Uncle Li was completely frightened by his own association, and that creepy feeling made him involuntarily wrap the cloak on his body, and he could still feel the biting chill burrowing into every pore of his body, so that he formed a gourd, poured two large sips of liquor on his face, and his face returned to ruddy.

Liu Ruoxue noticed Uncle Li's strange appearance, and looked at Uncle Li with a worried face, Uncle Li reluctantly smiled and said: "It's okay, I'm old, and it's inevitable to be afraid of cold, so it's okay." ”

Of course, Liu Ruoxue knew that Uncle Li was an excuse, a cultivator had his own golden pill in his body, how could he be a master like Li Shu'er who was between humans and immortals, but seeing that Uncle Li didn't want to say more, she didn't continue to ask.

After walking for a while, Yang Yi, Wei Ergou and Liu Ruoxue saw a courtyard covering a wide area in front of them, the courtyard still inherited the traditional courtyard building format of a house in the north, facing the Qingshui ridge gatehouse paved with Yanghe tiles, the black lacquer gate was opened, and the inverted house inside could be seen.

"This is another gentry in Cangzhou City who can be compared with Lu Jingtian's financial resources, called Chen Zhongtian, this old man Chen is also a good person, he set up a righteous warehouse, and he is dedicated to helping refugees in disaster years, but he is introverted and does not like to socialize, so his reputation is not as loud as Lu Jingtian." Uncle Li pointed to the courtyard and said a few words, and as soon as he raised his legs, he went to the courtyard.

The courtyard was silent, there was no bustling scene of servants gathering in the door of the mansion, Li Shu'er seemed to have expected it, and he didn't care, he stood in front of the inverted seat room and shouted, and saw an old man wearing a cotton robe and a felt hat running over, and when he saw that it was Uncle Li, he quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

Uncle Li pulled the old man up, and asked kindly: "You are also very old, so you have to be polite, why are you the only one here to take care of the family, Master Chen and his family?" ”

"Back to the old fairy, my lord coughed up blood again and again today, my wife is afraid that the old disease is committed again, the previous set of the car, sent the old man and the young master, aunts and grandmothers to Jinghai to invite the gods to see the disease, Mrs. is afraid that the war will not stop for a while and a half, and the people will be sent back to the countryside, leaving only a few close casual services, the old slave is old, and there are no children and no daughters, every place to go, can not stand the bumps in the road, so he volunteered to stay to see the house, once the master comes back, there is also a cleaning of the courtyard, hehe" The old man and Uncle Li looked familiar, and they were not nervous when they spoke, but they were verbose and affectionate.

"Oh, that's right," Uncle Li nodded absentmindedly, and then asked, "I want to go inside to see Lamei, don't you worry?" ”

"Look at what the old fairy said, you can come here to enjoy the flowers, it is the blessing of our lord's previous life, if the lord is at home, he must set up a banquet with wine, accompany the old fairy to enjoy the wine and flowers, and chant poems against it, how can I be in a mess outside now, I can't say, treat the old fairy slowly, the old slave here for our lord to make amends." The old man is really a clever master, and it is reasonable to say something, and it can be seen that he is also a well-informed social person.

Uncle Li laughed and said: "You old monkey, you can still be so obedient and clever with a mouth, okay, I'm familiar with it here, and I don't need you to accompany me, go and work on you, after appreciating the flowers, I will leave, by the way, I have been living in the yamen recently, if there is something to do, you can go there to find me, have you heard clearly?" ”

"I have been remembered by the old fairy, and the old slave really has something to ask the old fairy......" The old man hesitated, but still said, "The old fairy, it has been three or five months, and there are always haunted ghosts in this house, saying that they are haunted, and they don't see the strange things that fly sand and stones, that is, some newly sold girls and families are missing, at first everyone thought that those girls and families couldn't eat hard, and secretly ran home, and also reported to the official, but the three classes and six rooms of the head catchers searched and searched, and no one was found, On the contrary, the family members of those girls called the house and asked us for someone, but it was Master Chen who spent a lot of money to settle down. In the past few days, the old slave always heard the shrill cry of the girl in the room in the middle of the night, afraid that those girls were harmed where, and a lonely soul returned here to complain about grievances, although the old slave was bold, but he couldn't stand the noise every night, and wanted to ask the old fairy for a talisman of the town house to stick on the door, and the ghosts would not invade, and it would be good to sleep peacefully. ”

"There are a lot of flowers and plants in this yard, presumably it is caused by the north wind blowing and the sound of tree branches, you are suspicious of dark ghosts, and since you have met the real person, I will give you a charm to ward off evil spirits, burn incense and clean your hands and stick it on the lintel on the inside of the door, you can scare away some lonely ghosts, take it, hehe" Uncle Li took out a yellow rune paper from his arms and handed it to the old man, the old man took the rune paper and went with a thousand thanks.

Seeing the back of the old man disappear into the ear room, Li Shu'er frowned, and took Yang Yi, Wei Ergou and Liu Ruoxue straight to the inverted room through the hall, and after going out, he passed through the weeping flower gate, and entered the backyard surrounded by the east and west wings, the main house and the verandah.

The backyard is extremely wide, in the square courtyard in the middle, there are pines, cypresses, plums and other trees planted in a circle, and there are two large fish tanks painted with peony patterns in yellow.

At this time, the lunar calendar has just entered October, and the plum blossom has not opened, but the sparse branches have added a touch of vitality and vitality to the winter of slaughter, so some literati and will cook wine and enjoy the plum after the snow, shouting that the famous prostitutes of the Qinglou to accompany them, and sing the piano and sing songs, in fact, in the name of elegance, the coquettish reality, for this play, Yang Yi and Wei Ergou through the evil supplement of the ancient masterpiece "Golden Vase Plum", how much do they also know some, today I saw that Uncle Li also led them here to enjoy the plum, and the little heart was beating wildly, Secretly rejoiced: Could it be that this is a Qing Dynasty heaven and earth with a famous prostitute hidden in Qinglou, and Uncle Li led them to open their eyes?

Just thinking about something beautiful, I saw Uncle Li look around, and when he saw that there was no one left and right, he "slipped away" and went into the bedroom of the main house.

Yang Yi and Wei Ergou were stunned by Uncle Li's move, and said in their hearts, what is Uncle doing here, is it possible to see that the master is not at home, and when he sees the wealth, he wants to take someone else's hand to order gold and silver?

Zhenghu was suspicious, and Li Shu'er saw Yang Yi, Wei Ergou and Liu Ruoxue standing still in the courtyard, and lowered his voice and shouted: "What are you looking at, come in......"

Yang Yi, Wei Ergou and Liu Ruoxue entered the cold bedroom in a daze, Wei Ergou looked at Uncle Li with a smile on his face and said: "Uncle, your behavior is not right, what is it, if you are tight, take some, but not for example, this matter has to be spread, how stumbling, hehe"

"Let your mother's fart, as a teacher, am I the thief of the rooster and the dog?" Uncle Li kicked Wei Ergou hard with tears and laughter, "Do you still remember what Uncle told you about the evil situation of the Four Corpses Blessed Lord, the courtyard is a corner, the Lu Mansion is a corner, and there are still two corners missing, Uncle Er thinks about it, those who can set up this evil situation that requires a lot of money must be officials and gentry who have enough space and strong financial resources, but in this Cangzhou City, this Chen Zhongtian is qualified, so Uncle will pretend to appreciate the plum and prepare to go here to inspect it on the spot, otherwise." What do you think you're doing here? ”

Yang Yi and Wei Ergou looked at each other with wide eyes, how could they say that they were essences/worms, thinking that they had come here to look for flowers and ask Liu, so they had to smile awkwardly: "Actually, we think so too, hehe"

Uncle Li glared at Yang Yi and Wei Ergou, and didn't have time to talk to the two of them, so he began to knock and beat in the bedroom to see if there was a secret room underground.

After knocking for a while, Uncle Li felt that there was no expected hollow sound from the ground, and was puzzled, when he suddenly saw Yang Yi and Wei Ergou working hard to move the bed, and couldn't help asking, "Is there a secret door there?" ”

"No, uncle, but we found that the glazed tiles under the legs of this bed seem to have been pryed, and we want to see if we can find anything." Yang Yiyi made a great effort, moved the dead pineapple wooden bed away, and replied casually.

Speaking of this investigation scene, Li Shu'er is really not necessarily more capable than Yang Yi, who was born as a criminal policeman, because he always appears at the scene on weekdays, including some vicious cases of murder, Yang Yi is accustomed to nature, and when he enters the scene, the first thing he pays attention to is the bed and its surrounding environment that may hide the body or leave blood stains, so it is logical to find that the glazed tiles under the foot of the bed in this bedroom are obviously opened and then buckled, and the soil chips at the joints between the glazed bricks are obviously fresher than those in other places. I guessed that the owner of this bedroom must have buried something important underneath, and my curiosity was aroused, as if I was looking at what kind of precious object was underneath.

Removing the bed, Yang Yi found a pair of scissors, and with a pry of sticking to the brick joint, he lifted up a whole glazed brick, revealing a layer of white lime underneath.

Seeing that the following was not a tamped loess but white ash, Li Shu'er's face changed, he stretched out his hand to brush away a layer of white ash, and saw that the lime was mixed with granular glass chips, his heart sank, he snatched the scissors in Yang Yi's hand, and dug up the layer of lime a few times, and the five-colored soil appeared below, Li Shu'er's face became more and more ugly, and when he dug up the five-colored soil, he saw a fluffy white animal lying in the five-colored soil, and the flat limbs were still tied with red threads.

Uncle Li grabbed one of the animal's hind legs and pulled it, and a dead cat with a hideous expression was dragged out of the soil.

At the moment when the white dead cat was dragged out, a shriveled human hand also bounced out of the soil, which really frightened the defenseless Li Shu'er, Yang Yi, and Wei Ergou for a moment, and Liu Ruoxue was even more disgraced, and instantly threw herself into Wei Ergou's arms, not daring to look at it again.