[Sword Three + Seven Five] Medicine does not heal itself

The snowfall in Tokyo this winter was unexpectedly heavy. With the bubbling snowflakes and the whistling westerly wind, most people would not want to go out no matter how warm they were dressed.

"woo woo woo woo……"

"What's the sound?" Mrs. Pang had already fallen asleep, but her face suddenly turned cold, and she heard a nasal cry of a child.

"Old madam!" Hearing the voice of the old matriarch getting up, the guard maid hurriedly got up and lit the lamp.

The old lady was getting old and always had to get up at night, so the maids stood guard on the footboard of Ba Bu's bed.For fear of not being able to sleep well, the maids dare not light the lamps except for the old lady who gets up at night.

Just lighting the lamp alone, the servant girl was about to wait for the old lady to get up, but suddenly she let out a scream.

The old lady Pang woke up with a start, but she sat up and lifted the curtain with one hand.The maid took a light with the lamp, but saw blood beads hanging from the corner of the old matriarch's mouth.But there was a row of wet little footprints from the door to the old lady's bed.

The footprints were very small, like those of a five or six-year-old child.

"woo woo woo woo……"

"Did you hear that?" Old Madam Pang didn't know the blood at the corner of his mouth, only saw the wet footprints on the pedal, and panted while pressing his chest.

"I heard it, it's the cry of a child." The maid said with a mournful face.

But how could the Pang Mansion have children crying?

In addition to the old matriarch, the master of Pang's mansion is Grand Master Pang and Mrs. Pang, who eats fast and recites Buddha all the year round.There are no children in the house, so there is no one-year-old servant girl to serve.

The crying sound was that of a young child, but the youngest maid in Pang's house was ten years old.

"... so cold... so cold... woo woo woo~"

Mrs. Pang's face turned pale, and immediately asked the servant girl to call someone.

Because there is a charcoal basin in Mrs. Pang's room, when the other servants arrived, the wet footprints in the room had been dried and disappeared.The cry seemed to have never appeared before.

Only the blood at the corner of the old lady's mouth showed that everything that happened just now did not seem to be an illusion.

Liang Ma, who was beside the old matriarch, took people to search the yard, but found nothing.

The servant girl who kept watch at night was thrown into the firewood room.On the second night, the night watchman became Mrs. Pang's most trusted Mama Liang.

Liang Ma is the youngest daughter of Pang Madam's nanny, and the nanny's family was married to Pang's mansion with Pang Madam.Today, the nanny and the nanny who are the same age as the old lady have passed away, only Liang Ma is ten years younger than the old lady, and she is still serving by her side.

Mama Liang had three sons. The eldest son, Pang Fu, was originally the head of the Pang family. He followed Pang Yu to Chenzhou for disaster relief.For the sake of Liang Ma and Pang Fu who "accompanied" An Lehou to die, Grand Master Pang promoted his second son Pang Lu to be the general manager.There is also a third son, Pang Shou, who is now one of the stewards of the Pang Mansion, in charge of the most luscious kitchen in the Taishi Mansion.

Ever since Mama Liang was promoted from a maidservant to a wife, she has never kept watch at night.In the past few years, Mama Liang said that she was serving the old lady Pang, rather than being a companion of the old lady.Really serving people does not require Mama Liang to do it herself.

Mama Liang vowed to keep vigil for the old matriarch, but she has been pampered for the past few years.Mrs. Pang's room was very warm, and she fell asleep slowly while leaning on the pedals.

Because of the shock of the previous night, Mrs. Pang thought that it would not be easy for her to fall asleep.It's just that I didn't expect to fall asleep at the same time as usual.

"... so cold... so cold... woo woo woo~"

While staring in confusion, Mrs. Pang felt as if a small hand was touching her face again. That hand was cold, as if it was not a living person's hand.

"Liang Ma, Liang Ma!" The old lady Pang sat up in panic, and subconsciously wiped her face, which seemed to be wet.

Mama Liang woke up startled from her sleep and fell off the pedals. Then she saw that the light she had specially left before going to bed had gone out.

"... so cold... so cold... woo woo woo~"

"...She's back, she's back!" Liang Ma was so frightened that she couldn't get up to light the lamp.

"Mother Liang, who did you say is back?" Old Madam Pang trembled.

"Second Miss, Second Miss is back!" Liang Ma cried.

"What nonsense are you talking about! Where did the second girl come from in our house!" Mrs. Pang said sharply, her voice still somewhat hoarse.

The door was pushed open but the maid outside heard the sound and came in with a lamp.Madam Liang fell to the ground and looked at Old Madam Pang by the light. There was blood on the corners of the old Madam Pang's mouth, with a ferocious old face full of wrinkles, like a devil in hell.

The maid who came in with the lamp was also frightened weak by the old matriarch's appearance.

I always knew that Mrs. Pang was the most kind and friendly on weekdays, treating the maids around her like granddaughters.The people in the house are not vying to serve the old lady.

However, who has ever seen the old lady get angry?

"Look, old lady!" Liang Ma didn't dare to look at the old lady's face, she looked down and saw the pair of small footprints on the pedal.The footprints have begun to disappear, but a small watermark can still be seen clearly.

In the old lady's pine and cypress garden, all the lights were lit.The maids and servants came out in full force, looking around.As the watermark in the room was wiped off, everything disappeared again except for the blood on the corner of the old matriarch's mouth.

The next day, what happened in the Songbai Garden finally alarmed Grand Master Pang.

It's just that Taishi Pang went to greet him and asked about this matter, but Mrs. Pang excused himself by saying that he had a nightmare.

Taishi Pang also only knew that the Songbai Garden was restless in the past two nights, but he didn't know the specific reason.The old matriarch refused to speak, and Taishi Pang could not ask further questions.He could only tell the people around him to take good care of him, and asked the imperial doctor to prescribe soothing soup for the old lady.

The old lady Pang refused to tell Grand Master Pang anything, and on the third night, besides Liang Ma, two maidservants also guarded the bedside.

No one dared to sleep peacefully that night.With eyes like copper bells open, he looked at the lantern on the table and waited quietly.

"crunch-"

"Damn girl, why didn't the windows be closed!" Liang Ma scolded as she looked at the blown open windows.

After resting during the day, Liang Ma's spirit has recovered a lot.

"The maidservant clearly checked it just now." The maidservant said nervously.

"You dare to quibble and talk back, you must have forgotten to latch the window when you closed it!" Liang Ma scolded.

"Okay, just close the windows!" Mrs. Pang sighed tiredly as she lay on Babu's bed.

After all, Mrs. Pang was old, and she didn't sleep well for two consecutive nights, and her energy was a little weak.

The servant girl walked quickly to the bed and closed the window, but heard two "poofs", and the two lanterns in the room went out at the same time.

This wind lantern is also called Qi Death Wind Lantern, but it is not easy to extinguish it outside.Because the lights went out last night, the wind lanterns were specially used. How could the two lights go out at the same time?

The servant girl was so frightened that she wanted to scream, but when she thought of this, the old lady quickly covered her mouth in her room, trying to calm down, and went to touch the flint.

"... so cold... so cold... woo woo woo~"

The voice was very ethereal, as if it came from outside, and it seemed to be inside the room.

Liang's mother's face suddenly turned cold, she knelt on the ground in fright, and kowtowed frantically: "Second girl, second girl, your death has nothing to do with this old slave! Please show mercy and bypass this old slave—"

"Shut up!" the old lady shouted in a hoarse voice.

Soon the servant girl touched the flint and lit the lantern again.

Old Madam Pang grabbed the curtain with one hand, with a trace of blood hanging from the corner of her mouth, she looked ferociously at Liang Ma who was kneeling on the ground.

Mama Liang seemed to wake up from a dream: "Madam, I—"

"The Pang family doesn't have a second girl, and never has." The old lady Pang said with a livid face, "That evil star who conquered all six relatives is not worthy of being a descendant of the Pang family."

Madam Liang stared blankly at Old Madam Pang: "...Old Madam, I, I—"

The two maidservants on the side held the wind lamp and stood quietly by the side, trembling and bowing their heads.They seem to have heard something extraordinary.

Old Madam Pang only has one son, Grand Master Pang, and the only one who can be called the second girl in the family can only be the daughter of Grand Master Pang.But apart from Concubine Pang Gui in the palace, they never knew that there was a second girl in the palace.

And this second girl may be the "ghost" that caused trouble at night.

Liang Ma seems to have something to do with the second girl's death. Mrs. Pang is an insider, and it is even what Mrs. Pang ordered Mrs. Liang to do.After all, the "little ghost" who caused the trouble went directly to Mrs. Pang.

It was another sleepless night, the first night was nothing but the second night and the third night, more and more people stayed by the old lady's side, and more and more people heard the piercing cry and saw That little footprint.

On the fourth day, the first snow of this winter finally stopped, and there was even the sun.

There is no impenetrable wall in the world, and within a few days, the news of children crying and footprints in the Songbai Garden at night has spread among the servants of the Pang Mansion.The scruples of ignorance are Taishi Pang and Mrs. Pang who only know how to chant scriptures every day.

What news, the master should know first.

Because of this snow, the flower pickers seem to be hiding in winter and can't come out.However, the Kaifeng Mansion did not relax its pursuit of the flower pickers, and was still looking for clues every day.

It was rare that there was sunshine today, and Gongsun Ce was about to bask in the sun when he saw Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and the others gathered together to say something.

"What are you guys talking about here? The case of the flower picker has already begun."

"Mr. Gongsun!" Everyone greeted quickly.

In the end, only Zhao Hu said, "Mr. Gongsun, we are talking about the Grand Master's Mansion!"

"About the Grand Master's Mansion? Could it be that you have found a clue about Grand Master Pang's love of a concubine?" Gongsun Ce said, "Why didn't you report such an important matter to me and Mr. Bao?"

"Mr. Gongsun misunderstood! What we are talking about is related to the Grand Master's Mansion, but it has nothing to do with the case of the flower picker." Wang Chao explained.

Zhang Long also said: "Mr. Gongsun, Zhao Hu and I went out to investigate the case this morning, and we know that there is a rumor in Kaifeng City."

"What is it that brings so many of you together here?"

"I heard that the cries of children can be heard every night in Grand Master Pang's residence."

"The cry of a child?" Gongsun Ce was a little surprised.

"That's right, according to the legend of the servants of the Pang Mansion, the old lady Pang of the Pang Mansion woke up in the morning with blood on her mouth, and said that if the old lady can survive at such an old age, she must drink the blood of a boy." Zhang Long beat He shuddered and said, "Now, everyone says that the cry of the child was made by the ghost of the child killed by Mrs. Pang."

Gongsun Ce frowned, the so-called "where there is no wind, there are no waves", there is probably a reason for such rumors from Pang Taishi's residence.