The midday sun hangs overhead.

In front of a magnificent-looking mansion sat a swarthy young man with a monkey squatting on his shoulder.

A drop of sweat, dripping on the ground, soon disappeared without a trace. Evaporated by the scorching sun.

Just now on the street, Hu Man'er inquired that there was a large family in Chang'an City, surnamed Su. Counting up to three generations, they are all rice merchants. But it is just selling dog meat on the head of a sheep, in fact, the biggest industry of the Su family is to sell illicit salt. This is also a well-known thing in Chang'an City.

You must know that the imperial court does not allow private sales of salt, and if it is verified by the imperial court, it will be a loss of head. But I can't bear to have someone to take care of in the imperial court, so it has always been sold in the dark, and after several generations of operation, the Su family has become the largest family in Chang'an City.

It is said that in fact, the imperial court also knows what the Su family is doing, but it just turns a blind eye, which shows that the Su family's backer in the imperial court will not be a simple official.

However, there is one point worth mentioning. Although it is said that the Su family has a big business and does some illegal business, but in fact, the old man Su is very good, and he is a famous good man in Chang'an City, not only for people, but also for charity, almost every few days he will order people to give porridge to the refugees who fled at the city gate. And during the New Year's holidays, he sells all the rice and noodles in his shop to the poor at a low price.

Of course, the Su family doesn't expect this to make money.

All in all, in the eyes of outsiders, Master Su is definitely a good person.

But some sufferings are not enough for outsiders.

The master of the Su family has three sons, and the eldest son follows the temperament of the master of the Su family, is kind, full of sages, and is very business-minded, and has become his own son, and is highly valued by the old man Su. Usually, he helps the old man take care of this big family business.

As for the second son, he is idle all day long, doing all kinds of evil, haunting the land of wind and snow all day long, and raising a group of people in the green forest, as well as a group of evil men and thugs.

On weekdays, it's good to do some ridiculous things that are scolded by others, but today I will rob a girl, and I will go to Ming'er to tease which drama.

It can be said that it has reached the point of being notorious and hated by everyone.

Even the old man was helpless against this uncompetitive son, he couldn't beat him, and he didn't use scolding. Fortunately, his family has a big business, and he can use money to make up for those who were harmed by his son.

One thing descends to another, and a wicked person like the second child is also afraid, and that is his third brother.

Master Su's third son, who is not very old, is only fifteen or sixteen years old, does not love literature, only loves martial arts, and is dedicated to studying martial arts, and he has quite a lot of roots in this regard.

This old man Su is not an enlightened person, seeing that his son likes martial arts and sticks, he also supports it, so he invited many well-known little masters in the rivers and lakes to teach him, not to mention that he has also practiced a skill, as well as chivalrous courage.

This third brother is especially unaccustomed to the actions of the second brother on weekdays, and often teaches the second brother a lesson, and he is extremely heavy, and the second brother is often beaten with a blue nose and swollen face, and even the old man Su is distressed.

That's why the second brother will raise such a group of people, in fact, part of the reason is to prevent his third brother.

It's a pity, I can't prevent it, it's just a few more people who have been beaten.

Later, these three boys felt that they had no progress in martial arts, and they needed to go out to practice and look for opportunities for promotion, so they went to the rivers and lakes alone and left a letter to Master Su.

As soon as Master Su was in a hurry, he fell ill. And this disease has been sick for a long time.

Just a month and a half ago, the news of Master Su's death suddenly came out of Chang'an City, and those who had received the favor of Master Su wept one after another, saying that good people don't live long. God doesn't open his eyes.

Before his death, Master Su handed over all the family business to his eldest son, and did not leave a penny for his second son. In fact, Master Su is right and wrong to do this.

Yes, that's because if it is really handed over to the second son, then the Su family will fall in his hands, and his reputation will definitely be ruined.

However, Master Su still doesn't know much about his second son's temperament.

Now that the old man is dead, the only third brother who can suppress the second brother is gone, which makes the second brother like a tiger who has lost his cage, acting recklessly and even worse.

In addition, he was dissatisfied with the arrangement made by the old man, so before the first seven years of Old Man Su were over, he gathered his subordinates and broke into his brother's yard.

And committed the unforgivable.

He seriously injured his brother and drove his eldest brother out of the Su Mansion with his nephew. Only his sister-in-law was left, and that night, forcibly insulted her.

Because she really felt ashamed, her sister-in-law took advantage of her to leave, put on a red dress, and hanged herself on the beam, because she firmly believed that if she died in red with resentment, she would turn into a ghost and come back for revenge.

Sure enough, since the day of the fight, some strange things often happen in Sufu, such as when someone gets up at night, they will hear the cry of a woman, or some small animals raised in Sufu will be inexplicably taken out of their hearts, and so on.

The most serious one was when the second son was sleeping and was choked by the throat and almost strangled to death, but when he woke up, he couldn't see anything.

Therefore, the Su family was panicked for a while, and these things were quickly spread, and they all said that it was the wife of the eldest prince, and she really turned into a ghost to take revenge.

Even the second son himself believed it, so he paid for the Taoist priest to come to practice, but after many days, there was no one willing to come to the door.

Until Hu Man'er sat at the gate of Su Mansion.

At first, when Hu Man'er heard the news, he was reluctant to make a move, but as for why he came again, Hu Man'er didn't know, and always felt that things were not right to develop like this.

If it was placed in the past, Hu Man'er didn't believe in ghosts and gods, but now, he has experienced so many strange things, seen so many strange people, and even traveled through the underworld, so now Hu Man'er believes it and believes it.

The red door slowly opened, and out of the door came a girl who looked like a maid, the girl was carrying a bamboo building, and she should have gone out to buy something for the house.

As soon as the girl opened the door, there was a swarthy boy sitting at the door, startled, and almost screamed.

"Who are you, why are you sitting at the door of Su Mansion? Don't you want to ask for some food?"

The girl's voice is a little good.

Hu Man'er slowly opened her eyes and grinned.

"I've made a bet with myself, that if someone comes out of this door within an hour, I'll clean up the dirt in the house for you, and if not, then I don't know about it. Now it seems that this is the providence. ”

When the girl heard that this man had come to hunt ghosts, she hurriedly looked around. But seeing that there was no one else, I obviously didn't believe it.

"This master, you are alone?"

Hu Man'er nodded, noncommittal.

The girl reached out and grabbed Hu Man'er's sleeve, pulled Hu Man'er aside, and whispered.

"Little master, I advise you to leave early, this hungry ghost in my house is very fierce, and he has already killed three people. The Taoist priest also invited a few people, but there was no way to take it. I see that you are young, but don't be reckless, and then you will lose your life, and the gains outweigh the losses. Besides, the little master still doesn't know anything about this, so it's better not to spread this troubled water. Listen to my sister's advice and go back early. ”

The girl talked a lot, and it seemed that she was also a chatter on weekdays.

Hu Man'er always kept smiling and looked at this lovely girl.

"Sister, thank you for your kindness, but I just said that this is providence. Sister doesn't have to worry, I still have this ability. ”

Seeing that Hu Man'er didn't listen to persuasion, the girl had to shake her head helplessly and sighed.

"Hey, you kid, you're so stubborn, I told you in advance, if something happens, don't blame me for not reminding you, come with me, I'll take you to see Master Su." ”

After speaking, the girl turned around and entered the door, followed by Hu Man'er.

After the girl finished reporting, she led Hu Man'er to meet the current owner of the Su family.

It turned out that the second young master of the Su family was named Su Wu, and he was a lewd appearance with a full face, but he was also worthy of his reputation.

At this time, Su Wu's face was pale, his eyes were dark, and he should have not slept for a long time. Seeing that the maid was leading Hu Man'er here, she just raised her eyes and looked.

"Can you catch ghosts?"

Su Wu's voice was weak, but even so, there was still that kind of domineering in his tone.

"Yes or no, it depends on whether you can make a starting price. ”

Su Wu was obviously stunned, most of the Taoist priests who came these days were well-dressed, even if they asked for money, they were doing things first and then negotiating, but this young man was different from others.

Negotiate the price first, then do the work.