"Hey, sister, go out."
As soon as the cook of the Song family went out, someone greeted her.
The cook turned around and couldn't help but smile bitterly. "Oh, Mrs. Li. Please don't call me that, I can't afford it..."
The person who greeted the cook was a woman, elegant and elegant, with a maid accompanying her. It is the Li Mansion adjacent to the Song family. The two families have been neighbors for more than thirty years.
"What can't you afford? You are my benefactor." The woman said with no airs and said with a smile: "When I first got married, I was always angry and was often punished by kneeling down and not being allowed to eat. My old sister handed the buns from the backyard. I will never forget it in my life.”
"Old almanac, Mrs. Li still remembers it." The cook was very embarrassed.
"Has something happened these days?" the woman said, "I wanted to talk to Sister Fang, but I was blocked several times. Mr. Song's face doesn't look good either. He wasn't like this before."
"The second young master is ill, very seriously." The cook looked around and said in a low voice, "I heard that he has been here for the past few days."
"Hey, really?" The woman was surprised. "What's the disease? The doctor hasn't come yet?"
"I'm possessed by an evil spirit, and the doctor can't cure it." The cook's voice became much lower. "The master invited a gentleman and lit a stick of incense, saying it would ward off evil spirits and ensure safety..."
"What did you say? Lighted a stick of incense?" The woman's expression suddenly changed and she grabbed the cook. "Tell me clearly! What kind of gentleman? What incense did you light?"
"It hurts, it hurts..." The cook was frightened. "Mrs. Li, you..."
"Oh, I'm sorry." The woman quickly retracted her hand, took out a large ingot of silver and gave it to the cook. "I'm scared. I'm scared. Please tell me and make me feel at ease."
The cook pushed back and put the money away.
"I don't know much. I just know that there was a gentleman who lit incense to ward off evil spirits. The master respected that gentleman very much and wouldn't let us get close. But he is gone now. He said that if you light incense, you will be safe for several lifetimes..."
"oh oh……"
The woman chatted for a few more words and watched the cook leave. Her expression immediately changed. She turned around and said to the maid:
"Immediately Fei Ge sent a letter to the hall and reported what the cook said. Also, gather all the people to find out what happened in the Song family in the past few days. Even if a few mice have entered, they must be investigated by me. clear!"
"Yes." The maid flew up and disappeared from the eaves.
Just as the woman was about to leave, a hawker selling candied haws came over. "Madam, do you want to buy candied haws on a stick?"
"Get out." The woman said with a dark face. "I've made an exception for you to leave a stake, so don't think about taking any further."
"There's no need to be so angry. I just want to seek cooperation." The vendor smiled and said, "I can share the information with you. You can do whatever you want."
The woman snorted, but did not walk away.
The hawker said: "There is an old servant in the Song family who has not been out for many days. According to our information, he was seriously ill and did not have much time to live. But now he is better, and he is even better than ten years ago. Spirit."
The woman curled her lips. "What kind of information is this? The old lady of the Li family is also rejuvenated. She just gave me a baby girl a few days ago."
"It's different." The hawker said seriously: "The old servant did show signs of rejuvenation, and it happened after meeting a guest. He gave the guest four taels of silver, and there was a change the next day."
The woman's expression changed slightly. "What guest?"
The vendor shook his head. "forget."
The woman is angry. "kidding me."
"I really forgot." The hawker said: "I was in front of the door that day and saw it with my own eyes. But after I came back, I forgot about it and didn't even record it. Later I got the old servant's information , and then I remembered that there was a guest that day."
The woman's eyes flashed.
As a spy, the first skill is photographic memory. But the hawker said he couldn't remember that person, so...
"We have guests in the Song family. Let's light some incense." The woman said this and left in a hurry.
"Light the incense?!" The vendor's expression changed, and he turned and left.
Similar scenes appeared in many places around the Song family.
One party must be a servant or relative of the Song family, and the other party must be a neighbor for many years, a familiar hawker, businessman, etc.
There are many spies in Ningzhou Prefecture, coming from different forces and even countries. As a bustling town, this is understandable.
The only difference is that 90% of them are targeting the Song family. Especially the area around the Song family can be described as a concentration camp.
No one in the neighborhood is clean.
They were either wives, concubines, or maids and servants, all from different factions. The nearby shop vendors are all spy agencies.
All-weather surveillance, day and night surveillance. Any disturbance must be recorded and reported immediately. Especially life-threatening incidents can be reported directly to the top leaders.
There is only one fundamental reason. The Lord of Penglai promised to help Song Yuan prevent a disaster.
Over the years, countless people have tried to climb Penglai, but they have been unable to pass through the outer circle. So this opportunity for the immortal to come to earth is naturally more and more precious.
But no one dared to push nails into the Song family, because they were afraid that they would become a disaster and be dealt with by the immortals.
But no one thought that the source of Song Yuan's disaster was a female ghost. On the surface, nothing happened. As for business issues, there are also guests at home. The Song family is in business, so there is nothing special about this.
Song Yuan was looking for people all over the city a few days ago, and all the spies knew about it. But at the beginning, it didn't attract much attention.
Because the Song family said that the old man was hysterical, they did go to see a doctor. Therefore, we only investigate according to the procedures, and then summarize and report the records regularly.
It wasn't until the Song family sold out most of their business in recent days and closed the door to outsiders that they realized something was wrong. Begin to contact espionage through various means in order to obtain more intelligence information.
After all the information is gathered...
A bunch of people went crazy.
The investigation clarified a lot of things, but it also made me feel lonely.
Everyone is gone, so what happened before is of no use? No matter whether the Song family is haunted by ghosts or monsters, the key is that the immortal cannot be seen.
Just when everyone was disappointed and assumed that the immortal had returned to Penglai, Baishengtang got a piece of information.
"Ningzhou Prefecture arrested Yan Chixia, sealed up the Song family's cloth shop, and burned several boxes. After that, she resigned from her job and was said to have left with someone..."
Sun Sihai looked at the news and kept mumbling and repeating it, as if he wanted to chew it up.
A former fourth-rank sword-wielding guard of the Qingguo Imperial Palace, he is now the powerful head of the Baisheng Hall. Penglai and his entourage changed his life and brought his awe to the Lord of Penglai to its peak.
Others only saw his success, but they didn't know what regrets he had in his heart. In the past thirty-three years, I have woken up from dreams countless times, regretting why I didn’t persevere more on the road to immortality.
The arrival of the Lord of Penglai to the human world is undoubtedly another opportunity.
"Hall Master, is there anything wrong with this news?" his subordinate asked.
"There is a problem, a big problem." Sun Sihai said quietly: "Yan Chixia is not afraid of power and is selfless. It is impossible to resign from the Yamen just to offend the Song family. She has no friends in the world, so what can she do with him? People leaving?"
"Which one do you mean you left with him?" the subordinate thought. "Although it cannot be completely ruled out, the possibility is too low."
"The possibility is low, which means it is possible. Even if there is a glimmer of hope, we can't give up." Sun Sihai glared and gave orders.
"Send a message to the thirty-seven branch hall masters, and do your best to inquire about Yan Chixia's whereabouts. You must treat them with courtesy. If there are people traveling with you, please do not offend or contact without permission. Report to me as soon as possible! If anyone misses it, , I peeled off his skin!"
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The main thing is to wait for the traitor to change, to open up and close the relationship, and to observe the enemy's intention. Don't be close to others, don't be generous to others in rewards, and be the best in the world.
"Jiuzhou·Jian"
