There are many families in Yuhang County, and every household has a house number, and Bai Yujing easily found this family surnamed Xing.

There is a white silk hanging outside the door of the house, the mourning hall inside has not been removed, and the dead have not yet entered the ground.

Today, there are no mourners, only a mother and daughter in the family are left to burn paper in front of the mourning hall.

The autumn wind is bleak, even if the sun is shining, it has not washed this piece of slaughter.

Bai Yujing came to the door, and the housekeeper in the house gate immediately greeted him, and when he saw Bai Yujing's dress, he understood that he was not an ordinary person, and immediately asked, "Your Excellency?" ”

Bai Yujing said: "I'm here to find Shopkeeper Xing." ”

The owner of this family is surnamed Xing, a single fame, opened a grocery store on Qiuye Street in Yuhang County, and it is also considered to be some family business, so he bought this house, and his daughter Xing Yuefang is seventeen years old, with outstanding appearance, and even more talented, and is a well-known talented woman in ten miles and eight towns.

The steward is the guide.

When Bai Yujing passed by the mourning hall, she saw a woman sobbing beside her, and a little girl who was also wearing a filial piety robe, kneeling on the ground and throwing paper money into the brazier, she was not yet at the age of distinguishing between life and death, she only felt fun, and with a smile on her face, she said softly: "Sister, sister, my mother said to give you more silver flowers." ”

Entering the main hall, entering the side room, and entering the study, Bai Yujing saw a person who was writing, and this person was the shopkeeper Xing.

After serving tea, Bai Yujing and Shopkeeper Xing were left in the room.

Shopkeeper Xing estimated that he was about forty years old, he looked shrewd and capable, and his face was not depressed, he sat in front of Bai Yujing, and said respectfully: "Childe, you are the doorman of the county lieutenant, you are here to ask about the little girl, right?" ”

Bai Yujing nodded, "Not bad." ”

Xing Wang shook his head and said dejectedly: "After the county lieutenant came that day, I said everything I could say, and I thought about it again in the past few days, and there was nothing special. ”

Bai Yujing said: "I don't know if I can go to Miss Xing's house to have a look?" ”

Xing Wang said: "Of course, please." ”

The lighting of this room is not very good, in the far corner of the entire courtyard, the oblique sunlight shines in, reflecting the dust in the air, and converging with an elegant aroma, wrapping Bai Yujing, who has just entered the door.

Xing Wang stood at the door and said in a low voice: "My lord, please poop, I will wait for you outside, and I will not go in, so as not to see things and think about people." ”

Bai Yujing didn't say anything and walked into the room.

The girl's boudoir is always mysterious, and Bai Yujing didn't think that when she first entered the boudoir, she was already separated from the girl.

He closed his eyes, ran the Nine Yao Star Palace, and turned the Xuanwu Two Star Acupoint to the first place to activate, and his body seemed to be unable to move, but at this moment, he faintly felt that there was a dark aura somewhere around him, and what this aura emitted was the black mist that was eaten by the pig in his body before.

The moment his eyes turned to the head of the bed, the pig in his body also woke up, snorted a few times, stretched out his tongue and circled around his lips, it seemed to be hungry.

Bai Yujing walked to the head of the bed and lifted the bed, and there was a suit of clothes underneath.

This is where the black gas comes from.

Bai Yujing picked up the clothes and asked, "Shopkeeper Xing, is this a piece of clothing that makes you love?" ”

Xing Wang glanced at it and said: "Exactly, Mr. Yin Yang said that the clothes worn by the deceased when he left will carry the soul of the deceased, in order to let her not leave before the first seven, the underwear should be put on the bed, and after the first seven, it will be buried with the coffin." ”

Bai Yujing nodded slowly, and understood that what Shopkeeper Xing meant was that it was impossible for you to take away this dress.

He didn't plan to take it away, just fiddled with the clothes, looked faintly, and found that the black gas came from the cuffs and chest, so he swiped the dagger lightly in his hand, took off the cloth strips on the cuffs with a very fast movement, and put them in his pockets, and then covered the quilt again, and walked to the door quietly: "Shopkeeper Xing, I'm done." ”

Xing Wang's face was unconcealed disappointment, "It's a pity, the little girl left earlier, the county lieutenant Chu said that this is the little girl's life, but ...... I have never believed that the little girl has been disease-free and harmless since she was a child, how can it be so simple? Maybe it's the plague, and there are not a few girls who have left over the years. ”

Bai Yujing asked, "Walked a lot?" ”

Xing Wangdao: "Yes, two people have gone this month, that is, the little girl and a family in Dongcheng, the daughter of that family died on the way to get married, and it is the same as the little girl, but she left half a month earlier than the little girl." ”

Bai Yujing said: "Two? ”

Xing Wang shook his head and said in a suppressed voice: "This is the will of heaven, the appearance of the heavenly scar is to recruit God, and every month to accept a twenty-eight girl, and they are all about to get married, since the beginning of the year, and now...... Well, eleven of them have died. ”

Bai Yujing sighed, "Two deaths every month, how can it be eleven?" ”

Xing Wangdao: "Don't you know, my lord? There was a girl who died, but when she was buried, she found that it was an empty coffin! People don't know where she went, and later someone said that they had seen her on the cliff mountain behind Yuhang County...... Tut-tut, Xing's bones are not cold, I miss my husband, so my soul is out of my body with my body. ”

Bai Yujing asked, "Do you know which girl this is?" ”

Xing Wangdao: "It's the daughter of the Shi family in the north of the city, and the old man of her family is in the fabric business, and he has dealt with me, huh?" No, this Shi girl should be familiar to you. ”

Bai Yujing was puzzled: "How can I be familiar? ”

Xing Wang took a breath, "I shouldn't be mistaken, isn't that Shi family girl going to marry the county lieutenant?" ”

Bai Yujing was stunned for a moment.

At this moment, the housekeeper ran over and shouted: "Shopkeeper, shopkeeper, no, then Chen Gongzi is here again." ”

Bai Yujing asked, "Chen Gongzi?" ”

Xing Wang explained: "My lord, this Chen Gongzi was originally my uncle, but now he ...... Hey, he and the little girl fell in love, the two have been in love for a long time, so they made a marriage contract, Chen Gongzi's family is a scholarly family, because the old man Chen does not care about the difference between the courts, I am proud, I thought that I could be among the upper class of Yuhang County, but who knows...... Ay. ”

Xing Wang stretched out his hand and asked: "I have to go to see Chen Gongzi, I heard that he has not thought about tea and dinner in the past few days, chasing after me to see my little daughter, and what kind of secret marriage is promised in the family, what an infatuated person, something is wrong." ”

Bai Yujing said: "I'll go with you to take a look." ”

When I arrived at the front door, I saw a bookish young man, he was lying on the coffin in the mourning hall, crying bitterly, seeing this situation, Xing Wang couldn't help but burst into tears, it seemed that the mood that had just calmed down was hooked again, and stepped forward to dissuade him.

Bai Yujing didn't know what to do, thinking that there was nothing to do here, so he was about to leave, just turned his head, and saw the little girl in a filial piety robe squatting on the ground, holding her chin with both hands and looking at everything in front of her, her eyes seemed to be puzzled.

Bai Yujing walked over and squatted down as well, "What's your name?" ”

The little girl tilted her head and said, "My name is Xing Mei'er." ”

Bai Yujing touched the little girl's head, "What are you looking at?" ”

Xing Mei'er pointed to the young man lying on the coffin and said, "I'm looking at him, I'm looking at his fake compassion!" I'm looking at him annoying! ”

Bai Yujing looked at Xing Mei'er's face and became angry, and felt that something was not right at the moment, and asked, "How can he fake mercy, how can he be annoying?" ”

Xing Mei'er said: "Hmph! If he hadn't snuck to my house the night before and taken my sister out, my sister wouldn't have died the next day! ”

Bai Yujing immediately asked, "Did you see it with your own eyes?" ”

Xing Mei'er pointed to the fan on Chen Gongzi's waist and said: "His fan is the wind and rain Yaoxin fan made for him by my sister herself, the only one in the world, I saw that fan with my own eyes that night." ”

She raised her head and said: "A-Niang said that I grew up and shouldn't always sleep with my sister, but I still miss my sister, so that night I took advantage of A-Niang's sleep, and secretly ran to my sister's room to hide under the bed, and I saw him send my sister back, and after he left, no matter what I called, my sister ignored me......"