Shen Qing was grateful, and for a while, a thousand words were piled up in his chest, and he didn't know where to start, so he could only stand beside her in a daze, looking at her and smirking.
Qiao Fengyi was uncomfortable by him, hurriedly walked to the courtyard, and picked up the basket she brought, "Here are some incense, candles, and paper money, which should be able to be used tonight," she looked at the door, her brows furrowed slightly, "Those two officials outside were sent by Lord Cheng to protect you?"
” Shen Qing nodded, "Master Jiang is also here these days, but she is going out now, and she will be back in a while." ” "The government is worried that Sun Huaijin will be unfavorable to you?"
Shen Qing was afraid that she would be worried, so she smiled lightly, "The government has sent people to search for them in the mountains for a few days, but there is no trace of them, I think, they must have fled."
Xin'an City is well defended now, who would be so stupid to throw himself into the net, so don't worry. ” "A few days ago, you were still anxious that the eldest sister of the Jiao family would be buried without a coffin, has this matter been resolved?"
Shen Qing smashed his mouth, "The coffin has fallen, but the Jiao family doesn't say where the coffin came from, so I don't want to ask too much," he shrugged, "Anyway, the eldest sister doesn't have to be sent to the iron and stone fence now, and my heart will be at peace." ” When Jiang Xixi came out of Xin'an Mansion with a team of officials, it was almost dusk, and as soon as she stepped out of the threshold, she saw Yan Niang walking towards her, so she walked towards her with a smile, "Miss Yan, come to find an adult?"
” Yan Niang nodded, "Miss Jiang, are you going to the Shen family?"
” "According to Shen Qing's inference, today should be the best time for Sun Huaijin to be resurrected, so the adults ask us to protect Shen Qing's safety."
Yan Niang looked at the sunset that was falling downward, "Today is the day of the lunar eclipse, at that time, the sky will all be swallowed up by darkness, and the yin qi will reach its peak, it is indeed a good day to come back from the dead, but," she gritted her teeth and sneered, "The resurrected thing is probably just a monster with an empty flesh and blood body." ” "Miss Yan also knows that today is the day of the lunar eclipse?
The first time I heard this word, it was from Shen Qing, when I was a child, my father always said that the moon would be swallowed by the tengu, so whenever this time, everyone would beat the gong and drum to drive the tengu away.
But Shen Qing said that the moon was only temporarily obscured from its light, which is why this phenomenon occurred.
But how can Miss Yan, a woman, know so many strange truths?
” "I also heard what others said, so I wrote it down," Yan Niang patted her on the shoulder, "Go quickly, don't miss the hour." ” As she spoke, she walked towards the door, and when she passed by, Jiang Xixi stopped and looked at her sideways, "Miss Yan, when you disguised yourself as me, no one recognized you, only adults can recognize you, this is ......"
She lowered her head and bit her lip, and then smiled at Yan Niang, "This is good, really good." ” "What?"
Yan Niang was preoccupied with Sun Huaijin's resurrection, and she didn't hear the deep meaning of her words for a while.
Jiang Xixi winked at Yan Niang, and the gloom on her face for many days was swept away, "It's much easier to say it, I feel relieved that he can treat a person like this." ” After saying this, she walked towards the team of officials waiting for her without looking back, and her steps were much brisker.
Yan Niang shrugged, "This girl only talks half of what she says, and she doesn't know who she learned from." ” She walked into the yamen quickly, and saw Cheng Muyou standing alone in the public hall, so she walked over, "My lord, there is no news from the person who sent it?"
” Cheng Muyou turned around and shook his head at her, "That mountain is very deep, the terrain inside is complicated, and the towering ancient trees cover the sky and the sun, it is a great luck that my people can come out, let alone find people." ” Yan Niang's heart moved, and she said that those servants were okay, as soon as she came back, she ordered her right ear to go to the mountains to find someone, but after so many days, there was no news, it was really a strange thing.
Seeing that her face was wrong, Cheng Muyou's vigilance suddenly rose, "Miss Yan, what are you thinking?"
” Yan Niang looked out the door, it was getting dark, and the night was gathering towards Xin'an City little by little, she hesitated to say her conclusion, "My lord, have they been hiding in the city these days?"
” "Shen Qing is the same as you think, so I've been arranging for people to patrol the city these days, but," he frowned and shook his head gently, "I still haven't found the whereabouts of these two people." ” "That's strange, it's not in the mountains, and it can't be found in the city, did they really escape?"
As soon as the dishes and chopsticks were set, a few dirty little hands reached out on the table, and Jiao Xiaomei took the chopsticks and gently knocked them on the back of those hands, "Go, go, this is for the eldest sister to enjoy, she hasn't eaten yet, what are you anxious about." ” "Big sister, big sister is not," a child sniffed and pointed to the coffin in the middle of the courtyard.
Jiao Xiaomei's heart trembled, "Eldest sister will go home today, you are not allowed to touch anything, otherwise, don't blame me for being rude with chopsticks." ” The children grunted, their eyes lingered on the table for a while, and then they took a few deep breaths before reluctantly leaving the table.
Seeing Jiao Xiaomei standing at the table with a sad expression, Shen Qing hurriedly stepped forward, he handed over a dustpan containing grass and wood ashes, "Come, let's throw these ashes into the yard, so that we will know if your sister has ever come back." ” Jiao Xiaomei nodded with tears in her eyes, walked towards the courtyard with a dustpan, and carefully spread the ashes inside and outside the door.
Qiao Fengyi saw that Shen Qing was clumsy, and the grass and wood ashes were sprinkled all over the ground, so she hurriedly walked over to help, and the two of them paved the grass and wood ashes into a path together, picked up the paper money prepared in advance, pasted one foot above a bamboo pole, and finally inserted it under the eaves of the house where Jiao Damei lived before her death.
The paper money was blown by the wind, and Shen Qing smiled gloomily, "I didn't believe in these things at all before, I thought that when people die, they are dead, turn into ashes and turn into smoke, dissipate with the wind, and never come back."
But now, I prefer to believe that people still have souls after death, so that they can at least know that the people in the world are thinking about them, so that even if they walk on the Yellow Spring Road, they will not feel lonely. ” Qiao Fengyi held his hand and gave him a warm smile, "The eldest sister will be relieved to see the work we have done for her, you can rest assured." ” This smile made him feel a lot more comfortable in his heart, so he put a palm on the back of Qiao Fengyi's hand again, and said the sentence that had been held in his heart for a long time, "Fengyi, with you by my side, even if the road ahead is bumpy, I am fearless." ” Qiao Fengyi pulled her hand back suddenly, she stood up, her eyes staring at the door vigilantly, "Shen Qing, did you hear that?"
Outside, it seemed as if someone was calling for help. ”