Chapter 65: The elusive Granny He
Qiao Xiya heard that it was left by Granny He, snatched the letter from Mo Haoning's hand, opened the wax sealed envelope in two or three clicks, and just opened it, a palm-sized piece of paper fluttered out of the envelope, Qiao Xiya picked it up and took a look, and the brown-red marks on it were crooked and written a few words: Tonight, after the Liu Temple.
Qiao Xiya put the letter close to the tip of her nose and smelled it, and there was a hint of sweetness.
Qiao Xiya looked at Mo Haoning suspiciously, Mo Haoning took the letter, and also leaned to the tip of his nose to smell it, and couldn't help but be stunned: "It's like brown sugar in a cake......"
When Chunling heard this, he grabbed the letter paper and sniffed it: "It's brown sugar!" After saying that, he was stunned for a moment, and suddenly exclaimed, "That old man! I bought him brown sugar cakes! ”
"Let's go!" Qiao Xiya picked up Chunling and walked out.
"Take a break." Mo Haoning shouted to stop them. Qiao Xiya and Chunling stood at the door, looking back at Mo Haoning in confusion, while Mo Haoning pulled out a stool, sat down in a robe, poured a cup of tea for himself, and said slowly after taking a sip, "Since he didn't tell it to his face, then he will definitely not let you find it." ”
Qiao Xiya looked up at the bloody remnant sun in the sky, and then looked down at the letter paper in her hand, feeling very unwilling.
"Come on, sit down and drink some tea, eat something later, get some sleep, and go to the appointment when the time comes." Mo Haoning said, poured another cup of tea and put it opposite him.
"Girl, sit here and rest for a while, I'll go and get some food to be delivered." Qiao San said, walked to the table, pulled out the stools, and wiped them carefully.
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Xu was not guarded by the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and Qiao Xiya felt that the night in Liushuzhuang was more disturbing than the night in Jin'an City, as if a man-eating monster would suddenly appear at any time, which made people uneasy.
"Is this it?" Chunling looked at the surroundings that were so quiet that there was not even a sound of insects, and couldn't help but shrink her neck.
"It should be, wait." Mo Haoning looked at the moon that was about to rise into the middle of the heavens, and replied softly.
"You're looking for me?" As soon as Mo Haoning's words fell, an old voice suddenly sounded behind everyone, and everyone was so frightened that their scalps exploded and their hairs stood on end.
Qiao Xiya clutched her throbbing chest, endured the fear in her heart, and slowly turned around. In the silver-white moonlight, stood this old woman who was not tall, full of silver hair, and had a cold face.
"You're Granny He, aren't you?" Qiao Xiya barely pulled out a smile.
"Young people nowadays are really getting more and more unruly!" Granny He snorted coldly, looking Qiao Xiya up and down, "I look like a girl from a rich and noble family, how can I not even salute." ”
"Granny He!" Qiao Xiya was not annoyed when she heard this, and gave a deep salute to Granny He, "Please also ask Granny He not to blame, it was the little girl who was frightened for a while and lost her manners." ”
"Hmph, the old woman is old! It's time to take care of yourself at home, I really shouldn't come out to scare you! Granny He said in a weird way.
"Granny He's atoning for her sins!" Mo Haoning bowed his hand and gave a deep salute, "Granny He has a lot, don't be like us ignorant dolls, she hasn't rested well in the past few days, she is in a trance, you bear with me." ”
"You doll seems to be a well-informed person." Granny He looked up and down and pursed her lips, "Say, what is the matter with me looking for the old woman." ”
"Granny He," Seeing that Granny He was relieved, Mo Haoning hurriedly pulled Qiao Xiya to kneel, "Please ask Granny He to help us find out the bones." ”
"Touching the bones and knowing people?" Granny He sneered, looked at the kneeling in front of her, and said leisurely, "If the old woman has such ability, the Emperor Lao'er's Jinluan Palace should be my wife's!" ”
"Ask my mother-in-law for mercy!" Mo Haoning pretended not to hear it, and slammed his head on the ground.
"Ask my mother-in-law for mercy!" Qiao Xiya also knocked down.
"Ask my mother-in-law for mercy!" Chunling, Chuyun, and Qiao San knocked down one after another.
"That's it!" Granny He sighed and said, "The old woman will go with you." Lead the way in front of the head. ”
"Chuyun, hurry!" Seeing that Granny He agreed, Mo Haoning quickly got up and shouted to Chu Yun, "Quickly carry the sedan chair over!" ”
Chu Yun hurriedly got up, pulled Qiao San around to the front of the Willow Temple, and carried a simple sedan chariot.
"You two, and you two." Granny He looked at the sedan chair and pointed at Mo Haoning, Chu Yun, Qiao Xiya, and Qiao three or four people with her hand, "If you didn't carry the sedan chair, the old woman would go back to sleep." ”
"You ......" Chunling had endured it all night, and at this time, when she saw Granny He asking Qiao Xiya to carry the sedan chair, she couldn't hold back anymore.
"You get on the sedan and watch your step." Qiao Xiya interrupted Chunling in an instant and helped Granny He to get into the sedan chair. Chunling's sentence "deceiving people too much" was stuck in his throat.
The four of them carried Granny He, against the night, all the way to a clearing not far from the Willow Village. A horse-drawn carriage was parked alone in the night.
"Who?!" Before he could get closer, a question came from his ear.
"Me." Mo Haoning replied in a deep voice.
"Master!" Mo Haoning's words landed, and the four figures stood up from the grass around the carriage and moved closer to Mo Haoning.
"Granny He, we're here. Do you want to come down and take a look, or do you just look at the sedan chair? Mo Haoning carried the sedan chair and asked calmly.
"Then let's go down and have a look." Granny He said lazily on the sedan chair.
The four of them slowly put down the sedan chair, and Granny He sat in the sedan chair without moving.
"Granny He, please." Qiao Xiya didn't care about the hot pain in her shoulder, helped Granny He off the sedan chair with both hands, and helped her all the way to the carriage.
Mo Haoning waved his hand, and when he walked up, two or three attendants carried the bones out of the carriage.
The moment Granny He saw the bones, she paused imperceptibly, then shook off Qiao Xiya, and stepped forward quickly, a pair of half-squinted eyes that had always been open at this time. "Housheng, where did you get this corpse?" When the words fell, Granny He turned around, and her knife-like gaze went straight to Mo Haoning.
"My father's back garden." In the face of Granny He's fierce questioning, Mo Haoning didn't think about it, and told the truth.
"Yes," Granny He sneered, "If it were elsewhere, you wouldn't have bothered to come to me, an old woman." For the sake of you personally carrying me over, the old woman will help you take a look. ”
I saw Granny He stretch out a pair of delicate and fair, slender hands and touch the bones.
"Male, nineteen years old, more than five feet tall, miscellaneous labor, or broken ......" Granny He said while touching, gender, height, occupation, was easily said by Granny He, as if written on those bones and read out according to them.
After about a stick of incense, Granny He straightened her waist and looked at Qiao Xiya: "Remember everything?"
"Thank you Granny He for your advice!" Qiao Xiya bowed deeply.
"Hou Sheng," Granny He walked up to Mo Haoning, "Have you heard of the White Lady?" ”
"White lady?" Mo Haoning shook his head lightly, and arched his hand, "Please mother-in-law do not hesitate to give advice." ”
"Heaven must not be divulged." Granny He shook her head, and glanced at Qiao Xiya on the side, intentionally or unintentionally, "When you know the White Lady, you will not be far from the truth." With that, Granny He walked alone in the direction of Willow Village with her hands behind her back.
"Mother-in-law, we'll send you ......" Mo Haoning was only halfway through his words, when he saw Granny He waving her hand behind their backs, and when she looked carefully, Granny He had already blended into the night and disappeared.