"Sorry, I just scared you."
Miss Xu Er slowed down and showed a smile. Then she took a few steps closer to the coffin, slowly knelt down on the futon, picked up the yellow paper placed in front of the coffin, and lit it with fire. Burn them one by one to the old lady.
Lin You slowly stepped back, and when she was about to go out, Miss Xu Er, who had calmed down, spoke:
"Speaking of which, I haven't chatted with anyone for a long time. Would you like to chat with me?"
Lin You: Do I have any other choice
Miss Xu Er continued to speak, she was the one talking and Lin You was listening. It was all about embroidering and writing poems, but Lin You didn't notice anything was wrong. This girl looks perfectly normal.
"However, Dafang will soon take over the entire Xu family. Their family should be very happy."
The whole chat ends with this sentence.
"Happy?" Lin You breathed out, "So many things have happened to the Xu family recently, how can they be happy? If I had known so much about the Xu family, I wouldn't have come to join them."
Miss Xu Er, who didn't expect Lin You to speak, burned the yellow paper on her hand, turned around and looked at Lin You, the corner of her mouth slightly raised: "The fallen leaves will always return to their roots, even if you don't want to, but you have the Xu family His bloodline will eventually come back."
"Like the five corpses in the side room in the outer courtyard?" Lin You asked back.
"You actually know?" Miss Xu Er tilted her head, looking a little naive. Then she stood up and walked towards Lin You, "The Xu family is cursed. We can only blame our bad luck."
After saying these last words, Miss Xu Er crossed the threshold, walked out of the old lady's yard, and disappeared from Lin You's eyes. Lin You didn't dare to chase her. She always felt that this girl was very strange. The most important thing is that even if she had no impression of the second girl on the first day, it doesn't mean that the second girl doesn't know her.
You know, there were only five outsiders who came that day, three from the Bai family, one Chen Cong and one himself. But the first thing Xu Er said when she saw her was:
"you are?"
This definitely doesn't look like she has seen herself before, not to mention, why does a third-bedroom girl, Xu Er, come to burn incense for her step-grandmother so late at night
To sum up, Lin You is more attracted to this girl who is indeed the second girl of the Xu family, but she is not from this generation, but from Aunt Xu's generation, that is, the old lady's biological daughter. If she has this identity, then there is a reason why she came to pay homage to the old lady.
Lin You turned around and entered the room, which was the old lady's bedroom. Yesterday she didn't come over to see, she just took a quick glance outside the door. When I walked to the old lady's dressing table, I saw that there was indeed no bronze mirror on it. After rummaging through the boxes and drawers again and finding nothing, Lin You turned around and rummaged through the old lady's box.
All the clothes of the deceased must be burned or thrown away, so the servants of Xu Mansion specially sorted out several large boxes and placed them in the corner of the room, preparing to dispose of them together after the funeral. Lin You looked at them one by one.
The first few boxes were all dark-colored clothes, but the clothes in the innermost box were indeed brighter. Judging from the style, they should have been worn by the old lady when she was young, and the clothes in this box were better than the clothes in the previous boxes. Look a little messy. I guess Qule felt something was wrong yesterday, so she searched a few more times.
Lin You took out the clothes one by one. The clothes looked a bit old, and the originally bright colors were a bit dull. At the bottom of the clothes are the most private garments and bellybands worn by women in this era. Lin You didn't either. He spread out his clothes on the bed piece by piece, and as expected, Lin You realized something was wrong.
At the bottom of the box, Lin You took out two red silk carp bellybands one by one. It’s not that she has sharp eyes, it’s just that when she was a child, her family also bought her a baby bellyband. Because it was handmade, it was very delicate. The carp on it was vivid. Mother Lin also thought it was very commemorative, so she put it away. , they were not given away or thrown away like Lin You’s other clothes when she was a child.
The embroidery work on Lin You's bellyband and the two bellybands she has are better. But this is not a problem with the embroidery work, but because this is a child's drool pocket.
I remembered what Miss Xu Er said just now that this step-wife gave birth to two sons and one daughter. The one she left just now was her surviving daughter. Did the other two boys die in infancy? The mortality rate of children in ancient times was indeed very high, but Lin You had a good ear, and what the second young lady was talking about was clearly revenge.
Youth faded and her second son died. Lin You folded her clothes and thought to herself, could this dungeon boss really be the old lady? In this way, it really fits the name of the copy of Zhamen Ren.
After coming out of the old lady's courtyard, Lin You spread out the map given to her by Fang Nian yesterday, thought about it seriously, turned around and walked towards the eldest lady's courtyard. We've been here for two days, so it's not a good idea not to take a look at the mission objectives of the main mission.
Lin You had almost memorized the layout of the eldest lady's courtyard in her mind when she came to greet her in the morning. She went through it again in her mind outside the door of the eldest lady's courtyard, and then Lin You opened the door. But she didn't expect that the door was actually locked by the bolt, and Lin You was in trouble for a moment.
After walking around the small courtyard, Lin You found a tree, which was about half a meter away from the courtyard wall. Lin You estimated that she should jump over it. After looking around and seeing no one around, he lowered his skirt to his waist and tied it with a belt. He bit the knife on his waist and hugged the tree. Lin You slowly climbed up to it.
Fortunately, although climbing up the tree was slow and unskilled, Lin You's physical strength was not in vain. Finally, when he reached the level with the courtyard wall, Lin You's hands were not even sore, but the knife in his mouth could not be gripped. Living.
Stepping on a branch to gain strength, Lin You threw herself at the courtyard wall, grabbed the top of the wall with her hands, propped up her body with both arms, and put her feet down to ride on the top of the wall. Taking off the knife that was soaked in saliva from his mouth, Lin You wiped it clean, stuffed it back into his waist and patted it a few times, instantly feeling a sense of security.
The next step was simple. Lin You jumped down from the wall. The eldest lady's yard was very quiet, and there were no people at night. Lin You detoured from the west side room to the main room and saw no one. Even the bedroom of the main house was pitch dark. Lin You stood at the window and put her ear to the crack of the window. There was no sound at all, not even breathing.
Lin You hesitated for a moment, then gently opened the door and walked towards the bedroom. What surprised Lin You was that there was no one in the eldest lady's room. Looking at the neat quilts on the bed, it was true that no one had used it. Lin You remembered the words of the servants of the Xu family, saying that the eldest lady was always taking care of the sick uncle.
Lin You thought that it was very likely that the eldest lady should be in the uncle's courtyard. In this era, each husband and wife had their own small courtyard. In this way, Lin You felt much more relaxed. Although the room was pitch black, she could search at will.
Lin You subconsciously looked at the dressing table and walked to the dressing table. There was actually a mirror here. Lin You pressed the mirror down. She didn't want to see anything weird. Then I searched all the boxes and drawers, but found nothing. Walking to the bed again, the eldest lady's mattress looked clean and smelled of sandalwood. Lin You almost sneezed, but finally held it back.
There were various scriptures placed by the bedside. Lin You flipped through them and found that the handwriting was almost the same. It seemed that they were copied by one person. Just now, Lin You also found all kinds of Buddhist beads and Buddhist amulets from the eldest lady's jewelry box. It seems that the eldest lady is a believer in Buddhism.
Nothing was found on the bed, so Lin You went to the closet again. When the closet was opened, there was another scent of sandalwood that made Lin You very uncomfortable. There are even Buddhist scriptures in the closet, but they are just a few Purana Sutras. Lin You frowned slightly when she saw this. She turned around and went to where the Buddhist scriptures were before Madame's bedside, and indeed saw two Purana Sutras.
Lin You initially thought that with so many scriptures around the eldest lady, she might be praying to gods and Buddhas for the eldest uncle to make him feel better. But it’s strange that there are so many past lives. Should she give her man salvation in advance? Lin You curled her lips slightly, it seemed that this was her main mission.
After thinking this way, Lin You found many children's old clothes from the closet and boxes. Indeed, it is understandable that the eldest lady has a twin brother and a phoenix with clothes for children. But these clothes are all for boys. Lin You doesn't think that the eldest lady is patriarchal. Think about the pair of carp bellybands that she found at the old lady's place before.
Lin You thought that the eldest lady might be sorry for the old lady. So, why? What does the death of the old lady’s two children have to do with the eldest lady
Not to mention the third wife, it was the concubine who gave birth to the son, and it was not his turn to inherit the family property. The eldest son is the heir, but he has never been in good health, so it seems that he will not be a qualified heir. I haven't heard of anything wrong with the second master's health. He should be in good condition. Even the second master of the Xu family has to take care of all the big and small matters. However, the position of heir is still the eldest family member. Lin You eavesdropped. Judging from the conversation between the old man and the eldest young master, it turns out that the eldest young master is aware of the secrets of the Xu family, and the old man is even consciously training the eldest young master.
So, why is it that the position of the heir belongs to the eldest son and the second eldest son cannot compete, let alone the two boys born to the old lady? Just for the sake of profit, there is no need for the eldest lady to take action. Moreover, in terms of age, the old lady was not much older than the eldest aunt of the Xu family when she came in. The eldest and second uncle of the Xu family were both teenage boys.
Lin You rummaged around and found nothing more, so she packed up the messed up things and left the bedroom. Arriving at the hall of the main room, Lin You went to the opposite side of the bedroom, which was the eldest lady's study. Inside, Lin You confirmed that so many scriptures were copied by the eldest lady herself.
At this point, Lin You could no longer find anything useful on Madam's side.
... ...
Chen Cong was very angry with Lin You's behavior at the beginning, because her words made Chen Cong unable to hold any thighs at all, so he could only act alone. His mission is related to the Chen family, that is, to the second wife of this family. Therefore, he didn't go out at all on the first day. Instead, he stayed in his yard and tried his best to establish a relationship with the second young master of the family.
But before he could borrow the second young master to find out the secret of the second wife, the second master died the next day. He always thought that if the second master died, then the second wife would always show some flaws under the pain and sorrow.
What he thought was right, the second lady actually asked him to come here.
"Didn't you say that you have a secret method to deal with that evil dragon?" The second lady gritted her teeth and looked at Chen Cong, "Why, why did my husband still die? It's all your fault!"
ha? Evil dragon? ?
After hearing the second lady's words, Chen Cong immediately became scared. The background of the Chen family is quite powerful, and they even deal with evil dragons.
"Tell me, what has been given to you at home? Take it out." The second lady stretched out her hand. "Anything that suppresses luck, I think it is a monster that cannibalize human flesh and blood! I don't expect any glory or wealth. Anyway, knowledge and practice must be done well." living."
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Chen Cong was overwhelmed by the second lady's aggressiveness at first. When the second lady bullied her, Chen Cong couldn't bear it and pushed her away.
Chen Cong was really unlucky in the last game. Although Brother Wang died, the points for the dungeon still had to be divided, so he finally got 1,400 points. The three things are 5 million, opening the space grid, and a magic weapon worth 1,500. Considering that he had already obtained Brother Wang's long stick and could not afford this magic weapon at all, Chen Cong took 5 million and spent 100 points to open the space grid. Although there was only one space, Chen Cong was also very satisfied. .
In the real world, he was rich and spending five million dollars was really unhappy. The people around Chen Cong were originally at the bottom of the class. Seeing that Chen Cong was rich, they all rushed to flatter him. Therefore, Chen Cong had a very unhappy life during this period, so his tolerance for others became even lower. Yes, he was naturally not happy to see the second lady acting like this in front of him.
"The family is like that, what else do you expect from me?" Chen Cong also inquired about the decline of the Chen family, "I don't know the situation here either."
Seeing the embarrassment of the second lady being knocked to the ground by him, Chen Cong felt a little more comfortable. But considering the identity of the second lady, he put on a smile and said comfortingly:
"I don't want to either. I'm just a bastard, so naturally I can't compare to you, sister." Chen Cong coughed and said, "I know so many things, but..."
The second lady was knocked to the ground, she was furious, but seeing Chen Cong's condescending look, she felt timid for some reason. After hearing Chen Cong's words, he suppressed the anger in his heart and spoke:
"But what, didn't you say there's nothing left at home?"
"Indeed, this is the only thing left." Chen Cong took out a long stick out of thin air, "I wonder if I can fight with the evil dragon in your mouth, sister?"
When the second lady saw Chen Cong's hand, she immediately lost her strength. Chen Cong can indeed help her and save Zhixing's life.
Chen Cong saw the anger on the second lady's face slowly disappearing and smiled. With a cold snort in his heart, he went to help the second lady up. Annoyed by this ungrateful woman, Chen Cong still suppressed his temper and tricked the second lady into telling her everything she knew. After knowing this, Chen Cong had an idea in his heart.
His mission is to complete what the ancestors of the Chen family failed to complete. The task description was vague, and it was really difficult for Chen Cong to start. At this moment, he got the news about the second lady. Of course, he felt like he had found a treasure. Late at night, he went out. Here we are looking for an opportunity to kill the evil dragon. Of course, why is it at night? Of course the Xu family takes that evil dragon very seriously. After all, it suppresses the Xu family's luck.
Chen Cong was a little upset as soon as he went out. He did not choose to buy a map at the beginning of this dungeon. Instead, he bought the main mission with the lowest difficulty automatically selected. This cost him 500 points, but Chen Cong felt that it was worth it. After all, life is more important. . But at this moment, he was wandering around the Xu family mansion alone, and what he desperately needed was a guide.
Therefore, he caught the eye of the Third Steward who was also handling matters in Erye's courtyard and kidnapped him. He even got additional information from the Third Steward.
Chen Cong, who was spoiled by the side mission in the first mission world, his eyes lit up. His main mission was the evil dragon. He didn't think that the other ghosts in this dungeon would be more difficult to deal with than the evil dragon! Then, it’s okay to do a side quest as well.
The author has something to say: Chen Cong: It’s fun to charge money and cheat
Third Steward: As long as you are happy