Dafeng Night Watchman

Chapter 544: Chapter 544: Deep in the Cellar

Chapter 544: Chapter 544: Deep in the Cellar

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"How can we servants know these things?"

The little maid bowed her head and shook her head, knowing what to say and what not to say.

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

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

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

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

The eyes are bright, like stars, the facial features are handsome, and the temperament is extraordinary...... As long as a young girl in love, who can resist my charm!

Li Lingsu sighed as if he was in a high place.

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

He smiled and promised.

"The relationship between the eldest lady and the master is of course very good, but the eldest lady does not seem to want to marry into the Huangfu family. She has begged the master many times and even went on a hunger strike for several days."

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

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

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

"Is there any, um, affection between men and women between them?" Li Lingsu asked tentatively.

"How can this servant know..." Du Juan said in embarrassment.

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

"Aunt and the head of the family had a conflict before."

Li Lingsu narrowed her eyes and said calmly: "Oh? Tell me in detail what happened."

Du Juan hesitated and said:

"That happened many years ago. The former son-in-law's surname was Liu. The Liu family and the Chai family were old friends. Later, the Liu family fell into poverty. The son-in-law married into the Chai family. Later, the son-in-law and the head of the family encountered an accident when they went out and did not come back alive.

"But I heard that aunt There seems to be something behind Master's death. Aunt and the head of the family had a big fight..."

She paused and didn't continue.

Speaking of this, it was already too far-fetched, and she, a maid, didn't know the specific inside story.

Is there something strange about Xing'er's ex-husband's death? How come I never heard about it when I was with her... Li Lingsu frowned secretly.

He figured it out immediately. Of course, no one would mention the ex-husband of the aunt in front of him, the new lover of Aunt Chai.

"Thank you Miss Dujuan for telling me!"

Li Lingsu showed a warm smile comparable to central air conditioning, which made the little maid feel comfortable and rosy in the cold winter.

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 was unwilling to marry the Huangfu family. If I were Chai Xian, wouldn't I just elope with her......

How did Xing'er's ex-husband die? It seems to be related to Chai Jianyuan? Otherwise, why did the two of them quarrel...... In addition to the biggest beneficiary, she has another motive for murder.

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

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

Li Lingsu muttered, but did not give up the idea of reporting the news to the old man.

Beijing, Xu Mansion.

In the inner hall with charcoal burning, aunt peeled oranges and said:

"When you go to the palace in a few days, you must be polite and behave yourself. You can't let the wives and women of the palace look down on you. Do you understand?"

While speaking, she raised her head, her eyes left the oranges, and looked at the little girl beside her who was eagerly waiting to eat oranges.

"I'm talking about you!"

Aunt said unhappily: "You only know how to eat all day. Sooner or later, I will send you to the Sitianjian to learn skills. "

Today she wore a jacket with cloud embroidery and a dark pleated long skirt. Her delicate bun was embellished with jade hairpins and golden hairpins. She looked dignified and beautiful. At first glance, she looked like a noble lady.

Of course, people who are familiar with my aunt know that she is a beautiful woman with a

golden exterior.

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

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

What she really wanted to say was that Sister Caiwei had a lot of money and could always buy

all kinds of delicious food.

But she is not the Xu Lingyin of the past. Now, now she is.....

"Mother, how old am I now?"

Xu Lingyin asked loudly.

Aunt ignored her and turned to Xu Lingyue and said:

"But you can't be bullied, you know, in a high-class family like the Wangfu, none of the ladies

in it are easy to get along with. You are weak-willed and won't say a word when you are

bullied.

"If you are bullied, go find Simu. Anyway, you should know your limits. By the way, the brothers and sisters of the eldest and second sons of the Wang Mansion are not much different in age from Lingyin. It is the most troublesome for children to fight with each other. It is

difficult to explain the reason... Don't let Lingyin hurt them."

Xu Lingyue said "hmm": "I know, mother."

Xu Erlang and Miss Wang are going to get engaged, and there needs to be some etiquette between the two families. As the mistress of the family, aunt must not show up casually, which is not in line with her status.

Therefore, the exchanges between the female family members are left to Lingyue and Lingyin

sisters.

But aunt is worried. She is a wonderful woman with beauty and wisdom. Except for giving birth to Erlang who is quite promising, the remaining two daughters are not satisfactory.

Xu Lingyue is too weak and is a punching bag who speaks softly. Xu Lingyin is not very smart and is a silly girl.

Auntie was afraid that they would be bullied by the Wang family if they went to the Wang

Mansion.

Auntie was not worrying too much. The Wang Mansion was a wealthy family with a strong sense of superiority. Miss Wang married Erlang, which was completely downgraded. How much respect could the women of the Wang family think of the Xu family?

Although they would not show a bad face, they would certainly give a lot of hidden needles.

With Xu Lingyue's weak character...

"Alas!"

Auntie sighed with regret.

She stopped thinking about these trivial things and complained, "That Yang Qianhuan, at least he knows your eldest brother. I wrote to him and asked the Astronomical Bureau to accept Lingyin as his disciple, but he didn't reply."

Xu Lingyue peeled an orange and said, "Mom, the Astronomical Bureau has replied. I forgot

to tell you about the letter I received yesterday."

Aunt's eyes lit up and she was surprised: "What did the Astronomical Bureau say?"

Xu Lingyue said softly, "Senior Brother Yang said that Lingyin is gifted and he is the only one

who can teach her. He introduced Lingyin to the Supervisor, but the Supervisor ignored him and even didn't let him go on the gossip stage."

It turned out that it was because Lingyin was gifted!

Aunt felt much better. After thinking about it, she felt that she should let her practice with

Lina first.

To this day, Aunt has given up the idea that a lady from a wealthy family should start from childhood, and is looking forward to Erlang and Miss Wang getting married as soon as

possible and giving her a granddaughter.

The trumpet I raised was useless, so I could only look forward to the trumpet my son raised.

Thinking of this, the aunt showed a little relief:

"Simu is talented and smart. Although she is a girl, she is well-read. Erlang is even more of a scholar. Their children will definitely be smart in the future."

As she spoke, she raised her hand, and on her snow-white and slender wrist was a pair of

emerald green bracelets.

"This bracelet was given to me by your father when I married him. He said it was passed down from your grandmother. My mother-in-law passed away early and was unable to pass it on to her daughter-in-law, so she entrusted the bracelet to him, asking him to hand it over to his daughter-in-law in person when he gets married in the future."

Aunt reminisced about her youth and smiled, "In the future, I will pass it on to Simu. Well, I

will only give one to you, and the remaining one will be given to Dalang's wife."

"Wow, it's so beautiful."

Xu Lingyin stretched out her chubby little hand: "Mom, let me see it, let me see it."

Aunt still dotes on her young daughter. She took off the bracelet and handed it over, admonishing: "Be careful, don't break it."

As she was talking, Xu Pingzhi entered the inner hall with his armor and a long sword on his

waist.

Xu Pingzhi is now a thousand-householder of the Imperial Sword Guard. He has a high position and great power. He has become a new noble among the five guards in the capital. Although he has no title, ordinary nobles have to be respectful when they see him.

Aunt sniffed and frowned, "Why are you buying green tangerines again? We have sweet ones

at home."

"I like sour ones recently."

With his nephew and son away, Xu Pingzhi lied without changing his expression.

At this time, he saw the bracelet on the wrist of his young daughter Xu Lingyin and was

surprised: "Why did you give her the family heirloom bracelet? What if it gets broken?"

Xu Lingyin raised her chubby little hand and showed off, "Dad, look at me, what do I look

like?"

"What do I look like?"

Xu Pingzhi asked subconsciously.

Xu Lingyin said crisply, "Do I look like your mother?"

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

Xu Lingyin's crying sounded throughout the Xu Mansion.

Chai Mansion.

Li Lingsu left the room and walked through the courtyard. He saw that the children of the mansion had serious faces. Everyone wore a sword and guarded the entrances to the corridor

and courtyard.

"What happened?"

He approached a disciple of the Chai family and asked.

"A thief broke into the cellar last night."

The Chai disciple said in a deep voice.

Cellar......Li Lingsu was puzzled, and then heard another disciple explain:

"The cellar is where the zombies are stored."

Among the side businesses of the Chai family, there is the business of driving corpses, and the

cellar is used to store corpses. In addition, some corpses have other uses. For example, after

the disciples of the Chai family come of age, they can receive a zombie from the cellar as a

puppet.

The collateral descendants can only receive ordinary corpses, while the direct descendants can

receive blood corpses. The blood corpses have been sacrificed and refined by the predecessors, and the lowest combat power is the refining spirit realm.

If the blood corpse can be sacrificed and refined into an iron corpse, then in the way of driving

corpses, it can be regarded as a master.

The strength and defense of the Iron Corpse are comparable to those of a sixth-grade warrior

in the Copper Skin and Iron Bone Realm, but its combat power is weaker. After all, it does not

have the Qi and the foresight of danger that it has honed in the Refining Spirit Realm.

"Xu Qian said that Chai Xian invaded the cellar last night and was looking for Chai Lan's

body... Chai Xian suspected that Chai Lan was dead."

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

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

Here, more than a dozen Chai Mansion disciples blocked his way. "Mr. Li, this is a forbidden area of the Chai Mansion, you can't go in."

Li Lingsu frowned and said unhappily: "Dare you block the way of the son-in-law?"

Pushing away everyone, he strode into the courtyard.

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

Walking down the steps to the cellar, Li Lingsu immediately covered his nose: "It smells terrible."

Soon, he saw rows of corpses, like motionless sculptures. "That old man Xu Qian must like this place very much." Li Lingsu muttered.

He had spent some time in the Nanjiang Gu tribe, and knew what kind of Gu Masters the

Corpse Gu Department were.

Li Lingsu tapped his eyebrows, and his pupils faded instantly, and his vision immediately

changed. These corpses were not pure zombies, their earth souls were tightly bound in the

flesh.

It was like immersed in dead water, silent.

But as long as they were awakened by the right method, they would become warriors who did

not know pain and were fearless of death.

In the Nanjiang Gu tribe, the Heart Gu Department that controlled beasts, the Corpse Gu

Department that controlled corpses, and the Poison Gu Department that used poison invisibly have always been the most troublesome existence.

He strode in, and after half a quarter of an hour, he finally saw living people, several children

of the Chai family guarding a wooden door.

The wooden door was half open, and candlelight shone from inside.

A cellar in a cellar? What was stored inside? 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.

There was silence inside the door for a while, and Chai Xing'er whispered, "Let him in."