Chapter 304: Investigation begins
Hua Nanrong must return to King Chen's Mansion tonight.
Although he is free to enter and exit the Chenwang Mansion, Cangqimeng requires him to live in the courtyard arranged by the Chenwangfu every day, and the courtyard housekeeper will personally count the men who were captured by Cangqimeng every night in the middle of the night.
Cangqimeng is outstanding, beautiful and moving, and has noble and elegant manners on weekdays, which is completely in line with all the qualities that the county lord should have.
The men who were arrested also resisted strongly at first, and there were few examples like Hua Nanrong who took the initiative to send them to the door and coaxed sweetly at the first time.
It's just that later people found out in getting along with each other that Cangqimeng has always been treated with courtesy, and the men are all supported by the good food and drink of the Chenwang Mansion, and people can be followed by soldiers to go home to visit their relatives, and they only need to come back at night, and the days are similar to the diners in the palace, and gradually they have no heart to resist and the absurd prejudice at the beginning.
Cangqimeng promised everyone that he would let people leave the palace in a week and find a new beautiful man to live in.
Some men will even ask to take the initiative to stay at the end, and Cangqimeng is also willing to agree, and will give the men a fixed amount of silver every month.
Those who left were not so lucky, and within a month of returning to their homes, they would suddenly disappear or go on a long journey, never to return.
Beautiful men disappeared one after another, and people were afraid of Chenwangfu.
Many of these missing men are young masters of rich families, sons of officials, and they disappeared without saying hello in the corner of the opera garden, and their families were naturally very anxious.
But all those who have the means or money have found the Huaxiang Pavilion that can solve the investigation in the rivers and lakes to seek answers.
As the saying goes, take people's money to eliminate disasters.
Hua Nanrong happened to receive a list of such strange things in Spring City, so he decided to go out in person.
After all, there are very few people who know that he is the master of the Flower Fragrance Pavilion, and with his not ugly face, his actions can be regarded as smooth.
After three days of getting along with Cangqimeng in King Chen's Mansion, Hua Nanrong didn't see anything special about her, the only thing that was different was her persistent pursuit of beauty and beautiful things.
Cangqimeng tied Hua Nanrong back to the mansion and demanded that he must wear clothes and accessories that matched his appearance, and that he must change into a new set of clothes every day.
When she came to Hua Nanrong's house, she just sat quietly at the tea table, staring at his every move, and sometimes she would open her mouth and order him to do some actions that she liked to watch, such as the beautiful man flipping the book and reading the papers, the beautiful man bowing his head and contemplating, the beautiful man leaning on the bed and closing his eyes and sleeping lightly, the beautiful man standing in front of the window and mourning alone, and so on.
Only at this time, Cangqimeng's face will show a satisfied smile.
She often holds a drawing book in her hand, and orders the beautiful men not to move and let her paint. How's it going? In fact, no one has seen it, but when she paints, she often laughs proudly, as if she has obtained a treasure in the world.
Cangqimeng will mumble in his mouth: The master really doesn't deceive me.
Who is the master in her words? And where? No one knows, they just think that this woman is crazy, so they will talk nonsense.
Now that Hua Nanrong heard Ghost Che's warning, he carefully recalled the things they discussed, and guessed in his heart that it seemed that these missing men might be related to the masters mentioned in Cangqimeng's mouth.
He walked briskly towards the back door of King Chen's mansion, and the housekeeper in the backyard of Cangqimeng was already waiting for Hua Nanrong's return at the door, and said in a blaming voice: "Dude, midnight is approaching, and you are too late to come back." On weekdays, the county lord has already fallen asleep at this time, because of you, she has to wait for you to come back and go to bed again, hurry back to the house, I will let the maid report to the county lord. ”
Hua Nanrong scratched her head embarrassedly, and said with a smile: "Steward Lai, don't be angry, I still have good news to tell the county lord." ”
Steward Lai looked at Hua Nanrong's appearance and asked suspiciously, "If there is anything, tell the county lord tomorrow morning." In the middle of the night, it is not very convenient for you to see the county lord. ”
It's not convenient to meet, but it seems to be convenient to catch him when he comes to this courtyard.
Hua Nanrong laughed dryly, and said with a regretful face: "I originally wanted to tell the county lord that the friend who was traveling with me a few days ago decided to come to Chenwangfu as a guest, since Steward Lai insisted, then please go and tell the county lord the news tomorrow." ”
Steward Lai was stunned, he didn't expect Hua Nanrong to suddenly bring such good news, and hurriedly became enthusiastic and said: "So, the playboy has successfully persuaded your friend to come to our Chenwang Mansion as a guest?" ”
Hua Nanrong wondered, a housekeeper was so positive about whether the county lord could invite a beautiful man to come to the mansion, which was really doubtful.
can't help but think, what is the relationship between this Lai housekeeper and Cangqimeng? He pursed his lips and smiled: "Tomorrow they will naturally come to the mansion in person, and trouble the county lord not to travel again tomorrow, so as not to miss it with my friends." ”
Steward Lai nodded "yes" again and again, and after sending Hua Nanrong back to the house, he left quickly and walked in the direction of Cangqimeng's courtyard not far away.
When Hua Nanrong returned to the house, he always felt that the yard where he was was emitting a strange smell every night, like the smell of plants rotting after being soaked in water, but every morning, that smell would disappear without a trace.
He took out the spell given to him by Oni Che from his wide sleeve, and studied it carefully, the spell written on the yellow paper with red cinnabar was like a word and a painting, to be honest, he couldn't understand a single one, the dragon flew and the phoenix danced, and there was no recognition at all.
In the past, he never believed in ghosts, but since he traveled with Onitoru and saw some strange things, he accepted such things.
Hua Nanrong sighed, put the rune paper on his chest, took out a small roll of paper from his waist, and wrote on it: Quickly hand over the list of all the missing flowers to the Li family's mansion in Spring City, and it needs to be accompanied by the eight characters of the birthday.
He rolled up the little paper, picked up a piece of pastry on the table, dug a small hole, stuffed it inside, and then arranged the pastry neatly, and shouted outside, "Someone! ”
The maid who was waiting in the side room heard Hua Nanrong shouting, hurriedly pushed the door in, and asked in a panic, "Is there something wrong with the playboy?" ”
Looking at the little maid who was trembling all over, Hua Nanrong guessed that the maid probably thought that he wanted her to serve her to bed, and said with a sigh: "This plate of pastries is not fresh anymore, you go back to the kitchen and pour it out, bring it again, and after working for a long time, I didn't even eat a mouthful of food, I'm a little hungry." ”
The little maid picked up the pastry and hurried outside.
She is the person who has recently been transferred to this courtyard, and I heard that the man who lives in the yard can bully the maid at will, and the county lord will not be any master for the maid, and if you want to protect it, you can only rely on yourself.
She didn't sell herself as a maid, she just signed a contract with the prince's mansion for five years, and she didn't expect to be able to climb the dragon and the phoenix, she just wanted to pay off her family's debts as soon as possible and get out of the palace as soon as possible.
When the new pastries were served, Hua Nanrong asked the maid to rest in the side room.
After eating three pastries and making sure that his information had been handed over, he lay on the bed, covered with a quilt, and fell asleep.
After Hua Nanrong left, Yin Chunhua and Yan Ruyu both had worried expressions on their faces, not knowing what to do, for fear that something terrible would happen to him in Lord Chen.
Bai Xiyue comforted and persuaded: "You don't need to worry about Hua Nanrong tonight, he will tell the people of Chenwangfu the news that we are going to be a guest tomorrow when he goes back, and the people of Chenwangfu will not hurt people rashly." And the playboy is so light that it is not difficult to escape. ”
Yin Chunhua helplessly fiddled with her forehead bangs, and asked with a serious expression, "Is the ghost you discussed with Che Gongzi real?" It's not a joke to scare us, is it? ”
Bai Xiyue shook her head and said: "I can't reveal too many things to you, the secret of heaven must not be revealed, the more you know, the number of lives may be disrupted, and it will only bring you more trouble." ”
Ghost Che took Bai Xiyue's hand and said to the people: "Tonight, everyone sleeps peacefully, don't have any superfluous thoughts, tomorrow I will go to the Chenwang Mansion with the little fool in person, and find a way to get Hua Nanrong out first." ”
Yan Ruyu hurriedly answered: "I will also go with you, if something happens to us, there is Miss Chunhua outside, and Taifu Li Jiaze is also about to arrive in Spring City, and then we will have more power to contain Chenwangfu." ”
"That's fine." Ghost Che nodded approvingly, and shouted outside, "Xiaotian! ”
Wu Tengu sat on the big tree outside the courtyard and observed the movement, and when he heard the shout of the ghost, he flapped his little wings and flew towards the house, pouting and asking, "What is the matter with Toru Gongzi?" ”
"Has Jin Xuesong become honest recently?" Ghost asked with a confused smile.
Under his teaching, how could Jin Xuesong be dishonest? Wu Tiangu patted his chest proudly, raised his little head and said, "Jin Xuesong can listen to me now, does Toru Gongzi have anything to order?" ”
Ghost Che said funny: "Tomorrow I will take Jin Xuesong to the Chenwang Mansion, of course, I have to ask about your results first." ”
Take Jin Xuesong to Chenwang's Mansion?
Wu Tiangu's eyes flashed with a strange brilliance, and he said happily and excitedly: "I also want to go to King Chen's Mansion tomorrow, I just need to turn into a crow and land on Jin Xuesong's shoulder." That palace, full of fresh miasma, must have delicious ghosts waiting for me. ”
"Feel free to do so, as long as you don't reveal your identity." Ghost Che said indifferently, and then pulled Bai Xiyue and strode in the direction of the house, and said in a faint voice: "Good night everyone, we'll see you tomorrow morning." ”
Ghost Che returned to the house, neatly took off his clothes, and lay on the bed upside down, probably because of the wanton love in the underworld, his body felt tired, closed his eyes and sighed and said: "Xiyue, I'll sleep for a while, and you can rest early after washing." ”