Queen of Nongmen: Hexagrams determine the universe

Chapter 398 Rat
"Then I think you must be stronger." Xu Mingzhu thought for a while, then nodded and said, "When you are calm, it means you are very confident."

"This is in the Lu family's courtyard, so don't say it indiscriminately." Ye Qiongdan warned in a low voice.

"Don't worry, I'm not a fool. How could I say such nonsense?" Xu Mingzhu stretched her neck and looked towards the study where she was practicing. After looking at it for a long time, she said resentfully, "I don't see why."

"Of course ordinary people can't see why. This is very normal." Because ordinary people have not practiced Taoism, they cannot perceive the aura of heaven and earth and the evil spirit between heaven and earth, so they have no way of distinguishing whether there is anything wrong in this house. Something out of the ordinary.

"Then did you see anything strange?" Xu Mingzhu asked quickly.

"Let's go, there's nothing to see." Ye Qiongdan sighed.

"Where are we going now? Are we wandering around in the Lu Family Courtyard? There is a funeral in the Lu Family Courtyard today. Isn't it good for us to wander around like this? Since we have all worshiped in the Lu Family Courtyard, let's go Hurry up and go to the next place. Guazhou is really too big, if we don’t hurry up, maybe we won’t be able to pay homage to the three young masters who passed away before dark.”

"It's not urgent, let's go to the kitchen first." Ye Qiongdan lowered her eyes thoughtfully.

"Are you hungry? What are we going to do in the kitchen?" Seeing Ye Qiongdan walking back, Xu Mingzhu hurriedly asked.

"Mice are most likely to be born in places like the kitchen. I want to go to the kitchen to see if I can catch a mouse." Ye Qiongdan took out three talismans from his purse and shook them in front of Xu Mingzhu, " Don’t you suspect that this talisman paper is poisonous? Then let’s find a mouse, then take out a piece of talisman paper and burn it into ashes, mix it with water, feed the mouse to drink, and see if the mouse will be fine.”

"You're right," Xu Mingzhu nodded, "Then let's go find the mouse."

Seeing Ye Qiongdan, Xu Mingzhu was not in a hurry to verify this matter at first. After going to the study and watching the master's practice from a distance, she suddenly changed her mind, guessing that the master probably had some problems, otherwise Ye Qiongdan He wasn't so ambiguous when he answered her words before.

Does this master have only a little skill?Or is there no real ability at all?
It seems that she encountered another unusual thing with Ye Qiongdan today.

It was originally a somewhat exciting trip to explore the mystery, but because the three poor children died suddenly, she sighed and lost the fun of solving the mystery.

If it is really a charlatan who deceives people, it would be terrible.

Ye Qiongdan walked for a while, and met a servant, and asked the servant to lead them to the kitchen.

Today, the kitchen is very busy, and some guests will stay for dinner after mourning the young master, so the cooks in the kitchen are sweating profusely.

The cook, who was sitting by the well at the door, saw the maid bringing Ye Qiongdan over, wiped the water on her apron with both hands, stood up, lowered her head and smiled, and bowed to Ye Qiongdan: "How do you go, guest?" Came to the kitchen? If there is anything you want to eat, just tell the servants, and the servants will come to the kitchen to take it away. Why don't you come here yourself, a distinguished guest?"

"I came to the kitchen looking for a mouse."

"There are no mice in our kitchen!" The cook quickly waved her hands and said nervously, thinking that this guest was coming to find fault, "The Lu family is a big family in Guazhou, how could they allow rats in the kitchen of the Lu family courtyard? What about rats? Your honored guest, you are really worrying too much!"

"Don't worry, I'm not here to find fault," Ye Qiongdan shook her head and said with a smile, "I don't have any malice towards you either."

"Today, the Lu's compound is holding a funeral. If you want to play a prank, you should wait until another day." Catching a mouse in the kitchen to frighten someone else's lady at a funeral.

This kind of thing can be big or small, but if it is put on the funeral of a big family, it will be out of style.

At that time, this matter will definitely involve the kitchen of the Lu family compound, and all the cooks in their kitchen will be unable to eat. After all, it is a decent funeral for a big family, and such jokes cannot be tolerated.

The guest will embarrass himself, and also embarrass the Lu family.

At that time, people will only say, how can the Lu family look like a wealthy family in Guazhou?Even a funeral can't be done well, and such a bad thing will happen in the funeral, it's just ridiculous.

"Don't worry, I really didn't find the mouse to scare other female customers, and I won't implicate you, I can swear here," Ye Qiongdan stretched out his finger and began to swear, "I, Ye Qiongdan, swear here today that if I come to the kitchen The purpose of catching mice is to scare other guests, so let me be struck by lightning!"

When the cook heard that it was Ye Qiongdan who came, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

This Ms. Ye is extremely stable, and she is favored by Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Huo in Guazhou. She has achieved a lot at a young age, and she should not be able to do such a childish and shameful thing as scaring others with a mouse.

"Okay, then you can come to the kitchen with me," the cook said with a smile, her eyes were still downcast, she didn't dare to look up at her, "But Miss Ye, what I just said is the truth, if you want to be in our Lu family It is not easy to find a mouse in the kitchen of the compound. The kitchen stewards are very strict about this aspect. We live in the yard behind the kitchen. Sometimes we hear that there are mice in the kitchen in the middle of the night. If there is any movement, we have to get up and catch the mouse."

"Where are there more mice?" Ye Qiongdan asked.

"There are a few mice in the cellar under the kitchen, but it's not easy to find them. They are very smart. I went down with an oil lamp in the middle of the night and caught them several times, but we didn't catch them. During the day, we were very busy and didn't have time. Go down to the cellar to have a look, so I can only watch these mice grow fatter and fatter." The cook said helplessly.

"I'll take a look under the cellar later, is it convenient?" Ye Qiongdan asked politely.

"Miss Ye, your status is so precious, how dare we let you go down to the cellar? Besides, the cellar is very dirty, what if your clothes get dirty?" The cook looked puzzled.

"It's okay, I won't blame you." Ye Qiongdan said with a sincere smile.

Seeing that Ye Qiongdan was so persistent, the cook had no choice but to nod helplessly.

She led Ye Qiongdan through the crowded kitchen. The cooks and helpers in the kitchen looked at them curiously, but because they were too busy right now, they didn't bother to say anything.

After passing through the kitchen, there is the entrance to the cellar.

With great strength, the cook opened the iron door of the cellar with her hand, and turned the iron door over, revealing the entrance of the cellar.

Ye Qiongdan took out a fire pocket from his bosom, and lightly blew it on fire.

After the flames jumped up, she went down the cellar stairs.

Sure enough, there were a few mice running happily in the cellar. When they noticed someone walking in, they immediately hid.

After Ye Qiongdan got down from the cellar, she concentrated on sensing for a while in the cellar. Her ears moved slightly. After sensing a mouse running a step forward behind a sack of wheat, she immediately flew forward with quick eyes and hands. A mouse was caught in the hand.

"Squeak..." the mouse cried out in horror.

The cellar was very damp, and there was a faint sinister air flowing inside. Ye Qiongdan condensed the evil air inside to his fingertips, and then poured it into the mouse's head.

After the mouse's head was invaded by the evil spirit, it immediately became dull like a fool.

Ye Qiongdan grabbed the mouse up the stairs, and quickly climbed out of the cellar.

The cook gasped in surprise when she saw Miss Jiao come up with a mouse in her bare hands.

"Miss Ye, you are really amazing..." the cook murmured.

"Sister cook, you probably forgot, I was born in the countryside." Ye Qiongdan explained politely.

"That's right," the cook nodded, her eyes fell on her white hands like jade, "But you are taking care of yourself so well now, I really can't tell that you used to be a country girl."

"Life, 30 years in Hedong, 30 years in Hexi." Ye Qiongdan smiled, "Maybe one day you will also reverse your life?"

"I've lived to this age, how can there be such a possibility? Besides, strange people are one in a million." Seeing that Ye Qiongdan is so approachable, the cook thinks she is really cute. No wonder Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Huo are so cute. Like her so much.

"Miss Cook, can you lend me another cup?"

"Of course, you can come with me to get it." Although the cook was still submissive and respectful, her attitude became more and more heated.

Ye Qiongdan followed her to the kitchen to get a cup. The cook said that the hibiscus cake in Lu's courtyard was the best, so she brought her a dish and put it in a small food box.

Ye Qiongdan knew that Xu Mingzhu liked to eat hibiscus cake the most, so she handed the food box to her.

After the two left the kitchen, they found a secluded place, far away from the crowd.

Ye Qiongdan put the mouse in his hand on the ground, and then scooped up a glass of water from a nearby pond.

She took out a piece of talisman paper, burned it to ashes with a fire, mixed the ashes into the water, and then drove the mouse whose brain was controlled by the evil spirit to walk to the water glass like a puppet. Beside him, he lowered his head and began to drink water.

The mouse had lost consciousness at this time, and could only drink water passively. After drinking a glass of water, the mouse's stomach swelled up.

All that's left is time to wait.

Ye Qiongdan remembered that Mr. Lu once told her that it would take an hour for the ashes of the talisman paper to take effect, and after an hour, you would be able to see ghosts.

After the mouse drank the water, it lay on the ground blankly.

Ye Qiongdan went to the pond to wash his hands, and then sat with Xu Mingzhu under the big tree by the pond.

In the anxious waiting, the time became longer.

Finally, an hour passed.

Ye Qiongdan looked back and found that the mouse gradually began to convulse, and then suddenly died suddenly.

It seems that there is indeed a problem with this talisman.

"Is this mouse poisoned to death?" Xu Mingzhu asked quickly.

"It's hard to say," Ye Qiongdan shook his head, "We still need to verify it from other aspects."

"How to verify?"

"I'm going to burn a piece of talisman paper, then mix the ashes of the talisman paper into water, and drink this glass of water to see what happens."

"Are you crazy?" Xu Mingzhu was shocked, "This is not a joke, what if this talisman is really poisonous?"

"You have to know that Mr. Lu was not poisoned to death at the beginning, and even if the talisman paper was not poisonous before, and the talisman paper was poisoned later, there is no problem in protecting myself with my medical skills," Ye Qiongdan said firmly. Said.

"It's better not to take risks, it's none of your business, why should we do this?" Xu Mingzhu became nervous.

(End of this chapter)