Chapter 337: The Fish That Slipped Through the Net

Master Wunian kindly glanced at the little apprentice who was chatting with Shen Ge enthusiastically, and explained to Lin Ruyu in a low voice the haunting incident in Taojiazhuang, "According to the old man, it should be someone who doesn't want Taojiazhuang's land to be sold, so they will pretend to be a ghost and scare people."

Lin Ruyu really felt that something was wrong now, "If that's the case, how can the master still buy ten acres of Taojiazhuang land at a low price and build a house?"

Master Wunian shook his head, "This is also where the old man is puzzled, the children have lived in Taojiazhuang for nearly a year, and they have not bumped into ghosts, but others will have some disasters when they go to Taojiazhuang to see the land."

Shen Ge, who had put his ears on the side, took over the conversation, "Someone should have deliberately made trouble. When I sent people to clean up the Jiang family, let them find out the situation in Taojiazhuang."

On the way back to the inn after leaving Guanyin Temple, Lin Ruyu was curious about what Shen Ge and Lichen said and why Lichen was so excited.

Shen Ge's face flushed slightly, "I told him that the two of us were able to become husband and wife because of the blessing of the Bodhisattva in their temple."

Well...... Well?! Lin Ruyu's dark and agile eyes widened, and she looked at Shen Ge incredulously.

Shen Ge held Ruyu's small hand and said in a low voice, "On the day I left the Guanyin Temple to chase my grandfather, although I didn't go to the main hall to ask for marriage in front of the Bodhisattva, my mind was full of you at that time. I thought I'd send my grandfather away safely, and then I'd go back to you."

Lin Ruyu also recalled that day and gently scratched Shen Ge's palm. Shen Ge's starry eyes flowed, and she raised her little hand and kissed it, "What man doesn't want to marry a smart and beautiful daughter-in-law like you? What woman wouldn't want to marry a man as good-looking and capable as me? When this news spreads, many people will run to the mountains to ask for marriage. When the incense in the temple is vigorous, the children in the good hall will be fed and clothed, and grow up safely. Do you think that's a good idea?".

Marriage is a big business, and Lin Ruyu found that this path really worked, "Then how are you going to spread the news?"

"When Shengzi went to clean up the Jiang family, he would go to the temple on the mountain to make a wish for me, and the news naturally spread." Shen Ge said it as a matter of course.

Lin Ruyu was not at ease, "Can it be done if you let you have a child?"

"Hao Lianzhai has the eyeliner of Wanxiang Teahouse, it is not a big deal to inquire about some news and scare a few ruffians, it is more than enough to let the child go, he is thirteen years old this year, and he should stand alone." Shen Ge only took Xiao Wu and Shengzi with him this time, and the rest of the brothers stayed in Xuanzhou to take care of business or study. The thirteen-year-old son is still a child in the eyes of others, but in Shen Ge's eyes, the thirteen-year-old can be used as an adult.

The son got Shen Ge's order, and that night he happily took two guards and rushed to Haolianzhai by boat. On the second day, when he arrived at the dock outside Haolianzhai and was about to dock and board the ship, he found that his eldest brother's father-in-law, Lin Kangnian, was also preparing to dock on a large ship to replenish the ship.

In addition to Lin Kangnian on the big ship, there is also Dafu's father-in-law, Lu Daoliang. How did these two get together?

Father Lin was also very surprised when he saw the birth of a son, "You just walked to Haolian Village, where are your eldest brother and sister-in-law?"

"Big brother, they are in Wusha Town, they should have already set off for Tong'an County at this time, and I will go back to Haolian Village to do something." After explaining his itinerary, Shengzi asked Father Lin why he had come here, "Why did you get off the boat?"

Father Lin said seriously, "Your sister-in-law forgot to bring a suitcase of luggage on the boat, so I sent it to her."

Shengzi smiled and said, "This is really a coincidence, you hand over the luggage to your nephew, and your nephew promises you that it will be handed over to your sister-in-law in three days at the latest." What do you think?"

"Stinky boy!" Father Lin smiled and patted Shengzi on the shoulder, "Your Uncle Lu wants to see his daughter, and I will give him a ride." Can you make it, and I'll send you two more?"

Mr. Lu wants to see his daughter, aren't you? Shengzi smiled evilly, "You and the chief dart head are resting peacefully, and my nephew will take care of the matter, and then your big ship will go after my brother and them."

"Go ahead, send someone back to say hello if you have something." Father Lin saw his son enter Hao Lianzhai, and then said to Lu Daoliang beside him, "Shen Ge's younger brothers, none of them are of a bad breed, and they will all be well-known men when they grow up."

"Things gather like and people divide into groups, neither are the bad seeds and the wicked ruffians

Maybe it's mixed up with Shen Ge." Lu Daoliang was also very emotional, he came back from a long trip, and learned that his daughter had followed Shen Ge and his wife to Anzhou to meet Youhou Wei, and then rushed to the capital Xingyang, so he immediately chased after him. Father Lin couldn't rest assured that his daughter was not at ease, so why shouldn't he, "I also went into the village to visit an acquaintance."

Shengzi entered the city and quickly found the eyeliner of Wanxiang Teahouse in Hao Lianzhai - the local little beggar Shunsheng, first let him lead the way to the robber Jiang Sanlin's house, and the Jiang family was so scared that they almost peed their pants, kowtowed like pounding garlic and promised that they would never dare to embarrass Wunian master and apprentice again, and then Shengzi inquired about the haunting of Taojiazhuang.

Hao Lianzhai's little beggar Shunsheng mentioned Taojiazhuang, and he was also a little timid, "That realm is really evil, last month there was a foreign cloth merchant who planned to buy a Zhuangzi from us and place his concubine, and the chief led him to Taojiazhuang, and the cloth merchant fell in love at a glance, and paid the deposit on the spot, who knew that he saw a ghost in the inn in the middle of the night."

Shengzi learned martial arts with his eldest brother, and now he is also a master of art and bold, and he doesn't believe in ghosts and gods at all, "How can you see ghosts?"

Shunsheng rubbed the sleeves of his shabby shirt and said in a low voice, "I saw a dark shadow floating outside the window, and the blood was hula."

Shengzi rolled his eyes, "In the middle of the night, the dark shadow, how can you see the blood hula?"

"Brother, it's not to see, it's to smell, that black shadow is covered in blood, and there is still an arm missing. Does that sound familiar to you?" The more Shunsheng spoke, the more frightened he became, "In order to save her mother, Miss Lin of Xuanzhou took people to wash Taojiazhuang with blood, and several dead bodies were missing arms and legs. That's the dead ghost of Taojiazhuang!"

Shengzi lowered his eyes and thought about it, and discussed with the guards behind him, "Fourth Brother Xiao, I think someone is pretending to be a ghost to scare people. Otherwise, you pretend to be a merchant who wants to buy land, and let Shunsheng take us to see the chief of the village, and Fifth Brother Xiao will hide outside Taojiazhuang and wait to see who is making trouble."

Hearing that there were foreign merchants who wanted to buy Taojiazhuang, the chief of Hao Lianzhai couldn't wait to offer people as bodhisattvas, and after saying a good word, he took Xiao Si and his son to Taojiazhuang by car to see the land, "Xiao Ye, look, although the house in Taojiazhuang was washed away by the flood, the land is all there, and it is fast to turn it over. More than 230 acres of land in the vicinity are fertile land, and if we clear the wild grass and plough it, we will be able to plant rice next month."

A flood took away nearly half of the people of Haolian Village, leaving the fields uncultivated. At the beginning of spring this year, the Yamen issued an official document, requiring that the ripe fields in Qi County must be cultivated, otherwise they will be fined silver, which is also the main reason why Hao Lianzhai is anxious to sell land.

Xiao Si bent down and twisted the soil under the barren grass to take a closer look, "It's indeed a good place, but it takes some effort to clean it up."

"It's easy to say, you have to hire people after you buy it, and the village can help you make up your plans and decide not to delay your harvest this year. Xiao Ye may not know, long live the grace, we have been exempted from renting grain in Qi County for two years, no matter how much grain is produced in this field, it is your ......."

Xiao Si and the chief were circling, pretending to be a small servant's son, pretending to be curious, looking left and right, and suddenly saw a woodcutter carrying two bundles of firewood and walking down the mountain. After seeing this person's appearance clearly, the pupils of the child shrank.

This is called stepping on iron shoes and finding nowhere to go, it takes no effort to get it, but I didn't expect that there was a big fish hidden in the barren grass of Haolianzhai Taojiazhuang!