Yanyun City is the second largest city in Qizhou, and merchants from all over the world often do business here, some may just go back for business, and some may settle here. Seven years ago, a wealthy merchant surnamed Shen came to Yanyun to settle down, he made a fortune by opening a gambling house, and later started a restaurant and cloth village business.

He is the target He Wenming is looking for this time.

According to those two officials, his child died of illness a year ago, and his wife died of too much longing in less than half a year, and since then this person's temperament has changed a little.

From that time on, he began to lend money to gamblers, the poor, some of whom sold their sons and daughters without paying for it, and some even sold their wives. This person also accepted all of them without refusing, and many residents in the market thought that he was bad and despised him.

Later, the neighbors found out that the women had been sold, and he did not commit any crimes, and placed them in a large yard to weave cloth for him. Those children who were bought were sent to work under their own industries, with food and shelter and wages. There are those who are sold at the same time as their mothers, and they are allowed to see each other every other day.

The residents of the market expressed their admiration for this, thinking that he was a good deed for doing good deeds and accumulating virtues, and you must know that those who were sold were slaves, and they could not be overly abused. So in the end, the neighbors turned a blind eye to his usury.

The strange thing is probably that some people see that Master Shen is not difficult to be sold, and in the past few months, there have been more people selling their sons and daughters and wives.

On closer inspection, it looks a bit like the housebreaker in the book. The more families this ghost destroys, the stronger the mana.

He had one of his biggest flaws: his temperament changed dramatically after the death of his wife and children.

At first glance, it doesn't seem to be a detailed total, which just means that those who know him best are dead. If you are transferred by a ghost, no one will find out for a short time, and even if you are discovered, you can use mental stimulation as an excuse.

The most shrewd point is that this man has set up a memorial arch for usury, and you say that he is doing good deeds by buying the person who was sold, so it is better not to put usury at all. But the neighbors still think he has done a good deed.

If the people don't raise it, the officials won't hold it accountable. Naturally, it will not receive too much attention.

Following this line of thought, He Wenming decided to investigate. But it was certainly not him who went to investigate, but someone to investigate.

He Wenming came to the door of a pawnshop with a sign hanging on it: Tianya Laodang.

Walking into the lobby, it is neither big nor small. Like other pawnshops, it is a high counter, which divides into two areas like a fence.

He Wenming walked up, handed over his valuable nameplate, and asked, "Can I see your shopkeeper?"

After a while, He Wenming saw their shopkeeper in the underground VIP room of the pawnshop.

The shopkeeper said with a smile on his face: "It turns out that He Liushao is here, I don't know what advice he has?"

He Wenming heard that people were complaining that he had arrived at someone's territory and showed the He family's sign without saying a word, which was a little ignorant of etiquette.

You must know that Tianya Laodang is one of the three most mysterious organizations in the ten sects in the world, specializing in selling intelligence and investigation information, and its power is even stronger than that of the He family. No one knows who founded the organization, when it was founded, and even the headquarters is located. The reason why it is called the end of the world is to take the meaning of the end of the world, and it also implies that its bottom is as fine as the end of the world.

He Wenming arched his hand and apologized: "I don't dare to advise, it's just that He Mou is the first time to come to Tianya, and I don't know the rules of your land, and I hope to forgive me." ”

After hearing this, the shopkeeper's smile became very kind, and he said: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, you are a distinguished guest and can come here to give us face." After speaking, he took out a small and unique jade card from his arms and handed it to He Wenming, "This is our VIP card, and it can be used by old semicolons all over the country." ”

He Wenming accepted the jade plaque and said directly: "I came here today to check on a wealthy businessman surnamed Shen in Yanyun. There are three questions: first, whether the child he bought is missing, second, what is the person's routine, and third, what is the guard in the house. I don't know what the price is?"

The shopkeeper wrote down the request and said, "Five hundred taels, I will give you an answer in seven days." ”

"Yes, I don't know how much the deposit is?"

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "What else do you need for a deposit in your status?" ”

Just like that, the dust settled on the transaction of information.

After dealing with all this, he found that it was already noon, so He Wenming found a restaurant near Master Shen's house to eat, which was considered to be a step on it.

I ordered a bowl of lo mein and was eating, when suddenly I heard a noise outside, He Wenming got up and went out.

I saw a thin man, his eyes were sunken and his face was yellow, and he was malnourished and couldn't eat, but for some reason his eyes were still a little dull. dragged this eleven or twelve-year-old child all the way, his face was gray and he couldn't see the beauty and ugliness, and he could barely tell that it was a girl.

At this time, there were already a lot of people watching the play around, and it was noisy.

The girl was skinny and her clothes were in tatters, and she grabbed one of the man's hands and cried and begged, "Dad, please don't sell me, I don't want to go." I will be filial to you when I grow up, please. ”

"Girl, Master Shen won't treat you badly. The man said with a cold expression.

"Dad, it's not a good place, don't you want to bet me to go to Uncle to earn money for you?"

The man didn't answer, but just pulled his daughter away.

As soon as he heard that it was sent to Master Shen, He Wenming felt that it was necessary to stop it, otherwise it would not be a nuisance.

"Stop!"

The man listened as if he hadn't heard, and continued walking. Suddenly, a sword rested on his neck, glowing in the sun, and this time the man stopped walking.

The originally dull eyes suddenly brightened at this moment.

The crowd of onlookers also stopped speaking freely.

"Why don't you keep going!" He Wenming sneered.

"You, you, what are you going to do?" the man said with a slight stammer.

"You owe Master Shen a loan shark?"

"Not bad. ”

"Now you want to pay off your daughter's debts?"

"How many taels do you owe?"

"One hundred taels. ”

After hearing this, He Wenming took out five big silver ingots from his arms and threw them over, saying, "This is one hundred taels for you to pay off the debt, and now your daughter belongs to me." ”

The man seemed to hesitate, and He Wenming gently moved his sword forward.

As if sensing the chill of the blade, the man nodded and lowered his head. He Wenming turned his head to look at the girl, who seemed to be frightened and only nodded twice.

So He Wenming put away his sword, beckoned to the girl and walked to the noodle restaurant.

As if thinking of something, He Wenming turned back to the man and said: "My name is He Wenming, and I live in the northernmost part of He's Garden in Lotus Town, if you come back one day with your conscience and want to redeem your daughter, you can come to me at any time." Then he turned and left.

He didn't know that when the man heard the word "He Family", a cold light flashed in his eyes, but in an instant, he turned into a dull look, without any lust.

After He Wenming left, the crowd of onlookers began to discuss again.

"It turned out to be a disciple of the He family, and the young master was arrogant. Someone said disdainfully.

"Arrogance? People are literary generations! That's the sixth young master of the He family's direct line, is this arrogant?" someone retorted.

"It turned out to be the sixth young master of the He family!"

"I think this He Liushao has a good heart, and the girl can't see whether she looks good or not, He Liushao will save people from the sea of suffering, this is a good deed. ”

"That is, if it is a beautiful person, it is not better to go to the He family to be a maid than to go to the Shen family, and if you don't do it in the future, you will become a young grandmother. ”

"Hahaha" The people around him also had fun.

Back at the noodle restaurant, He Wenming ordered another bowl of noodles and asked the girl, "What's your name?"

"My name is Mandarin Duck. ”

"Yuan'er, you live in peace in the city for two days first, and I will take you back to He's house after I am busy in two days. ”

The girl hesitated for a moment and said, "Thank you." ”

After settling the girl in the inn, He Wenming returned to He's house alone. After that, I soaked in the sea of books in the ink pavilion when I had time. It's not that he doesn't want to take the girl back now, it's just that he doesn't want to attract the attention of some people in the family before doing something himself.

Seven days later, He Wenming came to Tianya Laodang again, and the boss handed him a piece of information and said: "He Liushao, the things you asked us to check are all here." ”

"This is five hundred taels of silver, please keep it. He Wenming took out a bag of silver and handed it over.

The shopkeeper who accepted the silver said with a smile: "Then I won't bother much, you are free." With that, he turned and left.

He Wenming took a closer look at the information sent over and found that there was really something wrong with that Master Shen. For the children who work, every once in a while, they will take a few early arrivals, and then take the newly bought children to work for them. But these taken away children never came back, not even on the information, it is estimated that there is more luck than lucky.

This broken ghost must feel that it is not enough to absorb the resentment of the seller, but also to absorb the yang energy and resentment of the children.

He Wenming decided to get rid of this scourge tonight, although the ghost is stronger at night than during the day, but if you do it during the day, many people will know about it, and this kind of thing is better to be quiet.

So He Wenming came to the pharmacy to buy some cinnabar, but before he could enter the door, he was hit by a man in white who ran out of it. The man was holding a bag of bulging ones, and a few copper coins had fallen out of the collision.

The man in white looked at He Wenming fiercely, as if he was going to kill him. At this time, there was a scolding voice from inside the pharmacy: "Evil obstacles! I have been knowing all day long that I am going to gamble outside with money, you get back for me!" I saw a middle-aged man who looked like a doctor running over with a broom, and the man no longer looked at He Wenming and turned around and ran away.

The doctor chased to the door and couldn't catch up, so he stood at the door and breathed two breaths and said, "Let Gongzi see and smile, are you here to prescribe medicine?"

"I want to buy some cinnabar. ”

"Well said, well said. He Wenming was invited into the house.

There were few people in the medicine except for a few elementary school apprentices, and the doctor said while weighing him cinnabar: "Hey, it's really unfavorable, not to mention that there is a rebel in the family, and I have to take care of the funeral for my second brother's unproductive person." ”

"Then your brother doesn't have any other family?"

"Hey. Speaking of this, the doctor sighed and said, "My family has been practicing medicine for three generations, and after separating from my younger brother, my family is considered to be a solid family. It's a pity that the short-lived one somehow became addicted to gambling, lost all the things in the house, and sold his wife and daughter, but fortunately his daughter had a good life, and was bought by the sixth young master of the He family and took the maid. My son, don't be like his second uncle. Childe, your cinnabar is wrapped. ”

"Thank you. He Wenming paid the money and fled quickly with cinnabar.

For fear of being recognized, he was that He Liushao.

That night, He Wenming took the equipment he had sorted out all afternoon and came to the base of the wall of the Shen Mansion. He has been drawing talismans on the sword with cinnabar all afternoon, although the painting is twisted and crooked, but it should also have a certain effect on ghosts.

These are not what he talked about in his book "Soul Fire", but the result of his reading Taoist classics in the ink pavilion in the past few days.

From the information, I know that after Master Shen's temperament changed greatly, he dismissed many servants and family members, so there should not be many guards in the Shen Mansion now.

He Wenming climbed over the wall to enter the Shen Mansion but found a strange situation. The Shen Mansion didn't even light a lamp, and the entire Shen Mansion was pitch black.

At this time, a person came out of the corner, and Yin said deeply: "Finally someone is here." ”

The man was thin, his eye sockets were sunken, his eyeballs seemed to be about to protrude, his face was pale and bloodless, and his cheekbones were prominent, making him look particularly gloomy in this pitch black environment.

The clothes he wore were extraordinarily gorgeous, and it should be the Master Shen that He Wenming was looking for.

"It seems that I have come to the right place, I wonder how Your Excellency's honor has been hidden for so long?" He Wenming asked.

"When you came, I deliberately sucked out his yang energy and the yang energy of the entire Shen Mansion, just to deal with you!" As soon as the words fell, Master Shen stretched out his ghost-like hands and pounced on He Wenming.

He Wenming did not show weakness, and pulled out his sword to perform the He family's flowing water swordsmanship, and the sword body was imprinted with the newly learned Taoist knowledge.

This sword tells He Wenming what it means to "know is power".

At the beginning, this ghost was still evenly matched with He Wenming, and gradually with the advantage of "strength", this ghost was forced to fall behind.

"It's useless for you to inhale the yang energy of the entire Shen Mansion. He Wenming couldn't help but scoff.

At this moment, a man in white with a wooden stick suddenly ran out of the backyard of the Shen Mansion and shouted, "Old man Shen, bastard, you pay me back!" and rushed over to Master Shen.

Master Shen seemed to find that there was yang energy to breathe, so he rushed towards the man in white.

He Wenming saw that this was not the unfilial son of the pharmacy owner, and it was not easy for the old doctor to let his son die here. A body rushed over, and before they were about to collide, he forced Master Shen back with a sword.

Suddenly, He Wenming received a slap on the back. A cold aura flowed down his back and into his whole body, and his whole body stiffened for a short time. Master Shen grabbed this flaw and stretched out a pair of ghost claws, He Wenming swung his sword to block, and at the same time threw a fire cloud palm back, and quickly left the battlefield and retreated to the side.

A fishy sweetness swelled up from his throat.

He Wenming stared at the man in white fiercely: "Who are you? How can the son of a pharmacy owner be so cold and vicious?"

The slap in the back just now was hit by him!

The man laughed: "He Liushao, you don't remember me." How is my daughter doing at your house?"

He Wenming was a little blindsided by him.

The man in white still didn't understand when he saw him, and smiled coldly. Suddenly, his eyes widened, and the muscles of the man's body deflated at a speed visible to the naked eye. The next moment, he became the same as Master Shen, ghostly.

It turns out that he is also a ghost!