When the four of them walked down the stairs, they saw a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old staring at the staircase frequently, his eyes full of anticipation. As soon as he saw them, he immediately stepped forward and asked, "I have found you, Dao Chief!"

Ding Rong and Bai Yuelan hurriedly looked at their cultivation clothes, blue-gray, very plain, but they are not the style of Taoist clothes, right? And they are all combing ordinary women's hair buns, where do they look like Taoist aunts? But in the eyes of the common people, those who can subdue demons and eliminate demons are monks and monks without hair, and those with hair are Taoist priests and Taoist chiefs!

Ye Zhihe Xiangnan was obviously more accustomed to this title, and asked indifferently: "What is your surname, what are you looking for us?"

The young man led the four of them to sit down and said, "My surname is Hong, my name is Hong Siyun, a native of Yucheng, and I want to find you to come to my house to exorcise ghosts." ”

"Yucheng, we already went there four days ago. There should be no ghosts there anymore. Bai Yuelan replied that after they left from East Island, the first place they arrived at was Yucheng.

"You have cast out demons from all over the place, but you have not come to my house. I heard that you can exorcise evil spirits and demons, and I have followed your traces all the way, and I only caught up today. Hong Siyun said.

Xiang Nan explained: "We have explored and cleaned all of Yucheng, and there is really no evil spirit." "With his probing compass, he absolutely believes in his work. He added: "If it is a ghost that appears when the ghost door is opened during the Midyear Festival, this time is the time when they are most restless, and it is impossible for us not to feel ......"

"No......" Hong Gongzi interrupted Xiang Nan, "My house is haunted, it's been a long time......"

There seems to be a hidden secret, Ye Zhidao: "Gongzi Hong, what's going on?"

"I don't know how long it has been. In the past, when I was young, I only felt that my home was very cold at night, and even if it was hot, it was much cooler than other homes. A few years ago, I once saw the house of my college classmates to exorcise ghosts, only to find that if they were haunted by ghosts, there would be such a vision at home. ”

Bai Yuelan asked: "This is nothing, some houses are built in low-lying and cold places. What other visions do you have in Childe's family? Are the family still healthy?"

"In addition to the cold, there are often strange noises when there is no wind, and sometimes when there is no one, the chair rattles, as if someone has sat down, and I always feel that someone is watching me in the dark, so that I dare not put out the candle at night. ”

Hong Gongzi continued, "My family belongs to a small rich family, except for slaves and maids, the only masters in the family are me and my father. My servants change frequently, and I don't know if they are abnormal, and I am the only one who lives in the house all year round. Over the years, my father has been emaciated year by year, much older than his peers. ”

"It's not necessarily a ghost ......," Bai Yuelan explained, "The fear of ghosts can sometimes make people catch the wind." My senior brother's compass can probe all the cold ghosts, and there is no reason to leak your house!"

"Don't you believe me, fellow Daoists, in fact, I have discovered a ......" Hong Gongzi hesitated, as if he didn't know how to speak.

Looking at his expression, Ye Zhi understood something, and said, "But it's okay to say it, we won't divulge private secrets." ”

Hong Gongzi said seriously: "Although our Hong family is not a rich family, we still have to be face-saving, and the Taoist really can't say it, it will insult my family's reputation." ”

All four nodded.

"It seems to be a female ghost, entangled with my father's ......," Hong Gongzi said intermittently, "My mother has passed away since I was born, and my father has always been single, and he has not renewed or taken concubines, and the person who serves him does not even have a maid." A few days ago, I found a woman's voice in my father's room, and the woman was a little hoarse, not the voice of any maid in the house. Later, I heard the woman's voice again, and I made an excuse to break in, but I saw only my father. At that moment, I felt my hairs stand on end. ”

It's like a scene of strange conversations...... Ding Rong thought to himself and asked, "Have you asked your father directly?"

When I asked, my father said no, his expression flickered a little, and he forced me not to walk around at night, not to think nonsense. I think he was stunned by the female ghosts, so I went to the Taoist elders and asked you to subdue the ghosts and save my father. Hong Gongzi pleaded in a low voice.

Ye Zhi nodded, and asked Hong Gongzi to ride off first, and make an appointment to meet in Yucheng before dark. The four of them repacked their luggage, took stealth and quickly arrived at Hong Gongzi's house. In terms of time, Hong Siyun's son has not yet arrived.

"Hong Mansion" is hung with a plaque and a high white wall, and it looks like the Hong family is still quite wealthy. The door of the house was closed, but there were mothers-in-law and servants coming in and out to clean up and buy at the side door, and there was nothing unusual.

At this time, the side door opened again, and the carriage came out and stopped at the door. The door opened, and a thin middle-aged man in his forties walked out with his entourage, and instructed as he went: "Go to Tianxiang Building...... Also, what about Childe?"

The attendant bent down and replied, "Childe has disappeared in the morning." I heard that in the past few days, I haven't even been to the academy......"

"It's getting worse and worse. If he comes back, tell him to wait, and I'll talk to him after I finish the business. …… But if I haven't come back by midnight, I'd better let him sleep first. The old man of the Hong family instructed the housekeeper on the side.

The old housekeeper nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, the master still feels sorry for the son." ”

Master Hong didn't say anything, took his entourage and left in a carriage.

The four of them watched in the alley opposite and exchanged glances.

Ding Rong said: "Although it is thin, it is not that Yin Tang, who is entangled by ghosts, is blackened. ”

Bai Yuelan said: "There is not much haze on the body......

Xiang Nan fiddled with his compass: "There are no cold ghosts in his house. ”

Ye Zhi looked at the young man who was riding a horse in the distance and said, "Let's ask him." ”

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After taking the four senior brothers and sisters from Beidao into the house, and sending off the housekeeper and servants, Hong Gongzi said: "It's getting dark now, since the Taoist elders don't believe it, let's see it is believing." ”

"How is seeing believing?" Bai Yuelan asked.

"The Taoist elders will hide themselves first, and they will know later. Hong Gongzi said confidently.

When night came, the servants did not come, and the backyard where the master lived was quiet.

Hong Gongzi, who had a flushed face and a drunken mouth, staggered to the water pavilion in the garden and sat down, and lay on the table in a daze.

In the darkness, fog began to rise in the garden, and a faint gray mist came from nowhere. A slender figure in a black cloak appeared, holding a dark gray cloak and lightly covering Hong Gongzi's body.

Hong Gongzi's body trembled, and he suddenly jumped up, shouting as he retreated: "Mage help! Mage come and destroy demons!"

The figure shook and said, "I'm not, I'm not!"