With the guidance of a well-wisher, Xingyan led the second daughter around countless streets and alleys, and finally came to the Peng County Lord's Mansion to recruit Jingzhai Warlocks.

It seems that the guards of the Peng Mansion deserve the master's orders, and as soon as they heard the young man explain his intentions, he directly welcomed them into the mansion without waiting for the report.

Bypassing the tall shadow wall, walking a short distance along the blue brick paved road, and after a slight turn, the three of them were brought into the living room of the West Wing used to meet guests in the Peng Mansion. When they entered the house and sat down, they had their own maids to make fragrant tea for the three of them, and a maid went out to report to the back hall.

Just when the hot tea was cold and barely able to eat, Xingyan heard a ringing sound from far and near. After a while, I saw a middle-aged woman with a graceful and rich posture, walking calmly into the house.

The next meeting between the host and the guest made Xingyan feel as if he had returned to Jieyang County last time and saw the county governor Bao Chuxiong for the first time. It's just that this time is a little different, because there is Xue Yi who has a calm and calm attitude standing behind her, it doesn't make this county lady suspicious, wondering if these young people are rich children who have stolen away from the house and messed around.

With the lesson last time, this time Xiao Qiongwei was advised by the hall master's brother in advance, and no longer looked around, but just stayed by her brother's side honestly with her eyes and nose and heart.

Originally, with the lesson of today's defeat in the fight, Xingyan has made up his mind that this time he will come to Pengfu to investigate the spirit monsters, and he will never show his name as a master of the Qing Dynasty in advance. It's just that when he saw the suspicious gaze of Mrs. County Ling, he almost couldn't help but tell his origin several times, stating that he was not a charlatan who only knew nothing.

It's a pity that when he couldn't help but speak, the county lord's wife had already taken them to the wing room to rest, and said that she would contact them when the princess came back in the evening.

So, the young man who couldn't confess had to follow the maid in the house and live in the west wing of the guest house.

However, although he has been snubbed, for Xingyan, the more contemptuous cold eyes are used to it, and this small setback is really nothing. Therefore, looking at the clean furnishings in the room, the young man was a little pleased:

"Ha~ Not bad, it's good, save money for the rent and food of the inn tonight!"

Needless to say, after the two girls put down their respective packages, they came out of the next wing room and came to the boys' room to chat. The three of them gossiped for a while, and when they saw that the shadow outside the house was still short, they began to look at the qi refining spirit together under the order of the master of Zhang Tang.

Of course, these three people have different qi refining methods. Xingyan is still his "refining the gods and turning the void", Xue Yi has her own innate qi clearing technique, and even the little girl seriously claims that she also has her own unique practice technique. It's just that, according to the observation of Xingyan, this little girl's qi refining method with her eyes cross-legged and closed-eyed is very similar to her own practice method, but whether it is strange or not is unknown to others.

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"Qiong Wei, are you still there?"

According to the usual practice, Zhang Tang's main Dao power ran for a few weeks, and the first thing he did when he opened his eyes after finishing refining was to see if Xiao Qiongwei was still in place-

"Sure enough!"

Xingyan sighed in his heart:

"I don't know where this active little girl is going this time. ”

Turning her face and seeing that Xue Yi was still concentrating on meditation beside her, like a pink jade statue, Xingyan didn't alarm her, and only tiptoed out of the wing.

"Where is this little girl going?"

Knowing that Qiong Wei's playing place was not in accordance with common sense, Xingyan just followed the criss-crossing roads in the house and began to look for it randomly. The maids and maids I met along the road estimated that they had seen a lot of Taoist warlocks these days, and they were not surprised at all when they saw him.

After walking for a while, Xingyan found that this Peng Mansion was very vast, with continuous houses and flourishing flowers and trees, and there was no end for a while. As he was walking, he saw the lush flowers and trees beside the road, and he was moved in his heart:

"Strange thing, most of the grass and trees on both sides of Zhenyang Street are wilted, but the flowers and plants in this Peng Mansion are luxuriant, and they seem to be not affected by the drought at all. ”

"Could it be that this Peng Mansion is weird, and it really has something to do with some water spirit?"

Aware of this difference, he became more aware of the scenery around him when he walked again.

After another turn, I didn't know how many houses I had passed, and Xingyan suddenly heard a murmuring sound coming from outside a moon gate on the east side of the road.

As soon as he heard the sound of water, he immediately followed it. Through the moon-shaped doorway, Xingyan found that there was a hole in this inconspicuous round door:

Once you enter the green tile and powder wall, you will see a pale white path paved with pebbles, winding among the green grass and trees. In the middle of the courtyard with bamboo shadows, there is a clear spring gushing under the exquisite rockery, and the water splashes and bubble. The flowing spring becomes a stream, gathers into a nursery, and is led to the front of Beixuan by the wood and stone waterway, and is poured into the half-acre round pond; then a small canal is opened, and the overflowing spring water is scattered into the grass and trees and flowers in four places.

From a distance, this pool of spring water, reflecting the skylight, is like a shining bronze mirror. Next to the pond, there are two or three peach and apricot blossom trees, the flower branches are intertwined, and the occasional breeze passes, the red and white flowers fall leisurely in the slanting sun, scattered and floating in a spring water.

Looking at the ingenious falling flower courtyard in front of him, the flowing water tower, Xingyan couldn't help but be excited for a while, and then followed the twists and turns of the flower path, towards the pond.

When I arrived at the edge of the pond, I looked at the opposite building and saw that on the vermilion fence facing the pond, there were a few words of Roujuan embedded in light powder:

"Make-up"

Seeing these words, the young man secretly applauded, and these three words in his heart were really eye-catching.

Aroused by this inscription, Xingyan walked forward around the pond again, and saw that on the pillar of the two-story small building in front of him, there was also a couplet, which read:

Only the meaning of spring,

Discuss with dreams.

The pale green clay is still fresh, and it should have been embedded not long ago.

"Not bad, good, interesting!"

Master Zhang Tang, who loves poetry and literature, was immediately aroused, and while muttering about the couplets, he stretched his neck again, and transported all his extraordinary cultivation to his already excellent eyesight, and tried his best to look towards the fragrant inner room-

did not disappoint the master of Shangqing Hall who was happy to see the hunt, and on the side pivot of the boudoir door where the bead curtain was agreed, there was also a couplet on the left and right, which read:

Eternal love is lonely,

Speechless but blank for a moment.

Banners:

"Sending Spring Pass"

"Wonderful, wonderful!"

Seeing this couplet, the peeping master of Zhang Tang has begun to evaluate the three flavors of the couplet purely from the perspective of poetry:

"Yo, these two couplets, the words are tactful, the syllables are melodious, and they are the top grade in the couplet. It's just that the moral of this sentence is inevitably a little lonely and depressed, but it seems like a deep resentment......"

"Uhh

As soon as I thought of this, before I could think about it, I suddenly heard a coquettish voice in the pavilion, breaking the silence of the Spring Garden:

"Whose children are coming to play in my embroidery building?"

Before the words fell, he saw a smart figure, which was quickly escaping from the front upstairs, and then ran to the young man who was still shining from his eyes, panting and laughing:

"Brother, what a coincidence~ You also came to play at the big sister's house?"

Needless to say, this little girl who entered people's houses indiscriminately was Qiong Wei, who had not been seen for a long time.

"Qiongwei, why are you ......?"

Before he could ask clearly, he saw a young woman flashing out of the attic, leaning on the railing and saying angrily:

"Where is the light, you actually come to Miss Ben's boudoir to steal!"

Immediately afterwards, behind the woman in the long skirt, a little woman dressed as a maid rushed out and looked at this side together.

When she looked at her sober face, the good-looking woman leaning on the fence was stunned. Then she saw that the maid whispered something in her ear, so the embroidery lady snorted softly, parted the beaded curtain and went back to the house.

Seeing that the Si people had gone, the young man did not rush to run away, but just stood there and said:

"Just now, this should be the talented and beautiful Miss Peng, right? These couplets should have been written by her? What a talented girl! What those city people say, they really don't scold me!"

was pondering, and suddenly thought of the little girl hiding behind him, so he turned around and said with a serious face:

"Qiong Wei, this is a little unruly today, how can you sneak into the room of the living?"

Seeing that her brother blamed her, Xiao Qiongwei insulted her face, just fiddling with the corners of her clothes, and her attitude was very ashamed. It's just that after a short while, this little girl suddenly remembered something, so she pulled the corner of the young man's clothes, raised her face and said softly carefully:

"Brother, don't be angry, I'm also here to help find monsters, I smell the water in this place, so I unconsciously sniffed all the way to the big sister's room~"

"Oh?"

Looking at the girl's wrinkled little nose, where she tried her best to demonstrate the sniffing just now, Xingyan's heart moved:

"yes! I didn't notice. The situation of the plants and trees in Peng's mansion is really a little weird. And the water vapor ...... It seems that the flowing water garden where this lady's boudoir is located is the thickest. ”

Brushing away a few petals that fell in his arms, the young man's mind moved slightly, and it was a "ice heart knot" that looked into the sky - sure enough, only a slight force, in the middle of the air in front of him, more than a dozen crystal ice flowers and snow were already fluttering.

"Well, this water vapor is not as strong as the natural growth of these streams. It seems that the inner garden of this Miss Peng family is most likely the haunt of the water spirit. ”

got this conclusion, Xingyan praised the little girl, and then pulled her back together.

Hearing her brother's appreciation, this little girl, who was originally uneasy, immediately became radiant again. It's just that, after all, there is still some anxiety in my heart, so I walked very quietly this way, and only followed behind me lightly, for fear that my brother would say that she was not well-behaved.

In the evening, the master of the Peng Mansion, Peng Xiangpu Peng County, returned from the government office, and heard that another Taoist priest came to the door, so he met him in the study.

Unlike Mrs. Peng, this clear-faced Peng County Master really has some vision, and he does not despise these people because of their small appearances. After talking a few words with the young Taoist leader, Peng Xiangpu realized more and more that these people were not just foolish charlatans.

Speaking of which, when mortals meet for the first time, their faces may be deviated, but after some talking, if they are obedient, they will immediately know the geometry of the person in front of them. Following this principle, although the appearance of the master of Zhang Tang is very different from those old Taoists who are immortal, but after only a brief conversation, Peng Xiangpu, who has read poetry and books and read countless people, found that the person in front of him talks gentle and elegant, and has extraordinary knowledge, and he is really not an idle person.

In fact, Peng County Ye inevitably did not have such a view. Don't look at this over-promoted Shangqing Zhang Tang master, when negotiating with people in the market, he can compete with each other, and he is very happy;

So, Peng County, who was only going to meet slightly, opened the conversation for a while and chatted with the young Taoist priest who was elegant and elegant.

Seeing the two of them like this, the Ice and Snow Flower Spirit next to him, who had always looked indifferent, had a momentary look at the corners of his mouth - it was Kou Xueyi's heart, and he also remembered all the words and deeds that he had said to the young hall master, and in addition to admiration, he also felt very interesting.

After introducing himself a little, Xingyan asked Peng County Lord about the strange things in the house. After listening to Peng Xiangpu's bitter narration, he knew that in the Peng Mansion for more than a month, about two or three nights apart, it was like a nightmare, sleeping in the same house, and he didn't know anything outside his body.

At the beginning, no one in Peng's mansion had ever noticed this abnormality. But after some time, a slave child who was full of energy suddenly woke up from the dark and sweet country one night, but heard a strange sound from somewhere in the house, and the tone was sad and depressed, and it sounded like a terrible ghost to this little child. Just in the midst of all the panic, I suddenly saw a faint black mist in the moonlight, and I didn't know who was going to do it.

Since then, the Peng family has known that it is strange. It's just that although the nursing home was later added, and even some soldiers volunteered to come to take care of them, they still slept to death again and again, and nothing was missed. Since that time, no one has been able to wake up from a nightmare, including the Taoist Warlocks who have come to the door to hoe demons recently.

"So, I wonder if the boy heard the strange noise?"

After listening to the lecture, Xingyan immediately grasped the key and opened his mouth to inquire.

Hearing him ask, the county prince sighed and said:

Afterwards, we naturally inquired in every possible way, but the servant boy had just woken up, and was also confused, and was so frightened that he did not know where the strange sound came from. ”

"It's a pity, it's a pity After each time, is there any lack of wealth in the house, or is there anyone who wakes up the next day and thinks something strange?"

"Alas, neither. No one knows what the monster is going to do!"

"That's okay, I'm most afraid that the monster will harm people and rob money!"

Seeing Peng Xiangpu's expression of indignation when he said this, he hurriedly said a word of comfort. Seeing that the atmosphere in the room was a little gloomy, he looked around the study, changed the topic, and began to gossip with this Peng County Master:

"Peng County Gong, all the furnishings in your study are very appropriate. Casual and not chaotic, quite my Taoist nature. ”

Hearing the sober words of appreciation, Peng Xiangpu also went a little sad, twisted three locks of beard under his chin, and showed a smile. I heard the young man praise again:

"Peng Gong, your 'Thousand Mountains Cold Snow Map' is really a noble realm, and it complements this poem!"

For some reason, Xingyan was very impressed by the ink scroll hanging on the wall:

"The snow dances in the long wind, and the poems accompany the falling plums...... This artistic conception is really fascinating......"

Seeing his admiration, Peng Xiangpu also had some interest, and said:

"Oh, don't tell you that the old man does have a special preference for this snow scene. I was originally from Qinchuan in the north, and the winter was long and snowy. It's just that he later traveled to Lingnan and stayed for more than ten years. Different from his hometown, there is no snow here all year round, so he had to draw this plum snow picture and hang it on the wall with the Danqing master among the literary friends, talking about homesickness. ”

"I see! Peng Gong is really ancient. ”

So after this harmonious conversation between the two, the more Peng County Ye looked at the young man in front of him, the more pleasing it became;

Not to mention Peng County's love in his heart, let alone the three of them, after dinner, they rested in the accommodation room.

It's just that when the hour was about to end and the night was thick, Xingyan called Qiong Wei Xueyi and the two of them, cleaned up, and followed the road they had explored during the day, and dived together to the garden where Miss Napeng Mansion lived. It turned out that I heard Peng Xianye say at dinner that according to the past experience, tonight is very likely to be the time of the monster again.

When they arrived in the garden, the people of the Shangqing Sihaitang were hidden in the flourishing flowers and trees in a corner of the pink wall, and watched nervously in the garden.

In particular, after being instructed by the awakening words, Xue Yi Qiongwei's pre-weather opportunity firmly locked the rockery spring garden, and paid attention to whether there would be anything strange there.

"Could it be that it's really the lost water spirit of our Luofu Mountain? It's just a prank, and it doesn't hurt people, but it is quite like the style of some Shangqing masters. ”

However, although he thought so in his heart, he still held the Fengshen tightly in his hand, and did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

The three of them lay in ambush in this way, until the Kamakul moon moved westward, and the dew gradually rose, and the lights in the pavilion were extinguished, but there was not the slightest strangeness.

Just when the confidence of the Lord of the Four Seas Hall began to waver a little, in the gushing rockery spring, in the shadow where the moonlight could not shine, the surging spring water suddenly seemed to boil, splashing thousands of pearl-like droplets in all directions.

At this moment, it seemed that there was some kind of mysterious feeling in my heart, and the three of these Sihaitang were all terrified in the shade of flowers!

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