Qu Jinying's pink face was delicate and red, her eyes were water-colored, and she said, "Let go of me."

Wei Yansi deliberately teased: "Let you be fierce!"

"I'm not being fierce anymore."

"late."

"...I'll let you kiss when we get to the inn." Qu Jinying's eyes were reddish, begging softly.

"Will I kiss you?"

"……Um."

"Anywhere is fine?"

Qu Jinying turned her face away, and bit her lower lip hard: "Yes."

As Chunlai said, the closer you get to Linzhou, the more chaotic the world will be.

Decaying houses, abandoned fertile fields, spreading weeds, no more smoke everywhere.

Occasionally, crows stopped on the dry and cracked field ridges, staring at them with their black eyes open, as if they were staring at their prey.

Chun Lai picked up his speed and walked for a long time. In the evening, he came to a small house. There were two stone lions at the door, with their mouths open and their sharp teeth showing.

The cold wind suddenly blows, and the dust and mud all over the sky hit the wheels and horseshoes, crackling like raindrops.

Standing in front of the carriage, Wei Yansi shook off his fan, brushed off the dust and mud on his clothes, and said in distaste, "Can people live in this place?"

Qu Jinying said, "Very good."

Seriously ruined Hunjun's interest in pampering her.

Wei Yansi: "..."

It is actually possible to live in people, but of course it is not possible to live in the king of a country. Chun Lai was so nervous that he gnawed his fingers, bowed his waist, and went into the house to explore the way.

There is no village in front of this place, no shop behind, dead leaves are flying around, and the cold wind is blowing, which is very suitable for haunting.

Wei Yansi opened his arms and said generously to Qu Jinying: "Are you afraid? You can come into my arms."

The corners of Qu Jinying's eyes were slightly red, with a pitiful and helpless face, he took a step back: "This is not an inn, don't mess around."

"I'm scared, can I go into your arms?"

Qu Jinying shook her head like a rattle.

She can be regarded as seeing Wei Yansi clearly. He behaved well in the past few days, probably because Feng He was there and followed him all the time, so it was inconvenient to move his hands and feet.

Now that Fenghe is in the dark, Wei Yansi is like a canary out of the cage, flying freely, eating her tofu endlessly.

She guessed that her innocence was about to be lost.

Pushed Wei Yansi, warning her to stay away.

"My concubine, you only promised during the day, and I can do whatever I want with you at night." Wei Yansi's breath came over, right next to her ear, numb.

"Me! When did I say such a thing!"

"Aifei's memory is not very good."

"That's what you said!"

"You promised."

"I was forced."

Wei Yansi shrugged: "It doesn't matter if we can't live in this house, the carriage is quite spacious, and before spring comes back, we'll make it quick."

Qu Jinyinghan stood up from his feet, and after a shiver, he lifted his skirt and started running.

She rarely loses her composure, but in order to keep her innocence, let alone lose her composure, she can do anything insane.

He didn't dare to run too far, so he went around the carriage again and again, and when he turned his head, he saw Wei Yansi chasing her behind, looking like a disciple playing with a young girl.

Suddenly, a scream erupted in the house.

Qu Jinying hurriedly stopped: "It seems like spring is coming!"

Wei Yansi raised her head slightly, and found that the signboard of the house was nowhere to be found, so she frowned and asked, "Could it be that the house is really haunted?"

"The child is silent and strange."

The two thought about it, took out a torch from under the carriage and lit it, and the fire illuminated the dark night sky without any abnormality.

Wei Yansi decided to summon Fenghe and let him go in to see what happened?

Raising his eyelids, Chunlai actually stood at the gate, sweating profusely, panting heavily.

After Wei Yansi asked, he found out that he met a lot of people in the yard, all of them were refugees, homeless, all of them were skinny and inhuman. He thought he saw a ghost, so he screamed.

He also said that this house was built by the Geng family in the suburbs.

Geng family!

Wei Yansi's eyes lit up, and she became very interested in this house.

"Go, go in and have a look."

"I'm going too." Qu Jinying grabbed her sleeve with a mournful expression.

He pretended to be pitiful.

"It will be dangerous. Do you still remember that I was robbed by a group of refugees at the West Gate? It was thanks to you that you brought someone to rescue me."

"I'm out there alone, scared."

"You call your brother out to accompany you."

"I want you to accompany me."

The love words were caught off guard, Wei Yansi seemed to be drinking a bowl of hot soup, her whole body felt comfortable, she pressed her waist and said, "How kind of you to me like this usually, I, even the wild goose, will send you off."

Qu Jinying glanced at Chunlai who was smiling secretly, slipped out of Wei Yansi's arms, and entered the house first.

Under the guidance of Chunlai, they walked around the overgrown corridor and steps, and then passed through the flower hall to the deserted backyard.

Refugees gathered here, densely packed, all with disheveled hair, really comparable to the monsters and ghosts, at first glance, they are quite scary.

The air was also filled with a rancid stench.

The refugee curled up on the straw mat in his house. When he saw someone coming, he moved his limbs and stretched out his black hand, begging for money.

Wei Yansi was puzzled.

In such a desolate place, even if you have a lot of money, it is difficult to buy food with money, so why ask for money, isn't it realistic to ask for two full heads?

"These people...why don't they go to flee the famine? Where can they get food if they stay here?" Wei Yansi muttered.

"The place with the most people is inside the house. There is no room, so some people are squeezed into the yard." Chunlai explained, "Masters, let's find another place to rest and look further."

Wei Yansi lowered her head and looked at herself, her clothes were really conspicuous, if she stayed any longer, she might be robbed again.

She said "yes", tightly held onto Qu Jinying, and went back the same way.

When he reached the corridor, a beggar with a broken bowl in one hand crawled out from the haystack, grabbed Wei Yansi's ankle, and begged her for some money.

Another one asking for money.

"Go, go!" Chunlai was startled, got angry, and kicked him away, "Beg for food elsewhere."

The beggar changed his target and set his sights on Qu Jinying: "A girl who is kind will be rewarded with kindness."

Qu Jinying took out a sling of copper coins and put them into his broken bowl: "Everyone stays behind, why do you come to the front yard by yourself?"

As soon as she entered the door, she noticed that although the house was not taken care of, it was decorated in a grand style, with pavilions and water pavilions scattered in a well-organized manner. The former owner must have been a scribe from Yada.

The front yard was no worse than the back yard, so why did everyone stay in the back yard and would rather be squeezed into the open space than move their feet to the front yard.

The beggar hadn't seen the money for a long time, so he stuffed the money into his clothes excitedly: "To tell you the truth, this house is haunted."

Qu Jinying couldn't help but laugh.

"Don't you believe it, the original name of the owner of the house is Geng Zhongshan, the richest man in Linzhou City, and he is in the rice grain business. Two years ago, he brought his whole family to this courtyard to escape the summer heat. killed his whole family."

Obviously, this refers to Geng Wangshu's father.

Wei Yansi gave him another sling of copper coins: "Keep talking, and speak more carefully."

"Yes, yes, yes!" The beggar wiped away the messy hair on his face, and stood awkwardly on crutches.

"The Geng family has only one young master, who seems to be called... Geng..."

"Geng Wangshu."

"Yes, with that name, he hid on the beam that night and escaped unharmed."

"What about the government? Can you seek justice for the Geng family?"

"Just pretending, saying that these gangsters are bandits, and sending troops to wipe out two hilltops. You're just fucking deceiving the little baby. Linzhou is rich. How could there be so many bandits who dare to come and make trouble, and even kill the whole family." Beggar She seemed to empathize with her, and blushed with anger.

"Could it be the king's land in the whole world! The officials of Linzhou..."

"Don't be angry," Qu Jinying hugged Wei Yansi's arm, and rolled his eyes, "You, listen to a story without stopping."

The waves in Wei Yansi's eyes gradually calmed down.

The beggar was eloquent: "It is rumored that this is a vendetta, and the mastermind behind the scenes is a big shot. The officials in Linzhou can't move, so they turned a blind eye."

"and after?"

"Later..." the beggar clicked his tongue, "Master Geng disappeared. No one knew where he went. Some people said they saw him jumping into the river and dying... I can't bear it. Whoever puts this on is the one." die."

Wei Yansi snorted coldly: "He's not dead."

"What?"

Wei Yansi waved his fan, asking him to continue.

The beggar probably felt that he was a servant, so he scratched his ear with his little finger: "This house is deserted, too many people have died, and no one dares to take it over. Only a homeless person like me is willing to come here. Let the wind and rain beat you outside."

"The backyard... is full of beggars like you?"

"Hey, now every family has no food to eat, beggars are beggars, everyone who can run has run away, and the rest are old, weak, sick and disabled, unable to escape the disaster, dying, just living."

"A bad life, are you still afraid of being haunted?"

"The key point is that this ghost is Geng Wangshu." The beggar tightened his neck and said like a thief.

Wei Yansi's brows added sharpness: "Did you see him?!"

"A lot of people have seen it! It was raining heavily and there was lightning in the sky. Geng Wangshu just walked in, his face pale!"

"When?"

"...Three nights ago, I scared several people to sickness, and even scared one to death, hehe." After he finished speaking, there was only a trace of fear on his face, a strange arc appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he even stuck out his tongue to lick it. lips.

Wei Yansi looked at his expression, couldn't help feeling sick in his chest, and found a place to sit on the porch.

"Don't dirty your clothes, my little one will dust them off for you." Chun Lai hurriedly said.

Wei Yan thought it was okay, and then said to the beggar, "Since you are afraid of ghosts, why did you come to the front yard alone at night?"

"Look for my bowl, I've been looking for it for a long time!" The beggar raised the broken bowl, as if showing off its treasure.

This reason is fresh enough.

For a broken bowl, even ghosts are not afraid.

"...Could it be that the bowl was passed down from the ancestors?" Chunlai felt incredulous.

"Hey, you always need a bowl when you eat."

It's not bad that I didn't starve to death in this place where the birds don't shit.

Chunlai bent down and muttered to Wei Yansi: "Master, this man is crazy, let's stay away from him."

Wei Yansi agreed, pulled Qu Jinying behind him, and asked the beggar about the situation in Yuzhou City.

The beggar slapped his thigh fiercely: "You are not going to enter the city, are you? Hey, you can't go! There is no food in it, and you will die."

"Could it be that there are outside the city? You all stay outside the city."

The beggar smiled strangely again: "As I said before, I will die, and I will not eat anything I eat."

Now, all three of them sensed that something was wrong.

The author has something to say: there are about ten chapters left before returning to the palace, all the foreshadowing will be over, and then... hahahaha

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