"The unjust soul asks for his life, this is the fate that Yuan Gongzi deserves."

"If the story ends here, that Yuan Gongzi is indeed to blame, but this story is not over." Du Xiaozhi glanced at Bai Li and continued: "Not long after Yuan Gongzi's death, when the Yuan family's strange matter of seeking his life was being discussed inside and outside Liyang City, the Yuan family ushered in a happy event. ”

"Happy event? This only begotten son is dead, where is the joy? ”

"Master Yuan has taken a concubine, and this newly-started side room still brought his son to live in the Yuan family, and what is even more coincidental is that the son of this side room is the same age as the dead Yuan Gongzi, and soon after, he also asked her son to marry the lady that Yuan Gongzi had already set before."

"This-" Bai Li never thought that this story could turn so round: "Next, do you want to tell me that the child in the side room is actually Master Yuan's child, and Master Yuan gave birth to this side room a long time ago, but because of Yuan Gongzi, he couldn't bring it home, right?" ”

"Hmm!" Du Xiaozhi nodded: "That side room was indeed raised by Master Yuan a long time ago, and that child is indeed Master Yuan's biological flesh and blood, in the words of a big family, it is a concubine." This concubine is alive, and the concubine naturally can't come to the door, but the concubine is dead, and the Yuan family has no other descendants. ”

"This is really a twist and turn, the story your grandmother told is much more exciting than what Bai Ze just told."

"There's more to come, and I remember when I first heard the story, I thought the side room was so clever. Later, when I grew up and thought back to this story, I felt that the side chamber was too deep and terrible. Don't tell the girl, when I was a child, I also thought about marrying into a big family and being a young lady who has no worries about food and clothing. But because my grandmother told this story, I dispelled the idea of being a young lady, and I just wanted to marry a scholar who knew cold and hot. No matter how bad it is, it can also be read and hyphenated. ”

Xu remembered what happened to him, Du Xiaozhi sighed before continuing.

"Just after the side room of the Yuan family, that is, not long after the second lady entered the door, there was a new legend in Liyang City. said that someone saw the second wife of the Yuan family in private with Chai Suying's father, and also said that the father and daughter of the Chai family were originally a plan set up by the second lady for Yuan Gongzi. As for the death of Yuan Gongzi, it is estimated that it has nothing to do with the unjust soul asking for his life, but was planned by this scheming second lady. Of course, these are all folk rumors, and as for the truth, I am afraid that only the second lady of the Yuan family will know it by herself. ”

"The Yuan family? If this Yuan family is so powerful, why didn't Bai Ze and I hear about it when we were in Liyang City? ”

"Because the Yuan family moved again after Master Yuan's death." Du Xiaozhi explained: "Not long after the second lady entered the door, Master Yuan had a serious illness, and he died before winter. followed by Mrs. Yuan, that is, Master Yuan's original wife, the mother of Master Yuan, on the day of Master Yuan's death, due to excessive grief, she took wine and followed Master Yuan. This Master Yuan died, Mrs. Yuan died, and the huge Yuan family fell into the hands of the second lady and the new Yuan Gongzi. Before the first anniversary of the Yuan family's lord and wife, the second lady of Yuan quietly moved with her son and all the gold, silver and jewelry of the Yuan family. ”

"If these two ladies really moved away, then the death of Master Yuan and Mrs. Yuan is afraid that there is another explanation. The water of the Yuan family is still really deep and muddy enough. ”

"Yes, no matter how the version of this story changes, the poor person is always Miss Chai Suying and the child who has just had an accident and doesn't understand anything. My grandmother said that if Chai Suying had seen the distance between her and Yuan Gongzi early on, or even if she had been arranged by someone with a heart, as long as she didn't really like that Yuan Gongzi, the tragedies that had happened to her would not have happened. At least, not a single innocent child will be sacrificed in these schemes. ”

"Alas!" Bai Li sighed and trotted to Bai Ze: "After listening to Xiaozhi's story, I found that I still prefer the one you told." At least, in your story, the child is alive. Even if he was raised by the white fox, at least he grew up, and he avenged himself and his mother. ”

"Why can't there be a third story?" As soon as Bai Li's words fell, a male voice suddenly appeared in the darkness.

"Who?"

"Naturally, there are ghosts in this ancient tomb in the wilderness." A man dressed in white and wrapped in a black cloak stepped out from behind a stone door that had suddenly opened. He wore his hair loose and wore an eerie black and white mask on his face, which at first glance was a little scary.

"Ghosts never say that they are ghosts, only people will deliberately say that they are ghosts, in order to scare those who are afraid of ghosts. But you have also seen that none of the four standing in front of you are cowardly, and none of them are afraid of ghosts. Tell me, who are you? Why is it in this tomb? What is your purpose? ”

"White girl, you have asked so many questions at once, which one should I answer first?" The ghost-faced man leaned leisurely against the stone wall: "Or, White Girl, think for yourself first, and see which answer you are most eager to know at the moment?" I promise you that you will know everything. Oh, by the way, are you hungry, I just roasted a snake, and the snake meat is still hot. ”

The ghost-faced man said and threw it away, and a messy snake that had been burned by the fire was thrown in front of Bai Li.

The snake smelled of being burned from its head to its tail, and the most obvious thing on the snake's body was the half-burned rune paper. This snake was obviously brought out of the corridor by the ghost-faced man. If there was no other passage in that corridor that could directly enter this stone chamber, it would confirm Du Xiaozhi's previous guess. The snakes were deliberately placed in the corridor, and the people who released the snakes hid behind the snakes. When the talisman paper was lit and the snakes were burned, the owners of the snakes retreated into this stone chamber and hid in another stone chamber before they entered. What his purpose was unknown, but who he was, Bai Li and they had already guessed - he was the man in black who released snakes in Dulou Village, that is, the snake keeper hiding in this ancient tomb.

"You put the snake in Dulou Village, what is your purpose?"

"Kill people and kill people." The ghost-faced man spat out four words lightly.

"Kill people? Listen to what you mean, is it possible that there is really a secret hidden in this Dulou Village? ”

"There are no secrets, just countless gold, silver and jewelry." The ghost-faced man stepped on the ground with his foot: "It's not the imperial concubine's, but the gold and silver jewelry that belongs to our Yuan family." ”