After Xu Huaigu came back from Princess Cangyang's mansion, he immediately returned to his southernmost temporary home.

One south and one north, in fact, it is not a short distance in the big city of Xingqing, about four miles.

On the way back, Xu Huaigu also went to the place where he saw the mysterious woman in white last time, but he didn't see the person, but there was a woman in black sitting there, and there were still a few oil-paper umbrellas in front of her.

The woman in black was obviously not the woman in white from last time. She had no interest in oil-paper umbrellas, and the umbrellas that the woman in white regarded as treasures were placed on the ground at will, and she also wore a black hat, which made it difficult to see her face.

Xu Huaigu glanced at it from a distance, didn't dare to step forward, and went back home.

He has been inquiring about the situation at Princess Cangyang's mansion for the past five days, leaving early and returning late every day. But he didn't want Yu Qin to know that he had something to do with the royal family, after all, Yu Qin's father's death had something to do with the imperial court, so he made up a random reason, saying that he was looking for a way to make money outside.

As soon as he got home, he saw a snow-white figure crouching in the corner, dazzling in a gray and dilapidated yard.

He took a closer look and realized that it was Pingcui. She was dressed in new white clothes today, and she came to Granny Qin's house again.

She squatted there and shouted at a small red flower in the corner of Granny Qin's yard, "Sister Yu, come and see!" This red flower is so beautiful! ”

Yu Qin hurried out of the house, and when she went out, she saw Xu Huaigu who had just returned, so she lowered her head and whispered to him, "Coming back?" ”

Xu Huaigu nodded and didn't say much.

Yu Qin walked to Pingcui's side and looked at Pingcui with a fuss, but her eyes were a little evasive and lonely.

Yu Qin's interest has not been very high these days, and Xu Huaigu knows what she is thinking.

It's just that Yu An's death is haunted in his heart and can't be dissipated. The better her life is now, and the more people around her take care of her, the more she will think of her father, and the more she will feel guilty and painful.

This heart disease still can't be eliminated.

Xu Huaigu is also very helpless, and he is really not good at this aspect. It wasn't that he didn't persuade Yu Qin, but with little success.

Who doesn't know the simple truth? It's just that it's much more difficult to practice.

In the past few days, that Granny Qin seems to have discovered something wrong with Yu Qin's mood.

She was also a little curious, but because Yu Qin and Xu Huaigu said that this matter was related to the death of the Yu family's father, it was difficult for her to ask.

Ping Cui seemed to be very happy today, her eyebrows and eyes were full of smiles, and she said to Xu Huaigu: "Brother Yu, do you look good at my new clothes?" ”

Brother Yu...... Even the name is still a pseudonym.

Xu Huaigu smiled bitterly and looked at Ping Cui's snow-white skirt, with silver trim, which was indeed very beautiful. Especially lined with the innocent temperament of the little girl in Pingcui, it is even more suitable.

He was a little puzzled, this dress was obviously a very expensive dress, how could it be worn on Pingcui, who was not in a good family?

But he just thinks about it, and doesn't ask such questions.

He followed Pingcui's mind and exclaimed: "Of course the clothes are beautiful, but Xiaopingcui is more beautiful!" ”

When Pingcui heard this, her heart blossomed, her little face was flushed, and she looked very cute.

Granny Qin also walked out of the house at this time, and said to Xu Huaigu with a smile on the corner of her mouth: "Flamboyant tongue, it's not a good thing, honestly explain how many little girls have you deceived outside?" However, Cui'er is still right to praise her beauty, after all, Cui'er is already beautiful. ”

Yu Qin finally smiled lightly when she heard Xu Huaigu being ridiculed, but then entered the house alone.

Granny Qin watched Yu Qin enter the house, and then glanced at Xu Huaigu.

Xu Huaigu walked over a little helplessly.

Granny Qin asked with some curiosity, "Tell me, what's going on between that girl and you?" Don't lie to me, I have long seen that you and that girl are not brother and sister, where can there be such an estranged brother and sister? What is the relationship between that girl and you, if you want to talk about it, just tell me, if you don't want to say it, I won't ask you anymore. ”

Xu Huaigu thought for a moment, a little helpless. He eventually laid things out, but with a lot of key changes. For example, the pursuit of officers and soldiers was described by him as the pursuit of wild beasts, and he did not say Yu Qin's mysterious bag.

He didn't know how much Granny Qin believed, with Xu Huaigu's qualifications, he was far from guessing what a person of Granny Qin's age thought.

Granny Qin listened to his story, and also seemed to be a little touched and said to him: "Alas, most people in the world are like this, they are most easily troubled by the thoughts in their hearts, and the human heart is the biggest rope that binds people. Why bother? Since Yu An was willing to die, wouldn't it be a relief for him?

Some people live with guilt rather than die as they deserve. Don't worry, I'll talk to that girl about it. ”

Granny Qin smiled and said: "I'm so old, I don't have anything else, so I put a basket of kung fu and the truth I figured out." ”

Xu Huaigu thanked happily: "Then thank you Granny Qin." ”

Ping Cui was also tired of seeing the red flower at this time, and said to Granny Qin: "Mother-in-law, what are you talking about?" ”

Granny Qin replied, "It's nothing, the meal is almost good now, let's have dinner first." ”

Pingcui was a little embarrassed and said, "But I have to go back." I sneaked out this time, and if I don't go back, I guess my father will have to scold me again. Besides, I want to go back and show them my new clothes. ”

Xu Huaigu asked suspiciously: "Didn't your parents buy this dress?" ”

Ping Cui raised the skirt of her little skirt and said happily: "No, I met a good sister in white on the way here." The sister in white was also very beautiful, and when she saw me, she said that she liked me very much, and then gave me this dress. I thought it was very valuable, and I didn't want it, but the sister insisted on giving it to me, so I had to accept it. ”

Another woman in white?

Xu Huaigu inexplicably had a hint of foreboding in his heart.

He walked up to Ping Cui, squatted down, and carefully examined the small jacket skirt.

The small jacket skirt is just very delicate, not a treasure such as a robe.

He sniffed the little skirt again, and his face began to turn a little ugly.

There is a very light aroma of tung oil on the small jacket skirt.

Although the taste is very light, Xu Huaigu can still detect it. Tung oil is an essential material for making oil-paper umbrellas.

Xu Huaigu's heart was in turmoil.

There is no such coincidence in the world, and nine times out of ten it is the new clothes given to Pingcui by the woman in white who weaves an oil-paper umbrella.

Is she deliberately touching herself?

What was her intention in doing so?

And......

Who is she?

Fantasy will never be answered.

Xu Huaigu was confused, and when he turned his head, he inadvertently saw the red flower growing in the corner of the wall that Pingcui was looking at before.

Remember that there didn't seem to be this flower yesterday, and it grew so tall in one day?

The flowers are as bright red as blood, and the petals are scattered in all directions in a filamentous pattern.

It's the flower of the other side.

The flowers on the other side only grow in places where yin energy is extremely prevalent, and some people say that the place where the flowers bloom on the other side is the entrance to the netherworld.

Granny Qin said that candles are absolutely not allowed at night, is it also weird?

Xu Huaigu's back was cold.

Also, what's going on in the palace? Why is Bai Xiaoyu in Xingqing?

There are more and more mysteries, and Xu Huaigu feels that he is in a huge puzzle.

He couldn't find an exit.

He can't see the light.