Tonight's moon is hidden in the clouds, appearing and disappearing, and the moonlight draws irregular and thin halos on the clouds. Occasionally, a cool breeze blows, making people feel the arrival of autumn.
The Chu family's courtyard seemed to have just experienced a shocking disaster, and everyone present couldn't help trembling and feeling terrified.
Fu Yin is a very large target, and standing on the roof cannot hide his figure well.
Chen Huaixu tugged at Fu Yin's sleeve. Seeing a pair of silent and resentful eyes falling on her, she swallowed back the words she was about to say and hooked her finger at him instead.
Fu Yin leaned over to look at him, and felt a touch of softness on his face, which was covered by the veil. He stood there in a daze, unable to react for a long time.
Chen Huaixu touched Fu Yin's face like a gangster, and said with a smile: "Lord He Yin is the most handsome person I have ever seen besides my father. Helping him late at night is even more handsome. But you are too conspicuous. I don't want others to see you. Can you go back to the space first?"
Fu Yin: “…”
His Adam's apple rolled, and his eyes swept across Shen Huaixu's face inch by inch. In the end, he didn't say anything. Instead, he no longer dared to look directly into Shen Huaixu's eyes. He unknowingly returned to the space and sat in the place where he usually read.
Fu Yin, who had been sitting there for a while, finally reacted - he seemed to have been confused by Chen Huaixu's words, and in the end he even forgot to get angry.
He agreed with the compliment about his good looks. In terms of aesthetics, Shen Huaixu did have good taste, but... why exclude her father? He thought a little depressedly.
Forget it, he is my future father-in-law after all.
There was a smile in Fu Yin's eyes and eyebrows, making people feel that they have returned to the season when all things come back to life and spring springs gurgle.
He finally understood why the beauty trap was included in Sun Tzu's Art of War. It turned out that he also had the bad nature of human beings.
After thinking this through, Fu Yin was not angry, but happy instead.
Chen Huaixu was still staying at the Chu residence to finish the work.
They were not making this fuss for the lives of the Chu family, but to make the matter bigger. The bigger the fuss, the more exaggerated the rumors would be, and the greater the deterrent effect would be.
Many people are indifferent to human life but fear ghosts and gods.
It can be seen that the wireless speaker is very effective, and many people living near the Chu residence heard the noise.
Some of them had their doors and windows tightly closed, as if they were still asleep; some lit tiny candles, casting dim light on the windows; some of the bolder ones peeked into their own yards and looked in the direction of Chu's house.
At the same time, the neighing and clatter of horses' hooves could be heard from the other side of the long street.
Chen Huaixu lowered his body, left the roof, climbed over the wall and came to the outside of the courtyard, where he found Zhuyue who had been hiding in the shadows waiting.
Seeing that she was alright, Zhuyue heaved a sigh of relief and whispered, "Tunyuan has been taken back by me. How are Miss Xiaoman and Miss Shuangjiang?"
Tunyuan is the name of the small flower snake raised by Zhuyue. Chen Huaixu didn't know it was called that before, so he called it "Xiaohua" casually. Zhuyue then stammered out its real name "Xiaohua".
The master, his servant and the other two laughed at the appearance of the little snake.
"Everyone in the mourning hall has run away. They can find the right time to come out. Don't worry." Chen Huaixu comforted them gently.
The two waited in silence for a while. The noise from the nearby street grew louder and louder. Tunyuan's head emerged from Zhuyue's sleeve, his pupils as black as ink flashing with a cold and sharp light.
Shen Huaixu closed his eyes and calmed down, listening secretly for a while, "The county magistrate brought a lot of people with him."
The place where they were hiding was not far from the Chu family's gate. Shen Huaixu could hear someone stammering, "County, county, county, help! The house is haunted!"
As soon as he finished speaking, County Magistrate Qiu sternly stopped him: "That's nonsense! Come on! Take him away and wake him up!"
Zhuyue was amazed at Shen Huaixu's sensitive hearing, and at the same time was secretly worried about Xiaoman and Shuangjiang, and unconsciously pinched his tiger's mouth.
After a moment, Shen Huaixu opened his eyes and said, "Here it comes."
Xiaoman and Shuangjiang carried a sack and climbed over the wall, and worked together seamlessly to bring the sack to Chen Huaixu and Zhuyue.
Before they could speak, Shen Huaixu said, "It's not advisable to stay here for long. Let's leave first."
The four of them and the sack were finally relieved.
Xiaoman was the most excited: "Luckily, Qin Xiaowan died just a few days ago, so the smell in the coffin isn't that bad yet. It's hard for Sister Shuangjiang. If she hadn't held her breath, she would have been infected with corpse poison if she had stayed in there a little longer!"
There was a pill given by Chen Huaixu pressed under Shuangjiang's tongue, but despite this, her face still looked ugly.
"But Miss Zhuyue, the smell of your medicine is really strong. When I opened it, it almost made me vomit."
Xiaoman took out a small green bottle from her arms and handed it to Zhuyue. The strong stench came from this.
Zhuyue reached out to take it, "I only have this one bottle, and it's meant to disgust people."
"If you say so, it's quite accurate."
Xiaoman thought of something, and her scalp tingled at first, but she couldn't help her curiosity. "The young lady heard a voice outside, like... like what she said."
She pointed at the sack.
Zhuyue looked at the sack and then at Chen Huaixu, his expression complicated and difficult to discern.
There were many things that Shen Huaixu did tonight, such as moving the bodies of the bride and groom without anyone noticing, making insects rain down from the sky, and the ethereal, curse-like female voice.
Seeing that the three of them were looking at him, Shen Huaixu deliberately kept them in suspense, "If we don't bury Qin Xiaowan's body properly, it will be dawn soon."
Lixia and the others have been waiting for a long time.
She blew a loud whistle, and soon she heard someone knocking on the window. Lixia climbed in alone.
"Bury her properly and remember to burn some paper money." Shen Huaixu ordered in a calm voice.
The thin coffin and the place where Qin Xiaowan was buried were prepared by Lixia and others. They said that Qin Xiaowan's burial place was surrounded by beautiful mountains and rivers, backed by a bamboo forest, and was very peaceful.
After Lixia left with the sack, Chen Huaixu looked at the three people who had fallen silent, waved his hand and said, "It's almost midnight now, go get some rest first, and we'll talk tomorrow if there's anything else."
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