After sitting for about ten minutes, the sky gradually darkened, and then the middle-aged man sitting on the right got up and stood in the center of the lobby, looked at the sky for a while, and then looked at the time on his watch and finally spoke

"First of all, on behalf of the Cheng family, I would like to thank you for coming, it is getting late today, presumably there are probably only a few masters who come to the door, first introduce yourself, contemptible Cheng Qin, God rewards diligence. This is my father, Cheng Fanglong, the current head of the Cheng family. ”

Cheng Qin pointed to an old man in black shirt who was sitting under him and said, the old man nodded slightly to everyone.

"This is Uncle Cheng Jin, and he is also the oldest person in the family. Speaking of this, Cheng Qin sighed slightly, and everyone didn't speak, basically everyone who came here knew some news.

Then Cheng Qin pointed to Cheng Jin's next one and said

"This is my uncle, Cheng Qiang. Erbo Chengwu .

I'm afraid you already knew what happened to my Cheng family before you came, so I won't say anything superfluous. Presumably everyone also knows that this place is the ancestral hall of my Cheng family, and it can also be regarded as the place where my Cheng family supports the elderly, but now something unexplainable has happened, so Cheng can only ask for help.

Except for the old people in the family, we don't live here, so we can only find out what the cause is in five days and solve it, and if it hasn't been solved after five days, we plan to move.

Of course, everyone will not work in vain, our Cheng family decided to take out 30,000 yuan to solve this matter after discussion, as long as everyone figures out what the reason is, and the solution of the 30,000 is everyone's, if it can't be solved, our Cheng family will still reimburse the carriage and horse expenses.

Of course, if this matter can be solved, 30,000 yuan is only a lot more, I believe you still know about the credibility of my Cheng family. ”

After speaking, Cheng Qin turned around and bent down slightly, and said to the old man sitting on the left

"Of course, for this time, I believe that this matter will definitely be resolved. ”

After speaking, he said to Hu Qi and the others

"I'm sure you'll do your best.

You've been sitting for so long, you're hungry, aren't you! My Cheng family has prepared a little wine banquet, and I hope you will appreciate your faces, after all, it's easy to do things when you're full. ”

At this time, which monk dressed up and said, "Yes, yes, I don't know if Master Cheng is preparing a meal, the little monk can't break the precepts!"

Cheng Qin laughed and said, "The Extreme Master laughed, knowing that you are also here, how can you not prepare a meal?"

Then the Extreme Mage folded his hands and smiled, "That's good, that's good." ”

Cheng Qin then said to the Taoist priest who was sitting under Wu Qingfeng

"Of course, we have also prepared an old wine that Yun Dao Chang likes to drink, so I must drink it well today. ”

Yun Dao Chang nodded slightly and said, "There is a labor benefactor, so donor bother." ”

"Mr. Fang's favorite food, we have also prepared a little bit of food or two. ”

Mr. Fang, who was sitting in front of Hu Qi, also nodded slightly

"You're welcome. ”

Then Cheng Qin turned his head to Hu Qi and Li Yumu, and then Steward Cheng on the side hurriedly ran over and said a few words to Cheng Qin's ear. Only then did Cheng Qin speak

"It turned out to be Daoist Hu Qi and Daoist Li Xumu, I can't feel enough to be here today, if you need anything, just say, you're welcome, the two of you can go out of the school alone at a young age, and your future is limitless!"

Hu Qi said: "You're welcome." ”

Then everyone said a few more polite words, and then they were led into the backyard by Steward Cheng.

Among them, Hu Qi also roughly knew the origin of these people, that old man Wu Qingfeng actually had a little relationship with that Wu Ye, and this Wu Qingfeng was a well-known figure in the loose cultivation world in Lizhou, and he was also the first person in the loose cultivation world in Lizhou, so he didn't know it secretly.

And that Wu Ye also became prosperous in Lizhou because of his relative Wu Qingfeng.

And the full name of that Taoist priest is Yun Yicheng, a Huoju Taoist priest, a native of Lizhou, and a family. He is also regarded as the number one person in the Lizhou Scattered Cultivation Circle, and the ancestral Taoism of the family also has some strength.

And the Extreme Master didn't know where he came from, according to himself he called himself an ascetic, but Hu Qi looked at him with a ruddy face and bright clothes and did not look like an ascetic.

And that Mr. Fang is a well-known funeral gentleman in Lizhou, so this time it is probably this Mr. Fang who is presiding over these funerals, and Hu Qi and them are mainly to find the reason and solve the matter.

After entering the inner courtyard, Hu Qi saw that there was some meaning of doing funerals at home, and a large group of men and women of all ages and young men and women were sitting at the dining table with sad faces in white plain clothes, waiting for Hu Qi to sit down, and then slowly began to eat, even if it was eating, it was absent-minded.

After all, three people died one after another, so it is normal to have this kind of reaction, and those who received Hu Qi and them before are probably also a few people in charge of the Cheng family.

This kind of thing happened at home, so calm and able to receive Hu Qi with a smile on his face, they are also a character.

Maybe it's because of the environment, everyone is just eating silently, and Li Jimu next door to Hu Qi is naturally impossible to speak, he walked for nearly a day today, and he walked hungry for a day, and now he finally eats.

............

After eating and drinking enough, Steward Cheng took Hu Qi and a few of them to the ancestral hall at the back, and by the way, to see if there were any clues.

From the side of the inner courtyard, he entered the back of the courtyard, the Cheng family ancestral hall.

Only then did Hu Qi see the whole picture of the Cheng family's compound. It's a three-in-out yard, and the area is not small.

Arrived at the ancestral hall. Several plaques with large golden characters in the ancestral hall of the Cheng family are hung high on the beams.

But now there is still white silk hanging on it, and white lanterns are still hanging on both sides.

Below are a few people wearing linen and filial piety, kneeling under the spiritual seat of the ancestral hall and burning yellow paper.

Others knelt in front of two coffins and a corpse in a shroud to light incense and burn paper.

Needless to say, the two coffins must be the old lady and great-uncle of the Cheng family, who were originally planned to be buried, but now another one has died.

A group of people stepped forward and lit three sticks of incense, and after inserting them, they said, "I have confessed." ”

Then they all stepped forward to check the corpse, and now there are no clues but to leave the examiner from the corpse, of course, they also went after communicating with the Cheng family in advance.

Hu Qi and Li Xumu were hanging at the end, and when they all finished reading the corpse that died today and planned to open the museum, Hu Qi and Li Xumu began to look at the first corpse, the fresh corpse that died today.

Hu Qi carefully observed this corpse, wearing a black dragon pattern shroud, the dragon pattern was something that only the emperor could use in ancient times, but now there is no need to pay so much attention to it.

On the contrary, the old man's face gives people a very peaceful feeling, and the face of the old man who dies naturally is basically peaceful. But the old man's countenance gave a sense of and deliberateness.

Hu Qi, on the other hand, this old man is about ninety years old, which is considered to be old, and no one will feel anything if he dies with age and this countenance.