For humans, monsters are basically what knowledgeable scholars have learned about in books. Ordinary people have almost no idea about them. They only know that they are terrifying monsters in legends. But now, they all appear alive in her. In front of you, it's all real, real.
Yes, she has now truly discovered that this world has become unusual. It is like a completely different world, a strange world. Except for the people, everything else is different.
"Are you... okay?" Looking at Ye Xingtong's dejected look, Wu Ye asked.
After finishing speaking, Wu Ye was shocked to realize that he had cared about Ye Xingtong more than once, which he found incredible.
"No, there's something wrong. The Qin family, the Wang family..." Ye Xingtong thought carefully with his eyebrows raised, always feeling that he had forgotten some important clues. What was it? He covered his head tightly with his hands, but his brain was completely blank.
She must have overlooked something. As long as she thinks of that, the truth will be revealed.
"Just now they said that only members of the Qin family and the Wang family were attacked and died innocently. The county magistrate was unable to find out the truth. It must be related to the incident I encountered yesterday. That woman, the woman whose face could not be seen clearly, She is undoubtedly a murderer, but she doesn’t look like a human being.”
"You can guess elsewhere." Wu Ye suddenly said.
"Somewhere else?" Ye Xingtong smiled and looked at Wu Ye with a smile: "Yes, why did I forget you? You know who that woman is, right?"
The moment he caught a glimpse of Wu Ye's expression changing slightly, Ye Xingtong knew that he had guessed correctly.
"Who is it? Where is she from?"
"I don't know, I only know that she is not an ordinary person, not an ordinary mortal." Wu Ye said, then remained silent.
Not an ordinary mortal? Then it must have some special ability.
Ye Xingtong asked him again, but he stopped answering. Ye Xingtong didn't want to meddle in his own business, so he didn't pursue it to the end.
The two of them walked around casually looking at the strange and strange things in the street market.
"Do you think it would look good if I applied this rouge?" Ye Xingtong almost blurted out as she picked up a rouge box on the stall.
Only when he said it did he realize that the person behind him was not that person.
"It doesn't look good. It looks like a monkey's butt when applied." Wu Ye told the truth without much hesitation in his heart.
Like a monkey's butt? She still didn't want it.
Ye Xingtong put it back sarcastically: "Then forget it."
Now she never dresses herself carefully. How long ago it was? Things in her previous life seem to be farther away from now, and her memory has become a bit blurry. She always drags Jin Qicai to go shopping with her. She In the front, he was excitedly choosing various things like a grown-up child. He followed behind like a spring breeze, helped her pay in time, and always tolerated all her mischief and malicious calculations.
Always look at her lovingly and stand behind her when she needs him.
"Girl, wait, your brother is young and doesn't understand this. Girl, look again, a young and beautiful girl like you likes rouge and gouache the most. If you dress up well, she will definitely be even more beautiful than she is now. , there are other styles, do you want to take a look at them all?”
The rouge seller was a young woman. Seeing that Ye Xingtong was about to leave, he hurriedly called to her.
Ye Xingtong looked at the young woman in front of him, turned around slowly, with a flash of deep thought in his eyes, took out some broken silver and put it on the side of the stall, and said: "Girl, I want to ask you a few questions, as long as you can Answer me, and these coins will be yours."
The young woman was stunned for a moment. She did not expect such a good thing. A trace of astonishment flashed in her eyes. She quickly waved her hand and refused: "No, no reward for no merit. I can't ask for the girl's money in vain."
"I won't let you ask for it in vain, as long as you answer me a few questions." Ye Xingtong said with a slight smile.
"Okay, please, girl," the young woman said.
"Where did you work before?"
The woman stiffened and forced a smile: "Girl, you can ask other questions, but being on duty is my private matter. Can you not answer these questions?"
"I don't mean anything else, I just asked casually. If you don't want to answer, forget it. What I want to ask next is, what happened in Poyang County recently? I need to know more details. After all, what happened here There are a lot of weird things, and I think it’s safer to know some for my own safety.” It’s true that she doesn’t want to meddle in other people’s business, but her curiosity always drives her to do things that have nothing to do with her, such as Now.
"Did the girl come from afar, right? No wonder she doesn't know these things. This happened more than a month ago." The young woman lowered her eyes and murmured. Maybe she saw that Ye Xingtong had no ill intentions, so she treated her The matter was also told.
"That's all, word for word." After the woman finished speaking, there were tears in the corners of her eyes. She didn't want to marry a poor boy and just show off her face and sell things here. But other than that, Is there any other way she can do it? She had served Mrs. Qin in the Qin Mansion for several years, and she didn't want to leave her. Mrs. Qin had always been kind to her servants. When she made the decision to leave, her face only changed slightly, and she said she was sorry, and then gave her She left with a large sum of silver and jewelry.
At that time, she almost knelt down and said not to leave. The lady looked like that. Not only did she not help at all, but she even escaped in a humble way just to survive. She really deserved to die.
But she didn't want to die. She could only wait for death if she stayed in the Qin family. She knew how frightened she felt when she learned that the servants of the Qin family were dying one after another. There is an idea, marry out, marry out, no matter who it is, as long as you can leave the Qin family, as long as you can continue to live.
Suddenly raising her head, the woman asked in confusion: "Girl, how did you know that I work as an errand for a wealthy family?"
She didn't tell this girl about her past, so how did she know that she was working as an errand in another company
"It's not difficult. Women from ordinary families are different from those who have worked as maids in rich families. You can see it in every gesture. As the saying goes, those who are close to vermillion are red, and those who are close to ink are black. You can learn it even if you are exposed to it. It’s a lot of things, thank you girl for telling me frankly today, just think of this money as a thank you gift.” Ye Xingtong said.
Turn around and leave with Wu Ye.
His expression gradually changed from casual to serious.
Based on the description just now by the young woman who once worked as a servant in the Qin family, she roughly summarized it as follows.
A month ago, some strange things happened to the Qin family and the Wang family. Every other day, servants died in strange ways. Everyone died in the same way. They were killed by an unknown sharp weapon. It pierced the neck and throat, directly bleeding to death.
When every servant dies, he will not close his eyes, his eyes will be wide open, and blood will flow to the ground, forming a strange picture. If you look at it carefully, you will find that the blood stains will automatically form a blood-red "qiu".
It makes everyone who sees it frightened and terrified.
This is something that happens almost every other day. Strangely enough, it was first reported by the Wang family at first. At that time, it had not attracted attention. In order to prevent the scandal from spreading, the matter was blocked. Later, it was the Qin family. Something happened to the family. The symptoms were exactly the same as those of the Wang family. Then someone would be killed every day, either from the Qin family or from the Wang family. Within a few days, the matter could no longer be concealed. Neither the Wang family nor the Qin family could find out what happened. In the end, I had no choice but to report the incident to the government, but after nearly a month of investigation, the truth of the matter was still not found, and people are still being killed to this day.
Last night, she passed by the door of the Qin family's residence, and happened to hear the screams inside.
Then he rushed in regardless.
That young woman was originally a first-class maid of the Qin family, Mrs. Qin, and she was usually very popular with Mrs. Qin. According to Mrs. Qin, she only had one biological daughter, so she raised the woman as her own goddaughter. She was rarely asked to do any heavy work, and she lived a life of luxury almost like that of a wealthy lady.
However, strange things happened constantly in the Qin family. The woman didn't want to be the target of being brutally killed by bad guys one night, so she learned from the pain and decided to leave. She thought Mrs. Qin would keep her, but she didn't expect that after Mrs. Qin heard about it, she immediately He agreed and gave her some money and jewelry.
Later, she married a poor peasant boy and lived a poor peasant life. She mended clothes at night and sold some rouge and gouache during the day to make ends meet.
This is one of the weird things.
There is another strange thing that has been spread by word of mouth for more than a month.
That is, Qin Qiqin, the only young lady of the Qin family, suddenly became ill more than a month ago and became crazy. Like all madmen, she talked like crazy and had a terrifying greediness at the corner of her mouth. Everyone except Qin Qiqin Except for the wife of the Qin family, the master of the Qin family, and her personal maid Xingzi, everyone stayed away.
The young woman did not elaborate on the incident of Miss Qin's illness, but judging from the way she hesitated, one could guess that she must have been very crazy when she became ill.
The two things that happened before and after seemed to be related, but judging from the time when they happened, they were deeply connected.
"By the way, I remembered. I felt something was wrong at first. Yes, that's the clue, the clue that runs through everything. Now I finally remember it." Ye Xingtong said, suddenly enlightened.
Last night, she went out to look for Wu Ye. When she rushed there, the maid on the ground was still breathing her last breath and pulled her sleeves and said something.
The maid said: "Help...save me...Qin...Qin..."
At first she thought she was talking about Qin, but now she connected all the events and guessed that the word was "Qin".
(End of chapter)