On the way back to the hospital alone, when Chen Lingzhong was thinking about how to break into the inside of the maid tomorrow, the backs of the two hurried figures were particularly obvious in the bright moonlight, "Yes, are the moons in the game so bright?" Yesterday I remember it was a quarter moon, why did it become a full moon today? Chen Lingzhong muttered while looking at the two figures in the distance, "Could it be that I was so frightened that I saw it wrong yesterday?" ”

With the help of the bushes of trees along the way to cover the figure, Chen Lingdang slowly approached the two people in the distance, and vaguely seemed to be able to hear a trace of the tone of the two men, and saw who these two men were through the moonlight, the tall and fat one was Wang Jianguo, and the tall and thin man was the coachman Lu Youcai, that is, the young boy. Obviously, the two of them were vigilant enough, looking around from time to time, exchanging something while talking, Wang Jianguo still used his sleeve to block his vision during the exchange, Chen Lingzhong secretly said in his heart that the old fox, Wang Jianguo, Lu Youcai and Xu Ximiao estimated that they had already formed an alliance, so they were very passive now and might be led by the nose.

After exchanging things, the two people quickly parted ways, Chen Lingdang and the others couldn't see the two figures at all before they came out of the grass, kicked their legs and feet, and walked quickly to Xu Ximiao's courtyard.

Chen Lingdang returned to the maid's room after a simple wash, at this time there were already four maids chatting on the kang, they stared at Chen Lingdang for a while, and one of the round-faced maids started talking: "You are the maid who survived from the hanged ghost yesterday?" ”

Chen Lingdang sat on the kang and straightened his futon and replied, "It's me." ”

"Then how did you survive, the few people who encountered the ghosts before all died, and none of them survived, do you know how to exorcise ghosts?" The little girl's curiosity was suddenly aroused.

"I think it's just luck, but it's a good fate, otherwise hum ......," said another little girl with a mole on the tip of her nose.

Chen Ling put on the kang and covered his quilt, and slowly told these curious little ghosts everything he had experienced last night, and then asked, "The people who met this ghost before are all dead?" ”

"yes, you don't know? So today everyone is saying that you must be the blessed person of the Bodhisattva, otherwise it would be impossible for you to leave that ghost place alive. The girls were talking about everyone's conjecture about Chen Ling.

"So this ghost doesn't appear every day, do you know how many times it appears?" Chen Ling asked with a frown.

The little girl with a mole on the tip of her nose nodded her finger and replied, "Counting you, this is the sixth time, and none of the first five times has anyone come out alive." The little girl frowned and recalled carefully, "No, there is another situation like you, it seems to be a soft and weak little girl, I have forgotten who it is." ”

"Green Willow, I know!" A little girl with apricot eyes and willow eyebrows added, "She was in the courtyard of the second young master before, it was just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the second young master came back from Zhuangzi, in order to make the second young master come back and live comfortably, Mrs. transferred the green willow to the second young master's courtyard to temporarily take charge of the second young master's living, speaking of which the green willow seemed to be haunted for the first time." ”

The more Chen Ling listened, the more frowning he became, since Lu Liu had escaped death, why did he have to go again? "And how was Green Willow saved?"

"She, she seems to have broken into the eldest young master's room directly." The round-faced little girl lowered her voice and said, "I heard Xiao Xiaozi say that when Lu Liu saw a ghost and knocked directly on the door of the eldest young master, she pulled the sleeve of the eldest young master and cried while trembling, and shouted that there was a ghost, and the eldest young master was already ready to fall asleep at that time, thinking that this was a crazy woman, but as soon as she arrived at the door, she saw the ghost face, and then she was directly frightened. ”

"Yo, Xiao Xiaozi, tell me honestly, what is your relationship with him!" As she spoke, the girls began to laugh and play with each other.

"Is it really related to the green willows?" Chen Ling muttered quietly, of course, unable to draw conclusions, "Do you remember who the servants of the night watch were the first few times, and how they died?" ”

"We really don't know that...... Besides, who wants to inquire about this, but every time it is spread very evilly, what is missing arms, legs and losing heads, it sounds unlucky. ”

"Because of the haunting, we pray every day that it won't be our turn to keep vigil." The little girls were babbling.

There are more and more maids coming back in the noise, I don't know whose snoring started first, everyone went to Zhou Gong one by one, except for Chen Lingdang, she was sorting out clues all over her head, "If you don't go back, you'll go crazy sooner or later!" "In my heart, I also fell asleep in countless national quintessences.

The sky is bright, everyone starts a busy day, and the morning glow in the deep winter has an indelible cold color. Chen Lingdang walked cautiously on the frost-covered stone road, rubbing his hands and soaking his face cloth in cold water, and the biting cold made Chen Lingzhong wake up immediately. Today is the day when Xu Ximiao invited Jiang Bairan to be a guest, and the decoration in the courtyard began early.

Xu Ximiao looked at Chen Lingdang in the bronze mirror and looked like she hadn't woken up, and her heart was still beating a drum, is this girl really credible, she can't just listen to Wang Jianguo, putting your eggs in one basket is the most dangerous.

After dressing up, Xu Ximiao waved away the servants who served, and Chen Lingzhong thought that he could take the time to talk to Xu Jinxiang about the events of that night, but Xu Ximiao was left behind.

Chen Lingzhong felt very awkward in her heart, although it was said to be a cooperative relationship, but there was no trust in 20%, and such a fragile relationship made it difficult to promote cooperation.

"Bell, accompany me to receive Jiang Bairan later." Xu Ximiao wiped the red lipstick on her mouth.

"Okay." Chen Lingdang understood Xu Ximiao's subtext, but she just wanted to show the sincerity of cooperation, and the presence of two people was better than the simplicity and reliability of one person.

Chen Ling, who didn't wait for a long time, spoke first, "Then I'll go and help first, and I'll come back later." ”

"Don't worry, I really want to cooperate with you, I just want to get out of this hellish place quickly."

Chen Lingdang listened to Xu Ximiao's confession, this sentence was mixed with eight points of sincerity and two points of temptation, but the goal was the same.

In the end, all that responded to Xu Ximiao was silence and the sound of the door closing.

"Well, am I pretending not to look like it?" Xu Ximiao looked at herself in the mirror, her brows frowned slightly and she was pitiful.

Chen Lingdang was called for half a morning, and finally waited for the heroine Jiang Bairan, if Jiang Bairan didn't come again, she would most likely have to complain to Xu Ximiao about the workload.

Jiang Bairan was welcomed into the courtyard by Jinxiu, with a personal maid by her side, the maid was wearing a white powder skirt with a green jacket, in contrast, Chen Lingzhong pursed her lips, thinking that she was really the bottom. Jiang Bairan dressed very elegantly, and the moon-white jacket lined the already pink and white face more delicately.

Xu Ximiao heard the voice and immediately went out of the house to greet her, her sister was long and her sister was short, and she occasionally laughed at her younger siblings, which made Jiang Bairan blush and resentful, and narrowed the distance between the girls while laughing.

"Come and try the skills of the chef in my courtyard, no worse than the master of Qingxiang Building."

Chen Ling poured the tea and stood aside waiting for reliable news to enter his ears, peeking at the shy girl, thinking about how to persuade Xu Jinxiang to marry the beautiful girl home as soon as possible.

"Being able to marry Sister Bai Ran, it's really cheap Xu Jinxiang." Xu Ximiao said indignantly, "However, I am very happy to have a brother and sister like Sister Bai Ran!" ”

Chen Lingdang was a little anxious when she listened to the greetings and compliments each other, and secretly gave Xu Ximiao a look when she was pouring tea, signaling her to hurry up and get to the point.

"Sister Bai Ran, in fact, today is my father and Jin Xiang, let me ask you if you still need to buy anything for the bride price? Jin Xiang wants to include everything about you in the bride price, but the time is too tight and the things are too miscellaneous, so I want to hear your opinion. He himself was too embarrassed to ask you, so he sent me out. Saying that, the helpless expression on his face made Jiang Bairan couldn't help laughing.

Jiang Bairan pondered for a moment, and really said a few objects.

"I can understand the handkerchief, jade pendant, calligraphy and painting, but should the rattle also be used as a bride price?"

"Yes!" Jiang Bairan nodded eagerly, "This is the first gift Jin Xiang gave me, and it is also the first love object he gave me." ”

"Love-loving gift to send rattle? What does this stinky boy think! ”

Jiang Bairan's face turned crimson, and she said embarrassedly: "Actually, that day it was because I was bullied by my brother, Jin Xiang comforted me and took me to North Street to buy candy man, but as I walked, I saw a group of children surrounding the uncle who sold rattles, and I was attracted, Jin Xiang thought I liked rattles and bought one for me." ”

"I remember, there is indeed an uncle on North Street who has been walking the streets and alleys to sell some small things, what rattles, small kites and tangrams, things are fresh and cheap."

"That's right, at that time, Jin Xiang expressed his heart to me under the coaxing of that uncle...... But the uncle was very interesting, and he also wrote a nursery rhyme by himself, and the group of children were learning nursery rhymes around the uncle. ”

"What a nursery rhyme!" When Chen Lingdang heard the nursery rhyme, she subconsciously thought of the ghost that night.

Xu felt offended by the maid's stiff voice, and Jiang Bairan frowned.

"Bell, how can I teach you the rules, quickly apologize to Miss Bai Ran!"

Chen Lingzhong realized that she was in a hurry, apologized in a proper manner, pinched her palm, and tried to calm herself down.

"The maid just came, and she didn't learn the rules well, I'll let Jinxiu educate her well in a while, Bai Ran, don't take it to heart."

"It's okay, Sister Xi Miao. But I've heard that nursery rhyme recently, but I don't remember it all, it seems to be a mandarin duck, clothes or something, it sounds very festive and catchy. ”

Sure enough, it's this one, does this ghost have anything to do with that uncle? Chen Lingdang and Xu Ximiao exchanged glances and silently wrote them down.

Before he could speak, the Jiang family sent someone over, saying that Mrs. Jiang was going to take Jiang Bairan to Ning'an Temple to pray for blessings, and Xu Ximiao had no choice but to accept and send off the guests.

Chen Lingdang followed behind Xu Ximiao, and heard Xu Ximiao muttering: "What is the meaning of the nursery rhyme, Xu Jinxiang's task is most likely related to Jiang Bairan, otherwise I won't ask about the object." ”

"Do you think Xu Jinxiang's mission is related to Jiang Bairan's mission?" Xu Ximiao stopped and turned back to ask Chen Ling.

Chen Lingzhong stared at Xu Ximiao and replied seriously: "I don't know." ”

"That'...... What is your mission? Xu Ximiao chased after her.

Chen Ling sneered, "Isn't there a requirement on my sister's identity card that 'no mission can be disclosed'?" ”

"I'm kidding." Xu Ximiao pretended to shrug her shoulders easily, "Don't be so nervous. ”

"This joke is not funny at all, I think since it is cooperation, everyone should not be so tempting to tempt, it is better for my sister to be open and honest first, and I will answer my task truthfully, it depends on whether my sister dares or not."

Chen Lingdang stared at Xu Ximiao, Xu Ximiao probably didn't expect this little girl to be so direct, she turned around and left with a dry smile.

The original trust value of 20 percent was now less than 5 percent, and Chen Lingzhong walked quickly towards Xu Jinxiang's courtyard, eager to exchange information to verify some of her ideas.