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Chapter 133 Chapter 130 Three: Night Tourist God
After nightfall, the maidservant who holds the lamp lights the goose foot lamp.

Mrs. Liu was sitting on the pear wood chair, her hands were touching her chest, her expression was exhausted. These days, she had to deal with her husband's funeral for her husband, and she was exhausted physically and mentally.The maid lit the Jiuhe incense in the three-legged censer with a green pottery and copper lid, and Mrs. Liu sat under the lamp with her eyes closed and rested for a while.After closing her eyes, she fell asleep for more than an hour, until she was woken up by the old servant knocking on the door, Liu Shi also thought that she just closed her eyes for a while.

The old servant only comforted Liu Shi to go to bed earlier outside the door, Liu Shi raised his forehead and rubbed the corners of his eyebrows vigorously to relieve the headache.

The old servant was a servant she brought from her natal family, and she was quite loyal. She thought for a while, and then ordered: "Bring Bao'er, I have something to explain. Also, bring all the account books at home."

The old servant left as promised, and brought Guo Gu'er into the house after a while.

Mrs. Liu asked Guo Gu'er to sit across from the teak table, opened the account book, and confessed: "Guo'er, you are a daughter. In the past, Aniang didn't teach you anything except women's reds, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. But now you Father passed away early, but the situation has changed. Come on, I will teach you from tonight, you have to remember clearly, what property does our family have, don't be taken away by others. "

Guo Zou'er nodded ignorantly, and Liu continued to say: "Your father and his brothers jointly operated four shops in Xuandu. The Guo family was afraid that I would remarry and take these properties away, but they I don’t know that your father has always spent money excessively. Over the years, if I hadn’t been in charge of these businesses, these businesses would not have been able to continue. Let’s not mention this. I have long since given up on these properties. So what? But our family is on the other side of the river, and we still have five hectares of land and fifteen family members. We brew wine in Spring and Autumn, raise mallard geese, and grow medicinal herbs. Our income is quite good. But this has nothing to do with the Guo family, it’s me It has been managed little by little. The Guo family has even thought about these properties, and even if our mother and I have to spare our lives, we must guard these things."

Guo Bao'er bit her lip, "Aniang... Big deal, I won't marry anymore. I will be by your side and serve you for the rest of my life."

Liu said with emotion: "You can say that, A Niang is very happy."

The old servant heard Liu's decisive tone from the side, worried that Madam would follow the example of Mrs. Gu in the past, and use three feet of white silk to protect the family property, so she couldn't help but said: "Madam, the Guo family is very powerful. Now that Alang has gone, we can rely on you." Yes, probably only the Liu family..."

Mrs. Liu shook her head and said: "Although my husband is dead now, as long as I don't remarry, I am a member of the Guo family. It is reasonable for them to seek my property. If I really ask my natal family for help, when the time comes, I will be in the Guo family." It really became me to steal the property of the Guo family."

The old servant sighed: "I'm too confused to come up with such a bad idea."

Guo Bao'er worried: "Aniang, what can we do?"

Liu shook his head.

Guo Zhu'er hesitated for a moment, then summoned up his courage and said, "Why don't I go to my uncle to intercede, my uncle treated me well in the past."

Mrs. Liu opened her mouth, but did not refute, forced a smile and said, "That's fine, just go and try. Don't mention this tonight, I will teach you to confess, and after a few days, I will take you to Hezhu to have a look... ..."

……

Before and after Xuzheng, the lights were dim, and Guo Bao'er was sleepy, and was finally sent away by the old servant.

Liu lifted up the lampshade, shortened the candle wick, and sat alone by the window, annoyed at Ye.

"Mrs. Guo?" Someone called from outside the door.

Liu Shi was startled, but realized that the voice was very strange.

The person outside the door said again: "Mrs. Guo, don't panic. Captain Guo and I are old acquaintances. We came here during the day. It was just that Mrs. Guo was inconvenient at that time, so I left."

Liu's brows were slightly frowned, and she wanted to call the servants, but the voice of the people outside the door was calm, it didn't sound like a villain.She quietly walked to the bed, took out a pair of scissors, and then opened the door.The room is on the second floor. When the door is opened, turn to the left and face a corridor.There are six lanterns hanging in the corridor, usually only two are lit at night.At this time, there was no one outside the door, and there was fog under the lanterns in the corridor.Liu Shi looked around, and suddenly saw a white dress protruding from the fog.

Liu Shi gasped in shock and took a few steps back.With the extremely dim light, he could vaguely see the face of the man in white. His brows were clear and his expression was gentle. He was a human being, not a demon.

She calmed down a bit, and murmured: "This... Immortal Master?"

The man in white said: "I don't want to attract attention, so I chose to come here at this time, but I disturbed Mrs. Guo."

Although the man in white didn't look like a villain, but Liu Shi had just lost her husband, and was still a little scared when a man came to her door at night, but when she saw that the man in white was just standing at the door and didn't enter the house, she felt relieved and asked: "The fairy master is here at night, what's the matter?"

"Come to solve my wife's difficulties."

The man in white handed over a scroll that was more than three feet wide to Mrs. Liu.

……

The next day, when the morning dew was not yet shining, the old servant walked through the courtyard to the main house where Mrs. Liu lived.This early in the morning, the maid who held the lamp brought Liu's message and summoned the old servant.The old servant was quite worried, he was afraid that Mrs. Liu would stay up all night because of what happened yesterday.

After passing through the corridor and seeing Mrs. Liu in the room, the old servant showed surprise.In the half month since Guo Xun's death, although Liu shi had put on a lot of effort to take care of the family affairs, she couldn't hide the helpless and sad look in her eyes.At this moment, Liu Shi was still morbidly pale, and the sadness in his eyes was still there, but there was a more calm and calm expression.

The old servant didn't know what Madam was thinking last night, but seeing Liu's expression, he felt much more secure in his heart.

Mrs. Liu asked beside the dowry: "Did any of your husband's friends come over yesterday?"

The old servant replied: "Two people have been here, one is Hucao's Du Zhangshi, and the other is just an old acquaintance of A Lang, without revealing his identity."

Mrs. Liu nodded, didn't ask any more questions, and looked back at her face in the bronze mirror, "Call to Guo Lu and Guo Gao's family, and send a message to invite them to the dinner party. How should the property left by my husband belong?" , let’s make it clear tonight.”

The old servant was stunned, for these things, the Liu family always avoided them as much as they could, procrastinating for a day and avoiding the Guo family.Today, uncharacteristically, I took the initiative to ask them to clarify.

He was puzzled, but he left the main house in a hurry without asking any further questions.

……

When Guo Lu came to Guo's house in Yulin Lane, several people were already sitting in the guest room, and the copper leak in the corner of the room was carved at the right hour.At dusk, two maidservants came in and out from time to time, bringing tea and water.

The people in the room chat occasionally, although they all know their intentions, but they don't speak very explicitly.

Everyone was a little puzzled by Liu's sudden change of temper.Guo Lu said that he came to the door yesterday and explained the truth to Mrs. Liu. Although Mrs. Liu was a little excited at the time, after one night, she should have understood the truth.Only then did everyone feel relieved, feeling that Mrs. Liu is also a sensible woman.

After everyone arrived, it took about a quarter of an hour before Mrs. Liu appeared in the guest room.Although he was still wearing Zhan Fai clothes and hadn't applied Zhu Fu powder, his complexion looked more energetic.

She led everyone to the main hall, where lamps were lit in the four corners, and the banquet had been set.

After everyone was seated, Mrs. Liu said: "I invite you to come here today to clarify the ownership of the property left by my husband and make a good contract. But before doing this, I have to apologize to you all. The husband just left not long ago , I am left as a woman, I am worried that I will not be able to keep his property, and will be plundered by villains, so these days, I am on guard against you. But with the heart of a villain, I saved the belly of a gentleman. Last night, my husband He entrusted me with a dream and blamed me for a while. He said that brotherhood is deep, and after he leaves, he still needs to rely on you to take care of me. How can I make the relationship unfamiliar? When he said this, I woke up like a dream. I did something wrong. I don’t know if it’s too late to make up for it now?”

"Of course it's not too late." Guo Lu said, "What do you mean?"

Liu Shi said: "You will definitely not treat our mother and daughter badly. I don't care how those properties belong. Let you handle it."

Guo Lu raised his eyebrows. He thought that the Liu family was a tough nut to crack. Who knew that overnight, the matter turned around and the matter was resolved. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, younger brothers and sisters. You don't need to work too much in the future. With our brothers... Not to mention the other ones! Even if I am hungry, I will ensure that you have enough food and clothing."

During the banquet, everyone discussed the distribution of Guo Xun's inheritance.The properties that Guo Xun has paid for are all managed by the Guo family. The Liu family has the merits of managing the farmland in Hezhu, so it can be managed by the Liu family in the future, but the farmland must be owned by the Guo family.In a few words, the family agreed on Guo Xun's inheritance, and all they needed to do was fill in the contract and everything would be fine.

During the dinner, Guo Lu looked at Mrs. Liu secretly, and saw that Mrs. Liu looked reluctant, but as she promised, she never complained at all. Obviously, the dream last night made her completely trust the Guo family.

Liu's resignation made Guo Lu feel ashamed.

At the same time, I couldn't help feeling anxious.Guo Xun died strangely. It is said that when the body was found, even his shadow was gone.He died in the prime of life again, so he must be obsessed with it. Last night, he gave Liu Shi another dream. Could it be that he really came back?

……

After the banquet, after an appointment three days later, the patriarch was asked to notarize and make up the contract, and everyone left the main hall.

It was getting dark, and the lanterns in the hallway seemed not filled with oil, and the yellow light was dim.Passing by the mourning hall, at a distance of dozens of steps, Guo Lu glanced towards the mourning hall, and vaguely saw a figure standing under the mulberry wood god tablet.

Stunning his feet to look closely, the more he looked, the more he felt that the figure was similar to Guo Xun.His heart skipped a beat, but he couldn't help but take a few steps closer.Guo Gao next to him called out "what are you looking at?" and followed Guo Lu's gaze to look around the mourning hall.

The two looked at each other, encouraged each other, and approached the mourning hall.As soon as they approached, they could clearly see the people in the mourning hall, with white robes and black boots, and a majestic appearance. There was a wooden sign on the back, with the word "Night Tour" on it, and a silver hook painted on iron!

Guo Lu's heart was shocked, and when he saw the face of this person clearly, he was shocked.

"Brother Xun!"

"Brother!"

There were exclamations one after another, and Guo Lu and Guo Gao ran away in a panic, attracting other people to watch and causing another commotion.

During the turmoil, no one dared to approach the mourning hall except Mrs. Liu, who repeatedly called out "husband".No one saw that after Mrs. Liu entered the mourning hall, she rolled up the picture scroll of "God of the Night" and hid it under the altar.

(End of this chapter)