"Not many people know about this, but I still listened to what the housekeeper said to me when he was drunk. "Old Yan pretended to be mysterious and sold the pass.

Chi Tang was not interested, so he didn't pick up the stubble, and began to scrape the ashes of the iron pot on the stove.

Old Yan Tou had already opened the chatterbox, and at this time he couldn't take it anymore: "That year, the eldest prince had not yet gone to the court to be an official, and he liked to fight cocks and horses every day, and Cuigu was the maid in the eldest prince's room, well, of course she was not called Cuigu at that time, but she was called Cui'er." Cui'er looks like a peugeot, and the eldest prince has long been interested, but the eldest lady has been watching closely, and the eldest prince has never had the opportunity to take her in as a house. ”

"Ha, the eldest prince is a fear of guilt?" Chi Tang continued to scrape the pot and said casually. He has only been in the Dong Mansion for three months, and he has not met Dong Zhang, the eldest son of the Dong family, but when he heard the old servants in the mansion mention the various actions of the eldest son, he guessed that Dong Zhang must be a fool.

Old Yan waved his hand: "Alas, you have only been here for a few months, you have never seen the eldest grandmother, you are very fierce, I heard Steward Zhou say, the two of them quarreled, and the eldest grandmother can knock down the eldest prince with one hand, which is amazing." Besides, the eldest grandmother is a young lady from a prestigious family in the capital, where does the eldest son dare to argue more?"

Chi Tang was secretly funny, listening to this, the big grandmother must be a fat woman with a wide waist.

Lao Yantou continued: "The eldest grandmother saw the meaning of the eldest son, but she didn't give Cui'er any less guilt, and she found some stubble to abuse Cui'er every day, and this matter later came to the old lady, and the old lady felt pity, so she took Cui'er into her room as a maid. In fact, if Cui'er really entered the door of the eldest son, she would not have a good life, and the eldest grandmother had such a fierce temperament...... You see, how did I get here? On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival that year, the lord held a family banquet in the back garden to admire the moon, and Cui'er was also selected to serve at the banquet because of her appearance. is also the eldest son's lustful nature, (Chi Tang said in his heart: "It's the same as your old man.") I drank too much wine that night, and took the opportunity of going to the toilet to drag Cui'er out of the backyard to do that happy thing, of course Cui'er was reluctant, and when she was pulling, suddenly the wind blew so hard that the eldest prince couldn't open his eyes, and after the gust of wind passed, guess what? Cui'er was gone. ”

Chi Tang was shocked, stopped scraping the pot, and suddenly remembered the scene of the night when the wind was howling and then the four spirits of the Fly Mountain appeared.

Old Yan didn't notice Chi Tang's reaction, and was still looking for himself: "The eldest prince is too, there is no big living person, he doesn't say it, it is estimated that he drank too much and thought he was dazzled, and he actually returned to the back garden banquet, just like no one who had anything to do, or after the banquet was dispersed, the old lady found that Cui'er was missing, so she asked people to look around." I didn't find it at the time, and some people wondered if Cui'er had eloped with someone. At noon the next day, someone saw Cui'er, who was unconscious, in the back mountain, and recognized the clothes of the maid in the village, so he sent the person back. Alas, according to the man, when she first saw Cui'er in the back mountain, her clothes were torn all over her body, and she was already humiliated by someone in a pool of blood under her body. The old lady was the first to suspect that the eldest prince did it, and summoned him to ask, the eldest prince only admitted that he dragged Cui'er outside the backyard during the banquet in the back garden at night, and he would never admit that he had forcibly occupied Cui'er. Isn't that weird?"

Chi Tang was silent, as if he had a feeling.

The yellow dog under the kitchen slipped in, Lao Yantou reached out and touched the yellow dog's head, and felt that he had told a very wonderful story, and even laughed: "This thing is so strange, some people say that Cui'er was taken by a monster to go to the wild to have a relationship, and some people say that it is very likely that someone coveted Cui'er's beauty and took her to the back mountain at night to commit violence." Mrs. asked Cui'er, but Cui'er just cried and didn't answer, and I don't know if she remembered or refused to say. The old man thought that Cui'er was unlucky, and he originally wanted to drive Cui'er out of the village, or the old lady had compassion and married Cui'er to Yao San in the flower house. Do you know what to give to Yao San? Hehe, because the one who found Cui'er in the back mountain that day was Yao San. This Yao San, it's really a good blessing, I originally went to the back mountain to find flower seeds, but now I have a beautiful daughter-in-law. ”

Chi Tang suddenly said loudly: "You said so much, all of them were told to you by the housekeeper when he was drunk that week?"

Old Yan Tou said with a smile: "Not only Steward Zhou, but also a few old family servants who listened to the call in the inner house at that time, the big guys said nonsense. The old lady was not allowed to spread the word, and few people knew about it. ”...,

Chi Tang's heart was pounding, if this thing was true, listening to the terrifying situation, it was most likely the work of demons, why are there demons here? ”

Old Yan's eyes widened: "Why is it not true? It's not like this, why did Yao San of Huafang get such a standard daughter-in-law? Simply, one day you drunk Yao San, you ask him." ”

Chi Tang cautiously asked again: "Then what do you think, who did this?"

Old Yan Tou jokingly said: "Who knows this way? It's really a monster who did it." As he spoke, he kicked away the yellow dog beside him, and the yellow dog whined, and he had already gone to the courtyard to point out to the servant who had just brought water.

Chi Tang's body stiffened, and his heart was in a mess, so he didn't even have the heart to tease the yellow dog who shook his head and tailed to please.

That night, Aunt Cui sent Bao'er to Chitang's room to learn calligraphy, taking advantage of the night, Chitang peeked at Aunt Cui, remembering what the old Yan Tou said during the day, and I don't know if Lu Dao is true.

At this glance, I found that this Cuigu has willow eyebrows and apricot eyes, and her appearance is really beautiful, especially this time as a young woman, she has more charm, Chi Tang said secretly: "This Yan steward's eyes are really thieves, like Cuigu's appearance, he must be favored by the prince in the house as a concubine, and if it is not good, he should stay in the inner house and serve the old lady, but now he is matched to Yao San in the flower room, I am afraid that there is something strange in the meantime." ”

Cuigu seemed to notice that Chi Tang was peeking at her, her face was red again, and she said in a low voice: "This is bothering the Zhang brothers, I will pick up the child back in an hour." ”

"Oh, don't work hard sister-in-law, I'll send Bao'er over after I finish teaching here. Chi Tang hurriedly said.

Aunt Cui was blessed, lowered her head and turned around, there were a few servants in the Chitang house who came to learn calligraphy and came out to see with their faces salivating, obviously, they were also extremely hot about Cuigu's beauty, Chi Tang pulled Bao'er, pushed those into the house, and said: "Look at what to see! The first word I teach you today is the color word! There is a knife on the head of the color word, do you know the way of the road, but you don't know the way?"

There was another burst of laughter in the room.

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After a few more days, there was not much firewood left in the kitchen, and Chi Tang really couldn't push it, so he had to go to Zhuang to fetch some firewood.

Because he was still worried about what would happen to Xue Yang when he met him, Chi Tang got up early in the morning, and as soon as the sky was bright, he took the firewood knife and went to the back mountain, thinking that he would probably not meet Xue Yang.

Chi Tang carried an empty burden, and as he walked, he was still thinking, what was he worried about Xue Yang? Afraid that he was a demon? It's hard to say, although he must have a deep meaning here, but there is nothing strange about it, that is, the expression that looked at him that day was a little weird, or it was also something in his heart, and he was just empty-hearted. If there is anything strange, it is the sudden pain of the wound under the ear, but because of this, it is a bit ridiculous to be so frightened by Xue Yang. Chi Tang knew that what he was really afraid of was the scene of the demons raging that night. It's strange to say, I saw the demons face to face that night, and I fought with those demons for a while, why did I escape now, but I was like a frightened bird, and I was so courageous?

The tragic scene of blood dripping and viscera flying appeared in Chi Tang's mind again, Chi Tang shuddered, shook his head, and didn't dare to think about it anymore.

In the early morning of winter, at dawn, a trace of fish belly white just appeared in the east, and the situation was still dim and dim to see. Chi Tang looked at the hazy back mountain, and suddenly thought of the story that the old Yan Tou told about Cuigu.

Isn't Cuigu mysteriously taken to this back mountain? Could it be that there are also demons in the back mountain? Chi Tang was stunned at first, and then shook his head with a smile, this back mountain himself doesn't know how many times he has walked, and he has never been different, how can he listen to the story of the old Yan Tou, and he is suspicious?

Chi Tang quickened his pace, to rush to the fire at noon, before the cooking, to send back the firewood of the next few days, these eight or nine days have not been avoided, and there is really a lot of work to be pulled.

Seeing that he was approaching the back mountain, Chi Tang suddenly felt a shock in his heart, a figure in front of him, looking up at the sky, carefully identifying, the person was carrying a sword on his back, wearing a short brown shirt, as if it was Xue Yang.

Chi Tang's heart was beating wildly, why did he still run into him? How could he be in the back mountain so early? Needless to say, he must have been prepared and waiting for him here in advance.

Chi Tang couldn't avoid it now, so he had to bite the bullet and walk straight forward.

The man heard the sound of footsteps, turned his head and looked at Chi Tang, Chi Tang took advantage of the glimmer of dawn to see that the man had a square face and broad lips, a lofty spirit, and a short bush of hair under his chin, about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, but it turned out to be not Xue Yang.

Chi Tang breathed a sigh of relief, and it was strange that the style of this person's back sword and the color of the clothes he was wearing were very similar to that Xue Yang.

The man had already greeted him and arched his hand: "This big brother, dare to ask, but is there a person in the village?"

Chi Tang saw that the man was polite, and also hugged his fists and said, "Exactly, who are you? Why are you hiding here so early?"

The man smiled: "Where is hiding, I came here at night, and I happened to meet my eldest brother and wanted to inquire about something." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Oh, what time will this village open?" the short-haired man had always been polite.

"What do you do with this?" Chi Tang deliberately pretended to be on guard.

The short-haired man laughed: "Big brother, don't be suspicious, in fact, I have a relative who is most likely to invest in the village, and I will go to find him when the door of the village opens." ”

Chi Tang said: "I know many people in the village, but you can tell me, who is your relative? If there is such a person, I will tell you the time of opening the village." ”

The short-haired man was not surprised by Chi Tang's guarded tone, and still smiled: "It shouldn't be long before my relative came here, and like me, the black-skinned one is the Jing Chu clan, called Xue Yang, I don't know if the eldest brother recognizes it?"