Chapter Forty-Nine: A Visit to the Haunted House

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Shizi simply changed the topic and said: "I plan to send Huang Zhiyuan to Datong as soon as possible and meet with Second Brother Xia for a while, if Second Brother Xia is really a character, some things are not impossible to discuss." In addition, I heard that Old Man Shi, who has been living in seclusion in Shouyang Mountain, came out of the mountain, and someone saw him near Datong. If we could ask him to come out, we wouldn't be like we are now, and we wouldn't have anyone to discuss anything. ”

Zhou Zhen stroked his chin and thought for a while before he said solemnly: "Big brother, I want to rush to Datong overnight today to meet this Second Brother Xia." Although Zhiyuan is clever enough, I am afraid that he does not dare to make decisions about such a big matter, if this matter is not decided immediately, it will delay a lot of effort back and forth. It's just that... I'm a little worried... I don't know if Fifth Brother Xia can settle the Tian family and the Su family, the two local snakes? And on the mountain... I don't think it's better to hold off and wait for my news before making a decision. I asked Hongyan to accompany me, he is good at riding, if there is any news, I will let him pass it quickly. ”

Shizi's fat index finger rubbed his eyebrows vigorously, rubbing the center of his eyebrows into a blood-red color, Zhou Zhen felt distressed, so he lowered his head. As if he had made up his mind, Shizi slapped his forehead fiercely: "You pick two guards with better skills." The matter of Liu Zhai, I don't think it's a big problem, and if it can't be done, I'll see it in the middle of the night today. Are your two hundred taels of silver wasted, or are they spent in vain..."The prince rarely showed the vigor of a young man in front of his younger brother, and said with a little pride: "If it is done, it will be regarded as a big trouble in our hearts." Cut one of the wings of the second child. It's just that you must be careful along the way, the second person, the people of Xidu, but they are all staring at it. ”

Zhou Zhen nodded and agreed, and the prince asked him to go back to prepare, and he stayed in the study for dinner, and called the staff to discuss the grain and grass and the affairs of the cities.

Zhou Zhen returned to his courtyard and first picked out two personal guards who were agile, and asked them to go out of the city first and wait outside the city. He also arranged for a good man to wear his clothes and read in the study. Only then did he change the clothes of the little maid and secretly went out of the house, and when he arrived at the gate of the city, Hongyan used the son's edict, saying that the prince suddenly wanted to eat some game, and asked the two of them to go to the forest outside the city to set a few traps. The soldiers guarding the city all knew that the prince was delicious, and there was no doubt about him, so Zhou Zhen followed Hongyan out of the city. After walking a short distance, the two guards followed silently.

In King Yi's mansion, Princess Yi was thinking about Xiao Xia's mother-in-law at this time, the surname of Lu in the northwest, and she had never heard of anyone who had private soldiers. Since the beginning of the previous dynasty, the scholars were not allowed to keep private soldiers, and if they caught it, it was a great crime of rebellion.

Xiao Xia's age is similar to her, she knew all the famous girls in the capital back then, and although she didn't know much about the girls in the civil service, she didn't have the surname Lu in her impression.

Princess Yi had a headache and urged Wu Huanhuan: "You also think about which famous girls have surnames in the capital." Princess Xing is famous among the girls of military generals, and the wife of Liang Guogong, who else? ”

Wu Huanhuan thought for a while, and suddenly said: "What we think about is still beautiful, at the beginning... The Emperor... For the sake of the first prince, he killed a large number of generals. ”

Princess Yi's eyes lit up, and she tapped her fingers on her cheek and was thinking about it. The little maid sent to Liu's house to inquire had already come back and waited for a reply at the second gate, Princess Yi was anxious, so she simply didn't let her mother-in-law pass the word, and asked Wu Huanhuan to ask her across the screen.

"The Xia family left Brother Fuyuan to guard in Liu's house, and the others ran out to eat, and the big black man in the middle also gave Fuyuan food. After eating, the big black man took the handle and threw Fuyuan on the west wall, and Brother Fuyuan hung on the wall for a long time before I heard a bang. The little guy seemed very dissatisfied with this, and was indignant when he said it.

The little guy who followed the Xia family was even more resentful: "That little brother of the Xia family boasted in the restaurant with his brother's wife and brother, saying how prestigious their Xia family was in the Central Plains. What is his eldest brother and sister-in-law are all generations of farming, the second brother's horse farm is beyond the horizon, and his second sister-in-law's maiden family is a Jiangnan family. Oops, I can't even listen to it. β€œ

The two had just finished talking, but within a quarter of an hour another little man came to report. This little guy answered in front of the princess for the first time, and he trembled with fright, and stammered: "Mr. Xia, Yang Baochen and Xu Gongzi are tired, so go back to their house to rest first, we really don't have enough manpower, so we didn't follow." The little brother of the Xia family is greedy for fun, and he still stays in the wine shop to drink with Sun Gongzi, and he makes trouble until the third watch, if it weren't for Fuyuan, he had to go back to the house and run over to say goodbye to the little brother of the Xia family, and they would still write poems and couplets there. ”

After saying that, he forgot that the princess was still behind the screen, and complained in a slightly uneven tone: "Later, the little brother of the Xia family dragged Sun Gongzi to Liu's house with a wine burp, not to say that it was their house." pounced on the gate and kicked and smashed, Sun Gongzi couldn't persuade him. If Sun Gongzi hadn't pulled it, the little brother of the Xia family would have smashed the door and rushed in. After making such a fuss for less than half an hour, the front door of Liu's house was full of people. Oh, this little brother of the Xia family's wine is really bad, and he doesn't sleep in the middle of the night, and he still rides a horse in the alley and sings while walking. Later, Ono came, and the servants hurried back to report to the princess. ”

As he was talking, he shouted outside that Ono was back, and after a while, a boy with thin eyebrows and fine eyes came in, saluted respectfully, and then said neatly: "When the slave arrived, the neighbors on the left and right had already called the night patrol to come and arrest the Xia family's master." The night watcher... Hehe" Ono grinned: "Guess what, that's our third son's person, came over and reprimanded two sentences, just like that, the front yard suddenly caught fire." The flames were faintly blue, and the minion had never seen such a scary thing when he grew so big. Not to mention, as soon as the front yard came together, the east and west courtyards also caught fire. ”

The little guy said dryly, hurriedly took the teacup handed over by Wu Xian, drank it all in one gulp, and then continued: "The fire rose a little fiercely, and the young master of the Xia family was also startled on the side, and stood aside and watched blankly for a while. ”

Princess Yi stood up with her palms clapped: "Well, Ono go there and take a look, there is nothing wrong." The little man hurriedly bowed and withdrew. Princess Yi saw that he was far away, so she complained anxiously: "This kind of liveliness only happens once in two or three years, even if there was no such liveliness in the capital back then, why can't you go and see it in person?" It's not like you have to go out every day. You old thing, you know how to take care of me every day. Wu Huanhuan didn't dare to refute, so she had to comfort her vigorously: "The little guy is on the road at this time, and I guarantee that I won't delay your good show." ”

Princess Yi wiped her hands and sighed: "How can this be the same, what a blue method this fire is, how is it floating in the air." Can you tell others the same thing as you see with your own eyes?"

Wu Huan smiled bitterly: "Princess, how could the little guy say that the fire was flying in the air just now." ”

Just as she was talking about the return of another little girl, Princess Yi was busy with her clothes, and took a breath before dragging a lazy voice and said, "Come in." ”

This little guy is also a clever talker: "When the little one arrived at Liu's house, the little brother of the Xia family seemed to be scared stupid, and I heard the onlookers say that there were ghost fires floating everywhere in the yard at that time, and the flames seemed to recognize people, and the little brother who chased the Xia family pounced, and the little brother was so frightened that he took several steps back." ”

This was a false rumor, because the gate was closed, and no matter how big the flame was, it had to burn the gate before it could come out.

Wu Huanhuan looked at the princess's excitement and hurriedly asked, "What about later." ”

"When the people who patrol the city hear this, they do not believe in evil, and they will break in."

The princess nodded, the prince released the water, and arranged his own people for the night patrol today, and the brothers are now more and more comfortable.

"The little brother of the Xia family stopped him from entering, and pulled desperately, not to say that the military master wanted to rob his house and split the door of his house."

The princess was stunned: "Didn't let you in?" ”

"Hmmm! I've never seen such a scoundrel since I've grown up. The military master is both soft and hard, and he will splash and roll. He also shouted that he was the top name Xia Jiuye. The princess laughed when she heard the snort, and she dared not be happy to ruin her reputation.

At this time, even Wu Huan was a little anxious: "Then what about later." ”

The little guy just wanted to raise his hand and scratch his head, but remembered that the princess was behind the screen, and hurriedly put it down: "Later, the grasshopper came to replace me." ”

Wu Huanhuan thought to herself, she knew that it would be better to go there and guard it by herself, and she was really anxious to wait for the news.

Just thinking that another little girl was brought in by the second mother-in-law, thinking that he was in a hurry, he gasped for a long time before saying: "It's been the middle of the night, Mr. Xia doesn't know where to come out, and discussed with the military master, and the soldiers who patrol the night took a ladder over the wall into the courtyard, opened the door and let everyone in, and had the courage to follow up and see." The little one thought that if he wanted to go back to the princess, he had to see it with his own eyes and followed in. There is nothing on the ground in front of the gate, and you say that the evil door is not an evil door. It's just that someone is making a ghost, such a big fire, such a high flame, and everything burned must have ashes. I heard the old man who knew the ancients say that this is the ghost fire. ”

"At this time, the people outside have dispersed, and I heard the little brother of the Xia family say to Mr. Xia that fortunately, the house has not been paid yet, and it seems that he does not plan to buy it."

The princess was stunned: "All scattered?" ”

"Well, it's all scattered, and the small ones not only entered the outer courtyard, but also went in and around across the courtyard, and the yard was also clean, and there were no ashes."

Wu Huanhuan hurriedly asked: "Then the Xia family doesn't want this house?" ”

"I heard their brothers come together to discuss it, saying that it was too unlucky. I don't want it anymore. ”

The princess secretly wondered: "Is there anything else behind, why is this over?" ”

This time, the prince heard the full set: "Xia Wuye said that he wanted to cut the grass and remove the roots, and today he will only guard by the wall and see who there is." Xu Gongzi and I finally walked together and followed all the way to Tian's house. ”

"Yang Baochen and Sun Gongzi are the in-laws of the Tian family, the Su family. The fifth master asked me to find a few locals tomorrow to inquire about these two families. Look, this... To sue sΓΉ or not to sue sΓΉ? (The novel "Summer Rain" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! )

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