Fule Fang is the place where the wealthy gentry of Fushui County gather residences, the famous one is Chen Yuanwai, the lacquer red copper buckle courtyard door, the two stone lions squatting outside, the door plaque above, the golden characters are written in the word 'Chen Mansion'.

On the other side of the street, there is a plaque in the street, and the people in the vicinity gather below, hugging in several small circles, secretly looking over there, talking to each other, whispering.

"I heard screams from Chen Yuanwai's house from afar this morning, guess what? This time, three people died directly, and there was also a concubine outside Chen Yuanwai. ”

"It's so powerful, isn't it a ghost?"

"..... heard the king of Gong Street say that it was a collision with the Tai Sui God and caused trouble. ”

"I don't know how the people in it live...... Hey, the left catcher is coming!"

In the miscellaneous whispers, I don't know who shouted, everyone looked back, and then got out of the way, the sound of the horse's hooves came from far and near, on the horse's back, the man stuck two white long-handled knives in his back, with a high nose and a wide mouth, a small chin and a short beard, and a majestic face.

Passing through the archway, with a 'whoo', he stopped outside Chen's mansion, glanced at the people watching there, and attracted a few catchers.

"Disperse the people and don't come near here. ”

The four catchers quickly took the order, rushed over, shouted at the crowd of onlookers with the hilt of their knives, and pushed the cordon out of the archway.

The left catcher turned around and led his deputy and ten catchers up the steps, knocked on the door a few times, and soon the red door creaked and opened the crack slightly.

Revealing half of his old face, it was the gatekeeper of the Chen Mansion, and when he saw a group of public servants dressed outside, he hurriedly opened all the doors.

"Where is your Chen Yuanwai?" Zuo Catcher took off the cloak behind him, handed it to his deputy, and walked in.

The old porter followed two steps to the eaves.

Returning to the left to catch the head, the staff was frightened and was recuperating in the bedroom. ”

The left catcher hummed and continued to move forward, flanked by bonsai trees welcoming guests, extending all the way down to the front yard over the feng shui wall painted with mountains and forests.

The front hall gathered a lot of people in the house at this time, most of them are attached to the relatives, when the left catcher brings people over, you can hear the noisy sound inside outside, there are also children playing on the stone steps outside the door, a little far, they are hugged by the adults at home, and brought back to the hall.

A bold boy sat on the stone steps, playing with the stones, heard footsteps, raised his face and cried: "Hello uncles." ”

The left catcher stroked his head, strode into the hall, and arched his hand.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in Xiafushui County, Zuo Zhengyang. ”

There was such a thing at home, most of the faces of the people in the hall were not very good-looking, and the women and children were even more nervous and frightened.

"Zuo Zhutou, you want to find out the strange things in the house, I don't believe it's a sneaky crime. ”

"..... Zuo Catcher, otherwise, you can help find a mage, and help everyone settle down first. ”

Those who scrambled to speak first had no right to deliberate, and when they were reprimanded, an old servant in charge came up to salute them.

"Left catcher, please here, the staff has already gotten up, waiting for you in the side yard. ”

"Please!"

Zuo Zhengyang nodded, also made a gesture of please, and went to the side courtyard with the steward, which is a courtyard with three entrances and three exits, a promenade and a water pavilion, and a rockery flower garden, but at the moment, it seems to be a little gloomy.

Approaching the gate of the side courtyard, far away, an old man wearing a gold silk and copper coin robe, was supported by two maids and stood there, and there was a young man in his early twenties beside him, dressed in a scholar's robe, pinching a paper fan, elegant and handsome, like a scholar who went to Beijing to take the exam.

"Chen Yuanwai!" Zuo Zhengyang went over to greet the salute, and at the same time, he also asked the deputy to take people in to inspect the corpse first.

The old man was a little excited, and the white beard under his chin was trembling slightly.

"I heard that Zuo Zhutou is about to be promoted, and I can come over this time, the thin face of the old decay has light, I am grateful, I am grateful!"

Seeing that Chen Yuanwai thanked him twice, Zuo Zhengyang was not polite, and said as he walked inside: "Zuo can only find out the reason as soon as possible and give Chen Yuanwai and the deceased an explanation." ”

"Left catcher. Chen Yuanwai suddenly asked in a low voice: "Everyone is saying that I have provoked Tai Sui with this longevity...... Or sneaky and the like, you think ......"

Zuo Zhengyang waved his hand and crossed the old man.

"Zuo doesn't believe in gods and ghosts"

Walking forward, in the side yard, there were three corpses covered with white cloths, and the deputy who had inspected them greeted them.

"Chief, these corpses, all of them have no scars on their bodies, their faces are blue, their lips are white, and they are not poisoned, but they seem to have been frightened to death. ”

Zuo Zhengyang uncovered the white cloth in the past, it was the concubine outside Chen Yuan, young and beautiful, but unfortunately at this time, her face was distorted, her eyes were round, and bulging blood vessels could be seen around the corners of her eyes.

"Finger grasping, elbows raised, I think I want to cover my face, I don't want to see anything, but I don't have time to ....."

He touched the deceased's arm and other parts, and then checked two other corpses, namely the night patrol and the guard.

"It's the same as the previous corpses. ”

The left catcher covered the white cloth again, and asked his subordinates to take the body back to the yamen for further autopsy, and then returned to Chen Yuanwai's side.

"The one who sings opera, every time he appears, someone dies?"

Chen Yuanwai looked at his son beside him and spread his hands: "That's true, even if we move to Zhuangzi in the suburbs, we will come with us." ”

"When will it appear?"

"How does this old man know, sometimes he comes every other day, sometimes he doesn't show up for three or five days. ”

Over there, Zuo Zhutou's face sank, looking at the three corpses that were carried away, as if he was thinking about something, for a moment, he arched his hand: "Zuo will be in the yamen these days, if the opera in the house appears, immediately send someone to find me." ”

"Left head! Left head!"

Chen Yuanwai kept his voice repeatedly, Zuo Zhengyang just waved his hand, and walked out, probably to make a summary of this matter first, report it to the county order, and first press the words circulating outside.

The noisy compound gradually quieted down, the gate was closed again, and the young man beside the old man walked back and forth with his hands in his hands, looked at the side courtyard from time to time, and walked back again, stopping in front of the old man.

"Dad, it's not okay to go on like this, the people of the yamen are waiting, but we can't wait. ”

Speaking of this, there was a fine cold sweat on Sven Junxiu's face, and at a certain moment, the paper fan was gone, so he grabbed Chen Yuanwai's hand, slammed it, and knelt down.

"If your son dies soon, after a hundred years of your old man's family, who will give you a linen and filial piety, and a spiritual position to cry and send you to the end, father! ”

"You!!" Chen Yuan trembled with anger, broke away from the maid's hand, and hammered the young man's head twice, "It's not a good thing that you dog did." ”

The young man knelt on the ground and took two steps, pulling the hand that had been knocked down.

"Dad, why did you scold yourself too, let's find a way quickly, why don't you go outside and invite some powerful mages?"

The maid's hand kept giving the old man a sigh, and after a while, Chen Yuanwai eased up, sighed, raised his hand weakly, and waved.

"Let's make a list....."

At the same time, outside the door of Chen's Mansion, Zuo Zhengyang looked at the two big characters on the door plaque.

The deputy took the horse and approached him: "Boss, how are we going?"

"If you don't go, do you sit there and wait?"

Turning around, Zuo Zhengyang took the reins, "Then the father and son of the Chen family, I'm afraid that they have something to hide, and they don't want to tell us, since this is the case, then wait for them to suffer some more." ”

With that, he turned over his horse, shook the reins, and shouted: "Drive!" and left Fuller Place with his subordinates, and ten catchers lined up in a line to follow closely.

On the noisy long street, a group of nine people sat there and thought about how to solve the affairs of the village

In the distance, the sound of horses' hooves and footsteps passed by, and Lu Liangsheng stood under the eaves and watched the figure with a double-handled weapon on his back riding over, with some envy in his eyes.

In the package, the voice of the toad Daoist suddenly sounded.

"You entered the Tao directly, but he walked for a long time before he faintly had a tendency to enter the Tao, what is there to envy. ”

Lu Liangsheng turned around, only to see the gap in the package, revealing half of a toad face, and hurriedly looked around, seeing that no one around noticed it, he spoke in a low voice.

"Those who practice martial arts can also enter the Tao?"

The toad squinted his eyes, and his eyes passed through the gap in the package, the long and narrow sky, the white clouds were like flocculent, and when the birds crossed the bottom of his eyes, he softly responded to the apprentice's words.

"Why not? Look at that bird, it may fly and fly one day to have spiritual sense, and it can also enter the door of cultivation, there are many mountain spirits and ghosts in the world, not to mention people? carved stonemasons, for many years, if they have enlightenment, they will attain the Tao; the monks who sit in front of the Buddha and chant the scriptures, and the people who write books, they can't say that one day they will also write the spirit of Haoran, and the drinkers who are attached to the mountains and rivers may also be hermits and masters, and it is not unusual to enter the Tao with martial arts. ”

The words stopped, and the toad Taoist turned his head and suddenly said something else.

"Liangsheng, for the teacher to teach you the mantra of cultivating against the moon, don't practice it anymore, I have another mantra for you here. ”

Lu Liangsheng didn't hear the word 'suitable' bite a little heavy, but said it jokingly.

"Isn't that disciple going to start all over again?"

The toad looked at the sky and remembered something.

"What's the matter with starting over, on the path of cultivation, I don't know how many people want to start all over again. ”

At this point, his eyes turned to the long street, and someone ran up, followed by someone who followed and shouted loudly.

"There's a good show to watch, Chen Yuanwai is looking for talents, who can get rid of the sneaky in the house, and reward five hundred taels of silver——"

On the long street, there was an uproar.