"My aunt isn't here." After the doorkeeper finished speaking, he was about to close the door, but was blocked by Liu Xujiao's hand.

"Where did she go?" His face was majestic, and his tone was solemn, startling the half-sized man.

"My lord, my aunt went out in a hurry early this morning, and she didn't tell us where she was going, who dared to inquire about what my aunt didn't say, the villain really didn't know."

Seeing that he didn't look like he was lying, Liu Xujiao's hand on the door gradually loosened, and his tone became softer, "Since my aunt didn't go far away, we will wait for her here, when will she come back, we will ask everything clearly before leaving." ”

***

However, Liu Xuzhi and Jiang Xixi sat in the front hall for a whole afternoon, and Aunt Hua did not come back, seeing that it was getting dark, Jiang Xixi couldn't sit still, she drank the tea that had already been cold next to her, stood up and paced back and forth in the house, "Where will she go?" Why didn't she come back directly when she came out of the Qin Mansion, but went elsewhere? ”

Liu Xujiao frowned and pondered, and after a while, he suddenly said, "Could it be that besides Qin Yingbao, she has someone else who can discuss countermeasures?" ”

Jiang Xi looked at the dim sky outside the door, "I remembered one thing, that day, I came to Qifenglou to look for her, but found that Aunt Hua ran to a well in the backyard in despair, she kept saying a sentence in her mouth, at that time I thought she was a little delirious, and what she said was some nonsense, but now that I think about it, that word may not be said casually." ”

"What did she say?"

"Paper horse killings are a rumor."

"Rumors?" Liu Xuzhu repeated, falling into a long silence.

"Lord Liu, what are you thinking?" Jiang Xixi looked at his two tangled eyebrows and couldn't help asking.

"The list that Brother Liu wrote today also has Aunt Hua and Qin Yingbao on it, right?"

Jiang Xixi nodded.

"I suddenly had an idea, perhaps, the cases of Qi Fenglou and the Hanmen case nine years ago are not independent, but have some kind of connection."

"Aside from the fact that the people involved have burned paper horses, are they anything else in common?"

"I can't tell, but Aunt Hua is suspicious, Qi Fenglou has such a big thing, or she is reluctant to tell the truth, perhaps, she is really keeping a secret for someone, a shocking secret."

As she was talking, Aunt Hua had already pushed the door in from the outside, although her face was sickly and her face was sallow, but her spirit was much better than a few days ago, and the fierceness on her face appeared again, and the pride that occupied her eyebrows all the year round seemed to ignite her fighting spirit.

Jiang Xixi felt that something was wrong with the situation, so he stepped forward, "Where did you go just now?" ”

Hua Gu looked at her and smiled, with four big words clearly written on her face: I don't care.

"Nothing to do, go out for a walk."

"Shopping? Are you still so relaxed? ”

Hua Gu stared at her, the smile on her face gradually became hideous, and finally, it was frozen into a fake face with a smile and flesh, "Lord Jiang, are you still guessing dumb riddles with me?" However, I already know all the tricks you have done, please tell Master Cheng, he is also an official, don't do these indiscriminate things in the future. ”

Jiang Xixi heard her disrespectful words, her face changed suddenly, and she just wanted to get angry, but was stopped by Liu Xujiao, who stared at her face, "Aunt Hua, what do you mean by this?" ”

"What do you mean?" Aunt Hua suddenly amplified her voice, "These strange things that have happened in Qifenglou recently are all ghosts of Xin'an Mansion, I am not afraid to put my words on the bright side today, if you want to deal with me, you will come up with a knife and a gun, although my Aunt Hua is a woman, but she will never retreat without a fight, and it is really disgusting to engage in this little trick in private, but I have written it all down, this account, and we will calculate it one by one in the future." ”

Jiang Xixi was confused by what she said, and just wanted to distinguish a few more words, but was persuaded by Liu Xujiao, "Forget it, don't pay attention to her crazy words, anyway, it was Qi Fenglou who had an accident, and she would regret it when the time came." ”

He pulled Jiang Xixi all the way out of the door, and when he arrived at the door, he saw that she was still indignant, and then said, "Now is not the time to be angry, Miss Jiang, I feel more and more that there is something strange hidden in this paper horse burning matter, Aunt Hua went out, it was like having confidence, she was not afraid of anything, and she also felt that these cases were all ghosts in Xin'an Mansion, you think, why is this?" ”

Jiang Xixi was stunned by what he said, forced herself to calm her anger, carefully recalled his words, and at the end, she looked at Liu Xujiao, "Her confidence should come from the person she went to see this afternoon." ”

Liu Xuzhu nodded, "She saw that Qin Yingbao was no longer useful, so she went to find another person, and that person comforted her, or rather, he persuaded her and told her not to be afraid, the paper horse killing is fake, and the case of Qi Fenglou is also fake, let her stand still and observe quietly." ”

Jiang Xixi's eyes widened in horror, "That person...... Who is it? ”

Liu Xuzhu looked at the sunset that was about to set, his eyes were dashing, "I don't know, he hid in the dark and arranged all this with an invisible hand, but we don't know anything about him." He raised his head suddenly, "Let's go back to Xin'an Mansion now and tell Brother Cheng all this, only he can come up with a foolproof plan in this world." ”

***

Qin Yingbao was in a small alley, and when he saw those who were looking for him running from the alley one after another, he cautiously walked out of the alley and ran in the opposite direction.

It's night, and there aren't many pedestrians on the road, but when he sees someone, he walks over, and the words in his mouth are still the same: "Do you know where Yan Kewang is?" He took my little jade away. ”

When he met a well-wisher, he would shake his head and sigh and stuff him with a few copper plates, but more often, he would be waved to the ground by a frightened person's sleeve, "Dead madman comes out to run, go find your mother." ”

Qin Yingbao didn't resist, he didn't get angry, he really became a living puppet now, and he only had one thought in his heart, that is, to find Xiaoyu.

She is so fresh, so smart, how can it be just a skin, the skin at home is not her, she was taken away by Yan Kewang that night and never came back.

"Looking for someone?" Suddenly, a voice sounded behind him, Qin Yingbao stiffened his neck, and slowly turned his head over, he didn't know that person, but the night was deep, and his face was blurred by the darkness, and he couldn't see it clearly.

He nodded firmly, "I'm looking for Yan Kewang, I'm looking for Xiaoyu." ”