The Ascension of Ghosts

As if to understand Lu Sheng's eagerness to return home, the sky cleared up the next day, the clouds broke through the sky, and the sun was shining brightly, but the mud dried up in one day, and the caravan sent people to send letters to inform the travelers that they would return early in the morning of the next day. departure.

Sun Zhao heard the news and came to see him off, and told Lu Sheng the news about the Huang Mansion.Huang Qi was confined at home, so he had to ask Sun Zhao to do it for him, and sent him a hand-copied piano score.

Lu Sheng saw that the ink on the paper of this piano score was still fresh, and Huang Qi might have copied it himself. He knew the score was precious, so he accepted it after solemnly thanking it, and handed it over to Ruoxia for safekeeping. information.Mrs. Huang is now seriously ill and bedridden, I'm afraid time is running out, but fortunately, the abnormal situation in the mansion has been swept away, everyone's heart has been relieved, but it is rare to feel relaxed.Huang Qi's move has both advantages and disadvantages.

Sun Zhao took a sip of the lukewarm ginseng tea, and suddenly smiled mysteriously: "Lu Sima... no, now he is going to be called Lu Gongcao. I don't know, Mr. Huang had a fight with Mrs. Huang yesterday."

Lu Sheng felt a little embarrassed when he suddenly mentioned other people's boudoir secrets, but Sun Zhao continued enthusiastically: "It turns out that the concubine named Qingtao was pregnant when she followed Mrs. Huang, and the Mrs. was killed. At that time, she escaped by chance, and nine times out of ten, she had already given birth to the child. Mrs. Huang is kind-hearted, so it's fine if she doesn't know. Master Huang scolded him and stopped him."

Xie Rong was originally sitting on the sidelines reading a book, but when she heard about this verse, she closed the book and said, "Master Huang is a sensible person."

Lu Sheng glanced at him, but still couldn't hold back, he sighed and said, "That Qingtao... is also pitiful. If he really leaves an heir, he will be a blood relative of the Huang family after all. Why don't you look for it?"

Xie Rong sneered and said: "It doesn't matter if she is forced to do nothing or is willing, since she chose that man, she will reap the fruits of what she planted, but it is her own fault, how can she be called pitiful? It would be best if the child was never born and fell into the world. It’s just suffering for nothing.”

Hearing his indifferent and mean words, Lu Sheng couldn't help but frowned slightly. It's just that there are outsiders present, so it's inconvenient to attack, but his expression was a bit ugly after all.

Sun Zhao didn't know how to judge words and expressions, so he also laughed and said, "Lu Gongcao's glorious characters, and those dirty secrets in the back house, if I speak out, I'm afraid it will pollute Gongcao's ears, so I don't mind mentioning it. Mr. Xie's words are very serious. For reason, I... try to remind Huang Qi some other day."

Lu Sheng saw that even Sun Zhao was standing by Xie Rong's side, his heart became more and more confused and wavering, and he felt even more dispirited. Fortunately, Sun Zhao was in poor health, so he was about to leave after sitting for a while. Lu Sheng also stood up and said : "I'll send you off."

He walked out without waiting for Xie Rong to speak, Sun Zhao was taken aback for a moment, seeing the situation was not good and hastily left, leaving only Xie Rong in the room, frowning slightly, but did not say anything to stop him.

Lu Sheng picked up the horse, followed Sun Zhao's carriage through the bustling street where the inn was located, then left and turned to the opposite road to Sun Zhao's residence.

Just before dusk, Yizhou city is full of people coming and going, hawkers hawking along the street and residents bargaining.

Lu Sheng really didn't know where to go, and he repelled Xie Rong for being too cold-blooded in his heart, so he simply let the horse rein, and walked forward blindly.He and Xie Rong's cognition is too far apart, which makes him realize that the difference in their identities is like a gap.Don't say that as a man, Longyang Duanxiu is the world's intolerance. Even if he is a daughter, he definitely has no chance to marry the eldest son of Weinan Hou's family.

When they were far away in the Western Regions, the relationship between the two was strong, and everything else was insignificant. Now that they are about to return to their hometown to meet their brother and sister-in-law, such insignificant things have become the natural moat in Henghuan's heart.What's more, the two have different ideas. If there are differences in the future, one insists on killing and the other insists on saving, what should Lu Sheng do?

After thinking about it, Lu Sheng finally laughed at himself and thought to himself, it's just mediocrity, why not go back to the inn and ask Xie Rong to clarify, even if he is lectured and convinced.

Lu Sheng made up his mind, and the dark clouds cleared in his mind. He raised his head and was about to pull the rein, but suddenly heard noises coming from the street on the left ahead. He became suspicious, and rode his horse forward a few steps. There were less than three people The scenes in the narrow alleys side by side clearly fall into the eyes.

The streets and alleys have been abandoned for a long time, weeds grow knee-high in the crevices of the stones, and no one lives around, but at this time, there are seven or eight young and middle-aged men dressed as businessmen, each carrying sticks, knives and guns, and surrounded a little girl. middle.The little girl was wearing a silver-white narrow-sleeved hunting suit, with red-painted leather wrist guards, waist guards, and knee pads. She looked about thirteen or fourteen years old. Her hair was combed into two round buns, dotted with peach-red silk flowers, and she looked very beautiful. The girl was pretty and cute, and the girl was holding a whip in her hand, even though she was surrounded by these gangsters, she didn't show any fear on her face.

Seeing those gangsters raised their weapons and were about to greet the little girl, Lu Sheng hurriedly kicked the horse's belly, rushed into the alleyway, and shouted: "Stop!"

Shouting loudly and horseshoes rushing, Habayashiro rushed towards him like a god descending, and everyone dodged in shock. Two or three of them ran away in a hurry, their feet were unsteady, they collided with each other and fell down, ouch, ouch stand up.

Lu Sheng was passing by the little girl, pulled the rein slightly, stretched out his hand to her, and shouted: "Come up."

The little girl's eyes lit up, and she immediately reached out to grab Lu Sheng, and as soon as Lu Sheng lifted her, he lifted her small and light body in front of him, sat on the horseback, and Lu Sheng said: "A group of villains! Bullying the weak in broad daylight, this time I will spare you!"

Immediately, the two rode away together.

The group of "bandits" who were dressed like businessmen got up in shock, and a man turned his head to look at the young man who looked like the leader, and said in a daze: "Sir, it is clear that we are the weak ones who are being bullied. Saved the villain?"

The young leader waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "Forget it, Shashen is gone, let's go quickly."

With lingering fear in their hearts, the group hurriedly fled the place, and left the city that night before the city gate was locked.

Naturally, Lu Sheng didn't know this, so he walked away and asked the girl, "Who is your name, where does she live, and why do you go out alone? I'll take you back."

The girl lowered her head, and her voice was extremely thin, she said in a low voice: "My, my family's surname is Hou, and the single name is Yan. My, my family lives... in the south of the city, and my family... will not go back."

Lu Sheng only thought that some kind of rich and noble lady lost his temper, and as he rode his horse towards the south of the city, he persuaded softly: "You little girl, it's too dangerous to be out alone, if you didn't meet me before, I'm afraid you'd be killed. Those gangsters took them away, and they will never see their family members again. If there is a dispute in the family, it is necessary to discuss it carefully, how can you run away from home at every turn?"

Lu Sheng blurted out, and suddenly felt something in his heart. Could it be that he ran away from home without saying anything, and left Xie Rong aside?

The little girl showed a look of disapproval, but then secretly rubbed her eyes, her starry eyes suddenly turned red, she opened her red eyes that were about to cry, looked up at Lu Sheng, and said sadly: "I My mother died long ago, and my father...forced me to marry, and that man lost two wives, who were older than my father, and he was very fierce. If I said I would not marry, my father scolded me."

Lu Sheng looked at the little girl, and asked softly, "How old are you?"

Hou Yan sniffed, and said with a strong crying voice: "Next month, I will be 13 years old on the [-]th... This big brother, please let me go, don't force me or my slave's family to return to the fire pit."

She was forced to marry by her father before she reached the age of Ji, and she still wanted to be a sequel. No wonder this girl would rather run away from home alone and encounter many dangers.

Lu Sheng's heart softened, he sighed in a low voice, tugged on the reins again, turned around, and returned to the way he came from.

There was a look of color in the little girl's eyes, but when she looked at Lu Sheng, her eyes were only full of gratitude, and tears flowed down her smooth and fair face, she was really rainy and pear blossom, so lovely and pitiful.Although she is immature now and her face is a little green, if she is a few years older, she will definitely be a beautiful woman who will be complete and beautiful in the future.

It's no wonder that those gangsters took advantage of the sex, and they didn't hesitate to rob people in Yizhou City.

When Lu Sheng was thinking about it, he took the girl back to the inn before he knew it, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and lead her in, and told Xiaoer, "Open another guest room."

Xiao Er responded, and Hou Yan timidly tugged at Lu Sheng's sleeve, "My family... I'm afraid alone."

Lu Sheng thought about it and said with a smile, "Forget it, it's not as crowded as Ruoxia."

Everyone was going to leave the next day, so they couldn't leave Yizhou with that girl. Lu Sheng couldn't find a good idea, so he had to take that girl upstairs to meet Xie Rong.

Hou Yan arrived at the door but refused to go in desperately. Lu Sheng stood behind her, but blocked her escape route. Lu Sheng didn't know it, but still comforted and persuaded: "Don't worry, this young man looks fierce, but he is actually a Good man, it's me... my best friend."

Hou Yan said: "I, the slave family, the slave family has a strict family style, you can't just meet outsiders..."

Lu Sheng brought her back on the same horse, and she hadn't been too reserved all the way, but now she suddenly made an excuse, which made him suspicious.

At this time, Ruoxia opened the door and said with a smile, "Young Master Baoyang is back, this is..."

Feeling a little embarrassed, Lu Sheng rubbed his nose, and entered the guest room with Hou Yan one after the other. Xie Rong turned his back to everyone, not knowing what he was writing.

After Lu Sheng talked about the ins and outs of meeting Hou Yan, he sighed again: "Ah Rong, let's not mention the previous things for now, this girl has not yet reached Ji, now that she has met, I can't just sit and see her marrying an old man."

Xie Rong just put down the pen, glanced coldly, and said with a sneer: "You blind fool, you picked it up without anyone recognizing it, if you are cheated away in the future, you will have to blame yourself."

Lu Sheng was slightly stunned, and looked down at the little girl. Hou Yan blinked her eyes, twisted the tip of the leather whip wrapped around her waist with both hands, and let him look at her innocently. Lu Sheng looked left and right, and finally looked at Xie Rong. He murmured: "Where did I...didn't recognize it clearly?"

Xie Rong sneered and said, "There is no distinction between male and female, are you justified?"

Lu Sheng was shocked, and stared at the little girl in disbelief. The corner of the girl's mouth twitched, and finally she burst out laughing, sticking out her tongue playfully, "This big brother has good eyesight, so you can see it."

Feeling dizzy, Lu Sheng took two steps back, pointed at that girl—that boy, his fingers trembling slightly, his lips opened and closed a few times, and finally he said hoarsely: "You, you, you——"

The kid coughed softly, clasped his fists and said, "My surname is Hou, and the single name is Yan, which is the so-called son of Biqi, the word Yan in Bangzhi Yanxi. He is the fourth son of General Hou of Yizhou General Soldier."