My breathing stagnated for a moment.

Feeling my trembling, Aunt Hong immediately understood. She followed my eyes and looked at the sides, and was silent for a moment, and said with a choking throat: "I asked, the lady's spiritual position is really not inside."

“…”

"Miss, do you want to go in and have a look?"

“…”

My throat was also a little quarrel, but this time it was not as sad as I was when I mentioned this before. Instead, I had an inexplicable thought that made me feel incredible in my heart.

I didn't say anything, just nodded gently.

Then, my eyes looked at the two tall sycamore trees again. I don’t know how long it had been planted, but I think it was probably planted when the ancestral hall was established. The trunks were so thick that several adult men might not be able to hold them together. When they raised their heads, they couldn’t see the treetops, as if they had penetrated into the sky.

Aunt Hong looked at the wutong tree and chuckled, "I remember someone said back then that these two wutong trees planted in front of the Yan family's ancestral hall can attract phoenixes."

“…”

Phoenix?

When I heard these two words, I felt a little frightened again.

But I didn't say anything, only a faint smile appeared on my face, and subconsciously turned back to look at the two main halls. When Aunt Hong saw me like this, she thought I was still unwilling to accept it, and she probably had been angry and said hatefully: "When I think about the future, maybe in a few decades, that woman will enter under the name of Mrs. Yan, and I feel so angry!"

“…”

"Is she worthy of being the wife of the Yan family just because of her?"

“…”

"She is far worse than her wife!"

Her emotions were even more excited and even more angry than me. I turned to look at her, smiled and patted the back of her hand, and said, "Forget it, Aunt Hong, there are some things that are already true, so don't think about them anymore."

“…”

"let's go."

"Um."

She helped me walk back slowly. When she walked through the narrow alley, I asked her: "Aunt Hong, is it convenient for me to send letters here?"

"This place is not very convenient. It takes more than half a month to go out and send a letter to the town."

"oh……"

"What's wrong? The young lady has a letter to send?"

"Well, I've written a few letters before to Miaoyan to go to the capital-" Seeing her somewhat puzzled expression, I said, "Li'er."

"Miss Sun? She is still in the capital?"

"She was not willing to follow me into Sichuan because of some things. I don't know very well what the situation is outside now. In fact, after leaving the capital, I sent her a few letters, but because I couldn't stay in a place for too long, I couldn't receive her reply. However, I still wanted to write to her to let her know that I was fine."

"If it's a lady who wants to send a letter, of course there's no need to wait. I'll ask them to send it to you right away."

"This time, if this matter can be resolved smoothly, I hope to receive her reply - in Bishan."

Aunt Hong turned to look at me: "Bishan? I heard--"

I had never mentioned Liu Qinghan's affairs before, obviously this surprised her. I smiled faintly and said, "Aunt Hong, I will explain it to you after the matter is over. That Mr. Liu, he handed over his family business to me. If nothing unexpected happens, I will stay in Bishan for a while."

She opened her eyes wide and gasped.

Obviously, Liu Qinghan's family business is so powerful that everyone in Xichuan knows. Suddenly, she was shocked when she heard that I received such a gift.

She ate and said, "He is to the eldest lady-"

I smiled and said, "I said this, I'll talk about it later."

She was still a little unconscious and nodded blankly. I grabbed her arm and walked forward with her, reminding her to find someone to deliver letters to me in town.

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The next day was a good weather.

However, this is how it is after autumn begins. An autumn rain and a cold. Even on a sunny day, you can feel the coolness in the wind getting worse and worse.

The letter to Miaoyan was sent out from here.

The fourth seal is here.

Thinking about it now, it is really right for her to refuse to follow me. She travels around like this, and there are dangers everywhere. I am really worried that I will take her with me. She is at least safer than following me in the capital.

But when I miss her, it feels so uncomfortable.

I leaned on a crutch and asked Aunt Hong to accompany me to the entrance of the village. I watched the young man she asked to deliver the letter to leave. The man's back had disappeared, but I had not left yet. Instead, I stood under the tall Gantang tree at the entrance of the village, looking at the lush forest in front of me, the wind kept blowing from it.

I suddenly remembered something and asked, "Aunt Hong, those people - they were chasing us that day. You said you were dealt with, how did you deal with it?"

Aunt Hong also looked at the woods in front and said, "It's buried there."

“…”

"This is the rule of Gantang Village."

“…”

"If outsiders enter the pine forest in front of them, patrolers will come back to report; if outsiders die in Gantang Village, if they are not close to the villagers, they will be buried in the woods, not counting as people in the village."

My heart moved slightly and murmured, "Will you become a lonely ghost?"

Aunt Hong's voice was a little cold: "In this world, there are so many lonely ghosts."

I looked back at her and saw that there seemed to be a flash of light in her eyes. I knew that she remembered her mother again.

My mother was unable to enter the main hall where the Yan family worshipped women. In the past, I naturally felt distressed and even had many bad guesses. But this time, after returning from Sashen Cliff, I always had some almost crazy thoughts in my mind, and I couldn't even drive away, and I kept flashing in my mind.

Seeing Aunt Hong look so sad, I said softly: "Aunt Hong, I want to ask you something."

She turned to look at me: "Hmm?"

"You, you-" I hesitated how to speak so as not to scare her, and not to make her crazy. I said softly: "Have you ever thought about my mother--"

Just as I was halfway through my words, suddenly, I heard a clamor in the direction of the river not far ahead.

Someone stepped into the river.

I heard the sound of horse hooves, the sound of water splashing everywhere, and the sound of people talking also drifting over with the wind.

Suddenly, Aunt Hong and I breathed tense suddenly. The two of us turned our heads together and looked at the woods ahead.

I heard the sound of someone riding into the woods, and the lush branches and leaves were whispering, but it seemed that the other party stopped again, and there was no movement for a long time.
Chapter completed!