It is also beneficial that the Jiang family did not marry the Gu family.

In this way, the two families are not considered relatives, the Jiang family's business and the Gu family's official career do not conflict, and the Jiang family's business can still be prosperous, and it will not be implicated with Gu Jiang.

Once the crisis is over, it's time to fight back.

Gu Qingxuan did what he said, and proposed that night that he would contribute to the Jiang family and buy the Ruyi Restaurant, which originally belonged to the Yin family and now belongs to the imperial court.

Prior to this, the Ruyi Restaurant was managed by the Zhenye Department of the Imperial Court, and it could have been freely bought and sold with merchants, so today Gu Qingxuan got the idea, and after discussing it with his Jiang family in the evening, the two families were smiling and wonderful.

The next day, Jiang Hechuan went to visit his in-law Yang Longxing in the household department, told him that he wanted to buy Ruyi Restaurant, and asked him to give him a convenience.

Earlier, there was a negative Jiang family, this time Yang Longxing naturally did not have a lot of complaints, and besides, it was a trivial matter, and he who was in charge of the Zhenye Division put it down in a word, and handed over the capital acquisition to Jiang Hechuan on the same day.

Ruyi Restaurant was returned to Jiang Hechuan on the same day, and that night, Jiang Hechuan changed the signboard to this Ruyi Restaurant, and the original embroidered gold plaque was abandoned, and it was replaced with a deliberately old brand, with two distorted characters on it——

"Ghost House".

Then a large number of people were sent, the restaurant was closed, and the renovation began, and the place was changed in just a few days.

The word "ghost building" aroused the curiosity of the people of Chang'an within a few days of the closed-door transformation, and everyone was inexplicable about the mystery.

can make Yin Jiheng angry enough.

How to say that this Ruyi Restaurant was originally the property of his Yin family, and after several generations of operation, it didn't hurt to hand it over to the imperial court, but now it has been demolished, and the ominous and indecent name of "Ghost Building" has been detained, which is tantamount to slapping his Yin family in his opinion, which is really a great insult.

The people of Chang'an were curious for several days, and Yin Jiheng was angry for several days.

A few days later, on the day of the opening of the "Ghost Building", most of the street was surrounded by people, many people wanted to come to find out, and even many officials and gentlemen couldn't help but come to join in the fun, among which of course the Gu family was indispensable, let alone the Yin family.

The opening of the general shop restaurant is nothing more than the music of the knot, but the opening of this "ghost building" is very different, there is no red cloth fluttering outside the building, and the sound of gongs and drums is not heard, the music played is a tune specially composed by people, not the sound of celebration, nor the music of sadness and mourning, it is a very weird, people listen to the fur cold, but they can't help but want to find out the sound of the sound clearly.

The opening was not in the usual daytime, but in the evening when it was dusk. Not long ago, in order to cooperate with the policy of governing business, the imperial court issued a decree to cancel the curfew of the imperial capital of the imperial city, and the night fell when Chang'an Avenue was the most lively, and the music in the "ghost building" sounded, attracting many people to gather downstairs.

The door of the restaurant that used to be like a cloud of customers was closed densely at this time, leaving only a small fan in the middle, which was open at this time, like a black hole, with a glowing glow, just looking at it felt gloomy and infiltrating.

The couplet on the main entrance post has been replaced with a new nameplate,——

On the left is "There are ghosts in the ghost building, there are no ghosts in the ghost building, go straight to the ghost door, people and ghosts are indistinguishable",

On the right is "People may look like ghosts, ghosts are not like people, hell and the world, who knows if it's true or not."

There was no one at the door to greet them, only two men with pale faces and a red mole on each side of their cheeks, wearing earthy yellow Taoist Tai Chi robes, their eyes were dull and silent, standing upright on both sides of the door, holding a dust whisk in one hand, and a scroll that reached to the ground in the other, and large characters were clearly written on the cloth -

"Don't talk about ghosts, don't judge people's hearts, the ghost building opens in the month, welcomes the bold, gets ten articles at the entrance, invites ghost hunters, explores the mystery in the building, and tops the prize of 100 gold. ”

This is very clear, although I don't introduce what this "ghost building" is, but look at this text, you can understand the general meaning: in the first month of the restaurant's opening, anyone who has the courage to step into the door can directly get ten cents of silver, if anyone can climb to the top of this "ghost building", a reward of one hundred taels of gold.

This is a new thing that the people of Chang'an have never heard of, although there are taboos about gods and ghosts, but there are also many people who can't resist their curiosity. The crowd watched for a while, and then someone tried to enter the dark door.

As soon as I walked in, I didn't go directly to the lobby, but there was a wall separating it, according to the door a few steps away, there were two small lamps lit on the right, the lights were wrapped in black gauze, so the light was extremely dim, and the small lanterns were blown and swayed by the wind, and the sight in this small passage became misty and illusory.

There is a black curtain under the lamp, that is, the door leading to the inner room on the first floor, there is also a person standing in front of the door, it is an ordinary middle-aged man, holding a tray full of silver coins and copper plates, seeing people enter, that person is just like the general restaurant guys, smiling faces, without saying a word, directly counting enough silver money to send to the hand, and then the curtain is lifted, and the guests are invited.

Generally, when you go to a restaurant, you pay for it, but this time you go here, you get money for nothing without doing anything, and the people who come to explore the secret naturally have greater interest, and they put the copper plate and walk into the curtain.

But as soon as the people stepped in, they heard only a deafening and heart-rending scream, and one or two of them shouted "Hell, ghost!" and ran out with their heads in their hands.

Seeing this, some of the people who were watching outside were scared away, and some still wanted to try, and there were many people who were scared away, and there were also many people who stepped into this "ghost building".

……

On the opposite side, Yuqiong was in the center, and the two pairs of father and daughter of the Gu Jiang family were sitting in the window seats, watching the situation outside, watching those people eager to try, watching those people scream and run out, and also looking for familiar faces in the crowd.

Two panicked figures rushed into the tavern and stumbled to a stop next to them, the two brothers of the Gu family, one was frightened and panting, and the other was laughing breathlessly.

Gu Qingfeng laughed and hugged Gu Qinghuan, hugged his shoulder, patted him on the back, and laughed at him: "Brother, you are too timid, right...... I've never seen you run so fast......"

Gu Qingning asked, "Didn't you just pass, were you scared back so quickly?" Qingfeng, you don't have much courage." ”

Gu Qingfeng pushed Gu Qinghuan and said to her: "No, it's my brother, as soon as I entered, I was frightened by the 'ghost', and I almost fainted, I refused to go in a single step, I couldn't drag him! ”

Jiang Hechuan looked at Gu Qingfeng's reckless appearance and asked, "Really? Qingfeng? Are you really not afraid?"

was exposed, Gu Qingfeng was a little embarrassed, and covered his face: "Eh, uncle...... Well, I'll admit, I was scared too, it was horrible, it was like a real hell, oh my God, the blood, the ghosts, the corpses...... It's all the same as the real thing, and the hanged ghost, and suddenly it flashes in front of me, oh my God, it's terrifying! Uncle, how is this arranged? It's so realistic? I don't believe anyone can make it up to the top floor......

Jiang Hechuan was a little proud, "Haha, if you can scare the bold Qingfeng, even if it is successful, but Qingfeng, you can challenge the challenge, and you will be rewarded with 100 gold, uncle is generous enough." If you take it first, it will be regarded as fertilizer and water will not flow into the fields of outsiders. ”

Gu Qingfeng's eyes rolled, and he supported his chin and nodded: "Well, I can indeed try...... Next time, I won't take my brother with me, he's so timid, and he will affect my performance next to him......"

Gu Qinghuan coughed and pushed Gu Qingfeng, his face was not good-looking, as if he wanted to speak but couldn't say it, which made people anxious.

Gu Qingfeng saw that he was so excited by himself that he was in a hurry, so he hurriedly behaved and said casually: "Oh, I was wrong, it's not that my brother is timid, it's that he is not in good health and can't stand the stimulation, so he was scared, not timid, not ......."

Jiang Xiange looked at Gu Qinghuan carefully, poured a cup of tea and pushed it in front of him, and asked with concern: "Qinghuan has been feeling ill recently, what's wrong, it looks like he's a little unwell......

Hearing her voice, talking to herself cordially, seeing her hand stretched out in front of his eyes, his cough gradually stopped, his eyes stayed on this cup of tea, and then he held the teacup with both hands, took a sip gently, and then looked up at her, sitting at the table, with a long-lost gentle concern.

He smiled and shook his head calmly: "I'm fine, I'm fine." ”