The rain was so heavy that the trees rattled.

"What man!?"

As soon as Wei Tao approached the side courtyard, a low cry full of vigilance sounded far away.

He stopped and said, "I seem to have heard something moving just now, so I'll come and check it out." ”

"We're fine, the host can go back and rest." The voice rejected outright.

"But, I think there's something wrong with you."

Wei Tao frowned slightly, and his tone was completely for the sake of the other party, "And you are not locals, and you may not have heard of the terrifying legend about the gold field." ”

"What horror legend?"

The voice was visibly muffled.

"Every rainy night, the ghost carries a knife, wanders in all directions, peels the skin and grass."

Wei Tao said casually, seeing that the other party didn't react, he continued, "There is also the summer resort that is not very far from the gold field, and there are also many ...... hidden in the dark."

"Guard Qin, let the master's family come in."

A soft woman's voice suddenly sounded, just behind the gate of the side courtyard.

"Little girl Gui Qingyuan, the villa that Mr. just mentioned was built by the ancestor Guishu to imitate the resignation of the official and return to his hometown."

The wooden door of the side courtyard opened, and a slender figure with a paper umbrella walked out of it and bowed slightly.

"If the gentleman knows about the villa, he can come in and tell the little girl in detail."

"It's better to be respectful than to obey."

Wei Tao nodded, followed behind the girl, and slowly walked into the side courtyard.

After everyone had entered, the guards were in the back preparing to close the courtyard gates.

Suddenly, his pupils contracted, and he subconsciously pulled out the long knife on his waist.

"What's the matter, Guard Qin?"

The girl turned the paper umbrella and asked.

"There seems to be a dark shadow just now, suddenly flashing from the hallway."

Guarding Qin's face was calm, staring at the corridor connecting the main courtyard and the side courtyard.

While talking, the boy in brocade and the personal servant also came to the door.

"My subordinates have seen Young Master Yu."

Guarding Qin bowed slightly and saluted.

"Which direction did the black shadow you see go?" Young Master Yu asked.

"The black shadow seems to have entered a certain room, but the distance is a little far, the sky is dark, and the subordinates don't see it clearly."

Young Master Yu asked again, "Which room did you roughly enter, can you tell it?" ”

Qin Hu said, "It should be in a room in the middle of the corridor. ”

Young Master Yu nodded, his eyes fell on Wei Tao, "If this matter is not investigated, I am afraid that it will be detrimental to everyone, what do you think, master?" ”

"I very much support Young Master Yu's idea."

Wei Tao thought deeply about this, "It must be investigated, and it must be strictly investigated, otherwise it will not even be safe to sleep in the future." ”

"The master understands the righteousness and admires it to the fullest!"

Young Master Yu waved his hand as he spoke, and suddenly a group of guards who had already prepared rushed out.

They work in groups of three and work skillfully together.

House after house searched.

In front of the gate of the side courtyard, Wei Tao stood alone.

Yu Gongzi and Gui Qingyuan talked in a low voice, saying something.

Behind the two of them, Quiber folded his hands in his sleeves, and from time to time he looked at him with wariness.

Little by little, time passed.

The various groups of guards returned one after another.

"Nothing was found other than the person sleeping in the bed."

"Young master, those people are sleeping so deeply that they can't wake up."

"It's the same with our group."

"So do we."

Yu Gongzi's brows furrowed, and he fell into thought.

Suddenly, Wei Tao's voice sounded slowly, "Don't you care if you fall asleep?" You don't know them, so how do you know whether it's a man or a ghost lying in bed? ”

"If they're pretending to be asleep, they won't wake up by normal means, so why don't you drag people out and throw them into the yard?"

"If it doesn't work, you can also cut a few cuts on them to see if they really can't wake up, or if there are other reasons for not waking up."

Gui Qingyuan's eyes were shining, and his expression was thoughtful, "What the master said is very right, this kind of investigation just now will not have any effect at all." ”

Yu Gongzi exhaled a heavy breath, "Since the master has said it, we will do it!" ”

Quiber's eyes flickered, and he glanced at Wei Tao deeply.

But he didn't say much, just stood closer to his son-in-law.

If he was only a little skeptical at first, now he is almost certain that this "master's family" is by no means the real master's family.

This is not the kind of deep house compound with three entrances outside and three entrances inside, how can there be a reason why the master does not know his own servants?

Or there is a smaller possibility, that is, the servants in this mansion have already mixed in with outsiders, and even the master's family can't figure it out, so they want their new arrivals to take action and complete a clean-up investigation.

Quiber looked away at the guards who had entered the hallway in groups again.

The eyes were cold and indifferent, without a trace of warmth.

These people are meant to be pawns to be consumed.

When they die, they die.

After consuming it, I will go back and select and train it.

As long as the young master can be kept safe and sound, there will be no problem.

Thinking about it further, if it is really as the young master said, if you can still find that thing on this trip, even if you kill ten times the number of guards, it will be worth it.

Little by little, time passed.

There was a dead silence inside and outside the corridor, and there was no sound except for the sound of wind and rain.

The first three guards to enter a room never came out.

It seems that like the people who originally lived there, they also fell into a deep sleep that they couldn't wake up.

The second group of guards did not come out either.

The third group also followed in the footsteps of the previous two groups.

Suddenly, a terrible scream rang out from somewhere in the middle of the hallway.

Click!

The door was smashed.

A figure with a long knife in hand fell out of the room and slammed into the hallway pillar, a large cloud of blood spilling from its mouth.

Immediately after, a figure stiffened, slowly stepped out of the room, and stood in front of the seriously wounded and dying guard.

The next moment, the figure fell on its stomach and buried its head in the guard's neck.

The sideburns were scattered, covering the faces of the two.

The sound of snoring sounded at the same time.

Through the darkness and wind and rain, it clearly echoed in everyone's ears.

Yu Gongzi's face suddenly became calm.

The clouds between the eyebrows are so thick that they can almost drip water.

Behind him, Quiber's eyes were getting brighter and brighter, and they didn't look like they were before.

The paper umbrella in Gui Qingyuan's hand hung down, blocking his face.

It seems that he can't bear it and doesn't want to see such a bloody scene.

None of them moved, let alone stepped forward to save people.

Just stood there quietly watching, listening to the sound of gurgling and purring.

Wei Tao naturally didn't move.

His gaze pierced through the darkness, and his pupils reflected a little blood-soaked hair.

For a while, I was a little distracted.

"You're not the owner of this mansion, are you?"

After a long time, Yu Gongzi slowly spoke, breaking the silence in front of the gate of the side courtyard.

Wei Tao lowered his hat and did not answer the question.

Instead, he turned his head to look at the girl with a plain white paper umbrella.

"The girl is not a descendant of Gui Shufang, right?"

More than 20 years ago, Gui Shufang suddenly resigned and returned to his hometown, but he was involved in a major rebellion case, and his whole family was wiped out by the imperial court.

You make no secret of saying that the descendants of your Gui family are not satirizing the court for not doing things well back then, and you didn't kill people cleanly? ”

The girl smiled faintly, and a cold voice sounded from under the umbrella, "Yu Gongzi, you created a chance encounter in Daozuo, and followed the concubine all the way here, the conspirator should not be me, but the secret left by Gui Shufang back then." ”

Three people, each asked three questions.

No one answered, but the meaning of the words was already very obvious.

(End of chapter)