On the second day after Prince He and Gong Qin arrived in Yezhou, they began to repair the ancestral tomb of Zhang Luo.

With such a Luo, the villagers in this village naturally only knew that Gong Qin had returned.

Gong's parent is the first champion in the village and the pride of the village.

The villagers are hospitable, simple and unpretentious. Everyone gathered at Gong Qin's original house, and brought Gong Qin a lot of food that was only available in his hometown.

For the villagers, this food is a daily food. Now for Gong Qin, it has become a specialty. And the prince is even more so, many of them have not been seen, and they are very curious.

Gong Qin was moved to see the food brought by these villagers, and Prince He was excited to see the food.

In order to avoid some troubles and incidents, Prince Gong did not explain the true identity of Prince He, only said that it was a friend of his.

Gong Qin is now an official in the court, so he naturally wants to do something practical for the villagers.

Within the scope of Gong Qin's ability, within the law, and morality, Gong Qin also wants to do something for the villagers.

The villagers were also simple, and they didn't make any special requests, so they mentioned some trivial things.

Taking advantage of the gap in repairing the ancestral tomb, the two decided to visit the villages around Yezhou.

Although you can't investigate it carefully, it's still okay to look around.

Yezhou is a border city, the city is not big, and there are not many villages, so it will not take too much time.

In order to get close to the villagers of unfamiliar villages and gain their trust, the two decided to think of a strategy and plan.

The initial plan formulated by the two was that after arriving in the village, Prince Gong and Prince Gong were outsiders. Although the villagers are still simple and hospitable. But thinking about it is not what the two of them are good at after all.

Although the prince is a self-acquaintance, he is familiar with the girl. Gong Qin has some recognition, if he is not familiar with people, he almost does not know how to chat.

Besides, even though the villagers are simple and hospitable. You can't go to that station, and people will take the initiative to tell you the information you want to know.

After thinking about it, the two felt that there was still a need for something to be mediated. In this way, the villagers can take the initiative to come to them, and then use this medium to naturally chat with the villagers and get acquainted.

Once you've gained trust, ask them their final questions.

In this way, the difficulty coefficient is naturally reduced a lot.

In the end, after discussion, the two decided to pretend to be masters of evil spirits.

After all, at that stage when technology and science were not developed, there were still many phenomena that could not be explained.

The villagers are very conscious, and the first reaction of this unexplained phenomenon is to set up ghosts and gods, and think about ghosts and gods.

The master of sitting and eliminating evil spirits is easy to get close to the villagers, and secondly, it is easy to know some strange things in this village, and thirdly, it can be regarded as a major thing for the villagers to do a great thing of psychological comfort.

However, no one with Prince He or Prince Gong has ever done such a thing as eliminating evil spirits.

Fortunately, there are sacrifices in the palace every year.

As the saying goes, haven't you ever eaten pork and haven't seen a pig run!

Although he is not a professional, there are many sacrifices in the palace every year, and the national teacher has seen a lot of evil spirits.

Do what the national teacher does, it's definitely right.

And the prince is also very fond of the food in this state.

The two discussed, since Yezhou has come, it is not in vain to collect some local products by the way.

After all, the master is also a mortal who eats whole grains, and it is not so incongruous to collect some local souvenirs by the way.

This received a lot of special products, and the prince decided to ask the emperor for reimbursement and let the emperor distribute it to the harem.

This harem is big, with a mother and the emperor's heirs. Distribute it casually, which not only seems to be the emperor's grace, but also will not be wasted.

Besides, the souvenirs collected are all food.

Prince He should give full play to his swinger nature and squander it, even if he brings it back to the capital, no one will suspect it.

At most, it is said that what else can be done except squandering, and I don't know the suffering of the people.

The villagers take out what they can't eat and sell it to them, which can be regarded as promoting economic development, which is a great thing.

Under the banner of the master of eliminating evil spirits, the two of them collected some souvenirs by the way and started the activity.

Sure enough, he quickly gained the trust of the villagers. After gaining trust, the two will chat quietly with the villagers.

Have you always lived here?

Has anything particularly strange happened in the last 0 or 0 years?

Most of the time, the two of them simply collect the specialty. Think about it, where did so many evils come from, if there are really so many, I am afraid that the country of Sina will not be long in life.

Until the two arrived at a place called Wuxi Village outside the city. The two finally heard something they wanted.

There is a big family surnamed He in the village, who should have been a big official in the court before.

Later, he came and settled here.

According to the older generation, this house was newly built at that time. Many people of the older generation have participated in the construction of this house during their leisure time.

The villagers thought that the old officials who had retired from the village could be regarded as having been sheltered.

However, the family is very low-key and rarely interacts with the villagers.

Villagers rarely see the family go out.

Except for usually watching the people in this house go out to buy, I have hardly seen the owner of this family.

Even if there is something in Yezhou, it is the officials of Yezhou who come to the door in person.

But just around 0 years ago, it was still the last years of the previous dynasty, and there was war everywhere.

One night the family suddenly caught fire, and a fire burned the family to ashes.

At that time, that fire was not an ordinary fire.

The whole village rushed to extinguish the fire, and later alarmed the officials in the yamen, and they all put out the fire together.

The villagers all felt that the fire could not be extinguished at all, and it became more and more prosperous as the month passed.

In the end, there was only one way left, and that was to watch the fire burn out little by little, and all the items in the house would be extinguished.

And the fire seemed to have burned into a raging fire all at once. There was no warning at all.

All the doors in the house were locked, and no one from outside could get in.

No one in the house ran out, and no roaring was heard.

After the fire was extinguished, the people of the yamen cleaned it up. The villagers thought it would be a litter of corpses. Unexpectedly, in the house, not a single body was found.

The villagers speculated that the fire was too big and was burned to ashes.

This happened in the village, where the officials often haunted during that time. In addition, it coincided with the war at that time, and many people did not have enough to eat. Many villagers want to sneak into abandoned houses at night, hoping to find a little gold, silver and jewelry.

But all who went in returned empty-handed.

At first, the villagers thought it had been cleaned up by the yamen and confiscated.

Later, there was a villager in the village who worked as a servant in the yamen.

When chatting with him, I found out that after the fire was extinguished, the yamen immediately closed the scene.

After the officials entered, apart from the ruins, not even the gold and silver jewels the size of sesame seeds were found.

The prefect of the Yamen thought that he was hiding, so he ordered the Jedi Sanchi to be found as well.

So for a long time, the officials were in the abandoned house, digging everywhere. But in the end, not even a single copper plate was found.

Later, some people speculated that they were either robbed and killed, or they were evil.

However, it is clear that the villagers are more inclined to do evil.

If you rob money and are killed, you won't even find the body, and you won't even have a copper plate.

Only evil deeds can be so neat and tidy.

Since it is an evil spirit, the villagers are afraid that these evil spirits will run out, so they have invited many mages to do it.

In recent years, this house has been strange, and there are always a few days a year when you can see the fire in this house at night. The villagers were scared and did not dare to approach.

It's very strange here, and the two hurriedly asked, what month does this fire usually appear.

Villagers recalled that it seemed that the months were indefinite, sometimes April, sometimes May, sometimes January.

After listening to this, the two asked about the family and the situation at home.

Because of this family, they are relatively low-key on weekdays, and they have little contact with the villagers. Plus this was more than 0 years ago. Most of the older generation who know about this is no longer in this world.

Since the two of them are masters of eliminating evil spirits, they must be asked by the villagers to enter to remove evil spirits.

At first, the two thought that the villagers would not let the two of them enter because they were afraid of evil spirits, so they could just get rid of the evil spirits outside the house. Both of them were going to sneak in at night to have a look. Unexpectedly, the villagers were still enthusiastic and invited them to go directly to get rid of the evil spirits.

It's pie in the sky.

After listening to the villagers' stories, the two pretended to prepare and entered the abandoned house.

The abandoned mansion has been passed by the Jedi, and there is little hope of finding valuable evidence.

After the two entered the abandoned mansion, they asked Gong Qin with a hippie smile on the prince's hippie face, "Lord Gong, are you afraid?" ”

"What is there to be afraid of." Master Gong had a serious face and a serious look.

"Why aren't you afraid?"

"Who's not having a few relatives underground. Afraid of what? ”

"Cow. However, what the villagers said was very similar to what Master Gong had told me before. Can these two things be one thing? ”

"I'm only roughly supporting what my mother said, I don't know the specifics. However, the two things coincide very well. I'd like to believe that these two things are one and the same. ”

"I also believe that these two things are one thing. Master Gong felt that this incident was man-made or a natural disaster. ”

"Artificial."

"Why are you so sure?"

"Natural disasters will not be so clean, and people and money will be empty."

"Hmm." And the prince said approvingly.

"Who will take the money of the dead?"

"Naturally, they are tomb robbers, but tomb robbers have always robbed tombs and will not kill people. However, there was not a single corpse in the house, nor any gold or silver jewels. Even if the family is defeated in the middle of the road and there is no reserve of gold and silver, at least there will be some hair accessories and wear. Even a maid should have basic accessories. ”

"But there was nothing, only to show that the house was empty when the fire broke out. And before the fire, it was carefully cleaned up. Completely pack up all items that may be used as evidence. As for the gold, silver and jewelry, it is natural to find out his source, and it is easy to leak his identity. Naturally, there is no one left. ”

The two reached a consensus on this point.

There was nothing in the ruined house except the ruins and rubbles that could not be burned.

If anything, it is that it is dilapidated after digging three feet into the ground, and occasionally in places that have not been excavated, you can see some broken WALL-E.

And the prince picked up a piece and wiped it clean, and looked at it carefully.

"Is there anything special about this fragment?" Master Gong asked.

"It can't be said to be strange, it's just a very ordinary porcelain piece."

"Looking at you, I don't think it should be an ordinary porcelain piece, right?"

"Yes. Since it is a large family, even if it is unwilling to really break the ancient pieces, there should be a few fakes in this one. This fake can't be taken with you. Fakes are not worth much, and even if they have to trace the source, it is very difficult. ”

"What if there are no fakes?"

"Impossible, right? There are several pieces on this royal house. ”

"Oh. Is the prince still short of money? ”

"There's no shortage of money, it's just a lack of things. This king liked it very much, but he couldn't buy the original product, so he bought a fake to comfort himself. ”

"Oh, I see."

"But the ones in the palace are all genuine."

"What Prince He means is that there are some things that the emperor has, but Prince He also likes. So you can only buy fakes? ”

"How is it possible, the relationship between this king and the emperor is very good, as long as this king speaks, the royal brother will not be stingy."

"I'm curious about one thing, what is the reason why they emptied all the belongings in the house and burned this place." And the prince frowned.

"I don't know. But it must be for the destruction of some traces. ”

"I'm afraid there will be no traces of this fire, right?"

"So, does Prince He think they are going to be destroyed, and there are traces of the history of living here?"

"Pretty much. The king had an idea. Prince He said with some excitement.

"It's not a good idea, but let's hear it first."

"Master Gong, after we return to the city later, we will go upstairs and walk around!"

Prince Gong did not answer and continued to walk forward.

The two walked around the abandoned house, posted a few charms that they didn't know where to buy, and left.

After the two came out, the villagers thanked the two.

The two of them returned to the city, and after freshening up and dressing up, it was almost dark.

The two really went upstairs to Mo, which can be regarded as the second time that Gong Qin went upstairs to Mo in men's clothes.

When I got to Mo upstairs, I found a good place to sit down with the prince, and the second person came again last time.

"The two masters are here again today, what are you going to order today?"

"Do you remember the two of us?" and the Prince

"That's nature, the two masters are extraordinary, and naturally remember."

He smiled at the prince, this is really a universal sycophant, no matter what the occasion, anyone can use it, "Okay." So what do you think is suitable for us today? ”

"I think that Mo's signature dish upstairs is the most suitable for the two of them."

That's right, it seems that this two is really a human spirit.

"Okay, then the signature dish. By the way, we have been walking around Yezhou City in the past few days, and there is a place called Wuxi Village, do you know? ”

"Master, it's a coincidence. The people's home happens to be in this Wuxi village. ”

"Oh, is it? There is an abandoned house in Wuxi Village, do you know? ”

"Oh, the abandoned mansion that the master said, but the abandoned mansion that was burned down by a fire more than 0 years ago?"

"Exactly."

"When did you go?"

"Today."

"Today, I just happened to have something upstairs today, and I wasn't there."

"It's okay, it's okay if you say it now."

"This abandoned house, in fact, is nothing, and when I and a few playmates often sneak in to play. Except for some ruins, there is nothing. ”

"And then?"

"In the past, there was a ruined temple outside the village, and there were beggars living in the ruined temple. A group of us kids go to play a lot. There was an old beggar inside, and no one cared about him on weekdays. We kids played with him, and one day he whispered to us. Just a few days before the fire, the old beggar had been begging for food in the house. Overheard them saying they were going to Wuzhou. He said it's a secret, let's not go around saying it. Isn't this just a big family moving, what's the secret? It has nothing to do with us, at that time, I didn't even know where Wuzhou was, and when I told the adults, we were talking nonsense. It's just the right time to talk to the two masters today. ”

Prince He laughed when he heard this, "What kind of secret is this, I thought it was inside this house, what's strange?" The old beggar is probably old and confused. ”

Gong Qin sat on the side without speaking, calmly picked up the teacup and tasted the tea carefully.

"Perhaps. The old beggar seemed to be dead later. ”

He took out a piece of silver to him, "Although I haven't heard any real secrets, it has made us happy." This is your reward, and it can be regarded as our fate. ”

"Mr. Xie. I'm going to pass the food to the two of you. ”

Wuzhou, this information is really big news for Prince He and Prince Gong.

The acting skills of Prince He are really good, otherwise how could he deceive the old ministers of the court.

"Wuzhou, the capital of the former dynasty." Gong Qin finally spoke.

"It seems that this Mo is really still a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger when he goes upstairs."

The two glanced at each other, and it was worth the trip.

In the past few days, the ancestral tomb of Lord Gong's family has also been almost repaired.

It's almost time to leave and head back to the capital.

Before leaving, the two went to the restaurant that Cai Xiaoxiao said, which was really very queenly.

After that, the two went to the home of the private school teacher when Gong Qinshi was in school, and thanked the teacher for so many years of teaching.

What should be done in Yezhou is also done, and it is time to return to Beijing.

When they arrived in the capital, the two sent a flying pigeon to the emperor.

Cai Xiao quietly left the palace and waited for them at the agreed place.

Since they had to change the carriage in order to conceal themselves, Cai Xiaoxiao also covered his veil from beginning to end to hide people's eyes and ears.

When he arrived at Prince He's Mansion, he and Prince arranged Cai Xiaoxiao in a more secluded place in the prince's mansion according to the agreement.

Three meals a day are delivered by slaves and maids to the door, and then by Prince He himself.

No one in the palace has ever seen the true appearance of the woman who the prince brought back from outside.

I only know that the prince cares about this woman very much, and he does many things himself.

About half a month later, one night, the prince quietly sent Cai Yuxiao into the carriage from the back door. Then he drove the carriage all the way through the customs and sent Cai Xiaoxiao into the palace and sent to the Zhaixiu Palace.

This can be regarded as a complete return to Zhao.

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