Chapter 177: The Secret Room
The courtyard that I entered was square, and the stone dangdang placed by the old man Ming many years ago was still there.
Everyone worked together, cleaned for two hours, before coming, Master Ming said that there are simple household items in this house, therefore, Minghui only brought bedding and a few curtains to bear the dust, everyone hung up the door curtains and dust, and the house was finally able to live in.
There is no firewood, no kang can be burned, and there is no brazier, but fortunately, it has not yet entered the wax moon, and it can be passed by covering two more quilts at night, and all the things to be added will be bought back tomorrow.
Several people were in a hurry and cleaning, they were all tired, they ate the snacks brought from Baoding and fell asleep, Minghui originally wanted to digest the news she heard from the mouths of the two old ladies in Fang Yuan, but her head was on the pillow and she fell asleep.
There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, Wang An took the purchase list listed by Minghui and went out, and before leaving, he didn't forget to let Minghui give him a change of appearance.
He gave birth to a popular face that is not easy to remember, and it is very simple to give him a disguise, as long as he adds a little character to this face.
Near noon, Wang An bought all the firewood, rice, oil, salt, and everything he cooked, and he also brought back a good news, Su Changling and Zhu Yun also arrived in Mancheng and lived in an inn not far from here!
Yesterday's dinner and today's breakfast were both dry food, and Minghui decided to eat a good meal at noon.
Wang An wanted to cook, Minghui was old-fashioned: "With your mother-in-law, where can it be your turn." ”
Wang Anke had never seen Minghui cook, let alone see him, he hadn't even heard Cui Niangzi say that Minghui could cook.
Well, there is no Miss Ming here, only Granny Hua.
Granny Hua gave them a division of labor, the flowers peeled onions and selected vegetables, peanuts cracked firewood, Wang An, no, he is Da'an now, Da'an goes to fetch water.
After being reborn, Ming Hui, who was cooking for the first time, made braised pork, home-cooked tofu, vinegared cabbage, scrambled eggs with green onions, plus a pot of pork ribs and radish soup.
It's winter now, and they're new to the city, and the ingredients they can buy are limited, unlike in Baoding, where they can occasionally buy greenhouses and vegetables.
Even so, everyone was very happy, originally Wang An, no, Da An didn't have any hope for this meal, anyway, he bought two jars of pickles, and he could also eat.
But I didn't expect that Granny Hua's craftsmanship was actually very good, not inferior to Cui Niangzi and Zhang Yuanniang.
Finally ate a full meal, Minghui leaned on the big kang that was burning warm, closed her eyes and recuperated, but her mind was like a marquee, and she went through the words that the two old ladies said yesterday.
It didn't matter, she noticed something was wrong.
Old lady Ming said that this house belongs to Uncle Mingluan.
The division of the Ming family began with the death of Mingluan, Mingda once said that when the old lady of Ming and the old man of Ming retrieved Mingluan's body from the mass grave in the capital, the Ming family had just bought the house in Zaoshu Hutong.
Dead people don't buy houses, so this house in Mancheng should be earlier than Zaoshu Hutong, which was bought by Mingluan before his death.
But at that time, Mingluan was an official in the capital, if he wanted to buy a house, either in the capital or in Baoding Mansion, why did he go to the city to buy a house?
This is one of them.
Second, the old lady Ming wrote a letter to the old lady Ming, and came here to settle Shi Dangdang, although the old lady Ming can't remember exactly what year it is, but it must have been after the old lady Ming went to Yunmeng Mountain, and he has been there for a while, and it may even be a few years later.
Old lady Ming is a character who can't help when the oil bottle is poured, why did he suddenly remember this house many years after Mingluan's death, and specially wrote a letter to ask Master Ming to place Shi Dangdang in the house.
According to common sense, this house was bought by Mingluan before his death, but Mingluan never lived in it, let alone kept it as a souvenir.
Moreover, Mingluan has already passed away, and the Ming family will not come to live here, there is no need to stay in this house, isn't it more worry-free to sell it directly, why worry about being occupied by demons and monsters?
Why did Mrs. Ming keep this house?
Third, the murderous scene that the old man saw did not look like a dream, let alone gibberish.
Ordinary people may think it is incredible, but if you change to a martial arts master, it makes perfect sense.
Someone used a hidden weapon to kill another person, and when the old man ran out to call someone, the murderer took away the victim's body, or hid the body for a while, and then quietly transported it away when it was not noticed.
So, who were the killers and the slains at that time?
Fourth, it's the little ghost who cries in the middle of the night.
The cry came from this yard, if it wasn't for the old man's ear power, it was back then, in this yard, there was really a child.
But Granny Hua has already seen all these houses inside and out, and there are no things that children have used.
Besides, on the day the old man saw the ghost, his owner led people into this vacant courtyard, and there were no living people, no dead people, and no traces of human habitation.
Thinking of this, Granny Hua simply got off the kang and searched carefully in the house.
Back then, there was no trace of a child in Aunt Liu's house in Feng'er Lane, but in the end, Liu Yiyi was still found, and Aunt Liu hid her in the secret room under the kang cave.
Aunt Liu has a secret room in her house, so will this house also have a secret room?
If there is a secret room here, then there is an answer to why the old lady Ming didn't sell this place.
And will Mingluan also buy it because he learned that this house has a secret room?
At that time, the entire porcelain alley, except for this house, belonged to the porcelain merchant.
When Granny Hua thought of this, she was like a chicken and full of energy.
I saw Granny Hua take out a compass from the cage, stood in the yard for a while, and returned to the house for a while, and saw the other three people looking at each other, Mother-in-law, I knew that you had this ability, what did we ask Mr. Zhang, who came back from the gilding of Qingcheng Mountain, to do? Why don't you just show me Feng Shui?
Granny Hua suddenly ran in the northeast direction, and her movements were swift, not like an old lady at all.
Unfortunately, nothing was found in the northeast.
Granny Hua was a little disappointed and continued to look for it, but after several similar failures, Granny Hua threw the compass aside, forget it, you can't rely on technology, you can only rely on intuition.
For a whole afternoon, Granny Hua knocked here and smashed there, and just when Da'an thought she was going to tear down this house and rebuild it, Granny Hua suddenly snorted.
What did she find? Vent!
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