Seeing that there was no excitement to see, everyone dispersed, but Yan Niang did not leave, she leaned on the door frame, staring at the end of the road with a pair of beautiful eyes, as if waiting for someone to arrive.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for Cheng Muyou's figure to appear, he was dressed in civilian clothes, and walked straight towards Jihong Embroidery Village from the direction of Xin'an Mansion, and came to her in front of her after a while.
Yan Niang saluted, and greeted the courtyard with her hand, "My lord, please come in." ” "You don't ask me why I'm here?"
"Anyway, it's not here to congratulate me on my opening."
With two cups of tea in his right ear, he retreated, Cheng Muyou took a sip of tea, and then looked at Yan Niang, his eyes were clear and translucent, "Miss Yan, I came here for two things, one is to thank you for saving Xun'er, and it is twice, I heard the child say, since he put on the collar you gave, he is no longer disturbed by nightmares, and his body is gradually recovering, such a great grace, I should personally come to thank you." ” "Lord Cheng is serious, Xun'er is smart and clever, and his personality is in love with me, so I gave him that collar, as for what I said no longer bothered by nightmares, it must be just a coincidence, I am a woman, but the adult said that I seem to be amazing."
Cheng Muyou smiled faintly, "Okay, let's not talk about this matter for the time being, I still have something I want to ask the girl clearly." ” "Oh?"
Yan Niang looked at the man in front of her in surprise, there seemed to be an undercurrent surging under his gentle appearance, "The little girl has just arrived, is there anything worthy of an adult coming to the door for advice?"
” "Of course there is," Cheng Muyou stared at Yan Niang intently, "Miss Yan, what I want to ask is, where did you find the unconscious Xun'er on the day you first came to Xin'an City?"
” Yan Niang groaned slightly, and then said, "South Street." ” "South Street?"
"At that time, Sanjiu and I had just entered the city, and when we walked to South Street, he was anxious to relieve himself, so he turned into a remote alley, and it was at that time that he saw Xun'er lying on a piece of bluestone, unconscious."
"It was exactly what I expected."
Cheng Muyou stood up suddenly, he looked at Yan Niang, and the gentleness on his face turned into a layer of determination.
"My lord, I don't understand."
A few days ago, a child named Zhu Wuer lost his life in the night, and his family came to the government today to report the case, saying that the child's sister was also missing.
I was at his house on the night Zhu Wu'er died, and I saw with my own eyes a ghost thing running away from the courtyard and fleeing towards South Street, and Shi Fei was also disfigured by that thing. ” "So what do you mean by the fact that the reason why so many children in Sin'an City died was not because of the epidemic, but because they were killed by that ghost?
And the hiding place of that ghost thing is very likely to be on South Street in Xin'an City?
” Cheng Muyou looked at Yan Niang with interest, "Miss Yan said that she is a woman, but in my opinion, it is not too much to call you a heroine among women, if you are an ordinary woman, when you hear such a terrifying story, you should have been frightened and overwhelmed, how can you be so indifferent." ” "The adults have won the award, Yan Niang has a rough background, and she has been displaced since she was a child, so she naturally has more knowledge than those young ladies who don't go out of the boudoir."
"Is Miss Yan a chivalrous traveler?"
Cheng Muyou made no secret of the suspicion in his eyes.
Yan Niang smiled lightly at that gaze, "If you are interested in Yan Niang's life experience, I will prepare a pot of good wine and tell you in detail one by one." ” Cheng Muyou's expression froze, he had never seen such a bold woman dare to blatantly tease him as a local official.
He lowered his eyelids and cleared his throat, "It's me who is abrupt, Miss Yan, then I won't bother anymore, I still have official business to deal with, so I'll leave first."
With that, he didn't look at her again, and walked out the door.
"Slow down, adults."
Yan Niang spit out these four words softly, she looked at Cheng Muyou Qingjun's back, and squeezed out an inaudible cold snort from her nose.
The right ear walked in from outside the door, he nodded in the direction of Cheng Muyou, and then asked, "Why lie to him, we obviously didn't find Xun'er on South Street." ” "Every piece of clothing sent by Qi Fenglou has a peculiar smell, so I want to take the opportunity to sell him a favor."
Yan Niang picked up a teacup with two fingers, lowered her head and pondered for a while, then suddenly raised her head, her eyes were bright and scary, and she muttered, "The body is intact, the body is intact, by the way, Dali, why didn't I think of that place?"
With that, she stood up and walked out without looking back.
The right ear followed her and shouted, "Are you going out?"
It's going to be dark, and the appearance of being given to Qi Fenglou tomorrow hasn't been embroidered yet. ” "I'll leave it to you," Yan Niang replied without replying, "I must finish it before I come back, otherwise I won't give you food tomorrow." ” "Where are you going?"
"Ironstone Fence."
Before she could finish speaking, she was gone.
For many years, the corpses of prisoners who were beheaded by the government due to wars, plagues, natural disasters and the government would be hastily buried here, and the families were not bad, and the corpses would be put into a thin coffin and then transported, while those poor families could only roll their relatives in a straw mat and throw them in your nest where the bones were born.
The terrain is already low, and there are very few people who come here on weekdays, so even during the day, the whole mountain valley is cold and surrounded by a milky white mist.
When the adults of Sin'an reprimanded the children, they would always use this place to scare them, "If you don't obey you, you will be thrown into the iron and stone fence, where there are man-eating monsters hidden everywhere, their eyes are green, like two clusters of ghost fire, and their tongues are long and rough, and they can rip human flesh off the bones with a light lick."
"Children are always frightened into making a ghostly cry and obediently climb to bed, but in their dreams they will inevitably come to that legendary place, and they will find that behind the weeds lies fierce monsters, which let out a low roar from their chests, and their sharp teeth stick out of their mouths, ready to bite off their delicate necks.
Shi Jin was also frightened by the story of the iron and stone fence since he was a child, so even if he is now a tall official and a big official, even if he has long known that those stories are made up by adults to deceive children, but when he walked into this desolate mountain pass, his heart was still full of nervous emotions, he wiped the sweat on his forehead, pulled the sword out of the scabbard and held it tightly in his hand, stood in place and calmed down for a moment, and then walked towards the depths of the iron and stone fence.