After walking for less than half an hour, the sun came to the center of the sky and cast a bright white light on the two of them.
Yan Niang was afraid of the heat, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her neck, so she took off the outer leather shoulder and hung it on her arm.
With her movement, a strange fragrance wafted through the nostrel of the herd, and he took a light breath, "Lotus fragrance." ” Yan Niang looked back at him, "What?"
” Cheng Muyou lowered his eyebrows and smiled lightly, "It's okay, I just think that the incense used by Mrs. is different from hers, faint, very similar to the smell in the lotus pond on a summer night, the hibiscus is not as good as the beauty makeup, and the water hall is fragrant and fragrant, that's it." ” Yan Niang frowned, "The official is weird today, no, not today, something was wrong after you came back from outside yesterday, and you didn't say a word, I called you and you ignored me, as if you had lost your soul," she leaned closer to him, a hint of cunning flashed in her eyes, "I heard Shi Fei say, you went to see a girl, it won't be a spring heart, and you were hooked by her, right?"
” Cheng Muyou straightened his face, "This kid is still going to tell the truth?"
” Yan Niang squinted and smiled, "I asked him, and I also threatened him, if he didn't say it, I would tell him that he liked other people's girls, so he could only explain honestly." ” Cheng Muyou raised his eyebrows, with a curious look on his face, "Shi Fei also has a favorite girl?"
Madame tell me quickly, I will help him check the gates, he has a bad eye, don't accidentally find a dominatrix to come back, make the chicken and dog restless. ” Yan Niang was amused by him, and just wanted to speak, but the horse suddenly stopped, she was careless, leaned forward sharply, and hit Cheng Muyou's chest again.
"It didn't hurt, did you?"
Cheng Muyou held her shoulder, his face full of concern.
Yan Niang didn't answer him, but her eyes fell on a dense grave not far away, a breeze blew, bringing a desolate atmosphere, and the sun above her head was no longer as hot as ever, but became gray, a little more gloomy.
"Here, this is the biggest cemetery here, the poor, and those who don't have a good death are buried here, let's look everywhere to see if we can find ambergris here."
After she finished speaking, she jumped off the horse, Cheng Muyou also leaned over and dismounted, and the two walked towards the cemetery together.
Hundreds of yellow "earthen bags" were undulating, and the paper money and white flags on them were blown by the wind, making a "whoosh" sound, and some floated onto the placket of Cheng Muyou's clothes.
Seeing this, Yan Niang hurriedly leaned down to help him brush off the paper money, and said softly, "These money are stained with the breath of ghosts, don't be stuck by them." ” Cheng Muyou smiled at her, "With Madame here, am I still afraid that they won't work?"
” "If one day I am gone, won't the officials have to ask for more blessings for themselves?"
She looked up, and there was a warm feeling in her eyes.
Cheng Muyou's heart twitched suddenly, and he wanted to say something, but the words were all blocked in his throat, and he couldn't say a word.
He looked at the back of the figure who had already gotten up and walked forward, and a great sense of desolation rose in his heart, so he took three steps and made two steps to chase after her, walking side by side with her.
"Let's split up, it's quicker."
Yan Niang said while looking at the surrounding tombs.
"Let's go together, so let's take care of it."
Cheng Muyou moved a little closer to her, and his shoulders almost touched her delicate shoulders.
He suddenly felt that time was passing quickly among these wastelands, so fast that he panicked, and he tried to seize it, but he knew that it was all in vain.
Perhaps from the beginning, he fell into her elaborate trap, but even so, he still did not regret it, and only begged her to stay a little longer, a little longer.
Cheng Muyou secretly looked at her from the corner of his eye, eyes, nose, lips, he wanted to engrave everything she had into his heart, even if it was not her real body, even if it was just a layer of human skin she put on her body.
"Official, you see there seems to be a big hole in front of you."
Yan Niang stopped suddenly, and pointed her hand forward.
Cheng Muyou came back to his senses, looked forward in the direction she pointed, and saw a grave pit blocked behind by wild grass.
Around the grave were piles of loess, apparently thrown from underneath.
The two glanced at each other, walked forward together, walked to the grave, Cheng Muyou squatted down, pondered for a long time, and then pointed to a shallow trace on the soil, and said to Yan Niang, "Madame, look here, this is a shoe print, although only half is left, but it can still be seen, and here, there are also a few vague shoe prints." ” "It's not surprising that thing crawled out of the grave, and it doesn't seem strange that it has shoe prints."
Yan Niang leaned over and squatted beside him.
Cheng Muyou still stared at the shallow seal, and said quietly, "It's not strange that there are shoe prints, what is strange is the shape of this print, madam, you see, the texture of this sole is fine and exquisite, obviously not ordinary cloth shoes and straw shoes, in my opinion, it looks like silk shoes." ” Yan Niang also came closer, "Silk shoes?
I remember that there was a special silk shoe bureau in the palace to produce silk boots and shoes for the royal family, and each shoe cost the palace people a month's work, and this kind of shoes was not something that ordinary people could wear. ” Cheng Muyou stood up and swept his gaze over the loess bags around him one by one, "Madame is right, but this is a cemetery for the poor, how can people who can wear silk shoes be buried here?"
” Yan Niang nodded, walked quickly to his side, and asked urgently, "What did the official think?"
” Cheng Muyou shook his head slowly, a trace of doubt appeared in his eyes, "I can't deduce anything from this seal alone, but I have a feeling that this matter is unpredictable, and the water behind it may be deeper than we imagined."
With that, he stared into the distance without saying a word, and the feeling of loneliness was obvious.
Yan Niang saw him with a sad face, suddenly smiled, stretched out her hand and waved in front of his eyes, "Master Cheng, you are a clever and clever Xin'an County Commander, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are full of praise for you, how can you encounter such a tricky case, are you ready to retreat?"
” Cheng Muyou knew that she was cheering herself up, and he couldn't help but feel a warmth in his heart, but he also knew that the reason why he was so depressed was not because of the case in front of him, but because of the short but shocking conversation yesterday.
However, he still beat his spirits and gave Yan Niang a faint smile back, wanting to say something morale-boosting to her.
But before they could speak, a small hole suddenly collapsed in the nearest tomb, and then a pale hand slowly poked out of the hole.