When I returned to the main hall, I saw that Tang Jinghong had fallen asleep on the table.

To be precise, I added a special spice to the incense burner, which has a strong hypnotic effect and can make people fall asleep quickly.

I walked over and picked up Tang Jinghong, feeling quite heavy, not like the weight of her body bones.

Niu Meng asked me, "Brother Jiu, aren't you going to Cheng Mansion?" ”

"Go, I'll put Miss Tang in the room first."

"Oh oh, am I going to avoid it? I'll wait for you outside. Niu suddenly showed a thief's eyebrows.

I kicked him, "I've been thinking about something all day, hurry up and get things ready." ”

There is no way to fascinate Tang Jinghong, if she insists on following us to Chengfu, I will have to be distracted to consider her safety.

When I was holding Tang Jinghong, I smelled a very strange fragrance on her. The scent doesn't come from rouge gouache, or maybe I'm lonely and haven't seen it?

And Tang Jinghong is indeed a bit exaggerated, you said that such a thin girl feels heavier than holding a cow.

I carried Tang Jinghong into the room, put him on the bed, and covered it with a quilt.

She closed her eyes, smacked her mouth twice, as if in a sweet dream, turned sideways again, and continued to sleep.

Tang Jinghong's side face looks like it is finely carved.

I was thinking, such a beautiful girl, I have never heard of it in Jinling City.

It stands to reason that with Tang Jinghong's appearance, there should be an endless stream of rich sons who come to the door to ask for marriage.

But she got mixed up to the point where she couldn't even pay the rent, and she also had sleepwalking.

In short, this Tang Jinghong is very eccentric.

After placing Tang Jinghong, I sprinkled some realgar at the door.

The smell of realgar can prevent foxes from approaching, not only foxes, centipedes, snakes, etc., many animals hate the smell of realgar.

Niu Meng came over and asked me, "Brother Jiu, what are you doing with male yellow?" Could it be that Miss Tang is a snake demon? ”

I gave him a blank look, "You've watched too much drama, haven't you?" What about Fahai, have you brought your things with you? ”

"Bring it."

"Let's go, go to Chengfu. Wait a minute...... I'm going to take a sample. After saying that, I ran into the underground secret room and took out the bird gun that Nan Ya had given me.

Niu Meng saw it and was taken aback, "Brother Jiu, do you have all this thing?" Aren't you afraid of being caught by the imperial court? ”

"What to catch, this is Jinyiwei's thing, Nan Ya asked me to keep it. You'll have to keep it a secret from me, and don't tell me anything. ”

Niu Meng nodded again and again, "It must be, you can't believe me, let me try this bird in a while." ”

"Let's go, let's talk about it when we get to Cheng's mansion."

So Niu Meng and I began to rush to Chengfu in the dark.

The bird is a firearm that is said to have been introduced from the Franc machine (Portugal). Francophone is also a country, far away from Daming, and I also listened to my grandfather.

My grandfather told me that the world is so big that if I have the opportunity in the future, I can also sail to the ocean, see everywhere, and broaden my horizons.

I heard that the girl on the other side of the sea was blonde and blue-eyed, but I didn't believe it anyway. People are either black or white, how can they have blonde hair?

Jinling City seems to be under martial law, and some taverns that are usually open at this point are closed.

There were also more soldiers patrolling the streets.

When such a big thing happens, it is natural for Lord Fu Yin to pay attention to it.

I helped Lord Fu Yin's wife pick up the child, and Lord Fu Yin gave me a tooth tag so that I could walk in Jinling City.

Therefore, when the officers and soldiers on the road asked me and Niu Meng, I showed my tooth card, saying that I had been ordered by Lord Yin to go to Chengfu to investigate the case, and they did not ask any more.

There are many officers and soldiers in such a big Jinling City, and it is impossible for everyone to know me and Niu Meng, but they recognize the tooth brand.

I wrapped the bird gun tightly in old cloth, and it did not arouse their suspicion.

When I approached Zhengyang Street, the surroundings gradually cooled down, and I could still see the lights on before. It was pitch black and I couldn't see anything.

Niu Meng lit the lantern and asked me, "Brother Jiu, why do I feel that something is wrong?" ”

"What's wrong?"

"You said that the people near Zhengyang Street moved away, but don't you know, the crickets and other people also moved away? It's too quiet, isn't it? ”

"Mengzi, let me correct you a little, the crickets only come out in autumn, and it's still summer. In addition, you can't call every day if you know it, and people have to rest. "Although I said this, I felt strange in my heart.

It's so quiet that you can't hear any insects or birds.

And the further I went, the more eerie I felt.

"Mengzi, are you afraid?"

"I deal with dead people every day, I haven't seen anything, what are you afraid of? Didn't Uncle Shi say that I don't do anything bad during the day, and I am not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night, and I haven't done anything wrong. ”

"How do I feel scared."

"Isn't it, Brother Nine? Can you be afraid? ”

"It's not that I'm afraid, it's just that I feel it...... I felt a little uncomfortable and couldn't speak. ”

"Then I'll sing a song to suppress your shock?"

"Okay."

Niu Meng sang as soon as he opened his mouth, "The dog days in June are very hot, Huai'er hugs Mrs. Zhu, and in his dreams, he has sex with her Luan Feng, and he wakes up and sleep......s alone" (excerpted from the twelve songs of the Ming Dynasty "Splitting Jade")

"Stop, stop, vulgar and vulgar, just your voice, there was no ghost in the first place, and you were also invited."

As soon as I finished speaking, a woman's singing voice came from not far away, "There is a fox Suisui, in Biqiliang." The heart is worried, and the son has no clothes. There is a fox Suisui, and he is very strong. The heart is worried, and the son has no belt. ”

The singing voice is melodious and tactful, deep and distant, and this voice sounds a bit like Tang Jinghong's voice.

Not only did I think so, but even Niu Meng heard it, "Brother Jiu, why is this voice a bit like Miss Tang's voice?" ”

The song was sung only once, and then it was gone. It was pitch black ahead, and I couldn't see anything, and when I looked up at the sky, the moon was also obscured, and the night sky seemed to be splashed with ink.

I took the bird gun in my hand and refreshed myself, "Fierce son, I don't feel quite right, cheer up, be careful." ”

Niu Meng nodded and hummed, and took out the pig-killing knife pinned to his waist.

The eight people who came to Chengfu to investigate the case before are all dead, and I have to guard against it.

The lantern could only illuminate the small place in front of me and Niu Meng, and it was surprisingly quiet, and I could even hear Niu Meng's exhalation.

When entering Zhengyang Street, a gust of wind blew, and the lantern in Niu Meng's hand was extinguished instantly, and the surroundings were completely plunged into darkness, and he couldn't see his fingers.

Niu Meng kept blowing beside him, and after blowing for a while, he scolded and scolded, "The thief dog is holding it, and the fire can't be hit." ”

Niu Meng is a layman, his temper comes up, and his mouth is full of swearing. If it weren't for the Daming law, scolding people would be punished, and this scolding person would definitely bring the eighteen generations of ancestors.

"Mengzi, stand still first, don't make a sound." After I finished instructing Niu Meng, I took out the wine gourd, unscrewed the stopper, and poured two sips of it.

This wine gourd is filled with soju, the wine is strong, the entrance is spicy, and it is still spicy in the stomach.

It's not that I like to drink shochu, it's that after I drink it, I can see things at night, and it has to be shochu, plum wine or rice wine.

This is one of my special abilities, and in addition to that, my sense of smell is also different from that of ordinary people.

Grandpa said that this ability is innate, just like Xiang Yu's innate divine power, as for why this is so, he has not yet studied it.

After a few sips of soju, I felt like a fire in my chest, hot and spicy, and a rush of alcohol rushed to my head.

I shook my head and rubbed my eyes, so that I could see my surroundings, not like during the day, but at night when there was moonlight.

At this time, Zhengyang Street looked dilapidated and depressed, and the doors on both sides of the street were full of cobwebs.

Worn planks lay on the ground, broken carts and miscellaneous items were everywhere, and a few rats were gathered in the middle of the street as if no one was around.

Cheng's mansion is two feet away from me and Niu Meng, and the vermilion gate is covered with a seal.

I took Niu Meng's fire fold and found that the saltpeter in it had run out.

"Mengzi, you grab my clothes, don't walk around, look for it in the process of the mansion, you should be able to find the fire fold." Niu Meng knows my abilities, but this is not an uncommon thing in his opinion.

There are many strange people in Jinling City, some people can hold a stick of incense under the water, and some people can travel 800 miles a day on foot.

Niu Meng said that the most powerful person he had ever seen could bend an iron rod as thick as an arm with his neck.

Therefore, he was not surprised by my ability to see at night, and even a little dismissive.

I took Niu Meng to the door of Cheng's mansion and looked carefully at the contents of the seal, and sure enough, it was sealed by the Jinyi Wei Detective Spirit Division.

The seal has been exposed to the wind and sun, and the handwriting appears a little blurred.

When I was about to push the door, Niu Meng lit the lantern again.

"Aren't you useless?"

"yes, so I brought both."

"You can't have said it sooner!"

"You didn't ask."

“…………”

Sometimes I really want to slam the cow to the ground and pound it firmly.

Niu Meng lifted the lantern and looked at the seal on the door, and asked me, "Brother Jiu, you said that if there are no demons and monsters in this world, why did the imperial court set up the Jinyi Guard Soul Exploration Division?" ”

"The Jinyi Guard Exploration Division is to study and solve those strange and chaotic things, think about it, the reason why strange things are strange is because everyone doesn't understand them, you figure it out, isn't it strange.

However, I heard Nan Ya say that the Jinyi Guard's establishment of the Soul Exploration Division seems to be related to the emperor's desire to live forever. ”

The Jinyi Guardian Soul Division was established in recent years, and the person who came up with the idea was still my grandfather. He took Nanya to the capital, and I stayed in Jinling with my uncle.

I only know that Nan Ya is now the commander of the Jinyi Guard's Soul Exploration Division, and my grandfather works for the royal family, so I don't know exactly what he does.

"Brother Jiu, do you say that there is an elixir of life in this world?" Niu Meng asked me again.

I shook my head, "Impossible, if there were, wouldn't all those emperors in the past survive to the present?" They have so much power, what kind of people can't be found. ”

"That's right." Niu Meng said, "squeak" pushed open the door of Cheng Mansion.

As soon as I pushed open a gap, a dark wind blew in my face, mixed with the smell of rotting corpses, which made me frown.

The lantern in Niu Meng's hand was blown out again, and the cry of a baby was heard all around.

Niu Meng suddenly grabbed my wrist tightly, "Brother Jiu, did you hear it, there are really children crying, at least dozens of ......"