Chapter 54: The Strange Case of the Murder House (4)

Huang Yifeng told Yeming the conversations he heard in the teahouse in detail, and told Yeming as word for word as possible.

Shen Shenying's kung fu of changing his clothes, Yeming connected what the three of them saw and heard, and extracted three key points.

1. The murderous house is the palace of Prince Zheng of Heshuo located in the alley of leather pants;

2. In the past five months, the old steward of the palace hired a total of nine people to guard the mansion, and all of them died; Moreover, there is no repetition of the dead form, and there are any postures;

3. The saint wanted to recruit Ruihua to return to Beijing to attack the prince's lordship, but he said that he was very happy to stay in Jinling and was happy to miss Beijing;

The points of doubt are:

After Qiu Yuhe passed through the door, the old lady of the palace and the second elder of the Qiu family died one after another, is this a coincidence or a demon?

The death of several maids and servants in the palace is a rumor spread in the streets and alleys, or is it true?

How did the common people know about the refusal of the county king to return to Beijing?

What is certain is:

Qiu Yuhe, the eldest lady of the Qiu family, was transferred;

Junwang Ruihua is a man with a little something;

The old steward of the palace is an old man with a lot of things.

"Since that old butler often goes to Songyin Xuan to drink tea to relieve boredom, then we will wait for the old rabbit and wait for him here." Yeming pointed ahead.

Not far away, a two-storey teahouse. There is a large plaque hanging on the top of the faΓ§ade, and there are three vigorous and powerful characters on it.

"That old man can't really feed people to ghosts! Otherwise, knowing that it was a murderous house, why do you insist on sending people to death. Huang Yifeng thought for a while and proposed, "Brother Ming, why don't we give that old guy a stick." ”

"It's useless." Ye Ming shook his head and said, "The old man must know a lot of things, but with the loyalty of the servants to his master in this era, even if he is killed, he may not be able to speak."

Moreover, we don't know if contacting a non-mission target will open a side quest or hide a mission.

Before you figure out how to play this kind of plot advancement mission, let's observe it and don't rush. ”

Shen Shenying was also the first time to come into contact with this type of mission, and the time limit was 21 days, so it was really not appropriate to act recklessly at first.

But...

"To find out the cause of the murderous house and ghosts, the time limit is only 12 hours. If the old steward hadn't come for tea today, we'd have wasted our time. ”

"It's almost ten o'clock now, and if the old man doesn't show up by the afternoon, we'll go straight to the alley of leather pants to find out what's going on.

In fact, it doesn't mean much to go during the day, as the saying goes: the sunset does not set, and the yin does not fall. Even if there is a ghost, it will not appear in broad daylight.

Moreover, judging by the content of the rumors, the nine people hired by the old steward all went to the palace to work the night shift, and then they died the next day.

This shows that our resentful ** people only haunt at night. ”

Shen Shenying nodded and didn't say anything more, the three of them all changed their bodies, and they were not as anxious as before, and they walked towards Songyin Xuan.

The capital, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, is rich and prosperous.

The tea house industry is very prosperous, just like a convenience store, there is one every few hundred meters.

The grades and scales are different, and each has its own characteristics.

There are exquisite small teahouses that mainly sell birds and crickets, supplemented by selling tea, and there are also large teahouses that sell wine, vegetables, noodles and rice, as well as chess teahouses, tobacco teahouses, and so on.

Songyin Xuan is a typical book tea house.

The three people dressed up sat by the door on the first floor of Songyin Xuan.

At this time, the weather should be early spring, and there is a small charcoal stove next to the table, and a kettle sits on the stove. You can make tea on the go, and you can also provide some heating.

The door was wide open, but I didn't feel the cold.

Seeing that the hall was nearly half full of more than 20 tables, Huang Yifeng couldn't help but sigh: "Enjoy it or the people here will enjoy it, make a teahouse early in the morning." ”

A guy carrying a teapot to refill the seat happened to pass by and greeted warmly: "Hey, guest, you just came to the capital today?" ”

Huang Yifeng smiled, he was familiar with this voice, wasn't he that talkative little guy.

The young man, who looked fifteen or sixteen years old at most, said proudly while refilling the hot water for the three of them: "Then it's no wonder, don't you know, the nobles in the capital like to stay in the teahouse the most." Especially in the past two days, our house will be full by noon. ”

Huang Yifeng's 'people here' actually refers to ancient people, and the young man naturally understands them as people from Beijing.

"Oh, why?" Yeming asked.

The man refilled the water, put the teapot to the side, and patiently introduced: "A book teahouse like ours usually sells some food, such as freshly made snacks and freshly baked baked cakes.

At this hour, many regular customers run to us as soon as they wake up in the morning.

Wash and wipe your face, clean it, make tea, and eat and drink at the same time. There are small people who are attentive, how comfortable it is. ”

Ye Ming smiled and nodded, Huang Yifeng tacitly took out a few copper coins and threw them to this kid.

"Thank you!"

This loud voice is more energetic.

Huang Yifeng's heart was relieved for a while, and he took out more than a dozen copper plates, and the young man quickly took it with his eyes and hands, and grinned: "Master, you are rich and auspicious!" ”

Yeming asked again: "Tell me, why are the seats full at noon in the past two days?" ”

"The proprietor invited a Mr. Guo from Tianjin to tell the story of Shen Shi and Xu Shi. This gentleman is very capable, and he said it well. The guests liked to listen, so they all came early to take a seat. ”

"Oh." Ye Ming, Huang Yifeng and Shen Shenying, who was dressed as men, exchanged a wave of eyes at the same time.

The young man said in a low voice: "A few masters, if you want to listen to the book, Xiao Hei will leave a seat for you here, and you will not let people occupy it." ”

is really a three-religion and nine-out-of-the-box character, and even such a little fart kid is so eye-catching.

Yeming thought about it, pretended to discuss with Huang Yifeng, and said loudly: "It's okay, then listen to the book and leave." In the evening, I will go to the leather pants alley and look for my seventh uncle and grandfather who live on the edge of the palace. ”

"Ah, how many masters go to the leather pants alley at night?!"

Sure enough, although the young man is clever, his mind is quite simple, and this is the way of the night.

"Exactly." Ye Ming said seriously: "Have dinner in your teahouse in the evening, and it will be just late at night after eating." Oh yes, but there's wine for sale? It's best to get drunk and dizzy and sleepy. ”

Shen Shenying looked at Yeming with a little admiration, there was no one else who had the ability to come from this mouth.

The young man hesitated for a moment, looked left and right a few times, stepped forward and said in a low voice: "A few masters, if you go to the leather pants alley, it is best to go early, and you can't go if it's dark." ”

Yeming pretended to be puzzled, "Huh? What is this statement? ”

The young man's eyebrows were knotted, and he looked embarrassed.

Huang Yifeng immediately touched more than a dozen copper plates and came out, and the young man hurriedly waved his hand, "Small doesn't mean to beg for rewards." Small..."

"Hey, I'll take it for you."

couldn't help but say, Huang Yifeng stuffed the copper plate into the young man's hand.

The young man's face was slightly red, and he was a little embarrassed, so he thought for a while and said very softly: "Little one, talk quietly, don't go outside to talk about it." ”

Seeing that a few guests who were quite generous nodded one after another, the young man continued: "There is a haunt and a ghost in the leather pants alley!"

It's a fierce trouble, it's the palace mansion. In the past six months, eight people have died. I went there again yesterday, and I still don't know what it was. ”

Here he was biting the root of his ear, and he heard a shout behind him.

"Yo, Second Master Mi is here. Kuroko, well, hurry up, watch tea. ”

The young man shrunk his stomach and immediately responded: "Hey, it's coming." He whispered to Yeming and the others: "A few masters, wait a minute." ”

The three of them looked over and saw an old man over sixty years old, with thin white braids and a long beard and chest, stepping into the hall of the teahouse.

The older guy led the way, and the young man named Kuroko or Little Black also greeted him with a teapot.

"Tsk, this row of noodles!"

"If you take out the rest of the silver and give a reward, I guarantee that you will be more than him."

"Yes."

The two of you said a word, and Shen Shenying couldn't help but chuckle when he saw it.

After a while, Xiao Hei finished Luo and carried the teapot all the way to the table for three.

"See, the one just now."

Huang Yifeng and Shen Shenying nodded, and Yeming thought of it instantly. However, he didn't say anything, just continued to listen to the young man.

"Second Master Mi is the old steward of the inner leather pants Hutong Mansion who is going to go."

The young man slowly refilled the water for the three of them, and said in a thin voice: "Listening to his old man's tone, the big man who watched the night last year must be gone."

It's not a small rumor, I'd rather believe it than believe it, you really want to go to the leather pants alley to find relatives, don't go in the dark. ”

With that, the young man moved on to the next table.

Ye Ming glanced at the white-bearded old man in the direction of the private room where he had just been led, and Huang Yifeng and Shen Shenying nodded at the same time.

The three of them got up and walked towards the place.

There were not many private rooms against the wall, and it didn't take much effort for the three of them to find the old steward of the palace, Second Master Mi.

The old man was blowing tea foam and preparing to drink a hot mouthful, when the fierce curtain was lifted and he was also startled when he got into the servants.

"Well? If you don't understand the rules, go out. ”

is worthy of an old man with a row of faces, full of shelves.

This is an era when being a watchdog in a large family has a social status compared to ordinary people.

After exchanging a wave of glances, the three players all smiled at the old man.

The old man was inexplicably a little stunned in his heart.

"You, you, what do you want to do?"

"I heard that you're going to recruit someone, right......"