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The owner of this house, surnamed Huai Mingrui, is in his thirties. His great-grandfather, Zhongshu Ling, who had been the prime minister a hundred years ago, had the title of Duke of the country.

However, the gentleman's luster will be cut off for five generations.

In Huai Rui's generation, although they still live in Shengyefang with a superior location, relying on shops and fields to maintain a decent life,

But in officialdom, you can only start as a small official in the household department.

Huai Rui was frustrated in officialdom, and his love life was not so smooth—a few years ago, it was reported that he had an affair with a married woman in the south of the city, Zhao Sanniang. Noisy, uproarious.

Huai Rui didn't admit it, or passed the responsibility to the woman,

Instead, he resolutely took out 20,000 guan of wealth and gave it to the merchant, asking him to reconcile with his wife.

After Zhao Sanniang divorced, Huai Rui held a grand wedding for her, officially marrying Zhao Sanniang.

A year later, Zhao Sanniang died of a serious illness, and Huai Rui never remarried, and often wrote some sad poems in memory of his deceased wife.

The relationship between the two of them, in the eyes of the world, has never been an immoral affair,

Turned into a vigorous, enduring love,

On the contrary, Huai Rui's reputation in Chang'an became better, and his career became smoother, and he is now a doctor in the Ministry of Finance.

The Jinbu Langzhong is in charge of the transactions between the East and the West. It can be said that he is a first-class fat job. He doesn't even need to use the low-level method of accepting bribes. He has a lot of means to make a huge amount of wealth reasonably.

'Emotion is still a kind of love. '

Li Ang listened to the descriptions of the passers-by, thinking about it.

Huai Dalang's mother, that is, the old lady of Huai Mansion, is getting old, and her mind is not so clear, and she needs someone to take care of her. Some time ago, she always talked about having nightmares.

In order to reassure his mother, Huai Dalang specially invited monks and Taoist priests to come to the door, open a dojo, and perform deeds. Today is the last day.

If you want me to tell you, the old lady of the Huai Mansion is afraid that no one will inherit the Huai family's family business, so she has a nightmare-Huai Dalang has never married a wife or concubine since the death of that Zhao Sanniang, and has never had a child under his knees. , if you don’t adopt one from a distant relative’s family, it may really be the end of the world.”

Yeah, you can't be childless.

Passers-by outside the wall of Shengyefang, listening to the singing of monks and Taoists, chatted casually, and the topic quickly turned to the direction of passing on the family line and having more children.

Li Ang's name even appeared in the chat, saying that Li Ang is a star of Wenqu, who is also the God of Medicine, and who also sent Zixian down to earth. Hanging a portrait of Li Ang at home can increase the probability of couples getting pregnant and so on.

'It's all a mess. Is my image among the people already like this? '

Li Ang's head was full of black lines, and he rode away silently, his mind spinning.

Shengyefang, Huairui

Mosi's induction pointed to the mansion.

If there is really an alienated object there, we have to figure out what it is.

Li Angming's superficial identity is a disciple of the academy and the owner of patent rights such as allicin.

In terms of business, there is no overlap with the Finance Department of the Ministry of Finance, and there is no overlap with Huai Rui in the social scope.

You must enter the mansion to find out, and you must not reveal the existence of the alienated object, otherwise you will be taken away by the Zhenfu Department.

Possibly, special means must be used.

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There were a lot fewer things to deal with during the winter vacation. After Li Ang returned home, he fed Mosi some materials such as gold ingots and black iron as usual.

After nightfall, he walked to the restaurant outside Shengye Fang, put on the appearance of a dandy boy who was frustrated in love and came to get drunk, booked a high-rise box facing Shengye Fang, and monitored the movement of Huai Rui's mansion from a distance .

It's Xuzheng hour, that is, eight o'clock in the evening, and the Huai family's mansion is still not lit.

Li Ang looked out the window, narrowing his eyes slightly.

It gets dark very early in winter, and the big families in Shengyefang are all lit with lights at this time.

Wait until the time of Haizheng or Zichu, that is, around ten or eleven o'clock in the evening, before generally turning off the oil lamps to go to bed.

Li Ang waited for another two hours, until midnight, when the restaurant was about to close,

A carriage slowly drove into Shengyefang from far to near, and stopped outside the side door of Huai's mansion.

Um?

Li Ang immediately cheered up and stared carefully.

After the carriage stopped, a burly man stepped out of the carriage silently, with an object wrapped in cloth tied to his waist, which looked like a plain knife.

Then, another three people got off the car one after another,

An old man with a stooped body and a cane,

A scholar with a face like white jade and a folding fan in his hand,

A dwarf with a mask and two swords on his back.

The carriage drove away quietly, the four of them stood in the shadows under the door, and the burly man knocked on the side door lightly,

As the door opened on the inside, the four people also stepped into the door, disappearing from sight.

Strong man, old man, scholar, dwarf,

The whereabouts of the four people are strange and sneaking, could it be

Because Chang'an City has recently strictly investigated private gambling houses, these four came to Huai's mansion just to play mahjong?

An unreliable guess suddenly popped up in Li Ang's mind, he shook his head, put the money in the box on the table, went downstairs to check out, and walked out of the restaurant.

During the New Year, every family celebrates,

In order to prevent fires, the Department of Zhenfu, Bad People, Longwu Army and other departments stepped up patrols,

However, with this level of patrolling, Li Ang could hear footsteps approaching from a distance, and he hid in the shadow of the alley as soon as he turned around, and then turned over the wall, using the shadow of the building to avoid sight.

After easily avoiding the patrol team, Li Ang leaned on the roof and silently woke up Mosi.

sand--

A large number of black silk threads meander out from the cuffs and neckline,

In an instant, it covered Li Ang's whole body, weaving a black night clothes with a cloak.

In order to conceal his identity, he specially asked Mosi to add a few layers of height-enhancing insoles, making it look like an adult.

At the same time, a mask in the shape of a dragon's head was generated and worn on the head,

Can't tell it's him at all.

'After repeated tests, Mosi will not cause any aura fluctuations, and will not be detected by monks' detection methods.

At the same time, Mosi's tenacity is far superior to that of ordinary iron, and the sword can be chopped continuously.

It is more than enough for night clothes. '

Li Ang straightened the black faucet mask on his head without a sound, and quietly came to the roof of the Huai family's mansion, eavesdropping on the movement below.

The four must be the aliens introduced by Brother Kou, right? The safety of my Huai family tonight depends on the four of you.

The sound of conversation came from the room below. Listening to the content, the speaker seemed to be Huai Rui, the doctor of the Ministry of Finance.

Huai Lang is being polite.

The burly man's voice was low and full of air, But it's agreed in advance that the four of us will be hired for a total of 4,000 guan a day. Regardless of whether there is a change or not.

It's natural.

Huai Rui breathed a sigh of relief, Although my Huai family is not a wealthy family, we still have some money.

So what are the four going to do?

Let's talk about the old lady first.

The white-faced scholar said indifferently: I heard that the old lady has been having nightmares during this time, dreaming of ghosts devouring her body, even if Chang'an monks have been running a water and land ashram for several days, it has no effect?

yes.

Huai Rui smiled bitterly and said: My mother is getting old, her memory is not very good several years ago, she keeps forgetting things, sometimes she doesn't even remember my son.

At first she said she had a nightmare, but when she woke up, there were inexplicable scars on her hands and feet.

I just thought it was a coincidence, or that her amnesia and hypocrisy had occurred again.

After a lot of things happened, I felt something was wrong.

The scholar asked again: Didn't anyone from the Zhenfu Division come to see it? With your official position as a doctor in the Ministry of Finance, the Zhenfu Division should be able to invite people over?

Come here, but they can't find the reason.

Huai Rui said in a low voice: I can't detect the demonic aura, so I have to attribute the reason to my mother's delusional illness.

Said that these were all my mother's imagination.

The wounds on the hands and feet may have been scratched by my mother accidentally - after all, she suffers from amnesia and has a poor memory.

That's why Your Excellency found us through Brother Kou.

The scholar nodded and said: The Zhenfu Division is always like this, they will only appear when something happens.

But eating the king's salary is a matter of loyalty to the king.

We've got the money and we're sure to get things done.

In this way, the old lady has already drunk the herbal tea that calms the nerves and helps sleep, right?

Huai Rui nodded and said, Drink it.

The scholar continued to ask, What about the servants in the mansion?

Huai Rui said: Now it's the New Year's Eve, and they have already been given a holiday to go home. The three remaining servants in the family are also old people who are either deaf or dumb. Let them go to bed early and tell them not to open the door.

The scholar said: That's good.

Mr. Zhuang and I will stay with you in the old lady's bedroom, where we will plant formation talismans, and if there are any other species, we will be able to capture and destroy them as soon as possible.

Brother Wei went to guard the courtyard,

Brother Sun is waiting in the lobby.

There are four of you here.

Huai Rui let out a long sigh of relief when he heard the words, and led the way ahead, leading the four of them to the depths of the mansion.

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Above the roof, Li Ang raised his eyebrows silently.

According to the content of the conversation, it seems that the old lady of the Huai family was haunted by nightmares. Huai Rui asked the town governor to check but failed, so he had to hire four foreigners.

These four strangers should not be from the academy, and they all sound like middle and low-level monks.

And there must be no official status, otherwise there would be no need to be so sneaky.

Came out of Chang'an Ghost City?

There seemed to be such people in that place who took people's money and helped them eliminate disasters.

Li Ang is a disciple of the Academy of the Eight Classics, and he knows that the Academy consumes astronomical resources every year to support monks of all levels in the entire academy.

Those low-level monks without inheritance or sect can only work as bodyguards, guards, construction workers, mercenaries, and private detectives because they have no resources for cultivation.

Earn thousands of dollars at a time to buy yourself talisman equipment.

For example, the two sword cultivators who followed Jiao Cheng back then.

And Brother Kou in Huai Rui's conversation.

Should it be some kind of intermediary who provides intermediary services?

Li Ang blinked his eyes, he came to find the Alienated Object, he was not interested in these aliens and the family affairs of the Huai family,

Immediately sense the ink filament, and let the ink filament point to the direction of the alienated object.

sand--

Mosi's roots stood on end like a black cat's fur. It didn't point to a certain room, but to Huai Rui himself who was drifting away.