First Wife of Zhu Family

Chapter 326 Haunted
Pavilions, pavilions, rockeries and lakes, and various flowers and plants are planted in the garden. Although the Huo family's courtyard is not very large, it is decorated elegantly and interestingly, out of the ordinary.

There was the sound of gurgling water... Du Rongzhi listened with great interest to the little girl explaining the exotic flowers and plants in the garden to them.

Qingheyuanyuan followed behind boredly, and from time to time would echo Du Rongzhi's words of praise.

They couldn't figure it out... This garden was obviously not even a third of the size of their previous home. Although the flowers and plants were neatly pruned, there didn't seem to be anything special about it...

Just as she was thinking about it, Du Rongzhi laughed and said, "I see that the garden is so exquisitely arranged, it's better than many other houses in the capital."

"Madam Song doesn't know something." The little girl straightened her back unconsciously, and said with a proud face, "This garden was designed by our master himself... Many noble people from Beijing saw it and praised it. No more mouths!"

Du Rongzhi nodded with a smile, "Yuanwai Huo is indeed an elegant person." After thinking about it, he casually asked, "By the way, we walked all the way just now, it seems... We haven't passed Mrs. Huo's yard before?"

That girl was still young, after hearing Du Rongzhi's question, a look of fear appeared on her face.

She pursed her lips and whispered, "My wife's yard is not here..."

Seeing Du Rongzhi raised her eyebrows inquiringly, she continued, "My wife was weak and quiet when she was alive. The master was afraid that people coming and going in the garden would disturb my wife's rest, so he placed her in the courtyard on the northwest side." She As he spoke, he pointed to a small path ahead, "Go straight along this path, and you will see it when you reach the end."

Du Rongzhi gave a soft "huh" and asked her with a kind smile, "What's your name? I think you're not very old, but you speak in an orderly manner... How many years have you been working here?"

"My maidservant's name is Xiaoju," the little girl was overwhelmed by flattery, she felt that Mrs. Song in front of her was gentle and amiable, much more approachable than the aunt at home who put on a show every day... Then she smiled embarrassedly, "My maidservant has been in Huo's residence for two years now It's..."

"...It doesn't take long." Du Rongzhi thought for a moment, then said softly, "I heard Mrs. Xianhuo is a very quiet and beautiful woman... Is it true?"

Xiaoju thought for a while, nodded and said, "Everyone says that..."

"Everyone?" Du Rongzhi asked curiously, "Haven't you seen her?"

"No." Xiaoju shook her head, "When the servant entered the mansion, the madam was already in poor health, and she usually rested in her own yard...the servants around her were all old people from the former mansion...The servant was still a child at that time. How can a rough envoy girl have the qualifications to serve Madam!"

Du Rongzhi nodded slightly, thought for a while, and said with some sympathy, "Just now I heard from Aunt Gu that since Madam Huo left, her yard has been left unoccupied...but now suddenly a murder happened there...you must all be scared Is it broken?"

"Isn't it?" Xiaoju immediately opened up the chatterbox, "They said that the place was haunted by ghosts, but the servants still didn't believe it—"

"Haunted?!" Du Rongzhi covered the corners of her lips with a handkerchief, and called out with a pale face.

"Yeah." Xiaoju glanced around, and whispered in Du Rongzhi's ear, "Mrs. Song may not have known about it when she first came here...Actually, a few months ago, there was a servant who bumped into a ghost outside the madam's yard... ..."

Yuanyuan followed behind, seeing the little girl muttering mysteriously in front of Du Rongzhi, Du Rongzhi actually listened very seriously, so she pulled Qinghe's sleeve and pouted forward.

Although Qing He didn't know what Du Rongzhi wanted to do, but she was always docile and used to it, and she couldn't help laughing when she saw this, "Let's enjoy your view, why are you worrying so much?" But she looked at the figure in front of her thoughtfully .

...Du Rongzhi frowned, "So you all heard screams at night?"

Xiaoju nodded, "We lived in the row of servants' rooms at the back. It's close to the lady's yard, but it's not far away...and it was already midnight, and there was no movement around. For real."

Du Rongzhi was puzzled, "Then no one of you went out to have a look?"

"Who dares?!" Xiao Ju's eyes widened, "Ah Cheng, who ran into ghosts last time, was so frightened that he lay on the bed for a whole month, and he's still scared like something... Besides, since that yard was haunted by ghosts, Master It has been ordered to lock it up... We just thought that someone bumped into something unclean again, how could we think it was a dead person!"

Du Rongzhi nodded approvingly, "This is indeed a bit strange." She frowned in confusion, "But since the courtyard has been sealed, how did Xiao Hong get in?"

Xiaoju shook her head blankly, "This servant doesn't know..."

Seeing that he couldn't ask any more questions, Du Rongzhi didn't care, she smiled softly, "Speaking of which, my lord has been away for a long time, maybe he has discovered something by now...Can you take me there to find him?"

Xiaoju pursed her lips in embarrassment, "But Aunt Gu ordered the maidservant to lead you around the garden. And..." she said in a low voice, "There is something evil in that courtyard, maybe it is really haunted by ghosts... You'd better not go."

Du Rongzhi couldn't help being amused by her pretentious look, and asked following her words, "Xiaoju, do you think it's your wife's ghost that killed Xiaohong?"

Xiaoju was taken aback, and quickly waved her hands and said, "No, no, how is that possible...Although I have never met Madam before, I heard from Sister Jingsi that Madam is a very gentle and kind person. Even... she will not harm anyone. Yes." She swallowed, "What I just said was about those homeless and wandering ghosts... Maybe they have been playing tricks."

Du Rongzhi didn't pay attention to what she said in the second half of the sentence, "Jing Si..." She read it softly, "Who is she?"

Xiaoju was taken aback, and hurriedly explained, "Sister Jingsi is Madam's personal maid..." She paused, "After Madam passed away, Master was very sad. Those who served Madam before were dismissed because of poor service... Jing Sister Si has been with his wife since she was a child, and she has grown up with the master, so the master made an exception and let her do some... rough work in the mansion, but she was not punished very much. she."

"So that's how it is..." Du Rongzhi nodded lightly, and said in silence for a while, "I still want to go to Mrs. Huo's yard... If you are afraid, you can stay here and wait for me." Come here No, we can't just return without success like this.

Xiaoju's face was tangled for a while, and finally she had to obediently say, "Mrs. Song please."

(End of this chapter)