Zhan Zhumen

"Father, father, I have no choice but to, I don't want to, don't kill me, don't kill me, father..."

Seeing that a pillow was about to be pressed against her face, Aunt Jun waved her hands to block it, and woke up screaming.

Sitting up halfway, I was horrified again and again.

In the dream, the old father questioned her, saying that he hadn't lived enough, and asked her why she was so cruel.

Aunt Jun was startled and frightened, panting heavily.She didn't want to, she really didn't want to.If she doesn't do this, that evil seed will definitely not let her go, she doesn't even have the slightest buffer time.

Turning her head and glanced to the side, there was a pillow lying there quietly, Aunt Jun hurriedly grabbed the pillow and threw it on the ground viciously.

"Ma'am?" Sister Shui, who was serving outside, raised her voice and asked.

Aunt Jun paused, heard footsteps, and replied: "Nothing." The sound outside stopped.

After a while, Aunt Jun got dressed, asked her to come in to comb her hair, and looked at Sister Shui in the mirror, "You were outside just now?"

"Go back to Madam, the little one sleeps in the green gauze closet outside."

Aunt Jun narrowed her eyes, "Did you hear anything?"

Nanny Shui tightened her hands, "No. Did Madam call the servants? The servants were all asleep and didn't hear the aunt's summons, so they should be called." She greeted her face immediately.

Aunt Jun's expression was unclear, she looked at her quietly from the mirror, and stopped talking.

Sister Shui combed her hair, "Ma'am, you are going to..."

Aunt Jun got up: "I dreamed that my father had a dream, and he blamed me. It's all because of my daughter's incompetence. I never brought him a famous doctor back so that he could leave this world early. My father blamed me. I burned incense sticks for my father." go."

Sister Shui carried a lantern, helped her to go out, and comforted her: "In Kunming, no one knows that madam is the most filial. It's the old man who left too early and didn't enjoy enough of madam's blessings. Don't blame madam." By myself, I let the old man go uneasy."

The two talked all the way to the mourning hall.

"Why is there no one?" Sister Shui looked around, "This group of lazy people must have gotten sleepy and squinted elsewhere."

Just about to raise her voice to call out, Aunt Jun stopped her. "Who is keeping watch tonight?"

"It's the young master."

"It's Ruoxu," Aunt Jun smiled, "That child is the most filial. He must have been guarding him for several days."

"That's right, the other masters and young masters wish they could hide away. Only the young master is thinking about offering incense and paper money to the old man every day, for fear that the old man will suffer from down there."

The two walked to the mourning hall, raised their legs and were about to step in, when they poked their heads and looked, "Hey, where is Ruoxu? You've gone too lazy?"

Seeing that the paper money in the copper basin had turned into black ashes, so cold that there was no spark, Aunt Jun frowned tightly.

"Slave to call someone."

"Don't go, just call them here. A group of lazy ones, they should be killed." Aunt Jun held Shui Momo's arm and refused to let them go, not daring to take a step inside.

Looking up to the middle of the mourning hall, the dark coffin lay there quietly.But Aunt Jun felt that it was like a huge beast with its mouth wide open, as if it was about to swallow itself in.

"Okay, servants are here to call them." Shui Momo stopped, and Aunt Ren Jun took her arm and called out.

I didn't see anyone for a long time.

When the servants from other places hurried over, they confessed their crimes, and waited for Aunt Jun to light incense and organize the table of offerings.

He went to look for the night watch servants again, and quickly pushed a few night watch servants back and forth, "Ma'am, these lazy people fell asleep outside the next room."

Several night watchmen kowtowed repeatedly: "Madam, spare your life! The servants fell asleep outside for some reason. Madam, spare your life!"

Sister Shui scolded: "If you hide from laziness, just hide from laziness, and even excuse yourself! You have grown legs, don't you run outside to sleep by yourself, or did someone else carry you there to sleep?"

Several night guard servants knelt and kowtowed, yelling for mercy, but they didn't dare to refute.Could it be that they were so confused that they didn't even know that they went outside and fell asleep?
Aunt Jun glanced at them, "Are you all here just now? The young master is also here?"

The servants just wanted to punish them lightly, and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, just now, the younger ones were serving inside and outside the house, and the young master knelt at that copper basin to burn paper money." up?

Aunt Jun still wanted to ask, "Auntie?" Jun Ruoxu walked in.

"Why doesn't aunt take a rest so late? Don't be tired."

Aunt Jun looked him up and down, "Your grandfather entrusted me with a dream, and I will burn incense for him. Where did you come from? You are not watching the night tonight?"

Jun Ruoxu bowed his head to avoid his sight, went to the coffin and put a stick of incense on it, then walked to the copper basin and knelt down, and threw paper money into it, "Just now I felt tired and sleepy, and my knees were numb, So I went outside and woke up."

Aunt Jun stared at his face, saw that his eyes were a little red, and sighed, "You are filial and your grandfather will be very happy under the Nine Springs. Just don't be too tired, Dafang still depends on you for support now."

"Yes. I listened to my aunt. It's just that my grandfather left suddenly. I didn't even see him for the last time, and I didn't hear his last explanation. I just felt sorry for him. There was nothing I could do, but Burn some paper money for him."

Aunt Jun's heart twitched suddenly, Jun Ruoxu's words made her feel that she meant something, but she also felt that she was thinking too much.

"When your grandfather left, I was by his side, but he couldn't speak, and I just looked at him one more time, and I couldn't listen to him. It's a pity that he couldn't stay with his beloved daughter and grandson when he was gone. A sentence or a half is really heartbreaking."

He took the veil and pressed it on his eyes.

Jun Ruoxu looked at her, "Grandfather knows that aunt is the most filial, so he will go very peacefully with aunt by his side before he leaves."

Aunt Jun paused with her hands at the corners of her eyes, cast a glance at the altar, shivered, and hastily looked away.

After exhorting a few more words, he left in a hurry.

Seeing that the servants who were made to kneel by his aunt were still begging for mercy, Jun Ruoxu said lightly, "Get up. You will be fined half a month's money, and I will not be an exception."

Jun Ruo humbly understood what was going on with the servants.

"Thank you, Eldest Young Master, thank you Eldest Young Master! The younger one, go and get some incense, candles, paper money, fruits, and tributes to the old man!"

Aunt Jun returned to the house, took off the hairpin, and was about to walk to the bed when she suddenly stopped.

Invite Shui Mama: "Go and check quietly. Where is Ruoxu on the day the old man was not there? Then quietly find someone to ask where he went tonight, those servants, and then avoid it." People ask questions one by one."

Nanny Shui nodded in response, helped her to bed and settled down, and then went out lightly.

A few more days passed.

That night, Li Yi came to report to Mu Yan: "My son, Jun Ruoxu has contacted our people, let's hire a doctor for him. I have someone send the doctor in. The doctor just reported to us , said he was poisoned."