Su Zhongfan looked at Chen Mengsheng and others, thought for a long time and frowned: "My little girl Qing'er has followed the rules since she was a child. She is a good girl who never goes out of her way. Even in the Anqing mansion, few people have seen her. If
As for the strange thing, it was when our whole family went to Jiangzhou to celebrate the birthday of Mr. Taishan. I remember it was the fourth day of the first lunar month. When we got off the boat and returned home, the little girl was fine, but early the next morning
The little girl's personal maid Du Juan hurriedly reported that she was missing. I took everyone in the house to search, but I searched all over Anqing Mansion and still found no trace. In desperation, I sent my two sons to drive quickly.
The boat returned to his grandfather's house to search for his sister's whereabouts. On the third day, the sound of pipa singing suddenly rang out in the middle of the night..."
"Dad, dad, what's wrong with you?"
"Girl Cui said you fainted, daddy..."
"Master, master, you are scaring me to death. What happened at home?" A large group of people shouted outside the guest room and rushed in. Brothers Su Zhaoyun and Su Zhaohe were both wet, bare-chested and only wearing clothes.
Mrs. Wen, who was wearing a long crimson satin dress, saw Su Zhongfan talking to Chen Mengsheng in the room. She couldn't help but stood there and looked at the two little maids behind her in confusion.
Su Zhongfan scolded and shouted: "You two brothers are about to start a family and start a career, why are you still so fussy. Send your mother back quickly, her disheveled clothes are insulting to elegance. All of you go back to the house, brother Chen has a young child.
News."
Su Zhaoyun shouted: "What? Where is Qingmei? Take us there quickly?" Su Zhaoyun couldn't wait to grab Chen Mengsheng and start walking out.
"What nonsense? How can you be so rude? Go back and dry yourself before meeting your guests!" Su Zhongfan kicked the group of people out without politeness.
Su Zhongfan said to the two little maids: "Cuilan, Mudan go to the study to prepare some good tea and cakes. Go quickly, don't make the guests laugh here, they are really two crazy girls. Brother Chen, this is too strange.
Please come with me to the study to discuss it in detail." Chen Mengsheng nodded and Shangguan Yanran and others followed Su Zhongfan to the study.
As soon as Xiang Xiaotian entered the study room, he clicked his tongue and said, "There are indeed a lot of paintings and calligraphy in Mr. Su's study. To put it in the words of you scholars, even if you use oxen to transport books and paintings, you would need that kind of stuff."
Qi Ying said awkwardly: "That's called sweating. It comes from "Lu Wentong's Tomb List" written by Liu Zongyuan of the previous dynasty. It is a book, everywhere it is full of buildings, and when it comes out, it is sweating. If you don't read, don't be embarrassed here anymore. Give it to me.
Just sit aside and be honest."
Su Zhongfan smoothed things over and said: "Brother Xiang is straightforward and quick-spoken, and he is also a good-natured person. Everyone, please sit down. There are no girls or boys to harass Brother Chen here. If you have anything to say, just say it. There is nothing to hide in the Su Mansion."
"Haha, Uncle Su is serious. You said that someone singing in the embroidered building only started singing three days after Ling Qianjin disappeared. Then I want to know what happened to Miss Qing'er before she disappeared? Because last night in front of the window of the embroidered building
Although she saw her once, she was looking north in despair. Chen Mengsheng boldly asked Qing'er if she has a sweetheart?"
"No, my young son is still young, but I have been approached by matchmakers before, but I rejected them all. Where did he find his sweetheart? If it is abnormal, I really don't know. Why don't I call my little girl's personal girl Dujuan?
Come. That girl has been with Qing'er since she was a child. Brother Chen can ask her." Su Zhongfan saluted Chen Mengsheng and strode out of the study.
Shangguan Yanran asked softly: "Senior brother, are you worried that Miss Su will be harmed by the female ghost's sword when she has a crush on her?"
Chen Mengsheng shook his head and said: "I don't know either. Miss Qing'er seems to have been affected by the soul-losing spell, and the female ghost's face is peeling off. I really don't understand it yet."
Xiang Xiaotian jumped up from the chair and said: "What's not clear about this? That female ghost must be the same as when we were in Hulu Town. She was ruined in life and still thought she was ugly until she died, so she harmed others.
My daughter peeled off her face and put it on her head."
Shangguan Yanran exclaimed: "Brother Xiang, it's good that we have solved the nightmare of Mr. Zang. Otherwise, he would still have such black spots after death, and he would really want to tear his face off."
Chen Mengsheng subconsciously tapped his knuckles on the table intermittently. He lowered his eyebrows and listened quietly to Xiang Xiaotian and Shangguan Yanran talking about the skeleton ghost.
Women who love beauty will not be able to enter the six realms of reincarnation after their death, so they will pay special attention to their appearance. They use their beauty to harm young men. This kind of evil ghost is also called a painted-skin female ghost..."
Cui Lan and Mu Dan, two maids, brewed new tea and carried snack boxes. They leaned over and gave tea to Chen Mengsheng and the four of them. There were four large plates of pastries in the niche boxes, divided into four colors: red, green, yellow and white. The aroma was overflowing and made people's index fingers move.
Ying asked with a smile: "What kind of cakes are these two sisters? I have never seen them before."
Peony hurriedly replied: "These are four-color cakes that my master would only ask the chef to make when entertaining distinguished guests. The yellow ones are chestnut cakes, the green hibiscus cakes, the red ones are jujube cakes, and the white ones are snow dragon whiskers. There are different kinds of snacks.
Please take your time to taste the specialties. I will leave first."
Xiang Xiaotian picked up a piece of chestnut cake and looked at it again and again and sighed: "The life of the rich is always messy. Alas, the breakfast is so unique. Well, it melts in the mouth and has a fresh and mellow fragrance. Not bad."
Not bad. Don't all look at me, eat, it's really good..." After the four of them had finished their breakfast, they saw Su Zhongfan dragging a teenage girl into the study.
Su Zhongfan cupped his hands and said, "Brother Chen, this is my little girl's personal maid, Du Juan. Qing'er and her have a close affection for each other, and she will definitely know if anything weird happens."
Chen Mengsheng saw that the little girl, no more than fourteen or fifteen years old, was trembling when she was pulled to the study by Su Zhongfan. "Haha, little sister, don't be afraid. We are not bad people. How is Miss Qing'er treating you?"
Du Juan said timidly: "Miss...Miss is very good to me. I have been sold into the Su Mansion by my parents since I was a child. If not for Miss's care, Du Juan would have starved to death on the street."
Chen Mengsheng nodded and said: "Do you know what happened before the young lady disappeared? No matter how big or small, you just need to tell the truth what you saw and heard. Maybe your young lady's life is in your hands.
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Du Juan knelt down in front of Chen Mengsheng with a plop and cried: "I really don't know at all, the embroidery building is not clean. There are ghosts... there are ghosts..." Du Juan's screams shocked Shangguan in the study.
Yanran and Qi Ying were both frightened.
Su Zhongfan shouted: "Where did the ghost in Qinglang World come from? Besides, I also invited monks from Anpu Temple and Taoists from Shangyangguan to come to the embroidery building to do the practice. But I got nothing but was treated as a fool by the Jingshi people in Anqing Prefecture.
"The butt of the joke, Brother Chen, it's not that I don't believe in Buddhism and Taoism. If Brother Chen hadn't seen a little girl wearing a green dress outside the embroidery building when he first arrived in Anqing Mansion, I would have found it difficult to believe it." Seeing that Su Zhongfan must have been raped by others for this matter.
I had made fun of him, so I saw an evil look on his face.
Chen Mengsheng walked up to Du Juan, stretched out his hand to help Du Juan, who was still shivering, and said, "Little sister, how did you see the ghost? Mr. Su doesn't believe it, but I believe it. You can tell me about it."
Tell me in detail?" Du Juan looked back at Su Zhongfan cautiously, tightly closing her lips and saying nothing.
"Master Su, little sister Dujuan was so frightened that she didn't dare to speak when she saw you here. Why don't you ask Master Su to sit aside and let me ask you questions? I also saw that in Miss Su's embroidery building.
Skeleton female ghost. Mr. Su, if you want your daughter to come back, just do as I say." Chen Mengsheng said with a hint of displeasure.
Su Zhongfan rolled his sleeves and said: "Well, I will listen to what Brother Chen said and sit aside to wait for good news. But Brother Chen, if you want to run away without saying a word like the monks and Taoists I invited, then don't do it.
It’s my fault, Mr. Su, for being so ungrateful.”
Xiang Xiaotian said angrily: "What are you talking about, you old boy? Now your daughter is missing. I tell you that since my brother knows about this, we still have to investigate even if you eight people carry us away in a sedan chair."
The truth will come to light. Just don't say anything to me and just listen to my brother's questions honestly. Don't be afraid, little girl. If you have anything to say, just say it boldly and our brothers will naturally make the decision for you. Mo
If you are a member of the Su family, not even the entire Anqing Mansion can touch you!"
Su Zhongfan was criticized by Xiang Xiaotian, and his old face became a little embarrassed. He said awkwardly: "Brother Xiang, calm down, I just won't say anything. I hope Brother Chen will show his magic to save my young son. Su Zhongfan will never forget it." After finishing speaking,
He angrily sat in a corner of the study and stopped talking.
Chen Mengsheng did not go to calm down with the nerd and continued to ask: "Sister Dujuan, tell me now, what is going on in the embroidery building?"
Du Juan bit her lip, but she was trembling even more violently. It wasn't until her lip was bitten that she trembled and said: "That day, I came back from Jiangzhou with my lady, and when I was holding the lamp... I was...
The madam called her. She said that she had been feeling unwell for the past few days, so she asked me to bring a bowl of white fungus and red date soup to her to replenish her vitality. When I arrived at the embroidery building, I saw the young lady embroidering a picture of hundreds of flowers under the lamp in front of the table.
, the lady asked me to put the white fungus and red date soup on the spring stool. I... when I was putting the white fungus and red date soup... I saw... in the bronze mirror on the spring stool... there was a woman combing her hair... ah...
"Du Juan suddenly yelled, covered her head with both hands and fell limply to the ground.
"Disease" Chen Mengsheng cast a calming spell, and the green energy enveloped Du Juan's body. Du Juan's rapidly rising chest finally began to calm down, and she looked at Chen Mengsheng while panting heavily.
Chen Mengsheng said in a deep voice: "Little sister Dujuan, I also know that it is very painful for you to recall those things, but the absence of Miss Qing'er must be related to the female ghost. Anyway, please tell me, what is in that bronze mirror?"
What happened to the woman?"
Dujuan closed her eyes and said quietly for a long time: "That...that woman I have never seen before, she...she also saw me and smiled at me...ah...it's so scary...she has one hand
Combing her hair with the other hand... the other hand held her hair... and lifted her whole head up... That hand was... combing her hair... I was so frightened that I fainted...
When I woke up, the lady was gone..."
Chen Mengsheng recalled that he had seen a bronze mirror in the embroidery building and asked again: "Is that bronze mirror about one foot square?" Du Juan nodded with difficulty.
"Who? Who is outside the door? Come out..." Chen Mengsheng opened the study door in a flash, and the pale-faced person standing outside turned out to be Mrs. Wen.
Mrs. Wen stammered: "Old... The master asked me to change my clothes and come to the study..."
"Yes, I said that." Su Zhongfan stood up and went to the door and said to Chen Mengsheng.
Chen Mengsheng ignored Su Zhongfan and walked straight to Du Juan and said, "Little sister, take us all to the embroidery building to see the bronze mirror. At this time, you are the only one who knows how weird the bronze mirror is." Du Juan looked at it.
The people in the room hesitated again and again, and finally plucked up the courage to agree...
The group of people came to the iron gate of Xiulou. Su Zhongfan took out the key and opened the iron gate. In the wind and rain, there was an inexplicable gust of wind, which made everyone feel like someone was blowing air on their backs. Du Juan walked to Su Zhaoqing's room on the second floor.
Someone in the room pointed at the spring stool and shouted: "The bronze mirror is missing..."