"What the big and the big ones say, the little people don't understand." Butler Zhu couldn't hide his fear.
Chen Caixing smiled kindly and said: "Don't be afraid, it's just small talk, you know that we are sent by the emperor to send the filial piety, and these are also our work. If we don't ask clearly about these, if we don't pay attention, the filial piety is not sent. Go—" He didn't finish his sentence, leaving it to the butler to make up his mind.
Butler Zhu trembled with fright, raised his sleeves to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and said respectfully, "Sir, what are you asking, the villain will tell the truth."
"Answer the two questions I just asked first."
"Yes. It's been a month since Xiao Niang went there, and I haven't seen the haunted villain, but the maids in the house said they were not clean and had shadows, and the rumors were messy. The old lady didn't like these shadowless things, so she ordered them to be banned. Rumors, it's not allowed to discuss this in the house." Butler Zhu said as he led the way.
Chen Caixing paid attention to the road of Zhu Mansion, and praised sincerely: "I think the situation in the mansion is not much better than that of the palace in the capital."
"Your Excellency is really broken." Butler Zhu carefully made arrangements before he said, "The old lady is the nurse of the saint, and the emperor's grace is so powerful that this award is given."
Chen Caixing smiled innocently, "Why did it stop again, I don't have any other intentions, but the housekeeper doesn't need to be too nervous. Let's continue."
Butler Zhu: A big man.
"Why have you been here for so long, and you haven't seen the old man in your mansion? How many masters are there in the mansion now?"
"It's been thirty years since the old master passed away." The housekeeper lowered his waist a little bit and led the way faster, and said quickly, "Now there are the old lady, the eldest lady, and the two little masters, the young lady and the young master. "
Chen Caixing was puzzled: "Is there no other man in the house?"
"Big and big people, here we are." The housekeeper wiped sweat as if he didn't hear the question, and waved his hand to let the little servant girl come over to recognize the person, and said, "These are the distinguished guests from Beijing. Done." After giving instructions, he bowed his head and said, "Sir, the villain has to leave beforehand."
The back can be described as a 100-meter sprint.
Chen Caixing smiled gently, "How can people be so scary, it's really just a small talk."
Other players: …
Players are arranged in the front house, divided into two courtyards, with a bamboo forest in the middle. One is called Ningxiang Garden and the other is called Ningshen Garden. Players are hesitant to choose a place to live, but if they choose to be afraid, this is the sequelae that the game brings to the players. The prudent player went to the two places to test, Chen Caixing had already led Xiaojiu to Ningxiangyuan to choose a guest room.
Zhu Sui and Lin Xin did not think about it and went to Ningxiangyuan.
The guest room that Chen Caixing chose is very large. It faces south and the light is good. There are windows in the front and back. The view from the rear window is very good. At a glance, there is a plum forest in the past. Fragrant. No wonder it is called Ningxiangyuan.
The servant girl who was serving said: "Behind the Ningshen Garden is a bamboo forest, quiet and contemplative. These two places are still named after the second young master."
"Second Young Master?" Chen Caixing raised his eyebrows.
The maid was shocked to realize that she had said something wrong, and lowered her head and said, "Sir, I have already packed up, I have nothing to do, I will go down first."
Chen Caixing didn't embarrass the maid, but the maid hurried down with a sigh of relief.
This time the world environment is actually good, although there is no electricity and lack of convenience, but fortunately, they are sent by the emperor, and the big family in the Zhu family is well treated. If the ghosts are not in danger, it would be good to play here for a few days as a vacation.
Too bad the gaming world won't be so kind.
"Sister, someone knocked on the door."
"It's okay." Chen Caixing thought of who was coming, opened the door, and stood outside Zhu Sui and Lin Xin. Chen Caixing looked at the two with a smile, "Are you two together?"
Zhu Sui glanced at Lin Xin, and said in a delicate tone of lemon, "No, you misunderstood at the time, he likes men."
"But I don't like you?" Chen Caixing understood the sour tone.
Zhu Sui was silent, Chen Caixing looked at it, and said clearly: "Understood, you know that he is mean, thinking he likes you, so you keep explaining that you don't like men, but he said he doesn't like you, but in the end you find out that you like him? "
"Representative of the Chinese class." Lin Xin said beside him.
Zhu Sui:…
Why does Yuan Xing know everything! At the beginning, Yuan Xing said that Lin Xin liked him, but in the end, Zhu Sui looked at Lin Xin with a sour look, like a resentful woman.
"We came here to ask whether the group should form a team? The world's clues are shared with each other." Lin Xin didn't look at Zhu Sui and said frankly.
Chen Caixing: "Okay." In Doctor Bird's Mouth's world, he was going to be executed in the end, and Lin Xin was the first among the players to speak for him.
After deciding to cooperate, Zhu Sui also recovered from the resentment and said, "The servant girl here is very strict, and she seems to be afraid of something about Zhu's residence, and she can't ask anything."
"Go outside and ask tomorrow." Chen Caixing said. When the afternoon came, there were people on both sides of the street chatting with Zhu Mansion.
It was getting late, and the maid brought the food. The three dishes and one soup were both meat and vegetarian, and the taste was not bad. Most of the players are two or two, and there are also three. After eating, a servant brought hot water, and after a simple wash, it was time to go to bed.
The ancient nightlife is not without it, but it does not belong to them.
On the contrary, in the game, the nightlife is the best.
"What is your brother thinking?"
Chen Caixing hugged Xiao Jiu, "I'm thinking of a story." He glanced at the big eyes of the child in his arms and rubbed his curly hair, "Just in time, brother will tell Xiao Jiu a bedtime story tonight."
A few minutes before I came in, I read a lot of material stories, especially in Western mythology with very long names, Chen Caixing concluded: "There is a Xiaohua who is a fairy, she has a saint named Xiaomei, and Xiaomei swears that she will use it for a lifetime. Chastity protects Xiaohua, but one day, a little beast misses Xiaomei's beauty and enters the temple strong-well, did something very bad to Xiaomei, Xiaomei lost her virginity because of this, Xiaohua was furious, and cursed Xiaomei Hair turns into a viper, and every man who sees Xiaomei's eyes will turn into stone."
Simplified and refined, the little Medusa, the little flower goddess Athena, and the little beast is Poseidon, the sea god.
"There is also a version where Xiaomei is jealous of Xiaohua's beauty, and speaks ill of Xiaohua behind her back, while falling in love with a beast, and is punished by Xiaohua in the end. The ending remains the same." : "If I see her eyes can really turn into petrification, then I used a prop in the game and a pregnant woman with a big belly, will I turn into petrification?"
90,000 yuan: !
"Brother, don't."
Seeing Xiao Jiu's anxious appearance, Chen Caixing held Xiao Jiu's cheek and kissed him twice.
"Brother won't, brother still has to watch Xiaojiu grow up."
Yuan Jiuwan: He can grow up for his brother at any time.
The two were talking, and Chen Caixing was still thinking about the story of Medusa, who was finally decapitated by a god with the help of Athena. If this hint is set in this world, the only person who has died at present is Xiao Niang. I don’t know if Xiao Niang is Medusa, see which version it is.
"Go to sleep, I have something to do tomorrow." Chen Caixing said in a low voice.
Yuan Jiuwan hummed obediently.
The quilt on the bed was new and fluffy, and the room was cleaned, but the old-fashioned old house, especially the two yards, had been idle for a long time, and there was always a faint musty smell. With the addition of the bed curtain and the arrangement, as soon as the oil lamp goes out, the soundtrack can play the ghost of the old house.
Not to mention that this house is really haunted.
Chen Caixing didn't sleep soundly. He always felt that there was a gaze staring at them through the window. After a while, the uncomfortable gaze disappeared. Xiao Jiu drilled into his arms and slowly fell asleep.
In the middle of the night, a scream suddenly sounded, the sound was a little far away, and the female player's shrill voice could be heard shouting ghosts.
Chen Caixing was woken up. He heard the screaming female player was still talking. There was no danger to her life. Early the next morning, the servant brought hot water. After washing, the players went to the Eight Immortals table in the main room for breakfast.
There were six people living in Ning Xiangyuan. On the surface, they were four men and two women, but in reality there was only one female player, who looked quite capable and calm.
"...Did you hear someone calling last night?" The female player chatted with her companions.
The companion is a man of medium height, slightly fat and a little honest and honest, and said, "Of course I heard it, fortunately I chose this side, but what happened?"
"Who knows."
Chen Caixing took a salted duck egg. The chopsticks pierced the skin of the top shell. The oil came out and dripped into the white porridge. Half of the peeled duck egg was mixed in the porridge and given to Xiao Jiu first, while asking the back station. The maidservant, "What happened in the middle of the night in the yard next door? I slept well and was woken up."
"No, I don't know, do you still want porridge, sir?" The maid turned the subject hard.
Chen Caixing glanced at the slightly pale face of the maid, and waved his hand: "You don't need to wait on it, let's go." His servant maid was like an ancient eldest lady, and the female player looked at him several times. Chen Caixing didn't see that he continued to have breakfast with Xiaojiu.
After a while, Zhu Sui and Lin Xin arrived. Chen Caixing was almost done eating. He slowly drank the last mouthful of porridge, wiped his mouth, and said with a meaningful smile, "You two slept well at night, you got up so late."
The players at the table, a man and a woman, looked at Zhu Sui and Lin Xin with a look of astonishment. They didn't expect these two big men to have such a relationship.
"I'm done eating."
"Me too, let's go out."
The two went out in a hurry. There were only four people left in the main room. Chen Caixing wiped his hands and said, "Tell me, what happened next door?"
Zhu Sui wanted to deny that he and Lin Xinqing had no nightlife for three consecutive times, but Yuan Xing was blocked in one sentence, so he sat down and said, "A new female player in the yard next door said that she couldn't sleep well in the new place and woke up in the middle of the night. I came and found a woman lying outside the window looking in with red eyes, screaming in fright, but she was fine, she was a little frightened, and wanted to go home."
Chen Caixing thought that when he slept in a daze last night, he felt that something was staring at them outside the window.
The window here is papery, if you wake up in the middle of the night, the moonlight will shine through, and there will be someone peeping outside the window - what a pervert.
"Did the player see the woman's eyes?" Chen Caixing thought of the cursed Xiaomei.
Zhu Sui didn't know why, so he nodded: "Ah, it's because he can see clearly and clearly. He said that the red one has no pupils, and he kept shouting ghosts. But it's not a big deal. I think it's quite agile to speak, and it's enough to suppress the shock."
"Is there something wrong, Sister Yuan?" Lin Xin asked.
Chen Caixing said: "It depends on whether there will be an accident with the female player today. If there is no accident, this little beauty is really partial. Oh, I forgot that I am also a woman, then you two have to worry."
Two people: ? ?
"Medusa. A reminder of this world." Chen Caixing said calmly.
Zhu Sui who is eating eggs: ! ! !
"Cough, cough, cough." After a shocking cough, he was almost breathless when he was choked. Next to him, Lin Xin patted Zhu Sui's back, and hurriedly poured tea out of concern.
Chen Caixing watched the interaction between the two, thinking that a man's mouth is a deceiving ghost, and he said he didn't like it.
When Zhu Sui was smooth, she looked at Chen Caixing with choked tearful eyes, and was about to speak with sincerity, Chen Caixing said first: "Don't do this, I love my husband very much, my husband is very handsome, don't think about it Xiangxu, I know that I am a good-natured person, so give up, there is no room for this matter."
"..." Zhu Sui recalled, "Sister Yuan, didn't you say that your husband was cheating last time?"
Chen Caixing put one hand on his cheek, hehe smiled and said, "Second spring, I'm looking for another little fresh meat, my child will have a new father."
Zhu Sui's eyes became more and more complicated, and she didn't know whether to say that Sister Yuan's tactics were bullshit, or to congratulate the unmasked green hat honestly and humanely.
After a quick breakfast, the four set off for the mourning hall.
The mourning hall is located in the front yard, a place called Jingsi Hall. All funerals and condolences in the past are held here.
The lanterns hanging at the gate of the yard are no different from the two at the gate of Zhu Mansion. Once inside, they are all red and bright, and they suspect that they have gone to the wrong place. It looks like a mourning hall. Funeral supplies are all arranged in a festive manner, with paper tied with cranes, golden boys and girls all tied with red silk, and no coffins are parked in the mourning hall. The filial piety has been dead for a month.
The most eye-catching thing on the desk is a yellow scroll.
"It's the imperial edict." Zhu Sui said.
The jet-black tablet is engraved with: Zhu Feng, wife of Zhu Bin. The tablet is on the top, and a framed banner hangs, and You Long writes with a pen: Chastity Martyr Xiao Niang.
"It's really shit." Chen Caixing commented while looking at the banner.
From these two words, Zhu Sui felt the cry of Sister Yuan as a woman to the ancient feudal repression of women.
The four of them went straight out of the Zhu Mansion. Now, about February and March, Chen Caixing was wearing his long pearl dress with a cold neck. When he came out, he asked the maid for a cloak. On the contrary, Zhu Sui and Lin Xin dressed up and were pointed at each other.
"Go to the clothing store."
Yesterday, the purse given by Mrs. Zhu had fifty taels of silver bills in it, enough to buy and dress up. Chen Caixing bought clothes for him and Xiaojiu, and put the old skirts in the game backpack. When they came out, Zhu Sui and Lin Xin also changed them. The two wore hats and covered their short hair.
"Boss, where is the rouge gouache shop?" Chen Caixing asked with a smile.
"There is a house next door. If you want to agree, you have to go to South Street. There is the largest one. Where do the dignitaries and the ladies buy them." The boss smiled and pointed the way.
Chen Caixing thanked him, and Yuan Jiuwan said first, "Sister must be the best."
"The young master is really Yuxue cute, Madam, you are also bright and beautiful, the old man has never seen such a beautiful woman as you."
The guy next to him grumbled, "Didn't you say Xiao Niang is the prettiest before?"
"Shut up, you can't talk nonsense, Xiao Niang was awarded as a chaste martyr by the imperial court, we can't talk nonsense." The shopkeeper scolded the man, and explained with a smile: "In the past, Xiao Niang and Zhu Er Shao had patronized the old man together. The shop, the two Qinse and Mingen are in love, and the old man sighed for a while, no other meaning."
Zhu Sui hurriedly said, "Shopkeeper, what else do you know? Can you tell us more about the Zhu family?"
The shopkeeper seemed to be thinking of something, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly said: "Everyone, adults and little old people are talking nonsense, you don't know anything, don't blame them."
This is to identify them.
Zhu Sui was about to speak, but Chen Caixing said first: "Let's go, thank you boss."
The four of them went out of the shop, and Zhu Sui knew that there was nothing to ask. Their identities were sent by the emperor to 'send' a filial filial piety. The next person can't ask anything.
"Sister Yuan, do we want to go to the restaurant?" Zhu Sui thought of a crowded place where it would be easy to inquire.
Chen Caixing's destination is very firm, "I'll go to see the jewelry, let's meet at the biggest restaurant at noon."
"Also." Zhu Sui thought that the two big men should speak better.
South Street is the most prosperous place in the city, with various shops on both sides. Chen Caixing quickly found the gouache shop. The people working in the shop were all young ladies or little women, and the shoppers were also women, some dressed as little maids and some in fancy clothes.
Chen Caixing led Xiaojiu in, and a guy at the door stopped him and said politely, "Madam, men in our shop are not allowed to enter."
"Sister, I want to accompany my sister to buy things, don't look around, just look at my sister, okay?" Yuan Jiuwan said obediently and cutely.
Before the guy opened his mouth, the other women in the store said first: "Young master is just how old, it doesn't matter, let him in.", "Young master is so cute, who's child?", "You can't collide with my brother. Almost, but cuter than my brother."
The shopkeeper let it go.
With 90,000 yuan to open up the situation, Chen Caixing quickly infiltrated the customers, chatting with the female customer, and was asked who belonged to.
Chen Caixing frowned, his eyes were sad and strong, Yuan Jiuwan knew that he was going to die again.
"The deceased husband was a tea merchant. He was engaged in the business of buying and selling tea. He didn't make much money. He just supported his family. Who knows—" He covered his face with a handkerchief, his eyes were full of tears, and he said beautifully and weakly: "Who knew that he was unfortunate enough to encounter robbers on the way to buy goods. He was killed, leaving me and my younger brother with a shop, but I, a widow and my younger brother, couldn't protect the shop, and was taken away by the people of the clan, and they framed me. If it wasn't for the blood of my deceased husband, I really would have been. I really want to be hit and die."
Most of the people present were young and unmarried girls, who were filled with righteous indignation when they heard the story, some questioned and some were indignant.
Chen Caixing made up for him a little white lotus who was weak outside and strong and lonely. Now he sold his jewelry house and took his younger brother to a relative here. Fortunately, the relative treated her well, so he came to the gouache shop and wanted to buy some gifts in return.
"Sister Yuanxing is really nice."
After a while, Chen Caixing became the girl's friend, because he had a miserable background and could arouse everyone's sympathy.
"...I heard that you have a martyr who was consecrated by a saint here? It's a pity that I am pregnant with a child, otherwise—" Chen Caixing sighed while touching his stomach.
"Good sister, don't think like that." The female shopkeeper took Chen Caixing's hand and said, "Those things are not good to eat and drink, it's a false name, let's live a good life and live in peace."
"Yeah, Sister Yuan Xing, don't forget to look for a shortcoming like Xiao Niang."
"It's really strange. It's been ten years since the second young master Zhu died. How could Xiao Niang suddenly seek death?"
"I heard that I had a dream. I dreamed that the second young master Zhu was lonely and unattended underground. When Xiao Niang woke up, she said that she would also go underground to accompany the second young master Zhu."
The girls really liked these love stories. One woman recalled: "But I remember that Xiao Niang came to the gouache shop to buy things some time ago. She looked very happy, and she didn't look like someone who would seek death."
"Yes, I also saw Xiao Niang in the silk and satin village. I bought a lot of fabrics at that time. Those brightly colored fabrics were all worn by little girls. Xiao Niang saw me and said that the cloth was bought for my niece."
"The filial madam is really nice. She has been a widow for ten years at a young age. In front of Mrs. Zhu's prudent service at dawn and dusk, Mrs. Zhu has a decree on her body. The mother is dead."
"In those days, the marriage between Xiao Niang and Zhu Er Young Master was a beautiful talk. Xiao Niang had a good appearance, and Zhu Er Young Master was highly valued by the saints. He was promoted to junior general at a young age, but his life was hard. The two married within a year, Zhu Er The young master went to war and never came back."
"But the eldest of the Zhu family is not good enough. He has been involved in eating, drinking, prostitutes and gambling. If I were an old lady, I really hope that the two sons will be the same.
"Listen to you, the eldest young master of the Zhu family is not at all good?" Chen Caixing asked curiously.
"That may be the birth of a good son. Young Master Zhu passed the test at a young age. I heard that Mrs. Zhu has given a good marriage, but unfortunately, the marriage will be delayed when the filial piety dies."
"That's right. My filial piety treats the pair of sons and daughters that my eldest brother left behind, better than their wife who eats fast and recites sutras."
…
Chen Caixing listened to the gossip of Zhu Mansion, and smoothed out the characters in the mansion. The jewelry and gouache bought on the basis of his life experience were all discounted by 20%, and the shopkeeper even combed his hair into a beautiful bun. At about noon, he and Xiao Jiu came out of the gouache shop, went straight to the largest restaurant on the street, and went up to the second floor. Zhu Sui and Lin Xin sat by the window.
"What was the result of the morning?"
Zhu Sui was a little dejected and said, "Everyone ignored me when I mentioned how Xiao Niang died. Later, I thought that I couldn't ask that, so I asked Xiao Niang and Zhu Bin's relationship, and how Mrs. Zhu was. It is said that Mrs. Zhu is happy and kind, and nothing else."
"How about you, Miss Yuan?"
"Your sister Yuan is of course the best." Chen Caixing told the two of them what they heard.
Mrs. Zhu gave birth to two sons. The two sons were far apart in age. The eldest was named Zhu Yong. This was born when Mrs. Zhu entered the palace as a wet nurse. She had no great prospects. They gave birth to their youngest son, Zhu Bin, the husband of Xiao Niang.
Xiao Niang married Zhu Bin at the age of 16. At the age of 17, Zhu Bin went out to fight and died. Xiao Niang was a widow for ten years, and suddenly committed suicide a month ago.
"Suicide?" Zhu Sui doubted.
Chen Caixing glanced at Zhu Sui and said, "Young man, be confident and believe in your doubts."