Shen Chaixing, Linglong'er and Ye Maolin continued to travel eastward, and on this day they came to an ancient town called "Hanshan", which was not far from Jingshi, and it should be possible to reach it in more than a day. But Shen Chaixing couldn't bear to make Linglong'er too tired, and hurriedly said that he was tired and needed to find a place to rest.

At this time, it was close to dusk, and Shen Chaixing wanted to find an inn to rest, but Ye Maolin suddenly remembered that there were distant relatives in the Ye family who lived here.

Ye Maolin smiled and said to Shen Chaixing: "The last few generations of my Ye family have started from my generation, and the names are arranged according to the four characters of prosperity and prosperity, this distant relative is called Ye Shengtang, and it stands to reason that he is still my nephew, but he is much older than me, and he is probably in his fifties this year." I saw him when I was a child, if it weren't for the last time, the 'Orchid Thief' named me for the Ye family tree, I would have had a chance to take a few looks, otherwise I would have forgotten that there is still this relative. ”

Linglong'er said with a smile: "People say that nobles forget things, and you are the eldest grandson of the Ye family, so naturally you don't take those poor relatives in your eyes, maybe you are afraid of being contaminated with poverty, so you deliberately pretend not to know." ”

Although Ye Maolin knew that Linglong'er was making fun of him, he didn't mind, but he still explained: "To be honest, it's true that the Ye family is rich, but it doesn't mean that I am rich. Besides, you don't know my distant nephew, but he is not a poor man, he is much richer than me! It is said that half of this Hanshan Town is his family's property, and if we really go to the inn, maybe it will also be his family!"

"Okay, with Brother Ye, we have grown up a generation. We've been addicted to being uncles and aunts, eating and drinking!" Shen Chaixing also coaxed.

How do you know that since Ye Maolin followed Sima Jiandong, he has also developed the character of asking questions about suspicious things, he pretended to be puzzled and asked Linglong'er: "I haven't seen you for a few days, I don't know when the two of you became relatives, or how would you become an uncle and aunt?"

Linglong'er was so ashamed that she kicked Ye Maolin, and then looked at Shen Chaixing, but secretly smirked on the side, which made Linglong'er suspect that Shen Chaixing was deliberately "slipping the tongue", and suddenly her heart was half sour, half sweet.

Ye Maolin inquired about the Ye family's mansion, and sure enough, it was effortless, and everyone in the town knew where the Ye family was: "On the biggest street in front, the largest mansion that occupies half a street is." After finishing speaking, they all left in a hurry, as if they didn't want to cause any bad "bad luck". This made Ye Maolin a little embarrassed, and Linglong'er played a round for him: "If money is also a kind of bad luck, then I would rather get a little bad luck!"

As she spoke, Linglong'er took out a little broken silver from her arms, called a passer-by casually, and asked, "I only ask you one question, and if you answer me satisfactorily, this broken silver will be given to you." ”

The man was a middle-aged greasy and slightly chubby man in his forties and fifties, and when he saw a beautiful woman greeting him, he was already happy, and then he heard that there was silver, and he was happy, and he hurriedly said: "No, no, no, big girl, no, you have something to say!" He changed four titles in a row, which shows how great the charm of Linglonger and silver is!

Linglong'er showed a silly and sweet smile on her face, and said, "Why is everyone in the Ye family avoiding it like a plague?"

The middle-aged man replied, "Because his family is dead?" When everyone heard this, they were all stunned, and Ye Maolin was even more anxious.

Linglong'er said strangely: "Dead people are a common thing, as for avoiding them so much?"

The middle-aged man stretched out his hand, "Silver." This is your second question!" Shen Chaixing looked at this person as if he was loyal, but in fact he was a little cunning, although Ye Maolin was anxious in his heart, he also knew that he was messed up at the moment, so it was better for Linglong'er to ask in detail.

Linglong'er finally understood that the reason why the middle-aged uncle was excited just now was not because he was beautiful, but because the silver in his hand was beautiful, so she no longer pretended to be stupid and shot back: "Yes! I just said that I would only ask one question, but I also said that I am satisfied with the answer! ”

"In other words, no matter how I answer, you may use dissatisfaction as an excuse not to give me money?" Obviously, this middle-aged greasy man has some logic.

Who knows that Linglong'er is more logical: "Wrong! I won't use dissatisfaction as an excuse, as long as I am satisfied, I have the silver!" said that, he took out a large stack of silver tickets from his arms and shook them, the smallest of which was also a thousand taels of silver tickets.

The middle-aged greasy man's eyes lit up when he saw it, revealing greedy eyes, and said: "Although the hero asks, he must know everything and say everything, and he is guaranteed to satisfy the hero." ”

Sure enough, the man told everything he knew, it turned out that three days ago, for some reason, all eighty-nine members of the Ye family died, and there was no wound on the body, and there was no trace of poisoning. Fortunately, the Ye family has a son who is away all the year round and survived. After he learned the news and returned home, he saw that he couldn't find out the reason, so he found a psychic person to do it, it turned out that there was a thousand-year-old dry well in the Ye family's old house that had been closed, and it was suddenly opened, and the ghost who had been locked in it ran out, killing the Ye family.

After listening to his detailed account, Linglong'er rewarded him with the broken silver promised at the beginning, and the man took it and thanked him, but did not want to go, but only looked at the three of them from a distance, as if it would make him feel better to be closer to the stack of silver tickets.

At this time, everyone already had a bottom in their hearts, but they were full of questions. Is there really a powerful ghost that harms people? If not, what is the reason? Ye Maolin is even more anxious, although he is a distant relative, but he can't write two Ye characters with one stroke, not to mention that Ye Maolin and Ye Shengtang's father and son have met many years ago, and they didn't expect to meet again It will be an eternal separation, but fortunately, Ye Shengtang's son Ye Fanzhi is still there, which gives him a little psychological comfort to his "uncle".

Everyone hurriedly came to Ye's house, and saw that Su Dai Xiao was really hanging at the gate, but it was a little different, and the door was closed at the moment. It stands to reason that the middle door should be opened to welcome the condolences to the visitors.

When Linglong'er was puzzled, Shen Chaixing said in a low voice: "After listening to the story of that terrible ghost, who would dare to come? ”

At this time, Ye Maolin had already rushed forward and knocked on the door.

After a long time, a thin man with no appearance as a housekeeper slowly opened the small door, looked at the three of them with vigilant eyes, and then asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Ye Maolin was stunned for a moment, thinking that this housekeeper was too rude, it was common sense for people to come to mourn at this kind of funeral, and it was ridiculous to ask this question. Therefore, he said in a dissatisfied tone: "Tell your master, the Ye family in Suzhou came to condole." ”

When the man heard this, he came back to his senses on the spot, squeezed out a smile and said, "Dare to ask Your Excellency's name, I will report to the master." ”

"In the lower leaf woods. Ye Maolin was quite impatient.

"Ye Maolin Ye Maolin" The man repeated two sentences, closed the door, and went back to report, maybe he was in a hurry, he didn't invite Ye Maolin and the three of them in before closing the door, but directly locked the three of them out of the door.

Ye Maolin was about to slam the door to say hello, but was stopped by Shen Chaixing, "Brother Ye, as soon as you heard that your relatives had suffered misfortune, you were in a hurry, and you were also messed up, not to mention that people have pain in their skin? Wait patiently." With that, he stood calmly aside.

After a long time, there was a sound of soft footsteps in the distance, Shen Chaixing gathered his ears, listened to the person who came, and only heard one person whisper: "This thing is really strange, I didn't go to the Ye family in Suzhou to report the funeral, how did they know that they sent someone to come?"

As he spoke, the person who came had already arrived at the door, and when the person who spoke just now saw that the door was closed, he shouted and scolded: "Bastard minion, why lock the guests out of the door and wait, there is really no rule!" The person who looked like a housekeeper just now said again and again, and quickly opened the door.

As soon as the door opened, a man about thirty years old appeared in front of him, with a melon face, a long nose, and a pair of slender eyes. Medium build, not burly, but visible muscles and steady gait. Walking with a clattering sound, there is obviously an extraordinary kung fu. Dressed in a white filial piety robe, his eyes were red, and he seemed to have cried a lot.

As soon as the man saw three people standing at the door, he asked in a deep voice, "Dare to ask which one is from Suzhou?"

Ye Maolin replied: "I'm Ye Maolin, Fanzhi, I'm sorry for you!"

When Ye Fanzhi heard Ye Maolin say this at this time, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "Nephew Ye Fanzhi has asked my uncle to say goodbye!"

Ye Maolin hurriedly helped him. Ye Fanzhi rubbed his eyes with his hands, and then he stood up, his face was already full of tears. Ye Fanzhi wanted to ask Shen Chaixing and Linglong'er about their names again, but Ye Maolin hadn't answered yet, Shen Chaixing hurriedly said: "It's all my own people, there is no need to have any more courtesies, let's go into the mourning hall to pay respects, how about it?"

The Ye family's compound is really extraordinary. Left and right, Shen Chaixing walked in three times under the leadership of Ye Fanzhi, and then walked to the middle mourning hall. The feeling of this compound is at least a five-entry courtyard, in addition to the left and right partial rooms, it is estimated that there are at least 100 large and small halls, rooms, partial rooms, and hugging buildings. But at this time, it is almost empty, and after the sun sets, it is even more deserted and scary.

There are only two coffins in the main mourning hall, which should be Ye Shengtang and his wife. The coffins of the bodies of other family members should be parked in the other houses to the left and right.

Ye Maolin wanted to pay homage to the body, but when he saw that Ye Fanzhi had closed the lid of the coffin, he didn't dare to force it, so he had to burn incense and paper in front of the spirit, and cried bitterly, and Linglong'er also shed a lot of tears with him.

After the memorial, Ye Fanzhi found a vacant room without a coffin to park, and invited Ye Maolin and the three of them to drink tea and talk.

Ye Fanzhi first smiled bitterly and said, "There are too many dead people, so I can only entertain the three of them in this burrow." Then, the topic changed, and Ye Maolin asked a little puzzled: "To tell the truth, I am away all the year round, and I hurried back after getting the letter, because I had to suffer, and I didn't go to Suzhou to report the funeral, I don't know why you can always get the news and come to condole?"

Ye Maolin explained that the three of them were also passing through this place, and they encountered this incident by chance, Ye Fanzhi was relieved a lot after hearing it, and explained: "I have served in the army for a long time, and I got the news and brought people back overnight to deal with the funeral. Because he was about to leave for the front line in the near future, he hurriedly covered the coffin and buried him immediately after three days, that is, tomorrow. ”

Shen Chaixing interjected and asked at this moment: "It is rumored that your mansion has been harmed by powerful ghosts, but is there such a thing?"