After a hiccup.

Chen Yun, Zhang Qian, and Li Si followed Lin Chen to a mansion.

After being informed by the door, the four were ushered in.

This mansion occupies a large area, with a regular layout and an orderly end.

Pavilions and pavilions, eaves and green tiles, coiled and staggered, twists and turns.

Chen Yun saw the ancient mansion for the first time, and kept looking at it while walking.

He and Lin Chen and others followed the door through the small hall of the second gate, and went up to the verandah, and the eyes were open-minded, everywhere were carved beams and painted buildings, competing for beauty, and there was a canal stream meandering under the corridor, writing a small pond surrounded by strange stones from the depths of flowers and trees, like a fairyland.

Afterwards, the door door welcomed the four into the guest hall.

There are two or three maids serving pastries and good tea, which can be described as full of courtesy.

Chen Yun didn't say anything.

Li Si was rarely asking east and west, "Senior Brother Lin, what kind of ghost are we going to face this time?" ”

Lin Chen shook his head and said, "Gentleman Wu didn't tell me before, I'll ask him when he comes." ”

A gentleman generally refers to a squire.

The gentleman was the big belt that the scholar wore around his waist.

At first, it was extended to the person who was bound by the gentry, that is, to refer to the category of scholars and doctors.

Later, with the extension, it was gradually called a person with local power, status, and fame.

Chen Yun could know from the title that this gentleman Wu who invited Lin Chen to exorcise ghosts had some status in Xigou City.

I waited for about half a cup of tea.

Two footsteps rang out outside the door.

Then, two elderly men walked in.

The old man at the head was dressed in brocade clothes, and his face was elegant, like a Confucian student.

The other old man, though equally gorgeously dressed, lowered his eyebrows and looked a bit like a servant.

As soon as Lin Chen saw the two of them coming in, he took the initiative to stand up and arched his hand: "I've seen Gentleman Wu." ”

Chen Yun, Zhang Qian, and Li Si also stood up.

The old man at the head is none other than Gentleman Wu.

He smiled kindly and returned the salute, "Mr. Lin is polite." ”

The two sides introduced each other.

Only then did Chen Yun learn that the old man who followed the Wu gentleman was the steward of the Wu family, and he was called the steward of Fang.

Although Steward Fang is a lowly slave, he grew up with the Wu gentleman since he was a child, so he has a high status in the Wu family.

After the acquaintance, everyone sat down.

Only Steward Fang stood on the left side behind Gentleman Wu's chair.

Gentleman Wu first thanked Lin Chen for bringing his brothers to get rid of ghosts, and then expressed his high respect for Zhong Liquan, Zheng Wenshu and Wang Laozhi, the three "immortals".

Chen Yun can be sure that Lin Chen's guy is taking advantage of the reputation of the Ningyang Cave Preaching Temple to take private work outside, no wonder he can contact the gentry.

It took a few minutes to be polite.

At the end, Gentleman Wu entered the topic and said, "Mr. Lin, if you and all the immortal masters can help me exorcise ghosts in the courtyard of Xicheng, Wu is willing to give ten taels of gold to show his gratitude." ”

Lin Chen didn't agree, but said, "Gentleman Wu, you can first tell me and the senior brothers about the situation in the other courtyard, can you?" ”

Chen Yun also wanted to know what the so-called haunting was, and when he heard Lin Chen ask, he pricked up his ears.

The same is true for Zhang Qian and Li Si.

Mentioning this, Gentleman Wu frowned, put down the celadon teacup in his hand and sighed: "Alas, the family is unfortunate, the courtyard was originally my second son's residence, he was weak and sick since he was a child, and the evil disease is easy to spread to others, so I spent a lot of money to buy land and build a small courtyard for him." ”

Chen Yun, Lin Chen and others listened.

Gentleman Wu continued, "You also know that the establishment and worship of any shrine must be approved by the emperor of the suzerain, otherwise it will be considered evil. When I first bought that piece of land, someone told me that it was originally a shrine of demons, but it was burned to ashes by the government for violating the laws of the imperial court. ”

Hearing this, Chen Yun felt inexplicable.

He knew that ancient monks and Taoists were under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

For example, during the Ming Dynasty, the institutions that managed and maintained Taoist priests were called the Sangha Division and the Daolu Division.

Once a monk or Taoist priest has a lawsuit with an ordinary person, not only the local government will intervene, but also the head of the Sangha Division or the Taoist Division will hear the case together.

But this folk belief in who builds a shrine, Chen Yun has never heard of it and requires the personal consent of the emperor Lao'er.

Not to mention that this is the Qin State, but the emperor of the Tang Dynasty wants a nod?

Although he didn't understand the situation, the important thing was to exorcise the ghosts now, so he simply didn't want to continue listening.

Gentleman Wu was still chattering, "A year ago, the second son died early due to illness, the old man misses him, and occasionally goes to live in another courtyard for a day or two, at first there is no situation, half a year ago, I suddenly heard a faint man crying at night, the sound is from the house where my second son lived when he was alive, I asked the next person to investigate, and the next person came back and said that he saw the second son sitting at the head of the bed crying. ”

Hearing this, Chen Yun couldn't help but feel creepy.

According to Mr. Wu, the second son died a year ago, but appeared in the house half a year later?

On the contrary, Lin Chen, Zhang Qian, and Li Si didn't seem to be at ease at all, but just listened with relish.

Gentleman Wu continued, and said: "I also rushed to investigate, but unfortunately I didn't see the second son, at first, I thought it was dazzling, who would have thought to ...... three months ago"

Lin Chen asked, "What happened before March?" ”

Standing behind Gentleman Wu, who had not spoken, the steward Fang continued: "Three months ago, the head of the family wanted to live in another courtyard, let me and the family go to prepare the living items, I and the family went to decorate at night, who knew that as soon as I opened the door, I saw a lot of my Wu family's deceased family members, these family members and the deceased second son were like living people, at that time I and a group of family members were scared a lot, and the strange thing is that they disappeared during the day. ”

Chen Yun heard some key information and asked, "Half a year ago, only the second son of your mansion was the second son, but three months ago, the house was full of deceased family members?" ”

Steward Fang nodded, "Yes." ”

Chen Yun felt a burst of surprise, there was only one ghost in the second son of Wu Mansion before, but then there were many ghosts, could it be that the number of ghosts was increasing? Or is that ghost's ability to create illusions upgraded?

He decided to ask a question or two.

How do you know that Lin Chen interrupted directly, and said confidently: "I vaguely know what the hell is, as I judged before, no accident, it's a ghost." ”

Gentleman Wu hurriedly asked, "Mr. Lin, are you sure to exorcise ghosts?" ”

Lin Chen unhurriedly took out a yellow talisman from the small bag hanging on his waist and sandwiched it between his fingers, and chuckled: "I have Zhong Kui Fu, it doesn't matter if that powerful ghost doesn't appear, if it dares to appear, I can destroy it by sacrificing the talisman, okay, Gentleman Wu, you let me and your senior brothers go, and I will exorcise the ghost for you tonight." ”

Gentleman Wu was overjoyed, got up and bowed, "Thank you, Mr. Lin, for performing Dafa with all the immortal masters." ”

Chen Yun felt that Lin Chen was a little reckless, although he didn't know how magical Zhong Kui's function was, but this was to face a powerful ghost, shouldn't he ask more carefully?