"It seems that this matter is very unusual," Feng Zheng turned his head to look at Su Xinyan and asked, "Since it is about your little girl, do you want to investigate it yourself?" ”

Su Xinyan looked at the messy books piled up on the table, and then looked at the dark night outside, and the two compared each other and said resolutely: "Go!" ”

If she went to open the book again, wouldn't she have a headache to death?

As she spoke, she changed into a night suit and followed Feng Zheng out, intending to explore the Chu Mansion at night.

It's a pity that the two of them were unlucky, and as soon as they walked to the door, they bumped into Gu Fengjin who returned from the next dynasty.

As soon as Gu Fengjin got out of the carriage at this time, he saw the two people chattering and arguing in front of him, and he couldn't help but have a headache, looking at the posture of these two people, it was obviously not a good thing to do.

He stepped out of the carriage quietly, and his body stood in the doorway, only startling the two men who were concentrating on arguing.

"Your Majesty, when did you get off work?"

Work? It's a very new term.

Gu Fengjin hooked the corners of her lips and looked her up and down, "Where are you going?" ”

Su Xinyan's eyes rolled and he didn't want to tell the truth, but Feng Zheng was not like him, and he shook it clean without the slightest scruples.

Gu Fengjin frowned, "Since it's an investigation, why don't you go tomorrow openly?" ”

"You can't do it in broad daylight," Su Xinyan shook his head again and again, "As the saying goes, the truth is always hidden in the dark, I guess there must be something strange about the servants in Chu Mansion, and this kind of thing can only be found out at night!" ”

Su Xinyan was already eager to try at this time, not so much to check it out as because it added an extra opportunity to go out.

Gu Fengjin thought about it, and immediately stopped hindering the two, but asked the chief eunuch beside him to also send a set of night clothes out, and it seemed that he was planning to go with the two.

At this time, the situation in the Chu Mansion was a little infiltrating, almost all the huge mansions were dark, except for the lights of the mourning hall and a few houses, there was no other light.

It is also admirable that there are still people who dare to live in such a place.

Su Xinyan leaned against the wall and carefully observed it for a long time before finally climbing in through the side door.

If it weren't for the two people behind her, she wouldn't have entered this hellish place at night.

Obviously, this house didn't just give her the same feeling, Feng Zheng followed her steps, and as soon as her toes hit the ground, she couldn't help but shiver and said, "Why does this place look eerie?" ”

He rubbed his palms and scanned the backyard, it was the first time he had seen such a desolate mansion.

I don't know what is wrong with this Chu family, since it is so poor that it is better to sell this house in exchange for silver taels to live, what is the purpose of guarding this empty courtyard.

"Maybe someone died."

Su Xinyan was also a little apprehensive in her heart, the feeling she felt in this house was exactly the same as the last time she went to the ghost house with Gu Fengjin, but the difference this time was that there were still three big living people living in it.

Su Xinyan took out the fire fold and put it in his mouth, and took out the portrait of the official who was handed to Zhang Yunhao when he was leaving, and finally summoned the two people next to him, and pointed to one of them in the faint light and said, "This is the housekeeper who came today." ”

The person in the portrait looks old, and his face is full of wrinkles, which is the most ordinary appearance.

"This housekeeper is a servant of the family, he has been in this house for decades, it is said that he is loyal, and there are still some properties in the Chu family that are taken care of by this housekeeper, but then something happened, and after the property was sold, this housekeeper did not leave, but continued to stay in the house to serve the master."

Su Xinyan learned that the Chu Mansion had also lived a prosperous life before, but in recent years, Master Chu was in poor health, and he spent a lot of money on buying medicinal materials to treat his illness, and then he had no industrial income, so it became so desolate.

Su Xinyan opened the drawing paper as she spoke, revealing a painting underneath.

It was a woman who was described as thin and had a pair of red phoenix eyes, "This woman is the dowry maid who was brought over when the second mother got married, and the maid was also angry after the second mother ran away from home, and it is said that the life in the house does not seem to be very good, but fortunately, the house is really depressed, and she can't afford to invite other people, so she can live all the time." ”

Su Xinyan didn't take this woman to heart, and pulled it down to look at the next one, but that one was a strong man with a somewhat vicious face.

"This person is the focus of the government's suspicion, don't look at him like this, but cooking is a must, he is a cook and handyman in the house. This man was a barbarian, bought from a slave trader when he was eight years old, and he escaped several times, but because he was a slave, he could not survive outside, and was twisted back. However, the strange thing is that in the two years after the decline of the Chu Mansion, he did not escape, and it seems that he has been living like this because he has lost his heart. ”

Su Xinyan shook the paper after speaking, "That's all the information we have, where do we start?" ”

There are also drawings on the layout of this Chu Mansion, and where everyone's room is is also clearly marked, but they don't have to bother looking for it.

Gu Fengjin glanced down at the drawing paper and picked the nearest room, "Let's go to that maid's room." ”

After a few people made up their minds, they quietly went up to the roof and lifted the roof tiles, but they didn't see a figure, only a candlestick emitting a faint candlelight.

Wouldn't anyone be able to go in and investigate?

Su Xinyan was just about to dig the hole in the roof bigger and jump in, but he was suddenly grabbed by Gu Fengjin's arm.

"What's on the table?"

The two of them looked in the direction he pointed, and just saw three lifelike puppets on the wooden table in the room, the puppet was only the size of an adult's arm, and the carving was lifelike, and it was placed on the wooden table standing or standing at this time, which looked very strange in this quiet room.

Su Xinyan was very afraid of this humanoid thing, so she couldn't help but shrink back her leaning down, and said tremblingly: "I didn't expect this girl to have such a special hobby!" ”

If the other party is still childlike, then what should be liked is the rag doll, what does this wooden man do with some wooden joints, can you really sleep at night?

Thinking of this, she suddenly heard the person next to her say, "Go down and have a look." ”

Before she could refuse, Gu Fengjin carried her and turned over and climbed in through the window, followed by Feng Zheng.

After entering the room, they realized how strange it was, and they had just not seen it all from the angle of the roof, only to find that there were not only two or three puppets on the table in the room, but also some under the table, in the drawers, and even in the corners.

The puppets' eyes were painted red, and they looked straight ahead, looking extremely mad.

Su Xinyan took a step back, stood at the door and didn't want to step forward again.

Gu Fengjin couldn't, so he left the two of them behind and slowly walked to the curtain on the bed, at this time the curtain was put down, and the wind waved up to reveal the figure inside.

But with the martial arts of the three of them, they really couldn't feel the breath of life in the room, what was the figure lying on it?

Gu Fengjin frowned, suddenly lifted the gauze tent, and saw a one-person tall puppet lying on the bed, staring straight at Gu Fengjin with blood-red eyes, as if he was waiting for him to come.

Su Xinyan gasped, and hugged Feng Zheng next to him tremblingly, and the two couldn't help but tremble together.

Mother, what the hell is this place, let's go back!

Holding the trembling two, they took a big step back in unison.

Xiang'er They were still sane and screamed out without being frightened, otherwise it would be impossible to find out the truth by exploring Chu Mansion at night, and they may be the ones who were caught trespassing into the house in the end.

"Little Ancestor, the girl you picked up is normal, right?"

Feng Zheng asked with a pale face, glancing around vigilantly.

", how old is that kid," Su Xinyan tried to make his words no longer tremble, and said calmly, "But I think this matter still needs to be considered, let's not talk about this for now, let's go back first." ”

"Good!"

The two of them took a big step back in unison, their hands almost touching the door.

At this time, Gu Fengjin, who had been standing beside the bed, suddenly said, "This puppet is a man." ”

Su Xinyan and Feng Zheng next to him glanced at each other, "Of course, that maid is a woman!" ”

Speaking of this, Su Xinyan suddenly felt that the topic seemed to jump to a discordant aspect, and hurriedly pulled his thoughts back, and went out in no hurry, and asked the person in front of him, "What's wrong with the man?" ”

"Do you have any portraits of the master of the Chu family?"

Gu Fengjin turned around and saw that the two of them looked trembling and hugging for warmth, and his brows furrowed and walked back again.

"That's not true, but according to Sanya's age, that person should still be in the prime of life." Su Xinyan thought about it, and the next second he was pulled from one embrace to another.

"Next time, I'll hug someone when I see it."

She was not pretentious immediately, and she turned into a koala and almost stuck to the other party's body.

Feng Zheng, who had lost his support, ran over again under Gu Fengjin's murderous gaze, trying to get as close as possible to the two people.

In this situation, the eye killing could no longer deter him, and when Gu Fengjin was not paying attention, he also carefully stretched out his little hand and grabbed the corner of Gu Fengjin's clothes and did not let go.

Sure enough, staying by Gu Fengjin's side is more secure than staying by the little ancestor's side!

Could this be what his father said about the Mandate of Heaven?

Feng Zheng, who has never been his childhood friend the emperor, has a sense of admiration at this time, and sure enough, some people need to scare him, if his father who has been persuading him knows, he will definitely spew out a mouthful of old blood, and he has not pulled out this person's sense of awe for so many years, and now he has completed the other party's more than 20 years of credit in one night, which is simply frustrating!