Chapter 43 Breaking into a Haunted House at Night
Mrs. Cui choked. She was just a commoner's cook. Why should the captain meet her, and just for a few steamed buns?
Mrs. Cui was speechless, but Xu Yan'er next to her was dissatisfied: Song Liyun said in the morning that one can only eat if one works, but now she is eating for free.
And she came back talking and laughing with a man, and no one knew where she came from.
Xu Yaner said angrily: "Mr. Song, don't think that you can become a rich lady just by finding a backer. Once you join the army, you will become a pariah, a lowly ruffian.
From now on, I can only hang out with a bunch of stinky soldiers and be a shameful bitch."
Song Liyun looked up at her in surprise: I've seen stupid people, but I've never seen anyone as stupid as this.
This is a military camp, and yet you still call military households pariahs and stinky soldiers.
This is like walking into a temple and pointing at the monks and calling them bald donkeys.
People with such a brain probably don't even know how they died.
Sure enough, before Mrs. Cui could speak out to stop them, a team of patrolling soldiers passed by.
They also heard Xu Yaner's sharp voice. The three of them whispered to each other, and the team immediately turned around and headed over here.
When Mrs. Cui saw her daughter getting into trouble, her face turned pale with fear and she hurried out to greet her: "You three generals must be hungry and thirsty. We have steamed buns and porridge inside. Please help yourself to a few bites."
The leading soldier was stopped by Mrs. Cui. With a sullen face, he looked into the kitchen shed. Not seeing the person who had just spoken, he could only say in a deep voice, "Who has the audacity to call the military households pariahs? Come out, come back to the camp with us, and tell us what pariahs are!"
Seeing that she had caused trouble, Xu Yan'er was so scared that she huddled in the corner of the stove and trembled. Those people outside were not the village women, but vicious men.
If she was captured... She didn't dare to think further. The look she gave Song Liyun was no longer arrogant, but full of pleading.
Song Liyun glanced at her, raised her eyebrows and chuckled: "I thought you were so brave, but you're still showing off even though you're in such a bad state! If you have the guts, come out and make a few more noises now."
Seeing that the soldiers outside were still trying to find someone even though they were stopped by her mother, Xu Yan'er could only tremble and say, "Sister Song, I was wrong! Save me! I won't dare to quarrel with you again, nor will I dare to say anything about my brother Xiao An."
Song Liyun saw that her face was pale and she was obviously very scared.
A sixteen-year-old girl who relies on her family's favor and doesn't know her place deserves a lesson.
In the past few days, Song Liyun has been in contact with the soldiers of the Zhenbei Army and feels that the military discipline is quite strict, but these soldiers are all reckless and their words and deeds are somewhat ruffian-like.
But if you really bring a girl into the camp, it's hard to say what won't happen in the heat of the moment.
If the matter gets out of hand, Xu Yan'er will be to blame for it, and the soldiers will be harmed. It's not worth it.
Seeing the three soldiers about to come in, Song Liyun stood up and greeted them: "Brothers, please stay. Today I joined the army and was chatting with friends as a joke. Don't take it seriously."
The leading soldier also knew that some civilians had been naturalized that afternoon. When he saw Song Liyun's appearance clearly, he immediately smiled and said, "So it really is Miss Song! I heard from Brother Xue that, hehe, we're all family from now on..."
Since Miss Song said it's okay, then it's okay! Let's go, what are you looking at, you little brat? Let's go! "
The leader pretended to be angry, and after a few scoldings, the three soldiers turned around with a grin and went back to patrolling, as if nothing had happened.
In the corner, Xu Yan'er was stunned, her eyes full of confusion, which gradually turned into jealousy.
Song Liyun frowned, she tasted the meaning of the words just now: Brother Xue...we will be a family from now on...What does that mean, I have been chosen by someone else?
Is that Xue Xiaoqi whose back teeth are exposed when he smiles?
Song Liyun was speechless: These people are just not in their right minds!
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The night once again enveloped Suijin Town. Everyone went into their houses early, closed the doors tightly, and turned the oil lamps to the lowest brightness, for fear of attracting something terrible.
Even the military camp in the distance was exceptionally quiet.
The lights in the sheds where the laborers lived were also turned off.
After everyone in the room fell asleep, Song Liyun quietly got up, gently opened the simple wooden door, slipped into the darkness, and headed straight for the haunted house that the people in the town had talked about during the day.
Just after she left the house, Xu Yan'er, who had been asleep, suddenly opened her eyes, jumped up, and without even putting on thick clothes, quietly followed her out.
Today she almost got into trouble because of her bad mouth. Although she was rescued by Song Liyun and scolded by her mother, she still felt a little uncomfortable, but she also knew that she should control her temper.
But when I think about Song Liyun becoming a military household, she would hang out all afternoon without working, and in the evening a young officer would send her back with a smile.
Thinking of what the patrol soldier said, Xu Yan'er felt as uncomfortable as if being scratched by a cat. She couldn't fall asleep at all. She didn't expect to find out that Song Liyun was sneaking out at night.
If he could find some evidence against Song Liyun and expose it in front of others, he would be able to save his face.
In the wilderness outside Suijin Town, Song Liyun seemed to have no idea what was happening behind her. She circled in the wilderness several times, and when there was no movement behind her, she quickly ran across the official road and came to a dense forest.
She only stopped briefly to get her bearings before diving in.
Five years later, a shrub called "false bayberry" surrounded the entire house densely.
Fortunately, it was autumn and the leaves were falling, so the moonlight shone in and we could see the road clearly.
Walking into the woods along the carriage path hidden in the bushes, the view suddenly opened up to a large courtyard.
In the moonlight, the silent house looked like a huge monster, eerie and terrifying.
Song Liyun's arrival startled several night birds, which flapped their wings and rushed out of the open door, making people feel even colder.
This is what the people in town say is the best house. It is a three-story house built at a huge expense by a gold rush tycoon named Ji.
A big tree attracts the wind.
Ji's mansion was not only looted by bandits, but also burned down.
Their family of ten, along with dozens of servants and maids, were all abducted by the Di people and have not returned since.
With the help of the dim moonlight, Song Liyun saw that the gate of the house had been destroyed.
Half of the door was leaning on the ground, with a trail of muddy footprints left by some animal.
The once tall courtyard wall collapsed and a large gap appeared. Wild trees with strong vitality have grown to the base of the wall and are about to invade the beautiful courtyard.
Song Liyun entered the front yard through the gap. It was overgrown with weeds, doors and windows were falling off, there were all kinds of overturned furniture and wooden objects in the house, and animal feces were everywhere.
The path leading to the backyard is paved with smooth pebbles, and even five years later, there is still no grass growing on it.
The Chuihua Gate had been burned, and the carvings that looked like works of art had been completely destroyed.
Even so, we can still see the care that was put into its original construction.
Song Liyun sighed and walked through the second door into the backyard.
The Di Lu people sneaked into Suijin Town for people and money, and they would destroy anything they could not take away.
The front yard of Ji's house was the servants' quarters, but the back yard was burned to the ground by a fire.
According to the people in the town, the fire in Ji's house burned for a whole day.
The courtyard that was once decorated with carved beams and painted buildings was burned to the ground.
The two corridors between the courtyard walls survived the fire, and a side courtyard near the front yard was also intact.
Song Liyun looked around the ruins in the backyard and was about to go through the corridor to the side yard to take a look when she heard a slight "crack" sound from the wooden beam above her head...
She was startled and picked up the powerful sleeping drug spray and bayonet at the same time: That thing is here!
Before she could look up, a fishy wind with a chill blew down from above her head and hit the back of Song Liyun's neck.
(End of this chapter)
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