Chapter 166: Xu Mansion
Although Mrs. Xu agreed, and at Long Xuanling's request, she paid a thousand ocean silver tickets first, but Long Xuanling said that she could not cure Xu Qiufeng immediately.
Hearing this, Mrs. Xu immediately became annoyed, and yelled at Long Xuanling: "You have collected the money, what kind of shelf will you bring me?" Yes? ”
Today, Mrs. Xu is no longer as dignified as before, and she looks like a shrew.
And Long Xuanling still had a calm face, looked at Mrs. Xu and said, "There is a reason for the incident, and we must go to your house to find the root cause." ”
"The root cause is that I ate that sister-in-law's little finger, haven't you understood?" Mrs. Xu was a little anxious.
"If you still have time to make a noise here, just continue, I can spend it with you, but your son may not have time anymore." Long Xuanling looked at Mrs. Xu without changing his face.
Mrs. Xu gritted her teeth, her face turned pale, and in the end, she agreed to take us to the provincial capital Xu's house.
Long Xuanling and I went back to the house, packed some change of clothes, and asked the pangolins to wait for us to come back before opening.
Uncle Xiao handed me the compass: "Anzhi, Uncle can't use this compass, I'll give it to you in the future." ”
"Uncle?" I looked at the compass.
This is the only magic weapon that my uncle has left by his side.
"You take it, let it be useful to live up to it, remember to be careful, come back early." There was a slight uneasiness in the little uncle's eyes.
I nodded again and again, and followed Long Xuanling out of the alley, where Mrs. Xu's carriage was already waiting.
However, Long Xuanling resolutely refused to sit with them, and asked Mrs. Xu to hire another carriage before traveling.
It only takes half a day to get from Anyuan Town to the provincial capital, but there are soldiers guarding the provincial capital here, and you still need to get off the carriage and be inspected when you enter the provincial capital.
On the side gate of the provincial capital, there are a large number of paintings with wanted bounties.
I glanced at it casually, but I didn't expect that there were actually me and Long Xuanling, and they were ranked at the top, because the bounty amount of the two of them was already as high as five thousand oceans.
The soldier knew Mrs. Xu, and after a casual glance at us, he motioned for us to get into the carriage.
When I returned to the carriage, I saw that Long Xuanling's face seemed to become more solemn.
"What's wrong?" I asked in a low voice.
"We've all been far away from Beijing, but we didn't expect this wanted notice to come here?" Long Xuanling said and lowered his eyes: "I'm afraid, after a while, this place will no longer be safe." ”
"Why, have you forgotten, now you and I have already changed our faces." I patted the back of Long Xuanling's hand as I spoke: "Don't worry, no one will know our identity." ”
"Hmm." Long Xuanling nodded, but the uneasiness in his eyes obviously did not decrease.
After entering the provincial capital, the carriage quickly stopped, and the coachman opened the curtain of the carriage and asked us to get off.
At this moment, the sky was already dark, and after we got out of the car, we saw the Xu family's house, which was a rich and noble family.
There were still two servants standing at the door, and when they saw that Mrs. Xu and the young master were back, they hurriedly opened the door and welcomed us in.
Mrs. Xu asked her subordinates to take Young Master Xu to rest, and she took us to the main hall.
first arranged for us to have tea, and then asked people to invite Master Xu over.
After half a cup of tea, Master Xu came, but he looked worse than Mrs. Xu.
As soon as he saw Mrs. Xu, he asked, "How?" ”
"This is Dr. Xuan who was invited from Anyuan Town." Mrs. Xu said and looked at us again: "Do you see any clues?" ”
"Please send a handmaid and take us around the house." Long Xuanling looked at Mrs. Xu and said.
Mrs. Xu nodded, and directly asked Cui'er to show us around.
Master Xu looked Long Xuanling and me up and down, and estimated that the two of us were mediocre and young, and they didn't look like any masters or anything like that.
So with a long sigh, that expression didn't give us any hope or expectation at all.
Cui'er took us from the front yard to the backyard.
Long Xuanling and I also heard the sound of the bell ringing, Cui'er said, there is a temple behind me, I remembered that Mrs. Xu said before that they moved to live near the temple for the sake of Young Master Xu.
It turned out that this huge mansion was not the ancestral home of the Xu family at all.
"This backyard is where the lady and the aunt live." Cui'er pointed to the two rows of houses next to the rockery in the backyard.
"What about your young master? Which one to live in? I asked.
"The one closest to the back door." Cui'er pointed farther.
Long Xuanling motioned for her to take us over to have a look, and Cui'er led me and Long Xuanling around the rockery and walked towards Xu Qiufeng's house.
There were two servants standing at the door of Xu Qiufeng's house, and Cui'er said that we were invited by Mrs. Xu to exorcise evil spirits, and the two servants opened the door.
As soon as the door opened, I could smell the smell of burning incense and candles, and the room was filled with smoke.
I couldn't see the furnishings in the house clearly, but Cui'er seemed to be afraid that the incense would drift away, so she hurriedly motioned for us to enter the house, and then closed the door.
In this room, there are bookshelves, round tables, and a jade screen of great value.
And behind this screen is Xu Qiufeng's bed, Cui'er took us around to the bed, and there was a very white-looking servant standing on the side looking at Xu Qiufeng.
"Si Tong, have you fed the young master water? Why are the young master's lips dry like this? Cui'er looked at Xu Qiufeng's lips and asked the servant on the side.
The servant named Si Tong hurriedly said: "Sister Cui'er, this young master has already drunk water, and Madame explained, you can only give water after feeding the young master for dinner for a while, otherwise you won't be able to eat." ”
"Hmm." Cui'er nodded.
I looked at Xu Qiufeng lying on the bed, he was asleep at the moment, his body was covered with a thick futon, and a lot of sweat appeared on his forehead, causing strands of hair to stick to his head.
"He's hot, change him with a futon." Long Xuanling opened his mouth and said to Cui'er.
"Doctor Xuan, no, I changed the futon for the young master before, and the young master was seriously ill, and the lady said, the young master's futon can't move." Cui'er said from the side.
Long Xuanling stretched out his hand and pulled the futon, frowning, but didn't say anything.
"Cui'er, Madame asked you to come over."
At this moment, the servant outside the door suddenly came in and said a word to Cui'er.
Cui'er nodded, let's wait here for a while, and she will go back as soon as she goes.
As soon as Cui'er left, Long Xuanling asked the boy if Xu Qiufeng was covered with this futon all year round.
Si Tong nodded again and again, saying that it seemed to be two or three years, and the lady instructed the young master to only cover this bedding.