Nightwatcher

"Our servants don't know these things."

The little maid lowered her head and shook her head, knowing the truth of what to say and what not to say.

Li Lingsu got up and left the bed, walked to the table, put his hands on the table, leaned forward, and looked down at the little maid in an aggressive posture, with the corners of his mouth raised:

"Little girl must be obedient and well-behaved to be likable..."

Du Juan's face flushed suddenly, she lowered her head, not daring to look directly at Li Lingsu, and said weakly:

"Just, I know a little bit. Master, you have to promise not to reveal it, otherwise the maidservant will be miserable."

The eyes are bright like stars, the facial features are handsome, and the temperament is extraordinary. But whoever can resist my supposed charm as a girl in Huaichun!

Li Lingsu sighed as if he was overwhelmed by the cold.

"Don't worry, I won't reveal it."

He promised with a smile.

"The relationship between the young lady and the master is very good, but the young lady doesn't seem to want to marry into the Huangfu's family. She has begged the master many times and even went on a hunger strike for a few days."

Chai Lan didn't want to marry into Huangfu's family. In order to resist, she even went on a hunger strike. Li Lingsu frowned, thinking why Xing'er didn't tell me this.

"Then, what about the relationship between the eldest lady and Chai Xian?" Li Lingsu asked in deep thought.

"As close as brother and sister." Du Juan said.

"Is there, um, a relationship between a man and a woman between them?" Li Lingsu tentatively asked.

"Well, how does this slave know?" Du Juan wondered.

He then asked about the relationship between several core members of the Chai family. When he asked about the relationship between Chai Xinger and Chai Jianyuan, Du Juan said:

"My aunt and the head of the family had conflicts before."

Li Lingsu narrowed his eyes and said calmly, "Oh? Tell me in detail what's going on."

Du Juan hesitated and said:

"That happened many years ago. The former uncle's surname was Liu, and the Liu family and the Chai family were family friends. Later, the Liu family fell into poverty. My uncle married into Chai's mansion. Later, my uncle and the head of the family had an accident when they went out, and they did not survive. return.

"However, I heard that there seems to be an inside story about my uncle's death. My aunt and the head of the family had a big fight."

She paused and did not continue to speak.

Speaking of this, she has already crossed the line, and she doesn't even know the details of the inside story.

Myolie's ex-husband died strangely? Well, during the time I was dating her, how come I never heard of Li Lingsu frowning secretly.

He immediately figured it out, of course no one would mention his aunt's ex-husband in front of his new love of the aunt of the Chai family.

"Thank you, Du Juan, for telling me!"

Li Lingsu showed a warm smile comparable to that of a central air conditioner, which made the little maid feel comfortable and her cheeks rosy in the cold winter months.

After sending the maid named Du Juan away, Li Lingsu returned to the room and fell on the bed, trying to grasp the truth of the incident in the fog of confusion.

Chai Lan doesn't want to marry into Huangfu's family, if I were Chai Xian, wouldn't it be fine for me to elope with her directly?

How did Xing'er's ex-husband die? It seems to be related to Chai Jianyuan? Otherwise, why did the two have such a big fight? Apart from the biggest beneficiary, she had another motive for killing.

Li Lingsu sighed, turned over and sat up, planning to go to the inn and tell Xu Qian the news.

"Really, I can investigate on my own. Although Xu Qian has a high level of cultivation, it doesn't mean he can investigate. Who does he think he is, Xu Qi'an?"

Li Lingsu muttered, but he didn't give up the idea of ​​reporting the news to the bad old man.

Capital, Xu Mansion.

In the inner hall burning with charcoal fire, my aunt peeled an orange in her hand and said:

"When you go to the palace in a few days, you must know how to be polite, and you can't let the wives and female relatives of the palace despise you, understand."

While speaking, she raised her head, looked away from the oranges, and looked at the young girl beside her who was eagerly waiting to eat the oranges.

"I am talking about you!"

The aunt said unhappily: "I know how to eat all day long. Sooner or later, I will send you to the Sitian Supervisor to learn art."

She is wearing a jacket embroidered with cloud patterns today, paired with a dark pleated long skirt, in her delicate hair bun, embellished with jade hairpins and golden steps, dignified and glamorous, at first glance, she looks very wealthy The style of a woman.

Of course, anyone who is familiar with my aunt knows that she is an embroidered pillow beyond gold and jade.

"Okay, okay, then you can play with Sister Caiwei."

Xu Lingyin, who was wearing a boy's bun, said happily.

What she really wants to say is that Sister Caiwei has a lot of money and can always buy all kinds of delicious food.

But she is not Xu Lingyin before now, now, now is

"Mom, how old am I now?"

Xu Lingyin asked loudly.

Aunt ignored her, turned to Xu Lingyue and said:

"But you can't be bullied, you know. For a wealthy family like Wangfu, none of the wives in it are easy to get along with. You are weak, and you won't say anything when you are bullied.

"If you are bullied, you can find Simu. In short, you can control yourself, you know. By the way, the eldest son of the Wangfu and the second son's brother and sister are not much different in age from Lingyin, and the children are the most troublesome. I can't tell. Reason. Don't let the ringtone break the house."

Xu Lingyue said "hmm", "Understood, mother."

Xu Erlang and Miss Wang's family are going to get engaged, and some etiquette walks are needed between the two families. As the mistress of the family, my aunt must not show up casually, it does not fit her status.

Therefore, the communication between the female relatives is left to Lingyue and Lingyin sisters.

But my aunt is worried, thinking that she is a wonderful woman who combines beauty and wisdom. Except for a promising Erlang, the remaining two daughters are not satisfactory.

Xu Lingyue is too weak, she is a soft-spoken doormat, Xu Lingyin is not very smart, she is a stupid girl.

My aunt was afraid that they would go to the palace and be bullied by the Wang family.

It's not that my aunt is just worrying about the sky. A wealthy family like the Wangfu has a strong sense of superiority. Miss Wang's marriage to Erlang is a complete marriage. How much can the female family members of the Wang family think highly of the Xu family?

Although it is not enough to make a bad face, but the beating of needles hidden in the cotton is not uncommon.

With Xu Lingyue's weak temperament

"well!"

My aunt sighed bitterly.

She didn't think about these nonsense anymore, and complained: "That Yang Qianhuan, at least I met your eldest brother, I wrote to him, and wanted to ask Si Tianjian to accept Lingyin as a disciple, but he didn't reply for a long time. "

Xu Lingyue peeled the orange and said, "Mother, Si Tianjian has already given you an answer. I forgot to tell you about the letter I received yesterday."

My aunt's eyes lit up, and she was pleasantly surprised: "What did Si Tianjian say?"

Xu Lingyue said in a soft voice: "Senior brother Yang said that Lingyin is so talented that he cannot teach him. He recommended Lingyin to the supervisor, but the supervisor ignored him and even refused to let him go on the gossip platform."

It turned out that it was because of the extraordinary talent of Lingyin!

My aunt felt much better. After thinking about it, she decided to let her practice with Lina first.

To this day, my aunt has also given up the idea that every lady should start from a baby, and looks forward to Erlang and Miss Wang's early marriage and to give her a granddaughter.

The account raised by myself is useless, so I can only look forward to the trumpet raised by my son.

Thinking of this, my aunt showed a somewhat relieved expression:

"Simu is talented and intelligent. Even though she is a woman, she has read poetry and books. Erlang is even more talented. Their children will definitely be smart in the future."

As she spoke, she raised her hands, and on her snow-white and slender wrists was a pair of emerald green bracelets.

"This bracelet was given to me when I married your father. It is said that your grandmother passed it down. The mother-in-law left early and failed to pass it on to her daughter-in-law, so she entrusted the bracelet to him for future use. When you get married, hand it over to your daughter-in-law."

My aunt reminisced about her youth, and said with a smile: "From now on, I will pass it on to Simu. Well, I will only give one, and the remaining one will be given to Da Lang's wife."

"Wow! So beautiful."

Xu Lingyin stretched out her chubby little hand: "Mother, show me, show me."

The aunt still dotes on the young girl very much, she took off the bracelet and handed it over, telling her: "Be careful, don't break it."

Just as he was talking, Xu Pingzhi entered the inner hall with his armor in his arms and a long knife in his waist and hips.

Xu Pingzhi is now a Qianhu of the imperial sword guard, with a high position and great power. He has become an upstart among the five guards of the capital. Although he does not have a title, ordinary nobles have to respect him when they see him.

My aunt sniffed, frowned and said, "Why did you buy green oranges again? There are sweet ones at home."

"I like to eat sour food recently."

With his nephew and son not there, Xu Pingzhi opened his eyes and spoke nonsense without changing his face.

At this time, he saw the bracelet on the wrist of the young girl Xu Lingyin, and was surprised:

"Why did you give her the family-inherited bracelet? What if it breaks?"

Xu Lingyin raised her chubby little hands, and showed off: "Father, look quickly, what do I look like?"

"like what?"

Xu Pingzhi asked subconsciously.

Xu Lingyin said crisply: "It's not like your mother."

Xu Pingzhi glanced at her, silently put down his helmet, and picked up the scabbard.

Xu Lingyin's cries resounded throughout Xu's residence.

chaifu.

Li Lingsu left the room, walked through the compound, and saw the serious faces of the children in the house, all armed with knives, guarding the entrances of the corridor and courtyard.

"What happened?"

He approached a Chai family disciple and asked.

"A thief broke into the cellar last night."

The boy surnamed Chai said in a deep voice.

Cellar Li Lingsu was at a loss, and heard another student explain:

"The cellar is where the walking dead are kept."

As a sideline of the Chai Mansion, there is the business of expelling corpses, and the cellar is used to store corpses. In addition, some corpses are used for other purposes. For example, the disciples of Chaifu and the Queen of Crowns can receive a walking corpse from the cellar as a puppet.

Collateral children can only receive ordinary corpses, while direct descendants can receive blood corpses. Blood corpses are sacrificed by the seniors, and the minimum is the combat power of the refined realm.

If the blood corpse sacrifice can be refined into an iron corpse, then it can be regarded as entering the room on the way of controlling the corpse.

Iron Corpse's strength and defense are comparable to those of sixth-grade bronze-skinned and iron-skinned fighters, but their combat power is weaker. After all, they don't have the energy and the premonition of danger honed in the god-refinement stage.

"Xu Qian said that Chai Xian invaded the cellar last night to find Chai Lan's body. Chai Xian suspects that Chai Lan is dead."

Li Lingsu changed his mind immediately, and was not in a hurry to find Xu Qian. After asking about the location of the cellar, he turned and left.

Not long after, he came to the inner courtyard, a secluded courtyard.

Here, more than a dozen disciples of Chaifu blocked his way.

"Master Li, this is the forbidden area of ​​Chai Mansion, you are not allowed to enter."

Li Lingsu frowned, and said in displeasure, "How dare you block my way?"

Push away the crowd and stride into the courtyard.

The disciples of the Chai family looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a while.

Going down the steps to the cellar, Li Lingsu immediately covered his nose: "It smells so bad."

Soon, he saw rows of dead bodies, like motionless sculptures.

"That old man Xu Qian must like it very much." Li Lingsu muttered.

At any rate, he also stayed in the Southern Border Gu Clan for a while, and he knew the virtues of the Gu Masters in the Corpse Gu Division.

Li Lingsu tapped the center of his eyebrows, his pupils instantly faded, and his vision immediately changed. These corpses are not pure walking dead, their earth souls are tightly bound in their bodies.

Like a submerged stagnant water, silent.

But as long as they are awakened with a suitable method, they will become warriors who know no pain and fear no death.

In the Southern Border Gu tribe, the Heart Gu Department for controlling beasts, the Corpse Gu Department for controlling corpses, and the Poison Gu Department for using poison on the invisible have always been the most troublesome existences.

He walked in with big strides, and after half a quarter of an hour, he finally saw a living person, several Chai family disciples guarding in front of a wooden door.

The wooden door was half open, and candlelight shone through it.

A cellar within a cellar? What is stored in it? Li Lingsu approached and was blocked again.

"Who's outside."

Chai Xing'er's cold voice came from the wooden door.

"It's me." Li Lingsu said.

The door was silent for a while, and Chai Xing'er whispered, "Let him in."