Yesterday, he was supposed to go to the Zhou family, but was interrupted by various accidents. If the Zhuangzi below was really the Zhuangzi of the Zhou family where Yasha cannibalized people, Yun Qi would have saved himself the extra trip and asked the Zhou family servants first.
The carriage in front stopped, and a man galloped over from the front, "Master Shaofu, the gate of Zhuangzi is closed, and my subordinates didn't open it even after knocking for a long time."
Yun Qi saw that he was still an acquaintance, and raised his hand to say hello: "Hey, Colonel Qian."
Lieutenant Qian smiled and cupped his hands in displeasure without even looking at him, "Prince Yun."
The dojo is officially open from today. Qi Shang wants to arrange martial law guards around it. The suspicious person in the dark shadow in the forest yesterday was not found, so this group of people was handed over to Qian Xiaowei to escort them.
Princess Ding'an opened the curtain of the carriage, "Why did it stop before we arrived?"
She finally couldn't ride a horse today and took a carriage instead.
Someone immediately sent a message to Princess Ding'an. She raised her eyebrows, showing a sense of nobility in her arrogance, "Since everyone is here, call a few people to come in and take a look."
Yun Qi glanced at the grand gate, which was not old but not old, and then looked at the manor, which occupies a large area. "It seems that the Zhou family is serious and wealthy. Even a country village has such a style."
"The Zhou family is the richest family in Diqiu. I heard that the main residence occupies half of the mountain." Nangong Zhi told him.
Yun Qi tapped the palm of his hand with the jade bone fan, "It's the Zhou family for sure."
The general's hand was heavy. After receiving Princess Ding'an's order, Lieutenant Qian no longer cautiously called the door. "Bang bang bang~" After a few beats, the sound of footsteps really came from the door.
The wooden door opened little by little from the inside. The people inside had tense faces and cautious eyes. When they saw a large group of officers and soldiers clearly, they let go of the doorknob with a trembling hand, "Master, what are you doing?"
"It's a long way down the mountain, let's lend you a place to have a meal." Qian Xiaowei held the handle of the sword in one hand, stood boldly, and said in a rough voice: "Don't worry, I'll give you the money."
The old man's face was wrinkled, his hair was half a hair, and his reaction was a little slow. He squinted his eyes and looked around, feeling confused, "Look at the men and women in this circle, they don't look like people from Diqiu County."
Qian Xiaowei laughed and said, "Old man, you have bad eyesight. Look carefully. This most noble lady is our Princess Ding'an of Prince Xing's Palace in Daning Dynasty, and the one over there is Nangong Shaofu of Marquis Wu'an Palace." , are you qualified enough to rest and have dinner in your village?"
The old man had been in Diqiuwo all his life, and it was the first time he saw the royal family and nobles, this marquis and that princess. His liver and gallbladder trembled when he heard, "...Please, please come in."
Zhuangzi was so big that the carriages were untied and the horses were led to the stables to graze. The young masters and ladies from all the families swarmed inside, watching and commenting -
"It's quite big, but it's not as exquisite as the palace in the royal capital."
"The countryside is pretty good."
"There's so much dust here, my clothes are all stained."
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Lieutenant Qian arranged for the escorts, and as soon as he crossed the threshold, a jade bone fan was stopped in front of him, and then Yun Qi had a smiling face.
"Isn't this prince worthy of Captain Qian's mention?"
Colonel Qian smiled again, "It's hard to forget, Prince Yun, please don't mind."
Yunqi's smile did not change, and his eyes became deep, like a deep pool with no bottom. When Captain Qian felt his body getting cold, he looked away, turned around and said lightly, "Really?"
Colonel Qian touched his head and stood there muttering: "What the hell." Just now, when they looked at each other, they were actually a little flustered.
In front of Nangong Zhi, Princess Ding'an was always very kind, and she even condescended to ask, "Zhuangzi is so big, are you the only one to take care of it?"
It was the first time for the old man to talk to such a big shot. He didn't dare to answer the conversation for a while. It took him a long time to answer: "I am the housekeeper of Zhou Mansion, and I only came here in the past few days."
Nangong Zhi scanned around a bit and found that the rooms inside were closed, some were even locked, and there were several wooden boxes placed on the open space outside. They were not for washing and drying, but for storage. He asked curiously: "You come here to pack things? Where are the original servants?”
"Yes, I just packed my things and didn't answer the door in time." The old housekeeper of the Zhou Mansion didn't know what he thought of, with a bitter look on his face, "The master dismissed all the servants in the village and asked me to come here to clean up, so these days I’m here for heaven’s sake.”
Someone in the crowd asked: "Why?"
The old housekeeper of the Zhou Mansion hesitated several times. There were some inside stories that were hard to tell, but the identities of these people were unusual. "There are recent rumors of a yaksha in Diqiu County. Our Zhou family..."
"Are you talking about the fact that Miss Zhou Pei's maid was eaten by Yaksha?" Yun Qi pointed out directly.
When the old housekeeper of the Zhou Mansion saw that he even mentioned the lady's name accurately, he was puzzled and said, "The lady regained consciousness a few days ago, and it turned out that the voice that spoke was a man's."
Some of the students burst out laughing, finding it a bit funny.
The old housekeeper of the Zhou Mansion did not think this was a funny thing, and said with drooped eyebrows: "The man said that the master had caused him to be known to the world, and that he could no longer practice the ghost way from now on, and wanted to take revenge on the Zhou family."
Princess Ding'an raised her eyebrows arrogantly, "Can you believe this?" The common people are ignorant.
The old housekeeper of the Zhou family lowered his head and wiped his tears with his sleeves, his voice filled with tears and fear, "But the third wife's five-month-old child died that night! When he died... the whole head was gone, only the neck was left. There was a big gap. The third lady fainted on the spot and became stupid."
Nangong Zhi clasped one hand behind his back and frowned slightly: "Why didn't you report it to the official?"
"The murderer is a ghost, what's the use of reporting to the official?!"
"Then what do you plan to do?"
The old housekeeper of the Zhou family sighed and said: "The master said that since Yaksha is eyeing the Zhou family, he will not let it go no matter what. It is better to quietly pack up and move away from here before Yaksha knows about it. Although he will give up half of the family property, he will not let go." As long as the whole family lives together, where can't we start over?"
Yun Qi smiled: "As expected of the richest family in Diqiu, he is quite courageous in doing things."
In the crowd, Yang Xueer said angrily: "Since Yaksha is a ghost, of course he has the ability to follow people. You can easily avoid it by moving to another place."
"Xue'er is right. Although Prince Yun said that he is courageous, I feel that it is not the best way to run away when Mr. Zhou encounters trouble. It is not easy for his family to move. It is not easy for a young woman to suffer from the fatigue of traveling and wandering on the road."
Meng Shizhao glanced at Lu Anran, it was Du Man again.
Yun Qi raised his eyelids and said, "Do you have any ideas?"
Du Man was overjoyed, but without showing it on his face, he said with a straight face: "Whether it's Yaksha or someone who is pretending to be a ghost, find out the culprit and then solve the problem, so that the peace of the family can be protected."
But what she didn't expect was that Princess Ding'an didn't like people showing off in front of her, and she was especially taboo about people showing off in front of Nangong Zhi. Why did you stand up again without Su Xiangxiang after leaving the royal capital?
Princess Ding'an raised her red lips and smiled coldly, "Miss Du said so well, it's all nonsense."
The gaze was cold and vicious. Du Man shrank his shoulders and broke out in cold sweat, "Princess... I was just talking nonsense."
"If you don't know how to speak, don't speak." Princess Ding'an scolded her and pulled Nangong Zhi inside.
In the distance, you can still hear Nangong Zhi's helpless voice: "It's just a chat, why do you need to embarrass others."
Princess Ding'an said coquettishly: "I'm hungry."
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A group of people were watching the show. Du Man's face was red with embarrassment. Fortunately, Yang Xueer pulled her and hurriedly followed her out of everyone's sight.
Meng Shizhao did not crowd the crowd to go to the front hall, and walked side by side with Lu Anran, "Some people always like to hang around with half the ink in their stomachs, just for fear that others will not know."
Lu Anran smiled and said, "You don't like her?"
"She?" Meng Shizhao twitched the corner of his mouth, his expression was flying, proud and confident, "You can't get into my eyes."
Lu Anran remembered that Meng Xueli, the governor of Licheng, was her father, and asked casually: "Mr. Meng is still in the Diqiu County Office. Why didn't you go down the mountain with him?"
Meng Shizhao's eyelids dropped to cover up the emotions inside, "I can always see you later."
Lu Anran noticed something unusual and didn't ask any more questions. Instead, she talked about the Zhou family and Yaksha.
Meng Shizhao said: "Children in Licheng grew up listening to rumors about Yasha. They may not believe it when they get older, but the fear they developed when they were young is deeply rooted in their bones and may have some influence."
Lu Anran shook his head, "No matter what, moving the whole family is too laborious and laborious. The Zhou family has its roots here. Leaving is not only a loss of family property, but also like uprooting a big tree. How much determination does it take?"
Fallen leaves have yet to return to their roots, who would leave their hometown easily?
"unless……"
The two of them looked at each other——
Unless the Zhou family is really in desperate need.
Because they were a step too late, the two of them sat at the dining table in the corner. Opposite the same table were Du Man and Yang Xueer.
One of them made Nangong Zhi lose face on the spot yesterday, and the other had Princess Ding'an reprimanding her in public today. The students in Jixia Palace were mocking them openly and secretly, so not many people were willing to share the table with them, so they were left in a corner. .
At this moment, the two sides' eyes met, and Yang Xueer glared angrily. Du Man could hide it better, but his eyes would always drift to Lu Anran.
Lu Anran was thinking about the Zhou family and Yaksha not paying attention to other people, but Meng Shizhao glanced out of the corner of his eye and a contemptuous smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
After eating, Nangong Zhi found the old housekeeper of the Zhou family standing in the yard, looking around. He walked over and asked. It turned out that Mr. Zhou had already agreed to call a car to load things today, but at this time, there was still no sign of the car or horse.
Yun Qi patted his jade bone fan and walked out of the pavilion, "Just in time, take us to meet your master."
Butler Zhou hesitated: "But the master asked me to wait here."
"Maybe your master has been eaten by Yasha, and you are still waiting here?"
Butler Zhou's face suddenly turned pale, and he opened his mouth for a long time and could not close it.
Nangong Zhi helplessly raised his forehead, "Prince Yun, don't scare the old man."
Yunqi spread his hands, "Then will Young Assistant go or not?"
He must go, Yasha has eaten someone again, but there is currently no clue about the case. If Yasha really comes to Zhou's house, to put it bluntly, it can be regarded as an opportunity to catch Yasha.
The road originally divided into two ends, but when Princess Ding'an heard that Lu Anran was going to follow him, she said without hesitation: "Brother Nangong, I am also curious about Yasha, and I want to go too."
The most valuable person here is Princess Ding'an. If she insists on doing something, no one else has the right to say no.
Some students were more courageous. After gaining courage at the corpse-gnawing scene yesterday, they became very interested in the legendary Yaksha and wanted to follow him.
Therefore, only a small number of people planned to return directly from Zhuangzi to the county office, and everyone had to follow suit.
After harnessing the horse again, he hurried on his way. As he approached the main residence of the Zhou Mansion, Butler Zhou suddenly said, "Something is wrong."
