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When Lin Hong woke up, it was bright outside the window, and there was a rooster crowing in the distance.

He stretched out his hand in a daze...Where's Wan Guchuan?He sat up in shock, "Wan..."

"Oh! Wake up, just in time!" Liu mama smiled, and came in with a large bowl of steaming soup in her hand.

Wan Guchuan followed behind her, carrying two bowls of porridge.He is tall, and he needs to be short when he enters the door so as not to bump his head. He also looked at Lin Hong who was sitting on the bed after hearing Mammy Liu's words.

Lin Hong looked at him, his heartbeat hadn't calmed down just now.

Nanny Liu put the soup on the table and said to Lin Hong, "Clean up and eat breakfast!"

"Hey!" Lin Hong just came back to his senses, got out of bed, put on his shoes, put on his coat, washed briefly, and tied his hair.

When they came back, Nanny Liu and Wan Guchuan had already sat down at the table, and Nanny Liu was talking to Wan Guchuan with a smile.

Lin Hong sat down and said, "I've been waiting for a long time."

"Eat quickly! If you don't have enough, add more!" Nanny Liu pushed the clear porridge in front of him with a smile on her face.

"Thank you, ma'am." Lin Hong's smile seemed cute to the old man.

Grandma Liu liked it more and more, "Are you two brothers?"

"Yes," Lin Hong drank a spoonful of clear porridge, and introduced enthusiastically, "I am an older brother and he is a younger brother."

Wan Guchuan: "..."

"Oh! Such good-looking parents can give birth to such handsome children!" Nanny Liu smiled happily.

"Is there a marriage?" Madam Liu asked.

Lin Hong almost choked. He knew that the older generation must ask this question because they wanted to tie the marriage line, so he quickly pointed to Wan Guchuan and said, "He already has a fiancée."

Wan Guchuan: "..."

"Oh..." Nanny Liu looked at Lin Hong again, "What about you?"

"..." Lin Hong had a headache, but he caught a glimpse of the people beside him looking at him from the corner of his eye, and thought for a moment, "Not yet."

Grandma Liu finally got the answer she wanted, and immediately smiled, "There are so many good girls in our village! I'll introduce you later!"

"Don't worry about it, Mammy, I already have a sweetheart." Lin Hong said.

"clang"!Wan Guchuan's spoon hit the side of the bowl with a crisp sound.

"Ah! Which girl is so lucky! Did you find a matchmaker?" Nanny Liu asked Lin Hong enthusiastically.

"Not yet," Lin Hong swallowed a mouthful of porridge, "I don't seem to want to get along well with me."

Grandma Liu was amazed when she heard it, "Oh! This girl is too airy."

Lin Hong nodded aggrievedly in agreement.

"Brother, which girl? Why haven't I heard you say it?" Wan Guchuan picked up a piece of bitter wild vegetables from the soup with chopsticks and put it in Lin Hong's bowl, with a harmonious appearance of "brothers and friends respecting each other".

Lin Hong looked at the bitter wild vegetables in the bowl - the kind from last night: "..."

"So I don't even know about my younger brother!" Nanny Liu laughed.

"I didn't tell him. I'm worried." Lin Hong pulled the bitter wild vegetables to the side of the bowl, looked pitifully at Mammy Liu and humbly asked for advice, "Mammy give me some advice."

As soon as she said this, Mammy Liu got excited, "Oh! The girl is so thin-skinned that she is shy! It's interesting and I'm embarrassed to say it!"

As soon as Lin Hong heard it, he glanced at the "Girl's House" next to him.

"I think it should be interesting, right? But I just don't want to be with me." Lin Hong looked at Mammy Liu bitterly.

"Why?" Nanny Liu asked Lin Hong back.

Lin Hong shrugged, "I don't know now either."

"It's okay! You! If you can't give up, you have to persevere. As the saying goes, 'a strong girl is afraid of being entangled with a man'! If you like you, go and coax other girls more. As time goes by, it will be fine!" Liu Nanny said earnestly.

Lin Hong was suddenly enlightened, "I have been taught, thank you Mama!"

"I'm full." Wan Guchuan couldn't listen anymore.I went out with my empty bowl and put it in the kitchen.

"Hey! Why does this kid eat so much!" Nanny Liu frowned.

Lin Hong glanced at the direction Wan Guchuan was going out, and continued to humbly ask Madam Liu for advice, "What's wrong with you?"

"Let's go for a walk, take a walk and get some exercise. Remember to come back for dinner!" Nanny Liu sent the two out at the door.

When he was leaving, Lin Hong suddenly thought of something serious, and turned around to ask Nanny Liu, "Mama, did any strange things happen in your house or in the village?"

"Go!" Nanny Liu waved her hand at him, with a look of disgust, "What a strange thing, it's unlucky. Our village is remote, very quiet and peaceful. There's no war yet, just wait for the battle outside over!"

"Oh……"

Lin Hong and Wan Guchuan were going to stroll around the village today.

"Are you okay?" Lin Hong was worried about Wan Guchuan's injury.

"It's okay." Wan Guchuan didn't look at him—he didn't take the initiative to talk to him all morning, and replied concisely.

"Okay..." Lin Hong looked around.

This village is not too big, and the houses are scattered among the woods and built according to the mountain.

Everyone is busy and living seriously.

"Who is it?" Wan Guchuan still couldn't hold back.

"Who?" Lin Hong didn't react, "Who?" He also glanced at the people around him.

"Which girl?" Wan Guchuan changed the question.

Lin Hong thought for a while before he understood what he was asking, "Oh! That's right! Which one... Anyway, the family is very rich—tsk, do you think my family is poor?"

"..." Wan Guchuan: "I think you are stupid, but I believe it."

Lin Hong: "..."

"I haven't heard you say that." Wan Guchuan pressed the sword on his back and looked forward.

"You want to hear?" Lin Hong looked at him and raised his eyebrows.

Wan Guchuan was silent for a while, "Let's forget it."

Although I hoped that Lin Hong would get married before, I would inevitably feel jealous after hearing it, so I forgot it.

Lin Hong licked the corner of his lips with the tip of his tongue, "Okay."

"If you want to ask, others may not be willing to talk about it." Wan Guchuan said.

Now they want to go to each house to ask about the situation, but the two people who came just the day before yesterday—and the people who came for help with injuries, suddenly ran to other people's houses to ask about things after they were cured.

Lin Hong touched his chin, "I have a way."

They found a random house and knocked on the door.

It was a haggard woman who opened the door, her eyes were black and blue, her cheeks were sunken, and she was as thin as a stick. "Ah, it's you."

The day before yesterday, Lin Hong dragged Wan Guchuan into the village to ask for help. There were few people in the village, and now almost everyone in the village knew the two of them.

"Nice to meet you." Lin Hong greeted.

"It's a pleasure to meet you." The woman smiled politely and looked at Wan Guchuan, "Is your injury better?"

"Much better, thanks for your concern." Wan Guchuan said.

Lin Hong said to the woman: "It's like this - we were originally sent here by the imperial court to investigate the people's situation. Unexpectedly, we encountered some troubles on the way. Thanks to the care of Madam Liu, we recovered. Now that the injury is healed, we have to follow the order It's time to work."

Wan Guchuan glanced at Lin Hong.It's up to Lin Hong to do it.

"Oh! So you two were sent by the Holy One!" The weak woman seemed to be a little angry, "Thank God, Your Majesty has not forgotten our small village."

"Naturally, His Majesty is sympathetic to the people's sentiments." Lin Hong said it seriously.

"You two come into the room and talk about it!" The woman invited them into the room.

The folk customs in the village are simple and honest, and the villagers are kind-hearted, and they have no grudges against them.

"No, don't bother, we will leave after asking a few words." Lin Hong was afraid of wasting time, he wanted to ask a few more questions, and he would do it again when he found the problem.

"Okay." The woman didn't force her, she just stood at the door and talked to them, "What do you two officials want to know?"

Lin Hong was a bit resistant to this title... "Want to ask if there is any strange thing in the village?"

"Strange thing?" The woman frowned and thought about it, "Not really."

"Okay..." Lin Hong asked again, "Where's your house?"

"nor."

"Is there any difficulty at home?" Lin Hong asked.

This question made Wan Guchuan really feel that he came to "sympathize with the people".

After hearing this question, the woman lowered her head and remained silent for a while, "My husband is at war, and I... lost my daughter..."

The woman choked up, "I just... just want the war to end soon and my husband to go home soon. I also hope... I hope my daughter is still alive, she is still so young... I hope I can find she.

"Your daughter?" Lin Hong frowned.

"I came to this small village from the city to escape the war a few years ago." The woman tried to calm her emotions, but found that it was useless, and she broke down more and more, tears streaming down her face, "My husband joined the army. I took my daughter and hid everywhere, and I lost her... I lost her... She is only six years old! How is she going to live!"

The woman looked at Lin Hong with pleading eyes, "Can you find her for me? Can Your Majesty find her?"

This……

"We tried our best..." Lin Hong pursed his lips, "Maybe she was taken in by kind people and she is still alive. We can find her after the war is over."

The woman nodded, "You must tell me if you have any news! She has a red mole on her brow, which is easy to recognize!"

She wiped away her tears and forced a smile. Her eyes were very red, and she fanned her eyes with her hands. Her lips were still trembling when she spoke. Everyone suffers."

"I will help you pay attention to the news of your daughter." Lin Hong didn't know how to comfort her.

"Thank you so much! Is there anything else you want to ask, the two officials?" The woman snorted.

"Is there anything else you need us to report to the court?" Lin Hong "did his duty".

The woman said something about stopping the war and reducing taxes, and Lin Hong agreed. Although he couldn't help much, it was still a bit of comfort.

"Are you two officials thirsty? I'll get you some water." The woman turned and went into the house.

"No..." Lin Hong's words were cut off suddenly, because she saw a little girl lying on the woman's back...

The girl's two eyeballs seemed to have been brutally gouged out, blood was still coming out of the two holes, her small face was covered with bloody knife wounds, her flesh was turned up... her lips were black... she looked like this It's just horrifying...

Lin Hong took a step back in fright, and Wan Guchuan supported him from behind.

Lin Hong knew that this was definitely not a living person, "You..."

——He noticed the red mole on the little girl's brow.

"What?" The woman turned around again and at the same time turned away the little girl on her back.

The little girl is the daughter mentioned by this woman... so she has passed away... Lin Hong licked his dry lips, "It's nothing... the water will not be a problem, let's rush to the next house."

"Hey...Okay." The woman felt a little regretful, but she didn't force her to stop her.

After bidding farewell to the woman, Lin Hong and Wan Guchuan continued to move forward.

"Did you see it too?" Lin Hong asked Wan Guchuan.

"Ah."

"Her daughter who died in the war is back." Lin Hong said, "If there is a war, there will be many dead people... Tell me, the movements we heard last night...are also people who died in the war?"

"Very likely." Wan Guchuan said.

"What are these ghosts going to do? They have been wandering around our house for so long and they haven't seen anything done." Lin Hong didn't understand.

"I don't know." Wan Guchuan said.

"What's the matter with the flute sound? What's the relationship with them? Why do these ghosts disappear when the flute sound comes?" Lin Hong didn't understand.

"I don't know." Wan Guchuan said.

Lin Hong: "..."

Lin Hong could tell that Wan Guchuan's attitude was extremely perfunctory and negative.

Do you still understand this ghost? ?

They haven't had the experience of being unable to solve the ghost party before, so they don't know if something big will happen if they stay for a long time.