Judgement

Chapter [-] Missing

Chapter [-] Missing

Su Zhongfan looked at Chen Mengsheng's people, thought for a long time and frowned and said: "The little girl Qing'er has followed the rules since she was a child, she is a good girl who does not go out of the house, even in the Anqing Mansion, few people have seen the little girl. If If it’s a strange thing, it’s because our whole family went to Jiangzhou to celebrate the birthday of Master Taishan. I remember it was the fourth day of the first lunar month. The little girl was fine when we got off the boat and returned home, but early the next morning Du Juan, the little girl's personal maid, hastily reported that the young lady was missing. I took all the people in the house to look for it, but I searched the entire Anqing mansion, but there was no trace. In desperation, I sent my two sons to drive quickly The boat went back to his grandfather's house to search for his sister's whereabouts, and on the third day, the mansion suddenly heard the sound of pipa singing in the middle of the night..."

"Dad, what's the matter with you, Dad?"

"Girl Cui said you passed out, Daddy..."

"Master, you are trying to scare me to death, what happened at home?" A large group of people rushed in from outside the guest room. Both brothers Su Zhaoyun and Su Zhaohe were both wet and shirtless, supporting only their clothes. Mrs. Wen in a water-red satin brocade dress.Seeing Su Zhongfan in the room talking to Chen Mengsheng politely, he couldn't help but stand there in a daze and stare at the two little maids behind him who were speaking inexplicably.

Su Zhongfan scolded and shouted: "You two brothers are about to start a family, why are you still so bluffing. Send your mother back quickly, disheveled clothes are insulting to gentlemen. Go back to the house, Brother Chen has Qinger news."

Su Zhaoyun shouted: "What? Where is Qingmei? Take us there quickly?" Su Zhaoyun couldn't wait to grab Chen Mengsheng and was about to go out.

"Nonsense, how can you be so rude. Go back and dry yourself before coming to see the guests!" Su Zhongfan drove the group of people out without any politeness.

Su Zhongfan said to the two little maids: "Cuilan, Mudan is going to the study to prepare the good tea cakes. Go quickly, don't make guests laugh here, you are really two crazy girls. Brother Chen, this matter is too strange Please come with me to the study for a detailed discussion." Chen Mengsheng nodded, Shangguan Yanran and others followed Su Zhongfan to the study.

As soon as Xiang Xiaotian entered the study, he clicked his tongue and said, "Master Su has a lot of paintings and calligraphy in his study. In the words of you scholars, even if you use an ox to transport an ox, you need something like that."

Qi Ying said embarrassingly: "That's called "The Tomb of Lu Wentong" written by Liu Zongyuan in the previous dynasty. Sit on the side obediently."

Su Zhongfan smoothed things over and said, "Brother Xiang speaks directly and quickly, but he is also a man of temperament. Everyone sit down. Brother Chen doesn't have any maids and servants to harass you. If you have something to say, just speak it out. There is nothing to hide in the Su residence."

"Hehe, Uncle Su is serious. You said that someone in the Xiulou only sang the song three days after Ling Qianjin disappeared. Then I want to know what happened to Miss Qing'er before she disappeared? Because last night in front of the window of the Xiulou Although she saw it, she was looking north in despair. Chen Mengsheng dared to ask if Miss Qing'er has a sweetheart?"

"No, my Qing'er is still young, but someone came to propose a matchmaker before, and I rejected them all. Where did the sweetheart come from? If it is an abnormal old man, I really don't know. Why don't I call my daughter's personal girl Du Juan?" Come. That girl has been Qing'er's companion since she was a child, brother Chen can ask her." Su Zhongfan saluted Chen Mengsheng and strode out of the study.

Shangguan Yanran asked softly: "Brother, are you worried that Miss Su has her own heart, but is killed by a female ghost?"

Chen Mengsheng shook his head and said, "I don't know either. Miss Qing'er seems to have been hit by the spell of losing her soul, and the female ghost's face is peeling off. I really don't understand it yet."

Xiang Xiaotian bounced up from the chair and said, "Why don't you understand, that female ghost must be the same as we were in Hulu Town. After being disfigured in life, she still thinks she is ugly, so she hurt others. The daughter peeled off her face and stuck it on her head."

Shangguan Yanran exclaimed in surprise: "Brother Xiang, then at least we have solved Kuro San's nightmare, otherwise there will be such a black spot after death, I really wish I could tear my face off."

Chen Mengsheng subconsciously knocked intermittently on the table with his knuckles, lowered his head and listened quietly to Xiang Xiaotian and Shangguan Yanran talking about the skeleton female ghost, and couldn't help but interjected: "I heard a folk saying that there is a lot of people in front of you. A woman who loves beauty can't enter the six realms of reincarnation after death in vain, so she pays special attention to her appearance. Using her beauty to harm some young men, this kind of evil ghost is also called a painted skin female ghost..."

Cui Lan and Mu Dan, two little maids, brewed new tea, and carrying a snack box, they leaned over and brought refreshments to Chen Mengsheng and the others.There are four big plates of cakes in the niche box, red, green, yellow, white and four colors of aroma are overflowing, which makes people's index fingers move.Qi Ying asked with a smile: "What kind of cakes are these two sisters? I've never seen them before."

Peony hurriedly replied: "This is the four-color pastry that my master invites the cook to make when entertaining distinguished guests. The yellow one is chestnut cake, the green one is hibiscus cake, the red one is jujube paste cake, and the white one is snow dragon beard. There are different kinds of pastries. Please taste the special features slowly, the slaves will leave first."

Xiang Xiaotian picked up a piece of chestnut cake, looked at it and sighed: "The life of the rich is always in turmoil, alas, such a unique breakfast is made. Well, it melts in the mouth and is fragrant, not bad That's right. Don't all look at me, eat, it's really good..." The four of them finished eating, and then saw Su Zhongfan dragging a ten-year-old girl into the study.

Su Zhongfan cupped his hands and said, "Brother Chen, this is Du Juan, my little girl's personal maid. Qing'er is in love with her and is a sister of the same blood. If there is anything weird, she will know about it."

Chen Mengsheng saw that the little girl was only fourteen or five years old, and was shivering when Su Zhongfan dragged her into the study. "Hehe, little sister, don't be afraid. We are not bad people, is Miss Qing'er treating you well?"

Du Juan timidly said: "Miss...Miss is very kind to me, I was sold into the Su residence by...my parents since I was a child, if it wasn't for Miss's care, Du Juan would have starved to death on the street."

Chen Mengsheng nodded and said, "Do you know what happened before the lady disappeared? Regardless of the size, you just need to tell the truth about what you saw and heard. Maybe your lady's life is in your hands." !"

Du Juan fell to his knees in front of Chen Mengsheng with a plop and cried, "I really don't know at all. The embroidery building is not clean. There are ghosts... There are ghosts..." Du Juan screamed and knocked out the Shangguan in the study. Both Yanran and Qi Ying were startled.

Su Zhongfan shouted: "Where is the ghost in the Qingming world? Besides, I also invited the monks from Anpu Temple and the Taoists from Shangyang Temple to do it in the Xiulou. But I got nothing but was treated as a ghost by the well marketers in Anqing Mansion. Brother Chen, it’s not that I don’t believe in Buddhism. If Brother Chen hadn’t seen the little girl wearing a green dress outside the embroidery building when he first arrived in Anqing Mansion, I would also find it hard to believe it.” Seeing that Su Zhongfan must have been criticized for this matter I made fun of it, so I saw a bad look on his face.

Chen Mengsheng walked up to Du Juan, stretched out his hand to help Du Juan who was still shivering, and said, "Little sister, how did you see that ghost? Master Su doesn't believe it, but I believe it. Can you tell me about it?" Tell me in detail?" Du Juan looked back at Su Zhongfan cautiously, with her lips tightly closed and said nothing.

"Master Su, little sister Du Juan was too scared to speak when she saw you here. Why don't you ask Master Su to sit aside and let me ask questions? Skeleton female ghost. Master Su, if you want your daughter to come back, just do as I tell you." Chen Mengsheng spoke in a slightly displeased tone.

Su Zhongfan flicked his sleeves and said, "Okay, I'll just do what you brother Chen says, and sit aside and wait for the good news. But brother Chen, if you run away without saying a word like the monks and priests I invited, you don't want to." Blame me, Su, for not being sympathetic."

Xiang Xiaotian said angrily: "What are you talking about, you old boy? Now your daughter is missing. Let me tell you that since my brothers know about this, even if you eight people carry us away in a sedan chair, we have to investigate The truth will come to light. Just don’t say anything to me, just listen to my brother’s questioning honestly. Little girl, don’t be afraid, just speak up if you have something to say, and our brother will naturally decide for you. Mo If it's a Su family, even the entire Anqing Mansion can't touch you!"

Su Zhongfan couldn't hold back when Xiang Xiaotian criticized him all the time.He said embarrassingly: "Brother Xiang, calm down, I just don't want to talk. I hope Brother Chen will show his powers and save my family's Qinger. Su Zhongfan will never forget it." After finishing speaking, he sat angrily in the corner of the study and stopped talking .

Chen Mengsheng didn't bother with the bookworm and continued to ask: "Sister Du Juan, tell me now, what's going on in the embroidery building?"

Du Juan bit her lip, but her trembling became more severe.It wasn't until his lips were bitten that he said tremblingly: "That day, I came back from Jiangzhou with my young lady, and when I was lighting the lamp... I was called by my wife. I brought a bowl of white fungus and red date soup to the young lady to nourish her blood. When I arrived at the embroidery building, I saw the young lady embroidering a picture of hundreds of flowers under the lamp in front of the table. The young lady asked me to put the white fungus and red date soup on the spring stool. I... ...When I was putting tremella red date soup...I saw...in the bronze mirror on the spring bench...a woman was combing her hair...ah..." Du Juan suddenly yelled, covered his head with his hands and fell limply on the ground .

"Illness" Chen Mengsheng cast a meditation mantra, and the green energy enveloped Du Juan's body.Du Juan's sharply rising and falling chest finally began to calm down slowly, panting heavily and looking at Chen Mengsheng.

Chen Mengsheng said in a deep voice: "Little sister Du Juan, I also know that it is very painful for you to recall those things, but the disappearance of Miss Qing'er must be related to that female ghost. Anyway, please tell me, what happened in that bronze mirror What happened to the woman?"

Du Juan closed his eyes and said for a long time: "I have never seen that woman before, she...she saw me and smiled at me... ah...it's terrible...she has one hand Combing her hair, the other hand...the other hand held her hair...and lifted her whole head...that hand was...combing her hair...and I fainted from fright... When I wake up, Miss will be gone..."

Chen Mengsheng recalled that he seemed to have seen a bronze mirror in the embroidery building, so he asked again: "The bronze mirror is about the size of a foot?" Du Juan nodded with difficulty.

"Who? Who is outside the door? Come out for me..." Chen Mengsheng opened the door of the study in a flash, and the person standing outside with a pale face turned out to be Mrs. Wen.

Mrs. Wen stammered: "Old... The master told me to change my clothes... I came to the study..."

"Yes, I said it." Su Zhongfan got up and went to the door and said to Chen Mengsheng.

Chen Mengsheng ignored Su Zhongfan, went straight to Du Juan and said, "Little sister, lead us all to Xiulou to see that bronze mirror. At this moment, only you know the strangeness of that bronze mirror." Du Juan looked at it. The people in the room hesitated again and again, and finally mustered up the courage to agree...

A group of people came to the iron gate of Xiulou, Su Zhongfan took out the key and opened the iron gate.There was an inexplicable gust of wind in the wind and rain, making everyone feel as if someone was blowing on the back of the spine. Du Juan went to Su Zhaoqing's room on the second floor, pointed at the spring stool and shouted: "The bronze mirror is gone..."