but if he couldn't find it, he asked Jiangzhu and Yuping to quietly go to Jinghua Xie Xun. At this time, Shi Zhai suddenly appeared, and the county lord was angry, and sighed in his heart: I really underestimated this girl, she really knows how to hide from people. I can't help but think of Baozhu's death, I was wronged, and I complained very much that Yu Qi didn't know the etiquette, and was not dignified and generous enough. In the end, the root cause is really related to Yu Qi's willfulness, ignorance of etiquette, and lack of generosity.

Therefore, the county lord moved to the warm pavilion and waited for Yu Qi's arrival.

Yu Qi spent some scheming to put aside the smoke in the ground, and lied that there were snakes in Shizhai, which scared Jiangzhu and other girls to the point of not knowing what to do, and escaped a catastrophe to investigate. Now he comes with Jiangzhu and others to see the county lord.

Enter the Warm Pavilion.

Jiang Zhu went to report first, and after the report was completed, he came out and nodded to Yu Qi. Then, Yu Qi hooked his head in. When I got inside, I raised my eyes slightly, and saw the county lord sitting on the kang under the window wall, the jade screen was serving on the side, fanning fans, and there were girls in and out to serve tea.

Yu Qi bent some courtesies and greeted the county lord.

The county lord looked bored, his eyes didn't look at her, and he only said: "You live very well in Shizhai, and you look more energetic than in the past few days." Earlier I said that you fell from the stairs and got stung by bees, but now you don't look like it! ”

Yu Qi couldn't figure out the meaning of the county lord's words, so he listened with his head and didn't react without words.

The county lord continued: "The jewel has been sent, and the old lady has been gracious enough to take care of this evil matter for you, and reward them with some yin gong money." If you want me to say, it's not too much to reward, but is it because of you? ”

Yu Qi replied softly: "Mrs. mourns." ”

The county lord said: "You asked me to mourn, not necessarily out of sincerity. If you are not sincere, why do you need to say this? ”

Yu Qi was scolded like this, his face was extremely red, and his hands were desperately pinched.

The county lord said: "I just heard that black smoke rose from the jewel house, and everyone who saw her said that she would not be blinded. Remember that this happened before you were asked to guard her. I thought that some people were talking nonsense, and when I saw it again today, I rushed to see it, and sure enough, some smoke rose from the place where the coffin was placed. ”

Yu Qi listened, her feet were like standing on top of the needle felt, and the county lord said horizontally and vertically, but he didn't ask why she suddenly appeared in Shizhai.

Yuping next to him was a little frightened when he heard the county lord say this, and the gesture of fanning the fan stopped slightly.

The county lord felt the heat coming, and glanced sideways at Yuping slightly, and Yuping continued to incite.

Yu Qi was uneasy, and said softly: "Then someone must have burned something in the house where Sister Baozhu passed, so there is black smoke." ”

The county lord said: "Nonsense, Baozhu didn't leave her house again. ”

Yes, the orb was hanged on the old locust tree outside the Zhongfu!

The county lord finally moved his gaze, glanced at her, and said, "Anyway, in those days, counting the jewels to see you many times in Shizhai, did you tell you anything?" ”

Yu Qi shook his head: "No, ma'am." ”

The county lord "heh", let out a breath, and said coldly: "Naturally, no, you may not be familiar to this extent, she didn't tell me when she left, but she gave you a message, I was confused." But I may not be able to predict the prophet, and I will know that you will be guarding for me and then I will be gone. I looked back and thought about it, didn't Baozhu come out and tell you something, scaring you? ”

Yu Qi was frightened when he heard this, and knelt down sharply: "Mrs. forgive your sins." ”

This means clearly, the county lord turned a corner and asked Yu Qi why he left? Baozhu died so unjustly, what's wrong with you guarding me for a while? You ran away without saying hello, and you appear today, what does it mean? Could it be that he was frightened by the restless soul of the orb?

The county lord's mind is so deep that if Yu Qi hadn't heard it all, it would have been difficult to guess.

At the moment, Yu Qi begged for forgiveness, of course, he had to say a reasonable reason to get it.

The county lord smiled: "I don't believe those nonsense. Baozhu has been with me for many years, and I regard her as different from others, and she has her own close affection. Because of the difference, let her go to the stone to take care of you in every way. She's a good girl, so she went for nothing, and she went, and she didn't know what to do for her. ”

The county lord said, sad, and tears fell, causing Yuping and Jiangzhu to cry sadly.

Yu Qi said apologetically: "It's because I don't know the kindness of Sister Baozhu, so that she went to Shizhai in her life and suffered with me." ”

The county lord turned his head and said, "Listen to you, I made you go to Shizhai to suffer?" Do you think so? ”

Yu Qi kowtowed his head and said, "Mrs. forgive me, I don't have this idea, I just think that Mrs. let me stay in the stone, presumably, there is something wrong with me." Sister Baozhu often follows his wife to serve left and right, but she comes to Shizhai to see me. That place is indeed different from the courtyard house in the house, and it is speculated that Sister Baozhu has suffered. ”

The county lord snorted coldly, and heard that Yu Qi was already dissatisfied in his heart.

At this time, Yuping couldn't help but say and said: "The girl hasn't seen her for the past two days, and my wife is worried, and she is restless day and night." I can't sleep well at night, and I can't eat during the day. Afraid that the girl would go out to play, or return to the mirror to thank her, or go back to Shizhai again, Mrs. was worried, and spent all her efforts to find the girl, but she couldn't find it. Not to mention anything else, the wife's thoughts are all on the girl, and the door of Shizhai is not locked, leaving the girl alone to enter and exit. ”

Yes, it was locked on the outside of the stone house before, and this time when I went back to the stone house, why was it not locked? It turned out that they had set up a net early so that they could pretend to be fish and get in.

Yu Qi thought so.

The county lord said: "If you want to say it, you can say it, and if you don't want to say it, I won't force you." If you are willing to stay in Shizhai and go back to the old lady, it is up to you. ”

The words of the county lord are extremely gentle, but they are sharper than a sword, and the words are mean. openly and secretly blamed people, and wanted to ask her where she had gone these days, but she refused to spit out a word.

Yu Qi kowtowed and bowed: "It is said that Sister Baozhu's death is related to me, so naturally I am guilty." I didn't go anywhere, I stayed in the stone to think about it, and asked my wife to condemn it. ”

The county lord said: "It is a saying whether to condemn or not. "Meaning, it depends on my mood whether to condemn or not, but you have to tell me where you have been in the past few days.

Isn't that what the county lord's tone and eyebrows mean?

Yu Qi understood, so he said: "As my wife said, that night, it was raining outside, and thunder and lightning were continuous. I was scared. Maybe I saw the wrong eye, and saw the spirit of Sister Baozhu, she came back to life and stood opposite. I was so scared that I ran out. ”

The county lord rebuked: "Nonsense! ”

Yu Qi paused and continued: "I also think it's caused by dazzling, and my brain is not clear. My wife said that Sister Baozhu went and had something to do with me. I think it's because I can't live with people, and people are coming to me. I'm not afraid of my wife's jokes, I'm weak-hearted, so I ran back to Shizhai to hide. I also knew that my wife had sent someone to look for me, but I didn't have the face to see anyone, and I was afraid that Sister Baozhu would come to look for me day and night, so I found a secret place to hide. ”

The county lord said: "People who look at you on weekdays and don't pretend to have these thoughts, how can they be the same as those outside?" ”

Yu Qi said: "I am a normal daughter, I have a tougher temperament, and I am afraid of ghosts and souls in my bones. With that said, I'm not afraid of my wife's jokes. ”

The county lord was generally satisfied.

Jiangzhu took the opportunity to reply: "Madam, there is black smoke in Sister Baozhu's house, they said that there is also black smoke over there in Shizhai, I went to see it, there is, it was put by the girl herself." This means that the black smoke in the Orb House is not caused by ghosts, but by man-made.

The county lord was surprised and said, "Why do you want to put it?" ”

Jiang Zhu shook her head, her eyes grunting at Yu Li.

Yu Qi hurriedly said: "Madam, there are stinging bees and snakes in Shizhai. I left in front of Sister Baozhu's spirit, and went back to Shizhai to hide everywhere, fearing that I would be bitten by snakes and insects, so I thought of setting fire to expel me. ”

The county lord "um", he believed it, so he waved his hand and said to Jiang Zhu: "The person who went to the Phoenix Pavilion to check is still checking?" ”

Jiangzhu said: "Because the girl said that she set the fire, I asked people to withdraw." lest everyone spread it randomly, and they have to add oil and vinegar to say that it is caused by ghosts. ”

The county lord nodded and said, "You did a good job." "Let Jiangzhu help Yu Qi get up again.

After Yu Qi got up, the county lord said to her: "Just now I said that you are willing to stay in Shizhai and stay, and you have to go back to the old lady." Now you say that there are snakes and insects over there, otherwise, you go back to the mirror and thank you, don't stay in Shizhai. ”

Before Yu Qi could stand firmly, he immediately knelt down: "Mrs. has surrendered." I don't have the face to go out. But pray that you will be washed away from your sins in the stone fasting. Ask your wife to do it. ”

At this moment, as the days go by, Yu Qi can't leave Shizhai. Once you leave Shizhai, what will happen to the ghost mother and Sanxi?

The county lord said strangely: "Don't you feel suffering? Naturally, you can't stay in a bitter place, but it's good to go back. But I have a message to advise you, what happened in Xifu, what you experienced, don't mention it to the old lady when you go back. The old lady recently had a headache and her condition was getting worse. I don't want to see you go back and add more iniquity. See what I mean? ”

Yu Qi said: "Then please take care of the old lady, I don't dare to go back, I don't dare to provoke the old lady to take care of her body." Please Mrs. Fulfillment. ”

At this moment, a little girl came outside to report: "Madam, the eldest girl is here, and she has brought someone here." Said to ask my wife to come and take a look. ”

The county lord was tired, and said, "You tell the eldest girl, I am tired today." Tell her to come back another day, I don't want to see guests these days. ”

The girl said: "The eldest girl is already in Chengfu Yuan, and now she is in the third master's house, and the person who brought her is not a guest, but the person who the old man asked the eldest girl and the second wife to find, and said...... Convince the lady-in-waiting. ”

The county lord didn't seem to have much thought, and while letting people help Yu Qi up, he went out and said, "Then let's go back to Chengfu Yuan first." "Then tell Jiangzhu to stay, take Yu Qi to freshen up and dress up, and didn't say that he wanted Yu Qi to return to Jinghua Xie or go back to Shizhai after he washed up.

At this point, the county lord returned to Chengfu Yuan.

Sure enough, I saw the eldest girl Zhuang Hu. As soon as Zhuang Hu heard the news that his wife was back, he hurriedly walked out of Zhuang Yu's house and greeted him with a smile.

Zhuang Hu took the county lord's hand and said, "Madam, look at who we have found." ”

The county lord was surprised.

Zhuang Hu clapped his palms and said hello a few times.

Suddenly, Zhuang Jue walked out of the door, blinking his eyes, and looking at the county lord with a smile, and at the same time, a person came out behind Zhuang Jue.

The county lord fixed his eyes, who is that person not the orb? Even the clothes used to be exactly the same.

Isn't the orb dead? Who is this man?

Could it be that the jewel resurrected after death?