Breaking off the Engagement

Author: He Yesu

Thinking back carefully, the conversation last night was very ordinary. The master and the servant were competing and the other was calm. If Nan Zhen didn't know the cause and effect, she wouldn't have heard that the courtyard was "haunted".

Seeing Nan Zhen staring at him for a moment, Fan Ran finally couldn't help it anymore and asked, "Little master, what doubts do you have?"

"Yes there are some."

Nan Zhen smiled and got straight to the point, "I heard from Jiajia yesterday that Miss Fan likes wind chimes. Will the sound of the bells disturb your rest?"

Fan Ran thought she would ask about the "weird" sights he had seen these days, but he didn't expect that the words he asked would be about unrelated objects. He was stunned for a moment and then said, "I've been feeling groggy these days.

Didn't pay attention."

"Did you wake up in the middle of the night?"

Fan Ran shook his head, "No."

Nan Zhen asked again, "Have you ever felt in a trance these past few days, like something is floating around?"

"I could vaguely detect some black shadows, but when I looked closer, there was nothing there," Fan Ran thought for a while and continued, "But when I turned off the lights the night before yesterday, I did see something flash past the window. At that time

Jiajia is here too."

She turned to look at Jiajia, who immediately responded, "That's right, because I practiced kung fu when I was a child, I even chased him out to check, but found nothing."

Last night, she guessed that Nan Zhen and Chu Li should have noticed that she knew martial arts, so they were suspicious.

Now I just take this opportunity to take the initiative to speak out about this matter, hoping to dispel the other party's doubts.

But I never thought that after hearing this, Nan Zhen's eyes smiled even deeper, which made the master and servant a little confused.

"Ah!" Cao Yue suddenly exclaimed, "Little master, do you know what's going on? Are those unclean things always wandering around in the dyeing incense courtyard?"

She glanced at the talismans posted around her, feeling a little sad in her heart.

This is such a powerful thing that even the yellow symbols in the courtyard can't suppress it!

When Nan Zhen heard her question, she smiled and said comfortingly, "Madam, don't worry, it's not a difficult matter. After tomorrow, your house will be at peace."

After hearing this, Cao Yue finally calmed down and murmured, "That's good, that's good."

The whisper fell in the corridor, and Fan Ran understood it.

She said nothing, only lowered her eyes to cover up the emotions in her eyes.

Nan Zhen stayed in Ranxiang Courtyard for about half an hour. When Fan Ran said that she was a little tired and wanted to go into the house to rest, she also shook her fly whisk and walked away.

Passing by a waterside pavilion, I saw exquisite carvings on the wall, algae and lilies in the pond, and koi carp swimming freely. The scenery was excellent.

At this time, Chu Li should not have come back yet. She had nothing important to do when she returned to the bamboo forest courtyard, so she simply stopped and prepared to take a rest.

There was bait placed on the railing of the waterside pavilion. Nan Zhen picked up a handful and threw it into the water. Soon, the surrounding koi fish swarmed up and devoured it cleanly.

Nan Zhen's eyelids drooped slightly, and she looked at the ripples on the surface of the pool, her eyes slightly stunned.

Recalling the conversation just now, she felt that Fan Ran and Jiajia seemed to be colluding...

But she hasn't yet figured out the reason behind it.

Just as Nan Zhen was twisting the bait for the second time, she vaguely noticed someone talking behind the rockery, so she stopped her movements and leaned over gently.

The speakers were two young men from the Fan family. They had just finished their work and had a little leisure time. They sat with their backs hunched and crookedly sitting by the flower bed, chatting.

"Hey, do you think the Taoist priests invited this time are useful? I think they haven't done anything since they entered the house yesterday. Don't be another liar!"

Another person curled his lips and said, "Who knows! But I heard that the Taoist priest said before entering the mansion that he would have to wait for two days. I was afraid that he would not be able to find him by then, so he hurriedly invited him to live in the mansion first.

.Even if it can’t drive away ghosts for the time being, it can still scare them a little bit.”

"I hope they can really help. If this ghost is not eliminated, there will be no peace in the house."

Counting it all, the whole family has not had a good night's sleep for some days, and they, the servants, will naturally suffer as well.

The two looked at each other and saw helplessness in each other's eyes.

"If you ask me, the young lady is really pitiful. Originally, the wedding was approaching, and she would soon be able to marry into the Kong family and become a young mistress. But now that she looks like this, the marriage is probably..."

He lowered his voice and spoke louder and softer.

Even though he didn't say it completely, the other party understood what he meant and whispered, "The day before yesterday, the young master of the Kong family came to visit the young lady. Afterwards, I heard from the maid on duty in the front yard that the Kong family seemed to be very taboo about this. Although it was not stated explicitly,

Judging from the Kong family's intentions, he probably wants to cancel this engagement."

"Although it is human nature, it is somewhat unfair to our young lady. It was the Kong family who desperately wanted to get married before, and now they are the ones who want to be banned. I really think the Fan family is easy to bully!"

"We are on equal footing with the Kong family. Now that something like this has happened, it is understandable that the Kong family wants to break off the engagement. As the old saying goes, 'Husband and wife are originally birds in the same forest, and they will fly separately when disaster strikes.' Who wouldn't be afraid of this matter?"

"

"..."

The two of them talked nonchalantly, and Nan Zhen listened casually for a while. After they left, she also walked back to the bamboo forest courtyard.

But just one morning after leaving, many bamboo leaves were floating down in the courtyard. Chu Li moved a low table, set up a stove on it, and simmered tea, feeling quite satisfied.

Hearing the footsteps, he said without raising his head, "You're back?"

Nan Zhen didn't respond, she just walked straight to sit opposite him and took the tea from him, "Have you found it?"

Chu Li said calmly, "This maid named Jiajia joined the Fan family when she was twelve years old and has been with Fan Ran for seven years. Fan Ran treats her very well, and the Fan family couple has never criticized her harshly.

She is extremely loyal to the Fan family and has never had any discord."

"So," Chu Li paused, "she has no reason to harm Fan Ran."

Nan Zhen: "In other words, if these institutions are all created by Jiajia, then Fan Ran must be aware of them?"

Chu Li nodded, "That's understandable."

Nan Zhen squinted her eyes, shook her wrist slightly, and told her everything she saw and heard during her visit to the Ranxiang Courtyard today.

After Chu Li listened, there was silence for a while, "Tell me, if this idea of ​​ghosts and gods harming people comes from Fan Ran and her maid, what are they trying to do?"

It can be seen that Fan Yizhao and Cao Yue's worries are not fake. Fan Ran not only wants to deceive outsiders, but also deceives his closest parents, which is really difficult to understand.

Nan Zhen suddenly thought of what she heard about the marriage between Kong and Fan's family near the waterside pavilion, and muttered, "Cancel the engagement?"

"Huh?" Chu Li didn't understand this level and asked doubtfully, "What about breaking off the engagement?"
Chapter completed!