"What? Caught by a ghost? Hahahaha, what ghost? Male or female?" Dai Er clapped his hands and laughed after hearing this.
"Don't tell me, the princess is not the only one who is nagging. I asked a few maids and they all said they have seen her before." Chen Yuan raised his eyebrows.
"I thought that only unsophisticated people in remote areas like our hometown believed in such things as mountain spirits and ghosts. I didn't expect that a princess in such a big city would actually believe in such nonsense." Dai Er said.
"As the saying goes, seeing is believing. The princess said she had seen it, and several maids also swore by it. If they had really seen it with their own eyes, they couldn't help but not believe it." Chen Yuan said.
"If it's true, it would be easier to handle." Dai Er said.
"The ghost has captured the young prince. If we capture the ghost, we can find the young prince." Dai Er said seriously.
"What a great idea, worthy of my second brother." Gu Ming praised.
"That's right! You think so too! Things that come naturally, should you use them for your own good?" Dai Er said with his arms crossed and a smile.
"But where is the ghost?" Gu Ming sneered.
"Look for it!" Dai Er said.
"Where to find it?"
"Ask the princess and those maids who said they met her, where did they meet her?" Dai Er asked.
"The princess is very secretive about this and doesn't mention it at all. The same goes for those maids who said they saw ghosts. They said that the palace forbids servants to talk about this matter, and those who violate it will be kicked out." Chen Yuan said.
"Then wait until tomorrow when the fortune teller comes out. Since he can tell that the young prince has been caught by a ghost, he will also be able to tell where the ghost is, right?" Gu Ming said.
"Then there's still half a day left, what are we going to do? Just wait?" Dai Er shouted.
"Where else are you going to look for it? Do you have any clue?" Gu Ming asked.
"A place with heavy yin energy, a place that doesn't get sunshine all year round, a house where people have died..." Dai Er kept chattering.
"That's right, it's best to arrest one from each place, arrest a few more, and then torture them to find out which ghost captured the young prince." Gu Ming added.
"It's on your back." Dai Er suddenly said.
"What?" Gu Ming asked.
"Ghost, I'm lying on your back." Dai Er suddenly said seriously.
Gu Ming didn't believe this at all, and he wasn't afraid, but Dai Er's serious expression and straight eyes still made the hairs on his back stand up.
"You're feeling weird right now, and your yin energy is a bit heavy. Maybe it's really lying on your back." Dai Er said again.
Gu Ming didn't plan to deal with this guy anymore, so he might as well go out to the courtyard to see Tai Mo walking on horseback, and said: "Then you hurry up and look for him, it will get dark soon and the ghosts will go to sleep."
"Hey girl, has anyone died here?"
"Bah, you're the one who died, broom star."
"Brother, has anyone died in your house?"
"You want to die? Do you want to die? Do you want to die?"
Dai Er wandered around asking questions for most of the palace, and after getting nothing but scoldings, he finally squatted in a shade and scolded his mother: "Damn it, you won't cooperate, these people don't want to find my poor brother at all!"
"This is the big brother." A sweet voice came from behind. Dai Er's lower body immediately became stiff and he stood up with strength.
"Brother, please stop wandering around asking questions, it's useless." A girl dressed as a maid came, her appearance was sweeter than her voice.
"What's useless?" Dai Er stared straight at the girl, drooling the beard on his chin.
The girl blushed, turned away and said, "The prince heard that it was haunted earlier, and he almost tore down the palace, but he didn't find out the reason."
"The prince also knows?" Dai Er asked.
"Of course I know, but the prince doesn't believe this at all. He said that if there were ghosts, he would have been eaten by the ghosts in the Western Regions." The girl said.
"Gods and ghosts are afraid of evil. Your prince has been a soldier all his life, and his murderous spirit is so strong that ghosts can't get close to him." Dai Er said with a smile.
"Hey, talking about evil, how evil has Mrs. Li been? How come she is scared crazy even if ghosts are not afraid of her." The girl said disdainfully, seeming to be a little happy.
"Li Niang, which Li Niang?" Dai Er asked.
"The young prince's nanny, relying on her status, walks around among us servants. She is so vicious. Many sisters have suffered from her. The prince and his wife have not beaten or scolded us, but she is She beats and scolds the servants all the time, as if she has forgotten that she is also a servant." Speaking of Li Niang, the little girl talked a lot, sometimes with hatred, sometimes with a smile on her face, as if this ghost had done something good.
"How do you know she was driven crazy by a ghost?" Dai Er said seriously after wiping his saliva.
"The maids all know it, it's just that the prince won't let them say it. If you say it, you will be punished." The girl said.
"Then how dare you say that?" Dai Er asked.
"Because I have already been driven away, what is there to be afraid of?" the girl laughed.
"Oh? Why?" Dai Er said in surprise.
"Tingting! Are you ready? The butler is urging you! Waiting at the door." At this time, an older maid came out of the courtyard and shouted through the courtyard wall.
"Here we come!" The girl named Tingting responded crisply, swung the small baggage in her hand, slung it on her shoulders, and walked out of the hospital. After taking two steps, he turned back and said: "Don't bother, brother, you really didn't ask this. When you enter the house, you ask if anyone is dead in the house. The reason why you didn't get beaten is because of your scary appearance." After saying this, the girl covered her mouth and smiled. Then ran away.
Dai Er scratched his head and went back to the house.
"You mean, there is a girl named Li Niang who was scared crazy by ghosts?" Chen Yuan asked.
"Yeah, that's what the little girl said. Everyone knows what she said, but the prince won't let her say it." Dai Er said.
"Why was that little girl driven away?" Chen Yuan asked again.
"She didn't say anything." Dai Er said.
"What else did she say?" Chen Yuan asked.
"They say I look scary." Dai Er said.
"Useful." Gu Ming said.
Dai Er shook his head.
"Won't you go out and ask, or go out and see where she lives?" Gu Mingchou said.
"How can that be done? I'm a serious prostitute, and I don't do such slutty things as stalking women from good families." Dai Er shook his head and could hear the water in his head swaying.
"A serious prostitute..."
"Since we can't find that girl, let's find Li Niang." Chen Yuan sighed.
"It's even more difficult to find it. How long has it been? Besides, people are crazy." Dai Er said.
"It's right in the mansion." Chen Yuan said.
"how do you know?"
"The custom here is that the nanny must be taken care of until her death." Chen Yuan said.
"No wonder that Li Niang dares to be so domineering." Dai Er said to himself.
"Qiu-huai-bie-yuan!" Dai Er read out the words on the courtyard door word by word, then put his hands on his hips and grinned, "Not bad, not bad, the name is very elegant."
"Don't be happy, don't you happen to know all these four words? The corners of your mouth almost meet at the back of your head." Gu Ming rolled his eyes.
Dai Er put away his smile, and finally restrained himself from replying, and asked, "Is Mother Li in this courtyard?"
"Well, except for delivering some fruits and vegetables every two days, the courtyard door is usually locked from the outside." Chen Yuan said.
"This courtyard is only two alleys away from the palace." Gu Ming said.
"That's almost like going to jail." Dai Er said.
"Wouldn't it be nice to have such an elegant prison?" Chen Yuan smiled.
"Li Niang is here alone?" Gu Ming asked.
"No, those who say they have seen ghosts are allowed to live in this courtyard and are not allowed to come out." Chen Yuan said.
"Isn't it beautiful to give those four or five people such a big courtyard so that they don't have to work as servants?" Dai Er said.
"No one knows whether it's beautiful during the day or not. All I know is that it scares me half to death at night." Chen Yuan said.
"Why?" Dai Er asked.
"This courtyard is the one that is haunted. All of them also saw ghosts from this courtyard." Chen Yuan said.
Dai Er suddenly opened his eyes wide.
"This courtyard was originally the residence of the princess, who lived here during the hot summer. At first, the princess didn't want to live in it because of rumors among the servants that it was haunted. Later, the princess also saw it with her own eyes, so she sealed it up. Everyone who has seen ghosts None of them were allowed to come out, saying they were afraid that the ghost would be attached to someone and they would be brought out." Chen Yuan said.
"Then the princess should also be sealed in?" Dai Er said.
"Who dares?" Gu Ming glared.
"Oh, it's not okay for others to bring out ghosts and scare you. If you bring out ghosts and scare others, is that okay?" Dai Er was quite unbalanced.
"Of course, because whoever owns this house has the final say." Gu Mingdao.
"Shit, in the final analysis, the life of this servant is worthless." Dai Er said.
"Otherwise, why would you lock those people who have seen ghosts inside even though you know there are ghosts inside? Aren't you afraid of being eaten by ghosts? Aren't you afraid of being scared to death inside again?" Dai Er asked again.
"Okay, you're right, but why don't you get in?" Gu Ming was furious at Dai Er's quarrel.
"Of course! I've lived for so many years and I haven't seen a ghost before. I feel itchy if I don't see one." Dai Er smiled and jumped over the wall first.
The three of them walked slowly on the moss-covered stone road. As its name suggests, there are mostly locust trees in the courtyard, and then there are some green plants for viewing. Because they have been abandoned for a long time, the weeds have covered many short shrubs. The leaves have grown up the steps and have almost reached the door. The eaves of the corridor are full of weeds and fallen leaves. The fallen leaves are yellow and green. The green ones were blown off by yesterday's wind and rain, and the yellow ones are from last year. Yes, no one has taken care of it for a year. Although there are many small courtyards in this large courtyard, the three of them have already visited every corner in a short time. At this time, they are standing in front of a small woodshed. The garden is full of weeds, and there is an obvious trail made by someone. The path leads here, and it is inhabited, or at least frequently visited.
Chen Yuan slowly approached the woodshed door, his feet rustled on the grass, and accidentally cracked a dead leaf. There was a "crack" sound, like a thunder explosion in a corner of the strangely quiet garden, which made people's hearts beat. The crackling sound suddenly tightened and stopped suddenly. Chen Yuan put his hand on the door and slowly pushed it open a crack, making a "squeak" sound that made his teeth feel sore and itchy.
"Wow!" A man suddenly appeared from the door, with a beard even more exaggerated than Dai Er's. Then came the screams, a group of women screaming at the top of their lungs. Chen Yuan's martial arts skills were very high, but he was useless against this kind of sound. He would rather have someone chop him with a knife than listen to this kind of sound for a while longer. Gu Ming and Dai Er behind him also had their ears blocked.
Then came the glutinous rice, and the peach core hit Chen Yuan's chest randomly. If it was a hidden weapon, Chen Yuan's chest would have turned into a sieve at this moment. But fortunately, he reacted and retreated quickly enough, otherwise a pot of blood would have been poured on him.
The screams gradually subsided, and the three of them looked inside the door. What floated out was not a person, but a portrait of Zhong Kui being picked up by a stick. Five or six women were hugging each other. Each one had a different magic weapon in their hand. Some were holding glutinous rice, some were holding peach stones, and some were holding wickers. Those holding Zhong Kui's portrait at the door were all holding peach wood swords. There was a man holding a basin standing behind him, and chicken blood was still dripping from the edge of the basin...
What these people have in common is that they all have their eyes closed and are trembling.
"Guys, this is..." Chen Yuan said, not knowing what to say.
"Human! It's human!" A maid said, but her eyes were still closed.
"Yes! Still a man!" Another maid also said with her eyes tightly closed.
"It's a man, it's a man! It's great! I have Yang Qi! The one who sent Yang Qi is here! It's okay!" A maid half-squinted her eyes at first, then opened her eyes and shouted in surprise.
"What do you mean the Yang Qi senders are here? It's like they are fairies who want to suck us dry..." Dai Er whispered to Gu Ming.
"Who are you? What do you do?" asked the maid who had the courage to open her eyes first.
"Catch ghosts!" Dai Er shouted in a rough voice without waiting for Chen Yuan to answer.
After hearing this, the group of maids looked at Dai Er, surprised and happy: "Really! They are really catching ghosts! Look, they are the same!" After saying that, the maid holding the painting displayed the portrait of Zhong Kui in front of the sisters. The maids jumped for joy, and two even shed tears.
