A bolt of lightning pierced through the window, like a burst of fire, into the woman's atrium and through the left rib. The woman's husband was also burned by lightning, and his back to his buttocks was charred black, leaving only one breath. The mournful shouts pierced the midnight Luoyang City, and the sleeping people plucked out their ears, turned over, and returned to their dreams.

Xie Xuan opened his eyes, looked at the night, and asked, "When did it happen?" ”

A phantom figure moved out of the night, walked to Xie Xuan's bed, and replied: "Back to the master, it's Han Gongzi's voice!" There seemed to be lightning hitting the window of the main house just now, judging by the situation, Han Gongzi should have been frightened. ”

"Just scared?" Xie Xuan said, put on his clothes and got out of bed: "I don't think it's like it, although Han Fei is a gentleman, he is not such a fuss person. Listening to the voice, something should have happened. ”

"Let's take a look!"

"No need, the messenger is here!" Xie Xuan waved his hand, and the phantom disappeared into the darkness again.

After a while, the butler's voice came from outside the door: "Master, something happened to Han Gongzi's side, his concubine was hit in the heart by lightning and died, Han Gongzi was also seriously burned, and now there is only one breath left." The matter is urgent, and I ask the master to give me an idea. ”

The housekeeper had just finished making a report, the door opened, Xie Xuan held on to a lamp, and walked out: "You said, Han Gongzi and his concubine were both struck by lightning?" ”

"Back to the master's words, yes! The concubine had been struck by lightning and had broken through the new house, and was now confirmed dead. Han Gongzi's back was severely burned, and although emergency treatment was done, there was only incoming air, not out. Han Gongzi's life or death doesn't matter, but if this matter reaches the ears of the Han family, our Xie family is afraid that they won't be able to eat and walk around. ”

"Han Fei, a prodigal, really doesn't matter whether he lives or dies, but his sister is a member of the martial family. If there is a commotion, you and I will indeed be unlucky. Forget it, I'll go and see first, if the situation is uncontrollable, I will send someone to the Han family to report, even if it is investigated in the future, I can find an excuse for us. Xie Xuan said, looking up at the sky. Although the clouds were thick, there was no sign of rain, and where did the lightning come from?

"You just said that lightning pierced the concubine's heart? But I remember that the bed in the main room was still some distance from the window, how did the lightning break through the window? ”

"It's a bit bizarre at this time, and to be honest, the old slave doesn't know how the lightning got into the room. But just now I heard the voice, and when I entered the room, the concubine did have traces of lightning burns on her chest. At that time, the concubine was lying flat on the bed, and Han Gongzi was lying on his side, facing inwards and his back outward, so when the lightning struck the concubine, it also burned his back. Because he suspected that someone had committed the murder, the old slave also deliberately checked the scene and confirmed that no outsiders had entered at that time, and there was only one trace on the window. ”

Xie Xuan nodded, did not speak again, extinguished the lamp and candle in his hand, and the housekeeper carried the lantern to the main room.

This Han Fei was met by him during his scientific research. Barely a child of a family, he has a sister who is Wu Sansi's concubine. Although she is only a concubine, she has been in the martial arts family for many years, but she has already been favored. Even the lady of the main house was polite to this concubine. In addition to Wu Sansi's own favor for him, the means of this concubine surnamed Han cannot be underestimated.

Han Fei didn't learn and didn't know how to do it, so he naturally couldn't pass the scientific examination, but he had a martial arts background, and he even won a ranking by stealing beams and changing pillars, but he was appointed to a fictitious position, and he still traveled the mountains and rivers on weekdays, and he didn't do errands seriously. Whether it is the martial arts family or the Han family, there is only one requirement for Han Fei, just don't cause trouble.

This time, I met him on the way to Beijing, and I was stalked by him, saying that I wanted to return to Beijing together. On the way, I heard about the Xie family's old mansion again, and learned that Xie Xuan was the inheritor of the Xie family's old mansion, so he refused to leave more and more. yelling that he was going to hunt ghosts to see the excitement.

Xie Xuan had also heard about the Xie family's old house, and on the way back to Beijing, he had already received a document to arrest Chang Tai, which also stated the causes and consequences of the Xie family's murder. Of course, Chang Tai is not stupid, and naturally he didn't mention anything related to ghosts and gods, so what Xie Xuan saw was also polished and reported on the surface. As the champion of literature, Xie Xuan's vision is so vicious, and he naturally saw some clues from Chang Tai's submission documents. Although he didn't believe in ghosts and gods, he was also in awe, and he didn't dare to take Han Fei back to live in his old mansion without confirming it in person.

The courtyard that comes with the mansion is naturally simple, and as the eldest young master of the Han family, he can only be wronged to live in the main house. It's just that after only half a night, something like this happened, which made Xie Xuan have a headache. The housekeeper was right, such a bizarre thing, even if he explained and clarified with Han and Wu, the other party might not believe it.

For the sake of today, what Xie Xuan can do is to save Han Fei's life as much as possible.

"But someone is going to get a doctor?"

"If you go back to the master, the old slave has already sent someone to invite. It's just that the original Saihuatuo in Luoyang City, Ji Shengtang's shopkeeper Liu, is no longer accepting patients. An injury like Han Gongzi, an ordinary doctor, is afraid that he will not be able to deal with it. ”

"Come over to Pundhai. He is the fastest catcher in the capital, and he is the most familiar with this place, and I think he should know someone who can heal. Right now, the official doesn't ask for much, as long as he saves Han Fei's life. If a person dies in the yamen of my Jingshi Mansion, when it comes to the edge of the sky, you and I can't explain it here. ”

"The old slave's words are clear in his heart. Please rest assured, the old slave will go to the ordinary adults to come over. ”

Xie Xuan nodded, took the lantern from the butler's hand, and went straight to the main room.

The door of the bedroom was hidden, and there were two rows of officials on duty standing outside the door, looking as usual. When I entered the room, I smelled the smell of burnt flesh. The dead concubine had been moved to the ground, and the burnt marks could still be seen on the bed. Han Fei was just like the housekeeper said, because of the injury on his back, he still maintained the appearance of lying on his side, on his back, scorched black and blood red were mixed together, the closer he got to it, the stronger the burnt smell. The person still has a breath, but the breath is weak, and it seems that it will not last long.

In front of the bed, there was a half-kneeling person, who looked like a subordinate in the government. At this time, he was looking at Han Fei lying on the bed, looking at a loss.

"Are you the doctor that the housekeeper found?"

"If you go back to the adult, the villain is a new recruit in the government, not a full-time doctor."

"Oh? It turned out to be just a sham. Do you have a way to deal with Han Gongzi's injury? ”

"Back to the adult, this injury, the villain is no stranger, but what the villain is good at is to pull the corpse apart, which is really not much for the living to heal the wound. According to common sense, Han Gongzi's wound is burned, and the burnt flesh on the surface should be scraped off before using medicine. But such a big wound, let alone a living person, even a dead villain has never seen it, so the villain doesn't dare to start. ”

"I don't dare to treat the wound, is there a way to continue my life? At least until the housekeeper comes back from looking for a doctor! ”

"This" wanted to say that he couldn't do anything, but looking at Xie Xuan's appearance, it seemed that he couldn't refuse. Thinking about his future, as well as his wife and children at home, he gritted his teeth and spit out a sentence: "The villain does his best!" ”

Xie Xuan nodded with satisfaction and returned to the position where the concubine was temporarily parked. From a visual point of view, there is only one wound on the concubine's body, which is at the mouth of the heart, but it is a penetrating wound, and it is also fatal with one blow. The lightning attack from the window to the concubine seems incredible, but after carefully observing the scene, it feels very reasonable. It's just that such a thing as lightning killing is a bit bizarre no matter how you say it.

Xie Xuan felt a slight pain in his head, he held his breath and stood outside the door. The clouds seemed to be thinner, and there was still some moonlight faintly. Maybe it was because the house had been smelling for a long time, Xie Xuan felt that even the yard was filled with that smell of burning.

He looked at the nearest catcher and asked him, "Chang Tai knows the doctor in the city, I mean, the kind of doctor who has excellent medical skills and is very magical?" ”

The catcher hesitated for a moment, and replied, "There is no doctor, but there is one person who is comparable to a doctor, and Master Chang knows one." ”

"Oh, who is it?" Xie Xuan became interested: "I really want to know what kind of person this is not a doctor, but can be compared to a doctor." ”

"It's a girl! Although she is a girl, she knows a lot of things, let's talk about her medical skills, even Ji Shengtang's shopkeeper Liu is convinced of her. By the way, the son of the shopkeeper Liu's family was sick, and the shopkeeper Liu had no choice but to ask this wishful girl to help, and he was cured. In addition to her medical skills, this wishful girl can also hunt ghosts and demons. I don't know if the adults have ever heard of the matter of the concubine village, and the Ruyi girl helped solve it. Just that pot of black dog blood, it was the black dog that Xiao Shengzi personally went to arrest and killed himself. ”

"So, what did this girl do in the first place? Mage? ”

"No, no, no! The Ruyi girl is a rouge shop. Ruyi rouge shop, if you are interested, you may wish to ask someone on the street tomorrow. In our Luoyang City, about nine out of ten people know it, and the rest of them are either demented or stupid. ”

"Fools know it!" Someone next to him whispered: "Before, Xie I said that the case of the adult's old mansion was also assisted by this Ruyi aunt." Don't talk about it, just the people around me, there is no one who doesn't know the Ruyi girl. It's a pity that the rouge gouache in her shop is a bit expensive, otherwise I would have to buy some for my mother-in-law. ”

"Me too, me too. I heard that the rouge gouache of the Ruyi girl can not only make people look good, but also cure diseases. It's amazing. No wonder Ji Shengtang is closed! Also, those shops in the city, whether they sell medicinal herbs or rouge gouache, all want to get the secret recipe of the Ruyi girl's house. It's a pity that even if they buy the same thing, they can't make the same thing. Therefore, Miss Ruyi is not only the most amazing girl in our Luoyang City, but also the richest girl in the future. We are adults, if we can marry her, it will be a blessing. ”

A few catchers, you said, I said a word, but I didn't notice it, and it had gradually deviated from the theme of Xie Xuan's question. Although Xie Xuan frowned a little, he did not interrupt their words, but remembered them sentence by sentence.

(Education 123 Literature Network)