The wind gusted outside the carriage, and the wind poured in through the windows, blowing away the stuffiness inside the carriage and the silence of the carriage.

There were no people on the street anymore, except for the sound of the wind, it was very quiet, so that the sound in the car became more and more audible, and the old eagle asked in a slow tone: "Third child, you were in a hurry to leave just now, is there something wrong?" ”

Chang Lao leaned against the wall of the car, took a slow breath and spit it out slowly, before opening his cloudy eyes, "I just hope that I think too much, I will go back and think about it, and tell my eldest brother tomorrow." ”

Elder Ying sighed gloomily: "Your mind has always been very quick, if you really have any suspicions, go to Jing Zhaoyin tomorrow and tell him what you found, so that you can wash away the grievances for the second child as soon as possible."

It's just that I didn't expect the second child to leave like this, or so suddenly, I talked to him in the morning, but I didn't expect to see no one at night. As he spoke, the corners of his eyes moistened, and he raised his sleeve to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, and then he wondered again: "Who did the second child offend, what do you think?" ”

Elder Chang and Elder Kong looked at each other, both shook their heads to show that they didn't know, and Elder Kong looked guilty, "The second brother wanted me to stay with him in the morning, but I just wanted to go fishing with the three of them, what kind of fish to catch Laoshzi, if I hadn't gone, the second brother might not have died." ”

The old man frowned and said: "In that case, wouldn't I be more guilty of asking you to fish, and I'm even more sorry for the second brother?" We don't want this to happen, but since it happened, instead of blaming ourselves, it is better to find the murderer to avenge the second brother. ”

All three fell silent. The atmosphere in the car is solemn as before going to the grave on the Qingming Festival, and the heavens are not beautiful, as if to reflect this state of affairs. The wind made a strange sound, like a female ghost crying in the middle of the night, and the carriage stopped in front of Teng Shuge after two quarters of an hour.

The groom took the lead in jumping out of the carriage and leading the horse, and immediately someone stepped forward with a small wooden ladder and helped the three elders to get out of the carriage, and the old man deliberately stopped. took the opportunity to pull the sleeve of the old man.

After Eagle Lao walked a few steps ahead, he approached Kong Lao and said, "I'm going out soon, you can make a circle in front of my eldest brother for me."

There is one thing that must be confirmed in person. When I come back tonight, I will go to you, and I will not tell my eldest brother about this matter for the time being, and we will discuss it tonight. Make a decision tomorrow. ”

Kong Lao Zehu wondered: "Do you really know anything?" I saw that you looked like you wanted to say something just now, what did you find? ”

The elder wrinkled his eyebrows and said: "I just think it's strange, you said that at our age, we spend our days wandering around the house, and we don't even have much time to go out, how can the second brother offend powerful people?"

Don't say offended, when did you and I see him have an argument with an outsider? There's only one thing I can think of, the second brother isn't the most assertive - you know. This time, I invited Fusheng to sit in the house, isn't it just for that? ”

"What do you mean—" Kong Lao's eyes widened in horror: "The paper can't hold the fire?" ”

Chang Lao shook his head helplessly: "There is no eternal secret in this world." Paper can't contain the fire, it's already very good to be able to last for so many years, seeing that Changyan is married, and the person has grown up, and he is quite valued by the emperor, the future of the palace family is on Changyan's body. ”

Kong Lao still muttered in disbelief: "So, the third brother is suspicious-"

"I'm not sure yet, I'm going to go to the palace ancestral hall first, if it's really as I guessed, then we've been raising tigers for so many years, I'm afraid we'll finally wait for retribution."

At the door, the old eagle found that the two did not follow, and shouted: "The third and fourth, hurry into the house, what are you still doing." ”

"Big brother - here, here." Kong Lao beckoned, looked back at Chang Lao, and bowed his head slightly before starting to walk towards the gate.

Seeing that Elder Ying got back into the carriage and walked away, Elder Ying asked, "Where did he go?" What are you going out to do so late? ”

Kong Lao stepped into the big threshold with one foot, and walked inside: "The third brother said that there is one thing that needs to be confirmed in person, and he didn't say what it is, big brother, don't worry, let's go and rest first."

Today you are also tired for a day, and this kind of thing happened again, I will let people boil some chicken soup later, and the eldest brother will drink it and then go to sleep. ”

Elder Ying looked at the situation in the courtyard, and said sadly: "Although the second child is gone, his house is still kept for him, and his things are intact, only in this way, if his soul has nowhere to go, there is still a place to go back."

Hey-how could such a thing happen, in my heart, I always feel a little unsure, it seems that there is something big about to happen, I just hope that everything is more than I think. ”

Kong Lao comforted: "Big brother, don't think so much, sleep well tonight, I will go back to the house, if there is anything, let someone tell me." ”

"Go, go, go." Elder Eagle waved his hand, and the two went back to their own courtyards.

But he said that the old man returned to the palace in the carriage, got out of the carriage, asked the coachman to wait outside, and he went forward to knock on the door.

The little guy guarding the door opened the door and looked at it, puzzled: "Didn't the old ancestor go back just now, please come inside, and the little one will go and inform the master immediately." ”

"No need, I'll go in by myself, you go and rest, don't worry about me." The elder stopped and walked straight to the courtyard.

The little guy hesitated for a moment, and finally didn't follow, since the ancestors had sent a message to him not to follow, then he was still obedient and obedient.

At this time, it was already very late, even the subordinates were mostly asleep, and Chang Lao did not meet anyone all the way, so he came to the ancestral hall without hindrance.

The door was locked, and the elder took out the key from his cuffs, opened the door and walked into the house, there were only a few oil lamps lit in the room, plus the rows of black wood spirit cards, which looked eerie and terrifying.

He casually picked up the oil lamp hanging behind the door and walked in, came to the spiritual position card, looked at the more than ten spiritual position cards on the shelf, and quietly became distracted.

After a while, he let out a long breath, put down the oil lamp and squatted on the ground, and after groping on the ground for a while, he finally pressed down on a floor tile and pressed it hard. Just listen to the rumbling sound, and then look up, and the spiritual shelf will automatically separate from the middle. The space hidden behind it was revealed, and it was a small secret room, but the secret room was pitch black and you couldn't see what was inside.

The elder stood up with difficulty on his knees, and walked inside with the oil lamp, and the whole picture gradually appeared in front of him because of the faint light in the secret room.

It was still a row of spiritual shelfs, but there was only one spiritual tablet on it, and the elder hung the oil lamp on the wall. I took the gold label paper and lit it, and the secret room became brighter and brighter, but the light was only a few blinks of an eye. But even so, it also made people see the three words on the spirit position card clearly - Gong Chengyan.

The elder grabbed the spiritual tablet with both hands and rotated it to the left, and a grid automatically popped up on the wall, and he walked over. Remove the small copper box placed inside the compartment. The box is much more chic than the average brocade box, and what is even more peculiar is that the box is locked on all sides.

can see that among the four sides, there is already a lock that has been opened, and the old man's face is pale, and he slides down the wall weakly.

"Yude, child, this is all retribution, your father, second uncle, and fourth uncle and I shouldn't have made that ridiculous decision. Retribution – It's all retribution. ”

He cried desperately and helplessly, just clinging to the box. His eyes were misty, and he fell into deep memories.

There was a slight sound of footsteps outside, which was particularly loud in the quiet ancestral hall, step by step, like the king of Hades, getting closer and closer.

Chang Lao stared at the figure that appeared in the secret room with frightened eyes, and after a long time, he trembled and climbed up with difficulty against the wall, pointed at the person in front of him and said hatefully: "It's you—it was you who killed the second brother." You brute - you are still not human, we treat you well, and this is how you will take revenge? ”

"Treat me thinly? Bite the hand that feeds one? Hahaha-" The person who came laughed bitterly, and his tone was full of hatred.

"You can take me for a human being? In the eyes of the four of you old immortals, I will always be a lowly person, and I will never deserve to live in this house.

It's just that you despise me, but my son, you also treat him as a cheap slave, and after you have used our father and son, you want to cross the river and tear down the bridge, and you want the lives of my father and son. Who is inhuman, and who owes whom? ”

Under the dim oil lamp, Gong Chengyan's hideous face was like a rakshasa in hell, and the hatred that burst out of his vicious eyes made the old man's heart tremble.

He hugged the box in his hand tightly, trying not to panic so much, but reassured: "I didn't know you would have such a misunderstanding, and we never thought of taking the lives of your father and son.

These are all misunderstandings, let's go out and talk well, this is the place where the ancestors rest, and we have to blame for disturbing the ancestors. ”

The elder tried to go out, but Gong Xiru blocked the door, looking at him with a gloomy smile: "You just came, so you are in a hurry to leave?" The ancestors haven't seen the third uncle for a long time, and you are here to accompany them more.

Or-don't leave at all, you don't have anything to do anyway, the second uncle is gone, and the third uncle should go and accompany him. Lest the second uncle be alone on Huangquan Road, how pitiful. He approached step by step.

Chang Lao stepped back in fright: "What are you going to do, don't mess around, there is still a chance now, turning back is the shore, if you continue to make mistakes, you will never turn back." ”

Gong Chengyan looked at him coldly: "The way back?" I haven't looked back for a long time, I just want that old immortal life, but you want to kill yourself, if you wait for death, you won't want me to do it.

You're going to die sooner or later anyway, so let me free you. ”

"No-no-you can't do this, you will be punished for doing this, you will thunder and thunder, you will not die well, you-" Before he could finish his words, Gong Chengyan's hand grabbed his neck.

The feeling of suffocation came instantly, the old man's eyes were round, his face was flushed, he couldn't break free, he could only use his nails to grab the back of Gong Chengyan's hand.

But at this time, Gong Chengyan no longer had humanity, looking at the people in front of him struggling and suffering, he only felt extremely excited, as if at this moment, he was the master of this world.

Gradually, the elder stopped struggling, his eyelids shrugged weakly, his struggling hands slowly drooped, and finally his head tilted, and his empty eyes stared at Gong Chengyan indifferently.

"Stinky things, dead people are not restless." Gong Chengyan let go of his hand and let Chang Lao fall down with a thud, he rubbed the scratches on the back of his hand, and there were a few traces that had already scratched his skin and flesh and was drenched in blood.

"Old fellow, dead thing, you deserve it, thank me, if it weren't for me, you would really be an old immortal." He kicked the old man a few times to vent his anger, then picked up the box on the ground, and found the key in the pocket of the old man's clothes, before he smiled cruelly: "Thank you for the key, don't worry, there are two left, I will slowly look for them to ask for it." ”

The ancestral hall was quiet again, the box was put back into the wall, the chamber was closed again, and everything returned as if nothing had happened, except for a corpse lying on the ground that was still warm.

After Ji Lao's accident, Gong Xiru asked Wuying to check if there were any missing clues, and Wuying didn't arrive at night, he didn't feel at ease, so he simply coaxed Ling Yi to sleep, and sat outside waiting for the latter to come back, he knew that if Wuying hadn't returned for a long time, he must have found something.

Sure enough, when the time came, just as he guessed, Wuying brought back an important clue - Luoyahua.

"The subordinates searched Teng Shuge inside and out, and finally found this withered tooth flower in Ji Lao's house, if this flower is so difficult to feed, it must be planted in Beijing, and the subordinates originally went to see it with a tentative mentality, but I didn't expect it——"

Gong Xiru's face sank: "Found it in the garden of Ruomeng Pavilion?" ”

Wuying nodded: "After all, Madame is now suspected, and his subordinates want to go to Ling Mansion to find it first, Ruomeng Pavilion is where Madame lived before leaving the Pavilion, there is a large garden where all kinds of flowers and plants are planted, and that Luoya grows at the highest place, which can be seen at a glance." ”

Gong Xiru was silent for a moment, her pupils suddenly shrank, and she stood up and said, "It's not good - hurry up and go to the Ling Mansion, this Luoya was originally left by the murderer to mislead people, since you can find out, Jing Zhaoyin will also find out."

Even if you take this flower away, there will definitely be a 'good Samaritan' who reminds him to go to the Ling Mansion to search. ”

Shadowless froze on his face, annoyed, why didn't he pull out the tooth just now, "My subordinates will go." (To be continued.) )