After arriving at the gate of the Cheng family compound, Hu Qi found that the door of the compound was closed, and this Cheng family compound was a bit similar to the kind of mansion of the ancient big family, the door was the kind of big red door, the kind of blue bricks and white tiles, but there were two stone lions in front of the courtyard.

Moreover, there are two big white lanterns hanging on the eaves of the gate now, and people can tell at a glance that the family is holding a funeral.

Hu Qi stood at the door, gave Li Xumu a look, and then began to take out the Taoist robe in the bag and put it on, while Li Xumu stepped forward and knocked on the door.

Originally, Hu Qi planned to knock on the door and go in, but the old man before gave Hu Qi a warning, after all, they were too young. If you knock on the door directly, people may not necessarily let them in.

As the saying goes, "People rely on clothes, and Buddha relies on gold!" If it weren't for Hu Qi's Taoist robe and compass before, it is estimated that the old man would not believe that Hu Qi is a Taoist priest. So for the sake of unnecessary trouble, Hu Qi felt that he should put on the robe first. At first glance, you can tell that it is the regular kind.

"Bang bang bang!" The knocking sound of the golden knocker and the red gate colliding was enough to attract the people in the courtyard.

After a while, Hu Qi heard the sound of hurried footsteps, and with a "creak" sound, the red door opened a crack, and an old man dressed in ordinary plain clothes leaned out.

looked at Li Xumu and asked, "May I ask who you are?" Probably because he saw Li Xumu wearing a Taoist robe behind him!

"Are you invited gentlemen?"

Li Yumu stood aside and replied, "Yes, yes, yes, we were introduced by Wu Ye." ”

Generally, there will be some people in a place who specialize in introducing some things, and it is obvious that this Wu Ye is one of them, and Li Yumu also got the news from this Wu Ye.

Of course, generally those who do this line of work will have a little to do with the sect association or the relevant departments to do things and the like, after all, there is no energy to do things badly, and no one will look for you, of course, to do this kind of introduction is to charge a certain commission, and those who ask him to find someone to do things will be charged a commission, and those who ask him to find a job will also be charged a little introduction fee.

However, Hu Qi and Li Yumu had no money, but showed their official identity and said that they were going to investigate, and asked him to cooperate, so it saved an introduction fee, so it is good to have an official identity.

After all, it's not just this Wu Ye, it is estimated that the relevant departments would not have thought that someone would use this identity to save a little introduction fee.

And in order to save money, Hu Qi and Li Xumu came on foot all the way, because they couldn't afford to take a taxi and couldn't even afford to sit on a bus. And his car is still pressed against the hotel.

As soon as the old man heard that it was Wu Ye who introduced him, he immediately stood up and made a gesture of please.

Hu Qi stepped forward unhurriedly, and when Hu Qi and Li Shumu stepped into the door, the old man walked in the door, and then closed the door again.

After Hu Qi and Li Xumu stepped into the gate, a shadow wall carved with dragons and phoenixes blocked Hu Qi in front of them, and the shadow wall was called Xiao Qiang in ancient times. This wall must be used to block the view, of course, this wall also has a saying to block ghosts, but Hu Qi knows from looking at the pattern and carving that this is just an ordinary use to block the view.

After the old man had closed the door, he turned around.

"Old Cheng Xiao, just past the age of Ershun, because I am usually the youngest here, so basically I am in Zhang Luo for the big and small things in the courtyard, in fact, it is like a housekeeper. After a long time, everyone jokingly called me a housekeeper, so the two of you just called me Steward Cheng. I don't know what the two of them are called. ”

Li Shumu said, "My name is Li Shumu, and this is my senior brother Hu Qi. ”

When Hu Qi was introduced, Hu Qi nodded slightly to Steward Cheng, and Steward Cheng also nodded slightly.

Come this way, saying that, Steward Cheng made another invitation, and then took Hu Qi and they passed over from the left side, out of the shadow wall, Hu Qi and Li Xumu saw the layout of the Cheng family's compound.

Behind the shadow wall is a large green brick open space, planted with a lot of flowers and trees on both sides, and a small pond with rockeries and colorful fish.

There are also paths along the pond and the flowers, and the path leads to a compact room on the side, and in front of the blue brick clearing is a room similar to a lobby, where several people dressed as Taoist priests and monks sit on the left, and some middle-aged people in suits and collars sit on the right and right.

And sitting on the left is an old man in a gray robe, with a black round hat, with a goatee, the old man sits on the left and touches his goatee from time to time, and the old man is also standing next to a woman who looks about 20 years old and full of pockmarks, looking at the figure is not bad, but it is a pity that this face is full of pockmarks.

Steward Cheng took Hu Qi and them to the last position on the left, not to say that they underestimated Hu Qi, but because the front was full, they couldn't drive people down and sit down!

After Hu Qi sat down, Steward Cheng brought a stool and put it next to Hu Qi, signaling Li Shumu to sit down, and after a while, Steward Cheng came over with two cups of tea.

During this period, Hu Qi and Li Xumu were looking at them, and they were also looking at Hu Qi and Li Xumu.

Hu Qi took a general look, in the entire lobby, in addition to Steward Cheng and himself, there were ten people, and the ones on the right and the first on the right should be the Cheng family's own people. And these people on the left should be the people invited by the Cheng family, and there are a total of thirteen people in the entire lobby plus Hu Qi, Li Xiaomu and Cheng Steward.

Hu Qi of the Cheng family didn't take a general look, and they should be introduced in a while, while these people on the left, Hu Qi, were looking carefully.

Sitting in front of Hu Qi was a middle-aged man in a green shirt who was about fifty or sixty years old, but Hu Qi probably only had slight fluctuations in cultivation, and the preliminary judgment was that he only had two or three years of Taoism.

Sitting in front of the middle-aged man in the green shirt was a middle-aged man about thirty years old dressed as a monk, and it seemed that his Taoism was lower than that of Li Shumu in eight or nine years.

In front of the monk is also a person dressed as a Taoist priest, who is only thirty or forty years old, similar to the previous monk, and his Taoism is similar, but it is a little deeper than the monk, similar to Li Shumu!

And the old man on the left, Hu Qi, couldn't help but look at it twice, he actually has more than 20 years of Taoism, and his Taoism is a little more advanced than Hu Qi, but it seems that he is only 223 years old, and he does not pose any threat to Hu Qi.

At best, she has a little more experience than Hu Qi, but the pock-faced woman next to the old man actually has a similar Taoism as Li Xiaomu.

You must know that Li Xumu's talent is not bad, although there is no nonsense and perversion, but Li Xumu has a grandfather, and there are a lot of natural treasures from snacks.

It seems that this woman's talent is not bad.

Perhaps sensing Hu Qi's gaze, the old man also looked at Hu Qi, during which the two looked at each other, and the old man nodded slightly, and Hu Qi also nodded slightly.

Even if it was a greeting and a good fate, Hu Qi believed that the old man should also see that he was unusual, to say that the old man saw Hu Qi's Taoism Hu Qi did not believe it, and the only method was not seen by a casual cultivator, unless the Tao was decades higher than Hu Qi's Taoism.

And this old man should just sense that Hu Qi is not simple.