Seeing Liu for the first time, although Murong Huan was not amazing, he had to admit that this was a beauty. The heart-shaped awl face is only the size of a palm, a pair of eyes are charming, the lips are bright, the nose is small, and there is a bit of a weak and pure taste, no one can say that it is not beautiful.

Especially when Liu stands in the middle of a large group of mothers-in-law and aunts who have never been good at dressing up, they stand out from the crowd and are quite beautiful. The two girls beside her are both five big and three thick, and a big plate face makes her delicate and soft. Presumably, as long as such a woman has pear blossoms and rain, she will be soft-hearted as a man.

It's a pity that Xiaoqin and Ah Ming have both seen Murong Huan's true face, so they don't think it's too beautiful for Liu, a small jasper-type beauty, and obviously didn't take a few more looks because of her deliberate modification. Especially Xiaoqin, after just one glance, she concluded in her heart that this Liu was a fox, glared at her disdainfully, and then turned her head to look around.

Murong Huan stepped forward under the leadership of his mother-in-law and housekeeper, while secretly thinking in his heart, with a shallow smile on his face, making it impossible to see what she was thinking. Yourong in her arms wore a big hat, which covered half of the jade-like pink face.

"Mrs. Nine, we've been waiting for a long time, please come in!" Seeing Murong Huan and the others slowly walking from the door of Zhuangzi, Liu hurriedly greeted her, followed by a boy about eleven or twelve years old, presumably the younger brother of her deceased husband.

: It's not easy to think about this woman, the man died as soon as she got married, and she worked hard to take care of Zhuangzi, but in the end, these family businesses belong to this young brother. If she doesn't find another support for herself while she is young, she may not even have a decent home in the end.

Thinking of this, Murong Huan felt a little sympathy for the Liu family in his heart, and walked forward with Yourong in his arms, "Mrs. Liu is polite." You have been preparing for so long and gathering everyone together for Chinese New Year's Eve, which is really hard. Saying that, Murong Huan motioned to Ah Ming beside him to give the gift that had already been prepared, "A mere gift is not a tribute, I hope Mrs. Liu and Gongzi Liu like it." ”

Liu is also a polite person, and immediately pulled the little uncle behind him to thank him, so that the girl took the gift and led everyone to the Zhuangzi.

The dinner was arranged in the hall of Zhuangzi, Liu took his little uncle, Murong Huan took Xiaoqin and Ah Ming to sit at a table alone, and the others sat in front of four large round tables, which was also very lively.

Although the dishes are not exquisite, they can be regarded as the best dishes in the Zhuangzi, and it can be seen that the Liu family has put some thought into preparing this qiē, and those villagers praise them while eating and drinking, and they often come to toast.

Murong Huan sat there with a light smile, sighing in his heart, she was indeed a virtuous woman, but it was a pity that Liu's virtuous kindness was wanted to be shown to her husband, but Mr. couldn't come, and I don't know if she regretted it in her heart.

Murong Huan is not good at drinking, and he has always been wary, so even if Liu put a very light fruit wine at this table, she only took a few sips. Liu didn't persuade him, because Xiaoqin had already said that the little master was still breastfeeding when he was on the table, so no one cared about Murong Huan just wetting his mouth when he toasted.

It is rare for the farmers to get together for the New Year, and this year's harvest is good, everyone is very happy, and the men are more and more energetic the more they drink. Liu was also a careful person, knowing that it must be boring for Murong Huan to sit there and watch these men fight wine, so he threw down those villagers halfway and only took the women to the backyard, where a theater was set up early in the morning, and a stage was set up in the shed, and there was a charcoal stove burning around the seats, which was also very warm.

The play is usually an old play, but the singing is not bad. The women in Zhuangzi are usually working, and they rarely have the opportunity to sit down and listen to the drama like the ladies and ladies in the city.

Xiaoqin hasn't watched a play for a long time, it seems that this is the first time to watch a play since she married Murong Huanyuan, and it just so happened that what she sang on stage was another drama of talented and beautiful women, and it didn't take long to see her eyes moist and enter the role.

Even Yourong felt novel, staring at the colorful people on the stage with big eyes, shaking his head with the drum beat and the opera, and babbling a few words from time to time.

Murong Huan is from modern times, and no matter how good the drama is, it can't compare to the original TV and movies, so he just smiled faintly and was right to relieve his boredom. However, at dinner, Liu personally served her a bowl of medicinal chicken soup, she felt that it tasted good, and couldn't help but drink an extra bowl, and after listening to only half of the first play, she was a little anxious, turned her head and whispered to ask where Liu's toilet was.

"Ah Ling, you take Mrs. Nine to the toilet. When Liu heard this, he called a girl behind him.

"Sister, I'll go with you too. Xiaoqin took Murong Huan's arm, but her eyes were reluctantly staring at the stage.

"No, you just hold Yourong. The kid seemed to be fascinated. When the play was singing at a critical point, Murong Huan knew that Xiaoqin liked it in his heart, and he didn't mean to ask her to go with him. Although Huo Xuan and Nini are not by her side now, there are two other spirit beasts hidden in her, and safety is not a big problem.

"Sister, I'll accompany you. Xiaoqin shook her head, Ah Ming was dragged by the housekeeper to drink in the hall, if he didn't follow, the princess would be alone, this was absolutely impossible.

"Are you still worried that I will leave?!" Murong Huan smiled and patted Xiaoqin's hand and winked, in fact, she also wanted to know if this Liu family had any bad intentions, and now was obviously an opportunity to probe it. Isn't it just going to the toilet, there are so many people in Zhuangzi tonight, what's so scary?

"Oh well. Xiaoqin hesitated, sat down with Yourong in her arms, and continued to watch the play. When Murong Huan got up, he ordered the little pity to hide on Yourong, and the little son was the one who needed protection the most.

"Lady Nine is going this way. Ah Ling was tall and had a very thin voice, and took Murong Huan out of the theater and slowly walked towards a secluded place.

Along the way, Ah Ling bowed her head and was silent, only carrying a windproof lantern half a step ahead of Murong Huan, the lantern was small and exquisite, and a cold plum tree blooming in the snow was painted on it, which was very beautiful. The lantern swayed gently with Ah Ling's broken steps, and Murong Huan only felt that there seemed to be a faint fragrance of plum blossoms in the air.

"Lady Nine, this is it. After turning a few corners, she couldn't hear the gongs and drums on the stage from a distance, so Ah Ling stopped, pointed to a house in front of her, and handed the lantern in her hand to Murong Huan, "The slave maid is guarding the ninth lady at this door." ”

Murong Huan looked around without a trace, the thatched toilet here seemed to be connected by several rooms, with a stone wall behind it, and a bamboo planted in front of the door, the environment looked quiet, if it wasn't for Ah Ling leading the way, maybe she didn't think that a thatched toilet in a Zhuangzi could be built so unearthly. The only thing that Murong Huan was surprised in his heart was that this latrine seemed to be built a little far away from the main house, wouldn't it be inconvenient to use?

"My wife said that no matter how clean the latrine is, it is always a dirty place, especially in summer, and it is inevitable that some smells attract mosquitoes. Mrs. is a clean-loving person, so with the consent of the old man and the old lady, the thatched toilet in Zhuangzi was rebuilt in front of this cliff. It's downwind, so even in summer, there won't be any smell wafting to the main house. Ah Ling seemed to see Murong Huan's doubts and explained softly.

Murong Huan sighed in his heart, he didn't expect that this Liu family is a person who understands life, and the toilet is built farther away and built at the downwind outlet, which is quite scientific and hygienic. Anyway, there are not many opportunities for the masters to really go so far to go to the toilet, and they usually have their own subordinates to pour night incense for them.

"Then please wait for me here. Murong Huan took the lantern and walked straight into the latrine. At that time, the one on the far side on the left side was also faintly bright, presumably someone was inside, so Murong Huan walked into the one on the far side of the right.

The toilet is not big, but it is also very clean, and there is even a plate of incense on the ground, revealing a faint fragrance. Murong Huan held the lantern and looked at it carefully, then hung the lantern on a wooden structure on the wall and squatted down with confidence.

It's strange to say, not long after squatting down, Murong Huan felt that there was a strange fragrance coming from this small space, the aroma was not strong, but there was a trace of sweet fragrance, which made people a little tired after smelling it.

Murong Huan felt that something was wrong after taking two sips, and then looked at the plate of incense, and felt that under the light of the lantern candle, the smoke rising from the plate of incense was actually light purple, which was quite different from the curling green smoke he saw when he first came in.

In the next second, Murong Huan felt that the world was spinning, and she was dizzy, she stretched out her hand and pulled the wooden door tightly, secretly screaming in her heart.

"It's not good, there's smoke!" At the same time, the two spirit beasts hidden in Murong Huan's body jumped out and raised her arms one left and one right, "Miss Qiu, hurry up and get out of here." ”

"Smoke?!" Murong Huan held his breath, quickly got up and pulled up his clothes and pants, grabbed the lantern, and stumbled out of the toilet, just about to open his mouth to breathe in the cold air, but saw that Ah Ling fell motionless in the snow.

"Let's go and see what's wrong with that girl?!" Murong Huan's heart sank, and he didn't care about it, he pushed the spirit beast on the right, and the little guy stepped forward to see that Ah Ling was obviously attacked by someone, and Murong Huan hadn't heard the cry for help before.

"Dead?" Murong Huan's face changed, and he hurriedly stepped forward to check.

"And breathing. The spirit beast shook its head and grabbed Murong Huan, "Miss Qiu, this matter is strange, let's go quickly!"

As soon as the words fell, a gust of palm wind struck, and the little spirit beast was hit the back of the head and fell to the snow.

Then, a figure gradually appeared in the darkness, it was a man, and his facial features could not be seen clearly in the darkness. R1292