Author: Willow leaves in winter

The man who came was tall and handsome, and he was clearly the man who had a dispute with Zhou's mother in the picture.

This is Zhou Ningyue's father, a Jinlin guard who works in Fusi, Beizhen.

While Xin You looked calmly, Zhou's father spoke: "Go home and get something. Yue'er, are you going out to play with your friends?"

Zhou Ningyue looked at Xin You: "I'm sending my friend out. Sister Kou, this is my dad."

Xinyou saluted: "Hello, uncle."

Father Zhou nodded: "You guys are having fun." After saying that, he walked into the house.

"Sister Zhou, there is no need to give it away."

"Then Sister Kou comes to play with me when she has free time." Zhou Ningyue was in a good mood and invited with a smile.

"Okay. You can come to the bookstore to play at any time. I'm usually there."

After saying goodbye to Zhou Ningyue and Ji Cailan, Xin You returned to the bookstore.

Seeing that Xinyou didn't look well, Xiaolian brought a glass of warm water with honey to soothe her throat.

The honey water enters the mouth, fresh and sweet.

"Xiaolian, is it fourteen today?"

Xiaolian didn't expect Xinyou to ask this suddenly. She was stunned for a moment and said, "Yes, today is fourteenth."

Xin You held the tea cup, looked out the window, and murmured: "The Ghost Festival is here."

People at that time had the custom of worshiping relatives and friends during the Ghost Festival. In the picture she saw, who was Zhou's mother burning paper money for, and who made Zhou's father angry?

Did the thing in the picture happen tonight, tomorrow night, or the day after tomorrow?

Xin You drank the honey water slowly and made a decision.

Zhou's mother burned paper money behind Zhou's father's back, obviously not for the ancestors of the Zhou family. Looking at Zhou Ningyue's temperament, it doesn't look like it was developed by living in disputes between her parents for a long time. Zhou's mother burned paper money for the deceased members of her natal family.

It's not very likely.

There must be a reason for strange things, but it's a pity that she can only see the picture but not hear the sound. Then go and listen to it with your own ears, maybe you will gain something.

"Girl, do you still want to drink? I'll give you another drink, maid?" Xiaolian guessed that a special festival like the Ghost Festival made Xin You sad, so she spoke cautiously.

"No need." Xin You smiled, "Bring me the black dress you asked the nanny to make earlier. I want to wear it tonight."

Xiaolian blinked and realized: "Are you going out at night?"

She asked why the girl asked Grandma Fang to make a set of all-black clothes. It turned out to be night clothes!

At this moment, the stories she heard came into play, and Xiaolian made a bold guess: "Girl, you don't know Kung Fu, right?"

"Yes." Xin You said calmly.

Xiaolian covered her mouth to stifle her scream and looked at Xinyou with burning eyes.

Ah, the girl actually knows kung fu. The chivalrous girl in the story really exists!

No wonder the girl climbed the tree so neatly, and no wonder the girl was so calm in everything she encountered.

"Girl, are you a chivalrous woman who walks around the world with a sword?" Xiaolian asked in a low voice.

Xin You reached out and patted the excited little maid: "I'm not a chivalrous girl, I just know some kung fu. Just read the story and don't take it seriously."

"Oh, oh." Xiaolian responded, but the villain was still screaming in her heart.

Ah ah ah, the girl is a chivalrous woman who can kill one person in ten steps and never leave a trace in a thousand miles!

Xin You didn't know Xiaolian's random thoughts and said with a smile: "So you don't have to worry when I go out. I'll go out to do some errands in the evening."

When night fell, Xin You put on black clothes, quietly left the bookstore under the watch of Xiao Lian, and went straight to Jixiangfang.

The full moon is in the sky, the night breeze is slightly cool, and the streets and alleys have faded from the bustle of the day and are deserted.

The sound of the watch was heard, and occasionally a drunkard staggered by, as well as a few pedestrians walking in a hurry.

Xin You carefully avoided it and arrived outside the wall of Zhou's courtyard. She climbed up the wall from the position she had secretly observed during the day, and jumped in quietly.

She hid beside the firewood pile and looked towards the main house.

The lights in the room were still on, and from time to time, figures reflected on the windows could be seen passing by.

Mosquitoes were inevitable next to the firewood pile, so Xinyou waited patiently until midnight.

She raised her eyes and looked at the position of the full moon in the sky. Comparing it with the picture, she confirmed that it was not tonight.

After returning home, Xinyou slept until three o'clock in the morning before getting up. At night, she put on black clothes and went out again.

On the night of the Ghost Festival, there was not even a single pedestrian on the road, and the smell of burning paper money filled the air, making the bustling and noisy capital city during the day a bit more eerie and strange.

It was another night of feeding mosquitoes to no avail. Xin You caught up on her sleep during the day. Shopkeeper Hu couldn't help but come to Xiao Lian to inquire, asking her boss if he was feeling unwell since he hadn't been there for the past two days.

On the night of the 16th, looking at Xin You who had changed into black clothes, Xiaolian finally couldn't help but ask: "Girl, do you want to go out every night?"

Xin You raised his head and glanced at the full moon in the sky, shaking his head slightly: "I shouldn't go out tomorrow night."

When Xin You walked into the night, Xiao Lian suddenly had a guess: Could the girl be pretending to be a ghost during the two days of the Ghost Ghost Festival?

Somehow, the more mysterious the girl acted, the more confident she became that she could get the Kou family's property back.

Xin You entered Zhou's house by a familiar route and hid in the usual place.

Waiting for two days in vain did not make her depressed, but instead made her calmer.

The scenes she saw will all happen in the near future. Since the scene of Zhou's mother secretly burning paper money was not in the past two days, it must be tonight.

Xin You's judgment was correct. After waiting for an hour, when everything was silent, the door of the main room quietly opened.

A person walked out quietly carrying a basket. Under the moonlight, it could be seen that it was Zhou's mother.

She looked very cautious, looking back at the door frequently to make sure she hadn't disturbed anything, and then ran towards the laurel tree in the corner.

Xin You watched intently and saw Zhou's mother kneeling there, taking out the folded paper money from the basket and lighting it, muttering something silently.

The yellow paper burned in the basin, illuminating Zhou's mother's sad face.

Xin You turned her gaze and looked at the door of the main room.

A tall figure walked out. He stopped for a moment, then strode towards the corner.

Zhou's mother turned around alertly when she heard the noise, but because the yard was not big, Zhou's father had already arrived.

Xin You saw the panic on Zhou's mother's face, and then she was pulled up by Zhou's father just like in the picture.

Different from the silent scene, she heard the conversation between the two.

"Why are you burning paper money? Aren't you afraid of getting into trouble?"

"I burned it quietly at home and no one saw it. How could I cause trouble?"

"No one saw it? Don't you know how powerful Jinlin Guard is?" Under the moonlight, Father Zhou looked gloomy.

Mother Zhou also became angry and pushed his hand away: "Jinlin Guard, Jinlin Guard, if I hadn't believed in you, Queen Xin wouldn't have died at all! Wow, oh, oh, it was me who harmed the Queen—"

Father Zhou's face changed drastically, and he lowered his voice and scolded: "Are you crazy? You want your whole family to die without a burial place!"

"Let go!"

While the two were pulling, Zhou's mother accidentally fell down and pressed one hand into the basin of burning paper money.

The screams rang out, startling the sleeping people, and several servants came out one after another. Even Zhou Ningyue hurriedly ran out wearing clothes.
Chapter completed!