The man stood in the wind, his clothes flying, but he could not hide his upright figure and calm and elegant demeanor. Xu Chu stared blankly at the person with the jade crown and his hair tied and an extremely bright lantern in his hand, and he didn't know whether to admire or delight. Thinking about it, when I was in Yunan County, I watched his shadow on the window, and I slept for a long time, and I couldn't help but chuckle at the moment.

She moved slowly, pursing her lips and stepping out the door. Sure enough, no matter how many times that person saw it, she would feel God's kindness to him.

When he saw Xu Chu looking over, he couldn't help but smile faintly. Under the wind and moon, the person who has always been cold and lonely is as confusing as the immortals from the heavenly palace. made Xu Chu feel that this sultry moonlight was also a little illusory, just like a dream.

Xu Chu held her breath, and turned around and closed the door with trepidation but hope, which should have been a momentary action, but she did it extremely slowly. Naturally, after some movements, she took a deep breath to suppress the faint shyness in her heart, and then pursed her lips and said softly: "Childe also noticed that something was wrong?" ”

Xiao Qinglang flexed his fingers and straightened her collar before he chuckled and said, "This matter is indeed different, if my guess is correct, it should not be us that the other party is pretending to be a ghost like this." ”

Xu Chu looked sideways, a little surprised, Xiao Qinglang noticed the abnormality, but he was still in a rare good mood. She frowned slightly, and asked with a little confusion, "How does Childe know?" ”

At this time, he had already taken Xu Chu's hand, and in the darkness, he also gently pinched the slightly trembling fingertips. It wasn't until I felt that the cool hand began to warm up that I was relieved.

"Generally speaking, pretending to be a ghost must be arranged in advance, and it needs to avoid people's eyes and ears, and the time and mental energy required are by no means instantaneous. But it was only a quarter of an hour that we arrived suddenly, and I asked Wei Guang, Wei Yan and the others, but they didn't find anyone walking around the house, so this matter must not be aimed at us, and you and Mingzhu just happened to stay in a room where you might see that thing. Xiao Qinglang clenched her hand, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and explained softly.

Xu Chu is no stranger to Wei Guang and Wei Yan, one is his open guard, and the other is the leader of several secret guards who never show up. If someone really targets them and deliberately avoids Wei Guang and acts with the guards, it is extremely difficult to avoid Wei Yan in the shadows.

In other words, the man really didn't act for them. This overturned Xu Chu's previous hypothetical idea, and it seemed that the other party was not trying to scare them away in order to taboo their reputation.

Xu Chu nodded, agreeing with Xiao Qinglang's words. Her fingers curled slightly, and she wanted to pull her fingers out, but she didn't want her fingertips to unintentionally scratch Xiao Qinglang's palm, which made his eyes burn instantly, and the smile on the corner of her lips became deeper and deeper.

She is not a girl who is ignorant of the world, seeing Xiao Qinglang's sincere and loving gaze, her ears suddenly turned red, and even her face inevitably became hot. She didn't dare to look directly into Xiao Qinglang's eyes, so she had to calm her throat and pretend not to be embarrassed, and then took out the thin piece of bamboo she found from her sleeve and handed it over.

"This is what I accidentally got on my hand when I was looking at those bamboo leaves, and I thought it was strange and took it back. But when I came back and looked at it, I felt more and more that this thin piece of bamboo should not be there. ”

Xiao Qinglang's eyebrows were gentle, he looked at her deeply, and couldn't help but feel more and more happy when he saw her shyness. However, he also knew that it was enough to stop, after all, it was not easy for her to accept her mind now, and if it was because of Meng Lang scaring people away for a while, it would be worth the loss.

Thinking like this, he stopped entanglement, and while Xu Chu was talking, he let go of her hand and took the bamboo piece instead. He took a closer look at the bamboo slices, and suddenly asked, "Xiao Chu knows how many types of bamboo there are in Da Zhou?" ”

Xu Chu might as well ask him like this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and after thinking about it carefully, she really didn't know. So, she shook her head and said, "I only know that bamboo is mostly evergreen plants in all seasons, and I really don't know its species." ”

"According to the "Detailed Record of Bamboo Pedigree" and the "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration": there are one out of 60 types of bamboo, and there are three hundred and fourteen species." Xiao Qinglang pressed the bamboo piece under his finger, flicked it gently, and continued, "Among them, single bamboo is also known as bitter mercy, because the bamboo is delicate and tough, and it can be turned into bamboo strips as thin as cicada wings and as thin as silk threads, and then woven into a variety of exquisite bamboo handicrafts, so it is the favorite variety of craftsmen." ”

When Xu Chu heard this, he couldn't help but look at the bamboo piece, and only after a while did he frown and ask, "What kind of bamboo did Zhuangzi plant after he went to the house?" ”

She is not proficient in these, nor does she have Xiao Qinglang's vast reading volume and ability to remember, so she is really inferior to him in terms of knowledge.

"Lao Laozhu, from New South Wales." He paused before continuing, "It is recorded in the book that this bamboo is a hundred leaves, and Pili can be used to sharpen armor, and it can be used for a long time to slip slightly, and it will be stained with acid slurry for a long time. ”

Xu Chu raised his eyebrows and said in astonishment: "I thought it was just an ordinary ornamental bamboo......

Xiao Qinglang couldn't help laughing when he saw her surprised appearance, "It's just a small piece, it can't become a big climate." Moreover, the imperial court's restrictions on Xinzhou bamboo are only prohibiting large-scale planting. And there is no control over the cultivation of small pieces of cultivation at home, so this Lotus Villa is not prohibited. ”

With such an explanation, Xu Chu understands. It can be heard that Xinzhou is rich in bamboo, and if the imperial court is so harsh that the people of Li are not allowed to plant some, I am afraid that it will be difficult for some strongmen. And if someone really wants to make bows and arrows from this, I am afraid that there will not be enough mass production, and they will not be able to do it.

"It means that this bamboo piece does not belong to the bamboo forest of Lotus Villa, but was brought by outsiders. That person is probably a craftsman, or he used some kind of bamboo handicraft in this pretending to be a ghost......" Xu Chu frowned, following his train of thought.

After talking like this for a while, the night became darker, and the mountain wind became colder and colder. Xiao Qinglang saw that Xu Chu's originally reddish face also began to turn pale, and immediately got up, "I haven't seen anything wrong with the villa tonight, and we can't investigate it deeply." It's better to wait until tomorrow to investigate......"

As he spoke, his eyes lit up with deep meaning, and even his eyes condensed. Tomorrow, there will be a grand party in Lotus Villa, and it may also be the incision for them to really get in touch with Song Derong.

"Childe wants to stay in the villa for a while?" Xu Chu only looked at his expression, and understood his intentions and plans, "This is a good way." ”

Regarding Xiao Qinglang's plan, Xu Chu thought so. If they rashly enter Jinzhou City, they may not be able to gain Song Derong's trust. But if you take advantage of the Lotus Villa to make a name for yourself, it will not be a shortcut. Taking a step back, even if Song Derong does not come tomorrow, then among those who are not rich or noble in Jinzhou City, there will definitely be people who have friends with Song Derong.

Now I am afraid that those who are proficient in hearing and seeing, everyone knows about the haunting of the Song family, and they also know that Song Derong is in a hurry to seek medical treatment everywhere to hunt ghosts and exorcise evil spirits......

If at this time, the two of them solved the matter of pretending to be ghosts in Lotus Villa, and those who wanted to flatter Song Derong would inevitably come to the Song family to talk about it. Coupled with the headless female corpse case they solved in Yunan County, as well as Xiao Qinglang's secret book, two blessings, it is estimated that it will be much easier for them to act in front of Song Derong.

Xiao Qinglang saw that Xu Chu was sent to the door, and carefully admonished a few words, and then stood still until the figure closed the door before sneering. When did I become so tender, I am afraid that it was when I met Xu Chu that I completely softened my heart......

Xu Chu, who returned to the room, felt the warm breath of the man's slender and broad palm on his left hand after walking back a few steps, and he couldn't help but feel a warm feeling in his heart. She quietly leaned on the back of the bed, and after a long time, she touched her fingers and shook her head to laugh at herself, "Xu Chu, Xu Chu, it's just a mutual love relationship, how can you be so distracted." ”

Having said that, she still couldn't help but smile on her face, which was particularly soft under the flickering lights. When she thought of the person who was always calm and self-controlled, and her unique gentleness and tenderness towards herself, her face turned red.

In the end, she still sighed lightly, covered her face and shook her head to muttered a few words to herself, and just as she was about to lie down, she felt Xiao Mingzhu move, and immediately looked at Xiao Mingzhu who was sleeping sweetly in the bed. Seeing that she was breathing for a long time and was not disturbed by herself, she turned off the light on the small table at the head of the bed and slowly fell asleep.

The morning sun rose, and there was a babbling and sparse beating sound from the Fugui Garden outside, as if it was rehearsing.

After Xiao Qinglang and Xu Chu and his party had a simple breakfast, as Jin Fu passed by, he happened to see the shadow puppet team performing with the sound of silk and bamboo.

"If you are not in a hurry, it is better to wait for a short stay before leaving, we Zhuangzi invited this time to be the team and Jiao'er of Jinzhou City. To put it mildly, I'm afraid it's rare for the official family to gather a group of people together to be lively. Jin Fu said proudly, a birthday banquet like this that is rare for many years can not be said to be a good thing with gold on his face. What's more, he did all of this single-handedly, and no matter where he said it, he had to be looked up to.

Xiao Qinglang's face remained unchanged, and he said: "Since this is the case, it is better to be respectful than to obey your fate." Coincidentally, when I came from the capital, I brought a South China Sea coral, which happened to be the right time. ”

The villa occupies a huge area, and the pavilions are elegant and leisurely, but when you walk through the garden, you can see that the style of the high and low eaves is gradually changing, and there is a pattern of exquisite transformation into open vicissitudes.

A few people followed Jin Fu with him, but they arrived at an open compound with just a cup of tea. In the winter, there are still rows of extremely lush flowers and plants on the left and right sides of the courtyard, which seem to have been transplanted after being cultivated in the greenhouse.

Even if Xu Chu's vision is not as high as Xiao Qinglang's, he can still see that if these flowers and plants are only stored like this, they can only bloom for a short half a day.

"Wait a minute, everyone, I'll go and report to a few of you."

Just as he came up and knocked on the door, he saw the door open from the inside, and then he saw a man in the middle who was black in the middle of the door go out. When he saw the crowd in front of the door, he was stunned at first, and then closed the door casually.

Xu knew what everyone was doing, so he only squinted his eyes and waved his hand to let the housekeeper in front of him dodge, and arched his hand: "At noon today, the old man is hosting a banquet for relatives and friends in Jinzhou City in the villa. ”

"Then thank you Master Jin for your kindness." After Xiao Qinglang finished speaking, he turned around and motioned for Wei Guang to step forward.

I saw Wei Guang holding a wooden plate in his hand, which was covered with a layer of black cloth, and when Xiao Qinglang opened it, he saw that there was a fiery red coral inside.

"When I went out, I didn't bring any good things, only a coral that symbolizes wealth and auspiciousness was given to Master Jin as a congratulatory gift." Xiao Qinglang smiled lightly, as if he didn't care about the value of the coral at all. "This coral is one of the treasures of Buddhism, which has the ability to drive away evil spirits and avoid disasters, and can also make your village smooth and smooth."

Old Man Jin looked at the fiery coral in a daze, his eyes turned around Xiao Qinglang and Xu Chu in a complicated way, and he sighed for a long time and said, "The two of you are really ...... Prescient ......"

As early as last night, he heard Jin Fu return the origin of the two people who came to seek accommodation. In addition, the two of them caught a headless female ghost in Yunan County, which had already been made into a script, and yesterday a juggling team performed a show as soon as they came. Therefore, he naturally felt that the objects sent by these two people had a deep meaning.

When the words fell, he glanced at the two of them and said, "Let the two of you laugh, if you don't dislike it, please come into the house for a while." ”

Xiao Qinglang and Xu Chu glanced at each other, both of them a little puzzled. However, the two of them did not refuse, and turned around and explained that Xiao Mingzhu, who wanted to see the excitement, and Hua Wuxian said a few words, and waited for Wei Guang to enter the house.

It wasn't until they entered the house that the two frowned......

But I saw that the room was completely covered with red and yellow rune paper full of charms, and there were many strange patterns on the walls, as well as sandalwood smoke everywhere. The four corners of the only bed are all hung with soul bells and peachwood swords.

"What is this?" Xu Chu stopped very uncomfortably when he entered the room, and after Xiao Qinglang who was slightly in front of him noticed it, he quietly clenched her fingers and asked in a low voice, "Are you okay?" ”

"It's okay...... Xu Chu took a deep breath, shook his head and said, "It's just holding your breath for a while." ”

Master Jin obviously also saw that something was wrong with the two of them, so he couldn't help sighing, and said very tiredly, "Forgive me, the three of you forgive me, it's really that the villa has been unsafe, so I have to ask for a charm for peace of mind." ”

"Master Jin is saying that the villa is haunted?" Xiao Qinglang asked with a condensed gaze.

Master Jin sighed when he heard this, and said with a sad face: "Is it haunted, or a female ghost in a red wedding dress." ”

He was just about to elaborate, when Jin Fu, who listened, knocked respectfully on the door outside and said, "Master, I just sent someone to report that the general judge and the state judge brought people to the mountainside, and they are almost there." And Master Liu and Master Zhang of Xinzhou have also arrived......"

As soon as he said this, he disturbed Master Jin's narration. Not to mention those who have business dealings with him, let's just say that both the general judgment and the state judgment are not something he can take lightly. He smiled bitterly and confessed: "I will talk about this matter in detail later, if the two of you are bored, you can go to Fuguiyuan to watch juggling." ”