In the courtyard in front of the kitchen of Kaifeng Mansion, there are many shadow guards, carrying torches and lanterns, illuminating the entire courtyard brightly.

The maid Xiaoyu held a water bowl, dipped her fingers in water, and gently flicked it up, using the light reflected by the water droplets to find the remaining thin lines. I couldn't see it clearly just now, but at this moment, the careful girl had already found three or four extremely thin silk threads.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked into the courtyard.

Bai Yutang looked at the distribution of thin lines, and Zhanzhao looked at the cracks in the wall.

Kaifeng Mansion is also the largest yamen of the Great Song Dynasty, although it is not magnificent, but there can be no big cracks in the wall that no one has repaired. At this time, the legendary ghost had penetrated into a crevice as narrow as a little fingernail, leaving nothing but some wall ash.

Xiao Liangzi also ran into the yard, and the fourth son had to take care of his grandson, so he was idle and came to see the excitement.

"Can a man get through this crack?" Xiao Liangzi looked at the crack in the wall, "You can't even smoke a piece of clothing here!" ”

After all, children are more lively, Xiao Liangzi is light and naughty, like a little monkey, around the courtyard wall up and down, left and right, front and back.

At the end, he crouched on the wall and was in a daze.

Zhan Zhao raised his head and looked at Xiao Liang who looked confused on the wall, "What's the matter, Xiao Liangzi?" ”

Xiao Liang tilted his head and said, "The cracks in this wall are only in the front, and there are none in the back, can't it be retracted into the wall?" Tricks? ”

Everyone glanced at each other, but they understood why Zhao Pu would kick down the courtyard wall of the palace when he was a child, and he was probably just as confused.

Everyone was busy, and Master Bao came over.

Master Bao is still as calm as ever, but he can also see a trace of worry between his eyebrows.

The shadow guards have been checking for a long time, but they still can't figure out what happened to the ghost that appeared for no reason just now, and when they saw Master Bao come in, they were a little difficult to explain.

Master Bao understood the situation a little, beckoned to Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, and the two followed him to the study.

When he entered the study, Master Bao didn't say anything about the haunting, but asked, "You two are outside today, do you hear any gossip?" ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were both stunned, and asked Master Bao in confusion, "What gossip?" ”

Master Bao frowned and said, "This mansion is in Taixue and Longtu Pavilion today, and I have heard someone talking about the haunting of the palace......

"About the Seven Songs?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Master Bao nodded, "It's not the first time that the palace is haunted or something goes wrong, and usually after the order is not to be passed on, it won't be reported...... But this time, it spread all over the city, which is a bit strange. ”

"If someone is pretending to be a ghost, I can't rule out the possibility of deliberately spreading rumors." Zhan Zhao said, "In addition, the demolition of the courtyard wall in the palace is not small, which makes people even more suspicious. ”

"It is estimated that someone will spread the rumor that Kaifeng Mansion is haunted tomorrow." Bai Yutang interjected on the side, "Zhao Pu was attacked by ghosts in Kaifeng Mansion, this sounds much more terrifying than being attacked in the Imperial Palace. ”

Master Bao frowned, "This mansion is just worried about what conspiracy is behind it." ”

Zhan Zhao saw that Bao Zheng was already busy because of the spring exam, and this time he was even more troubled, after all, he was also old, but don't worry about what happened, so he comforted him, "Don't worry about it, adults, we will step up the investigation." ”

Master Bao nodded, he naturally trusted Zhanzhao...... At the same time, I have a vague premonition that the spring test is imminent, and I always feel that something big is going to happen.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked out of the study, and as soon as they walked into the courtyard, a red figure pounced, "Zhao ~ Zhao ~!" ”

Zhan Zhao looked back and saw that Hong Jiuniang was already hanging on his shoulder, touching his head, "Do you miss me?" ”

Zhan Zhao wondered, "Aunt Jiu? What are you doing here? ”

"I can't stay at home." Outside the courtyard, Wu Yiwu walked in with his hands behind his back, and nodded to Bai Yutang to say hello.

Bai Yutang also nodded.

"This Kaifeng is not very peaceful...... Wu Yiwu seemed to be a little emotional, "I just ran into a haunted ghost when I came." ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at him in surprise.

Zhan Zhao hurriedly asked, "Uncle Xiaojiao, did you see that female ghost attacking Zhao Pu?" ”

Wu Yiwu nodded, and Jiu Niang said, "I saw it too!" It's like the real thing, it's kind of like that. ”

"Can you tell the fake?" Zhanzhao's eyes lit up.

Wu Yiwu shook his head, "I can't see it." ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang sighed.

"But it can still be done if you force it, but it's troublesome." Wu Yiwu touched his chin, "You might as well try it with the palace master." ”

Zhan Zhao was curious, "Grandpa can do it?" ”

"Don't let your grandfather shrink people into the cracks in the wall, you just let him make a big straw bale the size of a soybean in an instant."

Zhanzhao's eyes were wide open, what does that mean- it's okay to do this?!

"Actually, it's not too difficult, as long as the internal force reaches that realm, it will be ...... before" Before Wu Yiyi finished speaking, Hong Jiuniang kicked him and glared at him by the way.

Wu Yiyi won't talk about it, just look aside.

Both Zhanzhao and Bai Yutang heard some off-string sounds.

Bai Yutang said to Zhan Zhao, "I'll ask Zhao Pu to see if he has any clues." ”

Zhan Zhao nodded.

Bai Yutang left.

In the courtyard, there was a disaster left in the courtyard, as well as the squinting Zhanzhao.

Jiuniang pinched Wu Yiyi, "It's all your fault!" ”

Wu Yiyi was innocent, "Zhao Zhao and Yutang are not outsiders. ”

Jiu Niang glared at him.

Zhan Zhao looked at the two of them, "What are you two hiding from me?" ”

"It's not ......," Jiu Niang took Zhanzhao's shoulder and took him aside, "Your grandfather did this before." ”

Zhanzhao tilted his head, "What have you done?" ”

"Uh...... Turn straw bales into soybeans...... Similar. "Jiuniang looks at the sky.

Zhan Zhao is more confused, similar to ......

Thinking of this, Zhanzhao's eyes widened in surprise and asked Jiu Niang, "You mean that grandpa uses internal force to turn people into ...... Gone? ”

Jiuniang looked at the sky.

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, "Who did Grandpa make like that?" ”

"Don't blame your grandfather!" Wu Yiwu came over and explained, "The palace master is not like that because of cruelty, but the heart-changer is really hateful!" ”

Zhan Zhao was slightly stunned, "What kind of heart changer?" ”

"Have you ever heard one of the most powerful rumors about your grandfather, saying that he needs people's hearts to practice?" Wu Yijiao asked.

Zhan Zhao nodded, in the past, all kinds of terrible rumors about Yin Hou were flying all over the sky, and some of them were simply bizarre and incredible. Among them, there are two more famous ones, one says that he crawled out of hell, and the other is that he needs to eat people's hearts and drink human blood to practice.

Every time Zhanzhao hears this kind of rumor, he thinks it's ridiculous - in fact, Yin Hou's habit of eating is very similar to Bai Yutang, he is most afraid of greasy and fishy, spicy and cold, he only likes to drink some wine, not to mention practicing and eating people's hearts, so that they can be disgusted for a while when they eat a mouthful of raw fish.

"Isn't that?" Zhan Zhao was dissatisfied.

"It's really nonsense, but the palace master is actually carrying the black pot for others." Wu Yiwu found a stool in the courtyard and sat down, and explained to Zhan Zhao in detail.

……

On the other side, Bai Yutang robbed Tianzun who went out for supper, and asked him for a supper in the private room of Taibai Ju, and the fifth master asked about using internal force to make people go.

Tianzun understood as soon as he heard it, "Huhu" blew the wontons in the spoon, and asked, "Who did you listen to about the old ghost slaughtering the heart demon?" ”

"Heart-changing?" Bai Yutang felt that his appetite was somewhat affected when he heard the name.

"Probably a few decades ago." Tianzun ate a mouthful of wontons, and then broke a honey-glazed chicken wing and began to recall seriously.

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows and looked at him, "You have lived for more than a hundred years, how long was it decades ago?" Ten years or ninety? ”

Tianzun squinted at him with chicken wings in his mouth, that means - if you are so picky, I won't say it! I'm over 100 years old, do you have fun telling me about memorization?!

Bai Yutang was powerless, so he had to ignore the time and let Tianzun continue.

Tianzun spoke, "Another chicken wing." ”

Bai Yutang supported his forehead and asked the guy to give him a roast chicken, so that Tianzun could say less blame while eating.

Tianzun tore off a chicken leg and sent it to Bai Yutang's mouth, and if he didn't eat it, he wouldn't say anything.

Bai Yutang had no choice but to take the chicken leg and look at Tianzun who continued to fight with the chicken wings, that means-you say!

"That's the case......" Before Tianzun could speak, he heard a "poof" sound outside.

Bai Yutang frowned, walked over and opened the window, and squeezed in with a "whew".

"Oh!" Tianzun stretched out his hand and touched the head of the man who flew to his side, and counted down Bai Yutang, "Look at you, the pet is not with you!" ”

Bai Yutang asked the guy to get some fish again, and pressed the guy aside to keep it from making trouble.

The fifth master closed the door and closed the window to make sure that nothing went wrong, sat opposite Tianzun, pointed at him with a chicken leg, "Say it in one breath!" ”

Tianzun scratched his chin, wiped his chin oil, and said, "Have you ever heard of one called Bother?" ”

Bai Yutang was slightly stunned and surprised, "The hall master of the Yuyu Hall bothered? ”

Tianzun nodded.

"Yuyu Hall is the first hall in Yushan, and it is a person who has been the leader of the martial arts alliance before, and he has a lot of kung fu...... However, he later died at the hands of Yin Hou, and it is said that there are no bones left. Bai Yutang also heard, "This is one of the most criticized things in Yin Hou...... Back then, he bothered to kill him, and the entire martial arts described Yin Hou as heinous, but it was also said to be a rumor, saying that the person was not killed by Yin Hou, and Yin Hou could not kill him. ”

"Poof." Tianzun squirted out a sip of wine.

Bai Yutang wiped the table with a handkerchief in disgust, and then wiped the tea on his chin.

Tianzun pursed his lips, probably a little angry, so he didn't notice that Bai Yutang used to wipe the table and wipe his mouth was the same handkerchief.

Putting down the chicken bones, Tianzun waved his hand, "Bother with that three-legged cat kung fu to fool those Jianghu people, how can it compare with that old ghost!" Let me tell you, that is, the old ghost Yin Hou is now old and has a small temper, and when he was at the age of you and Zhanzhao, he was evil, who in the world would dare to provoke him except Lao Tzu? “

Bai Yutang looked at Tianzun, and always felt that the tone of his speech was not quite right? So he silently picked up the wine jar that Tianzun drank and glanced at it, and saw what was written on the wine jar - three glasses of drunkenness.

Bai Yutang was stunned, Tianzun has always drunk pear blossom white, is Xiao Liuzi wrong on the wine......

After thinking about it, the fifth master understood.

Anyway, when he passed by Taibaiju this morning, Xiao Liuzi rushed out and told him that there was good wine in the store and asked him to try it. The fifth master is still a little interested in wine, not only good drinking, but also good drinking, basically never drunk. Yesterday, a little six sons stopped him halfway and told him that Taibaiju had the treasure of the Xinzhen store, and the shopkeeper found a few jars of "three cups of drunk" from the south, but it was fierce! The three cups of belly gods have to get drunk.

Bai Yutang was very interested at the time, but he was busy entering the palace with Zhanzhao, so he told Xiao Liuzi to drink it next time he came...... No wonder Xiao Liuzi's eyebrows danced just now...... Dare is this wine.

Bai Yutang looked at Tianzun again, and saw that his cheeks were slightly red, the corners of his mouth were upturned, and his speech was more verbose than usual, like a child.

Bai Yutang held his chin and continued to pour him wine, while asking, "So, bothering to be a fame and reputation?" ”

"Hmm...... It's a bit mean. Tianzun drank another glass and smacked his lips, obviously thinking that this wine was delicious, Bai Yutang continued to pour it for him, while observing his changes.

Tianzun blushed, and he was in a good mood, and said to Bai Yutang, "It's actually good to bother, smart and capable, and righteous, and it's still qualified to be the leader of the martial arts alliance." ”

Bai Yutang was puzzled, "In this way, why did Yin Hou want to kill him?" Yin Hou is not like killing innocent people indiscriminately. ”

"Of course." Tianzun doesn't know if it's because of the strength of the wine, and there is a bit of "Yin Hou is his own person" in his words, this tone can not be heard on weekdays, usually Tianzun is against Yin Hou and ridicules each other.

Bai Yutang continued to pour a glass of wine for Tianzun, stood up while he was drinking, walked to the window, opened a crack in the window, poured out the golden shell he was carrying from the bamboo tube, and let it go. After that, the fifth master returned to Tianzun and continued to pour him wine, while asking, "Isn't it Yin Hou who bothered to kill?" ”

Tianzun drank another glass of wine, "Yes! The old ghost asked his heart, and then pinched his hands...... "Tianzun made a motion of twisting the rag," and "it was pinched into ashes...... There were no ashes left, only a black stone the size of a soybean grain. ”

……

Zhan Zhao listened to Wu Yijiao's description and was surprised, "Since you are not a bad person, what does your grandfather want to do...... Kill him like that? ”

Wu Yiwu sneered, "He's not a bad person, but he's sick." ”

"Sick?" Zhan Zhao was puzzled.

Hong Jiuniang pointed to the position of her temple, "He has a sick brain!" ”

Zhan Zhao frowned, "Is there something wrong with his sanity?" ”

"At that time, the legend of the heart-changing demon was in an uproar, and many murders occurred on the rivers and lakes, and many people died...... The death is the same, the hearts have been dug away, and the dead are all unarmed ordinary people, farmers who don't know martial arts, girls who haven't left the cabinet, and scholars who have no power to tie chickens...... The government spent a lot of manpower to investigate, and there were people from all walks of life on the rivers and lakes to track down, but in the end it ended in vain. Gradually, there were rumors that it was the palace master who practiced and needed people's hearts. ”

Zhanzhao's eyes froze, "Someone deliberately released rumors?" Does this have anything to do with the illness that bothered you? ”

Jiuniang nodded, "Bothering is definitely crazy, and there are no surprises in this world, he is usually a good person, benevolent and moral...... But once I get sick, I feel that my heart is broken. ”

"Broken heart?" The first time Zhan Zhao heard that there was such a disease, "He has a bad heart? ”

"He invited a lot of Lang Zhong to see him, and they all said that he was very healthy and not sick at all." Jiu Niang peeled an orange, "But I bother to feel that my heart is rotting little by little, my heart hurts, and people are becoming bad people...... The only way to save yourself is to exchange another good heart for your own. ”

Zhan Zhao's brows furrowed, "So it's called a heart change demon?!" How to change? ”

……

"Eat?" Bai Yutang put aside the first empty wine jar, opened the second wine jar and poured wine for Tianzun, "Bother killing people to cure your own madness?" And then planted it to Yin Hou? ”

"Who knows if he planted it, anyway, if there is anything dirty, he will knock on the old ghost's head, and he won't pay attention to it." Tianzun pulled the collar of his shirt, fanned his red face with his sleeve, and slapped the table with a big grin, "Wait for that old ghost!" has a bully face and a character that is angry! Saying that, Tianzun reached out and pinched Bai Yutang's cheeks, shaking and shaking, "It's not like his little kitten, who has a well-behaved face, and his personality is bad!" But it's a good match for you, he helps watch you, saving you from being bullied by others who don't like to talk. ”

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows, it turned out that Tianzun was not talking nonsense but telling the truth when he was drunk...... After thinking about it, he continued to pour the wine, wanting to see what it would be like to get a little more drunk.

……

"Ahh

Zhan Zhao sneezed, rubbed his nose, and continued to ask Wu Yiwu and Hong Jiuniang, "Bothered to kill so many people, so grandpa solved him?" This is obviously a good thing, why do you want your grandfather to carry the black pot and bother to leave a good reputation? ”

"No one really knows the details of this." Jiu Niang said helplessly, "In fact, when I first knew that someone had framed me, the palace master was the same as before, it didn't matter, anyway, I got used to it." ”

Zhan Zhao touched his chest - distressed!

Later, Tianzun found out that the real culprit turned out to be bothered, so the two investigated together...... A strange disease that bothered was discovered. "Wu spread his hands in a disaster.

Zhan Zhao was surprised, "Tianzun found it?" ”

Jiu Niang nodded, and said with a smile, "Except for forgetting some things and occasionally making two mistakes, Tianzun is still very smart when he is serious, and he knows the palace master's personality better. ”

Zhanzhao continued to touch his chest - relieved!

"The palace master wasn't so angry when he first learned about what Lu Dao bothered about." Wu Yiyi said, "Later, I don't know what happened to Lu Dao, and the palace master solved the trouble like this...... The real reason for this, I'm afraid that only Tianzun knows the Dao. ”

Zhan Zhao knew in his heart, "I have time to ask Yutang to ask Tianzun." ”

Jiuniang smiled and touched Zhanzhao's head, "You too...... If there is anything you want to ask, ask Yin Hou directly, what do you ask, he won't tell you? ”

Zhan Zhao thought about it, but it was also ...... So he got up and went to the courtyard for a walk.

But the strange thing is that Tianzun and Yin Hou are not there. Zhan Zhao thought it wouldn't be going to have a supper together, right? So he went to Gongsun's courtyard and wanted to find Bai Yutang.

Halfway through, I met the little fourth son who ran out with a small tea bowl.

As soon as Zhan Zhao asked, Xiao Sizi said that Tianzun had never seen it, but Yin Hou had just asked a few shadow guards outside their house to see the silk thread, and he chatted with Zhao Pu in the courtyard for a while, and then a golden shell flew over, and Yin Hou followed and walked for a while.

Zhanzhao wondered - the golden shell?

Thinking of this, Zhanzhao suddenly had an idea and jumped onto his small building.

Since it had just been built, Zhanzhao was still a little uncomfortable. On the roof, the entire Kaifeng City was in full view, and Zhanzhao sighed again - convenient!

Looking around, Zhanzhao saw Yin Hou at the door of Taibai Ju at a glance.

Zhan Zhao was curious - why did his grandfather run into Taibai Ju by himself? So he left the roof and flew to Taibaiju.

Xiao Sizi stood in the courtyard with his face up, watching Zhanzhao fly into the air for a while, and then fly out of Kaifeng Mansion like a harrier, and then looked down at his round and short figure, envy - cats are so light and can fly! It's so convenient.

……

When Zhan Zhao arrived at the door of Taibai Ju, Xiao Liuzi ran over, "Lord Zhan is only here now?" The fifth master and Tianzun have been here for a while, and Yin Hou has just gone up. ”

Zhan Zhao touched his chin - it turns out that Bai Yutang and Tianzun are also here!

After all, Zhan Zhao still knew Bai Yutang well, and it was estimated that he was a little worried, so he asked Tianzun to ask about the things back then.

Running upstairs in three or two steps, Zhan Zhao saw that the door of the private room where Bai Yutang frequented was closed, and at the door, Yin Hou stood there with a complicated expression, as if he was hesitating to go in.

Zhan Zhao ran forward, "Grandpa." ”

Yin Hou looked at him and asked curiously, "Did you two say that it was good or what?" ”

Zhan Zhao was stunned, "What do you say?" ”

At this time, I heard a voice from inside the private room, it was Tianzun's voice, holding a long tail note and seemed to hit the bowl with chopsticks, "Yutang!" Sing to the teacher! ”

Zhanzhao blinked - singing?

"Do you have any alcohol? Still drinking! Tianzun's voice sounded very cheerful, "Yin Hou was a fat man when he was a child!" ”

Zhan Zhao turned his face to look at Yin Hou.

Waiting for support.

"Wusha was like a hemp pole when he was a child, and when he grew up, he actually puffed up! And ah! Yin Hou was obviously the same as the fourth son when he was a child, but when he grew up, he was a grandfather? Not a gentleman...... Have you grown into a savage? ”

Zhan Zhao looked at Yin Hou again.

The corners of Yin Hou's mouth twitched - where does Lao Tzu look like a savage?

Tianzun pulled Bai Yutang to chatter, "You said Yutang, didn't you say that you will lose weight if you are a vegetarian?" Why did Wusha get fat after becoming a monk? Also, you see that elephants and bamboo bears are vegetarians, so fat! Cats are meat-eaters and skinny! ”

Zhan Zhao continued to look at Yin Hou - what is the situation?

Yin Hou began to think about whether it was time to go back.

"Yutang, if Zhan Kitten becomes a ball in the future, do you still love him...... Not. Tianzun didn't finish speaking, it seemed that he was stuffed with something in his mouth by Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang looked at the door in embarrassment.

Zhanzhao also scratched the back of his head with some embarrassment...... No, the point seems to be that "love......

Yin Hou shook his head, couldn't stand it anymore, pushed open the door and entered the house.

Tianzun saw him at a glance and jumped up, holding two chopsticks in his hands, "Here!" Soy sauce group! ”

Waiting for support.

Zhan Zhao went to Bai Yutang and sat down, looking curiously at Tianzun, who was drunk and "drunk crazy".

Yin Hou came over to look at Tianzun and asked Bai Yutang curiously, "How much did you give him to drink?" How did you get drunk like this? ”

Bai Yutang pointed to the two empty wine jars on the table.

Yin Hou was about to go to see what kind of wine was so powerful, Tianzun grabbed his arm, "Alas, you go on to tell them about that bothersome thing, they asked." ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both looked at Yin Hou.

Yin Hou sat down and asked the two, "How do you two know about what Lu Dao bothered about?" ”

So Zhanzhao told the ins and outs of the matter.

Yin Hou understood, "Oh...... Do you suspect that the ghost used that internal force to shrink into the crack in the wall? But when a person shrinks, he dies and will not be magnified again. ”

"Let's not talk about that." Zhan Zhao was obviously more interested in the trouble, "Grandpa, why did you kill him?" ”

Yin Hou pushed Tianzun aside, let him go crazy with his arms around him, poured himself a cup of tea, and said lightly, "Because he deserves to die." ”

……

In the kitchen of Kaifeng Mansion.

The little fourth son tiptoed, put the tea bowl on the stove, put down the tea tray, and walked out. After greeting the shadow guards in the courtyard, the little fourth son ran back to Gongsun's courtyard.

Walking through the long corridor outside the hospital, the little fourth son was walking, and suddenly, he saw the ...... At the end of the porch of the black hole, there is a lantern that is slowly floating over......