"Oh."

Takasugi suddenly came to his senses and secretly blamed himself for his slow half-beat head. I've seen so many weird events with Lin Yulan recently, and this ghostly light should have been clear a long time ago. He didn't ask anything more, but after parking the car, he walked into the ruins with Lin Yulan and the female ghost.

At that time, the female ghost deliberately left Tong Rui in the car.

The ghost fire they had seen before was obviously close at hand, but when they walked in, they found that the bright spot was hundreds of meters away.

Lin Yulan suddenly remembered what the old woman said, Qingyuan Hutong is at the southernmost end. Now it seems that the location of the ghost fire is the former site of the Qingyuan Hutong.

She continued to walk forward step by step, and Takasugi lost no time in offering her courtesy, and took the initiative to support Lin Yulan, who obviously lacked a sense of balance. And the female ghost didn't need to pretend to be a living person walking in the dead of night, she had already moved her feet off the ground and floated forward. She was the first to arrive, and Lin Yulan and Gao Shan were more than ten minutes late.

When they got there, they felt like they were surrounded by bricks, rubble, and rubble, but in front of them was a flat but not straight alley. On the left and right sides are houses of different heights and new and old degrees, and they look like a wandering snake longitudinally. The light source they had seen before was a large mansion facing the ruins to the north. Maybe the lights in this whole alley are brighter than this household, or maybe they are the only ones who have residents.

The tall gatehouse, the neat blue brick steps, the majestic stone lions on both sides of the door, the two red lanterns hanging high on the door frame, and the middle of the lintel on the door, there are two big characters "Hu Fu" prominently written. These silently show people the rich life of the owner. Lin Yulan stared at the red lantern for a while, and then turned to face the female ghost.

"Mr. Gao, please go knock on the door!"

The female ghost dodged Lin Yulan's eyes and turned to look at Takasugi Dao with teasing eyes.

Takasugi blinked his godless little eyes, opened his mouth wide in surprise, and didn't know what to say for a while. Lin Yulan and the female ghost both looked at him with expectant eyes, meaning to say, "You go quickly!" It's an honor to meet the evil spirits charging into battle, and we don't compete with you. ”

Takasugi grinned and almost cried, thinking to himself, "Why am I always the one who gets hurt?" ”

Lin Yulan saw Gao Shan's timidity, so she went over and patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's okay, we won't let you have an accident." Lin Yulan's words of encouragement and relief made Takasugi's heart warm a little. He turned around coldly and hugged Lin Yulan, looked at her surprised eyes and said, "If I go in and don't come out, this hug will be regarded as a farewell gift." If I ever come out alive......"

"Then forget about it."

Lin Yulan snatched the stubble, and Gao Shan's face immediately showed a gray loss. He reluctantly let go of Lin Yulan, dragged his heavy legs and walked over and knocked on the door. Soon there was a series of voices inside, "Coming, coming......" This is the first time Lin Yulan has heard it, is it possible that this family has an echo corridor?

The sound of the answer came from far and near, but no footsteps could be heard. The two doors seemed to be blown by the wind, and they automatically opened to both sides, what a "squeak", "bang", "bang"! These onomatopoeia may not be available in the dictionary of this household.

The face of a middle-aged man appeared on the inside of the door, staring at Takasugi who knocked on the door, Lin Yulan and the female ghost beside him. At the same time, Lin Yulan and the others were also observing each other. The person in front of him was about forty years old, with a medium-thin build, with straight facial features and a straight nose and a square mouth. He wore a purple embroidered brocade cotton robe, the hem of which showed the calf-to-ankle section of gray cotton pants, and a pair of shiny black leather shoes. That kind of style, Lin Yulan has only seen it on a certain treasure, and it is probably a popular fashion in Western European countries in the early 20th century. However, the Chinese cotton robe in front of me with this Western-style leather shoes is really funny.

"Isn't this the former Daotai Mansion? Why did the squires of the Republic of China appear? ”

The female ghost was muttering quietly, and Lin Yulan also noticed this, which was indeed not quite consistent with the old woman's narrative. Anyway? Let's wait and see what happens, at least the face in front of you is kind.

"I ...... I'd better go back. ”

Gao Shan didn't wait for the man to ask him a question, and took a few steps back to stand behind Lin Yulan. The man smiled, turned to Lin Yulan and the female ghost and said, "A few people, please come in." ”

It seems that the other party has long known their intentions, so they don't think there is any need to ask. Lin Yulan exhaled a breath to calm down, and then walked in with the female ghost and Takasugi with the master, during which she didn't forget to touch the backpack behind her. As long as the things in there are still there, she Lin Yulan is not afraid of the Qing Dynasty Taoist platform, or the squire of the Republic of China.

It was indeed a very large mansion.

As soon as you enter the gate, you will see a shadow wall with vivid landscape depictions, turn and walk in, and you will see an arched door with stone carved beams on the left, which is the first to enter the courtyard, and you can see about a dozen houses after entering. The corridor in front of the house is carved with dragons and phoenixes, and more than a dozen red lanterns are hung, and the whole painting style is very elegant and magnificent. It's just that...... The room was pitch black, and it looked like no one was living there.

There is also an arched gate in the middle of this courtyard, and there is probably a second entrance to the courtyard.

The gentleman-like man took Lin Yulan and them to the door of the main room facing north. I saw the man shouting into the room: "Bijun, the honored guest is here, open the door quickly." ”

As soon as the words fell, the lights in the room immediately turned on, and Lin Yulan instantly overturned the guess that "no one lives". Immediately afterward, the door opened from the inside. A middle-aged woman dressed in a white cheongsam with outstanding appearance and a bewitching figure appeared in front of her. This outfit is quite similar to the man, and it is also a combination of Chinese and Western. A typical Chinese cheongsam is paired with a permed wavy curly hair, a faint grease powder on the face, and a pair of leather shoes under its feet, but with red high heels.

"Distinguished guests, please come in."

The woman spoke slowly, her voice sweet and gentle, and she nodded and bowed in a gesture of please.

"Let me introduce, this is my wife Liu Bijun."

The man walked inside and introduced Lin Yulan to them. Lin Yulan nodded, and followed the couple into the room.

The decoration of the room is indeed full of the characteristics of a wealthy home in the Republic of China, of course, for these situations, Lin Yulan learned about them from film and television dramas. The man pointed to the two quaint mahogany chairs and motioned for Lin Yulan to sit down, and the thick cotton cushions on the chairs were also very comfortable. Then the man said to his wife, "Make a pot of tea." ”

His wife nodded and walked out of the atrium of the main room, probably to the kitchen. Lin Yulan and the others were not too polite, and sat straight on the chair. The man sat across from them, separated by a long, antique table. Lin Yulan was still observing this spacious living room, except for the chairs and the long low table, the other furniture was also made of mahogany, which looked very high-end and shiny. The chandelier on the ceiling is beautiful and will never go out of style even today. Lin Yulan's eyes suddenly fell to the corner of the wall, where there was a European-style floor-standing clock, "ticking" and swinging the hands. Next to the clock is a small cabinet with a hand-cranked telephone that was popular a hundred years ago.

"Is that phone ......?"

Lin Yulan thought so in her heart.