Chapter 346

(I don't know why I have to cut off power for two days. I didn't call until more than 7 p.m. and code quickly. Fortunately, there was half a chapter written yesterday. I'll try to code another two chapters tonight and try my best to keep improving tomorrow.)

The general's mansion is the residence of a prince of the Shang state, covering a huge area. Mrs. Chu and Luo Yao didn't live together. She and her four dowry maids lived in an independent courtyard in the general's house. After bypassing the small lake and walking for a while, Fang Xie found the fence courtyard hidden in the bamboo forest. The locust tree in the yard, which was already higher than the roof, was particularly disharmonious in the bamboo forest.

"This is the lady's residence. The lady has been waiting for a long time."

Sun zhe led Fang Xie to the door, stopped, smiled and said, "Madam likes quiet. I can't go in at will. I can only take you here."

Fang Xie nodded his thanks, then saw that the door was pushed open from inside, and two women in plain clothes came out slowly. The two women wore almost the same clothes and walked in the same posture. They looked as if they had no feet under their long skirts. They were floating forward.

The two men's faces were the same snow-white, but they were almost the same as Chu's.

"My maidservant Qiu Ju and my maidservant Dong Mei have met Lord Fang."

The two women should look old. Their figure has changed. The wrinkles on their forehead and corners of their eyes are telling others that they are no longer young.

Fang Xie returned the gift. Qiuju said that his wife had been waiting for a long time, and then invited Fang Xie in.

When she entered the yard, Fang Xie suddenly felt a chill on her back. It's like walking in an empty alley at night and being stared at by something unclean. That kind of threat is like clinging to the back of the head, and a ghost pours on people at any time.

At this time, Fang Xie saw a tree doll hanging on the big locust tree.

Just as the wind blew, the dolls hanging from the trees swayed with the wind. The workmanship of each doll is very exquisite. It looks lifelike. I don't know how long these dolls have been hanging in the tree. The little clothes on the dolls have been broken and incomplete. Because of this, those dolls look particularly gloomy.

It swings like a group of kids grinning at people.

These dolls look as big as three-year-old children and as small as newborn babies. The most incredible thing is its fine workmanship. When walking by the locust tree, Fang Xie subconsciously looked at the nearest doll and found that the doll was so fine that even the eyes, eyelashes and even teeth were so realistic. With only a few eyes, Fang Xie couldn't help but move his eyes closer and closer. When he looked at the doll, it was like the doll was looking at him, which made him uncomfortable.

There are no less than fifty or sixty dolls in this tree.

Seeing Fang Xie staring at the doll, Qiu Ju apologized: "since the young master's accident, my wife likes to have people make some dolls. She makes one or two every year, but there are as many as 60 or 70. These dolls come from the famous Su Jiming store in the south of the Yangtze River. They are very exquisite and can hardly be true."

"What is a ghost shop?"

Fang Xie didn't understand. He asked subconsciously.

"It's... Specialized in making dead people's things."

Qiuju and Dongmei don't seem to dislike this handsome little adult Fang. They have changed their cold habits towards people in the past. Dongmei whispered as she walked, "Su Ji's business is all because there are relatives who have died at home, but the family is reluctant to give up. If you ask Su Ji, Su Ji will make a dummy like a dead person, which is almost the same as the dead."

When he heard this, Fang Xie's scalp almost exploded, and his heart said how could there be such a business in Southwest China. However, he did not know that the people in Southwest China would inevitably be affected by the living habits of the he nationality because of their long-term contact with the barbarians of the he nationality. It is said that the he people living in the jungle will not be buried after their relatives die. Instead, he asked the wizard to cut off the dead's head, make it with secret method, and then hang it at his door. It is said that the head processed by the wizard's secret method can ensure that it will not rot for decades.

This kind of creepy thing seems to the people of the Central Plains, but it has been a constant habit in the he nationality for thousands of years.

The way of thinking of the he people is also completely different from that of the Han people. For example, a long time ago, there was a poet who came from China. Because he was curious about the way of life of the he people, he traveled all the way to the southwest. It took him several years to finally integrate into the life of the he people and became friends with an old hunter of the he people. He lives in the old hunter's house. He goes out hunting with the hunter every day, drinks rice wine, eats barbecue, and eats birds' eggs when he sees them.

After living in the jungle tribe for five years, the poet became more and more homesick and said goodbye to the old hunter. He said I'm going back. I miss my relatives. The old hunter was very reluctant and asked him to stay several times, but the poet was homesick and couldn't stay. The poet personally cooked a table of food, poured rice wine for the old hunter, and finally got drunk with his old friend.

After three rounds of wine, the old hunter said to the poet that you are leaving. I know you will not come back. I'll never see you again. I'll miss you. Can you leave something for me as a souvenir? The poet said yes, what do you want? The hunter cut off the poet's head with a knife, soaked it with a secret method and hung it by the bed.

That's it.

Every night before going to bed, I will talk to my head for a while. Every day, there are still two pairs of dishes and chopsticks on the dinner table.

Yongzhou is less than a thousand miles away from the jungle where the barbarians of the he people live. This place is better. Where it is closer to the he people, many Han people also began to get used to the things of the he people.

Although Fang Xie had lived in Nanyan for a long time, he did not understand the way of life of the he people. Because after the founding of the people's Republic of China, Emperor Murong shame of Nanyan began to wantonly use troops against the he people, so that there would be no more he people in Nanyan. After arriving in Yongzhou, I heard some people mention it, but Fang Xie was not very interested.

At this time, listening to Dongmei, he suddenly thought that the so-called Su Ji could make such exquisite things. This strange style seems to have the shadow of the he people.

The more he thought about it, the colder he felt that the dolls were staring at him.

"Is Xiaofang afraid of these dolls?"

Dongmei asked in surprise.

Fang Xie smiled and said that your wife is a pervert. You've been seeing each other all day. You've been used to it for decades, but others aren't surprised to see it?

"Just... Not adapted."

He replied and quickly left the big locust tree and went inside.

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Approaching the door of the house, Mrs. Chu welcomed her out of the door. It can be seen that Qiuju Dongmei was also influenced by her wearing plain clothes. The lady was wearing a white cotton dress instead of a royal dress. Pure plain white clothes are unlucky for filial piety, so her clothes are dotted with some light yellow flowers, and the color of the belt around her waist also changes. But even so, it still looks as if it had just come out of the mourning hall.

Fang Xie quickly bowed and said he had seen his wife.

He met him as a younger generation's gift, and Chu didn't dodge. Of course, he accepted it, and then faintly said, "please come in.". Her tone of voice was a little strange and seemed to be a little stiff.

Fang Xie followed her into the house. Although she was ready, she was startled.

In the house, the dolls on the table, on the wall, and even on the beam are all exquisite dolls.

Fang Xie took a deep breath and found that the smell in the room was strange.

"What's the smell? It doesn't seem to be sandalwood."

Fang Jie asked subconsciously.

The oldest servant girl Chunlan asked Fang Xie to sit down and pointed to the incense burner nearby: "It's called Fengwei incense. It's a unique thing on cangman mountain in the south. It looks like a laurel tree, but the notes are coiled together and then separated, just like the tail of a Phoenix. Because it tastes very fragrant, it's called Fengwei incense. It has the effect of calming down and is used by many people."

Fang Xie gave a sound, sat down in the chair and said to Chu: "take the liberty to bother, please forgive me, madam."

Chu's eyes kept staring at him. Fang Xie didn't adapt to that kind of ordinary cold eyes. She seemed to feel Fang Xie's mind. She waved her hand instead of responding to Fang Xie's words and said, "Xiao Fang doesn't like these things. Let's withdraw. I can't make Xiao Fang feel uncomfortable when I come here for the first time."

The four servant girls' faces changed, looked at each other, and soon picked all the dolls in the house.

Without those things, Fang Xie's discomfort was indeed reduced.

"I invited Lord Xiao Fang to be a guest. If you want to take the liberty, I took the liberty first."

Chu smiled, then pointed to the dishes on the table and said, "I know that Lord Fang is tired of eating greasy things in Yongzhou City. I spent all morning making a table of vegetarian dishes. I haven't cooked in person for many years. My skills are a lot rusty. In the past, the senior general liked to eat my meals best."

Fang Xie looked at it and couldn't help praising: "don't say eat, just smell it and have a look. The saliva will flow out."

When he raised his hand, he felt a poison pill from his sleeve, which was specially prepared by Fang Xie. Once the art of poison was planted, it would be difficult to eradicate unless it was cracked by the person who poisoned it. However, there is no way to prevent poison. In order to prevent himself from being poisoned by his enemies, he people will take a poison pill before eating and drinking in a strange place. This medicine is only It's made from a single herb. It's not difficult to make it. After eating the poison pill made from the herb first, even if you eat something with poison, it will spit out quickly.

It is said that all insects used for poison are disgusted with cocktails. In the jungle, where cocktails grow, there will never be any poison. Therefore, before he people go deep into the jungle, they must tie a bunch of dried cocktails around their waist to repel insects.

Fang Xie was not worried that Luo Yao's wife would poison herself, but when she arrived in Yongzhou, she had to prevent being poisoned.

In particular, Luo Yao's house has the most powerful wizards.

Lu Ou didn't forget a word Fang Xie said. Lu Ou said that the one who knew the secrets of the general's mansion best was his wife Chu. He took the broken Gu pill out of his sleeve and quietly threw it into his mouth before drinking. When eating, Chu waited for Chu to pour wine for herself, so Chu didn't notice Fang Xie's little move.

"Mr. Fang is only seventeen this year?"

Chu Shi asked after offering Fang Xie a glass of wine.

Fang Xie nodded: "it's only a few months away."

"Well, three years younger than Zixu."

Zixu is Luo Wen's calligraphy.

"Twenty three years younger than Xian."

Xian Chang is the character of Luo Wu. In those years, Luo Yao killed his family and died, leaving only his wife Chu. It seems that Chu still can't let go of what happened more than 20 years ago. When she mentioned Luo Wu, her plain eyes changed slightly.

Fang Xie was stunned. He felt that this was a little awkward and didn't know where it was.

"Eat and try your craft."

Chu's face softened a little when he mixed dishes for Fang Xie: "there are few guests in my small courtyard. The four of them are lazy and used to it and didn't clean up. It's my fault to make Xiao Fang uncomfortable. I'm really sorry."

When she spoke, she looked into Fang Xie's eyes, which made Fang Xie uncomfortable than those dolls.

"You're welcome, madam. This is the best vegetarian dish I've ever eaten in my life. I'm a soldier, so it's inevitable that I don't like meat. Today is the first time I think vegetarian dishes can make me stop."

Fang Jie turned the topic away. He really felt that the five women in the small courtyard and the house were strange everywhere.

"If you like it, I'll cook it for you when I'm free."

Chu picked up the corners of his mouth and finally outlined a smile that looked normal. It's just that I haven't laughed for too long. I still look stiff.