Destroyed outside, gold and jade inside

Chapter 18
A thin bamboo tube pokes into the dimly lit ancestral hall.

A puff of white smoke curled up from one end of the bamboo tube.

The faint fragrance is not obvious in the ancestral hall burning with incense sticks.

Neither Shen Xiniang nor the maid who stood still in the ancestral hall noticed anything.

Suddenly Shen Xinniang felt that the palm of her left hand was slightly warm, as if something was gathering towards her palm.

She spread out her palms and watched the light gray Yin Yang Tai Chi diagram on the black side become a bit thicker.

She raised her hand to rub it, but before she knew the reason, she heard a thud behind her.

She turned around to look, only to see that her maid was already lying on the ground, unconscious.

what happened?

Shen Xinniang sniffed the smell in the room with the door closed.

He listened carefully to the movement outside.

Her mind was clear and she didn't feel anything strange.

She held her left hand lightly, she didn't faint like a maid, maybe it has something to do with the Yin Yang Tai Chi diagram in her hand?
He heard the sound of a key being inserted into the copper lock at the door.

Shen Xinniang walked behind the beams and flags.

She turned her face slightly and looked towards the door.

A man bent his back slightly, closed the door, smiled obsequiously, rubbed his hands, and walked in.

He saw the servant girl lying on the ground, "tsk tsk" twice, "That's right, that's good, even the maid is so juicy, so what kind of beauty is the master?"

After finishing speaking, he smiled strangely.

The weird laughter in this quiet ancestral hall hurt people's ears especially.

The man looked around, but he couldn't find Shen Xinniang, "Where's the person?"

He looked up to the place where he could hide his figure in the ancestral hall.

Shen Xinniang slowly raised her hand, and took off a long pointed hairpin from her head.

The man kicked the unconscious servant girl who was lying on the ground, and said in a low and wicked voice, "I'll take care of you after I clean up your master!"

The ancestral hall is so big, and the place where people can hide can be seen at a glance.

The man stepped over the maid lying on the ground, and walked towards the back of the beam where Shen Xinniang was, step by step.

Shen Xinniang stood quietly, counting his footsteps silently in her heart, her calm face was flawless, without any trace of tension.

"Little lady, I saw you! Come, come, come and have fun with brother, brother will love you very much!" The man smiled and rushed towards the back of the beam.

Shen Xinniang turned around instantly and raised her hand, jumping out from behind the beam.

While she was waving her hand, she heard a shrill scream that pierced through the roof of the ancestral hall and the deep courtyards of Shen's house, startling a group of crows into the air.

"Ah, ah, ah..." The man covered his right eye, and broken and miserable cries kept spilling out of his mouth.

He took a few steps back in panic, and looked at Shen Xinniang with a calm and peaceful face in disbelief.

As soon as he caused someone's vitals and pierced his eyes, he was just teasing her with words, and she dared to do so before he actually violated her!How dare you strike so hard!

The man felt as if something had flowed onto his hand, so he stretched out his hand and looked at it with eyes that were not pierced.

Seeing that his hands are dripping with blood, the color is blood red and blood red!

"Ahhhh—" He screamed again, panicked and shocked, even ran out in terror, and almost tripped over the threshold when he ran to the door.

He was so embarrassed that he didn't even have the courage to pull out the hairpin that was deeply inserted in his eye socket.

Shen Xinniang looked away when he left the gate of the ancestral hall.

The door of the ancestral hall was opened, and the daylight near noon fell into the room.

The pitch-black ranks and the golden lacquered characters, under the bright sunlight, can only be seen to be austere and desolate.

Shen Xinniang walked up to the maidservant, silently recited the mantra in her heart to call out the yin and yang spring eyes, raised her hand to dip the water of the white spring, and dripped two or three drops into the maidservant's mouth.

She put away her Yin-Yang spring eyes, waited for a while, and then the servant girl slowly opened them.

The servant girl frowned, pressed her forehead with her hands, her eyes were still in a daze.

"My lady, my lady, are you alright? I... What's wrong with me?" The servant girl saw Shen Xinniang half squatting next to her, and got up from the ground with a grunt.

Shen Xinniang stood up and said, "The door is open, let's go."

"Ah?" The servant girl looked at the ancestral hall with the door wide open.

In the quiet courtyard, there are only the shadows of the trees whirling, but no one is seen.

Shouldn't the ancestral hall be guarded all the time?Why is there no one there at this time?

Before the maid could understand, Shen Xiniang had already got up and walked out.

The servant girl had no choice but to pat the dust off her body, and followed quickly.

"My lady, this..." The servant girl wanted to ask clearly, but in the middle of the question, she stopped again.

Looking at Shen Xinniang's calm face, it seemed that he could feel at ease in an instant. What's the difference between whether she asked or not, whether she was clear or not?Just follow the lady, that's all.

Occasionally, there were one or two drops of fresh blood on the ground.

The servant girl's eyes were sharp, her heart was startled, her lips trembled, but she refrained from asking.

As if Shen Xinniang didn't see it, she slowly left the ancestral hall and looked for it in the front yard.

When his daughter and son-in-law returned home, Shen Shangshu had to keep a meal out of face.

The banquet was arranged in Xiaohua Hall, and he was not present.

He naturally has more important guests to accompany him.

King Qi took his seat on the honored seat, looked at Shen Shangshu sitting under his left hand, and said with a light smile: "Why, doesn't Shen Shangshu entertain his daughter and son-in-law?"

Shen Shangshu hurriedly cupped his hands, "They are juniors, entertaining King Qi is naturally the top priority of the lower officials."

King Qi nodded, "So, it's also a courtesy."

Shen Shangshu nodded again and again, "Exactly, exactly."

"However, I have a way to get the best of both worlds." King Qi said softly, turning the arhat head walnut in his hand.

Meiji, who was dressed in light and flowing clothes, entered one after another while speaking, and presented trays of delicacies, and gracefully placed jade trays on the food table of the two of them.

Meiji's eyes seemed to be full of affection, and she kept gliding across King Qi's face with scorching gaze, no matter who she was, she couldn't help but look sideways.

King Qi glanced at Meiji, with a calm expression, "It's better for Shen Shangshu to invite your daughter and son-in-law here. It's not rude to have Shen Shangshu to accompany you."

Seeing that King Qi glanced at her, Meiji looked away, feeling a little itchy in her heart, and when she put down the jade plate, she lowered her chest.

A piece of white, the spring scenery that is about to come out, people can't help but feel excited.

King Qi was playing with the arhat head walnut in his hand, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, but there was a hint of irony.

(End of this chapter)