chewing dragon

Chapter 64
"Huh? Could it be that there are other monsters at work?"

After listening to the steward's narration, Jin Dao Wei murmured in a low voice, turned his head and exchanged glances with Qi Jingzhi, both felt that this incident was not only strange, but also too coincidental, as if they were caught up in all the weird things inside and outside the county up.

The old man in brown clothes and white hair smacked his lips: "This thing is really evil!"

Jiao Yulang finally took his attention away from the Platinum Mouse. Since the little thing woke up, it had been grabbing at the hem of his clothes and not letting go of its claws. It was like a pendant, and it couldn't be more cute.

No way, who made the little thing almost crushed to death by the white-haired old woman, it was Jiao Yulang who stepped forward and chanted scriptures to save the silver minion?

The little boy who got his wish raised his head, and thoughtfully said: "People flock together and things form groups, so demons and ghosts will naturally gather together."

"There are tiger spirits making trouble in Little Songling County. It's not surprising that there are three or five monsters living in such a large county, and they make friends with each other. But it's really strange that these sneaky things suddenly appear as monsters."

Qi Jingzhi nodded: "The black donkey spirit once mentioned a woman in white clothes, and the silver gang also has a so-called white sister. Maybe we really got it right this time."

While talking, several people had already entered the inner courtyard of Li's house, passed through a passage, and saw a small independent courtyard in front of them in the distance.

The courtyard was brightly lit, and the gate of the courtyard was even more darkly surrounded by maidservants and wives, all of whom were looking inside.

"That's my master's inner study, and it was placed in it when I came back today."

The butler explained a sentence, and hurried up to chase people away: "Didn't you see any distinguished guests from outside arriving? What do they look like in a mess? The irrelevant people are all gone!"

A group of servants watching the excitement dispersed immediately, leaving only two maidservants who were always serving in the inner study, and reported to the housekeeper with a look of surprise.

"Mrs. Cai came over just now, went in for a glance, said a few words, then backed out in fright, her face was pale and her feet were soft, and she almost passed out, and she was half-armed by Mrs. Wang." Sent it back."

Hearing this, the housekeeper immediately raised his face and said angrily: "Do you still understand the rules? In front of distinguished guests, how dare you gossip about the affairs of the mistress?"

The two female servants had already lost their minds, and now they were reprimanded, their faces turned pale, and they opened their mouths to beg for mercy.

The butler didn't have time to talk to them, so he waved the two maidservants aside, turned around and said to Qi Jingzhi and the others: "Bosses, please come in quickly! Listen, my master, there is something hindering me."

After all, he no longer cared about etiquette and trotted into the courtyard.

Qi Jingzhi and the others were standing at the gate of the courtyard, and they could already faintly smell a strange smell, which was really different from the silver smell in the empty garden in the western suburbs.

Jin Daowei shook his head: "This Li Huang is probably more ominous... Hey, the inner courtyard of the Li family is indeed not very strict, and it will show its original shape when encountering some things."

There were only two grandparents in Qi Jingzhi's family, and he didn't know anything about the affairs of the big family's inner house, and he didn't care, so he followed him into the yard.

Jiao Yulang was still at the end. He was born in a rich family, and he was used to this, so he naturally understood the implication of Jin Dao Wei's words.

"The husband and wife are originally from the same forest, and Li Huang's house seems to be small in number. If something happens to the head of the house, uncles and nephews from the side branches will inevitably come to make trouble, and the servants will take advantage of the chaos to coerce them."

Xiaowazi said this in a nonchalant way: "If Mrs. Li has some scheming, it is serious to hold the family's property in her hands as soon as possible. If she really wants to stay here and ignore it, it will be that Li Huang will come to the bottom. , I’m afraid I can’t rest in peace.”

"Hey! You are not very old, but you know a lot. You are indeed from the Hou family!"

Jin Dao Wei Chao Jiao Yulang gave a thumbs up, in exchange for a big white eye.

After chatting a few words in low voices, they entered the inner room of the study.

The doors and windows in the room were wide open, but the stench was still extremely strong. Fortunately, it was only pungent and unpleasant, and it didn't have the strange effect of silver stench that would shake one's mind and make one see nothing.

The housekeeper had already covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve, but Qi Jingzhi walked to the bedside despite the stench, without even an expression on his face.

He lowered his head and looked intently, and saw that Li Huang was tightly wrapped in a brocade quilt, with only his head exposed.

This person looked at a man in his forties, his eyes were slightly open, his face was blue, his cheeks were fleshless, and he was extremely emaciated.

Qi Jingzhi turned his head to look at the butler, and asked, "Can your master still talk?"

The butler had tears in his eyes, but he also knew the seriousness, and nodded quickly: "Young one has already reported it, so you can just ask."

Qi Jingzhi nodded lightly, and asked Li Huang on the bed, "You went to the Xijiao Garden by yourself during the day, but what did you encounter?"

When Li Huang heard the question, his bloodless lips opened and closed slightly, and he was already angry: "I lost my way... I didn't go to the newly purchased garden."

Qi Jingzhi frowned immediately: "That garden is in the suburbs, you went there once three days ago, how could you get lost?"

"I... really lost my way. I rode for a long time, but I couldn't find a place, not even the way back to the city. When I was anxious, I suddenly..."

Speaking of this, Li Huang's eyes widened suddenly, and his pupils became brighter: "Suddenly, I met a big mansion that I had never seen or heard of before. ... Yuan Mansion."

"Yuan Mansion?" Qi Jingzhi's eyebrows frowned even tighter.

Li Huang nodded: "It's Yuan's Mansion. At that time, I also felt strange, but I had no choice but to get off my horse and knock on the door to ask for directions."

"At this moment, the Yuan family had a carriage returning home. Although it was a carriage, it was pulled by a white ox. Two maidservants in plain clothes and white horses followed the carriage, and they were all rare beauties."

Seeing that Li Huang's words became more and more strange, but his complexion improved a lot, the few people in the room listened silently without interrupting.

"Then, a lady dressed in silver and white dress got out of the white ox cart. She was more than ten times more beautiful than those two maids. As soon as I heard it, I was so drunk that I couldn't even stand still."

"When the lady saw this, she immediately smiled at me, as if a hundred flowers were in full bloom, and asked two maidservants to help me into the Yuan Mansion."

Now even the housekeeper realized something was wrong, stomped his feet and said, "My lord, why are you so confused! How can such a person who doesn't know his roots in the wilderness go in easily?"

Li Huang ignored him, but continued to narrate with a slightly complicated expression.

What happened later was not surprising, Li Huang was left by the lady to sleep in the guest room of the Yuan Mansion, and after waking up, he felt refreshed, asked the way back to the city, and reluctantly left.

Before going out, Li Huang had the cheek to ask that young lady if she had ever engaged in a marriage, and knowing that she was staying in her boudoir, she couldn't help but secretly happy.

One of Miss Yuan's maidservants in plain clothes saw Li Huang's thoughts, so she told him secretly that her own lady also admired Mr. Li, but her family was in trouble, and she still had 3 taels of debt to pay, so that the dowry was not paid. Prepare, waste time.If Mr. Li is willing to repay it on his behalf and doesn't ask for the position of wife, their master and servant are willing to serve you.

When Li Huang heard the words, he was overjoyed, and immediately agreed, but he couldn't help but suspect that it was a scam, so he said that he would go home immediately to raise money, and he would definitely come back soon.

He originally wanted to ask someone to find out the background of the Yuan Mansion first, but when he returned home, he felt a little dazed, thinking that he was caught in the wind while riding a horse, but unexpectedly, he became like this.

Just now when a few people entered the back room, Jin Dao Wei consciously guarded the door, and now he shook his head and sighed a long time: "It's another bludgeoning stick! It's so cheap to make it like this None of them were caught!"

Jiao Yulang stood not far from him, but he didn't agree with him, and said, "This is obviously a trick of demons to deceive people. Ordinary people can't resist it, let alone get any cheap money. We met a gangster. Don't you become blind too?"

The old man pouted, not wanting to talk to the little boy.

(End of this chapter)