After a short time, San'er's footsteps were quite neat, until he reached the deep well in the backyard of his house, and just wanted to reach out and drag a bucket of water, but a subordinate on the side came and said, "Housekeeper, what are you going to do?" ”

San'er raised his eyes and looked at his head and said, "Thirsty!" Bring water and drink it. ”

"Steward, slow down, if you want to drink water, I've got it here!" As he spoke, the man backhanded a teapot from the ground on the side.

Listening to the movement inside, there is really some sound of tea, San'er is just thirsty now, as long as he can drink to temporarily relieve the temporary difficulty, there is no problem, and he didn't think much about it, San'er nodded and thanked first, and took the teapot in the hand of the person, and took a sip of it, although the tea in this teapot is not a good product, but at least it can make people relieve the dry crack in their mouths after drinking.

San'er drank half a pot of tea in one go, and said fullly: "Okay! This tea is also good. ”

As soon as the next person heard San'er's words, he smiled slightly, blinked twice, and said, "Butler, if you like to drink, I will make you a pot every day in the future." ”

"But don't, I'm just thirsty, so I'm in a hurry to find water to drink, so don't bother" San'er shook his head and said that he didn't need it, but the man sighed deeply, as if he had something to say but didn't dare to say it.

San'er listened to the voice and looked at the person's face again, and said in his heart: "What's wrong?" Do you have something to look for me? ”

"Butler...... I really don't know whether to say this or not, but I'm afraid that you won't agree after saying it" The next man looked at San'er with a helpless face.

San'er also became a little curious and said, "What can this person do with me?" Could it be that something is going on at home again? But it doesn't look like he's trying to talk to me about his family, huh...... It should be his own business. ”

Here San'er was still thinking about the intention of this person, but he listened to the man: "Okay! Chamberlain...... Now that I've said that, I won't procrastinate anymore, in fact, I want to take a leave of absence from you. ”

"Leave? Something happened to your family? San'er looked at the subordinate with a somewhat ugly face, and guessed a little.

The next person was also stunned for a moment, and then said to San'er: "Housekeeper, I really don't hide that there is really an accident in my family, just now a relative suddenly wrote to me that my mother was seriously ill, and you said that I had to go back quickly!" ”

"Oh...... That's it! Yes! But you have to remember that if your mother's condition improves when you get home, you must come back," San'er reminded the man.

"Excellent! Butler, don't worry," the man looked at San'er and nodded.

San'er doesn't want to say anything else, after all, this is also a personal matter, and outsiders don't have the ability to interfere, at most give a few words like now, and then let it go.

The next person got San'er's consent is to say a few more words of thanks, and then walked away, San'er watched the person leave is to turn around and look around, there are almost no other people next to this deep well, only this alone, as if this person has already calculated that San'er will go to this deep well, make tea early and wait here.

San'er pondered carefully for a while, shook his head, and said to himself: "This person is really weird, can't he have been following me from the beginning?" If you want to take leave, you won't be able to do this! ”

After drinking the tea, San'er felt a little more comfortable, shook his body and walked around the courtyard again, seeing that there was nothing to do, San'er was going to go back to the gatehouse to see what Zhang Renshan and Xiaoyue were doing, and San'er walked over to the gatehouse, but when he stretched out his hand to push the door, the guard at the front gate came and said: "Butler, it seems that there is an accident on the blacksmith's side again!" ”

"Huh?" San'er was stunned for a moment, and after listening to the guard's words, he quickly walked to the front gate and leaned out to look into the distance.

Between the thick smoke and smoke, I saw that the location of the blacksmith's house in the distance seemed to be ignited by a fire, and countless fires rose into the sky, even if it was now in the daytime, the surging fire was also burning clearly, San'er stared at it for a long time and said secretly in his heart: "I'm afraid that after the explosion of those underground gunpowder, the collapsed house was ignited, this is bad...... Xian'er and I plan to go there again in the evening! Now it seems impossible. ”

The guard stood aside and followed San'er to look at the fire in the distance, smashed his mouth twice and said: "This blacksmith also doesn't know how many immoral things he has done, this house has been burned, I hope others are okay!" ”

San'er turned his head to look at the guard who was talking to himself, coughed lightly, and said, "Okay! Don't gossip, keep an eye on the door! ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" When the guard heard San'er's words, he immediately bowed down and nodded.

San'er didn't want to say anything to the guard, turned around and stood in front of the gatehouse again, stretched out his hand and patted the door, wanting to wait for the words inside, but after a while, San'er didn't hear any movement in the house, tilted his head San'er didn't dare to open the door of the house easily, so he had to turn back to the front door and say to the guard: "Has the young master ever gone out?" ”

"Young Master...... Doesn't seem to have one, right? It's only since I came back with you, it's like I've been staying in the gatehouse," the guard thought for a while, and looked at San'er is reply.

"Oh! Good...... I know" San'er saw that Zhang Renshan didn't go out, so he went to the door of the gatehouse again, stretched out his hand and gently pushed the door to open a crack, and looked inside San'er immediately understood why there was no movement in the house.

Looking around, I saw that Zhang Renshan and Xiaoyue were all sitting slumped at the table, the teacup was overturned and the wine jug was crooked, which was obviously drinking too much and falling asleep, and San'er didn't want to wake up the two, so he closed the door again, turned to the guard and said, "The young master is resting, you take care of this place!" No one is allowed to disturb you, otherwise you will know the young master's temper. ”

"By all means...... Butler, you can rest assured! Naturally, the guard didn't dare to say anything else, so he quickly stood up and opened his mouth to deal with it.

San'er sighed and walked to the front gate, anyway, now the gatekeeper can't go back for the time being, just take advantage of this time to go to the blacksmith's house to take a look, maybe you can find some clues, San'er's idea must be to walk towards the blacksmith's house where the smoke and fire are scattered.

A few guards standing outside the main gate did not dare to stop San'er, let it go into the distance, San'er did not dare to walk too quickly and slowly, there were many people on the street around, all of them ran to the blacksmith's house on fire, San'er was caught in it Although it was a little uncomfortable, but this is also a matter of no way, followed the crowd for a while, San'er turned his head and saw the fork in the road that the person who peeked at before, San'er thought about it carefully, he really didn't walk this road, Before, as long as he and Zhang Renshan came here, they either went to the blacksmith to ask for goods, or they went to the Xiao family to run errands, and they almost never went to this fork in the road, and San'er didn't know what was in it and who lived there.

Thinking about it, San'er got out of the crowd, and walked to the fork in the road where the thief disappeared before, and looked up San'er is to look inside, this fork in the road is not too long, just look at it with your eyes to see where the end of the road is, but it is such a short road, the person ran in and disappeared immediately, San'er looked at the towering courtyard walls on both sides of the fork road, although some places have collapsed, but this wall was built when it was also a lot of work, otherwise it would have been destroyed into a broken brick and tile.

"Did that man jump into the house of the man who lives on either side of this fork in the road?" San'er thought about it in his heart, and felt that there was such a possibility, after all, if you want to say that the way to disappear in this fork in the road, the way to dodge over the wall is actually the fastest, but there is one thing San'er still hasn't figured out, even if this person really climbed over the wall into someone else's house, then the master of this family should also speak and ask, but San'er recalled the previous things, after the person disappeared, there was no movement around him as usual, shook his head San'er frowned, and now it is a bit far-fetched to say that it is to verify this matter, After all, so much time has passed, and even if there was something left at that time, it has long been covered by now.

After a little total, San'er still felt that he had to let go and try it, and San'er walked to the fork in the road with his feet, and just wanted to knock on the door of the house, but he only heard someone on the street shouting at San'er: "Yo! Isn't this a three-child housekeeper! You're also here to see the fun? ”

San'er heard the voice and looked back, it turned out to be a friend of Zhang Renshan's childhood, what his name was San'er couldn't remember, but this person's nickname San'er was clear, and waited for San'er to look at the man: "Who should I be!" It turned out to be Zhou Pi! What's wrong? You're also here to watch the excitement? ”

"That's not it, that's it...... I don't want to hear it," Zhou Pi obviously did not dislike San'er for talking about his nickname, but there was a little smile on his face.

San'er looked at Zhou Pi's appearance and was very disgusted, this person was Zhang Renshan's right-hand man since he was a child, he was doing all the bad things, and then called Zhang Renshan Peak Lei, after all, at that time Zhang Renshan had his father Zhang Fengtian's support, and almost everyone in Qingshuipu had to avoid a few points, San'er was worried for a while, but in the end, Zhang Renshan didn't know what medicine he had taken wrong, and he suddenly woke up, and directly cut off contact with Zhou Pi, and later under San'er's coercion and temptation, Zhang Renshan was the reason for falling out with Zhou Pi, It turned out to be because of Xiao Lingling, at that time, Zhang Renshan and Xiao Lingling were incompatible, but Zhou Pi was a ghost at both ends, and after Zhang Renshan knew about it, he naturally drove him away in a fit of anger, San'er didn't say anything else at the time, he couldn't get used to Zhou Pi's humanity for a long time, and now he doesn't have a good impression when he meets San'er again.

Zhou Pi saw that San'er didn't have any words, so he smiled and said, "San'er's housekeeper, we brothers haven't seen each other for a long time, right...... Where did Insan go? ”

San'er listened to Zhou Pi's words and snorted coldly: "My young master has something to do, and he didn't come with him, if you want something!" Just talk to me about it. ”

"Oh...... That's it! Then ask the housekeeper San'er to bring a message and tell Brother Renshan that I still miss him! When are you free, let's take two sips" Zhou Pi's eyes turned quickly, and San'er looked at him and knew that this person still had a bad stomach and had a bad stomach.

San'er turned his face to look at Zhou Pi and said, "Okay...... I'll tell you about it, but whether my young master agrees or not is another matter. ”

"What's not to agree to" Zhou Pi didn't understand San'er's meaning, and thought that Zhang Renshan was hypocritically talking to him, so he wouldn't agree to come to drink.

San'er didn't want to continue to mess with Zhou Pi anymore, so he turned his head and looked at the door in front of him and said, "Zhou Pi, if you're okay, I'll do my own thing!" ”

San'er didn't wait for Zhou Pi to answer, and immediately knocked on the door of the house with a movement in his hand, but no one came to answer and waited, San'er blinked twice, and then slapped his head, and said secretly in his heart: "I'm stupid again, now that something has happened to the blacksmith's house, this person who loves to watch the excitement has gone out of the house, where will someone come to open the door for me." ”

Zhou Pi watched San'er's every move on the side, chuckled lightly and said, "Butler San'er, if you break that door, no one will open it for you." ”

"Oh...... Why? As soon as San'er heard that Zhou Pi was on the side, as if reminding him of something, he turned his face to look at him and asked.

Zhou Pi saw San'er looking at him and stood up straight, and then said: "This family disappeared a few years ago, and now only such an empty courtyard is left, I heard that this place is sometimes haunted!" ”

"Gone? When was this? How did I not know? San'er looked at Zhou Pi and felt that what he said didn't seem to be fake.

Zhou Pi didn't have any scruples, walked to San'er in a few steps, and then whispered: "San'er, where do you know this, I guess you are here for the first time, right?" ”

San'er thought about shaking his head, but now what Zhou Pi said was important, San'er didn't want to miss it like this, so he had to say: "Yes!" First time here. ”

"I guess so, but what are you here for?" Zhou Pi didn't want to tell the matter first, but asked San'er.

San'er looked at Zhou Pi and then dodged a little and said, "It's nothing, I'm just going to take a stroll." ”

"Just a walk? San'er ...... We're both smart people, but what you're saying is substandard

！ Zhou Pi shook his head and turned his eyes around.

"Hmph...... It's been so long, you still love to play tricks, okay, I'll tell you, I just want to see if there are any acquaintances in this place, after all, after all these years, I haven't finished the clear water shop" Xiao Yue looked at Zhou Pi and said.

"Huh? San'er, why do I feel that you still haven't spoken about the dialogue? Zhou Pi looked at San'er, his eyes were full of doubts.

But San'er said: "Come on!" Believe it or not, I'm done anyway."

San'er didn't want to take care of Zhou Pi anymore, and with a lift in his hand, he opened a crack in the door of the courtyard, and Zhou Pi stayed on the side and was bored to say to San'er: "San'er housekeeper, there are a lot of rumors in this courtyard, if you really want to go in, I have a better place to enter than this." ”

San'er listened to Zhou Pi's words and turned his head to look around, there was a section along the wall of this house that collapsed a lot, San'er glared at it and then said: "Okay, your place is not a dog hole or a cat scratch, I won't go." ”

As he spoke, San'er walked to the collapsed wall, stretched out his hand and compared it was not too high, and when he wanted to climb, Zhou Pi said again: "San'er, do you look down on me a little?" How could the place I go in be a dog hole cat scratching? You can come with me and see if it's okay. ”

San'er didn't even look back and said, "Come on!" Zhou Pi, I don't believe you. ”

"Hey...... Good! Then you can climb slowly! Let's see who goes in fast" Zhou Pi turned around and left, San'er saw people leaving, although he was also a little curious about how Zhou Pi could get in, but now San'er didn't want to follow Zhou Pi, shook his body, San'er put his hand on the collapsed wall, and turned over directly to the wall with a little force, lowered his head and swept his eyes, and the ground in the courtyard was not high, San'er jumped down directly, stood up and looked around, the courtyard was dilapidated and not presentable, obviously no one lived in it for a long time, Weeds and dust were everywhere, and the ground in the distance was covered with broken bricks and broken beams, apparently collapsed houses from the previous effects of the earth's movements.

San'er blinked twice, shook his body and walked around casually, now there is no goal, San'er can only wander around this courtyard aimlessly, as for clues and the like, San'er can't investigate for a while, after all, I don't know which one of the forks in the road that person jumped into.

As San'er goes farther and farther, the size of this courtyard is also thoroughly observed by San'er, so let's say it's big! This place is only the size of the courtyard of the Zhang family, but to say small, the average person is really not comparable to here, and walked for a while, San'er saw that there was nothing special and planned to climb out of the wall again, but San'er just wanted to turn around, he suddenly thought that Zhou Pi might have come in now, so he stood in place and waited for a while.

The sun in the sky is slightly off, San'er doesn't know how long he has been standing in this broken courtyard and waiting, but he didn't even see Zhou Pi's figure, shook his head San'er said to himself angrily: "I'm afraid that Zhou Pi is the one who came to play tricks on people again, and when I go out, I have to find him to have a good theory." ”

Seeing that no one came San'er didn't wait anymore, a few steps to the wall turned over and jumped out, and when San'er stood on the fork in the road, he looked up and saw that the pedestrians on the road seemed to be all gathered in one place, pointing at a section of the collapsed wall, San'er was thinking of continuing to walk towards the fork in the road, but seeing that the crowd had been staying by the wall of this broken courtyard, San'er walked over out of curiosity.

The body just squeezed to the back of the crowd, San'er raised his eyes to look at the wall in front of him that collapsed at some point, and vaguely saw that his head seemed to be pressed against a person, San'er's brain reacted very quickly, and immediately pushed away the crowd and came to a close place, and glanced at San'er almost didn't make a sound, the person who pressed it was not someone else, it was Zhou Pi who had not come for a long time, San'er looked at what was happening in front of him and didn't know what to do, and was about to say a few words, but San'er's shoulder was slapped violently......