Chapter 26

Yan Ziqin and Mingshu heard Du He's call, and had no time to pay attention to him. They put on their clothes and went out. Chunxiu also came out from the side room. The three met Zeng Yizhan who also went out to check. The child's room was lit, and he must have been awakened by the cry.

The two men knocked open the door of Du He's room together. The room was dark. After a while, the situation inside was seen clearly by the moonlight. Throwing it out, it seems to be wary of something.

"Du He, what did you see?" Yan Ziqin rushed forward and snatched the wooden stool from him, and asked.

Du He looked at the people around him, withdrew his sanity for a while, sat on the bed in a daze, scratched his hair and said in a rustling voice: "Just now...a black shadow passed by outside the window!"

When they heard that it was just a black shadow, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Zeng Yizhan looked at Du He with some distrust, and said, "Du Langjun just saw a black shadow flashing by. How can you be sure it's a ghost? Maybe it's Huaying, Shadows of trees, maybe even shadows of bats."

Du He shook his head and said, "It's clearly a person's shadow. It floated from west to east and disappeared in a flash. In the middle of the night, could it be a ghost?!"

The only entrance to this courtyard is a small door in the southwest corner, and outside the door is the garden where someone died just now. Could it be that Xiaoqiu's ghost really flew past Du He's window in the middle of the night?
Others also rushed over after hearing the sound, including several young descendants of the Wu family, and Wang Yi. After hearing Du He's description, they all thought that he was delusional and made a big fuss. After all, he only saw a shadow, not the real blue-faced fangs. The evil spirits checked roughly that there was no suspicious person hiding in the courtyard, and then dispersed.

Of course Yan Ziqin and Mingshu believed that Du He was not causing trouble, but they didn’t think there was a real ghost. Maybe it was just like what Zeng Yizhan said, it was the shadows of flowers and trees reflected on the window. Unexpectedly, Du He seemed very courageous and always used Martial arts practitioners boast about themselves, but they are actually afraid of ghosts that do not exist.

After putting Du He, who was in a trance, to sleep, the young couple also returned to the room. Ming Shu hung up the coats they had taken off, and said, "This Second Young Master Du pretends to be a ghost to scare me during the day, who the hell?" Knowing that he is so unintimidated, he must be thinking about those monsters and ghosts before going to bed, and he was sleepy and dizzy for a while."

Yan Ziqin sat on the edge of the bed, folded his hands and thought, "It's not a ghost, it's a human... Isn't the corner door in the southwest unlocked? Anyone can come in."

Ming Shu said: "Didn't you check everything just now? Except for the few of us who originally lived here, there is no one else."

Yan Ziqin said: "Maybe it's the people in our courtyard. Have you noticed Zeng Yizhan's clothes?" Then he stood up and pointed to the outer shirt he had just taken off, "It's deeper and the dew is heavier, it's already time to fall asleep Every now and then, we all rushed over after hearing Du He yelling, unavoidably disheveled, and the three children were the same. What is it?"

Mingshu recalled that Zeng Yizhan's clothes were indeed very neat, and he was wearing a round-neck blouse, like daytime clothes, not like casual clothes in private, let alone sleeping clothes.

"Could it be that the 'ghost' that Du He saw was him? The corner gate is in the southwest, and he lives in the east room. When returning to his room from the corner gate, he must pass by Du He's window." Ming Shu had an idea.

Yan Ziqin nodded and said: "Besides, when we knocked on the door together, I accidentally touched his clothes. It was very cold, as if standing in the night wind for a long time. It was definitely not the temperature that should be after coming out of a warm room. He Eighty to nine out of ten, he just came back from the outside, but he didn't expect to alarm Du He, so he hurried back to the room, pretending to come out of the room like us. I just don't understand, if it was really him, why didn't he explain clearly? Do you not want people to know that he has been out?"

Ming Shu said: "As soon as you go out of the corner gate, you will find the garden where the murder happened just now, maybe he is related to Xiao Qiu's death!"

Yan Ziqin said: "You can't jump to conclusions without evidence, but you can't let Du He stay in the room alone anymore, let Chunxiu call him over, if Zeng Yizhan really is, it's safer for everyone to get together."

Just after the words were finished, there was a loud knock on the door, quickly and urgently like a life-threatening talisman, which shocked the two of them, and they looked at the door nervously, and Chunxiu also came from the side room with a lamp.

Could it be Zeng Yizhan?Mingshu felt chills down her spine. Yan Ziqin pressed her shoulders and asked Chunxiu to accompany her to hide behind the bed. Don't panic. Then he raised the candle and walked to the door alone, asking in a deep voice, "Yes?" Who?"

The flame of the candle flickered slightly, illuminating Yan Ziqin's piercing eyes, shining in the bright pupils, a thin layer of sweat was already dripping from the palm of his holding the candlestick, and he was ready to break with the mermaid outside the door. A familiar voice came from outside the door.

"it's me……"

It turned out to be Du He, and the three of them breathed a sigh of relief, but Yan Ziqin opened the door very carefully, making sure that Du He was the only one outside the door, and then gestured for Ming Shu to come out.

I saw Du He standing in front of the door, wearing a daytime shirt, hugging a pillow and quilt. Seeing the door open, he quickly got into the door. The heavy and heavy quilt forced Yan Ziqin to take two steps back.

"You came here with a bunch of quilts, what are you going to do?" Ming Shu put on the quilts and asked.

Du He said: "After thinking about it, I still don't feel safe. I don't want to have this old face anymore. I'm just afraid of ghosts! There are so many people, so let's make do for a night. You sleep on the bed, and I sleep on the floor. But let me say first." Well, I'm a virtuous lodger, you two don't mess around tonight!"

After finishing speaking, he put the bedding on the ground, turned over and lay down, pretending to snore, lest he be kicked out and face the "demons and ghosts" all over the yard alone.

Yan Ziqin said helplessly, "Don't pretend to be asleep, we won't chase you away, get up and talk about what happened to you tonight carefully."

Du He hehe, a carp turned over and stood up, with his hips crossed and smiled, "I know you're mean enough, unlike your small-bellied mother-in-law." Speaking of this, Ming Shu flew a vicious eye knife.

"I've said everything I need to say in front of everyone, without reservation." Du He spread his hands.

Ming Shu said: "Stop pretending, tell me some details, such as is that black shadow a man or a woman, are there any footsteps, are the footsteps light or heavy?"

Du He scratched his head and said, "Who can remember those, anyway, it's a personal shadow, and it's accompanied by that kind of particularly eerie and ethereal clattering sound."

Yan Ziqin said: "Wow! Is it the voice of Yu Pei?"

Du He shook his head, "It's more like the sound of a rattle in his hand when a corpse driver passes by!"

Ming Shu, who was sitting on the side listening to the story, shrank back, and was just shrunk into Yan Ziqin's safe embrace. She looked up at him, and murmured, "What kind of ringing bell does the corpse chaser sound like?"

Du He shrugged his shoulders and said, "That's not it, so please don't ask, I was frightened for a while, and I still want you to be responsible." Then, he fell back on the floor and turned his back to the two of them, saying: "I'm sorry You two, I really don't dare to go back, I don't want to see you, let's just spend the night..."

Before he finished speaking, he gradually fell asleep.

Both Mingshu and Yan Ziqin were stunned. Mingshu pushed the people around him to sleep with Du He.Yan Ziqin was full of reluctance, and Mingshu whispered to him: "How dare you lie down together in front of outsiders, and you will just make up for it."

Yan Ziqin had no choice but to spend the night with Du He. Poor Du He was a robbed king who snatched all Yan Ziqin's quilts, and he didn't cover himself, and fell asleep in a big font on his back.

Mingshu and Chunxiu are squeezed together on the bed as they were when they were not married. No matter what, the four of them are together, so it is easy to take care of them even if there is a change in the next life.

Ming Shu was a light sleeper, and heard Du He snatching the quilt rustlingly, and lifted the bed curtain to see, good guy, Yan Ziqin was shivering like a popsicle in his sleep, so he quickly threw his quilt down to cover it on the bed. His body was already cold from the ground, so I was really afraid that he would catch a cold.

After waking up the next day, Du He's mood had stabilized a lot. The three of them decided to leave as soon as possible no matter what, but they were worried about Wang Anshi, so they went to Wang Yi's side to ask.

Mencius said that a gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall. Wang Yi also felt that the Wu family should not stay for a long time, but his wife Mrs. Wu seemed to disagree, so she pulled him behind the screen and whispered, "It's just a girl who died. How frightened are you two indomitable men? Mr. Yan is not related to our family, so it’s fine if you want to go back. You are the son-in-law of this family. ? My mother is sixty years old, and she is not in good health. To put it bluntly, how many lives can she live? If you want to go back, go back, I will never leave."

Although she is complaining, but there are some truths in what she said, how can she take advantage of the chaos and run away because of some disasters in the Yue family, isn't this the behavior of a villain?
Therefore, Wang Yi declined Yan Ziqin's proposal and decided to stay. He was discussing how to let the children go with Yan Ziqin first, and there was no need to let the children take risks.

While talking, the steward of the Wu family came. With a helpless look on his face, the old man bowed and said, "My lord, Mr. Yan, just now I went to the north room to look for Mr. Yan, but I didn't see anyone. So you are here with my aunt."

Yan Ziqin asked suspiciously, "What is the old steward doing?"

Wu Guanshi said: "Old Master and Madam, please go over to see the ceremony, and also invite Second Young Master Du and Madam Yan to go with you."

Du He pointed to himself and said in surprise, "You old lady want to see me?"

Steward Wu nodded, "I want to ask about last night, after all, Second Young Master Du saw that 'ghost' with his own eyes."

Wang Yi's expression changed. The old lady wanted to ask about the ghost, which meant that she already knew that a girl had died in the garden, and even Mrs. Wu who was hiding behind the screen came out in surprise, saying: "What, my mother? Know everything?!"

(End of this chapter)

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