064: The secret of Houfu

When Yan Cui saw that her master was so enthusiastic about this matter that was explicitly forbidden to be mentioned in the Hou Mansion, she had to sigh quietly and said, "If I hadn't understood your madam's nature, I would never dare to say it."

With that, he looked up and looked out of the window and said, "Madam, have you never been surprised? Why is there a third and fourth aunt in this house, and no one has ever mentioned the second aunt?"

Yan Cui's words made Lu Ning a little surprised. Yan Cui was right. Since she entered the Hou Mansion, she really hadn't heard of the second aunt. At the beginning, Lu Ning thought that the old lady had died early, and the second aunt might also be a beautiful woman. Unexpectedly, when Yan Cui reminded her, she knew that everyone did not mention the second aunt, not because the second aunt had died, but for another reason.

However, what makes everyone reluctant to mention her?

Looking at the changeable expression on Lu Ning's face, Yan Cui continued helplessly, "I have also heard about this matter. That was when the maidservant first came. The maidservant and some new little girls lived in the room next to the steward's room. But one day, my fellow villager got lost his way in the house and accidentally broke into the courtyard mentioned by his wife. When she came back, she was so scared that she turned pale and couldn't even say anything. Just pointing outside and saying that there are ghosts, there are ghosts. We were all children at that time, and it was night. Who would not be afraid? At that time, he shouted and squeezed into a ball. Because the movement was too loud, it shocked Aunt Qiu. Qiu's mother and the stewer rushed over and asked Shaner what was going on. Then Shaner pointed out of the window tremblingly, saying that there was a small yard. There was a woman in the yard, looking for her child, who was a living ghost.

The green heart, but at this time, a chill rose from the bottom of the heart and rushed straight to the forehead, but even the scalp felt a little numbness.

"At that time, the maidservants were scared, and some people squatted there and cried loudly. This Shan'er, who saw the ghost, also cried. Maybe she was scared to death when she saw it. Qiu's mother was very angry at that time, saying that Shaner not only ran around the house and went out to play unruly, but also made up a set of reasons to confuse the public. Regardless of how Shan'er cried and explained, she first hit her with ten sticks, and then handed her over to the big girl in charge of the office to watch. Because I was from the same hometown as Shan'er at that time, Shan'er cried very much, and the big girl in charge of the room was also very annoyed, so she picked up a maidservant to accompany her. This Shan'er took my maidservant's arm pitifully and cried. While talking to my maidservant about the small courtyard, she only said that the woman was also a beautiful woman with gentle eyebrows. The maidservant saw that the steward sitting aside did not feel fresh about the ghost's story at all. She only sat there faintly, and knew that the so-called ghost yard of the Hou Mansion was not really ghosted, but there must be a secret thing hidden in the yard.

"Although the maidservant is not a bold person, I also heard the maidservant's mother who had done things in a big family that there were women who were locked up or even quietly executed in those big families. They are all hidden in a very secret corner and can't be found by others. So the maidservant was not afraid. The big girl was only tired of tossing around, and the maidservant fell asleep with her. Unexpectedly, I only heard a giggle of women's laughter at night. The maid opened her eyes and saw a white shadow in front of the window..."

With that, Yan Cui couldn't help shivering and looked up out of the window again. Outside the window, there was only bright sunlight shining on the window lattice, casting a square light and shadow in the room. However, although the sun was bright, the green condensed clearly felt that the room seemed to be shrouded in a cold air, and the air was gloomy.

This may be one of the things that Yancui didn't want to recall, but when she saw Yan Cui's slight silence for a while, she said, "When I turned my head and looked at Shan'er sleeping beside me, I suddenly found that she was lying there with her eyes wide open, pale, as if she had seen something terrible, but... I can't get up anymore."

"At that time, the maidservant was really scared, but the big girl in charge of the office just said to me indifferently that if you want to stay in the Hou Mansion, don't mention the yard from now on, and don't tell others what happened today. At that time, the maidservant really didn't know whether it was because there was really a ghost in the Hou Mansion or..." Yan Cui said, and her lips couldn't help trembling gently.

Lv Ning was silent at the moment, but then smiled and asked, "Yancui, think about it, you must not be obedient. If you didn't pay attention to this matter later, how would you know that it had something to do with the second aunt of the Hou family?

Yan Cui's face immediately turned red. She looked at Lu Ning with some embarrassment, sighed and said, "My good lady, you are a person who can see through me. How dare I hide it from you?"

After saying that, he said, "You said that the big girl in charge of the room was Sister Mei Xian, who took me to work. She thought that I could serve your wife in Hou's mansion, or Sister Mei Xian helped me. Sister Mei Xian has always been not happy to talk too much, and she is very safe to do things. At that time, Qiu's mother saw that I was depressed all day long and lost my usual cleverness, so she called Sister Mei Xian to bring me and asked me to learn more from her. This sister Mei Xian is indeed an insider. I have learned a lot after being with her for half a year. She saw that I was eager to learn, and she was not like other girls who only cared about being greedy and chose some lazy things to do. At this moment, she also had a little love for me. For me, it was better than day by day.

"If this person is talking, what he is most afraid of is that something is accumulated in his heart. If something is really in his heart, he will want to explain its original story day and night. On that day a year later, when Sister Mei Xian was about to leave the Hou Mansion and return to her hometown to get married, I asked Sister Mei Xian about my doubts that day and night.

"Sister Mei Xian is already very familiar with me, and she is about to leave Hou's house, so she doesn't seem to have much hesitation. She just hesitated for a while and talked to me. Come to think of it, the old marquis used to have a second aunt. Because the old lady is the marquis's wife, this second aunt is the marquis's favorite. I heard that it is a beautiful woman that the marquis saw when he accompanied the saint to the south of the south of the Yangtze River. Although the woman is not the daughter of an official eunuch, she is also a scholar. After the marquis returned to the capital, he still misses the woman, and now he sent someone to propose a bride price. On an auspicious day, a sedan chair carried the woman home.

"It is said that the wife is not as good as the concubine. The marquis married the second aunt at that time, so he threw the old lady aside and only intertwined with the second lady all day long, like glue, very intimate. How can the old lady allow the new lady to be favored like this? At that time, he married the third aunt and the fourth aunt for the old marquis one after another, but the old marquis was just indifferent and disdained to pay attention to the two aunts at all. After a few years, the marquis was already in his ten years old. The old marquis put a lot of effort into the marquis and had decided that the marquis was his heir. According to reason, the old lady could be more assured. Later, the second aunt became pregnant, but just as the second aunt was about to give birth, the marquis was secretly injured for no reason, and his life was in danger. At this time, the whole family was as anxious as the ants on the hot pot. Even the Jin Niangniang in the palace was shocked at this time and came to visit the Hou Mansion. But the second aunt was impartial and produced at this time.

Yan Cui said, and her eyebrows frowned tightly. "If you say so, this matter is very strange. Although the slave is not talented, he can still feel that there is any connection that cannot be said by outsiders. It is said that at that time, the whole house was full of energy on the marquis, and no one paid attention to the child born by the second aunt, but later Fang heard that the second aunt's child was born a freak, saying that the man was not a man, said that the woman was not a woman, and died when he was born. Everyone was surprised that the fetus was not even known as a man or woman. The second aunt also went crazy from then on. For a while, she said that she had a son, and for a while, she said that she had a daughter, and looked for her child all day long.

"Later, my wife asked someone to gossip and said that this second aunt was a reincarnation of a white tiger spirit, specializing in luck. The best way is to find a courtyard in the south to make her live, so that she can't step out of the yard at all, and then suppress its evil spirits. So, there is that small courtyard.

"It is said that the second aunt first shouted in the yard, and then slowly lost her voice. The old marquis was reluctant to give up the second aunt, but he felt sorry for her, but at that time, the marquis's injury had just improved, and the second aunt's child was such a freak, and now he was silent and let the old lady deal with this matter. After saying that, he sighed and went silent.

Lv Ning only felt that her heart was heavy, and she couldn't say what it was like. Every word of Yancui's words was like pouring cold water in her heart, making the chill slowly spread from her heart to all parts of her body, and even her fingers cold.

"Sister Mei Xian said that later, the second aunt was so miserable in the pain of missing her child. But in that small courtyard, there was always a woman's cry at night. People who passed by often heard someone talking inside, and sometimes there was shrill laughter. Everyone said that the yard was haunted, and no one dared to go there since then. Hou's house issued an order not to allow anyone to approach the yard. If anyone violates the order, he will definitely hit 30 sticks and be expelled from the house. Sister Mei Xian asked the maidservant to stop being curious about the yard. Don't pester those who have some, do things in the house, save some money for dowry, and go back to find a good marriage. In this life, it's enough."

"The maidservant has also planned to listen to Sister Mei Xian's words. Since then, she has not been curious about the yard. On the second day, she said goodbye to Sister Mei Xian. Although she was reluctant to give up on her, she was gratified to have a happy life in the future. As Yan Cui said, the expression on her face became painful, "Who would have thought that the day before Mei Xian's wedding day, there was the news that her sister had committed suicide. At that time, after hearing the news, the maidservant was so scared that he was so scared that he had no soul. He only felt that the ghost courtyard was indeed an ominous place. After three days of serious illness, he only wanted to leave the Hou's mansion and return to his hometown. Who would have thought that a few days later, someone came to Sister Mei Xian's family, but thanked Hou for sending 50 taels of silver. At that time, because I was thinking about whether Sister Mei Xian died because of the ghost courtyard, I suddenly followed Sister Mei Xian's family and wanted to ask in the end.