Dugu Zhong took a closer look in front of the other concubines and servant maids, and when he saw the face of the last middle-aged servant, he ran back in three steps and two steps.

"Back to the general's words, the fire girl in the kitchen, Xu Ani, is not here."

Yuan Xuan turned to the Yang clan and asked in a deep voice, "May I ask Madam, is what Chief Dugu said true?" ”

Yang turned his head, didn't look at Yuan Guan, and said, "The old body has already fallen asleep, how can it be possible to know the movements of each subordinate girl?" If the general wants to find someone, he can search it himself, so why bother asking? ”

Yuan Zhou looked at Zhang Qiu Taiyi, and was about to speak, only to hear the watchman on the street outside start shouting: "The weather is dry and dry, be careful of the fire candle, the third watch, the time is right!" ”

Suddenly, there was a slight cat meow "meow" from the backyard, and Yang's face changed suddenly, and at this moment, Zhang Qiu Taiyi's eyes opened widely, and the divine light in his eyes burst out, and the tip of the peach wood sword in his hand turned blood-red at some point, pointing directly to the entrance of the backyard.

Zhang Qiu Taiyi held the sword, the whole person seemed to be led by the sword, and he was about to enter the backyard when he took a step, Yang shouted, and the whole person rushed to the door of the courtyard, opened his arms, blocked the courtyard door, his eyes were wide open, his white hair was scattered in the wind, and he shouted with all his strength: "The backyard is my private place, and no one is allowed to enter!" ”

Seeing that the incident happened suddenly, Yuan Zhou couldn't care about much, took two steps forward, grabbed one of Yang's hands, and dragged it aside with a little effort, Yang's hand was pulled to almost dislocation, "ouch", and cried out all of a sudden.

Yuan Xuan pulled away the Yang clan, and turned his head to Zhang Qiu Taiyi and shouted, "Dao Chief, hurry up and catch ghosts!" ”

Zhang Qiu Taiyi's figure suddenly disappeared into the backyard. Yuan Zhou also threw down the Yang family, who was still crying. also trotted all the way in. More than a dozen guards in the back carried torches. In addition to leaving three people on duty to monitor the people in Dugu Mansion, they all followed up in the backyard.

Zhang Qiu Taiyi followed the guidance of the wooden sword, and after entering the backyard, he went directly to the outside of the kitchen, only to see that the kitchen door was closed, and there seemed to be a faint candlelight inside, and a smell of sesame oil wafted out from the crack in the door, as if he could hear someone softly chanting some incomprehensible spells inside.

Yuan Zhou saw this situation. was about to push the door in, but was stopped by Zhang Qiu Taiyi: "General can't, if this person doesn't complete the sacrifice at this moment, he will be eaten by cats and ghosts, and his death will be in these two days, the emperor ordered that he should live, if the person is dead, nothing can be found out." ”

Yuan Xuan suddenly came to his senses, and with a wave of his hand, more than ten guards surrounded the kitchen. The sword was unsheathed, and the two guards jumped. They jumped directly onto the roof and guarded the chimney, and two of the guards ran to the back wall to see the back window, and everyone pricked up their ears and listened to the strange spell.

After a while, the spell suddenly stopped, and Zhang Qiu Taiyi immediately shouted: "Quick, do it!" ”

Yuan Xuan didn't wait for him to finish, he shot himself out and kicked the wooden door of the kitchen. This door is not strong, Yuan Xuan used all his strength again, and the two wooden doors were directly kicked down, broken wood splashed everywhere, and dust flew.

After the dust settled, Zhang Qiu Taiyi and Yuan Xuan exchanged glances, and both walked into the house, followed by several guards with torches.

I saw that the kitchen was full of smoke, there was a small incense table in front of the stove, there were three incense sticks in the incense burner, which had been burned for a small time, and there was a small bowl on the side of the incense burner, which contained fragrant rice porridge and two dried fish on it.

A young girl in her early twenties, dressed as a ring, was huddled with her arms crossed, leaning on the pyre behind the incense case, trembling slightly.

The firelight illuminated the woman's face, and I saw that her complexion was slightly dark, her round face and big eyes, her face was full of soot, and she had two maids tied to her head, with a few thatches on them, and she was wearing the black cloth jacket of an ordinary servant, but there was a trace of evil in her pupils, and she was staring closely at Yuan Xuan and Zhang Qiu Taiyi at the moment.

Yuan Xuan is a brave general who has experienced a hundred battles and killed countless people, but he is still secretly shocked when he sees this strange woman. He settled down, and asked in a deep voice: "Are you this Dugu Lord's mansion, Xu Ani, the girl who burns the fire in the kitchen?" ”

The girl bit her lip tightly and nodded.

Yuan Xuan turned back to the few guards behind him and said, "Bring this girl back to the palace with Dugutuo, and these sacrificial evil things will also be taken away as evidence." ”

Zhang Qiu Taiyi added: "That Mrs. Dugu seems to know the inside story of this, and it is best to take it with her, as for the other people in the Dugu Mansion, it is not excluded that there are also accomplices of this demon girl, who need to be strictly guarded." ”

Yuan Xuan said to the sergeants behind him who looked dazed and didn't know whether to listen to the warlock's orders: "Do what Lord Zhang Qiu wants." ”

After Yuan Zhou finished speaking, he turned around and stepped forward, pulled Na Xu Ani up, and shouted in a deep voice: "Come with me." ”

Half an hour later, in the Daxing Palace, the Shenlong Hall was brightly lit, and this was where Yang Jian temporarily received the courtiers who urgently entered the palace at night.

Yang Jian was wearing a yellow dragon robe that was a little whitish, and looked at the general and warlock in front of him with an angry face: "So, is it true that the fire girl used cats and ghosts to harm people?" ”

Zhang Qiu Taiyi still squinted his eyes slightly: "When Poor Dao entered, this demon girl was still chanting a spell, General Yuan wanted to break in directly, but Poor Dao was afraid of disrupting this ceremony, provoking the cat ghost to eat the demon girl, and there was no witness, so he made a move." ”

Yang Jian's eyes fell on Yuan Guan's body, as if he was asking Zhang Qiu Taiyi's words to be true, Yuan Zhou hurriedly arched his hand and said in a deep voice: "That's right, we broke into the door after her spell was finished, and those evil things that were demonic are still there, and this time we also brought them back, just outside the hall." ”

Yang Jian waved his hand: "I don't want to see such evil things." Is there anything else you two need to report? ”

Yuan Xuan glanced at Zhang Qiu Taiyi, only to see that his eyes narrowed, his mouth was tightly closed, and he didn't seem to have any meaning to speak, so he said: "During the search, Dugu's wife Yang openly blocked it, as if she knew about it. ”

Yang Jian's body shook slightly, as if he was quite surprised: "There is such a thing?" Is that Yang the sister of Yang Su, the Duke of Yueguo? ”

Yuan Xuan arched his hand and said loudly: "The minister doesn't know the origin of this Yang family, the minister only knows that he was ordered to capture the person who casts the demon spell, and invited Lord Dugu here, in addition, if there is anything suspicious in the whole process, you have to report it to the emperor, which is also an order from the emperor to the minister." The gold medal is here, and the minister is now handing over the order. He said as he held the gold medal in both hands and knelt down on one knee.

Yang Jian let out a "hmm", stepped forward to take the gold medal, and said, "Aiqing Pingshen, you have worked hard." "By the way, hold up the yuan.

Yuan Xuan saluted Yang Jian again, and turned around with Zhang Qiu Taiyi to leave. Yang Jian had been stroking his beard and thinking for a long time, when he suddenly thought of something, and said, "Wait." ”

The two looked at each other and turned back.

"Then how did Dugutuo behave in this process?" Yang Jian asked in a deep voice.

Yuan Zhou thought for a while and said: "Back to the emperor, he came out in pajamas when I first called the door, and he didn't recognize the minister at first, and then the minister said that he was going to enter the search when he was a little excited, saying that the female dependents couldn't search casually in the backyard, until the minister showed the gold medal, he immediately knelt down in fright, and never got up." ”

"Has he blatantly obstructed your search as his wife?" Yang Jian's eyes were blazing.

Yuan Xuan said loudly: "No, I was shocked when I saw the gold medal, there was no obstruction in the whole process, the minister dared to say bluntly, General Dugu didn't seem to know about it." ”

Yang Jian nodded: "You guys have worked hard tonight, go back first, I will be rewarded after this matter is over." ”

Yuan Xuan immediately bowed his hand: "It is the duty of the minister to share worries for the saints, and he does not want to reward them." Zhang Qiu Taiyi smiled and did not speak.

After the two stepped back, Yang Jian sat back in his seat and muttered, "What the hell is going on?" ”

After repeating it a few times, Yang Jian's eyes suddenly fell on the three ministers who had been standing on the left: "What do you think?" (To be continued......)