Chapter 191: Mystery Manor
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Pei Shu really wanted to refuse, but he couldn't say it.
"You have to have a conscience, don't you?" The calm and soft voice continued, almost speaking his heart, without the slightest shame of boasting.
Pei Shu pulled his helmet down, coughed, and didn't speak.
Indeed, to be a human being is to speak of conscience. After all, they did him such a big favor, saved them countless time, and allowed them to find this damn Zhuangzi smoothly. Now people just want to go in and have a look, and this is really not too much to ask.
Besides, he didn't plan to cross the river and tear down the bridge, this Zhuangzi really needed a smart person to follow him in and take a look.
"I didn't say anything, just go with you." Pei Shu's voice was not loud, and it sounded like he was muttering.
As soon as these words came out, Chen Ying couldn't help but be happy, and quickly bowed to him, and bent his eyes and said, "Thank you, little marquis." ”
Pei Shu hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled, turned around and ordered: "You are waiting outside, you are not allowed to enter without my order." ”
All the guards agreed in unison, and Pei Shu raised his chin to Chen Ying: "Come in." ”
Chen Ying hurriedly followed, Lang Tingyu and Ye Qing also followed, Pei Shu heard their footsteps, but he didn't even look back, thinking that he agreed with them to follow up.
The first courtyard behind the door is not big, but it can also be seen that it used to be elegant, copy the verandah, the rockery flower pond, should be vivid, but now it is no longer the appearance of the year, the corridor pillar is full of vines, the courtyard is lush with artemisia grass, the foot is half a person high, the child is afraid that he will not find it when he walks in.
Lang Tingyu carried a broadsword to open the way, and Chen Ying and they followed, and everyone was silent.
It wasn't until he reached the atrium that Pei Shufang opened his mouth, and what he said in a deep voice was the old days: "This place was not found back then. ”
His voice was slightly cold, against the cold rain and deserted courtyard, more and more sensible: "At that time, the prefect of Dengzhou reported that the dense forest of Fotouling was born, and there were countless strange cliffs and rocks, and this village did not know where to build it, and if you wanted to search the mountain, you need to send a large number of soldiers and horses, but at that time, it was necessary to prevent the remnants of King Kang from making a rebellion, and there was a shortage of manpower, so I only ordered people to search the place that could be searched on the mountain, and then the mountain was sealed. ”
"Closing the mountain?" Chen Ying raised her head suddenly, with a surprised face: "However, the legend of the local people does not mention the closure of the mountain, only that the mountain is haunted, and the small village has also moved from the foot of the mountain to the outside. The statements on these two sides seem to be somewhat incorrect. ”
When Pei Shu heard this, he snorted coldly and said, "It's strange at this point." It is said that the mountain is closed, but who was sent to seal it and how long it was sealed, there is no record in Dengzhou Mansion. However, the haunting was spread everywhere, and even the name of the mountain was changed. ”
The information revealed in these words made Chen Ying feel not very good.
After thinking for a moment, she reached out and lifted the hat up a few points, leaked a rain curtain through her head, and looked at Pei Shu: "But I don't know, who was the prefect of Dengzhou at that time?" ”
This person should be the key to everything, if there is really anything wrong with the Ghost Crying Ridge, the role played by the prefect of Dengzhou at that time in this matter is worth studying.
Hearing this question, Pei Shu's voice became even colder: "Zhang Dai, the governor of Dengzhou at the time, returned to his hometown eight years ago, and died soon after. His wife died early, and he only had one daughter under his knees, and now he is married to the wife of a squire, and no one in the clan has entered the ranks. ”
Chen Ying fell silent, and the bad feeling in her heart became stronger and stronger.
The person who handled it back then is dead, and the children in the family obviously don't know about it, and after many years, even if someone is sent to investigate now, those traces have long been annihilated. This is the so-called death without proof.
At this moment, they had already turned to the side of the hand-copying verandah, Pei Shu suddenly stopped, looked back at Chen Ying, and his face was solemn: "There is one more thing, I don't want to hide it from you, do you know what His Highness found in Penglai County this time?" ”
His voice stopped slightly, and the breath on his body was extremely cold: "A group of officials in Dengzhou Mansion lied about the disaster and embezzled a large amount of money from the imperial court, and a small part of the silver money that was embezzled in ink still does not know where it went. ”
Chen Ying was stunned suddenly, her eyes widening with shock.
Combining Pei Shu's words before and after, combined with the sudden appearance of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today, she quickly came to a conclusion.
And this conclusion is a bit appalling.
Looking at Chen Ying's slightly discolored face, Pei Shu slowly tilted the corners of his mouth, revealing a playful smile: "The third girl is really smart, just guess." ”
He didn't even go to Chen Ying to confirm it, just looking at her expression, he knew that Chen Ying had guessed.
It felt very weird, and Chen Ying glanced at him.
It's just that she only saw a back at this glance.
Pei Shu turned around and continued to move forward, but a slightly cold voice kept coming: "This matter not only needs to be secret, but also needs to be fast, so I will ask the girl to try to find Beizhuang today." ”
Chen Ying was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly suddenly.
If the matter of King Kang back then was related to the corruption of ink in Dengzhou Mansion, then in this other village left by King Kang, maybe something could be found, or it could be a secret stronghold, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really had to speed up his actions in case the invisible opponent destroyed the evidence.
After figuring out this layer, she immediately stepped up to follow, and whispered, "Thank you, little marquis, for telling me this." ”
This is not a trivial matter, Pei Shu can tell her this, which shows his trust in her.
When Pei Shu heard this, his steps were still the same, but his voice was no longer as cold as Fang Cai, and he seemed to have a little smile: "With the cleverness of the third girl, even if I don't say it, you can always guess it." Besides, this village is very weird, your head is different from others, you may be able to see something. ”
"I try." Chen Ying replied in a low voice.
The other party has shown enough sincerity, and besides, this is still a bunch of moths using the people's fat and people's ointment to do evil, whether it is public or private, she is very willing to help with this.
"There is labor." Pei Shu said politely, and then pulled away Lang Tingyu, who was opening the way in front of him, raised his foot and kicked open a door in front of them, waved his sword in front of him a few times, cut the layers of cobwebs, and turned back to Chen Ying and said, "This is probably a study." ”
The pattern of ancient buildings is roughly the same, and the location of the study is basically not the same.
Everyone followed Pei Shu inside, and saw that there was indeed a bit of a study in this room, but it was very messy, the tables and chairs overturned, the roof beams collapsed, half of the roof fell, and the remaining half was broken in several big holes, and in the sky light leaking from the holes, there was a drizzle.