Chu Xiaoran first went back to the room and took a nap, and when the sun was not so hot, he shook it to the courtyard next door.

When she arrived in the yard, Zeng Jiayi was eating a chilled watermelon, and when she saw Chu Xiaoran, she immediately beckoned her to sit down, and regardless of the watermelon juice on her mouth, she picked up a big and red watermelon and handed it to Chu Xiaoran.

"Taste it, I just sent it, it's sweet."

Chu Xiaoran took a bite, it was sweet and refreshing, compared to watermelon juice, she preferred to eat watermelon directly, and she especially liked to eat watermelon with seeds.

I feel that spitting watermelon seeds while eating is the soul.

After eating a piece, Chu Xiaoran chatted with Zeng Jiayi without a match: "You said yesterday that you would come to sleep with me in my house, why didn't you come?" ”

Speaking of this, Zeng Jiayi showed an apologetic expression and said, "I told my mother about this yesterday, but my mother didn't agree. ”

Chu Xiaoran said "um": "It's normal for your mother to be worried, by the way, I heard that your mother is from Changzhou, have you gone to Changzhou with your mother to see it?" ”

Zeng Jiayi sighed and said, "Don't mention it, I haven't been out of Qizhou Mansion since I was so old, and every time I celebrate the New Year, my mother always says that she will take us next time."

"Since your mother hasn't taken you there, hasn't anyone from your grandfather's family come to Qizhou Mansion to visit your mother?"

Zeng Jiayi shook her head again: "No, I don't know, if there is a grandmother, grandfather, or uncle and aunt, because my mother never mentioned these to us." ”

Chu Xiaoran raised his eyebrows, noticing something unusual.

"By the way, in the morning, Nian Shuangduan came to your mother's own sour plum juice, which is quite delicious, I didn't expect your mother's craftsmanship in brewing sour plum juice to be so good!"

"My mother's sour plum juice?"

Zeng Jiayi waved her hand again and again: "Impossible, my mother hates drinking sour plum juice the most, she can't stand it just by smelling it, how can she make sour plum juice by herself."

It must have been done by Nianshuang herself, and I was afraid that you would be picky, so I said that my mother did it. ”

"Your mother is from Changzhou, and she doesn't like to drink sour plum juice."

"Yes, I'm also very strange about this, my mother, I like to eat roast whole sheep and roast chicken or something. By the way, my sister-in-law. I also like to eat roasted whole sheep, sour plum juice, he always said that it is very sour, oops, anyway, I just don't like to drink, but we all like to drink. ”

"I heard that your sister-in-law is the daughter of a wealthy merchant in the county next door. When your brother is kissing. Have you been? ”

"No, I don't. My mother said it was a long way and told me to stay at home. ”

This Zeng Jiayi did not leave his mother in three sentences, but Chu Xiaoran also asked a lot of things.

Let's just say this sour plum juice.

Nianshuang said that the sour plum juice was made by the eldest lady herself. But Zeng Jiayi said that his mother doesn't like to drink sour plum juice, and she can't stand it when she smells it.

Cao and Zeng Yuanwai have been married for more than 20 years, and she has not taken her children to her grandfather's house once, which is very abnormal in this regard.

However, all this is Chu Xiaoran's speculation.

Even if it proves that Mrs. Zeng has a problem, it cannot directly prove that Mrs. Zeng has an inevitable connection with this female ghost.

can't even say that because she doesn't like to drink sour plum juice, she said that the death of the female ghost was related to her.

The crux of the problem is to start with the female ghost and find out the identity of the female ghost in order to solve this matter.

At dinner, Mrs. Zeng was unusually silent.

I still remember that during the dinner last night, she and Zeng Yuanwai still made eye contact from time to time, and occasionally served vegetables to each other.

Chu Xiaoran thought that after eating, he still had to talk openly and honestly with Mrs. Zeng.

Unexpectedly, before dinner was finished, the intoxicating sunset quietly disappeared, and the sky above Zeng's mansion was covered with dark clouds in an instant.

The light of the moon does not shine in the slightest.

Chu Xiaoran's face was gloomy: "It's too late, they don't have the patience to wait for it to get completely dark." ”

Cao Yuyan's expressionless face, after hearing Chu Xiaoran's words, her face changed, and she put down her chopsticks tremblingly.

Looking at the dense clouds, even if you can't see the ghosts, you can feel the thick yin qi surging here from all directions.

"Mrs. Zeng, there are not only you here, but also your beloved husband and daughter. Are you sure you want to keep it hidden? If you don't tell the truth, then I can only protect myself. ”

Zeng Yuanwai held Cao's arm with both hands, his face was expectant, and Cao Yuyan's tears were rinsed.

But he still closed his lips tightly and didn't spit out a word.

Chu Xiaoran didn't pin his hopes on the Cao family, turned to Steward Zhang and said, "You call all the people in the mansion to the front hall." Zhou Ting, you and Wu Dalang are also going to help, hurry! ”

When everyone had gathered in the front hall, the sky finally darkened, and the ghosts of the courtyard rushed to the front yard, trying to tear the people in the courtyard to pieces.

Chu Xiaoran held the compass in his left hand, his body jumped into the air, he quickly recited the incantation in his mouth, his hands flew over the seal, and the white five elements qi rippled out from the compass, enclosing all thirty-four people up and down the Zeng Mansion in her formation.

The formation was formed, and Chu Xiaoran took out four more talisman seals and pasted them in the four directions of east, west, north and south.

The ghosts began to hit the array arranged by Chu Xiaoran, and when they touched the array, it was like meat in an oil pot, bubbling with black gas, and the ghosts were immediately scalded out of several big holes.

Suddenly the ghost cried wolf howl all over the yard.

The timid one was already squatting on the ground covering his ears, closing his eyes, hugging his body, and crying.

If you are a little bolder, you can still open your eyes to see the situation.

The ghosts slammed into one after another, and the array was not affected in the slightest.

Chu Xiaoran took out a talisman again, recited a spell, and threw the talisman into the air, the talisman seemed to be pasted in the air, and the yellow talisman was shining, like a bag with an open mouth, sucking all the black and oppressive clouds into the talisman seal.

"These pawns are not my opponents, you have the ability to do it yourself."

The female ghost looked at the infant spirit with a ghost body the size of a baby beside her, and said, "It's my mother who didn't protect you, and my mother won't let you be hurt this time anyway." ”

The infant spirit "chatter" laughed twice: "Then let's go together, it's not that the father and son work together, but the gold can be broken." Our mother and daughter must be able to do the same. ”

After speaking, he took the first step and floated in front of Chu Xiaoran.

The infant spirit that suddenly appeared in front of him was full of anger, and the rich yin qi was dozens of times richer than that of so many ghosts just now.

Yesterday's female ghost followed, standing in front of the infant spirit in a protective posture.

The cultivation of the infant spirit is much higher than that of the female ghost, she deliberately shows the ghost body in front of people, and suddenly a baby with a bloodshot face, no hair, and black lips suddenly appears in the air, and the frightened screams of the people in the circle come and go.

The infant spirit gritted a mouthful of bleeding teeth and laughed strangely.

"I'll drain you all of your blood later."

As soon as he said this, he was immediately stunned, and only a few were standing.

Among them is Cao Yuyan.