Chapter 3: Mandarin Duck 3 Vigil
Chen Lingdang's hand was swollen like a pig's trotter after being beaten by 20 hand plates, and sure enough, this house is not a good stubble, the second lady Xu Zhenzhen is the fourth in the Xu family, and the youngest daughter is particularly favored, she has been sensible and knowledgeable since she was a child, she is a well-known talented woman in the entire Haitang Town, and she is a representative of the perfect daughter-in-law, but I don't know what role Xu Zhenzhen plays in this game.
When Chen Lingzhong returned to the courtyard after receiving the punishment, he saw Dong Ling with pear blossoms and rain, and after Dong Ling saw Chen Lingzhong come back, she pulled her into the hospital and asked her viciously: "I want to go to the third young master's courtyard This matter is not what you told the second lady, you slut, I will help you at a loss!" "I'm going to call him.
Chen Ling's eyes quickly dodged a slap and hurriedly shouted: "It's not me, I didn't say it, I only talked to the second miss just now today, it's not me at all!" ”
"It's not you, who else!"
"You use your pig brain, and you don't tell anyone else? You go to the Third Young Master's Courtyard every day, do you think you need someone to make a small report to the Second Miss? Don't you know how to hide your thoughts! ”
After Chen Lingzhong finished speaking, he threw down Dong Ling behind him and returned to the hospital, why did he waste time with neuropathy, today is about to pass, but he has no clue at all, and he was beaten by the board, what a loss!
Just when Chen Lingzhong was thinking about how to proceed to the next step, the magpie came over with a solemn face and said to Chen Lingdang that it was the turn of the second miss to send someone out of the courtyard to serve the eldest young master, and the second miss decided to let her, Dong Ling and Xigui go.
Chen Lingdang's eyes lit up instantly, and she was really sleepy, someone sent a pillow! promised the magpie that he would serve the eldest young master well, the magpie glanced at Chen Lingdang strangely and left, asking Chen Lingdang to tell Dong Ling that she must do a good job tonight, otherwise she will be sold to Yanzi.
After Dong Ling knew about this, she suddenly sat down on the ground, crying and shouting that God was unfair, saying that she was a good innocent girl and was about to become a wronged soul.
Chen Lingdang looked at Dong Ling and understood in his heart, after all, they were all saying that the eldest young master's courtyard was haunted, and the eldest young master was also crazy now, and he couldn't be cured, and he also injured a lot of servants, and no one wanted to go to the eldest young master's courtyard to serve, so Mrs. thought of this trick, which not only saved labor costs but also took care of her son, killing two birds with one stone.
"You don't have to be so pessimistic, have you seen the ghosts in the courtyard of the eldest young master with your own eyes?" Chen Lingdang asked as he sat next to Tanglin.
"No, but the servants who went to serve the eldest young master were either crazy or injured, and two people died before, I don't want to die, I still have a lot of things to do!" After saying that, he began to cry again, crying and crying as if he thought of something and ran out, and he didn't see her until dinner.
The magpie looked at only Chen Lingzhong and Xigui, scolded Dongling for being a white-eyed wolf, and then assigned Luliu to go with us, Xigui is yellow hair, but now there is a burn on his cheek, the dark skin and scars make people look fierce, and the eyes of people are gloomy, and Chen Lingding can't avoid it with a look of not talking to me.
On the contrary, the green willow is a gentle and gentle girl, who speaks softly, and looks fair-skinned and beautiful, Chen Lingdang took the initiative to chat with her, she was not impatient, and she knew something about Chen Lingling while chatting.
Green Willow was originally going to be sold to the Qinglou, and he escaped and was touched by the second young master Xu Yinan, and he took it home and signed a deed of sale to become a slave, but the second young master went to Zhuangzi to recuperate because of physical reasons, and Mrs. felt that Green Willow was not suitable to stay by Xu Yinan's side, so she arranged for Xu Zhenzhen to be by Xu Zhenzhen's side. Xu Yinan has been gone for three years, except for the New Year's holidays, when he comes back, he basically devotes himself to Zhuangzi and only reads sage books.
The eldest Xu Huaishang is not like the second child at all, as the eldest son in the family but does not look like the eldest brother, he is a gentleman who is properly spoiled by his parents, he is proficient in eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, his name is Huaishang, it is Master Xu who hopes that the eldest son can inherit the family's century-old ancestral business, but he can't count on it at all.
Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xu Huaishang was fine, as soon as the Mid-Autumn Festival passed, Xu Huaishang began to go crazy, saying that he saw a ghost, Mrs. Xu felt sorry for her son and asked God and chanted, and specially invited a Taoist priest to come over to catch ghosts, but it was useless, Xu Huaishang's condition did not improve but became more crazy, and there were hallucinations, seeing everyone who said it was a ghost, and finally Master Xu gritted his teeth and locked Xu Huaishang up, and sent people to serve every day, looking for doctors everywhere in the hope of curing his eldest son.
After chatting and chatting, he entered the courtyard of the eldest young master, and it can be seen that the Xu family loves the eldest son, the size of the courtyard is comparable to the main courtyard, the pavilions and pavilions are carved and painted, and they are still stunning under the moonlight, which can be seen that the day will be more brilliant and compelling.
But the courtyard was quiet, only Xu Huainan's room was lit by candles, as if the darkness was waiting for an opportunity to swallow that little bit of light. In fact, dozens of strong domestic servants were arranged outside the hospital, just in case Xu Huainan had an accident, but the ghost was never caught.
Lu Liu knocked on the door of the eldest young master's room, "Young master, we are the maids in the second young lady's courtyard, and we will serve you tonight." ”
"Get out, get out of me, don't try to kill me, you can't kill me!" In response was the hysterical roar of the eldest young master.
Chen Ling and Lu Liu glanced at each other, "Young Master, we are waiting outside tonight, call us if you need to." ”
In response to them, it was the hysteria of the man, it seemed that he was not lightly ill, and his mouth was full of ghosts and gods, Chen Lingzhong shook his head, how could there be ghosts in this world, thinking about it, he sat on the small stool at the door, observing the surroundings. Green Willow looked at the little girl in front of her and asked, "Aren't you afraid?" ”
Chen Ling looked at her: "Is it haunted?" Don't be afraid, I didn't do anything wrong. ”
The truth is that don't mess with the flag, and the result is a slap in the face. When Chen Lingjing was so bored that he was about to doze off, he suddenly felt that someone was blowing the wind in his ears, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a pale face, and his eyes without pupils stared at Chen Lingjing, and then his mouth let out a rude laugh, and his cloak floated in the air.
Chen Lingzhong screamed out directly, shouting that there was a ghost while running, and the ghost behind him floated behind Chen Lingjing, smiling in his mouth, and muttering:
"Mandarin duck flowers, flower mandarin ducks, mandarin ducks embroidered on flower clothes;
Flower clothes, sewing and weaving, clothes for the bride;
The bride wears red makeup, blows and blows and worships the high hall;
Worship the high hall, enter the cave room, and welcome the new children in the coming year. ”
The voice is like a man and a woman, like an old and a young, anyway, it is not like a human voice, a bright knife in his hand is bloody, Chen Lingzhong can only keep running, I don't know how long he has been running, he suddenly tripped over something and sprained his right foot directly, and when he looked back, he saw that the ghost was gradually approaching, getting closer and closer, the knife was raised higher and higher, Chen Lingzhong was covered with tears, and crawled forward with his hands and feet.
The grimace became more and more distorted the more he laughed, he let out a rude laugh, raised the knife and plunged straight into Chen Lingling's shoulder blade, Chen Lingjing fell to the ground in pain, just when Chen Lingjing thought he was going to get a boxed lunch, the noise behind him became louder and louder, it should be a domestic servant who came to catch ghosts.
Chen Lingzhong immediately shouted for help, and before the ghost could wipe his neck, he saw a large number of people coming, and the ghost said angrily: "I will come again, you don't want to live!" After saying that, he disappeared in front of everyone.
"Are you alright?"
I don't know which kind person helped Chen Ling up, and another person was found where the torch was shining.
Her eyes were gouged out, her ears were cut off and stuffed in her mouth, her clothes were torn and shredded, and her whole body was covered with fine and dense scars, as if she had been cut alive. Looking at the clothes and facial features, you can determine that this is Dong Ling who disappeared all night.
The people who had unbearable bloody scenes present had begun to vomit, this was the worst corpse in the courtyard of the eldest young master, the Xu family reported to the official overnight, the government can be said to be strange about the affairs of the Xu family, and it was just a formality, it has long been rumored that the Xu family is haunted, and the government can't control this matter, and even doesn't want to care, but the Xu family has a high prestige in the town, and is forced to come to collect the body.
Chen Lingzhong hadn't gotten out of that frightened scene, as soon as she closed her eyes, her distorted and miserable white face, and the strange nursery rhyme, cold sweat, dizziness and nausea rushed straight to her head, and she threw up while holding on to the railing.
The magpie rushed to see the injured Chen Lingdang sighed and said, "It's good to be able to pick up a life and come back, the second lady said that you should rest for a few days, and if you need anything, just tell me, the doctor will be here soon." ”
Chen Ling sneered in her heart, went fucking and picked up a life back, she just wanted to scold people now, she almost died, almost died, thinking of this, she couldn't hold back her emotions and cried out loud, crying out of breath, she felt that she might really not be able to get out, that kind of despair filled her mind.
"Don't cry, there will be a blessing in the future." Xu Jinxiang's voice appeared coldly in his ears. Chen Lingdang looked up at the handkerchief in front of him, embroidered with a pair of mandarin ducks.
Chen Ling glanced at the pair of mandarin ducks without a trace, "Why are you here?" She looked at the neatly dressed man in front of her, it was already the second half of the night, and it was strange that he was still dressed so neatly here.
Actually, Chen Lingdang had already guessed that Xu Jinxiang was the third young master, after all, the surname Xu was still dressed in brocade clothes, not what a young master was, but now the masters should be sleeping, is there a problem with the sleep of this thing, his dark circles are too obvious.
"It's so lively in the east, the whole family is out, how can I still sleep, and I heard that you are on duty tonight, so I will come to take a look, I thought I would see you tomorrow, but I didn't expect to meet now." After speaking, he brushed my messy hair with his hand, "My good face is crying, let's not talk about uselessness, I'll take you to bandage, the doctor has arrived, and I'll leave the rest to them." ”
Saying that, he was going to help Chen Lingling, Chen Lingzhong struggled to stand up, and felt that he was embarrassed to be seen by this man, so he said weakly: "I'll go to see the doctor myself, you help me see where Luliu and Xigui are, and look at the situation of the eldest young master, these are very important, tell me after reading it, you must tell me!" ”
Chen Lingzhong couldn't remember where they were when they were attacked, and she needed Xu Jinxiang to confirm these things. That ghost looks like a ghost, but it must not be a real ghost, and if a ghost kills people with a knife, it would be too cold!
After that, Chen Ling walked out of the courtyard of the eldest young master, and there were people around her who kept passing by with torches, she looked up at the moon and held back her tears, it was not the time to cry, and when she found someone who pretended to be a ghost, she must get it back!
As soon as I stepped into the hall of the main courtyard, I saw familiar faces, it turned out that everyone was there, but only the world achievement of the bell was injured.
The more Chen Lingzhong thought about it, the more aggrieved he became, looking at the four familiar faces aggrievedly, they also found out who this injured little girl was, and they all frowned together, looking at Chen Lingling's injury, probably estimating whether he would also encounter life-threatening things in this world.
"You're the maid who served the eldest young master tonight, let's talk about what happened after bandaging the wound."
It was Master Xu who spoke, Mrs. Xu knew that there was another accident in the courtyard of the eldest young master, so she put on her clothes and followed her subordinates to see Xu Huainan, the eldest lady and the second lady in the hall sat on both sides, the eldest lady Xu Ximiao was the sister in the windbreaker, she clenched her handkerchief tightly and tried to calm herself, and Wang Jianguo, the housekeeper next to her, gave Xu Ximiao a look, and Xu Ximiao relaxed, all of which were seen by Chen Lingdang.
After listening to the cause and effect, Master Xu pondered for a long time, and then said to Wang Jianguo: "Steward Wang, tomorrow you will bring Yinan back with your wealth, and tell him to come back to talk about the marriage of the third brother, and you need his second brother to come back." ”
"Yes, sir." Wang Jianguo replied respectfully.
After tossing all night, Chen Lingjing was exhausted, she wanted to think about something now, but her groggy brain couldn't turn at all now, maybe she saw Chen Lingling's exhaustion, Master Xu asked her to go back to rest first, and then talk about the rest of the morning.
She stumbled back onto the cold bed, and the bell was so cold that she fell asleep coldly and sleepily.