With this chill that penetrated deep into the bone marrow, the window behind him also began to "praise and praise", and the window edge seemed to be broken, making an ugly "creaking" sound.
Why did the wind suddenly blow on the flat ground?
Zhen'er didn't have time to think about it now, she was afraid of disturbing Xun'er, so she hurriedly walked to the window and wanted to close the few windows that were opening and closing.
However, as soon as her hand touched the window, she saw a figure standing in the courtyard, the man was plain from head to toe, and even his face seemed to be shrouded in a white smoke, and she couldn't see clearly, the only bit of color was the papier-mâché lantern she held in her hand, a little red light embedded in the middle of the lantern, fresh and green, like a drop of blood that had not yet coagulated.
Although Zhen'er couldn't see her face clearly, she could recognize her identity in an instant just from her figure.
"Eldest sister" she cried, and slowly raised her hand, "Eldest sister, are you not at ease with Xun'er, so you want to come back to see him, you can rest assured, he was taught very well by his brother-in-law, and he is better at me, and he will be able to become a great tool in the future."
The figure didn't move, and he didn't speak, but the force of the opening and closing of several windows was greater, and he smashed into the window edge with a "bang", eager to fight to the death, and the jade was burned.
"Sister, what's wrong with you?
Do you have something on your mind, you tell me, I'll help you, don't scare Xun'er. ” Duan Zhen'er could feel that the figure opposite exuded a strong hatred, but she didn't understand that the eldest sister was depressed because of the second sister's affairs, but in the final analysis, the person who was stripped of her skin and mutilated by the wicked was the second sister, why did the eldest sister linger and couldn't rest in peace.
The two of them stared out of the window like this, after a while, the wind dispersed, and a few windows finally returned to tranquility, Zhen'er looked up at the front, she saw the red light in the lantern gradually dimmed, as if to dissolve in the night, she couldn't help but be shocked, knowing that the eldest sister was leaving, just wanted to push the door and chase out, but her thigh was hugged, so frightened that she was full of excitement, and barely stood firm by holding the windowsill with her hand.
"Auntie, auntie, I dreamed of my mother, I dreamed of my mother."
Xun'er sobbed sadly, tears wetting her clothes.
Duan Zhen'er looked at the courtyard again and found that the figure had completely disappeared, so she squatted down and hugged Xun'er in her arms, "Xun'er, don't cry, Xun'er is not afraid, my aunt is here to accompany you," she wiped away the tears on Xun'er's face, "But Xun'er shouldn't remember what her mother looks like, how could she dream of her?"
” "I don't recognize her, I can't even see her face, but I know she's my mother, my mother."
This mother broke Duan Zhen'er's heart, she held Xun'er in her arms and kissed him a few times on the cheek, "It doesn't matter if my mother is gone, Xun'er still has her father, and her aunt, and there are so many people who love you, don't be sad, okay?"
” Xun'er nodded, hugged Duan Zhen'er's neck tightly, and gently rubbed on it.
"By the way, Xun'er, in your dream, did your mother say anything to you?"
Thinking of the scene she saw just now, Duan Zhen'er was still uneasy.
She didn't speak, she just stood motionless in front of me with the lantern in her hand.
"That lantern, have Xun'er seen it before?"
"Why haven't you seen it, it's our Cheng family's lanterns, and there are a lot of them in my grandfather's house."
Li Shen checked several doors inside and outside Duan's mansion, and then returned to the courtyard where he lived, and was just about to push the door into the room, but found that Cheng Muyou walked in from the outside, so he hurriedly greeted him, "Uncle, is it that the people are not taking care of you, what are you missing, tell me, I'll get it for you." ” Cheng Muyou shook his head slightly, sat down on the stone bench in the courtyard, and then pointed to the stool opposite, "Sit, I have something I want to ask you about." ” Li Shen also sat down, "Ask me?"
Uncle, you laughed, if you have any orders, just say it. ” Cheng Muyou looked him straight in the eye, "I wanted to ask you about that incident six years ago." ” Li Shen's body suddenly became half shorter, "Six years ago, my aunt and uncle were talking about the second young lady?"
” "That's right, I heard my father-in-law say that you were the watchman of Banzai Mountain back then."
Li Shen nodded, "Yes, it's all the kindness of the master, seeing that I was covered in bruises and couldn't do the work of looking at the mountains, he took me in," he raised his head, "But uncle, what happened back then really has nothing to do with me, the government tortured me for a few days, and finally released me, my uncle won't still suspect me." ” Cheng Muyou smiled faintly, "You don't have to be nervous, I know that this matter has nothing to do with you, I came to ask you, in those days, did you meet any suspicious people on the mountain." ” Li Shen lowered his head and pondered, "The climate at that time was similar to now, and the weather was already starting to get hot, so there were not many people who went up to the mountain to worship the Buddha and pray for blessings, so if someone was suspicious, I should have found it, but I really haven't seen such a person after thinking about it." ” "Have you seen any strange marks?"
"Sigils?"
"Like footprints or something like that."
Cheng Muyou reminded him softly on the side.
Li Shen frowned and raised his head, and after a while lowered his head again, as if desperately trying to extract something of value from his barren memories.
Finally, he set his eyes on Cheng Muyou's face, "Yes." ” "What is it?"
"Square seal," he stretched out his palm and made a few strokes on it, "It's less than half the size of the palm, a long string, by the way, it's divided into two rows, just like a shoe print, one left and one right, one in front and one behind, and when it comes to the grass, it's gone, I wondered what it was, but I didn't figure it out left and right, and within a few days, there was something about the second lady." ” Cheng Muyou took out a piece of paper from the placket of his clothes, on which were drawn two rectangular marks, "You can see clearly, is it such a seal?"
” Li Shen nodded excitedly, "That's right, that's it, uncle, how do you know what this mark looks like?"
” "Sure enough, it was the same person."
Cheng Muyou ignored him, frowning and looking at the ground, "The same person who killed Yu'er and Jiao Xiaomei." ” Li Shen stood up in fright, "Uncle, do you mean that the murderer who killed the second lady came out to kill again?"
” Cheng Muyou nodded, "Don't publicize this matter to the public for the time being, I'm afraid of startling the snake." ” After saying this, he stood up and walked towards the door, Li Shen looked at his back, thinking about his words, and suddenly felt that this hot and humid night was not so hot, and he even felt a trace of coolness, which was rushing up along his ankles little by little, making him feel cold all over his body.