Chapter 30 Gate of Resentment

  “I’m sorry, I scared you just now.”

    Xu Er girl slowed down and showed a smile. Then she took a few steps closer to the coffin, slowly knelt down on the futon, picked up the yellow paper and the like, placed in front of the coffin, and lit it with fire. Burn them one by one for the old lady.

    Lin You slowly backed away, and when she was about to go out, the quiet girl Xu Er said, “Speaking of which, I haven’t chatted with anyone for a long time. Would you like to chat with me?”

    Lin You: DO i even have a choice?

    Miss Xu Er continued to speak, she was always talking and Lin You was listening. It’s all about embroidery and poetry, but Lin You didn’t hear anything wrong. The girl looked perfectly normal.

    “However, the big house will take over the entire Xu family soon. Their family should be very happy.”

    The whole chat ended with this sentence.

    “Happy?” Lin You exhaled, “So many things happened in the Xu family recently, how could they be happy? If I had known so much about the Xu family, I wouldn’t have come to seek help.”

     The second girl Xu, who spoke, burned the yellow paper in her hand, turned around and looked at Lin You, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly: “The fallen leaves will always return to their roots, even if you don’t want to, but you have the blood of the Xu family, in the end you will come back.”

    “Like the five corpses in the outer courtyard?” Lin You asked rhetorically.

    “You actually know?” Xu Er girl tilted her head, looking a little naive. Then she got up and walked in front of Lin You, “The Xu family is cursed, we can only blame ourselves for our bad life.”

    After saying these last words, Miss Xu crossed the threshold, walked out of the old lady’s yard, and disappeared in front of Lin You. Lin You didn’t dare to chase, she always felt that this girl was very strange. The most important thing is that even if she has no impression of this second girl on the first day, it does not mean that the second girl does not know her.

    You must know that there were only five outsiders who came that day, three from the Bai family, one Chen Cong and one himself. But the first sentence Xu Er girl said when she saw her was:

    “Who are you?”

    This is definitely not like she has seen her. What’s more, Xu Er girl, why did she come to express her filial piety  at night?Only to burn incense for her grandmother?

    To sum up, Lin You is more inclined to believe this girl is indeed the second girl of the Xu family, but not from this generation, but from Aunt Xu’s generation, that is, the daughter of this old lady. If she has this identity, then she has a reason to come to worship the old lady.

    Lin You turned around and entered the room, which was the old lady’s bedroom. She didn’t come to see it yesterday, just a quick glance outside the door. When she walked to the old lady’s dressing table, there was indeed no bronze mirror on it. After rummaging through the boxes and drawers again, tshe found nothing, and turned around to rummage through the old lady’s box.

    All the clothes of the dead were to be burned or thrown away, so the servants of the Xu residence specially sorted out several large boxes and put them in the corner of the room, ready to be disposed of after the funeral. Lin You looked at them one by one.

    The first few boxes are all dark clothes, but the clothes in the inner box are indeed brighter in color. The style should have been worn by the old lady when she was young, and the clothes in this box are more than the clothes in the previous boxes. It looks a little messy. It is estimated that Qu Zile also felt that something was wrong yesterday, so he searched for it a few more times.

    Lin You took out the clothes one by one. The clothes looked a little old, and the original bright colors were a little dull. At the bottom of the clothes are the more private parts and aprons of women in this era. Lin You didn’t feel embarrassed. She spread the clothes on the bed one by one, and sure enough, Lin You realized something was wrong.

    At the bottom of the box, the apron of two red silk show carps, she took them out one by one. It’s not that she has sharp eyes, but that her family also bought her a child’s apron when she was a child. Because it is handmade, it is very delicate. Her parents did not give or throw it away like other clothes Lin You had when she was a child.

    And the embroidery of Lin You’s apron wasn’t as good as  the two aprons in her hands. But this is not the problem of the embroiderers, but the drool pockets of children.

    She remembered what Miss Xu Er said just now that the step-wife gave birth to two sons and a daughter, and the one who just left was her surviving daughter, so did the other two boys die? The death rate of ancient children was indeed very high. But Lin You had good ears, and the second lady was clearly talking about revenge.

    Youth faded away, and the second son died, Lin You folded her clothes and thought, is this dungeon boss really the old lady? In this way, it really fits the name of the copy, Gate of Resentment.

    After coming out of the old lady’s courtyard, Lin You spread out the map given by Fang Nian yesterday, thought about it seriously, turned around and walked towards the first lady’s courtyard. It’s been two days, so it’s not good to not take a look at the mission objectives of the main quest.

    The layout of the eldest lady’s courtyard, Lin You had almost remembered it in her mind when she came to greet her in the morning. After going through the door of the eldest lady’s courtyard again in her heart, Lin You pushed the door open. But she didn’t expect that the door was actually locked by the door bolt, and Lin You was in trouble for a while.

    After walking around the small yard, Lin You found a tree that was about half a meter away from the courtyard wall. Lin You estimated that she should jump over it. After looking, there was no one around. She threw her skirt to her waist, tied it with a belt, and bit the knife around her waist with her teeth. Holding the tree, Lin You slowly climbed up against it.

    Fortunately, although climbing the tree was slow and she is unskilled, Lin You’s physical strength was not bad. Finally, when she reached the level with the courtyard wall, Lin You didn’t even have sore hands, but the knife in her mouth was too sliping.

    Stepping on a branch to borrow strength, Lin You rushed towards the wall, grabbed the head of the courtyard wall with her hands, propped up her body with her arms, and rode on the head of the wall with her feet. Taking off the knife that had been soaked in saliva out of her mouth, Lin You wiped it clean, then stuffed it back into her waist and patted it a few times, instantly feeling a sense of security.

    The next step was simple, Lin You jumped off the wall. The eldest lady’s yard was very quiet, and there was no one in it at night. Lin You bypassed the main room from the west side, and looked inside the room next to it, she saw no one. Even the bedroom in the main room was pitch-dark. Lin You stood by the window and put her ear against the crevice of the window. There was no sound inside, not even the sound of breathing.

    Lin You hesitated for a while, and finally opened the door gently and walked towards the bedroom. What surprised Lin You was that there was no one in the eldest lady’s room. Looking at the neat quilt on the bed, it was true that no one had ever used it. Lin You remembered the words of the servants of the Xu family, that the eldest lady was always taking care of the sick uncle.

    Lin You thinks that it is very likely that the eldest lady should be in the uncle’s courtyard. In this era, husbands and wives have their own courtyards. In this way, Lin You felt much more relaxed. Although the room was pitch-dark, she could search freely.

    Lin You subconsciously looked at the dressing table and walked to the dressing table. There was actually a mirror here. Lin You pressed the mirror down, she didn’t want to see anything strange. Then she searched all the box drawers inside and found nothing. When she walked to the bed again, the eldest lady’s mattress looked clean and smelled of sandalwood. Lin You almost sneezed, but thankfully held it back.

    There were all kinds of scriptures on the bedside, Lin You flipped through it and found that the handwriting was similar, and it seemed that it was copied by one person. Just now, Lin You also found all kinds of Buddhist beads and amulets from the jewelry box of the eldest lady. It seems that the eldest lady is a very devoted Buddhist.

    Nothing was found on the bed, so Lin You went to the closet again. When the closet was opened, another smell of sandalwood made Lin You very uncomfortable. There are even Buddhist scriptures in the closet, but there are just a few of them. Lin You frowned slightly. She turned around again and went to the place where the few Buddhist scriptures were before the eldest lady’s bed, and she did indeed see two past life scriptures.

    At first, Lin You felt that there were so many scriptures around the eldest lady, maybe she was praying to God and praying for the uncle to make him feel better. But so many past lives can be strange. Is it possible to give her a man in advance? Lin You slightly curved the corners of her mouth, this seemed to be related to her main mission.

    After thinking this way, Lin You found many old children’s clothes from the wardrobe and boxes. Indeed, it is understandable that the eldest lady has a pair of clothes for twins and children. But these clothes are all for boys. Lin You doesn’t think that the eldest lady is patriarchal, and then she thought about the pair of carp belly aprons that she found from the old lady before.

    Lin You thinks that if they are inseparable, the eldest lady may feel sorry for the old lady. So why? What does the death of the old lady’s two children have to do with the eldest lady?

    Not to mention the third room, it was a concubine who gave birth to a son, and it was not his turn to inherit the family property. The big house has the heir, but the uncle has never been in good health, and it seems that he will not be a qualified heir. She hasn’t heard of anything wrong with the second master’s body, so he should be a pretty good candidate. Even the Xu family’s problems, big or small, are solved by the second master Xu, but the heir is still the first son.  She had  overheard it before. Judging from the conversation between the old man and the eldest young master, the eldest young master is aware of the secrets of the Xu family, and even the old man is consciously training the eldest young master.

    Then, the position of the heir is always from the first house, and the second house can’t compete, let alone the two boys born by the old lady? Just for the sake of profit, there is no need for the oldest lady to take action. Moreover, according to the age, the old lady was not much older than the aunt and aunt of the Xu family when she entered the door. The uncle and second master of the Xu family are both teenage boys.

    Lin You rummaged around, but couldn’t find anything more, so she packed up the mess and left the bedroom. When she reached the hall of the main room, Lin You went to the opposite side of the courtyard, where the eldest lady’s study was. In it, Lin You confirmed that so many scriptures were copied by the eldest lady herself.

    At this point, Lin You could no longer find anything useful on the Madam’s side.

    …

    Chen Cong was very annoyed at Lin You’s behavior at first, because her words made Chen Cong unable to hold any thighs at all, so he could only act alone. His mission is related to the Chen family, that is, to the second wife of this family. Therefore, on the first day, he didn’t go out at all, but stayed in his yard and tried his best to establish a relationship with the second young master of this family.

    But before he could borrow the second master to inquire about the second lady’s secret, the second master died the next day. He always thought that when the second master died, then the second lady would always show a little bit of guilt under the pain and grief.

    What he thought was right, the second lady actually begged him.

    “Didn’t you say you have a secret method to deal with that evil dragon?” The second lady gnashed her teeth and looked at Chen Cong, “Why, why is my husband still dead! It’s all your fault!”

    Ha? Evil dragon? ? ?

    Hearing the second lady’s words, Chen Cong immediately persuaded her. The Chen family’s background is quite powerful, and they can also deal with evil dragons.

    “Tell me, I gave you something from the family, take it out.” The second lady stretched out her hand, “What suppresses luck, I think it’s a monster that eats flesh and blood! I don’t expect any glory and wealth, anyway, knowledge and action must be had when one is alive.”

    Huh?

    What did you say?

    At first, Chen Cong was overwhelmed by the aggressiveness of the second lady. When the second lady bullied him, Chen Cong, who couldn’t bear it, pushed her away.

    Chen Cong was really unlucky in the last game. Although Brother Wang died, the points of the copy still had to be divided, so he finally got 1400 points. The three things are 5 million, open the space grid, and a 1500 magic weapon. Considering that he has already obtained Brother Wang’s long stick, and this magic weapon cannot be bought at all, Chen Cong took 5 million and spent 100 points to open the space grid. Although there is only one space, Chen Cong is also very satisfied. .

    In the real world, he is rich, and spending five million is really not bad. The people around Chen Cong were originally from the bottom of the class. Seeing that Chen Cong was rich, all of them rushed forward to flatter him. Therefore, Chen Cong was not happy during this period of time, so his tolerance for others was even lower. Now, seeing the second lady splashing in front of him like this, he was naturally not happy.    

 “The family is like that, what else do you expect from me?” Chen Cong also inquired about the downfall of the Chen family. “I don’t know the situation on your side.”

The embarrassed appearance made Chen Cong feel a little more at ease, but considering the identity of the second lady, he put on a smile and reassured:

    “I don’t want it either, I’m just a concubine born, naturally I can’t compare to you, sister.” Chen Cong coughed After a while, “I know so many things, but…” The second lady was overturned to the ground, she was furious, but seeing Chen Cong’s condescending appearance, she was timid for some reason. Hearing Chen Cong’s words, she suppressed the anger in her heart and said:

    “But what, didn’t you say that there is nothing left in the house?”

    “Indeed, this thing is left behind.” Chen Cong took out a long stick out of thin air. “I don’t know if I can fight the evil dragon from your knowledge with this, sister?” 

The second lady lost her strength when she saw what’s in Chen Cong’s hand. Chen Cong can indeed help her, help her save Zhi Xing’s life.

    Chen Cong smiled when he saw the anger on the second lady’s face slowly disappearing. With a cold snort in his heart, he went to help the second lady up. Chen Cong, who was annoyed that this woman didn’t know what to do, he still suppressed his temper and tricked the second lady into telling everything she knew. After knowing it, Chen Cong had an idea in his heart.

    His task was to accomplish what the ancestors of the Chen family had not accomplished. The description of this task is vague, and Chen Cong really didn’t have an easy start. At this moment, he got the news of the second lady. Of course, he had a treasure and went out at night. He was looking for an opportunity to kill the evil dragon. Why at night? Of course, the Xu family takes that evil dragon very seriously. After all, it suppresses the luck of the Xu family.

    Chen Cong was a little upset when he went out. He didn’t choose to buy a map at the beginning of this dungeon, but bought the main quest that automatically selects the lowest difficulty, which cost him 500 points, but Chen Cong felt that it was worth it, after all, life is more important . But at this moment, he is wandering in the Xu family mansion alone, and what he urgently needs is a guide.

    Therefore, the third steward, who was also handling affairs in the second master’s courtyard, caught his eye, he kidnapped him, and even got additional information from the third steward.

    Chen Cong’s eyes lit up after being spoiled by side quests in the first quest world. His main quest was to kill an evil dragov. He didn’t think the other ghosts in this dungeon would be more difficult to handle than the evil dragon! Then, by the way, you can also do a side quest.

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