Chapter 3: The Baby Girl and the Ghost (Part II)

Yu Xiaoyu and Zhang Yuanyuan returned to Tonggu County with Shuilian, the county seat is not big, and it didn't take long to arrive in front of a winery.

A welcoming wine boy sat at the door, saw Shuilian, and ran to her nervously and whispered: "Sister Shuilian, hurry up, when the master came back that day, he found that the fourth grandmother let you go, lost his temper, yelled at the fourth grandmother, and said that he would pick your skin when you came back!"

Shuilian shook her head when she heard this: "The old man is kind-hearted, how long have you been here, I don't know yet, this is the official invited by Qinzhou Mansion, hurry up and please come in~"

A few people passed the front hall, and saw an old man fifty miles away in the courtyard watching a few laborers carry the wine jar out of the wine cellar.

Shui Lian hurriedly went over and saluted the old man, "Say hello to the master." ”

The old man looked back at the water lotus, looked at the jade Xiaoyu and Zhang Yuanyuan behind her, and said with a straight face: "You, your wings are hard, what are you doing when you sneak out without me, and come back?!"

"The old man is angry, the little one is very sad to see the fourth grandmother, and he also feels sorry for the suffering of the little young master, I can't bear it, so I ......"

"Shut up! If it weren't for Madame's intercession, would you still be able to walk out of this courtyard today? ”

"Thank you, sir, for your kindness! Master, these two are officials invited by Qinzhou, and they specially came to solve the case for us. ”

The old man shook his head helplessly, and arched his hand at Yu Xiaoyu and Zhang Yuanyuan: "The family is unfortunate, and there is such an idle cheap maid, which makes the two officials tired all the way. But Zhou's family is really fine, today I invite you two to rest in the cold house, tomorrow we will not be too late to go on the road again! Shuilian, go and ask the kitchen to make some good dishes to entertain these two officials~"

Zhang Yuanyuan stood up and said, "No! The official errand is not favored by the people, take us to the scene to check!"

At this time, a look of contempt and embarrassment was entangled in Yu Xiaoyu's face, and he interjected helplessly: "Don't worry, let's go rest first, and then understand the situation later." ”

"What are you resting for?

"Grandma, don't be ashamed anymore......" Yu Xiaoyu couldn't help but lower her voice and said.

At this time, a beautiful young woman came out of the backyard, but with a sad face, with the support of a maid, she walked slowly to them.

"Say hello to the fourth grandmother. ”

"Shuilian, you're back, these two are invited officials, the slave Zhou Liu family greets the two adults, and please save my children!"

Yu Xiaoyu hurriedly stepped forward and picked up the fourth lady, and said softly: "Don't worry, the fourth lady, let's take a look, I bother you to lead the way~"

Zhang Yuanyuan's eyes were so angry that he was about to get angry, but Master Zhou said on the side: "Shuilian, quickly take Mrs. in, don't talk nonsense here." ”

Yu Xiaoyu said: "Master Zhou, Mrs. is so haggard, don't you feel distressed? Since I'm here, go in and check it out, and leave if it's okay, if you stop it again, our catch is in a hurry, and when we go outside, the neighbors will know that it's mixed in~"

Master Zhou had no choice but to let them go.

Yu Xiaoyu followed behind the fourth lady, looked at her back, looked back at the wine jar carried by Lifu in the courtyard, and said to Shui Lian: "Eldest sister, your family's wine must be the best selling here, right?"

"How do you know, Jade Prince?"

"The glutinous rice aged wine made by the glamorous lady has a unique flavor~"

"Yu Gongzi also understands wine?"

"I know a little bit about it, this wine is mellow and fragrant, and it is sandwiched with the sweetness of my daughter's red, good wine, good wine~"

"Yu Gongzi, you are laughing again, my family's water wine is indeed famous, but ah, the wine is brewed by my master, and it is sorghum wine~"

Zhang Yuanyuan laughed disdainfully: "Stinky rascal, if you want to flirt with other people's bosses, go directly, it's embarrassing to not know how to pretend to understand." ”

When everyone arrived at the fourth lady's room, Yu Xiaoyu looked around the room, slowly walked to the cradle, and saw that the baby lying inside was really as Shui Lian said, yellow skin and bones, closed his eyes and slept soundly.

The fourth lady also came to the front at this time, leaned over to look at the baby, rinsed her eyes with tears, and knelt down in front of Yu Xiaoyu and cried: "My lord, please save the child no matter what!

Yu Xiaoyu picked up the fourth lady, turned around and motioned for Shui Lian to come over to comfort her, he took out the Yuzhu Wen fan from his arms, bent down and gently fanned the wind against the baby.

Zhang Yuanyuan pushed him and whispered: "The baby is like this, don't hurt him!"

As he was talking, he saw that the baby's burnt yellow skin slowly turned flesh-colored, his little nose tightened, he cried out with a whimper, and his little hands scratched wildly, and he woke up.

Everyone was surprised, and they all gathered around, and Yu Xiaoyu raised his head and said, "Don't feed it yet, get some warm water to wash him." ”

"Thank you, sir!"

"Thank you, gods!"

"Hey, you stinky rascal, you have some skills. ”

Yu Xiaoyu didn't squeak, walked out of the house slowly, looked at the backyard, folded the paper fan and patted it in his hand, turned around and said to everyone: "Everyone has a normal rest tonight, don't come out when you hear any noise, I will give you an answer tomorrow." ”

"Well, don't panic, everyone, with me and the stinky hooligans, we will definitely catch the culprit tonight!"

"I'm sorry, you go to sleep too, don't get in my way. ”

In the middle of the night, the breeze was blowing, and the heat of the day only dissipated a little. Yu Xiaoyu was lying on a bench in the backyard of the winery, gently shaking the paper fan, looking at the starry sky.

"What about you looking at the sky, hurry up and sleep for a while, I'll watch it for you first~" Zhang Yuanyuan pushed Yu Xiaoyu and said.

"Didn't I tell you to sleep and not disturb me?"

"How can I do that, how can I say that I am also a court official, how can I let you be a flat-headed ordinary man to step forward and take risks!"

"Hey, were you kicked out by your father?"

"How do you know? No, they forced me to get married, and I swore that I would not become the number one goddess in the world, and I would never talk about my children's private affairs!"

“...... Don't worry, you haven't become a goddess, and no one will have an affair with your children. ”

"Hey, you stinky rascal......"

"Don't make a sound!"

Yu Xiaoyu covered Zhang Yuanyuan's mouth and squinted his eyes behind him vigilantly.

A gust of wind drifted by, and the woman's humming voice sounded softly in the courtyard, ethereal, faint and flickering.

Under the moonlight, a big red-clothed female ghost slowly floated to the door of the fourth grandmother's room, and after a while, there was an extra baby in her arms.

Yu Xiaoyu turned over, lay on the bench on her side, held her head in her hands, stared at the female ghost, only to see her hair scattered, her pale face, humming a mournful tune, lifting her clothes, as if holding the baby to her chest to breastfeed.

"It's so white!" Yu Xiaoyu praised softly.

The female ghost raised her eyes and stared at the two, Zhang Yuanyuan was so frightened that her legs trembled, and she shivered and pulled out the Tang knife at her waist, but she didn't dare to squeak.

The female ghost in red was still stroking the baby, floated in front of them, and with a wave of her sleeves, Zhang Yuanyuan immediately collapsed to the ground and fell asleep.

"Did you die unjustly without a child, or did you kill yourself by losing your child while drunk?"

Yu Xiaoyu slowly got up, covered her nose with a paper fan, and complained: "This white and pure female ghost actually smokes people with wine." ”

The female ghost saw that the person in front of her was not afraid of her ghost skills, and turned around to leave.

Yu Xiaoyu's body turned, and he instantly stopped in front of the female ghost, and the paper fan in his hand opened with a "click", and the golden spell appeared on the fan bone.

The female ghost screamed and squatted on the ground, still holding the baby tightly in her arms.

Yu Xiaoyu put away the paper fan and said, "Don't throw away the little doll, it's not bad, do you have any grievances, tell me." ”

The female ghost slowly raised her head and said in a whispering voice, "Childe, help me." ”

......

Early the next morning, Yu Xiaoyu was about to leave the winery with the sword basket on his back. The fourth lady knelt in front of him with a few maids and didn't get up, and kept thanking him.

Not long after, Master Zhou came out and saw that the courtyard was full of people from the wine shop, surrounding Yu Xiaoyu and Zhang Yuanyuan, and asked suspiciously, "What are you doing here?"

Shui Lian said excitedly: "Master, Yu Gongzi, they have already caught the female ghost and rescued the little young master!"

Master Zhou frowned and said, "Nonsense! What kind of female ghost, the child has been cured? That's really thanks to the two adults! Butler, go and get some more silver taels and give them to the adults!"

"That's not necessary, things outside the body are too tired to carry money, Master Zhou, your wine is rare, can you give a cup for Xiaosheng to taste~"

"Ha, the adults have won the prize, come on, go and put two jars of thirty-year-old sorghum liquid and send them to the two adults, the boy's illness has been cured by the two of you, such kindness, if you want to drink in the future, just come and get it at any time!"

After a while, the next person brought two jars of sorghum wine, Yu Xiaoyu took one jar, opened the lid, squinted and sniffed beautifully: "What a delicious altar of daughter red~"

"Sorghum wine!" Zhang Yuanyuan reminded him from the side.

Yu Xiaoyu ignored it and said with a smile: "By the way, madam, why haven't I seen other ladies in your family?"

"The eldest sister died early, and the second sister and third sister failed to ......"

When the fourth lady said this, she peeked at the master next week.

Master Zhou coughed lightly and laughed: "Thirty years ago, after Zhou Mou's wife had a difficult birth, he continued to have two rooms and nothing came out, so he had to go home, which is too ashamed. ”

"Ha, you old man, you are really ruthless, and you don't want the second and third children to live in the future. ”

"Oh, they're all poor countrymen, and I've given them enough silver taels to live in peace!"

"Enough bar~"

"Tamama-sama loves to laugh too much...... It's not early, Zhou went to the counter first, Madam, you can send the two adults for me. ”

"Hey~ You old man is too affectionate~ How can I say that I also cured your precious son, and you sent me away with two jars of wine?"

"Lord Yu, you can embarrass Zhou, I will give you two silver taels, you don't accept it, and you are too little to offer the two jars of good wine treasured by the small shop......"

"I don't believe it, take me to your wine cellar to find it, there must be a lot of good wine hidden, I'll choose it myself~"

"Lord Yu, why are you so difficult for Zhou!"

The fourth lady saw it on the side, and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade her: "Master, Lord Yu is a master in the world, and you can take him to the wine cellar to choose a few jars of good wine." ”

The subordinates on both sides also looked at them with strange eyes, and Master Zhou couldn't resist Yu Xiaoyu, so he had to take them to the wine cellar.

The Zhou family's Baide Wine Workshop is indeed a bit large, and everyone entered the wine cellar, only to see that it was very spacious inside, with hundreds of jars of good wine listed among them, and the aroma of wine was elegant.

Yu Xiaoyu stood in the wine cellar and raised his head to sniff, his eyes fell on the innermost sealed large wine vat, and pointed: "Look, just say that there is good wine!"

Master Zhou smiled awkwardly: "That is also a thirty-year-old wine, like these two jars, if you are a wine connoisseur, you should be able to distinguish it." ”

Yu Xiaoyu pursed his lips and sneered: "No, how can I say that this vat of wine has been opened twice halfway, I don't believe it, open it and take a look~"

Master Zhou's face was shocked, and before he could stop him, Yu Xiaoyu picked up the wine jar on the ground with one kick and kicked it violently, and the wine jar flew over with a "whoosh".

The vat smashed, and with a "bang", a large pool of sticky rice milk with white flowers flowed out of it.

Everyone present screamed "ah", the timid maids hurriedly covered their eyes, the fourth lady was also bloodless, but Master Zhou collapsed to the ground with straight eyes.

I saw three female corpses in red lying in the rice milk, squeezed and deformed, soaked and swollen.

Yu Xiaoyu snorted coldly: "I'll just say it, glutinous rice aging." ”

......

The people in the wine shop reported to the official, and the officials escorted Master Zhou away.

It turned out that thirty years ago, the old man's wife died in childbirth, and the child was folded in the belly. He didn't know where he got the evil method, so he secretly dressed his deceased wife in red, mixed it with glutinous rice, and sealed it in a vat to make wine. The slurry and sorghum actually made a fine wine, and business was booming. After a few years, the taste became weaker, and he had evil thoughts again, and he killed two ladies in a row and stuffed them into the vat...... If it hadn't been discovered at this time, I'm afraid that in a few years, these four ladies would have become winemakers......

Shuilian sent Yu Xiaoyu and Zhang Yuanyuan all the way outside the county, she handed over a package full of silver taels, and said with tenderness and reluctance: "Yu Gongzi, Zhang Nuxia, the slave family once again thanked the two great kindnesses, my wife was frightened, sick in bed, specially ordered me to send a thin gift, and hope to smile, in the future, I am free, please come to our wine shop as a guest......"

Yu Xiaoyu looked at the water lotus gently, and said softly: "Eldest sister, take back the silver, we have these two jars of wine is enough, if you really want to repay the favor......

Shuilian shyly lowered her head, closed her eyes, and muttered, "Childe...... If you want......"

"Well, go back and tell your wife, she is so beautiful, I really want to hug her~"

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