Chapter 13: Chasing Clues

Du Ho told the official, and he returned to the mansion, where he had already sent up the arrow feather he had knocked down, and just as he imagined, a dead man's bone was bound to it, and one end of the bone was cut off.

Huangfu Haohua, Ba Yuxing and the others were still confused, and they didn't know why the ghost fire appeared when they cut off the bones, so they couldn't help but ask: "Childe, what's going on?" ”

Du He smiled slightly and explained: "The so-called 'ghost fire' is actually a natural phenomenon, also known as phosphorus fire. Because human bones contain phosphorus, phosphorus will be produced when it reacts with water or alkali, which is a gas that can spontaneously combust, and the ignition point is very low, and it will burn when it comes into contact with air at room temperature. ”

These concepts are known to almost everyone in later generations, but this ancient can be regarded as a fantasy, and it is unknown why Huangfu Haohua and Ba Yuxing are in the clouds.

Du He also found that these were playing the harp against the ox with them, so he said casually: "To put it simply, the body of a dead person is buried in the ground and rots, and a thing called phosphine will be produced in the bones, which will spontaneously combust when it encounters air and emit green light." This is the green light that ordinary people encounter near the cemetery. Because of the horror, and because of the appearance in the cemetery, it makes people think of ghost fire. In fact, this is a very normal thing, and I think the other party must have discovered this truth by accident, tied a bone to a bow and arrow, and took advantage of the wind to cut the bone and shoot it. The phosphine in the bones flowed out of the air, and when it burned in the air, it naturally became what you call a ghost fire. ”

"It's as simple as that?" Huangfu Haohua was a little funny and a little embarrassed, but he was frightened by this simple thing, and he felt ashamed.

Ba Yuxing was also embarrassed.

"What else?" Du He snorted coldly: "This method is like a trick, it looks mysterious and unpredictable, but to put it bluntly, it is not worth mentioning. It's just that they were able to think of this, but it was a little surprising. ”

He said casually, but his heart moved.

"Not good!" His expression changed suddenly, he let out a low shout, jumped directly over the wall, and rushed in the opposite direction of the sharp arrow.

There is no turning back arrow when the bow is opened, and if the arrow is shot out, there must be traces, and if the arrow feathers tied to the bones are seen by ordinary people, it will definitely become a miracle, but recently there is only a haunted theory and no sharp arrow whereabouts.

Since the other party was able to use such a clever method to use the wind of the night and the sharp arrows and human bones to create ghost fires, he must have drawn up a careful plan. If someone shoots an arrow, there must be someone who collects it...... After crossing the street, he came to the front of the archer, where there was also an old tree, with dozens of arrow holes in the trunk, but the arrow feathers had already been pulled out, and the arrow puller was nowhere to be found, thinking that he had retreated in advance because he noticed something abnormal.

"Damn!" Du He secretly felt annoyed, if he could have noticed earlier, he would not have let the other party escape.

Although he knew the discipline of the other organization. It is found that it is very likely that it is a corpse, but it is a clue after all, and it is better than knowing nothing at the moment.

Facing the whirlpool in front of him, Du He did not choose to retreat, let alone fall into it. He chose to break and use his power to break the whirlpool.

Because of its own appearance, the Tang Dynasty has gradually moved towards a more glorious dynasty than in history. Du He believed that with his own experience in later generations, as well as Li Shimin's sage, and with Fang Du Wei's expedition to Li Jing and Li Ji, he would definitely be able to create a dynastic empire ten times better than the Tang Dynasty in history, and make China a unique and most glorious era in the world.

In this way, it is not in vain that you come to this world for a while.

And this mysterious organization that appeared inexplicably is likely to threaten the interests of the Tang Dynasty, and in the face of these guys who may hinder their grand plans, they must find out what their purpose is. If it is beneficial to Datang, it will be, if it is not conducive to Datang, they must be annihilated to avoid unnecessary losses.

Back at the mansion, looking at the grass and trees, Du He really couldn't figure out what treasures there were in this mansion.

One person counts the long, and the other counts the short.

Du He couldn't figure it out alone, so the surname Suo told Huangfu Haohua about the cause and effect and listened to his opinion.

Huangfu Haohua saw Du He discussing such a confidential matter with him, his face was slightly excited, but he quickly calmed down and said in a deep voice: "The other party is afraid that there are two purposes for doing this, first, as Gongzi expected, there are secrets hidden in this mansion, and they are quite important to them, and at the same time, it is certain that this secret is a thing, either a large number or a big guy." ”

Du He nodded in agreement, thinking the same thing himself. There is definitely no shortage of martial artists in an organization, if it is just a small item, it can only be sneaked into the house to take it, and there is no need to work so hard. The only thing to accept is that the things are too big to take away, or that there are many things, and one person can do nothing. Therefore, it is necessary to occupy the mansion in order to avoid people's eyes.

"Keep talking!"

With Du He's approval, Huangfu Haohua was shocked and continued: "They don't dare to show their heads, and they act extremely cautiously. If something goes wrong, kill yourself immediately so that your identity is not exposed. This can not only prove that the other party is well organized, but also show that their identity is sensitive and cannot be exposed, and once exposed, there will be unpredictable consequences. ”

"Makes sense!" Du He nodded in approval, Huangfu Haohua is a clever person, and he is indeed a rare talent.

"Therefore, it is certain that Childe will make them more cautious in their future actions if they break their methods of doing ghosts tonight. The enemy is dark and clear, and it is difficult to find their whereabouts again. ”

Huangfu Haohua's words went up to his heart.

Du He has the intention to capture those pretending to be gods and ghosts tonight, and set up guards in ambush all over the mansion, as long as someone enters the mansion, he has the confidence to teach people to come and go. It's just that I didn't expect them to be so clever in pretending to be ghosts, hiding in the street to make ghosts, so that his deployment fell short, so that they startled the snakes.

Huangfu Haohua said: "It is difficult to find out their identities, but we can start from the other side. We can't find their people, but what they have in the mansion is equivalent to digging three feet into the ground in our hands, and we don't believe that we can't find that mysterious thing. As long as you get something, don't worry about them not coming to contact us. ”

Du He shook his head and smiled: "You, after all, you are still a little tender." Since the mysterious thing is so important to them, the ** of the Ten can reveal their identity intentions. As long as the things are in hand, they will learn that their identities will be exposed, and they will not be able to avoid it, where will they send it to the door! ”

Huangfu Haohua also woke up, patted his head and said, "I miscalculated." ”

Du He shook his head and smiled and said that it was okay, but his demeanor was already confident, Huangfu Haohua did not say anything, but the direction of his thoughts gave him a guide.

In the current situation, the enemy is clear and secret, but what the other party wants is always in his own hands, subject to his own control, and he does not worry that they will not appear. Once it appears, it turns dark into light, and naturally it is not enough to justify.

Suddenly, Du He remembered that since the other party wanted to buy this house, he must have had contact with the people of the Pei family, the original owner, and as long as he found the people of the Pei family, he would be able to know who the buyer was.

Thinking of this, Huo Ran stood up and said, "Haohua, take good care of the mansion, I'll go out." ”

Du He knocked on the door of Pei's Mansion, although it was late at night, but Du He didn't dare to slack off when he heard the news. In Chang'an, who doesn't know that Du Jiaerlang is the most favored by the emperor and is the celebrity in front of Li Shimin.

Pei Lian's son, Lawyer Pei (real name, a little funny) came with Princess Linhai.

"Du He has seen Master Pei, princess!" Lawyer Pei is the former prime minister Pei Lian, and Princess Linhai is the daughter of Gaozu Li Yuan, and Du He is much lower than them at the moment in terms of official position.

Lawyer Pei and Princess Linhai did not hold it up, and politely asked Du He to sit down.

Du He sat down and said straight to the point: "I believe that Lord Pei and the princess know Du He's intentions!" ”

Lawyer Pei and Princess Linhai all showed embarrassment, Pei's mansion was haunted, they saw it with their own eyes, and invited many Taoist monks to no avail, the two were forced to almost go crazy, and they had to sell their houses.

Zhang's wanted to buy it, they were worried about the East Window incident, and they were reluctant to sell it at first for fear of offending Du Ruhui, but Zhang's said: "You want to sell the house, and you set a price, but you don't sell me, do you think my Du family is easy to bully?" ”

The Pei family has long since ceased to be glorious, Princess Linhai is a princess, but she was born in a partial house, and she has no status, so she can't afford to offend the Du family at all, so she can only sell it in the end.

In the past few days, they are all worried that the Du family will come to the door, and at this moment, Du He will come to the door in person, and the two of them will not know what is good. Princess Linhai said: "If you really can't do it, you will return the house money, I believe that the Du family is not a very unreasonable person." ”

So the two of them walked out.

Hearing Du He's question, Lawyer Pei could only say: "Is it because of the haunting of the mansion?" At the beginning, Pei was also worried about this matter and was unwilling to sell it to Mrs. Du, and Mrs. Du was helpless to force us at that time. ”

"Don't get me wrong!" Du He knew what they were worried about, and explained it with a smile, he naturally didn't say anything about the mysterious organization, but he just said that the haunting was man-made, and he caught the troublemaker tonight, but because of the accident, the person died, so he didn't know who was behind it.

Lawyer Pei and Princess Linhai looked at each other when they heard this, where did they think that the ghosts that scared them half to death and couldn't sleep at night turned out to be man-made?

Du He also knew that they must regret it to death at this moment, and said quietly: "So I am not here to pursue responsibility, but I just want to know who else is looking for two people to buy a house besides my Du family...... According to my estimate, it must have been the man who had taken a fancy to your house and wanted to force you away, so he used this method. It's just that my mother is the first to get there, and they are angry, so they resort to this method again! ”

"It's Zhu Dong's house in the welcome building!" Lawyer Pei's face became a little terrified, and he gritted his teeth and said: "When I went to the government to post a notice for selling the house, I happened to meet your mother to look for a house, so we agreed, and soon after that, Zhu Dong's family came to the door!" ”

Du He thought of the kind fat man, knowing that he must be the key person in it, and wanted to leave, but remembered the mystery of the house, and said, "By the way, how long have you lived in Pei Mansion?" ”

(To be continued)