Liu Ruyan and Biluo walked out of the courtyard together and were taken to the place where the people lived in the west. As you pass through a forest along the way, you can faintly see a well in the bushes.

As if she hadn't seen it, Biluo walked straight through the bushes and into the distance.

Liu Ruyan couldn't help asking: "There is a well next to it, why do you want to go far?" ”

Biluo stopped and looked sideways at the scene: "The chief of the trail doesn't know, this well has been abandoned for many years, and the water in the house has to be fetched in the kitchen." ”

"Wouldn't it be necessary to take several more roads?" Liu Ruyan was surprised.

"That's true." Biluo carried the barrel and said as she walked.

"Is it because the well water is dry and there is no water to drink?"

Biluo just shook her head.

"Oh?" Liu Ruyan became interested, "Is it because someone jumped over the well?" ”

Biluo shuddered, and she looked up to see that the sky was foggy, and a few swifts swept over the branches.

"I heard that once upon a time, a servant girl hanged herself by the well, and I also heard that several strange things happened in the house one after another, such as when drawing water from the well, the woman's hair would be fished, which made people panic."

Hang oneself?

Liu Ruyan's heart froze, and her eyes fell on the manhole cover in the barren grass: "When did it happen?" ”

"I can't remember exactly, it was about ten years ago, when the slave maid was still young." Biluo recalled.

"Do you remember where she hanged herself?"

"It looks like the tree." She pointed to a stake, "It was the rainy season, and after the maidservant died, the spring thunder rang all night, and the next morning, everyone found that the tree had fallen. ”

"There is such a thing." Liu Ruyan frowned, "But why is Madam so afraid of cats?" ”

"This slave doesn't know, but it's not surprising that she's afraid of some small animals or something." She confessed.

The two filled a bucket of water from the kitchen and returned to the Lin courtyard again, Shen Yanchu had prepared the altar, he took the water and poured it into the copper basin, and lit the written talisman seal with fire.

Liu Ruyan knew that he had been reading books a lot in the past month, but he didn't expect that he could really practice it in an orderly manner, and he couldn't see any flaws.

The altar was placed in the courtyard of the Lin clan, facing the door.

At this time, it was dusk, the sky was half light and half dark, yin and yang were intertwined, and few cigarettes were rising. Suddenly, a human face appeared in the smoke screen.

The face was delicate, her hair was coiled into a bun, and she poked out half of her head from under the peach tree outside the courtyard, and was waving at her: "Little Daoyou." ”

Qi Heng and Lin Lan stood next to Liu Ruyan, as if they didn't see that person. Liu Ruyan narrowed her eyes and looked at the smoke again, but the maid standing under the peach tree disappeared.

Liu Ruyan remained silent, and when no one was paying attention, she sneaked out of the yard.

She walked under the peach tree she had just seen and circled all the way to the rear.

Sure enough, a servant girl squatted on the ground, and when she heard the sound, the servant girl raised her head slightly and called, "Little Daoyou." ”

"Lingxiang, why are you here?"

Lingxiang got up and patted the grass clippings on her body: "This is not the place to talk, please come with me." ”

Seeing Lingxiang turn around and leave, she hurriedly followed.

Not long after the two left, Dong Qingxian followed him by surprise.

Liu Ruyan has very good ears, and found out that he was being followed at that time.

The man followed not far away, she walked, the other party walked, she stopped, and the man followed.

Liu Ruyan suddenly looked back.

Dong Qingxian looked at her gaze from afar, her eyes were warm, and she really stopped, which was picturesque.

However, this is just the scene that the little maid Lingxiang saw.

In other words, Liu Ruyan, she actually saw a trace of disobedience in the man's eyes, just like the eyes of the elders towards the juniors. But the ages of the two are clearly about the same, and he really treats her as a child.

Dong Qingxian strode forward, raised his hand, and stroked the top of her hair, well, the feel was as soft as imagined.

"Yan'er, where are you going?"

Liu Ruyan, who was suddenly touched on the head, twitched the corners of her mouth, but she could only pretend to be a Taoist child, immature with old age: "Poor Dao has something to do with this girl." ”

I don't know if it's because she looks really interesting, or if Dong Qingxian has been in the mountains for too long, and her life is boring.

He pursed his lips and chuckled, holding her hand: "Okay, I'll go with Yan'er." ”

Suddenly, Liu Ruyan's face became ugly: "Poor Dao is very busy. ”

Dong Qingxian replied: "I'll accompany Yan'er to do a job." ”

This girl is too invisible, and I didn't hear her say that she had something to do.

was stirred up by him like this, and it was nearly late when Liu Ruyan came to the West Courtyard.

The other maids had already gone to the small kitchen to receive food, and the whole courtyard seemed empty.

She had been to the West Courtyard not long ago, and the abandoned well was nearby, with a bush in between, which looked barren.

Lingxiang took her to the courtyard before saying: "The little Taoist asked me to inquire about it, and the slave maid asked, but I heard from the mother-in-law that the lady didn't let anyone mention this matter back then, otherwise she would be expelled from the Qi Mansion." ”

"How do you ask?" Liu Ruyan couldn't help but look at her with admiration, she was worthy of being the maidservant brought by the young lady from her mother's house, and she was a clever one.

"The slave gave the talisman to her mother-in-law." After she finished speaking, a pair of watery eyes stared at Liu Ruyan.

Liu Ruyan comprehended it on the spot, and took out a few spirit runes: "Recently, there has not been much peace in the house, you and the young lady wear it close to each other to keep you safe." ”

Lingxiang hurriedly thanked her.

She put the spirit talisman close to her body, and continued: "Recently, some people have seen a cat shadow in the forest, which is so weird that everyone doesn't say it, but they know in private that it is the cat spirit who is doing it. Speaking of cat spirits, I have to mention the old lady Lin, I heard that she was the one who ordered the Qi Mansion not to keep cats, and all wild cats should also be expelled. ”

"Why is that?" Dong Qingxian listened for a long time, and stepped forward to ask.

Ling Xiang glanced at the man and didn't dare to answer.

"He's not going to get it out there, but you don't have to say it." Liu Ruyan said.

Dong Qingxian's eyebrows moved, staring at her.

"Ding, +5 loyalty, 40 total." A beep sounds.

Ling Xiang was convinced of this Dao boy's words.

She hesitated for a moment, then finally said:

"This matter has to start from ten years ago, a girl named Ah Ruo came to Qi Mansion as a maidservant, and she was arranged in this villa at that time. Later, Ah Ruo saw that he was interested in wealth and stole one of his wife's dowry. ”

"At that time, the government treated the criminals, and after ten rods were punished, they were driven out of the Qi Mansion."

"But there was a maid in the kitchen who wanted to flatter the master with this matter, so he poured hot oil on Ah Ruo, but instead of asking about the whereabouts of the stolen goods, he forced Ah Ruo to hang himself."

Liu Ruyan was stunned for a moment, remembering that Biluo had also mentioned this matter.

"Ah Ruo hanged himself by the well?" She asked.

"That's right, it's the abandoned well out there." Ling Xiang responded, "Later, several strange things happened one after another, some people said that the water in the well was not clean and could not be used. ”

Lingxiang whispered, her face was still a little afraid: "In the second year after Ah Ruo's death, Mrs. took the young master and Miss back to the garden to escape the summer. In addition, Young Master Wenxuan was greedy for fun, and took the cat back to his residence. ”

"At that time, Madame Zun was not afraid of cats?" Liu Ruyan asked suddenly.

Lingxiang thought for a while: "Xu is not afraid. ”

Speaking of this, her voice softened: "After the cat was taken away, others rarely saw it again, and it should have been kept in the young master's courtyard." ”

However, when it comes to this cat, it is not that the coat is snow-white and flawless, but that there is a black mark on its body. Two months later, the weather gradually cooled, the cat grew up day by day, and the marks on her body also changed, looking like a graceful girl. ”

Lingxiang whispered, her eyes falling on the trees outside the courtyard.

Liu Ruyan followed her line of sight, as if she could see a snow-white cat, with thousands of glass in her eyes, and gracefully strolling down from the treetops.

And there was a black spot on its back, and it was the phantom of a woman.