After the hero goes crazy

Chapter 59 Looking for a Son

The hawker said that he is not in a hurry to urge Mallow to choose candied haws:
"Many people in the mansion were awakened, and they beat snakes in the middle of the night. This morning, they took a few bags and loaded them into vehicles. The people from the general's mansion sent a black armored army to transport a lot of snake corpses out of the city."

"So many!" Although Mallow heard the hawker say that there were many snakes, she was still taken aback when she heard that the car was transporting snake corpses out of the city.

Usually in summer, it is not a rare event for long snakes to appear, but when the number is large, it is already very evil.

What's more, it's already early November. Logically speaking, the group of snakes has already hibernated. Now that there are groups of snakes, it's no wonder that this incident has already spread to everyone around.

There was a reminder from yesterday's dream that Yao Shouning was almost certain that the incident with the snake in the General's Mansion last night was inseparable from the black air that penetrated between Lu Zhi's eyebrows yesterday.

Thinking about it carefully, the night before Su Miaozhen came, she dreamed that her cousin, who took the name of Hu Miaozhen, knocked on the door;

And after Lu Zhi's black gas entered her body, she dreamed that the black gas between Lu Zhi's eyebrows turned into a snake and rushed towards her face.

The fulfillment of the two dreams is not only a foreknowledge for her, but also a kind of advance warning, like reminding her to pay attention, but her ability is not enough, so she can only detect the danger, but cannot see the real danger. where exactly.

The more he thought about it, the more uneasy Yao Shouning felt. He immediately lost the heart to choose sugar candied haws, and hurriedly urged Mallow to take a few sticks at will, wanting to hurry back to Liu's side.

Unexpectedly, before she spoke, she heard the peddler say again:
"Speaking of which, there were a lot of strange things last night."

"Anything weird?"

Yao Shouning was already restless. Hearing him speak like this, his eyebrows jumped, but he couldn't suppress his inner curiosity.

"Yes."

The peddler nodded, "In the middle of the night last night, someone heard the voice calling for his son, maybe some boy got lost."

Speaking of which, an old man selling pancakes next to him seemed to have listened to it for a long time, but he couldn't hold back and said:
"I heard about this too." He wiped his hands on the apron on his body and said:
"In the morning, when the daughter of Li's housekeeper at the gate of the Marquis of Yongle's house came to buy cakes, she said that someone in the house was looking for her son. At midnight, she was called 'er', and she was quite frightened. "

"how is this possible?"

After hearing this, the hawker subconsciously retorted:
"Sister Chunxiang from the stable of Duke Ning's mansion said that someone from their mansion was looking for her son. She said that she got up specially and looked at the hourglass. It was about a quarter of an hour."

After the two of them finished speaking, someone next to them was talking nonsense. They all said that the people who patronized their business said that they heard the voice of 'er' last night.

Everyone was a little unconvinced, and they argued that it was their client's family who was looking for a 'son'. After that, it seemed that people in the mansion in the inner city heard the 'son'.

Yao Shouning still remembers Bingtanghulu at this moment. Hearing this, he felt that it was strange, scared but full of interest in the unknown, so he couldn't help but interject:

"Is it possible that everyone heard the voice of looking for a son?"

"How is that possible?"

The old man who sold pancakes said:

"The inner city is so big. Although these mansions are not far apart, if you want to walk through them, even a fast-legged pretender will not have enough time in one day."

"I heard the voice calling 'er', it was an elderly woman."

In the dark at night, the old woman's legs and feet are even less likely to be fast, and how can it be possible for everyone in the inner city to shout in one night?

"Impossible! Impossible!"

The old man waved his hands again and again, looking like it was impossible.

What if it's not a human being who calls 'er'?

Such a thought appeared in Yao Shouning's mind for the first time.

Together, this idea took root in her mind. The more she thought about it, the more afraid she became, but she endured the panic in her heart and then asked:

"It's also possible that it was quiet in the middle of the night, and the sound traveled far, so everyone heard it?"

Her words were not unreasonable, the old man was stunned for a moment, but he did not try to refute.

At this moment, not far away, an old woman who had been listening for a long time without making a sound sighed and shook her head:

"Not just the inner city."

"What do you mean?"

The old man who sold pancakes heard this and turned his head to ask.

The old woman did not speak, and lowered her head again, tidying up the stall in front of her.

Yao Shouning glanced at it. There was a dust cover in front of her. Inside were some embroidered handkerchiefs, purses, insoles and other items. The workmanship was very careful, but it was obvious that business was not very good today. , It seems that a few pieces have not been sold yet.

She winked at Mallow, turned to the old woman and said:

"Handkerchiefs, sachets, etc., pack two for me as well."

The old woman's eyes lit up and she immediately replied:
"Ai."

She also knew what Yao Shouning meant. While choosing, she said:
"The old lady is from Xicheng."

When Yao Shouning heard this, a bad premonition came to his mind:

"Xicheng?" She seemed to think of something, but pretended to be calm:

"I heard that there was a murder on the pick-up road at the entrance to the west city yesterday."

When Mallow heard Yao Shouning say this, she couldn't help shaking a few times, as if she didn't understand why her young lady brought this up.

The old woman moved for a while and raised her head:
"Indeed!"

She said:
"To tell you the truth, I live not far from the Ascension Road."

"It's also very evil." She said this, with a look of fear on her face:
"After the accident yesterday, there was quite a lot of trouble. A lot of messengers came, and people who lived nearby were questioned." Her house was several blocks away from Sun Shenyi's pharmacy, and she was also interrogated after dark yesterday. He took out the portrait of the dead man and asked her if she knew him.

The family struggled until nearly midnight to rest, but after laying in bed, before falling asleep, they heard a strange sound.

"You heard someone call 'er'?"

Yao Shouning had already made up her mind when she heard her say this, but she vaguely hoped that she had guessed wrong.

But the next moment, the old woman nodded:
"I heard it, it was at most a moment at that time."

Her words affirmed Yao Shouning's guess, and also made the people around who heard these words look horrified.

From what everyone heard, at about the same time, an old woman was heard in the west and inner city looking for her son.

If it is not the same person, this time point would be too coincidental; if it is the same person, who can walk from the west city to the inner city in such a short time, and turn the inner city almost all over, it is definitely not something that an ordinary old woman can do. of.

"At that time, many people probably hadn't slept when they heard that an old woman was looking for her son."

Everyone did not make a sound, and listened to her continue:

"After making trouble for a long time, the dog began to bark badly, and then it seemed to be frightened, and did not dare to make a sound."

(End of this chapter)