Chapter 14 second quarter

light rain.Third Aunt Pingting wore bead curtains in the room. She hates bead curtains the most.Because I am afraid that the beads will fall.The kind of scatteredness that the general situation is too late to deal with, the kind of loss that loses all hope and loses everything, can completely defeat a person's heart in an instant.But in her room, there is a bead curtain hanging in the four seasons.When it's windy, it rattles; when it's raining, it's wet and sticky. She also hates rain.On rainy days, she would think of many poems about rain, the situation when her father taught her to read poems, and her underappreciated talent and unlucky beauty.But she chose to name her residence "Tingyu Pavilion". Whenever it rains, she is always reluctant to rest. She watches the window and listens to the sound of rain all night, thinking that it is God crying for her own destiny. .

"The rain is gurgling outside the curtain, the spring is fading, and Luo Qun can't bear the cold at five o'clock." It's really appropriate, except that it's not five o'clock, but three o'clock. The gate of Second Aunt Huici's courtyard next door rang and closed again, and it was obvious that someone had come out. Pingting calmly put down the beads she was wearing, walked out, stood on the balcony and looked down. Third Aunt Pingting's house is a beige two-story attic, sitting, sleeping and living are on the first floor, and reading and writing are on the second floor, which is called the "study room".She is the only woman in the entire Lu Mansion who has an independent study, which is a symbol of status and a symbol of learning.Because of this study, even the eldest wife, Lu Hushi, has to look at her differently, or in other words, look at the shelves full of books differently.

At this moment, Pingting was standing on the high balcony of the study room, looking down at a figure in a long gown coming out of Second Aunt Huici's yard and walking towards Sixth Aunt Xiaoshe's yard.Pingting smiled coldly, then put on a dark green satin cloak and went downstairs quietly, careful not to wake up the maid and the old lady. Holding a yellow paper umbrella, she walked slowly and smoothly on the bluestone road, like duckweed flowing across the water. The door of the Sixth Courtyard opened, a petite woman came out, quickly joined the man, said something in a low voice, and the two walked side by side to the garden.Standing behind the tree, Pingting couldn't see the woman's face, but she could see her feet—the pair of three-inch golden lotuses wearing embroidered shoes.

On the wet and slippery bluestone road, the rain casts a gloomy light, and when you step on the bright red embroidered shoes, there is a kind of glaring desolation.The door of the small garden was also bright red, a strange deep red, and the rain water poured on it and flowed down, as if it was bleeding.Pingting suddenly screamed, "Ah—there is a thief—" The family was alarmed, and the nursing home hurried over, yelling, "Where is the thief? Where is the thief?" The man took the woman's hand and shouted: "No, run!" The two opened the door bolt of the small garden and went to the bottom of the wall, but the woman's little feet couldn't run fast, and she was still at the bottom of the wall by the guard. After catching up, the man didn't turn around, and still let the woman step on his shoulders to climb over the wall quickly, urging: "You go first, leave me alone!"

The lights in all the courtyards were turned on one after another, and the maids' voices were tangled up. Even the old gourd came out slightly supported by the maids, and asked directly: "Did you catch the thief? Bring it to me." The second young master, short shirt, took the lead, commanding the servant loudly: "Hit me, hit me hard, and ask questions after the beating!" The man had already fallen to the ground, but he still fitted his body and threw himself over to protect the woman, shouting: "It's none of her business, it's me..." Suddenly someone exclaimed: "It's the young master!" The stick came head-on, and it hit the man's forehead, causing blood to flow all over his face.The man watched the woman fall slowly with his eyes open, his eyes were painful and anxious, he was obviously still worried about the safety of the woman, his mouth was silent, as if he was still saying: "Go!" but he could no longer make a sound.

All the voices in the world fell silent, the crowd dispersed silently in a semicircle, even those who were pulling the woman let go, the woman rushed towards her with disheveled hair, like a bolt of lightning tearing through the night sky, suddenly, there was a heart-piercing cry There was a miserable cry: "Long-shirt-" Everyone could hear it clearly, it was—Aunt Liu, little snake! Strangely, Mrs. Lu Hu did not give the little snake the punishment it deserved for fleeing, and only said lightly that she would lock it up and wait for the master to come back. Maybe it's because of the death of the young master Changshan that all other things seem insignificant?

The blouse never appeared on the Morning Greetings again.The red sandalwood carved chair used to be used to fulfill his status as the head of the family, but now, there is no need for it.Changshan is dead, and he is now the only son of the Lu family. If the property of the Lu family is not given to him, who will it be given to? Huici cried so hard that she sat at the gate of Little Snake's courtyard every day, slapping her legs and pointing at the world and yelling at the world, insisting that Little Snake had brought her son into trouble, saying that it was useless for me to treat you so well, why didn't I see that you were a deep-rooted What about the vixen who hides nothing?I defend day and night, but I have never guarded against you, a seemingly innocent little fairy. You pretend to be virtuous and honest on the surface, but you are even more of a bitch than a bitch in your heart!

The one who said "bitch" and closed "bitch" annoyed one person—Fengqin, the fifth aunt. Go see Liu Yiniang to prevent suicide in fear of crime. The old gourd turned one eye and closed the other to pretend he couldn't see, but he was actually afraid of what the little snake would do, and it would be difficult to explain to the master.No matter how damned she is, she still belongs to the master. It is better for the master to decide the matter of human life.No matter how domineering Mrs. Lu is, he still doesn't dare to take human life lightly.However, the servant who yelled "Young Master" in the chaos was sent away by Lu Hu's mistake, and it was not too difficult for him. He treated the old man harshly and rewarded him with a lot of money.

The huge Lu Mansion suddenly became quiet, there were dozens of people walking back and forth, but it sounded like there was no one there, and even the small garden quickly became deserted because of the death of the young master.The flowers and plants that were trampled down during the fight that night never stood up again, and the area around a few feet was deserted. Walking by, one could still smell a faint smell of blood.And every two days, paper money was scattered all over the place. I don't know where it came from. It was floating in the wind and hanging on the branches of trees. It was very shocking to watch.

There used to be a legend that the firewood house was haunted in the garden of Lu Mansion, but now it is even more bizarre and absurd. It is said that male ghosts and female ghosts will roam around the garden at night. The female ghost has disheveled hair and a petite figure, like a maid Qiuju and a little snake like the sixth aunt, and she is crying while walking.Then some people said, nonsense, Liu Yiniang is not dead yet, how could she become a ghost?The ghostly person swears and swears, I can see it for real, that woman's small feet are so delicate, and she's wearing embroidered shoes.

These legends made Lu's mansion very gloomy and windy, gradually no one dared to go to the small garden in broad daylight.Lu Hu had no choice but to temporarily close the door of the small garden, saying that he would wait for the master to come back and ask for forgiveness. In the evening, the fog first rises from the lotus pond, hugs at the rockery, caresses the holly and plantain one by one, and then slowly rushes to the yard. The gate of Huici's courtyard was tightly closed, and a few monks and priests were kneeling in the courtyard, doing the practice, saying that it was for the Eldest and Young Master's salvation.If the master didn't come back, the elder and young master's body could not be mourned, but if the mother didn't do something to express her heart to her son, she would not be able to get through.And because Lu Hu was worried about the haunting in the garden, he deliberately invited a few monks to come to the house to drive away evil spirits, so he ignored the rare willful behavior of the second aunt. The Taoist just waited for the night to completely darken, then he put on his clothes and came to the small garden, waving his sword and dancing at the scene of the accident, muttering words, and suddenly if he got something, he said "urgent as a law" in his mouth, and pounded his steps He went all the way out of the garden, ran to a courtyard, and asked: "Where is this place?" The answer: "It's Liu Yiniang's house." He ordered: "Open the door." The servant didn't dare to neglect, he hurriedly opened the door, followed the Taoist priest and ran all the way into the house, the maid followed closely behind, shouting: "My aunt's room, why are you a Taoist priest?" Open the crimson gauze curtain on the bed and split it on the bed. The bed was empty, but when the sword struck, there was a streak of blood.The Taoist said: "Okay, the ghost has been beheaded by me." The second aunt cried and broke out, saying: "Son, you died a miserable death. You were beaten when you were alive, and you will be beaten again after death." Sword. It was this shameless vixen who seduced you, seduced your soul, and killed you. God, if you want to catch it, take this vixen away!" From the beginning to the end, the little snake just sat on the embroidered couch beside the bed, without saying a word or moving.It wasn't until he saw the bloodstains that he suddenly smiled secretly and said coldly, "You're lying! You won't catch the gown!" The Taoist priest was furious and got away.Nianbai, who was halfway through Huici's crying, also choked up suddenly, looked at the little snake as if he didn't know him, turned around and ran away with an "Aww" after a long while, and the rest of the onlookers also rushed away, and the Sixth Court returned calm……