All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

Chapter 10
Shen Lingxi bathed, changed clothes, ate and drank enough, and thought that she would be taken to greet her elders.

Unexpectedly, they only waited until the little girl sent by Mama An said: "There have been a lot of things in the mansion these past two days, and the ancestor fell ill again, Master Hou asked the fifth girl to fast for a few days in the Jingsiyuan before going to see the elders. "

Shen Lingxi knew what this meant, she smiled, and responded without saying anything.

The people serving in the yard were all selected by An's mother, and naturally they all knew Xuan Pinghou's order to "hang her out for a few days".

When the little girl who reported the letter went out, the rest of the servants all retreated from the meditation courtyard.

Shen Lingxi was the only one left in the huge courtyard.

It is midsummer now, there is no wind at night, and there is no ice basin in the room, so it is very stuffy.

Shen Lingxi couldn't fall asleep, so she simply found a tea set from the room, and moved it together with the table in the room to the vermilion corridor.

Then, she went back to the house and took out something from the cage she brought with her.

It was a revolving lantern made of fine rice paper with a frame made of ebony wood.

On the top of the revolving lantern, there is a lotus crown made of silver flakes. Four plain silk streamers hang from the four corners of the crown, and several silver bells are tied at the end of the streamers.

Shen Lingxi took a fire book and lit the candle in the lamp, and hung the lamp under the corridor.

The flickering candle just illuminated the tea table.

Shen Lingxi flapped her round fan and started cooking tea by herself.

In less than a cup of tea, the revolving lantern was heated, and the lotus crown at the top began to rotate slowly, bringing the silver bell on the streamer and making a tinkling sound.

The bell echoed in the silent courtyard, very ethereal and pleasant to hear.

After the bell rang for about half an hour, there was a sudden gust of cool wind in the yard, which made the green bamboos by the wall rustle.

When Shen Lingxi heard the news, she knew that a new "business" was coming.

This revolving lantern is called Reincarnation Lamp.

It was after the death of the Xuanqing female crown of Jinxian Temple that Shen Lingxi thanked Shen Lingxi for what she had done for the souls of the dead, and gave her a blueprint, and Shen Lingxi made it according to the blueprint.

Just light the lamp at night, and when the silver bell rings, the dead souls who have a chance with her can be summoned.

Taoist Xuanqing once said that if the souls of the dead brought by this lamp can fulfill their wishes, they can help them reincarnate and accumulate merit.

Shen Lingxi has always acted according to her heart, and has no obsession with merit.

They only regard it as a "trade" to earn rewards and send people to reincarnate.

"Crack, crack, crack..."

In the darkness, there was a series of footsteps in the yard, which seemed to be soaked in water.

Shen Lingxi turned her head to look, only to hear footsteps from far to near, but there was no dead soul in sight, only wet footprints on the green bricks.

"Since you're here, why don't you show up?" She asked suspiciously.

The footprints stopped, and then a simple and honest male voice came to Shen Lingxi's ears: "The villain died in vain, now he looks ugly, I'm afraid to scare the girl."

"Did you die by drowning?" Only the souls of the dead in the water carry water with their feet.

Before being encoffined, the appearance of the soul is the appearance of the corpse.

In this midsummer, it is really difficult for people to look directly at the corpse of a drowning person.

"Yes……"

The "footprint" took a few steps back, as if worried about disturbing Shen Lingxi.

"It's okay." Shen Lingxi took out half of the incense stick from her sleeve pocket, lit it with a torch, and placed it on the gilt incense burner at hand.

"The name of this incense is 'Rhinoceros'. During the burning of the incense, your soul can temporarily change back to your life. I will bury you alive in the future. Even if you go to the underworld, you don't have to worry about your ugly appearance and being ashamed to see you." people."

As the words fell, a ghost of the dead gradually appeared at the position of the "footprint".

It was a middle-aged man in his forties, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a hulking back, wearing a green cloth robe, and his hair was neatly combed. It can be seen that he was a clean and decent person before he was born.

The man looked down at himself, with surprise on his face.

It's just that when he thought of his own death, his heart turned sour, his mouth shrunk, and he cried out "wuwuwu".

"Thank you, girl." While wiping his tears, he bowed to Shen Lingxi, "I heard that girl can fulfill the last wish of the dead, so I'm here to bother you."

Shen Lingxi raised her hand to signal him to sit opposite, poured him a cup of tea, and put her hands on the table in front of him.

The teacup on the table hadn't moved yet, but the dead soul had already picked up an identical cup of tea, drank it, and tears fell down again.

The dead souls brought by the reincarnation lamp can enjoy Shen Lingxi's offerings.

"I will bury you alive and fulfill your wish, but I will not do it in vain. You pay your salary. After the matter is over, we will owe nothing to each other." Shen Lingxi said her rules.

The man wiped away his tears, "The villain knows. The ghosts who died in vain in this capital know the girl's rules, and they all look forward to being summoned by this reincarnation lamp."

Shen Lingxi didn't know that she had such a great reputation in the underworld of the capital.

"Since the Reincarnation Lamp brought you here, there must be some chance between you and me. My business, regardless of gold or silver, as long as it is useful to me, it can be used as a reward."

"The villain can save you." The man explained his identity: "The villain's name is Liu Si, he is the son of the family in the Xuanping Hou's mansion, and he follows the Marquis when he was a child, and takes some errands. The mother-in-law The surname is Wang, who combs the hair of the ancestors on weekdays."

"The little man has no long-term possessions, and there are two children to support at home. He didn't leave any savings during his lifetime. After thinking about it, the girl came back to the Marquis Mansion for the first time, and she definitely wanted to learn more about the affairs of the mansion. If the girl doesn't mind, Liu Si is willing to be a guide. Knowing everything and talking endlessly, Miss, do you think this reward is acceptable?"

Shen Lingxi came to the Hou Mansion for the first time and really needed help, so she nodded and said, "What do you want me to do for you?"

"The villain only asks that the girl can find a way to transfer my mother-in-law and a pair of children to serve in front of the girl, so that they will not be murdered like me." Liu Si pleaded.

Shen Lingxi was surprised, "You mean... the person who harmed you is in this mansion? Not only did he harm you, he also harmed your family... You are the person in front of Xuan Pinghou, and the family is in the ancestral house If you do things, you still have children in the mansion, and your status in the mansion is definitely not low, who can harm you like this?"

The man seemed to have been poked in the sore spot, and cried out with a "woo woo woo":

"The night before the fourth girl's wedding, the villain was on duty in the storeroom. According to Lord Hou's order, after counting the dowry of the fourth girl for the last time, when it was already a child, he went to rest directly in the side room next to the storeroom. When he woke up again , was put into a sack and sunk in the well, and died... until the end, no one even saw who the murderer was."

"The warehouse of the Hou Mansion is guarded by the guard. It is an important place in the Hou Mansion. Ordinary thieves dare not trespass. What is even more strange is that such a big living person like the villain suddenly disappeared without a trace. No one in the mansion suspects that he is a villain. I got an errand for the Marquis, so I went out of the mansion to do some errands."

"The villain has been wandering around the mansion for the past two days and has not noticed anything unusual. Only today when the villain suddenly saw that my wife was being watched secretly by two idiots when she left the mansion did I realize that they might Attack my wife and children..."

(End of this chapter)