The sun sets in the west and darkness once again covers the earth. People from ordinary families go to bed as soon as night falls. Only those big families have the strength to keep the lights brightly lit in the night.
Lanterns were lit in every courtyard of the Yao family. The masters were all resting, and servants were walking around the yard carrying lanterns.
Gradually, there were fewer people walking in the courtyard, and all the courtyards in the Yao family compound became quiet. Only a few courtyards still had lights on.
In the night, two people came out of a house, carrying a long thing, and went to the small garden next to it. After throwing the thing in their hands to the ground, the two people did not dare to light a lantern, but only lit a small
Then I picked up the shovel outside the flower bed and started digging.
I have to stay up late again tonight to work.
The two of them dug a hole until late at night. After throwing the thing away, they covered it back with soil and planted new flowers on it.
The garden in Yao Xin's yard is different from the beautiful gardens in the entire Yao Mansion. The flowers in his garden are all in groups, and they are often planted in the middle of the night. I didn't see any of them the day before. The next day
It was already planted when I woke up this morning.
People in the second young master's yard said that the second young master didn't like to start work during the day, so everyone chose to plant at night so that the second young master could see it when he got up the next day.
Although some people in the Yao family are a little curious, no one dares to discuss his hobbies in private, and just think that he has some hobbies that are different from other people.
The two servants were tired from digging and sat down by the pit to rest.
A servant sighed: "Lao Liu, how many 'flowers' do you think we should plant here? Is this the seventh kind? These 'flowers' are so dense, I think they are a bit scary!"
"Are these flowers not scary?" Another servant, Lao Liu, said, "Our side is fine. How many trees have been planted by Master Qi? The people who planted the trees have changed several times. We can still do it.
It’s rare to be alive to this day!”
"Sigh, I don't know how long we can live."
"As long as we do our duty honestly and do what the master tells us, we should..." Lao Liu couldn't finish the rest of his words.
Aren’t the tree planters in the Seventh Young Master’s yard all honest and responsible? But as a result, so many groups of people have changed.
"Huh? What kind of flower smells like? Why is it so fragrant?"
"I don't know either, you..."
"..."
The two fell to the ground, and two figures fell beside them. The visitor first looked at the two servants to make sure they were unconscious, and then looked at the long black bag placed aside.
He Yunxi knew what was inside just by touching it, and his face immediately dropped. Lu Yan opened the bag, and the two of them saw the stern face under the light.
…
There are ten sons and five girls in the Yao family. Among them, the fifth girl Yao likes to hold flower viewing parties the most.
It is now the end of February and the beginning of March. The temperature has risen a lot, but not many flowers have come out.
The Yao family has a dedicated gardener to take care of the flowers and plants, as well as a greenhouse, so the Yao family's flowers have already bloomed first.
Today is the day when Miss Yao Fifth, Yao Xiaoxiao, holds her first banquet.
The Yao family has lost such a big person recently, but this is all their men's business and has nothing to do with the women. So the women should have fun and hold banquets.
Yao Xiaoxiao used to like to invite ladies from wealthy families and officials from Liocheng City to attend parties, and there were quite a few people here today.
It has to be said that there are so many flowers in this season, just putting them there shows the wealth of the Yao family.
Those who came to the banquet could not help but surround Yao Xiaoxiao with compliments.
"Tsk, it's just some flowers, what's there to be proud of?"
Not all the people who came had a good relationship with Yao Xiaoxiao. In order to show off, she also invited a few people who did not have a good relationship with her, just to show off the wealth of the Yao family in front of them.
Meng Lan is one of them.
Meng Lan is the daughter of Judicial Meng Yunhu. The Meng family came from a lower-class background. After taking the imperial examination, she became an official and became a judicial officer in Liaozhou, specializing in the management of criminal and prison matters.
Yao Xiaoxiao looked down on people like Meng Lan who came from the lower class, and Meng Lan couldn't stand the way Yao Xiaoxiao acted aloof every day. The relationship between the two was not good.
But the parents of the two families hope that they can play together, so even though the relationship between the two is not very good, Yao Xiaoxiao still calls Meng Lan every time they get together, and Meng Lan also accepts the invitation.
Seeing everyone surrounding Yao Xiaoxiao and complimenting her, Meng Lan felt it was too hypocritical and dazzling, so she planned to get up and go outside for a walk.
"Miss Meng, where are you going?" Yao Xiaoxiao asked.
"I'm going to the wedding room." Meng Lan said.
"Yeah, I want to go too. Let's go together." A woman who was closer to Meng Lan stood up and said.
"OK."
"Xiao Cui, you lead the way for Miss Meng and Miss Huang." Yao Xiaoxiao pointed a maid to them and ignored them.
She admired the flowers in the conservatory. There was no court room here. You had to leave this courtyard and turn to a small courtyard to find the court room.
Meng Lan and Miss Huang went to the palace. Xiaocui wanted to take them back, but Meng Lan refused directly.
Go back and watch Yao Xiaoxiao being praised by the stars?
Don't cause trouble for yourself.
"Let's just hang out in the yard, what do you think?"
Miss Huang's father worked for Meng Lan's father, so naturally Meng Lan did whatever she said. So the two started strolling around the yard.
While walking around the yard, the two heard two maids talking about a yard where the jasmine flowers were blooming very beautifully. Meng Lan liked the jasmine flowers, so she asked the maid to take them there.
When Xiao Cui saw Meng Lan and the others strolling around the courtyard, she stopped following them. She talked to a maid for a while, then turned around and Meng Lan and Miss Huang disappeared.
Suddenly, several screams came from the yard next door. When they heard the screams, they were the screams of Meng Lan and others. Xiao Cui secretly screamed something bad and hurriedly ran over.
As a result, Meng Lan and others ran out and ran towards the place where the banquet was held.
"It's dead, it's dead!" Miss Huang was so frightened that she kept mumbling.
"Miss Huang, didn't you go to the toilet? Why did you go to the toilet for so long?"
"It's dead, it's dead." Miss Huang grabbed the person who was talking to her and said, "It's dead, it's dead!"
"Miss Huang, what are you talking about?" Yao Xiaoxiao yelled, "Did you go crazy after just peeing in the toilet?"
"No, there are dead people in that garden!"
"What?" the other women shouted, "Is there really a dead person?"
"Of course it's true." Miss Huang said, "If you don't believe me, ask Sister Meng."
"Yes." Meng Lan nodded, her little face was also pale, "We were just admiring flowers in a yard, and suddenly we saw a hand among the flowers. We looked closer and saw a dead man's arm buried in it.
In the soil, it looks like the burial was not finished..."