Standing in front of the blacksmith shop, Lu Saburo had a modest and sincere smile on his face. This is a trick he and Zhang Shou learned, that is, the triumphant and lively side is always only exposed in front of the closest people, and in front of outsiders, you can be righteous and strict, you can be indignant, you can be impassioned, you can be modest and polite...... But don't make people want to smoke you.

And this positive image makes him seem approachable. And along the way, he chatted with three young and ignorant teenagers, and gained a lot of admiration.

And Zhang Shou was completely unimpressed by Lu Sanlang's little attempt to show off. At this moment, he saw Luo Xiaoxiao standing in front of the door, looking at the signboard that had not been removed in a daze, Zhao Sizheng looked inside with envy and jealousy, and seemed to be hoping to have such a carpentry workshop of his own, and Guan Qiu broke in directly regardless of it, he looked at Lu Sanlang and asked in a low voice, "What about Ah Liu?" ”

"He brought me here just now." Lu Sanlang hurriedly explained, "How to negotiate the price, he told me first, and the price of winning the house and land in the end was seventy yuan." I couldn't carry so much money, and it was impossible for me to have silver, so I gave the money ticket, and Ah Liu took the people away, saying that he went to the Shuntian Mansion to change the house deed and land deed, saving me a lot of dreams at night. ”

Seeing that Zhang Shou frowned suspiciously, as if questioning the price, the little fat man, who was a little proud just now because of the completion of the matter, finally thought about the process of starting this shop, he thought about it, and finally decided to give Zhang Shou a secret.

He whispered: "Little sir, it's not me who is an afterthought, it's Ah Liu who won't let me tell you." This blacksmith shop is really a bit evil, and it is said that it has been haunted for almost half a year! As he spoke, he unconsciously suppressed his voice so that only he and Zhang Shou could hear it, and his eyes even looked left and right, as if he was afraid that some unknown creature would emerge.

Seventy connected the belt house to buy a blacksmith shop, and even came with all kinds of tools and furniture in it, for a place like the capital where prices are expensive, it is indeed unimaginable, so Zhang Shoucai wondered if Lu Sanlang and Ah Liu used any means. At this moment, when he heard the word haunted, his suspicion suddenly turned to nothing.

It's just that he didn't believe in ghosts and gods in his previous life, but now he has experienced the most mysterious crossing, but there is no way to assert that ghosts and gods don't exist. And, if there were ghosts and gods, maybe he would be able to return to that familiar world? So, he took a light breath and said in a subtle mood: "What kind of haunting?" ”

"This ......"

Lu Sanlang thought of the scene when he came to buy this shop before, the blacksmith Hu who was so haggard that he seemed to die in the next moment simply regarded himself as a savior, and he couldn't help but feel furious in his heart, plus Ah Liu, who claimed to be here and was afraid of something, was not there, so he could only comfort himself that there were many ghosts and ghosts at the moment, and he would definitely not dare to come out, and then relayed the news he had heard from the blacksmith.

"When I came to the door and said I wanted to buy a shop, the excuse I made was that I liked to read strange stories since I was a child, so I heard that the house was haunted, so I wanted to buy it and study it. When the blacksmith heard this, he looked at me like a madman. Finally, because I was happy to give the money, and he didn't have anything else, he confided in me a little. ”

"The house has changed owners in less than half a year. There were two courtyards in total, and the original residence was an official of Zhishijing, but it is said that his wife died suddenly of illness, and he personally helped the coffin to return to his hometown, so he sold the house. And the haunting, it was from this time that it began. Because it was located in the northern city, it was relatively rare, but at least it was in the inner city, so the first buyer was a small merchant. ”

"As a result, after living for three days, I inexplicably began to have a red rash all over my body, and then in the middle of the night, I saw a ghost in white floating and floating, and some people stumbled and recited poems." When he said this, Lu Saburo couldn't help but scratch his neck, as if he had the illusion of a person blowing behind his back, "The little merchant is a superstitious person, and he sold the house that he bought eight hundred taels in less than ten days for six hundred taels." ”

"Next, a small teahouse was opened here to provide meals for the prisoners of the country, but several prisoners also hit ghosts, and after going back, they fell ill again, and the owner was almost sued to the Shuntian Mansion; opened a tavern, but the wine jar was broken overnight; I lived with an officer who didn't believe in evil, but in the middle of the night, when the third watch was unconscious, his beard was shaved, and he was shameless. ”

Lu Sanlang said one strange thing after another, and finally said cautiously: "In the end, this blacksmith Hu was confident that the blacksmith stove could defeat any evil ghosts, so he bought it at an ultra-low price of eighty yuan, and brought several apprentices who were stupid and bold in his words, but as a result, one day the sword he gave to a prominent uncle suddenly broke, and his business plummeted. ”

"So, he barely lived for two months, but in the end he couldn't stand it, and it was even more joyful to have me take over."

Zhang Shou listened to these messy ghost rumors, if he didn't know that Ah Liucai had followed him into Beijing not long ago, he would have thought that the seemingly calm but narrow-minded kid was doing bad - but even so, he was still more inclined to think that someone was playing a prank. Therefore, before Lu Saburo repeated Ah Liu's declaration, there was a declaration that I was afraid of something, and he let go of his thoughts.

"Since Ah Liu said that, then don't worry. Let's go, let's go around first. ”

Luo Xiaoxiao and Zhao Si, who didn't know that they had come to the haunted house, entered the gate happily under Zhang Shou's greeting. The front shop is obviously newly built, and the back courtyard is old, which has the dual attributes of business and residence. After a turn around, the two found that the stove and many tools were available, and even the coal used to make the fire was still kept.

And Zhang Shou saw the tools in the store in front of him that he didn't have time to move, and he just couldn't help muttering that the blacksmith didn't even want to eat before leaving, but when he came to the backyard and saw the Huanghuali furniture in the main room, he unconsciously put away that bit of banter.

Taizu is good at mahogany, this is one of the relevant gossips he heard after entering Beijing - so those ships that go to the South Seas, in addition to spices and gems, often deliberately harvest a lot of timber ballast and bring it back. Therefore, the most popular thing in Beijing is all kinds of mahogany furniture. Therefore, when he saw Zhao Si entering the house, he rubbed the smooth surface and asked a question.

"Zhao Si, you have been learning art with your master for so many years, do you know how much such a set of Huanghuali furniture is worth?"

When Zhao Si saw the complete set of Huanghuali furniture, he almost didn't bare out of his eyes. He rushed forward at once, carefully caressing the surface with both hands, then opened the cabinet again and glanced at the partition structure, and finally said with a complicated face: "Such a set of furniture will cost a thousand and eight hundred yuan to say the least." The most important thing is that it is old and the craftsmanship is exquisite, otherwise it would not be so valuable. ”

As he spoke, he asked with some uncertainty, "Dr. Zhang, you haven't even moved the furniture, how much did you buy this blacksmith shop?" ”

You ask me, who do I ask?

Zhang Shou was simply laughing, seeing that Lu Sanlang was shrinking his neck, and he lost the momentum he deliberately pretended to be at the beginning, he sighed and said: "Naturally, there are unspeakable hidden." But it doesn't matter, I'll talk about it when Ah Liu comes back. ”

While speaking, Luo Xiaoxiao had already entered the main room, and he was also amazed when he found this complete set of Huanghuali furniture. But when a few people went out from the main room, Zhang Shoufang suddenly felt that something was wrong, and immediately frowned and asked, "What about Guan Qiu?" ”

As soon as he said Guan Qiu, Zhao Sifang suddenly discovered that this little junior brother he had never thought was strange! Startled, he hurriedly went straight to the east wing, while Luo Xiaoxiao glanced at Zhang Shou and took the initiative to enter the west wing to find someone. And Lu Sanlang, who stayed in place, only felt that the wind was gusting around him in a trance, and he couldn't help but lean towards Zhang Shou.

"Little sir, isn't there really a ghost?"

"The son is silent, and the strange power is confused!" Zhang Shou angrily left a sentence, and when Zhao Si and Luo Xiaoxiao rushed out of the wings on both sides with frightened faces, obviously no one was found, he looked at Lu Sanlang and asked, "Is there a back door here?" ”

Lu Saburo was already shaking his head like a rattle, and even his teeth were a little gurgling. However, before he could explain that this was a haunted house, he only heard Zhang Shou laugh.

"It seems that there may be a secret passage hidden here that allows people to come and go without a trace." What are you kidding, it is still possible for a hundred ghosts to walk at night, if the demons and monsters can kidnap people in the capital in broad daylight, then what kind of order can the capital talk about?

Just as Zhang Shou's words fell, he suddenly heard a cough, and followed the sound, only to see a familiar young man squatting on the wall on one side, it was Ah Liu. It's just that, in addition to him, he is carrying a Guan Qiu in his left hand, and another dirty child who is struggling desperately in his right hand.

And as Ah Liu effortlessly landed on the ground, he gave a very simple explanation: "It's this kid who is pretending to be a ghost." ”

Lu Sanlang came back to his senses, pointed at the child with teeth and claws, and shouted: "Ah Liu, you just followed the blacksmith Hu to the Shuntian Mansion to apply for the house deed and land deed, could it be that you are just talking, but in fact, it is to lure the snake out of the hole?" ”

"I'm just curious." Ah Liu let go of the autumn with an innocent face, but his other hand was still clutching the back of the dirty child's neck, as if he was not carrying a person, but a cat. Seeing that the child couldn't touch him anyway, he patiently explained, "There's a dog hole in this wall for him to get in and out." ”

As he spoke, he said lightly: "Blacksmith Hu said that the people next door rarely open the door, and few people show up, but the yard is very decent, and it should be a legitimate person." But when I came here to see the blacksmith shop before, I climbed over the wall and went in to find that there was no one living next door, and the yard was clean, but the house was in a mess. ”

"That's my house!" The dirty child who couldn't move suddenly shouted loudly, and then cried loudly, "Brother Zhu went to war, and Sister Zhou is also gone...... As long as the people are driven away, Sister Zhou and Brother Zhu will definitely come back, they will definitely come back! ”