The housekeeper looked at the three of them, his eyes showing vigilance, "Please wait patiently, I have sent someone to pass the news, and there will be news soon."
He looked calm and saluted, "I don't know what case this investigation is about. Why do you have to come to the house to see the Lord? You should know that the Lord has been feeling unwell recently!"
Is this the attitude? This guy is still thinking of clichés! However, the matter has come to this, and apart from their cooperation, they cannot cause much trouble.
Li Huaiyun smiled lightly, "Of course we can't talk about the case, but the cause was that Lord Shangshu and a general named Chen Feng went to the sewers of the palace together."
"You need to ask carefully about this matter! By the way, do you know about this?"
The butler was obviously stunned for a moment and responded hastily, "I don't know! Adults usually don't tell others about the affairs in the palace."
There were obviously a lot of movements on his hands, and he looked behind him from time to time, "The house is big, it will take some time!"
"It's okay, what does Mr. Xing like in his daily life?"
"My Lord likes fishing and reading!"
"Fishing at home?"
The butler thought for a moment and did not respond in time.
"Why, Master Xing is still out fishing?"
"No, I'm fishing at my house and rarely go out!"
"Where in the house!"
"It's not far ahead!" The butler pointed to the side.
"Lead the way!"
The housekeeper looked stunned, wondering what Li Huaiyun's intention was.
After all, they are the stewards of the Shangshu Mansion, so they quickly calmed down and said, "Don't you have special circumstances and need to come to see the Lord Shangshu in person? There is no need to go there."
"No hurry! Lord Xing can stay at home. I really want to experience Lord Xing's leisurely elegance."
Li Huaiyun's behavior made Mu Yuan and Yan Zheng full of questions, wondering what he was thinking at the moment.
Mu Yuan's mouth was already filled with fragrance, and she almost pointed at Li Huaiyun's head and cursed!
And this manager is even more confusing, what on earth is this guy going to do?
"You ask someone to tell you, we'll wait at the place where Mr. Xing is fishing!"
"this?"
"What's the inconvenience?"
The steward knew that he would be suspicious if he said too much, so he shook his head, "No, it's just that your behavior is puzzling."
"I was very anxious just now, thinking about meeting Mr. Xing, but now...!"
"Isn't this what you said that communication takes time? It's boring here anyway! Since the fishing place is not far away, let's go and have a look."
The housekeeper could only bite the bullet and take Li Huaiyun to the fishing place.
Li Huaiyun proposed to go there purely for the sake of speculation. This Master Xing was still very suspicious, and the most likely situation was that he was fishing or in the study!
During this period, Mu Yuan tapped his arm in confusion and asked in a low voice, "What on earth are you doing?"
"Think of the monsters we saw in the water!"
"You mean this Master Xing..."
Li Huaiyun shushed her and told her to be quiet!
After passing through a stone road and a courtyard, the butler pointed forward, "Just ahead."
Among the trees on both sides, there is a quiet path, and at the end, there is a man-made landscape platform with clear air.
This is a small lake more than 20 meters long and wide. The lake surface is clear and slightly rippled. There are a large number of willow trees planted around it.
The scenery here looks good, but it is actually full of yin energy!
"Great place!" Li Huaiyun stood on the shore and looked around sharply. When he stepped into the landscape platform, he could feel the strong evil spirit coming straight towards him, which ordinary people could not feel.
When he activated the Qi-gazing technique, he could see the rich demonic energy rising continuously from the lake.
"Sure enough, there is something wrong!" Mu Yuan also felt something was wrong. She stood next to Li Huaiyun and said softly, "Why didn't we find anything outside?"
"I estimate that there are jade sculptures at the bottom of the lake to shield the evil spirit! Be careful here, I'm worried that the evil thing will suddenly emerge from the water."
"With so many people here, we shouldn't be so bold."
Yan was in the pavilion on the viewing platform. He was deeply puzzled by Li Huaiyun's behavior, so he didn't go to Xing Shangshu's place and came to this place instead.
But when he first stepped here, he felt a cold feeling on the soles of his feet. Although the scenery here was good, it seemed gloomy.
Li Huaiyun looked around the river bank, and then saw that the ground on the river bank was full of lake water. It seemed that something had climbed up and walked around here.
He squatted down at that place, reached out to touch the lake water deposited on the ground, and found that there were some hairs mixed in it!
At this moment, a dark figure flashed across the lake beside him. The long dark body and long hair like water plants made people feel nervous.
Li Huaiyun subconsciously turned sideways and looked along the place where the black shadow crossed. There were slight waves on the lake.
It's that monster! His first reaction was to leave first, then he stood up, pulled the wooden kite, and moved away from the lake shore.
He looked at the butler in the pavilion and shouted loudly, "How long does it take for this communication? Why hasn't there been a response?"
The butler looked nervous. He didn't know why it took so long. "Guys, it's quick! It'll be here soon!"
After calming down, Li Huaiyun turned his attention to the lake.
Maybe, I can try to lure this thing out and catch it!
In this way, the Minister of Punishment should not be able to hide anything.
He walked up and picked up the fishing rod from the pavilion, "Since I have nothing to do, let's go fishing for fun. If we catch something, we will have a midnight snack at night."
The steward immediately stopped him and said, "Sir, don't do such boring things. Let's go back. The messenger will be here soon."
"Didn't I tell them to come here?" Li Huaiyun didn't care and walked directly to the lake shore with his fishing rod.
Yan Zheng was quite confused, so he followed him, "Master Li, what are you doing? Shouldn't we go and meet with Lord Shangshu first?"
"You haven't seen what Master Shangshu has done! He's pretending to be sick, and he's asking people to block us. Why should we go find him? Just let him be anxious to see us."
"But, aren't we looking for him just to understand...!"
"Don't be anxious. The things I do will make him anxious and want to see us."
"Why did Master Xing come here to beg us?"
"Because he knows there are some things he cannot hide!"
Li Huaiyun held the fishing rod and shrugged, "Just wait patiently and watch the show!"
He stood by the river and threw the fishhook directly into the lake.
"You... don't even get fishing bait?"
"It shouldn't be necessary! Someone will take the bait soon!"
At this time, the housekeeper came up and once again persuaded them not to stay around here!
This place is very evil. In addition to Lord Shangshu, there have been some weirdly dressed people who are said to be friends of Lord Xing.
However, based on the style of the clothes, he understood that human sacrifices might be performed here, and the Lord Chancellor was probably keeping the matter secret.
He also ordered that no one should be allowed to approach the lake.
He could not hold back his curiosity and approached the lake in the middle of the night. There were constant sounds of swimming in the dark lake, accompanied by sharp laughter.
There is also that crunching, terrifying chewing sound.
"It's okay if we don't stay here! Then why don't you go and pass the message in person? I followed your wishes and waited here specially."
The butler's face was livid, and he also thought that he had inadvertently messed up the matter, so it was better not to stop them and just let them go.
He couldn't leave. It would be terrible if something happened. He could only turn around and walk towards the back. The person he called again spoke a few words in his ear with an urgent expression.
The man obviously looked very nervous and left the place as quickly as possible.
The housekeeper stepped forward. He felt that there would definitely be problems if he dragged it on. The lake was absolutely not allowed to go near. "My lord, Xing Shangshu is ill and unable to move. Please go there in person."
Li Huaiyun held the fishing rod and stood on the shore of the lake, motionless. His eyes were fixed on the lake and the deep darkness in the water.
His hand on the pole was a little shaky, and his concentration was extremely concentrated. After all, if something suddenly rushed out, he had to react immediately.
Therefore, there was no reaction to the steward's words.
Seeing that Li Huaiyun didn't respond, the housekeeper wanted to come up and take him away from the shore. Just as he was about to get on him, he was stopped by Mu Yuan.
"If anything happens, tell me! Don't hinder his fishing!" Mu Yuan stood in front of the housekeeper.
The housekeeper pointed his finger at Mu Yuan and said in an angry tone, "You should follow him and leave here quickly. Otherwise, you will be responsible for any consequences."
"What kind of tone are you using? You didn't know how to do it before. You were thinking about us. Why is it like this now?"
Mu Yuan responded, "Maybe we don't know what's going on here."
"No! Not at all!" The housekeeper defended, "If you don't leave, don't blame us for being rude!"
"You're welcome? You are just a young butler in the Shangshu Mansion. How come you suddenly become so capable?"
"I'm warning you! Stay away from that lake."
Li Huaiyun let out a long sigh. He was standing on the shore now. According to the previous instructions, when the monster appeared, it would definitely attack me. Why didn't it appear until now?
Which aspect is the problem?
He carefully recalled the scene when he encountered this monster before. Could it be...
Li Huaiyun squatted down and stretched his hand directly into the lake. He could feel some vibrations coming from the water, and this feeling became stronger and stronger. The entire lake no longer had the same tranquility as before.
When the housekeeper saw Li Huai, he made such a dangerous move and wanted to push Mu Yuan away, but he saw through it and pushed him back directly.
"Tell him to come up quickly! Danger!"
Li Huaiyun suddenly sensed the danger. He used the Qi Watching Technique and found that a demonic energy in the lake was quickly approaching him.
Then a pale woman's face passed quickly across the lake.
Sure enough! Li Huaiyun pulled his hand out fiercely, but by this time, it was too late, and the black hair had already entangled his wrist.
He immediately sank down and used all his strength to prevent himself from being pulled into the water.
Mu Yuan heard the sound, turned around and saw Li Huaiyun entangled in black hair, "It's the monster again!"
She immediately ran up and helped Li Huaiyun stabilize his body.
Yan Zhengna saw this scene and felt panic in his heart. He didn't know what to do and could only be at a loss. "What to do! What to do!"
Mu Yuan shouted loudly, "Quickly find something sharp to cut off this hair!"
The butler's feet were trembling and his whole body was shaking. He didn't expect that there was such a terrifying thing under the lake, as Master Shangshu had warned him.
Lord Shangshu often took people here before, but from time to time, someone disappeared, and the sound of chewing might be the monster eating people.
Those missing people were used as sacrifices, and the housekeeper staggered back a few steps.
His eye sockets were sunken, his eyes were dull, his mental state became quite unstable, and he shouted loudly from time to time.
Li Huaiyun's wrist was entangled with black hair. He pulled it up desperately, and at the same time, he shouted loudly, "That monster is actually in this lake."
The monster was pulled near the surface of the water and stopped there motionless. Its flexible hair was drilling into Li Huaiyun's flesh.
He felt a sting. Fortunately, something like this had happened before, and he was prepared for it, and faced it with the fullest spirit.
Just for this moment!
Li Huaiyun lowered his body again, clenched his fist gently with his other hand, and then adjusted his breathing. He now had to have absolute strength to avoid being pulled into the bottom of the lake.
"You! What do you want to do?" The housekeeper still shouted loudly from a distance, "You guys leave quickly, this is a monster that can eat people!"
Mu Yuan grabbed Na Na's black hair, and with her other hand, she kept firing crossbow arrows into the lake. The lake became more and more unstable, as if a huge thing was slowly resurrecting from the bottom of the lake.
Yan Zheng knew that since he was too busy, he walked towards the housekeeper who was in a daze. He grabbed the guy's collar with both hands and lifted her up, "You guy, don't talk nonsense here!"
"What is going on in this lake? Why is there such a terrifying monster in the house of a court official?"
The butler was mentioned and had difficulty breathing. He could only vaguely express that he didn't know. He had occasionally found this place a little different before, but the Minister of Punishment did not allow him and other servants to approach this place.
He had been here once to find out what was going on, but he was still afraid and stopped going near this place.
There's something ominous about this place!
