Chapter 10: Heartbreaker
"Is the trail chief hungry?" The coachman turned around and answered, "It's okay, the Lu Mansion has arrived, and there is good food and wine to entertain the old fairy and the little Taoist, hehe"
Through the wind curtain on the side of the carriage, Yang Yi really saw a building with blue bricks and gray tiles, covering a vast area, and a layout similar to the old courtyard house in Beijing.
"This is Lu Mansion?" Although Yang Yi is not familiar with the Qing Dynasty, he roughly knows that this Jinshi is the name of the first person in the ancient imperial examination, which is equivalent to the civil service examination of his own era. However, it seems that in the Qing Dynasty, this Jinshi can generally be an official, could it be that this Lu Mansion is also the home of an official eunuch?
The doorman of Nalu Mansion knew the special car of the county Yazhi County, so when he saw the coachman holding the carriage under the stone steps in front of the door, he hurriedly ran down and knelt on the ground, and said in fear: "The villain kowtowed to the county master, and the owner of the villain was sick in bed, and he couldn't meet him from afar, so the villain went back to the master......"
The disciple knelt on the ground, although he seemed to be frightened, but he spoke extremely smoothly, as if he had been practicing for a long time, and Uncle Li and Yang Yizhi, who were listening, wondered, I don't know which one this door is singing.
Seeing that Menzi was like this, the coachman jumped out of the carriage, kicked the menzi's buttocks, and said with a narrow smile: "Do your guy's eyes grow on pi eyes, you can look carefully, but the county magistrate is sitting in the car?" ”
When the man looked up, he happened to see Uncle Li coming out of the car with a lewd smile on his face, and he couldn't help but cheer from the bottom of his heart: "Old fairy, your old man is here, hey, now we can be saved, master, master, the old fairy is here......"
As soon as the menzi saw Uncle Li, he seemed to be crazy with joy, and he didn't care about the etiquette, so he got up and ran into the door, shouting as he ran, as if he saw Zhao Gongming coming with a cornucopia.
The man was about forty years old, wearing a blue mirror tweed face and a five-color plate silk jacket, although he walked in a hurry, but he was calm, but there was a melancholy between his eyebrows.
As soon as the man saw Uncle Li, he immediately fell to the ground, and said again and again: "I don't know that the old immortal law is coming to the cold house, Sedum is one step late, and I hope that the old immortal Haihan!" ”
"Hehe, we're old friends, why are you still so polite, get up and talk." Uncle Li lifted his robe and was about to help Lu Jingtian, but Lu Jingtian knelt down one step earlier, and only stood up after kowtowing in a proper manner.
Uncle Li shook his head helplessly, and said with a smile: "I see that your complexion is better, can I practice the Six Great Wei Tu Na Qi Techniques I taught you on time?" ”
"I don't dare to put it down for a day, it is because I insist on practicing the divine method taught by the old immortals, and my body is as strong as a day." Lu Jingtian answered Uncle Li's question gratefully.
At this moment, Lu Jingtian saw Yang Yi behind Uncle Li, was slightly stunned, and said with a smile: "This little Taoist is your old man's new apprentice?" Hehe, Xiaodao Chief, you are so blessed, being able to listen to the teachings of the old gods every day is really a blessing from the previous life. ”
Listening to Lu Jingtian's words of admiration from the bottom of his heart, Yang Yiyi grinned, and said in his heart, what a blessing for you to be a hammer, when you meet this old liar, I am bad, rub!
Subsequently, Lu Jingtian instructed Menzi to take a string of copper coins to send the coachman away, and gently supported Li Shu'er's armpit with one hand, and walked towards the house with Li Shu'er with a respectful face.
"By the way, I see that your menzi just said that it seems that you specially taught Shen Ruchao to deal with it, he is a city and county order, how can he have a holiday with you?" The relationship between Li Shu'er and Lu Jingtian seems to be far deeper than the general friendship with Shen Ruchao, and the tone of his speech is also much more casual and intimate.
"Hey, I'll not hide it, did you just see the new plaque of Sungjun Jinshi hanging on my door?" Lu Jingtian smiled bitterly,
Said.
"I was about to ask, you only have a daughter under your knees, and you can't participate in the scientific examination, is it because you took the palace examination yourself and failed to win the Jinshi, hehe" Li Shu'er asked casually as if he seemed to be joking, knowing that there must be a reason for this.
"Alas", Lu Jingtian sighed, "The old fairy doesn't want to make fun of Sedum, Sedum has long broken off the idea of that career, and now he is also in the year of not being confused, where will he compete with such young talents in the examination room?" This Chengjun Jinshi is the reason why Sedum is reluctant to see Shen Zhixian. ”
"Oh, why is that?" Uncle Li asked puzzled.
Listening to the conversation between Uncle Li and Lu Jingtian, Yang Yi also wondered, I don't know why this Lu Jingtian obviously has the quasi-official rank of Jinshi, but it seems that the boss is unwilling, could it be that he and Uncle Li are both in a group of people, and they can't do their work by pretending to be criminals?
"Let's talk about this when we go into the house." Lu Jingtian had a bitter face, as if he had something unspeakable, but he didn't want to say it in front of his subordinates, so he talked about him left and right.
Uncle Li didn't ask anymore, but found another question: "Eh, I remember that when you enter the door, didn't there be a big shadow wall with the word blessing, why is it gone?" ”
"The old fairy has a good memory, the shadow wall turned out to be there, but, just half a month ago, the shadow wall inexplicably appeared a lot of cracks, and then it collapsed, after being built by someone, it collapsed overnight, although the matter is weird, but recently the miscellaneous things are redundant, and I am too lazy to repair it again, but it also fell into a spacious ...... Could it be that something is wrong? Lu Jingtian saw that Uncle Li suddenly frowned, and asked with some apprehension in his heart
"Of course it's not right," Uncle Li glanced at Lu Jingtian, who was still ignorant, and said a little angrily: "Outside the gate of your mansion, facing a straight avenue, the so-called "one straight road and one gun", you are guilty of gunfire, originally the shadow wall is like a shield, which can block the invisible evil qi, the shadow wall is gone, and the evil qi rushes straight into the mansion, which must be unfavorable to the master's house." ”
Before Uncle Li's words fell, Lu Jingtian already saw sweat on his forehead, and he whispered uneasily: "The old fairy must already know about the mysterious things that happened in my house, is it related to this gunfire?" ”
"It's too early to make a conclusion, I'll talk about it after looking at the rest of your house in a while." Uncle Li sighed and replied noncommittally.
Although this Lu Jingtian's mansion is not as wide as the Cangzhou city and county government, it is not inferior to the county government in terms of shape, and the entire mansion is composed of three courtyards.
Li Shu'er and Yang Yi are advanced in the inverted seat room arranged along the north-south axis, that is, the outer living room, and the wing rooms on both sides are the account room and the gatehouse.
After the weeping flower gate, Li Shu'er and Yang Yi entered the main hall, that is, the inner living room, which is the main activity place for Lu Jingtian's daily living and deliberations, and there are also side rooms on both sides, which are for children and nephews to live in. Behind it, there is the back cover room, and the main building is the storehouse, the kitchen and the house where the servants live.
Yang Yi was very interested in this architectural pattern similar to the old Beijing courtyard house, and wanted to take a look, but seeing that Uncle Li was no longer going inside, he was not good at wandering around, so he had to sit down next to Uncle Li and taste the fragrant gaiwan tea.
After retreating, Lu Jingtian closed the door of the inner hall, and then walked up to Uncle Li with a solemn expression, and bowed to Uncle Li: "Old fairy, Sedum knows that you are here today, there must be a reason, nine out of ten, I heard about the mysterious death of my subordinate here, right?" ”
Uncle Li nodded and acquiesced.
"Demons come out of troubled times, I didn't believe in these strange words, but, in the rest of the month, there have been no less than five or six people dead in my house, and they are all young and strong young people, and the cause of death is extremely strange, all of them are internal organs missing, but the appearance is unharmed, if it is not the evil act, it is really difficult to explain, now, the people in my house are almost gone, only some loyal and righteous old servants who have followed me for many years are struggling to maintain, Sedum is already exhausted, helpless. Today, fortunately, the old fairy is here, I hope that you will always perform magic skills and demons for the cold house, and Sedum should be grateful! Saying that, Lu Jingtian was in tears, and involuntarily knelt down again.
"You get up first," Uncle Li lost his eyes, Yang Yi reached out and dragged Lu Jingtian up and helped him sit on the chair opposite, Uncle Li continued: "There is indeed a demonic aura in your mansion, but just by smell, I can't tell what is doing it, and besides, you said that the people who died in the mansion were all young people, all of them were men in the prime of life, right, why is this?" ”
Uncle Li stood up, pacing slowly on the thin floor paved with water-mill bricks in the room, while pondering with his teeth.
Suddenly, Uncle Li stopped, squatted down, and tapped the smooth brick surface with his hands, and tapped it a few times, listening intently for a while, and then a few more times, and then listening for a while.
"Under your house, is there a secret room or something like that?" Uncle Li listened for a while, got up and looked at Lu Jingtian and asked.
"No, no, when I first started the house, I personally supervised the construction of this foundation, and it was filled with bluestone and pebbles, which was extremely strong, and there had never been a secret room." Lu Jingtian didn't think about it, so he said very resolutely.
"That's weird, I don't think there's a tunnel down there running through your homestead, and if that's the case, it's going to be a problem." Uncle Li looked at Lu Jingtian, and although his voice was soft, he could hear that Lu Jingtian was creepy.
"Sedum is dull, and I hope that the old fairy will show it!" Lu Jingtian looked at Uncle Li, and begged in a trembling voice with a panicked expression.
"Whoever has an underground tunnel, a secret passage or a river under the house is called a heart-piercing person, and the one who commits the heart-piercing is guilty of a blood-light disaster in this house, and it seems that your house has already met the bad luck of heart-piercing, but the bad luck has just begun."
"Ah......" After listening to Uncle Li'er's words, Lu Jingtian's face turned yellow, his eyes were straight, and he suddenly sat on the ground, stammering, unable to speak.