Xuan Mo stopped the chopsticks in his hand, the monks did not speak, and in the face of the little peach demon's questioning, he felt difficult to answer for the first time.

"Yes."

Ning Xi accepted it when he saw it, "It seems that this Zhao Mansion is very strange, let's go and investigate the mansion where Zhao Yuanwai's fifth brother lives later?" ”

Xuan Mo was silent.

Ning Xi acquiesced when he did.

Soon, Zhao Wansheng came over and took them to Zhao Wulang's courtyard.

"Since moving to Anseong, our brothers have not been separated, and we all live together, which is the house where the fifth brother lived before the accident."

Ning Xi glanced at it, there was no trace of a fight in the house, and the furnishings were normal.

"Zhao Gongzi, did you say last time that your fifth brother died suddenly in the room?"

"That's right." Zhao Wansheng nodded, "I remember that at that time, I was at home with a few sisters-in-law, and the eldest brother went to sea, and he valued that batch of goods very much, and he didn't worry about handing it over to his subordinates." ”

"Unexpectedly, when the eldest brother went to sea, he encountered a storm and waves, and he was almost planted on the sea, but fortunately, God had eyes and let the eldest brother come back safely. Unfortunately, the fifth brother suddenly vomited blood and died at this time. ”

Ning Xi followed Xuan Mo in and walked around, but he didn't find anything weird.

When Xuan Mo walked out, he looked at Zhao Wansheng, "Donor, please also give Zhao Wulang's birthday to the poor monk for a look." ”

"Fifth brother's birthday?" The folding fan in Zhao Wansheng's hand patted his palm, "Master, wait a minute, I'll go to find the eldest brother, only the eldest brother knows about this." ”

With that, he hurried away.

Ning Xi had heard a lot about Zhao Yuanwai from the diners in the inn before, Zhao Yuanwai was a big farmer before he made a fortune, and he was almost thirty years old and had no money to marry a daughter-in-law.

After moving to Ancheng, he immediately asked to marry a local lady surnamed Li.

Miss Li was just in time, and she was as delicate as a flower, and on the day of the wedding, Zhao Yuanwai was so confused that she couldn't get out of bed for a few days.

I don't know that this young lady doesn't like a rough man like him at all, and he is sullen in the house all day long.

Zhao Yuanwai was busy going to sea for business earlier, and he didn't have time to take care of her mood.

Later, Qian made money, earned more and more, and the family was well-off, so he immediately accepted a few beautiful concubines, where would he go to see her face.

Therefore, the young Mrs. Zhao has been alone for a long time.

When Ning Xi followed Xuanmo to the hall to wait, a delicate woman brought refreshments with a few maids.

"Master, please use it."

"Please, girl."

Ning Xi looked over, and the maid next to the woman took the initiative to introduce: "This is the lady of the staff." ”

Ning Xi nodded, and calculated the age, Mrs. Zhao is only eighteen or nineteen years old now.

Although she has been snubbed by Zhao Yuanwai for a long time, she can see that her face is ruddy, and there is no worry between her eyebrows, this Mrs. Zhao's mentality is really good.

When Zhao Wansheng came back, he was stunned when he saw Mrs. Zhao, and hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law, we are investigating the matter of the fifth brother here, you should go back and rest first." ”

"The concubine knows, she just came to deliver some refreshments, so she will go back." When Mrs. Zhao saw Zhao Wansheng, her eyes were a little unnatural.

After Xuan Mo got Zhao Wulang's eight characters, he began to calculate, Ning Xi stood aside boredly, looking around, this Zhao Mansion revealed unnaturalness everywhere, but he couldn't sense the ghost, it was really a little strange.

In order not to disturb Xuan Mo, Ning Xi walked around the mansion alone.

When I walked to the garden, I saw an old gardener cleaning weeds in front of the flower bed.

Ning Xi walked over, and the old gardener raised his head and looked over, "What's the matter with your guest?" ”

She said casually: "Walk around, how long have you been working in the Zhao family?" ”

"It's been ten years, and Master Zhao bought this house, and the old slave was called in to raise flowers."

Ning Xi nodded, "Who else is in your family?" ”

"There is a son who is not a good man, alas." The old gardener sighed and pulled a few grasses at random.

Ning Xi took out a gold ingot from his bosom and stuffed it into the old gardener's hand.

"Old man, I want to ask you something."

When the old gardener saw the gold, his eyes straightened.

With this money, he will be able to build a good-looking house for his son, marry a daughter-in-law and live a good life, and it won't be long before he can hold his big fat grandson.

"Honorable guest, the old slave will say everything he knows." The old gardener patted his chest and assured.

Ning Xi glanced around and asked, "When Zhao Yuanwai's brothers died, did any other major or strange things happen in the mansion?" ”

The old gardener thought for a while and said: "Zhao Erlang died in the first year of their family moving to Ancheng, I think about it, as for the big thing, Zhao Yuanwai took Zhao Erlang and Zhao Sanlang to the sea to sell goods in Ryukyu and made a lot of money back, but unfortunately when he was about to reach the dock, he encountered pirates, Zhao Erlang helped Zhao Yuanwai block a knife, and came back and died." ”

After this incident, Zhao Yuanwai stopped going to sea for a long time, and cooperated with other maritime merchants, but he didn't make much money.

Later, Zhao Yuanwai wanted to do a restaurant business, so he personally selected a piece of land and spent a lot of money to hire workers to build a unique restaurant in Anseong.

After the restaurant opened, business was booming, and money continued to flow into Zhao's mansion.

Zhao Yuanwai also wanted to do other business, so he was too busy to take care of himself, so he asked Zhao Sanlang to take care of the restaurant business, but he didn't admit that Zhao Sanlang drank too much in the restaurant, and when he went to the thatched house, he fell downstairs and died on the spot.

Ning Xi nodded when she heard this, this matter is quite evil, she feels that every time something happens to the Zhao family brothers, it is related to Zhao Yuanwai's deeds.

"Then how did the Zhao family Shiro get into trouble?"

At the mention of Zhao Shilang, the old gardener couldn't help but tremble, hesitated for a moment, and finally said it.

After the death of two brothers in a row, Zhao Yuanwai was very sad, and from then on, he no longer let his brothers participate in business, but only kept them at home and became rich idlers. Zhao Shilang and the others were also happy, but seeing that the eldest brother had worked hard to personally take the newly recruited dart master to escort the dart, they also wanted to follow. ”

"Zhao Yuanwai is a tall man, the first time he did the dart business, he only went to lead the way once, and the future work was left to the buddy to do, in the face of the enthusiasm of the fourth brother, he couldn't refuse, so he chose an official road to escort the dart, trying to be safe."

Hearing this, Ning Xi asked, "Did they all come back safely?" ”

There should be no bandits and robbers on the official road, not to mention that the road chosen by Zhao Yuan is definitely safer, and they have brought so many people, so there will be no accidents on the road.

The old gardener sighed, "It's safe to come back, out of this dart, Zhao Yuanwai also got acquainted with a lot of business owners, negotiated several big deals, it's so lucky." It's a pity."

It's a pity that they just returned to the city, and Zhao Yuanwai saw that the guys were working hard, so he invited them to the largest local green building to relax. Unexpectedly, when the greeting person set off for home the next day, he found that there was one person missing. ”

"Is something wrong with Zhao Shilang?"

……