"Knock, knock......"

In the dead of night, Lao Tan, who played the watch, knocked the small broken gong in his hand and yawned and walked slowly on the street in the west of Kaifeng City.

The old man was eating and drinking with a few friends in the middle of the night to make money, and when the stall had just been closed, the friends went home to sleep, and he beat him.

The west of the city is a little more secluded than the east of the city, in the middle of the night, there is not even a dog on the road, and there are many empty houses in the west of the city, the largest cemetery in Kaifeng is also nearby, and there is a mass grave in Qingshan that is used to bury the nameless corpse, so the average husband refuses to come here.

Old Tan people call Tan Daring, he has been playing in this area since he was in his twenties, and he has been fighting for more than 20 years, and he is not afraid of the dark, and he is happy every day.

Lao Tan was drunk, swaying and banging on the gong, and humming a little tune.

Turning a corner, Lao Tan raised his eyes and looked...... In the distance of the dark street, a man was walking.

The old man rubbed his eyes and wondered, who is this in the middle of the night?

But when he looked closely, the old man felt that something was wrong—how could the man look like a woman?

The old man shook his head, sobered himself up, and looked closely. This time, the old man was halfway awake, and his eyes widened as he stared at the man who was walking in his direction...... It was really a woman, dressed in plain white, holding a cloth bag in her hand, looking like a baby in swaddling clothes.

Lao Tan was puzzled, and said in his heart, whose daughter-in-law is this? It's been four days, and you're walking on the road with your child in your arms?

The old man quickened his pace and walked forward, looking at the woman who was getting closer and closer.

When he got closer, Lao Tan understood - oh! Whose little lady is this? It's only ten □□ to look at, that's beautiful! It's too dangerous to walk alone on the road in the middle of the night!

Lao Tan glanced at her arms again, and was it really a baby carefully wrapped.

The old man was also warm-hearted, so he beckoned to her and asked, "Girl, are you in a hurry or are you going to someone's house?" ”

The woman stopped, stared straight at Old Man Tan with her eyes, and said, "I'll go home." ”

The old man was stunned and asked, "Where is your home?" ”

While the old man asked, he didn't know why, but he always felt that this girl was a little familiar, where had she seen it?

The girl stretched out her hand and pointed into the distance.

The old man looked in the direction of her finger and saw that she was pointing to the west.

Lao Tan didn't know where she was referring exactly, there was a palace enclosure to the west, and there were several old mansions with a long history, which were basically the houses of some military generals who had been disarmed and returned to the field.

At this moment, Lao Tan's drowsiness also woke up, how to look at it and think that this girl was familiar, so he thought, it could not be the child of someone he knew, so he kindly asked, "Where do you live?" I'll send you back, how dangerous it is at night. “

The girl shook her head, "There's no one at home, so it's not good for you to go in." ”

Lao Tan was so weird when he heard this, and at this time, the night was as cold as water, and a woman holding a child in the middle of the night spoke gloomy, and Lao Tan inexplicably felt goosebumps all over his body.

At this time, I heard a "wow", and the infant child in the woman's arms suddenly cried, and a fleshy little hand stretched out.

The girl began to pat the child gently, babbling and coaxing.

The daughter of the old Tan family has also had a big belly recently, and the old man likes children very much, so he leaned over to take a look......

But just when the old man looked into the swaddling clothes, two heads stretched out from the swaddling clothes.

The old man froze in an instant, and he was stupid there.

And I saw the baby in the swaddling clothes, with the body of a doll, but with three heads, and not human heads, but three strange heads like golden snake heads.

The three heads had six pairs of big eyes, staring at Lao Tan.

"My mother!"

Lao Tan screamed miserably and sat on the ground.

The woman clutched the child, turned and ran, and in an instant, disappeared into the night.

Lao Tan looked at the figure of the woman who disappeared into the night, and suddenly thought of who this woman looked like, or rather, who this woman was.

After thinking about it clearly, Lao Tan instantly felt a "snort", starting from his hair to the soles of his feet, and his whole body was cold and trembling.

At this moment, someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder, "Old Tan." ”

"Wow!" Lao Tan howled and rolled to the side, so frightened that he almost peed his pants.

Lao Tan not only scared himself, but also scared the two people behind him, who are the two behind him? One is red, the other is white, two handsome young men.

Lao Tan gasped, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses, and his voice was broken, "Exhibition...... Zhan adults. ”

It was Zhan Zhao who stretched out his hand to pat Lao Tan, and at this moment, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were also taken aback by the old man's reaction.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang just saw the old house of the Jin family in Xishan on the roof of Meow Meow Tower and felt incredible, so the two of them prepared to go to Xishan to take a look.

As I walked all the way this way, I heard a scream.

The two followed the sound and came over, only to see Lao Tan, who was on the watch, sitting on the ground.

Zhan Zhao naturally knew the husband of Kaifeng Mansion, so he walked up and called him. But Lao Tan was stupid, Zhan Zhao called him twice, but he didn't respond, and finally Zhan Zhao reached out and patted him on the shoulder, who knows how high Lao Tan jumped up as if he had been stabbed, but it scared Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang.

"Exhibition...... Unfold...... Disastrous! Old Tan pointed incoherently into the distance, "Ghost! Ghosts! ”

Zhan Zhao was puzzled, "What the hell?" ”

"Golden ...... The granddaughter-in-law of the Jin family! Lao Tan was excited, "The daughter-in-law of the Jin family is holding a monster!" ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were confused, what is the granddaughter-in-law of the Jin family? Still hugging a monster? Where is this......

At this moment, I heard the sound of footsteps in the distance, and the sound of horses' hooves, as if a group of soldiers and horses were marching over.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked up, and saw a group of officers and soldiers patrolling the Imperial City Army running over, led by Ouyang Shaozheng's subordinates, Cao Lan, the commander of the Imperial City Army.

"Zhan-sama! Bai Wuye! Cao Lan came closer.

Zhan Zhao and him almost said in unison, "Why are you here?" ”

Cao Lan pointed to the West Mountain in the distance, "Just now a soldier found that the Jin family's old house was actually lit up, so ......"

"Wow!"

Before Cao Lan finished speaking, she heard Lao Tan scream, "Sure enough! Sure enough! ”

Zhan Zhao and Cao Lan looked at each other.

"What really?" Cao Lan was puzzled.

Bai Yutang told him what Lao Tan had just said incoherently, "He just said that he hit a ghost, and the granddaughter-in-law of the Jin family has returned." ”

Cao Lan's face changed when she heard this, "What? The soldiers of the Imperial City Army behind him were also a little commotional.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both looked at him, what did that mean-why don't you help explain?

Cao Lan thought for a moment and said, "Let's talk as we go." ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded, and Cao Lan ordered the two soldiers to send Lao Tan, who couldn't get up, to Kaifeng Mansion first, and the rest of the men and horses continued to hurry with him.

"Lord Zhan and Fifth Master Bai, haven't you heard the legend about the Jin family's old mansion?" Cao Lan asked.

Zhan Zhao shook his head and said, "I've only heard people mention that it's a murderous house." ”

Cao Lan nodded, and told Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang the widely circulated story that Zhao Zhen heard this morning, and the Jin family's granddaughter-in-law was not a human being.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other.

Bai Yutang asked, "Then Lao Tan just saw the Jin family's granddaughter-in-law?" ”

Cao Lan nodded--otherwise, how can you say that you hit a ghost, and it is understandable to be scared like this.

"Why does Lao Tan know her?" Zhan Zhao was curious.

"What is this......" Cao Lan didn't know, at this time, in the Imperial City Army team following him, a soldier ran out, "Commander, I know!" ”

Zhanzhao asked him, "Do you know?" ”

"My family lives in Xishan, and my father met Lao Tan." The little soldier was quite clever, and told Sù Zhanzhao, "Lao Tan did a porter in the Jin family before the change, and helped transport some things, maybe I have seen his granddaughter-in-law." ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang know that it is indeed possible.

So Zhan Zhao asked the little soldier again, "Do you know anything else about the Jin family's old mansion?" ”

Xiao Bing shook his head, "It's similar to what the commander said, most of the people on the streets of Kaifeng Mansion know it, and I also listened to what my grandmother said." ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were full of suspicions, this matter was serious and evil.

But when everyone rushed to the bottom of the mountain, it was dark on the west mountain, and the old house of the Jin family was still within the high wall, without any lights.

Zhanzhao frowned, so many people saw it, indicating that it couldn't be an illusion just now. Thereupon...... Someone blew out the lights or is already gone?

Zhanzhao and Bai Yutang are about to go in and have a look.

Cao Lan hurriedly stopped, "Alas! Can't get in, can't get in! ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both frowned.

Zhan Zhao crossed his arms and said, "I said Commander Cao, you don't believe that place is a ghost mansion, do you?" ”

"Ahem." Cao Lan was quite amused, and stretched out a finger, "First of all, I really believe that this is a ghost mansion, so I won't go in if I die." ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded, and Zhan Zhao patted him on the shoulder, "So you stay here, let's go in." ”

"Alas!" Cao Lan then stopped, "I know that the two martial arts are definitely not afraid of demons and monsters, but ......" As she spoke, Cao Lan pointed to the old mansion, "This is the door sealed by Dali Temple, and it is clearly stipulated that if you want to enter, you must open the seal of Dali Temple or Kaifeng Mansion." ”

Zhan Zhao pointed to his nose, which means - I am from Kaifeng Mansion.

Cao Lan spread her hands, "I want to ...... the approval of the adult"

Zhan Zhao was speechless, "Maybe there are some important clues in it, and now I will run away without checking!" ”

Cao Lan still wanted to stop it, who knew that the white shadow behind Zhanzhao flickered...... By the time Cao Lan understood, Bai Yutang had already gone up the mountain.

"Alas!" Cao Lan was in a hurry, and Zhanzhao also jumped and went up the mountainside with Bai Yutang.

Cao Lan stomped her feet and was about to go up.

Most of the subordinates of the Imperial City Army were locals of Kaifeng, and they looked at their own commanders with sad faces.

"Isn't it, Commander, do you really want to go in?"

"That's right...... What should I do if I get lost in a ghost when I go in? ”

"The people who went in before are all dead!"

Cao Lan glared, "Everyone in Kaifeng Mansion has entered, and the Imperial City Army doesn't dare to enter, isn't it a joke to spread it?" ”

Several of the soldiers were flat-mouthed.

Cao Lan took the people and went up the mountain immediately.

The old house of the Jin family is very well closed, and the wall is as high as one person, but in the northwest corner, there is indeed a gap.

When Cao Lan arrived, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were standing outside the gap, studying the hole in the wall.

Cao Lan raised a torch and ran over, and continued to persuade, "Why don't you discuss with Lord Bao or the Ninth Prince?" ”

Zhan Zhao looked at Cao Lan helplessly, "What do you think Lord Bao and Zhao Pu would do if they were here?" ”

Cao Lan looked at the sky and thought about it, if it was Bao Zheng...... Kaifeng Mansion Yin affirmed the sleeves of his robe and waved, "What gods and ghosts, this mansion is the first to enter!" ”

I thought about it again, if it was Zhao Pu...... The Ninth Prince estimated and waved his hand, "Demolish the courtyard wall for Lao Tzu!" ”

Cao Lan supported her forehead.

As he spoke, there was a sudden "snap" sound from inside.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang glanced at each other - there was someone inside!

Bai Yutang jumped into the hole, and Zhan Zhao instructed Cao Lan, "Stay outside to prevent anyone from slipping out!" ”

"Oh......" Cao Lan is a military general after all, funny, there are really people pretending to be ghosts in it, he also wants to go in and have a look.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang took torches and entered the walls of the Jin family's old mansion.

The eyes were full of devastation, and the old mansion of the Jin family was already blackened by smoke, and even the outline was melted into the night at this moment. And today the moon is obscured by clouds, and there is no light at all...... The vines on the ground are overgrown with weeds, the stone slabs are no longer to be found, the flower pots are crooked, and the inner walls are also damaged. The door was open, half of the doors were gone, and the other half was hanging obliquely from the door frame. The plaque above the lintel was covered with dust, and the words could not be seen clearly, and under the eaves was a tattered white paper lantern, with the word "Dian" on it. It is also understandable that the Jin family died one after another back then, and the white matter should have never been broken.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked into the old mansion of the Jin family.

The Jin family was one of the richest families in the year, and the house was amazingly large, and it was just a hall for visitors to wait after the first course, but it was also surprisingly large.

Zhan Zhao reached out and touched the oil lamp on the table, and said to Bai Yutang, "It's still warm." ”

Bai Yutang frowned, sure enough, someone came just now.

"Why do you want to light the lamp?" Bai Yutang was a little puzzled, if a thief came in to steal something, wouldn't it be better to light a torch or take a lantern?

Zhan Zhao also nodded, "If it is so bright that it can be seen in Meow Meow Tower, it means that all the lights in the house are turned on." ”

Bai Yutang also nodded, and the two of them walked around the first hall, but they didn't find anything suspicious, and at this time, the two of them couldn't feel the breath of someone nearby, so they walked back.

When I walked out of the first hall, I saw a beautiful stone screen.

The Jin family is a businessman, pay attention to the good color head, this stone carved screen carved flowers are clustered, in the middle of the four big characters - gold and jade full of hall.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang bypassed the screen, and what appeared in front of them was a huge garden, which can really only be described as huge, the house of the master of the Jin family was far away, and there were several round stone doors behind the garden, and it seemed that there was more than one garden.

Zhan Zhao looked at the sky, and said in his heart that this rich man is idle, it takes half an hour to walk from the front hall to the study, and he is not too tired, is this house designed according to the palace? Is it fun to get lost at home?

Zhan Zhao wanted to move forward, but behind him, Bai Yutang gently patted him on the shoulder.

Zhan Zhao turned back.

Bai Yutang pointed behind him...... The back of the stone screen they had just bypassed.

Zhan Zhao turned his head and was stunned.

And I saw a man hanging on the back of the stone screen.

Zhan Zhao held the torch and walked closer with Bai Yutang, at this time...... There was a gust of wind in the sky, and the clouds that covered the moon dispersed, and the moonlight happened to sprinkle on the stone screen.

Zhanzhao and Bai Yutang saw that in the righteousness of that stone wall, there was a person "hanging" there, or ...... It was "nailed" there.

There was a wooden rod stuck in the middle of this man's neck, which was the back half of the lantern pole, and on the front half of the pole, there was also a big lantern with the word inscription, and the lantern was full of blood, which was shocking! The deceased's entire neck was pierced by a wooden pole and □□ into the stone wall, and the whole person hung there like a hanged ghost, and his neck was dragged by his body, and his death was extremely terrifying.

The deceased's face was contorted, his eyes were wide open, and he could barely distinguish his original appearance except for his hideousness.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang frowned and looked at it for a long time, and they could probably tell that the deceased was forty or fifty years old, with gray hair, a thin body, and was wearing a gray robe. Blood stained his entire front and the lantern in front of him, which was still swaying gently in the wind, and a pool of blood on the ground.

Even if the death was terrifying, in the eyes of Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, it was not the weirdest...... What made the two even more incomprehensible was that two huge flowers were □□ on both sides of the deceased's neck. It's not a real flower, but a white paper flower made in a shroud shop to tie a wreath.

The two stared at the strange corpse for a long time before relieving themselves.

Bai Yutang stretched out his finger and pointed to the side of the pool of blood on the ground.

Zhan Zhao also saw that there was a folding fan falling there.

Zhan Zhao touched his chin, just now they heard a "pop" sound, it should be the sound of this fan falling to the ground, look at the blood solidified Chengdu, the murderer has just left, this person has just died, and the body is not yet cold.

Bai Yutang walked over, picked up the fan, opened it and glanced at it, and looked up at Zhanzhao, "I probably know who died." ”

Zhan Zhao also walked over, glanced at the fan surface, surprised, and then looked at the corpse, which seemed to be carefully identified, and then surprised, "It's really him...... Why did you die here in the middle of the night?! ”