Ting Weiqing Luanchang, who was in charge of investigating the case, came out of the line with a wat board in his hand, bowed down and replied respectfully: "When the incident happened that day, although Xun Xiaogongzi reacted quickly and ordered the ghost master to set up an enchantment to seal the entire Xun Mansion, he still did not find any suspicious person, and the minister sent people to the scene to investigate, and no clues were found. However, according to the situation of the day, it is inferred that there must be ghosts and ghosts in this incident, and the minister implores the ghost court to assist Dali Temple in investigating this case thoroughly!"

"This case has just begun, Lord Luan will want the assistance of the Ghost Deterrent Academy, is your Dali Temple just an ornament?" Standing behind Sheng Zhuohuai, a middle-aged man wearing a three-grade official court uniform said loudly.

This person is the patriarch of the Fu clan, which ranks fifth in the book of the hundred clans, and is the third grade of Shaofu, Fuyi.

Luan Chang frowned.

A middle-aged man with clear eyebrows on the side behind Han Tao came out of the ranks, he was Han Tao's second brother, Han Zhan, the second patriarch of the Han clan, and was ranked as the chief Sinong of Jiuqing.

"Lord Fu, this is a mistake! The Department of the Ghost Courtyard controls all the ghost affairs in Yin'an, since the disappearance of the dancing girl is related to the ghosts, why not let the Ghost Courtyard intervene? Do you have to wait until January to see the affected clans curse to death?"

The Han and Luan clans both belong to the Xiang faction, and the Fu clan belongs to the royal faction.

The emperor was unable to make a decision for a while, so he had to throw the question to Xun Ju: "Lord Xun, this incident happened in your Xun Clan's mansion, and you also think it was a ghost?"

Xun Ju replied: "According to the situation when the dancing girl disappeared that day, there should be ghosts and monsters, and the nobles who watched the Fengluan Blessing Dance are now all wearing a January pre-death curse, and the time is pressing, and the minister also implores the emperor to allow the ghost house to participate in the investigation of this case, and only by finding out the perpetrator as soon as possible can the dancing girl be recovered, and the January pre-death curse can be eliminated." ”

Although the Xun clan and the Fu clan belong to the same faction, it is indeed not a good time for party struggle, if the dancing girl cannot be found, the Xun Mansion may be responsible.

The emperor nodded, and issued an edict: "In this case, then let the Ghost Courtyard assist Dali Temple!"

All the ministers called the emperor Shengming.

Standing at the head of the ministers, Sheng Zhuohuai, who was wearing the court uniform of the second grade, did not say a word, and contemplated with his eyebrows.

The inner servants shouted to retreat from the court, and after the ministers bowed to the emperor and knelt down, they slowly walked out of the Taihua Hall and dispersed.

Yin Hou, the patriarch of the Yin clan, was descending the stone steps with the crowd.

A low call came from behind him: "Lord Yin!"

Yin Hou stopped and looked back, only to see a man of about thirty years old dressed in the same rank as him walking towards him.

The man approached and asked Marquis Yin with a smile: "I don't know what Lord Yin thinks of the case of the disappearance of the dancing girl?" Although it was an inquiry, there was a very obvious look of contempt and disdain between the words.

As if he didn't feel the malice of the other party, Yin Hou replied with a humble face: "The lower officials are soft-spoken, and this matter has been thoroughly investigated by Lord Luan, and the Holy Lord has ruling, so the lower officials will not speak in vain." ”

After all, he is just a servant of the imperial history from the sixth grade.

The man laughed twice, and his eyes became more and more disdainful: "Also, Lord Yin, how can you bother with such idle things, your Yin clan only needs to be blessed by the Xiang clan close behind, you don't have to do anything, with this grace, you can easily stand above other small clans, speaking of this ability to find a backer, if you Yin clan is second, no one dares to admit the first." After speaking, he patted Yin Hou's shoulder heavily, and then strode away.

Yin Hou's shoulders slanted slightly, almost unable to bear the strength.

In the downtown area of the street, people come and go, bustling, busy, a lively scene.

On the main street, there was a sudden commotion in the crowd, everyone retreated to the side, Luan Chang was dressed in official uniforms, followed by several guards and ghost deterrence masters dressed in red, blue, and yellow clothes, and a team of people entered a shop called "Shi Ya Ge" opposite.

The shopkeeper who was sitting in front of the counter to settle accounts saw the visitor, and hurriedly stopped what he was doing, and quickly got up to greet him: "Lord Luan is here, I don't know what's going on?"

Luan Chang's expression eased, and he smiled lightly: "Grand Prince Sheng is here, can you invite him out to see?"

The shopkeeper quickly glanced at the group behind him, and said with a flattering smile, "Wait a minute." With that, he walked inside.

There is a wooden ladder passage on one side of the inner room, and the shopkeeper goes up along the wooden ladder, and when he reaches the top floor, he walks to the door and stops, bows to the inner room through the screen embroidered with landscape wind and ink and says: "The eldest prince, Lord Luan is here, he wants to see you." ”

Inside, it was quiet at this time, and only the occasional sound of falling children could be heard.

Another chess piece fell, and a gentle male voice came from inside the screen: "Please come up, Lord Luan." ”

"Yes. The shopkeeper stepped down.

Another chess piece fell, and the white-clothed young man holding the chess had a calm face, his eyebrows were flying into his temples, and he had an ebony hairpin pinned to his hair.

Sheng Minglang, a young man with a bundle of crowns, sat opposite Luo Junxuan, who was about the same age as him, wearing a royal blue brocade robe, with a tall figure, gentle eyebrows and eyes, and a sparse air in the contours of his face.

Luo Junxuan raised his head and looked at Sheng Minglang: "In front of Lord Luan, you can tell the truth." ”

Sheng Minglang nodded.

A sound of footsteps approached outside the screen, and soon Luanchang's voice was heard.

"Grand Prince, I'm bothering you today. ”

Sheng Minglang and Luo Junxuan got up, bypassed the screen to greet each other, Luan Chang saw that Luo Junxuan was also there, and after a little surprise, he also saluted him, and after a brief greeting on the scene between the two sides, he went straight to the point.

The three of them sat upright on the couch, and the little servant had removed the chessboard.

"The only thing we can find out what is wrong at the moment is the hairpin used by Xunfu when performing the hairpin ceremony that day. Luan Chang took out a piece of paper from his chest and opened it, drawing on it the white hosta that had been performed in Xunfu and the Xuli ceremony.

Sheng Minglang stretched out his hand to take the drawing, and after looking at it carefully, he said: "The white hosta on this picture is indeed from my Servant Accord." ”

The shopkeeper standing next to Sheng Minglang looked at the white hosta drawn on the drawing, and said: "This hairpin was bought by a guy who went out to buy it three months ago, and it was bought from Mengye Street, and then Miss Xun's ghost waiter came to our store to buy this hairpin, about a month ago." ”

Meng Ye Street is a very famous trading night market in the cloud building of Guitian Township in the south, which not only sells all kinds of strange ghost world items, but also trades anything in the world, many merchants in Yin'an will regularly go to Meng Ye Street to buy some novelty goods that are not in Yin'an City.

Luan Chang was stunned for a moment, he glanced at the white hosta on the drawing, and asked, "This hairpin is from the ghost world?"

"Not bad. ”

Xiangfu, in a small courtyard near the bamboo forest.

Ah Tao was practicing spells in the courtyard, and he turned over and almost collided with the tanuki slave who happened to walk into the courtyard.

The tanuki took a small step back with agility and avoided Adao.

Ah Tao hurriedly landed on the ground and walked to the raccoon slave: "The raccoon slave ghost servant." ”

The raccoon slave glanced at a thin layer of sweat on Ah Dao's forehead, and said with a smile: "Gongzi ordered you to go to Dali Temple immediately to find Lord Luanchang." ”

Ah Tao was puzzled: "Why?"

"Lord Luan is the chief judge in charge of investigating the case of Mai Ji's disappearance, you were also in Xun Mansion that day, and you were a witness, so you are here to help Lord Luan investigate this case. ”

Ah Tao thought for a while, and wondered: "When will that son teach me to improve the art of controlling characters?"

The tanuki slave was stunned: "Childe is not a person who practices spells, how can he teach you?"

Ah Tao was surprised: "But Gongzi wants me to become like the moon fence and practice the art of controlling words to the point of exquisite proficiency!"

"That's right, so Childe asked you to go and help Lord Luan. ”

Ah Dao was overjoyed: "Helping Lord Luan can help me improve my skill of controlling words?"

Tanuki eyebrows curled: "That's nature." ”

Ah Tao thought for a while, and then asked, "Childe...... Do you want me to rely on my own practice to improve the art of controlling characters?"

The tanuki nodded: "Childe has sent a letter to Lord Luan, you can go directly." ”

As soon as the words fell, a purple light suddenly flashed, and Yin Heng, dressed as a purple ghost deterrent, appeared in front of them.

Tanuki and Ah Tao bowed to Yin Heng.

The raccoon slave smiled and said to Yin Heng: "Second son Yin, I'm going to trouble you to go this way." ”

Yin Heng smiled: "The raccoon slave ghost waiter doesn't have to be polite. ”

The raccoon slave looked at Ah Tao and explained: "Dali Temple is not as good as other places, let the second son of Yin accompany you on a trip, and it will save you a lot of trouble." ”

Ah Tao was so excited at this time that he nodded again and again like a chicken pecking rice, and his speech was a little uncomfortable: "I'm determined...... I will devote myself to my practice and will not let ...... Disappoint Childe!"

"And ......," said the tanuki again.

Ah Tao looked at him puzzled.

"Lord Luan's Luan clan lineage, since the founding of the clan more than 500 years ago, has been loyal to the Xiang clan, and the Xiang clan has a deep relationship, is the most trusted clan of the Xiang clan, this clan is the famous loyal clan in Yin'an. ”

This "gentleman" naturally does not refer to the one in the Taihua Palace.

The tanuki was reminding her.

Ah Tao smiled and said, "I understand, thank you for the tanuki ghost servant." ”

The tanuki nodded, watching Ah Tao and Yin Heng leave, and after a while, he turned around and left the courtyard and headed towards the Jade Disturbance Courtyard.