"I don't dare to say that I don't believe it, but I just think it's too illusory. Just because the family teacher visited the famous mountains and rivers and talked with the famous people, everyone only heard the theory of reincarnation, but no one saw it with their own eyes. ”

Wang Hong originally wanted to ask, but looking at Chen Wangxiaosuo's expression, it seemed that he had attracted something, and he shut up very sensibly at the moment.

"It's not early, I wonder if Mr. has a place to live in Yuyang? In the next purchase of a new house, there is a courtyard idle, if the gentleman does not dislike, you can stay in the cold house. Yuyang has many ancient houses, if Mr. wants to visit everywhere, it is very convenient for carriages and sedan chairs. ”

"Don't bother your house. I'm planning to stay in Yuyang City for a while and want to rent a house. I don't know if the two of you know each other? ”

Chen Wang had heard about the Qinglian Festival before, and he was quite interested, and planned to stay and take a look.

It just so happens that Yuyang City is where Yuzhou is located, where famous families gather, businessmen gather, literati gather, there are many famous temples and ancient houses, and there is no shortage of beautiful water and famous mountains around.

It's also worth staying here for a while, looking for famous sites and seeing the weirdness of the red dust. The best.

Wang Hong was a little disappointed when he heard this.

Shi Tong originally wanted to invite Chen Wang to stay at his house, but Wang Xianzun spoke first, but he was refused, so he didn't want to mention it again.

Hearing Chen Wang's question about the familiar tooth person, he immediately said: "This is a coincidence, the little family has an elder brother, who is in the dental business." If the gentleman wants to rent a house, let the little one call him. ”

"Then it's a matter of worrying the shopkeeper." Chen Wang said politely.

"It should be, it should be."

Shi Tong agreed, turned around and went downstairs, and went to tell the guy to go. After a while, I came up with a person.

"My lord, sir, this is the brother I am talking about."

"Little Shi Jinfa, I've seen the county lord, I've seen the gentleman." Shi Jinfa saluted Wang Hong and Chen Wang.

"I'm tired. Is there a suitable rental property? I can rent it according to the market price, and if I take care of it too much, it is inconvenient for me to accept it. ”

"Sir is too polite. Suitable housing, naturally, there is. ”

Shi Jinfa may have seen that Chen Wang was a friend of the county, so he opened his mouth to introduce two sets of two-entry mansions in the city, which can be regarded as mansions.

The price made Chen Wang speechless.

And when Chen Wang asked Shi Jinfa to introduce him to a cheaper house for him to live in alone, Shi Jinfa pondered for a long time and recommended a small courtyard, and the rent was more than 2,000 yuan a month, and the deposit cost several dollars.

"If the gentleman decides to rent it, the small one will be given as a guarantee, and the deposit will be waived. If this set doesn't work again, it's a place of cramped and mixed living, and I'm afraid Mr. won't be used to it. "Shi Jinfa is a little embarrassed.

Chen Wang smiled bitterly. He has long known that the price of Dazhao House is extremely high, and many literati and writers have written poems and lamented it, but he didn't expect it to be so high.

As for the reason, Dazhao has been established for hundreds of years, with a multiplying population and developed commerce.

More importantly, the gate lord clan accounts for more than ninety percent of the world's wealth, and there are not a few people who "leave and right the rivers and lakes, and the north and south mountains".

After Chen Wang entered the city, he saw all the way that there were pavilions and pavilions with gate valves, and several houses occupied more than half of the city.

Most of these idle leased houses also belong to the gate valve family. Under their control, the price of houses is high, and the people are unattainable and miserable.

Although Chen Wang got two sums of silver because he got rid of the ghost in white yesterday, now he still has about thirty yuan in his hands.

But if you rent a house, you will have to spend more than a dozen times, which really makes him feel a little distressed.

Next, I'm afraid I'm going to have to go vegetarian.

Wang Hong saw Chen Wang's embarrassment, suddenly remembered something, and said: "I have a friend for many years, who has another courtyard at home, which is very elegant, and he has encountered some problems recently, and he can't live in it. If you don't dislike it, sir, you can go and have a look. ”

"Oh? Let's listen to any questions. ”

"This matter has been in a big splash in Yuyang recently, and there are many people who know about it, and it is not a private matter. The owner of that house is Sima Yangju of the other department.

Yang Ju was born in the Yang family of Zhuo County, and there are many legends of him in the township. When his mother was in the boudoir, a summer evening, in the back garden to enjoy the shade, in a dream to see the mace into the mouth, after October gave birth to Yang Ju, the villagers were surprised.

Yang Ju was born different from others, born with outstanding force, and in less than a year, he was already an official to another department, fighting on the battlefield, repeatedly performing miraculous feats, and his future is immeasurable. ”

When Chen Wang heard this, he was secretly speechless.

is not amazed by the bizarreness of Yang Ju's background, but amazed by the strong ability of the gate valve to make up stories.

When Yang Ju's mother was in the boudoir, she had Yang Ju in the back garden, which should have been an ugly thing, but it could be made into a dream to see a mace into her mouth, and then give birth to him......

This kind of mythical story made Yang Ju turn into a strange person and have a good reputation.

Of course, Chen Wang will not debunk this tiger and wolf words, bad people and good deeds.

Wang Hong continued: "Yang Ju kills a lot of people, and he is not afraid of ghosts and gods. But since last month, Mr. Yang has said that he has a haunted courtyard, and every night he can see a woman with only half a face standing in front of the couch and sobbing, which disturbs people's panic, so that he can't sleep at night and his family is restless.

Mr. Taoist Academy, Buddhist monks, have all come to the door, but they are helpless. It has been delayed for a long time, affecting his good name. If Mr. does not dislike it, he can go to live, it is to relieve Yang Ju's sorrows, Yang Ju not only does not accept money, but will definitely regard Mr. as a benefactor. ”

After hearing this, Chen Wang said: "I'm already good at catching ghosts, how can I dislike it?" This house is indeed suitable for me, and I am tired of introducing it on my behalf. ”

"Sir is gracious."

Wang Hong turned around and ordered, first let someone go to Yang Ju to send a greeting post, and explain in detail.

After eating, Li Fang went to settle the bill, but Shi Tong refused to accept the money no matter what, saying a word from Chen Wang, helping them make the restaurant famous, they had nothing to repay, if they collected money for this meal, it would be too inhuman.

Speaking of this, Wang Hong could only signal Li Fang to give up. Just took the opportunity to agree, and next time I will re-entertain Chen Wang.

The two walked through the streets and alleys, and when they came to Yang Ju's place, Yang Ju was already waiting at the door.

Yang Ju is eight feet tall, with a tiger body and ape arms, with a martial temperament, but his eyes are tired and his face is haggard, when he sees Chen Wang and Wang Hong, he first greets Wang Hong, and then bows to Chen Wang:

"In Xia Yangju, I have seen Mr. Chen."

"This is the annex?"

Chen Wang looked up and saw no ghosts, and couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"Exactly. Can you notice it, sir? ”

"Nope. Gotta go in and have a look. Moreover, the haunting of your house has to be discussed in detail. ”

"Sir, please come in."

Yang Ju led the way and led Wang Hong and Chen Wang inside.

This small courtyard has pavilions and rockeries, green plants, flowers are full of houses, although it is another courtyard, it is also very exquisite.

The three of them walked down the gravel path to the main hall.

"This matter started in the middle of last month. Because of the hard work of practicing in the barracks during the next day, he slept alone in the courtyard at night.

I slept until midnight, woke up by the faint sound of sobbing, opened my eyes, and saw the bright moonlight shining into the room through the window, with a little coldness. There was a figure of a woman, with her back to me, sitting on the edge of the bed, raising her hand as if to wipe away her tears. Yang Ju said eloquently.

He said, "At first, I thought it was a concubine, and I was trying to appease it, but I suddenly realized that this was in another courtyard, I slept alone, and the door latch was firm, and it was impossible for the concubine to enter."

Moreover, the woman's body did not resemble any of the wives and concubines. At that time, the moonlight was like water, which happened to shine on the woman's body, and it actually penetrated the body and threw it on the ground, and I was suddenly shocked into a cold sweat, knowing that this woman was a ghost and a non-human. ”

He took a slight breath and continued, "However, her slender back and smooth long hair are not intimidating, but pitiful.

I plucked up my courage and patted her back with my hand, and it was touchable and soft as a normal woman. When asked who she was, the woman didn't answer, just turned her head.

She wore a light Rosa dress, her long hair was half-hidden, and she was extremely handsome. I'm ashamed to say that when I woke up in the middle of the night, the man was angry and impulsive, and felt that even if it was a ghost, since it could be touched, it couldn't be cared about, so I wanted to commit adultery......"

Yang Ju said this, his face was ashamed.

"Hahaha. It is said that heroes are sad to pass the beauty pass, and Brother Yang does not even let go of female ghosts, he is really brave, and he is really a model for my generation. Wang Hong didn't miss this opportunity to tease his old friend.

Yang Ju was even more ashamed, and he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into.

"And then?" Chen Wang couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth.

Then, the woman's jade hand was raised, and she gently brushed her temples, only to see that her beautiful eyes were pitch black, embroidered eyebrows and phoenix eyes, her nose was greasy goose fat, and her lips were like red points, and she was extremely moving.

However, as the long hair was lifted, half of the covered face was also revealed little by little, but it shocked me into a cold sweat......

The woman, she only had half of her face, and the covered half seemed to be smoothed out. ”

Yang Ju was obviously greatly frightened, and now that he thinks about it, he still has palpitations.

I don't know if Yang Ju will add the word "no" to his name in the future.

"And then?"

Then the woman vanished. But, the next night, she came again. As usual, she was sobbing faintly, her long hair half covering her face, and when she got close to me, she lifted her long hair and showed me half of her face, which was smoothed out and had no facial features, and then disappeared. ”

"Is that all? Nothing else harmful? ”

"Nope. For the next few days, the woman was like this, and every night she appeared at my couch, with her long hair covering her face, and when she came close to me, she made me look at the half-covered face, and then she disappeared.

Every time, after I was frightened, I couldn't sleep again, so I was exhausted and eventually became angry. In the first half of the year, the woman appeared again, and I angrily rebuked her, saying, 'I am a warrior, and I have killed countless people, and I have been troubled by ghosts and gods, so how can I disturb you?' ’

After saying that, he stabbed her with his sword, and without thinking about it, the sword passed through her body, as if it had not hit something, and the woman was not hurt in the slightest.

Later, he invited the senior monks of Dongming Temple and the people of the Taoist Academy, and used various means, although he was able to expel the woman in person, but she reappeared again the next day.

I was haunted by her, and I couldn't live in fear. I was also worried that the haunting of the other courtyard would spread and affect my good name, and I would be impeached by those who were interested in the court. Fortunately for Mr. to come today, everything is Mr. War. ”

"This woman does not directly harm you, but can only disturb you at night, so that you cannot sleep peacefully, disturb your mind, and make you tired and emaciated, and finally weak.

It shows that she is not deep enough to hurt people directly. However, it is a little strange that the people of the Taoist Academy and Dongming Temple could not catch her. I was in your house, and I didn't feel any ghosts. ”

"Can't even the gentleman find the female ghost? The people from Dongming Temple and the Taoist Institute said that the most difficult thing about this ghost is that it is ethereal and cannot find its true body. Yang Ju was a little disappointed and sighed.

"Have you ever thought that this woman is difficult because you have preconceived notions that she is a female ghost and deal with her according to the routine of catching ghosts, so you are biased?"

"Preconceived notions that she is a female ghost? What does the gentleman mean that the woman is not a female ghost? But as I saw with my own eyes, the woman was not human. Yang Ju frowned, very sure.

"Not human, but not necessarily ghost. It's getting late today, so I can stay as I did before, and I'll stay outside and wait for the woman to appear, and everything will be known. ”

……

The clouds are covered with jade ropes, and the moon is full and the mirror is round.

Wang Hong must insist on staying, so now he and Chen Wang are sitting at the stone table in the courtyard, admiring the moon and chatting.

The red clay stove is small, and the soup is boiling.

Wang Hong took it personally, took out tea cakes and various spices, and prepared to make tea.

Looking at those green onions, ginger and garlic, Chen Wang took the first step to open the basket and took out a bamboo tube.

"Take care of Duomeng today, come and taste my tea."

"Oh? Sir, this tea is a novelty. Wang Hong looked curiously at the tea leaves that Chen Wang took out of the bamboo tube.

The tea leaves are independent, not made into tea cakes, nor milled into powder. The latter two are the usual tea-making techniques in this era.

Chen Wang took a pinch with a tea clip and put it in the bowl in front of Wang Hong. I took another pinch and put it in my bowl.

Pick up the boiling water and pour it into a tea bowl.

A wisp of tea smoke is gently raised, stirring the orchid paste to the incense.

Wang Hong twitched his nose and was waiting for Chen Wang to add other ingredients, but saw Chen Wang put down the soup pot and waited on the side.

"This is called clear tea, only fried tea leaves, no other ingredients are added, I don't know if I can drink it at my feet." Chen Wang introduced.

Wang Hong looked at the tea leaves in the cup. After the fried dried tea leaves are brewed with boiling water, the pieces stretch out, and even reveal a bit of new green, and the veins are complete, as if they were freshly picked from the tea tree.

Regardless of the taste, the quality alone is amazing enough.

"Sir is indeed a gentleman."

Compared with the kind of tea that is added with various spices, the tea leaves are also ground into powder, and finally boiled into a pot of porridge, the cup of tea in front of you is definitely elegant, which is very in line with the aesthetic and spiritual pursuit of the gate valve family.

Wang Hong picked up the teacup and took a sip.

At first, I feel a light and slightly bitter taste, but after a while, I feel that the fragrance is only fragrant. And this light taste seems to be more greasy than adding so many spices.

They had just eaten a whole duck feast in Zuixianlou, and they were very greasy, and now, this bowl of tea went down, and they only felt very comfortable.

"Good tea. This tea, the first taste is a little bland, but the aftertaste is extremely sweet, this taste, is even more elegant. ”

Wang Hong looked at the tea in the bamboo tube and was moved.

If he could entertain the guests with this tea, wouldn't he be able to win a lot of praise and look elegant?

The son of the family can be talentless, but it must not be indecent.

"I brought this tea with me when I went down the mountain, and I slept in the grass all the way, and I didn't have a chance to make it again, so much was left. If Wang Xianzun likes it, he can divide you with half a tank when he leaves. ”

"This ...... What's so embarrassing about that? ”

"Nothing. Next, I will live in Yuyang City for a while, and I can fry again when I have free time. ”

"Thank you, sir, then."

Wang Hong wanted to be polite again, but he was afraid that he would be too polite, Chen Wang really retracted his thoughts of gifting, so he thanked him and accepted it.