When Qi Ao went out, he closed the door gently.
Zhu Yuanyu, who was sitting on the bed, was not sleepy. He was thinking about the whereabouts of Li Zhuangzhuang and Cui'er. Even Qi Ao, who had just gone out, began to regret it... He felt that he should go together, just in case there was really no three talismans. He is useful.
but--
Zhu Yuanyu lowered his eyes and glanced at his feet. He had taken off his shoes, and the bright bow seemed to remind him of his foot injuries.
With the culprit gone, Zhu Yuanyu remembered the tingling on his feet when walking, and finally took off the bow tie without even re-bandaging it, leaving the wound exposed to the air. He seemed to feel more comfortable this way, and the minimal pain from the wound seemed to dissipate. No trace.
The bandaging strip was stained with medicinal powder. Thinking that it had wrapped his foot, Zhu Yuanyu carried it with a little disgust, his eyes turning around, looking for a suitable place to put it.
It was a pity that there were no trash cans in ancient times, so Zhu Yuanyu had to take out his handkerchief, spread it flat, put the strip of cloth on it, then folded it and placed it at the foot of the bed.
It has to be said that Zhu Yuanyu is a bit mysophobic, but this is not absolute. When pushing the carriage, he doesn't care about the dirty water in the puddles.
After handling the cloth strips, Zhu Yuanyu raised the pillow and half leaned on it.
After a while, he changed his position a little uncomfortable.
The pillows at Yuelai Inn were made of cloth, and unknown herbs were stuffed inside. They smelled of a faint medicinal fragrance.
Zhu Yuanyu liked the smell, but he was not satisfied with the comfort of the pillow.
When he was in his hometown, his pillow was specially made by someone, sewn with the softest cloth, no embroidery, simple cloth, and stuffed with goose down specially collected by someone.
Not only did he have one, he also had two made by Zhu Dafu and Wang Chunmei, and they fell in love with them as soon as they fell asleep. Later, after he went to Beijing, he knew that his mother was extremely filial and would never forget the good things she had. Then Zhu Yuanyu asked someone to make a few more and sent them to his grandfather's house. He also asked the embroiderer to embroider auspiciousness on the edge of the pillow. Pattern.
For this reason, Wang Jinyi went to Zhu's Mansion and praised him so much that he almost said that there was no heaven and no earth. At that time, Zhu Yuanyu didn't bother to listen to a lot of useless nonsense he said and just ignored it.
Although goose down pillows are comfortable, in ancient times without air conditioning, they felt a bit stuffy in summer. Before that, Zhu Yuanyu had people make bamboo pillows for three summers.
Zhu Dafu and Wang Chunmei liked it equally, but Zhu Yuanyu started to feel stiffness and pain in the back of his head after sleeping for two days. At first, he thought he was sick, but after calling a doctor, no symptoms were found. Only then did Zhu Yuanyu suspect that the problem was with the pillow.
He decisively changed back to the previous pillow, and the stiffness and pain in the back of his head disappeared the next day.
When the goose down pillow was made, he slept on it and never changed it again.
When he went out this time, Wang Chunmei was afraid that he would not be used to it, so she specially asked him to make two goose down pillows and asked him to take them with him. Zhu Yuanyu also knew what was wrong with him, so even though it made him appear squeamish, he still did not reject his mother's intentions.
Zhu Yuanyu changed his position again and wondered where Cui'er had put the two goose down pillows.
On a carriage?
Or was Cui Er taken to the inn with the luggage?
There was no trace of any luggage in his room, not even the luggage that wrapped his clothes. He thought it might have been placed in Cui Er's room.
Tweety knew about the existence of those two goose down pillows, so they might have been placed in her room along with her luggage.
Zhu Yuanyu glanced at the wall to the left of the room door - Cui'er's room was over there.
But he didn't have the key.
Yes, the upper rooms of Yuelai Inn are equipped with locks. The locks are not used when no one is staying. However, when guests check in, the keys to the locks will be given to the guests. The key was given to Zhu Yuanyu by the waiter who led the way. It must have been given to him by the shopkeeper at some point, but Zhu Yuanyu didn't see it anyway.
When the four masters and servants left the room at noon, Cui'er carefully locked the door of her room and took the key with her.
She also locked the doors of Zhu Yuanyu, Qi Ao and Li Zhuangzhuang's rooms, but she didn't have the keys to the two upper rooms and gave them all to Qi Ao.
Now that Cui Er is away, Zhu Yuanyu really can't get the goose down pillow, provided that the goose down pillow is really in her room.
Thinking that the pillow he was resting on might have been used by countless people, Zhu Yuanyu's mysophobia occurred again, and he quickly straightened his waist and stopped leaning on the bed.
After putting on his shoes and no longer feeling the sting on his feet, Zhu Yuanyu walked to the desk. He planned to practice calligraphy while waiting for the return of his three subordinates.
Because he had written letters before, there was still his usual pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the desk. Zhu Yuanyu sharpened the ink skillfully and felt that it was almost done. He picked up the brush and dipped it in the ink, and began to practice calligraphy on the rice paper pressed with the paperweight.
Feeling that there was not enough light in the room, Zhu Yuanyu just came back to his senses. At this time, the desk was full of rice papers that he had written on, scattered messily.
Usually when he practices calligraphy, either Qi Ao or Cui'er is waiting on him. This is the first time he tried to practice calligraphy while sharpening ink, and no one was arranging the rice paper on the desk.
Zhu Yuanyu put down the brush, relaxed his muscles, and looked up at the window. The hollow paper wooden window was filled with orange-red and gold colors, indicating that it was already evening and the sun was about to set.
Not only did Li Zhuangzhuang and Cui'er not come back, Qi Ao was also missing.
Zhu Yuanyu frowned lightly, stood by the desk for a while, and finally decided to find someone by himself.
Afraid that if the three subordinates came back without seeing each other and went out to look for him and missed each other, Zhu Yuanyu left a note, and when he went down to the first floor, he specifically explained a few words to the shopkeeper, letting the shopkeeper see his three subordinates. Next, ask them to wait for him in the room obediently. No matter how long it takes, he will definitely come back.
Although the shopkeeper didn't even raise his eyelids, Zhu Yuanyu knew he heard him.
There was an attentive waiter chatting enthusiastically next to him. Zhu Yuanyu knew what he was thinking by looking at the dirty look on his face and ignored him. He glanced at the shopkeeper and walked out of Yuelai Inn.
By this time the sun had set, the sky was starting to get dark, and the moon was slowly climbing into the sky.
The Yuelai Inn was still packed with people, devouring invisible maggots.
The waiter who was ignored by Zhu Yuanyu said contemptuously at his back. When he heard someone leaving, he immediately turned around and walked to the table with a happy face and carried the leftovers into the kitchen backyard.
Zhu Yuanyu didn't know which direction the three subordinates were in, and the talisman given to Qi Ao didn't respond, so he had to choose a direction based on his feeling.
There seems to be no curfew in Youxi City, and there are just as many people as during the day.
Some of the street stalls had lanterns hung up, which looked very atmospheric.
If it were just the candlelight of the lantern, it might be a little boring, but the moonlight tonight seemed to be particularly bright, and with the lights of the restaurants on the street, Zhu Yuanyu walked all the way, as if he was still in the bright lights of the previous world. Extremely missed.
After walking for a while, Zhu Yuanyu found that the scenery around him looked familiar. After a closer look, he found that he had gone around the street where the old couple set up their noodle stall.
Zhu Yuanyu stopped. If he continued walking like this, he might not find anyone until dawn.
After thinking about it, he decided to find help.
You can tell at a glance that Youxi City has existed for a long time, and wherever there are people, there are ghosts, so Zhu Yuanyu wanted to find a few wandering ghosts on the street and ask them to help find his three subordinates.
However, most wandering spirits are generally confused and have no sense of autonomy. It may be difficult for them to find someone to help them.
But who is Zhu Yuanyu!
What he wanted to do with all his heart, no matter how great the difficulty was, could not stop him from moving forward.
Wandering souls do not have autonomous consciousness. That is because they have been dead for a long time and their memories of being human beings have been sealed. As long as someone reactivates their memories, their autonomous consciousness will come back.
Zhu Yuanyu just wants them to help find someone, and does not want to cause trouble to Youxi City, so he will monitor their behavior and give them salvation afterwards. The wandering souls that have not gone down after time need to be saved by someone before they can be reincarnated.
Zhu Yuanyu walked roughly around, and then stopped at a corner where he felt the yin energy was heavier.
Generally, there are fewer people in places with heavy yin energy, so Zhu Yuanyu looked around with relief and began to concentrate on summoning spirits.
He mobilized the spiritual power in his body and converted it into yin power that could attract wandering souls to come closer subconsciously. Such yin power would generally make wandering souls feel very comfortable and would move forward involuntarily.
Soon, Zhu Yuanyu saw three Ah Piao wandering over.
A woman with long hair covering her face;
A child with glassy eyes;
A man with thick eyebrows and big eyes.
We're actually still a family?
Zhu Yuanyu was a little surprised as he watched the three Ah Piao wandering over hand in hand, and for a moment he stopped emitting yin energy.
This was the first time he had seen such a scene where the whole family had turned into wandering ghosts.
What kind of natural disaster can turn a good family into wandering ghosts?
The child was like a replica of the man, carved out of the same mold. The thick eyebrows and big eyes were completely inherited, and it was the dull-looking Ah Piao.
The man's eyes were not dull, but his eyes were staring straight ahead, which made people feel cold. Fortunately, it was a wandering spirit, otherwise Zhu Yuanyu would have thought that he was going to attack him.
As for the woman, I don't know how she did it. According to the rules, her long hair that should have been scattered at the back was all pushed in front of her face, and Zhu Yuanyu couldn't see her appearance at all.
For a while, Zhu Yuanyu and the three Ah Piao were "communicating" silently in a dark corner.
