The courtyard door was closed, there was a small window on the door, after knocking on the door, the small window opened, and an old woman inside came out to take a look, and immediately put on a flattering smile, and said to the housekeeper: "You are back, hard work, yesterday the master asked about you." ”

As he spoke, he pulled the door open and let them in, and then closed the door and bolted it. It seems that the courtyard of this inner house is tightly separated from the front yard, which can be said to be a house within a house, which shows that the owner of this house is extremely cautious.

After entering the inner courtyard, the butler whispered to him: "I will take you to the courtyard where the frogs are fed, there is a pond there, put the frogs in it, and then I will take you to see the lord and the wife, report to them, and ask them to indicate whether to keep you down, it stands to reason that it should be fine, so don't worry." ”

Yang Xianmao followed him to a separate courtyard in the corner of the inner house, the door was locked with a copper lock, and a strong man with a big waist and a round waist was guarding the door, and when he saw the housekeeper and Yang Xianmao, he hurriedly bowed and saluted, and said with a smile: "Oh, the official family is here, and the last frog is estimated to not survive today, just to catch it." ”

The butler nodded and ordered him to open the door.

After the door opened, the two stepped in, and Yang Xianmao only took one step before stopping. Because he felt that there was the familiar smell in this courtyard, which he had smelled in the Taoist temple before, the terrible smell of dissecting the stomachs of the dead, mixed with the smell of corpses.

Seeing him standing still, the housekeeper was a little strange and looked back at him: "What's wrong?"

Yang Xianmao shook his head and said, "It's nothing. ”

The housekeeper seemed to have guessed what Yang Xianmao was thinking, and said lightly: "The smell here is very strong, because the blood of chickens and ducks is supplied to the blood-sucking frog every day, and the smell emitted by the frog itself is strange and unpleasant, to be honest, I am not used to it." But if you want to stay on my farm, you have to get used to the taste. Because in the future, you will be responsible for the vampire frog, if the lord and wife agree to keep you. So wait a while, be smart, if you stay here, I don't dare to say that you will make a lot of money, but if you eat fragrant and drink spicy food, there is no problem. ”

The butler paused before he continued: "This vampire frog is the most important thing for the lord and his wife, and it stands to reason that it can't be handed over to you, a newcomer who doesn't know the roots, but at first glance, I think you are still honest, and you don't talk about it, I asked you if you have the strength, and you can prove it to me directly." I like people who are down-to-earth and down-to-earth, so as long as you work hard, you will definitely get the attention and reuse of the old lady. The person who raises the Vampire Frog must have a lot of strength, which no one else can do except you, which is why I recommend to the old lady that you stay and take care of the Vampire Frog. ”

Yang Xianmao just nodded and didn't say much.

The two of them went straight to a large pool in the courtyard, and the black and red liquid rolled in the pool, emitting a terrible smell with the smell of corpses, but this smell was not much for Yang Xianmao, and he was used to smelling worse than this.

The butler took a closer look at the pool and sighed, "Finally, the frog is dead. ”

Yang Xianmao took a look, and sure enough, under the turbid pool water, a huge toad lay motionless at the bottom of the pool.

The housekeeper took a long-handled net from the small house, fished out the dead vampire frog, put it in a basin, and then said to Yang Xianmao: "Pour the two frogs in the big iron jar into the big pool." Be careful, don't hurt the frog, and be careful not to let it touch you. This thing is still a bit dangerous, I can see that you have martial arts, but I don't need you to use martial arts to deal with these treasures, they are very valuable. ”

Of course, Yang Xianmao knew that it took two big boxes of money plus dozens of loads of cloth to buy back these two toads, which were of course worth a lot of money.

Yang Xianmao opened the blue cloth cover of a large iron tank, lifted the whole tank and put it in the pool, then untied the wrapped fishing net, and ripped the fishing net open, and the huge toad inside jumped out of the water tank, fell into the pool, and sank to the bottom.

Yang Xianmao put the other one into the pool as well.

The housekeeper said to Yang Xianmao: "This vampire god frog can't leave the pool, and it will die soon if it leaves the pool, so it can't go ashore, and you must also pay special attention to it, and you can't make it jump out for any reason, or someone will fish it out." It's going to die unexpectedly, and I'm afraid you and I won't survive. I'm not kidding, you remember. ”

Yang Xianmao nodded solemnly, for this terrible monster, Yang Xianmao was really a little frightened.

The housekeeper glanced at the pool with slight waves, and said to Yang Xianmao: "What you have to do in the sky is actually what you do along the way. Six chickens or ducks a day, and after killing, put the blood in it. In addition to this, there is a job that you cannot do, and I will tell you about it later, if the lord and the wife decide to keep you. You'll be clever in a while. Let's go, I'll take you to see the lord and the wife. ”

Yang Xianmao just nodded, still didn't talk much, he knew that if he said too much, he would lose, since this is a housekeeper who likes to be taciturn, so there is a feeling of being down-to-earth, so it is best to keep this feeling going.

Yang Xianmao followed the housekeeper out of this unique courtyard, through the pavilions and pavilions, and came to a more exquisite house than other places, a lot of bamboo was planted at the entrance of the courtyard, a bay of clear water flowed slowly, the scenery was very pleasant, it can be seen that the owner of this house should be a literati and ink writer, and the bamboo forest outside has already shown his hobby.

The old woman at the door greeted the housekeeper attentively, and the housekeeper smiled at her and said, "Please let her in and report to the master, just say that the guards have invited back, everything is going well, and at the same time there are important things to report to the master." ”

The old woman who was guarding the door nodded, and after glancing at Yang Xianmao curiously, she turned around and went in, and soon came out and said to the housekeeper: "The master said that it was hard work, please let you in, he is waiting for you in the main hall." ”

The housekeeper beckoned Yang Xianmao to follow in, and the bamboo forest can be seen everywhere in this house, and there are some flowers planted in the corner, which is very quiet.

When he came to the main hall, the two maids at the door saw him come in, bowed, and then lifted the curtain of the door. Yang Xianmao followed the housekeeper and walked in, and saw a middle-aged man sitting on the Taishi chair in the lobby inside, his head and beard were a little gray, he looked a little rich, and his face was smiling, looking like a Maitreya Buddha.

The housekeeper hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said, "Master, I'm back, and I have found a person who is very suitable for raising vampire frogs, and he has a lot of strength." And I think he is a human being, he is actually a Taoist, he has the degree of the yamen, and the Taoist temple was burned down by fire, so he left the Taoist temple and came to us. On the way, I happened to meet him with his younger brother to work around, and I saw that he was honest and a monk, so I recommended him to the lord and asked him to show him. ”

This chubby middle-aged man is the owner of this manor. The owner of the village nodded with a smile, looked Yang Xianmao up and down, and said, "You used to be a Taoist priest?"

Yang Xianmao nodded and took out his own degree from his arms, which was to prove his identity. But if you do things in such a big family, it must be to find out the identity, and it is impossible to invite a person who does not know the roots, let alone raise such an important thing, so Yang Xianmao handed over his degree, which is true and reliable.

The owner of the village took a closer look at it, and compared the Yang Xianmao with the characteristics depicted above, which was correct, and nodded, saying, "It's good to be a monk, but do you abstain from meat and killing? You want to kill chickens and ducks to feed my treasures." ”

Yang Xianmao said: "Our faction does not abstain from meat, alcohol and food, does not abstain from killing animals, and of course cannot kill people. But it doesn't hurt to kill chickens and ducks. ”

The owner nodded and said, "That's good, then you can do things and go see your wife." Butler, you take him around for a walk, so that everyone can get to know each other. ”

The housekeeper hurriedly agreed, and then returned to the owner and got up and went to the inner room.

The housekeeper took Yang Xianmao out and went to a separate courtyard in this house.

This is the small courtyard of the lady, and there is also a gatehouse at the door. The porter went in and reported.

The housekeeper said to Yang Xianmao: "Madame is not in good health, and she is relatively old, so she can't serve the master, so she built this small courtyard to live alone." When you see Madame for a while, don't show a surprised expression, Madame will be unhappy, if you are not sure, keep your head down, don't speak, don't show a strange expression on your face, remember. ”

Yang Xianmao nodded solemnly, and soon the concierge who went in to pass the word let them in.

When I came to the lobby of the courtyard, I didn't see anyone.

The butler's feet did not stop, and kept walking inside, and Yang Xianmao knew that Mrs. Gui was not meeting them in the lobby.

Followed to the side room, Yang Xianmao was startled for a moment, because he saw a woman sitting on a wide and sturdy soft couch like a mountain.

The reason why it gives people the feeling of a mountain is that the woman's waist is like a large water tank, and the soft collapse is stuffed to the full, and she is wearing a dress that reaches to the ground, and spreads out in all directions, covering her body in it, like a cone-shaped peak, and a head grows on the top of the mountain.

Yang Xianmao's eyes swept over, and the mountain-like woman was talking to a pretty maid next to her, and when she heard someone coming in, she turned her face. Yang Xianmao hurriedly lowered his head and followed the housekeeper to the back room.

After the housekeeper made an introduction, Yang Xianmao knew that this mountain-like woman was the wife of the owner.

Yang Xianmao now understands why Guizhuang mainly lives separately from his wife. The reason is very simple, whoever meets a woman like a mountain is afraid and has no desire to live with her, this woman is really terrible.

It's not impressive enough to describe it as terrifying, it's terrifying to be precise. No wonder the housekeeper repeatedly told him not to look at his wife with strange eyes, so that's the case.

If it weren't for the housekeeper's prior advice, Yang Xianmao would have been surprised, and it is no wonder that this mountain-like woman has the capital to make people shocked.