[Seven Five] Sword Que Merry

The next day, when I went downstairs for dinner in the morning, as soon as Nian sat down, I saw a white shadow coming in from the door.

"Hey, you two." Bai Yutang took a seat opposite her, seeing her outfit, he couldn't help asking, "What, you want to go out?"

She took a sip from the porridge bowl and nodded.

His face immediately became solemn: "Didn't you hear the rumors in the city? Are you still going out?"

"It's okay." Zhan Zhao beside him interjected lightly, "I'll follow."

Seeing what he said, Bai Yutang felt relieved, and called Xiao Er to order a bowl of porridge.

"It's really strange. I went out to inquire, and found that all the missing women were women who had lost or died of children." He took a steamed bun casually, and said to Zhanzhao, "This is too coincidental."

The shop assistant who brought the porridge said casually: "We all said that the flower pickers did it, why don't we see that the man has something to do?"

Hearing this, Nian raised his head: "Has the lost person been found?"

"Found it? It's almost the same as finding the corpse." The shop assistant sighed, "You didn't see it, it was so miserable, it was almost like a mummified corpse, and I don't know who did it."

After eating, Bai Yutang left in a hurry, saying that he wanted to prepare something for worship, but he didn't say who he was going to worship.

The city was even more deserted than yesterday, and while walking on the road, I vaguely heard that someone seemed to have lost their dolls and women again.

"I always feel that this is a bit strange." Zhan Zhao looked at the surrounding shops with closed doors, and frowned, "Could it be human?"

"When did you believe in ghosts and gods?" Nianyi shook his head and smiled, "Although I have doubts... But before there is no evidence, you can't blame all the extraordinary things on ghosts." She turned to him Seriously, "After all, isn't the human heart scarier than ghosts sometimes?"

After being lectured by her, Zhan Zhao shook his head, smiled and said nothing.

Passing the river bridge, not far ahead is the residence of the old woman from yesterday, and she can be seen crying from a distance.

"My Liu'er's death is not worth it, someone must have killed her!"

Zhan Zhao and Nianyi looked at each other, each feeling guilty.

"She's so good, how could she hang herself..." She pulled her white hair and thought of something suddenly, "Yes, it must be the one named Xiao, he must have done it!"

The old man living next door felt very helpless seeing this scene.

"This old lady, she's always going crazy for a while, I really don't know how long she's going to be in trouble."

Nian Yi bit her lower lip, and was about to step forward, but Zhan Zhao pulled her back.

"Don't go, if you go again, I'm afraid she won't be able to bear it even more."

"Master Bao! When will Master Bao come back!" The old woman pressed her heart and looked towards the city gate.

At this time, even the onlookers whispered.

"That's right, if Lord Bao comes back, our city won't be so chaotic."

"Hey... I just don't know when my lord will have news."

Coming down from the river bridge, Nian Yi still couldn't let go, and said to himself:

"That Mr. Bao is really so amazing? I want to see and see... Do you believe that there will be good officials in this world?"

Seeing her questioning, Zhan Zhao was also skeptical about it.

"Although there are countless corrupt officials at the moment, you can't beat everyone to death with one stick."

Nian smiled awkwardly, "I really hope he is a good official, at least he can find out the reason for that old man..." After walking a few steps, she suddenly stopped on her feet, "She said her granddaughter is a embroiderer ?”

Knowing what she was thinking, Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows and nodded: "Xiu Zhuang is on the west side, just turn a corner."

There is only one embroidery shop in Taiyuan City, and it is the largest shop. There are about twenty Guangxiu Niang, all of whom are exquisite in craftsmanship.So even though Liu'er died, the proprietress didn't have any strange expressions.

At the table, Zhan Zhao just lowered his head to drink tea quietly, while Nian Yi looked at the row of embroidery hanging on the wall, after all, he couldn't let the shopkeeper think that the two of them came to question things on purpose, so she just said That embroidery casually said a few words.

"Young lady has good eyesight. This embroidery work was done decades ago. That embroidery method is no longer used, so we still have this one." Seeing her, the proprietress only looked through it, as if she didn't seem to want to buy it.

"Girl and son... what are you going to choose? We also make wedding clothes here, and there is an embroiderer who is best at embroidering dragons, phoenixes and mandarin ducks."

Feelings are treated as buying dowry, Nian Yi hurriedly explained embarrassingly: "No, we..." Turning to see Zhan Zhao, a flash of light flashed in her mind, "Come to buy a good piece of satin and make clothes for him. "

"Satin?" The proprietress was taken aback for a moment, and then she smiled, "There are ready-made clothes, do you want them?"

"I'll see."

Not long after, seeing her pick out a few pieces, Nian Yi caressed them on the blouse. The delicate stitches were embroidered with auspicious clouds or bamboo leaves. She smiled and asked, "This embroidery is very good, I wonder which embroiderer did it?" ?”

"Does the girl like this?"

Nian shook his head, "You can ask her to embroider something else, the auspicious clouds and bamboo leaves are not suitable for him."

"Ah, that's a pity." The proprietress sighed while hugging the blouse, "That embroiderer is the best in our store, but she hanged herself a few days ago when she couldn't figure it out. What does the girl want to embroider on the blouse? I'll tell you otherwise." Find someone to do the same."

Hearing this, she inadvertently looked towards Zhan Zhao, who happened to look over too.

"That's fine." Nian Yi pretended to smile easily, picked from her arms, turned around and said to Zhan Zhao, "Brother Zhan, come here."

Hearing this, he put down his teacup, got up and stepped forward.

"how?"

Nian Yi picked up a bamboo-blue robe and compared it to him, then shook his head, and picked another raven-green robe.

The proprietress reminded at the right time, "This young man is energetic, and it is best to wear black."

"Not very good." Nian Yi still shook his head, and finally chose moon white, tried it on him, and finally smiled, "I always feel that you have been wearing blue and want to change it for you. Look at it, after all Still blue."

After hearing this, Zhan Zhao didn't know how to answer her words, he always dressed casually, and never paid attention to this...

"Turn around, I'll measure it for you, and I'll make a good one for you later." Nian Yi tiptoed his shoulders and turned his back to himself, carefully measuring his figure carefully.

Although Zhan Zhao felt that something was wrong, he couldn't refuse for a while, and suddenly remembered the original purpose of the two of them, so he asked:

"The parents who suffer from the body, hair and skin, I don't know why that embroidered lady couldn't figure it out and wanted to hang herself?"

"Hey, what's going to happen to the little girl at such a young age? She must have died for love." The proprietress tilted her head to ponder, "I heard earlier that the girl was dating a scholar. Abandoning it is something that you can’t think about for a while.”

Nian Yi was writing down the size, and after hearing what she said, he couldn't help asking: "Who is that scholar?"

"Is...it seems to be a student of Mr. Bao's house?" The proprietress had just finished speaking, and the little girl who brought the tea corrected her.

"My aunt remembers wrongly. She is a guest of Commander Li's house in the city. I helped him deliver a message to Miss Liu a few months ago."

If the other party is really a scholar, no wonder the old lady would admit Zhan Zhao's mistake that day.

Nian Fang asked, "What message?"

"The first time I said, I want Miss Liu to embroider a picture of the rising sun." The little girl poured tea, "After I got the picture, I asked if I could ask the girl to meet under the locust tree at the entrance of Changfu Alley the day before Laba. one side."

After hearing this, the proprietress asked strangely: "Is there such a thing?"

"Yes."

Zhan Zhao hurriedly asked, "Then has she gone?"

"Go, why didn't you go? Miss Liu was very happy when she heard his invitation." After the little girl finished speaking, she shook her head and sighed, "The poor girl is such a beautiful person with a good heart, she must have been bullied by this Mr. Xiao gone."

"Okay." Probably feeling that she was talking too much, the proprietress frowned and winked at her, "Go on and do your work."

"Oh……"

"Girl." Seeing that Nian Yi had already measured, she smiled and walked over, "Do you want a pen and paper?"

"No, I remember." She picked up a shirt casually and pointed to the cuff, "I make the clothes myself. When I give them to you, the sleeves and hem are all embroidered with cloud and thunder patterns and stealing curve patterns with indigo colored thread." Remember to tick off the overlapping patterns at the end, like this... do you understand?"

"Understood, understood." The proprietress responded, smiling, "Unexpectedly, the girl is still knowledgeable."

Nian Yi smiled bitterly.

In fact, I learned it decades ago, and I don’t remember it very clearly now.

Coming out of Xiu Zhuang, Zhan Zhao was still thinking about what the girl said just now, and from the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of something that seemed to be memorized, so he couldn't help frowning:

"You really want to make that shirt?"

She turned her head and didn't take it seriously: "Can't you?"

"..." Zhan Zhao was at a loss for words for a moment, at first he thought she was just saying it casually, "I don't need it...it's better to make one for yourself."

Nianyi closed his eyes and thought for a while, then smiled at him and said, "I'm a ghost, I don't deserve to dress so well."

Strolling on the street until noon, they bought paper money and exchanged saddles, and the two went back to the inn to rest.

At night, the night wind was still blowing very tightly, but she didn't have nightmares anymore and slept until dawn.

This day is Ching Ming, Zhan Zhao wouldn't feel that this festival was any different if it was a normal day, but ever since Nian mentioned it, he was inexplicably curious about today.

Waking up in the morning, the sky was bright outside the window, Zhan Zhao hurriedly put on his clothes and went out, there were few people in the corridor, and they probably all went out to worship their ancestors at this moment.Nian Yi's room was opposite him, and the door was closed tightly. After hesitating for a while, he still walked over.

He knocked three times, but no one answered.

"Read one?"

He had just opened his mouth when suddenly the door opened with a "squeak" and a dark oil lamp was lit in the room, the curtains were drawn tightly and it was very dark.

Zhan Zhao looked around and walked in slowly.

There was no one in the room, and the air was dull. Before he could take a few steps, the door behind him was suddenly closed.

"Nian Yi?" He frowned, vaguely having a bad feeling.

There is a curtain on the bed, maybe she is still sleeping?Zhan Zhao turned around, and suddenly felt something was wrong, if she was sleeping, who opened the door.

Even though he felt that his behavior was inappropriate, he still stepped forward, raised the curtain, and was suddenly taken aback——

On the bed is a paper doll.

Suddenly someone slapped him on the right shoulder, Zhan Zhao hurriedly turned his head, and faintly heard someone laughing behind him.

"Can't you see me yet?"

Two fires of phosphorous fire lit up in front of him, and after a moment of flickering, he saw that Nian Yi was standing in front of him at some point.

"you……"

She smiled and said, "Can you see it?"

Zhan Zhao stared at her blankly, almost not recognizing her.

Her usual appearance is quite different, her long hair is draped behind her back, reaching her ankles, she is dressed in a plain long skirt, her brows are blue and blue, her lips are bright and her teeth are bright, and there is a purple mark between her eyebrows.

Realizing that he was looking at himself, Nianyi lowered his head to look, then smiled and said, "This is what I looked like when I was a ghost, is it a little different from usual...is it ugly?"

When he came back to his senses, he smiled and shook his head: "No, I was just surprised."

"It's not just me, everyone else is also dressed like this." Something seemed to jump into her arms, Nian stretched out his arms to hug her, and looked at him with a nod, "I have to go out, I won't be here until later." Come back..." In the middle of speaking, she seemed to think of something, and the light in her eyes flickered, "By the way, Brother Zhan, do you want to see ghosts?"

"Seeing ghosts?"

She nodded and smiled, "Do you want to celebrate the festival with me?"

Confused by her question, Zhan Zhao was half amused and half strange, "Me? I can?"

"Yes, of course." Nian put down the things in his hand and stood on tiptoe, as if he felt troublesome, "You lower your head."

Not understanding what she meant by this move, Zhan Zhao lowered his head cooperatively.

The moment his head was lowered, Nian Yi tiptoed and kissed him lightly an inch above the corner of his lips.