"Xiangyi once escaped from the Qinglou where she was before, isn't the old bustard afraid that she will run away again and be empty?" Jiang Yongge asked curiously. Brother Ghost said, "Gongzi Jiang doesn't know, there are often incidents of girls running away in the Qinglou, so it's no surprise for a long time." And in this, this kind of lover runs away and is betrayed, and there is no need to worry. Most of the girls who have experienced this kind of thing will come back on their own and do it all their lives. Even if you meet someone who treats you sincerely in the future, you won't believe it anymore!"

Chai Shien nodded, "Yes, this also makes sense. Brother ghost, you said there are several strange things, what are the remaining ones?"

Brother Ghost said, "Not long after Miss Xiangyi came, the other girls in the Jade Pavilion have been sick from time to time. In the first month, the money for asking Lang Zhong to catch the medicine was spent more than 100 taels in vain. Miss Xiangyi is the cash cow of the Jade Pavilion, but the safflower should also have green leaves to set off, and other girls are also very profitable. The old bustard was anxious in his eyes, and drank the decoction one by one, and the girls' illness did not improve at all. I originally wanted to change to Lang Zhong, who knew that the old bustard was distressed about the silver and refused to spend so much money, and somewhere he got a goddess, who was making trouble and jumping in the Jade Pavilion. Don't say it, the girls' illnesses have gotten better!"

Lang Zhong's decoction was useless, but the arrival of the goddess worked. Chai Shien and Jiang Yongge glanced at each other, and they both understood in their hearts that it seemed that the crux of the problem was not the disease. Brother Ghost continued, "The third thing is that after Miss Xiangyi came, the cats, dogs, and birds raised in the Jade Pavilion died one after another, and the death was miserable, which was very scary!"

"This?" Chai Shien frowned, "Brother Ghost, can you tell me in detail, how scary is the death of those cats, dogs and birds?" Brother Ghost shrunk his neck, as if he felt a little cold, "Them, their necks have been bitten off by something, and they have been sucked dry of blood." At first, I thought there were weasels in the Emerald Pavilion, and I searched for three or four days, but I found nothing. Since then, no living thing in the Jade Pavilion will survive for more than three days, except for people!"

"Brother ghost, where are those cats and dogs buried after they die, I want to see. "If I'm not mistaken, it's not a weasel's doing." The ghost brother was a little frightened and said, "You have to go yourself, it's in the small forest in the east." I also put a big rock as a marker, and I can find it as soon as I look for it. ”

Several things were added together, and Chai Shien and Jiang Yongge decided that this girl named Xiangyi was the person they were looking for. Chai Shien said to Brother Ghost, "We want to go and see the room where Miss Xiangyi lived, is that okay?"

Unexpectedly, this time, the ghost brother refused to help, he pointed to a room upstairs and said, "That's the one, if you want to see it, go see it yourself, I, I'll light a candle for you, and I won't go up with you!"

The fear in Brother Ghost's eyes made Chai Shien a little worried, "If you think it's inappropriate here, I can arrange another place for you to live tomorrow." Unexpectedly, the ghost brother said, "No, I'm not used to living elsewhere, thank you very much!"

Bringing candles and lighting them with the help of an oil lamp on the stone table, Jiang Yongge walked up a wooden staircase under the leadership of Chai Shien. Because of the disrepair and lack of paint moisture, the stairs made a piercing "creaking" sound, and some places would shake slightly, making people can't help but slow down, for fear that too much force will damage it.

Walking to the end of the stairs, Chai Shien fumbled to open a door, and inside was the second floor of the Emerald Pavilion. This passage was originally prepared for those guests who were caught and raped by the wife of the family and had to flee in the wilderness, and later the girls tried it to call Brother Ghost and Chai Shien to run errands for them, so Chai Shien was very familiar.

Opening the door, a musty smell mixed with the smell of residual fat powder balm poured out, and Chai Shien remembered many people. The girls who were as beautiful as flowers were gone, and he could even remember what they liked to eat and which of them liked to use the fat powder. Jiang Yongge pushed him behind him, "Why are you stunned, let's go!"

The flames of the candles swayed from side to side, reflecting the shadows of two people on the walls. "Once upon a time, there used to be singing and dancing here every night. Sometimes it's picking lotus, sometimes it's picking the moon, I secretly hide behind the pillar to watch, I have to say, those girls dance so well, I thought the fairy in the sky, that's it!"

"If you let Senior Sister Liao Shui hear this, I'm afraid that I will twist your ears again!" Jiang Yongge said, "I'm very curious, who is older between you and this senior sister?" Chai Shien coughed and said, "She is a radish that is not big, and she grows on her back! Who let the family get started earlier than me, call Senior Sister Sheng, and don't suffer!"

According to Brother Ghost's instructions, Chai Shien quickly found the room. Standing at the door, Chai Shen suddenly felt uncomfortable, the feeling that made people numb and his scalp tightened almost made him have the idea of turning around and leaving, and what he didn't know was that Jiang Yongge, who was standing next to him, also felt the same way!

"Squeak!"

The wind-blown door made a noise and opened a crack in the door. The light of the candle shone through the crack in the door, shining on the dusty floor. Chai Shien took half a step forward, and was hesitating to go in when a stronger gust of wind blew the door open completely!

"Ahh

In the cold wind, it seemed to be mixed with a woman's sharp voice, but it disappeared in a flash, making Chai Shien feel that it was just his own illusion. Jiang Yongge said, "Let's go, let's go in and have a look." Chai Shien realized that he had been standing in front of the door for a long time.

There was a huge bronze mirror in front of the room, the candle flame was flickering, and a few figures flashed on the smooth surface of the copper mirror from time to time, but whenever Chai Shien looked back, he only saw himself and Jiang Yongge.

There were a few candles on the table and on the shelves that had not yet burned out, and Chai Shien lit them one by one, and the room suddenly brightened up a lot. The light dispelled the darkness, which made the floating hearts of the two people settle down a little. Jiang Yongge walked to the dresser and saw that the hairpin and rouge gouache were neatly arranged, as if the owner of this room had never left.

Everything here is well kept, and even the shelves are neatly arranged. It's just that Chai Shien can't see anything unusual from these things. Just like the other girls, this Xiangyi girl also has a soft spot for trinkets like rouge gouache!